The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY APRIL 28. 1881

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 754, 28 April 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY APRIL 28. 1881

Oor contemporary, the Post, speaking on the settlement of land, says The Hon. Major Atkinson, when recently addressing his constituents at NewPlymouth, made some remarks yhich serve to indicate the policy intended to be pursued by the Government with respect to the settlement of the Crown lands of the Colony and the introduction of population. He said that the Government had been trying the system of setting apart land for sale on deferred payments on a large scale, and that since they had come into office they had set apart for that purpose 242,000 acres for that purpose, 189,000 acres of which had been taken up, and were now in the occupation of settlers. This is a very gratifying statement with reference to the deferred payment system, But inasmuch as the experiment has only been going on for a period of eighteen months, it cannot be yet determined whether or not it has been altogether successful. It is the third year that is the critical period in the deferred payment system. The occupier of the land has by that time been obliged to make certain improvements in the way of fencing, cultivation and putting up a house. This involves the expenditure of labor and money. If the occupier can afford to make the required expenditure and at the same time meet the payments for the land itself, then all will probably end well, and the industrious settler will found a home and provide the means of living for himself and family, On the other hand the occupier may ho unable to make all the improvements required by the Act, or he may fail in paying his instalments of the purchase money for the land. Should either of these things happen, the deferred payment selector forfeits land, improvements, and whatever money he may have already paid, and is practically ruined," The apprehension of failure on the part of the small farm selector if it does not deter him from going on land, ought not to prevent the Government from placing the land at his disposal. If settlers go on land and do their best to fulfil the conditions of their tenure, no Government will call upon them to forfeit it simply because it is not in their power to comply with all the conditions on which they took it. Settling land is the one tiling needful in the present circumstances of the colony, and no Ministry can go wrong whinWfm-wardß it in ftvovr diWU. ,

and after some years of hard labor have to give it up. Such cases have: riot been unknown in the past, andi are likely to recur in the futurebiit' everithese have,their, bright side,- .The man who gives up his section- resigns an improved marketable property, aiid.be himself has gained an experience of bush life and bush work which will unable him to succeed in his next venture. In settlings waste, lands there must be failures and disappointments, but these only serve to train and educate the class of yeomen who are the bone and sinew of the country. Time, labor, and money sunk in land is certain to be in the long run reproductive, and land is the surest and safest investment to which any man of small means can commit himself.

Applications are invited for the office of secretary and collector to the .North Wairarapa Benevolent Society. Messrs F. H. Wood & Co. notify that they have opened a branch office at Masterton,' and appointed Mr C. J. Freeth their local agent.

Messrs A, Armstrong & Co, will sell by public auction on Thursday, May 19th, by instruction of Messrs Kriill & Co.-at Mr Price's saw mill, Carterton, 250,000 feet of well seasoned timber.

Mr E. Fogden, whose accident at the Waipoua saw mill we recorded some weeks ago, has left the Masterton Hospital, Dr Hoslting having succeeded in saving, as ho anticipated, the injured arm.

Mary has apparently a little goat instead of a little lamb to follow her to school in Masterton; at anyrate we witnessed the expulsion of an affectionate Nanny from the precincts of the infant school in this town yesterday.

On Wednesday morning about three o'clock the Victoria Saw Mills and machinery, Matarawa, were destroyed by fire, together with a portion of the tramway and a lot of sawn timber. The insurances are about £I,OOO, but Mr Huglmn will in any case be a loser to a considerable amount.

Tho first of the cases arising out of the distress on the White Bart Hart Hotel, Carterton, was heard before Messrs Boys and Booth on Tuesday, when Mr Henry was fined costs and damages ,£B. Mr Beard appeared for the prosecution Notice of appeal was given, The remaining cases were adjourned till the 4th prox,

The Carterton Fire Brigade met in force on Tuesday night, and competed in squads against time in unpacking, running out, coupling, uncoupling, and repacking, One squad in particular displayed great smartness and alacrity, The successful tenderers for the erection of the engine house were Messrs Potts and Bennett.

Travellers in the Forty-Mile Bush speak in high terms of the excellency of the temporary bridges made by Mr H Thompson, the representative of Mr Chapman the well-known contractor, during the process of reinstating the permanent structures. The energy and skill with which Mr Thompson is pushing on the latter promises well for the future comfort aud safety of the travelling-pub-lic.

The Taratahi-Carterton Highway Board met at the Institute on Tuesday afternoon last. Present—Messrs Booth (chairman), Boys, Nix, Reynolds, and Welch. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the bank balance was reported as 1501 10s 2d, and various accounts passed for payment. The contract for stone picking and scrub falling on Vile's line was let to Mr Rossiter at 3s fid per chain. A letter from Mr Goodin re work required on Park Road was referred to the new Wardens for consideration. Mr Nix was authorised to expend £5 near Mr Goodin's house on Park Road, and to repair the road opposite the school reserve, 17| chains, at a cost not exceeding 10s per chain. Mr Braithwaite was authorised to spend £'lo on Maunsell's line. The cleric was instructed to write to Mr Enoch Goodin to move trees felled into the creek on the Government reserve on Park Road. Mr Welch was authorised to have repairs done on Dalefield Road at a cost not exceeding 12s per chain. Mr Booth was authorised to expend £lO on the Belvedere Road. Tenders were directed to be called for 18 chains, more or less, metalling on East Taratahi road, to close on 2nd prox. Sergt-Major Bezar paid his usual weekly visit to Carterton on Monday. The attendance was a slight improvement on the previous parade. Over an hour's exercise was gone through very fairly, A general meeting of the Corps is called for the next drill-night-Monday next—to receive the last balance sheet and to transact important business. Every effort is being made to ensure a good attendance, and from that night forward it is anticipated that the Carterton Rifles will rapidly improve, and become a most creditable Corps. The Greytown Rifles are making more than ordinary Btrides towards improvement—ten new members having joined during the last two drills. The attendance on Tuesday night was very gratifying, and the manner in which those present acquitted themselves speaks well for the future of the Corps. The Instructor, Sergeant-Major Bezar, was exceedingly pleased both with the muster and the drill, which was kept up for considerably over an hour without any sign of a desire for dismissal. After parade a committee meeting was held, when matters that will prove ot groat interest to all members were arranged. The Ser-geant-Major has promised every support to the different Corps, and we hope to see Masterton maintain its own.

Mr P. H. Troup in a letter to the Auckland Star on the rival mail sevices, says" It is well known that the San Francisco line has not fulfilled the expectations held out by it through its parent, Sir Julius Voge'l, and the Customhouse Paul Prys still bar the way to an interchange of goods between New Zealand and America, But perhaps it is best that it should be so, because the public will now see clearly the fallacy of subsidising a purely maii line without securing any of the advantages offered by the boats as carrying agents also, as is now being successfully demonstrated by the P. and O. and Orient lines, not to add the new Queensland mail sendee about to bo started here. After a powerful steamer has once got clear of the loading cranes she can travel just as fast as a heavilysubsidised one carrying only a few awfully-select passengers and' some boxes of gold and the mails. Until the PaI nama Canal route is opened, I would suggest to New Zealand the advisability of terminating the expensive and (commercially speaking) useless San > Francisco line as soon as possible, and go in for a first-class line via Suez Canal and the Cape; the boats to start from Auckland,' calling at Wellington, Port Lyttelton, and Port. Chalmers. This line Would' carry mails, passengers, andfrozen meat &o Home, and mails, passengers, and general • freight out. Let the .Union' Steamship Company and / the New Zea ; land Shipping; Company amalgamate' and form one powerful' .steamship company, of fhioh New. Zealand and the- whole of Australia would.be proud, ; Why let our

The Mastorton Town Trustee election takes place to-day.

( The Rabbit Trustees of the Carterton District met on Tuesday. The business was of an unimportant nature. Applications are invited for the office of inspector to the Castlepoint Babbit District.

- Mr W. Perry,' butcher, Queen-street, advertises prime legs of mutton at Is eaoh for cash'

The Auckland mail steamer brings Lady Gordon, Miss Gordon, two children, two nurses, and Oapt. Knollys. Rain commenced falling at Masterton last night, and, in a.mild; irresolute kind; of manuer, still continues to come down.-' A meeting -of Chairmen of Rabbit Trustees takes place at Carterton to-day, to consider the question of introducing the natural enemies of rabbits into this Colony, ... A special meeting of the Maaterton Borough Council was held last evening, pursuant to advertisement, Cr Gapper being voted to the ohair in the absence of the Mayor. The business for which the meeting-., was called was to confirm the amended by laws, which was done, and the Council adjourned,. Our contemporary the Post published a paragraph atatirig that when thedual party passed through the bush to Wopdyille, a bush fire was raging, and that His Grace 'had-a narrow escape. Mr Macara, who drove the party through, reports that the fire was a mere nothing, and was limited to one tree and its immediate surroundings.

The funeral of the liite Mrs Jesaie Morrison, which took place on Monday last, .was one of the largest ever seen in the Wairarapa, relatives and friends being present from all parts of the district, The deceased lady had been a considerable time in the Colony, and leaves behind several sons and daughters, many grandchildren, and a host of friends. The interment took place at the Grey town Cemetery, the Rev Mr McKee being the officiating minister. James Robert Henry waa arraigned before Messrs Boys, Booth, and ListerKiiye. on Wednesday, for assaulting, Caroline, the wife of Robert Henry Elliotte, the leasee of the White Hart Hotel, Carterton. The Court remanded the esse to the 4th orox., on th» ground raised by the defendant that the service was defective. Bail was granted—two sureties of £25, and defendant in £SO. The defendant's own recognisances were accepted to keep the peace towards Mr and Mrs Elliotte until the 4th prox. The K.M, will have a healthy batch of cases (7) over this little affair, We have been shown a very superior sample of arrowroot manufactured in Masterton, In appearance it is an improvement on the imported article, and we understand that when prepared for infant's food, &c,, it ia of a moro nutritious nature, The producer intends sending samples to the exhibition soon to be held at Wellington, and will probably endeavor to find a market for a permanent supply. Aa an attempt to establish another industry, we truat to see the article find favor.

Featherston seems a fortunate town. Weddings there are now matters of almost every day occurrence. Yesterday the Rev H, Yere White married at St John's Church Mr Malcolm MoFarlane McOaul, of Wellington, to Elizabeth Anu, second daughter of Mr J. G. Cox. Seven buggies conveyed the bridal party to the church. After the wedding breakfast the happy couple travelled through Masterton en route for Wanganui, their future home. To-day we understand Mr Riddiford is to be united to Miss Waraell in the same township.

The 1 Masterton Volunteer Fire Brigade held their- usual practice last evening, and ware exercised by Captain Muir. The attendance was not large, but most of the men were very smart in the various trials. The Brigade requires more members, and we should like to see all those who already belong to it, turn out more regularly for practice. There will probably bo friendly contests between this and the Carterton Brigade, and as the latter numbers some old firemen among its members, practice will be required to save the former from defeat, while at the same time we think it would be very hard work to rub those of them out-who have been regularly at drill.

The Masterton Cadets held their usual parade at the Town Hall last evening, when there were only 13 present, all told. Sergt-Mazor Bezar exercised and instructed them for an hour, and before dismissal addressed them 011 the subject of attendance, urging upon them the desirability of persuadiug those who belonged to the Corps to attend more regularly, and of inducing others to join, so that a company might be formed which would be a credit to themselves and the town. Four new members were-proposed after drill, and admitted to the ranks. There are enough boys in Masterton to form a corps which would satisfy the instructor, and as the exercise is good and the discipline beneficial, parents might well encourage the movement, Sergt. Henry, the late instructor, took considerable pains with the lads, and Sergt.-Major Bezar is energetically continuing the efforts so ably begun, and the members of the Corps should attend regularly and profit all they can by the instruction provided, so that in time they might become as proficient as the Nelson College Cadets, so highly spoken of at the late encampment.

Moody and Sankey have announced that they will revisit England in September next, and that after holding a seriesof meetings, they will proceed to Ireland on a revival tour.

The Chinese merchants anticipate .an. influx of 50,000 Chinamen in Sydney during the present year. They state the new arrivals bring little or no money, and' will be a heavy burden on Chinese residents.

A woman in the State of lowa announced her determination to attempt the wonderfull!feat of fasting for forty days, successfully performed by Dr Tanner. She fasted for forty-seven days, but the result was so serious that , she died from exhaustion immediately afterwards.

If rumor Bpeaks truly the United States have suffered more than England from the pensions abuse, It is said that there are 250,060 pensioners drawing £5,000,000 ayear from the Public Treasury, and that the country loses about L 1.000,000 a-'year by payment of fraudulent pensions.

A novel proposal for exterminating rabbits has been submitted to the Victorian Minister of Lands by Mr M. Thornhill, Of St. Kilda. Mr Thornhill explained his scheme to b« that a few wild rabbits were first caught and tamed. These tamed rabbits are next to be covered with some material, which constitutes Mr ThomhiH'g secret He .proposes, however, to turn the tamed rabbits into the burrows of the wild'onis, who will thus be driven from their places of refuge and caught in nets spread for that purpose 1 They will be killed; and the skins'sent to market, Mr Thornhill said he was prepared to put his plan into'operation •if the Government .would; provide ■ him; with:an* outfit in the shape'of tents and neis',':'lf' the. aoheme prepared' to lelLthejecr'et of the ffpyjpinw^^

A meeting of the Eduoation Board wm held yesterday. Present-jThe Chairman, and, Mesßrs Stock, Pateraon, Newman, Beetham, Hutchison, Bunny, and Blair, Mr Hutchison raised the question whether a Chairman should not be ap-' pointed annually, the Hon Mr Pharazyn claiming his right to fiold the position till his retirement by rotation. Mr Bunny 'inbred that Mr'HutchisonbepChMrman.*' Mr. Hutchison proposed Archdeacon Stock. Eventually the question: was postponed' to the:', next, inorder to obtain' legal advice. , A letter was received from the Masterton School Committee suggesting that as there was a want of harmony between the j head master and Mr Waite, another, appointment should be found for the latter.' After, a reference to the Inspector," the i Board declined to interfere, but decided to inform Mr Waite that unless marked improvement was shewn in .his work his services would be dispensed with. It-was decided to recommend Mr Singer to the Kaiwaiwai school, and Mr Poden to the Mungaroa Valley. It was reported that the bank had conceded an overdraft of J3OOO to the Board. Mr J. Smith's ten- 1 der .was accepted for additions to the Grey town ; school, and Messrs Bennett & Potts' for the Carterton school; 1 A rare act of self-denial is recorded in; the Timeß by a gentleman who saya hiainlormant is his brothfr, serving in the Horse Artillery at Candahar" A gunner of the Horse Artillery, after General Burrows' rout, gave up his seat on a limber to a wounded'man;and marched in on foot over that'terriblC desert of 62 Mes They had no food nor water since the day before, and it is difficult to exaggerate the suffering under that heat The gunner had had his heel shot off, and had limped the whole of that-dreary distance without uttering a sound or letting a word escape j him that he too was wounded." I Commenting on the "Position of Pate-/ tere"the Auckland Herald says:—"We learn that a few weeks ■ ago, a calculation was made, when it was found that the cost of the land to the company would be 17 6d an acre. The expenses since, havs been very heavy, some think' that 'noj they will amount to 25s per acre, bu taking- it at £l, and the land they becami possessed of amounts to 260,000. acres, the calculation of how much they have spent is .easily made. The accounts of the company would be an interesting study. An inspection would show how much, if any, had been paid straight to the natives in cash, how much in orders on! grog shops and stores, how much as hush' money to Pakeha-Maoria. how much ttj interpreters, and how much to lawyer*.! Patetere will no doubt be a factor in ! history for some time to come. Would that it werebioken up and in course of settlement."

The Queen of Italy has just saved a life, and proved her own to be in less danger from nervous, weakness than rumor would have us believe. She waa taking her afternoon drive beyond the. Porta Angelica, accompanied by the Duchessa Sforza-Cesarina and the Marchese Niccolini, and had alighted for a little, walking exercise, when ariding party, consisting of. a lady and two officers of the "etat majeur", came up. The three equestrians on seeing her Majesty, made asudden wheel to the side of the road to let the carriage pass, but in the act the lady's horse stumbled and fell, dragging its fair rider along with it. The Queen stepping forward, seized the struggling animal by the bridle, and held it until the lady had extricated herself and was out of danger. By this time the two officers hadleaped from their horses and the Duchess SaorzaCeaariua and the Marchese from the royal carriage, but only to hear her Majesty deprecating the lady's gratitude, and regretting having been the invqluntary cause of the accident. The Queen, who was much the least discomposed of the party, would not resume her walk until she had seen the lady and the two cavaliers, one of whom was the lady's husband, remount their horses and disappear at a trot through the Porta Angelica.

We hear from reliable authority that it is the intention of Messrs Schroder,. Hooper & 00. to make their first grand display of Autumn and. Winter Millinery, Drapery, and Clothing at the Hall of Commerce, on, Saturday, March 19th, consisting of 71 packages and bales. As the bulk of their magnificient. Btock has been imported direct from the manufacturers, the public can rely upon obtaining all the latest fashions and designs of the. season at extremely low prices, We would advise all purchasers and lovers of fashion to make an early call at the Hall of Commerce and inspeot their stock. Their advertisement will bo found on the front page of this paper.—[Advtl