The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1888. COLONISATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2960, 26 July 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1888. COLONISATION.

It is not often that a distinctly new idea is generated on the very hacknied subject of colonisation, or that a truth, i latent perhaps in many minds, is brought to the surface and recognised by all men as a pearl of price. A certain Canadian gentleman has recently been visiting the chief towns of New Zealand and has spoken freely of the angularities which have in this Britain of the South come under his notice, In Dunedin this visitor (Professor Grant) delivered a lecture, and iu the course of his remarks, said: He was opposed to the money grabbing propensity of this Ninteenth Century, and s:id it was not only capital-so many many pounds, shillings, and pence-that a young country wanted, These men ho referred to might not bring a red cent with them, but they would bring sobriety, industry, frugality, and a regard for the small coonomies-tho virtues which made our ancestors great, and without which no country would ho worth anything.—Let them get men like these en the land and there would be no Icar of New Zealand or anyother country; whereas men with money might make (lucks and drakes of it and fools of themselves, while tlioso who got it wcro not much better, but sometimes worse. No; money-making would never make a country great, It was not by that, hut by tliepractico of the moral virtues -self-regard self-constraint, sclf-governmcnt-aiid a constant feeling in fhc mind of every man that ho was greater than his stomach, thit a nation was likely to become grca*. -If they got that class if men into New Zealand, then he said the difficulties of New Zealand would be solved, and the depression would pass away like the morning cloud.

In this colony people are very apt to form rash judgments, If some persons, for example, do not pat on the back a man whom they know to be vicious or idle in Ins habits, thoy are told that .they worship mammon and disdain their fellow man because he is poor, In this way class is sot against class, aud the great truth which Professor Grant puts so clearly is obscured, A man, whether he.bo rich or poor, should he judged, not by tho sum of his possessions, hut by his character. Apply to any colonist the test laid down by Professor Grant, and few people will make mistakes in judging either themselves or their neighbors. The Professor is, perhaps, the first distinguished visitor who has distinctly declined to estimate New- Zealand merely as a money-making country, and who has reminded us that our happiness and welfare depend upon other than pecuniary conditions and the mere struggle for a brute existence. If fourteen or fifteen years ago, when wo commenced the wholesale introduction of immigrants to this colonv, wo had had men like Professor Grant at the head of our immigration department, the present condition of New Zealand would havo been very different as a place where an honest upright man could thrive and bring up a family which would prove a blessing to himself and to the country. It is, perhaps, not even now too lato to learn the lesson which the Professor has striven to inculcate. During the past twenty years the character of Now Zealand settlers has deteriorated, aud it would be well if our rulers and statesmen strove to regain the reputation which has been lost,

Durinsr the evening services in one of the Bristol churches on a recent Sunday, » well-dressed woman informed the vorger that she desired to speak to tho officiating clergyman directly he was at liberty, and suggested that she would bo glad to await him in the vestry. She was accordingly admitted to this Banctum, and when the clergyman arrived, escorted by tho verger, to interview this prepossessing individual, she had vanished; and so had the reverend gentleman's coat,.overcoat, and umbrella, and inoneof thepbeketa of.the coat was hispiirse;,'; :;:■'; :; ,';. ; ; j

A beautiful and clearly defined lunar rainbow was visible last night in the western Bky, Tho noxt horse parade in connection with the Wairarapa and East Coast Pastoral and Agricultural Society will be held on Saturday, 29th September.'. .'" ■ A large number of forged notos on the English, Scottish, and Australian Banks aro in circulation, An Italian was arrested in Melbsurne in trying to pass one.

It has been arranged that tho conference 'of exhibit judges from tho various colonies iii connection with the Melbourne Exhibition will meet on August 3rd: Lord Knufcaford, in tho course of an intorvkv with an Adelaide' 'colonist, stated that the Chinese Government favored the adoption of an emigration ■scheme, It was therefore difficult for England to secure.a treaty similar to that existing betweon America' and China.

The drawing for the Woodville-Manga-tainoka Rural Sections took place on Saturday, and tho result was forwarded to the Pahiatua Star, which says :-".At tho end of the list our correspondent remarks —" Everyone satisfied, Betting strongly against half the sections being in the names of the present holders in. twelve months timo. Our own opinion-ex-actly." :■;.- :■:;; ThePahiatua Acclimatisation Society havo decided to distribute tho trout ordered from the Masterton Hatchery as follows :-1500 at Eketakuna, 500 at Tutaekara, 2000 in the Mangatiinokn, close to the township, 500 at the Balfour estate, 200 at the back of Mr Manns' , 200 at Mr Avery's, 50 at Mr Wakeman's, and fifty at Mr Sedcole's, Mr W. J. Suiter, a brewer, was charged yesterday at the Police Court, Auckland, with breaches of the Beer Duty Act by fraudently removing beor from his brewery, and by not keeping a true record of the beer produced. There] wore, ton separate informations in the case. Judgment was reserved.

A dirty old portrait of Robert Burns was recently bought at a broker's shop in Toronto for £2., It has been carefully cleaned, and turns out to he an oil painting by Riobum, dated 1787. The parchaser now. values it at £2OOO, and ho intends to send it to Scotland for exhibition, with a view for its sale. This picture was bought many years ago at tho sale of the household ell'ectsot a deceased Scotch farmer in Canada.

At an influential meeting held in the city of London last month, a resolution was passed that in the opinion of the meeting tho state of the navy and the state of tho national dofonces generally was such as to give reason for anxiety, and calling upon Her Majesty's. Government to take immediate steps to placo the security of tho country beyond doubt, It was further agreed to take stops to promote tho objects of this meeting in all parts of tho United Kingdom, and that copies of the resolutions should be sent to the Primo Minister, the First Lord of tho Treasury, the Chancellor of tho Exchequer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, and Secrotary of State for War.

The Electrical Review describes some interesting experiments by Professor Harrison (of the Veterinary School of Harvard College) with the now electrical devico for controlling refractory horses; "A few days ago a valuable trotting horse which formerly wont under the name of Gray Eagle, and which has a record of 2,22 was sent to tho school for the treatment of a fractured jaw, which had been the result of attempts tu control him. Hie animal had the habit of taking the bit in his teeth mid bolting, Dr Harrison contrived to connect the bit by two small wires along the reins with a small palvaiio-faradic battery, which was carried.in tho buggy. It was so arranged that tho driver could give an electric shock of greater or less intensity to the horso, but which would not do the animal any injury. Dr Harrison took care to uso tho contrivance only with the words' whoa' and 'Bteady.' The trial proved an immediate success, Tho horse, after two or three shocks, at onco became docile, and obeyed his driver's commands instantly."

Mr J. Macara has received from the Acclimatisation Society, fifty California!! quail, which ho has takon up to his larin fur the purpose of fcedin? them for a timo beforo turning them out for distribution, In reference to this valuable ad dition to our feathered gamo, the Nelson Mail says :'— Quite a new industry has been opened up in tho up-country districts in the trapping uf Californiau quail, which havo becomo thoroughly acclimatised, and obey to tho lettor the command to increase and multiply, especially in the higher country around Dovcdalo, Ngatimoti, and Motupiko, From Doycdale alone, wo are informed, no less than 10,000 of these delicious little birds have been brought to Nolson during tho prosont season.wlnle in Ngatimoti there arorcsidonta who aro making an exceedingly good thing out of the trade, A very large number have been exported to other parts of New Zealand, chielly to Wellington and Dunedin. It is to be hoped that in their natural desire to make money out of tho birds—which, although they do a good deal of damage to nowly-sewn grass paddocks, aro certainly tho means of bringing in a little very welcomo ready cash—the settlers will not kill the goo3o that lays tho golden eg?s,

Grateful Woubh,—None receive so much benefit, and none aro so profoundly grateful aud show such an interest in recommending Dr Soulo's American Hop Bitters as womon. It is the only, remedy peculiarly adapted to the many ills the sox is almost, universally subject'to. Chills and fover, indigestion or dernuged liver, constant or periodical sick headaches, weakness in the back or kidneys, pains in tho shouldors aud different parts of the body, a feeling of lassitude ancTdospoudency. ore all readily 'removed by these bitters, "Oourant"

Puofit &1,200-To sum it up, six loug years of bed • riddou sicknoas, costing 8200 per year, total §1,200. All of this oxpense • was stopped by three bottles of Dr Soulo's American Hop Bittors, taken by my wife, Blio has done her own housework for a year since, without the loss of a day and I want everybody to know it for their benefit, " N. B. Farmer." " Opportunity flics, Olady, . As tho cloud that quick doth pass; Oh, make use of it I life is precious, If volet it go—alas." .• ■So we thought as wo looked ujon some extraordinary and startling bargains that are now offering at: the surplus stock sale, Te Aro House, Wellington. For instance, look at these sill's, upon which the now tariff levic3 the enormous duty in reality of 28 j percent., or ssßJd in the f, wo aro nctxally offering plain surah silks, iu bronze, olive, myrtle, grenat, and claret, at CJd per yard (O, gentle public, don't ask us the original price), at the surplus stook sale, To Aro Houso, Wellington. At the same time there is a special lot of fancy brooho silks, in brown, olive, and myrtle, at 6 jd per vard; an exquisite lot of satin,and ottoman striped silks,twilled sitin checks, and matalasse striped silks, in tobac, seal, cardinal, grenat, navy, gold, cream, sky, rnby, pink, at la CJ per yard; aad also, some special fanuy brocade satins, in salmon, sty, gold, cream, white, etc. at Is lldper yard, fc'eethem at ■ the a lrplus stock sole, To Aro House, Wellington, . Talk of opportunities,, here is one, and a grand one top. If youlet.it.go and -allowthem to pass from you. at Tir Aro Hdiise, Wellington, there is only one word to be opplieCto such »ut I -i. Advt.": • •',

_ Messrrs Lowes and lorns publish a list of trees &c thoy have for sale fiom Mr Halo's Nelson JJfuiaury

Col. Butts is exppoted to bo present at tho usual fortnightly inspection parade of tho Mastorton Wide Volunteers in the Drill Hall this evoning, .' Marlborough papors notice with rogrot: tho doath. in his Blst year, of Phillip . Enderick M'Rao, a well known runholder in that district,...

A litHe boy named Oharlos Waters, aged three years, was drownod in acreek near his father's residonco, Tamiti, on Tuesday. Wo are requested to inform those interested that the result of the Lung Worm Ouro Test will be decided on Wednesday next at Messrs Lowes and lorns Salo Yards,-

Tenders are invited until uoonof Wednesday, August 1, for the lease of a ten acre paddock, belonging to tho Cemetery Trust, whioli is "situated, almost in tho hoart of Masterton. '

A proclamation by the Wairarapa North County Council of certain land taken for the purpose of the construction ot a road in, the North Wairarapa County appears in.nnother column.

■ Col. Butts inspected the Carterton" Rifle Volunteers last night, and although the attendance : was net very .large, he expressed; himself well pleased with their efficiency. He left by this morning's train for Mastorton,- '.'■.'."'' ''-.«, <-;,: : ; -...- Messrs 'Lowes & lorns add to their StcokSAle'for.:"tho Ist:iost. 150 fat wethere and 50Jat owes, ..'" , In another column will bo found, the' .results of a'shipmont of forty head of cattlo from Carterton to. London by Mr W.O. Buchanan, through tho Wellington Meat export Company. The information is' of great importance to this cattle growing .district,

There was a good attendance at the Theatre Royal Ritik yesterday on the occasion of its re-opening, the uow iluor and skates being grcaty appreciated, Mr Pearson's band played some choice musical selections during the evening. The rink will bo open as usual to-night, . Tenders are invited for painting nnd papering a shop and dwelling house in Greytown, Tonders oloso on July 28th with Mr J, Barnard, builder, of that town, from whom all particulars can be obtained,

Mr S. H. Wickorson, tho Mastorton agent for the Wellington Evening Press, notifies that ho will have extra copies of that paper on Friday (to-morrow) evening, which will contain the full correspondence on school morality, and a vindication of tho schools.

Mr.J. Stuckoy, of To Kwgitumau, took by rail this morning to Wellington two prize young Hereford bulls, ono eighteen months and the other two Years old, their destination being Queensland, A tea-fight under the auspices of the local Wood Templar's Lodge will be held at tho Temperance Hall on Monday night, nnd will bo followed by an open meeting. Tickets of admission to both tea and concert aro one shilling, Tho usual weekly practico of tho MasPhilharmonic Society was hold last evening when the cast of characters for Gilbort & Sullivan's favorito opera H.M.S. Pinafore was made known.— The Right.Hon, Sir. Joseph. Porter, K. 0.8., Mr H. Rowe; Captain Ooror'oan, MrS.H.'Wickorson; Ralph Rackstraw, R. R. C. Colemau j Dick Dcadeye, Mr Gaskill; Boatswain,. Mr W. Moore; Boatswain's . Mate,, Mr. A. Erskino; Josophine, Mrs G. 'Hooper"; Hebo, Miss Turner; Little Buttercup, Mr it, Gant. By an advertisement in our columns the Catholics of the district are reminded it the specinl ceremonies which' are to take place in their Church at Mastorton next Sunday. At 11 o'clock there will .bo Solemn High Mass, Procession.-, and Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. This, wo understand, is tlie first time that those ceremonies havo been carried out, in the Wairarapa, and no doubt they will prove'a source of great attraction as well as edification to many people, Tho Very Rev. Father Tlevoy will preach the sermon in the oyenme after Vespers, which will commence at 7 o'clock,