The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1885. AT HEAD-QUARTERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1932, 6 March 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 1885. AT HEAD-QUARTERS.

Our great distance from our chief market, deapifce the triumphs of modem science in facilitating transit and communication, places us at a disadvantage in these days of world competition. This disadvantage is felt in the ignorance of the resources and prospects of this colony only too common at home, though our able AgentGenerals, tUo increasing body of energetic returned Colonists, and the occasional intelligent visitors to our shores, have been steadily bringing mora light to boar on NewZoaland affairs. • This ignorance is a ready aid to the designing men who batten at the expense of ourselves and the British public. Oll' the Stock Exchange .desperate efforts, havo .been

made by "bears' to dopreoiato our credit, imd unfortunately the abolition of the sinking fund has placed a plausible warcry at their'disposal. Of courso these efforts to obtain Now Zealand securities below their fair valuo is an argument in Support of their soundness, but none the less its effechvill be felt in cheeking, the flow of public and private capital in our direction, Ignorance and prejudices have also largely injured the frozen meat trade enabling'the'middle man to secure far more than his legitimate profits by thoso combinations only too well knownamOng sharp"traders. Just as our ■ fight tho-Russian flax interests, and our wool and grain to closely watcli tlie middle man's profits, so will our frozen meat havo to fight the established interests of the home meat and will have to keep down all middle expenses with an iron hand, with the result, wo believe, of the success denied to the flax, and the establishment of the system obtained by the | wool and grain. Laboring under the ! disadvantage of our great distance, it' is but natural that our interests at home! should be watched and guarded by someone possessing business capacity, judgment, tact, and of late even ambassadorical qualities, if such 4 one can be obtained from our midst, having algo the knowledge of our requirements and resources wfyish can hardly be' gained without previous long residence here. Sir Francis Dili/on Beu, jt js generally admitted,' "possesses these qualitj.es, qq that it, is with regret Vre hear that he is abQUt to resign the Agent-Generalship, The exercise qf the onerous duty of selecting his successor which will now fall on the Government, will be watched with keen interest by fchoj £Jo)ony, while the chosen one will need al ])lb plmqsophy under tho five of oritioiem to which 1(0 Till be wpQsetl,

3VIr F. W, Halos of Flat Point advovtjsos for aalo 1200 merino ewes, Tho Mtls.fcovt.9n Top Lands Truato cs moot tiiu ovonlng, Tp-morrow is the monthly pay ifiiy of tl|o Permanent Investment aiidßuildinggfjgigtjr, ' Messrs Lowcf} and {fling ggjl furniture, stock-in-trado, prpjlupe, ptc., "i}{;'jjjeir Masterton auction rooms toMnprJW.- fe sale will be unreserved, Mr Thomas Ray has disposed of the Taratalii Hotel with which he has ljeen associated for so many years, A wsl} needed consignment of new books hag reaped tho Institute and the volumes are now' Wijg prepared for the shelves. ■" • MrF. fl, Wood sells at Toomath's yards Qifeen-street, Masterton, to-morrow, dressed tjmbor, architraves, mouldings, etc., in ioti} tQ jijft purchasers. A cricket match takes place tg*ii}ovrow betweon first elevens of the Masterton and Greytown clubs, andislikely toproye a closely contested one. We beg to acknowledge the receipt from the courteous Secretary, of a complimentary ticket for the Woodville Horticultural and Industrial Show which takes place to-morrow, }) r e draw attention to a now advertisement published to-day which informs the public tliat slr J. D. Cox of Wallace St, Featherston, is having a clearing sale for six weeks ojily, of hjs fee and varied stock of drapery, iniiijnery, cfo'tiijifg atyd novelties. ' " ', The Post argues that from a colonial point of view it will be necessary for tho Government to take over the WellingtonManawatu Railway."Of course it will! -We anticipated from the first that the Company having received one or two hundred thousand pounds to make the line for the would receive a further bonus to give it up when made. •Messrs Bunny, FjtzherJjeri gij<} McCardie, the Land? Board, waited on the Minister of lands; • this morning concerning the management " of the Special Settlement Association.;, and also as to the opening up lands of the Crown, - Messrs Bunny, Fitzherbert and McCardle eflch addressed the Minister exexplaining their individual opinions on the subject, and the Minister was in the act of replying when he was summoned to attend a meeting of the Executive, It is very gratifying, writes the Cartertpn Observer, to notice that the cheese turned out of our local factory this season is giying my general satisfaction to purchasers, Qiijte,|i number of commendatory letters have lately jbeon received by tho Secretary. We quote from one penned by an old established Wellington grocor, who purchased a ton. He writes; —"lam yery well satisfied wjifch.the cheese nl3.de af your factory, and would like to arrange for a sufficient supply to go through the year. I can do with one ton during this month, and three other single tons later on," Mr E. Tatham, of Homewood, convened a meeting of ratepayers at Wairoiiga house on Thursday last in consequence of a resolution passed by the Mastefton Board at their last meeting, in reference to the Uriti road and the proposed Mangapieu and Eparaima deviation at which tho following resolutions were carried unanimously •:—-"That the meeting is. of opinion tjioj; any material alteration of tho line of road between Mangapieu and Eparaima to the eastward is unnecessary." and "That the proposed deviation to the East coast side of tho Patanui - would entail damage to private property out of all proportion to any benefit tljat would result, and would necessitate an expenditure beyond the means of tho ratepayers interested. Mr 6. M. Gardener has removed j»to the handsome new building, the Criterion storo which has been erected to his order 011 the corner section next the Marquis of Normanby Hotel, on the High street, Carterton. The change from the old low ceiling shop he has just left, in which he did a good trade, to the lofty well lighted, handsomely fitted, new store is very marked. Goods that had to be stowed away out of sight are now shown on the polished remu shelves which wound the new shop to great advantage. The store itself is a fine large building 88 feet by 30 feet with a 15 feet stud and has a double frontage of show windows. The contractor, Mr T. Kemp has done the architect full j ustice. The internal fittings are of polished rimu, and have all been turned out by Mr W. Rising, the well-known cabinetmaker of that town. There is every probability of the unformed chain street between this store and the hotel being opened up shortly, as there are only ono or two sections to arrange for. The street will lead direct to the railway station, and will be an improvement to the town. We are informed that Mr C, Gardener, who was in partnership with his brother, has purchased a business in Wellington, ■ which he intends : to conduct in conjunction with M rs Gardener, serir. The Criterion Store, Carterton will be conducted solely by Mr a M, Gardener. 1

Mr 0. Rogers advertises for salo the goodwill and leaso of tho Taueru Hotel. . In tho cricket match to day, Nelson'y Wellington, the latter went in first"" and have lost four wickets for 49. _ The oxcursion train to Wellington today is a great success between 300 and 400 excursionists having availed themselves of the opportunity of a cheap tr.p to the Empire .City. .When the . train reached J?eatherston "eleven: ..crowded carriages.were counted., . . A gentleman from the .country went to one of our Napier churches a few Sundays ago, and seeing no usher to escort-him to a seat chose one for himself in a' vacant pew. . Yery soon after this the Christian scatlioldor "came in, .eyed tho visiter savagely, and probably paralysed by his audacity handed him a prayer book, .upon the fly leaf of which he had written in. pencil "This is my pew:" The stranger read the message, and smiling a beautiful smile handed tho book back with the following remarks inscribed underneath, " Very nice pew How much do you pay for it per annum?"— Napier Telegraph. There will be general school committee elections on the third Monday of' this •month. It appears -that at Dreyerton, Bideford, Tauherenikau, and Wangaeliu there were no elections; at Yogeltown the election is null and void, in consO-. quence of its having been held on a day. other than that fixed by tho Board; and at Kaitoki there is a hitch, in conseouence of the chairman ■ having, been elected on the 28th January, instead of "the 26th; the statutoxy time. In all there •. cases'," except the last mentioned, the election will be held on the.tnird. Monday of. this month. At yesterday's meeting Of'the Land Board, when the list of persons who wished to oeoupy land ih connection- with the Palmerston- Waltapu Settlement As sociation was read; Mr Bunny drew at: tention to the circumstance that a large number of the applications were from persons who were simply speculators, and instanced the frequent occurrence of the names qf Bun' and Hawkins. Mr MeCardie took exception to the term " speculators," and tlie gently mgn who had been referred to, Tho Chairman expressed an opinion that the Board had nothing to do with names, Mr Bunny Indignantly voplied that ho used tlie term advisedly, and expressed his intention of repudiating tho statements of certain newspaper that ho was standing ,in tho way of settlement, Why," said 1 Mr Bui)ny, '.'-I have been c&jM 'an ( old . fogey' by ono newspaper for pndeavorjng tq stop the 'speculators,'" It was 1 eyentqajly decided to apply 'to tho Govvornmejit fflli ljats of persons applying for specjal sottleincntj, The Government have ha(j unijer cpn--1 sidqration t)}e distribution' <jf"'a special V.ofe flf jfiCO.QQO whjclj passed last session fpc ?phoq} bniMing3. Tj}e sumof £50,000 has been distrjbyte4 anipngst the several education districts according to the population. The sum of #3,750 has been taken for industrial sohools and the balance of £6,250 has been divided amongst boards ns nearly us possible i according to their several necessities, The following are the several suniß granted for il;q current financial year Auckland, £10,082 ; Jaranaki, £1342 ; Wanganiu, £2736; Hawkes' Bay, £3159 i £ll4O ; Nelson, 2707 ; North "Canterbury, £0439; Squth Canterbury, 2830; Westland anil Greys, s2ij>74;'' Otago, ' £11,128, and Southland, £351)0, A circular on the subject of tho schqql building vote has just been issued, The following i are the leading statements of the circular: "I am to take this opportunity to press upon the consideration of the boards the representations made by the Minister of Education in his sixth annual report to the effect that the boards shall, out of the ordinary boardfun'dsfindormakepayiueiits for purchasing, renting, erecting, or fitting ai)d improving school buildings just a» ipcfr m fyr the ;paynjents of the teacher? salaries an/|' mental or other expenditure" As yon are aware that the boards haye beenjnftinned on several oocasions tlwt the Government cannot defray out of special vote antireeogt providing and repairing school buildings, and that it is incumbent on Boards, in conformity with the spirit and letter of the Education Act, to devote iW\;large a proportion as possible of; ordinary oapitatjpn grants to this object, and to regard % special vote as merely supplementary. I am further tq rgfgr Boards to sections 42 and 80 or .the Act., wjfjgh clearly shows that the Legislatjirg the Board fund, and ScW 6oisi)itte.o' fun,d being made up, to some by agnations and subscriptions, and also to point out tho great advisability of effect beliig given to the practice, obtained very gonerally jn former years, of the Board making it an essential condition of the obtaining of a grant by a school committee, more especially for painting, fencing, or repairs, and that residents and those interested in the school should contribute fixed proportions of tho cost. The Government oxpect that the Board's contribution towards such expenditure (which strictly speaking is to be regarded as jt, current expenditure) shall bo delayed out of tho Board's ordinary fund, and that the special grants out of the loan shall bo devoted solely to the legitimate purpose of providing newscljool Jjuild: ings and enlarging existing ones,' ' ' I? is A WITH AND MUSTY FKOVEIIB, but a sound one, thai; ''go£icl wine needs no bush," so "excellence is its 6\vi; reward" Tho immense sales.that have been n)ubc, and tlie eijoi'iiiojis quantities Hint have been used, prove {lint Udouho Wolfe's fjgjiißDAJj ' Aromatic Schnapps needs no kudatoy tributes, In all cases of kidney affections, inflammation of the bladder, dyspepsia, indigestion. ■ heartburn, flatulency, gravel and gout, it is siijiply a miraculous euro.