The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1887. THE LAND SETTLEMENT BILL.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2734, 5 November 1887, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1887. THE LAND SETTLEMENT BILL.

Sir George Grev has carried through the House the second reading of" The Land for Settlement Bill." A measure of this character must emanate from the Government of the day in order to have a reasonable chance of becoming law. We are glad of. this, because there is no urgency for Sir George Grey'B Bill. It ia a speculative remedy for an imaginary evil, It assumes that land in New Zoaland is difficult to obtain, whereas never in our history was land a greater drug in the market than it. is at present. The measure proposes the resumption of private estates, not for the creation of perpetual leaseholds, but to enable small farmers to take it up, and, when they are in a position to do so, to acquire a freehold. From this point of view it is a less objectionable measure than that which was projected by Mr Ballance, but greater credit than this can hardly be extended to.it. Estates for subdivision i.into fa'ps areproposed to be purchased by land bonds, and this method of payment will ,be regarded with some "degree-of apprehension. We do not suppose that the market value of such bonds can reasonably be expected to be at par, and if not everybody from whom •Jhp. lands would be purchased would virtually be cheated. This mania for inventing all sorts of credits as a substitute for cash is a blunder. Scheming, to -enable -men;, without capital ..to go into business which requires capital is.siraply an absurdity. A few'-picked men; miy thrive under such an arrapgemeht, but the avorage man must fail.- A man who has earned, money by his own labor, and saved it is fit to take a farm or embark in any : other business for which he is otherwise fitted, but*man Who possibly.knows, neither how to earn money nor how to save it, cannot be converted into a substantial colonist by-the rvisionafy schemes of Mr Ballance or\Si'r George Grey.

A '-rifle.,match' -has between the Greytown- Volunteers and the Wellington City Rifles, to be fired at the Papawai ..Butts on Prince of.; Wales Birthday. :\ • : -. ; ''./■;''*■": ;0 !'

The • Greytown Cricket Club' try conclusions with the Wellinfffcoa Midland Club at Greytown on Prince of Wales Birthday. : ' •■■';:.•': - > ' Mr 'Drake's Pasha won the;Yan Yean Stakes of B sovs. each, with\ 200 sovs. added, one mile.'at the Victoria' Baring Club meeting on Monday, and on Thurs ; day, at the same meeting, ran socond to Silvermine for the Veteran Stakes of a mile and a half.

The Town Lands Trust meeting lapsed last evening for the want of a quorum. '•

Mr H. Hounslow has a new advertise-} ment in to-day's issue, calling attentioa" to the arrival of a splendid assortment of ladies', gent's, and children's boots and. shoes, which-,, he is -offering at prices within the reach of all.. •-. i

Talking about A,rt I heir they're going to erect a' statue bf Captain Cook at Dunedin! ,Yes, auch fun ! Its to stand justoppoMteJurng 1 statue, aiid:the Captain's ; .to be represented gazing l earnestly at the poet's brazen visage, and exclaim: ing, "Hillol What cheer)-Bobby?; Howi the blank did you manage to get here, before me ?. I always thought I; 'was the original barracouta I" That's his beastly jealousy I. Dickens, JSowitt, y ßurns. PreeJPdSs. '

Metista Lowes and lorns ,add to their Stock Sale for Thuraday'a lifte of 30 good adeers, " :"

. Vocalists and lnßtrumentaliata taking part in the concert to bo held on Friday next in aid of the Masterton Hospital are requested to attend practice this evening at St, MatthewV Schoolroom, at 7.30.. ..

Mp-F; fl; Wood announces a stock sale at the Featherston. yards on, Tuesday next at 1 o'clock;' -The list appears in another column and further entries are invited, ■,.''.

Mr John Smith has been appointed assistant master of the Masterton School, till the end of. the year, vice Mr W. Andrews resigned.

The Referee mentions that Mr Le Seuer has received a telegram from Mr Drake stating that the latter won £3,400 by. Paßha's victory in the Yan Yean Stakes. Mr P. F. Tancred's race-horae Forester has gone to fulfil his engagements at the Canterbury Metropolitan Meeting. Mr Tancred and the well-known jockey E. Vaile accompanied tho horse. The same owner's horses Administrator and Orator, and Mr F. Hill's Strenuous have lelt overland for Wanganui -

Mr F. Shaw of Te Ore Ore wishes lis to correct an error in the report of the Wai;rarapa Pastoral Show on Thursday last. We were informed, arid reported as such, that Messrs W. and fi. Beetham gained, the second prize in the weight-carrying hacks, but Mr Shaw has proved conclusively that he was successful in gaming second place with his mare "Grace," as he has the Society's'prize.'ticket to that effect. Wo niake the'.correction with pleasure. ■' '■'

The usual weekly wool sale of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) took place at Melbourne on Thursday, when 4GOO bales were submitted at auction in the presence of a large attendance of buyers. A spirited competition was manifested, and the prices obtained were about equal to those of last week's sale. A parcel of Western District greasy lambs' wool, realised per lb ; merino combing, lOd ; and scoured as much as 16|d. A narrow escape from what might have been a fatal accident was experienced by a young man named George Hausmauu while journeying from Petone to Wellington by the 3.5 p.m train (says the Press.) While passing Kaiwarra he was leaning out of the train, wheii the door of one of the sheep pens which was open struck him on the head, inflicting a nasty wound, and had it not been for. a fellow passenger would have fallen off the train. The wound was dressed, by Mr Mee, chemist, and the young man is progressing favourably. A meeting of the Committee of the Masterton Horticultural (Society was held last'evening when the arrangements for holding the annual show in the Drill Shed on the 17th inst.,'were advanced a stage. Judges and staging Committee were appointed, and the Secretary was instructed to arrange for a Bund to piay in the Hall on the evenin? of the show. To encourage children undor the jge of H years.to exhibit in the children's class i the committeedocided that noeiitranoe.fee should be charged for exhibits' in that class.

The total cost .to the country of the Hall and Houston trials, according to a return laid on tho tabloof the House a few evening's ago .waß £2210, At the first trial, that of Thomas Hall and Margaret Houston. L 595 was paid in'expenses of witnesses, and 145 as the fee of the Crown Solicitor. The details of the cost of the prosecution of Hall.on the charge of attempted murder were:—Expenses of witnesses and payment of jurors, L 570; fees for analyses, L 236; Crown Solicitor, Dunedin, L18(i; fees to Crown Solicitor, Timaru, in connection with both cases, L 550.

The Anniversary Services in connection with the Masterton Wesleyan Sunday School will be held to-morrow, when the Eev L. M. Isitfc will preach morning and evening, and deliver an address to parents and children in the afternoon at 3 o'clock. The popularity of the Rev. Mr Isittas a preacher, combined with the fact that it is a long time since he has paid Masterton a visit, is a sufficient guarantee that large congregations willbe the rule to-morrow. The anniversary tea meeting and public gathering takes place on Wednesday next, wheu the Rev, Mrlsitb will again deliver an address on behalf of the Sunday Sohools,

The inquest on the body of the man William Addie, who. was killed while engaged in bush-falling in the Mangahao Survey District, about four miles from Pahiatua was' held at that township on Wednesday afternoon, The particulars elicited at the inquest show that deceased who was a native of Aberdeenshire, Scotland, was engaged in a bush-felling contract with three other men. The tree on which deceased was engaged fell unexpectedly, killing him instantly, the others escaping uninjured. Addie was a married Man, his wife residing at Willow Br»ok in the Canterbury'district, and he has a step-daughter' living at Pahiatua. He came to the Colony about "0 years ago, A verdict of Accidental Death was returned.by the Jury : " Please to remember, the Fifth of November, gunpowder treason and plot, we. see no more wason, why gunpowder treason, should ever bo forgot, Hurrah!" Such, was the- doggorel rhyme tha f soveral .enterprising Mabterfcon lads repeated this morning to the inhabitants' of the town, as the Jads duly masked 'and. otherwise disguised bore off a stretcher an effigy of Guy Fawkes, as a terrible reminder to 'ihepeople that the anniversary had .arrived of the narrow escape tlieir.ances•torshad, " when with three score barrels anoVpnwder.below, poof Old England to overthrow," &oV, &c, had taken place. After frightening innumerable children, arid in many cases receiving money to leave as booh as possible, the youthful speculators threw off .their burned-the effigy and. divided the- spoil," having netted a good round Bum each.

There never was a finer display of ladies' morning -wrappers,; costumes and dressing gowns than are to be seen just now: at Te Aro House, Wellington. _ ... . '■■'• The styles are good, the materials varied, and the prices are uncommonly reasonable, even in this era of actual wholesale prices. Ladies are invited to inspect them early, at Te Aro House, Wellington. ' We have opened out ex. "Bimutaka,". a very nice choice of ladies' morning Wrappers in white, checked, and striped'muslins, neat pattern prints, zephyrs, &c, at 3s 6d, 5s 9d, 7b lid, and 10s 6d eaoh, and a large variety of costumes in every fashionable material and color, at 12s 6d, 15s 6d, 195:.6 d, 215,6 d and so on up to; five guineas. at/-Te iro House, Wellington. .;'.:;. v ;

Ladies should also see our new stock short tweed jackets, and be astonished to find that they can be had at less than London warehouse prices, viz., 5s lid, 7s lldjßsjld 9s lid, 10s lid, and 12s lid. Every other article in the mantle, department equally fashionable and economical in price at' Te Aro House, Wellington. _ The approaching, holidays will necessitate the wearing bfrdußt'oloaks;; we have an admirable assortment-, in Colors, material, and style, from 5s lid to 12s 6dj 'at Te ,fao House, . ■■■ ' v.- Wwre also shewing an extremely .attractive assortment, of millinery, in:the;latest fashibns'ftndallshadesof the ittew?colours, 6s 6d, 12s 6d, 15s, 17s 6d|'2ls, 255, 27s 6d, and upwards, at Te Aro House,Wellington^Aiivx.