The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 764, 10 May 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MAY 10, 1881.

Agriculture reverses in England, of a severe and protracted charaoter, have forced thousands of farmers into turning their attention to other lands. Delegates y^si ( t,ed #us and other colonies to investigate jjhe prospects of farming in the antipodes, and there can be but little doubt in the minds of these explorers that the soil and climate of Now Zealand indicate that it is specially the land of promise.' There are, however, certain drawbacks which even the most enthusiastic New Zea-i landers must .admit t,o settlement with-1 in (jts borders, and' these weak points i are very plikefy Jio escape the lynx; eyed delegates. Shaji w.e pe'ap the harvest of farmers,—of substantial yeomen, or shall we miss the chance which in the present position of the Colony is almost vital to us, One farmer of the sort represented by l[v Herring (who was amongst us.the other day) is worth a whole batch of the scourings of the London slums which were poured on to.our shores at an enormous .expense a few years ago, There was not then a favorable opportunity of introducing in. considerable numbers the right class of immigrants, and in our folly and madness, sooner than not bring out a component, p piled up the vessels with wrong one?, Immi- i gration is consequently a somewhat' sore subject with us, and now that there is an opportunity of doing an extremely, profitable business, there k #, -(Janger. 'of: our letting, it pass by. she f ejfare of the Colony as a whole demands • that eyer/ effort should be made to secure'.so Inglisfr farmers who are prepared to immigrate,. but in order to get them it-is-.necessary to offer them good, land at a ! moderate rate and in blocks .that will suit. them, Wj9all,:know in New Zealand that it might ha-yjjse for the Yorkshire /far* mers,'tne;'Lfeco]n farmers,; or •; any other section of'the' English'' agricultural community to come; out boj.<f}y, spread themseJves);over ;: the,/country

each' man\buying in tho' .open market the pie'ce!'of .;;niaysuit him. ; This view, - however, {may? not be acceptable to the-vavioui groups of farmers at-home, who may prefer to." settle en masse. If so, it wouhTbe to the interest of New Zealand not to try to force them to adopt our' views, but to meet theirs, What We want to do is to find out the exact conditions on which they will come over with their families, and their capital—and to comply with them. Ministers are not in a position now to take such a course as this, because their hands are tied by law, and in dealing with waste lands theyhavelittle.or.no discretion, If, when the Assembly ; meets,"' they ask' Parliament for larger powers they would do a great deal for the promotion, of-genuine- settlement in the country, Of course there are plenty of men already in the Colony who would like blocks of good land at a moderate price, and such may possibly be inimical to any liberal proposal to English farmers, There are too Sir George Grey's pet lambs who want the best blocksat moderate prices, provided that the Government guarantees them good wages, and finds them with means to buy, build, fence and stock.. Still, if the welfare of the Colony, as a whole, is to bp : considered and the prosperity of all who are now settled on its shores promoted, narrow and selfish objections such as those to which we have alluded should carry but little weight. Unless New Zealand can be made attractive to English farmers the burden of taxation which weighs down alJ.onter* prise and checks our growth, will cling to us for many years to oome,

We are informed by a gentleman in this neighborhood, who has, during the past week or two tried phospborjsed oats on a large aoale, that this method of exterminatingrabbits js wonderfully successful. We regard the evidence in favor •of phosphorised oats to be ponplusive, and there can be no excuse for the various rabbit trusts in this district postponing, active operations on the ground of unsuitable weather.. Valuable time has already been lost, and we trust that in a matter in which delay i 3 more than proverbially dangerous, there will be no further hesitation.

The Stonehenge Lodge A.O.D. meets at the Empire Hotel, Masterton, this evening, The Maot.eF.lqn Hospital Committee hold their regular monthly meeting this afternoon. Tenders are invited for ploughing and harrowing about CO acres of land on the Upper Plain, A meeting of fljo Featherston Debating and Mutual improvement jjjqcigty, takes place this .evening at tlje Royal Hotel. The raw tqll-gate a|fc the Wajwhine River will be finished to-day, and ready for the collection of dues, The Education Department has decided not to pay capitation allowances nn children attending publio sohools under five years of age. • Tho Orange Slaughtering Co. already has on its books 20,000 sheep and 800 cattle, for slaughter and freezing, on squattprs' accounts, John Robertson, a,n oljd rpajdent at Sydney, who had almost reaphebVhjs hundred and soQond year, died on Friday.

The Masterton Borough Oouiioll hold a special meeting this evening, to confirm the Kuripuni special rate The ordinary fortnightly meeting will also be held, The nomination of. candidates for the Featherston ftabbft District takes place to-day, It is rumoured'tliat thjre jyill be a very satisfactory number of nominations,

Mr Ed, Wyllio commission agent advertises £650 to lend on freehold security. Members of the Masterton Football Club meet for practice to-morrov/ afternoon in Mr Drummond's paddock, We hope to see a good muster, ' Yesterday Mr James Maoara lost a valuable filly, full sister to his well-known horae Treasurer. The animal in question broke her neck over a wire fence, ' Last evening a mating of members of the Mastertun'Unjon Club, was hell} at Mr. Coker's restaurant, Mr jjalrympjg in the chair. It wasresqlved to appoint Mr W. Sellar a frustee to'wind up the affairs of the Olub,

A popular entertainment for jurenUes. will be given in the Town Hall, Masterton, to-morrow evening,. consisting of dissolving views, songs, recitations, readings, &c. We hope to seo it well patronised.

The customary general monthly meeting of the Carterton Volunteer Rifle Corps yap. held last evening, The meeting was of unusual lengtlj, and owing to the competition of non-comtuissi.qnad officers not having commenced (ill }0 o'clock we must hold over our 'report until to-morrow's issue. Vol. Campion was elected color-Sergeant, and Oorpk Minifie and Clifford Sergeants. The train last eyening did not arrive at Masterton till II p. in,' The detention of three hours waß due to a cow, which blocked the line at Kaitoke. The engine colliding with it went off the rails, and till another was obtained the train was at a standstill. "The engine was not only jumped off the line, but it yas injured in such a way that another one had to bring on the train. This running into cattle looks a little like reckless driving. Riphard Reeve Collins of Carterton, saddler, wljo it ijjay be remembered some short tjm,e sjnca was tljqwn from his horse on Whites' line, Taratahi, and Md his leg broken, from which accident he had barely recovered, was on Saturday aftorpoon again thrown and broke the same leg a little lower down, Mr Bennett took the sufferer on to the Qreytown hospital in Mr Potts' brake, soon after the mishap occurred,

On Saturday evening thobaokpart of the premises, in the occupation of. Mr Drumgold as a boarding-house, caught Are, and although nearly a score of the Carterton Brigade and many willing helpers were on the ground, owing to the antiquity of the building and dryness of the timber, the back part pi the house and a portion of the house and a portion of thj) roof were destroyed before the flames could be got under, The fire, which is supposed to have : arisen from a defeotive chimney, broke out between G and 7 o'olook. • ..•'••

A Bpeciat meeting of the Maaterfcon School Committie waa held; yesterday, Boddington '(Chairman), Vile, -RuaJeH, Mppafdle; ; and Payton, The b^rnesa'pf'to/-''.fßpiqyjj. some' amended ■ plans' of the building.. The . Committee; unanimously approved 'the new. plan' wrhieh;' giresj a; oomroodious infant, department; .arid!six ; large' olass rooma; block of .building hasra frontaße.,oi, about'lOOfeet and a depth of 60 feefc;-It is very conveniently; arranged and' will be a great lift to the caurjjßgf thia'town^j^f^

>V lfati-iwriteaa cprreapnntient, are the Works- ipommittee of tho GreytoWh Bo^onghi Council thinking about to-allow 1 ine Creek Bridge to continue iii jits present dangerous state Ms a question of ten'asked in Greytowh. . Since the work was let''to the contractor, there has been ample time to finish it, but the time, has been allowed to go by without 'ma Setting-the-timber oh only about a days excavating has been done, In its present patched Up condition/' ifanyacoident should'happen,-=the<c6tK sequences might be serious, and we should advise the proper authorities to see to it without delay, for an action for damages through casuality may cost more money than the cost of the Bridge to'repair.v/' A-little girl had a penny, given her to put in the collection boxat churchrWheh" she dropped in the coin she exclaimed; "That's the way the money goes, pop goes the wensel. ?, 7 -■•■;■-tt pn ,'V{ Atrial of-Df'-L, 'L'-Smith's colonial champagne took place at Melbourne.on. Friday last. There was a large repre'sen--: tative gathering, and good judges declared the wine to beXexcelleht/inti.itnok.a second award at the recent exhibition. '

The Grand Duke, Nicholas Constantino Nobildij notorious.iri connection with the theft of diamonds reported some time ago, has been arrested for political intriguing in favor of his father, the brother of the late Czar.

Serious floods have occurred at Seville. Many houssß in the; city 'hayegivon .way, before the "force, of the, waiter. All the valley, in the'country beyond, seema'an immense lake, The tops.._ot.. trees, churches, and roofs just appear above the water, which sweeps along cattle and cropa j and' a river, five miles broad before it enters Seville, is rushing over' the gardens and quays,-and-entering St Elmo Palace,, On : the -sth April, the Minister of Publio, Works left for the scene with eight Government engineers, The King has placed his private purae at the disposal of the authorities to relieve the sufferers. The loss is estimated at about £200,000. Wiveß are won in many ways (write the Narracoorte Herald, South Australia) but it was left for Ifarracoorte to dispose; of a wife by putting her up to auction with a tent and epojeipg utenßJls—all in onelot,' This was done a few days agq qbout two miles from Narracoorte, A. man who had been wotking hpro for some tinie was going away, apd not to be encumbered with any pnecesswy hindrance, the ipst cumbersome of which was, h|s wife, he offered his effects, obnsistiug of tent, and cooking things, and wife, for auction. The highest bidder was a blacksmith, who paid £5, and took over the chattels as a job lot, without any objections from the live stook, After the first feeling ; of strangeness has worn off, the only wonder is that in the present, depressed state of business so much as £5 should have been obtained at such a clearing out sale.

The Tablet publishes the following information fif t)je new regulation introduced into the 'paoh of tho Colony by our brand new Inspector of Prisons,'we learn that it is intended to reform .our whole prison system, A Prison Bill, we understand, is even now being prepared, by wlijcji tjje auperinten ; den'c'e qf Visiting Justices' will be abolished, and the whole management of the gaols entrusted to th.e■'gaolers' under the control of the Jnspeotqr of Prisons who fill t|)us be. Iqrd, para, and free from all responsibility tq any guper|qr~at at least virtually. IJnder the npw act also it is Intended, 88 we learn, jo do away with the employment of prisoners, as hitherto, on the publio works of the Colony, and that they shall instead be occupied within the prison walls with the tirae-honourod tread-mill; or with cranks, and pther machinery'useless for everything else" except peaal 'purposes—a very questionable in)prpveinbi(t| y$ should say, on Hie present system by which tl|'e;"gaols. are made of gongiderajjlp. use in developing the resources of the Qolonyj- wi providing for the convenience of settlers a a great saving to the public, purse. The Lyttelton.Gaol is to be the central penal establishment under the Act alluded to," In the course of his speech ojbging the exhibition, the Mayor of Aihburcon said:—" Amongst the exhibits are many local manufactures. There are candles shown of such exceedingly good quality (and remember I speak as an expert) that they will compare favourably with the imported aptiple t and will be doubtless well patronised, There is the, sugarbeet also. I would call special attention to the potato industry, You have all seen the splendid farina that has been shown, produced from the local potatoes,. and certainly we are all satisfied here that this is an industry which must grow and if it does, the manufacturers will be able to give'a good price to •th? growers, • We can make starch as well here as in Europe, and yet we import it at' £4O per ton, ana), have great difficulty in getting rid of qup potatoes at 30s per ton, having to beg people tqtajje t|eit} at that 'price; .Why shoqjd we gq tq flngland pF tjpse things' when with a JittJe push we can establish juoh industries amongst ourselves 1 "-'(Applause.) ; We have.oui' potteries, at which cheap and good jars can be made, and we have a country in which we' grow splendidfruit, so that there is no necessity whatever for us to go to Tasmania and other places for fruit, We have coals for fuel tq drive our machines, and a host of other things too numerous tq mention, If we have the assistance'of % public, Ash, burton may be made a most important place.,

. The following extract, from the Qtago Witness of April 2nd, will give quwheepowners a fan- idea of the estimation-the: Romney Marßh breed of slieep is held in the South, TJieram and ewe fair-held at Christchurob. fasfweek (says'the' iN'orth' Otago -Times) under; the.auspicet;gf'.t.lie, Canterbury.' Agricultural and 'Pastoral Association," was not" go successfuT in regard to the number of entries of the previous fail's; but the' number, of animals- disposed of tW|-y^ar'w.as:much larger than the number' disposed' of last year. List year 696 were sold out of an entry of 1724; this year, out ofan-entry of 1537,1150 fouud purchasers,; and at niore sat|§faotory figures;. Messrs Meniove, Eejd,' aijd Holmes were'tlje- representa-. tiyes of this L .dißtyict at; the fair/ ; and tlje quality of the sheep they seat was proved by the high prio'es which/ they fetched at public auction, We' give'the amounts reaped fqu sljeep s'en^ : fi'onVthis.'district. Rains: Hon M.. Holmes—liinoqln, ft at sgs, Greenaw'ay fl!) at'' Sgs, uordon Holmes; 21 at4gs,A..Qpx;'3 ; at3|gs.i;Ai Broadfbofc, Romney Marsh,' 15. at lg, Brown.. Romney Marsh, I,at 16"gs,'Hay Bros.; 8 at BJgs,Larkwortliy';:tat 6JgV Tanner ;.rl .at.figß, .Tanner; Jjtt ,sgs, J.M'Hraith'j'i.'at. 6gs,.Larkwpr'thy; 1 at 6gs, . s 2 at: 10gs, W. B. Andrews; 1 at 'B£gs, Larkworthyj 1 at '7gs, ; W;' B, Andrews ;'/4; at sgs, <f, M'JJraith; 1 atjSgs'i Greenaway;. 10 at 4igs, Wearlrigpfi at4|gs, A; Broadfoot. J. B. Reid-Lincoln, 5 afi figs, 'A. Of ant; 4 at 4|gß, A. Grant; _3L aOgsjX Douglas, -Romney 'at BJgSj' Baker; 1 atßJgs, ( J.Brydpn;,4..at 2gs, Hinohliffe'i Menlove-4;.at '. 85gs;-HayAßro ; s r ,; -I at' :19gs; Greenaway;' r 4 ; 'V if 7gs'i#atte&on. Re'id—Lvnoolh'r.o,'^*. 4&;.J;::M'Beatb/;\ shorthes of jfeedand a hard winter.:; It' heavy^.^eightjofwoo^;.

Thelnßiigahilft!rime3Bayß:r:!|B?l|iDg . upon the faith of the in their poasesaion, the'pro[Spter»||)f fitho West Coast (Middle Island) sailpy Coinpany, in Christchurch haß,,be,en.«ngutarly vigilant during the past few we understand that they, have already received no less than five different off«rs from Colonial- and-European ayndicates "iFHoaflhe "oonipany Wd"Tlntertske~thS" work; one of the offers being from Brogden and Son, and another from Sir . A correspondent of. the Erie (Penn.) Observer sends to that Journal the following anecdote:—Mrs J—-has for some ; time paat_been_the nwnerjof-a fine Esquimaux dPg. '• jA.Jew months.ago Mrs J-=-became"thV. rribthe'r' of a. beautiful little pirl, _ o£ 'whoiirthe dogwaß'atffirst jealous. ■His,better nature, however, soon asserted itself, and he became passionately fond of .the'child. lA'fews.weekg'vago'ibaby ,was.crying aloud and-, lonfn Doggiejc'am«/,'up ; stairs in evident distress of spirits whined in answerJ&lhe" child's cry; but, finally, as if a sudden thought had startled him, trptted I quickly;dpwn.stairs.,Be presently returned with a bone—well "picked/of course—in his mouth, which,-standing'on hisi hind-legs; he,gravely presented.to the. baby. ' . Some'experiments on the compression of flour, which were recently - carried out in France, appear to point to possible results ! of considerable practical value It .was found that under very strong hydraulic pressure flour in bulk can/be reduced to three-fourthVof its 1 original.volurae-4a point of considerable interest in connection' with storage, transport, and especially exportation, where the amount occupied,: as well as the weight of material, comes into consideration.' A still more important point was also noticed. When the experiments were first begun two-equal quantities of wheafen flour from,the same source, the one compressed and the other in its. ordinary condition, were packed, with equal care, and stowed away in .the!' place." On opening the'packages after the lapse of more than twelve months, it was found that the compressed flour was in excellent- preservation, while the other had become'slightly musty,- and that, independent of this, tho bread obtained from the former was infinitely better than tjiat obtained fppm tl)B tion/potnpregied fjour,

,VWe hear'from?rfiliable authority that- it •is the intention, of. Messrs Schroder, Hooper '& Co. to make their.first grand display pf Ai|tumn and Winter Millinery, Drapery, and Plpthjng at the Hall.of Qpinniprpp, pn Saturday, Mm]\ }oth, consisting of 71 packages and bales. As the bulk of thpjr maguijjeient stpek has been imported dirept frotn the manufacturers; the public can rely upon obtaining all the latest fashions and designs of the season at extremely low prices,' ■ Wo would advise Ml purobasors arid lovers of fashion to make an early call at the Hall of Commerce and inspect their stock. Thoir advertisement will be found on the front page of this paper.—fApvTi; ; ,' ;