Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1895. THE WANDERER'S RETURN.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5074, 11 July 1895, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] THURSDAY, JULY 11, 1895. THE WANDERER'S RETURN.

The full strength of a powerful Ministry has been e.vertedtogiveMr Ward a brilliant reception, and it goes without saying that the efforts made were crowned with success. Through tlio whole proceedings there iias been unfortunately a vein of bitterness which has been illconcealed. The fairy Godmother was not neglected on the list of invitations, but she would not accept. There were crowds to welcome the 1 reasurer; but the men, who, even in his mind, would rank as the worthiest, or amongst the worthiest in the land, were not there. The " 'Arry," depicted by Punch, once defined his pleasure as follows: " third class ticket—second class carriage—first class company, yah!" In the celebration yesterday, the third class tickets and the second class carriages wero in evidence, but the first-class company was partly absent, Yet there is nothing as yet lms been said about Mr Ward, inconsistent with his position as a gentleman and a man of honor. He has been accused of misrepresentation, but gentlemen and nien of honor do often, without any ill intention, mistake and overstate matters of fact. Of course when such mis-statements are brought home to tbem, they, as men of hononr, make the necessary retraction, and as yet wo do not know but what Mr Ward will not materially qualify certain statements which undoubtedly fell from his lips. Apparently Mr Ward himself is sore and sensitive because it has in some quarters been taken for granted that he is a sort of Colonial Ananias. We do not, howevor, believo that anything which has fallen from the lips of leading Opposition members, or which has been expressed in the columns of Opposition papers, has gone as far as this. It is perhaps as well that Mr Ward, usually an exceedingly good-humoured mau, is so sensitive to attacks of this nature, It shows that he does possess considerable self-respect—more possibly than his Chief.

Mr Ward himself is hardly responsible for tho triumphs and follies of yesterday. Gessler Seddou had given orders that the ducat hat of the Treasurer should be set up in the market plaeo and that overyone should make obeisance to it. What bows, what genuflections wero witnessed ! Evon tho noble Buller was quite a contortionist and the meaner kind simply grovelled in the dnst. Gessler Seddonis no doubt satisfied, and nothing more need-be eatd!

Our local contemporA ary writing of the LiiielOn Pharmacy Bill says, Chemists. "itis an open secret that only about a dozen of the chemists doing business in New Zealand at the present time have passed examinations," It would perhaps be cruel to ask for an authority for such an astounding statement. The Pharmaceutical Register gives the names of a hundred and thirty chemists who have passed examinations. The status of chemists in this Colony requires to be raised instead of being lowered. We do not believe in the Government policy of offering premiums to ignorance and incapacity-

The Wairarapn North County Council is sitting this afternoon. Notice of intention to strike a general rate, is given by the Oastlepoinl load Hoard.

Notice of intention to strike n general rate, is given by the Mauriceville Itoad Board.

Three inches of snow fell in Christchurch yesterday morning. The Kennedy-Lucas Company will stage the ever-popular drama" East Lynne," at the Mnstorton Theatre lioyal to-night.

Tho procession of carriages at the Ward reception was quite half-a-inilo long.

The Mauricevillc lioad Board invites tenders for the purchase of totara, on the Kaiparoro lioad Ecsorve. The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-opera-tive Association announce the arrival of their first consignment of 455 sacks of the choicest varieties of early seed potatoes. Great care has been exercised in selecting the seed from the best growers,and from localities which should ensure the seed doing well in this district.

At Auckland, Judge Conolly has decided in the Shop Hours case, that "January next" in the Act meant January 1805. The appeal of the Labour Department was thereforo uphold. Those who have a taste for biscuits, and who has not? should give Byeroft's biscuits a trial. Over lifty varieties of these biscuits are manufactured, and connoisseurs speak of them with admiration, and deservedly so, if we may judge by the samples sent us, Messrs Pox and liigg, Mercer Street, Wellington, who are the wholesale agents for the Wellington Province, have a notice ia another column, of special interest to every household, for it discloses where those delicious biscuits nwy be obtained, The Mungaraki hills arc now covered with a heavy coating of snow, which fell on Wednesday. Taranaki papers record the death, from Bright's disease, of Mr E. li, Smith, tlie eldest son of Mr E. M, Smith, M.H.K., at the age of 31 years. The barque Georao Thompson, 1128 tons, Captain Fletcher, bound from Kaipara to Glasgow, with timber, lias put into Wellington in a leaky condition.

The value of the chief articles of export from New Zealand during the past 20 years is shown by a return to have been as follows Wool, £70,237,550; gold, ,C20,343,3(1(1; grain, £1:1,225,060; llax (111 year5),61,803,301; kauri num, £S,OtH,:W7; butter and cheese, £2,595,0111); frozen meat (13 years], £8,747,281. Despite the foci that our respected Wellington evening contemporary has. in every conceivable manner, tried to throw" cold water" on the Ward reception of Wednesday, it leaves its readers to come to the conclusion that at least some of the staff must have been more impressed by the festive occasiou than that journal would like people lo thiuk, as one of the compositors sets the heading Federation, in bold type, as " Edefration," and with this, the proofreader appears satislied, as it looks exceedingly well in print.

A sensational bolt occurred at Carterton, oil Tuesday afternoon, when three heavy plough horses bolted along the main road from Chircville, into High-street, Carterton, attached to a grubbing machine. They did not do much damage until thcyrcachcdSkelly's store, when they ran the grubber into the verandah of this building, and smashed a post. This brought tlieni up, and they were promptly secured. There was considerable oxcitement, and no littlo danger, while the bolt lasted.— Slawlanl.

_ Although cheap fares were adopted on Hip railway yesterday, for the benefit of the Ward reception, no passengers from Jlasterlon, took advantage of them.

Messrs Lowes and Toms announce tlicii' next stock sale at Mastertou, for Wednesday, July 21th.

Soun wns supplied to :16 poor families at Wellington yesterday, Messrs Simms & Mowlcni add 2S yearlings and 15 fat ewes to the list of entries for their next Stock Sale in the yards on the 17th inst. The next entertainment at St Matthew's Schoolroom takes place on July

I Mr Johußcor, cabincl-miikcr of Greytown. died last cvcuiiig at the Wellington Hospital, from tumour on the brain. He leaves behind him a wife and seven children. The funeral will probably take place to-morrow, at Greytown. At the Sydney slice]) sales yesterday proceedings opened mare cheerfully than on Tuesday, but this condition nas only maintained during the sale of Lincolns, The opinion of buyers, as expressed by the result of the sales so far, seems to be that Eomneys and Leicester are not in favour. The higest price obtained was 10 guineas for a stud Lincoln, entered by Mr F. Sutton of Thornbury, The lots of Messrs Gray Bros., (Taratahi) and Bidwill Bros., (Pihautea), were passed. Mr McKenzic, (Mastertou), sold five Honiucys at one guinea each,

Messrs Lowes and loms hold a sale of ornamental trees and flowering shrubs on Saturday, July 13th. Particulari appear in another column.

A few days ago, an albatrossbelieved to havo been driven inland by the storm of last April—was discovered canght in a rabbit-proof fence on Mr J. j Groves' property, at Jluugapakeha. The i bird measured eight feet from tip to | tip. ]

Court Makaltahi was opened-yester-day at Eketahuua, in proseuce of a very largo attendance of Foresters from Wellington, Wairarapa, and Pahiatua, the Court Loyal Enterprise being especially well represented, After the Court had been by the D.C.R, Bro. Skeen.and officers, thirteonnew members wcro initiated, somt) of whom travelled over twelve miles to he present. But for tho inclement weather the attendance of new mombers would have been much larger. Tho ceremony of initiation was efficiently performed by C.li, Bro, E. Pragnell, and the officers of Court Loyai Enterprise. During the erening about sixty brethren sat down to a sumptous repast, prepared by Bro, Peterson, after which a very pleasant evening was spent, toasts being honoured, and musical items rendered.

We are not in the habit of boasting. Our wa;s are modest rather than bold and in hiding our light under a bushel we hive often imperilled our chances of success; but on this occasion with so-called sales on every side, with firms selling off around us, and people in all sorts of businesses offering thoir goods for anything anybody likes to pay, we feal impelled to offer oar services in the matter of supply, Busy I Wo are as busy bees, full of customers from morn till night. Growdedire our counters and crowded is our establishment with eager buyers, and the reason is, tho publio have found out that our prices are lower snd our goodJ bettor than oan bo purohascd elsewhere. What about the blankets and flannels, and the drosses and mantles and tho hosiery and linens and the olothingand mercery ? Why tho prices themselves are an inducement to buy, while tho marvellouo quality which accompanies these prices mako the goods Bon Marohi value, Our only address is li, J, Hooper, Bon Marohi, Masletton.-ibyt,