The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1880.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 530, 31 July 1880, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JULY 31, 1880.

We published yestoi'day a letter from Mr Wardtill, KM,, to'.the Minister of Justicepin which the'rwiutervjjave liis reason for advising tlwt a 'change in the Coiu'tVarrangenienta for-this district is not Represent desirable,7so great exception I 'Can be tak'eh either,to") the tone or. the contents; of j'therletter," though " we regret that broughtju[j the~question of . his private residence as an'', argument against., the proposal.-,. The publicans no right', son the one hand, to canvass Mr .WardeU's piirate arrangements, - nor.should Mr Wardell, on the other, - bring his own private,. arrangements to bear, on a public question. If private considerations are to decide public questions the, colony is indeed ; in a bad'way, We hardly concur, 1 too, iij Mr Wardell's argument. that the proposed change' would necessarily incur a. considerable outlay of money. We do not see why it should not be effected without any outlay at all. On the Government acre there is abundance of spare office room, and though a new Courthouse is desirable it cannot be said that the Masterton Court is smaller than the Featherston one. Mr Wardell 'appears to i think that his present arrangements are satisfactory to the public and the profession, but the signatures to the petition which was presented to the Masterton Borough Council are a tolerably conclusive, proof that he is mistaken on this point, and. should further evidence be 'necessary it would be very easy to produce it. Mr Wardell, also, in stating that moneys are received and paid ; by! the Assistant Clerk at. Masterton, omitted to mention i the fact which is- the real grievance, viz., that between the receipt and,pay- , liient they are sent down to Featherj ston, and that' a further delay., of' a b week or a fortnight to the other delays i incidental to legal experiences is yex& 1 tious to the public. We hardly, think that Mr "Wardell ban defend'the rule j which is laid down of 12 days'notice 1 being given for an ordinary sninons, This rule may -be necessary for the service of a summons in the country, but it cannot be essential for a populous 9 town, where, in the course of a few j hours, any number of summonses can t be served without any difficulty. We hope, now the question as! a whole .has , been raised, it will be fully argued t out, and a settlement conducive to the ; interests of the district as a whole may j be arrived at, We. oarinot expect Mi i Wardell to be favorable" to the altera' tion of arrangements which- have beer ' in force for twenty years or more, but ! though we may regret to have to'run . counter to the wishes of a gentleman ■ who has every claim to be treated, with i consideration, it is most imperative i that the question should be decided by public- considerations only, If these demand a - change the public will nol ! have'to ask for it many timet- in vain, though it may not obtain all its wants at the first time of asking.

The combined team from the. Carterton and Maaterton Football Clubs play allcomers to-day (Saturday) in Mr John Drummond's paddook, Play to commence sharp at 2,30 p.m, We remind those interested that nominations ■ close - to-day • for the different events in the Autumn Meetings in 1881-82-83 of the Wairarapa' Jockey Olijb, •Particulars in full are given in the advertisement, " ' " ' ; The Sergeant-afc-Arms on Thursday last forwarded his.resignation to the Speaker, and at once knocked . off.[' work," .. His • duties were consequently in the afternoon and evening performed by one of the messengers, and as the House was in and out of Committe.e a good many times, the acting:Sergeant-at-Arms had an excellent opportunity of getting his hand in.' The deer that were turned out in the VYairarapa district a few years ago have increased and multiplied at a marvellous rate. A gentleman, who was' passing through Wainuioru the other day in- • formed the Times that he passed by droves of deer, amongst them stags with 8 enormous antlers. The animals are said j to abound from .Wainuioru right across country to the Bea at iiutherfurd. In another year or so venison should be a marketable article of diet. 5 A six days' horse race has been got up at San Francisco, under the auspices of General Obow: V; 'Dayton. V.The horses j California Mustangs, are to run at top speed with riders on, their backs fifteen hours per day for six consecutive , days. 1 The entries will probably include Peralto, 5 the celebrated Mustang rider, who accom- - i pliahad such equestrian feats in the Bast last year, ' '' I ; A story is told (saya the English cerresjpondent of the Melbourne.Weekly Times) i that many years ago the famous trainer of •racehorses, the recently deceased Thomas jDawson, paid a visit to Swinton Park, the home of his employer, Admiral .Harcourt. The admiral invited Dawson to accompany him to the adjoining paddocks! in order to inspect the 1 brood' mares arid | foals. " I will show:you an old favorite of yours/ 1 .said, the u owner : of Park, as they approached a cluster of brood mares. " If'Jllerdale is among . them, Damson, '< depend upon • it that she has not. forgotten her old I grudge against me, and that she will run hie out of the"paddock." The mare in question lifted up her head as the roice of her former ; trainer.creache.d.'her -.ears* and after gazing upon .hjmfora minute, she set off to pursue' him, with ears laid back, and with flashing eye and snorting : nostril. . j ■. . | 'in orcler to'jshow how art Item grows''we • give' the' followirig :-A"jewel of considerable value, belonging te the Princess : Louise," has been missing since the late acci^nfcj—ft-ee; Press - report. • It • is -eaid the Princess...Louise on Saturday lost a,, jewel'it Ottawa" valued it'2()o0 l dbls.— Montreal Witness; : It is said thePrinc«3s' , valued afc 20,000 dois.—Boston Traveller. ■ , It is said the Prinreaa Louise on Saturday ; 200,000 ' said.that'th'e. Princess Louise. on-S£tu£day lost a' jewel : .(dolfeSfo -Paul Pioneer,.Press.;j jt u,^id ; Loinse'pn,Saturday lost a jewel valued a£ 20,000,000 dols, —Denver Tribune, ifif ; iaid the Princess on Saturday lost i jewelMv3uedbati San Francisco Post.I iim Ite ,no mwu} '. n o

yrhe Rev -LK Halhwachs reaches a ; fspeoiaFserm>h.in ;, kStPatrick's Ohnroh toi'nor>|\v^ Mr f] A, r ,pamoron, of Dunedin, •announces i a i'sweepq on the Melbourne : Oupof -1880. - -There 109 nominations for the event. ' 1 >' ' ■ Notice is given -to in the . Oustloijolufc 'Ralib.it,District that the rate • of one-eiphth of ii penny is now du'ej and payable on thji;l4thjroi We direct, special attention to the ' of Mr James Smith,, proprietor of the well-known To.Aro. flouao, ;4^ring•^in r ßhother'WßMM^ w^w '7 tr! •. , Mr A. Bish imnounceij.that he lias onhand a large stock of "watches, clucks, ancli jewellery, and is offering; the whole of hia stock of-fancy goods at Cost price, « 1 P Mr A, A. Burnett, auctioneer and land i agent, Wellington, "advertises that he 'is ' prepared to make caslrMvances on depn" j sit of deeds of land morgkges. and that loans for small amounts can be 1 obtained at short datesat low interest; A' manuscript psalter' has been dis--1 covered at Frieburg, in the Grand Duchy 1 of Baden, which archaeological experts • assign to the fatter half of the.'eighth i century. It presents all the characterisj tics oflatter. Merovingian and ekrly Carloviuuian; period, ' > v -' .j----l There are now two men-o'-war in Wellington harbor H.M.S Danae and s Raleigh. The Raleigh, which brings to- , lief crews -for H.M.S. Danae,, is the ' largest mah-o'-war that has ever been-in ' harbor. The vessel carries a cVew of 661 t men and has a,tonnage v of 5,200 tons. ; I -We learn from Mr R, W. iOary, the 5 well-known theatrical agent, that it[ is i very urobaVle he will bring Mr and Mrs ■ Hiskins through the district in about a - week's time. The troupo,,the' leadiut . members Vof which are ( lyell-kiiown |tc 3 most ttf our readefa,V- wills,no"' doubt dran crowded houses during their; stay in the district. ' - >■ ! 0 It is a curious Bays a Wei 0 lington: exchange, that 'the, Featlierstoi: ■ School was. burnt down on 1 " the very daj on which the matter of insurance 'croppec ® up at a, meeting of the Education-Board, 1 Shortly after the.;B6ard had assembled d "Mr'Blair -.brought the subject unde: V notice, with a view to,covering risks from e tire, but it was shelved for the time beins (. by Mr O. 'Pharazyn. (residing hear Fea ■ thorston), who thought that it wa3 one foi , the General Government to.dealwith aiic ! i that Mr Blair should gjye .notice io r -. motion.' The occurrence at Feather at Feathprstoii may lend additional impor ji' tance to the subject of insuring, schoo j-' 'buildings. (:, . • ', • Lr, The N.Z.-Times says: .that a meeting o jj "the' Waste-lands Board was-held oi 0 Thursday, when there were present M J." Gr. • Hqldsworth] Oommissidner 'o Crown Lands (Chairman), Mr E. Pearco Mr. Thos. Mason, and Mr Hi Bunny e Tlie.schedule.of lands sold since the las ', meeting, showing that 207, acres had beei is" ; «>W at an .upset price of ,£147, and tha 7 the deposits paid thereupon amounted ti a £351.03, was read and Mr A .. McHutolion telegraphed'j.for permissiqi , tQ cut. timber on Croiyn ,Lands up th j. Akiteo. river, The application was no d granted.:' Mr J. Morsey applied for ai Q extension of time to pay the Becond instal y inent on section 8, Mangao.ne. block. Thi r was granted. There was ho further buai ness. \ j . n The Globe learns from St Petersbur, [j- that the Minister of the : Interior ha received nearly the whole of the lists froti the provincial authorities of persons await . ing exile at the depots fit Moscow, Kijni II Novgorod,. Samara. and 'other places e: From these' it is evident'that the numbe y of:exiles-to be despatched to Siberia ii e; J" 1 ® 0 and .- July this : year 'will ezceei )t 20,000 individuals, and perhaps reael x ' 25,000, It is impossible to ascertain th ' proportion which the Nihilists bear to - wards the rest of the prisoners, as in conae quence of the statement published laa year, the Minister of the Interior gavi instructions in autuinn that all informa " tion on the subject should be withheld b l " the provincial officials. ■. !8 He must be a bold man who wouh play _a joke upon members} of the Roya j. Family,'. Yet the young, men of th Windsor..and Albert. .Institute. seem t< have been bold.enough 'to undertake th , task,: Pi'ince and. Princess Christian Md'-theGMd Duke o the,, institute.. named,, j. After waikini 't through the fancy fair, a,'nd making sundr; •) .purchases, the Royal party were invite' 'S to inspeot a room devoted ostensibly to: n fine art exhibition, The visitors wer ® each presented with a catalogue to guid them in" the tour i'oiind v £he apartment s The recipients, however, must have b'eei I; considerably surprised on-comparing-- thi catalogue with the exhibits;- For instanc 1 the first- item, " Lynx in repose," by i e Constable, was represented by a pair o ig handcuffs, whilst answering the desorip g tion of" The Babes in the Wood" were > i.. couple of dolls wrapped up in a shaving y A Yarmouth bloater was described h " Caught in tv squall off Yarmouth," *Oi d searching for " The Day before tin is Twelfth on the Perthshire Moora," th n party found simply the letters, " Thi a eleventh," and in the place of "J statuette,; in bronze, of Her Majesty' p (kindly lent for the occasion), they fount if a penny fixed to the wall, A Wellingtor i, and- Blucher boot did servioe for" Heroei p of Waterloo," while a match , with the n: head off..answered ;■ for !f The fowers o: i, Lijcifer Defeated." 'lt is gratifyhig tc I,- learn, tha|; 'Pfipce and r?rincessei [. seemed'thoroughly to "enjoy the joke it and; that none of the institute authorities were beheaded on the spot] '• The Thames'"^Advertisef.sayi"A ) large seal, measuring nearly 10 feet from f the tip of .the snout to the tail, wat 8 captured on the Miranda beaoh last week. 0 The'creature is'a'fine.''specimen of his ■ species, and was first observed basking in - the simoon the beaoh. ,Mr r ;Littdn,- the j district schoolniaßter'j at once procured a 1 g«n, but during his.brief,absence the 3 seal had become:' frightenod, and when j he returned;was making..':traokg'-'for'the ' water, distant two;or three hundred yardsj ? it'being low tide at the time. ;wish- ! ing to let the -creatiiie escape, Mr Litton 1 rati into s the mud' and-Jfired=a ; ahot it, 1 whjch Jpok effect,* hitting it 2 in the eye. 1 This prevented „it onj", pqntin)i}ng its 1 effort to'esoap'e,and it Tfas a'oori despatched i with' a knife : and carried' triumphantly to the settlement,".;' • 7,-;; ;fr > ! We J^Mo'Mm 1 - ter .willjJnbttßeuable .'to 1 accompany) tK'e ( Greytown football team to Wellington today, haying'met witf-an accideilti'b his ; ankle, while roping; a young horae at , Tuhitarata. His/.loss will ..be-ifjeverely j felt, as ha has the reputation of being the j best I baok in the ; Wairarapa. r: " ! • !We understand ? 'pr Smith har at the 1 request of; the Greytown School'ie.mii mittee made an examination qf-.Uie.Maori r .scholars, and reoome'uded the exclusion 'of several of th&' ;?i We thihlnf^would I greatly relieve the miiids of man'y pairents,: 1. if a periodical examination wai-arranged I' for by the Committee, of • the-.sohqol, as I- the act■proyidM^l'^ri.ietel«»py-^ i t obser.vedi"?V",bu| 2 " wihout an examination, We consider i'. •„ 'I

, ' Mi' G. Mttckay, farmer, of Te Ore Ore,? ' hits filed his schedule. , y | The police at Car ter ton v. have at last, been able to put their hunds un fit -leaaL two of the petty thieves with r which this ' district is now so uncm\>f<>rtably.;popu- \ luted, and it must have been anything but ' pleasant for prosecuting constable, 1 to liud 1 that although the two' characters he run. ' to the earth were bowled dean -out, and one of them known to have a pfeyioin I - Eimpand'tlie* other-to ! -! lie a Buspici(ius yet they were ' only sentenced to seven and fourteen 1 ' ..days respectively, - Their offence was steal-. ,! ■ ' iit the side of the road, and of course they 1 ;,'iirged unreasonable" excuses as-tiUtujw:. , J;he tool camu into ! their possession','. : -Messrs-Burton Boyraiid,-Vfijliam Booth 1 : : wei;e™i;th'e~presiding^jiistices,. : the former'; 1 v gentleman-givingv-the culprits,.a. Bevbre i; : reprimand, but unfortunately, with mis- , "taken leniency, finishing up his; lecture : ■' .with a sentence that iB not sufficiently deterrent, or encouraging ti) the police, seeing that everybody is complaining now • of the many small articles appropriated by ' midnight prowlers. We' trust th'etat of •; -.this ilk--will^receive „a. wholesoine whether he is caught at Carterton or elsewhere. The : culprits in tliia instance / were in full employ nil the railway works, and the axe they stole was onlyJeft .for.a.. . few minutes while the owner went to a neighboring- store, on his' return -from : which he found it gone. ■ | ■ We have received from the author, a , neatly printed volume ; entitled " The i Bonk of Life, a psychological curiosity," ■ As a local work published in alocal'office, it will probably attract some attention, 1 The table of contents is itself, quite suffi- ' cient to fascinate and astonish a casual i reader. V * -