The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 854, 24 August 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 24, 1881.

We understand that the cry which the Opposition wi|l take up'when it goes to the country will bjetlifi Separation of the two Islands, as embodied in Mr Macandrew's late proposals. Of course it is not expected that this new scheme of the ex-superintendent of Otago will find any acceptance in the House during the present session, It is evidently brought forward in the first instance in the Assembly for the s,ako of advertising it, prior to the appeal which will be made to the electors. At the last ejection the Ghey. ■party selected for its cry tj>e runhdldcrs' of New Zealand, and endeavored by setting class against class to secure a : majority in the house. How signally if failed on that occasion is a matter, of history, rvnd we anticipate that it will again, at t|)e coming election be' equally unsuccessful. TJie feeling pf'jhe: country is against the violent changes whicK the leaders of tho Opposition are ; woni'.to advocate.. Week by week, andday by d#y times are improving™ New Zeaiiind,' I'Jiei'iß is work for all at fair wages, and tjho,ugh the burdens which this colony has'To bear iijre exceptionally heavy—we feel that we are not only bapable of sustaining them but I also of making progress under them. We want political rest so that settlers ■both in and country may, after I the sharp revresej which they have sustained during fcjje tyti tjpe years, re-establish themselves under j the more favorable conditions for 1 industrial progress which now surround them. If, at the last election wheri hundreds of men were out of work, arid discontented, Sir George Grey failed to ,wln as the champion of the dissatisfied and tlie nee,dy,'fiow can he expect to triumph at & time when there are practically no unemployed,: and there is neither want nor 'misery for him to lay at the doors of •j^B,jarge hjtfid proprietors, In altering his cry for tjie coming election, Sir.| George has acted discreetly, The! class which he formerly denounced has now a; more formidable opponent in the slitt.pg of the rabbit, and he probaijiy .withbjujb any jnjijstice to his capability .'.for .twisting and turning, admits the hopelessness qf rivalling the res) natural enemy of the runholder. Had the leaders of the.Opposition been contented-to make Jopal self-govern-ment their, cry at the coining election, the Liberal party might have done, some good in assisting to determine

almost the only great question which requires ri.n immediate solution. Apparently, however, the Opposition only took utp 1 local self-government: as a temporary, expedient for tiaiTassing'jthe Ministry! 1 Under the vague and. vast scheme shadowed forth,by Mr Macandrew, they can safely promise all things to all men, If all our institutions are boiled down as Messrs Macandrew and Grey would have them • boiled, no doubt the Liberal party would rise to the top once more, and would again have to bo skimmed off and put aside. There is, however, now, a little too much good sense and stability among settlers throughout the colony for any rash experiments of such a character to have the slightest chance,

It will bo seen by a report in another columntlmtiivigorous and united effort is being made at Featherston, to place as many sharus as possible in the Wellington Meat Export Company. If in the other townships of this district equal enthusiasm were displayed, the Wniravapa would be able to float the Company without tho aid of outside capital. Not that it is altogether desirable to do this, as meat supplies will probably be wanted from the West Coast, It would, however, be a feather in our cap to bo in a position to assume such a responsibility.

We have received from Mr It. 6. Morgan, of Tory-street, Wellington, the local agent, a neat descriptive catalogue of Messrs Henry Budden and Oo.'s farm and garden seeds, which may be seen at this office,

Applications for shaves in tho Wellington Meat Export Company will be received by Mr W. Sellar, Temple Chambers, .until noon of the 31st inst. Messrs Bunny, Beetham, and Richardson, M.ILR;'s, hold an official inquiry into the late Kaitoke accident co-day. Tho minimum weight for carriage on tho Wellington and Mas':erton line has recently, at the instance of leading Lower Valley settlers,, been reduced from 2 owt to 1 cwt. .' ■ A man named Robert 'Sutherland has been brought up at Wanganuiona charge of deserting his wifo at Castlepoint. He was ordered' to pay 10s weekly for the support of his wife, and 5s weekly for each of his two children.

Mr Arthur R. Bunny notifies that he has opened an office in Mr A. McKenzie's storo at Carterton, and will be iu attendance there every Wednesday afternoon. The public, mooting convened by the promoters of the. Featlierston Racing Club for this evening will probably attract • a large attendance, sporting interests having always been well represented in that towiishin.

Mr T. Thompson, of the Taueru, offers a bargain to the public in the shape-of a covered convoyonce, with all essential fixings. Poor Henry Anderson, tho well-known journalist, has been brought up at the R.M. Court, Wellington, on a uominal charge of lunacy, and discharged. We remind those who are engaged in commercial pursuits, of the adjourned meeting al 15 p.in. this afternoon, which takes place at the Temple .Chambers, in connection with the railway tariff And the time table questions, About 800 white mulberry trees have been distributed through Canterbury with a view of testing the suitability of the soil and climate for thflir growth. We shall be interested to know how they succeed,

Tho Groytown Football soiree, to be held on Friday evening promises to be a success. The Committee have done all in their power t'f provide for the evening's amusement, so the Iqvers of the light fantastic, may look forward to an enjoyable gathering. The successful tenderer for building the Wainhine bridge, has entrusted thecutting of the timber required to Messrs Terry and Baillie. The reserved seats for the Dramatic Club's performance to-morrow evening are bein« rapidly taken up. - [.ntending playgoers would do well to socuto their seats to-day as no more than fifty tickets will be issued for the stalls. The box office is at Mr T. E. Price's, where a plan may bo icen.

Ti)o Groytown School Committee held a special me'eij'iß u }} Wednesday evening to consider the question of teaghjng power in the School, as the.Education Board had given notice of dismissal to one of the pupil teachers. It was resolved—That tho Ij/jarf} fip requested to supply the School with a competent pupjl teacher .in place of the one dismissed,' jit was also resolved—That thel3oard be requested to appoint a certificated teacher iiit Is and 2nd standards, |n place of two' pupil teachers. The vjsjtjug members were requested to haye the necesrary work done to the playground, which was considered urgently required, During the present season, bacon and ham curing on a very large scale has been carried on at Kaiapoi by Messrs Gallagher, May & Co., whose cured meats are anions; the first brands ,on ths West Coast, to which district they are'chiefjy sent, jsjonie 1600 pigs have been pickled, 'salted, smoked, and packed way for export while a further supply is being prepared as speedily as possible'to'meet the demand. The premises in which the curing is carried on are in every way suited for the purpose, bging roomy and well adapted for l|jo (hying! ill's proassj, after being weighed and §kilf»)ly put up, are ajlov/ed to sUup in a stone tank containing brine pickle, which receptacle holds about 120 pigs at a time: from this, the sides, hams, cheeks, apd other parts are dry Baited and then suspended frofn rafters to dry, after which ijjey are stpoked by an iniprnyed method, which >«lds greatly to the flavor.

Electors are notified that the electoral roll for Wairarapa can be inspoolod at the Registrar's office, R.M. Court Masterton, on Thursdays and Fridays between ten and two. Also at Featherstou, Tirnu, Cartertpn, and Greytpwn, on the same days, ' """' *''" '"'-'.

An electric railway Is a feature of the Milan Exhibition, Tho length of the rail* way is about GSO yards, aud the carriages run at a rate of about eleven miles an hour. The motive power is supplied by a large dynamo-electric machine, which is drjven at a rate of 1200 revolutions a minutb.' Tub client passes through a pair of copper wires under th'o'railway, and by an ingenious mechanism is made to' act directly on the wheels of the carriage and the train thus appears to move'of its own accord without any engine or visible pppection with any efficient cause of motion,

Sp,—Some time ago your yalua* ble paper announced that it was within the range of. possibility that we should have a woollen .factory started, in this district, The sooner this io done the better for al| classes. Then Measrj Rapp.&. Hare, of the Emporium, QueeiwtreeJl will not have to send cash to Mosgiel or Kaiapoi for their tweeds, but keep the money in the district, whioh all well-wishersjof the future of the Wairarapa, should .do.— [Advt,] .'"" ' ."''.*"■" '"■'""

: The population 'of: <oypr,us numbers 185,700 aobording: to; the oenaua recently taken.. ■■ ] : \ : ' ■] f: : } £'C\ ■• ■

There.arrived at New: York on June 1, 4327 emigrants,!))! whom -287 were Mormon's, '■-:•.■' J | V,l -'-> '; : .S; }

TheSwepsonCpt/ort-Jfinaat Raleigh, North CarolinaVJiave entailing a loss of i'40,000.^ The English nurse, who often risked her. life on' the battle-field"and' in hospital during the O.rjme.an.. warj -Mary Seacole, lately died in England '.'..-''. Admiral Ting, of .the Chinese navy is inspecting the dockyard and naval establishments at Portsmouth,"of which ha is to make a report to.his Govemmont, Good morning Mr Gardener! I have travelled a long way to get to your store. You are the best friend the public evor had, for since you have been in Carterton you have always sold goods cheaper and better than any other storekeeper, You have caused other storekeepers to lower their exorbitant prices; but still they will have to lower them more yet to compete with your firm, for on 'cumparin? the other's price list I find (not only one), but every single article on your firm's list is at the very least from 25 to 50 per cent cheaper. How is it that yon can sell so cheap? Why, madam, the reason is simply, this: We are satisfied with moderate profits ; we pay cash for all our goods; and send home for them ourselves. Then again, we have an agent in England who knows when and where to buy. By doing this" we save fully 25 to 50 percent, and we give our customers the benefit. Moral—Send for B. A. Gardener' & Son's price list. Their address is Criterion Store, Carterton—[Advt.]