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Waipawa Mail, Volume VI, Issue 665, 27 June 1884, Page 2

A DAILY coach has been put on between Matamau and Woodville. Mr Tanner has agreed to attend a Blue Ribbon meeting at Woodville next Thurs day. It is contemplated to get up a Bazaar, in aid of the funds of the Methodist Free Church, in Waipawa, but at present the matter is very much in embryo. The Auckland Star say’s Mr Sheehan has definitely decided to go for City North. He has been looking remarkably well and wears the blue ribbon.

We learn that Judge Sliippard, the futher of William Shippard, tho senior wrangler at Cambridge this year, is a cousin of Mr J. J. Buchanan of Glencoss, Hampden.

The revenue of the Abbotsford Lodge of Oddfellows for the last meeting night was £4l odd, not for the year, as stated by a printer’s error in last issue. The Post says that 41 Captain Russell’s return for Hawke’s Bay would be welcomed by all parties in the House.” But what has the House to do witii it ? Surely it is the electors that should be considered.

Tuat more active interest is being taken in the Pupetoi Road Board, is evinced by tho fact that two settlers swam the Manawatu river last week, in order to get nominations lodged in time.. The Minister for Public Works has promised Mr Smith that the reduction lately made in the tariff for carrying logs to the Spit should in future apply to all the stations on the Napier line of railway. —Herald.

Sydney Taiwiianga arrived by the train last evening on a canvassing tour among the Natives. He is a candidate for all three Northern Maori districts, hut we understand he expects to win Toinoana’s seat.

Tiie following elections of Members of Road Boards are gazetted :—Danevirk Road district : Messrs Jas. Wall and William Henderson ; Norsewood Road district : Messrs Julius Hansen und Engebret Svenson.

A formal notice in another column re. the holding of an Assessment Court at Waipawa reminds us that the preparations are going on which will enable tho Town Board to levy a rate. The notice is to enable a person to bo appointed to prepare the valuation roll.

The Bombay was expected to reach Napier yesterday, where she is to load with frozen inuttou from Messrs Nelson and Co.’s works at Tomoana. She is not only the first steamer of the “ direct line” that has visited Nupier, but is tho largest vessel that has over appeared ir. the bay. Our Hospital.—We have not yet received Dr Grahham’s report on tho hospitals and asylums of the colony, hut we believe he states, in referenco to the County Hospital at Waipukurau, that he found every portion of the establisninent in the best possible order and condition, and the patients were thoroughly satisfied. A COACH has been put on between Woodville and Palmerston, returning on same da}’, by Mr Peters. Mr Macara has not boon able to alter his time-table since the opening of the lino to Matamau, owing to some red-tape, and has gone to Wellington to try to get it altered. This is another instance of the Postal Department clashing with the Public Works, making Ministers ridiculous.

Under the bonding of “ Woodville and the Sheep Act,” the Kraminer says : “ Messrs Stevens mid Smith have inter viewed the Colonial Secretary with reference to passing si through the Woodville district, and lie has promised to see the Head Sheep Inspector as soon as the latter returns from Marlborough, and try to make some better arrangements than now exist.”

His Excellency the Governor has been pleased to issue Letters of Naturalisation, under “The Aliens Act, 1880,” in favour of the under-mentioned persons :—Carl Petterson, Anders Bergers, n, and Cutelius Larsen, Makaretu ; Christian Christensen, Peter Christensen Sanders, and Wilhelm Rudolph Jensen, Norsewood ; Johan Christian Wilhelm Wahl, Waipukurau. We notice that the Napier papers seem scarcely pleased at our Danish and Scandinavians getting naturalised. Can anyone explain the reason ?

We have made arrangements to give each of the candidates for this County a good show, by publishing a full report of their Waipawa meetings as supplements to the Mail. It must he quite evident to every one that the staff at our disposal is inadequate to do justice to such an occasion, and therefore we have agreed with the proprietors of the Herald to share with them tho extra expense to which they will be put in sending a special reporter, or ourselves in engaging assistance, and they will supply us with the supplements. We ognsider this will be the best course to pursue, and wo take our readers into our confidence to assure them that full justice will thereby he done to all purtigf; The following paragraph appeared in yesterday’s Herald : —“ A eorepspondent writes asking whether Mr Smith intends to seek re-election for Waipawa. We are unable to answer the question. There is a goneral belief that he will contest the seat, but as yet be has given no public intimation to that effect.”—Yet Mr Smith’s announcement appeared in our last issue, and our contemporary is well aware that Mr Smith is absent at Wellington, remaining till the end of this week to see that the requirements of his district are attended to as promised. This is scarcely generous treatment, and has already given occasion to some persons to surmise that Mr Smith is not really going to contest the seat, but give place to a gentleman whose nam we omit to disclose, as wo are unable to get his permission. Wc believe his published announcement is as much in earnest as are any of those published by our coptemporary, and have no doubt whatever

that hen Mr Smith returns lie will satisfy even the writer of the letter or paragraph quoted that lie is quite in earnest.

The Otago Harbour Board have dismissed Mr Aitken, recently defendant in a breach of promise case. The lire at the Kuitaugata coal-mine has now been overcome, and the coal w as again being got from the workings last Saturday. The tire has done very litllo damage. Family Crests.—The author of the projected work on family crests has sent a circular to all the members of the House offering to insert crest and motto in it. The following paragraph occurs in the circular :—“ If you have any doubts as to your crests and motto, if you send me tho country and county of your family I will supply both.” Mr Swanson says, with reference to this, that his family had arms, hut he is not sure but that some of them were without coats.— Star. Narrow Escape.—About 2 a.m. on Tuesday, a traveller who was staying at tho Beaconsfield Hotel, Makatoku, was awoke by a suffocating vapour, and getting up he found the house pervaded by a dcriso smoke. Lookiug into the other ro< ms he found the sitting room floor was on tire.. Two holes were burnt through, and a chair was quite consumed. Having extinguished the fire he roused tho landlord, who was asLep in his own room. Nothing is known as to the origin of the fire. Tho house is one recently purchased by Mr Robjohn, with a view of closiag it, along with other houses in the district in which lie is interested, on account of the recent withdrawal of licenses.

The Bedford Lodge, No~ 464, 1.C., held their annual install!!lion of officers onTuesday evening last, being Bt. John’s l>ay, at the Masonic Hall, There was a large attendance of brethren from Waipawa and other more distant places. The imposing ceremony was very effectively rendered by Bro. W. Beil by, P.M., of the lieretaunga Lodge,Hastings.. The following are the officers for the ensuing year :—llro. A. Craig, W.M. Bro. H. Wilding, i.P.M.; Bro. T. W_ Warren, S.W. ; Bro. J. Merrylees, J.W. ; Bro. J. L. Chalmers, S. and T. ; Bro. ll_ Clement, Organist ; Bro. J. Henderson,. S.D. ; Bro. G. Willingß, J.D.; Bro. J. Scholes, I.G*; Bro. McFee, Tyler. Tho lodge was placed in mourning lor the luto Prince Leopold, as is the Abercorn Lodgo at Waipawa* A curious accident occurred recently on tho railway lino. It appears that ta gang of iu.cn were working getting ballast for the line near tho new bridge at Maagatewainui, A uian named Denis Connor was on the top of the bunk, using a crowbar to dislodge the full, when tho earth beneath him guve way suddenly,, and he was precipitated below. In falling he struck against the sharp point of tborrow bar, which entered just above theknee on the back of the right thigh, and came out above the posteriors.. I>« Reed was sent for, and in tho meantime his. mates withdrew the bar, leaving a wound: so large that IV Reed passed his handkerchief through it in cleaning it After dressing it, Dr Kccd hail the man conveyed to the hospital, and we learn that, ho is rapidly recovering.. The following is tho text of an address to the electors of Hawke’s Bay County „ which appeared in the Napier paper yesterday, signed “A. Desmond.” We have no knowledge of liinu, and our contemporary seems to know little, beyond tho fact that he is a drover, holding strong noil extremo opinions, but suggests that the only real* effect of bis candidature will be to benefit Mr Sutton at Captain Russell's expense.. He states “ I am not u, large sheopfarmer,. neither am I blessed with the exclusive ownership of a country aide. StiP, those undoubted failings will not prevent me from voting for readily lioeial measures,, nor will they deter me from attacking the land grabbing rings which have kept Hawke’s Bay twenty years behind other parts of New Zealand. My voice shall; always be heard against the unjust laws which compel masses of men to toil for a bare living whilst thousands of arses of good soil are lying comparatively unused, und fenced in, only waiting for the UUighv tomb of labor to. turu them into gold 4 to raise, the smihi.g hoi nest «•>.:«! and fields, of waving ginin.’ A Land Tax and No Land ipolv shall la* my motto, and my aim to settle Human Brings upon our lauds instead of Sheep.”

We have j.ust read the address o£ Mr Francis Arkwright,of Overton, at Marton, as reported in the Advocate , and it is really a very sensible one, although he sat in tin; British Parliament for somo six years as a Conservative. We heard of him in the old country whilst located foe Home time in Derbyshire, for a division of which comity he- was M.P.. and our friends spoke highly of him as a countiy gentleman of worth and 'integrity, hut he was a “ Tory.” Al ter reading his speech,, that is the worst we have to say about him. His ideas as to- the duties of a member arc very good, considering how recently he left the Home country —ln, his uddress he says :• “ In the English Parliament, the duties were so well defined that it hardly ever happened that a member brought forward anything except for the country generally ; local legislation being hardly called for. During his parliamentary careef he jwas only once called upon to advocate at local measure. In this country, on the contrary, there were a great many local affairs which their representative ought to attend to.. He ought, in fact, to act as their spokesman, to hold a brief as it were—to see that otlieTs did not steal u march on them*. He did not say that their member should become proficient in abominable game of “ grab,” or log-rolti!sg, as it was called. That only demoralized the constituency as 'well as tho memoir, and it was painful to see a constituency trying toget .as much money as it possibly could, forgetting that other constituencies were, perhaps, worse off than itself. It was, iiowever, worse for the member himself. If a Minister granted a favour he expected something in return, and that something was neither more nor less thun a sacrifice of his independence.” We noticed a paragraph the other day, quoted from an English paper, which shows there are people who appreciate our New Zealand mutton, but have no idea about the enormous trouble and expense that has to he incurred in getting it t<s them. The writer says : — 44 In tho Knrikari Valley, about five miles from Dunedin, where the Company unfleece their Hocks und refrigerate tin delectable and verv nourishing fl-.li, the frozen iii*.at costs 2Ad a lb.; in lender. the average price appear- to be 7d. Odd ! Wli 1 becomes «*• ♦«. oM pence? The Company 11 e. , t 'U k-. but who ll ecea the English consumers ul frigideci mutton ?

And to coino to tlio point, why do wo not havo u grout deal more of thin superior moat at Plymouth ?” This genius forgets that Hum mutton, uuMimiing its prime cost to ho n M stated, lium to undergo the t mossing process, und pur-sing through numerous hands, oach of whom havo to take toll, in convoy oil Hourly 10,000 miles by mm a—-or mlho ho expects tin to And tlumo charges out of the 2.jd. Wo huvo before uh an ttCConnt-MuloM of flomo New Zealand produce, whic h hliowm “ what booomoM of the odd pence.” The goods woro Mold at the public Huloa in London, hy the Now Zealand Loan und \lerruntilo Agency, in tho iiHiial manner, and routined £SB 1 Ih2il. Against thin wore charges for discount, policy, duty, freight, primage, dock charges, warrants for iiiHurance, Male ox* poinvuH, brokerage and commiMHion, leaving for the producer £iitl .'ln fid ; iiulohm ho hud drawn uguiiiHt it in tho meantime, — nnd if lie had not ho wuh Mtaiiding out of 1 1 ih money, which wuh much tho same thing. At thoMo public huloh the produce goon into the hands of a “ ring ” of brokers and wholesale men, who havo to tako another toll, which will ulwuyH keep Now Zoalnnd mutton a shade under tho price asked for English produce. This ftlio auHWorM tho query am to why they “do not got more of thin Hiiporior moat at Plymouth." Amen our tologram of Monday ovotting wuh despatched, a diviMion oiihiioil upon the cpieMtion of reducing tho honorarium, when tho amendment wan rejected hy 35 to 25 votes. MeHHrs Smith and Hutton were iilihoiH without pairs, und Mr Buchunan walked out of tho House, doclining to vote. Tho //tiralt/’a correspondent says that Mr Smith ohm mod him that ho inteiidod voting for tho reduction. Mr Locke tho newly elected member for Fust Coast arrived joHt in lime for tho prorogation, hut too late to Hotllo tho ipioHtion of his pay, uh his naiiio dous not appear among those who voted or paired.

Mu Hathiionk’h hocoiul non had a narrow escape yohterday, from what might havo boon a very serious accident. In company with another youngHler ho passed up tho Itiiatnniwlm I toad, and when opposite tho Police Station the horse bolted, eraMliing through a fence to tho river side, hank ngaiu to the road, and then it made for tho Waipawa Hotel. Till this moment tho hoy pluekily managed to keep bin Moat, but on nearing the hotel lie wuh thrown with great force against the hourdH of tho build iig, while tho horse duelled into the ball to the amazement of the gucMtH. Fortunately, beyond a few hruiMUH, the boy wuh little tho wo mo for the fall, which alone Huved him from striking the top of tho doorway with lii'h head. In a few minutes, hoy like, lie changed horses with luh companion and reHiimud luh ride out of town.

Another Victim -On Saturday liuit, tho 2 p.m. train from Mukutokii ran into a bullock, at a place a few chuiiiH on tho Paputii Hide of liio Alunguruiigiorii or Papatu railway bridge. Fortunately, the beast fell off the line and tho train puHHod (dour, but tho paMHongerH got. a severe jolt, canned I y the driver shotting off steam Hiahleiily lo avoid acollision. 'The driver wuh not in f >i « 111 , for it happened going round a curve, and tho animal wuh not seen till the train wuih upon if. Mr Firth, the owner, had lo kill it. on account of the

severity of itm wounds. 'I ho soltlorM around (hid district complain very hitteily, end so wonder, id’ tho ncgloef. of tho I’uhlic Works I leparl incut in not proceed mg with tho fencing of the line, the materials for which have boon lying on the ground for the last, few months It iH unploiiHant to both parlies wdieii wo have to refuse iiiHoilion to ad vert isemenlH, hut an “ self preservation iH the lirst law of nature,” apart, from reasons of a council nlioiiH kind, hoiho of our readers will have to tako a better view of our functioiiH. Since luhl. issue, wc have received matter that wo decline to iliHcrl. 11l olio cuhu, a per mo n appears lo havo been a disup pointed tenderer for Homo Imihli falling, and the object of tho notice in to prevent liien from going to work for tho contractor, and to injure luh credit, not alone with lum workmen, hut luh tradespeople. Wo cannot ho u party to what would ho characterised by noiiio hn u stab in (lie dark, uh no Nignaluro is given hy the uHHuihiut, while the attacked in clearly indicated. If tho contract lihh been taken too low, tho coiiHoqucncns will follow, and in time cure the alleged error. Am evidence that good work can bo done in Waipawa, wo may instance a Secretaire, or office companion, made hy Mr W. 11. Schley to tl.o order of Mr li. .1 linker. It iH Iliads of choice figured riiiui, and in an oxnollont arrangement for comfoi f and UHef iiliiohh, although elaborate in workmanship and design. Mr Baker wuh his own architect, und the instance under notice reflects greatly to his < radii, while the manufacturer has carried out luh ingenious plans in a honest and workman like milliner. Tlim urtielo is made of solid * miui without any veneering, and the many joint h hi.- all excellently made It is con, p" d ol two p<‘dcnl.di, cut I, containing ■ . , do.u ~1 i hit ■ ml,. m 1 XX In, h to pul ■‘"",11,1 hooks, Arc. A desk occupies the cntie of the table, elaborately lilted with pigeon holes, and the top is covered will, morocco bordered with gold, in three panels. On each side of the superstructure is a tier of three drawers, while the centre 1h a cavity containing shelves, inkstands, Arc. We liiivo pleasure in recording the fact uh showing that we have workmen in on, mi,lst that cunnol ho l„'iitcu, so far as skill goes at all cvciilm. Derating No, IKTV.- Thcro was a very lull room on Wednesday evening, to hear the delude on the question “ Is the pro Meut licensing system satisfactory?” Mr Michaelsoii afliriiied that it was so, and Mr Aiuiand maintained the negative. Messrs Itush, Loiighiuui, (Miiokon, and Milden supported the system. Mr Murker spoil,, against if because men like himself, who did not chance to he ratepayers, were debarred from voting at elections for committees ; all paid tuxes und all should vote. Messrs Muddlson and Harwood objected to the present system, as running to extremes and compelling persons against their will. Many of the speakers 1,1,1 rod to tho n « .mu action in the bush uh to closing all the lioiihch. Tlio openers having replied, the Chairman gave an liiinartial rntimr of the different speeches, mid laid on the table Mr Greens Local V** tio " lliM l ‘ 1 " 1 Mr KU.w..nl’„ 1,i 0 .,„ H i,. K Act. Aiii. ii.liii. nl Hill a v.i|d wuh thot. Ink™, with tlm ivi illt lloil u noijority i 1 m-lii ml that “ tho pri-H.-nt lioonain(f Hynix HHlu.l'u. loiy," Sovoii mnml.viH woro j lmll,,t <*» 1", Mill utoojlttal, no,I „i,lo MOW Doiiich were proposed. The next week’s meeting will ho devoted to leadings, Sir.

The Woodville Examiner says :—“ It in sad to see around our thriving township block** of bush held by absentee speculators, who will Mouto day make a harvest out of them at the expense of the hardworking thrifty settlers who have made the district what it is. Tho district has no greater draw'hack than tho attachment to it of tho Hon Mr Johnston, who has locked up so much of it, and has felled hardly ouo slick of timber on it. His fMiHHCHsinriM are a nuisance to other places »asides Woodville, and a nuisance which it is difficult to see how to get rid of." TIIK llauraki Tribune asks tho following very pertinent question in connection with Major Atkinson’s recent stumping speech ; —“ We have already learned that the laud tenure is mi Mat isfuctory. What we want to know is, what tho umro satiMfactery tenure Ih to he ? . . . Fit her the whole of the doctrines of political economy are unsound, or the opinions enunciated hy Major Atkinson are the mereMt clap trap ever uttured mi a public platform. Wc take the Major himself as an instance : his official salary is £1,500 a year, which pays no tax : the man to whom he Hold his farm at Taranaki pays £l2 lOh a your Property Tax, no mat ter whether lie makes the odd ten shillings profit on the year’s transactions or not! And this is cquul taxation ! ” Mu Hannon, who recently sought to represent the Fast (Jouhl, must he a humorist. Speaking of education, Im said “ The present system is costly ; and to show that it dooH not work well, iu Giahorne, with 500 children attending school, they could not get a washhouse I” The local paper put in “ laughter” here. Then lie passed on to Immigration, and these are the whole of his remarks on that subject :—“ It is a mistake bringing out a number of unsuitable immigrants ; at present the Booth Island is full of them, and there is no employment. Settlers should nominate tlmir friends.” When the settlors read tho nomination papers and find they are hound to Hnd employment or support their friends, they will possibly think over it before following his advice. Mr Gannon then unswered a number of questions ; the most important were :Hu would support any (iuvernment that would carry out h!h own views ; he did not approve of Itopata’s pension being reduced ; was not a party mail ; rather objected to the perpetual leasing system, (xo. Tilic following important order in (’oilnoil under “The Fd neat ion Act, 1H77,” having reference to examinations in standards, has been published in the (Jasse.ttti : “ I. Regulation *2 imder Order in Council dated Him 24th September, IH7H, for defining the standards of education and for iu Hpcction of schools ih hereby repealed. 2. At. every standard examination of a public school the whole school shall he examined. Pupils not. sufficiently ad vanced to ho hi a class Hint has been prepared for examination in Standard I. shall he examined in such manner as the Inspector may deem lit, hut all the other pupils must he presented for examination according to the standards, livery pupil who 11 uh already passed any standard must he presented for a higher standard : provided that at any time, not being less than three mouths before the examination, tho teacher may, if lie see lit, place any pupil in the cluss preparing for the standard which he last passed, and such pupil shall he examined with such class, hut shall not he deemed a candidate for a pass, und shall not in any case he reckoned as passing again in the standard for which he is so exumined. The teacher shall formally present for examination all the pupils on the school roll, by giving to the Inspector a list or lists of the pupils that are not prepared for Standard 1., or a memorandum of the number of hiicli pupils, and for oach standard a separate list of the pupils piesented to pass the Mlandard, together with a list id’ these presented to he re examined in tho standard. Tim teacher hIuiII, at. the same time, hand to tlm Inspector a summary of tho numbers prossnled, the total of which summary must correspond to the Number of pupils on the roll of the school.”