The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1886. EXPROPRIATION OF LAND.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 3438, 29 October 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1886. EXPROPRIATION OF LAND.

We lmvo already expressed our views oa tho expropriation of land question, awl nhould not again revert to the subject were it not that we notion that, our local contemporary in his insuo of ycßtorduy uses some rather questionable arguments iu support of Mr BallanciKi new bobby. Hu say«, " Look at Mauriceville, tho home, of the Scandinavians, Eketahuna, Pahiatna, Woodville, mi all along the bnsli line I Hero we have country so thickly woodod and impracticable that even tho übiquitous rabbit cannot livain it. Of recent years the land has been parcelled out in blocks, sub-divided iulo sections and placed on reasonable terms-lit the disposal of working..men with but scant capital.. What is- the result! The townships are growing apace, industries are springing up, and the labor field is extending on a sound permanent basis, .Contrast them with places like Taueru, Tinni, and CaitleV point." Surely our contemporary must bo aware that it is the difference in the oharaoler of tho laud in the Whareama aud the bush district which makes the former suitable for • pastoral purposes only, mid the latter lor small farms. Fifty acres of cleared land at Castlepoint would not suffice to maintain.a i poor man, because the grazing capacity of that country is about one; sheep to the aore, whereas at. Woodville or | Pabiatualand will carry five sheop to the acre. It is simply the superior fertility of the Imsli soil which makes it suitable for small iarm settlement. If the Whareaimi was not land-looked by largo holders it would certainly not be utilized by small settlers, Only men with capital working large blocks have a chance to mike a living on what has been termed the .Bilent highway, aud in many instances these have absolutely failed to niake a profit out of the comparatively sterile hills of that region. \V e are, however, considerably surprised when ouv contemporary goes on to speak of places like Landsdowne as fit for expropriation purposes, ■ and agks" What chance have the general

public had of acquiring; a slice of LuudsdowuolHas it ever been cut up intoraisouable sections ancj-offuled Oik reasonable terms? Did not the'previous owner prefer to, sell.» in large Mocks? Has not land' gone up to a ridiculous price in Masterton, because properties without, like Landsdowne, have been practically locked up aguinat. the. small settler!" Lamlsdoiviif is within a stone's, throw of Masterton, and our contemporary ought to know that it-is utterly unsuitable for smalt settlors. The soil is cold,aud poor, and its late proprietor, us is.'well known,, utterly failed to make the property pay. The present owner has expended - very largo s'iojs of money in iraprov. ing it, but we ve'ty umch doubt whether he, with ample/capital at his; command, can work the place to advantage, .If this estate ever hatllwn subdivided into small farms, the settlers who might have taken them up must inevitably have come to-grief. ■ It is somewhat singular that "complain!? should be now made that the uoor mail should he shut out of bud land. lf.it had been shown that he had been shut off from good fertile soil'there might have been something .to say in favor of local t-xproptiation,'but the would-bo small settler must bo nihgiilarly blind to its own interest, if ..when good land is available and accisdble he bankers after sterile sections.. " V

The English and European Mail, via Brindisi olosos at tho Masterton office on Monday next Ist Novembor,. The Kaiapoi Woollen Company has declared a dividend of ton per cent, and £(iß3 was carried forward to new account,

. Messrs Stevens and Gorton announce a stock salo at their Woodvillo yarda on Tuesday November 2nd. They have a considerable number of cattle and shuop entered.

The programmo of the Maateiton-Opaki Jockoy Club summor meeting, whioh apfioars in another columD.&hows an increaso n the added money of £lO. We believe this is tho only Club in the province whioh has increased ita added money, which speaks well for tho progress the Club is making.

Tho Ormondville correspondent of the Hawkes Bay Horald writes:—Several men who left here for the shearing have ro turned, as tho shed where thoy intended to shear would rather pay £1 per 100 to Maori*! than 17s Od to white men, Is this the result cf tho insane cry of "Down with the sheep farmers" raised of late 1 ■ The privileges in connection with the "Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral aud Agricultural Sooioty's Show were sold at Carterton yesterday by Mr F. H. Wood, aud realised as follows:—Publican's BooMi, 1 and 2, Mr E. Buokendge. £3 each. The Refreshment Booth, and Fruit and Fauoy Goods Stall were not sold.

Mr H. Pearson's Private Bras 3 Band will play tha following programme (weather .permitting).on Messrs Townsend, and downer's balcony, to-morrow evening :—March, "Royal Lancaster"; Valse, "Svinging"; Galop, "Silver Cup""; Quadrille. " Wesfcmiuster"; Valse, " Heart of my 'Hoars"; Overture, "Zulioka l ' ;• • March, "Gentle Voices Calling" •

Ihe latest novelty is "OiwtMjhW weather pictures. These pictures are prepared in specially sensitive colors on glae3, so thatthey indicate the chango ot the weather rapidly by changing color. When tho picture is pink or yellow, rain or change may be expected; when blue and green, fine weather. Captain'Rdwin, of our Meteorological Department status that he has watched the working of tho picturos and finds thatthey act admirably tho changes of colour taking place very quiokly, and tho information they convey proving very reliable, and being readily understood aftor a little study. The Examiner of Tuesday last says: Mr Hunter, driver of Mr Macara's coach between Palmerston and Woodville, found tho Gorgo blocked by a heavy landslip, which would take several hours to remove. When tha Woodvillo-Tahurite coach arrived at the other sido of tho slip tho drivers deoided to chango coaohos. One of Mr Hunter's horses while being led along tho narrow strip of roadway fell into tho river below Apparently not much hurt the hone swam the rapids and reached the othor side, We have not heard whether Mr Hunter managed to secure the horse again.

An inquest was hold at two p.m. yester day on tho deoeaaed Harry Wheatley, before Dr Spratt, Coroner for tho district, and a jury of bix men, of whom Mr Andrew MoKonzie was chosen foreman. After being duly sworn tho Coroner and jury proceeded to view the body. Armond Bennett doposed to finding the man dead in his usual abode at Carterton in tho forenoon of Wednesday, Oct. 27th. when he at enco communicated with Constable Darby. Dr Johnston certified to haying made a post mortem examination and found the brain very much clotted with blood, and a great deal of fatty tubstance at tho heart. His opinion was fchttho deocased died while in a fit of appoplexy, and a verdict to that effect was accordingly returned. A numbor of Finlanders wore among those who oallodattheAuoklandCityOouncij offloes last week, with a view .of seoing if they could ebtain work. The Herald says they were originally a party of 25, and came out in tho Kaikoura.from London, some of them stopping in the South, and the balance cpming.oji to Auckland, Thoy are all young men, and were glad to escape naval or. military conscription in the service of Holy Russia, Somo are artizana, laborers, agricujturisls,;and seamen. ' Two or'threearo married men, but, camo :to the colony alone in the first : instance''One or two. had been, to the colony previously as seamen. •■'■■ The following letter recoivod by Mr W. Blinkhofne, of this town, from- his son who recently went to Kimberley, has been placed at our. disposal {-"Cambridge Gulf; September 30th, 1886,Dear Mother and Father,! now-tako tho pleasure of writing a tew lines to you hoping thoy will find you all well as they leave me at present Since I wrote last I have been up to the goldholds, but unless they'hit on something else Kimborloy is a complete failure. 1 carried my swag from the Gulf to the Hold arid back. It cost me aboufcilfj for food and tools. I met Harry Duncan, and savod him the trouble of walking about six hundred miles. . Everybody is leaving tho place •whioh is very bad. Wages here at present aro verv low-£l_ per week aud find yourself. By the time you get thia letter I shall be away out of it. The gold got at Kimberley is of very good quality, and a good price is paid for it, but not more than one in a hundred ia doing any good. Kimborley as a payable goldfiold ib a compiote failure, and if there is anyone in the Wairarapa thinking of coming hore, I would urge them to tako tho advice of ono who has been to tho fields and keep away. This (Cambridge Gulf) is a splendid little place. The climate ia hot, and the flies aro very thiol?. There is no sickness here, but a few have bad eyes, Remember me to all enquiring friends, There is nothing further I need tell at present, so 1 must draw my letter to a close. I remain, your loving son, John K. Bliskhoknk" .

Tenders close on Monday-for felling thirty four cluiua of bush at Matahiwi. ,' Messrs Lowes & lonia add to their aala for.Thursday next two farm mares, ' •" ' A' son of Mr M. Caselberg's haa taken a prize at the annual sports of the Wellim?ton College. General entries aud acceptances for the Spring Meeting (if the Wiiiratapa'Juckpy Club close to-morrow at 9 p.m.

The cricket match Grcytown v Masterton will bo played on tho'Maiiterton Park Oval tu-imnrow. The game will commence at 11 o'clock.

Mr F, H. Wood sella the privileges in .connection with tho Spring Meeting'of the Wairarapa Jockey Club at _Gieytowu to-morrow. '

Tha annual meeting n| the Wairarapa (Jiledunian Suciety will bo held at the Club Hotel to morrow oveuing at eight o'clock, Messrs Lowes and lorne have a uumber of important 'sales to-morrow, pavtioulaw of which are given in our advertising columns.

Excitement continues in tho Waikato regarding tho strange carniverons mohster said to be at large in the district. Some volunteers offered to do .sentry duty at the slaughter-house, but'it has been deoidod to set a self-acting trap to catch thoanimal alive. Next week tho Rov. Janica Patterson is oxpected to deliver one of his popular lectures in the Presbyterian Church Masterton, • •

An excursion.train will bo run between' Wellington and Carterton on Wednesday next, in connection with the annual show of tho Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral Society. Extra trains will also be run between Masterton and Carterton.' Annie Colville, an old ■ offender, waß was brought before Mr -Von Sturmer R.M., this morning, charged with being drunk and disorderly at the' Occidental Hotel yesterday. She was fined 30s, with an alternative of fortyeight hums. The following taam will represent the Opa'ri Cricket Club in the match with the Tradesmen's Club on Saturday afternoon next :-W. E. Welch (Captain), J„ A.J., .F.. H. v E., and It. Welch, Boulcott, Melachlan. W. Day, G. Harvey. Emergency F. Hare. Play will commence at •two o'olock Slurp.

Wo understand that Miss Houston is at present a guest at Bishopcourt, in Christchurch, where sho is staying at the invitation of the estimablo Primate of New Zealand, whois son, tho Ven. Arohdeacou Harper, is Imcumbant of Timani,

A soiree in aid of the funds for enlarging St Matthew's schoolroom will be held in the Theatre Royal on Friday November 12th. An influential committee of ladies has been formed aud the affair ia likely to prove highly succossfu). The price of tickets has boon fixed at 7s (3d double, and 5s single. A limited number of tickets for the gallery will be issued at one shilling each.

Tub Wairarapa people >re very much annoyed that tho ceremony of "driving the last spiko" of the Wellington and Manawatu railway should take place on Wodnosday next, it being tho show day of. tha Wairarapa aud East Coast Pastoral and Agricultural iasociation. The Association has had a continuation of-bad luck for tho past three or four years. On their show days it has rained in torrents, and now besides the chances of a wet day, there will bo a great counter attraction tor Welliugtoniatis.— Preaß. " Broken Vows, or Meg's Diversion," will lio played by Miss Georgia Smithson's Masterton Amateur Dramatic Company on Monday evening next in the Theatre Royal. Tha drama will be put on in first class style, with new scenery' and effeets, and should draw a crowded houso; Tho following is tho caste:—Jeremy Crow (a Devonshire farmer), ,1. U. Kibblewhite; Ashley Morton (the squire). F. Bradbury; Jasper Pidgeon (a carpenter), T. Wrigloy; Roland Pidgeon (h ; s town bred brother), Jame3 Holloway; Eytem (tho Exeter lawyer), J. Ward; Cornelia, Margaret (Orow'si daughters), Miss Roam Beaufort, Miss Goorgio Smithsmi; Mrs Netwell (of the Grange, a widow), Miss L, Morris, Referring to Mr Sala's ironical remarks on the Academy dinner the Hawera Star retails the following story:— " Thi3 reminds us of an incident in connection eith Mr Sala's visit to New Zealand, When in Wellington he was invited to lunch at Bellamy's with tho Moat oneß of the land. A big speech from him was expected, and a verbatim report was required. Was the Press invited 1 Oh, no I But one reporter, wlion tha lunch was nearly over and apeaking was expected to begin, was hurried into the room. How ha got thure he hardly I new, but being there he soon found that though among the party ho was not of it, aud realised that he had beon hustled in to report, not tu lunch. He took the notes, it is true, but they wore never transcribed and the"speeches were lost to posterity. This is how the Press of Now Zealand resented an insult. Suobbory ie not confined to Academicians, Mr Sala."

Tho Auckland .Evening Bell of last Saturday contains a trenchant article on tho Stark Commission Enquiry. It concludes thus:—"The thing is getting sickening, The public have been baulked and fooled oyer this thing till it is becoming intolerable, Somo of our mo3t publicminded citizens have put themselves into unpleasant positions in the attempt to gob at the bottom of this scoundrelly transaction, They have asked for bread and have got a Btone, they have asked for fish, and have boon given a serpent, It was hoped that the Commission would have don 9 good. Nobody wanted them to opon up th? enquiry as to-whethor .the job had boon done. Everybody know it had." Nobody wanted enlightmont as to the value of the Stark property. Everyone knows it was- not worth the half of what was given for it.'' Nobody wanted to know whether a steal had been done; that was clear. What wu wanted to know was, who were the thieves i Tho Commissioners havo done nothing to enlighten us about this; thoy show no disposition to do it; on tho contrary, they show a desire to draw a shroud ovor tho whole thing, so the Commissioners may go. They are not wanted longer Tho thing was a sham from'the first, and wo have had onotigh of it."

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