The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, MARCH 19,1885. COLONIAL TRAINING FARMS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1943, 19 March 1885, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, MARCH 19,1885. COLONIAL TRAINING FARMS.

the proposed""( Colonial Training Farms Company" will find aa little benefit in their case for the two years it is proposed to keep them, at their training. No doubt, too, if this Company is to pay, the young men will,also have to pay—and pretty stiffly. There are a thousand and one things to he learnt which go to make up Colonial experience, and in our judgment there is no school for picking them up equal to the Colonies themselves. But unfortunately the new arrival invariably undervalues thcso many things which it is necessary to acquire in his changed circumstances, before he is on a footing with older colonists. So, too often, what 'capital he has—be it large or small—is laid out prematurely, on ■ principles learned under quite different conditions, The remedy, we think, is plain enough, and is much more practical than the- proposed fictitious system of training, In the case of a young man with capital, if he is any good at all he can at least maintain himself for a couple of years in the occupation he intends eventually to choose, and at the end. of that time will be in a fitter state for risking his capital. And the same line of action .may with advantage bo practised by any immigrant with reasonable • funds, obtaining, any employment, or even waiting a while before decisively settling down, Fo 1 ' want of this very caution it is no uncommon thing to hear two or three year old settlers bewailing their injudicious- and hasty investments, and writing Home Home unwarrantable aspersions-on the Colony. There is an amusing side to this quaint idea of Colonial farm training. Will the Company have a patch of forest on their land in which the young men oan fall trees and split out posts and rails 1 If so there should be a real dirty bush track on whioh the graduate can praotice draw-' Ing out a load with a team of young bullocks, in whioh case a few serviceable oaths might be learned of more powor than the ones Used by the unfortunate Abbess of Andonillets and the novice. The pupils could be turned adrift in the piece of forest where they could get lost, and so learn to go round in a circle and "coo-e-e." ' There are several minutice the management may overlook-such as cooking dampers, and getting a healthy night's rest after eating them, sleeping in a room well filled with mosquitos, loading a pack-horse so that a billy docs not bang against the beast and induce it to kick everything as high as Gilderoy's kite, riding a buck jumper through Scotch thistles, and finally having amateur Road Board meetings, where the art of looking on the particular road which passes one's door as tho most important in the district, can be learnt.

The ordinaiy monthly meeting of the Masterton Institute committee takes place to-night, Two hundred and thirty passengers travelled by the excursion train from Wellington on St Patrick's Day.' The meetin? convened at the Club Hotel on the Waipoua overflow question takes plq.ee at seven this evening. Between seven ijn.d eight this morning the Maaterton Fire Brigade were called out by the fire bell. The cause ,of the alarm was a burning chimney in "Cookburn's Block," which was speedily extinguished. The Wellington members of a Wesleyan Mutual Improvement Class have decided that even the established .laws, in their plainest form, of political economy should not be taught in our public schools. Thi,s bi a pity, as even that sjreat authority, the Colonial Treasurer, might have been benefited had they been taught in his school days; and thus have avoided in his speech confounding wealth wjfch its mere medium of exchange—gold. He evidently argues from the same groundwork as James I, as quoted by Buckle, who said it in one of his speeches from the throne : " It's strange that my mint hath not gone for eight or nine years, but I think the fault of the want of money la the uneven balancing of trade," Only Sir Julius Vogel arrives at the conclusion that the loss of money causes the uneven balancing of trade.

Messrs Lowes & lorns had a very large attendance at their yards yesterday. Some 6500 sheep were yarded, of which 6000 were sold, Cattle were represented and sold at fair prices, and horses also were plentiful, mostly all ontored being sold, but at rather low figures. The bidding throughout was spirited. The following are the prioes obtained :—450 light 2-tooth wethers, 8s; 500 good ditto, 9s to 9s 2d; 500 breeding ewes, 7s 6d to 7s 9d; 600 crossbred ewes, 7s 3d; 200 2-tooth crossbred owes, 8s 4d to 9s 6d; 300 heavy aged Lincoln ewes, : 8s 6d; 700 culled ewes, 5s Gd; 360 ditto, ss; GOO good Cotswold shorn lambs, .fa; 200 Romncy Marsh lambs in the w.ool, j6s; {SO culled Lincoln lambs jn the wool, ,6j; ,600 first cross culled lambs in the' wo.ol, '4s; Ity crossbred culled owcj, 6s'; 40 old" ew'es, : 4s; Cotswold rams, 7s fii to 3Qs; Romney Marsh rams, 20s to 42s 6d; pen of 2\ year old steers in good condition, £4 2a 6d; pen of yearlings, 87u; store cows, £2l2s 6d to £4; dairy cows, £4 to £6; hack horses ranged from £4 to £9; ladies hacks, £l2los to £l4; draught horse, £26. The racing mare " Carrywas passed in at £25. Two bijggies, single and double, were sold' for £ls and £32 respectively, 18 pigs, aged ftoiij .3'£9 4 vyjjre sold at from lis 9d to 13s; fowls."2s 6 ( d pep pajiy

' A certain lot pf peppfe aye on .a .desert island and have only enough fppd iplast a short time; but there are two ships, one is rotten at the bottom, and the other is quite sound and can be relied upon, Of course the experienced sailors take to the good ship, and beg all the others to go with them, but some say they don't believe the chart, and would rather die where they are than be mad eneugh to go in either ship. Others say they know quite enough themselves and take the snip with tho ratten bottom on their own hook, rathor than go with the experienced sailors. Well, the experienced sailers beg and pray both the foolish ones on the island and the onefl on the rotten ship to go with them, but neither take any netice, and bo the experienced sailors who are thought fools by the ethers, have to go by themselves. My dear reader, which class do you belong to ? Some stick to this world, and will not start for the other, where there is Life Everlasting ; and some start in a rotten old ship, sinning all the way, for does not your chart tell you that without Holiness you cannot enter Heav:n. Have yon tried both sides ,of the question yet 1 If not— Do! Je,rn to navigate your own vessel, qo $0 fee Solvation .Army me'etin^.—Auvi,"' ""''

Tho Masterton Recliabite Tent, meets this evening. • '• •' Tenders are invited by Mr Mri\T; Hillas for felling one hundred acres of bush. ..■',' The next English mail per Doric closes at Masterton on Saturday the 21st inst. We remind country settlers that. Mr G. Beethani addresses his constituents in the Theatre Royal to-morrow evening, Mass will be celebrated at the Catholic ; Church, Tenui, on Sunday the 29th inst. at 11 a.m. Captain Edwin has sent at .last a com" forting. message, "glass''"rising,' with probability of fine weather and cold nights." Messrs Lowes & lorns. announce an important land sale of Masterton .and Mauriceville properties on the 26th inst., also a sale of wheat, oats, groceries, and sundries for Saturday next. The Carterton Rifle Volunteers held their usual weekly drill, last evening, and were put. through sundry exercises, by Capt. T. Bennett, They did not get their scarlet undrcss'uniform as expected. The Carterton Church choir paid the Greytown people a visit last evening, to assist in the service of Song, given in the Wesleyan Church in that township. Messrs Lowes and lorns report the sale of 100 acres of land at Clairville in the estate of the late H. T. Russell Owen to Mr J. B. Penny for £9OO. Gerald Massey by special request will deliver at tho Theatre Royal on Sunday evening next a lecture on the "Coining Religion,"' This lecture is said to be the summing up of his series, and as such may be expected to be of special interest. The words of "The Mower Queen" a cantata which is about to be produced in Masterton by thirty-five musicians from the Empire city can be obtained from Mr T. El Price. We are informed that a lady, violinist is a leading member of the Band which plays in this piece. Messrs M. Caselberg & Co. give notice that they have made, applications to the the Commissioner of Customs for a license for a powder magazine which they have erected on section No. 2 of the Masterton Small Farm 31oek,

The Castlepoint Licensing Committee met at Tenui on Tuesday last, Present —Messrs Maokay, Bellis, Perry and Langdon, Mr Machy having been reelected Chairman, tho police report of the various houses was read and waß found to be of a favorable oharaoter generally, The lioonso of tho Club Hotel was transferred from J. P, Ramsay to W, 0, Maodermott, The Now Zealand Rifle Association meeting terminated this morning, when the Union Company's Cup was fired for, the winner being Parslow, of Auokland, The ties in the carbine team match were fired off this morning, resulting in Auckland artillery taking third prize, and Wellington artillery fourth. The Christohurch artillery team arrived on the ground after the firing ceased, and were not allowed to fire,

A horse in a buggy occupied by Mr Toohill and a friend started kicking' at a tremendous rate in Queon-st this morning, and finally succeeded in smashing the shafts with which it cleared out, dashing through the main street and turning sharp round the comer of the post office. The fugitive steed was not stopped until it reachedtheEaihvaystation. Onoxamining the buggy it was found to be considerably damaged the springs and shafts being broken and the axle bent. The horse, which is new to harness was cut slightly about the hind legs.

Well's ''ROUGH on Cohnb". -Asldor Well's "Rough on Corns". 7Jd. Quick relief, complete ormanent cure. Corns, Watts, bunions, Moses, Moss, & Co,, Sydnev, General Agents.-ADVT