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The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1888. The Waste Lands Board.

At the meeting of the Waste Lands Board held on Thursday last, Mr McCardle challenged,the administration of the LM Department in the Wellington dißt-fiot,' It appears that for aome time past the department has taken the Bale of waste lands pretty muoh into its. own hands,

ignoring the Land Board, excepting atr a consulting body, and even in some instances failing to recognise it to this extent. Other Land Boards

in the colony have, it is said; been in tbe habit of managing their own affairs without being controlled by the Land.depa'rtinent, and Mr McCardle, as we understand it, proposes to put the Wellington Board in a similar

position. Tho manner in whioh the wastelands of this district have been administered of late has been the subject of unfavorable comment from many quarters, and it is within our knowledge that much of what has been said against it has been deserved.' If Mr McCardle has-put his finger on the weak point of the administration, he willihaye done good' service. < We have favored the abolition of.-Waste Lands Boards on the ground that they have been, in this district at least,

somewhat expensive, bodies, whioh have virtually. been doing -little, or nothing to promote real settlement. If, however, Mr McCardle can galvanise the Wellington Board into an active disoharge of its functions, it may yet do good service and be more than worth its keep. There is-an enormous area of bush country to be settled, and, as is frequently pointed out, tho arrangements for settling it ' are of the crudest and most red tape - character, and are almost calculated to defeat the object in view. That a largo settlement is taking place is a ' matter of coui'Bo, consequent upon, , the large area in the markot, the fertile' charaoter of the soil/and the easy terms upon whioh it is under offer to the publio 1 but few people doubt that a muoh larger settlement could be effected if something like business, tact was displayed by the department. When we sec a notice stuck up in the Masterton post offioe'which affects the interests of settlers in the bush fifty miles -away—and this primitivo method of pretendiug to convey information to them is adopted because tho department will - not allow its responsible officers to incur a few shillings of expenditure in giving (publicity by reliable channels -we cannot come to other conclusion than thot the office which runs the business in penny wise and pound foolish, Ata'ny rato tlio Board (vant-e livening ijp abit, |i)d if Mr McCardle succeeds ii> a little new life into it ho will do p. 4, There was a time when Mr If.. Bimny was regarded as one of tho best men'in the colony for puttiug the right kind , of.peopl? Os th? t'ght sort of land in

the righWay;: ■He is also it member of; the Bodrd ( • and might m iconjunc'j tioiuwith MrMcOaidle, if he enteied neartily.mto the work, do much to assist-the settlement of our-'waste lauds. It -13 almost a'pity that tbe Board cannot meet 111 -Masterton,' or some other centre, where alive interest is felt m land settlement, It is too much to hope for this, but'we .would lilto at least to see some of our commissioners taking a trip through •our : bush; districts and peraonally investigating tho progresa of' settlomeiit. No- doubt Mv 'McCardle is well posted up on such points already, but he is probably the only member of the Board whose local knowledge ! is at all adequate.. Let us hope the outcome* of. Mr MoCardle's present action will be to vindicate the claim 1

of the Waste Lands board to thai public confidence which'the members have -partly forfeited by their inactivity,

The Wliareamafioad Board meetinga are- frequently sensational, and -yesterday's gathering was not exceptional in this respect. The leading incident was a private letter written by Mr Moore to Mr VV, H. Beetham ..wliichlwiis read publicly by Mr E. 8.Meredith. It was explained that the letfSf lijtd been given to Sir Meredith by MrVHogg, but Mr Hogg, who was in attendance, did not say bow-it came into his possession.; Probably Mr W. H. Beetham will for the future be more careful with regard to his private , correspondence, as, it is clearly not safe to drOp or • mislay i private communication in this neighborhood, . The letter is supposed to have been obtained from the office of the Masterton Boad Board, where Mr W. H, Beetham occasionally opens his correspondence. We need hardly say that the clerk: in charge Of the office is in no way connected with this somewhat questionable -transaction. No. doubt tho . Masterton Boad Board will take all necessary steps for the future to protect documents whether public or private that may be deposited in its office. We may perhaps take it for granted, that Mr Hogg, in his capacity as a reporter inadvertently removed from the table of the Boad Board Oitice the letter in question, but if when he discovered its nature, he failed to return it to its owner, he was virtually guilty of purloining it, and Mr R, R, Meredith, in publicly reading a letter which bore on tho face oi it a purloined stamp, was equally culpable. The mysteiy of this "purloined letter" mnat hecleared np if only as an act of justice to the Clerk of the Masterton Road Board, who is compromised by such a scandalous affair.

The.remainder of our report of tho Whareama Road Board will appear in our isBUo on Monday next.

We oall atteution to an alteration in Mrs Colonel McDonald's advertisement of her private school fur young ladies, at Brougham Bouse,Ellice titreet Wellington. '

There is a dangerous section on the Mangapakeha arising from a slip where the road is frequently breaking away to the danger of passing vehicles, We are asked to call the attention of the authorities to it,.

We notice that Mr F. H. Wood hai

been appointed agent for the sale uf the Massey Toronto Light Binder. This wonderful reaper and binder is now on view at Mr Wood's auction rooms Carterton. ■

_ Provided the authorities will alter the times of departure of the trains from Wellington and Kapier, when tho line is open to Eketahuna, Mr Macara informs us he is prepared to ran a daily coach each way between Eketahuna and Woodville. > if this were done it would givo a daily through aervico whioh would be a great boon to the travelling public. In another colhmu will be found an aniumnceiiient of the .Amalgamated Friendly Societies'. Demonstration Sports whioh take place on Boxing Day, Wednesday, December 26th, on the Master' tun Park iival. Full programme will bo oiroUlated on Saturday next. Tho Calcutta '.-correspondent of the Pioneer, a paper published at Allahabad, in the N.W, provinces, says;— Before leaving the subject, 1 may obaervo that a batch of flow Zealand horses has beeu recently landed, and are now at Garden Reach, It is said only a certain proportion are .intended for Government uso, and, if bo, puichasers who are on the lookout for something "green," and enjoy a process known as "maling"' a horse, should have a good time before them, Seriously, they are a fine iot, one ortwo being particularly promising creaturos. Tho New Zealand trade bids fair indeed, from all one hears, to become a regular and established <<ne. "Anglo- Amorican" writes iu tbe European Mail of Aug, 17" At the cricket match at the Kenningtun Oval I noticed the largest attendance of Austral liana yet observed ar any of the matches played by tho colonials, The. entente cordialo existing with our Australian

cousins was most marked, and their applause at any speoial display of the noble game was most vociferous.- It was very pleasing to see the'way in which, the pet boy of the team,. 'Sammy Jones ' was received by all Australians, who were most warm in their congratulation's on ■ Sammy's' recovery from hie-lato Isorious illness, By the way, tho poor yountr follow had a very narrow squeak for hi« life which was often des. spared of by his medical advisers, who at times had to pack him in ice to keep dowti' the temperature of his- body. I regtet to say.that the small-pox has left its' park's'on' his faco, but, uutwithstand. iiigfall tho ..terrible, ordeal he went through, the gallant young.crickoter was 'as lively as a oricket' on Monday." ' • ■ WoMUf'e Wisdom,-." Sbo insists that it is of niore' Importance thatherfamily shall be kept in full health,', : than that she Bhonld have all the; fashionable dresses and styles of the times; She therefore seeß.to it that each' member of her. family is supplied'with enough of Dr.- Soiile'e American;'Bittera at the a fit of sickness with its attendant expense, care and.anxiety,' All women shouldexetcise theif wisdom In this way. -—New Haven Palladine. :

; From ibb hob.—There is perhaps no |onio offered to the people that possesses as much .real intrinsic value as .Dr. Soule'a American Hop Bitters.. Just it this season .of the year,';when .the stomach needs an appotiser, or the blood he'edepurifying, tbe cheapest; and:best, remedy : 'is Dr. Soulo's American Hop Bitters.An ounce of prevention,is worth a pound of cure; don't wait until yon are prostrated by a disease that may take months for you to recover in,— Boston Olohfi >; f3orae jmnntbs. since wo made arjang?. mcuts with- three of t)ie lowest Bri'ish cotton maoufactrrera to siipply us exclusively with oortain speolally selected makes of oalicces, which from our loqg experience : to be specially adapted for the requirements of the publio. Theso have opw arrived at To Aro Bouse, Wellington. •We confidently ; recommend . these 'os

bang the,best makes ever introduced iqto the diatriot.or.tho Colony, and.as aguatanteo of value, eveiy, niece and down- has stamped on it bur trade mark, viz., a view of tlie 'Wholesale Family Drapery -Warehouse, : To Aro House, Welliogtoni.. : They comprie'e a variety of makes, "fine, medium,'' andjjeayy,' Jap' all ■ pure,- toft' Huisli,' aud tire ij-ejl'. W thousand andone pn'rpcses' to wKioh. oaligqcs iro put. :For the convcnlence of sale they are principally inade up in 12 yard lengths and tho numbers .abd prices are as follows at Te Aro House, Wellington. , ■■■'- Widths, 32 and 3G jiiohcj, Numbers and prices nef dozen yards, Jl, 3s Cd;Jl 4b Cd, 6s Od; P, 5s M, fij, 7 9; J4, Ss (>d, lis Gd; JO, 7s tjd; jJ}, 8j 6d;A}, 4sCtl, os Gil; A2, 'ss 0(1 j A' 4, 'fis WIKU ,6a (il| Ml, 3s fid,/{s M'|P,-iia,sslJd jM3;TCs§dj .514 7s Ou, at tho Wholesale Family Dra* pety Warehouse, Te Ar» ( ton.-Asvr,

-.A very. good.moa'B skeletoti. lias been discovered at Gi-eon Dunedm. It has been presented to the Museum. It'appears to bolong .to. a speciCH at present unrepresent there- -- : Wo remind intondini; competitors that nominations -close thisovoniug ■ with tho Secretary -for- tho ovonts 111 the Masterton Municipal Firo Brigade Sports to be hold on November !)th, Messrs Britt & Co,, aro making 1 rapid■ progress with their contract on 1 the Mastcrton-Waimata; Road No.- 2 tunnel which is 170 feet in length is timsliod.and iho-formatiun is expected to be _ completed of the deep gully, which is (28 feet deep and2cbaiils wido) in ut fortnight. Tlley had to pass through very hard sandstone especially, in the tunnels and cuttings. The Daily Times has received a telegram announcing that'T. Moßenzio, M. H. R., Pillnns, 0, McKinuon, and Fred. Muir arrived at Lumsden, : having porformed the overland journey from Milford sound to Lake Te Anau. The overhnd route to the Sounds and the Sutherland Falls will be pratkable in flummor, when the track i« cut., The falls have been measured, but the the result iB not announced liy' the exploring; party. Mr MoKenzios&ys they look ISOOft high, The scenery'between Kilford Sound and Lake Te Anau is simply grand. >-■ ' Mr William Biddle, of Tauoru, offers a reward of £6O for such 'information as will lead to the conviction of the person who placed a portion oF&-Still 011 his premises in June last, in consequence of whiilh he was pvoseouted and fined for a breach of the Distillation Act. _ Hefurther otfcrsa reward for the conviction of the person who stole a plough from his paddock a few .weeks afterwards. \

The.folloviin'g little storyJAows how a gentleman " cadging" for a free pass was lately " had." "Says the " Era 1 ' There are certain people who are always on tho lookout for -.',^orders,"' One of these met'Mr J, P.' Warden, ol Belfast; recently, at the Queen's jporta' in that city, and asked for the usual " compliment." Pretending not to have a card by him, Mr Warden took a pencil frrim his pocket, and wrote on his applicant's shirt front— I 'Oneto stalls, J. F. Warden," tolling him at the same time to show it to the cheok-taekr. -Night came, and the gentleman duly applied for free admission at the stalls door, but the check-taker, who had been instructed how to act refused to admit -him unless ho parted with the "order," . -. - A writer in an English paper calls attention to some peculiar coincidences in connection with the lattice of the Australians in.the first Innings of the match against England at the Oval. Three of the eleven (Banneraia, Trott, and'Ferris) each scored thirteen, one (Edwards) twice thirteen, and the seven other members wero answerable for the same number. To complete tho oddity of the occurrence, the match itself was begun on August 13. -The Australians will hardly be of FalstiifFs opinion that " there is divinity in odd numbers either in nativity chauce, or death,'"

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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3039, 27 October 1888, Page 2

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The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1888. The Waste Lands Board. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3039, 27 October 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1888. The Waste Lands Board. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3039, 27 October 1888, Page 2

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