The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1888. Obstacles to Settlement.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2928, 19 June 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JUNE 10, 1888. Obstacles to Settlement.

Ix our last issue wo gave one illustration of the want of intelligence evinced in disposing of bush sections by the powers that be, and in our present one we propose calling attention to another phase of the same question which shows how stupidly our present land regulations work, An industrious young man the other day with a small capital wanted to take up from the Wellington Land Board 000 acres of bush land in Wairarapa North, with the intention of immediately felling and clearing the whole patch. Now the felling and clearing and fencing of 000 acres of bush just at the present time would have been a perfect Godsend to the struggling village settlers in the Palnatua riding, it would tend to put now heart into a settlement now suffering from a dearth of labor and want of money. But ova* Land Board when offered money for a piece of land of this size sternly turned away the young man and told him that he was not wanted, The regulations, the Ballance adjustment regulations do not permit a young man with three or four thousand pounds to settle on our lands and spend liis money, He is warned that he can get land for his gold in the United States, in Australia, in Kamsckatka, anywhere in fact but in the County of Wairarapa North where a million or so of acres are tied up in a napkin for the working man. It is no use pointing out that the working men and their friends are starving themselves by keeping at arms length men with money who are prepared to employ labor. It is, however, quite time that land regulations winch turn money away from the district were suspended, and encouragement offered to genuine settlers to come] amongst us and spend their money in our hungry labor market. In the instance wo have cited, money which would have helped a hundred poor families in the Bush district to turn a bad corner this winter, has been thrust away by our idiotic land regulations. It would be absurd to supposo that this is the only instance of a man with a moderate capital being chivied off the Bush district. There are many men even in the Wairarapa who have money for investment who could afford to take up blocks of from five hundred to a thousand acres of bush land, clear it, fence it, and stock it, did the land regulations permit such valuable aid to be given to the development of the great bush district, If the struggling small occupiers of land in Wairarapa North are to have a fair chance of success in the long run, it will be expedient to intersperse larger holdings amongst them. The Bush district can ill afford to turn away genuine settlers with substantial capitals who desire to settle there. Our kind regulations are the outcome of a demand of land for working-men, ml if wc mistime not, the working-men themselves are beginning to realize that they are cutting their own throats by raising barriers between capital and labor.

Tim lynch record of the United States for the year 1887 shows that 123 persons ffcro thus done to death. Three and-a-half tons of diamonds, valued at £20,000,000, have been taken from the famous Kimberley mine since its discovery in 1871. Wo are told from America that Mrs Cleveland has recently bee)) presented with two trained pet alligators, Reports received from the Congo mention that Mr Stanley has been wounded in an encounter with a hostile tribe. Sir Saul and Lady Samuel, who arrived by tlji) ff.s, Zealandia, intend to stay a month at Auckland. The Warehousemen and Drapers' Trade Journal says that the harmless necessary eat contributed no fewer than 4,542 shins to the fur sales just concluded, being 1,000 raoro than v/ere sold in March last year, Of the 139 distilleries at work in Great Britain no fewer than 128 are in Scotland. Of the 27,000,000 gallons of proof spirits distilled last year Scotland is credited with two thirds,

Tlio supposed wax iigure, which was ou exhibition at Youngstown, Ohio, has turned out to bo a live yonmr women.

The Isle of Thanot Justices havo sanctioned the emigration of a "roup of juvo' nilo paupers to (Janada.

Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their stock sale for 20th—10 fat heifers, 7 store steers, 4 store pigs. By the decease of his brother, who lateiy arrived from England Mr Fred Moivan, who resides on the Opaki has become a participant, with others, in real and personal estato to the value of upwards of £SOO. One of the largest millinery ornament manufacturers in Paris state that 75 per cent of his hands arc just now solely occupied in making rosebuds and lillies to supply tho demand of our London wholesale houses. The Mastcrtwi Rifle Volunteers and Band will parade for daylight inspection on Thursday nexi, the 31st mst at 11 a.m., after which they will proceed to the railway station to join in the reception of Sir George Groy.

In the bustlo of tho Dublin streets, a lady who was walking with a poodle in the West End has had her satchel dexterously opened, and a purse and over £SO in notes and gold abstracted. To make the matter worse, the lady did not discover her loss until her attention was called to the open bag.

A Wharcama corresdondent informs us that the Wharcama road, near the East Coast has|been fenced across in two places and all traffic stopped, Any attempt to remove these fences is resisted by the manager of Mr E. Meredith's place at Riversdale with the aid of a number of men.

In Paris tho substitution of glass flooring for boards continues to increase, this being especially the case, it is understood in those business structures in which the cellras are used as offices,

Wc learn that Mr Gasiull is not going to sever his connection with Masterton. He has accepted a permanent engagement with Mr George Johnston, as manager oi his drapery department.

Major Bunny presided at a meeting of Volunteer Ollicers of the various Wairarapa Companies hold at Carterton on Saturday, when t'ie question of holding battalion parade was discussed. The Major promised to consider the matter after further correspondence with the Captains of the various corps, For the twelve month ending llarch 31,1888, the number of sheep that left per the Masterton Railway station amounted to 85,100 ; Carterton 18,080; Greytown, 51J ; Feat-herston, 57,125 More Sheep left per Masterton station than through any other station in New Zealand during the same period. The policy of the Government ivith regard to the railway works for the current year, the Wellington correspondent of the Telegraph states, will be their practical stoppage. Present contracts will be completed and the only new contracts to be let during the year will be in Manawntu Gorge and on the Otago Central. Liabilities will bo paid off, and the balance of the money invested. The same course will be pursued in regard to the North Island trunk, The position of that fund is that after deductiug £IOO,OOO from purchase of land, £55,000 for expenses of lloatim.' loan and paying liabilities, there will be only £400,000 in lund towards the completion of the line, and this will also be invested for the year, A largely attended meeting of the Wairarapa Pastoral and Agricultural Society was held in Carterton on Saturday. The President, Mr A. Matthews, occupied tho chair. The applications for tiic ollice of Secretary, vice Mr Halloran resigned, were read and considered. A ballot was taken the result of which showed a majority to be in favor of Mr E, W. Dorsett, who was accepted subject to certain conditions to be arranged by a sub-committee appointed for that purpose. A Inn?, discussion took place upou the question of amalgamating the Socie-

tics, but no practical results arose there-

from, There was a strong feeling expressed that one annual show was tjuito sufficient for the whole of the North Wairarapa districts, and it was suggested tlwt the shows might lie held alternately at Carterton and Masterton. All present fl'ero unanimous in expressing their determination to make the forthcoming show at Carterton a success,

There is good reason to suppose that the T'nitod Sates contains moreingemiity to the square mile th.au is is to be fouud in any other country. In Chicago then; is a wan who was sharp enough to discover that wealth lay in the blood of slaughtered oxen, and now he is exploiting his discovery to some purpose. The albumen left after the bulk of the blood has evaporated is manufactured into earrings, brooches, combs, hairornaments, and buttons, This season these buttons of mysterious origin are very fashionable —the factory at Chicago is taxed tj its utmost to supply the demand—and the consumption of ox blood has gone up to 10, 000 gallons a day, Ho doubt before lor.sj some of the useful or ornamental articles I have named will be on sale in our shops, anb we shall then have an opportunity of seeing what these strange wares arelike. In its way this new use for waste prod nets is quite as ingenious as the utilisation of old boots for making umbrella handles. WouKiNQ-ltujf,— Before you begin your heavy spring work after a winter if relaxation, your system needs cleansing and strengthening to prevent an attack of Ague, liillious or Spring Fever, or some other Spring sickness that unfits you for a season's work. You will save time, much siokness and great expense if you will use one bottle of Dr, Soule's American Hop Bitters in your family this month. Don't wait, "Burlington Hawkeve,"

Messrs Lowes and lorns hold their fortnightly Stock Salo to-morrow, The list will embrace 2400 sheep of all classes, a small line of beef, 20 head Store Cattle, a small lot of store pigs, horses, etc,

Mr G. Beetliam, lias sent to the Secretary a long list of articles that he is forwarding from Wellington to the forthcoming exhibition here.

Mr Frank Hood, of tho Olub Livery Stables lias placed at the disposal of tho Exhibition Committee, free of cost, a drag and four greys for the use of Sir George Grey and the reception cominifteo on Thursday next, At a special meeting of the Upper Taueru Road Board last Saturday an application was read from T. Harland for the oflice of roadman at 5s (id per day. There being no other application in, the offer was accepted. A special meeting of the Whaieama Road Board is convened for noon on Friday next, June 22. Business to interdict unauthorised interference with or upon any roads or surveyed lines of road under tho control of, or adopted by the Board, Ordinary business will also bo dealt with.

The following players will represent tho Welch family in a football match against a mixed team of the Masterton Club on Thursday afternoon next:— Back—ff Welch ; three-quarters—E, M, and A Welch ; halves—E and A Welch ; forwards—W (4), H (3), O, J, and F Welch; omcrgoncy—J Welch, senr. The game will commence at 13 o'clock. By a Press Association telegram we learn that Mr D. Porter, a teller in the Colonial Bank of New Zealand at Cainbridge, left tho Bank premises on Saturday morning last, and not having sinco returned, is believed to have absconded, Defalcations in his accounts are reported. In a letter addressed to a friend lie states that ho intended to commit suicide, but this is believed to be a blind, Wc hear from a recent visitor to Rotorua that the re-formation of the celebrated pink and white terraces is only a matter of time. At To Wluikarewarewa, near To Olnnemutu, some acres of rock in regular terraces are rapidly being formed by the immense geysers constantly vomiting great volumes uf silica in various colors, according to the mineral properties of the waters discharged. It will be seen by an advertisement that the proprietor invites those ladies and gentlemen who intend beins.' present at to-morrow evenings carnivjl to call in the day and select their skates. He also desires us to mention that he has received advice from A. and T. Burt, of Dunedin of a shipment of ladies' skates by tho " Mahuiapua" which is expected to arrive to-day.

At a meeting at Duuedin held yesterday it was resolved that-" This meeting deploring the fact that gambling prevails to a most disastrous extent, and believing that tho evil is fostered by the totalisator, resolves to take steps to secure the repeal of those seel ions of the Gaming and Lotteries Act which makes gambling a legal transaction A committee was appointed to take the necessary steps and draw up a petition to the Legislature. A peculiar decision was given by two J.l'.'s at Invercargill yesterday. One tradesman charged another with spitting on a window, The defendant had said at the time, " If 1 did so, it was unintentional,'' and that lie would clean the window. This the complainant would not

allow him to do, The Justices found the offence proved, and bound the defendant over to keep the peace for six months. The parties are not in the same line of business, and had had no quarrel, An appeal to the Supreme Court is talked of, A contemporary publishes tho following;—" There were 100 cases of twins born in the city and suburbs lust year." Bless my heart! Cases of babies! How many were in each ease? That is a point on which no information is vouchsafed. This is something new. I used to be told about babies coining home to parents in cabbages, and to have other stories of that kind instilled into me when I became too realistic and Soiassque in my enquiries, But that they should be born by the case has never before been attempted eyen in fiction invented for.children. No wonder that Sydney is rapidly progressing in population, when the folks there will not be content with the good old plan, and must have the accessions to their population made wholesale by the case."— " Attieus," in Melbourne Leader, '!wo important actions, (says the Post) in which the Wellington Woollen Company afe concerned, are likely shortly to engage the attention of the Courts of law. In tho first the original directors, Messrs. Jacob Joseph, J. R, George, W, Hutchison, C. J, Johnson, J. B. Harcourt, W. Whittem, and James Smith,sue tho company for £SOO, alleged to be due to and divisible amongst them under the articles of association for services upon the directory at the initiation of the enterprise. Mr. Jellicoe is acting for the plaintiffs in this case. In the second case tho position of parties is reversed, and the present directors, as representing the company, sue their predecessors in ollice for 110,000 damages foralleged negligent or improper discharge of their duties as directors of the company and the guardians of the interests af its shareholders. Mr Skcrett is acting for the company,