The Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1874.] FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1895. THE FLANNELETTE MINISTRY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5105, 16 August 1895, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1874.] FRIDAY, AUGUST 16, 1895. THE FLANNELETTE MINISTRY.

Tim new Tariff lias brought out t second Opppsition Party formed froir the ranks of the Liberals. Will Opposition No, 1 the Goyornment lias little trouble, It says nasty things and shows up the Jiinisterial l«tk, but its voting power is weak and the Government makes a parade of flouting it, jumps upon it with ill big majority, and crows as if it wen hitting someone its own sine. But the Opposition Party No. 2 is a rather serious matter because in the event of it combining with Opposition Party No, 1, the Governmenl would be defeated and so this wool l Ministers found themselves fact to face with a crisis, • Tbej invited Opposition Party.' No. t to meet them in caucus, and thei: agreed to slaughter their new flannel' ette duty.' Of course we do not know on what condition the Governmonl lias made this wonderful concession It requires additional taxation, and if it does not obtain ft from flannel ettes it will get it out of some body's hide. For the time being Opposition Party No,'2 may be said to be squared with flannelette, althouaflj Ministers lose a little prestige in the process. When the Liberal Party first came into power and before Mr Seddon had obtained thai ascendancy which he now enjoys, Mi W. Hutchison, M.H.R., ono day told the Ministry that it bad to obey the bidding of the Party. It is now a long time since we heard language of this description. Mr Seddon so ran the general election that the members camo back to the House as dumb dogs, and till tho present flannelettecrisis, hayecQmo to heel whenever their master jyhjstled.' 'During the last few days the Hoggs' i}nd Hutchisons of tho party have been telling the Government a few home truths and Mr' Seddon instead of calling tkerij to heel as usual, - has backed do,iyn, A mjnith ago, Mr Seddon led the party, now | the party is leading Mr Seddon,''bat once tho latter gets'-oyer this tariff difficulty, he will probably givij his faithful followers such jacking

iliat they will be glad to resumi ilifeir old position as dumh dogs Mr Seddon is not the mail to tun ihe other cheek when he has.beei imitfeu in the face with flannelette; jy hia own familiar friends, ant possibly Opposition Party No, 2 ivil lissolve like the new flanneletto duty Tho debate oil the Financial Statemcii ivas continued in the House last night. Tho funeral of Mrs J. Stono tool place yesterday afternoon at Ma'sterton many friends and relatives attending. Mr Alfred Eish, Carterton, Imsheei ippointed an officer under the Fisheric Conservation Act. The regular meeting of Court Loya Enterprise, A.0.F., Mastrrton, take placo at the Foresters' Hall this evening Mr T. Hutchison, S.M., left for Grey town this morning, to hold an inquest oi the body of the unfortuuale young mai George Loader. The Telegraph Department notifio that the telephonist at Mangamaho will now be in attendance for tjlegrams from noon till 3 p.m. only, instead o from 9 to a, as hitherto. There was absolutely no business t come before the Masterton S.M. Com this morning, and the ordinary, fori nightly criminal sitting was -therefor qot held. Messrs Lowes and -lorns hold tlici weekly sale at the Mart to-morrow, th list for which will embrace furnituri drapery, clothing, cutlery, product poultry, and sundries, In connection with the Pahiatu Presbyterian Church, services will h held by Hov. W. If. Philip, on Sabbat next, 18th inst., as underl'ahiulua i 11; Kaitawa at 2.30; Pahiatun al 1. The Oriental Football Club hold tlici annual Social in the Temperance Ha on Thursday next. A strong committe has been formed to work the alfair uj and a very enjoyable evening's aniust nient should he the result. A return laid before the House, on tli motion of Mr Meredith, shows that o 31st March, 1891, there were 'lO6 Chinese in the Colony, C!) of whoi were in receipt of charitable aid durin the year. The charge of murder against Samui Evison has been withdrawn, aud Evisu has been discharged from custody. Tli investigation in Nottingham has in n way substantiated the man's coufessioi aii(l tho chief constable there believi it untrue. The following tenders were receive by the Wairarapa North County Com cil, for contract No. 52, building a 11 foot bridge on tho JJkotalmna-Tcni lloadJ. Dawson, £915 (accepted); 1 McGrafh, £980; Brcnniuhl & C( £9971 Fraser and Morley, informal.

Complaints have reached us that in several instances liitely.liorses bare been tied to fences in Masterton, and left standing across the footpath, pedestrians being obliged to walk in llic muddy roads in consequence. Messrs li. E Hornblow & Co,, hold an extensive sale at their Masterton rooms to-morrow. The list embraces 2,300 mutton birds, 10 cases bananas, 20c,wt. lianis and bacon, 10 ton of table potatoes, 5 cases mullet. Also furniture, clothing, horses, poultry, otc. Dr Newman has'given notice to move in committal! oil the Government Liquor Hill that, ill case of a reduction being ■ carried, tlio Licensing Committee shall reduce the number of hotels in the district by 25 per cent. The Bill provides " not less than 5 per cent nor more than 25 per coat." The Dorcas Society met as usual on Wednesday, there being a fair gathering of workers. A roll of flannelette was . received from Mrs Alexander, for which the Society wishes to thank her. The , next meeting will be held nextWcdncs- | day (the 21st), in the usual place, the cottage, Church-street. St, Matthew's Schoolroom was again well-lillcd last evening, when an entertainment was given, including the operetta "Ked Biding Hood," and the Maypolo Dance. The characters were tilled by the samo young people who look part at the first performance (fully 1 reported by us at the time) and in addition several yoeal and instrumental | items were rendered, i Yesterday morning the Parliamentary i Committee in connection with the Frozen Meat Conference met, Messrs Stevens, Buchanan, Buddo, M.H.lf.'s, J. D. 1 liilcliie (Slock Department), D. J, Nathan (Wellington), aud Orbell (Coraldine), being present. Matters in connection with the Conference which is to be

held wore discussed, including M Nathan's suggeslious us to the corabina tion of meat compinies hore and distri bution in the United Kingdom. In (In evening the committee met, ami drew uj proposals to be submitted to the Confer once, the date for which they fixed a September olh.—iY.Z, Times. An open meeting of the class con ducted by the ltcv. li. Wood, was hell last night in the Wangachu School There was an attendance of about forty A short address was givou at the begin 1 ning of the programme; the "Mcssagi oflennyson," Miss Feist read tin " Passing of Arthur," and Messrs Join Falloon, James Mackenzie, and Join 1 James read "'J he charge of the Ligh ' Brigade," " King out wild bells," an< ' "The Kcvcnge." In the second part ol llic programme a short lecture was givei ! 011 the. "Kucheng martyrs." It was agreed to study for some weeks (hi i " Christian Sacraments," and the poetrj of James liusscll Lowell. ' Member! irere recommended to get copies of W T. Stead's " Penny Poets." The adjourned meeting nf croditois ii ' the estate of C. L. Becker, draper Feathcrston, was held at Wellington on Wednesday morning. He slated thai i when he began business hp was £B3 tc ! the had, of which lie had paid £25 13s. , leaving nearly £SO still duo. lie alsc . got £3O from hiswife. He had uot senl \ awav any goods not accounted for in hu J ledger, ' ]lie stock sheets showed all tlu goods not sold. All the items pajd ; eicept perhaps £ls to £2O were showr s in his books. He had paid £5 (or i solicitor, and £5 in connection with at j illegitimate child. On the motion of Mi Patersoii, seconded by Mr Lambert, il was decided that the bankrupt should retain a gold chain and locket jiow in his ' possession, The Ollicial Assignee said ' there was strong ground, from (lie bank' I rupt's own statement, for the suspension c of the discharge. Allowing for everyj thing there wits still a deficiency of £SO r or £6O. The meeting adjourned sjwdic. i —N.Z. Times. i There wero sixty-eight passengers . from Australia by the Wakatipu ycstcr- , day morning, and forty Of these landed j. at Wellington. Ono of the two young men referred to I in our rcport of the severe weather up country, says the Ouman Mail, has ' called upon us to add a little to the ' accoijnts already given. The young ■ man is employed in charge of flio rabbit '■ fenep, a|ul he'and ope'of flic locpl rabbit i agonts set oi|t from Itock Point io search i tor a mate who had not been lipartl' of r for six weeks. They followed the fepco | up to the saddle, finding it fair walking . until over the saddle where the snow ' was soft and progress difficult, It took ' them 8 hours to cover 10 miles and thev ' arrived at their mate's hut pretty well > done up to llnd him absent. He was, ; however, found by them, next day, to he i at Grampian's Station, They attempted i to return by the same route, but further , falls of snow blocked them, and an attempt to get down by Burke's Pass was also futile, At Grampian's they met Mr. Campbell! a shepherd from ' Hakateramea Station, who had been snowed in, and had only been rescued by the mauager from Grampian's beating ft (rajk to his hut withhorses, Tlioy also found a in'ap' therb Who Was badly frostbitten. Sererai other'attempts 1 to get through were foiled by the weather, and ultimately the two succeeded iu getihg down the river to Sandhurst by way of Slack Potest and Te Akaterawa, arriyipg there prettj' ffdl played out just' lir time''io'Pfiv.ent the start of iii organised search party ylio ffcie going out to look' fOjt tiiein.

Mr 0. Pragnoll, of Queen-strcct, has an interesting price list in another column. England and America will form a Joint Commission of Enquiiy into tho Kuclicng massacre. Constable M'Kimon, of the Upper Hutt, has informed Inspector Thompson that a Mnon, said to be 10-1 years of age, ms found dead in Lis hut yesterday morning, , Tlio Wellington Acclimatisation Society is sending away a consignment of 5000 brown trout ova to Waiperoßay, oil the East Coast. TheWanganui Education Board has engaged the services of M. De Mey d Alkemade, as physical drill instructor to the district schools, says the Post. GpolTrcy Gavin, admitted to Mount new Asylum from Masterton in 1892, died on Tuesday from degeneration of lue brain. Those who find relief in physic will be comforted by reading tin announcement made in another column by Mr 2" Tonking, 67 Lambton-quay, Wellington, It is said that Mrs Dean, executed at Invorcargill on Monday lasl, attended college at Greenock at the same time as Mr Justice Denniston, ■vr^'-n 10 Coimt y Councils' Conference, Mr F. von licden said that several stationlioldefs in the North Wairarapa, hud each given as many as2ofomealsto swaggers in the course of a year, The Czar in conferring the Order of Vladimir on Baron Moluenhoim the Hussian representative at Paris, said " Yonr activity in upholding the friendsnip bfilwccn liussin and Franco conlributcs to the general peace, which is dear to my'heart. Alictorian Judge has just decided that a man's life policy, in favor of his wife and children, could not bp taken as an asset in his estate by creditors. The Bnifi/ Nm correspondent wives that the majority of the Japanese papers are insisting that Japan's hope for the future lies in linking her destinies with those of the Anglo-Saxon race. Enghiudmay he certain of relying on Japan's support in the settlement of Eastern questions. A swagger recently tried to sell his shirt for a shilling, to enable him and his male to secure a long beer each. A certain man in Masterton being ofEcrcd the bargain, closed with it, and in the dark palmed off for the shilling a half penny! If the swaggers tiiul him, tin man will probably wish he had not been i|uite so smart. The Post intimates that the Human reports of a Ministerial speeches in tin Ward debate have been cooked. Win did not the Government adopt- witl /Itnmml the plan followed with tin A.Z. Times, and leave the report on altogether.

Further informations for pcrjiirj in connection with llio service of a summons Iws hccti laid against Constable A'estor, of Ekelalmuu. The case will be heard in Wellington on Monday next. The method in which the Kaiser goes prousc-sliooting is thus described :-A hut was specially built at the end of a ravine, and eighty beaters drove the birds past it. Three attendants were kept busy loading guns, and the Imperial sportsman was thus enabled to keep up acontiuuous fusilade, ami secure an enormous bag. The body of the young man, George loader—one of the parly lost on the ranges, as-reported by us yesterday—was found yesterday afternoon. Mr 'P. H. Wood holds an entirely unreserved sale at Fcatherston, of the stock, etc., of C. L. Becker, bankrupt, on Saturday, August 21th, Particulars appear in another column. The Directors of the Jlasterton Bla :k----smitli and Wheelriglit Company, have written thanking the New Zealand

Insurance Company (through Mr Burton Boys, the Maslerlon agent), for the promptness with which the claim for damages, caused by the late lire, has been settled, The fire occuml on Friday night last, and on Monday morning Mr Boys authorised Mr Danicll lo at once proceed with repairs. A cheque covering the damage done, was handed over two days afterwards. In reply to the resolutions passed at tlio public meeting, held in the Wesleyan (Schoolroom last week, ancnt the Bills lo restrain gambling, now before the House, the licv. Jolm Dukes has received the following reply from Mr Hogg, M.H.1!." I have lo acknowledge receipt of your favour of Bth inst., enclosing resolutions passed at a meeting ,in the Wesleyan Schoolroom, approving of the measures introduced by Messrs Carncll and Hutchison, dealing with various forms of gambling. In reply you have my assurance tint any liind of legislation designed to reduce what is, without doubt, an evil of unquestionable magnitude, and most calamitous in its consequences, will realize my support.—Yours very truly, A, W. Hogg," In the courscofaninleresting personal narrative in the Christchurch Press, on " The Stormon the Anglian, " Professor Biekerton saysAs I sat in the social hall the cliicf officer passed., ' How about the poor horses ?' I asked. ' Oh, poor things, I have had to shoot four, and I fear a lot more must go,' 'Twas like a Held of battle; dreadful. It made my heart bleed lo shoot the poor creatures, but they would only have died in agony. I have been twenty years at sea,' he continued,' and never have I had such a dreadful time.' Then a steward passed. 'You have had a rough time. 1 I said. ' Yes, the water in the saloon was up to' our waists ai one time. 1 ' Did much of it got amongst the cargo below ?' 'Of course it must have gone down the hatchways. All the passengers' luggage mint be ruined, and the linen closet under the saloon is full of water. Jt was a critical time. We thought she must go; at one time we left off bailing. At least two or three hundred tons must have gone below.' I found that the ship had been hovc-to, and with the water up to their waists the men got the saii over the broken skylight, having to jump on to it to escape the floating wreckage." Glass curtains are tlio latest novelty in house decoration, and are now to be. seen at Palais lioyal, Pari?. They consist of a series of little squares of coloured glass, each set iu a small zinc frame, and liaye tlie effect when closed I of sjajned glass. A gentleman must, by custom, kiss every lady he is introduced to in Paraguay. One ol the sights o! Wellington, at any time is undoubtedly tlio magnificent establishment,known as Te Aro House, and now that every department within its walls is filled to overflowing, with a bewildering variety ol the season's novelties in millinery, mantles, dresses, etc., it is moro than oyer a pleasure and profit to visit the wholesale family drapery warehouse, Te kio Elou&e, Particular attention has been paid this year to the requirements ol country customers, and the result is (o be seon in the immense and varied stock of calicoes, shirtings, flannels, flannellettcs, strong wearing 'dress materials, 'men's and boys' clothing. &o. 'l'he choice jn each' depart, ment, ■is • nlmost unlimited, as may be imagined, when it js stated that of flannelette alone, over 50,000 yards have this 'season boon imported at To Aro House, Wellington,—Ann. II you study practical economy you will buy your drapery and clothing at Hoopor's BonMaroM. You ask why? We'll tell you why I You'vo twenty pounds to spend or twenty shillings if you like, Your object is to get all you require for the money you have. Ii you buy of Hooper's you will got all you determined to secure and a bit left for something else. Also jou will get the best of everything; the goods of standard manufacturer*, If you buy elscwhoro your twenty pounds or twenty shillings, as the case may be, will not go as far as you thought and yoa will either baveto'Binkthe quality or shell 'out more ca.sh, Will ithat Buit you'? 5 We trow not, 'You're no fool; you've been And' down' this blessed world for years did 'you Maw jfour book. One may say this is only - assertion, whero's your proof J Woteply, use your eyes, exercise your -judgment and critioise and compare, • and your verdict must be - for Hooper & Co„ floors; Bon MawW; Maetertorit—Apvit- ' ''