Sir Robert Stout’s Veracity

Wairarapa Standard, Volume XX, Issue 3000, 3 August 1887, Page 2

Sir Robert Stout’s Veracity

Tun ingenious but not ingenuous Sir Robert Stout ornately orated at Rapier the other night, and declared the policy of bis Government to be retrenchment and three “ D’s”— distribution of property, distribution of land, and diffusion of education. Now the good people of Napier say the Premier only stated fourfiftbs of his policy; he forgot one of the '• D’s,"— u d tarradiddles." This is how it ?!r Uob “ t declared that tb a New Zealand Times had stated that no working man ought to be paid more than 5s or 6s a day. This was greeted with cries of, Produce the Paper," " Read the Statement," but tire great and good Sir Robert merely remarked thathe was like little George Wash mgton, he couldn't say that the thiug wasn’t, told them to search the files of papers iu the Athenaeum, and proceeded to hide his head in the subject of education. All Sunday last the elders of JNapier stayed away from Church aud searched the files of the N.Z. Times for that statement ahout the 6s or 6s a day, bat, like the old gentlemen at Margate

who searched for his little |“ vulgar boy,’’ ’neath stool and chair, they could not find the statement, " ’come it wasn't there.” Sir Robert will shortly receive a request from the Napier people to write a book of travels or some poetry ; they think bis peculiar veracity especially fits him tor the task. It is a stupid thing to romance, but it is a great deal more stupid to be found out at it—Sir Robert has been detected in these little verbal inaccuracies on several occasions. • • .

Seriously, is it not a disgraceful thing for a man in the position of a Premier to make these reckless and untrue assertions regard" ing those who differ from him 7 It is precisely this kind cl thing, and the gross personalities in which he, as leader of the House,,indulges, that are surely sapping and destroying the last vestiges of high tone in our Legislature. When the chief of a party so forgets himself we can expect little else from his immediate followers, and nothing but ruffianism from these followers’ followers —and we get it.

Mr Bunny addresses the electors at Waibakeke tonight and at Matarawa tomorrow night.

Views of the snow clad peaks of the South Island, it is well known, can be obtained near Wellington and in parts of the Wairarapa, some of them very fine ones. It, bow" ever, may not be generally known that the bare tops of the Koikoura and Lookerou Ranges can be seen from various parts of Morrison’s Bun from the hills, among other places near the Eaitara School; from various points on Bidwill’s run, and even' from the township of Martinborough. The Hreytown Volunteer Fire Brigade held their quarterly meeting on Monday night, when among other business transacted it was resolved to present Fireman ft. Humphries, who is about to leave the colony, with a certificate of merit and entertain him at a supper on Saturday night, August 11, at the engine station. The Brigade will shortly consider the matter of a new fire engine.

A man was killed in Australia by a railway accident and his irienda are suing (or £89,000 as compensation.

An attempt to barn down Gilbert’s Temperance Hotel at Woodville was made on Monday night, and two men hare been arrested on suspicion.

A Scandinavian at Biddiford’s station, Waipawa, Lower Valley, has sustained a severe gun accident, by which bis hand baa been badly shot. He was brought to the Greytown Hospital. The very first year the Stout Vogel Govern* ment were in office they increased the public expenditure by £86,000, vis, from £2,058,891 to £2,145,021.

A serious fire occurred the other day in George street, Sydney, in the premises ol Messrs Lloyd and Jones, mercers; Messrs Kerry and Jones, photographers; and Mr Fertari’s wine shop. Tbo total damage was over £30,000. Messrs Lloyd and Jones’ loss is £25,000.

James Speers, a little boy 54 years old, residing at Pine Hill, Otago, has been scalded to death by the upsetting ol a kettle of boiling water.

The NZL & MA 00, Limited, have received the following telegram from their London office, dated 29th ultimo ;—Tallow- Market irregutar; inferior mntton tallow is in demand but medium to fine is neglected; good mutton is worth 22s 8d per cwt, and beef 20s 6d. Frozen Meat—Market quiet; Canterbury mutton is worth 3gd per lb, and lamb 6Jd. Charles Gnrote, alias Bismarck, has been committed for trial at Masterton for stealing a horse, the property of Henry Owen.' Constable Mackay stationed at Maryborough proved the arrest of accused with the horse in his possession at Te Awaite Station on Friday, 20th. On being charged with the offence accused said he only took the pony for a few days to go and look at a scrub cutting contract. The accused some time ago was fined £2O or six months for cruelly stabbing a horse te make it go, until the horse dropped dead. Sheep Inspector Bayly is shifting his real* dense from Blenheim to Wellington. Father Garin, of Nelson, on celebrating his 78th birthday recently, received presents from his congregation and the Convent School children.

The Auckland Star's London correspondent writes; Frozen mutton is still losing ground. Last week carcases were sold as low as 2s 4d per stone, and less will be taken in a day or two, should the present warm weather con» tinue. The heavy stocks and the desire of consignees to get rid of their holdings is mainly responsible for this state of things, which will probably continue throughout this summer. At present there are more than 80,000 New Zealand sheep stored, and fresh arrivals expected. At a meeting of one of Biver Plate Frozen Meat Companies the other day, it was announced that a single firm of exporters had lost £20,000 in the last 13 months. I hope things are not so bad as that with yon. Current rates New Zealand mntton, 3s id to 3s 8d per stone ; lamb, 2s fid to 8s 8d ; Melbourne, 2s 4d; Biver Plate, 2s 4d to 2s fid; Falkland Island, 2s 4d to 2s fid; Scotch, 4s 8d to fis 2d ; English, 3s 4d to 4s 8d ; German, Ss 8d to 4s 3d.

The Owen reefs in the Nelson province are promising good things. The Mail says : “If ever there was good ground to expect remunerative results from the working of a goldfield it must certainly be said to exist in this case. All the conditions are favorable. The stone has been proved beyond donbt to be there in enormous quantities, wherever it has been tested it has yielded gold, it will be easy and inexpensive to treat, and no large cost will be involved in conveying it from the reel to the battery." We sincerely hope that the expectations of the Nelson people will be realised, and that these reels will not turn out a second TerawbitL

A small bey in Fahiatna— to wit Henry Treeweek—is an experimentalist of the first water. Not long ago, on a dark night, he lighted a bundle of crackers and sat on them to ascertain their strength. Sudden was Henry’s flight upwards, and so brilliant was the scene that not a few described it as the most beautiful meteor they had ever witnessed. Poor Henry lost the seat of his trousers in the journey, and he had for about three weeks to use the softest featuer pillow when be wished to bring the experimental part of his body in contact with a chair. Henry had another craze for experiments the other day. He bought a halt pound flask of powder, and dropped a lighted match in to clear the contents out. Whew I Miraculous I Heury was on the broad of hia back in the twiukling of an eye, and by the look of bis face it is anticipated he will not fool around with any more experiments pi this nature for some time. Henry is a little quiet now, bnt if be does not break out with another expe< riment ere long we ate no judge of human nature.—Pahiatqq Star,

An unknown weed has appeared at Smeaton, Victoria, which shows little or nothing on the surface, but it is so rooted that it is impossible to plough through it and crowbars have frequently to be need to nptook some of the plants. As the roots extend downward they become much stronger, and at about 3ft from (l\e surface some of them are ai much as (tin m circumference,

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The representative* of the Wairarapa Rugby Union will play a next eighteen on the Greytown Reserve on Saturday next. Play to start at 3 o’clock sharp. The following players are requested to turn up tor the Greytown Club .‘—Goldsmith, 0 Humphries, Webster, Terry, W Tnlly.H Tully, Muir, 0 and A and Udy, the represents tires C and J Beard, B Udy and Connolly. The amount collected in all parts of the colony for beer duty during the month of July last was £B4dS as against £3619 last month, and £3580 for July, 1886. The principal contributors were Auckland £769, Wellington £343, Christchurch £7lO, and Dnnedin £676.

The Customs receipts tor the oclony tor the month of Jnly amounted to £96,663, as against £77,182 last month. The falling off in the revenue during Jnly lest, as compared with the corresponding mouth of last year, is £17,799.

Tomorrow {Thursday) Mr F H Wood eells at the Taratabi Tarda. The list includes the various classes of stock as advertised in the auctioneer's column.

On Saturday next, Mr P H Wood will bold a sale at Martinborough of furniture, groseries, drapdfy, clothing, bams, bacon, galvanised iron and many other articles.

Mr Buchanan announces meetings at Clareville, Parkvale, Dalefield, and Eaiwaiwai Sohoolhousea next week. News has been received that a man named James Stevens, while bosh felling at Mr Donald Donald’s property, WaikaraU, East Coast, on Saturday, was killed by a tree falling on him.

Ur D. Reese on Uondty addressed a crowded meeting in the East Belt Oddfellows’ Hall, Christchurch. The proceedings were of a disgraceful character, the larrikins pelting the candidate with rotten eggs, rats, <be. Mr Reese managed to speak for tome time, but at length the audience became unmanageable, and the meeting broke np in eonlnsion. The Qreytown B.M Court this morning was occupied with an assault ease Born v. lhaka Eingi. Underlying the assault there is an important legal question concerning the rightful ownership of soma lanjl at Papawai. The case was being heard before the B.M. and Ur F H Wood, J.P., as we went to press. Fall particulars will be given on Friday. Both oases were dismissed.

A meeting ol the TaraUhi-Carterton Jockey Clnb will be held at tbe White Hart Hotel tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock.