The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1883. THE RABBIT DEPARTMENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1337, 27 March 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MARCH 27, 1883. THE RABBIT DEPARTMENT.

We are glad to notice by a recent issue of the Otago Daily Times that the Rabbit Nuisance Act is regarded with some favor in that Provincial District, and that some hopes arc entertained of its ultimate success in extinguishing the pest. If the Colonial Treasurer's ptoposal for strangling pauperism is impracticable, the measure of his Government for strangling the rabbit nuisance bids fair to at least break the neck of the difficulty, If it does not do so, possibly Major Atkinson may come forward as the hearer of the bow string. If ho were only to tax rabbits in accordance with his latest fiscal .theories, tliey could not long survive the ordeal, Tho Rabbit Nuisance Act is intended to live for three years, and by the expiration of that term it is expected to have done its work. One out of the three years lias now expired, and it is worth while considering what progress has been made. Of course a good deal of tho first twelve months has been devoted to oiganisiug tho department, and arranging the methods of working various districts so that too much cannot be looked for in the way of results at this stage. We find, h,owever, that the experience of the past year in Otago is much the same as our own experience in the Wairarapa, and we may fairly assume, that something like an average rate, of progress has' been effected in every rabbit district of the colony. The record of the Year of Rabbits No 1 may bo summed up as followslst, a marked decrease of the pest on settled lands, i.e. on lands in the custody of owners or occupiers; 2nd, no appreciable decrease of the pest on unsettled laids, i.e. Crown lands, reserves, and absentee properties. It is patent that the Act will, within its three years term, exterminate all rabbits indigenous to owned lands, but as yet, there is no guarantee of it eradicating the pest from unowned territories The Ministry and the Assembly must look to the danger from the latter source. We recognize the necessity for settlers being persecuted and liar-, rassed into clearing their lands, provided that they are protected from hordes of the enemies coming down upon them from bush and native reserves. The first year has made its mark on settled lands, and we may be satisfied with this step iu advance, but to retain the ground wo have secured it is necessary that tho second year should make a mark, nnd a legible one too, on unsettled lands. If this be done, th'j third year may possibly couipleto the work of the first and second, and triumphantly vindicate the foresight of our legislature in ramming down the throat of the colony, an exceptionally stringent measure. The first year of the Act gives us hope, and if tho second gives us confidence,-there may be no impossibilities for the third year.

The Masterton Borough Council meats thia evening, The half yearly meeting of the Masterton and Opnki Jockey Club will beheld at tho Club Hotel on Saturday next. Dr Lemon this morning left Masterton for PaJmerpton this morning, driving a buggy through the Bublj, He will return to Masterton in a few days, when, wo would suggest, the advantages of a telephonic service to Hketahuna might be brought under his notice. Probably, writes the Post, the prosecutions tried in court on Saturday under the compulsory douses of the Education Act —the'fivat of the kind, we believe, ever undertaken in this city, though not the first instituted in the Wellington provincial district—will have a ! very salutary effect upon those parents who are so unmindful of.their children's 1 interests as. to deliberately withold from them, while of a school-going age, thoao, privileges in respect of education which the State! haa so generously provided. Mr Shaw, nho was detained on behalf of the prosecution,was not instructed to apply for costs in The present instance,'but'will doubtless do: so on future occasions; Parents ! ii)U3t also bear in 'niind'that in the event, of their having been ordered by the Court I to send their children- to : school, and neglecting to obey such order—or having! obeyed it fora time shall cease to do sowithout sufficient cause—they: are liable to a penalty of -40s, and: the. same proceedings may be taken week by week until the order is complied with,

I Clayson's ball in iho Thoatio llujal lust evening was patronised by a very J limited number of visitors,

At the "opening of tho Properly Tax Eeviewor'a ;-Court ..this morning the chairman of,; the bench intimated :that objections would be hold at tho court sittings whero the property under appeal is snuMed, " ■■■.■■ "

Notice is given by the obairraan of the County East Council'of the intention of ;that body; to. borrow money : under the Roads Construction Act to make roads from Eketahuna to Tinui, Masterton to Oastlepoini,' and Masterton to Bideford. A poll of ratepayers interested is fixed for Wednesday, the 2nd of May, 1883, particulars of which will be foimd in our advertising columns. :

Telegrams received by Mr Bryce report th it a second meeting held yesterday at T j Kuiti, Maliuki, completely changed his cfomeanour from abject submiesiveness to niost overbearing truculence, and his language became excessively violent and offensive, suggesting the suspicion that his previous submissireness was a mere feint to disarm his opponent and gain time. He did his utmost to excite, his audience into fury, and to incite them to resist the Government. Ha spoke with contempt of Mr Bryce, saying that he (Mr Bryce) was not able to do anything ; if lie was so strong, why did he not come himself and take them. But he could do nothing without the aid of the Native chiefs. He would shortly smash Bryce's head, and kick his—, &c., &c. He threatened to advance on Alexandra, and then go to Auckland and defy tho pakohas to touch him, for his atua would protect lxiin and kill them. The Government were warned last niglit]that Maliuki and his followers would make a demonsiration at Alexandra to-day, and prompt preparations wore made. A proclamation was signed by his Excellency the Governor at an early hour yesterday morning, calling out the Te Awamutu cavalry, and the Hiiiemou was ordered to be in readiness to take-up IGO men from Opnnnke til-morrow- in-rning. Armed with tho prnclaiii lion, Mr Bryce yesterday morning called out the To Awamutu Cavalry, who duly mustered on tho spot. Yoaterday morning tho news was telegraphed that the Maori rioters, numbering about 20, were tlim crossing the Whatiwbatiiioe Bridge on their way to Alexandra, whero they duly arrived shortly before noon. They wore mot by the European force and summoned to surrender, but Mahula replied witli.a defiance, going to the front (if his mon, and calling on God 'and Te Whiti to aid him and destroy his opponents, There was no supernatural response, however, and in a fe'w minutes the whole 20, inoludiug Maliuki, were arrested, firmly secured, and marched off ns prisoners to the Alexandra barracks, whence they will be in duo course removed for trial. On the satisfactory intelligence being received of this favorable termination of the affair, the order for sailing of the Hinemoa were countermanded, and all is now expected to go on quietly as before. At 1 p.m. yesterday Mr Bryce tetegraphed Wahanui has heard of the arrest, and says ho is l clear' aohut it (i.e., approves), To show what were the intentions of the Tekaumarua in coming in this morning, after crossing the Whatiwfaiiboe they tried to seize a man who was on tho lord, but who got away. Further along they seized anothor, tied him up, and four of tho party took him off the read into the fern, but they were seen and arrested by the cavalry. The socond special service in connection with the Friendly Societies in Carterton took place at St. Mark's Church on Easter Sunday. Tho procession ineluded the band, must of whom belong to ooe fraternity or the other, the brethren of Court Marquis of Normanby, A.0.F., and Lodgo Heart of Oak, 10.0F,, Court Sherwood Forest Juvenile Order of Foresters, tho Star of tLe Valley Lodge, 1.0. G.T., and a few brethren from Kindred Societios m Grey town, numbering in all one hundred and ten, It was a lovely morning, and at half-past ten tho brethren of Court Marquis of Normanby infiladed on either side of the 1 Belvidere road, between the Foresters' Hall and Mr McKenzieVstoro. A little lower down the road were twenty of the Carterton Brass Band, and immediately in their rear tho brethren of the Heart of Oak Lodge. At the first note of music tliey passed Ihr&ugh the lines of Forestry, who closed in and followed in tho rear of the procession, wirch was tho order of march to the church gates. There the Odd follows lined tho way (o the porch, the Foresters passing between them, and being met at the donr hy Bro. the ltev, W. T. Western, who is a member of the Court, march up the naves to the seals in the cross-aisles, which had been reserved for their accommodation, tho choir and congregation singing tho 274 th hymn. Bro. Western preached an excellent and and most appropriate sermon from the words " Now at this timo your abun- , dance may be a supply for their want, that their abundanco may also be a supply for your want"-(2 Cor, Bth chapter, I4»h verse)-urgitig thrift, self-denial, and mutual help one to another. At the conclusion of the service, the Oddfellows a«ain lined the patlnvey from the door to tlio cateway opening on to the main road, and the Foresters took the lead on the march home, again beaded by the band. The airs played by the band wero well selected, and played in capital lime, and as nearly tho whole' of those forming the procession were in full regalia, tho sight was a most attractive one. The church was most prettily decorated with evergreens and flowers. In front of tho gallery were the words, " Lnvo as brethren," and over I'm arch of the chancel t'ie first lino of the well-known hymn, which was gung during the service. 11 Jesus Chris* is risen to-day, hallelujah I" both in white lettering on a crimson ground. The branches of the ohandeliers down the church were entwined with laurels, ferns,, and flowbrs, the side hrackolß having beneath them frauds from the tree festoons, and between each was a chaplot of autumn flowers, while on the walls were ecclesiastical emblems in white on pale blue or crimson grounds. On the altar were two lovely vases of flowßi's, and the lectern and preaching desk were embedded in flowers md evergreens most tastefully arranged. The saoristry was deeply fringed' with fuschiia and varisatud leafed sprays, the lower portions having each a cross in the centre, surrounded with laurels, holly, and autumn flowers. Tho church was almost aa full rb on the opening day, and tho Eucharist was-celebrated at the conclusion of the morning service., Next . Sunday will be the harvest festival, the Rev H. V, : White preaching in the morning, " Messrs J; V. Smith, B. Boys, arid F, : Gi Moore, tho Board of Reviewers under the Property.Assessment Actj are. sitting to-day in the R M.' Court, Masterton, withjelosed doors, to hear objections. - We publish in another column, a letter' fromlMr.Ri G, .Williams with .respect to the date lire in which he alludes to idle reports; of ;itn offensive character which have .apparently reached' hi^eara,. We can scarcely credit the fact that'there can be i eople silly.enough to put a wrong construction on the prigi.rrof. the accident. Every nensible and well-informed person iwill, wa feel .surejvagree wi(h'-jji;tliaijVMr; and his fainily have .sustained.a i• ;veryl ]sorioualbss. by the! hite^fire,' and that ; th e ir _ mi sjor tii no! Blibilld no t ; be'm ade a protest for'unoharitable tattle- ~ .

Mr 0. Smith announces in another | .column- that.lw.is opening up new autumn j ,and winter goods.-. ~;Thr?p stationvhouds named ; G; Dixorij 1 "' W. Street, and David Donaldson . arrived; in. Masterton yesterdtjy from the hills ofRangitamau, and/got on the aproo)- Tho l former, the more lively, and tho'smallest | manoftlie trio,-: apparently imbibed tho i moat liquor, or lmd the weakest head, for the police,found-..,it necessary to arrest him. Constable-LeahyJivasmafehing him 10 tho station, when Street and Donaldson tried to carry off the prisoner from his captor by mnin foroe. ' There was a slight scuffle in the street, but the big oonstable was the master of the situation, Hegot a stalwart pisser by to take hold of one pf .the rescuers,, and he himself without inconvenience took 'charge of the other. I The procession to the station was re-formed'gorily instead of one prisoner Jjeinpi conducted to the colls three were under escort, the 'constable having one in each hand and his assistant the third. This morning the three culprits appeared sad and sorrowful before Messrs Toouiath and Meredith, J.P.'s. They pleaded guilty, and said thoy would not do so any more, Sergeant MoArdle gave them good cliaiacters, and said the police did not press for severe punishments. Under these circumstances the' bench let them down very lightly. Dixon was fined five shillings, and Street and Donaldson were mulcted' to the extent of twenty shillings eecli.

Lightning struck a Nevada man the other day while he was swearing. It would, however, take a mighty' smart stroke of lightning to hit a Nevada man when he is not swearing. The following is the reply of a fond father, who hiis just received a latter from his son, a'stwlentin his own Alma Mator: —My dear son ; accept my heartiest congratulations, I was engaged to the same Miss Bunler when I was in college, and can appreciate the fun you are having. Go'in while you are young. Your loving father." Perhaps it would be woll to remember that, until the results of the late transits of Venus (those of 1874 and 1882) are fully worked out, tho distance of tho earth from the sun is believed to be 93,300 miles. It is rumored that the Duke of Edinburgh has accepted the offer of the German Government of a million sterling to forego all his rights and claims in connection with the Grand Duchy, TheStatuteaofNew Zealandis amiglitly innze without a plan. There - are thirty 'volumes of Statutes, consisting of twelve thousand seven hundred and .fifty livo pages, mostly folio, and two hundred and sixty hooks of Provincial Ordinananees, containing about eight thousand pages more.

The Americans are saitl to have discovered it now remedy. It has the advantage of simplicity, for it consists of half a glass of very hot water, taken morning aud evening, or, whenever a " piok-nie-up" is required. It is said to cure gout, rheumatism, indigestion, dyspepsia, and many other of the complaints to which flesh is heir. It is well spoken of by a considerable number of people, aud notable by those whose brains iiro heavily taxed. Mr Pasteur writer recently in the Rritish Medical Journal" At the International Medical Congress in London in August last, I stated that 20,000 sheep had already been vaccinated, The figures at the present moment are—l3o,soo sheep, 19,090 oxen, cows, and horses—in all 160.000 head. In proportion as wo approach the mouths in which deaths from splenic fever arc most considerable, vaccination increased to an extraordinary extent, lam convinced that, from the month of April to the month of September next, the new method of vaccination will have been brought to bear on more than a million animals, without reckoning what is done out of France. The Courier des Etuts-Unia states that among"" ilie number'of tho Post-office employees of tho United States are included one thousand cats, distributed in tho various Post offices of the country, whose faction it is to protect the mail bags against rats, The cost of the maintenance of the cats is duly inscribed in tho Post office .estimates. When'the personnel of an office is enriched by a new family of oats, official no ideation of the event is given to the DirectoV.General, and an additions suuris inscribed in the Budget for the needs of the liew born-employees;. Stamina, endurance, and speed are characteristics of the thoroughbred horse. His bones are smaller, than thoso of any other breed, but 'of finer texture, A piece of glass, will scrape away the boue of a common horse easily, but this is with • difficulty done with that of the thoroughbred, which is as hard as ivory, The activity and power possessed by that breed make it a desirable cross tor iour farm horses, and although smaller than the Olydesdalo or Poi'cheron, are not inferior in strongth .proportionally, This breed transmits its;'qualities with certainty, : /'•••' Owing to neglect and inattention to cleanliness', as. well as ail; 'impoverished condition of thn system, horaos'and cattle are apt to become lousy.- ;Some say that these insects come from the stables being too noar to henhouses, and that the pestß are hen lice. This is a groat mistake, as ench kind of.animal seems to have its distinct kinds »f pests of this kind; and to eradicate them from' horses and cows give the animals.a. good bathing with 1 common kerosene nil, Ono application does'the businessj In severe cases the hair may come off, but'-'this 1 seldom happens, iitid oven when it ; does it soon reappeal's, vPouring a pall Stream of the oil down the extreme' length of the backbone usually proves efficacious. " ; ' ■ A good deal of discussion has been going on this season in Adelaide .on the subject of the weigh t of wheat bags/ in tho course of whioh it has been generally conceded that the flonr-buahel bag is too heavy to be carried for any length of time without ensuring thb person who carries it,,. The Port PirieTown Council posaad n resolution inviting the Town Cbuiicilp of other ports whers a quantity of grain is handled to co-operate with there in an endeavour to get the average, weight of sacks of wheat reduced. Ono Councillor urged that it was tho weight over 2001b that did the mischief, and he stated that he knew 45 men that had been permanently disabled by handling nheat. The Mayor pointed that the evil was felt not only on the wharves and in the stores; but also on the farms, where many a, young man and woman had been , weakened for for life by the strain of lifting bags,

. Professor'Wiggins' storm has not eventuated. The • fatof.ul.ide3 of-March have; passed with nothing mbre'important than a welcome down-pour of rain,..welcome, to the parched country aad welcome to the drapers, \r ho hope to sell their stock" of garments -suited for such)weather.','We;;are. quite willing, to help our ..customers; to provide "against' ,a ! 1 '.rainy' 'dayi!'. ty''offeiing' 'oiir' fiampre Se'eco" ; cloak 5 , which xa useful and necessary garment, thoroughly waterproof, and .very, lighfc to lie had in Navy blue and. bifck and : iu aU sizes, Eafsiaclbxk ia.proyided] with a;-neit'satchel »' of the same,material.to, .carry it ( ,ffhou : not required'to bo worn. ; Wo would also invite inspectorsb'f somejrisally. phoice fur li ned and circular edged with fur and lined with quilted silk.,;"We have a few charming imitation and real seal skin jackets :in-'length': from 36 to 45 inches .that have only to be seen to be covetedat Tames Smith's To Aro" H ouse Wellington.—^fADVT.j r