The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1879.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 121, 29 March 1879, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1879.

•)s Wednesday last the third so-called gi'iiml sale was held in the Featherstou •lale Yards, Imt it was not necessary to •vnit for the third sale to pronounce the -ohemc. an utter failure, It is best to >p'ak th 3 truth and admit t!i?,fiasco that hi' company lias made, more especially it is quite practicable to redeem the i't.lu.'e, Hiitl o;ii* onl-' obji"t in calling attention to the subject is the hope of inducing those personally interested in the success of the yards to bestir them<olve;i and make :heir periodical sales •norc than a little joke to outsiders wli i ■ line from a distance to buy, perhaps, n -.core ol'cattle, and find possibly that the Mipply at tli'; yards limited to three a- foil:' solitary beasts. In establishing .uecessful sales certain conditions were essential—viz., convenient yards, sellers and buyers, without at least these three elements lining found together it was utterly lmp.'.tas to expect any result. At Featlierston two of the necessary conditions are found, but the third is almost altogether wanting. We are lost in amazement as to why it should be wanting. Did the very intelligent pastoral lords who floated the company overlook such a sine ijue non, or did they arrange to supply the deficiency andsubsequently abandon theirarrangeinents. If the Sale Yards were a success, there would not be wanting gentlemen to take to themselves credit for the design and fulfilment. Now they are a failure, will no one father or befriend them. Will the chairman of the company who is, as is well known, a very intelligent outspoken settler enlighten us as to the reason why no adequate supplies are thrown into the yards 1 We believo .£2,000 have been spent on the yards, and as far as accommodation for sellers and buyers goes nothing could be better. There is also a good secretary, and more than one efficient auctioneer connected with the sales. But the string point in favor of them is that they are well attended by buyers. There are buyers from "Wellington, b lyers from the Hutt, buyers from the West Coast, buyers from Greytown. buyers from Masterton ; buyers jiufii'iient to swoop off from £I,OOO to ,£2,0U0 worth of beef and mutton at ea h sale; \ et with all this flush of buyers onh from £oo to £IOO of meat is put in file market, and tho buyers •ire regul'i'ly fooled. Wo understand i hit bmeliers would prefer buying leasts at aiv.tion .it a periodical market sale to hunting them up on runs and

purchasing tliom pi'iviitcly, mid that they would give on ai} average ti higher price at tho sale yards, It is absurd to ■suppose that the Lower V"alloy cannot send a regular supply of beasts to < Ik; market. It is evident that the settlers who found the £2,000 to establish a market are disposing of their stock privately instead of ]Jiissingthem through rhs Sale Yards. If such lie the case, tin l failure of the Sale Yards can be easily accounted for, and if such a policy is to be continued lor the future the sooner the yards themselves are put up to auction the better. In the hands of an enterprising auctioneer or commission ageut some use might be made of them, but as they now are the whole thing is a farce and a fail lire. Had tnc .Director,-, provided for their first few sales being well supplied with stock, and that all stock should have been well advertised, the yards would soon have been selfsupporting. As it is Humpty Dumpty has had a great fall, and it is a puzzle to know how to get him up again. ,

We would remind one and all that Monday is tho last day on which votes can be registered for the new electoral roll, It is rumoured thatthe Militiaand Yolun" teers about to be called out m the dis" turbed districts of the North Island.

The prospectus of the Masterton Theatre Royal Company, appears in our advertising columns, already we understand there is an action inquiry for shares in tin concern.

The B ill of tho Masterton Union Club, we m;y remind our readers comes off on Monday next, in the large hall hall of the Club.

Mr Charles Bright, the eminent freothrmght lecturer, is about to deliver some addresses in "Wellington. There will he a flutter among the dovecots of the Empire City, at the approach of this bird of prey. Tenders are invited by the Masterton Highway Board, for forming 33 chains of a bridle track on the Upper Tancm linn of mad, and for falling 30 chains of bush on the Kaumingi deviation. The Duke of Edinburgh lias been 20 ye irs in the N T avy, and during that period has served afloat nearly 15. He has v.n :k to the Service, and completed the period necessary to qualify him for advancement to the Rear Admiral's list. Says ail American exchange, of sacriligious proclivities One reason why move people did not go into the Ark, is Noah neglected to advertise in the daily panel's. There is a <;re it moral lesson contained in this fact."

Tho million acres recently acquired by Government. in the Wangamii and West Coast districts, the title to which will prolnbly lie completed very soon, will say.-: the Chronicle be nlnccd in the market as qui ;kly as reus bl 1 . so as to pvov de a land fund for the North Island, the proceeds of which will be devoted to the completion of the man trunk railway fr mi Wellington to Auckland. Tenders for the first section of this line, that from Ifriwarra to Porirua, will probably be called for m about three weeks.

Masterton Male and Female Servants Registry Office report is as follows: —Female servants still in great demand, but the supply short. Although such high wages are offered, engagements open the following rates: General servants, 12s to 18s; housemaids, 12s to 20i ; nursegii'ls, 8s to 10s; cooks, 20s to 355. Men have not been enquired for so much this week, a few engagements at the following rates, Waiters, 20s to 30 ; conks, 20.? to 255. Station and farm hands. 20s to 2os; Boys 8s to 12s; married couples £BO and £fio. Plenty of employment for good bush hands and fencers,

It is no secetth.it the Masterton Fire Brigade contemplates resigning m mmne. Members are dissatisfied with the small engine at present in their possession, they are dissappointed with the slow manner in which pubicsubscriptionsflow in, and at the present juncture, there is more grumbling than practice going on. If members cannot put the'r shoulder to the wheel, and do the'r best with the small means at their disposal it would bo better for them to carry out their threat. The Brigade must be united or disbanded. If the latter we believe the o wouM be plenty of volunteers to organise a new brigade. Of course the public ought to support the movement, warmly and liberally but it is not unroasoniblo for a brigule itsolf in the first nstance to show itself worthy of public confidence.

The Standard correspondent thus describes llie incident in the attack on the Peiwar Pass which earned Captain Cooke tho Victoria Cross" Hera Captim Cooke, of the fith Goirkhns, who is the only man I have heard of who is to be 'ecommcuded for the Victoria Cross, was fighting' at the head of his men like a demon, and his men were not n whit behind him in determination. Major Galbraith, tho Deputy Adjt.-Gen,, had missed a man with h's pistol, and the Cabulee was taking a deliberate aim with his rifle at Galbraith, when Cooke rushed out from among his men, gave a whoop, which attracted the man's attention, and then made a cut at him with his sword. The cut missed, whereupon Cooke seized the man by the throat, and the two rolled on the ground, where the Cabulee made powerful efforts to use his pistol. The struggle was ended by Galbraith, who pistolled the Cabulee, and in a second more Cooke was once more in the breach at the head of his men. A bullet passed right through his helmet just a little above the forehead. An inch lower and it would have killed him." When Emerald sailed for the Pacific last summer (says the Home News), she received orders to call at the Island of Tristan d'Acunha, to learn how the small colony fared, and to inquire for somo shipwrecked passengers, also to land a scoro of cats sent out by the Admiralty in consequence of the report that the island was impoverished by swarms of mice. Lettei'3 just received from the Emerald's officers state that the nominal Governor of Tristan, Peter Grant, and his 90 subjects received their visitors cordially. and tho books and newspapers brought were most wolcome; but the present of the cats caused amusement and display, for Grant told his guests that he could supply them with hundreds of catskins, It was true the island was overran by mico, but it was also swarmed with cats, and it was doubtful, which was the greater plague. The mice destroyed every green blade on the,island,-but the cats lived on friendly terms with the mico, and .disdain to eat them,' preferring to | prey on young sea-birds- and chickens; ; therefore cats are trapped and destroyed !by h mdredß. The Emerald's chaplain . baptized seven children, born to this community since the last visit of a man-of-war.

.Li nuv lolegrnphio columns, will be found [i f'lil rejiori of the meeting of Messrs WiUi.mis, Cameron ACo's. creditora lield ye3< onlay. It is understood that tlio Government have "ivou orders fur the coucentation of a largo body of Anncd Constabulary at Waihi and Opunako. Tliia is an indication thiit rho forco used by the natives will be met by a counter-demonstration. The following tenders wen; open at a late meetng of the Education Board Greytown Residence.-Hornblow, £39510 a (accepted); Gray, £405 jßishopand Hawkins, £477 18s; Tayton, £GOO. Eketaliuua Schoal and Residence.—Petlierich, £3SG (accepted); Lang, L 375. Terrice Rid'ge Residence.—Wr.gley Brothers, L 209 (accepted) ; Duncan and Son, L 215 17s Gd; Petherick, L'22o; Alexander, L 245.