Wellington Jottings.

Pahiatua Herald, Volume I, Issue 51, 18 September 1893, Page 3

Wellington Jottings.

ADVAXCK PAIIIATUA. Some years ago. when Mr Alexander | Black started a paper at I’ahiatua, all predicted that he would not receive much supl«>rt. as the township was too small. Not i.iaoy people in those days knew where the 1 lace was. and the name. I’aWiatua, was as dilheiilt to pronounce that many suffered from lockjaw for months after. How war. rahiatua has grown into prominence, and the name being repeated so often we 1 ave gradually got around the corners hnd have become accustomed to its sound. Well, Mr Black is still in this mushroom country town, and, 1 am glad to see, is the printer and publisher of an excellent l.ttie journal. The printing and make-up, from a technical point of view, are a credit i > any printer, while the clean faced new Tv P*‘ gi'w* a clean appearance to the whole. I must also compliment the « ditor upon the pith> and readable matter inserted* and the Bahiatuans may well feel proud of their new paper, which is the mouth piece of the district, and which deserves hearty support. CAUOHT AT LAST. The police have arrested two young fellows—named Cloke and Burton—for burglary. The thieves had a secret pas--ii.e in their room, the entrance to which was hidden from view by a picture r lxnanac pinned over it. So far, they bate done very well in accumulating a lot of valuable articles, the result of a -cries of petty burglaries, ami the stolen property is now lying at the police station ■ waiting claimants. Thorndon has l»een the scene of operations, and the culprits lesided at the bottom of Tinakori road, near the Esplanade. What al>out the j \uslralian arrivals now ? I lodieve both j < loke and Burton are Wellington born I youths.

THE WOMEN'S FRANCHISE. A last kick is being made to capsize the Bill new awaiting the Governor’s assent r.nd endorsement. The Government deny that they do not wish the Bill to become I law. Well, the measure is a democratic one. and our Government posing as | lleuioerats. stand by the Bill to the last. I The Government, however, is evidently I di".ati«died with certain portions of the as it msi inda, aa I to-daj (Friday) certain amendments to several clauses • ,i.- laaed in tha 14>w«r Hoorn. Hu n is not the slightest doubt that the Legislative tinkers have hashed the measure up. and left several clauses with h double entendre, w hile others are meaningless, and liable to misinterpretation. STOWAWAYS. When the Wakatipu hud reached the point three stowaways were discovered I aboard two man and a woman Tin captain ordered a boat to Ik* low ered and • , pal Um stow an ay - tdion . An affn \ ! was made to carry out the skipper s , . - . i mm to row, but j while tiie boat was being lowered the iolti-1) ropes broke and precipitated its occupants into the sea. The stowaways 1 were ream**! and taken on to Sydney, while the sailors ran ashore and are left behind. ** THE MONARCH." | It is rumored here that Mr Alf. Hill, the local vit linist and diplomee of Leipsic 1 i .aiMTvatoi ium. Germiuiy, assisted Mr • .Join s in t.. ■ orchestration of the latter’s opera, ( ogill Bros., tiie minstrels, have i tin* Opera House next week and are going I to give us a sketch entitled * The Monarch j of I’topia in live minutes." < liar lie and I Harrv «'<»gillarc old favorites, and their . popular prict s are sure to draw goo«l