Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1874.] TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1895. THE WORKHOUSE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5114, 27 August 1895, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1874.] TUESDAY, AUGUST 27, 1895. THE WORKHOUSE.

"Thk Workhouse" is upon us with a vengeance under the now Local Government Bill. It is not called a Workhouse in the measure, it is simply called " a home," but the homo to till intents and'purposes is 1 that "Home, Sweet Honio!" commonly called the " The Work'us!" Every district Ims to build one, and this will be no small undertaking either! Admission to the "home" is made yejy easy; all over fifteen have» right to enter if tlfcy aye poor,! so that very consider&Mp''structures will bo required. Probably in this district, a building which will accommodate about live hundred persons, will do to start with. Settlers up in the Bush, who break down on land which thoy attempt to settle without capital, will no doubt bring their families d.Q)vp ig tli.e home," jn the day of trouble. Every swagger \vithin thu district will .mako a straight j track for it. Infjct, everyone who finds the battle of life too much for him -or for her, will fall back on "tho home." 1 There can be no question about admission, for provided that people are poor and deserving, wlijcft' riteniis poor and honest, they have a legal ngJi't jto aecoramodation. Some persons have been apt to associate "homes" with cases either of great ago or of sickilesß, but this new Home of tho Local Government Bill, is a sort of " universal home," where peopty ojf jill ages and condiJtions can demand' shelter, fi is : j practically tlio 'saine as the British Workhouse,' only Mr Seddon does not cafe,to'call it by .this name,' In ad.di,tjon to tlie 'piiiversalvHome or \Vorkliouse,'i;liefe"'%y9 j$ ig jji each [district, homos for the aged, tonje's

for incurables, homes' for deserted children, and outdoor relief for the balance of the population which is allowed to run at large. It may be asked, where the money for all this is likely to come from, and the answer is, from the rates and from tho district fund, which includes rates, capitation, fees, tolls and loans. Districts are authorised to borrow the money which will be required to build the big Workhouses, but of course, in tho long run tho burden will fall on the rates. As nonratbpayers have voting powers, and there aro many kinds of rates under this Bill, sncli as general rates, separate rates, particular separate rates, water rates, lighting rates, sanitation rates, library rates, harbour rates. Hospital and Charitable Aid rates, fire insurance rates, and special district rates, the ratepayer of the future will, when the new Local Government Bill becomes law, -be encouraged to give up the struggle for existence and come and live quietly in " the Home!"

. We are not a great admirer A of Mr Fish, but his intelliGood gence is rarely at fault. A Lkad recent telegram states that tho Mayor of Dunedin has given notice of motion with reference to the Local Government Bill, setting forth that the changes are of so widespread and grave a character, that if the Bill is given effect to it is calculated, for weal or woe, to largely influence future local government; that if the expressed intention of the Premier to pass the Bill this session is carried out, the time which will be afforded to local bodies to consider and discuss the Bill is inadequate, and that it is not desirable that the Bill should pass this session. The action taken by Mr Fish ought to be followed by every Mayor in tho Colony.

The Musterton Eorout;h Council mccli this evening. The 'Australian Merrymakers' appear at the Masterton Theatre Itoyal this evening, At a London police court recently a boy of 10 applied for a summons against his mother on a charge of theft because she sold one of his hens aud kept the money. Tenders arc invited by Mr P. Gleeson, manager of the Tikitapu Station, Mauricevillo, for felliug fifty acres of light bush. The Manawatu and West Coast A. and P. Association's annual sliowis announced to be held at l'almcrstou North on Wednesday and Thursday, October 23rd aud 2-ltli. Entries close on October 10th. The United Grcytowu Football Club's annual ball, which takes place next Thursday evening, promises to eclipse all previous efforts on the part of the Club, aiid it should prove a very large gathering, Miss Eva Haycock, of Grcytown, was married last week to Mr Henry A. Beresford, youngest son of the Ecv. Canon lieresforil, of Leicester, England.

One of the chief reasons of the visit of Bishop Higgins and liishop Doyle to Melbourne recently, was to confer with Archbishop Carr respecting, and to arrange for, the compilation and publication of a scries of new Catholic schoolbooks for use throughout Australia. The Foresters' Arms Hotel, Greytown, is now in the possession of Mr C. Cress, late of the ltoyal Oak, Carterton. Mr Cress, who is a keen sportsman and well-known in athletic circles, will make a popular host. Miss Mary M, Haskell, of Minneapolis, has just been appointed censustaker for Cass County (Minnesota). The population of the county is widely scattered, and the trip will have to be made on horseback. Much of it is an unbroken wilderness, and there arc many Indians in the county, some of whom will have to be enumerated. The undertaking is a formidable one, and very few women would be willing to attempt it.

In the Empire City, there appears to lmvc congregated a coterie of really good professional musicians, and their presence is being felt, for not only are musical unions, for the production of high-class music, being developed, but also the composition of music is being cultivated, In this connection, Messrs Frederick .Tones & Co., of LambtonQuay, Wellington, are the publishers of several songs ami dance pieces, which have been composed by local musicians. These include " My Faiivst Child," by Mr Alfred Hill, a very pretty soug, and has been sung in public wjth great success, and " The Butterfly Waltz," by Francis Wye, is a takiug dance piece, and has been performed at the principal balls this season, wjtli pleasing effect. All those Colonial publications are woll got up, and have met with fair sales, | the prices being within the roach of all.

The question of the degress of relationship within which marriage should be encouraged or prohibited is doubtless a very interesting one says the Li/tlelton 2Ws,bul one in regard to which no hard and fast rules have as yet been kid down. An enthusiast on the subject of heredity has, according to tho London Daily Ncm, recently taken the matter up and published the result of his researches in the "Proceedings of the Anthropological Society." Mr Basil Thompson, the scientist in question, has gone to heathen races for his examples and appears to have enquired as exhaustively as possible into the social life and marital customs' of two of them—tho Fijiatis aud tlie natives of Australia. The rpsulb; as far as they go, are riot without interest, although hardly so valuable and conclusive as the energy of the enterprising scientist deserviiil; Jtr Thompson found that his researches were most easily pursued among tlie native Fljiuijs. Jf.c states tliijt "'in Fiji persons who ore the children of two brothers, or of two sisters, may not marry, But persons who are the children of brother aijd sister not only may, but, ideally speaking, must marry, f hiis, John and l'eter Brown, brothers, have children who must on i) 0 account marry. But the children of Peter Brown and of Arabella Smith (nde Brora), his sister, are married ex officio." In practice these rulesarc Dot strictly kept, and MrTbompson found the existence of counter rules a«d exceptions, very confusing to the inquiry he liud In liaild. • Ho, uoiveyer, succeeded in obtaining statistics froffi twelvp villages, and the conclusion arrived at was that" fhese Carriages of cousins (children of brothers and sisters) produce flip largest riu'd flic healthiest families! All the rates arc low, for the Fijiatis aro a dwindling nice, But the 'concubitants' have much tho best analysis, both for number and vitality of offspring. The marriages of relations who are not official wives and husbands (of cousins, the children of two brothers or of two sisters) arc second in fertility, but lowest in vitality," On the wholo Mr Thompson's inquirios into tho social customs of the Fijians'nnist be taken as, decidedly adverse to'flip general prejudice against first cousins' marriages,

.An enjoyable sight, any morning, writes our Wellington agent, is to observe the bird-lifo in tlio shop of Mr J. Walker, the noted fancier of Cubastreet. • The canaries sinf? witli all their might, and what a variety of tlieso little birds Mr Walker has onyiow; tlio poultry in their pens are splendid represent- ' atlves bf tlio'Varioils brfiedsj the roosters 1 remind yon of ijieii* vptli cock-a-doodlc-do; thodtjeks (jUackand seem contented with their surroundings. The pigeons coo, tlio tuis and Australian parrots and cockatoo's preen Jjieir wings, thb'wl).g)e forming an ffrairy "greatly attractive, liid 6f np VnjalJ -to the proprietor, who is doing a'good traije, Those who require eggs for hatching; of any special breed of'fowli should place tJitmsilvCß iii tomtiiuhicatiou Witli 'Mr VM® » .v„, ,

Further addition! aro made to the entrios for Mr P. H. Wood's next Toritnhi stock sale. Mr Herbert W. Preiton was married to Miss Herbert, daughter of Mr W. H. Herbert, of Newman, at Wellington last woek, An Amerioan salmon, weighing 9pi, and 29 inches long, with a girth of 16 indies, was renently cautiht in the Waitaki Eiver, Messrs Lowes and lorns add 60 fat merino sheep, steers, heifers, and cowj, to their Masterton stock sale for Wednesday next, Sept. 4th. ' We have received the first number of tho PaMatua Argus, t new tri-weekly andtho latest venture of theirrepreisible Iyess. The" Australian Merrymakers" concluded their lengthy Wellington season on Saturday with a crowded home. The entertainment appears to have caught on well in the Empire City. An impression prevails that the session will now go into November, or the cud of October at least.

The much respected Native chief Piripi te Maari, dropped dead at his residence, opposite the Greytown railway station, at 12 o'clock yesterday. The deceased was one of the leading chiefs of Ngatihahuna tribe, and was held inhigh esteem by both his own people and the Europeans. He was a man of fine presence and courteous manners, and will be much missed in the Valley, says the Standard.

At a commiltce meeting of the Masterton Borough Council, held last night, the local Government Dill was considered, but in view of the approaching Municipal Conforonce, it was not considered advisable to take any action with reference to a conference ofWairarapa local bodies, on tho Bill. Two valuable Clydesdale stallions—a two-year-old and a live-year-old, purchased in Glasgow by Mr Davidson, of 'Canterbury-came out by the Gothic, in charge of their owner. The animals are said to bo valued at £SOO each, The last of the series of fortnightly winter concerts in connection with tho Masterton Weslevan Church was held last evening, when another good programme was submitted. Prcssuro on our space precludes a detailed account of the concert, A r[uiet wedding was celebrated this morning at the residence of Mr J. liidgway, Villa-street, when Miss E. E. l'etheriek, daughter of Mr E, Petherick, of Cornwall, England, was married to Mr H. Wooding, lato of Maidstone, England. Mr W. Norton acted as best man and Miss Gertrude Day as bridesmaid, Tho ceremony was performed by tho liev. Eobt. Wood. The most sensible speech eTer mado was that of the man who, during the Belfast riots, was asked by a mob what Jiiß_ politics were. He did not know which way bis interrogators were inclined, but he looked at their weapons, thoir bludgeons, their fowling pieces, surveyed all carefully, and answered " Gentlemen, I am of the same opinions as that gentleman there with the big aie."

Sovarnl residents of Mnsterton liuro had cmwo to complain lately of choice flowers being stolen, and young trees ruthlcsSlv destroyed in thoir gardens. Last night Mr A. Peat caught a wonun iu tho net of breaking & large brunch oft a valuable camelia trco, and promptly gave tho offonder in charge. Mr Peat ii to bo commended for so doing, as the action taken will possibly deter otlieri from committing these mean thefts. i Humphries, tho crack New Plymouth half-back,who had played so ciceedingly well in previous matches this season, and is looked upon just now as tho best half-back in the Colony, played under great difficulties on Saturday, says a Wellington paper. More than one member of the team was suffering from influenza, but Humphries' was tho worst case, as he had to be taken out of bed to play. Wrapped in a blanket, ho was taken on to the field, his blanket tying taken off him as he walked out. A young man named Hcrbort Wilkie, aged 25, a settlor in the Waimarino district, was seriously injured by a tree falling on him. Ho was carried by a party of 25 bushfellors and roadmen through bush and bng to Pikiriki, and brought in to Wanganui by ranoo to the Hospital. The party had ut terrible , job, tho carriors being up to the waist in mud, and it was difficult to got through the bush at all. Slight hopes arc enterained of tho young man's recovery. Ho is a son of Mr. Wilkio, of Greytown.

The Works and Fiuanco Committee of the Masterton Borough Council met last ovening. Present, His Worship tho Mayor, and Ors Chamberlain, Hesiey and Mutrie. The Orersoer's roport was read and adopted. Accounts as submitted were passed for paymoi)t. It \xtt decided, in connection ifith Messrs Ponty Forde's application for modjficatjonof the building regulations, with respect to & cottage to bo erected on part town itcre 77, that tho Committoo cannot recommond any relaxation of the By-Uws, as the buildup can be erected in such & position as to obviato the necessity for & brick wall. It was rosolvcd to recommend tint the sum of £5 bo paid to Mr James liussell as linal settlement of all claims he may hire for survoying foes. It was resolved with regard to the Wairarapa North County Council's claim for £3l 2s 6d, that as the Borough Council has a contra claim for £43 Is 7d against tho County Council, the Committee cannotmake any recommendation. The Committoo decided that it is inopportune at the present timo to construct any moro (ire-wells.

At the Masterton S.M. Court, this morning, before Messrs T. E. I'rico and M. Caselberg, J.P.'s, an old olfendor named Elizabeth Clara Goodgame, was charged, on tho information of Mr A, Peat, with the larceny' of flowers from tho front of his residence, Lincoln Koad, valued at £l. Accused pleadod : guilty. Sergeint JfcAr<)lo said the : troe from which accused had brokon the branch, was valued at £7, and it' Would bo two or three years before it recovered the damage done. It was highly necessary tljat a ohpoV should be pijt on tjio practice of stealing flowers. Accused was apparently sober at the lime tho offence was committed. Mr Caselberg said he know prisoner personally to bB a great nuisance, and it was. time something was done to put a stop to iior eyil practices. She had deliberately, out oi a spirit of wanton dostruo. tion, destroyed a valuable ornamental tree. It would bo a good thing if she wero sent away for cvor. Tho Bench, however, as this was tho first offence of ui6 ■ kind, would deal leniently with accused, and inflict a tine of 10s or in default 48 hours imprisonment, but if she came before the Court again, on any similar charge, \vould be very sererejy dealt The total number of ova taken this season by Mr L. F. Ayson, is 1,632,000, made up as followsllrown trout (river fish), 1,352,000; American brook char, 45,000; loch loven trout, 60,000; rainbow trout, 76,000; Scotch burn trout, 10,000; total, 1,532,000. During the season 1891 tho total was 1,2-18,500, Messrs Simms & Mowlem hold their usmil fortnjghf ly stock 'sale ih thefr yaft), Queen.street td-rdorrow" (Wednesday at 1 o'clock, the entries for which includo 10 good springing dairy heifers, 6 calves, 6 2 and 3-year-old bullocks, 3 dairy cows, 1 2-ycar-old heifer, 160 wetficrs and owes, 280 hoggets, 35 fat wethers, 60 store wethers, 60 2-tooth owes in lamb, 6 weaner.pigs, and horses,

Our recent visitor, the big gun. in the War correspondent line, Mr F. Yilliers, did' 'oifc thing irf CJjriatcJiuroh. he never did before and ciuj jiovoiJ fIQ again -eays a writer fa Truth Ho took bis first I lesson in bicycle riding here, Mr Fred Paintcnvas his tutor, and together they! went round the Drill-shed', and sopleased j wa? Mr Villicrs with his •success, that I Paintpr witji a full length portrait s himself arranged',in all his war'paint,' with his' recently conquered cytole beside h'iib. »

Mr L. F, Ayson, curator of tho Mnsterton fish hatcheries, packed to-day for shipment to tho Opotiki Society, a small consignment of rainbow and brown trout ova, and also a small consignment for the Tauransa Society. We Lave to ackowledgo the receipt of. wedding favors from Mr W. Everett, of Opalti.

Mr F. TV. Innesof Wellington, is to be married on September 3rd, at St Mary's, Now Plymouth, to Miss Alice Freoth, a daughter of Mr J, J, Freoth, late of Masterton.

Cable information lias been received in New Zealand that Dr Denny, chairman of the London Board of tho Union Steam Ship Company, and founder of the great shipbuilding firm of P. Denny and sons, Dumbarton, died on Thursday, A sensation is reported from Coolgardie in connection with tho hearing of certain charges against Pettigrew and Urquhart in regard to the salo of a mini'. Mrs. Pettigrew was driving along the street when she met Captain Begclhole, mine manager, who was concerned in the prosecution. It is alleged that he jeered at her, whereupon she got out of the buggy and soundly Ihrashed him with her whip. On» thouiand tons of soot settle monthly on the one hundred and ten square miles of London. A child named Browne has died at Fcildinn from the effects of scalding, from hot water having been accidentally thrown upon him by his brother.

The Due de Mornay, the foremost amateur photographer of the day in France, is reported to have paid something like £12,000 for his photographic equipment. An aboriginal, charged with murder at Coolgardie, obtained the key, unlocked the liiiige of liis chains, dug a hole under the wall of the lock-up, and got clear away.

'lt is said therein a tribe in Africa where speakers in public debate are required to stand on one leg, and ar« not allowed to speak longer than thoy can stand in that position.

It is said that the carriage from which Lady Mary Eitzroy was thrown and killed at Parramatta, now docs duty as a hen-roost in a farmyard in the Jlolong district. One ol the sights of Wellington, at any Jimc is undoubtedly the magnificent establishmeot.known as Te Aro House, and now that every department within its walls is filled to overflowing, with a bewildering variety of the season's novelties in millinery, mantles, dresses, etc., it is moro than ever a pleasure and profit to visit the wholesale family drapery warehouse, To Aro Mot'&e.

Particular attention has been paid this yi-ar to the requirements of country customers, and the result is 10 bo seen in the immense and varied stock of calicoes, shirtings, flannels, flanncllettes, strong wearing dress materials, mon's and boys' clothing. &c. The choice in each depart, meat, is almost unlimited, as may be imagined, when it is stated that of flannelette alono, over 5C,000 yards have this season been imported at Te Aro House, Wellington.—Ant If you study practical economy you will buy your drapery and clothing at Hooper's Don Marchi, You ask why ? We'll tell yon why! You've twenty pounds to spend or twenty shillings it you like. Your object is to get all you require for the money you have. It you buy of Hooper's you will got all you determined to secure and a bit left k' something else. Also you will get the bost of everything; the goods o! standard manufacturer*, If you buy elsewhere your twenty pounds or twenty shillings, as the case may be, will not go as far as you thought and you will either have to sink the quality or shell out more cash, Will that suit you ? Wo trow not, You're no fool; you've been wandering up and down this blessed world for years and you know your book. One may say this is only assertion, where's your proof? We reply, use your eyes, exercise your judgment and criticise and comparo, and your verdict must be for Hooper & Co,, ready money drapers, Bon March 6, Mastcrtan. -Advt.