The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1885. THE WELLINGTON WASTE LANDS BOARD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1922, 23 February 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1885. THE WELLINGTON WASTE LANDS BOARD.

Our local contemporary on Saturday last ran amuck at the Waste Lands Board because it does not blindly obey. the behests of the Masterton Special Settlement Association, There is only .one rightepus man on the Board, Mr, McCardle, the other members, eyen Mr Bunny not excepted, being black sheep, Singularly enough we have hoard Mr MoOaedle declare that the Board as now constituted is a liberal body, and when our. contem. porary accuses Messrs Beetham and Bonny of illiberally, he goes in the teeth of Mr McCaedle's own evidence. Our contemporary., draws, a . contrast between tho action of the' Board in 1883 when Mr W. H. Beetham bought three thousand odd acres of land/at ten I shillings per acre, and the action of tho Board in ; 1885 when tho Special settlements Association cannot get all the land, they ask for at a moment's notice at a pound an acre. -Mr W. H. Beetham's purchase in 1883 is a.standing reference with our contemporary, but we believe that mosti sensible people admit that this transaction was one on which-the district' and' colony may be congratulated. The par: ticular block acquired on this occasionwas ,a haunt of scabby sheep which was cessible and useless to small farm invea-. tors,- &r& was only'.'suitable,'.for purchase by a man who pegged a large.capital, •■This land Jss," since it was bought 1 by Mr. W. H. Beetham, furnished constant employment toaconsiderablenuraborof work-

ingmen, andinsteadof as formerly bcingan annual source of >oss to the Wairarapa, jt is and will, for the future, bo an annual source of local revenue. If the land were how unsold no Small- Fannr Settlement .Association would take it up. Ws heartily approve of the Special" Sbttlemont movement, but we trust those .who are members of these new Associations will not behave as a/dog in the manger to prevent land" which' they cannot use from being ■put into the market.. Our contemporary ■.professes that there are no land.specula--tors.. among • the ranks •of the Special .Settlement. It is, we think/ 'pretty generally admitted that very many of the members of the Masterton Association havo joined on speculation bent, who have not tho remotest notion of ever living upon the land they propose to select. A veiy considerable proportion, .however,, of inembors do look forward to settling,upon tho land they seek to acquire, and,, for their sakes, we'hope to seo tho settlement effected. There are difficulties between- tho Ministerial Department and the Waste Lands Board which tend to delay the process of settlement. Mr Ballance has been too precipitate with his new Special Settlements scheme, placing it before the public before he had worked out its details. He is rather raw as an administrator of land, and his performances do not appear to be commensurate with his promises. There is evidently a trouble in getting those new Special Settlements under weigh, but we are disposed to believe that this arises more from the mistakes of the Ministerial bureau rather than from any unfriendly sentiment on the part of the Land Board. Mr 6, Beetham has co-operated cordially with Mr McOardlb in doing all in his power to aid our local association at the Land Board. We cannot say as much, perhaps, for Mr Bunny, but it is for our contemporary, who has been wont to write of this member of the Board in terms of unqualified admiration, to explain his conduct.

Diptheria is reported to be prevalent in Greytown. Captain Edwin telegraphs at 1.45 today: " Indications glass rise and strong southerly wind with rain very soon." The weights for the Tinui Jockey Club meeting aro published in another column. The next outgoing San Francisco Mail, closes at Masterton on Saturday next. The regular ■ monthly meeting of the Masterson Masonic Lodge, E.C., takes place this evening. The weights fpr the Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club races, to be held on St. Patrick's day, will be declared 8t the Club Hotel on Wednesday next, Mrs Eades, one of the patients attacked at the.Wellington hospital with puerperal fever, died just before ten this morning. The condition of two other patients is serious.

The. Secretary of the Masterton Horticultural Society will attend fit the Council Chambers from seven to nine to-morrow (Tuesday) for the purpose of receiving •entries for the show on Wednesday. A Kuripuni resident complains of a ferret or some other animal having visited his poultry yard and removed at intervals of a fortnight,' several of his most valuable fowls, He is of the opinion that.the tliieving animal is a biped.

Mr P. H. Wood is instructed to sell at at Mr Orbell's farm an the 28th Inst, sheep, cattle, plough horses, and farming implements. • This auction being by order of the mortgagee will be entirely unreserved.

At a meeting of tho Masterton-Opaki Jockey Club held on Saturday evening last, Mr W. Lowes being in the Chair, three offers were received for grazing the new racecourse. Mr A. McEenzie at £O3, being the highest, was accepted for a period of one year. The Gear Meat Preserving Company will ship by steamer Takapo to Sydney to-morrow 1100 cases preserved meat, total amount beins; 50,400 lbs. The shipment .is intended for Soudan, and the company are propared to have 600 more cases in a day or two if necessary. Constable Darby, who was on duty at the Tauherenikau race course on Friday in plain clothes, arrested a man on a charge of stealing a purse containing £5 in notes. When searched accused hadon him one of the lost notes, which was marked and recognised by its owner, In addition to other monies, dice and gambling requisites were found in his posses, sion.

Mr E, Jones, so long and favorably known in Masterton, and called by courtesy " Captain," informs the travelling public in another column that ho runs the mail and meets every train on its arrival with a beautifully fitted up passenger conveyance and an express for luggage, calling at the hotels for orders, Instructions may be left at his residence, Dixonstreet,

The following teams will represent the Masterton Cricket Club jn a match against the Tradesmen's Club on Wednesday afternoon and against Groytown on Saturday next:—Against T.C.C.: Harrison, Isitt, McKenzie, Sleeman, Moore, LittleJohn, Beaufort, Hathaway, Kibblewhite, ,J. Williams, Bruce; emergency, E, Hare, Hood,; Against Greytown: Bethune, HaVris'on, Perry, McKenzie, Whatman, Isitt)i Sleeman, Moore, Iggulden, Littlejohnj Minifie; emergency, Beaufort.

lji6 Secretary of the North Wairarapa Bonevplent Society acknowledges the receipt through Mr H. Burgess of the following subscriptions in aid of Mrs Osborne:--Messrs burgess and Sons £5, Peter McMillan JOs, Joseph Burgess £1 103, George Vickerstaff 10s, B. Budden 10a, Thomas Roeding £l, David Souter 6s, W. B. Tooby 10s, W. Claney 6s, G. Vye 10s, George Warden ss, James Smith ss, George Jordan 10s, R. MoCullaghlOs, a friend 10s, A. J. Reading 10s, John Roigard 10s, Anon 10s, A, W. Deihe ss, Anders Anderson ss, C. Goodwin 10s, B. ,Re,i&ss;A.'.Dayshss, Total £lslos,

Messrs Foley and Berkley appear at the Theatre.Royal this evening in their lively and amusing entertainment entitled " Ohio," which on a former occasion was received with so much favor. Messrs W. Rapp, T, Wrigley, Thompson, G. Coker, and A. F. Martin have promised, as this is- a benefit.entertainment,, to assist Messrs Foley and Berkley cm this occasion. A strong popular programme may be confidently anticipated. ■ A cricket matoh has been' arranged between Upper, and Lower Whareama to be played at Langdale Station on Thursday; 26th inst; ■ The following will represent the teams:—Lower Whareama -Messrs H.R. 'Elder/A. A.' Elder, Walker, -Chapman, Andrew, Fendall, Ijojjbj; r McKenzie, Barker, Tunis, and Hansen. Upper Whareama-rH. Warren, Drew," Ma'nnsell, Vennell, Horn, Richr mond, W. Smith, Lindop, Wingate, Gibson, Orbel), Emergency—S. Smith,

Messrs Lowes & lorns annbunco an important unreserved sale of furniture electro plate ware, cutlery,, &c, for Saturday next. .";.,. Whilst Mr W. 'Everett .was drjvhjg along Akuraroad 6n'fiis /^{\,y..li6me-fi, Masterton.'this .afternoon,."his\lvojso"; stumbled and fell,- breaking the.Bhafrpi? the buggy,- and pitching the occupant out, who'escaped'fortiinately with a shaking. MxEa'stbh, "who has 'had' upwards of twenty-years Experience in drugs, having beenjnjie Eastrlndia;Prug Company.'s,om- ; ploy-for a-«nißiderable period has'se'eured premises in Queeil-st where • he; intends, opening a chemist and druggist shop in a few days.-. -•-.■•■ ■''•".''' There were only half-a:dozen present to hear' Mr Mawhinay. deliver his lecture upon evolution at the Theatre Royal yesterday afternoon. The promised address —notwithstanding tho meagre audiencewas duly .delivered,

■'■ Three fever cases were brought into the Masterton Hospital to-day. from .the Whareama. There are now eight patients' in tho Institution, and if the present hot weather continues more .may be expected. The resources of tho hospital are likely to bo fully taxed for the next few weeks. Captain Edwin, after threatening us for a. fortnight with bad weather from tho north, now prophecies wind and rain from the south. We hope he won't have' to chop round to east and west before the long-expected downpour makes its appearance.

It will be seen by the announcements' of Messrs Lowes & lorns and Mr F, ;H. Wood in our advertising columns that the entries for the Carterton Ram Fair on Wednesday next are numerous as well as choice—we hope to see a keen competition at this fair. At Messrs Lowes & lorns land sale on Saturday last 88 acres of land at Clareville were sold for £BSO, to Mr E H, Haines of Greyto.wn. A freehold property with 50 feet frontage to Queen-st., occupied by Messrs Wiokorson & Wagland was bought by Mr W, Rapp for £505,

Messrs Stevens . & Gorton report under date February 18th: The annual sale of stock from the Oroua Doras and Carnarvon Estates was held by us on the thirteenth inst, After partaking of a liberal lunch laid out in. the woolshed, which was decorated for the occasion, and to which about one hundred could; be seated at a time, wo had the pleasure of offering 530 odd head of cattle, 4,600 sheep, and about twenty horses to the public. The attendance was large, but owing to the butchers boing what they are pleaded to call "full up," there was no demand for the grand bullocks or fat wethers offered to them; but fpr the other stock, more particularly the store sheep, there was spirited bidding, the store ewes being exceptionally good. But, spirited as tho bidding was for the sheep, it became far more so when the young draught stock came under the hammer, lot after lot causing very justly keen competition. The gems were a pair of fillies which fell to the bid of Mv A. Lumsden for sixty guineas. The following were the rates realised:—Fat cows, £4los to £5; mixed yearlings, chiefly heifers, 25s Gd; mixed two-year-olds, nearly all heifers, 355; store cows, £2; pure-bred bull Baronet, 24g5,; pure-bred Ayrshire bull, sgs.; fat ewes, very prime, 10a 6d; two-tppth ewes, 7s Gd ; strong big-framed ewes,' 8s 9d- to 8s lOd; Mr Larkworthy's pure-bred Lincoln rams, l'g. tol|gs.; pure Romney rams averaged lg. The pure-bred Shropshire rams came •beforo the public in this district for tho first time, and though they received a good deal, of attention, the bidding did not come forth in as spirited a manner as was expected, only, six out of the sixteen being sold at prices; front.. 3gg to 4gp, Draught colts and fillies brought 16gs' to 35gs each, and hacks £4lss to £6 Is Gd.