The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1886. ROADMEN'S QUARTERS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2276, 21 April 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21, 1886. ROADMEN'S QUARTERS.

The Chairman of the Wairarapa East County made a very useful suggestion at the late County meeting, when he recommended.that arrangementsshould he made for securing to roadmen the free use of a few acres of grass. In the silent highways up country a good surface hand is a valuable fixture und all reasonable encouragement should be sffered to retain experienced hands. Unfortunately at the late County meeting the : subject introduced by the Chairman was in n moasure shelved by tho larger question raised by Cr McCardie but possibly, it again be brought.forward and settled' on its merits,. The idea as we understand it is that-at:each roadman's whare a sufficient area of land should bo obtained from the owner of the adjacent property, to enable tho County employee to graze a horse, and pos dbly, if he be a family man, to feed a cow, We have beer, told that at Brancepth the Messrs Bketham, recognising the value of the roadman located in that neighborhood, have for some time past given him very liberal privileges of this character, and probably there are other settlers in various parts of tho county who would not be indisposed to follow this excellent example. At any rate even if land had to be purchased to provide a roadman's paddock the cost would not be excessive as in out districts the celebrated " three acres and a cow," could almost bo purchased for a ten pound note.

The Waikarapa Daily will not be published on Good Friday. A public meeting is to be held in the schoolroom, Ekefcahuna on Saturday evening next, 24th April, for the purpose of petitioning Parliament to push on with! the eUontion of the railway to Eketahuna Mr Jno. Young, Ironmonger, of Cubastreet, Wellington, draws attention to the fact that buyers of ironmongery will gain a double advantage just now in buying from him, as every five shillings spent with him entitles the buyer to a- ohanee in a nail competition for £SO. As trie holidays are .coming near, it would be advisable for visitors to the Wairarapa to call on Mr J. Young and secure some of the bargains offered." The following teams will represent the Masterton Football Olub in the matches which are arranged for Saturday next:— First fifteen.-Back, T. Bannister; halfbacks, E. M. 1). Whatman, Heron; quarters, Ngatuere, Cliff, W. Perry; forwards, O'Oonner, J. Bannister, Welch, C. Bannister, Whatman, Eanganui, Chennels, Jamiesoh, Hounslow. Emergencies. fifteen,—Back, Murray Brown; half-, backs, F. Pelling, J. Williams; quarters, Homewood, Karaitiana, Inglis; forwards, Fiwington, Kibblewhite, W. McKenzie, Simeon, 0. H. Porritt, Blinkhome, Jus. McKenzie, J, Pelling, Thomas. Emergencies.—Emmett, O'Leary, A, E. Porrit, Walter Welch. A practice will be' held" this afternoon when every player is expßcted-to be on the ground.

The Thistle Lodge, 5.0., meets this evening at the Masonic Hall, Bannistertrflofc, • . '.■;■'

The Hew Zealand Clothing Factory wish attention drawn to their new advertisement, whioh enumerates several special lines just received from the Factory.

The Treasurer of the Masterton Hospitalbegs to acknowledge receipt of the following: Bubsoriptions Messrs A. A.. Elkinߣlls,F. W. Hales,£l 'is, Mrs Luxford £1 is, and Flat Station list per MrF.W.Hales£6lk/ A new theatre is to bo opened at Woodvilla on Easter Monday, when the Napier ainatours will perform " Checkmate" and " Vilikins and his Dinah," Tho Woodville people are indebted to the enterprise of Mr L. D. Bickorton, proprietor of the AbercomArms Hotel, for this valuable addition to their town. ' -n

. We draw attention to tho special train arrangements for Good Friday and Easter holidays by the Masterton- Wellington line. On Good Friday and Easter Monday return tickets, available for the day of issue only, will be issued at exceptionally low rates. Special cheap fares will also be made from Thursday 22nd to Monday 26th April inclusive;

The only man in tho House of Commons whocan fairly tackle Mr Gladstone is Lord Bandolf Churchill. In the recent debate on Burnhara he took the old man by the seat of the trousers arid mopped the floor with 'him, as metaphorically speaking he did when he expossd the mass of malice, false repre-' sentation, and hypocrisy contained in the Midlothian speeches.—Exchange. A Gisborne paper has the following somewhat equivocally-worded paragraph: -'_' Many will regret to hear that an accident which did not prove fatal happened to one of the local lawyers yesterday. Ho was driving past the Hapara when the horse suffered from staggers and suddenly fell. The occupant of the buggy escaped unhurt."

We learn on good authority that the Government are likely to come to terms with the Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company, and that arrangements will be made to run .the trains right through to Palmerston station. We (Manawatu Times) are also informed that a double line of rails will bo laid down from Longburn to Palmerston. The change will necessitate more shunting room in the Square and tho providing of better accommodation at tho railway station, , Mr Thos, King this morning was in high glee, having just received a oheque of £2l2s, purporting to be the "first dividend from the Pohangina Welcome Gold Mining Company," The total calls to date however, amounted to£(i, and this is the last aB well as the first dividend, unless some" convulsion of nature exposes the gold and silver and precious stones probably locked up in the reefs at Pohangina,—Manawatu Times.

One of Lord Wolseley's officers, who happened to have a glass eye, was one day oxamining a prisoner, a zealous follower of the Mahdi. "Why do,you believe in the Mahdi ?" asked the officer.

" I believe in him," replied the man, "because he can work miracles."' The officer immediately took out his glass eye, tossed it up in the air, caught it, and put it back into its place. '' " D'ye think the Mahdi could do that r" he asked. Tho man was appalled, and couldn't' say another word,

A prominent physician of New York city makes tho assertion, In the face of recently reported cases apparently proving the contrary', that the cocaine is a harmless drug, and that there is no such thing as the cocaine habit. In tho case of Dr Bradley, of Chicago, his dementia/ was caused by opium-eating, the cocaine experiments were merely, .the direction it took. " Cocaine belongs," ho says, to' the tea and coffee family, and its effects,' in a more marked degree, aro the same as those of the thein and caffeine, the active principles of tea and coffee. I have known a caso of dclinnm tremens resulting from the-use of tea, Cacaine does not belong to the family of powerful drugs in which we find'opium, hasheesh, and chloral."

A telegram from Blenheim dated 19th says :-A mill hand named Whittington Lane, residing at Kaituna, was accidentally shot yesterday'morning when getting into a boat at Havelock to go duck shooting. His companion, named Harry Dorreen, was handling a gun, when one of the_ charges went off and lodged in Lane's groin. He waaput in a trap which started for Blenheim Hospital, but' he died when seven miles on the road. An inquest will be held. Deceased was 30 of age, and leaves a wife and two children. The lad Harry Dorreen is a nephew of MrT. 0. D'Arcy, of Masterton, and was until recently, residing with him, and during his stay hero was a scholar at the Masterton public school.

Messrs Ewington & Son, wheelwrights, have just finished to the order of Mr E. Smith, one of the largest high-sided brakes in tho district. The brake which is specially constructed for the carriage of wool and chaff, is a thorough-braced "one, the under carriage being of English ash' and the panels of kauri. The whole is well strapped with iron, and is so constructed that any slackening of the joints can be tighted by means of nuts at the end of the braces and straps. One of the specialities in the build of the vehicle is that the rear corners of the body are solid wood instead of the usual slight iron ones.- This is an old English plan, and is to be commended in heavy work of this description. There is a portable extended seat along the front, and also an outrigger seat. The same firm also gave delivery yesterday to Mr A. Prentice, of the Upper Phiin, a substantial farm dray, the owner of which has for initial work a hundred tons of potatoes te deliver, in Masterton from his farm.

Sometimes complaints are heard .that farming does not pay nowadays. It is acknowledged, says the Taranaki News, that stock raising is not so profitable as it formerly was, but dairying is quite a different matter, and it is the dairy farm that lias now the greatest advantage. An evening or two ago an unpretending,-hard-working farmer sat down, at the dinner table of a hotel in town; and, the conversation turning on dairying, he gave his decided opinion that it was the .most profitable. He not only gave his opinion, but backed it up by producing a cheque for £IOB which, he said, he had got that day for'four months' produce of his butter from his farm. As he has no labor to pay, his family doing all that is required, it can be-readily Been that he is rapidly growing wealthy. Dairyfarms, well managed, are indeed most profitable; aud this district being peculiarly a'dairy' ini) one it is certain to make rapid progress in the near future. Messrs Duncan and Son invite special attention to their new consignment of cutlery-direct from the manufacturerswhich they offer at fabulously low prices. Best pocket knives, Is and Is 6d • sets carvers, and forks and steels, 2s upwardsbread knives 1b ; and all kind of electro plated goods at little more than the price of ordinary tinware,—Advt. Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter manufactory. All Blindp guaranteed of the very best description, Price list on application to R. W. Heia (late Henn & Hansen.) Poneke Steam Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter Factory, Wol-J linpton.—Anvr.,

Wolfe s Schnapps is a noble exception to the spirits of the day, Always"ask for Wolfe's

Mr F. fl. Wood sells to-morrow at his fortnightly stock sale, Taiatahi, lambs, sheep, mixed cattle, dairy cowsj horses, of all classes, traps, and harness.

Special trains are advertised in our columns to run on Easter Monday, on the occasion of the Hutt Park Sporting and Athletic Club's sports and races to bo held on the Hutt Park racecourse on that day.

The following statement of attendance of members of tho Library Committee for tho year onded April 10th was read at the Council meeting last night. There were sixteen meetings of the Committee in all. -M. Caselberg 4, W. H. Beetham 4, W. R. Berry 11, W. G. Beard 11, T. G. Mason 1, D. S. Papvorth !), H. Reeße 2, S. Gapper 5, F. T Redman 14,' J. J. Smith 11, W. H. WestinlS.

As the six-year-old smi of' Mr E. Richards was playing near his residence yesterday, the little fellow fell on a broken bottle, outting his wrist and ..severing the leading -artery. Uiider Dr Beard's care the little .sufferer is progress-, ing favorably. . v

At the meeting of the Wellington City Council- held last night, the Mayor, in presenting the annual, report, said the estimated expenditure for the year was £52,968, and the receipts £50,294, leaving a debit balance ot £2,<iU, but the greater part of this was the overdraft of the previous year. Ho hoped the Council next, yssar would observe a rigid economy, and they would be able to , congratulate themselves on their position. ' Messrs L. J, Hooper &, Co., of the Bon Marche, received their first instalment of autumn and winter goods on Saturday, these goods have been imported direct from the manufacturers in England and Scotland, .and are now being marked off at prices that will compare with any wholesale house in the colony,—Advt, -