The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 , 1889. A Jubilee Land Measure.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3126, 11 February 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1 , 1889. A Jubilee Land Measure.

One of the latist experiments in land purchase legislation ia a measure known as "Lord Ashbourne's Land Purchase Act." This enactment became law in the year 1883, audwas designed to give facilities to Irish tenant farmers for the acquisition of the freehold of the soil -which they cultivated. Under its provisions when a landlord and tenant agree as to the purchase of a holding by the latter, the whole of the purchase money is advanced by tbo Government, to be paid back by the tenant in yearly instalments extending over a period of forty-nine years. When the occupier of a farm purchases it on fairly moderate terms, the yearly instalments to be made iu repayment of the money advanced are generally from ten to twenty per cent less than' the former rent, and at the end of forty-nine years, the purchase money i being ail paid off, the tenant becomes sole proprietor of the soil ho tills. The grant originally made under this Act was ,£5,000,000, .but this has been already used up, and a further grant of -£5,000,000 was made at last session of Parliament, It is somewhat singular that the term of forty-nine years was selected as the period for the maturing of the freehold titlo, and it would almost seem as if Lord,Ashbourne, in framing the Act had taken a leaf oat of the .Book of Leviticus, where it says, " And thou shall number Sabbaths of years unto thee seven times- seven years; and the space of the seven Sabbaths of years shall be unto thee forty-nine years. Then snail thou cause the trumpet of the jubilee'to sound on the tenth day of the seventh month throughout all the land."- Under the Jewish land law in the Jubilee year, the land which a man had throagh- disirssa and .improvidence parted with, came back to his &miiy. This provision is of coarse not a feature of Lord Ashbourne's" Act, but the measure gives to each man who takes ttdvastttge of ' it a fixed period, distant though it be, when the land he cultivates shall become his own, or the property of his heirs, free from debt and incumbrance. The best land titfc both for the individual and for die community is an mi.niortg&gsd freehold, but next to this it ia difficult to conceive anything more satisfactory ithan a title under Lord Ashbourne's'Act. The success which the .measure appears to obtain in Ireland, U the best orisprioa of ita jMraotical value. %Ye might add perhaps to our already numerous list of land titles. in New Zedabd, a Jubilee Isad law under which a rasa muUfs.y tiz or seven per cgnt on thaoi-igiaai value of his land with thsrighfe to claim it m an unencumbered freehold at the end of the forty-sine years. The Government could adopt saeh a system all the more readily with the large area of Grown LeaabjstJH at gheir disposal. It might be contended that the' faoil-, itiea now glyea by slefersad payments ' and perpetual leasisg sisusss virtually satisfy'evsrfrsasoJiftbla taqairstasbt, \>v& if Lm&._ Msbocnie'a Act has become m utikmmlly popular in "Irekad ik&i jtailfions of roomy ard mse&icl fa work it, wo rdghii fey a«bptlsf $ soisewhat siaa>r xuqsiifta, asiafe a feyorable imsaresskss *st»itgßfc iwmers and togaer** mgut ja<_4ite Old Country wha»aylsiill*fe#is &a Csiesiss. -

uuntMi. of HiiV feK-&tßrvfs4 jnamaes of aiji'ieuUiirfti pjjuktSou,'■»)? {wfetuL. lii this tltey to riglrt, ; a)*4 ili« Baoeiwa they Hi'o mestiSK'wHiv ittwi ;.b> estoaujlyjpUiiiji io.l&uel H&tioiutHsefft svlib would ■ iiitike tlitj , Btttte tli« (jwheva of tlte Moil, ttsul Uio till*™ of it it Ooiiiimutlty ol HOt'fei : ; ; :

The vogtilm» inotitiily tuntwUiiH of Mw WhifMfejm SuMli tVusiiy Oiiwiisl Wtas 'Hi* Li eiiiiaitiM duktiwsiteW Itemaru iiOlhUiiiiisd by'-' lIHJ. lio«M««ii 'j-* letiittUSMi lifts bccri l?eath«r&lols 4 mm uif i)ii Saturday ks)t iit till) tatter jjlitiißfiMitiitgiti feVitStSry futthe fiifiuev- ttMttUi-, J

■_ A Meeting.of tii*» Muf-tii: Wiiittir&pa LttiinitKileat Tniek't'S takes yl&m Eil.iiiibrrtttf iaoililufl, (fuesthty), 1 fet' the Odd* Mow* Bain * :r v: :: :;■ ■

: flic Ifitebgatitri tWrt'siJUideikfc. of ,iha Tluips eayu.—lt fe anticipated thai 2|d patio will bothe ruling prida fW good quiilltj' of aoclssfcpot iliiu .Sijilaoa oil■. the edaaii ...;■''

tfhe reported oxistoueo of the BittliUrst Lurriit this districtis. Siiciirrect, -: 'fbo seeds which -ivord takenM the btirr turn out to be thofto of a kind ot clover which has bairn grawhig iii the Okuiurii district fur many years, and' which hug Leon introduced from homo along witheiowr Bned. The .plant is & good iOtOffe plant, and haa novor injured wool, Mr K H, Woad adds to his next Stock Sale a lino of 200 fat vfetheri. heavy weights.

Messrs Lowsb & lorns inske a further addition of IfiO fat ewes to their list of entries for Wcdutsduy tioxt, The tetidor of Knight and Honey bone at £14,184 for the Asliurst contract Napier-I'ttlmoraton wilniiy has- been accepted. The hifihost temder waa .£24,820.

Mr iH'AKndi'ti, liucnsoa of thoWunganui Hotel, was clmrged uhdur section 134 of the licsneing Act with supplying iirink for tobncco. It appefttH that a re* mittance nwri named 1< racer, who wits not able to cot hut money, was in the habit of buying tobacco and bartering it for liquor. A fine of £5 win inflicted, mid under Section 202 the conviction was urdarud to bo endorsed on the iicenne, :■'".:''

On Saturday afternoon the MMerton and Star Cricket Cliibi hold a combined praotioo on ths Park Ova!, Hides we're piokcd by Messrs Wckens und Perry, the fonnor'a tfiam winning. For tile winners, ISrtiltinu'iii), and Whatman 13, wore the h!t»tioat txHwra, while for the Jusnra, Kibulewhito 27, Riohnrdi and I'orry IB each, .laguldenlll, "and Jloirbwb 19 wurothe, litghtmt, - flowe mlwpprfl' haiwioit appear* to tisifit with rcmmiot to nuxt Bnturdny 1 * ohumploutthip gameit, and tltu I'ioiU dole&ates slumia at onoo takentujwi to' clew tlio matter up, Hurton's ISollpso attswhod folding olowtor, built to the urdur of Musars Ghumbsrlaiii tiros., will bu itt ; work oh tlio Akuru to-duy mid lollowlwr days. The machine, had t% trial at the Manai&j on Ifrlduy Jiml proved a. jmccuss in overy: detail. The tune tukeu.'to unfold it into working position waa jutitotio soiaute, one man only being required to work it. Ah a upeolnivii of local skill rt is well Worthy of an inspection; ■ The ©levutor bfiing;attaelif)d to the machine saves the tuna occupied utiauipplng and ro-scttiog, and also : ; avoids; separate carting. One result of the MetHc&l Congress at Melbourne.ban boon the formation of a Scottish Schools Union for man of all who havo pas still through finy Scotch University,; ov extra-academical school. J .-■'.'.■.. ,-■;

•It is reported that the War Office has under consideration the enlargement of the camp at Aldershofc to the extent of about 4000 iiisn. Aidarshot will then be about the largest standing canip ia existence.: '--il ."....i..

Lord Oxenbridga: has determined to part with, his famoita collection of rare china Ifrooj Gatton Park. One: old Sevrea dinner, service is ctmeidernd by experts 'tit be : worth £15,000 or j£16,000. S; : :: '. : JU- ,:■■.'■:■;■■

Some 7000 spectators congregated at Tooting to watch the contest at football between the Univoisitiea ot Osfonl and Cambridge, which resulted in a'victory for Cambridge by one" goal and two tries to nothing. Armenia is permeated with secret societies built upon the " Young Italy" modßl. The object of tlie Armenian societies is revolution against Russian rale, and the.establishment of Armenian union and independence. The Prince Albert status—the women of England's Jqbilee offering to the Cjueen —is now finished in clay. It is a magnificent monument, fifteen feet high, so tbat a big man can easily stand upright under the home. ■

A correspondent of the Otago Daily Times wants to know why the Hon; Mr Fisher is notprosecuted for having, contrary to law, as was proved in the late case Ridley v. Wisher, signed a blank transfer of shares. It is pointed out- that for a similar Offence the late Dr Wattless of Dunedin, waa fined i"2O. Sic Algernon Bothwick, M.P., in distributing the prizes to the "West {Condon Rifles, at Kensingjou recently, said there cou'd bo no doubt that in a short period the Volunteers would bu provided with all thejnecesssry equipments of war i so tbat they could at any lime bo mob- i iliiod as a cunipleto force. A correspondent (Mr \Y. E. Sudler) sends the follwing in reference to some of the statements contained iu Mr John Lundon's letter on Samoaa affairs:— " You liave made a mistake rcgardiug the Christian missions fco'tho South Sea lands. There never was an Anglican (Episcopalian) at or near Tahiti or Paraoa. ft is not the London Church Missionary Society; it ia the Society of the British Congregational Independents Churches; headquatters,aud Iwilingf rom London. "The missionaries at the islands are Congregational Independents and they sometimes preach here." The health of Auokland city is remarkabiygood~at tho present time,and it seems to have complete immunity this season from typhoid. One of die leading niedic&t men, on being asked recently to account tor the fact of the absence of typhoid this aunsmer whila last aummer it was prevalent, said : "I tri'-o you the same'answer tliat 1 gave you Jant sasnaser, * the will of God.' Louk at Melbourne, how it ia scourged with typhoid ! The cause of disease is very occult." Against this view another citizen, whopeses asa sanitary authority said: "Take this one hard fact, and make what you like of it.' Before tho Gaol- 3toad was drained typhoid was scarcely ever out'of it.'Since the street has been drained tho fever is unknown there, ,The change has arisen in that'case through 'the will ot the City Council.''

- Sinoe many years Madme Boulangor has bean a aufieeer from general neuralgia, and * her 'existence was passed between her bod, her bath-ohttir," and ii crutch nurse. She is by aojne years her husband's ucmor. That was not the kind of help-mate for an aeiiya iwldior, and Ism ao since he has become steeped to the chin iu burning polities. The dome4io circle ivsa not happy. The oldest oaughioi.' devoted hsrsyif to care for hor another, white her own a\ia& was fully tilade up to end hor day* ia a cotivent. The second daughter clans to her father and a* ishe loved the milttiures she recently wedded a. brave captain in the Zomvos. Titia aiatch highly diafplasaatt her mother and siaior. 'They expected ahe would not decline ranch iiiure rich and bnlliaut bfiars. Her ; father replied: ■* Where aho loves there let her Bsarry." Huable is domestically agres, tempewmeutii bsittg henceforth iucoiapstibla, the Cteuer&lj In presence of reseated failures at recot&ilistiott, said-there was only (*ns-ot>ur«soi>ett — place their cms before the sjoarts, Hcass why the judges have' had to take ihs st&jtjet iu isaud, &ud-to pronounce tilths? -foe' reparation or divoraa. JEMine Is sot regarded si of much, isißsjrtrots* hi Jftsu«s. lik a family aisir, pewtSfc&r to so dags or rank, sad as

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. : A W&t* wamoti William Mwt»s fttgjj i"*l*S&: e *"■■ bo&twm at Uu. StS«'A Mtiiclse-ttsM 1 , ikrWcd mua«fi |mt ou his uistlitjrws. and t&sa WUUtS in,aU ju'iu ulitiir, s-lit,t htaivetf te MWtpftjtairiplo ttltlu vavultpf. v.A.lrtiitiat*itiim<f lountter4d in l%» .mm.Hm tL md tho wlo Btutkiw wsa : waked lip fetter bolng IKJ huui-H Li uu s«a tortv Wttli Jtttii in tint bant war* Iha w«Jwfi- : ,Of;-'»&#eu aliiiMiittk-a, who had slieeUtJaVedio ilia riguuc of lbs jifite. J 'i'tiiiJitiM of fiducaltotilJv«s usua&a fcuuc'iiiittft uf ui•tttUiWiait)' tha evening sopuj leal ehua«i of tmrßehool bl l>eahfii 5 an 1 in order thatlheta may bo uu tiHRUtm ss to waoai'itlsi&temledfiir, thej hsve &&- arfltaeti it "I'o carpenters pahitoia, iilfisojiar i ■'. bricklayera, b liiokwalths, cabiuetniiilidia, printers, inL'cl&tiiee* bwkbiadera, tailora buatbuil' lera, boiler* niak«ia, Hit and coaebbuiltterisi cea&ora, j '&iiittkvcte,'. jewollota, plumbers, potters, I wouduarVers, tuuera, fe, ' io M ;«id arotiec.fctiral and unnravers' apprentices " . Thaau are, say?; thv Prosi* the very people whom the School of Design is best calculated to uorve atidv/hii, if thtry know their best intui-euta, sbiinld takp ihs lilost advantage (if its ohisßcn. Tile {foes are extremely luw, ninfimiting to uo utoro thin pur tuiiuaii, leis than the piloo of a dnuk,»train card, a bad cigar, or > pac&et of worse cigarettes'. Thus, neither on tho score of expense nor on that of inutility, can the youth of the place hold aloof from tho School of Deoittii. We are convinced that if they knew more about it, they wijuld appreciate its usefulness and pleasantness, and would Boon put the Board inU difficulty to provide accommodation for 1 all counera. ■

We have decided to have aisle of overplus Surplus Summer Stock, coinsnsnciiig on Friday, February lot, at lb Aro Honse, Wellington, . That there will bo barga us, as there always have been at our sales, ;oos without saying, and though the esigct) ;iei of State, accordingwourprewnl rubra, demand analmost crushing tux-ition on drapery goods, yet we shall not bo da rawed from offering to tho publio audi marvebj of | cheapness as may not uccur nffltin foryearg -at Te Ant Homo, Wellington, The balauoo of our Sitmnini Stock in all departments is marked at \r\vm to sell quickly, inwAßbiatfutidothot dress fabric* in niantle* and cosiuini:a, iu inillißery and Ufidawlotbipjn, in wrtiotK and f sUetsuS, in boya' ftud youtlm' uiotbinc there is an abundant \iu|uty of huhiu of the oUt-spcst lota ovcrHUßii in tbo illy, uuJiloiwH to convinou ovcry unprujudieiid mSi d that tha projiar pl&cc, tfjc bunt plnof, and the only plftco to secure UHilmiinblu bargahiH Is To Aro Hofwif Welliiigtn, Tho Bftlo will only hat li (Uyo, and will oeme to bu eml on HtttiirUay, Fflbruary 18th and la conducting It wo ntumi to bo "ehort (jlikib mifl decibivci" aI To Aro Ifoiiun, Wellington. Wo abould eorlniiily lueorainend a visit to Ibliisalo on tliop'trtol nil bijunekuatißr;!, liot«ll;eapera,tit«tionlioldvi'H and hoiKitt of fainilcti, Jlonuy will b» savoil by visitiisg tba gale ofoverphiu Btook at IV Aro Hou«6 Wellingtofl, i