Pour Prendre Conge.

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 2099, 1 August 1887, Page 2

Pour Prendre Conge.

ADIEU ! MAXWELL.

Mb Maxwell, General Manager of New Zealand Railways, has gone to Europe. He is accompanied tty six months’ foil pay, £l5O bonne, and enough variegated and cursory adjectives to stock a continent, Mr Maxwell does not take the New Zealand Railways with him. They are too delicate to stand the sea voyage. He does not leave much railway behind him, either. He leaves some decomposed rolling stock, some time-tables of the stone age, and a number of withered patriarchs who have become old waiting for the delivery of their railway freights. Mr Maxwell goes to Milan to attend tne Conference of Railway Engineers and pick up wrinkles. Those who have had official dealings with Mr Maxwell have picked up aU the wrinkles they want, and are as bald as his railway management. Mr Maxwell will go also to St Petersburg!]. The Czar wants to see Maxwell. The Czar wants to embrace the only other surviving autocrat. Mr Maxwell has no fear of Nihilist bombs. He knows that, had it been possible to disintegrate him by explosives, he would long ago have been sitting on a damp cloud sorting its particles. Enough bad language has been hurled at Mr Maxwell to blow him to Saturn, had he been an ordinary man—he is not an ordinary man. We are sorry Mr Maxwell went to Europe in 1887. We regret he postponed the journey so long. We would have liked him to go before 1887—say in 1447. Now, he has gone we want him to enjoy himself. We wish him to see everything there is to be seen—everything. Do not hasten back, dear Maxwell! If you are back by next Jubilee year, that will do, Even then, should they want you in England—stay. We have mementoes of yon; we have your railways. Still we think your bones should repose on New Zealand soil. So, send us back your remnants, Maxwell. Do not trouble to pack 'them in a freezing chamber. There is no necessity. Judging by your railway policy you will make a fine, calm, cool corpse. There was always a good deal of the selfpossessed Egyptian mummy in your composition. And, Maxwell, when you do forward your fragments, send along amarble cross. A plain, simple marble cross will do. We will erect it over your ashes. We shall never look at that symbol of suffering without thinking of yon, Maxwell—of you,. your railway victims, and our sufferings. Adieu!

There were between six and seven hundred persons present at the Theatre Boyal, Mas* tenon, last Friday evening, including a nnm* ber of ladies, when the Hon John Ballanee delivered an address on “The Political Situation.” Mr A W Benall occupied the chair. We hear that Colonel J Kent Johnston, ef Nelson, is about to take up his residence in our district, be having purchased through Mr F H Wood, Mr Leeks’ Homestead Farm at Clareville.

Tbe Greytown Mutual Improvement Son eiety hold their nsual fortnightly meeting tomorrow evening, in tbe Oddfellows’ Hall. It is hoped that all the members and friends will attend. To commence at 7.30.

Tonight Mr J Hyde Parker will give a grand concert and dance at tbe Oddfellows’ Hall, Featberston, assisted by Misses Tooker, Barber, Oakly, K and M Onndy, and Messrs Stevenson, Oranmer, Speakman and Crawley, borne electioneering skits will be introduced by Mr Crawley, and from the popularity of Mr Parker’s entertainments generally, he should have a bumper bouse, especially as tbe prices of admission ate remarkably low.

Mr F H Wood’s sales this week are stock sales; on Tuesday at Featherston, and on Thursday at Taratahi, and on Saturday a large general sale at Martinberongh.

Mr P H Wood is arranging an extensive general sale for the Saturday alter next, at bis Greytown rooms. Besides the ordinary lines there will be large special entries of furniture, bolloware, household and general ironmongery, <So. The advertisement will appear in next issue.

A tea and entertainment in conneotion with 3t Mark’s Church, Carterton, takes place on Wednesday evening. The Carterton Borongh Council invites tenders np to tbe Ist July for the lease of the reserve for cropping only, Tbe railway revenue for the four weeks ending Jnne 26 amounted to £73,062 14s, and the expenditure to £68,416 13s Id. Of the former tbe North Island contributed L24.0X6 12s Bd, and tbe Middle Island L 49,046 8a BJ. Last year, in tbe correspond log period, the North Island yielded L 21.424 10s and the Middle Island, 143,138 9* lOd, or a total of L 64.562 19s IGd. Of the expenditure in (be four weeks, L 19.418 7s 8d was absorbed on tbe North Island lines, and the Middle Island lines took 1)84,000 6s 7d, In the corresponding period of 1886 the expenditure was L 64.528 0a 7d, of which L 18.662 17* Id wga in the North and 135,876 8s 6d in the Middle Island. On the Wellington section the revenue was 1)4166 If a Id, as compared with 14107 14s 4d in the corresponding period last year. The number of passengers carried was 24,419, as against 19,636, and the faree amounted to L 1774 9s 9d, as against L 1669 13a 3d. The number of sheep carried was golf H9*, a» conpand with 8990.

Intelligence has been received at New York of the death of Taj lor, President of the Mormon Church, who was a fugitive from justice.

It is fully expected that the celebrated cricketer, W. Q. Grace, will visit the colonies with a team next year. The New South Wales Government have called for competitive designs for a State House, at Sydney, to cost £150,000. Lord Aberdeen, in the course of an interview with a representative of the Freeman's Journal, stated that be was completely overwhelmed by the depth of conviction in Australia that Home Buie was necessary for the welfare of Ireland. He found New Zealand was more in sympathy with Mr Gladstone than the other colonies.

Ur W. Adams, Windwhistle Hotel, Coalgate, Canterbury, was burned down last week. It was insured for £6OO. Basily Proven.—lt is easily proven that malarial fevers, constipation, torpidity of the liver and kidneys, general debility, nervousness, and neuralgic ailments yield readily to this great disease conqueror, American Co’s Hop Bitters. It repairs the ravages of disease by converting the food into rich .blood, and it gives new life and vigour to the aged and infirm always. See Uiserableness. —The most wonderful and marvellous success in case where persons are sick or .pining away from a condition of miserabless that no one knows what ails them (profitable patients for doctors), is obtained by the use of Hop Bitters. They begin to cure from the first dose, and keep it up until perfect health and strength is restored. Befuse unless American Go’s make. Notice Last Monday a bankrupt named James Warren, late proprietor of a hotel at Te Aroba, was committed to gaol for one month under the penal clauses of the Bankruptcy Act for not having kept books showing the state of his affairs. The Minister of Justice was applied to for the release of Warren on the ground of his wife's illness. Mr Tole communicated with bis Excellency the Governor on the subject, and Warren has been released.

A case was beard in the Wellington Uagia trato’s Court on Thursday afternoon in which Charles E. Qawlet claimed £6l 6s Id from Eli N. Dixon, of Carterton, as the balance of the purchase money of a seetion of land at Taratahi. After a gnat deal of evidence had been taken in reference to some rather complicated transactions between the parties, Ur Wardell gave judgment for £ls 10s Id, with £2 Is costs.—Post. We have received the first number of The New Zealand Chess Chronicle. Chess players will be kept posted with the latest news, and prize problem tourneys will be conducted through this monthly journal. Letters of naturalisation have been issued to A Christensen, farmer, Carterton; E Anderson, roadman, Featberston ; and J. F. Petersen, settler, Carterton. At the monthly meeting of the Standing Committee of the Wellington Diocese held last Friday, the arrears of assessments were reported as followsMasterton and Whereamt Ll3B, Karori L 42, Jobnsonville L 36, Featberston Ll3, Martinborongb L 9, Greytown LlB, Carterton L 39, Otoua Downs L3O, Bandou L 7, GreatfordL7,Campbelltown Ll3, Wanganui Parochial District L 37, Hawera L 63, Msrtoa L6O. Alter some discussion it was resolved—" That this committee is of opinion that it is desirable that a diocesan clergyman, not licensed to any iparticolar district, but to be at the disposal of the Bishop, be appointed ; and that the Bishop be requested to obtain some preliminary information as to the possibility of supporting such clergyman, and as to the best way of making use of bis services.” The other day two natives, Te Whetu and Tamaka, were convicted of sly grog selling op Hawera way. On Saturday Inspector Pardy. with three constables and 21 permanent artillery, went to Paribaka to arrest Te Whetn. When the attempt was made by the constables a general rush ensned, Conk stable Twomey being thrown to the ground. Constable Bocbe also got a severe handling. The order was given to the Permanent Force to fix bayonets, which checked the natives. Te Whetn was thrown by Constable Bochs, bnt his wife lay on bim4o prevent the haiiid cuffs being put on. The natives were at last overcome, and three other prisoners were taken and handcuffed tor attempting to rescue. Te Whetn was taken to Pungorehn in a waggon, the others walking in charge of the Permanent Force. The affair lasted from 16 to 30 minutes.

An accident of an extremely dangerous and disagreeable character, says the Wairarapa Star of Friday, happened to Ur Baton, chemist, on Thursday afternoon. He was assisting in the preparation of the dnllahed for the Masonio ball and had in his breast pocket a bottle of nitric acid and certain essential oils which he intended nsing for disinfecting purposes. Suddenly, as he was speaking to the decorators, the bottle exploded and a quantity of tits liquid was spattered over his face. Fortunately bis eyes escaped, although his eyelids were badly scotched. It is needless to say that the coat which Mr Eaton wore was completely destroyed. His escape from very seiions injury under the circumstances was a remarkably narrow one. Saturday’s cable messages from Sydney quote New Zealand wheat at 8s 8d to 8s 9d ; New Zealand oats le 9d to 3s 3d; maize, 8s 4d ; potatoes, 80s to 465. The market is glutted with all sorts ef produce. A man named Harvey was found dead, leaning against a fence, at Caversham, Otago. He is supposed to have died in a St. The man is believed to have been of intemperate habits. He was one of a class known as remittance men.

The body of a rabbiter named Thomas Moore was discovered frozen to death in Garrick Banges, near Arrowtown, Otago, on Tuesday last. We would remind the Volunteers that the first practice for aiming and position drill will be gone through tomorrow evening, and they are requested to bring in all brown belts and pouches. Tbe friends of Mrs Varoham, sen., Papa* wai, will regret to learn that her illness leaves little hope of ber bolding out much longer.

Mr Bunny speaks at Gladstone tonight and at Clarevilie tomorrow night. Two brothers, Wm. and Cbas. White, were drowned in a waterhole, Newton, Auckland, yesterday.