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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 340, 15 December 1879, Page 2

Thomas Witt, carrier, of Carterton, has filed a declaration of insolvency. The Loyal Masterton Lodge, 1.0.0.1'., meets to-morrow evening. Messrs R." R. Armstrong and H. S. Mason have dissolved partnership as farmera, &c, at Gladstone. H. Tilly Browne and Co. hold their sale of store bullocks this day at 2 o'clock, in lorns and Fergusson's yards. We regret to learn that Messrs Booth and Co., of Carterton, have found it necessary to close their mill till trade revive!. The installation of Mr Feist as Mayor takes place on Wednesday next, not Tuesday, as stated in a former issue of this paper. To-morrow Mr Geo, Thomas sells at the Gladstone farm, stock, farm implements, &c, by order of the mortgagee, MvW, Catt, Tenders are invited till Wednesday next by Mr J. Vile for cutting 14j acres of grass at Te Ore Ore, The date of the Parish meeting at Masterton is altered to Tuesday, December 23rd.

The Adelaide and suburban tramway has carried over 1,000,000 passengers during the last six mouths. At Maitland, Few ,South Wales, recently, a servant girl was burned to death through the explosion of a kerosene lamp News from New Caledonia states that there have been good gold discoveries, and thero is much excitement in consequence. Messrs J. H. Bethune & Co. sell on the 22nd instant, three Masterton properties, which are, fully described by ! advertisement in another, column.

A Palmerston subscriber to this journal has forwarded us twelve months' subscription and his best wishes for our success during the coming year. Now this is just the model that we would like to see copied by our numerous friends. The Rev 0. T. Wilson, in his voyage across the Victoria Nyanza, from Unganda to Kagel, has been able to prove conclusively that Stanley was wrong in placing one large island in the north-west corner of the lake. In reality there are 150 islands in a group at that place. A brewer in Dunedin informs us (Daily Times), apropos of our remarks on a proposed duty of 6d per lb on hops, that his firm use about 20 tons of hops per annum. The duty on these, at Gd per lb, would amount to no less than £ll2O. This would be protection to native industry with a vengeance,

loms & Fergusson held a most successful sale on Saturday last, on the occasion of re-opening their auction rooms in Queen-street. The attendance was the largest we have ever witnessed at any sale in the town, the room being densely packed. An increase of spirit was noticeable in tho bidding, articles such as tables being knocked down at prices ranging from IBs to. 20s, whereas tho same article at previous sales in the Hall only fetched about 10s or 12s. We trust that this enterprising firm will have a continuance of the success which marked their opening one at future sales which may be held in the building, A meeting of Stewards at the late Opaki Races was held at Lowes' Railway Hotel, on Saturday evening, in order to pay prize-money for the different events. The Secretary, Mr lorns, reported he had about £3O yet to collect, but that they had funds enough in the Bank at present to meet ail claims for prizes. A protest of Mr T. H. Hill, the owner of Roebuck, against Mr T, Ray's Shamrock, in one of the hack race 3, on account of Shamrock being entered for the bigger races, was considered. The Stewards considered that a horse entering for the lai,'c events, could not run to win a hack race, and gave the race to Roebuck, The following are the respective winnings paid:—J. Casey, £75; H. Gillies, £OS; T. H. Hill, £35; P. J. Murtagh, £2O; T, Lowes, £ls; T. Ray, £ls; Desmond, £10; James Macara, £5; H. Taylor, £5. Total, £245. The meeting then adjourned to Saturday, 27th insfc,

At Chicago a beautiful but most decidedly a more than ordinary wayward girl, who was married to a Peter Stevens at fourteen, was shot by him at eighteen, after leading an utterly wretched married life, embittered by jealousy on one side and bad temper on the other. "Emotional insanity" is the alleged cause, and will probably be accredited by a jury not only in mitigation, but in actual justification of the foul deed,'

The Auckland Star's Wellington correspondent says that upon inquiry it is stated to be quite erroneous that large sums were made by clearances in anticipation of the tariff changes. The only firm there tlir.t did well by its clearance was that of Turnbull & Co,, and they aro not in any way connected with politics or politicians. That firm alone cleared fully half the tobacco taken out of bond. They also took out all their oilmen's stores. They acted partly on their own judgment and partly on that of a commercial friend, who said the duty on tobacco would certainly be raised sixpence. The firms who came worst off were Johnston and Levin, each of which has a representative in the House and are Government supporters, having cleared out the day before the change an unusually large quantity of sugar, but remarkably little of those articles on which the duty is increased. Johnston's firm is much the tame. Neither firm made anything out of tariff changes, but rather the reverse.

At a late meeting of the Wellington City Council, a letter was read from Captain St. John requesting the use of the Corporation water for making ice at Government House. The Mayor stated that he had given permission to Mr Hibberd (ice manufacturer) having tho use of the water for two days, the reservoir being full, and both the Government House and Bellamy's urgently requiring ice, especially as there was a sick person in the case, .Councillor Danks and other Councillors censured the Mayor for doing this, Councillor Logan contending that the Council alone had the power to allow Mr Hibberd or any other person the use of water for ice-making. Councillor Stafford, while agreeing with this, considered that the Mayor had done what was reasonable and proper in the matter, a view in which the Council general to concur. It was however elicited that neither Government House nor Bellamy's paid anything for this extra water. A letter was read from Mr William H, Quick, applying for tho use of the water to make ice, in consequence of one of his children being dangerously ill. After some discussion it was agreed that ohe supply of water should be continued for two days longer for this purpose. The City Engineer, in reply to a question from Councillor Allen, reported that there were 54 feet of water in the reservoir, which was in fact quite full, The subject of the water then dropped.

The new duty on tobacco ought, thinks the Auckland Herald, to stimulate the local growth of that plant in this province.' Mr T B. Hill informs the Herald that it is largely grown by the Maoris at Raglan, Aotea, and.Kawhia, who use nothing but the local article, and it is also freely patronised by the European settlers. They obtained the best seed—Connecticut—from Mr Kotch, of Papakuro, who has also supplied most of the native settlements on the West Coast. The natives manage the growing of the plant and the drying process of the leaf very well, but what is known as the " sweating" of the leaf, from the time and trouble required, is the particular in which they generally fail to produce a first-class article. Recently Mr Hill forwarded a quantity of castor oil beans to the natives of the above districts, and he is satisfied from his own knowledge of the soil in those localities that the natives will speedily establish the industry. It would be well if other people would imitate Mr Hill's example, and induce the natives to settle down to systematic honest labor, instead of filling their heads with political nonsense, which keeps them roaming over the country attending those accursed political runangas, which are the bane of the native people, -

We understand that the natives at Hurunuiorangi against whom Mr Harrison has entered an action for unlawfully ploughing his land, are coming to their senses, and making overtures for the withdrawal of legal proceedings

The following important telegram has been received by the Government:— " Premier, New Zealand,—Loan subscribed more than twice over. List closed. We congratulate you. Until we found it imperatively necessary we delayed giving guarantee not to bring any loans on market for three years,—Loan Agents London, 11th Dec." It affords us plaasure to state (aays the Sydney Mail) that the experiment of sending Australian fresh meat to England is not to be confined to the Strathleven's shipment, A cablegram has been received stating that a steamer fitted up with Kenn and Nott's drying apparatus is to be sent here from England for a cargo.