The Wairarapa Daily. SATUSDAY, MAY 28, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 779, 28 May 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATUSDAY, MAY 28, 1881.

The ghost of Provincialism is yet occasionally brought up to reproach as by men like Mr Macandrew, Mr Bunny, and others who during its lifetime found it a comfortable and profitable friend, Those of us who recall the past know that the success of the Provincial system meant selling the public estate for what it would fetch in the market, and spending the money, Before Provincialism was done away with, such things as bankrupt provinces were not unknown. Even the province of Wellington would not have lived to be abolished but for the aid it received from the General Government, The retention of the Provincial system without its endowments of Waste Lands was simply an impossibility. Were the land revenue given back to the' Provincial districts the Provincial system could be readily set going again to-morrow, and would run smoothly as long as Provincial Executives had a patch of land to sell and pien to buy it. Give Counties tlie'land fund and they would be as popular as ever the Provinces were, and much more efficient. The County of Wairarapa West lias absolutely proved itself better capable of opening up and settling waste lands economically and efficiently than ever tho Wellington Provincial Government was, Both bodies have conducted operations of this character in the Forty-Mile Bush—the County merely acting as the agent of the General Government. The work done by the. County is beyond question infinitely superior to that done by .the Provincial Government. As an administrative body a County Council is not only more capable than a Provincial Executive, it is also less costly. If it be less popular it is beca.use it is an unendowed body, and, unlike the old Provincial Council cannot put in the market, whenever it requires money, so many thousand acres'of land, The Liberal party claim that the' County system is a failure, as if the fault lay ill the system. We remember some twelve years ago a cry that Provincialism was'a failure, Mr Halcombe, who was at the time Provincial Secretary for Wellington, defended< in-the Pre.- 1 vincul Council'the system, "The only fault," he Baid; "is its impecu-

niosity/': Shortly, afterwards.' Messrs'. Fitzhefbert and Bunny cured it of that ono fault by brilliant financing, which went in tho direction; of killing the goose that laid the .golden- egg.- • History repeats itself, and the only fault of the Provincial system has become the only fault of the County system. "Impecuniosity" is again master of the situation. ' Brilliant financing may now, as,then, tnrmthe tables, hut past experience bids us to distrust so 'potent' a remedy. If the Liberal party will only say what it will give us in place of Counties wc might'listen to it. The cry, however is, Cut it down! Why cumbereth it the ground 'l" and nothing more. The party dare not boldly propose to revive the Provincial system, Were it to do so it would be laughed at from one end of the colony to the other. The party,, if in. power, would' not accept, the Provincial system without the land revenue, und that in any considerable proportion cannot possibly be given up by the General Government, Step by step the colony is advancing towards a settled permanent system .of local self-government. Nor is it. likely to .yield to the clamor of the Liberal party to " kick down the ladder." . Apparently kicking down ladders is the special forte of the Liberal leaders, but, fortunately, there are among their followers a certain number of common-sense men who will not permit their chiefs to adopt the extreme courses which they occasionally propose.

There will be special offertories for Maori missions at tit Matthews Clmrcli, ■ Mastevton, to-morrow. Wo remind Mastcrton Footballers of the match in Mr Drummond's paddock this afternoon, when fifteen will play all comers, Players are requested to bo on the ground at 3 o'clock sharp. Tlio license for shooting game in the Wellington district has. been reduced from thirty shillings to twenty, but even this concession is not attractive enough for sportsmen, who find they kill quite as many birds without a licence as with one.

, Reserves for tlio growth and preservation of timber have been proclaimed in the Wellington Provincial district, 50,000 acres in Waiohine, Eritonga, ami Akatarawa Survey Districts, and 31,400 acres in the lliniutaka, Wairarcke, Onoko, I'oncarrow, andßolmont Survey Districts.

A Cliristclmrchfimi, ineonnection with an Australian one, intend to take up the manufacture of reaper and hinder twine on an extensive scale, and have ordered the necessary plant. They propose to uso New Zealand or Irish llax and Manilla hemp. The extra lee of (id at present levied at telegraph offices on raossages to and from the remainder of stations spooled in the notice issued on the 21st September last, will from and after to-day bo abolished, and from which date ordinary rates only will bo charged on messages to and from all stations.

We observe that a canvas of tlio town of Mastcrton is being made to obtain prizes to be fired for-by the Yoluutoers and Cadets on Whit-Monday. The prize firinglartyear "wentoil'" very satisfactorily, and or. tlio coming occasion tliore seems every probability of an oven more successful gathering of marksmen.

Wo publish in another column the notice required under the standing orders of the General Assembly to enable a Bill to he passed amending the "Oreytown and Mftsterton Town Lands Management Act, 1871." The Bill will include provision for the notorious section No. 42 at Mastcrton, and will be sent to the Trustees for suggestions bofore boiijg lormnlly printed for tlio Assembly,

The following were the tenders received for the erection of a dwelling house for Mr T, Brown on the Opaki:—D. Foster, A'iOU lOs'(accopted). Declined—A, Cleghorn, i'BOo; E, Wngley, £304; Bountree k Co., £30!); T. Lynch, £320; Daniolls k Co., £'33o; W. Alexander, .£063; Pratt & Co., M) 0. The following were tlio tenderers and amounts for Mr R, Gockburn's four new shops in Queen-street, labor onlyW. B. Eountree, L 375; T, Lynch, L 401; Foster & Co., L 417 (accepted);Williams & Barker, L47o'; E. Wrigley, L 507; T, James, LG25lOs.

Tljo Borough Council's action with reference to the kerbing at some of the more traffic-worn corners of streets is a step in the right direction, aijd wjll he tho means of saving unwary nocturnal pedestrians from stepping into a pool of slush in rainy weather.. Tho removal of the fire plugs to the water-tables is also a matter which will add to the public convenience by removing an awkward obstruction, and at the same time they might ho utilised as drains to convey off the storm water from the roadside.

At the London wool sales on May 24th, 9100 bales were offered, The tone of the bidding was strong. Tho Loan and Mercantile Agency Company of the same date report, coarse crossbred is firmer, but in other respects tho marlcot is unchanged. Up to date 105,000 bales have been sold, Market dull. The weather is favorable for the home crops. Adelaide is worth 48s fid, and New Zealand 47s per 4901b5, Tallow—Market quiet. Best mutton is worth M and best beef £33 per ton. Leather.— Market quiet. Best sides arc worth lid.

This should be good news for the Volunteers of Masterton and Carterton. Sergt. Major Bezar received instructions yesterday from head quarters to havo all the Enfield rifles at present ou issue to the Masterton and Carterton Corps collected and returned to Wellington, when Sniders will at once be sent up in their stead. We congratulate the corps concerned, and trust this will prove another inducement to increased efficiency. Members of the Cart.ertpn corps are requested by advertisement to retijrn the Enfields without delay to tho company's, store, and the Masterton men are to deliver thejrs up at the Town Hall to-night, between, the hours of 7 and 9.

A meeting of the Masterton Woollen Factory Committee was held at the Institute lijst evening, Mr Renall in the chair. The secretary reported that he had on his list subscriptions for shares representing £1,685. To this may be added the value of the probable site on the Waipoua, which the present proprietor is willing to exchange for shares; so that about a quarter of the estimated capital of 4J10.000 is already secured. It was resolved that a sub-committee, to consist of Messrs Renall, Yile, Murray, Dr Powell, and Sellar lie appointed to obtain exact information as to cost of plant, site and buildings, the number of skilled hands required to stait operations, and the quantity and class of good? wjijoli can be turned out. When the information is obtained the secretary to convene ameejiug ofalltjjoee who have put down tlioir names for shares, and in the meanwhile to proceed with his canvass for new shareholders. A good deal of information of a very encouraging and promising character wbb laid before the meeting, but it was felt that before'.any prospectus, were • issued' the proposals of the. provisional commit i teo should be matured.' ■ 1

Mr W.-'G,'Beard, solicitor, has been appointed tho Wairarapa agent of the Public Trustee. The formatioji of a Wairarapa Cavalry Corps/ something after the-'yeomanry companies, of ,tiie mother country, is, we ..Understand, .on the tapis. .The-contractors, Messrs Potts & Ben-nett,-have started tlia alterations. ;jnd. additions.to: the Carterton aclioabhouse." Thomas Elisor, waiter, of Carterton, has- filed his schedule, ..This .is. a new revelation I The debtor evidently'desires' to convert his creditors to his own professional occupation of "waiting." The friendly societies in ono of the townships of the Valley have lately had to institute enquiries respecting one. of their members, which resulted in his expulsion from the order, The charges wore that, being a married man, he had eloped with another man's wife, and loft his own wife and children destitute and unprovided for. - The committee appointed held tho charges laid supported on the' oral evidence adduced. ' . . J •.

We noticed that tho County. Engineer's, assistant, Sir D, McLachlan, passed through Carterton yesterday, on route for the Black Bridge, to travcrso the banks and take'-levels, for the new bridge about to be erected over the Waioliine between Carterton and Greytowu. The Carterton Fire" Brigade postponed their usual weekly practice on. Queen's Birthday, as several of the members were engaged at the .review on the Taratahi. Competition: practice will take placo on Tuesday evening next at? p.m when a good muster is expected, The Brigade will be open to accept a chajlenge from any Brigade in the Wellington -district after tho Ist of July; It will be seen from the weekly report of Messrs Vile and D'Arcy,-. that produce of all kinds is stoadily advancing in value. Oats are now selling at 2s 6d per bushel.'

We draw attention to Messrs J,. loms & Go's., sale to:day,, which commences at 2 o'clock sharp, In addition to the usual market sale of cows, horses, pigs, etc., they Sbll on behalf of Mr W. R Welch a quantity of farm horses, and'implements,' bullocks etc.

Mr W. Bell, of Denison House, Masterton, has a fresh announcement on our front page, This favorabjy-known drapery establishment has now a very full-and select stock, which will no doubt find favor with the public. Tenders are invited by the Masterton Borough Council for two contracts, No. 1 being the formation and gravelling of a footpath in Perry-street, and No. 2, 25 chains of formation and metalling, and 41 chains of formation and gravelling of footpaths in Church-street. These works have long been required, and many will be glad to see them under way, The sitting of the Native Lands Court at Masterton was continued yesterday, but many cases had to be struck off the list, the claimants declining to come into Court. As we mentioned some thrco months ago, Paora, the prophet of Te Ore Ore, has set his foot on all transactions with land, and many natives are following his injunction. The principal case, that of the subdivision' of tlio Te Ore Ore hills, was called on, and will be resumed this moruitu'.

Anders Jansen, while travelling to l'alinorston North on the 30th April, lost himself in the bush. He was attacked by wild cattle, and took refuge in a tree. A fog came on, and at night he completely lost himself. He supported himself on berries and roots, and turned up near Masterton on Tuesday, being directed to the township by hearing cocks crowing. He weighed thirteen stone whon be lost himself, and was reduced to seven stone. He was taken on to Woodville, where lie is being taken every care of,

A meeting is to bo held in the Forester's Anns Hotel, Greytuwn, on Monday evening to make arrangements for holding a calico dress bull at an early date. As this will be the first one that has been hold in tljo district, more than usual interest is excited over it; and already a great many are choosing the stylo of dress tlioy intend appearing in. Many, it is said, are choosing raoro than tlioy can wear at one time '; but no doubt as the time draws near they will findsomething to wear. We hope tho meeting will be well attended, and a good working committee (on which much depends) selected, for v/e fp.pl confident that it will, if pro- . perly arranged, be a genuine success. Moro than usual inmost is taken in football matters in the southern ond of the Vvalley this season. We lidar that a club is about to be started at Waihenga, and as they number among them some of the best players in the district, we may hear of them giving a good account of themselves ylinii they do niako a start. A meeting was held at fapawai 011 Thursday evening last, by the Maori football Club, to consider the question as to whether they would join the Greytown Club en masso, or have a club of tlioir own. It was decided in favor of the latter course a committee was apDointed, uniforms are also to be procured. About 20 turned out yesterday, and cleared a ground for playing jpn the old race course, adjoining Terry and Bailie's new saw mill. From the enthusiasm always displayed by the Maoris in the game, we expect soon to hear of them challongin" s"me of the other clubs in the valley. Morrison's Bush not to be behind hand, are abput to make a start in getting a club. Already they have a ball, and go in for practice, but before fchpy p,ui make their debut 'decently, t'ljey must form a club, and then we expect their rival? jn the cricket field i,e, Waihenga, will go in for regaining their lost laurels. With reference to tho complaint of Me ara Easthope, and other residents on Bentley's estate, concerning the evil arising from the stagnated waters of the creek 011 their properties, wo are glad to be able to report that the Works Committee of the Masterton Borough .Council inspected the place yesterday afternoon, and, to save all dispute, Mr Renall (the Mayor) gave the petitioners permission to.use his land, 011 the boundary of Mr Wage's property, on which to dig a drain to remove the nuisnncecotripliiined of. They may dig it as deep as they wish, but must put in a box culvert 18 inches high and 2ft in width, and the work is to be done under the supervision of the Borough overseer,. No doubt tho petitioners will be well satisfied with this, and His Worship is to be congratulated on thus amicably settling what threatened to be a serious dispute. A new excitement, somewhat different from that entailed by the exigencies of, the London aeaaon, is beginning t.o find favor with the ladies of. fashion-in the English metropolis. The in novation con; sista in accompanying the hunting expeditions made by their husbands, brothers &c,, to the Far West of America, One of the" haut noblesse," Gerald, fourth 9011 of Lord Alfred Paget, liaa recently taken his wife on one of these expeditions; and letters received from the travellers describe how, 1 among other adventures, they slept'in an open tent wit]) the thermometer 26deg below zero, and weri entertainedby'the'wiilyes with' a sort of Der Freichute bhopus of alullaby. : The traVellers:car iry f ".their .bed veitii the# —one of '.^pattern.unknown) t^Wes'tiend', upholsterers.' ..li'consjstsbif a.'fur, 'bag 6ft' 1 in length," and when retiring to, rest<Mr Paget and his • wife get into it and tie themtelves up for the night,

It is said the audiences in .Rouen, Franco,, are the most critical in the world, Ail aotress appeared m;;a play, the scene of which waslaid-in 1822. Everything went off well till-a gentleman in the orchestra aroae N^nd- -exclaiifte'Sv " Take off that breastpin." The cXuse fof the demand was asked. " The actress is wearing a breastpin which contains a photograph—photography-,.-coverVd'^en'tli^MKvSifirsHrodirc'ed■ " Take off the breastpin," resounded from" tlie deMild-;' she4-as' inmeilMteiy::thr recipient of an ovation, and the play proceeded.

An amusing instance of buying a'" pig in a poke" occurred at a gift.auction at Ohinhru ' The' auctioneer was submitting, a lot of packets of starch, when a smokist who happened to be at the sale, became suddenly unaccountably interested in the bidding. . The lo.t.was eventually knocked down to this gentleriiah at'ls per packet, 'His interest iii the'bargain was then.at once exce explained, far he proceeded to take outliis pipe and open one of the packets for a fill,' of .what l)e had beenunder : the impression Was'tobacco 1 It'is best to draw a veil over the remain;, del'of the scene.' / '7/ i \

A friend of.mine had a pet canary, writes ,a correspondent of the London Spectator,- while her brother was the owner of a" retriever \ that "was much petted, One day the canary escaped from the house, and was seen flying about the grounds for a: few days, .generally] perching on- high elm tree's, ; At last it) vanished, and tlie little pet was mourned': for as lost or. dead, But after the inter-, val of another day or so the retriever came in with the canary in. his mouth,') carrying it most delicately, and went to the owner of tho bird, delivering it into; her hands without even .a feather being injured. Surely .nothing could be more beautifully illustrative: .of ifaithful love' and gentleness in a dog than this.""'• '

Fi'ance is naturally very''proud of tHe latest proof of her ability to. raise.annii-. Hard loan without effort; but (remarks the Pall" Mall Gazette)' after all has been said concerning the evidence which it affords of the wealth and credit of the Republic,.this system of mortgaging the income of posterity cannot be regarded with complacency, The money is wanted for carrying on the great public works designed by' M, Freycinot, over which the French Government propose to spend twenty millions a year for the next ten years. France already owes £740,000,000 and the issue of the new loan, to say nothing of those which are to follow, will raise the national debt to close upon a thousand millions sterling—a colossal burden for the strongest'shoulders to bear, Tho proceeds, of the new loan will be applied solely'for the construction of railways, Ganals, roads, &c., but every fresh demonstration of the ease and rapidity with which France can fill her treasury will increase, tho anxiety with which she is watched by her neighbors across the eastern frontier. It is not wonderful, moreover, that the latter arg asking whether it is all really: destined for public works. A correspondent, who somo time back resided in the Oamaru district, but who. at the present time is on a visit to the United States, sends the North Otago Times tho following, viiich, : he says, should prove interesting to farmers, in the Oamaru district. The Montreal Gazette says that, New Zealand is successfully rivalling' Canada in the quality of her oatmeal, and points out that New Zealand oats are of magnificent quality, and weighs from 451bs to 491bs per Imperial bushel, and reali.se in Liverpool 3s 8d to 3s 9d per 4Glbs against 2s 8d to 2s 9d per' 4Glbs for Canadian. Several cargoes are now mi passage to the United Kingdoni. ; The oatmeal is reported to be fully equal to the best home-made Scotch, and several parcels have been sold delivered in the United Kingdom at £lO sterling per 2401b5, which is fully Is fid per 2401bs lower than Canada meal can be exported for.

Rada Bay, the imperious Russo-Bindoo lady who has long been supplying the Moscow Gazette with Indian letters intensely hostile to tho British Government, tells in her last epistlo an extraordinary story about subtorranean passages at Djdadjmon, near Cawnpore, supposed to be entirely unknown to the English people. The lady, it appears, was taken there in the summer of 1879 by an Indian patriot named Gulab Singh, or Takur, who profited by the opportunity for extolling the death of Lakshmi Bay, the Cousin of Nana Sahib, near the gates of Gwalior. On leaving her guide,, the lady asked permission to publjsh what she had seen at the risk of directing English attention to these important ciivoma. Gulab Singh willingly accorded the request. The English, as she puts it, will be either too proud to look for these secret recesses, or else too,stupid to find them, The Indian Gulab absolutely chuckles at the correspondence hf fully expects to read ju English journals concerning the discovery of his subterranean haunts, which he is sure will never be dug up by European hands.

We (Daily Times) have been favored with the following extracts from a letter of an East Lothian farmer of Standing, dated March 22nd, 1881 ;-"In fact, land seems chpaper to buy by the acre in England than with' you. Mr Longj of the Dundee Advertiser, stated at a meeting lately that he knew of an estate in Berkshire of 1730 acres, with a good house and eight cottages, which had been offerod for £G7OO, and failed to meet with a. buyer. , , , As you will have seen ;by the pap.era, wp have had a fearful winter, such a one as 1' Ijhvq 110 recollection of passing through before, We began curling on November 21st, and carried it on, with slight breaks, till March 9th.' Yesterday and to-day we have a new snowstorm,' and almost all the land is still to plough or seed, you may fancy .the' backward slpte we are in. Farms are'being thrown ,up in many cases, and large reductions of rent have been given on some estates'to save the alternative of bankrupt tenants, For my part, I take gloomy views indeed of farming prospects in tjiis country, and doubt if land is now worth any rent at all. One English laird I was told of, on good authority, who owns thirty 'farms; has had them all thrown oh his hands together, and ho has not a halfpenny to stock them himself.

Dr J. M. Granville, in an interesting work op tho subject, says, with reference to tho difficulty- noma persons 'fihd in getting to sleep Habit greatly helps, the performance of the initial act, and the cultivation of a habit of going .to sleep in a particular way, at a particular time, will do more to procure regular and healthy sleep than any other-artifice. The formation of the habit,is? in faot, the creation fir development of a special centre, or combination, in the nemos' system, which will henceforward produce sleep ai a natural rhythmical, process.; this were more generally recognised, persons who suffer from sleeplessness of the sort which . consists' in simply^being " unable to go to sleep;" would set themselves resolutely to form such a,habit. • It. is necessary that the' training -should be explicit, .and include attention to details. ,: 'lt |ia not very ' important. vrKat' a.' peraon 'does with the inteniion'of going to sleep, but hp should do .precisely the same thing lin/the.sarae way,.at the samg ,tip)p i . under as nearly as possible the same ddlw ditions,_ night after, night for-a'consider-n able period, say three or four weeks at least,

prisbn^is^^nfepplated." river, at Te Ore Ore. •is tjfts| (Sst|thl morning indicating i&eayjf-ra)|''ophJhilJs.;" , r ' , authority . ; that te"Mosgietws6llet Factory secured an' order fronTTT'Melpourne house for 1 ■ {h'fltl'flaivlif>f-Mm|W,mg-ri.t, His MalignaIntematioiial BxJiibition,C' As.ylclpna is .j&JT j&. • ... srgnificaiaf, an4.the of prote'c-' ''i. 1 ' tion will Bcarcelylcavd tofurnish an expla- j I nationiil

The woman suffrage- law-in Utah-pro*. vides that evory woman at the age of ,21 years who;has>lived iri that 'territory' BiiCT* months' iiext - s - : preWdih sf anygeneral' ?orV . special election,, born or naturalised'iin' r> the:' TJnitecl, .States^. or .who js.the |wife, widow, or'daughter'of a'"liatiwtion/ or naturalised citizen of the: United States, . , •shall be entitled to vote at any .election in the terntorp ! The papers are indignant becauseGov. Murray. has declared that under, this law any girl 'v 12 years of age, if married to a Mormon, tmay vote. /,'[ -.J; !,>'-^i -Sidi Muley Hasseir, . the Siilt&ti'*;ofv--Moroco, has given a touching'ikahipleiof radical retrenchment to his .subjects. . . ' Constrained to thrift by a financial: crisis v of no ordinary .severity,' he Has Bhown the true believers submitted to : his. rule:the ■ way to.!' reform their household l?illa''iia v. (i. highly ; .spirited-and .-thorougfi-Kpipg manner. Having completely drained the Imperial Treasury during his successful efforts to suppress the rebellion that raged ~ throughout his dominions" last summer, ho has just cut down the State expenses by aomoncomnwnly aweepine measures, the j first 'ofi which|was the reduction } his purirdomestic* establishmenVto'abWl ■" 4 ".. one-lialf of its nominal strength. He dis- • .missed, r at\a -blow, 1 two^huhdred 1 ' of QiiV-'',.. wives,.bestowing their- ; liands upon diitinguished, officers of his ,army,,whose. :P&yi in the-'higfeMavM- 1 favor thus -conferred,.hq docked :n to v the tune of some fi've-and-twenty per cant. A pleasant feature/qf his arrangement— " ' to all, at least, except the immediate reoi-, pients of. his, especial grace-is the fact that his ''Majesty ;r has A 'matie' his'-mat'ri-monial dispositions, in such sort,, that all his older moieties havegot new husbands, while he'has'-reaeWed IHS-young- onbs' to gladden his own hearth;] jliistead of saddling tho civil list with provision for these Buperanuated ladies; he has' united them to gallant warriors at a positive saving to the public purse, for tlie gift of each exSultana has been by him deoreed to com*, penaate hoi 1 respective recipient for. thai loss; of one-fourth of his income. Muley Hassan's popularity, it appears,'has been' 1 increased to sdeh an extent by 'this noble* self-sacrifice 1 on his- partj ! that a-few days • ago, as ho rode from his. palace to 1 the chief mosque, he was greeted with enthusiastic acclamation by the whole male - population of Fez, his capital., ; Thia is quite a now experience, for the Moroccan Sultan, who haq been for Bomo.years past at open war with his subjects;; : jln the good old days of Masterton, wlieu storekeepers were scarce and money was plentiful, large profits and exorbitant pricps r were obtained, ljut now times are different, jiiorfey: is mm,' and store- I keepers afe ? plentifiil. Schroder, Hbo^ei ,v ' & Co., Hall of Commerce, have taken this, into: considoratioii, und have cuMlie prices' and profits down to such au extent that they pompletely' bafflo '• all-.coirip^tition. Their sfpek is v'ofy jargg, ai)d beautifully assorted in ovor.y department, wjtlj ajl latestfaslnpijs for winter wear.'".Urdjjra ;'V. from the country are executed with dcg ; ' ■ patch, and as carefuljy as if jselected person, Purchasers of drapery andojotj)! ing will do well to inspeot their stock, Their, advertisement will be found on the front pago of this paper, aud deserves con. sideration.—Advt. "