The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 697, 19 February 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1881.

A cokkespoxdent of the New Zealand Times gently gave some statistics of buttennakiilg, syljicji would indicate that dairy farming is anything but .an encouraging speculation. Butter,: .as is well known, lias of late been sold at prices ranging from 4rl to 6d, and as it takes two and a half gallons of milk to make one pound of butter the price per gallon which tlje milk has realised has only been about twopence, Assuming that the average price all tlje year round has been 2|d, a first-class cow only yields to its proprietors ail .anpal income of about £5, If from tliie })0 deducted £2 for the value of its feed, but £3 is left to repay the labor expended upoi) it. At this rate, if a man kept a hundred milch cows he \yould oi)ly make a bare living out of them at the prices which have recently ruled in the market for butter.' Cheese making pays hotter. A gallon of mjlk will make a pound of cheese, 'but unfortunately thirty-nine farmers out of. j forty do not know how to make, it, or at least to make it of » marketable'

quality. Besides which, cheese making requires more capital: and labor tlmii hutter-raaking, and hence its; produo-r tioiv is lesa; popular among small far-, mors., Settlers,on' small sections lof land depend in. p. great measure upon their .butter, and when - the price of'it falls belo\V 8d or 9d per. poftt'd they cannot prosper. Tlieve.have b'eon times; wlieu.it has gone up as high as eighteeiipence,/biit ! '' 'fancy' l prices are not likely to recur, and'what farmers require is a steady remunerative rate, Suggestions have been made for tinning butter for export, but the result of the Protos shipment would indicate .that sending frozen butter to the London market is the safest and readiest way of disposing of spare produce' of this ■kind, and raising the prico of it to a permanently paying level. The settlement of blocks of.country like the Pahiatua depend to a great extent on the price of butter and the price of meat. With butter at ninepence such blocks would speedily lie dotted with homesteads, .With butter at sixpence the progress of clearing such a block will be slow. Either the Government or private enterprise ought to give us a Protos.

The planka in the Waingawa Bridge are in a very dangerous state, Mr R. G. Williams has purchased from Mr R. Austin the balance of the book debts in his estate.

The Wairarapa Jockey Club settle up to-night at Quin's Hotel, Greytown. Applications are invited for the office of .Secretary to the Masterton School Committee. Salary £7 10s per annum, A meeting of the Committee of the Masterton Horticultural Society is convened for Wednesday evening next, to arrange for the Autumn Show. Mr W. A, D'Arcy announces that he has commenced business as general commission agent, collector, &c.

Tlio Masterton Town Lands Trustees meet on Tuesday next to hear objections to the voters list, and determine the same

Tenders are invited by Mr G. Fannin! architect, up to Thursday, the 24th inst,, for alterations to 'a cottage in Ohapelstreot,

Mr W, Morrison has been busy at Featherston buying up horses for export. Fifteen pounds is the price given for good draught horses. The election of Trustees for the Wainuioru Rabbit district is fixed for Maroh 7th, The nomination will take place at the school-house, Gladstone, on Monday, the 28th, inst, at noon, Mr H.' S. Mason is the Returning oflicer.

Sergeant Henry MeArdle has been appointed Inspector of Weights and Measures for the Counties of Wairarapa East and Wairarapa West; and Constable Henry Gordon to be an Inspector of Weights and Measures for the County of Hutt. A chestnut mare used to collar work was, as per advertisement, sold at the Carterton Pound on Thursday, by the Poundkeeper, for £7 10a, and in the afternoon Mr A, Armstrong sold a lot of household furniture, cart, horse, and harness at good figuros, Sergt. M'Ardle has been appointed inspector of weights and measures for Wairarapa East and West. Wo expect soon to hear of our chief police officor being gazetted as postmaster and telegraphist, these being the only offices which are as yet unappropriated in the country district by the constabulary, . The Masterton railway station, though a busy terminus, is :is yet a very rough, unfinished affair. The approach to the platform is precipitous, and even, the station buildings tlminsfilyps are incomplete. The department might just as pell have made a decent job of tiie place while it was about it.

The election of Trustees for the Masterton, Carterton, and Oastlepoint Districts aro advertised for the.lftli,March The nomination for the Mar,terton District takes place at Messrs Bacon and Wrigley's premises on, Friday, the 25th inst,, at noon; for Carterton on Saturday, 26th ins'.; at noon at Mr Gole's nice; and for Oastlepoint at the Town Uall ; Tgnui, on Monday, the 21st iiisL at 110011—Blears B. Wilsone, T. Gole, and A. MjcHutclj,gi) Ipi" the respective returning officers,

The traffic on the Wellington-Mastertqn line is steadily increasing. A short time ago the ordinary passenger trains were found ample to take all the goods that .could bp sent, but now a special engine has to be sent up two or three times a week, the traffic having outgrown the power of the ordinary train, This engine lia? always a long string of loaded timber trucks, goods-vans, &c,, behind it when it returns to Wellington. The department has recently, we hear, reduced .the. price of carriage 01) sheep, &c,, sijd provided very convenient trucks for tjieir transport, so timt almost all sheep and pigs sontfrom the Wairarapa now go by rail.

As announced in another column. Professor and Madame Haselmayer, after playing here, proceed to Carterton, where they open on Wednesday next, giving only one night's performance in the Town Hall. On Thursday they appear at Greytown in the local Town Hall, and on Friday tliey finish their trip in tho valley at Featlierston. We have 110 doubt that the people in all these townships will roll up in large numbers to witness the very best programme of its kind ever presented to the Wairarapa. Mr Cary (the energetic) has been busily employed billing the district with some beautiful pictures, Ac., of the Professor and Madame. We notice by the Wanganui papers that Professor 3aselmay.er ! s entertainment was no successful there that money had to be turned away from the doors,

A njeeting of the Greytown Horticultural Society was held at Mr' Bnck's office yesterday afternoon. Present—Messrs Beard (Oliairman), Porritt, and forke. The minutes of the previous meeting were read , and confirmed. The' Treasurer's statement.was road,,shewing receipts at last show.to bo £23 4s 3d, and expenditure £l3 4s 3d; assets, £lB 7s 9d; liabilities, £l2 6d, leaving a balance to the good of £0 7s 3d, It was resolved that an advertisement be inserted iu the papers, and schedules issued. Jt was decided to have posters in Carterton, Foiitherston, and Greytown. It was resolved (hat Mr Brnggins be doorkeeper. It was resolved that the same stagers and judges be asked to not .at the Autumn Show. It was re?olyed"tht tlie Private Band be asked to play at the show. Mr E, B. Bell offered a special prize of IDs for beat wedding cake, to be judged by ladies, the exhibit to be cut if necessary. It was resolved that tenders be invited for the privilege of having a refreshment stall at the autumn show to be held on the Bth March, tenders to be sent in toMrW. G. Beard before Saturday, 27th instant, Mr Beard offered the speoial prize whicji was not awarded last show of £l, lbs each' to beßt 12 peaches arid best 15' dessert' apples. It was resolved that the'school children be admitted at 1.15 p.m. to %

■. t MrYaldwyn hua been appointed auditor fortlio Trustees of the various rabbit distribts in the Wairarapa, Surely phospho'robs, Government auditors, and oil of rhodium aliould prove fatal to vermin

We understand that iMajsr Heapliy distributes at Masterton to-day among the Maoris,".who are evidently very anxious -to finger ..it. jTlieamount -tobe -divided - is said to Business ought.to,:be brisk. in. 'Masterto.n.this evening;'-' " v.. .■■ ]. ..;

St Matthews Sunday School treat was (hold yesterday, in MrsYatea 1 paddock;on the Upper Plain, to which, several 'Hun--dred children were conveyed by relays in; Mr McCarthy's 'bus. The usual sports were,indulged iii, inid there was a liberal supply of i refreshments for which Mr Clayaon was 1 the principal : caterer. The programme fortheday, was earned. through with spirit and energy by the Rev Mr Paige.and;Mrs Paige, the teiichers of the Sunday school, assisted by tlie.-.head master, and assistants froni the public school.". During the afternoon there was a fair muster of adult visitors,, but' not so lar£>o a one as might reasonably have been expected. ■ Strangers paying a visit to and up» country settlers arriving in Masterton are, often at a loss to know which' is the cheapest and best house to purchase all kinds of General Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, &o. Schroder, Hooper&Co., Ball of Commerce, offer special advantages in this line which cannot be met with elsewhere, their stock being the largest and best assorted in the Wairarapa, Their prices are lower then any house in Wellington, their goods, are all new and of the moßt durable class, and they sell cheap and for cash. This establishment is situated directly opposite the Club Hotel. Remember the addressSchroder, Hooper&Co., directly opposite the Club Hotel. Read their advertise-: mont "on the front page of this paper,— Advt .