The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MAY 10, 1886. VILLAGE SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2291, 10 May 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MAY 10, 1886. VILLAGE SPECIAL SETTLEMENTS.

The following are tho regulations' for the formation of Villago Special Settlements as published in the Government Gazette:—

1. Tho land to be selected under theio regulations, ihnll bo hold on perpetual loase for tho first term of thirty years, and for subsequent terms of twonty-one yeara, without any right of acquiring tho freehold.—2. The rental ihall be based on tho capital value.of the land, whioh Bhall in no case be leps than 20a nn ncro.—No charge will bo made for tho lease, which shall bo in the form in tho Schedule horcto, beyond the sum of 10s' for registering tho same in tho Land Transfer Department.—4, Eenewalß of leases shall be subjoct in all respects to tho provisions of sections 151 to 155 of part IV, of "Tho Land Act, 1885."—5. Married men will have preference as Bolectors under these regu-lations,-6. No greater area than twenty acres will be allotcd to any ono applicant,-?, Subject to sueh conditions as tho Steward of Village settlements may prescribe, and within tho first five year# of tho date of selection, an advance of a sum not exceeded £2O will bo mado to assist a selector in the erection of a house on his aeleotion; and in tho bush lands a further sum not exceeding £2 10s an acre will be advanced for bush-felling and for grassing for euch sumß as may bo appropriated by Parliament for these purposes,-8. The annual rent shall be five per cent on tho capital value of the land, together with five per rent on such sums as may fie advanced in torras of clauso 7, payable half-yearly, on the Ist day of Januaiy or July next ensuing after the lapso of sii months from tho dates of the selection and advances respectively,—9. AU applications for land under these regulations Bhall be made to the Commissioner of Crown Landß for the district, Where more applications than one are niade on the same day for the same land, the right to occupy the land applied for sliallj subject to chmseSbedeterminedbylotamongtheaplicalnts, 10. Each selector or transferee will be required to occupy his selection as his homo, and to make permanent improvements as required] by clauses 11 and 12.—11 Each selector Bhall within two years cultivate one acre, and within fbnr years the half of the remainder, of his aelectibn. -12, Permanent improvement shall meai(a.) Fencing the land with timber or other doable materials, not being a brush fence; or (b.) Breaking up and .laying down thoaame in English or other cultivated grass; or (c.) Broaking up and planting or sowing root or other croys thorein; and, in case of bush , lands, tho felling and clearing of timber and sowing of grass—l 3. Selectors will not bo allowed to subdivide or sublet thojr holdings; but, with the consent of the Commissioner of Crown Lands for the district, they may transfer them, provided that all the conditions of these regulations have been fulfilled to date of application to to transfer. ,No person who has an interest in any land in the colony shall be eligible aa a selector under these regulations,—l 4, Each selector will only be allowed to tako up one section uuder these regulations, which must bo held for his sole use and benefit, and not for any other person whomsoever,-.15 Any selector who Bhall fail to comply with theso regulations in any respect shall, upon sufficient proof thereof to the satisfaction of tho Commissioner forfeit his interest in the land —l6, lij case any doubt shall arise as to the construction of these terms and conditions with referenco to the selection andoccupation or clearing of any land, orotherwiso arising thereunder, the same Bhall be settled by the Commissioner,

We are disposed to commend the experiment whioh is now being mado by Mr Ballanoe to promote settlement of this character, the only serious objection we see -.in the regulations being the adoption of that foolish fad —perpetual leasing. It would have been far better, in an admittedly honest attempt to place working men on land,' to have given them the chance of obtft : ning an ultimate freehold. Should leaseholders of village settlement!) evor becomo numerous in this Colony, they will probably aqitate for tho acquisition of a freehold title to their selections, and very possibly attain tlieii desire. Nothing can compensate for the absence of a freehold title'in the a'hd wV regmt jts

absencft. • There are one or two other p»ints which must be borne in mind iu estimating lit their right value the concessions now offered by the Governwent. A man who settles on twenty acres of land must always be a poor man, for lie must be dependent on wages in order to live on so small an allotment, Still a village settlement of this character places a man in a ponition of independence, It is half the battle, if not the whole of it, and it may be used by many a prudent far seeing man as a stepping atone towards ultimate wealth and independence. .It gives a man a chance of securing land when he possesses little or no capital, and wo would recommend anyone who can to take the offer and make the most of it, looking forward some day to selling at a profit and acquiring a larger section. The terms on. which the village settlement land is to be disposed of will not be directly profitable to the Colony, the advantage, from a pound shilling and pence point of view, being olearly in ; faror 'of the tenants. The land, too, which ia.toie first settled, under tbe new scheme, is undoubtedly good land and accessible to a good labor market, and, it the proposed village -settlements at Pnhiatua, Eketahuna and Woodvillo are not a succesp, it will be useless extending the experiment to other parts of the colony, Of course it will bi nec«Bßary to limit the number of allotments in any one settlement- as the settlers on them must be wageearners, and if they become- too numerous they would surfeit the local labor market. On the whole, we cordially welcome the new regulations and hope to see many persona taking advantage of them, '

We havu received a cartoon from our local artist on che bearpit, (County Council) and the public, Mrßansome, chimney-sweep, notifies that illness will prevent him for a time from following his usual occupation. We received at our office this morning a bunch ladon with fine large raspberries, from the garden of Mr R. J. Fitton, on the Dixon Estate.

Mr 6. S, W. Dalrymple, estate agent, advertises for sale a store, dwelling and post office at Dreyerton, also thirty-three acres of land next to the railway station. The contributors to the North Wairarapa Benevolent Sooiety meet on Wednesday next, May 12th at half-past three o'clock > in the afternoon, not 5,30 as stated in our local columns on Saturday. The Trades snd Labor Oouuoil of Brisbane having complained that a firm" of painters cabled home for men to competo with those now on strike, the Premier cabled instructions to the Agent-General torofuso painters as froe or assisted .immigrants.

The following is tho result of the. poll for th» election of Wardens for the Pahiatua Road Board, which was taken Dn Friday last Messrs D. Crewe 44, W, Farrell 43, W, Corbett 37, J, M. Davis 34, T.Miller 32, J. Moore 31, W. Wakeman 30, G, Whitcombe 28. The first seven porsons were declared duly elected;

From South Australia wo learn that Sunday, April 13th,' wan observed as a day of humiliation and prayer in all tho Adelaide churches excopt those of the Anglican and Catholic denominations, sermons dealing with the causes of the present dapresaion and its remedies beiny preached, The Anglican and Roman Catholic churohes, it being tho Lenten season, did not make any special departure from their ordinary Lenten services, The Taranaki Herald ii responsible for the following One of oar country's noble defenders appeared in tho reviow' yesterday decorated with a silver medal, and in one of the evolutions performed by his company he got confused, and separated from his comrades, The. commanding officer, noticing this, expressed surprise to the man that he, ai old army man, who had seep acti/e service, as evinced by his medal, should have forgotten his drill, and was mot with the reply that ho had not been in any army. " How, then, do you come to wear a medal ?' asked the officer.' " Oh," replied the private, " our old sow won that medal at the Agricultural Show, and 1 didn't seo why I shouldn't wear it."

Messrs Lowes and lorns had a largo attendance at their land and produce sale on Saturday 'last, The Trust Lands sections near the Public School wore submitted, but failed to go off, the reserve pries not being reached. Quarter-acre sections in Eketahuna and Fitzherbert realised £39 and £lO respectively, after which a quantity of poultry sold at the following rates-Fowls, from 2s to 2s Gd per pair, ducks, 3s; turkeys, 6s; table potatoes, £4 per ton; pig potatoes, £2 10s; oati, 2s Gd per bushel; onions, 14s per cwt. A quantity of furniture and sundries selling at fair figures concluded the sale. The next salo of land will bo a month hence, it being ..the intention of the firm to hold monthly land salos. Au important decision was given at T)unedin on May 4th by Mr Justice Williams, affeoting the mortgage of stock, Charles Mullins had assigned to the British and New Zealand Mortgage Company certain sheep by mortpago, Mullms afterwards sheared the sheep, and sold wool to tho value of £l5O, and the Company now sued to recover the "value of that wool. The main point of issue was whether section 11 of the .Chattels Secur-' ities Act so placed mortgaged property in possession of the mortagee that it was improper for the mortgagor to deal with it as he had done. His Honor said, in the case of land mortgaged the mortgagor was entitled to sever crops', receive rents, &c., and it seemed it should be the aamo with regard to cattle, where there was an express stipulation that the right of'possession remained until the power of sale arrived. It would take strong evidence to convince, him that the right was deprived by the stafutory authority quoted.

A caso of gross cruelty to a sheep dog came before - the. Ashburton Resident Ma«ißtrate's Court yesterday. Several witnesses gave evidence"to seeing a man named Gilchrist cruelly tick and ill-use a dog, so much so that the poor animal's cries were heard by a constable for a distance of half-a-mile. Accused, denied having ill-used the animal, and called his dog " Tweed" into Court to show,that the canine servant still alive and unharmod. When asked by the Bench if h 8 had kicked the dog, acoused replied "Wot I. I certainly ' hit' him with the side of my boot, if you call that 6 kick." He did not, however, say whether he took his boot off to perform the operation. Evidence waß called with a view to showing that "Tweed" was not the animal that had been ill-used, and that the dog that had been so roughly handled had died from the injuries inflicted. Mr Baddeley strongly commented on the cruel and atrocious conduct of Gilchrist, and sentenced him to four menths' imprisonment with hard labor.-Ohriatohurch Telegraph. Venetian Blind and Revolving Shutter manufactory. All Blind) guaranteed of the very beatdescription. Price liat on application to ft, VV. -Henn (late' Henn and Hansen,) Poneke. Btoa,'Vorj9tl#} }S]M wjd fijytUyh® Fwfcm

Mr and Mrs Charles Pharazyn arrived at kmgwoud on Saturday evening last, Wo are glad to learn that Mr Grundy has so far recovered from his recent illness as to bo able to Vesume his school duties,. . A cottage, and seven acres of land in Short-Btreet is advertised for sale.. . Particulars may be obtained from Mr J, 0, Ingrain. ,

We publish in another column the Masterton Borough estimates for the year ending March 31st 1887. The annual meeting of the Borough Council takes place to-morrow evening in accordance with the statute.,

The installation of the W.M. and the investiture of oilicas of the St Mark's Masonic Lodge takes place in tho Town Hall, Carterton, to-morrow afternoon, A Ball to celebrate tho event will be held in the ovening in the same place.

By an advertisement in another column it will be seen that firewood will be deliveredin Masterton at lis per cord by leaving orders at tho blacksmith's shop of Mr Geo. Dixon, Baunister-stroet.

Mr P. H. Wood informs us that our local contemporary copied our report of his late sale at Martinborough on Saturday last word for' word, excepting' that Messrs Lowes and lorna' namo was substituted for his own, and asks us to draw attention to the error.

Miss Cowles in another column notifies to the'ladies of Masterton that she has taken Mr Sage's shop'opposite Jago's furniture warehouse for a fortnight during which period she will dispose of bazaar Btock, Miss Cowles is also atjent for Madame. Wagel's paper patterns, and Dr Carter Moffatt's ammoniaphone. Mr A, Joneß, of the Forester's Arms Hotel Greytnwn, is about to apply for a license for a hotel to be erected on the site of the old "Rising Sun," tills added to the two existing hotels, aud Messrs Fabian Bros, new hotel, tenders of which are now invited, will silence the cry of want of accomodation for travellers in that township, Miss Ada Campbell's lecture "The March of .the Gods." drew a large audience at the Theatre Royal last night. The lecture, which dealt with the deities of ancient history down to the Christian era, was listened to with marked attention, great interest being manifested by all present, the -lecturess being greeted with frequent outbursts of applause, The postponed lecture of " Evil in the light of Science" was announced for to-morrow (Tuesday) evening.

There was a very large attendance at the public park yesterday afternoon, attracted, no doubt, by the prospect of hearing some good muaic. The bandsmen in their scarlet uniforms, the fresh green grass, and the happy faces of the children formed quite a pleasant picture,

A meeting, convened by Mr W. W. McCardle, was held at Pahiatua on Saturday evening in the public school room. There were between forty and fifty persons present, and Mr Thomas Miller occupied tho chair, The chairman read the advertisement convening the meeting, and called upon Mr McCardle to move tho first resolution, In response Mr McCardle moved a resolution urging the extension of the railway to Eketahuna. The .resolution was seconded by Mr Yeats, and spoken to by Mr George Beetham at some length. The motion was carried unanimously, Mr McCardle then moved a resolution embodying the principle that he has already advocatod of. the Waste Lands Board being empowered to raise money for expenditure for the purpose of opening up Crpwn Lands, This was seconded by Mr Haggen. An amendment was moved by Beotham, seconded by Mr Davie, that tho duty of providing money should bo undertaken by the Government, The amendment was lost by a majority of at least two tonne. The motion was then put and carried, Mr Reese moved & cordial vote of thanks to Mr Beetham for his attendance, and to Mr McCardle for bringing the question forward. The motion was carried by acclamation. Our full report of the meeting will appear in our next issue,

The popularity andenormous salon of "Wolfe's Somuws testify its intrinsic morits,

Messrs L, J, Hooper 4 Co,, of the Bon Marche, received their first instalment of autumn and winter goods on Saturday, these goods haYO been imported direct from the manufacturers in England and Scotland, and are now being marked off at prices that will comparo with any wholesale houso'in tho colony.—Advt.

Messrs Duncan k Son invite special attention to their new consignment of cutlery—direct from the manufacturers—which they offer at fabulously low prices. Bost pockot knives, Is and Is Gd; sets carvers, and forks and steels, 2s upwards; bread knives, Is j and all kinds of elootro-plated goods at little more than tho price of ordinary tinware,—Advt.

Strangers and country people often ask us which is the best and cheapest house for men's, boys' and youths' clothing, and we recommend them to go to the Wairarapa Clothing Factory, oppnsito the Theatre, for .it is, without doujit, the cheapest and best house in tho district. You not only save 20 per cont, but are sure to get good value for your money.—Advt.

Wolfe's Sohnapfs is now the moat popular drink in tho world, Avoid other so-called Schnapps, "

Coughs, Colds, Bronchitis, &c., are quickly cured by using Baxter's celebrated "Lung Preserver." This old established, popular medicine is pleasant to the palate, and highly extolled by the members of tho medical, legal, and clerical professions, Sold by al Patent Medicine Vendors, See testimonials in advertisements,—[Advt.] I am going to make a speciality of certain lines during the next months. At the present time lam running Macintoshes and Overcoats at prices which defy any house in tho Wellington District to approach. By sending the length which you requiro in inches, you can be supplied with a grand Tweed- Macintosh for 27/6, honestly worth £3, Give me a trial. John Thorbobn, th'e People's Clothier, Willisstreet, Wellington.—[Advt.]