The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1886. THE RABBIT PEST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2372, 13 August 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, 1886. THE RABBIT PEST.

Is another coluran'will ba-found extracts taken from the minutes of evidence on the rabbit pest, \ This evidence was taken before a Committee formed of members of the House of Representatives and Legislative Cotm. oil, and waseolleoted at great coat and troubled. It was given by some of the most experienced and practical men the Colony possesses, and for that rea--son it is of great value, and should hot be passed over lightly by any that may be unfortunately interested. in this serious question, ( The weight of the evidence .goes to show that there, are in dealing with this pest two measures to avoid, viz., trapping and wire netting, and-two to make use of, viz., poisoning and natural enemies, It is evident, without a doubt, to anyone reading over 'the whole of-the evidflnce, that those'who have successfully dealt : withth« rabbit, have don 6 it with a determination to adopt the poisoning and. the natural enemy only; but at tho same time this has only been done by steady perseverance and acontinued adherence to these means. This is a question, that interests not' onlv our immediate district, but the, whole Colony. This evidence also shows us conclusively that to follow any other course than that which is recommended must, mean a waste of energy and money, even to 'ruination, and,must delay successfully dealing with' this trouble, Thero is .little doubt but what tho rabbit, wilt-be conquered, it is only a question,,of time; but we should act upon such facts as are now put before, mv aod hasten the desired end; ' Masterton's, northerni'distriot should, above all others; take advanthis information. A In,-this they havs the. experience pfv others that have not had 'the «ame:opportunHy of the best remedies being placed before.

them. Thoy should not Beck for means oiilßule «£' what in the oiitcopie of years of struggle with the rabbit, This "evidence shows theio what to v «void and what to adopt, -/V ■■.,/. '•-, "~<

The' regular monthly meeting of the Masonic. Lodge will bo held on Monday evening neit. \. ,■■.■'■ ■' \ ( v;

Footballers are reminded of the practice match at Masterton to-morrow between the Representative team and tHe next eighteen.:'/'.'

Mr P.' Diokßon, draper, Queen-street" publishes a cironlar with the' present isbuo of this paper, which .contains a list ot prices of certain cheap linoi for Saturday and the following week, A novel sentence was that pronounced by Judge Ohuroh of Meadville, Pennsylvania, on twri young chaps oonvioted of riot: "Go to hear Frahois Murphy, sign the pledge, keep sober, be industrious, and sentence will be suspended if. the order is obeyed." Private tenders ware, invited by. the Library Committee for writing outside the Institute, .Three local man responded, viz,, Messrs Donelly, Nicholls, a»d Ward. The tender of Mr G. Ward, being; the lowest, was accepted.

Professor Bwarfc has satisfied himself as to the cause of the'failure in-the. shipment of herring ova by the Ruapehu. Another cor.'signmont will very shortly be sent out to New Zealand, and it is to be hoped that this prolific -fish will become naturalised in our wators. Should this bo so it* advantage .to Now Zealand may be counted in millions.

The Featherston School Comraifctflft have just completed M planting of shrubs round the.acre recently acquired for the use of the.scholars, This will be another improvement, to the township, .besides providing necessary shelter, Unfortunately'it has not been possible to obtain trees required for planting the recreation reserve, and as the • season is now advanced, it is not likely they will bo planted until next year.-. ■

WVbeliovd a movement is on foot in Featherston to provide a reading room, A better time could not well be chosen if the converts, to the "Tomperanco Union" are to be considered. The want of a suitable room is very much felt, and we feel sure if such was provided it would add very considerably to the membership of the prosont library, besides providing a moans'.of spending social hours, away from hotels.

' The contractors for laying the cas pipes are making headway, and have-already passed.Chapel-street on the road to the Railway Station Starting at tlio works thoy laid IB chains of 8-inch pipes and continued with '22 ohains of 7 inch, to .whfoh they havo added 0 chains of 6 inch pipe. Thejunotions for the cross sections are fixpd as. the work proceeds, and .the remainder of the work will ha altogether lighter. The gas. engineer, Mr R, K. Smith, iB in' cousiant attendance, overlooking the proceedings.' ' ;."\'.-:/<

The new public reading room at tho Institute was opened to-day, and :it io for many, reasons an improvement upon its predecessor,' it is capacious, lofty, and well lighted, and when'the now ventilators are put in it will b? all that can be desired. •, There are a few drawbacks, the flipht of stairs being the chiof, perhaps, The windows have boon loft unfrosted, and the viow of tho Taueru ranges and the undulatin? hills covered with verdure is very jde'aaaht. Attached to tho reading room is another compartment, quite as large, as the old reading room, and at present containing nothing but a-museum collection and a number of chairs, This room, ut well as tho reading room, has & fire place, and would make a very convenient chess and draught-room. No doubt it will soon meet a suitable requirement.' :The Council offices downstairs, audtherost of tho building, are still In the hands of the contractors, but no doubt the noxt meeting of the Council will take place iu the now rooms.

The Wellington correßpondenfc the; Timaru Horala writes to that journal as follows:—" Mr Hooker, the patentee of the gas electric light, has been exhibiting his new illuminating power in the lobby of the Parliamentary buildinps for the last three nights. The light oonsistspf a mixture of gas and air conducted through an ordinary gas pipe. Mr John Korr, member for Waimea, has purchased the patentee's interest in the light, and he informs me that he oan manufacture the' supply at a cost of Is per 1000 ft. To-night, a comparative test'between the, con-,' sumption of the ordinary gas and the new' lightis beingmade, with the extraordinary result that the gas-burner is passing through 9ft per hour. The lighfcj if anything, is brightw than the electric. It is Mr Kerr's intention to offer his new light to the gaß companies established in New Zealand at a fixed sum, for the right of supplying eaoh town j and in the event ,of their failing to accept his terms, he intends to contract with individuals for the supply of the light. This is made from gas and air, the latter being blown into tho gasometer by means of a bellows. He assures m» that he will rostriot any gas company purchasing tho light to supply a town from charging more than fa per 1000 ft,"

- Waiting for death, tho World says, in a little back parlor in Brooklyn lies Dr Charles F, Reed, fifty-six years old, who not been able to move hand or foot or turn in his bed since he was thirty-four. He lives only in hii head, for every joint is fast bound, and his body and limbs are. wasted to the bone, His eyes are sightless, his neok stiff, his jaws set so close as to prevent him taking any food unless it be in very soft and liquid form, and' shoulder joints, elbows, wrists, finger joints, hips, knees,: and toes aro immovable. The kneos aro drawn up, the left knee joint is almost thrown from its sookot, the right, foot is turned so far outward as almost to turn back, A white moustache and beard that Rip Van Winkle would have envied cover the lower part of'a faco strong in outline and full of oharacter. Around this sufferer's bed, where so heavy a oross has been laid.gathor almosfcdaily people who come to get consolation in trouble Dr Eeed is a philosopher, and his cheerful dis: position, in spite of tho extreme hardness of his lot, has made him the wonder of everybody who knows him. Those' who havo lost frionds oil! thoro to leam lessons in fortitude, and all who meet the doctor say they go away with new Ideas of life and its purposes. Be is well road in every bratib)) of literature.

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'. lam going to make a speciality ot certain lines dur|ng the next months. At the present iifnalam.runnm'g-Macintoshesand Overcoats at prices .which defy.any; bouse in the Wellington District' to approach., Bysmding tho lengthwMoh/yourojimrein inches, you can be supplied with • a. grand -Tweed Macintosh for 57/6,' honestly worth £3.. Giva me a trial, John Thorbbbn, th> People's OMbier, Willistreet '. ■ j

Messrs Loces & loma add to their sale to-morrow' a splendid- draught, horse; which should attract the attention' of farmers and.flontractora. '•::!,'-

vA number of the Hot' Lake"country" Ciittl6,^ : iiich the settlem were compelled to drive out of itiat district, ; hav£ been ; brought by the owners'to this district; Mr Stuokey, of Rangitumau, purchased a drove of one hundred bullocks in Hawkes Bay, which reached his homestead last week.

The Town Clerk has received from Messrs A, andT. Burl advice that the balance of the gas plant has been shipped' perßhips "Orari"and "Canterbury." Miss Brownlie, Superintendent of the Wellington Female 1 Eeacue Home, will Bpeak in the Salvation Army barracks tonight, and will also be in attendance on Saturday and all day Sunday. We are informed; on good authority, that a Wellington firm of merchants is about to establish a branch in Masterton, and that plans are being prepared for a suitable building. \ It is reported that plans for the new premises' for. the Bank of New , South Wales are in course of preparation. The site is adjoining Messrs M. Casolberg & Oc.'s brick Btore. ■ '■.

Dnring the passage of the barque Isabel from New York, Mr Nichols, the second officer, was carried overboard while attending to the halyards .during a heavy sea on June 13th. Encased was the son of a Dunedin boot manufacturer.

A well attended meeting was held at Mr Whytels Bakery, Carterton to arrange for periodical social gatherings, and the establishment of a reading and reojfeatiofr room. A committee was appointed to take the preliminary steps,, and report fully to a general meeting to be held on Wednesday next.

We: are requested to remind our readers'of Messrs Lowes' & lornß' sales to-morrow, They commenoe with horses, produce, poultry, and saddlery. After that a consignment of Nelson fruit trees frjjm the nursery of Mr J.- Hale, conoludirig with furniture, boots and shoes, drapery, clothing, etc ',.

Mr B. B. Hare; Manager of the Waira ; rapa Clothing Factory, haß taken the lead in. haying his shop qompletely fitted up with gas fittings In the show window is a T bracket with six burners, above which is aneatly designed reflector, whioh will no doubt have the effect of throwing the light equally over allthe goods in the window. The interior of the shop has a two-light bracket. The fittings were supplied and fixed by Messrs Howard and. Williams, of this town. '...-■

William Beech is earning a quiet £SO per week (says a London correspondent of the Referee) by appearing nightly for a quarter of an hour at two music Wis. Four pounds, odd a night fordoing nothing is very fair pay. But stay I I forgot. Ho; has to make two speeches per evening, 'and when the engagement, is ovor.l expect to find that he has made such progress in the art of public speak.iug as to .qualify him to represent Illawarra in Parliament. He tells me that he isfast becoming "a'dab at speaking."

/Mr F. H> Wood reports a good attendance at his Taratahi stock-sale yesterday, and a largo quantity of stock of all classes yarded. The bidding however waSj'not so brisk or spirited as at the last three of.four^sales, although a .consider•able amount of business: was done. Thefollowing prices, were obtained : Sheep— ; lambs, 4s to,ss Id; ewes in lamb, 6b to 8s; two-to»tli -wethers, 9s. Cattle —calvesj from 12s Gd to 245; yearling heifers, -24s td,'32B; yearling: steers; 32s to 365; 'two-year-old heifers, 55b ; two-year-old steers, 60b; : three and four-year l pld'steers, 00s to 100s; cows, from' 60s to £ 6. Horses—several wefe disposed of at prices' ranging from 20s to ,L 9.

His Worship the Mayor,- Mr M. Ga&elbers, on behalf of His Exoellenoy the Governor, presented to . George Bertram , Bowser. ■ the Koyal Humane Society's bronze medal and ■certificate in -recognition of 'his bravery in saving tho life of a boy threo years of age, by jumping into. the Waipoua River during a flood, and resouiug the child from drowning. There were other bigger, boys who saw the casualty, but failed to respond, The Mayor E resented a sovereign to the brave lad on is own account. The presentation took place at the public school in the presence of the Chairman and members of the Sohool Committee and other burgesses. A half-holiday was granted by the Chairman at the especial request of the Mayor and three oheers were given by the boys to their brave sohoolmate.

A curious natural history tale is. recounted by a correspondent of the Sydney Morning Herald, he says;— Purine the month of May a phenomenon takes place along the coast Bouthw&rd of •Green, Cape to Sydenham Inlet, to an extrerao hardly known elsewhere. Tons of fish strew the shore, and most of whioh are composed of deep-sea sorts, and hundreds of native dogs came down to feast on them from the highlands of the distriofc ofMonaro. So regular is.this visit of dingoes that they are within a few dayß always of the time that the fish are thrown ashore. Would not this indicate the existenoe of a periodic ourrenfc caused by the trending westward of tho coast from a comparatively straight line north* ward! I have heard tho opinion expressed that there is a current at this time of the year from the eastward, Many years ago, owing to the occurrence of so many wrecks here, and that they went 'ashore, not all by stress ofweather, there was a general belief that a magnetic in- ' fluenco existed that deranged the compass —an attractive power of the land that destroyed all true reikouing. '''•''

A meeting of the Committee of the Masterton Hospital was held in the Institute yesterday. Present—Messrs 'Boddington (Chairman), Heron, J. lorns, B. ?. Perry, and Rev..W. E. Paia;e. The Chairman congratulated Mr Heron on taking his seat as the representative of the-Masfcerfcou. Borough. Council. The Treasurer reported receipts ~by subscriptions £9O 6d, Government subsidy £93 lis 9d. Total £lO2 l?s 3d. The accounts paid during the month left a credit balance of £44 9a Id. A letter was read from the Secretary of tho Loyal Masterton Lodge of Oddfellows asking what advantages the Committee would grant to the Lodge should they give an annual subscription of £5 to the Hospital. It was rssolved that in consideration of the Loyal Masterton Lodge subscribing L 5 per annum to the Hospital they shall be entitled to five member's admission and the charge shall be only 10s per week during the time any member is m the Hospital as a patient, admission to be subject to the usual conditions.- An acoount.from M. Caselbergand Co;, for supplies was passed for payment. The Hospital diary was read, bdt contained nothing of any importance. Mr Walter Perry was appointed visiting member for the ensuing month, and the meeting adjourned.

Anyone requiring/ 'New Zealand Tweed Clothing will save money by purchasing at the Wair&rapa Clothing Factory, for their suits at 19s 6d,-265, Mb, 37s 6d,46s'and 60s;- and trousers and vests at J2s 6d, and trousers at 6i 9d aiehonestly worth double the money. Note theaddress,-Next toEmplrdHoteL-Masterton -ADVT,