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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1605, 9 February 1884, Page 2

The nominations for the new Pahiatua Road Board take place on Monday next. y Mr Patrick Dowd adveitises that two tip cartsand the staunch horse" Captain" will be sold at Messrs Lowes & lorns' yards on Wednesday nttt, 13th inst., unless disposed of privately in tho mean-' time.

The Hon. John Bryce arrived at Groytown yesterday by the morning train to meet the natives with reference to matters in connection with tho Wairarapa Lake, but several of, the chiefs and others interested could not get up to the mooting and the matter has beeu postponed for: three weeks, when Mr Bryce will be able to spepd- some more time yoer it. He returned to Wellington ,by tbe afternoon train.

The Committee of the Masterton Swimming Club met last night to consider the letter from the Wellington Club, and also re music and fixing seats. for. ladies. There will be, we are informed,, two or three members ot tho Masterton Club sent down to compete at the Wellington Bwiiriming contest. Tho Committee meet on the banks of the Waipoua on the 13th in the afternoon to fix up the seats, &c,, to be ready for tho sports on the following day.

The immigration and emigration returns for the last month arelmmigra-tion-Auckland 643, Wellington 515, Napier 3, Greymouth 17, Hokitika 3, Lyttelton 373, Dunedin 410, Invercargill OG4, total 2G28. Emigration—Auckland 298, Wellington 109, Napier 17, Greymouth 10, Lyttelton 81, Dunedin 5, Invercargill 340, total 860. The above returns do not include Timaru and Westport, which aro not yet to hand. The number, of Chinese who arrived in the colony last month was 3, while those who left the colony was 21. '

Garter, a warder in Lyttelton Gaol, was charged with wrongful disposal of a pair of boots issuod to him for liis use as wardor in Lyttelton Gaol, for his personal wear. _ Mr O'Brien,'gaoler, said the boots were in accused's .possession only a fow days ago, His wife had laken them to a shop in Lyttelton and exchanged,them for a pair of child's boots for one of his family. Boots issued to the accused by the prison regulations did not become absolutely bis till six months after their issue. .Ml' Nalder, for the defence, addressed the Bench. Case dismissed with a caution.—'Lyttelton Times,' January 31,

. The garnering of the Australian wheat .harvest is this year, says the Sydney Morning Herald, a much more satisfactory work- than it was last year or in 1882, South Australia; the chief cereal-pro-ducing colony, has not averaged more than five bushels per acre for three years. This year she will have .from ten to twelvebusholslpßivacre; and. instead of a-,surplus ofr 100,000 tons,: she will have; 400,000 tc>' 500,000 tons to export. Victoriajias also a magnificent crop, and a surplus of 50,000 tone last year-is likely, to bo succeeded 'One of 250,000 tons •this. New Zealand.will probably'have a 'large harvest j perhaps not larger than last but;with fair weather'.tho grain will be mtich sounder.' New' South Wales does not" count much, as a wheat-producing colony, but it is believed she will have as much 'as last year when she Jiad the largest productian of wlieat yet reaped. Beyond its own Australasia will this year probably have asurplus ol wlieat equiva'eot to 750,000 tons, Mr Archibald Forbes, writing on " Ol'ubs" in tho Sydney MorningrHerald, - days—' 11 New' Zealand 'is • perhaps' par -excellence tho land of Clubs. No New Zealand town inso small or so remote that has not its club; that institution has asserted itself oven.in Net? Zealand villages. Look at. JPateaj hi instance, a little 'space on the West Coast of the North Island, with a population .all {old of some 1,200 Souls. Pateawas perhaps a little'weak iii the Matter of sidewalks when I chanced to visit it, but it was strong in the possession of a ; Bnug little club,, with an 'excellent , reading'room and a capital billiard table.' Gisborne, the town, of the Poverty Bay settlement, with its populationof 2,000,. oan scarcely be said to be. in theiteteii track' of'the world's trafflci The (Jnion Company's'steamers ano.ho'r: it its bay about on'cb a "week, and afford thejettlement its sole means ot.iConimuMcatibr' withthe rest of creation {'biit the Gisborne Club is a model establishment. On its readingroom.lies a wider range of news publication, than any club south of the line tbatKliknow-can-boast of ; andr in;"addi;, ition to its nooinf or table 'fiocomod atid n^f gentlem^iit''-pt)ases3fes' paribus with bedrobm' i wherem the upcountry runholder can quarter his wife, who has come into town for a ball or to await the steamer's advent,

Tho New Zealand Lealher.Manufttotiir? ing Company. announce the. opening :' 'extensive rotail promises in Lambton Quay, opposite tho Government buildings., jAaher's display of arte and .Yankee jiovolties in Queen-street will close to-day in Mastertun. He will soil cheaply this afternoon and evening prior to the removal of his stock to Wellington. Wo hear that a master. .has been ensjagedfor the Catholio school oonnected with S.t.iPatrickja Church, and that some twenty or thirty children have been with-; drawn thia .week from the public aohool to. attend the one under the control of the Rev. Father Tracey. The Evening Post, in an editorial on its own nineteenth birthday, congratu: lates its subscribers on a material improvement in tho trade and prosperity [Oi.Welljnston, the inference being that [ this revival is tho outcome of the'new and improved machinery with which the paper is printed. . * \ I The Carterton Town Board has appointed Mr Philpot as Inspector of Nuisance, A match between the Greytown and Carterton' Volunteers will be fired at Greytown to»day. The following.team;': wiil represent' Greytown : -i- Eieut'.'! Cameron, Sergt, Trotman, Corpl, Baillio,; Bugler Varnham, Bandsman' Luhdqvist,' Yols, Willaaon, Porritt, J, Hollard, o.' Nelson, H. Hodge., Our..weather reporter, writes.that.ihe weather'"for the past week up to Thursday , was ■ favorable i /for /. tar- 1 vesting. It ria -.something now-a-days to chronicle Bix fine days in one week. Although the week ended' with rain 1 , yet the barometer is now higher than it has, been for several weeks,'and 'froiii this it' may he inferred tlwt fine leather willenable our farmers to .complete., the harvest to their satisfaction.' The rainfall for the week js .300 parts ot an inch; The barometer mean reading is '29.81 inches, and for the thermometer it ;is 60,5 Fali, The wind has been' breezy at times, and from a northerly direction until the rain commenced, when it changed to the south-west.

Speaking. at a banquet at Adelaide, Earl Rosebferry said—" He had not come among _ them to see auy deficiency of enterprise, but to see a young giant, At home they had old giants such as London, the German empire, or Mr. Gladstone himself—(cheers) —but here they had a young ; Hercules in Australia. It consisted of an area of : 3,000,000 square miles,' with a population, including New Zealand, of 300,000,000 which had increased during the past 20 years from 1,300,000, or moro '.than,do,ub|ed;the population.' Bi)t ! tM was not the least remarkable fact, Here there were ■ notio'• of those miserable beggars who disgraced England. Then this young Hercules impressed him with its cdmmercei which was now greater than that of Groat Britain at the liiao of the ■: Queen's i accession. l 1 Theirs now amounted to £100,000,000, wltilo that of Britain in 1837 was only £96,000,000, while she had a national debt of ,£700,000,000, and that of Australia was now only £90,000,000. This was an important fact which had impressed the stock exchange of the world. •.Most, of the sheep districts of the. colony have been reconstituted by. a-pro--' clama'ti'on under tlio hand of his Excellency the Governor, dated the 20th ult. The Wellington district is to comprise the Counties of Hutt, Wairarapa East, and Wair&iapa West, and tho islands of Kapiti, Mana, and Somes; and includes the following subdivisions.—Wellington subdivision, comprising tho County of Hutt, together with the islands of Kapiti, Mana, Somes. North Wairarapa subdivision, comprising County of Wairarapa East, South Wairarapa subdivision, comprising the County of Wairarapa West, Tho Rangitikei district is to comprise the Counties of Rangitikei, Oroun, and Manawatu.

Our local contemporary has attacked the administration of tho Public Works Department for its sharp prnctico in the matter of tho well known contract of O'Malley and Pepperell, but we fancy tho department deserves commendation. It had to deal with contractors who took up a big work at a mad price, and who it is now shewn • did not possess sufficient capital to carry on the work in an efficient manner Not only this, but tho oontraotors, who had not sufficient capital to work a first contract, took up a second at Foxton and a third at Wellington in a reckless. manner, Some one must loso when such men are in the field. The Public Works; Department is smart enoughlo protect itself from being a victith and if other people were equally wide awake, things would be better all round."

Playgoers in Masterton will be pleased to hear that Georgie Smithson, the clever character actress and mimic, who Ims during the last few days created quite a flutter in Wellington dramatic oirclese will appear on Monday next at-the Theatre Royal, Masterton. Georgie Smithaon gives one of tho brightest and cleverest drawing room entertainments' that have ever'as yet been witnessed in this colony, and in her programme novelties are a speciality.' The Post,' writing of her first performance in Wellington, said: —" Georgie jjinithsou's eutertainment at tho' Atlionseum Hail last night attracted' a full house, and, judging from- the hearty and. applause -and laughter : it" evoked, wiis:- ; -highly- successful. 1 The entertainment is as unique as its' title, " Kali" something or other, and is carried out by 'Misa' Smithson almost unaided. :Miss; Smithson 'is a kind of • female Maccabe, but her entertainment'differs from [that popularised by'this celebrated impersonator in that thevarious ..ch'arac-? tera aro strung together by a slight, plot. Th e art iat■ ce r taial y, p 03308833,t0 mar kiible versatility, while, her lightening ohanges of costume are accomplishedin a manner that is nothing short of wonderful, - every costume boing completer and many of them exceedingly elaborate,. Throughout' she manages "to. enchain- the attention'of the audieiice, and deservedly does she she win their approbation. 'The second part of the entertainment consists of a burlesque-pantomime, in wJiioh nearly the' whole of the characters are impersonated by Misa Smithson, occasionally two at' atime, a la Maccabe, and in turn she represents Old Mother Shipton, a sprite, a prince, columbine; harlequin, pantalooni' and clown. "

Mr Parsons made a trip up. tho ranged on'Suuday last to look after the ProspeoU ing party which is supposed to be damped there.; On reaching tho hutat the foot'of the bills, where weekly reports of progress were to be left, he found that nothing had been seen or heard of Mr George and his two comrades for a fortnight He was also informed that the Weather had 'been/exceptionally severe in therauges. Mr Parsons' 1 travelled iip to the Mitre; Peak, and discovered a camping .ground which had been evacuated and the carcase of a bullock: which, had furnished steaks to the ■ proapectprs, but could find no further trace' of them. ? If they ate still in the ranges'they must be short of stores —if not in the ranges, where aro they?— We understand tha asecohd party will bo' organised to clear up the mystery.

Lovelv CLMEs;4-There ate lovely'climes and places in evening zephyrs are Joaded the'poison oj fever' ;ani.epidemlcC /'impossible,, jvitjyjut ji;,supply of Hop.Bltliors! at hand.' These-Bitters impart' an equalising strength to; the sy'stipi, and prevent the accumulation of deadly spores and contagion, Bofinreandsee,

Waipoua brewery and plant is i.y ' " ;ij^.otice|ik:>'g(yohv : lii,-another column",of: eleillonfftf Xiijenelilg Committees for the Mastortohj CMlepoint, and Alfrodton' Distrid.tsiJ Nominations take place on tholGtlifor lifaaterton and Castlepoint, and on thalßth.for Alfrodton,

Messrs Elkina and T. Thompson on behalf of the iioensed-Victuallerai nominated to-day the old Licensing Committee for the Mastotton Borough, viz., Messrs Biajy Harvey, Price, Ghainborlain and Perry; Onenowcandidftte|Mr. Kingdon, im Templars,

The total rovnujo of. the .Wellington seolion of the Government railways for the month ending January 5111,1884, was £4944 the corresponding- periodo£ 1883. : The total receipts from the Government railways of the North Isknd-for the financial yenr ? ending January |15,; 1884, i was £179(163 18a 9dsj against $172,09114s for the'corresponding period of last'year, The total expenditure.for .Government railways for the .Nprthjsi a'ud forr the year ending ;18s 4d, as opposed to £121,196 9a lid for ;tho corresponding period of last year,'.', '

The fortnightly meeting of tho Waste Lands Board waa held yesterday, .Messrs G. Huldaworth (commissioner: mid chairman), H, Bunny, T, Mason, and W. ,W, Taylor being present. Tlie Chairman reported that ono section of rural land containing 73a 2c had been disposed pf under the deferred payment system for>:£llCf , si l , * ! <>f jwhich' 15103 was !: paid; bn account. A letter was received 1 : fi'dm a deferred payment settler it Kairanga .thlrtyTdiiy's grace/for the' payment:of?aninst'ftlmeiit due, 'lt wasresolved to grant the request. The chairman read a letter(fi'dm Chairman the Manawatu Road Board, asking whether any ;of tho money iadded to the piece of seotion 443, Palmerston North, for improvements, had beea so added on account vo^' hi® vboard| and urging tho olaim bfjhe bonrd'fora recoup oh account of the increased value now placed, upon the section. It was resolved " That' the receipt of the letter be'acknowledged and. that the Chairman l^ -tlie Mariawiitu-Eoacl Board be informed that the improvements with, which/the so.otiqn.is weighted do not in any way relate to road work done by the Road Board. : &<repor,t l wan received from ;.the •Chief Surveyor , containing a scheme for tho subdivision of ! laud in the ;Wainuioru and Kaiwliata districts, and it was said lands, as shownon attached to 'the Chief Surveyor's report, bo surveyed into,sections, say from 500 to 040- each', and'thst ifjfound desirable, section 267,268,270, aiid 271 be. arranged.as '-suggested. . The ohairlian°;repotte Jie had written to the Under Secretary recommending that the doubts as to the title respecting the 9000 acres in. tho, Kaiwliata block should be determined as speedily as possible. The Chairman mentioned that the membership.,bfiMr Wi W.'iTaylor.would termination the,l6thinstant. ; ' • Most people have felt at somo time or other what was. expressed by the dying man, who, when tojd that he was going where the wicked ..wouid .cease'from troubling, responded)'earnestly, ''And the good, too,, I hope!" For, our own part, f we ; havo sometimes-thought that if the good would cease from troubling, we would: gladly take our;chance of'the wicked.;-Even, the hero may inspiro the feeling,- as well as the aaint.— Spectator,

The iindly and vivid geniu3 of Leech was a jest in everything, and his loving wit covered the whole rango of,social life; Mr Tenniel has given a graver scope and a steadier tone to the license of political controversy, Mr Du Maimer's, work has been to illustrate .the. law that on all the beautiful features of men and women, throughout tho ages,, are, written; the solemnities and majesty of the law they knew, with tho cliarity and meekness of their obedience, and on all unbeautiful foatpres aro written either i?norance of the law, or, the malico and insolence of .their disobedience.—Ruskin, .

. The Sydney Morning Herald.says: " The successful negotiation of a.New Zealand loan for a million sterling,, and at a fair premium, and witiv offers for a very much larger sum than was wanted, is an interesting' commentary oii 'the attempt that was-made-.to-baulk New South Wales., . Out; neighbors are twice ■ as. heavily, indebted in , proportion to population as \ve are, yet-no attempt was made to stop, thoin.^rpni,getting. moro money; and we do'not I 'hear that' the English Press was prompted to raise any of,the usual warnings about ihe'- reckless ness, of Colonial '.Governments,:'. The loan; would probablyrhaYe.'gono even if there had been.pppositioji, .but : thdro;'was none. Tlie little game, that, had .been tried on against tile stronger Colony, and failed, was not ventured on when tho weaker Colony appeared directly: afterwards in the market. We hear the speculators managed after all to secure 1 the' greater part, pt ,ouf Iqau for, themselves, and liavo since rilii i't'up to 35s premium, The zeal with which they .now commend the ; stock to their' friends afciar premium,-' compared with their ' depreciation of bur .credit beforo the loan was launched, ought to set thinking some of those London journalists whom they succeeded in infecting with their pretended alarriis.!' •'

Early Closing.—i'or the benefit of the Public, and particularly our employees, ,wo. have decidedifor 'the faiiife''to ' close' our establishment at 8 o'clock -Eapp & Hak'k. —Aim'.

■ ; After several years' experience insupplying .watches for the colouial marjcet',;Littlejbhn: and;. Son, of Lambton Quliy,i Wellington,' have observed the need for a .thoroughly sound .English Lever Watch at a lower price than' that usually paid for such watches, It ia'only bj tho judicious divjsion of labor and by the;manufacture of :largo quantities oiija 'Uniform plan, that"we are enabftd' to meet this want Wo have now tho pleasure of introducing our Six Guinea.Hunting,Silver Lever. 1 'This;watch, being simple in design, durable, highly finished, and accurate; fulfils all the!requirements of a pooket timekeeper. A.. Written guarantee for two years will be given (with each watch, Sent by post, securely packed, on receipt,r!of : Post Office order or cheque.—(Advt) Salvage Sale—3ss ladies summer vlsites for 2S;6d; 12s Gd cashmere jackets for 2s lid; 18s 6d lace capes for 7s Gd; Tc Aro ■House,: Cuba-htreel, Wellington.—Advt..; ./ Salvage Sale—2o girls' summer fichus for..ls;4d each; 50 girls' print skirts for ; 3d each; 100 girls' pinafores for 3d each; 21 girls' print costumes for 2s Gd each: 12 black lustre costume's! reduced Iroiri 18s-Gd' to7B Gd each fti'Ti\Aty\lime> Culi street; Wellington.—Advt.

Salvage Sale—ss ladies' print costumes for 2a Gd; lis 6d zephyr costumes for 7s 9il; 21s sateen costumes for 12s 6d; 37s Oil Madras muslin costumes for 13s 6d; 47s"6d' Mack grenadine costumes for 12s Gd; 45s oaßhmere costumes, ia eyeing, shades, for 12s Gd ; at TcAro House, "Cuhslrcti, .Wellinfflon.—Advt. . ;-,j Salvage Sale—Every lady should see our stock of capes, jackets, fichus, and costumes, fts 'the ;prices are unusually low for the quality,j and,.ye, are determined,,to,, clear, them out duHng tfiis sale, at 'Tc Aro House, • Cubci'Stmt, Wellington,—Advi, , ..Salvage Saie—Our French sateens aro beingigivon.away,, for 9}dper yard"; those at Is 6d 'for Is; and a splendid lot of diagonal oatmeal cloths, ia blue, cream, drab, and pink, usual price la ,4£d, will ba sold for 9&d)peryard, atTeAro 'Mm, CuMreet, Adtt; . . j'Salvage Sale—Girls' .straw liafs^. 3d; frjish.'hats,4i> feather trimmed hats, Is 9d; ladies' trlmmed hats,' Is lid; and all our milimery bontetsat about one-half the usualpricea at Tc Aro Horn, Ctdasfml,