The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1883. GRIEVANCES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1460, 18 August 1883, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, AUGUST 18, 1883. GRIEVANCES.

It would well if the ratepayers of the Masterton Rding now that they are beginniug to take an interest in local government administration would investigate fully their position with respect to rates.. A dual rate is, a grievance, but' it is not the' only one that they suffer from. A. small holder of lundis quite as well able to pay a dual rate' as a Jarge holder. It is not the . .djiftl' rate • which is killing smW 'farmers, but\a'fourfold.rato, alquttdruple'iate— Which they have 'to pay. . havp,beenbooking; through the County valuation roll, and have come to the colusion that the small farmers of the Masterton Riding avo

victimised by an inequitable valuation, We have tried to obtain an accurate estimate of-the average valuation { per acre in four Ridings;of the County, and we believe the following table may be considered a fairly guide :

VALUATION, Castlepoint Riding ~. 30s per acre Alfredton „ ... 35s „ „ Wainuioru, .„. ... 605,, „ Masterton „ .„ 140s „ „ Now, if we take as a test of the productive power of the land in the vari-, ousßidings, its sheep carrying capacity, it ia evident, on the above valuation, that if the Castlepoint Riding carries one sheep to the acre—and it ought'to do this—the farms in the neighborhood of Masterton should carry five sheep to to the acre. Now it is well known that the Opaki, Waipoue, Manaia, and other rural lands about Masterton won't carry five sheep to the acre. We question whether they will average two and a-half. Why, therefore, should they be valued as if they were capable of carrying five? In the Castlepoint,'Alfredton, and Wainuioru Ridings, the basis of valuation is obviously the sheep carrying capacity of the country. The properties in these districts range from one to three sheep per acre, but in the Masterton Riding anqther basis of valuation is taken, A fanpy valuation is founded, not'on the productiveness of the land, but on its vicinity to the town, and .the-conse-quence is that settlers are inadc':to pay comparatively heavier rates in the home riding than in the other three. The question of excessive valuations in the Masterton Riding is worthy of the consideration of settlers, If farmers in this neighborhood are handicapped by the Government valuators they should combine to resist the unjust imposition both before the Assessment Court and before Parliament. We commend tho suggestion recently made by Mr Hawkins that a settlers association should bo constituted to discuss questions of this character and to take any united action towards obtaining redress of any grievances under which they labor. We believe that stops are now being taken to constitute such an association. If settlers by an organisation of such a character aro able to discuss thoroughly and exhaustively, not. one point of local government administration, but all. points they will do far more good for themselves and.the district than they can accomplish by hastily signing an ill considered petition which will probably turn out after all to be merely so much waste papers.

The junior football cap matoh between the second fifteen of Masterton aud the first fifteen of the Union Club, Wellington, was played to-day in Mr G. Dixon's paddock and resulted in a victory for the latter by a try to love.

An advertisement of Mr Cameron's patent top preserving tins for fruit, meat, butter, fish, etc., appears in another column. Last year we tried these tins, by potting down bdtween one hundred and two hundred pounds of peaehos, Wo find the fruit to-day as fresh and;good as whett it was gathered, and the process of saving it was very simple and inexpensive. The same tins can be. used year after year, so that after the first year the expense of preserving is-but'a nominal one, ( '»-

On our back psga will be found an exceptionally able letter on politics, signed " Pablicolft," which we have re-publisbed from the oolumns of a Wellington contemporary.

A parent writes to, ub to oomplain that one day this week water was unobtainable at the .Public School from eiihuiv the pump or the lank. If tho comphi'iit is well founded, no doubt the com i.i toe, with its customary promptitude, will remedy it immediately. Mesrrs Lowes & lorns are favored with instructions to sell in Septemher fifty town seetionß in the centre of the new and rising district of Pahiatua. The future importance of this rapidly advancing district is assured, and town allotments ought to be eagerly Bought after. There was a great jollification (reports the Standard) at Mr B. Buckevidgo's Maryborough Hotel on Tuesday'even iug. About one hundred sat down to a dinner lavishly provided by boat Buokeridge. The usual toasts followed, the health of Mr and Mrs Buokeridge being drunk with great enthusiasm. The boards were then cleared for dancing, the music being provided by Messrs Fuller and Lundqviat, There was an absence of all rowdyism, and the whole company had a moat oujoyable time of it.

The committee on the Otago dummy ism have brought up thoir report, It finds the chargo of allnged dummyism on Gillibrund &. (Jo's station to bo fully proved, and that the purohases wore not bona fide. They recommend that they bB cancelled, and that possession ef the land ba resumed by the Crown ; nlso that increased powers be' given to Waste Lands Boards m dealing with such matters, and that a Royal commission be appointed to further iuvestigite other cases of alleged dummyism, A petition has been prepared and signed by about seventy senium of Olarevilie, Gladstone, aud the suiruuiidmg district, to havo a goods shed erectod and the present railway station enlarged. Mi Buchanan took the petition (b Wellington last Monday, and promised to lay the matter before the proper authorities Four wres of land was given to the Government on condition that suitable buildings. Bb.ould ,:ho 'erected for the requirements of the district; failing the erection of such buildings, steps will be taken for the withdrawal of the offer, A case in which the defendant was chimed with selling liquor after hours was brought before the Dunedin Police Court Jaat Thursday. The evidence shewed thatthe money and the jug had been left in the bar of the hotel before eleven o'clock on Saturday night, and that the beer had been taken away at half-past one on Sunday morning. After a brief consultation, the Benoh dismissed the oaße, holding that though there had been a delivery of the beer during pro bibited hours, there was no proof of its sale at an unlawful time, while the information oharged the defemlaut with selling and supplying liquor on Sunday. A charge against Captain Burfoot, of the Salvation Army, for having obstructed i the road at the Octason on Sunday last was heard at the City Police Court, Dunedin, last Thursday. It was shown by the evidence that from 150 to 200 persons had assembled, and knelt down first on the pathway and then on the road, but it ootild hdCbe aaid that in bo doing they had obstructed the traffic Mr Deniston submitted that the case had broke)) dop, since it had not been shown that:any. obstraolion-.to traffio-had-been oauaod, and contended that in the absence of_ such evidence the cue'muit.'k.djsmissed, the Benoh,. .iowjvetj' different viewof the matter, convicted"tho defendant, inflicted a nominal fine, and oonsented to state a case for appeal,

It is reported that there is more that one.case of typhoid feyer in tho neighbor'; hood of Kurijjuhi, ; If bo, it .isj/time that; the Borough called ujpdu ipaiiew medical officer for a report, )::■} ;| ; ; ■ fy.-. ' We call attention io ah; Advertisement of the Railway Department 1 re the special arrangements for the Wellington Poultry Show.'.' '.- "';- ■>;.. . . -'y--'-'r

We understand'that the B/.M. has issued instructions' that - the • Masterton police in future' 'aro riot to oall in J.P.'s. to d'ettle any cases they may get. The informations are to bo laid before the. Olerk/of-the Court, who if he thinks necessary .will have them tried either by J.P.'a or the R.M.. :•■-■■ '■;.',' .' :>■

The Jerome BrotherV, announce a;per-' formance on the wire rope'and! single and; double trapezo, to be, followed by two' farcea, on Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday evenings next; The brothers announoe .that they will .wait aoross -Qaeeh•street on n tingle wire 80ft above the road each evening .before' the performance. '.; ■. ' : ': ; Notice ia given 'that the partnership hitherto existing between Messrs Neil! A Cookery, the well-knowu livery stable propnetors, has been dissolved by mutual cpnsn.iit, Tho business will.be conduoted for the future, we understand, by Mr P. Cookery. ■■■ .-; .;• :

A new arrivarby the" Oxford," named William Smith', has been apprehended by the Masterton .police on aeharge of stoat, ing a cheque for £26',75. 6d : from' a |m'an named Merger, a shepherd fronxMessrs Elder &'"Go's, station. It appears the ohoque was taken- from MoGregor while he was in a dniinkenrgtate, and Smith presorted it at Mr D. P. McCarthy's;: store, paying for goods to the amount of 6s, and receiving the balance as change. About £2o;waa found -jon- him when arrested. •■ . , - ...

•We are informed that it is i'the inten- 1 lion ofithq firuidandOddfellowFriendly Societies, in connection with the Masterton; Strius; Band, to give a grand, oouaplimehtary ball to Mr and Mrs Corbett at tlioTheatro Royal on Thursday next/as a token of their appreciation of thetnahy. and valuable services rendered by the late hoßt of the Empire Hotel to the several institutions referred to. The present flourishingcondition,of.the band and the two friendly societies is in a great measure due tn Mr Corbetl's past exer-. tionson their behalf. The local Volunteers also propose to take a special interest in this; reunion, in recognition of the ■nssibnceformerlygiven then! whonMr Corbett placed a building at their disposal as a drill shed. The directors of the Theatre Royal, another local institution whioh may be said to owe its existence to Mr Corbett, have placed their commodi oils premises at the disposal of .the ball committee. During the evening we "are informed one or two valuable presentations will be made, whioh will further testify to the appreciation of MrCorbett's services in this district. Admission on this occasion will be by invitation, and by tickets obtained from members of the committee, The new Theatre may be oxnected to be crowded on this occasion, which .promises to be one of the most interesting events which has yet been celebrated within Hb'walls. Another mealing of the Committee of the Poultry and Dog Show was held last evening, Mr George Humphries in the chair. A letter was read from Mr Penuofathor, Private Secretary, stating that, His Excellency the Governor had consented to open the exhibition on Thursday afternoon, at 2 o'clock. The Secretary mentioned- that Mr J. C. Harris, the proprietor of. the Now Zealand.-Times, had presented the Association with a handsome silver cup,.ami the Committee, with a view to encouraging the breeding of larger bird?, decided- 1 to make it 4 special prize for 1 class 26 (light brown cook and two hens iir/der twelve months,). Mr bVS. Downeahaspresented for competition's single-barrelled fowling-piece aud this will be given for the best cock carrier pigeon over 12 months old. The secretary was instructed to write to Messrs Harris and Downes, acknowledging the receipt of their gifts with thanks. Mr Weyland, of Kaikoura, wrotu intimating that he intends forwarding to Wellington (for exhibition only) a number of his best honiiug pigeons. The total number of entries received is 363, which includes a large number from oountry districts, Mr A. Elkins, of Mastertoh; being the largest exhibitor. The cup presented by Messrs Blundell Bros, to fa given to the person residing up. wards of ten miles from Wellington, showing the greatest number of exhibits, s. .therefore sure to fall to Mr Elkins' After some further routine business, the Committee adjourned until Monday night when the final arrangements in cunneolion with the show will be made.

; According to the China Mail, telegraphs in China are likely to receive a most important extension in the shape of a line from Canton to Shanghai. Should this line be constructed, the southern port will then be in-a direct connection with Tientsin. '- Lear' ore, according to the same authority, has been discovered in Kwantnng the proviuce in which Canton is situated j aud it is proposed to work < mines of this metal.

More than one half of 45,000li,children. lately examined in Germany manyworo found to be suffering..from defective vision. In some schools the proportion of the short-sighted was as high as 70 to 80 per cent., whilst in the Heidelberg Gymnasium every lad in' the school had bad eyesight. .This lumentable state of things arises from insufficiently lighted schoolrooms, bad print, arid bud paper,' the method of writing in vogue,-_.aiid ill-contrived desks and forms.

According, to Berlin advices, the Germans are.quiotly but indefatigably active in the work of obtaining a firm footing in Central Africa. Scarcely had Lieut. Woissmaun traversed the Continent, Lieut. Bobbin subjugated Gondi, and Lieut, Poesche been killed by the natives,.than anew party left Germany-for Tanganyika,' which is apparently the central point of the German efforts at colonisation in equatorial Africa.

The extraordiuary sale of Surplus Winto Stock at Te Aro., House,';Wellingtonshould, bo a -matter of some"'interest to all rcadors of the WAiiuitArA Daily for these special reason.-, Ist, because' of the largeness of the stock, 2nd, because of the short duration t,{ the sile, 15 days,only, 3rd, because of the uhprece. dentedly low prices. Our price list, issued with this paper, should, we-thiuk,, astonish everybody, and very certain it ißthata trip to the sale would be money in pooket to every Wairarap* resident-that should try it. If ndt able to. come, their orders, accompaniodwith,cash,would be as.well executed 'as though selected personally.' It eimply means 20a for 10s, or even less in many cases, therefore try;it, O ye residents, and .that right early. Deaf in mind that we country businesses 'whatever/ no bunches in anv township, and no one is authorised to BeU. for us, ei(her regularly :or irregularly, ' We'have onlyJm place,.of: bwkus in ; irtw'jice, ,aqd,:the ipublio Would; do weij, to keep jhw .fact 'in mind when pending their; orders, or'j lington.that our able' establishntent' in the colony,is that known as J'asuh Surra's Te Aro House, Wellington.—Advt,

:Dr GrabH.am": hjii .been appointed a member of I the: Central Board of Health lurlieCpf Mf Lewis, rosigne|Mfe, ; " -The Freieryihgi and) {Refrigerating Company appears iu our advertising columns, We welcome iato the'-.fiold what promise.to be'aseoondlL'.QearOompany,- and will in •our libit isßue,;rofer more particularly >o the advantages': it is likely to confer on this.district,..-.'. _ ; ,,,, 1 .,. :^. ,,.,.•....„■>. . Refrigerating companies are. ;thY rage, A new one is'starting ia Ohristoburcb, and iu th& country".dittriots of Otagb the feeling seems to.be,strongly in favor of a new one for.: this;provii'ico, The Olutha Lentler'thufrisUDlniatjisaa the objeotions-to' •the-present (Jbmp'ariy :■*"The'iposftion; is this:, that tho shareriu thu : pr!eseoi refrigerating works have hesn.moDnpolised by a few capitalists and fiookdv- 'lera, who use'the works solely for their q« ; peoupty.beneit,;. ,Thofew 'shareholdei are ablu/by means of. these works, ; to .i/ :p () rt:'their-Bn( , |'luß r 6tock to; the Home market, Where they realise nearly dou l 3 the price ruling here, Nbn slinreiioldei-;,are;; ,ejicluded|vfroin .-tliis privilegoi a.V 1 have to content' therriaelvos with the ) w figure obtainable in theDunedin n.'.rket." T?he feeiinß pf'dis content ,tl is 'referred to has.,., found expression,;'^,a, meeting.-'o!,.*the <3lutha AgricuU'urt' arid' Pastoral ( Association hold recenvliy!,^at.'*irfoh' : 'l're'iiolu6o'ii was passed to the : effect,that.ajnew.Compsny would be siipp'ortea'Uhißßi the'present one issued. new..ihares. tp*bo' acquired by striall fa)fmerß,' ; Un4tittMilton;: aficordirifj to the"Brace Hefaldj ft company is projected, aij^akrgep,mber<)f residerita'ih thff diUrifi?.;tiw*~prdMied'to support it. The. Herald thinks there is ample scope in .thatdistriot foraoompany>./ '■■ We remind drapery purohaser's that G. ;W. Sohr.o.deriqtei'ds'Bh'dHly;' iramenso clearing laie'to a : clqse. , Ladies aud gentlemen; having patronized tbVHall ot Commerce ddrHig'tup present, sale; Bpeak very highly u'f the quality of their purohaaea, whioh, together with moderate priceß, have given every satisfaction. Great reductions •.will' bo.inside 1 to. cash: .'purchasers thisfday'; fcrid;ithe;'following; .week.—AnvT; ' ! l-'-.A"•'.'''''■ ■:•■" It has been again -officially' announced the Spanish Commission of National Defence has at"present under consideration a complete 1 project for the fortification and "defence of the Pyrenees, . -, . >■ ; ; ;/■.,;■;■■; .; ;y', Mr John' Gree'nleaf. •-Whittiei", the American poet, has. it is stated, been so deeply impressed wM'the publication ,of the Carlylo letters;; by/ Mr Troude, that he has destroyed' the major part of his correspondence, extending over fifty years, lest it should be published'after 1 bis deabn,' and' btiiig suffering to any, He haS : 'expressed'a wish that all the letters he.has written to friends should bo treated in the same manner.

. Mr IWlerick Crouch, the author of "Kathleen Mavourneen," #ho used to be the organist of a church at Wash ingfcon, is now living at Baltimore, old and worn out,, and- ip.a condition' of poverty. ; Ho is* iii his 75tb ygar...'... MvJS. E, Rigga, after,having made careful, study, of, ,the. .niythplpgy: ofj the: Dakota Indians,' conclude* .there is much in it to warrant a belief that these aborigines origin. *'"''■ ' ' '. ~, <,.. ,v . . A ininistor travelling through : the West in a hiissipnary. (M,j>aci.fcy^iie'verii]'! years ago, was'holding an .animated theological .;■ conversation with 1 an old lady upon whom he had qajledj in ttjej course of which ho alVedlier wnalt idea she had formed of the. doctrine of total depravity. 'Oh, 1 said she, " I think it is a gooi'. doctrine, if people would only live i pto it." ".,... ■.'•■.-

The "Oia" announces, thai at a banquet £ >en- the\oifc ; .da l y,'' ! by the Marquis Sardoal, the yice-President of the Qlu uiber ofDeputies, toyarioua' Portuguese and Spanish 1 ' statesmen, Senor Casielar delivered a speech in.l -which-hefdvocated the: jUnjjtmiipfc the! two nations of the Peninsula, contend- ( iug that such union would enable then), to enjoy in the future the ihrTnence to' which their past history entitled them. He added: " No. jjneientertains any idea of annexation 'or, •conquest. : 111 must depend upon>the free will tof Portugal."', The; Portugese discount Almedinha pointed out,'in "reply, that great difficulties stood in the way ..of a union between ni tranquil nation like the Portuguese and : a ;%n>y.^wjlichy ; like Spain, was in arcontinunt stetfeM agitation. '•.. He cone)ude.4riiy r that if Spain gave proofs during a,.lqDg period of lier attachtn'ent toli'berty and order.-, the nations might unite, and, though always', preserving ?their independence, blend their 'existence by identity of policy and unity spirit. ? A wholesome warning against an imprudent indulgence in .'.'parting glasses" on the occasion of farewell visits to friends on board ship is afforded (says, the St James's Gazettee) % ''the : fate that befell ithree soldiers belonging to; the Royal Sussex Regiment stationed • at-Malta, who arriv'ecfat ConstajitiW nople on the Ist iristi on bparcl-.the, j British, steamer ;Gavdi'a"'*Boy "under I somewhat melancholy circumstances;'' The day after the ship left Malta, > where she had been uuloadingfv.iti-.ibe ] quarantine dockj her captain and offi :! j cers were alarmed -.to ffi& l followed .by. two.jine'nl' maf4H'gtavely towards them'frbm 'the forecastle and salutein true.military style. On being asked to explain their, presence; on board the vessel) it ajifieafei ihat'bhd'J unfortunate men} Awhile paying: a;visit | with several of their comrades to the crow of .the Car'dis Bey on the previous, evening, were invited by.; their friends 'to go below, and taking a parting glass 4 .- They accepted the invitation,, and -took so many parting glasses that they unCdiisoiously turned into the sailors' bunks instead' of going ashore,, arid,; falling, asleep were carried '.'out? to sea'; against their On Arrival at; Con- ; stantinople. steps to fm&% passage for;them. back to Maita as'sopn as possible; and it is have, now rejoined;.their'reginient as' sadder and wiser inen. ;; -r <; ..[ ~, .-.

'.. Hohmyk. PiUs ara admirably: adapted for the cme'«{diseases incidental to females. Many from, delioaoy bear-in aeeret, for women are aubjeot to'complaints. v?hioh ; ' reouire spec: il remedies, and it'is no'tf'an I indispu'ted hot that there' is hone so'suitable* for suchwrnnlainti asflolloway's Pilis. They are in .Jnable to females of sUaMS, young or <d, married-or .lingle.-They -purify thj b vi, regulate. sepr,etions. correot: all euspended 9|e»r %i complexion, and brighten' tha,countenance'.' The first app'roaoh-of disordeied .aotfon' .should, be met jjjth appropriate dqeei of .theft Pills; whilßttakjng them "no .restrio..' 'contain i nothing ;Whieh cinlposiibly prove: injurious to /: ihe: gystem. They aot by' purifying the blood and regulating every* l organ. . , j'i'

TheKihg of the Belgians was on May 16; thrown from his horse, which 'was;' run into by a bioyclist, but his Majesty was not hart by the fall, ; Miss Booth, daughter of General Booth, of; the Salvation "Army, is, according to a. Paris contemporary, about to be married to a French journalist. '. An; explosion of. fire damp, causing the death of seven men and,injuring several, .others, has occurred at a colliery/ at 'Lourches, near Valenciennes, , . Nearly thirty-five, thousand bunches of primrdses.were BentintoLondon by one tradesman for the primrose aale in honor of Lord Beaconsfield's : birthday.' • !