The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1883,

Inangahua Times, Volume VIII, Issue 1324, 16 November 1883, Page 2

The Inangahua Times, PUBLISHED TRI-WEEKLY. FRIDA V, NOVEMBER 16, 1883,

Ii was always a riddle, why Illr E Shaw ever came forward to contest the' seat for Inflngahua. Of course we had the candidfeYe's own, reasons— -the urgent request of ; his many dear old friends here, and Ms consuming desire to serve a district wliich had treated him so well— and all that sort" of foolery , but everybody knew exactly how miich of . that to believe. Again, it was urged that the Government deaired Mr Shaw's presence in the.

Housein order that they might j the country by makintf a Cabinet: j Minister of him, bat it 3*% remained V, for the Auckland Mario |p#*vth the j real Becret of Mr Shaw** ctfhdidatnre, jj ami a Highly -cVdi|a&A#'tionovable '-, •jpne ifr.ii, Our contemporary says :--. >If tff^ecjef history of every appoint- • ment td th# legislative Council were Written, thif cloton of that august body wcitfiis'be sealed. It is tolerable and prudent, perhaps, that men of experience, who have rendered distinguished ser-vioe to the country should be secured a qniet place of retirement, where, without engaging in the fierce battles of their early political manhood, they may make their influence felt on the . legislation of the country. But the use of the power possessed by the, Ministry over the Upper Chamber ag. a, means of rewarding political service, amd strens;thfining their party position by grants of life pensions, is a degradation of the Chamber. Through the occurrence of a little domestic quarrel, the facts con-* nected with the last appointment to the Legislative Council haye 1 come to light During the last Parliament; 1 A. De B. Brandon, member for the Wellington county el66torate ,wa,B* the father of the Housed having sai' for 21 years and always , gi ven thq, party- now in power a constant support. At the last general election he decided to retire, and it was generally believed he Would be called to the Legislative Council.' The first session, however, came and went, but he was not called, Snd it was well known ho was sqre ,on fie subject.. During, the recess,. >Mju •Edward (Shaw, late- District Judges in I Wellington, and formerly on the ' West Coast," joined Mr Brandon's .'legaf^ffrm^ -, which became Brandon, £Jhaw, .. and Brandon. Then shortly before last session Mr Weston resigned his seat for Inangahua, and Mr"'- Wikefield dslmd' forward.;, TJie Government were /very" anxious to' keep Mr WakefiHld out, and rj Major Atkinson personally waited^ oji ,Mr Shaw at the firm's office, and. asked him to stand for Inangahuak" "Mr f Shaw replied : — "How can- yon ask me to. stand in your interest after the way you have treated my ' partner, Mr Brandon 1" Mijor Atkinson replied: «• Oh, that will be all 'right. There ••will be no difficulty, about. that" Ultimately Mr Shaw agreed to consult his partner, and Major Atkinson promised to find £100 or two towards expenses. Mr Shaw did consult Mr Brajadop, and became a candidate. Mr B^aji^^m the Government whip, handed Jhini. it is sa id, £100 towards expenses, and a similar sura was afterwards^ seat hhn.- While the election tfas* on it became whispered ttiat if Afif Shaw got in Mr Brandon would be, icajled to the Council', and that Mir Brandon would pay-Mr Shaw's expenses. •►bia was denied, but Mr Mr Shaw got-<in, and 1 almost immediately after Mr Brandon was called to the Council. It seems the costs of the election amounted jto some^7GO or £800 over the amount coritnbutedT by she Ministerial party, and this was paidoout of the^rra's aoboiint. ~ Other differences however, have since arisen between MFBrandon.jun., and Mjr.Sftaiy, the result. of whioh has beep a vgiand row about the whole affair and a dissolution of partnership ; and one ortwo lawsuits, it is rumoured are likely to follo^r. Thus, the whole story has cftmequ^tothegreajamusem^io^.a,!! people in. Wellington, , and thf, edification of the uninitiated in the n^ysteries of political wire-pulling. .' y^e letter of „,". Darwinian " reached .us toorla^te for insertion toKlay, but will appear on Monday. V>M . l ' 1 ' A reward of £1 is offered nvour advertising cplumns for the recovery of a bunch of lost keys. '" "•'■ "Nugget" announces a "Westland Champion " event, dividends to be declared ion - the Ist January next, -Mr 0. Cohen, bookseller, Broad way, has been appointed agent fo* R^ftkta..'!. '".,'■!,' The. entertainment in the Black's Point school-room in aid (if the Beitftoit Hospital has been fixed for Friday next, 23rd instant. The. prpgramn^ewjli appear in our. next issue.- <■, It , is, twe believe* - intended to close the performance -with a ball. We remind intending exhibitors that Tuesday next, 20th instant, is the latest date upon which exhibits can be received in! Keefton fpr Jthe Christchurch Industri4 Exhibition. Many of the .exhibits tare already in, and the whole will be for- j warded to Grey mouth on the 21st or 22nd in to catch the Union Company's steamer for tyttelton. , It is to be hoped that all persons interested, will bestir themselves, t>o as to ensure as large a representation as possible. An unusually heavy shower of rain fell in Reefton on Tuesday last at about midday. The Btorro which was unaccompanied by thunder or lightning, lasted about fifteen minutes, and the quantity of water which fell during that time was remarkarkable. It will be observed by our telegrams this morning that the storm waß pretty general throughout the Colony, being experienced with greatest severity in the Marton (Wellington), and Auckland districts, where the lightning did great damage to telegraph poles and causing several fatalities -„■•■■ In our Court report on Wednesday last re Elleston v. Eureka Company one of the witnesses was reported as saying that the hands in the mine distrusted Mie competency of the ongine-dviveP*ftfcLoughlin. This, we found on reference to the notes of evidence taken, was incorrect. What the witness ßaid was that upon McLoughlin arriving to drive the engiue, being a new hand, the miners wished to lie assured of his competency before placing themselves under his care, and a very short time proved that Mr McLoughlin was' thoroughly qualified. The concrete pavement now being laid

Ln^nt of Dawson's Hotel, Broadway, HiM^he first of the kind used on the West Coaftt. The concrete has been' cast ihdlAga of about 2ft. square by 3 inches \ tw^Ythe upper surface j sftiooth, i^nd when the, whole *i^ l^itfthe Beams \HII be filled in with ©erhen^; tlius; presenting a perfectly )jm)*of%arfa^iffl*f traffiic hardly distmgu|Bh|,ble Itpm flagging. The womhia|i^e% delayed ft«^ some time, owing to the difficulty of obtaining the correct level of the street. This has, ho we ver,.jiow. been supplied by the County Engineer, and the footpah ia being laid. > , Messrs M'Lean & Co., contractors for the .constructiojL~o£~the -bridge over-the* Inangahua Junction, have now got the. heaviest of the work out of hand, and should all go well the bridge will be finished and opened for traffic early in the New Year The bridging of „therLeft-,, the r Left-, hand fcranch is still, iehg kepi; in view " by the Government, and as far as one is able to judge the vote is intended to adorn the Estimates for another year. It is between three and four years since the money for this much needed brid ;e was first voted by the House, and three Ministers have in the interval visited the district, and acknowledged* ," the great importance of the work,' f but still the expeuditure hangs fire. We think it was our present model representative who said that thousands of pounds voted for this district were returned to the Treasury last year, simply because nobody asked that it should be expeneded. Should .therefore this vote again lapse thereuwilL {be no difficulty in fixing tli«S sin of negli ;gence upon the right shoulders this time. Another cherished privilege of the legal profession is in danger of invasion. We refeT to the style of making out bills of costs. Why the " gentlemen of thie long ' rob ' " should enjoy tfle luxury of making their charge^ upoftoastorriers in a manner different from anybody 'else is an enigma of long standing, and what nobody has ever been able to penetrate. We commend therefore the fortitude of the intelligent mechanic, who thus hits out of the beaten track of his trade. We take the extract fcora the Auckland i^r^< Lance, iltis aa follows :— lf a plumber was called to do a five-shilling job on the cistern, it would be a very young and inexperienced plumber indeed who would make out a bill for "soldering pipe, five shillings." An experienced plumber would darw a portable writing desk up to the side of his luxurious arm-chair, dip his heavy gold pen into an expensive ink well, and proceed in a cold- blooded and heartless fashon to breaks up;, the happy home of his victim, and leave him a poor penniless wretch struggling with the coy, recurring waves of adversity. He would first charge "For being disturbed, one shilling." This would open the way for Several introductory jphsfrgjss, Jsufch •]»&> " For hunting -up liaVone shilling*; puting it on head, sixpence; kissing wife -KP-'id^bye, sixpence j^openinfc-daor, hreepence ; closing ditto^ threepence ; louking up street for tranicar, sixpence; looking down street ditto, sixpence; tmuifare, threepence; going down twelve steps to basement, at threepence a step, three shillings ; examining pipe preparatory to going back to shop for tools, five shillings; bringing tools, ten shillings; blowing fire to heat soldering iron, twelve breaths, at fourpence per breath four shillings ; spitting on iron twice to ascertain temperature, at sixpence per spit, one shilling ; getting up once to go to work, one shilling ; returning to recumbent position on inverted tub, two shill- ; ings ; solder used on job, one penny ; solder lost in pipe, two shillings ; putting out fire, one shilling ; going jtwelve steps from b tsemeht, threepence per step, three shillings; packing tools back to ahop, ten shillings ; time lost on account of reluctance to go to work, five shillings ; making out bill, five shillings ; tearing the same on account of item being left out, eightpence ; making out correct bill, two-and-sixpence ; to thorough revision of last bill mad-' out, so as to prevent apy mistake, ten shillings ; to receipting same, two shillings. Total, three pounds twelve shillings. " The Otago Daily Times says. —" Mr Mitchelson's appointment has almost taken our breath away," writes a Welling> \ toil friend to us. We feel confident the j offer must have , taken. 3Vfif]MtUip)jßlsdn'* ! breath away. The Ohris^hurtflr^Press says that " Fools rttah in where angels fear to tread." This has at least the advantage of being complimentary to Mr Swanson, Mr Peacock, and the other "angels" to whom the post was offered, but it is not fair to blame Mr Mitchelson for accepting what was offered to him by those who may naturally be presumed to know better than himself. A lady writes thus to one of the daily American papers : "lama milliner, and I have made between ISOOdol and 2500c10l a year in my business for Borne time past. I married four years ago. My husband is kind and good-looking, but he never learned a trade, had no profession, and oould not average SOOdol a year. I loved him, however, but I saw it would not do to depend on him, so I kept on with my business. After a time I think he got a little lazy, and as we were both away during the day, we could not keep house, and got sick of boarding. Finally, I proposed that he should keep house, and I would run the business and find the money We have now lived very happy in this way for two years; My husband rises and builds the fire, gets breakfast, and I leave at 7.45 for my place of business. He does the washing and ironing and the cleaning, and I do not know of my woman who can beat him. He is an neat as wax, and can cook equal to anyone in town. It may be an isolated case, but I think the time has now come when women who have husbands to support should make thorn do the work j ofchor-

vise they "are luxuries we must do 1 without." yg/-' 1 The prevailint; fine weather is especially favorable for t yphotography, and those desirous of. BepttVing a really .. faithfuKand ! itfkhly iniwhbdiphoto ShbuW take" advftn- S i ta.^e%w Mr ftiug'a presence in ißeeft^.: 1 His Btiy.her<ii!B now: djawihg to ft close.%; Bi^r4|^l%om^phW pmht .not.