The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1883. MEAT EXPORT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1395, 4 June 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JUNE 4, 1883. MEAT EXPORT.

Last week Messrs Beetiiam and Bit chanan visited Wanganui in the interests of the Wellington Meat Export Company, It will be remembered that this enterprise is a joint one on the part of the Wairarapa and West Coast Districts; not only as regards finding the necessary capital but. also in the matter of supplying cargo. So far, we believe that this district lias done more than its share in producing both money and meat, aud it was just as well that tho settlers on tho other sido Bhould be stimulated to do their part to make the project as successful as possible. Jfc is obvious that there is not sufficient surplus stock in the Wairarapa alone to fill up regular shipments of frozen meat, nor is the West Coast district sufficiently productive as yet to tnke an independent position by shipping direct from Wanganui. Under these circumstances union between the East and West Coast is.beneficial to both, and the Wellington Meat Export Company is likely to he strengthened by the recent visit of the representatives of this district in' their, capacity as its Directors, We are glad to notice that they were well received by a large number of influential settlers, and that it was resolved to assist the Company by taking shares and by exporting stock and produce to Wellington. We have every faith in the success of the Wellington Meat Export Company, and believe that, unlike many local joint stock enterprises, it will be directly as well as indirectly profitable to its shareholders. The time will yet arrive, we feel assured, when its shares will be quoted at a premium although a small proportion of them seem now to be going a-begging. Its directors are not only shrewd business men, but they., also take a very keen interest in working it, and as tho action of two of them showed last week, they are not afraid of a three day's journey in wintry weather on its behalf. Of course for the first year or two of its' existence such a company cannot make rapid progress.- It requires a term of at least two years to erect necessary ; works and plant, and to arrange for regular shipments and supplies. When these preliminary labors are completed, it will, however, enter upon a large and lucrative business which will amply repay the confidence reposed in it by its shareholders. Three years hence we expect to see the Wellington Meat Export Company a money making concern. At the present time it may fairly be regarded as ja safe investment for surplus capital.

The Rev David Fulton is gazetted as an officiating minister under tho Marriage Act, 1880. A well attended meeting of the settlers of the Rangitumau district was held in the County Chambers, Masterton, on Saturday afternoon, Mr Hare being elected chairman. Mr Stuokey read a correspondence between himself and the Government re the proposed line of road to the CrownXandß through the road nowleading through the property of the settlers. It was agreed that application be made to bring the distriot under the provisions of the Boada and Bridges Construction Act 1882. A deputation consisting of Messrs Stuokey, Herbert, and Hare in conjuno lion with the members of the district (both of whom were present) was ap pointed to wait on the Minister of Lands in., order to obtain the promise of subtantial assistance towards the forming and completion of the road leading through the settlers' property lb (lie Grown Lands about to be brought into the market for sale. A committee was also appointed to see Mr D. McLachlan regarding compensation for his laud from Alexander's Bridge, Ruahamanga River to . the junction .of the present road. 1 'A vote of thanks to the chairman oonoluded the business.

' Mr Wnrdell R.M., sits at Foatheralon to-duy. The missing Morgan Carkeek, • has : turned up at Urenui, .Mossrs Reese and Dawson advertise for , ten good navvies, Mr Corbett: lins been appointed managing director, and Mr Love custodian to. the Thootro Royal Cumpany. Mr W. Dixon's brako came to grief this morning, through his horse bolting. New shafts, and other repairs will be necessary, We understand that the ordination of the Rev. Mr Pulton to the charge of the Mastertnn Presbyterian. Church is fixed for Thursday. week, and that the Rev. Mr Treadwellj the Rev. Mr Ogg, and other well-known ministers will take part in the proceedings, A southern paper states that Mr M, W, Green is appointed to snoceed Mr Gordon Furlong as pastor of the Union Church in Dunediti, but does not intimate who is to succeed Mr Green as pastor for Dunedin in the House of Representatives. There was a fair muster of the Masterton Football Club's first fifteen • 011 Saturday afternoon, but owing to the absence of all-comers, the team had to divide, and consequently the practice was not so ■satisfactory as it otherwise would have beeu. The Greytown Footballers had an excellent practice 011 Saturday evening, when about' eight of ihe first team played fifteen all-comers. The latter showed grand play and won by a'goal and'a try lo two tries. The remains of the late Mr Quin, of Greytown, were followed to the Catholic Cemetery by a large number of persons on Saturday afternoon, The Oddfellows, of which he was a- member for a large number of years, also followed, and the funeral service of the order was read bytheN.O. A Supplementary Gazette was issued last Friday evening. It contains various proclamations relative to Road Board matters, and two "special orders" by the Taratahi • Carterton and Featherston Boards, dofining the boundaries of subdivision No. 3in each district, and the former also making ultoraiion in the constitution of sub-division No. 1. Mr J. J. Freeih has recovered his health sufficiently 10 attend tho annual Licensing meeting at Featheraton to-day. We understand, however, that he is scarcely fit for work yet, and that he hazards his chanco of complete recovery by resuming his official duties at so early a date.

We are informed that Dr Lemon | estimates that the cost of a telephonic wiro between Mastorton and Eketuhuna 1 would amount to £1,500, and thatjhe is not prepared to reoommend an expenditure to this extent, . > At the annual meeting of the Alfredton Licensing Committee on Saturday last a licenao was issued to Mr McLennan for the Eketahuna Hotel. . Tenders are invited by Mr Fannin, architect, for repairs to premises in Queen-street, Messrs Lowes and lorns Bold at their rooms nn Saturday 230 sacks of oats, slightly discolored, at prices ranging from Is lOd 10 2s 3d per bushel. Tliev afterwards sold some poultry, fruit and ornamental trees, Eli Thomas and Joseph Strawbridge were arrosted on Sunday afternoon by Detective Chrystal and Constable Eccleton for having in their possession gonos which have been indentitied by Carterton storekeepers as their property, The caße was remanded for eight days. During the past quarter the following quautitins of alcoholic liquoi' ware passed from the New Zealand Bonding warehouses into general circulation: —54,050 gallons of brandy, 21,301 »allons of Geneva, 3,G48 gallons of gin, 9,793 gallons of ruin, and 63,704 gallons of whiskey, Tlu-re are i-robal-ly 100,000 adults in New Zealand who drink spirit, and they manage tu clu.-u' in three months 160,000 gallons of alcohol, besides wine and beer. Sydney Tawhiiuiga held a large meet, ing at To Ore Oro on Saturday last, at which the great question of the treaty of Waitanga was discussed. It is his intention to go to England in November next, to present a petition to Her Mnjosty the Queen, signed by the Natives of New Zealand. At present he has two thousand five hundred signatures attached to it, four hundred and twenty-five being ob. tained at Te. Ore Ore, He appears very sanguine as to his next visit to the Old Country, and says that Her Majesty must see him, according to the treaty,and instead of standing and looking at Mr Gladstone from a distance, as ho did on his first visit, he (Mr Gladstone) will bo compelled to acknowledge Sydney and take liitn by the hand. He says the chiefs of New Zealand are determined to fight it out to the end, but not with thd sword as in former times, but with a much more powerful weapon, viz,, ihe pen, Upwards of £3OO has been subscribed by the natives of Wanganui and Wairarapa to defray the expenses of Sydney's next trip to England, and this is expeoted will be more than doubled, as he purposes making a lour through Hawke's Bay, Gisborne, Taupo, and the whole of the Northern Maori, setilements with this object in view. Ho says he intends to present bis petition to the House of Representatives as ston as he gets it filled, and obtain from the Government the necessiry authority to lay his case before the Eng lisli Government. Ho condemns the action of Sir W. Fox in writing Home and trying to injure his character before the British public, and is loud in his praise of his champion, the Bishop of Nelson. He is vory proud of the way in which he was patronised at Home, and spoke of the hundreds of invitations he was unable to aocept Ho leaves Te Ore Ore to-day to pursue his mission in the Forty-Mile Bush, en route for Napier, to provide the necessary steps for his a'pproaehing campaign. , Some would bo thought to do great things, who are but tools and instruments —like the fool who fancied he played the organ, when he only blew the bellows 1 By not being the tools or instruments of any one merchant, Rapp & Hare are able to buy in tho Best Markets, and give their Constituents the benefit-of a Good Article, and at the •Lowest Price.—Advt.' 1 A learned Hindoo lady has been leotur ing in Bombay, named Pundita Eomania, a widow, hardly 25, renowned for ber knowlodge of Sanskrit, who has consecrated her existanoe to the work of promoting female education in India. A silver coin 1400 years old, with a portrait of Atilla, King of the Huns, on one Bide, with the inscription " Attila Hex," and. tho outlines of a fortified place and the word " Aquilega" on the other Bide, has been unearthed at Bruno, Moravia. Tho chief advantage that ancient writer! can boast over modern ones seems owing to simplicity. Every noble truth and , sentiment was expressed by the former in ; a natural manner in word and phrase—- ; simple, perspicuous, and incapable of improvement . For instance,: they would write, and "with perfect • Haub," thp Cheapest and Best House in the Wairarapa for all General Stores,— 1 Advt.

A meotin/j *of Oroditnrs of Christian . Madsen in oonvened'for June 12 to. con- ) aider a proposal to pay a composition. : ■■■. The football inatoh on Saturday nfter- - uoon botweon the Athletio and Welling-;; ton Football Clubs, resulted in a victory! for the Athletic team by two tries lo nil.p It has been decided to make the terton Fire Brigade soiree on Wednesday next).a plain and fancy dress one. Apparently some cine has been obi tainea respecting what has been termed the Caeel-burgliiry. The premises of Messrs Strawbridge Brothers at Wailiakeko have beeii visited with a search warrant, and a considerable stock oi soft goods revealed. .A difficulty as to identification has, however, arisen, but in one instance a ticket has been recognised by | a Carterton storekeeper as belonging to ! goods ;whioh disappeared in a mysterious, manner from his aloro. The clothing found in the house corresponds, we believe, with that lost from Mr Oaaelberg'B store, but as the tickets have been removed it is difficult to prove them to be the same. The police have arrested Messrs Eli, Thomas, and Joseph Strawbridge, and they will be brought up this afternoon. Eli Strawbridge is an old settler, who formerly kept a store in. Greytown, and his arrest is naturally causing considerable excitement in a neighborhood where he has resided for so many years. , The principal attraction in Queen-street this afternoon is,a magnificent displny.of new goods at the Hall of Commerce, opposite the Club Hotel, We are informed that the new goods uow being shown' is the third winter shipment of this season, and consists of millinery, dress goods, silks, satins, velvets, plushes, and absorted Woollen goods. We had occasion to take notice of the very, nice display of G, W. Sohrodeu's first and second winter shipments this season, but the present show exceeds the two previous ones as regards display and novelty.—Advt. The Duke of Westminster owns the greater part of the City of Westminster, Grosvenor square, and Belgravia. The Duke of Portland owns Cavendish square, Portland place, Bentwick, Welbeek, Harlejy Cavendish, Vere, Holies, and Bolsover streets. The Duke of' Bedford owns all the Parish of St Paul's, Convent Garden and Market, Tavistock, Russell, and Bedford streets, and Bedford, Russoll Tavistock, and Wobourn squares. The hoy Marquis of Camden, the ■ Marquis of Northampton, tho Marquis of Salisbury, the Marquis of Exeter, the Earl of Craven, and Viscount i Portman own a good part of the best , of London.

The question has often been asked how it is that the public can always obtain at the Bon Marchd at such reasonable prices the latest novelties, textures, and designs such as are now being worn in all the most fashionable towns iu the world, and described in the leading Fashion Bo»ks of the day and not at any other shop in Maßterton, and in some cases not in Wellington 1 The reason to us is obvious. L. J. Hooper & Co., the proprietors, are thorough experts at their business, and buy well, only in the very best markets, aijdfat such prices as wilt enable them to sell well and cheap, and give their customers the benefit of their knowledge and experience, Also not being bound to purchase only from the Wellington merchants they import themselves for cash, thereby getting a large discount, saving all middle profits, and procuring the latest fashions. We advise everyone to see their stock of millinery, dress goods, hosiery, men's and boys' clothing; also look on another page of this paper for their —advertisement. We have purchased in the colonial market G7 dozen of gentlemen's white shirts, marvellously cheap, and however unsatisfactory ilie price paid must be to the importers, tho public will be nono the less glad to raap the benefit. These shirts, made of really good material, and honestly worth 8s fid each of any man's money, we shall sell at 3s Gd. The secret of this is that they have not militaiy fronts, but manifold pleats, and do not button behind but before Nevertheless they will look overy bit as well, and wear vastly better than one of tho other sort at. a much higher price. Many gentlemen of tho present day infinitely prefer this style, mid it is very certain that our ancestors patronised no other shape. If Julius Ciesar wore a shirt at all, depend upon it tint lie would as soon have turned his buck on his foes as have worn one buttoned behind. It is morally certain that Nelson, the hero of Trafalgar, won all his victories in a shirt buttoned in front, whilst we may tike it for granted that the Iron Duke at Waterloo sang out the command, "Up Guards and at them," from behind the bosom of a many ploated shirt. Where ancestors and heroes lead the way, we may safely follow, and advantageously purchase these marvellously cheap and excellent quality shirts at James Smith's, TeAro House, Wellington,—Advt,