The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 700, 23 February 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1881.

The following interesting particulars of tho Protos experiment were recently related to the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce by Mr V. Laby, a gentleman from Victoria 1 " Sir James McCulloch," he said "entered into business arrangements with the charterers of tho Protos, and it was arranged to try the Giffai'd process upon a cargo of meat to be sent to London, and Messrs Kobinson and Co., of Melbourne, arranged to lit up the process, He thought at the timo it would have been better to have trusted the tried method rather than experiment ; and the success of the new process had proved it worthy of adoption, for it had landed the meat in perfect condition in London, and also 200 tons of butter shipped by James Honty and Co,, of Melbourne, The firm had applied to have the butter placed in the freezing chamber, but £2B per ton was asked freight, and at his suggestion it had been stored in the tanks under the freezing chamber, The butter was placed on board at fiveponce-fnrthing per pound, and sold in London at Is per pound; and as the freight cost only threepence-farthing pec pound, it would be seen that a very large profit had been made , on it. Care was necessary, however, that no bad butter was shipped, as it might have the effect of spoiling tlie whole lot. It was salted and packed in wattle casks, and stowed away in packages of about 1001b each. It would be of great benefit to launch a similar thing here, because by it dairy produce could be raised to a margin of value which it had not at present, He considered that in a very short time shipowners must furnish them with suitable means for the conveyance of produce, for he did not consider that the function of the producer. The result of the shipment by the Protos proved that there was a sufficient' margin of profit to favor the adoption of the process, and it was found that when the chambers were reduced below freezing point they njigW he |e£t for a day or two without the application of machinery to keep them coo), He noticed that dryness was complained of in the meat sent by the Protos, but that might have been due to something in the new process, for the same complaint was not made with regard to the Stratlileven experiment, which was sent by the Bell Coleman's process, He felt perfectly sure that before long they would have ships fitted with refrigerating process, adapted to affect ona-third or more of their cargo,

offering to take freight from these colonies, Their absence now showed .a want of enterprise, for it to a .want of enterprise not to venture before success .had been several times assured, The Orient line of steamers had adopted the .process'for keeping,fresh .the provisions required for their passengers and crows, instead of occupying a great quantity of space with live stock, which would save a most abominable nuisance, and by the new method they had the advantage of the meat being in better condition than if the animals had been knocked about on board ship, He had eaten the American frozen meat in England, and could testify to its excellence, and had seen the meat selling in Liverpool, in London, Sheffield, Newcastle,. and ether towns, There was a strong prejudice against it, especially amongst traders, who would not do justice to it. He thought arrangements should be made for selling the meat retail in London,. A great deal of the frozen meat was actually sold as English meat, and when, as happened on one occasion, a landlord gave some English farmers a dinner of it without letting them know what it was, it was highly commended by all,"

The R.M, Court sits at Carterton today. Mr Beetham, M.H.R., landed in Wellington on Monday last, by the Wakatipu. Tho Waihenga School Committee, has voted for Messrs Bunny and Coleman Phillips for the Education Board. Only one insolvency (says the Post) occurred in Wellington last week. How many does our contemporary desire ? Tho Rev J. Stewart, Presbyterian minister) has taken up his residence at Waihenga. Notice is given in another column that Messrs Mawley and Dodgslmn, sheepfarmers, havo dissolved partnership. The Masterton Cadets parade this evening, in the Town Hall.

A meeting of the Committee of the Masterton Horticultural and Industrial Society is convened for this evening.

A special meeting of tho Masterton Hospital Committee was held yesterday, at which nine applications for the office of secretary and collector were receivod, Mr C. J. Freeth obtained the appointmont,

A correspondent of the Canterbury Times, writing of the Wellington Hospital, says" Another very serious subject of gossip concerns tho Hospital, or—writing nearor tho mark—the unfortunate inmates of the Hospital. As is perfectly well known, the disease known as erysipelas is contagions to a degree. It attaches itself to everything, animate or inanimate, with which it may be brought in contact; and, if the object be inanimate, it retains its vitality until an animate object bo brought within its reach. This is precisely the condition of the Wellington Hospital. As remarked to me the other day, "Its -walls are saturated with erysipelas." I have it on high medical authority that in tho cases of two men, sufferers from tho same accident, and whoso wounds in the ordinary course would havo healed naturally, amputation became necessary because of this contagion. If my statement should be challenged, I am quite prepared to give fuller particulars,"

The wftterwhcel of Mr A. W. RenalPs flour mill, having performed duties faithfully for many years, recently gave sign that it required renewing. The owner and the lessees, Messrs Vile & D'Arcy, thought this would be a favorable time to try an experiment with regard to a theory thoy had recently observed in a work on watorwheels. In this work M, Poncelet advocated the water being taken down an inclined shute the width of the inside of the wheel, and let on to the floats at the bottom. The floats woro to ho concave, and to be taken as close to the bottom floor of the shoot as possible; no backs were to be fixed to them, as offering a greater resistance to the air, The theory was that the water rushing out of the narrow shoot directly on to the floats would have more power than it had by its mere weight on to floats with backs to them, tlie latter offering a certain amount of obstruction to tho atmosphere, and thus lessening their effectiveness. In accordance with tho new theory, tho wlieol was mailo about two feet narrower, and the necessary shoot and gates made, several weeks boing taken for the, alterations. Yesterday afternoon, everything being ready, tiie dam was closed and several practical mou assembled to watch the result. When a sufficient supply of water had backed up, tho gates opening on to the floats were unclosed, and—the wheel wouldn't go 1 Not a move out of it, although there was more water than mentioned by M. Poncelet as being sufficient. There was plenty of "rash," but tho floats having no backs, the water shot up and over them, and without putting miy power on the wheel. It was ovident that the only position in which tho theory would work would bo in a largo stream, and that ovon there the old style of wheel would ho more convenient and quite as effective. Having tried tlu? experiment and feeling, in one sense, satisfied at its result, Mr Renall intends to return to tho system that has worked so woll hitherto,

The Carterton Cemetery Trustees mot at Mr Hooker's on Saturday last. Present —Messrs It. Fairbrother (Chairman), E, Anderson, 'J, Fitzgerald and Hooker, The minutes of the last meeting wore read and confirmed. The Chairman reported tho payment into the Bank of the sum handed to tho Trustees by the Carterton Christies. The following correspondence Wiis then read Prom the Commissioner of Crown Lands, forwarding Gazette of 10th inst,, investing the Cemetery lands in Messrs Armstrong and others, under the Cemeteries Act, 18fl; from the Colonial Secretary, acknowledging receipt of two letters, of tlie the 29th November list; from Mr Holdsworth, enclosing plan of Cemetory lands; from Mr Kempton, stating that land forming approach to the Cemetery road belonged to Mr Roberts. A long discussion ensued on tho first of those letters, as to whether tho present Trustees wore, in the face of the late proclamation, entitled to act or whether the gentlemen thorein named should assume office. Ultimately it was resolved on the motion of Mr Hooker, seconded by Mr Fairbrother, that the secretary write the Commissioner of Crown Lands, acknowledging the receipt of his letter, and referring him to the Government Gazette of tho 9th Septembor, 1876, and the 10th February, 1881. Also pointing o.ut that the original Trustees had never ceased to act, that they had not resigned, and that they had never been removed from office; and consequently the late proclamation wa3 illegal. And requesting that the • error might at once be rectified and the Cemetery lands vested in the original Trustees, On Mr Kempton's letter, it was resolved that the secretary, write to Mr Roberts, requesting him to exchange the small triangular piece of land between the Cemetery and the road belonging to him for another pieco adjoining his property.; The meeting broke, up at about 5.30 p.m. ■..

Mr Johnston, M.H.R., is in .Masterton. ;

.Yesterday the Rev Mr White married; in |3t John's Church, Featherston, Mr J. Wi 1 Smith, of Wellington, to Miss Faber, .eldest daughter of Mr Faber, of tlie .Club Hotel, A. large numberof buggies, &0.. conveyed the wedding party to and from the chui'oh, creating quite a stir in the township, :. .. ■ ' We learn from Mr.G. Fannin,.architect, that twelve tondera were received for the eroction of Mr. J, E. Thompson's house at Kuripuni, ranging from £350 to £550. The tender of Messrs Barker & Williams, at £43510 a, has been accepted,

An Assessment Court—Mr Wardell R.M., judge—was held at Greytovm yesterday. Several objections were made by ratepayers and allowed by Mr W; Bock, who appeared on behalf of the Borough.' The Rising Sun has set, as——would say, at Greytown; at any rate it has consumed itself for a while. The bar used by Mr Hammerich since the late conflagration has been closed since Thursday, We hope it is only pending new arrangements, as Mr Hammerich will be missed and the want of a licensed house at that end of Greytown felt. In our advertising columns will be found the entries for the Carterton Ram and Ewe Fair. • It includes sheep from the best Lincoln and Roraney Marsh flocks in the district, and we trust that sheep farmers will make a point of attendind the show and of availing themselves of the great advantages • which such a gathering gives them for selecting the rams best suited for improving their stock.

The Carterton Rifle Volunteers met for the customary inspection on 'Monday eveniug. The oilicera on parade were Captain Snodgrass, and sub-Lieut. Potts, tho senior Lieutenant still being on leave of absence from injury received to his collar bone Bome three weeks since.' Seventeen rank and file were in the hall, who were duly drilled by Sergt. Henry, after which tho Corps were dismissed at about nine o'clock. Captain Ruok, commanding officer of the Maßterton Corps, was present during the parade.'

On Monday night, about 11 o'clock, Messrs Fabian Bros.' large store at the corner of Humphries' line, South Greytown, was observed to be on fire, and an alarm was at once raised. The school bell was rang, and in a very short time almost overy man, woman aud child in the township was on the spot. The flames, however, had got too firm a hold over the premises to allow any successful effort to be made to save them. An attempt was made to save the stock, but only a very small portion of it could be romoved, and'the attention of those who volunteered to work was mainly directed to saving adjacent buildings, Tho wind blew in the direction of Mr Witton'a blacksmith shop on the opposite side of the road, and it also Buccumbed to the flames. It was not without some difficulty that Mr Witton'a house on the. other side of it was saved. The supply of water was inadequate, there was no local engine, and though there were plenty of willing hands, they were almost powerless to effect any real good, The cause of the fire is a mystery. Very general impression of incendiarism prevailsin which.we believe Messrs Fabian Bros, themselves concur. Pending an inquiry which will doubtless be held, it will be unnecessary at the present time to say any further on this head, We understand that Messrs Fabian Bro's only the day previous to the fire stored on their premises £IOO worth of new goods, The insurances, as far as we can learn, are as follows Fabian Bros.: Victoria LBOO, New Zealand L3OO, Northern LIOOO, London and Liverpool LSOO, Victoria LIOOO, of which LSOO is reinsured in the South British, and L 250 in the Union. Mr Witton was insured for L7O only.

Professor Haselmayer was greeted by a good house on his second appearance last evening, and, us promisod, gave.an entire change ,of programme. The more one sees of tho Professor's delusions, the more one is tempted to believe that he is aided and abettod by a certain influential personage who, in polite society, is nameless. He thoroughly mystiGes his audience, Last evening the principal attraction was " Psycho," a sort of hollow fraud, who plays a baud at whist with the gravity of a judge, who is isolated on a glass pillar, and who defies both interior and exterior inspection. How he plays, is likely to remain an inexplicable conundrum at Masterton for all time, The same may bo said of tho " iErial Bell," which apparently consists of a bowl : of glass and a small striker. Tho imagination seeks in vain for the motive power, The Professof throughout a long programma lieepa on dp.ceiying the spectators in tho most heartless manner, more especially those of them who think thoy know a thing or two about tricks, and are not to be so easily sold. Astonishment and amusement may be regarded as the special characteristics of his show, and our friends m the other townships, will certainly not be disappointed when they witness his entertainment. We must not forget to mention that Mrs Cross, R. A. M., assisted at tha piaijo with her well-known skill both last evening and qi) Monday night.

A critic thus suiqa. up tho variety of styles adopted by dancora" One man waltzes with his head in the air and much the expression worn by a dog when lie is howling at the sound of music. Another has a bend in the middle, which is just as uncomfortable as it is ungraceful, One genuflects at every turn, ai)d slides on one of his' feet as if to trip up rival dancers. An even more dangerous performer worlts his left hand up and down as if it were a pump handle, A tall man with a top-heayy kind of stoop leans over his partner like a great hen taking a chicken under her wing. Qno man holds his partner as if he were afraid she would slip from his grasp, while another looks as if ho wished fie were rid of his bargain."

Tho iiev Dr Gilpin, head master of the Halifax High School, has recommended the Board of the School Commissioners of that city to take a new departure In the matter of scholarships. In his opinion the holder of a scholarship in the school should be required to maintain his superiority in diligence and application while attending it, and he advises that it future scholarships be granted on the condition that they shall be cancelled upon sin unanimous report from the masters, based upon the half-yearly examination, that the holder is not fairly exerting himself to profit by the opportunities placed before him.

Strangers paying _ a visit to ahd up-' country settlers arriving in Masterton are often at a loss tp know which is the cheapest and best house to purchase all kinds of General Drapery, Millinery, Clothing, &c. Schroder, Hooper & Co,', Hall of Commerce, offer Bpecial advantages in this line' which cannot be mejt wjth ehewhere, their stock being the largest and best assorted in the Wairarapa. Their prices are lower th.en any house in Wellington, their goods are all new and of the most durable class, and they sell cheap and for cash. This eatablishment is situated directly opposite the Club Hotel.. Remember/the addressSchroder, Hooper & Co., directly opposite the Club Hotel, Read :their advertiser mont on the front page of this paper,— Aj)VT . • - ; '.-v

" The house of Peleg Barker, in Pembroke, Mass, ia supposed -to be,the oldest house in lhe : United States, ,In. the spring of 1629 Mr Barker's great great great grandfather and Frederick' Davis built a fort of stone and mortar,' with portholes .from - which to defend? themselves against the Indians.The fort has been used as a dining-room %'the Barker, family for years, The main house iB a two-storey building, and is only ten years younger than the patfc" that formed the fort, The house is furnished throughout with old furniture,