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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4187, 9 August 1892, Page 2

It has been found that a number of the men recently hanging about. Masterton and who applied for relief until they had work to go to, bad not, as they stated, been sent to this locality by the Labour Bureau, While we cannot see what object these men had in misrepresenting matters, we can quite understand that the Bureau of Industries is somewhat anxious to disclaim its patronage in their particular cases, for some of them, we should say, would certainly be neither a credit to themselves nor to anyone taking an interest in them. They would not be promising subjects to experiment with in projects for solving the labour difficulty, mainly because they would not work' long enough or hard enough to give the best of schemes a fair trial. It is sometimes desirable fer the police, to whom these men appeal, to know how they have reached the Wairarapa. If the Labour Bureau issued a ticket to each of its clients- a kind of consignment note—stating the date, locality, and nature of tbe work to which the bearer had been despatched, those entitled to information could ask for the production of this "waybill" when a,man staled he had come up under the auspices of the Department, Some idea could thus be gained of the individual's previous performances. Mr Tregear, the Secretary of the Bureau of Industries is an earnest officer who would spare no trouble in perfecting the system it is his duty—and possibly his misfortune—to carry out, and it is conceivable that in the long run he may convert our State Registry Office—for that descriptive phrase most clearly indicates the functions the Bureau has lo carry out—into a useful department. Up to the present, however, we must say that we have not been among the enthusiastic admirers of this ingenious creation of our Labour Ministry—our good impressions have all to conic.

Walter Trioker waa charged in the Masterton R. M, Court ytsterday afternuon,before MessrsM. Caselberg and W. Lowes J.P's,, with having deserted his wife Mr. W. 6. Beard appeared for the prosecution. Tbe hearing of the case was adjourned till Friday next.

A Melbourne paper says it is calculated that within tbe last five years no less than £37,000,000 of borrowed money, partly State loans and partly private investments, has flowed into the Colony.

Hardly a day passes in the FortyMile Bush but some accident, more or leaaseriouß, is reported. This applies particularly to those parts where settlement is progressing rapidly, At Eketahuna, for instance, bush accidents are very common. Forsomotimo past this flourishing little settlement has been without a doctor or a chemist, and those requiring medical treatment have been placed at consiterable inconvenience, To meet this want Mr Arthur H, Ridd bus opened a chemist's and dentist's establishment. Mr Ridd was formerly a student of the Westminster and London Hospitals, and possesses a more than ordinary degree of skill in the treatment of the many diseases and infirmities to which tbe human frame is heir. He has a large Btock of drugs, patent medicines, and proprietary articles and should do Remarkably well in Eketahuna,'