The Waìrarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1888. Waste Lands Boards.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2952, 17 July 1888, Page 2

The Waìrarapa Daily. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1888. Waste Lands Boards.

The Ministry have determined that our waste lands shall for tho future bo administered without the aid of Waste Land Boards. These local bodies are likely to shortly pass out of existence, and it is not to be wondered at that Buoh should be their fate. They havo been expensive and somewhat useless. If the question of why certain lands are not disposed of to the best advantage is raised, the members of the Land Boards Biy it is not their fault, they have no power, and the blame rests with the Government. The mission of members of Waste Land Boards seems to havo bten to act as buffers between the Government and the public, and to so far complicate the administration of waste lands, that it is impossible when anything goes wrong to sheethomo the blame either to the buffer or to the Ministor. It is howover objected that if it were not for the Land Boards we should bo smothered by the central bureau, and tyrannised over by an autocratic minister, and so tho member for Wairarapa North and other responsible politicians, contend that it would be to the advantage of tho Colony to retain tho Land Boards, but to make them olective instead of nominated bodies, The value of electivo Land Boards would very much depend on tho method of election, and tho conditions of the ballot, We havo seen nominated licensing benches superseded by elected licensing benches, and tbo result has been a rapid descent from a local body which commanded tho respect of the public, to one which is ridiculed from one end of the Colony to tho other, The application of the elective principle is not always a success in New Zealand, and tho creation of new electoral bodies may bo an unmitigated evil. That elective Land Boards would be expensive is a matter of course, but this probably would not bo their worst . feature. If a local clement is needed in the administration of Waste Lands we fail to seo why power should not be given to the Couuty authorities in which they are situated to look after thein, Wo venture to affirm that tho bush country in Wairarapa North would be settled more expeditiously and efficiently by a County Council silling at Masterton, than by an eleetive Land Board meetingat Wellington, What forexample has tho Wairarapa to do with the Rangitikei and Wanganui Waste Lands, or what has Wanganui to do with the Wairarapa Waste Lands, The County in which lands are situated should for all purposes of utility bo the area from which any board should be constituted. In former years the general Government was wont to delegate many of its functions in opening up new districts by roads to the County authorities, and the latter proved folly equal to tho responsibility placed upon them. They would now, we believe, prove equally trustworthy if tho functions of the present Land Board were placed on their shoulders. Of course Mr Beetham may have formulated somo project of an elective Land Board, which might meet objections which we have pointed out, and ho may understand thoroughly the feeling of other parts of tho Colony in this matter. For our own part we would sooner see tho County authorities employed in the work of settling Waste Lands,

M r A. W. lloao admits having altered two clauses of the Town. Lauds Trust Bill upon his own responsibility) after it had passed tho public meeting, and appears to be proud of his handiwork, and we may add that oneof these clauses has a direct bearing upon himself as a candidate for a scat on the Trust. The ideas of Mr A. W, Hooa and those of many other people of what constitutes integrity in a public man appear to differ. How Mr Renall will explain tho very questionable act of his colleague remains to be seen, but Mr Renall is very good at plauing down a difficulty on an emergenoy. Wo recollect upon ono occasion a young person was brought before him, in his Magisterial capacity, charged with appropriating a pair of boots, and owned to the offence, "You did not mean to take them" suegested tho ten-der-hearted but astute justice, " Yes I did," responded the damsel, " Well then." rejoined the not-to-be-beat J. P.," Don't do itagain, the information is dismissed," Possibly in the same spirit Mr Benall will be able to exculpate his colleague. It is too latoto plead for him that ho did not mean to tampor with the bill, but it is not bio lato to say '• don't do it again," and we sincerely trust for the credit of Mastorton, Mr Renall will givo liim this very necessary word of caution, Mr A, W. Hogg by his action has '.'simply, declared war 'against the people, who own the Trust Lands and if the public are not false to themselves they will emphatically turn tho tables by insisting on the Act being brought into the shape in which it left their fingers."

Tenders are advertised for felling 20 acres of bush in Parkville.

A new four roomed cottage and half an acre of ground is advertised in our wanted column for sale.

Wo understand that on tho production of tho" Flower Qneon" in Mastorton at nn early (Into, the Groytowri Amateurs will assißt by Riving two of their favento Tableaux, " The Duel" and " The Oraclo."

Somo thirty now novels by Clias. Gibbons, Col, Meadows Taylor, Evolac, Davenport Jones, Grant Allen, and others have just been added to tho Mastorton Library, 'A furthor consignment is expected shortly which readers fondly hope will bo of a difl'orent stamp to the thirty. Tho following tenders have been received by Mr \V. Holford for tho erection of a building in Queen street Williams and Barker £15!) (accepted); deolined P. Reynolds £172, Marley and St. Hill £17510s Gd, Brown and llodgers £176, A fifteen aero dairy farm with twelve roomed house, granary, stables, dairy, orchard, and running stream is advortiaed in our wanted columns to bo let. Particulars may be obtained at tho oflico of tho Wairarafa Daily. Messrs Lowes and lorns hold tiioir usual fortnightly stock sale at their yards tomorrow. Their list is a most oxtensive one ombracing 600 fat sheep, 500 storeß, 1000 good owes in lamb, 300 empty ewes, 12 fat bullocks, 80 store bullocks, 25 storo cows, 4 dairy cows, horses, pigs, eto, . Albert Frazer escaped from tho Michigan Penitentiary and Mien induced his wife who was having a hard time, to deliver him up and seeuro the reward offered for his capture. Slio did'so and Frazor had tho satisfaction of knowing that he had done something to provido for his family,

A certain revorond drono in the country was preaching a very dull sermon to a congregation not used to him, and many of them slunk out9f the church, one after another, boforo tho sermon was nearly ended, " Truly," said a; gentloman prorent, " this learned doctor has mado a yery moving discourse."

Tho Hon Mr Waterhouso's Fencing Act 1887, Amcndinont Bill provides that the following shall bo a sufficient f once within the meaning of the Act of 1881, but that no such fence shall be orectcd within the limits of any borough or town district: A fenco of four barbed wires or threo barbed wires and two plain wires tightly stretched with, in eitliorcaso, posts oldurable wood or iron standards; tho posts or standards' not to be more than twelve feet apart; tho top wires not to bo less than four nor more than livo feet from the surface of tho ground, Tho spaco betweou each of tho barbed wires to bo, as far as practicable, equal.

The Melboutno correspondent of tho Lyttelton Times Bays:—Tlio valuable Crown Lands occupied by tho Yarra Bond and Kow Asylums, Melbourne, an not likoly much longer to bo used f ; r tho purposo to which they liavo hithertt been devoted. And, according to my mind, it is a good job too. Tho estates comprise about 800 acres within a stone's throw of town, and tho estimated value is somowhere about ' a million, Of course, there is no practical good in having the asylums so near town, and so tho ohango will como quickly. I BUpposo tho Government will make a bad bargain for the land as ÜBual, when it is free-sell it too cheaply, as they did with tho Yarravillo blocks, If is almost incredible, but still true, that land which tho Government Bold six years ago at two pounds an acre lias since fetched £40,000. Thisought to bo sufficient warning for futuro transactions, 1 was at tho Atlionteum yesterday, when this question of romoving tho asylum was mooted. " But what should wo do with tho lunatics in the meantime." said someone, "if tho land is to bo cut up f " Well it's no use looking at mo like that," retorted tho sarcastic member for North Molbourno, we can't do with them in Parliament j we'vo pot enou?hthore already," Writing from Mahakipawa, the Hayo. lock correspondent of. tho Marlborough Daily Times says the diggings aro now an accepted fact in spito of tho numerous predictions from many who paid a hurried yisit to tho ground at first. During the week difforont parties who Iwvo been prospecting toll mo that tho fiold will eventually prove far more extensivo than was anticipated, In every gully fair prospects can bo obtained', Mr Harvey obtained about 17dwta and tho Maoris Bluchor and his party nearly 4ozs a long way up tho right hand branch of the main creek. Ono piece woighed luz iidwts, This proves that there is inoro hishor up, Somo that Hippolito showed mo last night woro splendid specimensjust about half gold and half quartz, with thorough honoycoinb look which shows beyond a doubt that somo rich reofs must be in tho vicinity. Hayward and party aro steadily at work in the terrace, andappear to bosatisfiod with tho outlook ahead. They had to make a lot of boxes to bring tho water on to tho terrace If tho weather only keeps settled, tho next fortnight will provo the commercial value of many of tho claims.. Two or threo parties have been prospecting tho valley behind Mr Duncan's property, and can get gold everywhere, but have not dropped on anything good enough to set it yet, but judging from the general tone of tho diggers, there is very littlo doubt that as tho summer advances a largo number of men will find employment at this new rush,

Mr Marraaduke Dixon announces himself as a candidate for the Ashley seat. A notice undor section 34 of the" Slaughter-houses Act appears in another column.

_ The Masterton Football Club's Quadrille Assembly will take place at the Drill Hall this ovening.

A five-year old son of Mr Hemy Buller, Steward Bush, Invercargill, died from tho effect of drinking the contents of a bottle of creosote, which hal been left within his roach on tho dressing table. Notice is given in another column that there will be a public Bitting of tho District Court at Masterton on 23rd July when the following bankrupts will be ex' amined viz: A. S. Grant, E. W. West* W, Hull, and J, Thompson,

A man, riving his name as Henry Harvey, and his occupation as a miner, who was fonnd iu an empty hut at tho Bluff, in a starving and imbecile condition, was oharged at Invercargill yesterday with lunacy, and remanded for examination, We understand one effect of the new tariff will bo that.in consequonce of the duty of two shillings per cental—equal to about ono'shilling por bushel—on barley, cur - local farmers will cultivate that cereal this year to a greater extent than in former seasons, and with a payablo prospect, '

The Sonior and Junior Football Challenge Oiips are on exhibition, in Mr A, Henderson's jeweller's shop window and are quite an attraction, Tho former is the property of tho Masterton Football Club, whilst thb latter is still open for competition amongst the Junior Clubs of tho District. < v .

; ; A meeting of shopkeepers and assistants was held last night at Auckland to Consider the Shop Hours , Bill,' Mr Joyce, M.H.R. was' present, and ex- 1 plained his views on early closing. It was resolved—That this mooting of employers and employes regret to hear that certain Auckland members aro unfavorable to the Bill, but trust that all our membors will give their support to the Bill, altering, if necessary, tho hour of dosing from 0 to 1."

lb ia reported from Soranton, Pennsylvania, that while a man named Ueyl was picking huckleberries on Moosio Mountain tho other day, his dog was bitten by a rattlesnake and died in two liours. Tho next day, while Hoyl was picking berries in tho samo field he camo across three rattlesnakes which he killed, Another man found half a dozen rattlosnakes oil tho same ridgo and took thorn homo as trophies, In the same neighborhood a woman smashed the head of an enormous rattlesnake that got in hor way as she was trudging along a path with a pail of berries on her head. " She put her pail on a stump, ached a stone, and soon put an end to tho reptile," Tho match committee of the Mastorton Eifles met on Saturday ovening laat» for tho purpose of selecting a team to ropresont the corps in the Mo match with tho Wellington City Guards on Thursday next, 10th inst., firing to commence at 12,15 sharp The following will represent tho Mastorton EiflesCaptain Donald, Lieut, Thompson, Sergt. Matthew's, Corpl. MeLachlan, Vols. 0, Bontly, G, Bently, J. Bently, 0. Hoffions, G: Blane,,W. Wilton G, Schullz, R, McKonzie. The following will ropresontlho Wellington City Guards: Captain Macintosh, Color-Sorgcant Halo, Sergeants Townsend and Richards, Privates Aarnodt, M'Gaskill, Avery, A. Ballinger, W. Ballinger, Osgood; Eussell, Eountroe and Sandilandu

In another column Mr Too Long bids " Good'byo" to tho people of Mastorton, and thanks them for past custom -and kindness. He, and his two brothers, loavo for China by the Taiyuan, \yhicli sails about tho 25th iiist, Tliey; expect to be away about fifteen months, returning after visiting their relatives and friends, to this district, to opon up a now trado In goods direct from China, Too Long has bee- in this district for n|numbor of years, having started a market garden about 1879. During that period he has worked up an oxtonsive business by his industry and porsovorauco, which ha leaves in tho hands of some of his countrymen. Too Long will bo missed from this district, as during his residence here, ho has beon a liberal contributor to our local Hospital, and other Charitable institutions, besides giving largely of his produce to tho poor. His oxamplo in this particular might well be followed by many of our own citizons,

Tho Timaru North Express was delayed an hour and a half yestorday by the derailment of a carriago half a milo north of Hook, Tho engine ran into a cow just boforo going on to tho trestle bridgo, carried her on to clio bridge, and dropped her on to tho first space between the sloepoi's. The engino passed over tho carcase, but tho first carriago, a long composite, struck against it, and was derailed, and wont bumping over tho sleepers all tho way over the bridge. Ihe " Hans, the Boatman," Company in tho next carriago were considerably shaken and startled. Tho cow was cut to pieces, and strewn along tho line. Tho carriago was damaged by the bumping, but was temporarily patched with fencing wire, and cut off at the first wayside station.

Gmtefui, Women,—Nono receive bo much benefit, and nono are so profoundly gratoful and show such an interest in recommondim; Dr Soulo's American Hop Bitters as women. It is tho only remedy peculiarly adapted to tho many ills tho sex is almost universally subject to. Chills and fever, indigestion or deranged liver, constant or periodical sick headaches, weakness in the back or kidneys, paiiiß in tho shoulders and different parts of tho body, a feeling of lassitude and dospondency, aro all readily removed by tiieso bitters. " Courant."

Profit §1,200' To sum it up, six loijg years of bed • ridden sicknosy costing §2OO por year, total 81,200. All of this ospenso was Btopped by three bottles of Dr Soulo's American Hop Bitters, taken by my wife, (Jho has dono her own housework for a year since, without tho loss of a d>\v and I want ovcrybody to know it for thefr benefit, "N. E. Farmer."

At tho present timo there Is a grcnt dearth of exoitablo nows, Tho Black Budget, as some facetiously, or otherwise, call tho new tariff, has become a threadbare subject, members of tho Houso have .ccascd to be witty, patent rights oven in mottoes do not move tho publio. It is tho roign of humdrum, and everything seoms flat, slalo, and unprofitable. We aro going to stir up tho publio by oiarvellous sale of surplus stook at Te Aro Houso, Wellington.

Our annual stocktaking is close upon us, and tliero is an amount of surplus slock that wo are desirous of selling, and to do so will, tho high tarifl to tho contrary notwithstanding, mako as desperate asacrilicoof this as has ever happened in New Zoaland or at Te Aro House, Wellington.' We have a surplus of stook in the Mantlo and Millinery departments, much of which will be oflered at less than half tho English cost, We havo moro stook in. tho fanoy, hosiery, olothing, and meroery departments than we care to hold, and wc shall offer tho whole of this surplus at prioes that shall be startling and effective at Te Aro House, Wellington, Surplus stook sale now on at the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, To Arq House, Wellington,-Adyi, ■. ' .

Tho olive is said,.to bo the most profitable tree in California, aud thoorango probably noit,with a prospect that the fig will yet take the first place.

The Treasurer of the Masterton Hospital acknowledges the receipt of £2 2s from the Seoretary of the Taueru Minstrels, being nett proceeds of concerts. That favorite "operetta, the Flower Queen will be produced at the Theatre Koyal, Masterton, on the 2nd and 3rd days of August. The scenery and effects are to bo all now, and of tho most charming description, Tho stage will bo converted into a beautiful grotto with overhanging ferns and climbing plants, Ac. Particulars are givon in another column, Tho Ohristchurch City iCouncil last night decided to take steps for raising a loan of i' 50,000 to orectgaa works. The report of tho special Committeo appointed tu consider tho question of lighting the city stated that guarantees of support amounting to thirty million cubio foot per yei't had been recoived from consumers. Tho Committeo recommended the erection of gas works to produce forty million cubic feet per annum, the cost of which, including reticulating, the city, is estimated at £50,000. It is proposed to supply gas to the public at' 6s per 1000 feet, against 8s id now. charged by the Gas Company,