The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1879.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 123, 1 April 1879, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, APRIL 1, 1879.

On Friday next the annual meetings of the Masterton and Grcytown Trust Lands Management take place. In the latter township the revenue derivod from lands is as yet but small, and for this reason the annual meeting is unlikely to attract much attention. At Masterton the land revenue is much larger, and it istherefore only reasonable

to suppose that a corresponding interest will be displayed in the coming meeting. One of the principal objects of the gathering is the election of two Trustees in the place of Messrs Woodroofe and feist, who retire by rotation, but who are eligible for re-election, As a rule retiring members are re-elected, unless some special reason exists for making a fresh appointment. In the present cfise, we think, such a reason does exist, and that it would not be expedient to re-elect both of the retiring Trustees. It may be remembered that the prindpal duty to which the .Trustees have devoted themscves to during the past year has been to assisting to establish by grants of land and money the handsome Institute which now adorns the town, In the discussions which took place on these particular grants, Mr Feist took one side and Mr Woodroofe the other. They voted against each other consistently and conscientiously, It would therefore be a great mistake to re-elect both of them. If Mr Feist represents the wishes of the community, Mr Woodroofe cannot do so; and if Mr Woodroofe is right with the public, Mr Feist must be wrong. We must, at least, have one new candidate, and it would be no harm to have move than one, as we do not like to see important elections unopposed, It is said that Mr Eenall is about to come forward as a candidate. In many respects he would make a very good Trustee; at the same time he is not exactly what one would consider a business man, and it is a question whether new blood, if it can be obtained, would not be preferable. The other business of the meeting will be the consideration of the report and balance-sheet for the past year. To enable the public to deal with this in an intelligent manner, the balancesheet should be circulated or published prior to the meeting. It is ridiculous to read half a column of figures to a public meeting and expect, tlioso who are assembled to be able to understand and discuss them right off. In business circles the prior publication of any-pro-posed reportorbalance-sheet is regarded as a matter of course, and we do not see why ordinary rules for the conduct of public business should not be observed in the Wairarapa, more especially in connection with Trust accounts. If, in addition to a report for the past year,

the Trustees at .next Fridays meeting would favor us with their proposals for the coifing one, it would be an advantage, The Trust can calculate to a few pounds what its annual revenue will be, and it would be- in our opinion a wise rule to bring down before each annual meeting a schedule of the income for the coming year,- and of the manner in which the Trustees propose to appropriate it. As we have before pointed out, the valuable property of the Ttust belongs to the adult popular •tionof the and once a year, at "ttfTamiual meeting,"the adult population has the opportunity of expressing its wishes as to the expenditure of the money, and placing on the Trust two members to give effect to its wishes,

Messrs loins and Fergusson hold their next market sale on Saturday next.

V e trust farmers w ill not forget the dinner at the Empire Hotel, Masterton, on Saturday next.

The Rev. J, W. Inglis has taken £IOOO by his lectures iu New Zealand, but as bis expenses amount to £9OO, he returns home almost as poor as when he set out.

Thomas C. Williams is turning the Now Zealand Times into a New Zealand Hymnal. There is still a chance of the paper paying a dividend under its new style. Wo are glad to hear that two settlers from Canterbury, propose starting a bacon curing establishment at Feathcrston, This is a sort of industry for which there is ample scopo in the Wairarapa,

A very large number of sheep go now from Featherston to Wellington per railway. The railway authorities have provided convenient approaches for loading sheep and cattle, opposito the main entrance of tho Wairarapa Sale Yards.

Rabbits are becoming pretty numerous around Masterton, Sometimes they even have the audacity to run through the town. Wo saw one killed near the Postoffice yesterday which had evidently ail intention of turning the Borough into a burrow.

Yesterday morning a breeze sprang up in Masterton, and in a short timo the air was full of paper, white, yellow, and brown, which had as usual been Bwept out of shops and warehouses in the gutters of Queen-street, and tliero lay till tho first high wind carried it off. We need hardly point out that paper Wowing about public streets is calculated to frighten horses. In Grey town the Inspector of Nuisances does not allow tho sweepings of shops to be deposited in or near the main street,

. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency under date London, March 27, report as follows The wool sales closed firmly ; 28,000 bales have been held over for future disposal; 24,000 hales were withdrawn during the past sales; 180,000 bales hare been taken for export. The sales closed at a decline of id to a Id. The principal decline has been in cross-bred lamb, superior greasy, and washed combing and clothing quantities, The wheat market is quiot; Adelaide wheat is worth 495; New Zealand 475. The tallow market is flat; mutton, 355; beef, 33s Gd, In the leather market tho trade demand is good ; best sides, Old. The Wellington Monthly Price Current reports that there is no diminution in the stringency of our money market. Banking facilities are limited to strictly legitimate trade purposes, and the supply of capital ftr investment in mortgages is very small. There is an active demand, and 10 per cent, could readily be obtained, for considerable sums of money on undeniable securities, The dearth of money' checks business and causes considerable inconvenience, nevertheless, the strain has been borne so far in a way which proves the general soundness of the trade of this place. The change bank rates alluded to in our last issue, was publicly announced before tho mail left, and our quotations below arc altered accordingly. In the Wellington District Court on Saturday last a case was heard, Hooker v. Evans, to recover the sum of L 199 7s lOd. Mr Edwards appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Allen for the defendant. Prom the evidence it appeared the plaintiff was the proprietor of the Marquis of Normanby Hotel at Carterton, and defendant had entered into agreement to lease the house, and take the stock at a valuation. The plaintiff stated that the sum of £153 2s lOd was the balance duo for purchase money, besides £l6 ss, and he made a further claim of £3O for damages, alleged to have been sustained through a breach of contract, The defendant • not being present, Mr Allan agreed to a judgment being given"for.'amount claimed, and stated that he would bring a separate action for the amount of the sot-off, £Bl 5s lOd claimed by defendant, The' Otago Daily Times' voports that the crops this year upon Mr M. Studhomo's Waimate Estate, Waimatc Plain, Canterbury, consists of 200 acres of wheat, 1000 of oats, 80 of barley, and 3000 of turnips and rape, The wheat and oats have been cut and stacked ; and of about 00,000 bushels of wheat ready for market, 25,000 bushels have been sent to Timaru for shipment. The average per acre of saleable wheat upon the estate for the last few years has been about- 35 bushels. Certain paddocks have yielded as high as 00 bushels per acre. This yaer's crop, notwithstanding the dryness of the season, promises to be up to the usual average, Of oats the average is estimated at 50 bushels, Threshing returns so far this year indicate the average of about 45 bushels. It is estimated that the average yield of barley will be from 50 to 00 bushels. Last year 330 acres of grain were cut with two of Wood's self-binding harvesters, The same machines were used this year with three of M'Cormick's self-binders and 20 backdelivery reapers. All of the harvesters, worked equally well, any difference depending upon the drivers. There were no breakages, and the machines are considered as good as ever. The men who worked them were paid Is Gd per acre, and each of them cut as much as thirteen acres in ten hours. They also cut and bound a quantity of ryegrass and cocksfoot grown for seed. About 180 men have been employed this year at harvesting, This estate consists of 50,000 acres freehold, with a run attached of 30,000 acres. The whole of the freehold is arable, and is comparatively level, the greater portion being rich and alluvial flat land, intersected by creeks, It is divided into paddocks of from 50 to 5000 acres. The stock upon the estate consists of 50,000 sheep, 2500 head of well-bred cattle, 300 horses, and 300 Berkshire pigs. Mr Studholme has lately had 5000 acres of his estate laid out into farms of from 20 to 500 acres each, which he offers for sale by private contract. These farms are well watered by creeks, and are within easy access by good roads to the Makihihi and Hook railway stations. The land is ready for cross-ploughing for crop, and each purchaser can secure three acres of bush land on the Hook River,

A man named Henry Watkins was | admitted yesterday to the Greytown Hospital with a broken jaw which he received by a lever striking him while working at Bowry and King's, saw-mill. Messrs Wrigley Bro's tender for the erection of Mr Coppins' new shop in •Queen-street (to replace premises destroyed by •tire), has been accepted, Tlie amount is £315. Mr H. S, Doveton is the architect. Messrs Sellar and Hales order cart had an upset yesterday through a wheel coming off. The driver and most of the goods were thrown out, but beyond a slight shaking, no damage was sustained by either. A correspondent informs us that a petition is being signed at Featherston in

:avor of a branch railway line from that township to the Lower Valley instead of the proposed line from Greytown. We think our friends there will find that pay'ng is preferable to praying* A young man named William H. In-, man was locked up on Saturday night at

Wellington, charged with obtaining goods

to the amount of L 4 8s from Mr A. D. Cowan by means of a valueless cheque. Mr Inman has been a commission agent at Featherston for the last eighteen months.

A meeting of the general committee of the Greytown Working Men's Club, was held on Saturday evening the vice President Mr T. 0. Barnard in the chair, The Treasurer's statement showing the club to be in a most satisfactory position was adopted. There were several new members elected and other routine business transacted. The meeting then adjourned. A meeting of the settlers of the district of Bideford (late Upper Taueru) was held at Mr Scholes' accommodation house on Saturday, 29th instant, for the purpose of electing a School Committee and Chairman for the management of the aided school now in operation in that district under the Education Board, The following gentlemen were duly elected, viz,, Messrs J. Morrison, Hood, Carmtms, Chapman, Scholes, and Clark ; chairman, Mr J, Millor.

On Saturday next the New Zealand Times understands that the first consignment of wheat from the Wairarapa to Wellington will be dispatched through the agency of Mr Thomas Pilcher, railway carrier.. As a largo yearly increase in the acreage of land under crop lias been constantly recorded, a price for Wairarapa wheat may yofc be quoted as a regular item in Wellington price lists. No doubt the cheap freight per rail has caused this traffic to be attempted, and our knowledge of the largo areas of land suitable for grain-growing in the Whareanm and Ureti districts warrant the expectation that the traffic may be expected to develop into an important one within the next few years.