The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1888 THE CODLIN MOTH ACT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2829, 22 February 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1888 THE CODLIN MOTH ACT.

Ir is aot generally known that we have a Codlin Moth Act in our New Zealand Statute Book. This measure is now no less than four.years old, and as far as we are aware it has escaped the sad fate of most of our legislative bantlings which are usually either amended or repealed before they reach the responsible age which our Codlin Moth Act has attained. Looking at the preamble of the Codlin Moth Act 1884, we find that an orchard means a garden, that the moth means the insect known as the " Carpocapsa pomonella," (a name that we can hardly expect to be reproduced by a Masterton type setter in its original beauty and fragrance). The measure provides that any five persons holding gardens or orchards in say the town of Masterton, may petition the Council to proclain the Borough a codlin moth district, and unless a counter petition signed by a larger number of horticulturalists is received within a specified time the Borough would be so proclaimed. Assuming that Masterton became a codlin moth district a fund would be created, a codlin moth purse, towards which every apple and pear tree would contribute a halfpenny per annum, or some Legs amount than two farthings. When the codlin fund is floated an inspector is appointed'who is privileged to enter orchards and inspect trees, and where he finds the moth infection to compel the owner to bandage his trees or otherwise treat them. There are rJbo provisions to prevent the transfer of fruit between an infected -and a clean district, J\ t qjv Masterton though it has never been proclaimed a district under the Act is virtually a badly infected district. There are some prdeus in this town where .every apple is infected, and a year or two hence we may possibly find every orchard in the Borough practically destroyed by this pest. When this consummation is arrived at Masterton horticulturalists will probably be forced into petitioning under the Act. It would of course be better to face the difficulty now instead of waiting two or three, years to apply the remedy. Those who have studied the question declare that many socalled remedies such as Paris green are only partial in their operation, and that nothing less than the total sacrifice of one years' crop of fruit will clean the district. However this may be, it would be utterly hopeless for ono man to clean his orchard unless all his neighbors did the same, 'consequently the absolute necessity for a Codlin Moth Act. A great deal of money has been invested in fruit trees in this neighborhood, and the practical question of .extjrminating the codlin moth is well worthy of consideration. It is a subject that might well be discussed by our Horticultural Society, but we fear that the members of this extremely useful local organisa-' tion are just now. somewhat apathetic, and can hardly be relied upon to take definite action against a pest like the codlin moth.'..

Mr Holmes Warren offers a reward for a dark bay filly he has lost,

The nominations for the Tenui Hack Races close to-night. • Particulars of the stakes appear in our advertisement columns.

The thermometer at Mr W. Dougall's read in the shade at noon to-day 62 degrees. The barometer Bhowed a very slight fall. The English football team leavosfortho colonies by the New Zealand Shipping Company's R.M.S, Kaikoura, on the 9th of March.

The position of Resident Magistrate of | Wellington lias been accepted by W. Robinson, E.M., of Oamaru, and he takes over the duties from-Mr Wardell on the Ist of April. The Rev H. T, Robjohns, the accredited agent of the British and Foreign Bible society, gives an address on the Society's recent works, at a meotin? to be held on Friday evening next in the Presbyteriau Church, As the Council meeting was dispersing last night, the pent-up feelings of Cr T. E. Chamberlain found vent as follows : | (to the Mayor) ".Well, I'll back the , water-cart against your irrigation scheme for a new hat." The Mayor: "Why,

d— it, I'll take you, but let it be £2O. I can't afford to waste my valuable time

for new hats. No, make it £2O, you take the cart, and I'll run the scoop, old as I am, and wo can Bee Bunny, in the morning, and get the articles drawn up,"

_ A small" leader" of quartz containing visible gold was yesterday discovered in the face of the hill at the late firo in Lambton Quay, Wellington, which destroyed the City Buffet and ot|ier buildings. Quite a number of amateur pros-

pectors were soon at work says the Evening Press, and several fairly good specimens were obtained.

Messrs Lowes & lorns announce a sale of J. Kay's stock-in-trade by order of the Official Assignee. The stock will be removed to the Auction Eoom, and sold next Saturday. Messrs Lowes. & lorns announce their, next stock sale for Wednesday, February 20th. The list already embraces 1450 uhoep, 100 head cattlo, and 40 Lincoln rams, besides horses, pigs etc. The. Native football team to play against the Englishmen has beon finally selected, and includes the following Wellington and Wairarapa mon:—threequarters, D. Gage, (Wellington); wings, R. Tairoa and 1. Ellison (Wellington); forwards, Akitu and Kariatiana (Wairarapa). Emergency—Backs, Pani Akuliata and Remeiie Wititara (Wairarapa); forwards, Huru (Wairarapa). It has not yet been decided whore the team will play. Negotiations aro also being carried on by Mr J. Warbrick for the foregoing native team to visit England, We understand that the following are

the facts, plainly stated, affecting Mr Henry Owen's bankruptcy:—Harcourt

and Co sued Mr Owen for £232 odd on

certain promissory notes. Mr C. A. Pownall, as Mr Owen's solicitor, obtained leave to defend mainly upon the ground that the bills were accommodation bills given by Mr Owen to Messrs Harcourt and Co in his capacity as manager, for their own financial purposes. The defence was duly filed, and the case prepared for trial when suddenly, and without notification the bailiffs, acting under the usual writ, distrained upon Mr Owen's house, and acting on advice Mr Owen at once filed. Mr Owen's solicitor has ascertained that the proceedings were quite improper, and. is moving to set aside the judgment, and 4 to have the bankruptcy annulled. A writ will also be issued aoainafc Messrs Harcourt and Co claiming substantial damages.

A statement has -been made that the Wairarapa Benevolent Society is refusing to issue orders to persons who are in absolute want, This is incorrect. So far no re*.l case of distress has beenrefused relief, and one or two of the trustees to avoid such a thing happening, and to secure the storekeepers from any refusal of the authorities to meet tho liabilities, have made themselves personally respon-. sible lor the payment of the orders, A meeting is to bo held to-day to deal with current bnsiness. »Ve understand that as soon as the government will take steps to place the affair on a proper basis the present Trustees will all resign, and thoy are only keeping office at present to prevent any deserving cases being neglected,

An affiliation case was to- have come on at the CaHerton R.M Court yesterday and a large crowd assembled in eager expectation of hearing interesting details, They were, howover, sadly disappointed as the hearing was postponed until the 27th instant. From what wo can gather, the plaintiff in the case, is a married woman, who has been separated from her husband for sume time, and who sues for the maintenance of a child, of which she alleges tlio defendant, a young man in Carterton, is the father. The defendant, who denies paternity, it may be mentioned is a single man, but was engaged to be married, and it is supposed that his approaching wedding has been the match which has fired the mine. The plaintiff can hardly in this, as in some similar cases, plead "injured innocence," and the circumstances arc in some respects novel to the ordinary run of audi affairs. A CROSS BABY.

Nothing is so conducive to a man s remaining a bachelor as stopping for one night at the house of a married friend, and being kept awako for five or six hours by the crying of a cross baby. All orges and crying babies need only Dr Soule's American flop Bitters to make them well and smiling, Young man, remember this, " Traveller," Fees or Doctors.—The fee of doctors is an item that very many persons are interested in at present. We believe the schedule for visits is $3.00, which would tai a wan confined to his bed for a year, and in need of a daily visit, over §I,OOO a year for medical attendance alone I And one single bottle of Dr'Sputa's American Hop Bitters taken in time would save the §I,OOO and all fcho year's sickness. "Post."

It was one of the finest sights ever seen from a mercantile, point of view viz., the enormous crush of customer? that swarmed over the whole floor apace of the spacious premises of Te Aro House on Saturday last, From mom to late at'night every counter was crowded with busy buyers of tho wonderful bargains that were to bo obtained from the Bankrupt stock of A. 6. Price at Te Aro House, Piles of summer dross fabrics, summer prints, mantles, costumes, millinery, under, clothing, iSrc. were eagerly ransacked, and multitudes of purchases made that must have been intensely gratifying to the fortuuate visitors to the sale of Price's bankrupt stock at To Aro House. Btifjii the purchasers have only just touched the surface. There are innumerable bargains yet of every description, as each day we shall bring forward further portions of Price's bankrupt stock at Te Aro' House, W» would not let it be thought that' 'only the ladles' special interest had been consulted in the matter of astounding cheapness, for in our clothing department we are showing some extraordinary ohcap lots in men's, boy's, and youth's clothing, all from the bankrupt stock of A, G. Price, at Te Aro House. ' It would be useless to ask tho public to come early in the day, as we find that the fair 'sex generally atudy their own convenience, and we can only say, come when yon will. We have a large staff, ami will en r deavour to serve you well, quickly, and to your advantage, at the sale of Price's' bant upt stock, at X? Aw House.-Apn. •

Two "drunks," Harry Sykes, and JohnMcLeod, wero finod 20s, and 6s respectively, by Mr Von Stunner,R.M., this morning.

' We understand that Sir Harry Atkinson, in conversing with a well-known pressman said that lie had no idea ot goinp Home, but at the same time the appointment of Agent General was a position that he would liko. Mr Geo. Beetham, M.H.R., is leaving Wellington this week for atrip to the West Coast of the South Island, where he intends inspecting the gold-fields, harbors; and mines generally. Messrs Wm Everett, R. M. Galloway, Gunder Gunderson, John Wilson Lang, andJameß Wrigley have been elected members of the Masfcerton District Licensing Bench. ■■•■■' Wheat, at present, is fetching in Christchurch 3s to 3s 2d for the old season's and 2s lOd for the new.- In

Sydney, it is" dull at 3s 6d, and in Melbourne it realises 3a 3d. 'Theprice our local millers are paying is 3s (id, and it will bo seen that this compares more than favorably with that given at other places.

At the reaper and binder competition at Invercargill yesterday, the Hornsby took first place with the maximum number of points, 50; Howard 47, Johnston, 38; andßeid and Gray, 32 points. The latter lost principally on the" cut,'' for which no uoints were awarded, the. maximum being ten.,