THE CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2199, 20 January 1886, Page 2

THE CABLE.

From a telegram sent by Sir Julius' Vogel from Waiwera, it appears that there is a likelihood of a new cable being laid between New Zealand and Australia, and that it will be the property of the former. Negotiations have been pending for some time past between the various Governments of the Australasian colonies and the Eastern Telegraph Extension Company, the owners of the existing cable, for a renewal ot the present contract on modified terms, It seems, however, that, the Company is not at all inclined to accede to the reductions asked for, and furthermore asks for a guarantee for Press messages. Under the circumstances Sir Julius Vogel has, we think, taken a step in the right direction by making inquiries as to the cost of a new cable. We feel assured that it would prove a remunerative undertaking, while it would also break up a very objectionable monopoly. The great mistake that was made in the beginning was to allow a private company to lay a cable at all,

As many of our employees are connected with the local Friendly Societies which hold a demonstration on Anniversary Day we have decided to give them a holiday on that occasion, Tho WailtiitAPA Daily will, therefore, not be published on Friday next. For two consecutive court days there lias been no business to transact in Carterton. Mr Drake, the new telegraphist and postmaster, lias arrived in Carterton, and commences his duties at' the end of the present week. Messrs Lowes and lorns give further particulars of tho sale of land in the Manaia estate in another column, The monthly meeting of the Masterton School Committee takes place this evening. A shipment of two hundred thousand salmon ova will be sent to New Zealand by the steamer lonic, which leaves London on 2nd February,

Mr .6, Beetham invites the electors of Wairarapa North to meet him at the School-house, Gladstone, oil Saturday evening next, at 7.30 p.m. Tho privileges of the Wairarapa Summer meeting were sold yesterday at Greytown by Mr F. H, Wood. There was a fair attendance of buyers. Nos 1 and 2 publican's booths were passed in; the Grand Stand bar fell to Mr G, Jones for £18; Grand Stand Luncheon Room, Mr Barrett, for £8 8s; No 1 Refreshment Booth, Mr.F, D, Pelling, £1010s; No 2 Refreshment Booth, Mr White,.£9 9s; Horee yards, Mr Ban', £4los, The light of legal games were passed in at £4. Fancy stall, Mr Bavr £1; cards of races, Mr Player, £2(5. The gates were passed in at £125.

The Committee of the Wairarapa Institute held a' meeting on Monday evening. The credit balance was reported as £1914s 4d. Accounts amounting to £24 IBs were passed for payment. It was resolved that an application be made to the Greytown Town Lands Trustees for a grant in aid of the funds. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr R. 0. Black for a gift of valuable books to the library, The Secretary was instructed to make immediate application to Mr E, J. Riddiford, To Awaite, for a year's subscription to August, 1885, for book depot, and also to ask him tojreturn books at once, so that they might be replaced in tlio Library, or the Committee would be compelled to demand payment for the same. The natives of Lower Rangitikei are at present exercised over a trouble which has arisen in connection with the death of the Maori Chief Kawana Hunia. It appears .(say? the Advocate) that some time before the death of Hunia a medicine man or tohunga, named Te Awhi, a son of Te Wjirii Keakea, a chief at Taupo, went to Parewanui to euro the sick chief, His remedies were, howeyer, of no avail, as the chief did not recover, apd Jje no.w attributes his failures to tl\e practising' of witchcraft or whaiwata by a Parewanui native named Eatana and his family, On Wednesday last Rittaua called a meeting of the natives to prove his innocence and call Te Awhi to account. Te Awhi did not put in his appearanco, however, and nothing coujd therefore be done, The charge he has against Ratara is that during Hunia,a illness Mjna and'members of his family'took some hair from Hunia's head duvinsf the" time he was bemsr attended to by To Awhi, and carried it aWay, thus causing the chief's death. It is not uplijjely that a serious quarrel will result over the affair, To'Awhi's niodo of curing (a correspondent, well vested in Maori affairs, informs us) was very simple; He placed Hunia in a bed, and covered him well with blankets, He then quoted passages of Scripture, and called upon God to-cure the isfck chief, This was kept up for days, The Poverty Bay Herald gives an account of the visit paid to that district by Te Kooti, and of the speeches made on that occasion. Te Kooti was the last to speak; he came to the front of the wliare, and his people formed round him in a group 88 if to protect ,'him. He is an undersized man, about 50 years of age, no tattooing on the faco, but scanty grey beard and moustache. He appeared in a good suit of clotheß, having a straw hat with puggaree on his head, and wearing a heavy?gold watch-guard. His countenance exhibits much decision and intelligence, but of the low cunning kind, with a pomewhat cruel and cynical look about it at timep. fle Je a forcible speaker. In. his spoech he all»dealoiomo of jfye phjpf events in his oareei',' ffot'n theJanijing-'at.; Whakaongaonga, /and Said' that the eyil deeds committed by had : been done!: in retaliation for following hiih 'up and; attacking him,'fie had not committed larders. Those . things wore bygone. Ho would fop Dyer discard work of that 1 kind, and kefipthq in tlje future;, The" Guardian" ftdda ;-r-Fpr every gqad reaion, say we, seeing that be was .Jiunted, by the Government foroes from "pillar to post," and'only escaped capture by' " the skin of his teeth,but all his protestations will not blot out the memory of the women and children dragged from their beds and nitJiMy, destroyed, the , record of which is written jj) blood and tears. The Hon John Bryce may condope such crimes, but the settlers of the' Eas't can neither forgive nor forget them, as law-abiding citizoris tjiey the of the authorities, .they ennnot regard 1 wi(h equauiuiiiy .the triumphKnl visit'iif the ruf&an perpetr&tor •of wco '/•

A general meeting of subscribers to the North Wairarapa Benevolent Society will be held this afternoon. Ab important business is to be transacted, alarge attendance is desirable.

The whole of the extensive household furniture and effects in the estate of the late Mrs Rayner will be sold at public auction by Messrs Lowes & lorns on Saturday next. f . ' The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company announce new season's Poverty Bay grass seed, specially cheap feed oats, and stoats and weasels, for sale.

Messrs Kirkcaldie and Stains have just, received . a magnificent assortment' of carpets, curtains, and upholstering. Some of, their leading prices are quoted in our advertising columns,

We remind our readers of the fact that Mr F.,H. Wood sells the whole of the contractors' plant used by Messrs'Downes and Henderson in the construction of the Kopuaranga section of the railway, at Mauriccville to-morrow, commencing at 1L a.m. The plant includes pile-driving machinery, picks, shovels, axes, seventytwo vehicles of various descriptions, horses, harness, and a long list of other articles enumerated in our advertising . columns. The sale'is the moßt .comprehensive 'of the kind ever announced in the district, For the convenience of those who wish to attend, special conveyances have been laid on, to'leave the Club Hotel at 9 o'clock, and a luncheon will also be provided on the ground. The meeting of the members of the Masterton Mangatainoke Special Settlement Association yesterday evening was not so largely attended as was deemed desirable to deal with the important business that was to be brought up. Members had reason to believe ■ that everything was goiug on as well as could be desired, It was, however, found, on reference to the now Special Settlement regulations, that the freehold title of the land cannot be acquired. This question is, we think, a most important one, and should be carefully considered. A resolution was pussed in favor of asking the Ministur of Lands to grant the alternative' to take up the land under the deferred payment system. MrT. Parsons presided. The meeting stands adjourned till Monday. Messrs J. H. Wallace & Co,, the well known auctioneering firm in Wellington, has succumbed to monetary pressure, and filed a declaration of insolvency. The following is a brief statement of the assets and liabilities Joint estate: Unsecured creditors, £120016s sd; secured creditors, Bank of New South Wales, amount of dobt £515; estimated value of securities, £1,300. Assets, £l2Bl (id. Private estate, J. H. Wallace: Uunsecured creditors, £658 Is 7d. Secured creditors: Executors of W. B. Rhodes, amount of debt, £2075; estimated value of securities, £3,500, T. G. Macarthy, amount of debt, £000; estimated value of securities, £613 Gs. Assets, £1,402 10s. Private estate, R. B. Wallace: Unsecured creditors, £486 Ob. Secured creditors—T, G, Macarthy, amount of dobt, £1056 ss; estimated value of securities, £IOOO, Hugh Gully, amount of debt, £57 10s; estimated value of security, £IOO. Assets, £1,456 ss. Surplus, £969 19s. The Wellington Rifle Association held their annual meeting in Wallace's rooms on Monday evening, Lieut Hislop being in the chain The election of. officers for the ensuing year took place as follows : President, Colonel Butts; Vice-Presi-

dents. Sir Jameß Prendergast, Mr W. H. Levin, and; Captain Commandant 0. J, Johnston; hon sec;' Corporal Gray hon treasurer, Quarter-Master Sergeant Scott; committee, Lieut Collins, Petty officer Leovers, Gunner Cummins, Corp'l McKonzie, Sergt J. ■ Ballinger, and P. 0. Davy. Tho Chairman, referring to tho. financial position, stated lie belioved the Association was in debt, According to Section 6 of the articles of the Association tho committee will consist of one representative from each of the Wellington companies. In tho couiso of an interview with an Auckland reporter, Sir Julius Vogel explained the circumstances attending the appointment of Mr Driver under tho Now Zealand Life Insurance Association as follows Many months since, a majority of directors considered that it would be desirable to place the principal districts in charge of the Local Boards. Policyholders wore'consulted, and by a large majority negatived the proposal. The Board has Bince loyally continued to work the various districts as formerly. The necessity of a change has, however, been forced on them, as everyone will, • I Buppose, agree when I state that during the first nine months of the year the whole net new business (by which is meant the new business less surrenders and lapses) of Otago and Southland districts conjoined was less than a fifth of tho business of the Canterbury district. A special report resulted in a recommendation'that the district should be placed in charge (subject to tiie control of Head Board) of a competent man of business. A largo majority of the Board—every member, 1 belicvo, but one or twothought that tho Association was fortunate in obtaining tlio services of so experienced and capable a man of business as Mr Driver. Tho terms as compared with what othor institutions pay for the services of ;non of business are very reasonable'. They are' £8t)0 a year and a small commission. For the first year that commission had to be guaranteed to £2OO, but when 1 tell you that at tho rate of bufiness during the present yef).r it would only have amounted to £SO, and that to continue ij; at £2OO after the first year Sir Driver woyld have to .multiply the business fpijrfold, you , may realise that the terips are favorable to the Association. Cgiujhs, Coldf, Bronchitis, die,, are quickly cured by using Baxter's celebrated ''Lung Preserver," This oldestablished, popular: medicine, is pleasant to the palate, and highly extolled by the members of the medical, legal, and clerical professions. ■ Sold by all Patent', Medicine .Vendors. See testimonials in advertisements,—Advt.

Strangers paying a visit to Maßterton, and country settlers arriving in town, are pften at a loss to know where to purchase Drapery, Millinery, and Clothing to the best advantage. L, J. Hooper and Co. offer special advantages in this line that cannot be met with elsewhere, their stock being the largest in the district to select from. Being direct importers, all middle profits aw paved, and customers receive the'fienejit. Itys' of 'ppp'-jrfjjip iri" thg c'qlqriy' lias been aeb'ured for the Drees, Mant)e, and Habitmaking Department, and perfect fit, style, and finish is guaranteed. The name of the shop is the Bon Marche,— advt.

"Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter Manufagtgpy, .AH Blinds guaranteed of Erjtse list on application tp y; Hejin (late H'eiin ffi Hansen,) Poneke Steam Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter Eaot&ry, Wellington,—Advt

Not a Beverage.— I "They are not a beverage, but a medicine, -with. curative properties of the highest degree, containing no poisonous drugs. They do. not tear doWri'an already debilitated system, but build jt up, i One bojilfl ponfaips more real hop strength than a' barrel 'of ordinary beir.'" Physicians prescribe them ~BodusimflAA.,'Emiiig Exjpyii), on American Hop Bitters.

Mr. Ward, piano tuner, from Reicliardt's has arrived in Mastertoifon a professional visit. * .' .... Mr Thomas Walker, the" Freethought lecturer, will deliver a lecture to-night, for men only, on " Sex worship," A large stack of oaten straw on Mr W, Morison's farm, Manaia, together with a large chaff cutter, the property of Messrs Tonks, and about 130 sacks, some of them filled with clmff, were' burnt Inst night. The origin of the fire is unknown.

Mr Thomas Walker lectured at the Theatre Royal to men only last night, and had .a very fair attendance. The subject though by no means improper, is not fit for publication in the columns of a newspaper. Dame Rumor has it that an insurance agent, who has resided in Masterton for some time past, has disappeared, leaving a number of valueless cheques behind him,' and sundry creditors who were not even honored with a bit of paper of that description. ■ Messrs Lowes and lomsannounceasale of land at their rooms tor Saturday, 30th inst. The lots to be offered on that day will include several of the unsold bush sections of the Manaia Estate near the Kurupuni Station,- and also an additional twenty acres on Short street; a compact sheep or cattle run of 4,200 acres in the Mataikuna district,, a plot of acres in .the Dixon Estate, and some valuable building sites in the Dixon Estate, fronting Bannister-street, opposite the Masonic Hall.