Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1895. Mr. WARD'S ARRIVAL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5072, 9 July 1895, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1895. Mr. WARD'S ARRIVAL.

Tim; mnu for whom national honours have been demanded, no sooner lands in Auckland, than ho says some very bitter things, which are t likely to rankle and cause strife. He f claims the moral support of the 1 people against calumny, lie antiei- • pales hard knocks, wlienhe takes his seat in the House, and will be ready to return them. He has seen letters in London, containing statements concerning the Ministry, which set his hair on end. So spite, fill, untrue and" malevolent, wen these statements, that lie could onlj assume some people were preparei to do anything, to get the Ministrj out of ollice. To begin with. Mi Ward attributes to bis opponents spite, falsehood and malevolence and these sentiments are quiti sufficient to explain why Mr Ward' reception in "Wellington, to-morrow will bo only a party triumph. M Ward's political opponents, do no attribute to him, spite and malovc lence, but they have establisliei against him, a prima jam caseo untruthfulness. We would hav liked to have found Mr War rebutting this allegation at Auck land, instead of threatening hi foes with nasty knocks at subsequent period. His veracity lia been impeached, and iF a word fron bini could have dispelled the cliarg that word oughtto bavebeenspoker if not for his own sake, at least fo the sake of his Party, Ho is to b feted as a hero to-morrow, but tber will be little comfort to him in thi, if his conscience accuses him c inveracity, or little credit to th Party which is getting up a demon stration in his honour. Carlyl once wrote, " If a great speaker, ai eloquent speaker, be not speaking th truth, what more horrid object i there in creation." Did Mr Wan when in London, make statement which be cannot substantiate ? W have not yet had his answer to thi question, and till it comes the feel ing that there,is something "horrid abouf, his late mission and about to morrow's spectacle cannot b removed, Personally, Mr Ward i popular, his ability is admitted and all are pleased to se that in his recent visit t London he created a favorabl impression. There is no spite agains him, no malovolenoo, only a hop that he can give a satisfaotor explanation of a very 6erious mie statement for which he has aeceptei responsibility, This is a simple plaii matter of fact which cannot be deal with by abusive epithets addressei to his opponents, Jlr Word eai

either face the difficulty or evade it and it would Imyo been as well if li bad faced it on liis arrival at Auckland.

At the general elecMitHoGfi tionJlrlloggreceived and the a strong support from State the Wesleyan comLottery, munity, based not on pledges, but on an understanding that when moral questions came to the fore he would fairly represent their views, The Wesleyans have just reminded Mr Hogg of his obligation to them, and Mr Hogg has responded in a most straight-forward manner by expressing uncompromising opposition to the lottery schomoandto tlieGovernment should it back the project. The Government after this candid declaration of its loyal follower will probably reconsider its attitude towards the measure and Mr Hogg will make many new friends by his' outspoken hostility to a glaringly immoral proposal. It does seem a little queer though tlmtthe Government and the directors of the Bank of New Zealand (one of them is a clergyman), should have to be taught morality by the Member for Masterton,

The preliminary programme of the Wairarapa I'. and A. Show, which takes place on October 31st and November Ist, is now to hand.

Messrs L. ,1. Hooper aud Co. of the lion Marclie have a new mid important announcement to the ladies of Masterton in this issue.

'llie Iveniiedy-Lueas Company produce " The Snowball" at the Masterton Theatre lioyal this evening. The piece will be followed by " 11.1!., the Benecia Hoy" in which Mr J. J. Kennedy takes the part" The Chicken." The Australamm points out that 13 jockeys have been killed in the last eight months in Australia, as far as known.

A procession of war ships four miles in length passed through the Haarlem canal, valued at £1,108,C00,000.

The American Poultry Yard alleges that a newly-miimed man complains of the high price of "ducks." He says his wife recently paid for three of theiu —a duck of a bonnet, a duck of a dress, and a duck of a parasol. He says such " dealing in poultry " n ill ruiu liini. fa the football match between New South Wales and Central Queensland the former won by 3!) points to 3.

A disgraceful spectacle in the shape of a " bullock race" was an item on the day's programme at a Queen's Birthday competition at Tuiuiaek, in Tasmania. "Humanity" writes to the Hobart Mercury that "Two miserable, attentuatcd creatures, spokeu of aS ( 'trained bullocks' who had evidently undergone a severe course of starvation and cruelty, were entered to compete lor the race. Their jockeys were creatures in masks, and got up to appeal 1 as grotesque asit waspossible.andarmed with long pointed rods,iii the uscof which they were no dohbt artists The whole race was shocking, the poor bullocks were Hogged from start to finish, and to hear the frantic shrieks and yells of delight that eaine from the spectators were enough to make a person fancv that Bedlam had broken loose. If there was a _ policeman on the ground lie most miserably failed in the execution of his duty to allow such scenes."

TheJi[/7(/ Chronicle, of Victoria, B.C. has a sub-leader 011 the subject of New Zealand, commencing thus" Wc every now and then hear a good deal about the thriving condition and the liberal legislation of New Zealand. Politicians of a certain class point to it as a model colony, governed by the people for the people, in fact as well as in name, It appears that in regard to the way in which New Zealand manages its affairs distance lends enchantments to the view." It then publishes a letter from New Zealand, in which the writer says:—" It is a country of sreat natural possibilities, but destroyed by a radical labour Government who are piling up debt, aud therefore taxation, and trying all sorts of experimental legislation. Of course they arc not to blame for bad prices, but tlicy have frightened capital by meddling nith titles to land and compulsory confiscation of _ property and graduated taxation, which last is a scheme of so piling up the taxes 011 the large land owners as to break up the large estates. The consequence is, lhat there are vast numbers of unemployed clamouring for Government relief as their families are destitute." The editor of the Ihihi Chronicle comments severely upon the folly of the people of New Zealand iu tolerating this Socialistic legislation. At the Duncdin Police Court recently, says Truth, liobcrt Gasoa and George Burnett were charged with an aggravated assault 011 Amlis Wickiand. It was alleged that while Wickland's wife and neice were going home from a tea meeting, the man spoke to tlieni. Wickiand came up, and on hearing llieir complaint, some words passed, Wickiand striking Gason, who had put out his hands. The men followed them up and assaulted Wickiand, whose noso was broken. After the hearing of the evidence, the charge against Burnett was dismissed, as iherc was nothing to connect liirn with the case. M1 1 llanlon contended that if there was anything against Gason it was merely a common assault. _ The Bench adopted that view aud dismissed the charge of aggravated assault. The police withdrew a charge of robbery of Wickland's watch, which he alleged he had lost. When the justices announced their decision there was applause, and the police arrested a young man for contempt of Court and the Bench fined him ss. Mr Hanlon said (lie contempt was evidently not premeditated aiul'he would pay the line himsei f. There was more applause and another man was arrested, but the evidence not being satisfactory, he was dismissed,

i At Finglesluim, near Dover, in April i lust a little boy, 13 years of apfe, named , Bertram A. Iloberts, employed by the . Hector of Norlhbourne, was shot dead by Alfred liatclilf, a boy who was J kept by Mr Wilks, farmer, of Uortli- | bourne, to frighten rooks from the : crops. The deceased and liatelilf were i together, when a third boy, named I Tomlin, omployed by Mr Davison, . farmer, came in with a gun in his hand. . liatclilt asked to try the gim, and Tomlin, forgetting that lie had loaded it two ; days previously, told him that it was not 1 loaded. The little boy liobcrts said, " Aim at me." Hatelilf pulled the 1 trigger, and the gun went off, shooting the poor lad through the head, killing 1 him on the spot. 1 Although almost everybody knows that Mr Gladstone is minus a finger, probably few know how or from what reason it was amputated. TheHawarden Parish of May explains the whole matter. It seems that the accident happened fifty-one years ago, at a shooting party at Hope parish. It was caused probably by concussion on his reloading the second barrel of a gun. This gun still exists, The death of Mr Evan Jones, at the age of 81, inßroughton, says the writer in the magazine, brings the incident of the past to mind, for Evan Jones was one of the underkeepers present. Mr Gladstone's forefinger was badly torn, and on his return to Hawarden, the late Dr Chester, amputated the linger in the ante-room at l the liectory, Mr Gladstone's late friend, Sir Ifobert Phillimorc, being present, and most kindly assisting by holding his hijnd. MrGladstoije (ilways testifies to having felt uo pain till tl)o severo paiu of the operation. A legal decision in Paris will, it is said, revolutionise the dressmaking world, A husband was sued for a bill run up by his wife. He declined to pay, and the court ordered the hill to be reduced by nearly one half, the judgment setting forth that a husband was 1 not bound in any way if his wife's expenditure was out of proportion to his ' Emus. ' i

Messrs Lowes and lorris add to their salo list for to-morrow, 70 ems in lamb and 200 fat ewes.

. Wednesday next, Arbor I)av, I single tickets issued betweciiEkctahuna and Wellington trill be available for return up to and including Thursday, July lltli, 1

The Masterton Town Lands Trustses met last night, and agreed upon a draft Bill to he forwarded to Mr A. W Hogg, M.H.E,

Seats for the Kennedy-Lucas Company s entertainment this cvcip'ug may be booked at Messrs Hood and Johnsfon s or at Mr U, T. Holmes' shop in Queen Street.

The splendid return of over £IO,OOO worth of gold reported a few days' ago from tlio Hauraki Mine, Coromandc", came from GO tons ore and 108G spocimens, the average yield being some sGoz to (he ton.

Messrs Lowes aud Io :ns advertise a jjreatsale of unredeemed pledges, for baturday, July 20th, at 2 o'clock. Particulars appear in another column,

Tlio tender of Mr C, E. Daniell, Masterton, at £228, for repairs nnd additions to Kokotau Bridge has been accepted by the Taratahi-Carterton lioad Board.

Notice has been given of the following BillsDuncdin Loans Consolidation (Mr Fmkerton), Abolition of Capital Punishment (Mr Collins), Coal Mines Act Amendment (Mr Millar). The Government is to introduce a Bill to provide for the taking of mineral lands, on similar lines to the Lands for Settlement Act.

Captain liussell is urging that the question of free railway passes to Fire Brigades attending annual conferences and demostrations be further considered, on the ground that the services of themcn given gratuitously, nro of incalculable value in the protection of life and property, and arc of a most dangerous aud self-denying character.

Watkin Evans, a youth of 19 years of age, died at South Dunedin, yesterday afternoon very suddenly. Ho was eating an apple after dinner, when he commenced to throw up blood, and died yery shortly after. Evans had undergone an operation about two years ago for an internal complaint, and was apparently as well as ever tilt three months ago, when he had to cease work. Oil the body being examined by a medical mini, lie found that Evans was suffering from rapid consumption. The cause of death was the bursting of a blood-vessel,

The Masterton Blacksmith &■ Wheelwright Manufacturing Company, acting for I he Southland Implement Company, have arranged atrial of one of their latest drain ploughs, to take place on l.ic property of Mr J. Hayner, Taratahi, on Thursday, July 11th, at 11.30 a.m. A witness called in the Supreme Court at U ellington, says the Post, slated unMushingly that when lie was in Iho Police Force ho used to live in brothels, and was kept by them. '• That's why I got the sack," he added. A single girl drowned herself in a quarry hole at Ballarat last week. A man who was working near the hole, gave evidcnco at the inquest. He said ho had seen the body of a woman floating in the water, but made no effort to git it out, thinking he might fall into trouble. When eventually the body was brought to laud, he was horrified to find it was that of his own sister.

A strange ease of a dream which became true is reported from Florence, A young mau dreamed that he had been bitten and mortally wounded by the marble lion which stands with open jaws in"'front of a certain church. Walking past the church with i few friends, on the following day, he mentioned his dream, and placed his hand in the lion's mouth, with the words, "Now bile me." At that very instant he felt a violent pam, for a scorpion that lay concoaled in the lioii i "jaw had bitten liiiu so severely that he died in a few hours,