The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1886. MR BALUNCE'S SETTLEMENT SCHEME.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2467, 3 December 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1886. MR BALUNCE'S SETTLEMENT SCHEME.

MrG. M. Park in another column advocate! with bis well-known ability the settlement schemes of Mr Bullanne in opposition to our statement that they are beginning to indicate unmistakeable aitjna of failure, We are quite prepared to admit pretty nearly all that Mr Park advances, as the success of the settlements up to their present point is quite consistent with our conention that symptoms of failure ure beginning to be manifested. We give Mr Ballancecredit for theenergy which bo has displayed in promoting Battle, ment in oor bush districts, but at the same time,:we deprecate cortam errors of judgment on his part which must in the long run prove injurious to the cause whioh lie has so much at hoart. A correspondent in our, columns a few days ago, writing uponthe expropriating craze of the Minister of Lands, happily contrasted the old and new thought. The old thought is, that..a man by industry and. frugality should achieve in a colony like this his own independence as a landed proprietor, the new thought of Mr Ballance is that the state should expropriate the land acquired by thrift and industry, and divide it amongst the idle and the

irocligal 1 his oh'niunt of Mr Biillanco's new thought is leavening ; bis Village Settlements, It is notorious iliat in many instances the villagers liave expended the udva cea made by 1 the Government of which Mr Ballance is a member by assisting to revive . that waning, demand for alcoholic stimulants which the Treasurer has •' recently callod attention to. The iponey of the Colony is disappearing down the throats of thirsty villager's; and we take this to he one indication of failure which Mr Bullanco ought to watch. The political party of which Mr Ballance is a member is wont to run amuck at large landed proprietors, either in their capacity as monopolists, or as speculators, but undei Mi Balance's new dispensation a new olass : of monopolists and speculators are springing up which is infinitely more unßcbievouß than the old one. . Take Mr Balfour, the owner of a largo slicn of Pahiatua, as an illustration of the old monopolist, It may be regretted that one man should hold so large a piece of country, but then it is Mr Balfour's money which has, in a great measure made Pahiatua, and enabled many a poor man to take op land there. The new monopolists are men holding small sections of land (and thoy may be termed monopolists) for any man who Booures a permanent title ito even an acre of land is a monopolist to the extent of his holding) who' in many instances have been encouraged to settle on land without possessing the requisite capital to improve and stock it, The new thought opens up to them visions of unlimited credit and of an unearned increment which will pull them through. It requires no prophet to fortell the fato in store for such men. Their land will pass into the hands of, others who have made a substantial old thought foundation as the corner-stone of their enterprise., Then again Mr Ballanco's schemes aro evolving a horde of moneyless speculators. The old speculator might be objected to, but ha usually had money at Mb command, which directly or indirectly benefitted the community. The new speculators, on the contrary are-in many instances deoidedly impeounious, and constitnte a following which must, in the long ' run, prove inconvenient to Mr Ballance, Even in the Special Settlements, so elequently desoribed by Mr Park, the spirit of an undesirable speculation, is ooming out. pretty plainly, Townships are being froely laid out for speculative purposes, For aoum years past the work of acquiring land in the Forty Mile Bush of surveying.and roadingit, bas been in active progress. When Mr Balknco took office the field .was " white to the - harvest," or in' other Words tlu) district was ready for settlement. Poaaxbly almost an equal number of. new settlers might have been located there on old conditions under which satisfactory settlements have been in former days grown and flourished. Mr Ballance, however, has struok out a new path, forsaking the traoks which past experience has proved to be safe, and plunging boldly into new lines which have not,hitherto been explored. He has enablod impocu&ious Speculators, idlers , and prodigals to take up land at the expense of the community, If he should succeed in converting this material into genuine settlers, we will at once admit that his schemes have been wise and prudent. We have, however, no hope of this kind, and believe that a dangerous principle is embodied in his schemes, which will defeat the end that he has in view. If instead of fouriug water into sieves and devising expropriation absurdities, Mr Ballance went in for settling the, whole of the bush country with the right class of small settlers be could do do better than he is doing. In spite of the glowing picture painted by Mr (J. M, Park, settlement is lagging iu the Busli districts, and in our next issue wc will refer more particularly to this phaze of the question, and consider " why settlement lags,"

At a meeting of the United District Board held at Wellington on Wednesday last, a statement showing that the sum of £1387 15s was due by the Wairarapa East and West County Councils aa their share of the liabilities on account of charitable aid for the period commencing Ist November, 1886, to the 31st March, 1887, was submitted by the Seoretary, On the motion of Mr Taylor, seconded'by Mr Beetbam, it was deoided to forward ft copy of the utatemeut to both counties," Can anyone say what consideration the Wairarapa has received or is liktily to receive for this levy ot £1387 which has been forced upon ui in the hob of iirgeut remonntranosa by our good friend Sir Robert

Wb stated the other day that in many inslanoef the village *ettler expended the money which he received from the Government for bis: improve, uients at the public house. Our local contemporary gives us a column and* half of abuse for making this statement, and yet if our contemporary made inquiries in the proper quarters will find that what we said was Btriotly true. Out local contemporary says that the men we have referred t®, i.that is the men who spend the Government money at the publio house, are "</« bat men tot have in the Wai-, rarapa." Of course they aro, the only pity is that we cannot keup them. In a few months timo they will have exhausted the Government cow to which they are now olinging t and will no longer bo known to us as our village settlers. Our local contemporary says we are no friend of the settler. and the artizan. We are emphatically the friend of the settler and the artizan and onr contemporary is their enemy. He deceives and misleads them. We, on tho contrary, tell them the truth, without fear or favor, The Masterton Town Lands Trust meet this evening. An adjourned meeting in the estate of Mr J. Baumber it notified for the 7th inst.; : Mr Seaborn, a talented elocutionist, gives an entertainment, at tho Theatre Royal this evening, We have received Bishop's monthly time-table and diary fir December, which contains the usual amount of useful information.

Tenders are invited by Mr T. Thompson, Empire Hotel, fur mowing about eight acres of grass. The next musical evening in St, Matthew's school room is fixed for Thursday, December 23rd inst.

Mr D. S. Papworth has ben appointed the Wairarapa agent for " Wilson's ■Qian f , Bone and Shell Mill." To poultry rearers theso machines'are invaluable, as thoy grind green bones and shells suitable for the smallest chickens, The installation of officers of the Masterton Lodge, 1430, 15.'0." and' Thistle Lodge, 647, 5.0., is' announced fur Thursday, ICth inst, at the Masonic Hall, Bannister Street. , The committee of the Masterton Friendly Societies are preparing for their annual Amalgamated Sports on Anniversary Day. The programme which will be on the same libeial scale as last year will A e issued shortly. A (fond sound piano, walnut case, is advertised for sale iu our wanted column. To anyone requiring an instrument of this kind, a good opportunity is offered of obtaining a bargain, as the owner 1b leaviug the district.

To-morrow is the regular monthly payday of the Masterton Building Society at tho office of Mr W. Sellar, and of tho Wairarapa Building Sooiety at the office of Messrs Jas. Brown &' Co., Queen street, Masterton.

Blackham, Uie wicket-keeper of the Australian Cricket team, wlio was disabled iu the Ohriatchuroh match, arrived in Masterton by last night's train. He left to-day by tho noon train for Napier via Napier via the Forty Mile Bush.

Tho local Salvationists are going in for high falutin to-morrrow evening, when they farewell special Bamford. The demonstration will consist of extra marches, supper and saved drunkards testimony meetiug.

A narrow road running'parallel with tho Wellington and Manawatu railway line near Palmerston is asource ofdan?er to travellers. On Wednesday last two accidents occurred, one of them being to the Chairman of tho Company, Mr J. E. JNathan who was thrown out of a trap while driving along the road iu question. The following team has been picked to represent the Tradesmen Cricket Club in the match with tho second eleven of the Masterton Club on the Oval to-morrow afternoon, wickets to bo pitched at two o'clock sharp McKenzie, Ewington, O'Connor, E. Minifie, Jackeon, Manniug, Philpot, Thomas, Blinkhorno, Wickerson, J._ Hounslow. Emergencies: Gleeso'n, Dixon, McKane. . ■ , Tho Wellington cricketers are having some leather hunting in their matoh with the Australians, judging by the score whioh up to last evening stood at 262 for one wioket viz. Palmer b McGirr 76, Jones not out 184, Triimble not out 28 extras 4. Moat of the', bowlers in the Wellington team ware tried to effect a separation of Palmer and.. Jones but it was uot before 202 was telegraphed that McGirr .clean bowled the former, Perry -bowled very well, his first four overs' producing five runs, and thiee maidens, Innumerablecatches were missed during the play, giving the spectators an ideaithat tlie batsmen were knocking them up to onjoy tho fun of seeing them mulled. Tho Wellington orickoters will have re: ceived a lesson infoilding before they have finished the match,

Several persons were charged at the Dunedin Police Court on Thursday with failing to send in returns under the Property Assessment' Act. James Broadfoot and George Atkinson wore fined in tho lowest penalty, £5, and costs, and troblo' the amount of tax. John Boon offered as a defetico that the property had passed into the hands of a mortgagee three years ago, and ho had not ut pound in tho world now. The same fine was inflicted. Robert Adamson, giving evidence that ho had bean absent from tho Colony, was allowed to escape, John.Braifchwaite, booksoller was next oharged. Ho swore that to the best of his belief a return had been sont in. As the Magistrate considered that there waß an absence of wilfulness he dismissed the case, The next charge was against Messrs Findlay and Co,, and the manager stated that no forms hayo been sont to the company. Some onvelopes addressed to the former public officer of the company had reached tho company, but os he had left their omploy the envelopes were opened. A fine of £lO and cdsts wore inflicted. n3 the excuse of ignorance of tho law could not be held as justification. It was stated /that a fine of treble the duty would amount to £BSO, but the Commissioners are expected to grant a remission. Ono of the most successful musical entertainments of the season was gtvon in St. Matthew's Schoolroom last evening to a large and appreciative audience. The propamine prepared was a select and varied one, and was carried out without a hitoh, every item beiug well received. Among thp instrumental selections of the evening, Thalben?'s "Home Sweet Home," rendered by Miss Feist, certainly deserves the premier position, For precision of touch, expression, apd general excellence, it was a creditable performance and reflocto honorboth on the young lady and hertutor, Mr Keisenborg. Mr Langenseipen's titlier solo was a rare treat, and would have received an encore had the rules of the entertainment permitted. A new song to a Masterton audience" Twas not to be," by Mrs Clifton, was the undoubted gem of the vocal productions, and met with a flattering reoeption. Among the readings Mr Gant led the van with one of Mil Caudle's midnight effusions after Caudle had' been male a Maaon. Dressed in nightcap, wig, etc., he kept the audiericein roars, while vainly endeavoring to wriggle the secrets out of an imaginary sleepy husband. : A word of praise is due to Mr Keisenberg for the admirable manner in which he brought his pupils out, he having no less than eleven performing during the evening. One of Haydn's. Toy Symphonies was performed by children alone. The precision in which the little ones manipulated their various instruments, and tho correot time kept throughout reflects not a little on the patience of the teacher and the aptitude of the pupils. Tho accompanyists for the vocalists during tho evening were Mrs Paige, Misses Rockel and Corbett, and Mr • Keisenberg, The followine is the programmelntroductory duet, piano, Caliph of Bagdad," Miss D. Welch and Mr Keisenberg; glee from Lucrotia Borgia, choir; song, 'True •to the last," Mr Wickerson; song," O'er the hills and far away," Miss Lowes; piano duet, "Globe Quadrilles," Misses Payton; reading, "Spoopondyko and Mb Bicycle," Mr Beard; zither solo, "Echoes of Home," Mr Langenseipen; song, " I arise from dreams ot thee," Mr Gant; piano solo, "Homo Sweot Homo," (Thalberg) Miss Feist; song, " 'Twas not to be," Mrs Clifton; reading, "Mrs Caudles lectures on Masonry (in character) MrGaut; pianosolo, "Di Lacterbacherin" by Loeffler (astyrienne varice) Miss Beard; Cuet (vocal) "I would that my love," Mijsdames Clifton and Mayne; Song, " Eileen Alannah," Miss Govier; Toy Symphonie (Haydn) Bells, Matter Payton ; Cuckoo, Miasß. Payton ; Triangle, Misa F. Welch; Nightingale, Mss R, Wickerson; Whistle, Miss C. Gray, Drum, Miss M. Boldingtoh; Trumpet. Miss F. Boddingtoh ; Battle, Miss k, Clayson; Piano, MiSg i). Welch.

The Singer Manufacturing Company notify that for the convenience of country customers, their Wellington shop will be open on the first Saturday.' evening in each month from 0.30 to 9.30 o'clock. MrF. H. Wood's stock, salo at the Taratahi yards yesterday was well attended, and the yards were filled with entries of all classes. The demand for cattle especially steers was good, a large uumber being purchased by a settler living to the north of Masterton. The bidding for heifers, dairy cows, was some-' what dull. There was very little demand for sheep, fat ewes selling at 6s; stores, 4s to 4s (3d; yearling steers, and heifors, 30s to 31s Gd ; two'-yoar old heifers, 40s; yearlings, 30s; 3 and 4-year old steers, 803 to 903; dairy cows, 30s to-87a Gd; cows, m ?ood forward condition, 80s; bull, £9loa; bugpy, £4O.

Special invitation.—Residents in the Wairarapa, when thoy visit Wellington oithar for pleasure or business, are reminded that they can coiubino both by calling at Te Aro House. This new and commodious warehouse is now ono of the most interesting sights in Wellington, and contains a very extensivo stock of recently imported drapery goods of all desorip-. tions. The proprietor is desirous of cultivating a closer connection and enlarging his transactions with residonts in the oountry'districtß, and herewith extends a cordial invitation to every one to visit Te Arg Souse, and will bo pleased to bbo as many as can possibly call, All goods are marked at wholesale prices, and can be inspected without the necessity of pur-, chasing. No one will be pressed to hmj. There is oil the premises a very comfortable Refreshment Room. This is always open during business hours, so that customers may obtain tea, cotfeo, and other light refreshments at any time, and at very reasonable charges. Visitors will also have the privilege of ascending the lofty tower of Te Aro Houbo, which commands a beautiful panoramic view of the city and harbour. . Vonetian Blind and Revolving Shutter man actory. All Blinds guaranteed of the very beat description, Price list on application to R, W, Henn (late Henn and Hansen.) Poneke Steam Venetian Blind and Revolving Factory Wellington,—Anvr