The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1883. FORCING SETTLEMENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1299, 9 February 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1883. FORCING SETTLEMENT.

Thb Otflgo Dftily Tiroes lias recently summarised an e»y written by Mr Mirams of Victoria on the settlement of land in that Colony. It shown plainly that ultra liberalism even in placing the people in possession of freeholds defeat the object for which it is intended, Despite tho strenuous efforts of radical reformers, the estates which are mapped »ut as permanent homes for the men of small means, bottomo swallowed up by large proprietors our contemporary asks.—. " But what has been the result pf forcing the people on to the soil, or raftey holding out exceptional inducements to take up land 1 According to Mr Mirams, it has been to induce numbers to take up and cultivate land merely for the purposo of selling it as soon as they could obtain their grants, Of 79,000 sections since the passing of the Act of 188.0, J)8 estimates .that not' more than 20,000 jce.mfl# the land. He contends that 50,000 lave pay.tfld with their holders, increasing the Urge estates by several million of acfes; and, not being allowed to selegb flgein, many of them have left the Colony with the profit on their land sales in their pockets, Meanwhile the State has not got enough from them even to pay the cost of making roads and fail' ways to render the land accessible, If ibis is $e result of Liberal land legislation, as expounded jfcy a Liberal, what mtght we not expect it t? flppjjar ,to a consistent opponent of what we ra&y i call artificial settlement 1 He sups) up the experience of 12 years since the Act of 1869 came into force thus: 'We have got rid of nearly 10,000,000 acres of land for the purpose of getting less than 1,000,000 acres culjiy^—and cultivated fn the style Of cultivation .wtioh tifoaqe selectors give us who merely comply wiiji the terms of the Act for the purpose of getting the fee-simple— a style of cultivation which gives us a return' of 10 bushels to the acre of wheat, and 6f busbies to the acre taking orops all 1 round, Is that a result whiqh is calculated to rtfy this House €nd the country that we are on right, track in dealing with the land,—%at we should not only go on in the same way, but go on in the same way twice as fast?". The proposal of tho Government was that ithe area of 320 acres allowed to each, selector should in future bp extended to 640 acres, and that is what MfRAMS meanßwhen he speaks of going t#p as fast; Taking wheat-alone, the increase in the area of cultivation has been only 632,000 acres since 1869, and the yields per acre are so much less as to ipjply tbat much less suitable land has been brought into cultivation. Wo, know as a matter of fact tjjal/ numbers' of. early settlers sold out lands near the coast to large to; go farther afield and take up worse land from the Governmentatalesspriceonspeoulation, which they again sold at a profit as soon We rosy )je thankful tbat the Legislature of New Zealand has been less liberal in forcing settlement tjian the Victorian Parliament. Faults have been committed in this, colony in settling land, but they have been trivial as compared with the - reckless Victorian polioy. Our rural population we venture to Wrt is in a-*more independent position than the country settlers of Victoria, and .they attach themselves to their, homesteads instead of trying ))ieir : possessions as - speculative properties to be placed in the market at the first available opportunity.

The time for l'eceivitig; tenders for ttiS lease of the Tenui Toll Gate is Mended

to the 17th init. There have been morb native cun for debt during.the.present oourt sittirig than for the previous two jean. The usual monthly , meeting of the Greytown Town Lands Trustees was held; on Wednesday evening, Messrs Baillie (Chairman), Cuff, and ' Haigh, being present Nothing but ordinary, routine business was transacted

. The Greytown Cricket Club have received a' challenge from the.Waihenga Club to play a match at Greytown on Saturday the 17th inst., play to oommence at 11 o'clock.

Madame Andrea; Navarro: and Signor Tramaglia open with an. operatic concert in Greytown this evening and also to* moirow evening.

; A mooting of the MastOrton Bifle Corps will be held at the drill shed 'this evening^ A meeting of the committee of the swimming olub will bo held this evening atß o'clock. Mr R. Wilsone has/ received official notioefrom the Under Secretary that he has been appointed returning officer for the Masterton riding of Wairarapa County East, and bb such he is authorised to announce the'; elections for the Other ridings in the County, and name Returning officers for them. The notices appear in another column.

Madame Navarro's concert that was to have taken place in the Publio Hall, Carterton, last night, fell thronith, as only, some half .dozen were present,'and the mpnpy was therefore returned at the door. It was ah opportunity lost suoli as does not often occur, and we are somewhat; surprised at the Carterton people not; availing themselves of it.

As an instance of the extraordinary rapidity with which financial iranaaolionß are conduoled by the Treasury, we give the following The Mayor of Masterton has received an advioe dated 6th February 1883 to the effect that the fines, eto n collected in the R.M. Court for .the' month of November, 1882, are just remitted to the credit of the Borough Fund account/ When w,e. state that the amount is 6s, and tlje . unfortynate individual fined had tbj purM)»M;Btamt|a' to make the paymenti that "these had to' be sent to Wellington,.pass through the Treasury , and from thenoß be returned to the Borough, our readers -will no longer wonder is to how .they.find work for Government offioialß t0.d0,. Mr F, . H, Wood' sells at his rooms,' Greytowp, to-morrow at B,'p.nii the usual privileges of the Wairarapa Jockey Club's Autumn meeting to beheld on February 22nd and 23rd, The privileges consist of gates, oards, pUblioans booths, horsey ards,, refreshment booths, &o„ &o.

Considerable dissatisfaction is felt in Greytown by the oitizena at the apathy shown by the Government in the .nutter of the new Post Office. Tenders were invited and were closed about four weeks ago, and yet nothing has been heard as to who has been the successful tenderer, and we believe that Beveral contractors have nofye.t received their deposits back:

A meeting is to be held oti Monday evening next to take'into''consideration the advisability ol having' the fereytown ground' laiij ciown in'grass, at once or {paying it m the hands of Messrs fliaigh Varnhaijj % another ye'ir for further tjllftgo. .ijp (jojjbt fhe Iflttpr poqrse would be the mostbenefioitylji) (he future, as the grnqnd yould bo }t) better order, but if rnflat fee ajao cpnsjdefpd that tho amount of rent pi|d by the Qfioket and Football Clubs for the use of groqnd is a heavy strain on them, and the sooner they arc permitted to have their own ground the better,.

' Hie following gentlemen have been nominated as candidates for election to the Wellington Educational Beard :-Messrs. s G. Beetham, J. R. Blair, J, O. Cox, Dr. Newman and Veil, Archdeacon Stock. As there; are only three vaoanoies. an eleptjofl pill follow in due course.

Mr Waller Bishop, sistrjct President U. A. @,D. i has been' elepted by the Wellington, Butt, Wairarapa, Napier, and Auckland Lodges, as the North Island representative at theimpend. ing meeting of the Grand Lodge at Melbourne. A Scandinavian woman suffering from mental aberiation was brought into Mas-' XMofl tfl'dny from Eketahnna to obtain jiecessa'rjr' certificates and fionr't ofdef tor jo the JM.ssaj.d tljat tjj.e special 'nature' of her crflsse ißft belief in t)» diyipity of lililner Stephen. We understand that ihe profflotpra pf the counter petition have obtained within thirty signatures of the number they require to upset the.petition,. This praotioally moans that amalgamation is doomed, ■; . Lowes and lorns hold a sale at' Tenui to-morrow, the entries inolude a lot of fat wethers, mixed cattle, horses, and also the'priyileges at the Tenui race meeting : to be hel/J in'Mpl} j?l)ijh.ia to be a two ildys mating. : , _ Messrs Lowes and lorng add to their list for the; ram fair, Lincoln i rami' and grade bulls on aocuunt of MrH. MoMaster, ■

The Eeturning Officer for .Wairarapsi Weßi County publishes in our advertising Sqlunjna the usual notifications for the electiflii pf & ne^copcil.

. Mr Tan.orejj'i} tj?i)}'fqr (he : fauheren* ikau meeting passed through greytown yesterday on their way to the training ground at Taubereniltau.. ! ' Messrs- 'J, H. Corbett, and R. H. Chinchen were nominatpd to-day, for the seat in the Masterton Borough • vacated by; Mr J. Vile.ss ■ • £jix freeholders of. the county Kilkenny., maiiy yfijrs'sgp ijined at the expense ol 000 of the panrliri'atfis. ft)o )ji|J .the following '.itemsi Seven' bottles Frenoh brandy, two doeen lemons, .12 bottles wiiie, 20 glasses pnnoh, two gallons ale, 41b cheese, and six dinners,,: iThia smacks of the good old

MrC. F. Worth has filed a declaration: Wth.inst,

The amount of the property fcax for the financial yeaf exceeds 1156,000, This is within four or five thousand of the estimale. Numerous returns from all parts of the colony have yet to oome to hand. Mr intends we under* .stand coming fory?rd fpr qi eeat .op. the Alfredton Riding of; the East County. The settlers ifl the Porty-Mile Bash have a fau'.glpn) tq one seat jn that Riding, and n better Candidate to'repre. sent them than Mr W, McCardle cannot well be selected.

from Christchuroh tell us •hat the §t»r publishes a report that Mr C, C,, Bowen, Iftlp M,H,R, forKaiapoi and Minteter of Jastlce:has: received the honor of knighthood;- What next! The Hon. E. Riohardson, in a telegram to. a..political meeting at Leeston, says thiit he conies forward in direct.oppositiun' to the Government, and as a-member«of. the Opposition, )

. We .are informed.that,Tawhiao is noi' at Dreyertown,: and will not arrive at Te Ore Ore till alioat 9 o'olock to-morrow raotping.

Mr tfrteth/ Cletk of the-Diitflot fcjoiirt, is sitting in.bsnkfhtftoyihis ,aftt>rnoon. Two applications, are present, MenrsrArnos vMoore and Henry Anlin.: Both >return;their' assets is oil, Mi l)!® proMMioßi apparently are devoid of interest. -The liabilltiei/of the former amount to £IOO 16a 3d. and of the - latter to £lßllßi 3. i. Tenders are invited inranother'eolumn Jo* the erection of a Courthouse at Masterton. * ,The plan of ihe new < structure is a fairly .oomplete"one, bat Ihe dimensions | of the main room are somewhat smsll i ;The building from an prchiteotal point of i view harmonises with the Post and Telegraph Offices, and it will be placed in i Sergeant. MoArdle's garden, a few feet i baok-from.Qaeen atreQt. The court room lis thirty'fl»e fweiity-fourfeet wide,' the' space "' allotted V'the'public : ' being twenty-four feet by eleven. The subsidary apartments-consist of a Magistrate's room, .-jury, room,-bailiffs ,witness: room, 'olerk's room, and strong room; '' ''

We'are requested to intimate that Rapp &;. ;Harb 'have {reoeived hve oases men's Kii'poi clotuino. From our own knowledge.of these goods, ..and . the low prices' that <Baw» \ k Hias 1 /are Selling: theiii we recommend the" piiblio to go to the EMPOBrai before botihq'blhbwhbhbi —Advt.

. The improvements eßeoted;ot late years in ladies' corsets have, .'very great, and strikingly beneficial to health, Foremost among these for their peculiar excellencies are Rosenthal's sanitaire and Dr" Warner's coraline ooraeta.. The . former is constructed to .obviate, the debi|ifetih'gi ! eflfeofs 'pt ,jthe' ordinary oorsefe by reli&viag the delicate'and and vital organs from damaging meolianibal pressure; while still affording it Healthful and comfortable support, to >,the, wearer* The support to the figure is properly distributed, .and the dißtreßsing offcitfl ..of, tight-lacing, neutralised. Dr. .Warner's, coraline corset is boned with a new substance, wbieh is vastly superior to horn or. whalebone. It cannot .break but will in every instance outlast the 'corset, being mo're'piiable 'that WalebbriC; it adapts itself inoro'ireadily i tovthfe; move-' ments of the, body. Both these .admirable corsets bah heW In allsi&a;tad;dolGft>at. Jauks Sunn's Tisißo HobsK.-4ADVT.3-r.

TELMRAPHIC. j

Jdnitep pbess association |

1 ;: WEBTI'ORT, February 8, ~ .body was found, at Lyell, hfes'been'recognised that: of Dinnis. Guintwan., ' The head was severed from the body, which had also received other injuries. It is very much decomposed, and was : found : at the bottom of an embankment eight feet high. The deceased was lasfc.aeen leaving Lyell ; witha woman on the night of Sunday week. The general opinion is that he was murdered. Au enquiry is proceeding at Lyell,

Napier, Friday,

At a meeting of tho Napier Meat Export Company to-day, a resolution -was passed to voluntarily wind up the company. . The direotori. are to be liquidators, 1 '

fklljpton, Friday; :• AJfapanpsp arrjved in the harbor last night js a oorvetie of 1459 tons, Salutes were exchanged this morning. . T,wp vessels are at the headstone is a three pasted schooner the Mercury, from New York, and t||B oilier is sqppos'ed to be the ship Gareloch from ; London; 87' days out. ■ i,. ■