The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3958, 7 November 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1891.

A pabty of Americans going to sjee ■ some new show are reported to have said, "Let us scatter!" and they t scattered accordingly. In something of the same spirit the Ministry at the close of the last session appear to ~ have said, "Let us scatter!" and ' they are still scattered. Why, it is difficult to say unless actuated by a vain impulse to show themselves to the people and beg banquets. The people themselves are very sick of politics and perhaps the only persons - who enjoy the funeral baked meats of » the late session are certain individuals who are paid £BOO a year and liberal travelling allowances. We cannot imagine that Ministers want to see the country! Take the Premier for example. When last in office he explored every nook and corner of the • land, hjs travelling expenses:, were phenomenal and his enemies asserted : that he had no occasion to touch' j a single sixpence- of Ins official j income. He knows this Colony t as thoroughly as Tfhe oldest com- • mercial traveller on, the road. No 3 doubt he likes seeing, people* and ' believes that he gains support by ; mixing amongst the Knights of [ Labour and other distinguished Socia lists of his acquaintance. But, even j here, he may make- a mistake. A > Xnight of Labpur is but human. When he sees the Premier' he ex.- • pepts a big section of land to be allotted jto hjui, .or a J.P.-ship to% - ' conferred on him, if? his yjllage leas.e- . hold tjilfi to he converted into a ffvg ; hold.- sow, the Premier cannot very ' ~u taeet all fcfrgsp expectations, and ; y "r- ... '- i *-i*.wmi&hißQ*nveo- ■■ when his oa».„ .. » t y mj ft ] pie are apt to sweat -. ' *t,» , example of " hope deferred making ut... heurt sick," occurred in a district not ' very far from Mastertcn a short time ■ ago. An individual was dead on lor ,

a J.P.-ship.He heard that Dick, Tom and Harry were being recommended, and hastened to request that his own name might be added. The reply he received was, " My dear fellow, it would never do to put a respectable man on the roll like yourself, with such rough fellows as Dick, Tom and Harry, wait till we are putting decent fellows on and then we will place you." Another instance of disappointed expectation was related to us the other day. A certain patriot secured a Comraissionership, worth, is he told his friends, ten guineas a day, ind he did not begrudge the number sf days he put into the Commission, indeed, had it been possible, he would jsve made the job a perpetuity. Sis friends used to chaff him .and say 'will you take nine pounds fifteen drillings down for your day's work ?" md he would answer "I won't take a ihilliDg less than ten pounds ten thillings per day," and then on the trength of the rich claim he was lottpming he would shout for his riends. But unfortunately it was ound that the rate of payment had o be fixed by Parliament, and the

Premier had not courage enough to ask the House to vote the ten guineas. In the meanest manner he, we believed, obtained a vote for one guinea per diem or some miserable jum of this kind, and the patriot is now the sworn enemy of the Government. The Premier is mixing amongst men who gather round him for favours, one requires a billet, another a piece of land, a third the death of a constable, a fourth a freehold title, and the poor Premier fancies that they court him for, the sake of his policy ! He will in due .course be disillusioned. The Wairarapa Daily will not be published on Monday next (Prince of Wales' Birthday). A grand plain and fancy dross ball will bo held in the Eketabnna Town Ball on Monday evening. A prize is to be given to the lady and gentleman appearing in the most original faney coßtuino. A grant of £ls has been made by the Masterton Town Lands Trustees to the Feriiridge school. The resignation of Lieut, k. O. Thompson, of the Masterton Rifle Volunteers, is gazetted. MrT. R. Eilieon, the well-known footballer, has been admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court in Wellington. The Bishop of Adelaide, while visiting Coffin's Bay, nn the e»st side of Eyre Peninsula, discovered a dead serpent 60 feet in length. It had a round body like a snake and a tail l ; 'te a whale. Acoording to the Taranaki Herald, a local gentleman who takes considerable interest in the leading racing events in the colonies, dreamt the other night, that Prelude won the Melbourne Cup. The same gentleman might try again next year. Theatre-goers are reminded of the production of the celebrated comedydrama, •* The Jaccbite," in the Theatre Royal on Monday evening by tho Foley Dramatic Company, followed by the laughable extravaganza, " Paddy in India." The Masterton Post Office will be closed on Monday next, November 9th, there will be a delivery of correspon- ,' denee over the counter at 8.80 o'clock tonight. A one-wheeled cycle, Bft high, which it is claimed can be made to travel 70 miles an hour, hat been invented in America and patented in five countries. The inventor, Mr Beranger, has tested the machine, and is thoroughly confident about the speed. The amateurs of New Plymouth tendered a complimentary benefit concert to the mombcrs of the Dob-son-Kennedy Company, who, it will be : remembered, came to grief through a vehicle containing nearly all the company capsizing oyer a bridge. The catalogues for the annual show - of the Wairarapa and East Ccast Pastoral and Agricultural Society, whicli were printed at the Observer office, 1 Carterton, were both comprehensive and neat, contrasting favourably with those ( used at the Masterton show. A meeting of those interested in the formation of a rifle club in Masterton ii to be held in the Club hote thiseveoins at seven o'clock, The late train from Wellington tc Masterton was delayed for some time a< Woodside last night, owinp to the engin< of the Greytown train having betomt ' derailed. It is computed that there were al« - together three thousand five hundrec persons on the show pround of the Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral anc - Agricultural Society yesterday. jj The annual general meeting o; members of the Wairarapa Caledomar Society will be held this evening, the ~ business being to receive che annual ' report and balance sheet and eleel officers. To-day is the monthly pay day of th< Masterton and Greytown Permanent Investment and Building Societies. A man was admitted to the Maatertot Hospital this morning, suffering from i broken thigh, which he sustained whilsl working in a gravel pit at Mangamahoc yesterday. Eliza Tong collapsed at the Msstertoi Riailway Station last night after return t ing from the Carterton Show. She was taken into the custody of the police, and * on being charged with drunkenness this morning was discharged with a caution. The annual ball ur.der the auspices oj the Mauriceville Cricket Club is to be held in the Choral Hall, on Moudaj evening next. The chairman of the Masterton Town Lands Trust evidently spoke under a misconception when he referred last j evening to the Park Trustees arrogating to themselves a credit which belonged to his own truss. If he reads the report again to which he refers he will fir>d ' that the penerous assistance of the Mas- > fcerton Town T,and* Trust was frankly acknowledged. Anniversary services in connection I with the Masterton Wesleyan Sunday , School will be conducted to-morrow , (Sunday). In the afternoon a special servjee will be held for the children, to > which parents aie invited. The annual tea-meeting will be held in the school- , room on Monday evening, to be followed by a public meeting, at which the children will sing hymns and give recitations. Several short addresses will also be given. A movement is on foot to arrange a school's exhibition in the Wairarapa at an early date. The proposal, which is an excellent one on the face of it. is to exhibit all kinds of school work such as plain and fancy needlework, drawing, mapping, kindergarten work, etc., dur- ' ing the day, and oral work, such as readings, recitations, singing, etc., in the evening. It has been suggested that the takings at the door might be devoted to prizes, and by this means induce greater competition. The matter is as yet in embryo, but had been submitted to Inspector Lee and various members of the Education Board, who haye expressed themselves as highly in favour of the proposal. A meeting of teachers of the various schools throughout the district will probably be called to fr'ly discuss i.he matter. TJie fiftieth birthday of HR.fl. the -tftthcerot Wales wjil be celebrated on Monday, next. in JJaatertpn the sjtrictest loyalty will be observed, and ell business operations will be suspended. A large propor t.um of the residents will he leaving for a day's curing, The principal attraction for those inclfued |i)r sport wjll be the Taratahi-Carterton faces, Vhish gommenee at twelve o'clock •;-. Many haye, signified sharjj. • -.* eroeeedjng to WW* their intention «,. _ -«w no doubt, ingtgn.and a good many \»i-. *— go to the Taueru, where a monßu.* school picnic is to be held during the day, and a concert and ball in the evening. Ad Masterton itself a Salvation Army picnic is to be held m Woodroffe's paddook, and various private picnic parties have been organised. In the evening the annual tea in connection with the Wesleya* Sunday School is to be held, whilst the Theatre Royal will be occupied by the Foley Dramatic and Comedy Company. Should the weather be propitious, all classes of the community will be afforded an opportunity of enjoying themselves. L J. Hooper and Co are now showing the most fashionable and largest assorts ment of new spring goods ever shown in the district. English and French Milli nery, Trimmed, and Untrimmed 'Hate and Bonnets, Flowers, and Feathers, 4c. Stylish and Pretty Jackets. Dorothy Capes, Mantles, Dust Cloaks, Garaboldi ' Jackets, <fcc. We are showing a splendid stock of Fashionable Delaines, Prints, Cambrics, • Zephyrs, Ate. We hold the best assortment and largest , Btock of new dress materials in the , Wairarapa. All the leading shades, de- , signs, satins, and materials for the season, ; single and doable widths. The Fancy Department is full of the j best novelties, pretty aprons, ribbons . frillings, collar?, can't), and parasols, , etc. ]