Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1895.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5082, 20 July 1895, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] SATURDAY, JULY 20, 1895.

THE NO-CONFIDENCEDEBATE

Once upon a time Treasurer Ballanco spent a largo sura of money without Parliamentary authority Uid.laid himself open to severe anij madversion fiom the Opposition. I Mr Ballance at this ciisis demeaned himself with a considerable degree of modesty and tho Opposition let him oil. Had Mr Ward followed Mr Balance's example it is very probable that the Opposition would have been a little bliud to his obvious failings and good-naturedly spared him from open shame and rebuke. But the Government with its big majority laughed with Goliah-like scorn at the pigmy Opposition, declared that Mr Ward was a hero and smothered him with tinsel, Mr Ward, fortified with vain glory, strutted on the scene like a conqueror, crowed like a gorgeous ar.d unconquerable rooster and pecked savagely at the Opposition ' bantam. Is it any wonder, under these circumstances, that the Opposition should formally move a vote of no confidence in the Treasurer. Of course the Opposition could not for one momont hope to cany such a resolution, but it is hot a pleasant. thing to be the first Treasurer, in New Zealand, against whom such a censure has been levied, and it is not pleasant for the Treasurer to have to listen to'accusations which he cannot rebut or disprove. Had Mr Ward an answer to the charges brought against him, we should have had it last week; he has none but the big Government majority and a boastful recital «of services reudorcd to tho Colony. There is no answer, and the Government organ declares that the Opposition are wasting the time of the country by

such a discussion. It calls it a onesided debate, which, means, we presume, that there is nothing to be said for the defence. The Times says the Treasurer has nothing to answer that he has not answered before, aud as he answered nothing on the former occasion, it is logical to assume that he has absolutely no answer. When Major Atkinson found that one of his colleagues had been guilty of indefensible conduct, at the risk of breaking up his Ministry, he called upon him to resisrn. Ho put honour first, and had Mr Seddon been so sensitive to the point of honour as Major Atkinson, he would never have attempted to defend'Mr'Ward. With Major Atkinson on more than one occasion " all was lost save honour," but with Mr Seddon all is saved excepting honour.

Eight men wove killed in a fearful mining accident at Men Hill, recently.

Yesterday very heavy rain fell in M'aslerton, and business was almost at a standstill. •

The funeral of the late Mrs 11. P. Pcny, will iake place on Monday next, leaving Eh ton Street at 2.30 p.m. The Kennedy-Lucas Company arc Wiled to play " The Shaugbrami," at Pahiatua. to-night. The Minister for Mines says Government is not likely to increase the iron bonus to £2o,ra, as suggested by Messrs Siemens.

Mi J. Toiler, ofFcatherston, adver lises the well-known Clydesdale stallion " Avon" for sale or exchange. Particulars appear in another columu. " The Premier says the objection of Colonel Fox is not. to the holding of rifle meetings, but to their not being confined to volunteers, andhc (Mr Seddon) agfees iwiihhi'.n.

Messrs Simms and Modem announce their next sate will be held in the yards, on Wednesday, 31st July, for which they have entered—so i'at ewes, -15 ■I and u'-tooth cross bred ewes, li 2 and D-ycar old steers, 1 tow in calf, and the thorough-bred stallion" The Dean." Captain Hai.'ison, who has been in charge of the local coi ps of the Solvation At my, leaves Masleiion io-day, linyiug received " march-big on'.ers." According to a Paris paper, Uaroii Hirsch would have been willing to buy Cypms from England, with a view to eonveiting the island into a kind of colony for his Jewish co-religionists. In the matter of the Mrns estate, of Hawkc's Bav, His Honor the Oliicf Justice hits decided that slum]) duly is payable on a bequest of £10,C30 made io a Church.

Oerta'n lands to be taken to widen streets in the borough ol'Greylown, are meiiiioned in a proclamation in this week's Gttzellc. Mr Justice Williams has dismissed the appeal mndo'rom a decision of the Stipendiary Magistrate in convicting Mr Armstrong, dcnl'sl, for a breach of the Factories Act, and has decided that a dentistry comes within the scope of the Act,

The Koiahitanga Mao.'is intend to lake up a subsrripl'on at Grcylown today, when they play Fcathersion, in aid of It. Jackson, of the Star Club, who got h's collarbone broken whilst playing aga'nst the Maoris last Saturday at Mastei'ion. In connection with the Pahialua Presbyterian Church, services will bo held by the Itev. W. Philip on Sabbath next as follows:—Pahialua atll;Kailawa at 2.30; Pal"'aiua a? 7.

At the conclusion of the By-hw case yesterday, Ingram v. Joucs, (he captain put sevcrcl enqu'i'ies to His Worship. Amongst oilier thiugs he wanted lo know if he could not take a wheel-barrow to convey his parcels or carry them under his arm. His Worship give it as his opinion that (ho captain could not be reckoned as a yehicle, but declined to give any opinion on the wheel-harrow.

The MiiAgapakeha School Commitlee met on the 18th. Present, Messrs lhgcrs (chairman), Scholicld, Dean, Smith and Broadbcnt. After discussion it was decided to erect the school again, and make it Kift, by 2U, t'ft. larger lhantheold bu'ldiug. The work to be let at once, and completed by August Will Mr Smith's tender of 10s was accepted for the burnt iron from the old school. Jt was decided to leave Mr Danicll's account over until the new stoye is delivered.

It is stated that the man Sommei'ville now lying in the Wellington Terrace Gaol awaiting trial for (he Masterton murder, is absolutely destitute, and unable to provide himself with counsel for his defence. The Government will not allow more than a fee of 10 guineas, and this is not sufficient to obtain the professional assistance desired, A Wellington paper has been requested to state that the Key. Kennedy Elliott will be glad to receive any subscriptions towards forming a fund to proy'dc the best possible do'eucc for Sommerville,

"The best specimens ot womankind will not prcseil themselves" was an argument used against the admission of women to Parliament, "Do the best specimens of manhood present themselves '<" was Mr Tanners pertinent quciy, and as he glanced round the House he added, " And arc these the best 70 men in the colony '(" The reply was 100 obvious for utterence, says tho I'osl.

At the Kelson Supreme Court yesterday, before Mr Justice liichmoud and a special jury, Ausliu Wcller sued J. Langley Adams, claiming £ICG3 for malicious prosecution. Some time ago Wcller was arrested and brought before a Magistrate on a charge of breaking open a box at thcliotoiti run, and stealing the contents. Tho Magistrate dismissed the charge without callingon him for a defence. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintilt for £ICD damages, costs on the lowest scale.

There is very little bush coming down this season, owing to shortness of funds and the low prices of stock, says the' Rmmiucr. This will be hard for the men usually employed in hush work. In the Maktiri district, there has hitherto been a large amount of bush fallen each year, but we hear from there, that no more will be felled this season, than settlers lind absolutely necessary.

A Waipawa resident, named Joseph Peers, is reported to have met with his death in a singular manner. He was engaged iu distributing phosphorus, when it ignited in his trousers pocket, When endeavouring to extinguish the flames his legs and hands were severely burnt, aid ho was advised to become a a patient in the hospital, Lock-jaw set in and 1,! expired a few days later. Mr John Burns, M.P., was charged at a London Magistrate's Courtthc other day with assaulting Sawyer, valet of a Conservative partisan.at Batersea, They met in the street, and Sawyer called Mr Burns a liar and a cowardly cur, to which the latter responded with a blow ou the mouth, breaking Sawyer's teeth. The charge was dismissed.ou the ground of provocation,

A curious result of a case in the Native Land Com t is reported by the Grey town Standard, A boy of some eight or nine ycaw, a fat jolly looking littlo" eus" had been adopted by a Maori woman on the coast, and in her will she left him half her estate, which is said to be considerable, Tiic other halt was left to a • blood relation, The latter disputed the will on the ground that the land, boing what is known as restricted land, could not be willed away to any not of kin, managed to upset the bequest and secure the whole estate. Tho boy took this gi eatly to heart, and showed his sonso of the. injury donohimin a somewhat peculiar manner, Tho day after the judgment he saw his enemy's dog, and coaxing him to take a walk down to tho bush, solemnly hung him by tho neck until ho was dead I This would probably have been a consolation, but , unfortunately he hung the wrong dog.

The uso of arms and ammunition in Samoa, has been restrained.

Ouida is almost penniless. Despite the stupendous sums of money she has drawn by her bqoks during the past 50 years, she has got through it all, and now her house and all her property in Italy have been sold to pay her debts, Princo Ferdinand is indignant at tho charges levelled at him, and repudiates any connivance with the attack on Staniliouloffi. The Government, fearing that tho Princo may be in danger, has urgently pressed him to leave Sofia.

The ordinary meeting of Couit Loyal Enterprise, A.0.F., Masterton, was held lnst_ evening, Bro. E. Pragnell, C.K., presiding, and the attendance being small, owing probably to tho bad weather.

The no-confidence debate ended in the House last night, the motion to go into Committee of Supply being carried by 43 to 20. The House adjourned at 1.15 a.m. Another leaflet, by Mr T W. Kirk, F.L.S., on the yellow poppy, otherwise known as the prickly poppy, thistle poppy, and Devil's lig Mexican poppy, is to haud.

The next fortnightly sixpenny conceit takes place at the Masterton Wesleyan Schoolroom on Monday.

Mr F. H. Wood makes additions to tho entries for next Taratahi stock sale.

At Nelson, the other day, a lktcner to the strains of the Australian Guards' Band gave about a pennyweight of gold towards the collection, in lieu of monoy, of which he had none at the time. The gold was thankfully received, aud, at the suggestion of Adjutant Cummings, the local officer of the Salvation Army, an auctioneer, who was handy, sold the gold on the spot by auction, at which it realised three shillings and sixpence The Wairarapa Farmers' Co-oy.erativc Association make a line display of dairy produce, including butter aud cheese from their own factories, and bacon and hams of very superior quality, grown and cured by a local fanner. The tolal school excursion bookings on the New Zealand Government Bailways mm. 21st January to 25th May were as follow:—Children, 51,243; adults, 31,1)21, The revenue received was £5230 2s.

-Messrs Lowes it lorns add to their next stock sale list for July 24th, 2 lit beasts,

A terrible experience belel a lady and gentleman last week at Bray. They were driving with two children in the Dargle, when tho horse shied, and clambered on to a low wall protecting a precipice 250 feet deep. The occupants of the trap had barely time to jump out, when the wall gave way, and the horse and vehicle disappeared in the chasm below.

A lady inventor is responsible for an excellent table which dispenses with parlour-maids and which threatens to make obsolete, such phrases as " Will you please pass the salt ?" It is round, with an outer edge broad enough to carry the plates. The centre, which is an inch or so above the level of the rest, revolves. On this the food is placed, mid you only haye to turn it round to get at the dish you require,

A curious cure for colds, is described by a correspondent of Science Sif.ingx. He writes:—"The moment I feel'a cold coming on, or have a chilly feeling, or begin lo sueozc, I lay down before a hot lire, with the face as close to it as I can, and Mate my lungs with the hot air for a minute or two and repeat it several times, holding in tho inhaled air a slioit time, then gradually exhaling it. Since adopting this method, 1 have never had a cold settle in the throat or lungs. I believe it will prevent pneumonia if taken in time and faithfully carried out." Wild birds in villages and towns know the days of the week, or at least they know when it is Sunday. It bus been observed that during the hours of morning and evening service they venture down into gardens and courtyards where they never go during tho rest of the week, unless it lie in the very early hours of the morning. The author of " Bird Notes," a little volume just published, tells of a small walnut tree she had which was visited by the rooks regularly every Sunday, and only on Sunday, Here is a schoolboy's essay on Sir Walter ltalcigh. It is quoted by Mr Watson in Atahnia :—" Sir Walter lialcigh was a Tery great man, He went over and discovered Anurica he discovered A'irginia; he discovered tho potatoc. And when he had discovered the potatoe, he discovered tobacco. And when he had discovered tobacco, he turned to his companions and said: ' My friends, be of good cheer, for we have (his day in England, lit such a flame as I trust, by God's grace, shall never be extinguished.'"

Is the coming woman to go playing billiards with her husband or hor sweetheart ? Mrs Ormiston Chaut says yes. Her words are:—Whatever the meu of the future do, that will the woman do. They are beginning to know the meaning of comradeship. I and my husband arc comrades in billiards. Almost the only recreation we get is now and again a game of billiards, and that not at my husband's club, but at mine.

At the boat race the other day it was observed that one of tho Oxford crew and two of the Cambridgo crew wore spectacles. There has never before been three spectacles in the race, A snare to catch rabbits was recently tho cause of a serious accident. A two-year-old bull grazing over the ground caught its tongue in the snare, and was so seriously injured that it had to be shot,

A cynical old bachelor was asked the other day if he liked the New Woman. " I am not quite sure what ihe is," he replied. "Oh," said his companion, herself one of the advanced sisterhood of uncertain age, "a girl with ideas of her own." " Yes," said the old bachelor, tentatively. '• And who doesn't want to get married!" continued his companion. " Ah," said the wicked old fellow, " I've never met her I"

An assurauce of a subsidy of £ for £ up to £25,000 has been given by the Government to the promoters of the scheme for the development of the low levels of the Thames goldlicld, which has just been floated in London, says a contemporary, The promise is hedged around bj several conditions to ensure that the work shall be such as shall benefit the district in genoral. A shaft 2000 ft deep is to be sunk, on a site to be approved by the Government, and pumping machinery erected capable of lifting 1000 gallons of water per minute from that depth. Once erected, the machinery is never to be removed from the ground without the Government consent, and the shaft is to be available to tho owners of adjacent mines, subject only to reasonable charges for work done on their behalf, in the way of haulage and pumping._ The Queen of Beauty mine, which gives the name to the new company, has the deepest shaft on the goldlield, and there were excellent prospects in its low level (700 ft) when the pumping machinery came to grief, and the workings have beeu flooded ever since.

A lady in whose servico was a maid who had been trained as a nurse, granted hor leave to go to a neighbouring town to attend a married cousin who was.yery unwell. Mary departed accordingly, | but only to write at the expiration of a ifew day's that her relative had died, and that she proposed returning immediately after the funeral. On her arrival she startled her employer by resigning her situation, and asking to he permitted to dispense with the usual notice as she was going to bo married, "But to whom. Mary f" said her astonished mistress, " I was not even aware that you had a sweetheart," " If you please, ma'am," replied Mary, giggling, and playing with her apron corner, "to the corpse's husbaud, he said at tho funeral that I was the life and soul of the entire j

( Dr McGregor, Inspector of Hospitals, visited Haslerton yesterday.

Messrs Loots and lorns add to their sale list for 24th, 200 empty ewes.

The arrivals in the Colony during June, numbered 1134 and the departures 1750. The Bev. J. Dukes will conduct both services at the Wesleyan Church tomorrow. Subject:—Evening, "Tho Creation. The Work of the First Day." Wesleyan Church services in the country Till be held to-morrow afternoon at Wangaehu and Taueru. If you study practical economy you will buy your drapery and olo'.hiug at Hooper's BonMarche. You ask why? We'll t:II you why! You've twenty pounds to soeud or tweuly rhillings if you like. Your object is to get all you require for the money you have. II you buy cf Hooper's you will got all you determined to secure and a bit left for soniethinj elso. Also jou will get the belt of everything; tho goods of standard manufacturer.'. If you buy elsewhere your twenty pounds or iwenty ■hiUuvp, as the ciso may be, will not go as ir. as you thought and yon will e ; ther h.iveto sink tbo qualiiy or sWI out mote cash. Will that si'i.S you 1 We trow not. You're no fool; you'vo been ivanduriaj up and down Ibis b'essed wo.ld for years and you knew your ; !jook. o,ie m.iy say this is ouly assertion, { where : s your proof? We reply, use your eyes, exercise your judgment and criticise and compare, and your verdict must be for i Hooper & Co., ready money drapers, Bon , italic, Masterton. -Aovr,

One ol the Bights ol Wellington, at ouj time is undoubtedly the magnificent cslnblishment.known as To h.o Houeo, and now that ever; department within its walls is filled to overflowing, with a bewildering variety o! the season's novelties in millinery, mantles, dresses, eto,, it is more than cfer a p'casuro and profit to visit tho who'esale family drapery warehouse, To Aro House,

Particular attention has been paid this I year to tbe requirements of country customers, ard tho resu't is 10 be seen in the immense and va'.'cd stock of calicoes, shirtings, flannels, flanncllcties, strong wearing dress materials, men's and boys' c'ottrng. &o. Tho ohoico in each depart, meat, is almost unlimited; as may be imagined, when it is stated that of flannolette a'one, over 50,0U yards have this season been imported at To Aro House, Wellington. A specially organised department, has been established to deal with country orders. Patterns oi any materials in stock, will he forwarded to any address, post free. Coantry residents are invited to write tor prices, or any information regarding goods wanted. It is confidently asserted that nowhere can such a wide selection, or such sterling value be obtained, as at Tc Aro kouse Wcllington.—AnvT.