Commercial.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 3092, 31 December 1888, Page 2

Commercial.

. Laery k Co report sales during the last week': Old out'of thst market, £6 'nominal; new potatoes, £1 to £9; onions, ljd per lb'; malting barley, 3a. 9d, nominal; feed do, 3s 3d; oats 3s 8d to 3s lOd; pollard £6los ;■ bran, £5; 10s; Ouur.JSl I 158 to £i2; oatmeal, £lß| matzoj'is 6d to 4s 9dj chaff, £5 to £5 ss; milling wheat, 4s 6d; whole fowls wheat 4s;' bacon 6d to 7^d; hams, 8d and 9d; cheese sdt'o 6d for large size, 6d to 7d for small; fresh butter 8d to 9d; salt do 9d; ogss, lid to la; lemons 8s to 11b; mandarins 9s to 18s; bananae, 3s to Ss 6d; pines 3s to 6s 6d j figs, 9s;dates fid; inferior do 4d walnuts 6d to ?d; Brazil nuts lOd; Barcelonas 6d to 6§'d jsofc shell almonds 9d; preserved bananas 7d; crystalised ginger, dry, 7d; preserved ginger in jars, 13s to Us oaso; irope'rial plums lid; in 281b tins'; chewing gum is 6d; raonkoy cocoanuts 8s 6d gross; rye grass seed, 2si'6d; cocksfoot (ho enquiry for either); other kinds of grass seed are without alter? ation. ■'■ ■«■' .'.:•'

Kayo and Carter's weekly report of the Christohuroh. grain and; produce 'market,-Wheat.-- Tusoan, 4s 8d; Pearlj 4s fid; Hunter's; 4s 6d; Fowlwheat—Good whole, 4s; broken bVfld.. Oats-Milling,:BsaOd; bright short, _Bs Od; .good short;.Bs 7d; duns, 3s 9d; blaok,-8s 9d : ; Danish, 8s fid. Barloy—Primornaltiiigi 4s 6d; feed, 2s 9d; Cape, 8s Od; pearl; £2O. Peas—Prussian bluos, 8a 6d; ..split, £l4,' Beans-Good whole, 8s fid; medium, 8s 4d. Flour —Roller. £l2; stone, £ll. Bran, lOOs; sharps,9os; pollard, 87s6d; patmeol, in 25' si 420; in 7V£22 10s. jtyecorn- Linseed, £l4 10s. Ryegrass—Maobine dressed, 8s 8d to Bs.' 6d; Oooksfoot—Heavy- drossed, Bjd; medium, BJd; seconds, Id to ljd. Oatsheaf chaff, i 5; hay (baled) £4l7s Gd.: Butter, lpcV; CheeseLoaf, GJ; medium,fid,scarce. Hams, 9d;baoon,7|d;H'andß,Bd. in bladders, 4Jd. The : abovo prices current are all f.0.b.,

George Thomas and Co, report produce prices oa follows up to Satnrday hint: A weaker; tone ; pervades both the markets forgrain and dairy produce, consequent upon price] in the' Australian markets being low attractive, Oats are only lightly enquired (or at 3s 8d to 3s 9d; oatim chaff, £810» ; straw dp; £2 ; oatmeal £lB [fowls' wheat; 4s tb.4s 6d j bran £5; pollard, £5 5s to £slos; roller flour, £l2 to £l2 10a; Btona flour, £ll j maize, 4sfid; beana, 35.9 d; field-pea's, 3s 9d; split peas, 15s; fend barley, 3s 6d, pearl barley, £2O; newpotatoes, £8; old pota|ora,-£6; onions, £9 to £lO per ton; factory cheese, 6'd; haras; and baoon, ,Bid j fresh butter, 9d; salt butter, Bd-; with no export demand; lard, 4d; honey, 4d. Consequent on the low prioes ruling for poultry, there .has been an entire cessation of supplies, Nelson shippers preferring _ the coast trade, where better prioes prevail; we quote, fowls 2s 9d to 3s, ducks 3s 7d to 4s, geese 6s, and turkeys 7s'6d per pair. - The fruit market has' been fairly supplied; large consignments' of bananas arriving brought,realisations to about 4s p'er|bunch, oranges, lomons, cherries, plums, pines and apricots sold at, 1 -very satisfactory rateß," ■.;: :''',.

Whareama Road Board. The Board met oil' Saturday, 29th December. Preseht-rMessrs E. Meredrtli (Chairman), J. Morrisou,T, Cars- ■ well, R. K. Meredith, and Moore. The clerk was absent. The Chairman explained that he, had, informed the clerk, of that days meeting. The minutes were fead.-Mr CarsM. said a resolution moved by Mr Moore relv tive'to the payment of Mr Donalds account for timber was omitted. : Ho moved that the'mihutes bei amended/ The niinutes 'were, amended and'ebnfirmed.: ; Correspondence, was read from W, fr. JtJeard-re Girdwood's con-, traot at Eparaim'a, stating that unless the contract price with interest waß paid ,befor6;;the ; 29tli; December; pro,- , coedingsV would' .be taken, '■ From 1 Treasury relative';to tlie; 10an,," Mr Moore, moved,!! That thesum of £l2 for timber due".to Mr Donald, and the sum of £2O. authorised.to bo expended by Mi' G. Moore to bocpaid out of a loan of- resolution 1 dated; 17th' Decemberlßßß,' be now passed for' payment. The'phapiau deplihed |.ioi;put yheMoore read ; section; ; 66, of: the M(i Board ; Apt,;lßß2.';;M the Oh airmah was 'degrading'tife office' h'o ; persistently thrbrigli and?theyr»ioV; sou|htsto^wißte;;:t^ ;mouey7^Heieadjis ; fpildjre;!^:|^| b' : T6^'tbelCliairlr^Sana^Mtmb^ |^|^l^l^fiiiiii|i^p|ii|^

{Sounds, (£200"), n tbe "Local Bod'ießLottUßAot;ißßo, lieieby to express our'lcordial pioval of the action of tho Board adopting thc ; line of road laid off tor * Mr A, J, Kawson as the distnct'rcJfc. "* ■ and also of the expenditure thereof ' » of the said sum by the Board, and v,' / we further most utiongly protest * * against any portion of tbe said £2OO ' „ loan or our annual lates f being ex- t f pended on tho old line of road through - . kparaima ( s D. * F.E.Tatham, H. I'm, ' j G, Moore, < ,L -, Whareama, 7th May,"'lßßß, -. M Mr B. R. Meredith moved, and Mr \ H Cafswell seconded, Thai the amount v due to Mr T P Gndwood, J615415s for contract completed by him oh theEparaima Distuot Eoad be now passed foi payment out of loan of ' £2OO.

Mr Mortison said be would not wte upon the question and walled <• out of the Board room. l ' ' The question was 'put and the, Board divided. A ' Ayes-E. Meredith, B B. Meridilh, T. Carswell. Noes -G. Moore Mr Moore recorded his, protest against the paymont of the special latepayers money. Mr Moore moved that tlio r letter fiora the special latepayers, dated 7th May, 1888, lead this day by Mr Mooie, be recorded on the minute book. ' Ayus.—J. Morrison,.G, Moore. Noes.—E. Meredith, E. It. Meredith, T. CarsweU. . <c (Left Sitting.) Lr-. A Cure for Sleeplessness. \

•A correspondent :b^tlie' ; Spectator witai-i-The terrible evil of insomnia' lias" so that ''£ £; theutinMt;we.;can b'ope l artifice w ; t6; r afford relief under one special torn' 'rl d think I have bit upon a, plan wTnoii : ; -;® thus remedies : a; very ..common (not ■ : M an aggravated) kind of sleeplessness;-; C■:? Audi with your permipßibnV will ; eh-'- : deavbur to. ; who'H;* may bo fellbw-aufforors sliarers iti my. S little discovery. #lt is now, I believe," •" "I generally accepted that bur. cousbiouß Wb, i daylight; thinking processes are ;ioar^\ % riedoivin /tlie .sinister half;of biams,—u; in'the lobo which con- Vi-- : - trols tlio action of tbe right armband? ■ 3 hg.VPondering; on".tueiise' of■ tlie' ; '"';> dexter half of the brain—possibly; 1 all. unconscious 'cerebration/andribJ?':'? whals'over may be genuine? * £ mysteriesi of planquUfe spirit-rapping —I came to the conclusion; no doubt, by many fied inquirers),that :TO. : dre^ : witlwW; thia lobe, and thafthe ; ;fa'nlastio,^hV^; ; " moral, spirit'like oharacler of dreams :: V is, in some way;• traceable, :■ to that ■; : l fact. The practical inference■ thon.; ;^ :f Btnioit me.: to bring back Bleep whori;. £1 lost/-Vrt[must, quiet': thinking;:;sinister.side of Aur:>b^winii-B''i-: and bring into activity only thVdijMf '■■ ; :; side, the dexter ; lobei^ ; :T6Bo|pi, y ;■- the only plan [could Revise :^asitii^-;: '; ooiupelmyielf,;to putlaoide every ■ :^■ waking-:i,hbjightii even'; Bootbiriff :': pleasanfrpnea }■;. and;. everys eCo'rfc-?ofi .'■'/: ? practise for all this I saw Imust think of »^ : : dreani r themore recenttbe ; better r and go and' over- thg'sceneifcvx-i presented. ? ;with ; ibis : idea,|> '& the next time I foundrnyself awaken-- B i.ng at: two/or,; three .-, o'clbok/in the morning instead of |b M banish painful tbougLts and ►repeajjjjlj ing, as; was my habiV; that<;reobr|H 1 Peri," 1:; reverted i whicir,^ha4;awakened^r : : i and tried'tp v go.}bn.rwlp^n^^; : .v > momentl.wasasleep) aulfedtnjthaV: '■''■:■■ • time the experiment, often; redßd,-: 1 has soarcely ever failed.. Not sonfem: ; '- i the result is'as sudden as the'fall of i' ■-■'■'' • ourtain, and seems like ui charm;; I frioud to whom, i have cpbfidedijiy'/:• ■ little discoyeiy'tells me that: witljonty.; • any preliminary thedrising ! lobes of the brain,- she had hitVpei••' ':'■■. y the same plan to produce sleep; and ; . .• , had found it .wonderfully--' efficacious. ' I should.' be very glad';if other -'-• > sufferers can obtain the "'precious : v> • boon in the sameway. Tlie evils of ! prolonged wakefulness.:'and of: the ■;. ' drug-taking to which its victims" are ; ' |so often'driven are alike'so -terrible,: ■ i that I make no. apology for offoring : - ' my hunible Contribution of.one more • " : harmless remedy to.obviaie them. '•■

'.'■;■ ."Levy, the Jew."; o}\- : ' Mr Joseph Moses Levy, the foander of the gioatntos of the.Daily - who died , recently, was a trade, and a brother.of tbo ■ Lionel Lawson,'who made;a 'imL-; fortune by revolutionising - 1 ink. .Mr Levy, whs '.also"'brother in lnw oi the celehrtfted jewellery Mr. * floral" Phillips. The" Daily-Tele- 1 graph was actually Btarted by Colonel; Slejgh, a brother of the .late Sergeant ■ Sleigh, and the Levys had tojiakeit: over from him in ' disohiiirge 'of a 'bad ■'■' debt. That was in 1853, before the ' repeal of the paper duty, .when penny , ■ journalism was, as it were, still in'the; wilderness, and not yet entered into :"-;- : .■'. tbopromjsed land,• Tho Lurys 'were : . at ouo moment of opinion that it wai ho good; throwing away more good money after bad,; and an' intimation was'actually made to the compositors that they had better look out for other billets, But there was one old jnin amongjhetn who was .not; willing to acquiesce. He had;been'on.(bepiiper i fioni the start, and;he'had',an unconquerable belief hi'itsfuturo greatnesi, He reinonstrated the amazement, of the:masters and men, winding nphis harangue by pitfljjng down his life's savings to carry 'wHor [ anotheriday. Thoofler was accepted the terms of tho loan being thoapparent'easy one of.'fa share." -Tlje luclft turned.. There' was) a;; grVat murjgjy'- [ and Joseph Mosen knew better tfiSE^ ' bis contemporaries; howj to': work s thing of lhat.kind, From that day the,career of, ,ih6;paper, was one o! . -unbroken'''p'roß^rity;: : had tio literary faculty, but he; liad a mar-' Vellbns insight into what: it "wasfrom morning to morning that the man on jhq knifoboard of v the omnibus K wanted to fand in his paper, In ;timo Mr Levy yielded the active management of the papei to his son *Edward, who on theaeith of big"' ""' Uncle Lionel took the name of ,- Lawson—a change which Joseph Moses himself did not approve. ~j Someono onco addressed him by mis- ,- tike as Lawson, and his reply .was at l< fierce "No." J* Ted," he addetf iilf Lawaon, J y ain Le»y—Levy, IheJfew.f ,<• h his retirement he surrounded 'him.'" \ self withjnuch that wasr best |in the ' i"~ intellect and art of the r J country j HeYVi fHSRors, suclrai M hi y Rose v Eandegger, s %| Bujli\an, 'and many 'dthers 1 among his most constant guest*, J-.MI was belored by ' ">• \ Ar ' f' J f' r %{**&k% 1 >»o > "-XWK

'all riehandwefi-pfabed in'the world ; - and in a sense he was the .Nestor ol Iho.aitistio.and literary ;world.of ; .London, • Luat May,, when - Irving •W> made his enti'io after his latest AuieriJp oaiitour, a,rumour run through the hoiTO "that '•■' Mr. Levy: wait in the ' 'atage-hox." He' held akm of his admirers, and at the end ho was very tired. ', He made no other seiiu-piiblii; appearance after that, Death then ' had its grip upon hitn. And now a ouriotis thing has happened. Devoid of ambition, be nover cared to acquire any 'other, interest in the soil of his country.thuh what was represented by a cottage, and gardqn at Kamsgato, He loft, all Ilia money in the paper, and it amounts to a million and a half, and ho has left it to his grandson, Mr H, W, Law6on, M.P. His son Edward, other hand, although actual director of the' Telegraph,' was continually taking money out of the concern to, tuy an estate in Buckinghamshire, to re-build Hull Some, bia seat there! and to build a

palace at Newmarket, wherein the • Prince of Wales might make delight. It thus happens that the share af the "" son Harry is greater than the share of the father Edward; and Harry aud . Edward aru violently opposed in politics, Harry is what is called a good all-round Democrat in tho slang of the day, and is a hot Home Ruler. The personal opinions of the actual editor, Sir Edwin Arnold, uresufliciently indicated by the fact of his presence as one of tho hosts at the Parnell barquet; and the Gladstoninns therrfore hope that if they .have not gained auother ally in the Press, thny have at least silenced one of their eHimifs' largest- ironclads,— Argus's London correspondent,