The Wairapa Daily. FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1885. SPECIAL MILITARY SETTLEMENTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1950, 27 March 1885, Page 2

The Wairapa Daily. FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 1885. SPECIAL MILITARY SETTLEMENTS.

Mb Ballance has elaborated a fresh scheme of special settlement, the advisabloness of which appeals to us extremely questionable, He has set aside five thousand acres of land at the foot of Mount Egmont which is to be open for selection only to those members of the Armed Constabulary'who have served for a period of at least three years. TJie settlement will, therefore, be of a. semimilitary nature, The object of military settlements in New Zealand and elsewhere has always been to present an effective barrier to a tribe or nation that is likely to be troublesome, the occupation of the land, though important, being only a secondary consideration, As the colony has no longer a native difficulty, as is amply shown by the fact that he has withdrawn the Armed Constabulary from Parihaka, it would be interesting to know Mr Ballancs's motive for giving such neighbors to Te Whiti. If he is simply anxious to settle the country, it might fairly be assumed that he could haye found suitable land in other parts of the colony, where the natives would have no reason to Jjeljflve that the men were being put there as a njeijaco. Certain advantages are also to be given to policemen of good conduct who liaye served ten years, it being proposed to set aside land which might be taken up by them under the perpetual leasing system. It

cannot be said that previous efforts to settle miliary men on farms have proved successful }n New Zealand, except in the case ,gf sqldjers in the Imperial army, who received of land which they could not dispose of. After the first outbreak of hostilities to the north of Wanganui, grants of land were made to military " settlers," but the great majority immediately sold their land awi left the district. It is oxtremely unlikely iha,t a large number of policemen will avail thenpjye/i of the chance of leasing land from the fitoyfiflitnent, because the great majority prefer jto remain in the larger towns, But aside from this question there remains the absurdity of crowding a number of men of the same occupation into one settlement. Why does not Mr Ballance form special settlements for civil servants, and for tailors, or bootmakers ? Such a Bcheme would be just as reasonable p the one he lias now put before the public, If; he really has a desire to settle armed constabulaiy men and policemen on land, heshould allow them to select sections wherever they happened to be available, for then they would be enabled to earn, money by working part of their time for their more wealthy neighbors, By'crowd-' ing them together he places, them-.at. a disadvantage with other settlers, The men will probably see this, and giye j\lr Ballance an opportunity for bestowing his benevolence in another direction.

Mr F. H. Wood holds a sale of general merchandise, and goods seized under dis-. tress at Carterton, at 1.30 p.m. tomorrow. Mr J. Tonner, the new proprietor of the Eketahuna Hotel lias a business announcement in another column. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Mastertoh Farmers Club is,advertised to ■ take place at 3.30 p,'m.' •to 'morrow.' The ! Committee meets half-an-hour. earlier. ■ Messrs Gardner and Co.- .Limited, the well-known ironmongers, announce that they' have just opened a large stock of sporting goods. Messrs Lowes & loms will sell at 2 p.m. to-morrow, produce, stationery, jewelry, and other goods, s.ome of which have been sent up from Goodson's London Arcade. There was another severe .gale at Hawera on the.23rd inst., this time from the South, It unroofed a house find did a considerable amount of damage to the English church, which will require to "be buttressed. The time for commencing work at: the Wellington College has been altered from 9 a.m. to 9.30 a.m. It has also been decided to make Saturday a full holiday and to discontinue the half holiday during the week. Messrs Lowes and -loms held a land yesterday afternoon, when the following prices were realised:—Twelve acres with small shop, Mauriceville, £B2; qparter acre with cottage, Kurupuni, £96. A section of ,47 acres at Eketahuna' was withdrawn at £IOO. ■A special meeting of the Masterton Road Board will be held on the 10th April for the purpose of striking a rate for the payment of the sum of £75 to be borrowed under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act for the construction of the Mangakuta road." Another practical step in connection with the.erection of gas works has been taken by the gas committee. Mr R. Brown, Town Clerk, now announces in our advertising columns, that offers for suitable sites of from one to two acres will now be received by the Council.

At the quarterly meeting of the Maß" terton Rechabite Tent held last night it was resolved to appoint a Committee to take steps to provent a poll in favor of the increase of Liconsed houses in the

Borough of Mastorton being carried al the Triennial poll to be taken in 1 May next,

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their sale to-morrow a line not often met with in the country districts in the shapo of a good landau carriage, complete, with harness and carriage horse, The lot will be sold cheap and upon easy terms, enabling a man of small means of securing a good paying concern. A man suffering from low fever was fiend down from Annedale on Wednesday and admitted to the hospital, and we hear that he is to be followed by four more suffering from the same complaint. In consequence of' this the number of beds in that institution, which only last month was increased to twelve, will have to be still further inoreascd. The committee has therefore made arrangements for the supply of three additional bec|a. We notice that three fever patients have been sent to the Greytown Hospital from one of the coast stations. St, Patrick's College is now finished, says tlio Evening Press, and the building is a credit alike to the city, the contractors, and to the Roman Catholics of the colony. The class rooms and dormitories are lofty and airy, and every care has been taken to provide fpr ample ventilation throughout the whole of the building. The piain entrance is frqm Keijt Terrace, and a substantial and wide carriage drive is now in course pf construction, which will be completed in time for the opening of the College.

The \Yoodvjlle Examiner has seen fit to remark as follows:—Mr Beetham is aware that in 1883 the Land Board of which ho was a member sold to his brothers nearly 4000 acres of land in the Forty Mile Bush at 10a an acre. How pan Mr Beetham talk, about opening up land for small settlers after this ?" When our contemperary can explain how Mr Beetham .could prevent his brothers bidding for land, divided into suitable sections, when it i? submitted at public auction he may have some foundation

for the charge, but not till then,

A special meeting pf the Phoenix Lodge, 1.0. G.T.) was )je]4 l,as.t njght, there being a good attendance pf mem-

bers, A Committee was appointed tp make all the necessary arrangements for the temperance leptqre to be given by Mr Capper in the Theatre IJqyal on Thursday next, The subject of the lecture is entitled "Beware of the Dog," and extracts from various papers were read by the W,V,T,, speaking very highly of the lecturer in dealing with this subject. Bro Check was appointed Custodian of the hall, and Bros, Holdaway, Check, Carpenter, and Brown were elected a Standing Committee for twelve months toman*

age the affairs of the hall, Bro, Brown

stated that he had interviewed some of the members of the Carterton Blue Ribbon Choir to know if they would kindly aflsistthe Lodge at the opening night, and they had replied that they were only tp,o wjlljng to (Jo all in their power. It was resplyed sat the new hall be formally opened pn April 9th, and that the services of the Qariertpn Choir be gratefully accepted, The programme was then gone through und sped uppn, and in addition to tho harmonium, it wm resolved that tho use of a piano bo olj. tained for the concert. A proposal to take steps to protect tlio temperance interests at the local pption poll in May next, jvas hold over to the regular meeting fpr dijcjjj.sj.on. An inspection parade pf jthe Rifle Volunteers w#s held 111 Royal yesterday evening. There waj large muster of members, In the unavoidable absence of Captain Donald, Lieut Cameron was in command, The corps was inspected by Major Butts, assisted by Sergt,-Major Bezar, and afterwards put through manual drill including bayonet exercise, and such evolutions as could bo carried out it) %o Theatre. After drill Major Butts presented V/)lqnteer Schroder with a silver chronpgrajm which he had won three times and thuif becanje his property, The prize was offered tp the Company by Sergt Daliymple, It was resolved, on a suggestion contained in a letter from Captain Donald, 1 that an application be made to the Government to eon* stitute the Masterton Volunteers a Garrison Corps. This, if agreed to, 1 will permit the Company to add materially to its strength, At present the Company numbers 50, all told, which is the maximum allowed by the regulations, and several applicants for admission had consequently to be refused, As a garrison corps the strength could be in-'

creased to sixty-five. In anticipation of the Government accepting the application the names of sevoral recruits were proposed and conditionally accepted. Sergt. ■ Mrjor Bezar read out the district orders relating to monthly parades, and explained the necessity for a full muster, as all parades at which there was less than fcyo-fchirds of the total strength present would not count, and the time of those who were attentive tfl their duties would thus be wasted. It was intimated that the band had made very satisfactory practice, and it was expected they would be able to head a march out next week.

The regular monthly meeting of the Masfccrton Masonic Lodge, E. 0., will be! held on Monday evening. Messrs Lowes and loms make a Special addition to their stock sale for April Ist of 1000 store wethers. • .V His Excellency the Governor returned to Wellington, by the Government steamer.-Hinehioa yesterday 'evening. At the Tavanaki" races : to-day the weatfreWs'fine, and the attendanc&'-jjood.. The Derby was won by Fay, with Fusilier second and Awatea third. Woodyear's Circua arrived in Master•ton; this : morning, and pitched tents in a paddock near the Empire .Hotel. '. The first performance will be given this ove'njng:. ;

The members of the 'Masterto'n String Band, who attended the opening of the Pahiatua' school, returned yesterday evening, having thoroughly enjoyod their trip. Gn Wednesday they drove to Woodville, where they visited the local ""dairy factory, returning the Bame day to Pahiatua.

Mr Wilkinson's house at Oriental Bay on the South East sido of the Wellington Harbour, was buvntdown early this morning, the inmates escaping with nothing but the clothes they wore. The house Btood in the well-known tea-gardens, and was built of Baltic pine about forty years

Mrs Hinton delivered her promised lecture on " the moral education of our girls," in the Presbyterian Church yesterday afternoon. She was very outspoken, especially in warning her hearers against the sterner sex, her opinion of which does not seem to be flattering. The Church was crowded, but not one .of the ladies present found voice sufficient to propose one of themselves to take the chair, though a vote of thanks to Mrs Hinton was duly moved, seconded, and carried at the conclusion of the lecture.

The farewell tea-meeting which was gotup by the Carterton Wesleyana was well patronised yesterday, and upwards of 200 sat down at the tables, which were presided over by Mesdames C. L, Barnard, Staples, and Grattan, Misses Kiddie, and E. Robinson. After partaking of the good things provided bjr the ladies of Carterton, the visitors adjourned to the chapol where addresses were given by the Rovd's L, M, Isitt, R, Young, and a number of local members. The ohapol was well filled, and the audienoo was entertained by the choir singing anthemß between the speakers; Mr H. (Mister occupied the chair, The meeting was brought to a close about half-past nine with a vote of tlmnks to the Ladies of Carterton, the ohoir, and the Chairman, We are glad to be able to chronicle the return of such old favorites as Mr F. W. Millis and Miss Kate Russell (Mrs Hart), who, together with Miss Louise Hart and Mr D. Hart, a gentleman somewhat new to Masterton, intend to open the Theatre Royal for two nights, commencing on Monday next, Wheij three' or four clever and talented people form themselves into a combination, a good and satisfactory result should Mow, and judging by the meed of praise and adulation bestowed upon this troupe by our contemporaries in the Wanganui district, such has indeed been effected. A good opening reception is Bure to be waiting for them here. . . The following statistics, which appear in the annual report of the Education Board, may be of interest:—At the end of 1883 there were 53 schools open in the Wellington .district; and one built and ready for opening. This nnmber. had increased at the end of 1884 to 57, new schools having been opened at Kilbirnie, Belvedere, Wangaehu, and Kaiwhata (the latter an aided school), The attendance at the end of 1884 Bhowed -7395, on the rqll, as against 6840 for the I^l,year; and an average attendance of 5678 iagahist 5344 the previous year, the average attendance showing - an increase of 334, "The Board has now in its services 183 teachers, pf whpn) 75 are qjajes and 108 females. Mr Samuel Capper, the well-known temperance orator who will leoture' in Masterton on the 2'n4 proximo, has received some very flattering notices during his travels. We select the following New York Daily Witness, Dec 8. 1879—" 4 very large audience gathered yesterday afternoon in the Brooklyn Rink to hear the well-kngwn temperance orator, the Hon. Samuel papper, of England. Mr Capper held the unwearied attention of the assemblage for nearly tjiree-quarters of an hour. The many excellent pqints of his address were illustrated by anecdotes told jn a remarkably interesting maimer, witty 'vivid dramatic effect, The audience alternately laughed athis ludicrous minjiciy, and weretouohed almost to tears by his pathetic appeals to their sense of duty in the presence of the all-destroying drink traffic. Mr Capper has the rare faculty pf enlivening his arguments and exhortations jn aijcli a Tyay that his hearers cannot help listening, and of riveting in their minds some definite impression;) which will remain there long aftop tlio Immediate ocoasion has been forgotten," The "Greenpoint News," Brooklyn, N.Y., Jan, 10,1880,—" An Eloquent Leoture, —Hon, Samuel Capper, the eloquent lecturer, of Manchester, England, delivered an interesting and thrilling leoture in Association Hall, last ovening, botoro a large audience. The theme was treated with eloquence and dramatic force, and the' speaker's rapid changing ' from grave to gay, from lively to severe,' proved sufficient to rivet the undivided attention of the audioiißo/' Wo wish tp inform our readers that the powerful and eloquent orator "Ivo" will lecture noxt Sunday evening in the Theatre Royal, at 8 o'clock on "Charles Bradlaugh," The Otago Dally Times speaking of the lecturer says"lvo's" lecture at the Lyceum yesterday evening pn -"Charles Bradlaugh" drew a large The discourse abounded in tquch.es'pf Jjjmourjmd irony, and it was in effect & of fclle free " thought celebrity.. !fhe lectiifer was listened to with great attention, and frequently applauded,-Apvt,

No doubt many readers of the Daily paper have read the piece about the two ships, and not only read, but made up their mind which ship they are going by; also which they are in at the present tjiije. I have been working as a deck hand fpr" som.e f! me on the Gospel Ship, so I write now from experience, and I have to confess that since I shipped pn Board the Gospel Ship as a deck hand, I liavo had some grand times, far before the rotten ship I left, Although I had some pleasures on the ship I left, I was never safe, not knowing a moment but that the ship would eo down, when I should have been lost for ever. The ship I am now on will never sink, for 1 have a Divine Captain, and I can trust Hinj, no matter how rough it is, for in the past amid the raging qf the atom) He has Piloted me safely through; and I have come off more than Conqueror. I mean to have Jesus for my Captain all the way, for 1 am certain that I shall arrive safe into the Harbor, which is Heaven. All who wish to be-on the Gospel Ship can do so by coming; to the .Salvation Army Borracks, where they can all get a free ticket. Come along! Many Sailors wanted.—Applyat once,

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