The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY,DECEMBER 17, 1888. THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3082, 17 December 1888, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY,DECEMBER 17, 1888. THE FROZEN MEAT TRADE

Although tho price of our 'frozen meat in England has receded, there have recently been sorno important developments in the trade whicli' ought to reassure New Zealand sheep farmers, An arrangement has been effected between tho. vendors and shippers in -London by whicli tlie gross, receipts from the sale of carcasses are to be equitably-divided. to imlialf of that sum will be paid hero m cash to the growers, and tlie balance will be absorbed by the Shipping Companies, cost of freezing, and other agencies. Half a million of money coming into this Colony annually for our surplus sheep will be a very comfortable thing for W Zealand, and the other half million will be equally comfortably for the shippers, freezers, aud vendors. The time has arrived when so much capital is embarked in the business that it. will pay the companies to encourage growers by giving them a minimum price for their sheep. For ii good wether this minimum rate may now be put down at about eleven shillings, anil when it is borno in mind that growers in past years have often had to sell Biioh stock at seven or eight shillings a head the importance of a guarantee of a price which may bo Bomewhat more tlian eleven shillings but cannot possibly bo less, will be muoli appreciated by all interested in meat production. All over New Zealand there are hundreds of properties in whioh large capitals areinvested, wliicli, duringtliepastfew years have been unprofitable speculations aud have consequently become unmarketable and unsaleable, Now, with the enhanced values attached to wool and meat these estates will again become productive and the relief to this colony • will be very great, We shall have, as it were, a live horse under us instead of a dead horse on the top of us. The action taken by the Companies to divide profits with the growers is, of course, rnada in their qwn interests, but at tho sanio time .'it gives wool growers hefe suolj an encouragement that it ylitually raises the value of pastoral property throughout the Colony. In another column we reprint from the British Australian an article on the new arrangement which indicates clearly the importance now attached to tho meat export trade by tho shipping companies ptj 1» : London (igonciep,'

Tim idea of State intervention in the matter of fire insurnnco lias again been mooted. Lite prospeot of ; the sb'ghtest relief being obtainable in Buoh ft quarter is altogether hopeless, and' Government interference in sncli a mattoi* is so undesirable on public grounds that it is absurd to base any calculation' upon it. The Inswrfti® pompanips hold a raonoply of a eertaiiVbuXinesf) just' 'jipw, but the moment they are kind to be making undue profits out of the Colony, outside offices will step in and bring down rates. The point is not that the Companies aro dealing unfairly by tho Colouy as a whole, but that they aro treating Masterton in an exceptional fanner. For the sake of Masterton' tho . Legislature nill probably lioi.deem it accessary to start a State Insurance department. We liavo Qjideavored to ascertain why certain oxcepj,ifi)ijjl treatments meted out to tlii's towp, iujf} .jyp pre (q}d that it is on account of the inadequacy qf our water supply. We have good reason to bolieve that some other consideration has influenced the Underwriters' Association in Wellington,but this t}ipAppia{ipn objects to disclose. One of the gircle wjip cputrpl IfjgujrjiDCflS did allow certain information to transpire in Mas^'toii,' which pointed to the conclusion t-|iat mis-chief-makers had been at work, but the circle object to any public disclosure on this point. If the water diflipifltY is really the only ground on y/Jwlj the recent jiicreases have' been made, tile .Companies wi|l be bppil jto witli.djw ■ tlieii), proyiijeii a supply ylijcl) jb.ey deem'atleq uate is furpished, Wfltffisttlieilasterton - Coinipittee will succeed in staijii})g a distinct pledge 0)1 this point jj:om | the Underwriters, for witlWHt sjjcj) ' an Msnrance.it'must bensßtimeil (lit' there ; still exists other considerations j which the Insurance: A esociation are , sj'ithJiplding Ixoin the public, and , whichi prevent Masterton from veceiv- (

i .ing fair treatment. Since writing the i »boYOi,we,lleam itbat Mr Hooper,- a member of the Committee is obtaining to-day signatures to ' a;, requisition asking 1 tlie Council to piovido some sort, of anvator fliipply. for file purposes, It is quite right of the ratepayers to back up the efforts of the OomiTiitteo to 'deal with the difficulty, and. we ourselves ' on this . ground have signed the .requisition, but at the Bame time it is evident thaMho Committee are acting a little' hastily. The first step to be. taken is to find out what water supply will satisfy' the Insurance Companies so that they will reduce the new premiums which theyhave levied, Nothing _ can .really he done on a business footing till' this information is obtained; The Borough Council however, can, if the Committee fail to supply the indispensable information obtain it direct,, but it would befar hotter if it were tb'oome througli the Committee, and to bear its endorsement. "

An improvement on the sewing maohine is sold along the Btreew of Now York for 10 cents, it consists of a long spring, which, when properly nttachud to any sewing machine, it is claimed, . will do away with 60 per cent of .the, exertion oxponded in working the .treadle, ■.

A lettor received from a resident at Broken Hill Baysf' The great question herb is whero our next lot of water is to come from, The temporary supply : at 7s 6d per 100 gallons is now exhausted, and we will have to fall back on South Aualralia aud'get the water up by rail, whioh will CoSVus 15s per ,100 gallons delivered at tho door. A' number of poor people wlio.liave been drinking the water at the mines are down with sickness. Considerable indignation is ox-' hibitod at tho aotioii of tho' Government: in, refusing permission to a company to bring in a water supply from the River Darling, a distance of seventy miles." . The following favourable report,of a De Laval separator is given in "an Exchange -Tho milk, after the whole had been mixed, was separated in two , equal parts, one half to be treated by tho separator, the other half in the ordinary way. The result for a trial of 19 days was that lf(2lbs of butter was obtained from tho set nn)k, while that which passed through tho 'separator produced 173, a pain of 411b in favour of tho separator. So that if-tho whole: of, the milk had been separated, instead of half of it, n gain of 821b in favor of .the separator would have been found over the old system. ' , , ,

"I receivo curious letters for orders,' says Mr Toole, with curious reasons why I should send thorn. A 'chemist's assistant wrote for an order, his claim being that he had onoe prepared a prescription fur..me', and had made up tho wrong medicine, fortunately ivithuui ini jury :atd this had- madohmi Mow up my career with the : greatest interest. Anothor applicant for dress circles said lie was emboldened Jo ask the favor bocause ho once mot my uncle on board a steamer. ~ Buckstoho said when ho became a manager lie had to give dp writing _ pieces his tinjo was so occupied iu writing orders, M,ifi, r ~i "--dmrvee diaries told me ok" tho boots" at a country hotel where lio\as staying asking to be paid.for goiajj. theatre.. Matthews, struck with* the fellow's civility, gave him an order for the play. 1 Come and see tho piece, Toraj' said Matthews. 'At tho theatre ?' 1 Yes,' said Matthews;'' hero's an order for you.' The next day Matthews said, ' Well, Tom, did you like the play ?' 'Oh, yes,'said-the boots dubious kind of way<; ' but who's to.pay me for my'time?'" • ,

An inquest was held at Hamilton rocently.on the body of Mrs Smith, who was accidently shot. It appears that Mrs Smith was making a bed, and her son, Francis Horbort, who was in tho bedroom, saw his pistol between tho mattresses, Ho had not had it for some time, and eacerly took it up to see if it was loaded, "He thought it was not and held it up -and fired it. Tho weapon] : went off, and the shot passed right through. his mother's head, killing her instantly. He called to his fatlior, who was sitting on the varandah, "I'vo shot mal" "Ma is shot," and ran for a doctor, who camo at once, but found Mrs Smith quite dead, Mr W. Smith, husband of the deceased, deposed that he was herdslpan and caretaker of Hamilton reservoir. He \vas sitting on the varandah, ana heard tHp pistol shot, but took no notice till lie heard his son crying out, "I've allot ma," and saw him run away towards the town for the doctor. Ho (Smith) llieii called to his wife. Gotting no answer he went inside, and fouudher lying dead on the floor, Francis, the husband said, was a favorite of his' mother, andit wasanunfortunato accident, Dr Bennett madß a post mortem and found the shot had entered the right temple, lacerating the brain, and causing instant death. Tho jury returned a verdict, of " Accidental death." Grant sympathy is felt for tho young man, who isgreatly respected, and it is known that groat affection existed between the mother and son. .

It is well-known tlwt the late Emperor William was extremely fond of the play, and scarcely ever missed a day without going to the theatre, to whioh he, however, invariably came a little late. At Id's entrance the - public used to rise to a roan, and the play was for the.foment qtopped'ijntij (h« Bmporor was seated, when the actor resumed his part exactely whore ho had left off, : In order to satisfy His Majostv, who of Into years had grown cxtreinoly deaf, it was necessary for tho players to speak very loudly, which was all tho more necossaty wlien tho Emperor put his hand to oarj audit hp w|\s pbserved to jiut both his hands, to his ears, then everybody knew thai ho was unusually deaf, Of course those secrets whioh occur ill plays, arid which are usually' only given by. the players in a ecuvcely audible whisper, had to be hollowed out at the top of their voices; but tho object in view was attained. Tho old Emporor nodded his satisfaction, and the public, which was aivare of tho reason of this stentorian elocution, was also perfectly satisfied.-

For somo time past persons riding oil the switchback railway at tho Exhibition have boen complaining that during the progress' of tileir ; brief journey. thpir poc|<cts have been picked. Peteotive Hampden, of South Australia, was told off to enquire into tho. matter and on Friday night last he caught a little girl named Eva Hardy attempting to piok the pocket of a-Miss Julia Watson, of Canning Street, Carlton, who was riding on tho car. When tho detective seized the little girl ho saw her throw a purse ovprtho side of tho .car. ' When they reached tho ot|d of. tjjo tpek phe produced anot'jior purse fpn hep. ppeket, whicli sho confessed to ..have stolen as well as the oiie '■ she had thrown an ay, A search was niado uiidor the structure on which the car runs, and here no less tltfh fojir prp fQund, all eqipty. The little girl oyer.to Detective Smites, who took hor to the lockup. She said that her .'mother lived at Cecil-street, South Melbourne, and kept a boarding house. Sho said sho was fourteen years old and had. no rolit'jpn. ]?or sqmp.timepMtshehas'almost cpiitinijajjy bosp jjdiijg on the. switchback railway, ajiu .tlie ii)a|i In charge, iniigining. fliat tjio' litflo .jjhjjii baa developed a jjagsipjiaco love"-'for tho pastime, allowed her piany rides free of charge. Her diminutive sb.is small of stiiture for her years—lnduced older passengers to offer her soine protection, in the way, of holding her in, and sho rewarded their attention by' relieving tjieni of their purees. "Wlteh arrested sho had on hpr arm a plush handbag, in which ?5s Bd was fojind,,. H. Peterson begs,to inferni the inhabitant of Jlastertou and Disfrict that during t jio riiorith of December he will ojfer fo ['ho pjib!i,o hif lnffle stack of bo'ife (tfld spoßai cjt lil'ipe |of' : Cash O«tV, after wlijclj tipie the pooks will be closed and .the business in future conducted on. the .ready money system of .which duenotice'will be rivoii;~Ai>YT

Messis Jjuwus & lorria add to then stock sale for, Wednesday next nine yearlings.

, itrs AJlon of Brongliain-atreot, -Wellington:. Ims, ail '.announcement, in our ieluniujj pf.ijitoreßt tojiidios visiting Wollinston tor medical advice/. Notice appears in another column of the bankruptcy of Kobert Crawford of Masteiton^blacksmith, The first meet-' ing ot creditors takes place on Saturday December 22. We have to acknowledge' the recoipt from Mr E,' H. Waddington, tlio local agent a Phoenix i?ire. Office caleb- ; dar and a very noat pookot almanac and diary tor 1889, • :: !. ." :

"Mr. F. H. Wood adds to his catalogue for next.Taratahi Stock Sale several head ;of cattle.' '. : ! On Saturday next Mr. F, H, VYqod j holds an entirely unreserved sale of general merchandise, produce, and furniture, at Feathorston,-' particulars' will be found in another column.

_ We. congratulate the headmaster of our public. school, nnd Mr Jamos Muir, on' the fact that tlie' son of the latter, Herbert Muir, has carried off a Wellingtcu District scholarship. > Whilst Mr and Mrs Nitz were pursuing their way on horseback to their home on the Easfc_Coaston Saturday the horse the, lady winding suddenly reared and threw the .fair rider with violence to the ground. The accident happened near Messrs Wardoll's station on the Masterton side of the Ruamah'uuga Eiver, Mr Nitz returned|to Masterton and prooured a conveyance atid . brought his wife back into towti'where she: waa attended by Dr Beard. An examination proved no bonos had been broken but there were several .rather severe bruises which will necessitate a tew days, rest before Mrs Nitz will be able to proceed oil her journey home.' At Messrs Lowes and Inrns sale on Saturday the following privileges were Bold— Master ton-Opaki Eaco Meeting: One Publican's booth. Tophill £l7, oiie ditto Cranmer Jl7, two refreshment booths Mrs Corbett £lO, Cards and Games Club Ll6, Yards, Dixon £4 10s. Caledonian Societies Spp'rta, Publican's Booth Crannier ±'o,. Refreshments Wliyte £9, Fruit,"Preston : 80s, Games Heggie, 20a, Programmes Spackman 10s. Mauriceville Sports, Publican's Booth, Osborne £4, Befreshments, Hiugard £2, Fruit and Uames, Vile £l. The privileges in connection with the Amalgamated Friendly Societies Spoits were passed in, iiot teaching the reserve, and are open for private treatvTho Dublin Daily Express says:—We, see and liaye always seen, the connection' botween Parnellism and crime. '; The Homo Eulo. agitation was impossible without •'agtarian' anarchy.- Agrarian anarchy could not be kept up without boycotting. Boycotting could not be kept up without crime. Tho Home Rule party distinctly advocated and advised boycotting, They never openly and firmly denounced and discouraged crime, Wo have Mr Gladstone's .authority' for saying thatcrimo dogged the'steps of the LandXeagne," aud we hold it to .be beyond controversy that the Land League and tho Home Rule agitation profited by crimo, We contend that a cause which could only profit by crime is no constitutional caufs, and,the fact that crime underlayftho policy of the Parnellite Homdife-t" i". eonolu8ivo ; eori. "Smnation of 1- irrespective- of any proof or di® v the kl , dei ' ol ' his immediate si®Iworodirectly 1 worodirectly cognisan't of crinielswj '• . i Weroiniudoui; reaaerTonthe proformance given by Professor Rollinson at the rink this evening,' As a guarantee of_ the"excellence of Lis entertainment it may be stated that lie was specially engaged by, the Columbia Rink Company. to make a tour of New Zealand, and togivo exhibitions at their various rinks in all the large' towns, He has just finished his engagement with therii, and is now visiting the suauUer towns on his own account,, previous to'his departure for. America. In addition to his | fancy and trick riding, the laughable item "The masher and the bicycle" is irresistibly droll, as a reference to the photographi'o views iu Mr S. H.'Wickerson window will show. There will bo riiiking as usual to the music of Pearson's Band, and those who don't want to bo disappointed will engage their skates be-fore-hand, as thore iB sure to be a good demand for thein,

No hospital needed :—No palatial hospital needed for Dr. Soule's American Hop Bitters' patients, nor large-salaried taleuted puffers to tell what Dr. Soule's American' Hon Bitters will do or cure, ,is they tell their own story by their certaiu and absolute cures' at home.—How York Independent. A ORBAT BHIBRI'IIISE :—The Dr. Soule's American Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company is one of ltochester'B greatest business enterprises. There Dr. Soule's American' Hop Bitters have reached a sab beyond all precedent, having from their intrinsic value, found their way into every household in the land.—Graphu. Residents in tho country contemplating a visit to Wellington during the present month, may combino both pleasure and profit by calling at the Wholosals Drapery Warehouse, Te Aro House, Wellington. Tho line prcuiises wo occupy are in themselves unequalled South of the Equator, and not only is tho'architecture imposing, but the arrangements ; for tho comfort and convenience of customers aro such as cannot bo excelled if equalled -in tho Colony, and so say the thonsands who have visited the Wholesalo Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro House, Wellington; And then the stock is always large, the choice veryo!(tonsivo, and tho prices at lowest wholesale rates at Te Aro House, Wellington. -

Just now, and during the present month some exceptional advantages ace and wil - be offered to all cash ■ customers, Having imported a large lot of Japanesn and other fanoy goods we shall distribute 'their) to all purchasers' on tho following soale at Te 4rq Hojiße, Wellington The Scale— Purchase 10/- Gift 1/- Purchase 15/- Gift l/li Purohase 20/- Gift 2/- Purohase 25/- Gift 2/0 Purohase 30/- Gift 3/- Purchase 35/- Gift 3/0 Purchase 40/- Gift 4/. Purchase 50/- Gilt 5/. Purchase CO/- Gift 6/- Purohase 70/- Gift 7/Purohase 80/- Gift 8/- Purohase 90/- Gift 9/Purohaae 100/. Gift 10/andsoon in same proportion up to £SO, illOO, or more during tho month of December at Te Aro House, Wellington. The only exceptions, wo jnake to. the above are Kid Gloves, Dressmaking, Millinery, and tailoring to order. An early visit would therefore be very advantageous to all country residents,- being certain to result in pleasure and profit to all customers at Te Aro House, Wellington., - isSINN? JIBJJ ' "Well's health rcnewor" restores health and yigor, cures, Dyspepsia, Impotence, Sexual Debility, At chemists and druggists, Kompthorne Prosser & Co, Apeuts, Wellington.