CABLEGRAMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1194, 3 October 1882, Page 2

CABLEGRAMS.

'■ . ■ . ~._■' - ♦ ; ". ' BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH!—GQj?yRT.QIiT. (Rotter's Telegrams.) October 3,). a.m,) Melbourne, October 2, Tijfl fflllowins; horses have been scratched for tfie Melbourne Oup race : Annandaje, Crazy Jaiie, pantjango, and fy>rd filifdeh.' St. Petersburg, September 30. The circular ironcla<} Popoffka, stationed at Odessa,aseaport pn' tl)6'Blaclj; sw,exploded to-dfty? Thirty of the•. crew, were killed, and several severely injured. ' Nrw topg, Heptpmber 30. One of the Mississipj river stpaijps has been burnt,. Twenty persona lost their lives by tbi casualty, •■ Alexandria, October 1. » Baker-Pasha • arrived at Oiiiro to-day from 'Gooatantinoplo< •'''■• Received Oct, 3, noon. ::: '" ;j ':'■'" '■■• Sydset, this day. A fireooourred at'Lawler's bedding factory last night, resulting iji the. complete destruclion of the premiss* g.fj.d thp death'of a woman who was sleeping there.. The eeal. lumpers attip{fly,qd on tho •Sydney wharf are demanding §d per Ijour advance of wages and a strike is Wed to be imminent, ■ "' : . . ■ London,Oct,2. A brilliant aurora' borealis was visible last night, ' : " GREYTOWN BOROUGH COUNCIL. . -. —.. -o ' The ordinary monthly meeting of the Greytoivn Borough Oounoil w« held in the poimcil Chambers last evening, the Mayor, Crß Baillie, Udy, Ha'igk'anf Tljoinpson. Tho minutes of the previous meeting j were read and confirmed, The Returning | Officer reported the election of Stars Gray, Gallagher, and Kimberlej as mem-' bers of the Council. Messrs Gray and Kimberley having made the usual declaration, took their seats, was instructed to, got Mr Conways account''for, breaking metal, and to get Jfr Wakelin .to'cerli/y as> its correctness.' • ;'','' '' ' ; The Works; Committee's report was read and adopted, recommending a culvert to jje put jn two culverts in Fisher's Ijne, and alsg fen cfoains of metalling, 'i ;

The following tenders were accepted :- Formation gempton's Line—lJ. Sears, 13s (3d psr ohftin | formation Fisher's Line —W, Brooks, 15s Id per chain | formation East-Btreet, No. 1 contraot-G. Wiggins, 12s per obain,'and £4 4s for culverts; formation East-street, No. 2 contract,. 6. > Wiggins, 12s per chain; formation East-street, No. 3 contraot-G. .Wiggins, lis ' per chain j filling in. grovel pit Moroa road-W, Morns, 1314s 9d.

■'■ It,was resolved on the motion of Cr Thompson, Beopn'ded.by 1 Or Haigh, that the resolution paaied at a previous meet:ing re filling holes in the; Papawai road be rescinded, '-'.'■}'&> v'"'-■

The Finance Committee's report was read and 'adopted, sheivinj! the' credit .balance, in- the'bank.at i'l34 9s 4d, and recommendinglhe following accounisfor paymsntj-J./' Mbntgomerv, £8: H. Morris r £i:ii4V : 9d.py. Skeet, £o 6s; olork and colleoto'r, k%1 15s 4dj J,Leiis; £ll3a;,W.Pole ) £il3s,,,: • R'ateV to the.'amount of J659 12s 7d wer« collected dur)>g the past month, and' J-6 . 14a,-re^ai ve^^s^pundage,f • ■ : n\. " '"The'luspectM'srepMt.was read i»nd adopted. ' It vfaa resolved that all persons allow-

Ihjtfgbrs^t^bV their premises ■ :: ?;. ! lii@fe;^M Gray members' of and .Committees,''.' •. t;' : V''< ■.',' -^^H It was reaolved, on the Gray,. seconded by tenders' fee called fdffilling holosin Papawai Eoud, and that ■■ left iu...the. hands;.of:,Qrß.Haifili:.™ Baillio, with power to accept tenders.^H The clerk waa inetruoted tqjbite'io^' W. 0. Buohanah, asking what is paid to the Borough, and when, it is likely ; fb' be/ paid; whether,; the Ooiirt-hbuse is to be rebuilt.,!• ».■'..•■'''\ The Overseer was instructed to attend to the road at the bridge near Mr. Wyett'e residence and report at next m in ? ft ? to course of water, &o, ' " It was resolved, on the motion, of Or ■Udy, .seconded .by 'Cr'Haigh, that-tlie. I drainage of the'Kuratawhiti rot d'be re-. I fenad to the Works Committee ' o report upon. ' The meeting then adjourned,

/'■■- NOTES AND .■ . Uubbiko Posts.—All who l*ye the comfort of their ahiiimlsj at \h'eaif-r an "' we may add, desire to preserve their fences intact—should provide a fpw rubbing postß for the animals. '■ The jjleasuro of seeing them used is pay enoujfli, hut there is more, . X ) Chair of Agriouxture.—Tho (|iair of Agriculture at/tlie Eoyal Agricptiflr College, Cirencester, whioh beeocjea vacant at the closo of the present sfession, has been offered to and accepted by Mr Herbert J. Little, of Coldham Hall, Wisbeach. Sheep Sales at Deniliquin Show.The sheep sale at the Deniliquin Show on July 20, were of unusual importance. Amount tho sales effected byJMessrs J, S. Braim and Co. were the following ;- On account of Messrs Austin and Millear, of Wanganella, one.four-fcooth ram, to Mr S. M'Caughey, of Cootiong, for 520 guineas; one to Mr E, G. Greaves, for 410 guineas; one to Mr &. ■ M'Cuughey, for 301 guineas; one to Mr M'Caughey, fur 210 guineas j and one six-tooth'ram to Mr W. Virgoe, for 235 guineas. . Haymaking in the SncK.-Haymnk-ing i» the slack is becoming v.ery general throughout England. By the new sys tern the hay is outund stacked green, and the making process consists in exhausting the hot air from wells in the stack, thus causing the cold air from the. outside to circulate through the hay by means of a fan. By the exhaust system hay may blbo bo Macked wet, and afterwards effectively treated of Hay which'are I pulled upwards as the stnckiug progresses are used t9 form the koIJs. .... Working Horses.—A thorough washing with clean water, nut too cojd, will greatly aid in keeping the working horses in a good condition; it removes tho accumulated dry sweat and dirt much better than dry rubbing, 'jibe harness phoiild he kept clean and soft so as not to gall the animals, A Ijtile powdered aloes rubbed »$?«!}!) oij, will keep away any insects that arc likely t,q jtifest the harness, and will do no injury to the horse, Treatment of Bones.—Bones accumulate on every farm, and a hunt for them will brine out more than one would expect to find, When properly treated, they furnish very valuable food for growing plants, Whole bones, as tjjeyare thrown out from the kitchen, ■ are so slowly decomposed that they are of little use unless applied' very largely. They, need to be broken up or made flue in some way, that the large amount of phosphoric acid, &c, contained, in them may be available, It is .'not practicable for ordinary mills, and the. next best thing ig to break them up with an axe or hammer and then mi? them with unleached ashes, keeping' the heap moist enough, so that tho alkali will "eat! 1 them and render the bones-soft, The bones thus treated will crumble to line pieces when dried, and are then ready to be spread upon the land. Every fiivmer should gee that all bones are made into a valuable fjomfl-madp.fertilizer. Adolteratjon'oi' Patent MasdW— Tile Chemical Department of the Eoyal Agricultural Society of England is rendering excellent servico to the farmers of jihat country. The report of the chemical submitted-.at last council mretipg, made soine sfartlihg-rejelations a? to the result ojf the analyaei'of samples" ,of manures transmitted bj members. The following indicates the losa sustained by farmers os/h™ to the spurious manures sold tl)em, I)) ojjo op bono dust, bought at L 9 a ton, was, iQiind on analyses to be worth pnly L 7 laYto L 8; special turnip manure sold at L 4 10s, worth L2 ?a; tuynip rQatiure spld at LG 10s, worth 1(2 10s j guano, LJj), worth L2; nitrate of soda, LIQ, worth LQ 16s. Another sample sold as nitrate of soda contained no nitrate whatever, being simply crystallised sulphate of soda, or glanber salts. The oommittee again oxpressed their regret that many niembors of the society who send samples for analysis will not furnish the names and addresses of the dealers.'

TEE HIGH PRICE OF MEAT. (Meiiiouiip WgrljM How to account for and to prevent the periodical short supply of fat cattle that cornea forward lo the Melbourne market is a question that we think interests the general public perhaps as much as any that can possibly be submitted for its consideration, At present meat is dearer in town than the majority of family men can remember it ever to have been. .The supplies have diminished each week until this week the live stock market was only supplied' with 958 head, one-third being Queensland cattle. Reports aro continually coming frpm iio-country sources, that larue. numbers of fat cftttlo are passing different points on the to the MeL ■ bourne markets, but still the fact remains that for some cause or other they manage to reach town in a way that prevonta any possible chance of there being a goflfl. supply. Can meat .consumers expect bay fall in prices ? It seems i that in the'naturai' cojirse, of commercial business, now that the pripeis rea.cn an excess of |2O per head, and averaging over £ll} per head, station .owners would send jn their, stflck, and realise gn them, but they cannot dq so, pr else the prices would be lower, and the supnjjea rnpre plentiful, The middlemen,' acting between consumer and prodqeer, can hardly be powerful enough to keep Melbourne so bare of beef any more thp thejearoall powerful to keep up the price of any other necessary of life. Be the cause what it may, at the present time the effect of it is being severely felt; 'ln a pastoral country like Australia it'is : rathe? startling to record as we do in our market report to-day, that beef has sold for 40s per 1001b, and to hear caroaso butchers prophesy that there will be,an- advance even on this quotation. ~'■'. ■.•■■-,