Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] MONDAY, JULY 15, 1895. THE IMPEACHMENT OF MR WARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5077, 15 July 1895, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] MONDAY, JULY 15, 1895. THE IMPEACHMENT OF MR WARD.

♦ Ox Friday evening a debate ut exceptional interest took place in tin House of Representatives as l< whether the late loan was floated bj a hocus prospectus issued from tin Agent-General's Office imdby a bogui speech delivered by the Goloniii Treasurer. The issue of any sucl debate was a foregone conclusioi and it was a matter of course thai thebig Government majority slionlc back up Mr Ward whether he wixs in the right or whether he was ii the wrong. Loyalty to party is tin first consideration with New Zealand liberals and if truth has to bf sacrificed to this,it maybe regretted but it must be permitted, The stronjj point of the Opposition is the higli | personal character of its leaders 'When men like Sir Robert Stout, Captain Russell, Mr Bell, and Jli Duthie declare Mr Ward to be untruthful, a good many people.botli within and without the Colony, will believe Mr Ward to bo untruthful, more especially when be neithci explains nor extenuates certaiu statements which obviously require explanation or apology. Wo ourselves very much regret to find that Mr Ward has not met the charges made against him as a man of high character ought to meet them, and we can come to but one conclusion, that however clover and successful our Colonial Treasurer may be he is not to be trusted. It is, indeed, a nice Ministry in which the Premiei and the Colonial Treasurer are unable to establish a imputation for veracity, Not satisfied with this, they even go so far ns to claim a right to play fast and loose with the | eighth commandment. Suppose n man puts £SO in tho Post Office Savings Bank, what becomes of the money ? The Government invest il on mortgage or other security, and sc far it is safe, But Mr Seddon maintains that the Government have the right to fake the security for the £SO, send it to the London monoy market, and raise money on it there, or in other words to rob the map of the security which it holds in trust for him, and to sell it for what It will fetch in the London market. If such a thing wero done in private bußinesß, the culprit would get

seven or fourteen years bard labour, but in politics it is right as long as a Government litis a servile majority at its back, Disraeli once appealed to tho House of Commons on a point of honour, because he said, "there were gentlemen on both sides of the Honso." Can the same be said of the present House of Representatives, at Wellington ? In old times a gentleman was distinguished by his word and by Id's sword, now he has but his woi'd left, and if he forfeits that, men blush for him, Mr Ward has gained fame, but he has not gained honour. As yet, heciuniofc be ranked as gentleman, in the highest sense of the word, or as a man who puts honour above politics, He is still young, and tho day may yet come, when he will be all that men wish him to he. The severe lesson of today, may boar good fruit, indeed we doubt if ho will again be so easily | tempted to palter with the truth. His act has been most demoralising to his party, He has made black appear as white, and bis colleagues to save him swear that black iswhito, They appeal to their followers, who, one and all vote by " formal resolution that black is white and must ho white, and can be no 1 other colour, This Ward episode has been a terribly dirty pieco of linen, but once washed out the political atmosphere may be somewhat dearer.

It is said that owing Sunday toanuarmlovercards, I'lfiirrixu, a fight to a finish was arranged to take place yesterday, in Wriglcy's Bush, Mastcrton, and that this light did actually take place, and was witnessed by a considerable concourse of spectators. Everybody knows who the combatants are, the result of tbe contest, and the names of those who wore mixed up in the affair. It only remains now for the police to lodge informations against the offenders. A scene of this kind, on a Sunday, almost in the heart of a considerable town, is a disgrace to civilisation,

The census shows that there are more men than women in New Ycrk. Tenders are invited for the erection of an infants' school at Pahiatua. The Wellington Kcaucl Club holds its next show in Xovcmbor.

The public schools opened again this I morning, at Mastcrlon. The Gas and Library Committee of the Mastcrlon Borough Council meet this evening. Monsieur Alphonsc Hamlet, the French novelist, intends to visit Australia shortly. Miss Florence Nightingale, who is now an invalid, has just completed her G/tli year. The Kennedy-Lucas Company stage " Fighting Fortune " at Greytown tonight. The Wairarapa North County invite tenders, to close on 2-Jtli instant, for slip clearing on the Eketalnma-Tenui Koad. Miss Grace Cliisholm, a Girton girl and a wrangler, has taken the degree of Doctor of Philosophy, in Germany, An English mail, ria Naples, closes at Mastcrton, on Wednesday, July 17th, atli.lo a.m.

The average income of the British working mau is now about M 13s <ld per milium.

There have been 27 cases of insanity in the Bavarian royal family (luring the last 103 yerrs. The Financial Statement will probably belaid before the House on or about (he 21th inst. The charges on the Warrimoo calling at Auckland amounted to £7: l 2s (Id, including .£3O for pilotage. Miss Dora Caine, daughter of Mr W. S. Caine, M.P., has been appointed house surgeon to the Children's Hospital at Hull.

Two charges have been laid against the landlord of the Army and Navy Hotel, Wellington, for alleged Sunday trading.

Scats for" A Gaiety Girl," in Sydney, for dress circle, brought up to 235; aiid three boxes for four persons each, realised £0 each.

The Hon. J. G. Ward and Mrs Ward have accepted the Post and Telegraph Social Club's invitation to tho Club's ammul gathering on the 22nd July.

Messrs Colo ami Bartlclt's Palace Car has been engaged by the KennedyLucas Company to take them to Greytown.

Mr M. G. Hales has been promoted to the position of general business manager of the Wellington Woollen Company. The Attorney-General has decided to allow the right of appeal on certain law points in the Miuuie Dean child-murder case.

The King of Italy will never he at a loss for-a good cigar, Eyery year ho receives a present of 10,030 Virginias from the Emperor of Austria. The annual general meeting of members of the Taratahi-Carterton liacing Club will be held at the Library, Carterton, on Saturday, July 20lh. Prospectors arc forbidden to go into the Uriwera County. Captain Jackson Barry will therefore have to hold over his explorations for the present.

The Government Licensing Bill is expected to be down at the end of this week or the beginning of the week following. The demand for horse-meat has grown to such an extent in Germany thai, it is beginning to be difficult to supply it,

Mr C. E. Jones, a former Minister of liailways in Victoria, lectures on ''Parliamentary Side-Shows," at Wellington, next Saturday. Notice is given by Messrs W. aud H. Bcctlmm, of Brancepeth, that stock of eyery description ruuning on that part of their property known as "The liidges," must be removed within six days. A Paris lover became bald through illness recently. His sweetheart accordingly renounced him. He bought a wig. She laughed aud snatched it off his head. Growing angry he stabbed her, Early in the football match on the Park Oval on Saturday, It, Jackson, a promising young Slar hack, had the misfortune io break his collarbone, just at the endof a brilliant run. His injuries were attended to by Dr Beard, and he is now progressing favorably.

On account of several cases of fainting, which micht easily have been avoided, having taken placo at the new sulphur baths at the Eotorua Sanatorium recently, Dr. Ginders has caused tbe following notice to be posted:-"It is not safe to remain in these baths longor [ than fifteen minutes, nor is it safe to move about from bath to bath. Tho water should be disturbed as little as [possible, as movemont only tends to disengage a larger quantity of the delej tcrious gases." , I The Minister for Labour says he is |endcavouring,inthoHospitalandOhariti able Aid Bill to be brought down this session, to make provision on thcStato Farm systcn for the compnlsory employment of those indigent and indolent persons in the large centres who, while living on charity, won't wprk, Mr Meredith gavo an example of a Christchurch Labour agitator who, while always leading unemployed agitations, refused work wlion olfefod him, and the Minister quoted another Chrislchurcli ; agitator who was continually writing to' 1 the press, attacking tho Labour Department, and who had ropeatcdly refused I the work offered biw,—JP«ft

Mossrn Lowes unci lorns add to their •ale list for the 24th, 100 fat und 100 forward ewes.

The Eov. John Dukes conducted both services at the Masterton Wcslcyan Church yesterday. A social will beheld next Tuesday evening, in the new Presbyterian Church, Pahiatua.

In Louisville recently a cyclist's funeral took which the mourners rode bicycles, the chief mourners leading the deceased cyclist's machine. Mr Stevens, who succeeds Mr McLean at the Mastertou Posl Office, commenced his duties to-day.

A correspondent of a Scotch paper vouches for the fact that a cat on a Coupar Angus Farm, is nursing a litter of mice.

Hie largest perfumery distillery in the world is at Cannes, in Iho South of France, where over 500,0001b of (lowers are used every year. The constant diminution of Froneh exports becomes alarming, and the Min|h)to of Commerce is organising missions of study in South America and j the East, to revive the decaying French trade.

Female bootblacks arc increasing in number in Paris. They dressneatly.and are, says the 'Pelican coaiingly polite when they utter the French equivalent for "Shine,sir?"

1 1 lie Hunt Committee carried out their first meet at Pahiatua successfully, and after paying up all round, they find themselves £5 in credit. Wo hear that the Government, and pirticularly the Minister of Lauds, are recognising the importance of the wcrlt of acclimatisation, particularly as regards the stocking of our rivers with trout, Tto Commissioners of the 1851 Exhibition haTc awarded the Science I Research. Scholarships to Ernest lUherford, of tfeiv Zealand, and Alexander Watt, of the Sydney Uuiyerisity.

Mr A. V. Hogg is moving against the removal of the restrictions on'the small portion of the forest reserve which has been preserved for years tor river-pro-(ration and scenic purposes at the junction of the Manawatu and Tiraumea Rivers, and noar the iVgaivaparua Bridge.

Messrs Lowes and lorns withdraw from sale tho line of 20 hand reirod springing, heifers, having sold them privately Mr G. C. Eohcrtson, of the Telegraph .Department, arrived in Atastcrton on Saturday night, leaving for Ekotalmna tliis morning to peg oil' the telegraph line between Ekclalraua and Pahiatua. The work is to he put in Imud at once and the line is expected to be in working order in about three months. Two English gentlemen have succeeded in crossing the channel from Dover to Calais in a tandem cycle boat the journey occupying seven hours and a quarter. The boat was 2 lit long litted with a paddle cycle. A curious case of courage in the face of death is reported in Germany. A licntemmtolMussars, von Oslcn-Sackcn, accidentally wounded liimscll. The doctor informed iiim that he could at the most live three hours, The oflieer had writini; materials brought to him, made his will, ami then reported his own death to his superior officer, giving the cause of the same

The caseC. Collier v. the Melrose Borough Council, in which plaintiff Bought to recover £525 damages, alleged to have been sustained a defective culvert Hooding his wool-seouring works at Island Bay, lias been decided in favor of defendant. A new trial is to bo moved for.

An interesting and epoch-making csremony was performed at Sefton Farm, Alakuri, on Wednesday last, when Miss Mary Dick, eldest daughter lof Mr ,lolm Dick, of Sefton Farm, was married to Mr T. Parker, formerly of Canterbury,but now a settler at Malum. More than ordinary interest was attached to (lie event, says the Pahklua Kmtld, from the fact that this was the first wedding ever celebrated in the Makuri district, and that Mr Dick was the first settler on that side of tho Tiraumeii liiver.

The Koliihitanga Maori football team certainly made a record on Saturday List—iu their match against tlit Star seconds-forrcalrough play. The game was so rough that Constable Lawlor interfered ami warned one of the aboriginals that he would put him off the ground if he did not improve. The timely action of the Constable had a modifying effect on the play, which is fortunate, otherwise about half the Star boys would have been wiped out,

The Kennedy-Lucas Company had another good audience at the Theatre lloyal on Saturday evening last, when "Ticket '0 Lea\e Man" was staged, Ou Wednesday next the Company return to Jlasterton, and nlay " Our Boys" and "A llegular Fix." On Thursday the Company make their positively last appcarauceon theprcscat tour, when, by special request, "Connthe Shaughrauu " will be presented, Mr J, J. Kennedy appearing in the principal character. As many of our readers are aware, this is considered one of Mr Kennedy's best efforts, and " Conn's" friends arc sure to turn up in numbers to give him a hearty welcome. Mr James Bailey, who is the new Conservative member for Walworth is a striking instance, says an English paper, of the rapidity with which sonic modern fortunes have hecuacquived. He is only ■to, and a son of a small farmer at Mattishall, in Norfolk. Kc came up to London at 20, aurt took a small hotel in in Gloucester road, South Kcniiugton, then covered with market gardens. Ten years hard and successful work there

enabled him to buy the site of and to build thereon the present Bailey's Hotel. The Princess Louise was interested in Iho new enterprise, and now it has become the "swagger" place for colonials, and all such visitors. Last

year he sold the hotel to Spiers and Ponds, Limited, for over £300,000 of which £150,000 was set down as the value of the goodwill.

Mr A. J. llutherfurd, Chairman of Hie Wellington Acclimatisation Society, visited Masterton on Saturday, returning to Wellington this morning. He lias just returned from a visit to Europe I and Aimvica.andwhilcin those countries : I he visited several of the principal fish ! hatcheries. After seeing them he is of opinion that the system carried out by MrAysonisas good as any, and that: although the big European hatcheries have more scientific apparatus and bettor facilities for carrying out the worli.the cost of the outputper thousand fish is less under the Wellington Acclimatisation Society's managements, and just as valuable work is being dsno iu New Zealand for far less money. The West Attstmlhii, published at Perth, stales that in opening tenders for the Southern Cross-Coolgardic railway, when it was announced that Messrs' John aud Adam Wilkie's tender for £61,125 13s 7d was the lowest, tho unsuccessful tenderers appeared to bo struck dumb. The section is IU miles 51 chains in length, and the pricewithout extras and rails aud fastenings |-is_ about £SOO per mile. Tho first section is to be handed over to tho Government in nine months, and the second section in 15 months. Although thorc arc no engineering diOiculties,tbrco of the unsuccessful tenderers consider that at the tender figure, there will b e a | loss on Hie contract. Messrs Wilkio however, expect to run the line on their own account, and from this source they l expect to recoive a handsome return MrM'Dowcll, the contractor for the [ Yilrarn railway, is credited with having , made £4O,OCQ out of the traffic, and it is thought by the new contractors that an equal sum may be made out of tho Coolgardie line. So far as can bo estimated the total cost of the railway to tho Government will be £1650 per mile which is very low, Tho Messrs Wilkio are well-known in New Zealand, having carried out a large contract for the Westport Harbour Board, 50 miles of the Manawatu raikay, and sections of tho Waitotara-Wavnley and Waverley. Pfttea ltoeg, ■

The Eev. A. C. Yorko conducted servicos at the Taueru last evoning.

The adjourned meeting of the Masterton Horticultural Society takes place this evening at Mr TV. G.'Doard's office. AUeast two ladies Lave been recently appointed " chairmen" of parish councils in England. During the service at the Masterton Wesleyan Church last night, some malicious person cut tho lir.dle of a horse that was standing iu the stable.

Messrs Simms and Mowlem add to the list of entries for their next stock sale in the yards on Wednesday 17th inst,, 8 fat cows, i 3-year-old heifers, li 3-year-old steers (forward), andone good trap horse.

By means of telephones, the whole of the service conducted in the Baptist Temple, Philadelphia, is distinctly heard iu all the smaller halls which surround the main building.

A man in California was recently caught in the act of maliciously puncturing a pneumatic tyre, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment without the option of a fine. Mr L. F. Aysou is exceedingly busy just now, and with his staff of assistants is putting iu some long dnys at trout stripping. The total ova taken up to date this year—from the local rivers and the Mnstorton fishponds—is no less than one million six hundred thousand. Mr Ayson expects a very handsome yield for the season.

The London Telegraph's Paris correspondent says:—" An elderly cook, who lived for a long time in the servico of a wealthy octogenarian, has ended her days in a peculiar manner. The octogenarian, who was single, lately died, and left her a handsome legacy. In order to celebrate her accesssion to the fortune, the cook went down to her old master's wine cellar, selected some of the finest brands,aud drank herself to death after a hearty meal in the dinmgroom. The legal official who bad charge of the will found her lying dead on tho lloor surrounded by a heap of broken bottles. It is supposed that sh» passed away while in delirium tremens," Wo arc not in the habit ol boasting. Our ways are modest rather than hold aud iu hiding our lijht under a bushel wo h ive often imperilled our chances of success; but on this occasion with so-called sales on every side, with linns selling off around us, and people in all sorts of businesses offering their goods for any thing anybody likes to pay, we icel impelled to offer our services in the matter of supply. Busy! We are as busy bees, full of customers from morn till night. Crowded are our counters aud crowded is our establishment with eiger buyers, and tho reason is, the public have found out that our prices are lower and out goodj better than can be purchased elsewhere. What about tho blankets and flannels, andthedrcEses and mantles and the hosiery and linens and the clolhiug and mercery ? Why the prices themselves nro an inducement to buy, while the marvellous uuality which accompanies theso prices make tho goods Bon M arche value,

Our only address is L. J. Hooper, Bon Marchi, Mastcrton.-ADYT, One of the sights of Wellington, at any time is undoubtedly Hie munniliccnt cstablislinient.kiiown as Te Aro House, and now that every department within its walls is filled ta ovcrtlowin)!, with a bewildering variety of the season's novelties in millinery, mantles, dre?sis, etc., it is more than ever a pleasure and profit to visit tho wholesa'o family drapery warehouse, To Aro

Uoncc, Particular alte'itiou has been paid this year to the requirements of country customers, aud the result is to be seen in the immense and varied stock of calicoes, shirtings, flannels, flanncllettcs, strong weaving dress maierials, men's and boys' clothing, A'c. The choice in each depart* meat, is almost unlimited, as may be imagined, when it is stated that of flannelette alone, over 50,0X0 yards have this 6eaßOii been imported at Te Aro House, Wellington. A specinlly organised department, has been established to deal with country orders, Patterns of any materials in stock, will he forwarded to any address, post free. Country residents arc invited to write for prices, or auy information regarding goods wanted, It is confidently asserted that nowhere can such a wide selection, or snob sterling value bo obtained, us at Te Aro House WollinßloD.—Abut,