MR WARD AND EMIGRATION.

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8552, 21 May 1895, Page 2

MR WARD AND EMIGRATION.

Whbw the cable informed us that the Hon. J. G-. Ward had urged the desirability of further emigration to this colony, and the enemies of the Government pounced upon the paragraph as a proof of the Treasurer's rashness in trying to still further flood the congested labour market of the colony, we took exception to their reading of the cablegram, and ttated our belief that what Mr Ward had done was to point out that New Zealand offered special inducements to portions of moderate means. Writing on this aubjeofc the New Zealand Times says : —"The cable informed vi, not; maay weeks ago, that he had said something extremely rath, to say the least of it, about the colony being ready to accommodate anybody and everybody without distinction of wealth or poverty who might like to sail for its shores. Some raah people, we remember, took up this cabled communication, and used it as a text for one of their usual homilies in slander of a political opponent. Beg&rding the cable as absolutely and completely reliable in all things, they denounced Mr Ward for his reokless at' tempts to further glut the labour market. But it turns out, as our London correspondent enabled us the otber day to judge, that Mr Ward took the very best care to avoid anj increase to the labour oongestion. So far from proclaiming that the colony is the paradise of all without distinction, ho told hia interviewer that no man should think of going to the colony without means. No one need be a millionaire, but everyone going to tha Colony must have something to help him along. He added that in no country in the world would small means go further than in New Zealand in the direction of establishicg independence, for the reason that in no country in the world are the facilities so great for getting on to the land. In fact he told the exaot truth with great oare. This is not from any inspired paragraph slipped into our correspondent's monthly budget. It was the report of an interview of Mr Ward with a representative of the British Australasian, which was evidently tho foundation of the erroneous cable message which, bo many oE the Opposition found so delightful. The cable compiler did hi* work in very alovtnly style, we find now on receiving . the report of the inter T * eWl " ____________

It is bettered that Lord Carrington will be created earl, with the title Earl of Windooer. John Thompson, a very old resident of Lyttelton, and who last year occupied the position of Major of that borough, (lied suddenly to-day. The Canterbury and Lyttelton Sowing Clubs hare passed resolutions expressing approval of the proposed introduction of eight-oared rowing into the colony. Tenders are invited by the Borough Connoil for the right to collect the fees from persons using the Borough weighbridge. Tke Wairere makes an excursion to Fipiriki on Queen's Birthday at special fares, and the Jtfanuwai runs to Eaorikia ai p»r advertiaeme»t. At the meeting of the Sons and Daughters of Temperance last craning at was decided that the anniversary celebration should take place on Thursday, June 13th, and take the form of a tea and entertainment. ; Tke Castleoliff Bailway Company yesterday accepted the tender of Mr Thomai Blair for repairi to the railway line at Castleoiff, and the tender of Messra Mildsnhall and Linney for the supply of 500 bundles of fascines. Owing to the heat at Colombo Carbine suffered from spasm in the bladder. Mr Day, the < Duke of ' Portland's scud groom, who is accompanying the horse, tapped him and had a very anxious time, as it was feared that the son of Musket would succumb, but he recovered and landed in perfect condition. Ever sinoe the time whs n Mr Ballanoe assumed power and Demooraoy became a real power, Her Majesty's birthdays have come and gone without the conferment of any distinctions en Now Zealand men of note, or political favourites, or sooial pets. Thu fact has bean notsd, and Australian newspapers have viewed this exceptional treatment of New Zealand as a snub administered by the Imperial authorities because of her ultra-Demooratio tendencies. There never waa a greater mistake. New Zealand Liberals are merely living up to their professions, and in this as in ofcfter matters are setting a wholesome example to the rest of the world. The day may soon come when New Zealand will be trusted to bestow honours herself upon those whom she desires to honour, and when an honour won will imply an honour richly deserved »nd conferred out of gratitude and admiration. — Oamaru Mail. The long winter months that must bow snsue with all the pleasures of the cheery dome provide, suggests to heads of households the necessity )for at once providing pouug and old of both sexes, with good and wholesome literature wherewith to pass iway an hour or so. Such literature is ;enerally to be prooured— at a prioe — but laturally Paterfamilias stande aghast at the >rioes he usually has to pay in his en> leavours to satisfy a never-oeasing demand, le need do so no more, however, for he has low placed within bis reach well-bound ,nd excellently-printed works from all the isst known and most widely-read authors, aoluding such literary heroes as Diokent, ?haoh«my, Lever, Ains worth and so forth q the realms o£_ fiction, while these who rish for more solid reading or for an interlew with some of the finest poets extant, day be similarly suited. These books, all omplete and unabridged are offered to the general reading public by Messrs H. I. Jones and Son at th» really nominal prioe of 2s each, or 22s the dozen (23s delivered free to any address in this Island. Who, it may be asked, under such oiroumstancees as these, would be without a complete library of their own P And then, again, what a splendid form of present for those of a literary turn of mind. With a little care and discrimination some of the very finest works ever published may now be proonred, and it is no doubt in reoognition of their business enterprise that Messrs Jones and Son now find their hands full in filling the many town and country orders daily coming to hand. The works of the different authors offered are duly sot out in the advertisement appearing in another column.

%• On our fourth page Iwday will be found a sensational statement by one of the witnesses examined by the Dean Commission now sitting in Sydney ; also an account of the aooident to a tram oar in Dnnedin, by whioh the passengers were more 01 less injured. The latest betting on the English Derby, the acceptances for the Normanby Tiotting Club, and some useful hints to baseball players appear on the same page. The Hindoos show singular frankness in making oensos returns. Among those called upon to describe their calling, some designated their means of living a« " Tillage thief Sj" " supported by relatives," or " living on loans." The Oaatleoliff Bail way Company are arranging a speoial time table fop ITriday next (Queen's Birthday), whioh will appear to-morrow. (Siren fine weather there should be a large crowd at our popular seaside resort. A Napier paper has the following—" Call Thomas Hohira," said the Benoh to the Hibernian constable at the Wairoa Court, whereupon the stentorian voice of the policeman went out into the wilderness to the following effect : •• Thomas so hairy ! Thomas so hairy I ! Thomas so hairy !1 1 The author of " Progress and Porerfcy " is evidently jo believer in Prohibition. In a letter to Mr O'Began, M.H.8., Mir Henry George thus writes— "Prohibition succeeds where no one wants to drink. Elsewhere ifc does not prohibit, but as as well as I can make out, really leada to more drinking and to much hypocrisy and corruption." A petition is in circulation amongst the Napier cabmen, asking the Borough Council in future to make searching inquiry into the moral character of applicant! for drivers licenses, and that the license fee be raisea' Only too freauently, it is said, licenses are. given to wen who hare nerer handled the reins before, and who, by reoklets and careless driving, bring the general body of cab* men into bad grace. It may be asserted with tolerable safety that Misa A. Bainer is not only the champion horsewoman of Australia, but that she has established a record for equestrianism. Aftpr haring won prizes at th» Sydney Agricultural dhow, a ad all orer the colonies, on the lion-hearted Fairfleld and other jumping oelebrities, she performed • won* derf ul feat at the Bathurtt Show last week, by piloting Fairfield, Normanby, and Matilda, the three placed horses in the Ladies' Intercolonial Jumping Contest. James Berry, ex-hangman, appeared on a judgment summons at the Hastings Oou'ls on Friday, February 22nd, to resist oommittal for a debt of 30s. He stated that he had done nothing; since November, his leotures on hanging having failed to pay, and though he had tried to get work as a commercial traveller he had failed. His six children were out of work, and no one would give them work because of the office he (Berry) nad held. Judge Coventry sympathised with the debtor, and suspended committal. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was produced at Feilding last night to a hamper house, the drama, with its many novelties, being received with every manifestation ef appreciation. After playing Marton, this vena* tile and painstaking combination arrive here by train on Thursday morning, and open the same evening in " Uncle Tom's Cabin,' whioh is sure to be as well received by Wanganui playgoers as it has been throughout both Islands. Tb'e box plan is now open at Messrs Jones's, and seats are being rapidly secured. ■ A oorreapondent who returned from Bloemfontein recently, informs the Tara. naki Herald that the train in whioh he came down was twelve hours late at Cookhouse, having been delayed by the locusts on the line. At one place near Middelburg road they spent six hours in getting up a small rise, having to take the train into three pieces before they could do so. The locusts lay some six to ten inches thiok on the track, clogging the wheels and rendering the tails so greasy that the train slipped constantly babk. . A paragraph has been going the roundi of the Opposition papers which purports to be the deliverance ot Banger Campbell on the value of the Pomohaka Estate. He v reported to have said in a railway carriage, and also in the Assessment Court at Riverton, that £2 an acre was all that the eafcate was worth, notwithstanding all that hae been said to the' contrary. Banger Campbell informs) us (Southland News) that this statement is absolutely untrue; that he nerer referred in any way either in a rail* way oarriage or in the Assessment Court to the value of Pomohak&; and he further states that if the Longwood Bush is valued at £1 an acre, Pomohaka ia worth four times tbat amount. From Lemberg a Vienna correspondent learns that a terrible battle hat .been fought at the nil way station at Bawaruska. A menagerie was being conveyed by rail, and when the train was stopped at the station a great noise was heard. The, guards went to the waggons containing the wild beasts, and found the wooden partitions whioh separated three lionesses from three bean, and those again from three hyenas, broken down, and the animals engaged in battle. One bear was missing. The lions had eaten him, akin and all. They had bitten another bear's paw off, and a hyaena lay dead on the floor. Two lions ia a neighbouring compartment remained calm. No one dared interfere between the fighting beasts, until the owner arrived in a sledge and separated them — not before he had been bifcfceu by a boar, however. He olaims damages ' from the railway administration because the partitions gave way. After an absence of nine years, Mr Goo. Darrell, the well-known actor and author, has returned to Auckland. Sinoe his last visit Mr Darrell has been twice round the world, and has made successes in .England, America, and Africa. On tho last-named continent he loßt hie second wife, whom he married at Chrittohurch — his first wife was Mrs Robert Hare, well remembered even to this day. The domestic loss whioh befel him in Afrioa oaused the sending back of the company to England, Mr Darrell coming on to Australia, where he took tha Boyal Theatre, Melbourne, and produced "The Double Event," whioh had a run of «ix weeks, following this with " Life for Life." Mr Darrell, who ii under engagement to appear at the Grand Theatre, London, in September, brings with him to Auckland an excellent all round company including the Missea Harrie Ireland, Fitzmaurice, Gill, Isabel Stuart, Bessie Oolrille, Messrs J. Batholwood, GK B. Ireland, Collet Dobson, Edwin Kelly, Fred Oambourne, J. A, Patterson, D. Olemmow, Barry Marsohel, J. Byrne, and S. Bayman. The company opened in the Auokland Opera House on Saturday night 1m t. Another letter has bean received (says the Post) from one of the unfortunate Weilingtonians who went away to South Afrioa under the influence of Eugene somer months ago. It states that the party went 800 j miles up country by train, and then ! journeyed further inland on seven waggons, some of the younger men riding on horse • back and driving cattle. After three or four weeks' travelling, the waggoners refused to go any further, and dumped the unluoky people down on the banks of the Msshona Rivar, some 200 miles from the nearest settlement. They had to depend almost entirely upon tho game they could shoot. About the end of November, Eugene told his followers thai the catastrophe thty had left New Zealand to avoid had happened — viz , that . this colsay , had disappeared. But there wore sceptics in the party, and two men rode to the nearest station in the hope of obtaining news. After their return a dispute arose with Eugene as to the ownership of a horse. Eugene left the camp with it for a time, but on being met again was given into the enstody of the Beohuonaland police and charged with having stolen it. The case against him fell through, but the other claimant gained possession of the hone, and has kept it. "Ultimately the party broke up, Eugen, with his wife and two others — B. Chamberlain and O. 8. Thomas — being left on the banks of the Mashona Biver by the rest, come of whom hive returned to Capetown.

Parliament meets on Thursday, Ju«e 29th. Mr J. O. Byett, the well-known handicapper arrived in town to-day. There will bo a meeting of the Camera Club in the Club's room at eight o'clock this (Tuesday) evening. The opera " Buddigore " is to be produced by the Wellington amateurs tomorrow evening. The oross-oountry horses Austral and Rosoius hare been soratohed for the Wanganui Steeplechase, the latter at 11 o'olook this morning, Members of the United Cricket Club are requested to be at Mr Partington's studio on Friday morning next (Queen's Birthday) at 9 o'clock sharp. In the football matoh at Wellington on Saturday for the Senior Shield, Poneke defeated Wellington by 8 to 3, »nd a draw was recorded between Athletic and Fetone. Three gentlemen «ho assisted in the performance of " Box and Cox " at a ehurob. entertainment at Maaterton recently were named Porter, Hops and Beere. It is said that a certain Auokland resident threatens to test in the Divoroe Court the right of his wife to devote her time to politics and leave his dinner uncooked and his fhirts minus their buttons. The St. John's. and Subarban Working Mien's Olub hold one of their popular sooials on Thursday evening next when a first-class programme will be submitted to those piesent. The ohair will be taken at 8 o'clook lharp. The Feilding Star states that Mr J. W. F Haloombe, the well-known athlete, has resigned his commission as Lieutenant in the Manchester Rifles, he having accepted a lucrative appointment in the United States, for whioh country he will shortly leave. The London Chamber of Commerce invite the colonial Chambers to join in a Congreas in Jtme, 1896, to discuss the commercial relations betwenn England and the colonial, light railways, and steamship and cable communication with the colonies, and the proposed Imperial Council. We are requested to intimate that a meeting of ladies interested in the wort of the Women's Christian Temperance Union will be held in St. Paul's lectar* room to-morrow (Wednesday) afternoon, at half-past three o'clock. Miss Kirk, Hon. Secretary of the Wellington Uaioa, will be present, and will address the meeting. ' There is a good deal of oomplaining now* a-days in regard to to business being dull, but that ha« not been the oxpetienct of Mr Littlojobn, the popular draper, who finding the Bidgway Street shop too small, has been compelled to secure a larger one in Victoria Avenue, opposite the English Church and next to Mr Gatenby's. Mr Lit tic John has gons to considerable expente in fitting up, and everything has been done to make i 6 as convenient a* posoible to •ait tn« re* quirements of his erer-inoreasing business, I whioh he attributes to selling only reliable I goods at the lowest prices. His parcel system has been a great success and it will be notioed that this week he has altered three or four of the paroela to suit the winter season. Our attention has been drawn to the state of several of the streets m the Borough where rough metal 'on ths roadway is laming horses, and causing great annoyance to riders and drivers. As tha Steepleohase meeting will be held on Friday, the present Vtate of the roadway in Wilson and Ingestrestreets should be seen to otonce, and steps taken to make it easir sn horse flesh. A correspondent who signs himself " Humanity " writing on this subject sayi " what is the Borough Council keeping the roller rusting in the Corporation Yards for P Why is it not sent out to roll the rough metal smooth, and save the horses feet, which are now being injured by the loose rough metal on so many of the Borough streets ?" Perhaps the proper authorities will see into this matter and have the streets in question attended to at onoe. The Argus, in referring to the persistent insistence of the A^ent-General of South Austiaiia for colonial representation on the Monetary Conference, saya if by any fluke South Australia ia allowed to send a silver delegate, Victoria, Queensland and New ZealaDd will have to send gold delegates, as those colonies cannot permit their exceedingly large trold interests to be ignored for want of proper advocacy. The paper adds the peculiarity of South Australia's action is that that colony produces no silver, and scarcely any gold, and farther, England cannot allow the colonies to modify her polioy with regard to her own monetary standard. No doubt, says the Argus, she wonld assent to any colony choosing 1 a standard for itself, and would not pretend in th« slightest degree to interfere with its liberty of action, but she would claim the same liberty for herself. SThb 8.A059. — Hats, Shirts, Collars, Tie», Underwear, Braoes, W.P. Coats, Umbrellas, *o. 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