The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1882.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1184, 20 September 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1882.

SELLING LAND. Were the Government to accede to all the representations which have from time to time been made to them for the settlement of Waste Lands* they would not only set on one side for small settlers the best blocks in the colony and make good roads: to every section, but they would also supply each settlor who condescended to occupy the land with a few days' work every week at the highest current, rate of wages, furnish him with a horse to ride to his work, throw in a cow or two for his family, and build him a cottage. Though tlio Government cannot do all this, it is now making settlement very easy for an industrious man, On a recent occasion Mr McCardle, who is ■ an authority on the practical settlement of land, described the marked success which lias attended the peopling of the Pahiatua Block. Men who went there with little or no means have been able to build whares, make and stock clearings, keeping up at the same time their periodical payments to the Government, They are virtually in a thoroughly independent and prosperous condition, and far better off as regards their future prospects than the laborers who dwell in towns and spend all their earnings in the maintenance of their families. Their example, too, is pretty certain to be followed by, tlieir.fricnds and acquaintances, who find that they have secured better chances than those who. linger.in the centres of population. Good Government land in a practically unlimited quantity will for some time to come be procurable in the Forty Mile Bush, the demand for labor there is greater than the supply, and the rate of wages all that a working man can desire. The certain prospect, too, of increased prices for stock and produce tends to make the ven turo of. any steady man who settles in the Bush a perfectly safe one. Every reasonable assistance which any Government can give to settlers is being accorded. The Government have during the past few years learnt by experience how to open up and settle land. The secret lies less in a liberal land law than it does in an intelligent administration. Happily we possess not only the liberal law, but also the intelligent administration, and, men who turn their minds now to acquiring freeholds have golden opportunities which their predecessors never possessed. We are familiar with many of the earlier settled districts of this province, and the conditions under which they were peopled., It has been urged against former settlements that the original setolers did not in many instances retain their holdings', 'This is very true, but as they left them when better, lands were opened up in in the interior of the ■country, arid they had an opportunity of changing their conditions as small farmers to that of big farmers. In the .Forty-Mile Biish men start with good rich land, but in■! past days the men who cleared the bush ;i in the Porirua and Pahautanui Districts on the one side, and.on theHutt ranges on the other, had but a comparatively sterile soil to reward their pains., Still they achieved their'independence, and 'when-they left their .homesteads in nine cases out of ten they moved to more fertile localities, where they could, take up and farm larger areas, Men

settling now in Forty-Mile ■Btish can make a fafrei' stab,fc'thaii cjiclf tliese pionqer settlers'," andrris teraotfoanriot be said to their| success |is| speculation, but'bne of celtainty/^;^ The Maeiorton Fire Brigade lioldjlieir usual fortnightly parade this eyoning, Wellington won- the football Mtcliwilli' Wanganui by a goal and two, tries to one •fioai. •■■■•■■■. ii :-\-.'';' !!

The maypole dancers 'meet for practice this evening for St. Matthew's entertain ment to-morrow night, There will bo a procession of Odd Fellows and Foresters at the Carterton church parado on Sunday next. Lust evening a deputation from Carterton waited on the Masterton Lodge LO.Q.F. to invite brethren to .take part in. this" gnthoring, .:■•...:•■• Notice is gazetted in our advertising columns that Mr F. H. Wood is appointed Creditor's Trustee in the estate of Edwin Bromlyßell. ' Mr Wardell R.M. sits at Carterton today. ■■■"'■' The Masterton School Committeo meets this evening, A special meeting of the Masterlon Highway Board will be held on Saturday next. ' Tho steamer'Wakatii in entering the Patea river yesterday.afternoon stranded on the north spit where tho Patea was wrecked, An inquest was held to-day at Eketabuna on tho body of the late James Henry Hall by Dr Spratt, the district coroner, but by the hour wu went to press the result of it had not reached Masterton, Mr Boys' son got the fourth and third fingers of the left hand cut clean off last night.at Carterton, tho second also being badly injured across the second joint. A man was cutting wood on a block, and tho boy, who is about six years of age, went to clear somo chips off, and the axe fell and did the damage. ; ' - A talking canary is n novelty, but Mr Leahv, nf this town possesses a specimen. The liille phenomenon has been brought up in the society of a garrulous parroquel, and has flicked up from him his catalogue of phrasos and repeats thorn with marvellous distinctness. The young tronf in ;the Wairarapa acclimatisation boxes continue to thrive. They are now detached from tho membranous sacs in which they.; passed the earlier stage 0f..1 heir oxistoiice, and aro beginning to feed, 'Tho "Sporting Times'' says':-4s an' instance of the gains of bookmakers at Goodwood wo havo only, to mention that Messrs Baylissatid; Foster 'won" 130,000. On settling niglit'tho principal partner, who rejoices in tho nickname of: I 'Tho Gloater," look the money (consisting of notes, cheques, and gold) home, 'and throwing it into'bath, solemnly undressed himself, and rolled in it.; The Masterton 'fire-bell notified this morning that there was too much soot in a chimney in Peny-street. *

The list of cases at tha B,M. Court, Masterlou, for to-morrow. 13 a light ono. Almost the only case of special interest is a'curious charge; of assault brought against Mr J. Stuck'oy by one of his empluyees. v■; . , ■'■'■■;

At a sitting of the Court not long since a witness was giving his evidence, The Magistrate ventured to suggest that a mailer alluded to by the witness could hardly be as stated, The witness rather amused the Court, his Worship' included, by-exclaiming "But my dear soul, I tell you it is so, your Honor !J"

Wo call attention to a trade announcement of Mr A. Lindsay, boot mariafac:. turcr, Lambton Quay and Cuba-street, Wellington, ' ■' '■

At a special meeting of the .Match Committee of the •Mastorton Volunteer Corps held last, evening, the following [earn was chosen to represent Masterton in the match against the Wellington Gjty Rifles next Saturday, 28? d inst:—Captain Donald, Corporals A uketell and Matthews, Sergeant Wilton, Corporal McLachlan, Private D'Arcy, Corporal C. Bent-ley,' Private Kumer, and Corporal G. Bentley ; emergencies, Corporal D. Dixon, ColorSergeant Williams, Privates Hoffiens and T. James; referees, Lieutenant Carr and, Sub-Lieutenant Fitton; marker, Private Peacook.

Lastnu'lifc a man from Wangamoana arrived in Masterton for tho shearing season, and managed very speedily to «ot himself into trouble He.put.up at the Princo of Wales Hotel, where he was refused liquor because Mr Wagg thought he had already had enough. Upon this he insulted the barmaid, culled I he;, land-, lord obscene names, and collected a -crowd round the house by the riot ho kicked'up; The, police; hearing squealing, shouting,and tho crash of bvealdng.glassos,,arrived on the scene anil hauled thetulprifc to the lock-up. While ■in the hands of 'the police he repeated the offensive expressions he had previously ■ used, and'allnight while in his cell he indulged'in bad language, in wh-ich-tho threatened -his' natural enemies, tho police;; : Ho refused to lake his boots off, and even this morning, wlwn he was.-interviewed by his guardians, he recommenced discharging volleys of foul abuse. The offender, William Jackson by name,, was brought before Messrs Lowes and Toomatb, J.P.'s, this morning. Ho appeared to be a smart, but very dingy-looking elderly man, He had nothing to say in his defence, excepting that he was a hardworking man. The Bench fined him 40s and costs, with the alternative of one month's imprisonment, As he was unprepared with the money, he will have leisure for reflection at Wellington during m the next twenty-eight days. . The'Hon Mr Dick, Minister of Juatice, reached Masterton by the mid-day train to-day. On his arrival, several residents in the township, waited upon him to bring under his notice -tho alleged evasions of the Licensing Act in this town 'iu the .matter of Sunday trading. Mr Dick "promised to make inquiries into the facts submitted and-take such measures as might bo neceeary to have the law carried out, After lunching at the Club Hotel, Mr Dick proceeded by this .afternoon's coach to Napier, . On Monday afternoon Sergeant Bezar drilled over forty boys at the -Carterton school and is much pleased with the progress the boys are'making. In-the evening the fiifla Corps were put through bayonet exercise, and both in a body-as a whole and in squads went through llie drill in a manner which we believe could not be surpassed by any.corps in; the Val.ley,.' There weretjiirty-flve rank and file .present,withCaptairi-Bennett,-Lieutenant Crawford, and: Surgeon Watts,; 'Sergeant Meyriok's squad won the bayonet competition; At the meeting after, Sub-Lieut.? Crawford was elected senior lieutehiint,' and Color-Sergeant Campin ;was elected i sublieutenant. Theivacancythusarising will be filled up at next meeting . : \ ';[■■,,

The burning question of 7"tfie day is' whether,'a loan is.really ;for Mustertoii. Onethino wo;kppw is now ■necessary,' arid that is tliat!,th'p .public, should know whore to purchase'jtKe"-. best' and'cheapestClothing, Boots;and Shoes, Ironmongery, and)'Grocery,-andthat~is Bapp & Hare'B] '*'

The Hon, Mr Dick the bnly diatingnished-'yisitor to-day, Mr Parris the iwell kiiown native Commissioner, and Mr Humphries the Chief .Surveyor of TkranakbProyjnce were -also ■here foraßhorttimeKj ||j ', : .j "^ By tUose Rrand'steamships'thß Mirzap'ore,; Deccan, and Rome, of the Peninsular and. Oriental Company, havo been received the first shipments of new goods for the spring .trade, ..at. Je,.Aro House. Ladies .will.be pleased to know that somo excellent aud choice dress materials of the very latest .fashions have.been received, together with, a profuse arid charming variety of laces, trimmings, millinery, Sunshades, parasols, costumes, mantles, &c., : Ac. Altogether, in every department thoro is a large display of the latest novelties, and! ladies would do well th make an early insp4ctir.ii and selection. Ladies aro also reminded that artistic dressmaking, forwhioh To Aim House stands unrivalled, offers them all; the advantages possessed ;by tlie best West End .houses of London. -To'secure early completion of their orders, it would! bo advantageous to place them as speedily as possible at Te Am House, Cuba-street, Wellington,— [Advt.l 1