The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1888. IRRIGATION COLONIES.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3071, 4 December 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1888. IRRIGATION COLONIES.

Mr T, E. PjtiOE.of this totfn,:brOught r back ; with him amongst other ; mementos of his visit to Victoria, • some extremely interesting Laiid-. books and pictorial illustrations of tue Australian Irrigation Colonies. On the great-river Murray, some 800,000 acres of hitherto useless and ' comparatively worthless lauds are ' now in.process, of conversion into vineyards and fruit farms by means [ of artificial water works. The projectors of this large undertaking, I Messrs Cliaffoy Bros, como from the States, whore irrigation is a practical science, which has already changed ; millions of acres of sterile plain into 1 rich corn-growing territory. They are simply specialists in this particular .Yankee notion, and it is a thousand pities that a few intelligent Americans do.not como to New Zealand, and show us the processes by which the settlers in the States increase the productiveness of their soil, The effect of irrigation in Victoria has been practically to endow it with a new territory, which will maintain in health and comfort, a very considerable rural population, The plan of Messrs Chaffey Bros, involves the expenditure of a considerable capital, because thoy not only undertake to distribute an enormous supply of water over a large area for irrigation purposes through concrete and iron piping, but they lay off and form splendid roadways, plant numberless shade trees, and provide for the educational progress of tho settlements formed under their auspices. Of course, the expeuses of suoh an enterprise add very materially to the value of the land. Messrs Chaffey Bros, obtain £2O eaoh for small town allotments, and for villa and suburban lots from £ls to £4O per acre, ' Such prices may seem high, but as compared with the productive oapacity of irrigated soil, they are low. In America, the value of such lands in fruit cultivation has frequently risen to over one hundred pounds per acre. Ten acres of such laud will produce a sure crop each year adequate for the maiuten- ' ance of a family, and if the little ' irrigation farm exceed this size hired \ labour is necessary to oVjusticetoit, i Returns of from £BO. to £SO per acre 1 ctiu.be procured from irrigation farms I when planted in vinoyards or in orchard. The model small farm of 1 the future will not be the forty or ! hundred aore section, but the few ' acres of irrigated'orchard or vine- ' yard, "No. doubt inline irrigation \ farms will be establishoil in tiieflorth. , Island of' New Zealand, but we fear i that they cannot as yet be projected f with the saiiifl prospect .of success' wbicji is afforded in Victoria and ' South One great advan- J tage of the River Murray settlements , lies in the faot that there is oiieap j carriage l by water and rail to two I great markets, viz., Melbourne and ' Adelaide, and jiowever great tho pro- ( duce of the .irrigation area may be, it ' is certain that it will 'always find a ' steady and reliable market whioh is ( unobtainable in New Zealand.. It is, ] however, a useful piece of knowledge ( for New to lay to heart 1 that an irrigated' aote ."of land is ' worth say-five times as niuoh money ' as an unirfigated will pro- ( duce five times as .large- a crop of , fruit. |f tjijs knowledge cannot be i applied to largo areas b,y cppijiej < and speculators, it cau, in 'many '! instances,-be utilised by enterprising | individuals on small allptments.,.Thp.

colonies of A inerica and of A ustmlia read uiore like a. rouiance than a: sober narrative of actual places and; people.; irrigation, k, however, a a (team of perennial . fruitfulness wbioh has crystalised iuto areality'iu Yiotoriaaud South Australia. -

The inania for purloining, papers appears, we ire sorry to say, to have extended to- onr respected follow townsman, Or Gapper. At a meeting of the creditors of that redoubtable finii, Messrs Brown, Eodgers, aiM Nees, held yesterday, Mr Gapper proudly related how he had surreptitiously romoved a document from the office of a certain -Wellington resident.' Now we must object to a /public proclamation of such a.questionable action passing unnoticed. That Mr Gappor's intentions were good wedo not doubt, but the action in which he gloried was one of downright- dishonesty. Even with a worthy motive in-view, and with a desire to bring about all that justice \ required, ah unworthy or dishonest! action' is not permissible.. We know j sufficient.of Mr Gapper to give him credit for good intentions, but, we trust he will not again place himself before the public in such a questiona-: bleposition... '• ~<\,,/v:

ThoAmateur Christies holdarohearsal this evening at tli'o Tlieatrq Royal,-when a full--and , is requested/ -. :^^^HkN > V' The regulaci^^^^^LthJMtlie. Loyal. Aliisterti^^^^^MK|o^3; takes place - tlu^^^^^^^Bra)^ Pern^^^^^^^^Hl the Trust Ofhcl^^^^^^^H 1889, inent ; ember take treat/; -I^^^^^^^^^^f one block at Wellington to consTW the advisability of raising a loan for roads.'- ' - A cash-box from the office of the Olub Auckland Hotel, oontainins; £ls in silver, was stolen at three o'clock |on Saturday afternoon, during the absonco of. the landlord fur a few minutes. No clue to the culprit lias been obtained. Tho Rev. It. W. Roid nreached at tlie Grafton Road Weslcyan'Church, Audi-' land, im Sunday evening on " Printer's Sunday," condemning the employing- of men for the sake of bringing out Monday morning papers, The largo congregation unanimously carried a-resolution.''dis-approving "of Sunday work oh hows■bapei's.,- - ',:.. V„ ; ' :,..., i .,|- '■>. '■ Prize money and -accounts in • cornice; tiou with: the-Mastertori - Hdrlicultural toiety'sSprih? show willbepaid on and |fcJMnesday-Doceniborßtli,at tho Mr \f, B, Chen . Prize niQiicf*j* MHaotori ;'. . was fouud ■ face.' >'-i: -^^^Bff^W^

... 'Km, OttomarAnspiiTz, a' Gttiruian," lias succeeded in preparing phptpstraphio' plates so sensitive' that an exposure "of 1-5000 of a second is sufficient;' l A very small lens must bowed, jo that, the pictures are geriorally,7-16 of an. length and breadth'. :■' Enlarged ■' to ono and a-half jriclv" on 'glass', plates ..and rotated in series'oftOThty.fouv before a' Geissler tube','the pictures are 'used for prodnoifig tile'motions of an'animal; on a large (screen.• V;' •••:•■■.'■ ;.•;." ■;■ : ' The .funeral 'of .the.lad Gwynne, wlio met with an untimely and! violent death took place on Sunday and was fo)lo\*od by members of Court Loyal Enterprise, and Juvenile Foresters of which latter body he had been a member. ' The Rovd. V!. E/Paieo conducted the funeral servico, and the impressive ceremony of the Foresters was read by Bro Wm, Blinkhorne, A great many frie'nds showed thoir sympathy with the bereaved parents by following the remains of the poor lad to their last vesting place. ~

Wo remind thoso interested of the oxtonsivo. sale of lease land by Messrs Stevens & Gorton at Pahiatua tq-morroiy Wednosday, the : oth inst., when this woll-known firm will offer leases of 28Q4 acres of the valuable ondowmont of "the Wellington Girls High School, situate nt Mangaone, Forty Mile Bush, in sections varvino in sizo from 15 to 225 acres each, at an upset rental of one shilling per .aero. Tho term of tho leases will bo 21 years," with provisions for a further extension of 14 years, and for compensation being paid by incoming tenants for buildings and improvements, other than the '...-'

■ T|ie Phceuix Lodge met last evoning at tbo TorajjorAnoe Sail" (their qaual'plaoo of meeting) when there was a goodly number of officers and members present, liro Morris, W.O.T. in tho chair, and matters of iutercst wore proceeded with and were arranged it is belioved to prove conduoivo to the good of the Lodge and tho Order, after which the • Lodge went in for a fow songs and tbo ovoning was passed in a very pleasant manner. Bro I. W, Shute, from Dalefiold was present and addressed tho Lodge and shared in the harmony and welcome of lib friends, If some of our churches are financially in a very bad way, it would appear that some Freethought organisations aro in a still worse plight. Duneilin, ]qn£ re : garded as tbo headquarters of J?rcothougbt in this colony, reports an utter oollapse of the Freethinkiug camp, The handsomo and commodious Lyceum Hall, which was built by and for Freethinkers at a cost'of £SOOO, has lately heeu sold to our friend, MrD. 0. Carman of Good Templar fam6|for tho sum of L2OOO. . Our readers will notice m another column an advertisement of Sir Hunt's, Cambridge House, the latest addition to tho;famous drapery establishments of Cuba-street. The shop is one of tho ' attractions of tho street with its well ' dressed windows, whilo the interior is in l every way worthy of a visit, its millin- ' ory.dreps-makiiig.audfjtting-roonis, its : admirably self c{'c<| stop]?', a'rifl Mr Hunt's i large esperioWe' as a, buyer giving a ( guarantee of that, ' At a meeting of the Victorian Boe. , keepers' Association, . held recently, several samples of manufactured honey, purchased at different'.shops in' aud about Melbourne, were submitted to the j meeting, opened, and tested, Several i wore labelled with the manufacturer's I oVthe importer's fliuiie, and pqme had | tbo names cut off tlie" labola.' AH the ] samples were vory muoh aliko in appearance; in taste, however, there is a" considerable difforei.ee, spine been flavoured J with essence, of lemon and orange ' flower. A practical chemist, who was i present, gave an account of some analyses '] lio hadniada of jjpjli pure honoyand the j imitation, , Ho alsloKplained a simjo j method of testing whether honey is piiro or manufactured-u,; by'adding a little •. pure alcohol to'hqri'oy or its 'iihjtatio'n ' dissolved iii au equal volume of ; water. ' This solution, on'being Sliaken up-'with i alcohol, roinaliie'i' rifely' bleap and limpid iu case of honey, but in tlio case of imitation it at (iiico'became opaque, "] like dirty milkj.due to the dopositiou'qf , dextrine from; tlie starch "sugar. The , samples submitteti to'the meeting' were. ■ com syrup or starch susarj a cheap, < cnido.iiiatcrial obtained fom'potatqjs aii(tsulphUrio;aoid,>M\'mai!!e,.d|; (ftm j ragsan'd;silljjiiurio acid. 'After a long discussion of'the- steps' to be taken by j t)iQ AB3qpiij.liop, it "jvas reßplyefl tp call -, the'attorition tf j:he'.''Oentral i : ;Bqai;d r pi Healthby letter to the' "flagrant ,bjsapjj ! of the/Healtli Act by.theeale p|; : «ant(': 1 fiicturigd |jorio>"jV^-f* : : : ;, : A ;^~- -.:.'■•'■:^o.'

' Messrs Lowes & lorhYhol'd their fort.nightly. Stock Sale Ait-heir';yards"to ; mornw whentkey-onVupwards'of 170 head , cattle," principally .steers,' with' a fewl|n«sof.beef;dairy-cows,- etc* 350 fat. ivethere,• forward ewes,: ewes, and lambs, horses, drays, brakes, 1 pigs, etc, - Notice is given ini, another column that' a sitting of the District Court of. Bankruptcy will be held at Mastertou on Wednesday December 12th when the following bankrupts .will bo publicly examined viz; Brown & Eodtjers of Mastertou Builders, and John Louis Thompson of Maiigamahoe, Settlor, A woman iiamod Fanny Alico PnrkVa outored Barret's Hotel, Cliristchuioh yesterday for sornobrandy. : After drink-; nig it she turned giddy and fell off the' the sofa, and died in a few'minutes. Dr Robinson, who was- passing attended her, but. could render no assistance. The cause is supposed to be heart disease.'

The following team will represent tho Star Cricket Club in their return match with.tho second oleven (if Carterton' at tho Park Oval on Saturday next:-,]., Wickons, E. Minifio, W. and F. Grantham, Williams, Jackson, Richards, W. Welch, Hulford, Hawke, "Winchester. Emergencies-A. Welch: and: Russell. Umpire-Mr W. Russoll. ' The .-Star Club have arranged a match with" the Albert Club, of Wellington,, to be played at Mftstei'ton onChristmas Day.' •'.,;

. Messrs Matauriand Cosoldthe c'arcasef if tho sheep saved from the tiro at Belfast :feezin'e, works yesterday.' Fully* 40CK1 j ere reallyprime mutton,Vonly a -few joiiig discoloured by smoke, The bidding ires dull,'.' Two thousand -were'sold at 'torn 48 to Ds per oaroase, averaging 7518, )00 'going;to 'Timaru, -Oamafu, and Duuedin," the remainder to Christclnirch )Uj'ersi.;;_Tne.dainasedcarcases, will.be I'y'Eleven years our a'bed; of, 111(8017 best ■KMPsVwhe no u'a suffer IPHbTParents, telegram," .' ;-':!! '' HaumtedMe-A ' working man says; "Debt, poverty and suffering liaunto d ne for years,- caused by a nick family' ind largo bills for doctoring, which did no port,- I, was completely discouraged intil one year olio, by the advice of my wstor, I procured Dr Soule's American ffop Bitters and commenced their use, md in one month wo'worq ail well, and tone of us have been sick a day since; indl want : to say to all poor men, you lankeop your families well a year' with 3r Soule's American Hop : Bitters for ess than ono .doctor's; visit -will •; coat, 'Christian 'Advocate," ' ljesidents in tho country oontcniplatfng i visit to WoUington during the present nontli.niay,combine both .pleasure:and irofit by calling at the Wholesale Drapery Varehouse, To" AioHous'e, Wellington. . : . . The fine premises we ocoupy are in themalvot Aro House, W^^R^-' ■: TheScale-lR ■'". ■ '■. Purchase 10/. Giftl/'Purchase 16/- Gilt'l/ Purohase 20/. Gift 2/- Purobase 25/. Gilt 2/1 Pnrchase'SO/.; Gift 3/- Purohaso 35/. Gift 8/1 Purohase 40/- Gift i/- Purchase 50/- Gift 5/ Purchase 00/. Gift 6/-' Purohase 70/- Gift II Purchase 80/- Gift 8/- Purchase 90/. Gift 1)/ . ... Purohase 100/-Gift 10/-;•.-" and so on in same. proportion up to £SO £IOO, or more during the month of Decern boratTeA'ro House, Wellington. ..The only exceptions' We make to thi above are Kid Glove's, Dressmaking, Millinery, .and tailoring to order. An carlj visit would therefore bo very advantageous lo all country residents, being certain, tc result in pleasure and profit to all customers at To Aro House, Wellington, ' '' " KocoH on Oouns. Ask for Well's "Rough on Corns," A wniplete, permanent cure, Quick reliel x corns and bunions. At all ohemtßts md Druggist.