The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1883. REGISTRATION OF BRANDS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1313, 3 April 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1883. REGISTRATION OF BRANDS.

We understand that at the next meeting of the Southern County Cr Phillips intends to try and alter the existing arrangements for registering the brands of stock in this district, and it is worth while considering whether his proposal will be in the' interests of the public, At present all brands are registered at the Masterton ollice, and it issuggested that, the Southern County should be a separate branding district and have its own registration ollice. It is obvious that it would be more convenient for settlers in tho Lower Valley if they could register their brands in one of their own townships if such an arrangement would not be attended without some other public inconvenience of a graver character. We fear, however, thut the operation of the Act would be, hampered, and its intentions frustrated by dividing the district for branding purposes, With the whole of the Wairarapa as it now is, one registration district, the. difficulty ot avoiding duplication in brands is very great. Ear marks in sheep are to a certain extent valueless, as the law permits only a third of the ear to be mutilated, and with such a small surface to punch and chip, it is practicably impossible to multiply an un- | limited number of marks of this description, The oiily permanent and indisputable brands are those which are affixed with hot iron to horses and cattle, In the latter there is practically no duplication in the Wairarapa, and the Act can be carried out without much difficulty. If, however, we have two branding districts instead of one, the duplication of brands would be at once legalised, A man living to the north of the Waingawa would register bis mark A, and his neighbor to the south of the river could make a precisely similar registration in his district. As a matter of fact horses, cattle, and sheep, are constantly migrating from one part of the Wairarapa to another, and it is obvious that two sets. of brands emanating from two independent and distinct offices would lead to a good deal oi confusion. We can quite understand that a Lower Valley settler like Mr Phillip's colleague, Mr Kussell, sustains some inconvenience in coming to Masterton. to .register his brand, but sheep bred from his well kntfwn flocks,

and■ bearing■ his brandaro to be found. in this neighborhood, and lio would pro-1 bably sooner put up with the trifling | inconvenience;of a visit to Masterton once in two or three years than liave some other breeder at this eud o£ the district sending to market sheep regis-, tered witli his,particular brand and ear mark. If the Branding Act is to serve any useful .purpose in this district it is very necessary that there should be one set of brands only legalised within it, and that a proposal like that of Or Phillips, which must inevitably lead to an extensive duplication of brands should be avoided, Of course ,we are. quite prepared to listen to the reasons which Or Phillips will no 'doubt-bring forward in favor of his view, and we do not desiro at the present stage to prejudice a discussion which will no doubt cover a much wider field than that we have now entered upon. In a pastoral district it is, however, a question of considerable practical importance, and it may bo of use to call attention at once to what appears to us to to be tlio main objection to the motion of which notice has been given by Mr Coleman Phillips,

The Masterton Volunteers parade for inspection on the 12th inst, . Mr Wardell, E.M., sits at Gceytown to-day, A telephone station has been opened at. Tuakaii, County Munaltau. Tenders for tho Mangapakeha Bridge olose at noun to-morrow. The Loyal Masterton Lodge 1.0.0. F. meets nt tho Empire Hotel lodge room this evening. Mr 0. E Daniel is the. successful tenderer fur the additions to the Fernridge school recently advertised, Pownceby, of Wellington, notifies that he will reopen his oyster saloon this week with the first, of the season oysters. Mr W, J, Gandy, the well-known commission agent of Wellington Ims a business announcement in our advertising columns, The Wellington Property Tax lieviewers finish up their work at Carterton to-day, where, we believe, a ' very large number of objections have been made.. Archdeacon Stock passed through Masterton yesterday : en wuie for the Synod meeting at Napier. Messss Lowes & lorns great sale of fat cross bred and merino sheep takes placo at their Masterton yards at 1 p.m. tomorrow.

In our report of the winter goods dis-". play, Mrs Langtry'B (of Bon MarcW) dress should have read as a prune silk velvet, and one of the new shades in plush at the Hall of Coinmorco, should have been electra not eleotric.

The estimated receipts and expenditure of the Mnsterton Borough Council are published iu another column for the ensuing year, Only are available for streets and roads, a sum insufficient for repairs, if the borough overdraft bo paid olf. If, however, the overdraft is kept up, a thousand pounds will no doubt bo available for now works, - "

There was another fire panic in -Mobterton betweeen six and seven last ovenme, A ulare was soeu over Kuripuni way, and the boll was rung. Tho fire brigade turned out smartly and travelled for the supposed sceno of the conflagration with an engine only to find that the glare which lo -ked so near was yet so far. It appears 1 that , the cause of tho alarm was an mincciMoct tenement,-the property of. Mr Jchn Rayner, situated on the Taratahi Plain, The origin of the fire is unknown. We hear that the building was insured for a small sum, but not for an amount anything like adequtte to its value. Constablo Fleming who visited the spot this mornini!' informs ue that the premises were insured in the London and Liverpool office for £SO. Mr Rayner atiribntes ihp fire io sundowners, who occasionally tak ■ possesion of vacant buildings of this clnuactor,

We would remind town and country nlaygoers of an excellent bill of fare provided for them in morrow evening ut the Masterton Theatre Boyal. The local amateur* lmre heun priiotieinpf assiduously fur so me time past, and us all oi them are old favoriiGß with the public a sjreiit deal may be exoected from them. Tlio accomplished Horace Bent is a host in himself, and his name to any perfoHimuee is an excellent guarantee of its merits.

The &nuual thanksgiving service took place at St Mark's Church, Carterton on Sunday, the Rev H V. White, of Greytown changing pulpiis with tbe Rev W. T. Western in ■ the morning, the latter in the evening, nnd both preaching impressive iiikl appropriate sermons, The church was beautifully decorated, and reflects the greatest credit on the taste of Mrs Western and tbe bevy of fair damsels who assisted her. The altar was laden with fruit of every description—grapes, pears, apples, &c —and on the flooring in front of the altar rails wore more fruit and a sulendid collection of vegetables. Tbe walls were decorated with cbaplets of flowers, crosses in corn, and ecclesiastical emblems, the text acioss the gallery being " Ho giveth food to all fleßh." The pulpit and reading desk were decorated with cereals, evergreens, and flowers, and the general'coup d'ceil was most effective, A story is told of how Barnum once succeeded in emptying hiß bigslmvat.a time when it to densely crowded, and thousands were waring outside to. obtain admission. Hu knew that a start was all that was needed to effect this purpose, but how to effect that was the rub. .At length a bright idea occured to him. Painting up in largo letters on a p.iece of calico, " This way to Egress," lie hung.it up at a convenient angle of his show. Some of the simple country people, thinking " egress" was some strange new animal just added to the collection, passed through the slit in the curtain, and to their amazement found themselves outside the show. The thing was done. Everybody saw every other body making for the corner where the new animal was on exhibition, and in ut few mmmes the show was emptied, the outgoing, stream being so great that' it was quite impossible to turn when once caught in its bddy.

I must tell you (says " Madge" in a letter to 'Truth') about a girl I saw at the Smiths' "at home." She looked a veritable poem, in the palest blue satin, with a Medicis collar of transparent lace on wire, edged with pearls, :This made an exquisitely becoming frame for her lovely head. When she was going away she put on a wonderful boa of swansdown, about eight yards' long, which she wound about ' and' around herself, looking with it on even more of a picture than before,

A friend went to see the Dainala couple (Sarah Bernhardt and her husband) on New Year's Day, and asked Sarah,s husband what ho could wish him. The ex-actor ( for he will never tread the: boards: again) responded, after reflecting for some seconds; "Wish mo patience 1 Sarah is trying when in a bad temper," :

•..Mr J. Mills, a member of. the Master-/ ton Fire Brigade, hurt his leg at tho lato fire; in Queen-street, and lias been : laidupl several days by the injury-he'-susv tained,, He ia, however,' able to get about again to-day, < i , Mr Thomas Turnbull, whoaefillnessjwe; referred to on Monday, is reported'to-bo better. y-\ Messrs Lowes and Torus have added fifty Eomney Marsh ewes to their list of i entries for their sale to-morrow. - - i In consequence of a heavy gnle, the Governor nnd his suite did not start: for Auckland this morning, They will probably leave at 11 o'clock to-night, ; The Governor has appointed Messrs T. E. Chamberlain, 11 D. Dagg, G,; Gunderson, 0. J. Hare, and D. McGregor" a licensing committee for the Masterton, District. A Bpecial meeting of the Masterton Highway Board is being held to-day in connection with the application under the Eoads and Bridges Construction Act. ■ • A serious accident happened to the son of Mr Evens, chemist, thia morning, It appears the lad who is between 13 and 14 years of age, was riding a horse without a 1 saddle, and, when turning into the Upper Plain road from Ohapel-st, was thrown from the animal. A child of Mr 0, Dixon saw the aocident, and says the lad waß draggedsoDQe diatnncebyretaining his hold of the bridle, On the lad being taken into Mr Dixon's house he had a very eevera fit. ■ Mr.E'veM on arrival made an examination and found three scalp wounds on the back part of the head, and when these were dressed, a conveyance was obtained, and he was taken home. We,hear that the sufferer is in a fair way of recovery, but is still in a prostrate condition.

To-day the General Synod of the " Ohui'oh of the Province of New Zealand, I .' commonly called the Churoh of England, will assemble in: Napier. It is the supreme governing body of that Church, and raeeta once every three years at the headquarters of the Bishops of the several dioceses' in rotation, The last time it met was in the year 1880 at Ohriatchurch. -IE ianot probable that its session will.be heid in Napier again for a period of twenty years at the least. It consists of seven Bishops, together with twenty clerical and twenty-eight lay representatives, The Bishops are members ex officio,'the olefgymen and laymen are elected in the proportion of three of the. former and four of the latter for each diocese, with the one exception of the missionary diocese of Melanesia, which sends onlj two clerical and two lay representatives. ■

How a railway official was done.—On the arrival of the Governor at a certain -railway ( etajion not a hundred miles from '"Featherston' on Saturday Inst, a wellknown celebrity was seen gallopiug up to the Etation (on ahorse borrowed for the occasion), evidently on presentation bent; hut on arrival there he found the viceregal party bad left for lunch, Not to be outdone, however, lie introduced himself to an official high in office, and after shaking hands with him, requested permission to travel to Wellington in the special train. The official thinking, at least he bad the chairman of one of the county councils to deal with, or at least their secretary, granted him permission, not finding out till afterwards ho was only the inspector of dogs,—N.Z, Times, After.a very long dry and warm stretch of suihmor weather, it is but reasonable; to expect a .somewhat severe winter, Tho "oldest inhabitant" prognosticates it, and the unusual severity of tho last winter in in the Old Country loaves no doubt but that our turu will come next. To be forewarned is to be forearmed. Don't forget your blankets. We can supply you well, as we hold one of the largest stocks in Wellington, imported direct from the manufacturers We cannot only givd hi go variety, but excellent value, no one better, if so well. Whatever make you want (and we keop all the best) we can give you iirst-elass value in English, German, Koslyn, and Kaiapoi manufacture, and in sizes to suit the cot of the'infant, the swag oE the bnshman, the single bed of the bachelor, tho double ono of the benedict, and some that might almost be largo enough for the Great Bed of Ware. We have also a very large range of prices, varying according to size and quality, from 7s Gd to 60f. per pair, Customers will find a great advantage in purchasing from an extensive, well-seleoted, and direjtly imported stock of blankets, such as thoy wilt boo at James Smith's To Aro House Wellington, -Advt,