The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1888. LAND SETTLEMENT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3064, 26 November 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 1888. LAND SETTLEMENT.

Our contemporary at Miatua is situated in the heart of a new settlement, and takes a vivid interest in the struggles of the men of little moans who are endeavoring to retain a footing on land' in that fertile district, His observations of the colonising work now prooeeding around him are of special value, because he is extremely conscientious in his statements, a'nddoesnotindulge his readers in imaginary pictures of ideal prosperity. He objects to the existing methods of settling land on many grounds, and gives very cogent arguments in favor of some of his contentions, He holds that the valuations put by the Government upon sections open for selection are hap-hazard, and have a tendency to encourage speculators to take them up; so that the genuine, settler does not get the benefit of the low prices at which such properties arefrequently disposed of, We have heard of some bush lands being valued at too high a rate by the Government, and of others being rated too low, and it is extremely probable that as a whole prices affixed to sootions approximate closely to actual values, Of Course, if lands were disposed of by auction or by tendor, a still closer valuation would necessarily be readied, Fancy methods of putting, land into the market-have never-yet. been very successful, and in progressive and intelligent communities like the Jjjnited States, the success of the Government system of disposing of waste lands is evidently due to its' simplicity, Wo bavo ten times, as much land legislation in New Zealand as there is, in the vast continent of the States. Both the late and present Governments in New Zealand are anxiously endeavoring to conduct 1 land settlement in suoh a manner that tho poor man without capital can get small slices of it, and the big man with capital cannot obtain big slices of it, The ■ efforts of the Government to accomplish this in the teeth of all ordinary laws of supply and demand p more creditable to their .hearts than to their heads, Our Pahiatua contemporary justly points out that though the Government may succeed in soiling land in small sections they aro unable to keep';it when sold in the original diminutive dimensions, About Pahiatua there are hundreds of small sections owned by people wlioaronotin a position-to occupy them, and. who will be forcjd ultimately to dispose of their 'interest.hi

them to-the verymen whom the Government are trying to keep at arm's loiigtl),. If. this be the case ■jvhat object is gained by keeping the the man with a little papital at bay. Would it not be far better to let him have theland ?J bnoe' if he be tlie righVman tp'cloar and cultivate it; rather than to give iUjjm jn'djrectlv through a nominal proptjetfl'jt who is to all'pv&ctipal intents and purposes a speoplatof, ft jssjftjd of {.hop.? who are actually in ppcupatioit pf tliejr sections that they, are wearing tjiemselves to Jbe bone trying to bang on to their prpperiuß, and what they

really need is employment on larger properties. s The great, drawback 'to the Pahiatua : district appears to b'e that'oapitalistSj with one or -twp ex- : coptjbnß,liave'beehkept^put yt the few men in a position to v pay' ; wages| and hiindreds of men who . are

dependant upon them. We have always contended that, hud settlemebt should hej.cqndttbted purely .on business principles, and we have an excellent illustration of this class of settlement iu the admirable maimer iri'whioh' the Wellington and Manawatu Railway Company have peopled large blocks of land which are, in. point of fertility inferior to the country aron'ud Fabiatua. When land is settled on such principles it is better for tho seller and better for the buyer. They lead 1 to a speedy and genuine. occupation,' aud kill, as far as can be killed, that cancerous element of speculation which has honeycombed the rich territories of the. Forty Mile Bush.'

The annual mooting of- Wesleyan Ministers of tha "Wellington district takes place in .Wellington,; to-morrow,. Tuesday, when business will bo'afrariged for tho annual'conference, in January. A" benefit" performance was recently given in the Opera House, Auckland, for the sick and accident fund of the fire brigade^'.' The receipts wore "Jpßl.7s ..and the expenses 13818s 9d. Tho superintendent of the brigade thanks, the public for its " support," ..'.' '''■' ■'['.' ''■"".

Tho New Zealand Loan and Meroan-

t))e, Agency Company (Limited) have received the following telegram froni their London office, dated 28rd info' :—Tallow —Good mutton is worth £ 3l ss:per ton, and.beef 132 10a; Frozen niuttoh-

Market easier, We have received' from tho Hon, Secretary of tho Wairarapa Jookey Club tho programme.of the annual meeting which- takos place, on January 22nd, Anniversary Day. Nominations are fixed for December 22nd, .weights declared 81st December, and acceptances January 18. In our obituary notices will ,be,found a record of the death of another old set-

tler, Mrs Samuel Yenhell,' who died at Greytown on Fridaylast, at the advanced age of 76. The funeral takes, place at Featheraton, tomorrow, Tuesday, leaving the Laurels,' Greytown, her late residence, at one o'clockp.m,

In connection with Tattersall's big sweep in Melbourne a somowhal-note-worthy circumstanco is. chronicled, A publican iu Sydney invested in £l5O worth of tickets, but did not succeed in drawing a single horso; while his groom, who planked down a solitary "quid,! 1 , was fortunate enough to draw Victory,' ',' Phaeton" of the NewZoaland Herald says:—What a lucky buyer.Mr D. O'Brien is I Ho picked up Tasman for a mere song whon no one else, would look at him, and the victories 'achieved by the son of St. Albans must have run into many thousands of pounds,' In

1884' he purchased Trenton for 800 guineas, and after the son of Musket won him several good races, the Sydney Bportanmn, Mr W. 0. Cooper, look him at 3500 guineas, Mr- O'Brien purchased Gipsy King out of a selling race for £320, while Sextant only cost -Sim as a yearling 165 guineas, .and'after each had carried his coloura successfully, Mr Stead planked down 2400 guineas; and now Carbine, for whom "Dan" paid 640 guiuuas as a yearling, after winning him over £2OOO in stakes, has been turned into "yollow boys" .to the tuso of 3000 guineas. Lucky Daniel!

■ There wore about two .hundred visitors present at the Grevtowri JRink on Saturday night to witness, the advertised pu> 'hunt. Tho condition was that tbo animal should be lifted up from.'tho floor by the rinker, without,the latter falling, and-carried off. In the present

instailce the,pig.■was a>very tame oreature, fat and lazy, turning tho scale at a hundredweight. It sat on its haunches and surveyed to .performers with the utmost indifference, and all the digging and poking-wouid not make budge, Ono rinker got tho pig by tho leg, but instead of lifting the pig he was

himself lifted off his feet and come down oh the top of Moiiß.' Denis, much to the delight of the audience The affair was a failure. The management should

havo got a veritable 1 Captain Cook about three months old if they wished to give the onlookers some amusement for their money.

' With regard to the shooting affair in Wanganui, Whelaiußan old soldier arid a prohibited person, but has been drinking lately. Ho wont to a shed on his section in Campbell-street at about midnight, He-appears to have'shot himself, the bullet entering through the left breast and coming-out at his back, After this happened ho says he wont next door, but thoy refused to open the door to him, and ho then went round to McGee's house in Bell-street, where he found rofuga. Dr Sovloy was immediately called in and the wound dressed and the police were soon on tho spot oleiting what information was available. According to Whelan's story, he did not attempt suioido, but was cleaning the gun for rifle practice, He could not, howover, give the police any ; disfciuct account of how he was carrying the weapon, and refused'to Bay how, he came to bo cleaning it with a cartridge in it, The police are of opinion that the man. attempted suicide, In the stable in which tho act was committed wtro found two empty'bottles smelling strongly of rum, and apparently only recently emptied, Whelairis nowina vory low condition, and lias been taken to the hospital, .where it is expected he will recover,

Ataspeoial meeting of, the Timaru Borough Council on -Friday last tho Mayor, Mr Jones, took tho Council to task for the strong adverse comments made during his'absence at Melbourne upou liis a'otion in returning a favourable tender for electric lighting received two days after the time fixed on for the receipt' of tenders, without bringing it, undor tho notice of tho Council, His explanation was that, it being late, it was not the property of .tho Council, but of the .tenderer, and according to-ous-torn it was BOiit' back* ■'. A>' charge was made that a portion of; a telegram, announcing that:'.the tender^had 'been posted was not read totho Oouncil, but some of tho Councillors and the Town Clerk deolare'd it was, The Mayor pointed out that the Councillors ought to have waited for his appearance at the Council tablq and liis explanation, -and thon no harm beyond that of a few weok's delay could hive, acorued. In

conclusion he challenged the Council to move a vote of censure upon him, but tho challenge-was not accepted; Mr Ford Arrow, 'the .tenderer, referred to his coming back to Timaru next week, A car, with; satirical effigies- of-tho discontents, paraded the streets during the evening.':' Thero was a full meeting of the ooi|holl,.and'agoQd number of ratepayers were present as visitors, At the Timaru.ltesidont Magistrate's Court on Friday lasJ an elderly man, who has served j;wq yews for larceny be' fqre, .was.oharged' \yi|lrßtealing four bars' of wool ironi tho %w, Zealand Loan and . Mercantile Company's Pareoraestate, and on a' soparat ihfor-' mation with stealing seven woolled skins and a saok' of wool, the property of perOop.B'Uflknpwn, He was committed for trial fin (he.fifst case and rpnjajuhid tjll next week on the other charges, to enable, .tho police to hud, if possible,. the property, •'■•Tlip: acoUHod four bags and the skins to the :Timimi Wool Worksiiropfesentin'g himself as a farmer selling his ownwofil, but, the pharadtor of the akiijs and. fleeces" suggesting that they .we're not from faraiorV sheep,- tho police we're coinmupicated with,; The apsed'had no ronyeya'hQe,.b}it' i|j' the, case of the four'l&ippepd them'by Agrees at £ oaohl W&'M: roadside; and then asked a carry them to the W oo l Works for; him. This porsl}fl.T-R' farmer—remarked, that itlooked'suspicious for him to bocarting wool about in that.way,.and he admit. ted, M-Welliit aoes;!'.'. ;: : 'i :.-.:l:;.^i:.i

Nominations for the Opaki. Stakes Handicap and soveral other events close at Mastodon on Saturday, Decembor Ist, at9.p.m.,

; 'At.Qbrries-'xlaimV Mahakipawa, 'J the washing for thp wook returned 48ozs; of Bpttdlookingcoldjiv ;'';..;;. : :&i V; . On Saturday morning Borne excavators near Blenheim discovered a human

skeleton. It is.believcd to'betjie remains of. Wm.' Reeves, formerly of Spring Greek,.missed seventeen- years ago.---..- -...-■■• -•:-'.:.- '.-

; Returns received to.date show that the property tax collected throughout the Colony,- -amounts to £206,000. Some small returns have not yet come to hand and thereare of coursesocond instalments pflaree amounts..

:,;The following tedders.have been received by the Wairarapa .North County Council, for surface repairs :—Messrs Winter and Bassott, accepted, Is: per chain; declined—Petersen and Jensen, l 8 2JdjO.Alvey,-ls6d;T.K, York, MJd. ! A' thunderstorm passed over the' Waikato district on Saturday afternoon. A violent .southwwdblew, accompanied by a fall of snow, which whitened the streets' bf Hamilton. The snow also fell at Kawhia. Thero was a hail-storm at the-Tkames, but it was fineat-Auckland.

The Rangitikei Advocate contains the following, which may be; of uso tofarmers':—lt i» alleged that a number of.farmers'were most, successful with

their turnip orops, in consequence of having qiven the land a dressing of salt, which had tho 'effect, apparently, of killing those inseots which are so destructive. No loss than two hundred weight per aero is.suffioient. ..,.-. "The Wellington Naval Brigade arranged a shooting.matoh with the other Brigades in the colony for Saturday, ten men aside, seven shots at each 200,800 arid 500 yards,' : A grand total : of 'abc hundred and eighty-one was made. The highest individual score was eighty-one. We. regret to record that a nasty accident happened at Taratahi on Saturday to Mr John Reynolds' eldest son,- whose horse fell with its rider, the result being a compound fracture'of the ancle. Theoaseis under the care of Dp Johnston, who was immediately called in to the relief of the sufferer.

The s s Bucephalus is coming to Dunedin to load horses for Calcutta, A shipment has been got togethor by Messrs Hastie and Hegarty ot Dunedin,. and Hawkins of Christohiirch. Two hundred

head will be shipped from Dunedin and Wellington and 100 from Lyttelton, and will comprise a few thorough-breds for racing.,- -..-..

Mr Woodward,,a loca caudidafco for Lincoln, Ohvistohurcli.addressed a meeting at iSprinrton on Faiday night. The proceedingsweresomewhatfarcical.After over an hour's good humored disorder, the candidate concluded by : singing

" Grid Blo'ss New Zealand.".' The som was his own composition, and was sun]

to tho time of the National Anthem. All the inquiries made by tho Mayor of ~nd whilst in Melbourne as to the electric lighting of the city was to the effect that quadruple the light could be obtained at three-fourths tho price of gas. The electrio lighting 'at the Exhibition was simply perfect, Ho advises tho Auckland Council to Jstay their hands until the electric lighting of Wellington has had a full and fair trial, .-. Mr Loader en Thursday brought, says the 'Woodville Examiner.from the Maharahara, a specimen of the pro being cot in to shaft at rhe copper lode,. It ie a rich specimen of tho. variety- known as " azurito" and similar to that found in the famous Burra Burra mines of South Australia, and contains 70 percent. This is the host class of ore for commercial purposes and nothing better,' excepting the piiro metal, could be wished'for, The Government received ; the following telegram from Dr. Ginders, Medical Officer, in oharge at Rotbrua:—•" This Sanatorium Building and Maori'Hosnital were'totally destroyed by fire on Friday nipht at 10.80. The patients are all right, but nothing was saved. The outbuildings, doctor's house, and Blue Bath are uninjured! The fire originated in the kitchen, and tho.causo is .unknown at present.,,A-strong southerly:gale spread the fire withimnienso rapidity," The' Auckland Star correspondent at .Rotorua states that by the burning of the Roterna Hospital on Friday night, the Government lose £5,000. Tho patients : wore rescued with diflioulty, and ono man broke his leg |n.' escaping, A" good wator supply was available, but tho fire plug could not bo found, Mrs Taylor, the matron, and the'patients ■lose heavily.\ ■•■ At a meeting of the Duiiedin shareholders of the Equitable ' Insuraneq Association held on Friday last to consider tho report of. the Coraurittoo , appointed to inquire into tho position of the Company's affairs, with a view to advise the shareholders generally as to the best course to.pursuo in the Company's 1 present.position, a roport waß , submitted by theOhairman whioli roooin- , monded very strongly to.'carry on busi- , ness as the best courso in the interests i of the shareholders, and a resolution to i this offect was carried unanimonsly, It i was resolved to .communicate tho.deois- . ion to tho shareholders in other parts of , the Colony and secure their cencurrouee. i . A meeting of members of tho Wairarapa Caledonian Society was held pn ; Saturday evening at the Club Hotel, i Present Mr Walter Perry, President, , and about a dozen members. Tho i minutes of the last meeting wore coni firmed. Mr John Drummond's name i was added to the list of .directors and ! Mr P, Oarr was elected amembor of the i Society, Theprogratnmoas submitted i by. tho subcommittee was : read' and i adopted, and the printing and publish- ; ing was left in the hands of theSecrotary . This concluded the business,

It is with pleasure we aro enabled to contradict a rumour to which we gavo publicity coucorning a. hoavy loss of sheop by Mr 0, Nairn. It turns out in the severe weather lately experienced the total loss on Pourero was only seven sheep. Tho report it will bo remembered, was that some thousands had perished on Air Nairn's station, How suoh a stupid lio was circulated wo do not knpw, but we are vory ploased to be able to Bhow that Mr Nairn's' loss was, porhapS,the smallest of any sheepfarmor in the distriot,-WaipawaMail. '. The Amalgamated Friendly. Societies delegates, met at the Oddfollows Hall, Perry Street, on Saturday" last everySociety being well represented. .<. Mr W, Carey occupied the chair and progress was reported. It was decided to place the sale of privileges m'.'tho hands of Messrs Lowes & lorns ; for auction on Saturday December 22nd, The various Lodge deputies wero requested to bring betore the Lodges the advisability of securing banners for the procession, The' Secretary reported'large entries might,be expected for the principal events. The Chairman and • Secretary were authorised, to arrange with the Caledonian Society for tho erection of seats and tents and tho use of paraphernalia required at the sports.' ' | The' now wide y known firm of Hoffmann and Sons started business in Auckland oyor 30 years ago undor' the Btylo of W. P,' Hoffmann, importer of musical Instruments, and -'.the'business was carried oh by him until about ten years ago, whon he retired from active participation in it, and handed pvor its charge to his sons, who have since carried it on ni'ost.successfully' unfjep tho style of Hoffmann & Sons, = ■ Thoy have always maihtainedaiiameaslmporters of pianos' organ's,, kinds of musical" instruments mid giiaranfcce ail their importa ■ tions, 'About two years ago thoy opened a branch in Napier, and finding that th'eirjahiejiad ggne ■ bofora; them, aiuV that busuioss-was.gbod, thoy wore further induced to open a second branch in Wellington, which-they did twelve months ago. . We need only say that in tho empire city, their efforts have again been crowned witlj Success, having now. established & name; and business, and Importing only first class- instruments,' customer can at all-times rely upo'ri getting the best value for their, money. There is somo satisfaction to, be ; gained by : ; 'the'. pip? 'when, flujy o>l with a years of depreSr Bon',,have riot.only maintained their position but have; steadily advanced in popular favor. r: • ( MeßSM'.Hoffman .ana Sous ltofcot miißical instruments bjyiuft appeariin i i;^jA

rj-Mjgn is the first guiding that'iai woit a Derby in Australia. ; : ;■:; ■• > ""||;;■';' :. Mr F/H.-Woodadds'sbyerallineisito hia catalogue for next 'Thursday's Tara-, tahi b^B'comprising 600 ewes/'lambs,' and wethers, 100. head'; cattle,' ■assorted, .spring dray and draught hbraeW; ,sfe;

; . The larrikiiiß of Mastorton Syero busy last niglit iii the Kuvipuui district,'. .In empty shop, formerly used as. a store and Post Office had several large windows smashed by.this useful fraternity, .'"■'•■ There is a large hole, dangerous to pedestrians, in the footpath on the east side of Queen Street,; opposite Mr Redman's Grocery- Store that requires; the attention of the Borough overseer. Mrs Brodie has received a letter from Mr D'Abbahs French Oonsel requesting her to.exhibit tho paintings shown by her in Melbourne and wliich attracted a great deal of attention, at the forthcoming Para Exhibition. Wo understand that Mrs Brodie will comply with the request. . •■■ ; \,,

.Mr Mackintosh aud his musical party who visited the various Wairarapatownships last Christmas contemplate another trip to this district "during Ohristmas week. On the occasion of their last visit this talented company, created a most favorable impression, and we feel certain should they again pay Mastorton a visit they will be rewarded, with a crowded house. \.\

, The Waiareka Dairy Factory held its annual meeting on Saturday afternoon, The report showed that during the year aloss of£7l hadbeon made, Thelossea had been made on shipments of cheese, notably one to London, attributed to the large''freight of £2o'ssid a ton, The Directors reported that they had let the factory to a private individual at a rental that would afford the shareholders, a return on their money..

The Theatre fixtures are advortised in another column, Among other attractions it will be seen that the lessee, has engaged Professor Durney, a very olever exponent of the ekatorial art. 'The Manawatu Times, speaking of this gentleman's performance says; Professor Durney is an oxcellent and graceful sliator, and his performance both on rollor and stilts was worth a long way to witness, His many splendid feats gained for him loud applause frem the large audience assembled, The entertainmont throughout was a most enjoyable one to the audience assembled. Pkejudick Kitis.—"Blevenyeara our daughter suffered on a bed of misery under the care of sevoral of the best

(and 801110 of the worst) physicians, who gave her disease various names but no

relief, and now she is restored to us in good health by aa simple a remedy as Dr Souk's American Hop Bitters, that We haCjpoohed at for two years, before using it. We earnestly hope and pray that no one else will let their siok Buffer as wo did, on account, of prejudice against so good a medicine as Dr Soulo's Amorican Hop Bitters." The Parents, "Telegram."-

Haunted -Me-A working' says': "DobVpo.verfcy and suffering haunted me for yean, caused by a siok family and large bills for doctoring, wliich did no good, I was completely discouraged until one year by the advice of my pastor, I procured Dr Soule's American Hop Bitters and commenced their use, and in one month we were all well, and none of us have been sick a day since j and I want to say to all poor men, you can keep your families well a year with Dr Soulo's American Hon. Bitters ior lobs than ono doctor's visit will cost. .''Christian Advocate." ,;•-

' We are showing an unequalledassorfment 6d,17s 6d,21s Gd, and so on'up to'Ms: These are really beautiful goods, and are better valuo than any that have been yet offered in the' City, or at Te Aro House, Welling-, ton, ■ . .

A sumptuary "deoree has recently been promulgated by the committee of the forthcoming Musical. Festival at 1 Wellington, that all the lady vocalists must be dbessbD in white, Fronran tcsthelio point of view this is no doubt a pleasing arrangement and for other, reasons, noted bolow," it ha our entire; approval,; at Te Aro House Wellington, '< We are admirably prepared with a ohoioe assortment of White' Embroidered Muslin Bobcs, purchased by our Home buyer from the manufactories, at St. Gall, Switzerland, and also with a splendid assortment of White Drew Fabrics, in a variety ol oharming makes and designs, at To Aro House, Wellington, ■ And then wo have also a full supply of white dress fabrics, such as Princess Ida dress muslins at 6Jd and. 12Jd per yard! nainsook, dress muslins, embroidered muslins, and mull dress muslins from 9d to Is (id per yard; broche dress muslins from ,B}d to: 1| ,C Jd per yard; and brilliant dress muslins from 81d ti Is Gdjd per yard, at To Aro House Wellinatou.—Advt. .