The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1880.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 608, 30 October 1880, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1880.

k ten per cent reduction.' is the order of the day, but in one direction this reduction would be sadly inadequate, and that is in. legal charges, . Here a' discount of from 25 to 50 per cent, is essential, We have to thank the Chief Justice of New Zealand for making a very plain and straightforward statement on legal impositions, As reported by the Times, his, Honor said:—l believe that there should be a fair and liberal scale for the remuneration of the profession, but I cannot hold that it should be one-fourth higher here than at home. I think it should be less, No doubt laborers get more here than in England, in some cases double. But- it is not so with all grades of society. We do not find other professional people getting more here than in England, Doctors, for example, we do not find making many thousands a year. And lawyers should be content to take lower fees, like other persons. I see no reason why they should not be content with lower fees. How far lower they should be as between. lawyer and. client, is a matter for themselves, but as between party and party I £see no .reason why the taxing officers should not make them lower. It is within my. own knowledge that fees ■: charged on demurrers are far too high—they are most excessive, in fact, lam glad to be allowed to.express ray opinion on this question; and I do not see why the should 'not follow.the opinions that have been 'expressed in the Legislature. The Legislature have provided that in appdals to the R.M.

Court the fees shall be only ten guineas, to cover everything, and it has in other ways expressed its opinion, and Ido not see why the Registrar should not pay heed to it. I think that in an ordinary demurrer seven or eight guineas should be ample. Then, in many cases two counsel are allowed for, where there should only be one." Legal. charges have, become a public scandal in New Zealand, "There are reputable solicitors in New Zealand, and disreputable ones, but it is often very difficult to distinguish between them, and occasionally a bird of prey is to be found in the very front rank of the profession. At present a stigma lests upon the profession as a whole, and it is to be hoped that the more reputable members of it will in some way separate themselves from the black sheep, so that the public may have some indication as to whom it is safe to entrust legal business, and to whom it is not.

The Wainuioru Rabbit Turstees meet this evening. Anew morning paper is about to.be started in Wellington.. •. Mr 0. R. Miller, of Tenui, calls attention to the fact that he is continuing : td provide accomodation for travellers and the public, at his old premises. We believe that Major Atkinson, as well as the-Minister for Lands, will be at Masterton on Monday. Should the weather prove favorable, at least a thousand visitors may be expected, Yesterday Messrs W. W, McCardleand R. Brown, being in Wellington, waited upon the Minister for Public Works, who, at their request, promised cheap fares from Masterton to Wellington on Monday next, as well as from Wellington to Masterton. Messrs Blackett,, Hales, and Ashovoffc came up to Masterton yesterday by a trial train, and were aocompanied by Mr, 0, Pharazyn, the County Chairman.

A programme f«r ihe Railway Celebration appears in our advertising columns.

This afternoon a meeting of the Wairara'pa Jockey Olub takes place'at Greytown.

-TheMasterton-Highway Board meets this morning. . A meeting of Stewards of the Masterton Opaki Jockey Club, takes place this evening at the Olub Hotel. The brethren of the Phoenix Lodge 1.0.G.T,, are requested,to attend at Brother S. Kingdon's shop on Monday, the Ist'November, atloa.m. Bharp, for the purpose of joiningthe procession on that day... '. . ...;..

The annual, meeting^of; the Caledonian Society is adjourned to Monday, November Bth, at the Prince of Wales Hotel.

A Gospel Service.is announced in.the Town Hall for to-morrow (Sunday) afternoon, Admission free, and no collection. Notice is given that on and after the Ist proximo the road through the Waironga estate will be closed, We remind our readers that a grand

ball takes place in the Town Hall on Monday evening. The refreshments will

be provided by Mr Olayßon. . Members of the Odd Fellows and Foresters' Societies are requested to meet at their respective, meeting-rooms on Monday, at 10 a';m. for the purpose .of joining in the procession. A proclamation appearing in Thursday's Gazette announces the taking of certain

lands on the Masterton Small Farm Block, as part of the Wellington-Napier Railway ; and also land for similar purpose situate in the Taratahi Plain,

We are sorry to learn that Mrs Soholes, of the Upper Taueru Accommodation House, died last evening, during a severe confinement. A medical man arrived from Masterton before the sad event occurred, but too late to bo of any avail.

There was a great muster at Carterton last evening to receive the new fire engine, including the Carterton Volunteer Band, the Fire Brigade, and fifteen members of the Masterton Brigade, the latter appearing in uniform. The procession marched from the Marquis of Normanby to Ray's, and from thence to the Royal Oak. There were nearly a' huiWrefl torchlights, which lent a very gay appearance to the assemblage. The concert which followed was well attended, and passed off most successfully. .-' ■' ■■!'.•■•■: -...;...

Tho following team has been selected to play against Greytown on Monday next, viz.; Messrs Green,. Harrison, Moore, T. L, Thompson, D'Arcy, Rapp, Hood, Briggs, B. Hare, Iggulden, and Williams; emergency, Messrs Bunny, C. Hare, Jones and Allen, Players are .-requested to be punctual at practice this afternoon,

Our attention has been called to, the want of a platform station on the Upper Plain road, In this neighborhood there ia a considerable population, and in the interest of the department, as well as of residents, provision should be made for taking up passengers at the crossing. Mr T. Jago will display in his window this evening some very handsome regalia, manufactured at his establishment at Masterton for tho Oddfellows' Lodge of thiß town, It iB about the most complete exhibit of-this character ever seen in the Wairarapa, and as a local industry should command attention,

Mr Thomas Raine announces that he is about to ; commence business as aerated water and cordial manufacturer in Queenstreet, Masterton. : We hear that a wellknown business man in this township who has had a long experience in the trade will act as business managor, and under his auspices the success of the new enter? prise is assured.

A correspondent writes to us from Carterton, saying that as there is every likelihood of that township being crowded with visitors on tho Show day it would only be fair to give them warning not to leave their buggies or traps unattended, and if they do to remove everything likely.to attract tho notice of the few thieves that have given our neighbors so much trouble during the last few months.

A painful accident occurred at Wakelin's saw mill, Carterton, yesterday morning, whereby Mr R. Webb, the lessee, had a narrow escape-from being killed, and, as it is, suffers severely; From what we ascertained, it appears that the circular saw was working, and from some cause the tail of the saw threw a piece ot 5 x 2, which Btruck Mr Webb above the temple, knocking him down, and causing hemorrhage'from the ears and mouth. He was promptly attendod to by Dr Watt, and conveyed to his home, and is now progressing as well as can be expected under the circumstances.

A3 some evidence of the dangerous class we have growing up, amongst us, and to show how muchj or, rather how little the genus larrikin fegrets his misdeeds, we may mention that during the hearing of the case at Carterton 011 Friday last against Moran, Guilford, and Parker, the two former behaved in such an unseemly way, that the Bench'had to separate them. After the sentence, and when Guilford was:removed to the, Police Station, he sneered at the 7 days' sentence, saying he would sooner go to jail than pay the fine, exhibiting at the same time, several bank notes. This young gentleman at all events is worthy of the best attentibniour local justices can give him,

.The latest fashionable novelty in Paris isa private circus attached to the residence of a wealthy citizen, where'exeroises—both equestrian and acrobatic—aro exeouted by lady and gentleman amateurs, in ordinary'circus costume." The spectacle is said to be much admired by marriageable young men ;who find it an opportunity of acquainting themselves with the figures of the young ladies whom they intend to honor, with their proposals to matrimony,

.'. It.'appears that in manufactures England'at" present stands pre-eminent. Its operatives ■ number 2,930,000, against 2,781,000 of Germany, and 1,830,000, of France, and 150,000 of Russia, The production per operative .is given asUnited Kingdom, £224,; France £220; Germany £lO3, In the principal textile manufactures, cotton and wool,the United Kingdon produces a total of the value of £155,000,000, the United' States £84,000,000, France £98,000,000, Germany £48,000,000. An Age special says:—The inquiry held by' General Phayre at Candahar into the causes of the disaster to the brigade under General Burrows at Rush, Rinakahun, on" the 27th July, has terminated, and the report has been forwarded to the Viceroy; : In an, intimation, the Viceroy deolared that an investigation of theciroumstances discloses serious incapacity on the part of General Primrose and General Buirows, both of whom are denounced as answerable for the disaster. General Primiose is blamed for having despatched a brigade of insufficient strength to meet an enemy who waß known to be advancing in foice, and the movements of General Burrows while in independent command are strongly censured, He is held to htvi exhibited a want of military judgment. Forty-two thousand and twenty-eight immigrants landed jn New York in June, making 117,362 arrivalsjin the half-year, against 55,910 arrivals during the first half 0ff1879. ' MmmmdkMmkmiu

' AUCTION SALES THIS DAY. J. lorss & Co,—2 p.m., a large sale of miscellaneous goods; also, of bakery and soda-water plant, &c, in the estate of James .Thompson, - ,P. H. WooD&Co.-2p.m,,Greytown ) general merchandise, &c.