The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1886. THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2489, 31 December 1886, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1886. THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW.

The time has -arrived to s'ajr good-bye to tho old year and to welcome the new one. 1886 ha'a"been feirly friendly | to New Zealand, and wo h&va tronso l-eason to hops that TBB7 will bring us still better fortune,. 'lbs jeav now ; fading inur been possibly ■'.a. soaiewh&t trying period for very- ninny", m the com « unity as a heatsott' of .compulsory retrenchment, a 'year- during which men have hud to %hfc hard (o hold their own, but it in« ixicn a year which bus taught them how to iield 'their own, aad how to contend agslnit unfavorable conditions/ and whni die Amerioßn's enU a, 'boom' ipotne along during the yenr which "ib,isoif ow ushers in, there will be a "rifsd"' aM/ development which will sweep ifw;jy |ha Jstfl depression. This boohi or trade revival is by no means improbable, The wool aud rawt ex;?ar& inarkato if not all timt eotiid be wishtfd ,'for,, ; display sign* of vitality. Tallow has udvaitoed, and it h bdievud thttt wheat will ?fc& in mb& Them not wanting indications of fcettil' times for* one &aij and ' w«s Wgin- to thnik- thai tls* ii«Ss ,;lfas.. -«ire&!Jy_ ityra;

ftwßfcw,, m U&T oftsir. *i*»- of. s>» jrar]4 tte gmtec THrtfos® srjssß#,fco tlge teelii*?* BtiH'watoMsf saeh ofcte feslosfHlyj and 'the .ISm'opwn war so lo.ig delayed may brssfej out ia the cowing year. Sngs»n(l haa.witnasaed discing ths jwiat year tha fbthronesnent from, polifcfottl auprem&cy of •Mr Gladstone, snd has trusted herself very much to a Conger ftrtive Oftdet, Lord .BandolpJi, whose, comet like nppear*; ; s»B®««rid^disappearance as. leader of tnd'^oj&eof'Oommon«t has bee"a.;the. political ptmle of the jmst year.;' Tits proposal now made to place a moderate man litco Lord Hartingtoti.inipower is one that will lend'to restore* confidence 'in the mother country obtaining peace ■witlv honor... iii New. Zealand our political history during the past twelve, months liaa. been somewhat .unsatisfactory;- Financial embarrassments Lave been met by increased taxation, instead of hy retrenchment, and colonists who are compelled to pay the piper are beginning to be very dissatisfied, Tha Stout-Togol Ministry, oven ifv they want to survive, can hardly be expected to live through 1887. • In our own district, Masterton during the past year has suffered somewhat from an exodtis of men and money to the Forty Mile .Bush:, and from the fact that many of the station proprietors in Wairarapa North have nob been in a position to expend money on improvements up to the scale of- previous years. .Notwithstanding these drawbacks the -town lias .held-' its .own; - and its inv porlanco. aa .the Centre of a, large' district which is "now becoming rapidly populated has stimulated many of its .business residents to establish ■ new enterprises. The Borough' Council has, (lui'h'g •tin,' l past year, taken, a .big "blbb'''forward in connection ! with the establishment of gas works, nor do we tjiinkthat in" tlio 'long run. the town will have occasion to regret this project although its tirut coat, may bo found to bo epm r t\vhafc heavy. The ovent ofI'SSG in '.he .Wairarapa has been the rapid .bveloptuent of the Forty Milo Bush ;<>untry by moans of

special settleraonit. Opinions liillui' us to the ultiraato success of this move- , ment'. That it is transforming a large area o£ wnsto lands into productive homesteads is undeniable, bub the fact that very many of its promoters are taking spcuulativo interests in t he settlements may result in partially defeating the scheme which the Minister of Lands rogards with so much satisfaction,. If a sufficient number ofoutsiders come forward when required, to take oyor the allotments held for specnlative purposes all. will be .well, but without this advantitums aid there will be disappointment in store for many who. are now the nominal owners of bush territory. There are, on the other hand, very many men settling in the bush districts who intend to live pu their land and by. itidirlahS—men who, by hard work and thrift, have acqiiii'ed a sufficiency : of:money to give themselves a fair start ■ on their new holdings. Such settlers are the backbphe of • the bush districts, and, will' in future years be heard of as people..ol.'substance. For industrious, thrifty men, this district offers opportunities eqiial to any which have been enjoyed by tho pioneer settlers who have proceeded,them. "\Ye believe the coming year in Wairarapa North r wiH be ut happy one, bpcauso it promises to be n busy one. Though we dwell in the business centre of tha district, we ieel that tLe labor and" toil now being expended in the bush diatriots is a main element in the prosperity of the community, and in wishing ono and all "■(A: Happy New Year," wo would express a special interest in the prosperity of the toilers of .the bush. The Waib\p.apa " Dam" will not bo published to;morrow, -The Mastotton Post Office will bo closed to-morrow. ' In our present isauo tho railway departsheut publishes its train arrangements tor Kew Years' Day, with a table of excur- ■ sion fares.. In tho Wairarapa South,' tho principal event to-morrow will be the meeting of the Featherston .Racing Club on the old Tauherenikau course. One of tho pleasantest New Years' D.iy reunions will bo the Presbyterian Sunday School picnic, which as usual will bo held on tho Upper Plain, in the , paddock kindly lent on these occasions by Mrs ' Yates. The annual gathering of our Caledonian Society in the Park Oval is certain to be a success to-morrow, the liberal prizes offered and the completeness with which all the arrangements for the Sports are ; organised, make this assemblage each ' year more popular. ■ i . . A ring with four pearls and three ruby stones lias been found in the' back of ut herring caught at Dunbar. Tho herring , was cooked, and being eaten at breakfast ;■ by a woman in Edinborough, when the , discovery was made. In ten years mpre than 30,000, people embraced Christianity in the Samoan Islands. It is thought that there are not more than twenty, houses in the whole group whero there ia not a Bible and family worship. ..'■'' • A Berlin paper reports rhufcthoro was a conference lately at tho War Ministry . in Munich with tho :chiefs of. iho #roat railway carriage building establishments at Augsburg; Kuiembotg,, and. Munich, i when orders wero given for the rapid con. i strqefcion of no ffvwer.tlish 2,000 carriages, Mrß, A. Hatrgen, late proprietor of i the Woodville Bxaininor, who purchaeod t tho Kapier Evening News, has to complete .the purchase, aind'has givon ~ lip posEcssioh tp tlio liquidators. Tho old directorate are carrying it - -on, with \ Mr J. T, M, Hbriiabv as, manager and '. editor,' ■..'.' , . /:i .-.;.. '.■,Tho ; Maiirioevilk. Athletio Club hold ; their sports to<day, It is to b° regretted that no suitably grains have been an- ' npunced which would enable Masterton , lesklents to attend this gathering, Hun- . drods of roflidonta in this town would have been glad of a day at Mauricoville if the railw«y authorities" had only grantefl the,, facilities which we undoitttanil • wuro duly applied for by tho Mauricoville ) Sports Conimtttee. Why Mauricevilio i should be left out so much in the cold in all the hojidny train arrangements, is a , myster?. ' ' 4 "\7OSOKBFOj, 9exk,—Many are tho ii>iten<«<i of ills t»ionishi»^' fecundity of tlis vAnosn 6{Se««s of<(lotnesticatutl fowl; but KsK&'Xwfaijh, atiange , ionay t is ni ike ffisiswalina gcotlef) !kw fv-«qftl ftbovuthemsFaprodtHtiuiiofoggs. Tliainftaner in wiikh he tarss out Vanctian BHatlu, et«., U x i!j« wtfaderaad atlsfssration of evsij-botly from dewaw'sKls. Tlie name of this woa&rftsl feW Si Si W. Hicss, &&lh& well- ; JaßjTrmfesrl-tesfis^FfmektfijtssmWiadow

. tba itmkh. competition for Lisute©*st / ! fhomp&Qft'* Trophy will bo fired at Sft.ih.' to-mowwV -, , ■ • • At the Inquest 01: the man Olson at Graytown & verdict of accidental death was returned,! To.-'iuorrow .being ,i general holiday, payment* to the Mustetton. Budding Society cari bomado oir"or boforo StK January. :'

The petition for dividing; the Borough of Masterton into three wards in'being Rapidly filled, up with numerous and influential Btsmatures. '•'. " ":.±f." ■ , ■• One oi the sporting events of to-mor-row will be Cars well's Kum.irau Hack Race Meeting,' Six event* aro bracketed, including hurdle and Hat faces for prizes tanging; from LlO. Tho first evontwill start at midday, arid bt'sing within an easy distance from Mnstertou a largo gathering 'is anticipatedi " Sprint" .givesais tho folloiving tips for tho Caledonian Sports: Hurdles— Harris 1, Watson 2, Greathead 3; Wairarapa , Handicap: iirat event— Wilsorie 1,.' : FairbrotJicr 2, R. Thompson 3; second event— Fazrbrothcr 1, A.' Thompson,2, E. florubloiv 3: third event—A. Thompson 1, 8,, Thompson 2,' S. Hanis 3 ; Walking Hatidicap—Waterson 1; Mile flandicap-jKennedy 1, Nicholson 2, Stinson 3;' Half Mile—'Nicholson I,' Kennedy 2, PJ Freeth 3. Tho Biahpp of Wellington 1 confirmed a number of yimng persona in St. Matthew's Church, lost evening. j ' As the first Saturday'in the month falls upon a puWio holiday, tlie agents of tile Greytown Building Society (Messrs Jus. Brown & Co.) notify tliat payments will bo received on Monday,' January 3rd, withniit 'any fine being incurred. ■To-morrow evening a promenade, eoueorfc and dance will bo givon tho Volunteer Drill' Hall, the musio fojr which will bo aiippliedbythe Voluntoerßrass Band and the String Baud, Dancing will coiuintmoent 8 o'clock and last till midnight. The dances will bu interspersed wjjth vocal selections by our leading local"amatours. Tho Hoy, AY, Ballachy, iiioumbont of Burnham, Canterbury,, has Wen ■ offered and ha* accepted tho incumbency of the Carterton parochial district. ; Mr Balla-eUy-.iWiW'for* considorablo timo'm charge of tho Ktirori distiict, and' was aubsequcntly at Bulls (EaugiHikei), froiii whonco he romtivod to Burnhiun. .

On Sunday evening next tho wellknown and popular captain of the U.S*S.Q. "Rotoi'iw" is announced to nddrosa a mooting in tho Mastorton Temperance Hall at 7 o'clock. 1 Wherever Captain Novillo-hns dolivored addresses, the proas have spoken highly of him, and wo haVo no doubt but that he will have a largo congregation on his visit to Masterton.

Tho returns of votes polled for tho Western Maori eleotion are all in with tho oxoeption of those from one unimportant polling place. Tho following k tho result:—lloane Taipirn, 1273 ; Major Te' Whoovo, SM; .Honare Kaihau, 22-i \- Sydney 71. floano Taipua has polled 21(5 votes mpre than till tho other candidates together. He is a chief of some importance, residing in tho Otaki district, * On Monday and Tuesday next the local Salvationists hold a monster j demonstration when a welcome meeting sweeping march, with mounted cavalry; and Band, monster tea and lufrednow meeting will bo held.. .The following officers oro announced to take'part in thegathering: Major and Mrs Ban-lit, Staff Officer JFishor. Oaptains Foster and \ Wilkinson, Joe Solomon, tho converted Maori, and Mr and Mrs Burnham, the Halleluiah drapers from Sydenham. '%. A pretty warm discussion ia a& ; .present being carried on in the columns of tho Bunedin Herald between Sir Robert Stout and the Right Bev Dv Moran on tho subject of State aid to.denominational education. Tho dispute originated in some Tcmarks.madeby tho Premier in an ;address delivered by him at the Lyceum, to tho '.effect that tho Roman Catholic Church taught that tho State phould support religion, and that i tho agitation in demanding aid from Government was not to teach secular matters, but their religion.' To those iisjsei'tions tho Bishop demurred, and ehallengo'd Sir Robert to produco hi! authorities,,' This that gentleman did in a lengthy lettor on Wednesday night, and ' bo the-war goes gaily oil. I The Director of Kow Gardens (Mr W. T. T. Dyer) has recently spoken of a vory romai'kablo tree of contorted appearance growing about 20ft high. This tree (a species of Rliopnla) in absolutely indestructible,by fire in districts where the dry pasture and bush are burnt twice a year. In these periodical burnings j all ia destroyed except these trees, which remain intact, and form regular plantations as it were, for the trees never forni thickets. It delights in sterile soils, such! aa where grass'cannot even exist. Mr Dyer remarks, with regard to this last point:— '■' This suggests the idea that it may be turned to account in sterile districts within the tropics." !.- Tho most expensive head-dress in use in the British Army is the bear-skin, which lends such an imposing air to the members of the Foot Guards. Bach bear-skin helmet costs £& os, and lasts six years, Every man, therefore, in the Foot Guards is provided with jhead-gear at an annual cost of 14s lOd. Next in expense comes the " feather bonnet" of the Highlanders, which costs £2 9s 3d, and lasts eight years, at an expense of 9s 31d for each year. The brass helmet winch is worn by the Household Cavalry, and which must be the most uncomfortable headrdreas in existence when the sun shines so fiercely as it is shining whilst we are "writing this, costs £los2d, and lasts for oiglib years, so that 2s 6£& a. year is the outlay on the head-dress of each member of this corps. An attractive, and appropriate wind-up for the Mew ylear's Day festivities has been provided for to-morrow evening at the Theatre Royal by Miss Georgie Smithsonv: The programme includes the " Gathering of the Clans" by the juvenile, ballet troupe, in which the .tartans of'the Stewart's, McKenzio's,.-Hob Roy and the 42ud will bo introduced, bagpipe music, and choruses: suitable to the. various marches .and movements,, the whole of which have : received careful rehearsal by; the company. A new; scene-;for ..this has boon paintqd by our local artist, Mr Bradbury. By* special riqltest the Now Havon Fishwife .(Caller Jderrin')'will be sung, aho Auld Lang Syne, the solo of the latter will be entrusted' £b ono of tho juvohHo vocalists of the troupe, who has inttdp such progress' under Mils Suiithson's tuition, as to warrant!tho con-• ndeneo of the tutor. The comedietta of M Tho ThreoH&ts" is also in thejbill and sliould prove, a. very attractive item, while the pantomime of Whittuigtou and his Cat makes up as' Attractive a programme as. had placed before them for a considerable, time past, and ought" to draV 'a- crowded audience tomorrow evening. About thai* j£)s.K> jib given iawa?.— To the Jsditor-~Sir, Win you allow nm tfirmwi]. tu lot the People o,f I tho Wajiarapa know that I am going to tall *uT my'stock,' cohsUting" of moil's, 1 youth's, and boys' clothing, shirts, hats, hosiery, &c, at a great reduction in prices : i;p (ill the end of the ycaj: j and also to remind them that every one Who buys goods to the value «f 2s 6g get* a ticket in ray &3§ competition. Thhik of that! By spending 2s £sd with me, you may win money aaocga fca essrry _j&m for, "a trip

v?Am&M&& iMELis absoojatiom;; Tks following aro the prize-takers in t&# fgjllm/h>j{ matches ; Thb Fsss3iDSßE'*f Matoii, 600ydd. T#?j, shot*, Fh'B cash prizes. -"•" Ooloc-SevgJ, Kale, Guards ... ... 31 Hsrri», Grsytown »'..''29 liifrUt;Boubpi), Feathorston ',. 2$ Sergfc Burton, Newtown . ... ... 25!

Waibauapa M*tch, &00 and 800 yds; seven shots at each range;'five cashS prizes. >■■ .'■ , . ~ , .''il-: ".. .•":*.* yds yds"'tl 600 eoo J, Tockor, Fcafchoraton- ... 18 21—39: A. Ballinger, Guards .... 23 G. Beiitley, Mastotton ... ,-22 -14— 3& Sorgfc Gooding, Greytown... 20 15—35 Vol. Shaw, Guards... „. 17 17-34; . The foJlowincr aro the seven highest aggregates for the meeting : "^ Col, Sorgt. Hale, Guards, 150; A. Balliuger. Guards, .'... „-. 143' G. Bontley. Masterton ... ... 143 Shaw, Guards, ... ... ... 130 Lieut, Benton, Foatheraton ' ... 127 Sergt.. Matth«ws, Maaterton ... 124 ,0. Bentley; Btasterton- ■"... ... 122 Col. Sorgt. Hale b£ the guards takes the first aggregate prize of £5, Vol. A. Ballinger who tied with Vol G. Bontley takes the second aggregate prize of £3,vas Vol. G. Ben tley -was not there to file off tho tie, Bafimger tired, and made an outer, ' ,~' '•"..' Tho Team Match. 200 and 500 yards, firot and second, was won" by tho two Masterton teams, with 230 and 203 respectively. Tho Guavdß came third, with 190, Feathoraton fourth with 173. Greytown fifth with 101, arid Papawai laßl with .135 points, five shots'each at each range, mid fivp men in each team. . Vol. G. Bentley takes- the Wairarapa Belt as tho hiehest aggregate, scorer in tho Wairarapa Corps. ' Major Bunny, in presenting tho prizes in the Town Hall in tho said he hoped the' Wairarapa men would dti , bettor next. year. . • Several complaints were made about the quality"of tho cartridges used at the 1 mooting. The folloiving i* a complete list of the 1 prisso takers t—Sei'gt. Halo, Sergt,- Gray, ' Sorgt Kibblewhite, Vol. W, Balliuger, 1 A. BallirigorJWhiteman, M. Franco. G, Bontley, ,T.- Fisher, Tockor, Gnodin'and Harris, Lieut. Beutcm, Vol, 1 Wilton, Sergt Burton, Vol. O. Bontley, ' P.O. Taylor, Corpl. Scott. '■•>■- Mr Bnohannn gavo £5 Os to tho Aaso ■ (nation'mooting. ~ .''-;^'-;