THE SHEEP ACT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 757, 2 May 1881, Page 2

THE SHEEP ACT.

| To the Editor of the Wairarapa Daily,] Sir.—Some time ago a Committee formed for the purpose of takings inw| l/ consideration the working of the " Act," in the "Wairarapa East "and West Counties., With : the exception of a depuy tation to Government}'urging the strin. gent working of certain Clause of the Act, the good,,or evil, resulting from this Committe has been nil, At the last, and only meeting of the said Committee, it was generally understood that some very necessary amendment ; to the " Act" should be suggested at some future .meeting,. If.this plan is to be carried out, it is" surely time the Chairman took the requisite atepa to call the committee together, for if any good is to be done in ( the way of analteration in the existing law^ : action' should '< be taken before Parliament meets. Rumors are afloat that certain 'Wairarapa sheepownera having succeeded in getting the screw put on-the Whareama owners, are now indifferent^,,to whether the Act is altered ,or. not; ■-•}^% r }' i ' Hoping' the committee will be speedily called, to meet, and that it will yet do BornegoddiworkT Ju'Vi . ,-.;.. lam, &c.,; : ~^;,,;,,.;,,,,,,,;

_ The latest titteranco of M. do Lesseps kieforenco' to'the Panama Ciumf is to the effect that it will certainly be finished in 1888, and at an estimated cost of of 612,000,000f. About 8000 to 10,000 operatives are to be employed, and they will be recruited from tbo co)«re(l.,population of Columbia and-the: •v year 1845 \> Worthy MjaergfmdWfiimy with some difficulty through^ernWfi-tree . to Te Aro Flat bsing in search of the survoyr's opcg which had been driven 'fit the comer of what is now Cuba and Dixon Btreots, Upon this spot was Qreotcd.aemaH house, in which a very successful drapery business was carried on by two'ladies of remarkable talent aud energy, who have long since retired from the scene to the 1 nd of their birth—- " Land o» the mountain and the flood, Land of brown heath and shaggy wood. In tho year 1866 it passed into the hands of Mn Jajiks- Smith, the "present proprietor, who gave to the premises the appropriate name of To Aro House, and under whose management btisiutss ■ has steadily progressed with the rising fortunes of the city. until at length it was found that a consideyflßßrableenlargement was:necetaary,\and the result was, Tc Aro House, as at present, one of the most complete and Extensive Drapery. Establishments, in tlie .colony ol Now Zealand. The Jeueral, Drapery occupies a large space, being 49 feet by 25 feet, . imply suffipjent.)or,all Manchester goods, Fancy Dresaes, Silks, Gloves, Hosiery, Bibbons, Laces, drc. The Men's, Boy's, and Youths' Clothing Department measures 24 feet by 14 feet, and has attached a comfnrtable fitting-room. Carpets and Household fumiahings hays, a similar space allotted to them. Tlie Show-room for the sale of Millinery, Mantles, Jackets, Costumes, &c, is a very spacious apartment, elegantly fitted up, and beautifully -'lighted' from the roof, and measures 39 feet by 22 feet. The stock of goods. ■■s,at-all times, large and well selected, 'ah'd'pa'tterns are'forwarded^post free on application. A special feature' at Te Aro House is the Order Department, and . very careful attention is paid to the wants of Country Residents, Allorders are executed under the immediato supervision of the proprietor, and securely packed and forwarded to their destination with that promptness and despatch which have always distin guished Te Aro House, Cuba-street, Welling on.—Udvt.l