The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1883. LOCAL RAILWAY TRAFFIC.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1348, 10 April 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, APRIL 10, 1883. LOCAL RAILWAY TRAFFIC.

Soon after the railway was extended to Masterton, we assisted to obUin.a cession from the Department of. extra trains on Saturdays,. The running of these Saturday trains < has "been extremoly profitable to the Department as, owing to the work being done with the Greytown branch line rolling stock, the cost of them has been merely nominal. The time is approaching when, in our opinion, a still further concession should be demanded from the Department. There is no reason why these local trains, instead of run ing once a week should not be dis patched daily. When we look at the numberless trains which are put on atthe Wellington end of the, line to accommodate local traffic, the contrast with the way we are served in the Wairarapa Valley is very .striking. The local - traffic between the various Wairarapa stations requires developing, and there is no reason why we should not have at least ; one extra' train up and down daily. We are aware that winter ' time, is not the .most favorable season: for suggesting an extension of travelling facilities, but it usually takes'three or four months to graft a new idea on to the remote head of the railway department, and if an agitation were now. .commenced in favor of extra local- trains we might get them in the Spring. We are somewhat handicapped at this end of the line. Between Wellington and the ,Hutt influential legislators are I wont to travol daily, and they-manage to obtain from the department/ all sorts of concessions which have the effect of making the department niggardly towards this district in order that it-may be lavish towards - the Empire City, However, we trust that even in the Wairarapa we shall bo able to look after our own interests. We hope to see extra local trains running daily in this district next ! Spring, feeling sure that a very slight -effort on the'part of. the public in this subject under the notice of the authorities will be' crowned • with success. .

We are glad to be informed . that that enterprising settler, Mr John Burrow, of Carterton, who has recently visited Nel-, son, succeeded in purchasing' the whole of the Block of purebred Berkshire pigs, imported and bred .by Mr Charles Canning, who is; leaving the Colony, The stock consists ot a sow' bred by Mr' Eedman, of Farringston, Berks,' and may. :be rernembered by many, of our. readers as one of the two'imported by tfo N.Z. Government on board the Woodlark, in' Wellington, and.in consequence of being' unaccompanied with the necessary English certificate bb aoonsequence they had to be forwarded to Newcastle, N.S.W., when one was killed in trnnahippaent. The Burriyor, on, its return'to New Zealand, was. removed by Mr Canning to Nelson, and: haa since bred twelve song,' which' Mr BurroW. has 'brought oyer.] These were got by a purebred Berkshire .boar, bredijjy Mr Canning,..out of forest' ,'Qiieen, imported, own sister toJhe.:best pig. in the:yard at the R.A.S; Show at Birmingham; 1871, pd was .-bred'byLord Ailesbury of.Tureahake Wills. MrBurrow has, also secured the purebred Berkshire boar that took first, prize at the Canterbury Pastoral Association ..Show at OhriatohuHdh; November. 9,1882, >. The .whole of the•Btookjre..considered..grand speoioienspf.their olassj and. judging ftjim what we hear of Mr-Canhing's siiccess in the past.ah .having been..a.breeder.of the ipgrebred,Berkshire pijjs, there,is ; every "reason to hb'pethat faay be equally forwnati, and that tbe district will benefit by the acquisition, We oertalnly hope tbe enterprise may have its du ravud.

,i Tlie visjjjnlttvviueeung of Ouurt Loyal 1 Enterprise. A.O.F, takes place on Thursday nest, :: The Masterton Hospital Oomuiittee holds its ordinary monthly'meeting this afternoon, ' .; Messrs O'Malley and Pepperel, the RailfV.ay.Oontractors, arrivod at Masterton last_ evening from Ohnat ohurch, adcom* panied' by ; several l ,workmen .for, their Opaki Contract. . At the meeting of the Masterton Druids last evening, it was, resolved to; hold a; Druid's festival on the third of May. It is proposed to have a |lain and fancy dress ball, at whioh the Maypole Dance, singing, recitations, various dramatic tableaux, will be introduced.'' fcV - ' ■ The Wairarapa East County Licensing Committee met at Tenui on Saturday by appointment of the Returning Officer,—. Present: Messrs Maokay, Langdon, and Telford, Mr Mackay was electad chairman for the ensuing year. !•' Yesterday, morning a mkh named John Edwards, a waiter at the Empire Hotel, was admitted to the Masterton Hospital in a moribund condition, rclfering from kidney and liver disease. Every attention was'given to the case, but this morning the poor fellow breathed his last,

, The Masterton Borough Council meets this evening.

After the Inspection parade, of. the Greytown Rifles this evening- those who have capitation coming to them for year ending 81st of; December 1882, will receive it in the room at the back of the Hell this evening. The treasurer of the Masterton Hospi-. tal acknowledges the receipt of a station list, of & from Otahuao.

Mr J. 6, S. Grant in a recent'speech at Dunedin said it gave him great pleasure to rise Ho propose a vote of thanks to the great social reformer of this glorious and grand country. They had heard the problem of poverty diaoussed pro and con. by two eminent men—by, men of distinction. To judge from the two speeches the Colonial Treasurer had delivered, he might have figured and occupied a very glorious niche in the temple of. fame in the time of Don Quixote, Mr Green had como forward to answer Major Atkinson, but while his answer might appear logical and clear to some minds, it reminded him (Mr; Grant) of an Ephesian rhetorician who essayed an address on the art of war, and succeeded.in obtaining the applause of the 700,000 people assembled in the amphi-theatre, but of whom the great Hannibal said, when, asked his opinion, " Many a fool have I seen and heard, but the like of this fool s never." We have reoeived the following communication from Mr MoLennan of the EkeiahunahotelEketahuna, 2nd April, 1883. To the Editor of the Wairarapa Daily. Sir,—Please insert the following In your first publication. We the undersigned settlers of Eketahuna saw a paragraph in your publication of the 29th ultimo.j that there wns considerable dissatisfaction and objections to the Post Office being in the hotel, We have heard of no dissatisfaction nor any movement to petition ,- the department to remove the Post Office, We remain, yours &o,—F, Von 'Eedin, W. Waterson, 0. Goddand, Richard Williams, Soren Thomssen, F, W. Dorset, H. Eredricken, 0.,. Jansen, Anders Andersen, Nils Person, Magnus Neilson, Ferdinand Rohde, Nes Lund, J, Hopwood, Jens Neilsson, Sven NilssOn, 0, Foraberg, and Jarces Macara.

It was currently reported last Saturday night, says the N 2r Times, that the first - half of a loan fur £400,000 of the Welling' ton and Manawatu Railway Company had beenfloated in London, ihroutih the company's agentj Sir Julius Vogel, It-is quite true that Sir Julius has arrived; but the secretary of the company has not yet received any news whatever from London respecting the loan' We hear that Mr G. Ooker is negociating with the Wellington Amaieur Dramatio Club to give a performance -at the Masterton Theatre.lloyal on the. Queen's Birthday. The members of this Club are always favored with crowdod houses when they appear in Wellington, which ii a sufficient proof that they would please a Masterton audience. We< understand that the orchestra of the olub is admittedly the best in the Wellington provincial district.'

A Chinaman waa .hanged in San Francisco, the other day. His laßt words were; "Hooray, I'm off, but I shall come and see you again, to-morrow." ' The speod of the wind in a hurricane is usually set down at from 80 to 100 miles an hour.v The Overland China Mail is responsible for the statement that the typhoon which recently visited - the Philipinne Islands, had a speed of 144.4 English miles per hour. This was the record obtained at Manilla, but it iB added that the anemometers broke down before the storm had reaohed its height, so that tho maximum speed of the wind may be imagined as having been in excess of the figure quoted. The appointment of the Prince of Wales as honorary Colonel of the Pomeranian Hussar Eegiment- No, 5, also known under the name of the Bluoher Hussars, has been gazetted.

The Judge of the Court of Probate, Sir James Hannen, haß made arrangements with the authorities of the British Museum to have Shakespeare's will autotyped forthwith and sold at a moderate price. Mr Leigh Smith, well-known in oOnneotinn with Aictio exploration, has given to the Roysl Geographical Society, ■Etf.ooo, in recognition of the interest shown by the Society in Polar expeditions, It. is proposed to build a direct ,(airline" to' Boston from New York, 'The distance between New York and Boston' .by the new railway will be 189 miles, The distance'by the other lines is 236 and 224 miles respectively. The fastest trains now run require about Bix hours iii whieli to transport passengers 1 and mails from one; city to the, With tho improved system, three hours and a half will: be ample time for through express trams; between the two cities. - -...

Among the last arrivals at the British Museum, from Mr Bassam's excavations are several objects of great interest to the archaeologist..The ; most, important are 13 alabaster figures, more or less broken, of gods and goddesses.:. .. Mr William Ftanley, jun., of Bergin,' New Jersey, U.S.A., haß recently patented a mode of preparing human and other hair; preferably ;haiaanj for making carbon' 'filaments for incandeaceDt The report of a competent Englishjeo*' logist, - aoting on behalf of a : company which is about to purchase,the Berlin reef in the Deydenburg goldfiolda, testifies that average yield of/gold in this reef is 16oz for every ton of quartz; while as much aB IOOOoz ha'B been procured fronrii ton of ; that the .distriot .about'ihe 'Drakensber£ Mountains,; W the, eastern' side, ,of th«' Transvaal, is wonderfully ricti.in golil., "" ; A comparison has boen 1 instituted, be;: tween : the population of Ner York' and; Philadelphia, and the fires which have recently ocaurred:-in ihoaejoitiea;.'' = The population of New York is glveniat' 1.40b,000, and that of Philadelphia at 90O.Q0O,; 1 fire: joss .of;, 'the: former; 'during t&e Jiir 1882 'was ;; 4i2oo;s93d<>l, while that;: of Philadalphift was only 2,169,190d0)i or little more than half, The oemparison was still more unfavourable towards New Cork for the year,

•At the.Committee meeting of .the drey- > town Workid jj Mens' Olub beldori 9at]ar- ! day . ;w,as teaolved thai'the I seats -in /.the Milliard room be- coveted with velvet pile. ? ' v The ordinary.meeting of the Greytown School Committee will be held this erening.:; The Wairarapa.HospitaL.Oommittee alto meet this aftamdoh. T'""" ;

Aleotureon theSouth,Sea.lslands, will be given by Mr Coleman. Phillips "at the' Kuripuni Hall on Saturday ,evening. The subjeot is one to which ! Mr-Phillips' , liaß devoted considerable attention, and. the lecture will be well worth hearing, ; Two thousand.ponndsMs claimed from the 'Hpn'. v JohVMarlirij' member of the Legislative Council, for occupying the vacant aeotion of an absentee owner, The evidence in the present case, so far as it is Undisputed;' shows that the defendant first leased an acre adjourning his residence ia Ghuznee-streeti and then finding ,the Itiile was in dispute ( thtough]the; owner's fdeath, the' lessee kept 5 , possession iof that acre for*some eighteen year'si defying'all and suudfy agents and lawyers to take it from him, and; as one witness said, olßiming the jolly acre sb his own, The present aolion is brought to assert a legal title to the land, and to olaim rent for its - use, with exemplary d'amages.for the trouble,. expense. ■ aridj'. defiance.. ■ It. is alleged, on one that the defendant's 'objeot iarto keep possession for the statutory period of twonty-one years;r after whioh hia title will be legalised by length of posß.eßaipxt ): aad ttiaf.;th^gl^errjt t being' so nearly' ripe; the • defendant 'is the more unwilling to lose it, It ib contended, bli the other side, that the presentclaimants (trustees under the will of the Crown grantee) ;titl«, and: that :the ; amptlntf claimed as rent and damages is" absurdly'ex'oessive. The case is notable for what the judge calls the" rigors of the game.; , that is, the game of contesting every technicality whioh is necessary to the strict legal proof even of simple facts.) J The oase is expected to conclude' to-day,—New Zealand Times,

• In a collection of birds and inserts just received from Mr Andrew Goldie by Meßsra Sallvaß and Godmah, of London, are specimens of a fine new bird of Paradise, obtained in the Dilentreoasteaux Islands, south-east of new Guinea,

After a very long dry and warm stretoh of summer weather, it is 'but reasonable to expect a somewhat severe winter. The "oldest inhabitant " prognosticates it, .and the unusual severity of ; the last winter in in tbe Old Country /leaves no : doubt but that our turn 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 can not only give itugo 1 variety,' but excellent value, no one better, if so well. Whatever make you want (and we keep all tho best) wo can give you'first-class value in English, : German, JRoslyn, and Kaiapoi manufacture, and in.sizes to suit the cot of the infant, the Bwag of the bushman, the single bed of the.baohelor, the double one of the benedict, aiid some that might almost be large enough for tbe Great Bed of Ware. We have also a very large range of prices, varying according to size and quality, from 7s Gd to 50?. per pair,; Customers will find a great advantage in purchasing from an extensive,>ell-soleoted, and dire jtly imported stock of blankets, suoh as they wilt see at James Smith's Te Aro House Wellington, —Advt. ••