The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1884. SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VI, Issue 1858, 6 December 1884, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1884. SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS.

The conditions of the new Bpecial settlement scheme of the Government are gazetted. This project is not of any yery great value from a colonial point of new, because the number of blocks of -'really good - land in New. Zealand which are available for settlement are comparatively few; but it js of special importance to Master toil because some of the cream of the waste land of the North Island still remains to be lapped up in the Forty-Mile Bush, and we see no reason why a Masterton Special Settlement Association should not be formed under the conditions now offered to .lap it up.

Some seven years ago when a suitable blook of land was unobtainable, a strong Association was formed in this town. Now that the land oan be got on the terms which our town residents then sought but could not obtain, it Mr McOaedle, who has.always taken a deep interest in-enterprises of this, character, will take the initiative now in starting'a'.new'. Association under these..special settlement' regulations; Mafetot has'aVurgW of labor, and possibly a little sparSmoney, United; these two factors-will make a. very successful -Association. -~ The"' block which may be pieEd'must not containless than a thousand-acres'or more than ten thousand,"and it will be surveyed into, allotments -of about a hun-.. dred acres each? The cost of roadiag and. survey to and : sixpencV.jpgr acre,.'and will be charged, against the; Association and have to be paid for bysjnstalments at intervals of three months. The price of the land itself will bTa matter of arrangement,'Atenth:of at ha's'to .be deposited and every half year a twentieth of it has to' be paid off till the whole is liquidated. One third of the money received from the Association will be returned to it for the purpose of, roadmaking, Residence .on a section is required but this condition .may be fulfilled by a deputy. In.,' ( six, years .a crown; grant may be | obtained.'providid .that Certain improvements halve' been efficted, viz,, a tenth of the land cleared•and'grassed in the first two years, a fifth of it in theother four years and by the. end of six years improvements to the value of a pound per acre. In the event of ,a man being unable to fulfil the conditions of his tenure a provision is made by which he can transfer his interest, or in other words ■"sell-out." The conditions taken as a whole are very fair and if Masterton residents don't take advantage of them they will neglect to make hay while the sun shines. _ If the County Settlers' Association, instead of wasting time over an idle question like Mr EUwsin's. sugarplum, " the people's park," would discuss the new special settlement project it might do some real good, If we : get the country dotted with settlers' homesteads we can do without an assortment of peoples, park's,

I An inebriate' was brought before E. Toomath, J,P () tliis morning and fined ss. Nominations for handicaps for the Featheraton Races dose this evening, We understand that Mr A, Bish has definitely decided to settle in Greymouth, The weights for Flying, Steeplechase, Native and Lower Valley Jockey Club Handicaps are to be declared this evening, Rapp & Eare offer purchasers a cash bonus of 2s in the pound in their clothing and ironmongery departments till the end of the current month. . The following bankruptcy notioea appear in our present issue :-A dividend of five shillings in the estate of J, P. Ward and applications for discharge in the respective estates of J. p. Ward and R. V. Smith. The Standard bearß that Mr John Hollard, sen, of Greytown, who nqw numbers 74 years of age, and is one of our early Battlers, appears to te drawing towards the close of his days/ At present he is very feoblej and appears to be sink ing.

The curator of the Masterton Museum has received an addition to the collection ■in the shape of a fish known as the •" seahorse," the head of whioh presents a perfect resemblance to that of the horse, the body and tail being piscatorial. The Salvation Army, according to the Manawatu Daily Times, is in a moribund condition in Palmorston North. Mr W. Lowes has been elected to fill the vaoaut seat in the Town lands Trust, created by the resignation of Mr A. Bish

. Thore was a very large attendance at the funeral of tho late Mr Samuel Maxton, yesterday. Dr Taylor, and Messrs F. H, Wood, W. 0. Cuff, and L. K George, acted as pall bearers, the servico being read by the Rev. Mr Western, the incum« bent of St Luke's Church, Greytown.

A summons has been served on the Mayor. Council, and burgesses of the Borough of Masterton at the instance of Robert Robinson, of Carterton, carrier' claim 120, for loss alleged to have been sustained by plaintiff through the negligence of the Council in selling a horse at tye pound. This is the well known sale for which the burgesses have already beet) put to.an expense through the a'otion of the then ponndkeeper, Mr Henry Bentley, r (November, writeß Mr Ford, onded in fine bright weather, but from the first of the present month rain has fallen daily; and judßibßfrom the way the barometer bat receded Bince the 28th of last month up to 'the- present date, December 6th, (and apparently it is not yet at its recession), it is very, probable we may. Biill have more ram,;. The meanvreading: for the barometer is 29:27 inches'; aha for the thermometer it is 61 Fab. Wind lighted from a north, direction,' -Rainfall for-the week. tys, parts of an in'bh, and for Noyemborji was 4'865 inoheß, about one jnoh less than fo'i''lJje porresponding month .of 18§3; ' ' ■'• Mr Wakefield in his recent address to his constituents declared.th'aj; Sir vfrljus Vogel adopted an -exoaadibgjy, adrojt course to consolidate a party! He Brought in a number of Bills?' each of'which interested a particular" section of the House, and intimated to all these interested in eaoh Bill that they mußt support not only the Bill in whioh they were interested but all the other Bills, for if not they would not get their own Bill passed. Sir Julius kept all these Bills " neck and neok" throueh all the stages in.the House, the result being that members could not say. " Now we have got our Bill through we will vote according to our conscience." The Bills to which he was referring • wero—(l) The District Railways Bills-; (2) The West (Goasf Harbors,-Bills; (8) The East and West Goaßt'l|ailyay4i!l; (4) The South Sea Island Trading Bjli. There were a great many people interested in these Bills. • -.'' We have just landed and are opening up a splendid .lot of Mene, Boys, and Youths, Clothing, Shirts, Soaria, Boots and Shoes, which we are marking to sitt everybody! No puff see for yourselves, h:\pp & Hare ADTT.—

I After several year? experience in supplying | watohea for tho colonial markot, Littlejohn and Sod, of Lambton Quay, Wellington, have observed the 'need for a thoroughly sound English Lever Watch at a lower price than, that usually paid for Buoh watches, It is only bj the judicious division of labor and by the manufacture of large quantities on a uniform plan; that we are enabled to meet this want. We baye now the pleasure of introducing pur Six Guinea Suiting Silver Lever. • This watch, being simple in design durable, highly finished, and aocurate.fulfils, all the requirements of a pooket timekeeper, A written guarantee for two years will be given! with eaoh wf-toh. Sent by post, securely paoked, on receipt of Post Office' order or oheaue.—(Advtl

Mr P. H. Wood announces a stook sale at. the Pastoral Yards, Carterton, for Tiiursday the 18th A great many persons have, latterly, been making trips to. the Forty-Mile Bush to view the seotiotiß now-offered. It is thought there will be four or fiye candidates for every seotlon iiAthe market, and-ior one favored allotment it is said seventeen individuals are prepared to.compotg v / : ;, -;; ;■•>.■■■-■■ ■; '■:■'',