The Wairarapa Daily Tuesday, November 28, 1882. HORTICULTURE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1241, 28 November 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily Tuesday, November 28, 1882. HORTICULTURE.

A special effort has been put forth this season to make the Spring Show of the Masterton Horticultural Society more attractive than usual, and we trust that it will be recompensed by a large attendance of visitors, Still, it is as yet impossible to do justice to the floral and vegetable wealth of this district at any exhibition. On the present occasion, the exhibits mast sufter from the very., unpropitious weather which lias prevailed during the past two months. Occasional hot

days followed* by very cold ones are not favorable to gardeners, and it is pretty certain that in Masterton

this year, flowers, fruits, and vegetables will not obtain the maturity till the month of December, which is usually secured in November. But apart from this the multiplicate of Shows in the Wairarapa tend to weaken each

individual exhibition, One big annual show with substantial prizes would do more good for the cause of Wairarapa horticulture than the five shows down in our programme. It has been urged that it is impossible to get up a Waira-' rapa show which .will represent all parts of'tiie district, that local feeling is too strong for Cfreytown to send exhibits to Masterton, or for Masterton to compete at Grey town, but we belb'e that jf prizes, instead of ammmtfog to a nominal sum, were in certain leading exhibits worth competing for, there would bp jio dearth of competitors. Ihe central sljow rsgontly held at Carterton was 110 fair test of

the possibility of bringing together the horticultural wealth of the district, At the date on which it was held there was hardly anything in the district fit to display. Miniature peas and microscopic gooseberries were necessarily the characteristics of such a show. Then again it doefj ngt a man to spend a pound or two' in seeding pot plants from a distance to guplj a show on the chance of winning five shillings, We hope yet to see one or others pf our local societies take a lead in the direction of establish: ing a Wairarapa Show which will attract exhibitors and visitors from all parts of the district as well as from the city of Wellington, Such a show would have to be got up on a very much larger s.cale than any which has yet been attempted in tho Wairarapa, but if there is sufficient, enterprise to attempt it we believe the financial result of it would be extremely satisfactory, The average amount of prize money at the shows hitherto held in this district has been about twenty pounds. If a hundred pounds could bo snbstituted for the wretched twenty the success of such a Show would be assured. Half-a-dozen race committees in this district can raisd much more

tiiftjj # Jiundrcd pounds for each of their gatherings; surely a community which expends thousands of pounds on horse racing ought tq be to'fincl ii hundred to encourage the mope refined! and.commendable pursuit of hoi'ticul--1 ture. For several years past we have felt that justice has npf bfjen done to our admirable soil {ipd, ornate ljy' our; local shows, and we shall from time to' time give expression to our,dissatisfaction in the.hope we may assist to jpis® Jettlers into';cr6atiiig l a Hor ; fcicultui'a) Show wliicli .will .be: worlijiy ,of .their district;, '

Next Saturday evening the: usual monthly commitUe mooting of'the Greytown '"WoVking Men'a Club will be held at 8 o'clock sharp, t

:., Mr John Judd was,eleoted yesterday to: fill the office of Conservator of the Waibhine 'BiveivJioiird, in place of Mr. Thomas Jackson',- retired. At the Resident Magistrate's Court, Greyiown, yesterday, "William Pole was' ohargod by Constable Eccleton with assaulting hlm.'on Jlie previous evening. Messrs F. H. Wood and Revans wereon the Bench. After a great deal of contradictory evidence had been heard, the case was dismissed.

The Greytown Horticultural Society's Spring Show, whioli is to held in tho Town Hallj'.Greytownj on the 7th December, promises to eolipse anything of the sort yet held there, as the prizes are more valuable, and the; number, of entries promised; are exceedirigly'inu-. merous, There will be an efficient band in attendauoo, which will greatly add to the attraction of, the public to the Show. Should the weather prove fine, "we'predict a. very large .attendance..

"Thti'e was," writes the 1 Post, "a' sitting of the Compensation Court before his Honor, Mr Justice Bichmond and Messrs W.. Lowes, of. Masterton, and' J.: Ames, of Wellington, assessdrs, this morning, when judgment was given in the case of M'Pherson v. Regina, heard some time ago. The claimant, it will be re-, membered, claimed £IOOO as .compensation in respect of certain land situated in the neighborhood of Johnsonville, taken for the purposes of tho Wellinglon-Mana-watu Railway. The Government offered £l2O, which the claimant -declined to accept. The Court now awarded £190,!' and ordered each party to pay his own' costs,"

The Wesleyan Diatriofc Mealing'is now boing hold at Wellington. It has been rosolved at it," That the meeting having heard an encouraging report of the, Eov, 0. Christofferson's ministry at Mauriceville, unanimously recommend that he should pass in his year as a probationer, subject to his written examination proving satisfactory."

Two Lincoln rams in the Brancepeth dock, now six tooth, have shorn the enormous weight of 88lb of wool in three years and 238 classed Lincolns on the same atntion have averaged this season 121b each all round. ; A correspondent writes us that all things being takon into considera tion, ten pounds'of wool, fifty pounds of tallow, and thirty pounds of lean meat for preserving, makes the despised Lin- ; coin, or yellow belly, as it is termed at home, hard to beat, as regards profit when bred on country suitable for carrying it.

Mr D. Donald of Solway, Masterton, the inventor of tho Solway Wool-press has receivod the following very gratifying memo from the well-known firm of Eeid and Gray, Diinedin:—" Dear Sir, Yours of the 15th inßt, is duly to hand. The wool-pim was exhibited and gained first piizo and much favorable comment from those interested therein. Inquiries were made as to whether you would allow the screw barrel wheel to be put to a Spoedy Press, and if so at wh&t price;— Yours &c., Reid & Gray," -

The judgment in the following rabbit case heard at the Dun*,din U,M, Court, will probably be of interest to many of oni' roadorjJohn (Mender wm chared, on the information of E, H, Johnston, with not having taken such steps as, in the opiniun pftije Inspector, were necessary to destroy the rabbits upon his land at Otakia, in the shortest possible time.—Mr \V, V. Stewart instructed by the Crown Solicitor, appeared to prosecute and Mr Soloman appeared lor the defendant,—Mr Stewart said that the cliargo was brought under the Act of 1882, which was intended to simplify the working of the old Act. Ho admitted its stringency, but at the same time it was the law, and the prosecution were entitled to tho benefit of it. At the samo time ho did hot wish to press for a heavy penalty,— 'Robert H, Johnston, sheep and rabbit inspector for the district, deposed tf/havius; served due notice' on tho defendant, and to having observed an increase rather than a decrease of the on a subsequent visit to .tho land.—Cross-ex-amined : Should consider that the rabbits might be kept under, by either shooting: snaring, or poisoning. If efficient steps had been takon even in the way of shooting he would have been satisfied.—Mi" Solomon said that the defence could bliow that guns, snares, and ferrets immediately after the notico was sorvod, and that he thought would be sufficient.— His Worship said that after that, it was by the Act competent for Mr Stewart to place the inspeolor again in the box, who could give bis opinion almost as . judgo and jury on the point as to whether such steps were efliciont. The Act was a most extraordinary one. Tho defendant stated, that steps had been takon by shooting, Bnaririg, and poisoning immediately on receipt o the notice, and on October 19th six menf had been kept shootiug all <lay. Corroborative evidence was slvon by James A Callander, brother of tho defondant.:His Worship said that bisection 10 tin Act contemplated one month as sqfahl time to exterminate the rabbits, and thai if after that time rabbits were on the lane a person was liable to a penalty wlicthei ho had taken steps to'destroy them oi not, The defendant appeared to havt takeu sonje step? to exterminate the nuisance after service of (hp notice, bul not, however, sufficient stpps. J!, ol course, the rabbits wore not destroyed within a month of the date of conviction the defendant would bo liable to a fur ther penalty. 1, A fine of 20a andcosts would be imposed.

At the Appeal Court to-day judgement waß given in the Adams conspiracy case Judge Johnston said the case was one of great importance, and came before the court under erfjbaiTossing c'ircumßtaiices; As the jury found defending guilty, their Honors were bound for purposes of this case-that the. charge against was a false one, and moreover that circumstances proved there were sufficient proofs of ft charge of conspiracy, if the girl had arrived at legal age of discretion, The special question roaervcd for t'ao Court of Appeal to determine' was whether the learned judge plight no; to liavo directed the acquittal of both defendants on ihe ground that the child, was in laty ijifl-ipablo of conspiring as! ullegod in tlje firsf Copt of Indictment. He held that it v/as rppijlgive to common sonce to believe, that the cljild pppsppd confederated and combined ,witb })er. father to commit a prime, and be. was therefore of the opinion, on the wljolo, Mat' there was iao evidence incorporated in'the 'ease-reserved which, satisfied' the i requirements of. the lawvegarding the' rebuttal of a Dritna facie presumption , of innocence 'which applied to children between the ages of seven and fourteen, Bethought the .■learned: judge ought to have told the jury that there was no such evidence before them as would justify thepi, according to the law, iri : fiuding that fi prima facie presumption of cence must be .rebutted.' .Accordingly, the conviction ought 'to b'o quashed. Judges Gillies arid Williarp ;wpre also of the opinion that the child was iriciipablg.. of conspiring, arid'that the Judge jhoull < have , direpted| ,an. -acquittal .of both' pri^onp,, jlie conviction was thprelorej i quashed, aiid this brought ..the Grown cases reserved ( to aponolusion."

•. 'lhe neit . English and European Mail via Sail Francisoo closes at Masterton on Saturday to&t. ■ ' ; • The'regular {monthly meeting of the; Masterton rjnsjitute Committee will be held tu-merroff evening, vO'\:-v' : - i w The Empire Store is being cleared out and fitted up to-day for to-morrow's Horticultural Show. It is a very lsrije building; and there will' be -ample room within, both for exhibitors and visitors. . According to ft contemporary, Lady | Vagal i« said to hare: been the" most fashionably-attired personage on the ground on the Melbourne Oup day. The duty. alone on her dress is reported to ■haveatnountsd to £6O A hack race for five pounds a side betweeh Mr. Parsons r blk colt Theodore, aged. 3yrs," an"d Mr John Macara'a Pelruohio, aged6yrs, took some sixty or seventy,. visiturß'at an early hour this mormiig'to the Opaki course. Theodore carried 9' stone; and was ridden by Mr. 0. Winteringhara, and Petruohio, piloted by Mr & Dixon, carried 12st. The colt got away at" the start', and led for about a quarter of a tuilu, Mr Dixon held Pretuchio on his quarters, and passed him without'ah' effort, winning the match easily. Tho distance run was one mile. : The United Ancient Order ,of Druids appears to be making very rapid progress in New Zealand, new lodges being opened in every : direction. One called the Brittania Lodge, 157, was inaugurated at Dunedin South on the 17th inst. by the Grand Lodge Secretary, who had just arrived from yiotoria. Fifty.one financial members were initiated on the opening night.

Ar. anti-Jewish agitation haß been certain parts of Hungary, and appears to be gaining headway, at which Louis Kossuth has expressed surprise. He says; " Agitations of this sort are nothing bnt humbug, and are a trade carried on by eertain persons for the purpose of profiting by the passions of the thoughtless and i for. fishing in the troubled waters."

A wedding this morning in St. Matthew's Church attracted numerous visitors. The bridegru m was Mr E. Hare, of the firm of Rapp and Hare/and the bride Miss Yates,, a, member of the Church : Choir.. The 1 service was conducted by the Rev Mr Paige, and Mrs Paige kindly assisted by playing a Wedding March. The dress uf tho bride was French grey shot, trimmed: ;wMi> old gold, satin and lace, and ribbon to match. She wore also a cream bonnet, trimmed with pale pink roses and orange blossoms, There were no' less lljan six bridesmaids, three of whom were sisters of the bride, The Misses Lizzie,; .Agnes, ami Annie Yates w?re dressed in fawn cololed poplinotto, trimmed with satin to match, and ecruo lace, The other three were daughters ot tho Hon, Walter Johnston, Tho Misses Sydney and Ella Johnston were dressed in . white, with dark groerrsaßhes, and hats to match.. Miss Zoo Johnston was dressed in white, with a whito plush hat. Four Masters Johnstons acted as. pages, Master Adam Johnston was dressed in white serge, ■trimmed with pale blue ribbon. Master Oswald iii a navy blue velvet suit trimmed with lace, and Masters Walter and Goring Johnston wero dressed in black velvet suits. The bride was given away by her uncle,:Mr Haii>h. The brilal boqtjets were of white roses and orange bloaaoniß,

Tho following is givon as an example of the.Salvation Army street address;— " Suddenly the raijks break and forip afresh into a oirole. Tils crowd halts too. The- people jn the neighboring houaea comes out into the street, or throw opon their windows to listen. A map steps forward into tj)o ring, and addresses the bystanders with ntuch earnestness and vohemence of gesticulation in tlje simple tongue which they understand hest, 1 Friends,' he says, Maul? God, I'm travelling on to heavei) above* ('Allslujah I ejaoujatos .biq companions), but I ain't satisfied .with getting there myself, I wants.ypi), oyery one of you to coifie along tool Will. yu so? That's what I axe ye, will' yo go jjou can j the worst on yo! (Cries of 'Oh yes! so ye can ; praise the Lord!') Ayear ago I was as big a bjaggavd as anyono Here.; I used to go well nigh mad with the drink, but Jesus showed me tho hell aforo me, but what was better He showed liie His love, and has cleansed me in Hia blood, and saved me |' ('Amen Allelujah •!')'. ' Oh, friends, let him do the same for yon, now, tonight I Ho'sa-long-in 1 to 1 Come-right ,to our ineetin' and hear of his salvation.' h

Messrs, Lpwes'andJorns annouuou a large sale of- stock at. their yavds Mastorton,' on Tuosday, December dth, in constquencß of Wcdnoaday on that week being one of tha Opaki Kaea days.

The Rangikei Advocate states that Mr Searrow, of Sunken, had for some years past supplied a Welimgtnn firm with dandelion: root, 1 for which he gets 3d per lb. The growing of dandefion, it adds, might well assume large proportions, and become a local industry, as the supply is not equal to the demand at present ■

Mr T. M. Wood, a Good Templar, re-cently.-appeared at the police station in Sacramento,'. U:S,, and asked for the names ; of:the'confirmed drunkards of the city saying: he intended to reform them, typing;,two houts 'a'wngou drove up to tho. polios stjtiqh containing a man dead drunk, who proved to bs Wood, the ternperanob evangelist, ' We understand that Messrs Booth and Beetham settled yesterday the boundaries of $ North and Sooth County on the lines already, agreed to. With reference to the transfer pf Mr Buohanan's property from tho Nprtlji to the South My Beetham had, wo beliove. to, reserve his consent till the East County meets on Saturday aB he hiii not yet received, as in tho ease of Mr ' Booth, a formal authority Jo act /or the Council whioh he represents. ' I At the meeting of the Board of , Guardians'df the South Stoneham Union , near on geptembor 2Gth, the master of the wovkhouso reported that Lady Tjohborne," wife of the claimant; had,' with two illegitimate children, become an inmate, find' he asked for .instructions of the B(iard in the matter. 'lt seemed from the: (statements luadp that the woman since her husbands incarcetation had been resident In a district of tho Union called St. Donys, her chief,'if not only means of maintenance being an allowance from an organised fund raised by certain of the claimant's sympathisers, She! was once summoned -under the Educational Act for not sending the; claimant's children to School, but these are now being properly educated at two separate places in the country.,lfer .'Madyship" hai}, however, since ;herhusband's. cqnviction, givon birthi io two .illegitimate oljijdrei}, and this being followed; by a third; comparatively recently , : h'er .benefaotors withdrew their support, and; she was cbmpellod to seek refuge with 1 h.er two' youngest chijtah, in the unioii, quite destitute. She'vpersißtediih.. giving her name and title as Lady Tichborne, and the clerk held the Board were bound to register her in the parish bookß as.Buchj, She in. : formed the guardians through'the master mat;'deplinihg to give any information as to . th.e paternity of her first two illsgitimate'childrenVshe wished! to affiliate Jhe tliifdiVahd;furnished the ijame of the il(sg9'4lP«iatiyelL father. •; fho, Board ordered indoor 'relief for hjr and her ; summon theninu 1 *v^hdße J ahd'-'Had 'given m order to obtain a magisterial order of support, . ,

Mr Archibald Forbes, tha war corres' pondent, has amved in'Dunedin.

next) St, Andrews' Day, is » legal holiday for those whose recreation depends upon Acts of Parliament.

A meeting of the directors of the Wat rarapa Ciledo'niaii Society will be held on Thursday evening next at theOlub Hotel. The redoubtable Captain Jaokson Barry is in Wellington,' ' Mr T.Dixon advertises for safe an addition to a. dwelling house, containing three rooms and passage. Next Thursday evening the Greytown Fire Brigade hold their weekly practice, when it is to bo hoped there, will be a full attendance of members, as there is some important .matter to be iisoussed, The roll will be culled at 7 o'clock Bharp. The annnal installation ceremony of the Thistle Lodge, 647, 5.0., will take place on December 18, Bro, .T; H. Corbett being the R.W.M. elect; and'tho annual ceremony of the Maaterton Lodge, 1430, E.G., will be held on the 18th, Bro. R, Brown being the W.M. elect. Both will be celebrated by banquet, r. Astronomers assert that our loag-tailod visitor is on its last round, and that when it re-appears newspaper men especially will find it particularly sultry. In the meantime, we should: strongly advise them, and everyone else, to purchase one of Mum & Dixon Br®3. ! celebrated buggies, when they can most certainly feel assured they have done the; correct thing.for once in their lives—[Advt.]

2/6 will, purchase a very durable useful tweed shirt, for men's wear, at James Smith's Te Aro House, Wellington. For 6/6 you can buy for your boy a good useful'tweed knicker suit, at James Smith's Te Aro House, Wellington. . I. • 6/6 will buy a pair of men's strong tweed trousors, at James Smith's, To Aro House, Wellington. 12/6 v/ill purchase meu'a summer trousors and vest, .worth 21/- at J»mes Smith's To Aro House, Wellington. 18/6 will purchase men's .real navy serge suits at James Smith s,le Aro House, Wellington.

For 27/6 a man may purchase a capital, strong, and nice-looking homespun tweea suit at James Smith's To Aro House, Wellington.—Advt