The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1886. RABBITS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2306, 28 May 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1886. RABBITS.

! We published the other day an intert eating report of a meeting of settlers I on the rabbit question, and we sympa- ] thize with the difficulty in which they j are placed in the piesence of a foe | which is slowly but Burely ruining very many of them. All remedial measures which have been hitherto adopted have proved to bo failures, They havi been so far efficacious that they have killed rabbits, but their operation has been 'local instead of general, and while rabbits havo been swep f . out of existonce on one patch of ground, they have been brought into existence on another patch in still larger numbera. There have been some who have in tho past been sweet on eats, while others have set their affections on ferrets. Dogu have had numerous admirorn, and gunpowder still more, whilei'poison and ! wii e netting have done wonders. Still the effect of any or all of these remei'ifw is tlmt wo havo in New Zealand as many rabbits as ever, after spending half amillion o f money in destroying them, and losing a 8 ranch more by the feed which they havo consumed. The rabbit has contributed' very much to tho depression which now exists in tbia colony, ami for this reason it is a publie enemy, The stringent and repressive Act whioh has been in force for the Inst three years has broken down, and even if r still moro arbitary measure replaces it there is but a poor prospect of a successful raid being made against the plague. If three years ago the Government had adopted the simple expedient of offering sixpenoe each for rabbit skins, and when it did not pay to hunt skins at this rate, increased tho ptico as the rabbits diminished we might by this time be uaying a pound a skin for the few survivors in the Coloay.; It will probably cost the colony now j half a million of money to oxtirminate I the rabbits, and this is w»lly ti«!

question which requires lo be. faced. As Ik half million which must inevitably bi> spent is extruded from the pockets of private settlers, the loginlature and the Government are comparatively indifferent as to whether it goes to the dogs or the natural enemy, but Parliament in any new regulations laid down practically determines how half a million of money is to be spent and if the rosult is that this large sum of money is wasted the direct and indirect loss to.the country will be enormous. ,Wo hope to sen some new departure taken by the house on this question. We believe that a bonus _for skins would in the long run prove the most economical and effective means ef extermination. The cost would undoubtedly be heavy, but unless this heavy essential expense* be faced by Parliament, settlers will again be harrassed, and in ninny cases ruined, and rabbits will not to all practical intents and purposes be exterminated,

It is admitted on all hands that the erection of a school building in the northern part of Masterton is essential for the legitimate requirements of the town, and the Education Board has placed a sum of .£SOO on its estimates for this purpose. But the Board, in making this provision, stipulates that the local School Committee should provide a site. Now it is estimated that a suitable site would cost £3OO, and it .might be an well if the Board explained to the Committee whore it expects this amount to como from. Is it to be,got by public subscription, or are the members of the Committee to pay it out of their own pockets! Is tho Board serious in saying to Masterton, We will put down £SOO if yon will' put down ,£3OO ? The demand mude by the Bmutl surely is an unreasonable one. The Board has no right to make bargains of such & character, and we trust that the chum of Masterton will be reconsidered on its merits, and not nullified by un unjust stipulation.

■''■ Lady dootorß.are : now. eligible fbrofiicial appointments ,hi Paris. . Qhe has":b'e.en appointed-asßißtant.pliysiciaiaQthe{}ra'iid ■Operti, and a second wilibe., told off' for the law courts,

Tlie petroleuni. \yells o| ..Ij.pper Burriinti have been worked for 20DO years, and still produce, abuudantl^VThey:-are guneriiily.fo.ur feet six inohes;aquate, : aitd lira sunk to rt depth of 260 to 350; : ieet. The Burmese have never learned the secrets of robbing, and their exports<liave not been large, Mr F. fl. Wood lias received 1 ins'tfucEioiia from Mr Tht)B, Walden to sfall by public auction on Moiiduy licit. May iils't, the whole of his valuable dairy' farm fltoiik. and., all applianccß,,. Anyone in wanfcof really good'farm: cowl will have an opportunity of Bccuririjf Bphve at this sale,' ■ .

. A meeting of those perapnsintendiii? to proceed, to; .the- Kimbor]oy; jbldhelds was. held ■at'~ohri'Btach : iH i ch_'pji".. Fully.loQ were:present/:ahd'as many more were unable: to, giiin adniisilibn. It was decided that the a^Triuniph.;be despatched for Derby of Juhe;2ißtii. .

.Miss Ada. Campbell is 'announced to give her :,fihal:, lecture in .Masterton,on Sunday : eyehmg.noxt, the subject: :bbiiig "Fr'eethoughty Christianity:; -whichlias d.bne\the'moß't:g6(id ;for4m) hu'mau:race#' Miss Campboli .challenges. cpntradiction and pffora £s:for tho:ilpapitali iKahyoho will Buccpsafully controvert thj.Btateinent made in the lecture. ■ ■

lii another column will be;found; : tho advertisement of the;porformahco.;.to';;be RiggsCompany #Mpnday;' nights' ■'The play is; V'lTh.y tiori of which ■wo..'gaye;ih ,o.iir 'yesteisay.'s issue.. The price'B offldmissibirjiayc ; been ■madeto:suit"the;.times;-■ iEeseryed' sdat tickets may be' obtained at : &" .Price's Btatioho.rß.Bhpp.

A new uso has boei found for the leaves of the gum tree (Eucalyptus)--tlmt of cleaning boilers. So successful have been the experiments that a company lias been started at California to manufacture boiler-cleaning liquid from gum leaves. When put into ordinary boilers alum' with the' water the liquid prevents "scaling," It is also said to prevent rusting orpitting in marine : bollera. At any rate the United States u:tvy are using it for the latter purpose. , How do you like the Financial Statement ? Oh, it's rather prosy, but there are some delicious little titbits in it I Owners of propei ty will be in a high feather now the property-tax is to be reduced by a sixteenth of the penny in tho pound ! It ii a shameful concession to a bloated aristocracy! The horny-handed sons of toil ought to rise as one man to demand an equivalent reduction in the crushing imposts on the necessities of life!— Press Puffs.

The'San'franscisco Gazette says '.our ]a'test; ; dudeismM^ We have seen males froiiv' timovto : :t|me who wore them, and who had'iilwaysViiad an••affecting .explauation;tp:the : !erTectt.hat they iw.ro the gift yf.u deceased a collier that qnco belonped\tbvaV;tqy terrier. Bat now, to be in thevfasliiim the dude has to par; ..sleeves. ;&d cuSb aud a %gpid'bracelet ; : ;This:;:is;)w it should be,. lf;)?.e : M ; wayl:ii6 Bhould wear 1 and a ring in biß nOse;;a tiara underneath ' his .lpb'Btei'-pot.hat, aiid; t ring- on. his. : .thi^HC r finftQr. • i'ftith a--.fiig£un'^ ■;-at the..theatrpi-iand.a four-foot fan;* '&■ ':'i .. "''To?dr'a'vf a,salarj^sayßtthe"■ London '■ , a year as ■.ft.:c6l6nial:;(ibyqrrior,:and deputy ■ tours ;a'n^;Hpprid;the;Wißbii;;inT ■ is';; iio ;(l()ubt ; evidently finds :fayoi':,with;oqyornor;Sitv George ■ : Bowen. ■:TJietlaßt'appoiritiiiorit;held ;by; this' self-. .jndulgenVsatrap was the Governorship but w^hen.every one imagined .tliathe.'w'asimmorsed in his duties at the ■scene of pooriTh'eodore Hooke'a .''.pain iu the "chest, I !;Sir.fieorge turned ; up' oh the =-liayomenti'/>f. : :Pall;Mall,iand-.. only' looked in at the aoatoff his ; governorship v whon ;conyenieiit;; .About.fifteen months ago.ho ;was'appointed,to''■■Hong; Kong, but was soim'bffbh'what is reported the rather jnfplicitouß, ; investigation of ■Li .Hung Chang; arid';;bow'.liia;enquiring mmd I takes ; ? ;him'Won k a similar': "tour ■ofi-Jinspectiou- ■ to; Culcutta' '.though 'wo'jhave no, Bort/of reason to believe ,tlmt:;Lord Dufferin,,wants him, and it ispleaded that he needs.a holiday after twenty-six years of governorship—that is, he is to. be considered entitled to exceptional, leisure became he has been in clover and doing next to nothing on a salary of from £4OOO to £IO,OOO a year all these years. Sir George is now entitled to a- : first-clasß pension, and he should either retire or stick to his post, It is understood that he possesses peculiar interest amongst the permanent placeholders at the Colonial .'Offioe, or he would never be permitted to disport himself after this fashion,", Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their sale for Saturday next 80 sacks pstato'ei and six sacks cocksfoot.

Tenders are invited by the Masterton ItiKid Board fur clearing about lliO chaiiiß of drain on the Lower Manaia line of load.

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their Masterton Stock Sale on Wednesday 200 fut wethers and 400 store wethers in forward condition.

Masterton has sent a challongedown to Carterton to play two teams on Saturday next,

MrK H. Wood advertises the first entry for his stock sale, at the Kumurau yards, Carswells, on Friday next, the 4th Juno. The forty heavy bullocks urn, we are told some of the best fat stool; in the district, and should in thonieolve:; secure an attendance of buyers. Messrs Lowes it lorns announce their next monthly land side will take place on Saturday June sth, when they will offer a cottage and land Upper Plain, and 100 acres of land on the Opaki.

At the Land Board meeting yosterday Mr McCardle moved that ateps be taken to lay off 2000 acres of laud, in sections to range up to 50 acres each, near Mauricoville 1 at flastwell's clearing, on the village aettlementsystem, Mr Bunny seconded the motion, which was carried, Messrs Kutzner Bros, have started in business in Hall-street as engineers, millwrightß, boiler makers, and brass founders, and when it is taken into consideration the large amount of work that jb now sent to Wellington, thenew industry started in our midst should prove of special benefit to the district, and profitable to the enterprising firm undertaking it.

At the R.M. Court,' Featherston,. yesterday, before Mr Jas. Donaid and' Mr W, Nicola, J.P.'s, William Smith of Wellington, was brought before the Court on a warrant charging him with embezzlement at the Hutt, aud on tho application of Constable Smith he was remanded to Wellington. Henry Salisbury for being drunk was fined 5s or 12 hours imprisonment. Robert Barton v D. Kniglit—debt £4 Is. In this case judgment _ was given by default for amount with costs 12s. An old building in Bannister-street was sold by public auction on Saturday last for the sum of ss, This building was erected in 1855 by. the late Mr Holmes Cruyne, Masterton's first schoolmaster, and was used by him as a dwelling-house. There were at that time in Masterton a store occupied by Mrs lorns, and some five or six small habitations or whiircs, The purchaser will no doubt find Bound heart of totara timber in this edifice when he comes to remove it.

Messrs Lowes & lorns have made considerable improvements to their promises in Queen-street, besides utilising the space next Cave's buildings, upon which they have erected three offices of a, small but useful diameter. The front office will face Queen-street with a frontage of 9ft, well-lighted from the street, has a counter, desk, and other comfortable fittings, and is occupied by Mr W. Sellar, It is divided from the inner office by doors and a partition. Tlub office is more commodious, and has a brick fire-place, and is to serve as Mr Sdlar's private sanctum, and for the meeting-room of the Directors of the Masterton Permanent Investment and Building Society, of which Mr Sellar is the manager. The third office which looks into Chapel-street and also opens into the auction mart, is 9ft by lCft, has a fire-place, is well lighted and has all the newest improvements in offico furnitnre. Thiß is occupied by Messrs Lowes & lorns. The auctionroom has been enlarged considerably by tho removal of the old offices which were situated at i the end 'of the room, by which arrangement much more, space is given to the mart, besides receiving the benelit of the light from the two windows originally devoted to the offices. The ceiling of the mart has been raised some three feet, adding much to the lofty appearance of the room, andincreosiugits acoustic properties. Large new pillars or supports have been put in, and the walls lined afresh, and adorned with maps and plans of various townships and rural lands make tho room appear quite artistic. With the additional room and conveniences these alterations afford, the firm will be enabled to carry on with more ease their oxtonsivo auctioneering business, Tho several contracts have been carried out by Mr T. B. Mitchell, Williams and Barker, and Thos, Jago, whose names are a sufficient guarantee that the work has bean carried out successfully,

MM Pasteur and Lamalne have lately presented a report to the Paris Academy of Sciences in which thoy point out that the consumption of game in the condition known as " high" exposes the partakorto great risk of Mood-poisoning. They affirm that tainted meat contains animalculte, that this is the agency which does the work of softening and destioying the muscular tissues, and that it is not oasy to determine the exact time when putrefaction commences. They have distinguished in these researches no less than thirty different species of animalcule, some of them identical with those found in living animals suffering from virulent dUeußos.

Messrs L, J, Hooper & Co., of the Bon Marohe, received their first instalment of autumn and winter goods on Saturday, these goods have been imported direct from tho manufacturers in England and Scotland, and are now being marked off at prices that will compare with any wholesale house in tho colonv.—ADVT.

Venetian Blind aud Revolving Shutter manufactory. All Ulindi guaranteed of tho very best description. Price list on application to R, W. Houn (late Bonn and Hansen.) Puneko Steam Venetian Blind and Revolving Factory, Wclliiwton.—Ann.

Study Economy.—Hearing from everyone I met that the Wairarapa Clothing Factory was the cheapest and beat House in tho district for Mens', Boy's and Youth's clothing, I thought I would give it a tiial, which I did, and to my surprise I got a tweed suit, all wool, Crimean shirt, flannel undershirt and pants, a French felt hut, collar, handkerchief and box, for the small sum of Css. I've paid elsowhere for the same goods .£6los. My advice, therefore, to everyone is to call at tho Wairarapa Clothing Factory, next tho Empire Hotel, where evorythiug is good and very cheap,—Adyt.

I am going to make a speciality of certain linos during the next months. At the present time lam running Macintoshes and Overcoats at prices which defy auy houso in tho "Wellington District to approach. By sending the length which you roquire in inches, you can be supplied with a grand Tweed Macintosh for -7/0, honostly worth £3. Give mo a trial. John Thokburn, the People's Clothier, Willisstreet, Wellington.-fAuVT.] Couohb, Colds, Bronohitib, ic. are quickly cured by using Baxter's celebrated "Lung Preserver." This old established, popular medicine is ploaßant to tho palate, and highly extolled by the members of the medical, legal, and clorical professions, / Sold by ol Patent Modioine Vendors. Sw testimonials in ttdvertisemoata.—fADVT.]