The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MAY 22, 1883. HAWKES' BAY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1385, 22 May 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MAY 22, 1883. HAWKES' BAY.

out the Wairarapa in the progress] of stock and station enterprise in flaws' Bay. This rich and fertile district'is in many respects an example tb us of the results/' obtainable from capital wisely expended in pastoral pursuits; We take tho following annual report from a circular recently published by Mr M'„R, Miller, for the,twelvemonths ending in April last, as a creditable record for one of the smallest: Provincial, districts in; ;t|e colony, The,-, report runs as'folloWs ;—The statistics of livestock and produie of this; Provincial District for the past' year will be found to give much satistaotofy and progress. This, one of the suialiest though most naturally favored of the Provinces, containing only, about three million acres, of which two ihijlion acres 'are' under occupation (the remainder being , forest and mountain lands), maintains at the present over two and three-quarter millions of sheep inclusive of lambs, although not quite one-half of 'the' occiupied elands have been permanently improved by grassBeed'Sowing, and as year by year the remainder of the land; ; |s reclaimed fronv fern, so will the "Carrying and producing power increase. ' To . the adjoining 'provinces of Auckland' and; Wellington during the year! we'have ■ eipoVted 98|] 48 j sHeep Kiiiring;; the satril period we have boiled, doiVri. arid preserved 66,690 sheep, and- after allowing 330,600 sheep for home: consumption, mortality, and casualties, wo are grazing 393,656. more sheep' at the same season last year. Oar

xport of wool shows the same marked ngreafie, being iti round numbers and a quarter million pounds his year against eleven and a half nillion pounds the previous year. The emarkable producing capabilities of the .istrict may be more strikingly iihstrated by the following results 5525,000 worth of wool,- £50,000 allow, £15,000 preserved meat, E55;000; value of sheep and cattle and >ther produce sent to other provinces, ay altogether a total of £750,000 have ieen : exported from 2,000,000 acres rnly partially improved, being equivaent to an average return of Is 6d per icife. This is exclusive of the value of ;he increased number of stock equal to £215,000 or 2s 3d, making a round iverage of 9s 9d per acre, besides home jonsutiption. The average • clip last taring is a shade over 6|lb .on, 2,093,500 sheep (one-third beingscoured allowance for that is made) and it is estimated that 448,000 lambs have been sbor.' averaging 2|lb wool each, and the wool generally is in excellent condition. Since Ist May last we have loaded twelve ships direct for Britain, besides wool, tallow, and other produce forwarded by castal vessels to Wellington for .shipment there to Britian. Our -exports in value are equal to £36 " per head of the entire . population, - and yet with all this material -wealth many of us are "liard'up" from several causes, The first cost of our fern lands was low; and settlers, tempted by this, bought more largely than their means to improvo could compass, and to effect this involved borrowing, Again, at times when money was abundant, and the banks were ultra accommodating, enorgetic and sanguine men embarked it still larger squatting ventures, and that at a time whon the wool market gave promise of at least 30 per cent highei rates than lately ruling, while now and for months past the interest payable on money has risen to extreme rates and prices of wool have kept low Yet withal, banks' and lenders' higli rates could be met, but the accommo dation has been of late severely restric ted. All this cramps the improvement! necessary to the progress of the settler but as a matter of course presses chiefly on those—and they are not a few—who undertook ventures that their own capital did not justify. From these causes both leasehold and freehold proporties are cheaper at this time than they have been for some years past. A very great part of our freehold and the bulk of our leasehold lands are only awaiting more capital to : be employed in grass-seed and fencing to develop them into the most profitable pastoral lands in the world. Better times are no doubt approaching—of which the great stride made in preserved .meat export alone is an indication: for this we are indebted to the liberally-directed energy of Messrs Nelson Bros. & Williams of Tomoana, who at their works alone during the current year, for making preserved meat and boiling down for tallow; have consumed 45,500 sheep and; 350 bullocks. Meat-freezing also will soo.i be added to our industries, as no doubt meang will be adopted to make" large shipments, notwithstanding our present much felt drawback, an inconvenient port; 200,000 sheep and about 3000. cattle per annum of the class fit for this purpose could be readily supplied. With land capable of producing, wheat and other cereals of the highest class, as evidenced by the quality and quantity from the very limited extent cultivated, we do not yet produce sufficient to supply our own wants. We require more population, wo want enterprising agricultural farmers; we are as yet only in the initiatory stage of settlement—that is, almost solely occupied in pastoral pursuits.

It is notified in another column that Messrs Kins: and Toomath, aawmillera, are unable to meet their engagements with their creditors. Ihe first meeting will be held it the Courthouse, Masterton, on Tuesday, 29th May, at 2 o'clock. Mr M. R. Miller, of Napier, reports as follows Freehold Station Properties, pariially improved and about half stocked, range at from 20a, 30s, to 40d per acre, according to locality, eto.: land more highly improved for pastoral purposes, and partly agricultural, of easy access, range at from £3 to f 5 per acre; Small Farms near town, and oi high agricultural value, range from £ls to £2O per aore. Leasehold with eleven to sixteen years to tun, and rentß ranging from |d to l£d per acre, are offered at 203 to 22s 6d for all sheep, delivered with all working stock and plant given in. These runs are generally capable of being made to carry three to five times their present stock. A very unanimous meeting of settlers was held in the school house, Opaki, last evening to consider the advisability of securing a railway siding on the Opaki. Mr W.Everett was voted to the chair. Messrs McGregor . and Chamberlain, as representatives of the Riding, were present to ascertain the opinion of the settlers on the question, Tk'e Chairman said Messrs Brown, Oattel, Herberts and himself had gone over the ground, and looked out where they thought a convenient position for a siding could be procured. He ulse read a letter from Mr Cattel, stating his willingness to allow a line of road to be altered to a position lo suit convenience of settlers, and that Mr Brown also concurred with same, but it wonld be necessary to get Mr Cameron to give a half chain of land in order, to get the roads parallel. He also produced a plan of the properties shewing the advantages, of the proposed change of road line through Messrs Cattel and Brown's land, With this he would call on any gentleman to propose a resolution. The following resolutions were carried unanimously: (1) That in the opinion of the settlers on the Opaki it iB desirable that a siding and flag station be erected at one of the corners of cross roads'near MrT. Brown's residence, and that Messrs McGregor and. Chamberlain be requested to bring this matter under the notice of the Government. (2) Tbat Mr John Cameron be .asked to give half-chain of land along hia southern boundary of Opaki property in order to let the proposed line. run parallel with tho Ba'ngitumau line. (3) That,a committee of five, oonsißting pi Messrs B. Hunt, T. Brown, H. Campbell; J, Herbert, and W. Everett, be appointed, to confer with Mr Cameron, respecting: bis land,- and also with the Highway: Board at next meeting respecting deviation of line through Messrs Cattel andBrown's land. (4) That the thanks of the settlers be tendered to Messrs Oattel and Brown for giving land for road' to connect main liues, and also to Mpsan McGregor and Chamberlain for calling meeting,to ascertain views of settlers, -A vote of thanks to the Chairman concluded a very unanimous meeting, at whioh about thirty isttleriwere present. ,

Mr Wardell, R.M., Bits at (Jtoytowri^ There will bo no publication of tht 'I WiiBABAPA'DiiLTon the Queen's Birth' day. Nominations for No. 2 Ward in the Masferton ( Highway elose ' at noon tO'tuorrow at Messrs BaVoiiltid' ■' Oo'a Waipoua Mills. A special summoned meeting o( the- : Court Loyal Enterprise, ,A0,P.,; will jbe held at the Fnresters Hill, Maalerton', oh Wednesday, 23rd inat, at 8 p,m. ' j According to sDunedmiboniemporaryf i a railway employee has thus expressed his opinion of the Service: " I really believe that no one succtfldsin the Government service, eßpeoially in (he Railway Department, better. than a man with a srood dense wooden head, Such a man is one on a par with his superiors, bo then there iiyßO jealousy," 7/v! 7 : / A 'ten-inch; .shell, a>souvenir of the bombardment of Alexandria',"whioh, aftar going thrdugn Her-Majesty's ship Alexandra and rolling along ihe main-deokj was put in a tubof water by Mr Harding, gunner—for which'the Victoria Ornsa naa: awarded him-7|Waß one of the Prince of Wales' Christmas' gifia, mouhled'oh a wooden stand. . . „ .. ' A speoial aummonodmeetmz of.Courfc Loyal Enterprise will ba held, in the Foresters', Hall,'.' Masterton, ; to-morrow evening. Notice is given; in 1 to the owb er: of:; W^Bjf, Tarai ahi, to clear the; fence: seotion • .858' within a' fortnight., : .The eledtriciilightfpljnti for'.the House! of Eepreientatiyes ;is jboard; the Jloi>ia., •. Mr i?.„H., WoodrAdvertiies t 25;. : of Papawai :laiid,' at' a very low rent; " j ■ Mr Lucona (says the Wanganui Herald) has purchased Mr Mitchell's,, property at, Hawera,-at about £ls per acre. The property consists of about 400 acres, but t the price is undehtheaverage., . ; Messrs Lowes & lortas announce a sale of pigs and produce for Saturday next, at 2 p.m. :■ The Wanganui Herald states, that the Palmerston footballers intend organising a team to splay ropveaentativp. twins oi . (he various West Coast towns; Wairarapa and Wellington,' during the coming season, The team is a powerful one, and ! in it their various opponents are likely to i find foemon worthy of.their steel.,;'

According to the Post Sir' William Fax spoke .->" straight" to the Wellington temperance fraternity on Saturday even' ing,' He said he was ashamed of the people of Wellington (laughter); He had walked from one ,end of Lambton Quay to the other, and had failed ;to notice a single bit of blue ribbon : as'a ! confession of teetotal faith, and he wished to know where were those persons who had joined the. Army, The faot was | most of the members ;were! ashamed of'their badges and ,had pinned them to their wives .pin: .oiishions for , safe-keeping (laughter).' This was. altogether different to what was to be. teen in some towns in Great Britain, where noarly. half of the population sported the blue ribbon, and caused one to regret the apathy shown in Wellington. There was,a large number of total abstainers in this 'city, bnt sufficient work was not got out of them, because they do not like to meet,the public gaze, They don't want to show themselves—in' .fact, they were dummiee (laughter), They came to the ! lodge meetings with big collars and sashes on, ''but as soon «b they got outside they forgot all about the temperance cause until next mee'ing,. and 1 tKis : was; how' thirtgs did not j progress, so.. satisfactorily as, they should do. ! The little piece of blue ribbon which the members of .the Army were required to wear spoke for themselves, and there was nothing unreasonable in asking the public to don ihem. Gentlemen thought nothing of putting on : dainty little ties,' and as for the ladies, tliey were accustomed to wear articles containing all tbe colors of the rainbow. (Laughter.) It was high time that people here awoke to the faot they were behind the age. Switzerland had just realised that it was the must drunken nationunder the sun, (A voiceExcepting England), and it would be well if other countries would ; look into their : condition just' as'cldsely as: tbeiSwiss had done. Sir William referred briefly to the rise'ot the' BiueJEtibbon Array, and spoke in flattering terms of the good workaccom | plished by Francis Murphy, Richard Booth, and other philanthropists. The blue ribbon was, the speaker said, to be seen in every town and village in England, and the British nation had become greatly affected by the disease, Which had sproad like 'smallpox or cholera: morbus. ! Seasonable. words are like ■ seasonable goods—always beneficial and very use : ' ful. The man. that:would, openly, defy the elemits and ; ruin ijijs 'odnstittitidii is guilty of. gross ignorinee,''" Witljin the. last throe months numerous severe mala-' dies have been traced direct, to the want of suitable clothing. How very easy it is to provide against all this by calling oh G.W. Schroder, oftheEall of Commerce, He can furnish you with a good, strong; well-made suit of clothes for 27a Gd. Woollen direct frbin the Manufactory; consisting of,wpollen pants, shirts, and socks, together with ; an oyer* coat| whichfor quality and price -are not •> Hopper & .Co .Vara now lopenincr their, second shipments. 1 of winter . goods, in b^wifceljand' carefully, selected','{superior in quality, and of the newest textures and and the 'cpiiilhued de< preßsion i.n ''the, 'Horde. markets, being bought v c'96h» VthSy are • vepy mttbb JijsifefjnvVala^than;M'ahy other period. Thi new goods now being opened'consist of Men'B,. Boy's, mid Youths' Clothing, Hataj 'Millinery, Bonnets, Seal, Velvet,""Plush: and Beaver Turban's,: Ladies' ; and • Girls' I Jackets; Mantles, Paletots, Four-in-hand' Jackets, Newmarket Ulsters, Hooded • Ulsters, Feto-ifl'-ljand! Uhtera,-Winter jHosiery, Gofltuaiesand Skirts, Blankets, Flannels, Diiesi Velveteens, Sheetings,.' Shatwls,-. Stay's, ' and Unßerclpihinjj,:: heads of families 'and'. 'oiir. friends .' generally to come and inspect our stock before purohaairie: elsewhere. We offer las good value as any house in New Zealand, and our goods; are ;.all ( newj and- pf, sterlinti quality.-' Partioufara inf 'future! issue of this-paper. Remember the address is—]j. J. Hooper Bon MarcM.~AnyiImportant, notice IBoliablei informa--G. W. Schroder, of the . Hall of Commeroe, while thanking hiftiaoj customers .for ipasti fav(iMi:;'})ei!S l .,to i: notify. that a direot-cohsignment of Gentlemen's ClothP ev ® fe «O«Sob hßis juatt'bejsjji')dV«P| aljthe Hall of •Qo^er^'#n'^ f ;m»rKtf off at; very low p'rioe's, (I'ottsjßtjiig of :-rBSO Mek'a Heavy •Tweed Suite, selling at 27a 6d, remarkably qood- value,- .worth 52s 6d; |76 Boy's bfltsj Bel'ipg from 'Ja lid-.the; -.complete auit; 650 Boy's an : d : 60lling^hV'28B,s#eirtli'87a 6d;' 50 Gentle-; men's Tweed Waterproof Coats, alt sizes, raiiging in price from l9s 6d each to £4 4a, guaranteed rain proof; 36 BojrY and Youths' Winter Overcoats, very cheap. Inspection invited by G. W, Schroder, at the Hall of Commerce.—[Advt.]

.at IlefshßtiLte, | aiiif on TruStoesmeet arthl'StaV place. , A man namedQeorgeSmith was fined five shillings'for drunkenness and ten Bhilli ngs-f .bad , 4 Janguaß a.. at ,the 8 Masterton Court this morning fiy his '( Worship the Mayor. . f :-fff-'BCweMrlililif-hr:'Bangilikei,. ' addressed his constituents at Marton last c night and revived an, unanimous voW of ] thanks and; confidence^ ; ... 4.« ' . J;.. ] gave a highly satisfactory .performance at Karori last house.' . .. : •:. , . The i thejApril Eng*> lißhimoilj'jeft 'SanFranoiacdforrAuckland 1 on|tha>6tb inst,.,.being one day later than i • thililme iable'd.a]ii.V| ? Thej Oityiif Newi ] York, with- the April Colonial' mails, i arrived at San Francisco, froni'Aubkland,' . on the 17th;irfat;,• ; ; v ' A meeting of Mr ' o.' F.'"Worth's creditors' was.conveiiedyestefday at the ; office ot the' tiiistee to consider his applies* ' tion for;a : discharge. ; The!,only'credi|ora in attehdbce%ere Messrs'Oaselbetg tad , R. ;y. Sirii'tli.'i' fAs .thej latter .intimated' intention of opposing the application It"wasdecided.to adjourn the meeting. '-' • A heldat' ( Wel; lington y'estsaaJ,to establish' a'Woollen Factory Mpital of £IOO,OOO. It i was resolved iVtiie mottbn of Mr Hutchi.of, the, [ CijmpDny shall bethe Wellington' Woollen Manufacturing Company, (Limited),Mr Didsburyvtljgiir; moved, anfr Mr Joseph ... Joseph'secoiided,7'That,.""tbo number : of .. Directors of ihe;Company be seven, ; and c that the following geiitlemen be' Directors ■i ;for year, namely ;—W, H. Levitt, M.H.R.; 0. J. Johnston, M.H.R. j W. . Hutchison, M.H.R,; Hon. G. R. 'John- ' SQn, Jacob Joseph, James; Smith (firm of iTumb'ull 4- Smjth), jiaid J. iL Hardourt," t The Carterton School .Committee held their.nsuai.nipnthlyj meeting on Monday evening,' the treasurer' reporting; the ' recoipt of. the: capitation grant and a credit balance at the bank of .£l4 la 2d. Mr Samuel reported 245 children on the j r,oll, but that during this month, through j illness,'nearly 200, Sad been iabsentf every | day, the average for the 2nd arid 3rd j week baving only been f>6.. ~Mis 3 Forbes and Mr' A. llobrb 'had'also been away j part of the month through illness. He. j pointed out that this, would ,■ seriously retard the progress of. the school, as with threequartera' oftliechildreri a tvay clnaa i work, could not. be got on wiih, and much a time would be lost, as the invalids on • their return would have lost ground and e ant be in as 'good a condition to at: once 3 turn to'work again, -In otio, class during y the month he had only-had five soholara, a in another class, one present. An account ii .received from Messrs Bullock Bros, was v referred back to them, oh the ground j that Mr Maybew was'not'authcrisedto it incur the debt/ : tho: secretary: beiur r instructed 'to inform " them; that r the Committee believed ' Mi'. May--15 hew was located at Wanganui.; The it circular letter' with queries from Mr W, ii J, Steward was adjourned for conaiderae ' tion-to a /Special :meeting to be held on d the 29th inst. The Chairman and Mr n Callister were appointed a ! sub-committee ir to obtain a new pump and, piping, and it see to the gravelling of the playground, i, Application 1 was directed to be made to i- the Board ton sanction the attendance of i. a lady ,bri'c'e a week,' had offered her. is Beryices. as,, sowing miatreas, and for'a' e grantof'|s per fihnnm towards her i, remuner'atuin. Tlie Secretary's, account '■ for salary and petty cash for the'quarter il amounting,To £2l7s; 0d . was passed for s' paymeiit, i : fi' 1 ■. ' • !■ Notwithstandjjfi theeSortg of tho Rational e Dress ABBocation, : that article of'Ekdies' e attire, known its Corsets, will undoubtedly ,o hold its own. The result will certainly be a b ■" survival of the fittest" and while Uaauit--0 able shapes will be swept away, those comji bining flexibility, : unbreakableness,. and B general adaptability to tho movements of - the body will be in increasing favor. 1 Fore* j most among those are Dr.' Warner's ? Oaroline Corsets, at Te Aro House; Those 11 Ladiea- who have once tried them, will purchase no: other make, and thoae who d have not yet had them are certainly ignorant it of the easß and comfort '.'they are' missing, - Per Steamer via Melbourne, we have 11. received one well assorted case in all Bizes, ir bought sb advantageously that they will be d sold at a Considerable reduotion from usual ie prices; This is. our last shipment for the :e season,. and as the demand is,' large and ' daily increasing, ladies should make an early ;, inspection of Dr. Wirner'a Coraline Corsets, • at James Smith's ,Te Aro House.' Wellington. 10 [AOVT,] ' t '<