Sydney Taiwhanga end his Wife.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3111, 24 January 1889, Page 2

Sydney Taiwhanga end his Wife.

The following lars are from the Napier Daily -Tclo< «wh; -'The wife of tho member for D'Wict, Mrs Sydney David Taiwhamja, cannot be , i# (0 bav6 W experience ofjtho, happiest Bfdo tf Mn^tC'itoP'-~ lady' » k 'lfwhlyokian/Uo af4;- \ younger perie'd of lior existence;' «on and wooed; by jtft'e eno|ianting fl Sydnfey.. ,Wo do not know when the ; inuptials werdVceleb'rated, ! and' sb\we „.' Mnnp'Upeak.with tyy dpjrp bf' taiuly as'to whether 'iniliys of ' bjppyj We do know, however, from 1 * Iks Ijdjr'svowp statements, that fp'j • -

/. , tho fouir::'yeara' "shfe'bS£s rdiiei'vetl .'..' no support from hor-liusband;>: Per<aps this oversight on the part of [rTaiwhaliga has been duo: to olitical pre-ucoiipatibn.anil to that largeness cf mind which ignores the' petty details of domestic life in aim- ; Irigat the amelioration of the human . ■ Species; Toanmnof his stupendous intellect tlin troubles of one woman, his mere wife, can bo but a trifling incident in -a sea of suffering from ■'.-. : which tho whole world is groaning. • Mrs I'aiwhangn does not look at it in . this' light, ~ ami sho beldly demanded m rights; before the Resident Magistrate of her district, , s who, ws are sorry lo learn, dismissed / ' the case. The worthy dispenser of justice told her tint Maoris wero not subject to the law regarding.maintenance, So Sydney need not give her any of his hard earned honorarium to his dear wife. As it was one of the planks of Taiwhanga's .. political platform to sweep away the of ouo law for the palteha cjHwl another lav for the Maori, it will J?. "W interesting to watch his efforts to \, make himself responsible for the keep of his better half. MrsTaiivhanga is naturally furious at losing her rights through her raurriago with an aboriginal, and threatens to reinstate them by marrying a European. We do not know : whether the law of bigamy would touch her iu that case, but, probably, Syduey will be glad to get rid of an incumbrance that he has not thought worth keeping.

Strange Experience of a Wellknown Business Man-

(From tho Melbourne Argus Jan, 7.) In April, 1887, Mr E. A. Paterson,' who! at the time was carrying on business as an auctioneer and com■mission agent in Born-ke street, left with the avowed intention of going to Gippsland for a day or two, Several days passed by, and as no word came from Jiim, and he did not return to his home, his friends grew alarmed, and inquiries were instituted as to his whereabouts. Every effort was made to ascertain j where he had gone, or what had fiF' become ot him, but all without ( 'success. He was known to have had severe domestic bereavements, and when after his.departure it was discovered that bis business affairs were somewhat involved it was supposed that ho had committed suicide. Nothing whatever was heard of him till February, 1888, his Wife received a letter from him. It bore neither date nor address, but the postmark showed that it came from South Africa. The contents of it were quite incoherent, ond it was evident that the writer was suffering from some mental affliction. The family and their friends consul ted. as to the best means of getting him back to them, , and finally an old friend named Mr flbtfalsh volunteered lo go to South Africa and search for Mr Paterson. His labours woro even move difficult than ho anticipated they would be when ho undertook tho task, On his arrived in Natal ho was stricken Willi fever, and whilst lying ill was robbed of most of tho money, he had provided to carry him through his searchiugs, Nothing daunted he continued ' in his work, and finally discovered Mr Paterson it Durban. His funds were ( then entirely exhausted, and Mr Paterson was found in a state of /T abject poverty. Money was waiting for them at Capetown, but they had not tho wherewithal to. get there, Nothiug remained 'for them but to walk, and they accomplished the distance, which is said to be some 300, miles, Then a steamer was obtained and they reached Victoria about a week ago, Mr Paterson is in an exceedingly weak state, butDr Fishiourne, who is attending him, and Jpo has been the contidanto of Mrs during all her trials, is quite satisfied with the progress he is making.. Mr Paterson states that from the day he left Gippsland in April, 1887, until he found' himself in South Africa in 1887, be is quite unconscious of what occurred, and has not tho remotest idea by what means he got theiv, The loss .of memory is somewhat extraordinary, but may possibly have resulted from the great mental worry he underwent immediately prior .to his disappear-' ance,

. Wheat Faming in RussiaThe following regarding wheat' farming in Eiissia is token from the ■ Standard:—'|A gentleman who is V. farming in Eussia contributes to the " 'Agricultural Gazstte' a somewhat Jrtpnishing account of the cost and Warns: of wheat-growing in that country, according to his own. experience, in the province of Eiga. Taking the variable exchange value of the rouble it Is Bd, for the year 1887, he states that a 'dessiatin,' or three acres of wheat, cost him only £ 3l9s 2d, to grow, while the produce, ,19 bushels per acre, realised £C 19s Gd, leaving a profit of JE3 Os 4d, on the three acres after paying rent and all other expenses, A low cost of production is accounted for by the miserable wages paid to labourers, regular, hands getting only 6d a day, and extra men in , summer lOd, 14 hours work, oxcltisire of meaMraes, As for'horse keep, it is put down at only 7d. a day, grass land being free, so that tho horses cost nothing during the summer. Even so, somo of the items in the expenses seem unaccountably low. 'Thus, the carting and spreading of manure are put at Is 5(1.' an acre, two , ploughingsat.ls l|deach, harvesting • at Is Bd, and thrashing at Is 4d, The heaviest amounts aro those charged / £k rents and taxes, 8s Id an acre, for seed 5s Bd. No tmmuro is J$ debited, because straw is not credited. :■■' Management, repairs of buildings; and repairs aud renewal of machinery are all charged in the total; but.no interest "oir capital; According 1 ' to bvidenco collected by the,' Kussian Mijristry of 'Agricultural, wheat growing, as'a rule, lias not paid at reCent prices. ', '■ . .',- .