Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1895. THE SALE OF BREAD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5064, 29 June 1895, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] SATURDAY, JUNE 29, 1895. THE SALE OF BREAD.

The Ministry are bringing clown all sorts of funny little Bills this session to regulate nil that we eat and drink and do. The law conies in to shadow, if not to upset every industry. We notice that the Servants Registry Act, of 1892, which is just two years old, is to be repealed, and a new Act substituted for it. Government

legislation wears out faster than ut coat or a pair of transom, and has to be ronewecl evpfy other year or so. We have a Bill before us entitled, an Act lo arneml the law relating to the sale of bread, which is on the usual useless and nonsensical lines. The new Bill declares it to be illegal to make for sale a loaf which weighs either ill), 311), Sib or 61b, but why turning out bread in loaves at such weights should be a crime is rather a strain on the public intelligence, All the Government Bills are, howcvei;, tioriuntU'iims, andsqme coiisiderijtiori may |)p extended to theni on this growld. Eypiy loaf, ttndpr fbe ( new Bill, has tp |ip stippPd with : Arabic numerals, an inch long, and ! whpu Iho baiter oftlls, it is the duty of 1 the public to make him weigh his loaf at the baok door, with a guaranteed weighing machine, and if the weight J does not correspond with tho Arabic j liumoral on tho loaf, tho bakor is to ( bo executed on the spot or fined j tAventy pounds or something i of the sort. A Bill of this ' kind is amusing, only we fear 1 that the bakers will take it seriously, ' and put up tho price of bread a 1 half-penny or a .penny a loaf, in ] order to recoup themselves for all ] sey hare'-to do, tfl'"beaE,"'aiid to t suffor tinder this Bill, Thon there I is $ mysterious about evapora- s Hon m bakiDg, which govprns the ( whole Jiill, wd which is evidently j 1 inserted in the interests of the legul ' fraternity. If a bakor proves that J' there has been evaporation in baking, „ ho cannot be fined for short but if he fails- 8 prove evaporation, t .ia'oecoriies an abject, hopeless crirn- i inal, We wonder who composes all t

these new Bills, and prepares them for the legislature. It is rumoured that they are hatched out at Porirua, but as most of thorn have the name of the Minister of Labour at their head, they may bo drafted, in his office, The "Sale of Bread Bill" is in charge, liowevor, of the Hon. Mr Seddon, who, though a sonsilile man, would bring down n comic opera in the form of n Bill, if by so doing, lie could oblige a friend. Do the Government believo llio working man to bn such an abject simpleton, as not to be trusted to buy a loaf of bread, without an Act of Parliament and a brand of Arabic numerals ?

Another ray sharp frost was experienced iu this district last night, Mr J. B. M'Ewan is gazetted Chief Bairy Expert to the Government of New Zealand. "This wretched Prohibition sham, tins humbug and fauatio cant,"—Mr Duthie. An important rise in wheat is expected before the end of the year. The European supply is the smallest since 181)2. Fifteen decrees nisi for the dissolution of marriages were granted by the New nth \\ ales Divorce Court on June 3rd. Over 270 men on June and partook of the bunday morning free breakfast-pro-vided by the Sydney City Night liefuge. Mr S. G. liaJ. ji'd, dvapor, of Masterton advertises a good stable io let, The annual meeting of the Masteiton Horciculttiral Society takes place on Monday oveuiug next. Admiral Dc Gaina being surrounded by the Brazilian troops, committed suicide. One hundred and fifty of his followers were killed. Messrs J. Graham & Co., merchants ot Mastcrton, notify iu this issue that they have on hand a direct shipment of bedsteads in the newest designs. The quarterly meeting of the •Masterton l'ark Trustees will be held on Friday, July Ulli, instead of Thursday, as previously notilicd,

Messrs,). L. Hooper A; Co. announce that tlicy are able to olfer iron's macintosh coats at 50 per cent, less than wholesale prices. An important and unreserved sale of fruit and ornamental trees, takes place at Mr h H. Wood's Greytown Auction lioonis on Saturday next, The Grey Jiivcr Argtu predicts that Nelson will jump over the traces when the proposed borrowing policy is madi public. Singular appearances of an apparition 'and mysterous lights are reported to have been seen iu Siugletoii.Ncw South W ales, and the residents are much excited in consequence, We rcmiud farmers and others interested iu agricultural pursuits, of the trial, at Mr Dugg's farm, Upper Plain, of Messrs 1, and D, iluncan's latest unproved spring-tooth cultivator, on Monday,

According to the latest advices General llootli will leave .London on duly 10th for Cape Town, and after a brief survey of the local branch of the Army's affairs, will sail for Australia by the liimutaka ou September 14th, reaching Hobart on October 3rd. Admiral Founder has informed the Naval Commission Unit the French lleets arc not in a condition for war. The squadrons in distant seas, lie says, are mere shams and the battleships ch'iclly useful for coastal defences only. The statement has caused a deep sensation in France.

ilie return of N.Z. railway receipts and expenditure for the four weeks ending 25t!i May, shows the former to have been £90,355 ISs (id, and the latler 7s 2d. Iu the corresponding period of the previous year, the figures were £93,88310s lid, and £511,241 18s 10d respectively. easels have now become so numerous in this district, says the TmmLi ifovi/i/, that hunting the creatures with fox terriers is now a popular pastime. A party recently obtained as many as six m one day in the Mangarei district.

The editor of a West country paper says.—"Wo have received a baskot of lincgrapcs from our friend W., fonvhich he will please lo accept our thanks, some of which are nearly two inches long."

On the Wellington section of the railways the receipts for (he four weeks ended May 251 h, amounted to £6C,l4s lOd, as against £03(10 as 3d 'for the corresponding period of last year; the number of passengers carried was 3-1-,148, as against 38,01)3; the fares amounted to £25!18 15s 4d, as against .02911 i 8s sd. On a railway in Wales the following luminous direction was recently circulated " Hereafter, when trains in an opposite direction are approaching each each other on separate lines, conductors ami engineers will be required to bring i/ieir respective trains to a dead halt before the point of meeting, and be careful not, to proceed till each train has passed the other." The Tabid has received from Mr Michael Davitt, who is now lecturing in Australia, a letter in which he writes as follows:—"I havo been kept very busy by my friends here in \ ictoria, since 1 landed, and engagements arc being poured in upon me, every day, I fear 1 cannot reach New Zealand before October. If it is possible J'or me lo get round there at an earlier period, I shall be glad, as I learn that September is one of your most enjoyable months. My friends in New South Wales and Queensland say, howcyer, that I must give them more lime than I promised for those Colonies in (he first instance."

Mr Augustus Klein, manager of the Sydney Omnibus Company, after drawing £IBO from a hank to pay the salaries of the Company's employes, was met in Bridge-street on the way lo his olliee bv a young man who was walking in the opposite direction. Before Mr Klein could divine his intention the man snatched the black bag containing the money from his hand, and disappeared down an adjoining lane. The man got clean awity.

Three years ago a Christchurch gentle, man sent lo the JJclfast Freezing Works seuie gray chicks, intending, when opportunity offered, to scud them to friends in England, .He, however, forgot all about them, and they were only brought to his mind a few days ago, by a message from the company to the effect that the ducks, with his card attached, had conic under notice during the annual overhaul of the works, and asking instructions for their disposal. Dubious as to the condition the ducks would be iu after hanging so long, the owner made them part of a dinner here, when they were found lo ue in excellent order iu every respect. A mass meeting was recently held af Queen's Hall, Lpi}do)i,(o. consider social jucstions m the Orient. Lady Somerset i introduced Mrs Elizabeth Andrew and Dr. Eatc Bushncll to bear witness concerning the thraldom of opium iu the Jiast. Tho women they would hear were living witnesses, who had penetrated ouium dens, and who had seen sights that had nearly broken Ihoir hearts, Mrs Andrew then gave a realistic description of tho opium dens and their uabitues. She bad counted as many as 50 smokers in one small room, filthy with tho stenchof clothes never washed, and bodies never'cleansed, added to the fumes of the opium smokers, some of whom had sunk so low as to sell their lyivcs and daughters into slump for the purpose of satisfying,tjieir C'rilying/ Dr. ■fcate Buslinell lidded her testimony of tho evils that existed in connection with Iho opium traffic. At Singapore, slip said, was a British protector of the vmnese. In one case it girl had com-, jnittpd sutc'de, because ciio Dp ."rodocmod," ami the .o "to was too largo i ,r ' ce asked s ho Tvas',flt-t°^' 0i "^ man to whom to pay. The price "f, 23COdols. A resolution was carried asking'for the suppression of the opium trade between India and China, and tho iniTOsition of restrictions on the 'retail trade in opnik as a poisonous drug. 1

Only two drunks were arrested in ! Masterton, during the past month. '•Question Box" will bo the programme for noxt Friday's meeting of Sooiety er ' on MutMl Im l un ' (Iloff 1 n donor recently presented 100 acres to the city of Liverpool for a recreation ground. The Wellington poultry, pigeon, and canary show is to be opened by His Excellency the Governor on the 18tb July.

. polii'6 business at Masterton during the month ended to-day has been unusually light, the total number of cases being three, two for drunkenness and one murder.

Mr Alfred Mansell of Shrewsbury, England, in a paper iu the JPastoralists' Mam, considers the Shropshire the most profitable class of sheep the world has yet produced. The following is given as an authentic extract from the complaint book of a Hub which numbers several Irishmen among its members:-" The hot water in the lavatory to-day was quite cold, and there was none of it." Mr John Gardiner, J.P., late of Mastorton, is reported to bo doing very well at Ohingaita, whero it is said ho has a nice little farm and is running a butclioring business. General Booth is planning to sond such an. industrial colony to Canada as will astoaish the world. His scheme comprehends the transportation of 10,000 persons. The liailway Pernio calls attention to the fact that amongst shareholders of the Great Eastern liailway there are no less than 1,791. ordinary clergymen, four deans, twenty-eight canons, fourteen archdeacons, and fifteen bishops, During the past three months there have been six bankruptcies in tho Wairarapa as against three for the corresponding period of last year. The total for the year so far is eleven, six taking place in the first six months of 18M. In June 1891 two persons filed, and in June this year, tho same number. Nellie My, the lady reporter of the Aew York Hemld, lias accomplished one of the ambitions of her life by marrying a millionaire. She met her husband on tho train on her way to Chicago only a few days before she became a bride. Mr Seamen is 72 years old, and Miss Ely is approximately 30. 1 he willow trees in this neighbourhood have of late years been very badly infested with a scale insect; a specimen of which was forwarded to the Government Biologist, Mr T. W. Kirlc, lor identification by Mr 1). S. Papwortli, of Masterton. Mr Kirk says it is known to scientists as Asjiiduius Camellia: and is found on cainelias, willows, etc., often doing considerable damage Co-operative plums arc still to be obtaiued. We hear oi: a little party of workmen who took a contract near 1 ongoroa recently, and were enabled to make £1 per day each. So that the thing should not look too glaring, they waited a fortnight after the work was doue, before applying for their money. The public are reminded of Messrs Lowes and lorns sale at Mr Elkins' Drcycrlon farm, on Monday next, at 1 o clock. The property being sold, all the slock and implements are to be disposed of without reserve, and will comprise, several useful farm marcs and geldings, hacks, dairy rows, ploughs, carts, harrows, produce, tools and sundries, "While in Scotland," says a writer in the Loudon J'elegrupk, " General Booth, in one of his addresses, remarked that ho was.particularly satisfied with the conduct of the angels who had warned Lot tnd his family of their danger, and helped them to lice from the doomed city. 'I do like these angels,' he added. ' When I go to Heaven, and have got over the first surprise at all I see there, I'll go and have a cup of tea with them.'"

Kalcombe, says the Rttiujitikci tlrfmle, rescued t-lie driver of a Tchicle on Tuesday evening from ahnost certain death at Feilding, The said driver, who was undoubtedly in a somewhat muddled condition, was observed driving serenely along the railway line opposite llie recreation ground ]ust before the evening train passed northwards. Mr Jlalcombc led the horse oil: without delay, and the driver collapsed in the bottom of his vehicle. The Assessment Court for the Wairarapa North ami South Counties, lahiatua, and the Borough of Masterton, under the Land and Income Tax Act, was held to-day before Mr T. Hutchison, S.M. Mr T. Kennedy Macdonald appeared forthe Department and Mr von iieden, assessor, was also present, Nineteen objections were beta the Court, but as none of the objectors' appeared when called,on, the objections were dismissed and the valuations upheld.

llie social held last evening, in connection with the Maslerlon Mutual improvement Society, was in every way a distinct success, both in point of attendance and programme. Various games were indulged in, which were interspersed willi musical and literary items gifen by Misses Williams and Perry, and Messrs Mings and Chisholm. Great credit is due to the committee of ladies who managed the affair so successfully, and suppliedtherefreshments. It is hoped that the Society will augment its numbers as a result of the large gathering last evening.

The following description of the evil effects produced in Cardiff by the Welsh Sunday Closing Act is written by a correspondent of the London Times 1 lie Act, he says, is evaded in a flagrant and wholesale manner. Thcbmijidc traveller lakes full advantage of the wording of the law, which lays it down tuat no person can be served with liquor unless ho has travelled tlireo milos from the place where he had slept on Saturday night. The Sunday trains from Swansea (a town of 70,000 inhabitants) to the Mumbles (a seaside resort somo three or four milrfs away] have been thronged, and the quiet village by the sea has become the Mecca of thirsty Swansoaites. Iho Sunday trains are now known by the sobriquet of drunkards trains, and the character of many a quiet rural village has become completely changed.

An attempt was made in April to carry out the official speed trials of the torpedo-catcher Sturgeon, which has rn? ■ Blu ' lw ' W'nfi to a si'ght breakdown (says the Ml Mall Gazette) the trials had to be postponed thoueh not before she had shown her capabilities by steaming at a speed of over y) kuots. We hear wondorful tales of a small vessel which has been built on tho Tync, the builder's object being to get a boat which would steam at torty knots. Tho little craft has been gWg through her trials lately, but the lesult has not been mado public. Wo are not inclined to believe that forty knots per hour were steamed, but we hear that the boat is undoubtedly very last, and that the correctness of her design was proved by the ■ smallnesi of the bow wavo and tho abscnoo of much commotion in her wako even when going at full speed.

A writer in a French rcyicw tells i curious story serving to show tho misery and credulity of the peasantry in som c districts of .Russia, as well as tho audacity o the unscrupulous swindlers by whom they arc sometimes flcccd An adventurer m recently tried at oaratof for. having induced a number of pedants to abandon to his keeping all their worldly possessions, with thoV„s of emigrating under his f ! Jupiter,' Therothey wer-Vi. 5, ■?! tn abundance, easy to land , vellonsly forH' • 10 -Ji n T"x\ intervened it was found that Unite _ a band of. emigrants . were preparing to start for the blessed planetary colony. We aro not told, what delonce tvas made by tho prisoner, but it was quito apparent that his dupes wero awaro that it was to no terrestrial land of promise that ho was to lead them, He was, therefore, indicted •. and condemned for" spreading false reports about Jupiter!"

Tlio Mnstcrton schools broke up for tho winter holidays yesterday afternoon. North Canterbury Cliaritable Aid Board lias already rolioved no less than 1700 persons tliis winter,

Notice is given in another column that poison for pigs and dogs will be laid on section 27, To Ore Ore, after this date. The sum of £5,000 is to bo voted towards carrying on the Midland Kailway Works.

Messrs Simnis k Mowlem add to tho list of entries for their next stock' sale, in their yards, on Wednesday, 3rd July, 6 well-bred forward heifers, 2 springing heifers, 10 good heifer calves. The Department of Agriculture is preparing some land at the experimental station at Momahaka for planting this season with vine cuttings. Mr ff. H. Beetham has kindly undertaken to supply the cuttings required. In the House yesterday the report recommending that Bellamy's continue as at present was adopted. The Uni forms Hill and Dog liegistration Bill were passed. Tho House went into committee on the Adulteration Prevention Act Ameudineiitßill, rising at 10.20 p.m.

At a meeting of the Auckland Women's Christian Temperance Union the following resolution was passed " riiat this meeting entirely disapproves ol a resolution recently passed in favour of the C.D. Acts, aud pledges itself to leave no stone unturned till the disgraceful Acts are swept from the Statute Book, feeling that as long as they exist, whether enforced or not, the work of , social reform is greatly hindered thereby."

Ihe folly of playing with dangerous weapons was again illustrated at Mastei ton, this morning. A resident took a catapult from a boy, and reprovingly remarked to the urchin, "Thereought to be a law against the use of these tilings." Just ns he made this sage observation, he gave the tempting-look-ing thing a null. To his surprise, a crash followed, and the moralist realised that he had broken a large window, for a little pebble had been lurking concealed in the toy. The boy smiled right out loud, and our friend said nothing, but he is still more convinced than ever that, "Thereought to be a law against the use of such thinsrs." One of the sights of Wellington, at any time is undoubtedly the magnificent establislimeat.known as To Aro House, and now that every department within its walls is filled t:> overflowing, with a bewildering variety of the season's novelties in millinery, mantles, dressy, etc,, it is more ttinu oyer a pleasure and profit to visit tho wholesa.e family drapery warehouse, Te Aro House. Particular attention has been paid this year to the requirements of country customers, and the result is (o bo scon in tho immense and varied stock of calicoc. shirtings, tUnne's, flannelettes, stror wearing dress materials, luoa's ;ryi bovs' c'othmg Ac. Ttc cluvce in each depart' uieut, is a'mosi un'hmled as may be imagined when :i is sialed t'mt of flannelette a!o?o, over >,0,000 yards Imve this season been imported at Te Aro House, Weli'iiitoj.

A spec"Vly o.'naaised department, has been estab'isbed t> deal with country orders. Patterns o- any ltuerials in stock, will lie forwarded to auy address, post free. Country residents are invited to write for prices, or any infonn.ilion regarding goods wanted. It is conlidoiitly asserted that nowhere can such n wide Election, or such sterling value be obtained, us at Te Aro House Wellington.--Advi.

The sale of drapery aud clotlnng announced in another column, will comenco on .'aturday June Ist, at tho Bon Jlarche. Messrs L, J. Hooper and Co., have decided to dispose of tlie whole of their new season's stock of drapery, millinery, clothing, household furnishing, woollens, blankets, etc, This is a chance that very seldom occurs and buyers would do well to visit the sale early as there is no doubt the goods will be sold independent of cost prices and at great sacrilico,—Anvr,