The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1889. Plundering and Plundering.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3120, 4 February 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4,1889. Plundering and Plundering.

The Evening Post has usually been found to. be on friendly terms with the party in power, but at the present time the widest read journalin the Wellington provincial district goes dead against Sir Harry Atkinson and his colleagues. It is interesting to notice the ground on which this 1 opposition is ' based as it is probably one on which a very considerable number of people are at issue with the powers that bo, Our contemporary holds that the revival of values of produce which we now enjoy is not sufficient for our needs, but that a revival of trade is also essential and this is to come only by an influx of population and of foreign capital., Finding that the Government is not making a vigorous effort to secure these blessing our contemporary longs for its speedy disestablishment. More foreign capital and more immigrants would undoubtedly revive trade, but this is no new want on our part. In the past forty years we have been absorbing foreign capital and introducing new population, and for the next forty years we shall continue the process.. Even if it be found, forty years hence, that there are ten millions of people in this colony and there is a national debt of a couple of hundred millions it will be easily demonstrated then that the country is capable of supporting twenty millions of people, and of. paying interest on four hundred millions of debt Our past experience, however, has been such that it may be fairly said that when we absorbed new capital and population at a normal rate we were better off than when under the impetus of a boom they came to us by leaps and bounds, Most thoughtful people in the community recognise our tendency in the past has been to be too dependent on foreign capital, and that what we need now is. to learn a little self, dependence. There is already a very fair accumulation of private capital in New Zealand, which is available for employment when there is a reasonable chance of obtaining a satisfactory return for its use.. Knowing what it has cost us in the past to niako up the enormous ftums for interest, which have periodically b.een c.ejjfc out of the Colony, is itnot'prudejit n% !»s far as possible, to borrow money within the Colony, so that any outlay.for interest will be retained; within the country. The Evening Post wishes to take''a hair from tbg (log that has bitten us," and with" fresh borrowed money, and a stream of immigrants, ,',.<# set. things going again merrily, The first effect-of the borrowed money aui thr ngw

population would undoubtedly be to Stimulate trado, and promote settlement ; but the ultimate result would be what it always has been:' inoreased taxation. Our; Wellington contemporary holds up the Property Tax to reprobation," and very justly points out that this acts as a soareorow; but-this tax is simply the penalty we have to pay for over-borrowing in the past. ■ In the same way, stress is laid on the impolicy of our protective tariff, which is, in truth, a-great; oalamity; but this again is only the punishment communities have to suffer, when they have spent foreign capital too freely, The Government is accused by our. contemporary of " plundering and blundering," 'but this sinnly means that the Treasurer commits a blunder in- attempting to pay the expenditure of the Colony out of income, >nd that the taxpayers have to be plundered to enable this act of honesty to be perpetrated. Our contemporary demands an honest, capable, and vigorous Government, but such a Ministry is exactly what we now possess. There is plenty of honesty, capacity and vigor in- Sir Harry Atkinson, and though we differ from many of the. political principles which he professes, we hope we do justice to his virtues as an administrator, The fact is, the Ministry so fir have been strictly carrying 'out the duties assigned to them by a majority of the Assembly, representing a majority of tho people of New Zealand. As long-as Ministers adhere to the line which', they have so far followed, they, are likely to retain office The demand of our Wellington contemporary for more foreign capital is not one that will as yet be endorsed either by the House or the country. It may be the war cry of tho big centres of population, but if this be the case, the coming political struggle in New Zealand will be one of country versus town.

Mr J. M, Meredith advertises for sale 80 pure bred Lincoln Hams from the best Stud flock in Now Zealand. The potato crops on tho Waingawa are looking splendid, and promise the lucky owners fine returns. Persons requiring lessous in shorthand can learn terms on application at the Daily Office. '

As n mark of progress, we may mention that bricks are made and sold at Pahiatua at fifty shillings per thousand. _ Wo are requested to remind membors of the Operatic Society that a full-dress rehearsal of " Patienco" will take place this ovenimr m tho Theatre Royal at half-past seven o'clock sharp. Wo hear that the Black Crook prospectors, who aro boring tor coal, have discovered gold, but have not yet reached salt.- They came across diamonds', but thcso proved to be some lost from the drill.

Tho prospectors who are working uuder the auspices of the Groytown Prospecting Association, have worked right across the ranges to Otaki, inspecting both the Wanakae and Otaki streams, and have got back to the starting point, They came across the color in] several, places, but nothing, payable has yet been discovered, In the course of a long ride on both sides of the Waingawa by our special reporter yesterday only one rabbit was seen, This speaks well for the steps taken to eradicate the pest by<settlers in this part of the district. Mr W. D'Arcy, ot tho N.Z.L. and M.A. Co., who has been transferred from the Bluff branch to Wanganui, was met by the members of tho local ataff last evening, they having decided t not to permit him to leaye without some tangible mark of their estoem. Mr , J. Tumbull, tho manager, presided, . and on behalf of those assembled handed to Mr D'Arcy a tastefully ornamented gold pencil case. Inmak- ■ ing the presentation he referred in very . complimentary terms to the recipient's . energy, courtesy, and business qualities. Mr D'Arcy suitably acknowledged the gift, and a very pleasant social hour was afterwards spent,—Southland Times. , In the whole of tho outlying districts 1 around Masterton, where the rainfall 1 has been much grcaterthan in the open agricultural portions, feed is very plenti- ' ful, and there should bo a good demand for Btoro stock. The rain of the last 1 few days, though but light, has put quite a different aspect on many parched up , paddocks, changing them from dull : yellow to bright greon.. The present ' dull weather is anything but favorable for harvesting and a few days sunshine • would be welcomed by grain growers. Any one visiting the Eiverslea hop r- gardens at this time of the year is woll • repaid by tho sight that is to be seen. The hops are looking in capital condition, in spite of the cuntinued dry weather. Tho early sorts are coming wellon in hop, and look very health. The Kent goldings , in consequence of the hot sun, are also rapidly showing abundance of bur. The hop crop on the wholo is very satisfac- ' tory, and good prices may be fairly anticipated. The price per bushel for i picking will be the same as last year.— , Hastings correspondent of the Telei graph. I Before the rain set in last week, excessive heat for several days was experienced, and one or two instances ' of partial sunstroke are reported. A carrier passing along High-street, Kuripuni, saw a horse in a cart standing ; still, apparently unattended, and as he > passed it, from his elevated position, he saw a mau, whom he recognised, lying in the bottom of the cart, on bis back, with his face exposed to the broiling sun. As his journey's end was but a few yards further on, he did not stop till he got there, and then informed the farmer, and they-both went back, and found that the occupant of tho cart was suffering from sunstroke. They covered him, and drove him home, laid him in a cool shed,and doused him with water. This brought him to, but it was a good many hours before ho proporly recovered from the effects of his' exposure to tlio sun. Landowners in the country districts,, remarks "Atticus," show a very eager desire to find out from the flying survey parties the course the iron horse is likely to take through the bush. It is, however, strictly asainst orders lo furnish any information to the public, and a circular was recently sent to all railway.surveyors directing them to caution their employees that a breach of this rule would lead to' severe punishment, "But," said young Theodolite to his chief, ."if. we observe that rule strictly we'll starve. It's 25 miles to the nearest store, and we're; dependent on old Jumbuc, the squatter, for meat, milk, butter and vegetables. If we tell him nothing he'll neither givo nor sell us anything." You can tell him as much as you lie," was the reassuring reply of the senior, "so long as you take care not to tell him any truth I"' On Saturday, says the Mail, a caso of cow-shooting took place in the Waipawa Bush under the following circumstances: —A man named Blows has a crop of potatoes, and one of his neighbours' cows was.bent on feasting off'the tops that grew near the dividing fonce, said fence beipg one of seyen wires, The cow however, was not tp be denied, and got her head beiween the wires arid : wired, into the potato (pps. pipws, getting angry at the sight, it is alleged by himself, put some peas in a shot-gun aud fired at the cow, with the result-that the shoulder of the animal was somewhat injured and she went diy with the fright. The owner's name is Pollington and at his instance Blows will appear before tho R,M,, charged with an offence under the VJfaljcious Injuries to Property Act,'.'' It is siispected thjit instead of peas, small stones''wero,'used 'in' tho i gun, but this Blows denies e'mpathically, ] and we should advise him, if possible, to have the cow examined in "his interest! as the offence' he is charged with is a '. grave one: 'Whywilfj'jhen■' run. sq'ph : risks and punish a poor .dumb boast in; '. stead pf imeirig the owner tor'damages'?

Tho SanV Franoißco'.Maii is oxpeoted to..arrive in Auckland to-day, "■" .',' ..'-':

Several important additions to/Mr F. H; Wood's qata.lo»ue of Bheep for salo at Jdie Carterton Kam and Ewe Fair are: adyertwed,"; notably from the flooks of Messrs W. 0. Buchanan, D. MoLachlah andW.JiNiv "'"; ■'-,';" Public Tenders aro invited for about 145 chains of metalling.on the Mangapalteha to Uriti Eoad. Speoificationß may be seen at, the. residence of Mr Henry' Elder, (to whom tenders are to be sent) or at the Uqunty office Masterton. •"

We have received from the Secretary of the Ohristchurch Poultry, Pigeon, Canary and Oat Society, catalogues of their Annual Show which takes place, on July 17th and 18th. Those iiiterested can obtain particulars at this office '.

Au exchange gives the following funny little problem for the youngsters, and for oldsters too:—Put down in fignreß the year you wore born; to this add your age at last birthday; multiply the result by 1000; from this deduct 673,432. Substitute tor the figures corresponding letters of thoalphabct, as A for 1, B tor 2, 0 for 3, D for 4, and so on. The result will give tho name by which yon are popularly known.' . •■ ; We understand Mr Stuckey, of To Rangitumau brought up withhun from Wellington on Saturday morning two stud rams—one a Southdown, which was a first prize winner at the Ohristchurch Show, and from tho flock of Mr J. Dean's, of Kiccarton, the other a Lincoln from Mr H. Overton's celebrated flock, and one whioh he had reserved for use in his flook,.but was induced by the long price offered by Mr Stuckey to part with to him.

The Celestials, resident in Mastorton, wound up their.Hew Year festival yesterday with a dinner to which a number of citizens were invited. One of the favored few informs us that tho mm was rich and varied. Fowls dressed in overy variety of style, pork roast and boiled, vol-an-vents, and Fricassee .of fish with several other dishes whose names and nature were undiscoverablo. A liberal supply of; vegetables, red hot rice, and a genoral hotch-potch. Theso good things were washed down with choice liqueurs, English alos and tea, and a veiy onjoyable evening was spent, By a .parliamentary return we find that the loss on the working of country telcphono offices amounts tc in round rumbora £2222. This includes a charge of 5 per cent on original cost of construction. This is not a largo sum, but it is expendture on luxuries of this description that has much to do with bringing tho colony into its present financial position. Exchange.

To our already formidable list of poisons (says the Hospital) may be added, as a source of occasional danger, tho fragrant nutmeg. It is most likely that adults will never die of eatiug nutnicps; but tho inpsitivo fingers of children find their way to the spice-box, and thus convey many things to their curious palates. At least one fatal caso has occurred, where a boy of eisdit, haying eaten two nutmegs, fell into a comatoso condition, and died within two hours. The symptoms were similar to those of opium poisoning. At an up-country Magistrate's Court recently an offender, charged with allowing his cow at largo on the long paddock who had heard that first offenders could claim to bo put under the first Offenders Probation Act, applied accordingly. The Court desired to know his reason forthe application, "Well, your Worship, he said, she had a good paddock of her own and is rolliiu? fat. She had no need to go into the road. Tho Bench—All the more reason, my man, why the Act should not apply. Your dairymaid is evidently a covetous animal, and prefers the stolen dusty grass of the wayside to the green herbage and plenty of her own pasture Have you a report from tho Probation Officer ? Offender-No, your Worship 11 forgot that part, The Bench —ln this case tho fine will be 5s and costs and we draw a line with the Probation Act at indictable offences. It is a woll-known fact that fruit is imported into Masterton in very lame quantities, and this is proof sufficient, although not very creditable, that the local supply does not exceed the demand, notwithstanding the thousands of trees sold by auction and privately every year, Fruit-growing can be very profitably undertaken by every householder in Masterton, who has an acre or two of land, around his home. In fact, no matter how small his holding, everyone so inclined may add-to somo extont to their income by cultivating the right kind of trees, As an instance of what can be grown in a limited area, wo have only to draw the attention of our readers to the splendid apricot tree just now laden- with luscious fruit, that is growing upon Mr W. Francis' section, near the Waipoua Bridra. This tree the owner evidently takes a delight in cultivating, and well he is rewarded for his time and attention. It is trained up the side of his two-story residence feeing the north, and thus gets full benefit of the sun's rays. There is no reason why every close boarded fence, and side of a house, with suitablo aspect, should not be covered with apricots, nectarines, grapes, or other payable fruit. The hours of labor in Now Zealand are not long, and anyone so inclined (if not possessed of suitable freehold), can lease and cultivate an acre or two of land as an orchard, without interfering with bis.particular occupation, By this means fruit would become in a short time choap and plentiful in Masterton, and we should no longer need to send our good monoy out of the district to purchaso it. We recently inspected the Worksop farm, tho freehold property of Mr Thomas Dixon, and there saw an instance of what we have referred to.' He has about eight acres of land of which an aoro and a half is cultivated as an orchard. On this comparatively small area, which is protected from the winds by a border of evergreens, may bo seon all kinds of fruit trees, suitable to the district in full bearing. Apples, peaches, apricots, neotarines, plums, chorrios, gages, all choice and selected sorts aud planted at regular intervals are flourishing, whilst berries of all description currants and other small b'iish fruit are planted between the rows, Mr Dixon has in his orchard some score or so of bee hives occupied by the industrious little insects who aro ever busy gathering houey for his especial benefit. Honey producing flowers are grown in the orchard in profusion, amongst the principal varieties are Figwort, Giant Mignonette, Catnip, Spider plant,_ Califoraian White Sago and other American plants. There are many other settlers in Masterton equally deserving of notice, did spaco permit, who in addition to their ordinary daily work cultivate fruit gardens and'orchards. Our object, however, is to draw the attention of the apparently careless, to tho fact that a pleasant and profitable industry is within the reach of all who choose to undertake it.

.We have decided to have a sale of over, plus Surplus Summer Stock, commencing on Friday, February Ist, at Te Aro House, Wellington, That there will be bargaius, as there always have been at our salea.goes without saying, and though the exigencies of State, according to our present rulers, demand an almost crushing taxation on drapery goods, yetwe shall not bo debarred from offering- to tho' public 'such marvels of cheapness as may not occur again for years at Te Aii) Hgnsc, Wellington. The balance of our Summer Stock in all departments is marked at' prices 'to sell fluickly. In washing and other dress fabrics ih'mantles and costumes,'iii 'millinery and underclQthiiig, in carpets and' calicoes, in boys' and youths' clothing .js an abundant \aiioty of someof tf|o cheapest lots ever seen, in the city, sufficient to convince every unprejudiced mind that .the proper place, the best place, and' the only place to secure undeniable bargains is Te Aro House, Wellingto, '.-.... Thesale will only last. M days, and will come to.an end on Saturday, February 10th and in conducting" it we mean to bo "short sharp arid decjsiyo". at To'Aro House, Wellington..' .' We should certainly recommend a visit to this sale on'tho jjart of 'all housekeepers, hotslkoßpers.'atatioiiholders and'heads of fannies. Money will bo saver) by visiting the sale ofpyorplns StookatTe ArpHonso Wellington, " . '

Messrs Lowes and lorns add: t6 ;thelr Land Sale! tor Saturday next/two ■ desirable residences situate in Ohapel-street, .Messrs Hounslow and; Hoar'notify that,they are now prepared -to. under-' takoany kind of furnishing at lowest possible prices'arid of tho best soasOncd timber, Every article made in their own factory will bo guaranteed to bo finished in a first-class manner. In addition thoy make' and repair Venetian Hinds, frame pictures, and oxecute repairs generally-' at reasonable prices,