The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1882. ENGLISH WEATHER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1162, 26 August 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1882. ENGLISH WEATHER.

5 „..>.. • A friend writing to usfvqm Warwick I shire under date July• lltb says: " The weather here all the summer (or ;I ought to say since March, for we have had no summer,). has been I shocking, There is hardly a farmer in the County who has got his hay in dry, and many of them have had it quite spoilt. There has hardly been . a dry (jay. for weeks, and juat at a I critical time for the farmer, as the wheat is still quite green, and there Heems no likelihood of the weather improving. If it continues another month in this way, thousands of small farmers will be ruined. I wonder the English farmers do not turn out in a body and visit you." . There can be but little doubt that the succession of wet seasons in. England presents to a colony like New Zealand an admirable opportunity of obtaining a practically unlimited 'supply of valuable immigrants, The Midland Counties pf England, which have suffered more than any other parts of: the Kingdom from bad weather, are specially adapted as a recruiting field for immigration agents, It is a pity that this' Colony should not at once send direct representatives to these counties to arrange for the removal of small farmers to New Zealand, We have always deprecated the introduction of undesirable immigrants,: such ,as the people who were culled from the backslums of London a few years ago, but it is impossible to over-value the. benefit to be derived.from the.introduction of farmers and yeomen. To obtain this class of immigrant no expense should be spared, as every shilling so spent would be recouped to' the/colony. • We have known men of this class who now pay a respectable annual property tax, land in New, Zealand with empty ' pockets, They are a certain investment ' and we''cannot' overstock ,ourmarket with them, The probability is^

| however, that more enterprising colo* I nies than our own will carry off these | prizes in the future as they hare'done •' in the past, ' §j§';*£s f

The Masterton ;';fire .foj , Captain Donald's oiip ; ;to?"day. .■.; : J;4! '0 If you want';a gou'd'oup of tea" you prilV ■ do weWto try Rapp &'Hare'a 2s mixture; . ( *m>\ v#r .'H !']'• $■ *'''■:■ ~t T \ - ? ■ •■">■ . '.:■■' • '■' : ■•-" - / ' It is currently reported,'writes the Wei-. 1 lington Correspondent of the -Hawkes ' Bay Herald, that a reconstruction of the ! Cabinet_wijl.take -place .after__tb.ej_oJo.B6. J - of tliO: sesaiou, aqd that some important ' changes will be made. One of them,- it '< is. -said,--will: - Premiership by Mr Whitaker,with, the j .view''.ofL Sir John Hall rejolnipg!>.the j Minißtry-as Premier,--Mr-Whitaker con-. ," tinuing a member of the Oabinetps'At- : torney- General and leader of ; the [Upper j Houaer'""'"'"" ■ " " ■ •! j| j| '. : ': Mr; Lee/the Inspector of the'Edlica[ioh : ■ Board hai beer, in this district:this week ; visiting some of the outlying Bohools.: | '»At the-last meeting of the-R.M. Court 'at benoh and.thejbar spoke, in high, terms of the efficient' manner in which Mr 0, J, Freelh, who hus recently /resigned, his 'i appointment as •■ bailiff, had .discharged his duties during' the. period that he had been connected with the .Court..' ; ■ ; If you want a rea|ly.good pair.of.boots ; 'orjhoes we recommend, : yoU;tp Rapp &. Hare's, 'Emporium.—Aim. . Mr W, P. Barber, of the Upper Hutt Dye Works has made arrangements for establishing agentß throughout;the' Wairarapa, and any articles requiring dyeing, ■ rehoveratingj cleaning, &0,, can beif6r : i warded to him without trouble, and healed t in a workmanlike manner. •■'•■■. ■ • '■ '.' The Masterton' ■ School' Cadets parade for inspection ;50.strong yesterday oftetnoon, Captain Grundy and Lieut. Kay • in command, The Corps was inspected by Sergt. Major Bezar, and then put through various exercises, going through the evolutions in a very creditable manner,. '• ''■ '' ''" ' ; ' ■ If ypu want a real -good. Mosgjel or Kaiopoi Sujt, call at Eapp & Hare's Em.. pprium this day, Saturday Angußt 26, Advt. . The -Maßterton Volunteers 1 held' their y, monthly inspection parade last evening. There were over 40 present, all told,' Under the command of Captain Donald and '■■) Sub-Lieut, Fitton, After inspection the .company was marched down : Queen-s^y; « headed by-the baud, whioh has been re' 1 organised and supplied 1 with ' 'nW' instru- • ments. and skirmishing drill, , under direction of Sergt.-Major Bezar, '"■' was gone through on the level- ground. opposite the Public School,' after which' • the Corps marched back to their drill' shed, Before dismissal' it waa UQanim- ! ously resolved that the sum of 420 per annum be voted to the'bandmaster, Mr Petrson We are glad to notice that the baud is being placed on a proper, footing, as its excellent music is much appreciated, by the townspeople. We may state that' tho class firing commences on Saturday ,_. next at 1.30 p.m. A full rohearsal of those who take part in the Masterton String Band entertainment on Monday evening was held last evening, and it was found that all were" perfect in their parts,', The programme is a very strong one, and is to be oarried out by amateurs who have already made, their mark on the stage, among whom wo . might mention Cecil Riverton, T. Wrigley, W. Eapp, J. Olaysori, &e. The entertainment may be pronounced as of first-class quality, though the prices of admission are very moderate. The Committee has resolved upon a wise ' course with regard to the gallery.' A member of the police force will be. stationed there, and any person disturb-' "• ing ; the audience will be promptly ejected. M r M. Caselberg acknowledges a donas tion of 10s towards the Jewish Relief 2 Fiitid'froi'n'Mr Bishop, of W, &G. TurnI bull & Co., Wellington. Eapp and Hare have for sale 500 bushels ( nf prjtne Beet) potato oats, any one requiring a first class, sample should cull at Eapp i and Hare's.—Advt. > The Borough Loan'Com.nittee met 1 last evening to olassify the streets, after their inspection. They had a very lon*' '.. sitiing, and divided the various streets, ) into, urgent, necessary and unncessary. .• They could not get through all,at one | meeting, and adjourned atabout 11 o'clook to Tuesday evening, when the amount to ; be borrowed, and the Bohedule of works , will": be fjually settled, It is not ; anticipated that it will -be necessary \o >. borrow more than 43000.'' „ The best foreiun authorities now count the population of Europe at 350,000,000, or nearly treble that of the palmiest days of the Roman Empire. The "wickedest.woman; in England," - Jane Johnson, aged eighty-four, has been converted.. She has been in Leeds prison 240 times, and nearly aa many times in t other goals.' She js now pfeaohine b Huii.. ;■:'■;.- -;•: '.■*,■;■:'; ' m The first annua), meeting pf■'. the Wei-' I iiugton Meat Export Company, was held at Wellington, yesterday. Mr W. C. -• Buchanan, M.H.R.,; in the'ohair, A very full report with balance sheet were presented to the' meeting and adopted. ,_ It appeared from the report that enquir* " ies hadbeen mftde.re the various freezing : machinery by .Mr' O, Pharaayn, but none r had been ordered, as experiments were e being mado to test a machine whioh was a alleged to be superior to any yet. invented. n Prom the bala.ice Bheet J it appeared that n the number of shares subscribed for was t 2331, .tho amount of capital subscribed being £ per share, less £194 10s calls in II arrear ;■ 41500 has boen deposited- at 1 interest,: 431 had accrued for interest, B and the amount of cash at' the Bank of e New Zealand was'£3Bl 4s 3d. Tho prer liminaryexpensesamounted to 4355 5s 9d. r The directors have secured for this port a , ship, .the Lady Jocelyn, fitted with freezing machinery to load 2?5 tons of B meat and 25 tons dairy produce during • the months of January February next. ■:' 3 Si ' ■■ : '- " ' ' "