The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 959, 27 December 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1881.

.In 'New Zealand cats, ..dogs, ferrets and rabbits rise, to the .dignity of Colonial questions. The rabbit difficulty for example is as much to lis as the IrHi difficulty is to England. Even the humble sparrow which chirp'eth on the Ipse top is capable of- changing the destinies of this country. Natural history plays a prominent, part in the annals of this Britain of the South We are always experimenting, with one animal or another, and our Legislature makes occasional trial laws with a view to rejrulato the increase or decrease- in the New Zealand animal kingdom. We-have just now a new Dog Act under way which may or may not prove a boon .to the community. The object of the Act is, to .get rid of. the worthless dogs in the district instead of permitting them to re-produce tlieir mongrel features at their own sweet will. To attain this object a decree -has gone forth that all: the dog world is to he .taxed. The owners of ornamental bow-wows-. will : have to pay- froiii five to ten. shillings each for their four-footed friends unless tliev can bring them in at. a reduced rate under the exemption. class, and it is calculated-that nine out .of.every ten men will be sjDart enough to do this. The mere taxing of the dogs is an easy matter, and in a town like Masterton whore the'fee has been-high.and the. 'dogs handy,'the collecting of the impost' has been a-pleasure and.a profit, to the local body •which, pooketed the half sovereigns. ~ The real : difficulty in making tlie Act a success Jies in the corresponding obligation viz, the keeping down of wild'-wayWard, l wandering dogs, the collapse of cursj 'the extinction of canine pests, ; The IHIIO hitherto to a certain extent has been to collect, ftom.the well regulated owners of well'regulated dogs feb; -and to ignore the'-troublesome owhere with troublesome dogs; ..Morally, our local' bodies have no right to take the'fees unless they perform the stern duty, of "repression assigned to them in : the Act, If the dog registrars are, not successful in getting, at bad. dogs, as .well as good ones the cqnnniuiityvwill-be • m( sfc tin. : fairly ..used.-.'Every dog owner who pays a fee and. enrolls his quadruped , lias it '?jj)iri:. licensed curs,, I succeetiin giving

' V jtiie useful to 'liecolony. Jf on tl other liaiid as we very much fear, li t; or nolliintr be done to" aids'e v| pi initiating useless mongrels, the' Act, will'be au uiter shiini, ancl the taxatioi under it a political robbery.

Ora local • contemporary has called attention to the met hod by which our rail-way-/is worked as illustrated by. the incomplete arrangements for the holiday traffic, The Riu.u aka divides the" Welland. Alnsterion Line into two sections.- In the southern division there is management—in the northern division there is none. Any'day one can druu across a district.manager or a sub-district manager south of Iho Rimufaka, hut one nniy hiint for a month to the north of the li'll without finding either.. South of the Kiniutiika the traffic is well developed but to the not th it is capable of any amount, of extension. If the Manager wi h his aid de camps wero banished to the Wairarapafora twelvemonth and compelled to live in what is to them foreign parts they might., douhls the traffic oti the line, wherfris .by hauling about the. Empire City audits environs they cannot increase it by a single ounco. It is time that a radical change were made in the management. More attention must lie .given to the requiiemen'B'of this aecti' n uf the lino hy tlie district manager or some independent officer must .lie aopointed'to reside in this district and look after the interest! of the department witMn it.

Them! are three vacancies in the Masterton Borough Council and three good men—Messrs Uaselbet'g, Chamberlain,and 13.'P.'Perry, have decided to place their services ,11 tho disposal of the burgesses We are so satisfied 'that the- elecionof these three candidates will promote the interests of.the town that we are prepared, unless some exceptionally good maiVcoines forward, to.do all in our po.vor to.proir.ote their return.'

Tim will be repeated ill the T .(Vii H.il 1 , M islertmi.tliis evening. To-inon•'«- Messrs L'uvei mid I mis sell iha f.i' inuiu si ok uf Mr (/. A .Try uii the i'liraiiilii. On li.ixiu.: day three drunk®.. wore diismuaejl «il!i Biuall fines by the Mayor "f MilSKiihiii. Mr Cnkm i:i Philips uf the Dry Rker .'iuiimi has for silo 57 Coisv/uld mid Merino* R.--.IIW, ' ■The Rev. K, Grifiiths nf Wellington :! in tlio Weselyn Church Greytuwn' ■'il Sund iy his- ' • Tae naii tl iuekly drill nf llieGreytowii 7iilinii(i.'!s'wiii behebt this evehiii:;, and '•itiQn i iril'e Assembly takes place after it. Mv iiuchiiiian of the Wellington luseuni, accompanied by Mr Logan, is :.ow on tlio Tararua 'ranges near Masterton, prospecting for new and rare plants. The return "cricket match between the Greytmvn. and Kuratuwhiti clubs was played on Saturday, and resulted in a win for the latter hy one run, 37 and 38 respectively, Greytown played l J men against their opponents 11. | We have been deluged with apnlicitions for udditionul copies of the nlinanac- we I published on Saturday ' last. • The "iiinbor v/e printQil is exhausted to the | hist copy and we. shall not be able fr> j ripply further sheets. The anniversary of St, Mark's Sunday School at Carterton is announced for •Intulay next. It will commence wuh a -.hurl service at ll.a.ui. after which there fill 'be a procession to the Pioneer .md.luuk, bended by the BrftH'-Biml, vbere a picnij will be held. We e.dl attention to an important sale. ■■f land in f hip district'advertisoil l>y' .\fessrs J. 11. Bethunel 0.) for January iitl)Coiisistin:;ftfliii)(iiiihoMn a:ißok •'near I!m Riilway Station) ant in tlir. Tmicru anil about three ;nilc3 nut of IE 13■ ■ Some of our notices of the holiday iports are necessaiily very biief, asan<'ort'tishifi in lie district could furnish its ■.villi ma'uri it for our pivssnt isvrj at this fe-li- e season, and it is impossible to ■ln jiHice to :liein all. W.i regret to report that Mr Poder Neih'.i'ii, a .Scandinavian who was lined 'ast. C'lot, (I'iy-fnr furious lidiii'.' was drnu ncd in ;'ih Riiamahuii'ja River on 1 lie ■23r.l innt The ducoiised lost Ins lift-thro-.i'.'h tlie cipsizing of a boat in which 110 iv-is ro'.vii'g.

The ladus of Featlierston wnro no l behind-hand with the oilier townships in the matter of church decor,itlniK St John's Church beinix nuite a feature on Chi'ir.iniJis [hy, Our correspondent wires that they have taken the lead in the '.Vaitarapa,

Mr Wood held a very successful sa'e of furniture, uenoral ine'cliandise, hooks, toys, etc,, at his sale rooms on Saturday, Tho attendance was numerous and fiir prices went realised. Mr J, B irr'mvs won thecwtofflonras tbehiijlie-it bidder ■>( 11nday. Mr J. Cooper wa'kinj off with the boltle of brandy as second top seorer,

Richard Webb was charged, on the information of Adam Arins'rong, on Saturday m»i ning, before Messrs Booth and Boys, J.P.'s, with feloniously stealing a valvp, valued 20s, from the ptigino a' the mill of the complainant, al Cutiirion. Mr Bunjiy np: oared fertile accused, and BBS never called on for tMo defence, as their Worships dismiss ! the charge wbh costs, at the close of the complainant's case statin" that the charge had totally failed, and that the information ought never to have been laid. Tho accused has for some time past had the whole control and management of tho mill, even h the engaging of the la'oor, and being-unable, as he alleges, to obtain the amount due to him from Armstrong, had stopped the mill and taken the valve nut in the presence of a witness, so I hat the mill should not be worked without his knowledge or consent. ' v. To F.\tntßtth, Just landed, a large assortment of Scythes, Seyilie-liandles, Rakes, Forks, Clmrns, Milk Pans, to be sold a; Wellington pines by Kapp ,u'B Hare, of tho Emporium.— FA'nvf ] ' Carterton v Ma.'lorto As a proof of who we'the-clioapest rfowko-'wra in the Wa:rarap# we wish to- draw our readers" -special attention to B. A. Oardone'r & Son's advertisement. on. bur front .pa«o. This (inn is determined lo keep up ■.flu-ir reputation. From the time of their commencing business in Carterton they have repeatedly proved that they can withstand competition, no matter how strong. It is therefore ridiculous for another storekeeper from a neighboring township to post prico listi to their customers and pretend to sell at wholesale prices, when for the smallest- quantities B. k. Gardener & . c on supply goods in almost overy instance 10 to 15 per cent cheaie 1 *, and in la-go quantities still further concessions are lifde.—(Aovt