The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1883. THE RAILWAY ROUTE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1297, 7 February 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1883. THE RAILWAY ROUTE.

Mr Hawkins in the letter which we published on Monday last affirmed that the Wangaehu route would serve 266,000 acres of land, whereas the Forty Mile Bush route would only supply 172,000 acres., We have made some inquiry as to the correctness of these statistics, and the result of them has not been to confirm Mr Hawkins' statement. We shall not follow Mr Hawkins' example by accusing him ef writing fiction because the imputation ot unworthy motives does not tend to improve the tone of a discussion or to cany conviction on the facts of a case. We believe Mr Hawkins to have been misled, and we are even willing to give him that credit for purity of intention, which lie is so unready to extend to those, who do not think with hini, or, perhaps it would bo more correct to say, accept without cavil or question his ideas. We find by inquiry that instead of the Forty-Mile Bush route serving 172,000 acres, it will supply considerably over »quarter of a million. The Government have acquired in the .Mangaitainoke block and are now in treaty for more than the avea we name . This block is irrespective of other blocks in that .district, and the proposed railway will run through it.; Again this large extent of country consists in the-main-of rich level land which eventually will carry more stock than the lighter Soil of the Wangaehu hills and dales can possibly support. We have no desire to institute comparisons between the two countries, we are satisfied with pointing out that the comparisons which have already been made by the advocates of the Wangaehu route are partial and naccurate. Since we published the remarks which Mr Hawkins attacked with so much unnecessary virulence the necessity of them has been confirmed by the utterances of one of the most prominent and most capable advocates of tho Wangaehu route. Tho I latter, writing to our local contemporary, says:—"Better by far, notj only that a postponement take place, I but, even that(we have no railway at all, if it is to be so located that it can-i not be reproductive, but must be run i at a loss to be made good by the already debt-ridden (jolonists,"; Is not this' tantamount to saying "Bring % rail-1 way over my way, or we qron't have one at all |" ■ Wg have no desire to I imitate Mr .Hawkins, by giving a lecture on selfishness, or maintaining that any particular section of the community is singularly free from that defect. I The movement which resulted in the J late deputation to the -Minister • of | Publio Works has obviously been a i blunder; It has not served the interests' th« interests of the Wangaehu district,.

■and though many, worthy and respelitSd: rsettlera may>! kyo given ■ in>their: adlieaion to It, we think thai by this they hiuat;l>6 convincedthatthey 'lM^e- v fli)Mk^%;iibringiiSg- : forward wrong data alf a^rpng'time, and in awrong manner. : The latest time at which the claims' of the Wangaehu; route could have been brought: forward without compromising the general'' interests of the district was obviously; the eiirly part of last session.; If the olaims of this route are •as strong as 'they are represented to be, the settlers interested -have been guilty of the most culpable folly and neglect in letting .every legitimate opportunity of urging them pass by, .If the settlers had proved the olaims which they now advance, they' would . have had the support ofjall the local bodies, and of the i leading public men of this district, To'l ask the Government or the district to accept them without proof is simply an absurdity. A line; yiqWahgaehu would probably put fifty thousand pounds. into the pockets,\of the' fiftyseven settlers, owning 90,000 acres'in that locality, Surely with BUch a stake in view it would have paid the settlers to have employed a competent engineer to lay off a trial line to cohvince : tli'e Government arid, the public tjiat their convictions were well-founded, To Expect that the route of the trunk, railway for the North Island should ibe changed by the persuasion of an influential deputation organised privately ' says little in favor of tho judgment, of its promoters.

The usual monthly meeting of the Greyt'.iwn Town Lands Trustees will be held i his evening. Tho Featherston Cricket Club, we understand, have sent a challenge to Mnslerlon for a friendly match on the 17th inat.

A telephone station is. how opened at Ormotid, County of Conk. The hours of attendance aro from 9 a.in, till 5 p.m. and closed on Sundays and holidays.

A very satisfactory practice was held in Steward's paddock yesterday evening of the Greytown Cricket club, There were a good number present, and the ground Was fflutul to be in very fair order owing to the rain which fell on' Monday.

The Committee appointed by the Friendly Societies, Greytmvn, to hold Sports on St Patrick's day had a meeting at the Council Chambers oii Monday evening. Mr Loaaby was oleeted chairpn, M r lic|ar(]j Secretary,' and ,Mr Lotshy Treasurer. Mpasps Fuller and Ijoaaby were appointed ft sub-committee to arrange fur.a paddock for t|t«: sports Ulesßrsßichards and Muir were appointed a priming committee, It was reported that the Committee will start this year with a balance of-over aml.it was resolved that subscription lists ba prepared for each member of the committee. Notice of motion was given to be moved at the next meeting,-" Tliitt the Fores!era and Oddfellows be requested to have a proceasion on the morning of the sports! Tho mci-iing was adjourned until Tuesday next at 7 30.

The Salvation Army under one Lieut, Meredi'h commenced operations at Wei* lngton last evening.

The Secretary of the Maslerlon institute lias received an intimation that the ehsre of the parliamentary grant to this library amounts to £fi 14a 5(1, and that a cheque will ba duly forwarded lor this sum.

We lire requested lo slale (hat nil arms belonging lo llio Mtisterlon Volunteer Corps, in the possession of non members, n)u«t I e handed in to-day or legal pro-ix-bs will lie taken fur their recovery, A meeting of ilie new Corps is advertised for Fr.day evenin»,

Mr 0, J, 'fully of Waihenga invites tenders for laying and erecting three miles of wire fencing. The Committee of the Masterton Horticultural and Industrial Societyaro'proparing for their Autumn slunv, which is fixe;l for Wednesday) February 28th. The fourth annual picnic held by the. emul of the Wellington and Mastertwi 11ml way will lake place on Friday next. Tho locality is to be Belmont, and special trami will leave Wellington at 9 30 a m. and Maaterton at 0.80 a.in. for that station, returning at 7 and 0 30 p.m. 'Ospoctively. A meeting of the handicappera for the Waiwapa Autumn mooting was held at the Club Hotel, Masterto'n, last nii(ht, Tho handicaps are to be deolared tomorrow.

The funeral of little Tommy Ray took place yesterday afternoon. The hearse was followed by tho members of the family and their immediate friends to about the number uf thirty who were succeeded by between seventy and eighty horsemen, behind- whom came a long string of buggies and traps, the whole numbering -about 250, persons* It was /difficult at the hotel (o ascertain how many were present, hut when the hearse turned from ' the main road on to the cemetery road, it could be seen that the procession extended thence down the road as far as Mr Burrow's , house, The service which took place at the grave was performed by tho Rev, W. T. Western. Mr Brann had tho children of the Clarevitle school in which the decease was' a • pupil drawn up at the rear of the procession.

The custodian of tho Masterton Hospital is anxious to collect a few volumes together for the benefit qf the; patients 'who from time to time are inmates of that, institution, and who frequently areata loss io beguile the lony and weary hours pf ei6kuess. If any local resident can spare him. a few old volumes ho will "lajily receive tliem. Light a# well as serious reading will be acceptably and evon old yellow backs will not be despised. • . ;

Tawhiao left Piihueraton at nine o'clook this morning en route for Masterton.. .We. presume he will B'ay at jea3t one night at Njjawapurua (Manawatu Ferry,) and toinririow nifjht at Tutae Kara (Bawera). At tho latter pluce a large quantity of presents hive been .prepared including' one item of three hundred blankets, His Miijes'y. may he tempted to linger there fur a day, and may be expected in Masterton about Saturday,-' He is accompaued by two hundred 'followers' on horseback. This morning a Maori named Haw»a was brought up at Masterton before Mr E. S. Wardell 11. Mr by Sergeant-Price, charged with being drunk while m oharge of a horse ai)dr|dingion the footpath. The defendant pleaded guilty, and was fined oile pound, the Court intimating that the smalliiL'ss' of-the penalty was on account of tho offence being a first one, and stating that' a much heavier fine would bo inflicted fqv a repetition of such conduct. - '

Weare requested lo intimate that lUpp. &■—HkRB ti:ive: 'received five-oases. Men's k.aiP'H' olothixg. -Frmuv oiir own ■knowledge ol .these goods,■■ and the low pnces > "iliiu - Rait - ip:HAßp'f ; arß'. selling' them we leoomuieiul the pntilic t> go to-ii the Emporium heforo buying EmwHEßjjt'i -ADV?. ' 1

'■ jMewrs Mnir »nd;Dixon's nrft? ddvertiaeto'ent will I .Mr E, ' ohsirman of Salwytt County, ii ; ft olndldaU fir tile sSat vacated t by Sir johb Hall, V • The Allgemein Zeitune announces that a discovery, has been made by a'' Bmrin arobteologist, Herr Sester, in a wiid 'romantic dlstfict lyirlg'ltfetWeWMrdStiStf .and SanisaJ, ontbe Upper Euphrates, of it line.of megalithio monuments, average andflß- metifni-' fm height, and bearing jmsotiptions. - They ,i'Vairemarkftjilf of preservation, and Herr Sealer has no doubt that they have formed part, of some great national sanctuary, dating back some 8000 years or more ~ nt ' .Owingto the:reoent greiUras''{nknd >■ near St. Petersburg, and generally to the yearly increase of conflagrations all over' ,the, qoimtry,oau9ing nearlytftllJnajuranqe Companies to fall: lack!onr th'eiY' r&erve' •fuhdsitb/meettiliei immense losses, the premiums on insurarioo have been raised 10 to 50 peT cent. This has been chiefiy 'of the advice delegates from English •companies' doing re insurance, ;wh6*were a jo.it An) held. Hitherto, all atCempis.tolstalilisli Russian insurance'jn guarantees silfficeriti to make it independent of foreign-assist-ance have utterly, failed,

. .The improvements 'elected ot late'ye'ara nr ladies' corsets havij licM very great, and strikingly beneficial_ to health. ;;Foremost atnong these for their peouliar excellencies'. .Rosenthal's wuntairs., and- Dr. Warner',? ooraline coraets; fiThe to obviate the debilitating effects of the ordinary corsets by relieving the delicate and pressure, while still affording,aihealthful and comfortable support tC'the'wearer. The support to the figure is nroperly distributed, anditKe 'distressingVeffec|s "of tight-lacing neutralised. . ,I)r. Warner's coraline corset is boned with a new snbatanco, which is vastly superior to korn or whalebone. It cannot break but will-in every iristatioe otitlaat the corset; ".being more pliabli)' that.tohilebone it adapts itself moro readily to .the move-r menta of the;bbdy.'] B.oth' ,the&i admirable! corsetaoan be had in all and oolors at James SMITH'S Til iRo HOUSK,—IADVI.]