The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JULY 3, 1882. THE POOR RIMUTAKA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1115, 3 July 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JULY 3, 1882. THE POOR RIMUTAKA.

It has been necessary for J( eliitigton. to.throw discredit on ourvrailway in the Wairarapa, in order to push the rival West Coast line. The latter project was once regarded as a visionary and impracticable scheme, but now it is treason to speak- of itas other, than a great colonial work, By. judicious puffing, the' West Coast railway is now a triumph of engineering art, and the Wairarapa line, by equally judicious detraction, is a monument of engineering folly. The poor Rimu,taka was long ago selected as the weak link of this line,. and'in the Empire City it has become an article of faith "that if incapable of carrying any large amount of traffic." While we recognise the necessity of such opinions being expressed in Wellington, we are a little surprised to find our old hill, as it were, " damned with faint praise" in the Wairarapa. It is all very well for Wellington to say the Eimutaka will never carry a through traffic from Napier, but we think.a chorus in Masterton might pause to inquire whether it would before responding i" It never The assertion that the line oyer the hill will not bear ten or twenty times its present traffic is a mere absurdity. If ample rolling stock traffic in the colony could bo taker 1 * over it, The Rimutaka is open to cße" objecfe} flfbeing slow, but to our minds it is the safest and most pleasant section of pie line between Masterton and Wellington. Not carry the Napier through traffic 1 • It could comfortably take it a dozen times over! We are not speaking at random, nor do we think any independent engineer would . for' a moment back the'oft-repeated assertion made .of the unsuilableness of the hill line for heavy traffic. The Wairarapa and the •West Coastlines remind us very much of." the head and the wen." It will .be remembered how, on a certain old gentleman's head, a wen increased year by year in size till at last it turned round one day to the head to which it }Y,as attached and said, "I am the head, you are the wen I" Three years ago the Wellington and Woodville line was the head, and the Wellington and West Coast line was he . wen. -Now. .the latter claims to be the' head, and says the Wairarapa is tjje wen, We do not mind thjs as, cpming from Wellington, but we do not .quite' see the necessity of a Masterton chorus singing back, "Yes, you are the head and we are the wen!"

:Miba'Miisbn'i' i fof* pMj liar* moiiium,' and aiugiiig fe-aasemble on July

':Messrs Co' offer a J largerdiscount 'onfall, purchasid flf tholifesiSisliißni, Lambton \Oui x M';; TftV in Welling-, ton .through His agents Messrs .Kennedy-MoDpnald and : Go;~:. \~*?-' " '■■"'■ y Fresh tenders are invited by the West County Engineer for the ereotion of.a bridge atfFeatherston.' -^■■:■■■■-—'■■'-'■■';■■

'pCapiaiaiiinid Mrs Kitchener, who were coh&iilembly injured by the Dunedin fire on Bntii'rchiy, are improving, and are considered out of danger.' -

. Mrß. Bell, !of Grey town, has filed his schedule.

•vtfHe vesii'y and churchwardens of St Matthew's Ohtuoh have deoided to devote the offertory oil Sunday next to the fund in aid of the perse'cuteclijews in Southern Russia. Jt'i§';:ratityibg'to find a chiirti which appeals so.Btrongly to. Ihumwiity being'practically recognised iri the Wa ; rarnp'a. • . j j

Jftrth'e interior of Australia .camels have or Bdme t tioid pii9t as beasts of tiurdeii.'■;,TliV'AlrSlraliait;' iHowever, is not only a*'good man of busiuess, but a keen sportsman its well,rarid; especially fond of racing..; Thus it,Cßme about that the other day. on the arrival at Thargo-: 'mindab ols, troop. ', of eighteen camels la.den.with merohaudise, some of the entei'ptiyns; townsmen arranged -for a race between live of the fleetest of the " ships \\ the/desert-.' 1 . They, were.ridden by ■light weights—two of them being jockeys well known to the sporting public in the neighboring township of Wilcannia—and the, only stipulation, made was that the' prize of '• £16.-should be handed o,ver by the winner to the trustees ot tho fund for fencing the cemetery! A level start was but the camel ridden by one Bond made all (he, running and won in a "cVntet" by' four lengths. \ One of the "ships"/areported to hsvejJaiddown at the back of the course and his steering', gear being out of order, he could not be piloted straight afterwards, Thus, not | only \b- Thargomuuhh entitled to the ' credit, if any, of taring promoted the [ first camel race in Australia..

Mcaats Beethain Bros, nf Brancepeth have made arrangements for the introduction from Christchurch of fiye. thousand trout ova. We.understand that some of tho principal, laud owners in. this district are likely to form a society with a view to ilo'ck the Wairarapa bI reams in a systematic and efficient manner..'Previous efforts made in this direction hive been on u>o small a bohlo to secure success, and we are happy to he able to record' that measure? are now being taken which ; will prove eventually n email fortune to anglers. We are glad to learn that .the Defence Department has decided not to .remove Serjeant Bezar from this district pending the decision of Parliament on the proposed new regulations. It would be a pity now that our local corps*, are. so obviously increasing in-efficiency to throw,; a wet blanket on them by depriving them of ihe services of their drill-instructor. ..■•••«■

The weather again was unfavorable for the church Parade of the Greytown Volunteers yesterday, it being too wet for the march. Major Bunny will inspect the corps to-morrow evening,'

On Saturday afternoon tH?; footballers*. and others turned out on the Greytown reserve and finished; the work that required to be.done, so that the ploughing can be started : at once.. After work the ball was started, and a very good praotice indulged in. : ' / Jtbout 25 members of the Greytown Plnihariiiefljo. Society, attended- practice on Saturday afterpoon, under the' leadership of Mr ' ' ■- '•>.' The vestrymen of. SKjukea Churcb meet to-morrow evening mflteTown Hall at 7 o'clock, after which, at the annual meetin? of; paiißhoneraVj*'ill bo held ■ for .Jig- pwpoßß of ; electing, auditors, ve'a'tryraeii, and churchwardens,, and to receive annual report, -.. . \ The Committee of the Masterton- Bpr-\ ough Cricket Club meet this evening. We trust the meeting will arrange to push ore with the. further improvement pf the Park oval. ■■ ,' .■"••'; '" •;'•• .' ■! -. Messrs Lowes and lorns "announce 'aj sale of cattle,;poultry, furniture <SSc.', foi; July lltli'at Te. Ore Ore, on the property : , ofMrH. P. ipnes,. who ■ isViewing 'the District, Mr George Thomas vepofta't'lie follow'-'" ihg Wellington prices:—Flour'f 12 to 112 10s; oatmeal, £l7 10s; bran £6; pollard £7los; milling oats. 3s 93';' feed do, 3s •94; wheat, 4s 3d; barley,. 4s to 4s Bd' ; i ; maize, 6s scarce; peas 4s Gd ; potatoes £2 jijs, to £3; Cheese, good, .cannot,be pjitainej} under Bd, and therefore quotations, undef ( that paring be. for prime parcels; salt' butter, Is'; fresh Is 2d; hams lOd ; Baoon Bsd,; eggs,: Is 2d to Is 3d; fowls, 3s; turkeys* 8s per pair; cooking apple's, 10s; eating, 10s 6dj cncoanutsi 99 6d per stick; bananas, 2s Gd to 3s 6dj per bunch. Other quotations unohanged. J In directing our readers' notice toB. A, Gabdener & Son's new advertisement on our front nage. we wish them to notice the extraordinary way a business can be made to go ahead, when managed. Two years ago this firm started their business in Carterton, neither knowing or being known by anyone. Their dcst"ny was forshadowed by not a few (especially storekeepers, two of whom have since rcsigued). There beins;i no fewer that eleven Stores in Carterton at that time their chances of success were not any too good, nevertheless', we have.'to record that this thin' have imported direct from Honjc during pat shqrt period goods to the ampunt of' £25,000,' and all paid for. Where is it all gone, we ask 9 Ttie answer is simply—Sold \ This firm never been afraid to trade in thrir- own name, hepce their snocess,—[Adyt.] •. . , L ', As wo rre positively assured that this extraordinary sale of Surplus, Stock will, only last 14 days, it behoves all who wish'to 1 replenish their stores of drapery at a fabu. lously cheap rate to make a very pearly visit to Jamfs Smith's, Te Aro House.—Ad.