The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1884. THE LAND.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1688, 17 May 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1884. THE LAND.

The question of what is to be done with the land in New.Zealand is likely to be keenly discussed \ during the coming session. How to i tax it has been a favorite experiment with both the political parties in the colony, and some enthusiastic reformed would even tie it up iii a napkin for Hie benefit of posterity. Our land is the wealth of the colony. It produces almost all that we export, and on its improve ment depends, mainly our progress and prosperity. As yet only a titho of it is cultivated, and as yet we have only a population sufficient to cover this tithe, In the old days when province competed against province to draw settlers oh the land, sections were given away without money and without price to any men who would settle on them. In districts where land was sold it was put into the market at lower prices than nosy prevail. Within the last twenty years good bush laud, not eight miles out of Wellington, was disposed of by the Provincial Land Office at ten shillings aii acre, and the bulk of this.'-ten shillings was returned to the purchasers as a road subsidy. We have now gone to an opposite extreme in dealing with land purchasers. Crown lands are sold at fancy prices, subject to an.annual contribution to the Government, The title is called freehold but so long as the land is subject to an annual tax towards the Consolidated Revenue, it is a sort of spurious freehold. The bulk" of die land in New Zealand still''remains to be settled. Take the. WairarapaC'oanty for an example, In it there is absolutely a greater area of good waste land than 1 there is of settled land. The Government could, if it thought proper, offer for sale a thousand sections, each containing a hundred acres of land. Every body knows, however, to do so would be futile I : It would be impossible to find a thousand settlers willing to take upsectionsj'indeedjitwould be very difficult to gather from the four corners of the North Island a hundred purchaser's, Improved land at moderate prices hangs fire in the market, and forced sales only cover the value of mortgages! The land market of Ibe colony has been strangled almost in its infancy, and the only remedy the ministerial, and opposition parties can suggest is to pull the ' bow-string tighter. We have .had ample experience in New Zealand of the effect of both a land tax and a property tax on the market value of lahd.; They have simply impaired its value and made it a drug in the market. A great lot of nonsense is talked about large holders of land, Taxing land has k'lled'some of them, but not all; but for every big holder who has come to grief a dozen small holders have had to surrender their properties.. The blight which falls on land values in a new country when undue burdens are placed upon it does not bring the big tree down and spare the bramble, but. affects all growth. Our land is our main chance If freed from its present fetters it will bring capital and labor amongst us, The time has .arrived when hard-work-ing settler's who have invested their all in land—who- bought their sections under no stipulation that they should contribute a reMl,under the Property Tax Act—should ' rally round Sir 'Julius Yogel iii- insisting upon the repeal of a measuro' which is iniquitous in principle, and which is fatal to the best interests of the colony. The land must pay the burdens of New Zealand, there is.nothiiig else to pay them with ; biit the produce; of the land will do Ibiß if the. tax-master's hand is taken off the soil and the depreciation in values which rio^ ■■ disheartens country settlers, is removed, ■■■■ ■

Fresh tenders are invited foralteralioria and additions to the BankofNow Zoalanil at Carterton, A working bee takes place at'Greytotfn this aftofnoon io put tho recreation resorvom order, ;■'•■•'.';■'_ '; ■".'

Wo direct attohtion to Messrs Eapp& Hare's price list which is published:as an inset in to-day's issue, '■;■, ' The entries for tho W.J. C, District Produce, 1887 nainbor thirty, and for the Champagne Stakes, 1885, eighteon. --■

The Collector of Customs notifies that Mr Joseph lows of Mastsrtoii has taken out an auctioneer's license for the ourront year, ' !.'

Messrs Lowes & lorns are instructed to sell splendid dairy cows, horses, pigs, &c, i&o., in the estate oi the late Mr Owen, of Olarevillo, , \' *•■ ■.. The total amount transferred unde> the Roads rind Bridges' Construction ; Act, 1882, and. paid over' to tlto counties of the colony, during the year etidingi 31at March, 1884, was i' 89,496 7* Bd;''"-S

The following articles appear on our back pago;-" Disturbing Salvationists," 'Gold in the Transvaal," "A motabln Harvest Home," "The way they name their streets in China," and a sewing machine anecdote.

Bain fell on thrco days this week, Rainfall for the week, '175 parts of an inch. Mean reading for the barometer is 29'836 inches, and for the thermometer it is 51 Pah. Wind light, and principally from a northern direction. I

Mr R. Crawford in another column,* requests that all accounts owing to! him will be paid within one monthj as ho is likely to be giving up business in Caker* ton, and all accounts not paid'jyithin the above date will bo sued for, ;> ' I j ■

We hiive -received froni Mr Aj P. Feilding, samples of a -very fine' ,pear named "Iho Napoleon" which; ho is now selling at his fruit Emporium, and which aro likely, from their size and flavor, to command the market,

Mr iV. White, M.8.R., who represents a working man's constituency, has declared himself in favor of annual parliaments, abolishing tho Upper Houso, establishing a National Bank, and national insurance, He. secured an enthusiastic vote of confidence I

At the Police Court, Greylown, on Friday, tho chief Ngatuero, was charged by Mr Price with cutting a fence at Aliikouka, I Improperly of Mr W, O. Buchanan, Mr Gray (Beard & Gray) appeared for the informant, and Mr W." Parker for defendant. After the Bench (Messra Wood and Tnlly, ! J.P.'s) had taken evidence, Mr Gray, by permission, withdrew the present information, and afterwards laid a fresh one, which will probably be heard at Masterton.

The heaviest part of the work on tho Opaki railway contract is the big cutting abovo the railway station. Wo notice that very satisfactory progress is being made with it, and in about two months' tuno it will be completed. The long bridge over tho Waipoua is also nil but fim3hod. There is a strong staff of men throughout the section, and by next spring it ought to be ready for the permanent way to be laid.

The Standard very justly complains that poor Mr Coleman Phillips is afflicted with " Booth on the brain," and adds : "We despair of getting Mr Phillips to take an impartial and common sense viow of this timber question, so long as he continues to be afflicted with that pe* culiar malady- 1 Booth upon the brain,' If Mr Phillips would eschew writing to the newspapers on this Booth business for the next six months, ho might possibly get into a more healthy and wholesome state of mind. In mtaciful consideration to himself, to ourselves, to our readers, and to tho Wairarapa press generally, we earnestly implore Mr Coleman Phillips to adopt our suggestion." \ . Mr H. H. of s!tonestead, writing to the Standard,'on ferrets,, says: —I will givo a few which\l got from the persons themselves: Mi\W, H. Jones found a ferret in the act of killing his fowls. Mr E. Dunn killed one.whilst it had hold of a fowl's throat, her noise saved tho rest of the fovJs. Mr Nix caught one in his fowlhouse killing his hens. Mr G. Hollard had \ls turkeys killed by them. Mr S. Vennel! confirms what I wrote in the Standard, two years ago, He states that a ferret kiiled'.in one night, nine strong pet lambs \y biting them in Ibe throat. The next: night it got into the fowlhouso and killed the: fowls and turkoys. He (Vennel))' then! set a rabbit trap and caught an old ferret, He further states that a day or two after: his cat brought home to her kittens two young ferrets, the young ferrots\ after losing their protector and had crawled out and so got caught. I could enumoralo several more instances which happened at Peatherston and Greytown. I have lulled two ferrets, and have seen two more which will not survive my gun and dogs. lam death to ferrets,. wild cats, wild dogs, and hawks, " So, my little hoy, you would liko to join our Sunday school, would you ?" said the Superintendant, kindly. " Yes, sir," replied the little boy. " What is'your name, dii 1 you say?" "Johnny Simpson." ■'' Oh; yes; you are the son of Mr Simpson. Let me see; is your father a Presbyterian or an Episcopalian J.". ',| No sir,- he isn't either. He's a newspaper man." -. ■ ■ • ■:; j' Sir Lepel Griffin writes in the Fortnightly for March "harvest of democracy,' He points out that the British Empire, sp far from being played out, has not yet reached the full term of its'expansion], But ho adds a significant remark: That with' 9,000,000 square miles an 300,000,000 subjects of tho .Queen,.™ . empire only awaits the'statesman' ivlios genius shall gather it into one mitjlit; ■ federation, animated by loyalty' aiii dignified by freedom," But that is.tin ; key to the wholo question, a jtatesman not" afraid' of responsibility, and'with! r soul beyond the Caucus and a" Birmirigj ham view of politics, . " ' : i ' A -worthy parson (who is. a" lililo lo too ready to employ the language, of'the pulpit in evory-dny conversation) was driving in, his buggy to bold a.seruce when he whs hailed by a man on hoiseback, "havo you come far along-the road]" His Reverence—"Oh; yessome thirty miles." Well, did you see any horses on the road 1 I'm looking for lost horses." " I did not see any horsis," said the littlo parson, impressiyily, •' and, in fact, friend, I am myielf seeking lost sheep," . The bushnan stared at the parson's coat, then at the buggy, and ejected, " Oh, that be hau(ed for a yarn,"'a 3 he rode off incredulous ■ The Echo saya-:—lii'the days when She late Wendell Phillip's services as alio/; turerwereui great -'demand, he used to send this invariable reply to lecture canmittees: "I will come and lecture on literary subjects for lOOdols a night aid my expenses; on slavery for nothing aid pay my own expenses." j

Good words- mom good ADTnoßmi- * * * We confess that we are perfectly amasd at the run of your Hop Bitters. : Ye'' uevei had any thing like it and never heift of the' like. The writer (Benton) has ben selling drugs here nearly thirty years, aid has seen the rise ot Hostetter's, Vinejar and all other bitters and patent medicine,, but never did any of them, in their best da's, begin to have tho run that Hop Bitters hate, * * We can't get enough of them, We re out of them half the time * * Extract f riri letter to Hop Bitters Co; Aueust 22, '■'&,. from Benton, Myers & Co j Wholesale drg; gists, Cleveland, 0. Be sure and see. I

Tho British King sailed from Wellington for Lyttellon at noon yesterday, taking 9,000 carcases of frozen mutton. Sir George Gray arrived from the South yeslprdiiy; in; Sir'; Georgo has taken &■ direct'to ; Auokland,' but may possibly speak at : either Napier or Gisborne on route.' .'■■'''■ i. >'.•. ; ,;';

Mr Dwan is expected to contest .ijie' Hutt seat at tho coming election, ''• ' ..[ The farm known as " Owen's estate," Taratahi, is advertised to let on a monthly tenancy. . .-.'. * .'.,.-.',....

: All the beds in theMaaterton Hospital are now full, If more patients are admitted additional bods will have to be provided, ..•'•■■ . Auditor-General Fitzgerald passed through Masterton yesterday en route for Woodville.

A soiree took place at the Oddfellows' Hall, Fentlierstbn, on Tuesday evening, tho proceeds thereof to uo towards obtain-, ing uniforms for tho Fealherston cadets. The affair was most successful, and passed off very pleasantly, about 60 couples boing present. The supper arrangements were all that could be wished, and thanks are duo to those ladies who so liberally provided tho wherewithal for the occasion. To Mr Bunny and Mr ID. 0. Turner great credit is also due, as the soiree was got up principally under their management. 'Hie musical arrangements were presided over by Mr Hyde Parker,'assisted- in the course-of the evening by several lady amateurs, viz, Mrs Wallace Smith, Miss Bunny, Mrs I T, Hodder;Miss Oakly, and the Misses Matthews, ;and certainly, ~was a great ; improvement, in that respect to former occasions,' a new piano lately obtained'tor the use of the Hall assisting greatly to that effect,'. Mr A. Donald acted as M.0... It is bolievod somewhere about £lO will be available for the object in view from .the sobe.

'' Of tho 2.G1G.G78, pupils at elementary schools in Japan, only 783,081 aro girls, At the high school there aro.only 204 female pupils out of 12,315, ' '

A Port Glasgow firm of shipbuilders have launched a tug of 1500 horse-power, said to be. the most powerful in the world, for service in tho Hooghly. \ The extraordinary statement is made that a tax on vinegar voted by tho French Chainbor in 1875, has by some red tape ucgligonce never been levied, and that M,. Tirard is responsible for the loss of 18 millions to tho'. revenue, It is lucky for him, say tho Opposotiou. journals, that he is a Frenchman,'''aiid hot liable, like the Finance Minister of the Shah of Persia, lo receive 400 blows 'on the soles of his feet, the Sovereign, complacently looking on.'

The conscientious editor of a Canadian journal, the Georgetown (Ontario) Herald thus advertises in his paper: "We hereby notify the public that we will not do any printing for balls or other questionable entertainments, Wo have consoious convictions which wo are determined to adhere to strictly, even at the risk of giving offence." When a Marcus girl wants her fellow to go home she takes down her back hair, Le Maris girls lake off their shoes, Sanborn girls say: "It's time for my dearest Charles to unclasp his circling arms and hio away to his paternal domicile." Oorrectionville girls are more practical and leas demonstrative; they simply say; " Sonny, time's up, git," ' A clergyman lost his horse one Saturday night. After hunting for it in: company with a boy until midnight he gave it up in despair, Tho next day lie took for his text the following passage from Job:—"Oh that I knew where I might find him !" The boy, who had just come in, supposing the horse was still tho burden of thought, cried out " I ken where he is, sir—ho's in Tam Mcpherson's stable."

American wedding presents seem odd Bometimos. Lately, tho bridesmaids gave tho bridegroom a largo golden latchkey, onia-menled with his monogram in jewels, while the grooms presented the bride with a minaluro. silver broom with a handle of.precious stones, A more sensible fashion was set by a bride at another wedding who made, lier six bridesmaids dresses, and trimmed all their hats. ,

Great Britain, including the' Channel Islands, possesses about 28,000,000 sheep; and the United States 50,000,000; Australia arid New Zealand boast between them of no leas than 70,000,000 sheepv But this number, large as it is, must yield' the placo of honor to the 94,000,000 possessed by the River Platte provinces in South. America. The growth of. sheep in these provinces, has been marvellous, and bids fair to increase at the same rapid rate._- Enormous tracts of land still remain to be.taken up, and big runs can be got very cheap,' : Tho climate is most suitable for sheep, for the plains rarely suffer from droughts.

| At the Townsvillo Circuit Court. Queensland, on Wednesday, 23rd April', Mr J. O. M'Groarty, the presiding officer at Woolgar during the late Burke election, was charged with misdemeanor as a public officer.in returning a false statement of the poll, he having declared Jhat 117 votes were polled in favor of Mr' ETardwicke, whereas only 16 persons /oted altogether for the three candidates, [fe was found guilty, with a reeomraendajiou to mercy, and was Bentonced to'six nonths' imprisonment with hard labor.,'' j 'M. Paatour and his fellowlabprers'have ommunicated to tho Academic ' des Sciences the important fact that by inooulation with virus taken from mad jogs,, they can render all dogs absolutely safe from the ofiects of rabies, in whatever yay.and in whatever quantity tho virus may be administered.. ' Miss Arabella Buckley, who was married.recontly at. West Kensington Jo Dr. Fisher of New. Zealand, is one of the most, learned ladies of the land. She acted for many years as private sooretary to the. late Sir R, Murchison.' All'his writings for -the press passed Ihroughrher hands, and his scientific notes wore arranged by her for publication.

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'.(jbOEiOR babies,-" We are pleased to say that'our baby was permanently cured of.aprotraoted : irregularity of the'bowela by the use ofHop Bittera by its mother, whioh; a,t the' Bame,!'time' restpred her to perfect-health and'strength'."— the pakents, ; ,:■::,- ■■:;<■: '-%" After several years experience in supplying watches (or the colonial.market, Littlejobn ;and Son, of Lambton ijiiay, .WeUinijtohy have observed' the' need" for a : thoroughly sound English 'Lever-Watch at a }pwor price than that usually paid for suoh watches. It is only b);the judicious division of labor and by themanufaptureof large quantities'On a uniform plan, that we- are enabled to moet 'thifwant.Weikve'now.ithe pleasure of iiitfoduoirig our Six Guinea Hunting Silver Lever. .This watch, being. simple in designdurable,' highly finished, a'nd'accurate',iulfils, all the lepvements of a pookot timekeeper. •A written .guarantee for two years will be given with each Sent by post, enuroly packed, on receipt of Post Office order or cheQUO.-(ADYTI