The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1889. The Natural Enemy.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3129, 14 February 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1889. The Natural Enemy.

The verdict of the representative meeting held in the Theatre Royal yesterday morning was most emphatically in favor of the natural enemy, and practical steps are to bo immediately taken to' give effect to it. Under tho amended Rabbit Nuisance Act of 1886, the Governor has power, on receipt of a petition from the majority of stockowhers within a specified area, to constitute a rabbit district, and this petition will in due course be presented, The district will be under the jurisdiction of it Board of five Trustees, elected under the usual method adopted- in local elections, The qualifications of a voter in such an election is the ownership of not less than five hundred sheep or one hundred head of cattle, but the proprietor of over five thousand sheep has two votes, of over ten thousand three votes, of oyer twenty thousand, four votes, and of over,,thirty thousand sbeep five votes, It will be seen by this that those stock-ownera who are promoting the present movement will have no difficulty in arranging a district in which their influence will be absolute. The' powers of,the Board include the appointment of an Inspector, the erection- of rabbit fencing, and the occupation of the land in making the same. The rating powers vested in. the Board enable a penny'per sheep and Hvepencß for every head of cattle to bo collected annually, • This is the maximum rate, but tho Board have power to vary it in different parts of a district to meet the exigencies of its various sections, The amount thus raised is subsidised to an equal ■ extent by a grant from the consolidated fund,. The Board of Trustees i will not be a ratepayers' board, and • will have no power to levy a rate ' over the land of the small settler, \ In fact the man who owns less than ■ live hundred sheep is exempted by ', law from all contributions. This i particular form of rabbit distriot is 1 established to allow large areas of J sparsely populated country to be j efficiently dealt with, and virtually does not touch or affect the smaller ! landed .proprietors. • ■-.■■' i

Iff a few weeks- the railway is expected' to be open as far as Eketahuna, and the toll gate now established near Mangamahoe will bo abolished. It is, however,', rumored that it will be moved north and reopened on the other side of Eketahuna, and settlers at Fahiatua are indignant at this prospect, The Pahiatua Oounty (Jpuricil has come to the conclusion that it is expedient to provide for the maintenance of the main trunk line without resorting to tolls, and they are to- be commended for tailing this view of a vexatious impost,; Rut. the Pahi'sius/ .County

threaten, it tho - Wairarapa North County? nmmtai£a ; toll .gate .on,this aide ofi wV>tp''puL' '-OP B ' end, fltidJliuß sU-atigle traffic between EkeMu'na ;and -Pahklua; It- is; perhaps; undesirablaandunn .to'resor't to'a-threftt in Biichi a matter, but at the same time wo Venture-to express a hope that- tis tbe North Oouiity will shortly be relieved of a good deal o! the main line traffic' which it has had bithorto to provide for, it will be in a position to make a fair provision for the short length of trunk, road still left on its hands without collecting tolls. It will, no doubt, bo an advantage for the two Counties to work' harmoniously together, and it is to be regretted that the Pahiatua one should have already, hectored a little over the question of adjustment of accounts, Possibly a good understanding may yet bo arrived at between both bodies, and some of the exuberance exhibited by the newly fledged County will subside as it begins to appreciate the responsibilities that devolve upon it and. tho difficulties with which it has to oontend. ' . .

The Masforton Volunteer Eiflo Oorpi parado at the Drill Hall this evening. The monthly meeting of the Master ton Hospital Committee is being holt this afternoon,

Members of the operatio society meet at the Theatre Royal to-night to select a new piece for representation. It is rumoured that Mr 0. Edward flalloran, late of Carterton, is now a clergyman, and that he intends shortly to join somo of the missionary enterprise in the Western Pacific.

Tho. following Jporsqns havo been nominated for the licensing committee ot the Featherston Licensing District: J.Beel, H. Bunny, J. G. Cox, W. Ciindy, A, Donald, J. Donald, and G, Reynolds, The election mil take place on Tuesday, 19th hist. Through an error the nominations for tho Licensing Committee for Greytown toll throngh, and the Governor .will be asked to appoint one.

A vory handsome suite of furniture has just boon turned out at Mr T. Jago's factory to tlio ordor of a gentleman residing in the suburbs of Masterton, The Buite consisls of a settee, lady's and gent's easy chair,and six ordinary chairs. The framework is of Encliah Walnut beautifully polished,, showiug up the handsome grain of the darkwood. ■ It is upholstered in maroon Utrcoh velvet, faced with oil gold plush and finished with gimp to match; The suite will be on view in Mr Jago's shop wiudow this ovening and those who choose may inspect this excellent specimen of local taste and. workmanship. The following account 'of a recent thunder storm is given in in the Ta'rcnaki Herald. Un [Sunday last about noon, rain set in from tho north-east, and kept up, with long andshort intervals of cesssation, till 2 o'clock on Monday morning, when an extraordinary electric storm broke over the district. The thunder and lightning wore continuous, the former being heard in a roll like artillery, while the latter lit up the interior of dwellings aud all the country in flashes. This lasted for fully two hours. At 3 o'clock a tremendous downpour of rain took place, but fortunately in a few minutes it slackened down. The thunder and lightning-sheet-continued up- to about half-past 4 o'clock, Tho storm ha s been one of the most wonderful ever seen here, and will long be remembered by those who had the curiosity to ?et out of bed and witness it, The quantity of rain that fell this (Monday) morning was 1\ inches,

An old man about CO years of age, named Theodore M'DonaKennedy, who for some time past has ;been keeping a bookstall at tho Napier Railway Station committed suicide either at an early hour on Monday niorning or lato the previous evening. Tho servant, on entering deceased'bedroom, discovered him lying on the bed covered with blood, with a revolver in his hand. Ho was quito dead, In a letter he said it would be more honorable to take his life than gs through the Bankruptcy Court, though his debts were only £lO. In his letter he s.iys:—"All who hold that hell and heaven yawn .will say I am gone tu to that hot region ruled by his sable majesty the treasurer to tho clerical fraternity, for if they allowed the dovil non-existing they would get little for UoiVs sake. P.S.-Napier not being advanced enough to have cremation I expect 1 will have to be placed in a wooden suit, .You will please tako possession of my effects to meet tho costo of the case, Hoping speedy recovery, and that yon will be spared to watch overyour family, My watch will bo found under my pillow on my bed. I would ask one moro request, that my little dog be buried with mo. A bottle in the portmanteau contains strychnine that would poison him, Pleaso Bee Mr Ross gets his revolver. I will not start on in"y journey before daybreak, not to disturb anybody by tho report of the pistol- There will be time during the day forthe Coroner to get through tho farce of holding an inquest. The keys of the bookstall are left in the box. Ido not dread to meet tho Ruler of the World, as I nover willingly injured mortal, Farewell.—T, M'D. Kennedy,

The General Assembly of the Prosbyterian Church oponed last evoning at St Andrew's Church, Auckland. The Rev A, Beattie, of Ashbnrton, was appointed Moderator. In his opening address he.remarked that one could scarcely credit the amount of spiritual ignoranco existing in all circles of society at the present day, and in none moro than in them calling themselves literary and scientific, They could not failed to be shocked and grieved at the language regarding the Bible purporting to come from the lips »f somo of our legislators m then'places in Parliament and reported in the public papers. Referring to tho Education system,-the Moderator said that it was-possible, without offending the conscience of auyono to hove suitable portions of the Bible read and expounded in aperfectly unsectarian way in all the public schools and collogcs of New Zealand, Many of the people of this country, inoludinr somo of our statesmen,, had already come to see that/all must eventually find out that the best.religion.is the best secular education after all.' ■ ■ ..- & meeting of shareholders in' tho Wellington Meat Preserving and Refrigerating Company was held in Messrs Stevens and Gorton's sale rooms, Bulls, on Saturday afternoon, Colonel Gorton being voted to tho chair. The chairman adversely criticised the report and balance-sheet submitted by tho directors) The profit'and loss accounts showed a debit of £8,918' lis, tho loss being set dewn to the fact that considerable sums had been written off the'values of the, , different ..properties.. The. directors recommended that-£2los perishare be wrjttep off the paid-up capital. 'Mr Ponald Fraser stated that one of the I principal sources of loss was tho sale of meat in the- Wellington shops, the total ! loss ou these (luring the year nmouutiriw ■ toi'9Bo, AnattoniptbyhimselfandMr ; McLepnan to have these shops, closed ■ had been defeated, by the preponderance of town interests on the director- . ate. After sonjp '.'.further discussion it-was resolved to request' the ■ direo- j tors to wind up the Company, but that < endeavours be made'to iuureaso the ( number of directors to 7 instead 0f.6. It < was also resolved to request the directors to carry, out a clause already passed to , let.all the butcher's Bhops'exceptingoiie. , da the motion of the Chairman ■i\ , inanimous resolution was arrived at ' impressing dissatisfaction with Me'con- t faction of the ■ balance-sheet and the ibsen.ee of details of, expenditure, an } >pinio.n being also expressed .that gross I ind reckless mismanagement has taken I ilace.: Colonel Gorton' remarked that \

the auditing -of totals was practically; valijeless. 'lt was his practice[in auditmg" t o^ea'tisfy; liimaqlf asto the-bbnafides m all tho M'.'fliat aii. audit that was not of that' ihquisitibu'al .character was not worth paying f6r.'". ■.' ',< ■;-'.■';

The Richmond brings /news from Samoa up to 22nd;, January and ■ not later; tlian; that/:by;~t!m Waiiiui: ■;. •reportsthat tradeis completely paralysed : A -. -\<

>\. Messrs I.: Itiglia and J; , H. Dfealo, ; mourners of the Sydney and - Messrs .Burrows; and:. Alot, Sydney: capatalists, who have been Btaying in Auokland, have left for Napier, via the Hot Lakes'.".'. -

: The Auokland Choral Society played Chopin's "Funeral March,"; at ..the Choral Hal),fori Friday evening, out of respect to the'memory of the ktoMr-E." Harker,. one l of'the'menibers, .'who recently died whilst on a trip to Ceylon. . A five roomed dwelling with paddock garden and orchard is advertised to be let, lensed,- or for sale. Particulars can be obtained fronvMr A. Hathaway. , At Dijon, a convict undova sentenco of twenty years penal servitude was permitted to leave his prison and marry bis sweetheart. He returned to prison after tho ceremony, and in two years' time lm wife will be able to join him in New Caledonia. ■' '" ' '■'.'■

The Royal Tapestry Works at Old. Windsor, after struggling to exist undor distinguished -patroiiasre, have succumbed to fate after a loss of not less than 160,000.- Some of tho. persons employed propose to continue the works at their own risk,

Mr Thornton, headmaster, of the Croymouth State School, has sent in his resignation to the Education Board. At the annual meeting of tho Philosophical Society at Wellington, Mr- A.' do B. Brandon was elected President. ■ It hasbeon decided that the firafc sho>v

of the Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Association shall bo held in but the actual date will not bo definitely fixed at present, in order to prevent clashing with other shows. At a meeting of, the Provisional Committee on Tuesday, it was decided, on the recoinmondation of a Sub-Commit-toe, to advertise for a site for the We are informed that the Germans who aro prospecting for coal on Captain Shaw's land, Waingawa; are going to try the diamond .'drill with a view to more speedily settlmg the question"of whether coal deposits exists where they are at present sinking. The District Grand Lodge of Oddfellows meot at Pahaotanni this evening, Bro T. Jago P.G., left for Wellington this morning on routo for the place of meeting, at which ho will attend as deputy ot tho Loyal Masterton Lodge. The schedule of debt cases to be heard at the Masterton R.M Court this mom-

mg was considerably reduced by parties settling out of Court and confessing judgment, whilst others wero adjourned until the noxt day, when Mr Yon Sturmor, R.M., will bo present. It is reported that Mr Von Stunner, R.M. is about to bo transferred to. another district, No.doubttho change means promotion but tho public generally in this district will very much regret his departure, We understand that Mr Wardell will undertake tho R.M. Court work till a successor tuMr Von Sturnier is appointed,'' A fashionable wedding took place yesterday at' St. Michael's Church, Christchurch, where Dr He Renzie, house surgeon of the Hospital, was married to Frances Harman, daughter of R, J, S. Harman, of the firm of Herman and Stevens; and George Harris, son of the late Archdeacon Harris, was married to her sister, Bessie Harman, Tho ceremony was performed by the Revs. W. Harper aud J. W, Stack, in the presence of a large congregation. The following team will represent the Masterton Cricket Club in the Championship match with the South Wairarapa fifteen:—Brcmner, Erskine, Iggulden, Jackson, Matnias, Moore, McKeuzie, McKenna, Perry, Pownall, Smith, Emergencies-C. Blackburne, V. Wardell. The game will start at 11a.m. sharp. The local team are requested to turn up punctually so that the fixture may be played right out with the Valley team, who have to travel a long distanco to play the match, Members are requested to roll up to-morrow evening to prepare the pitch,. Messrs S. and W. Maokay have an announcement in our weekly issue that is of considerable interest to heads of lainilies and others, hut moro particular to the ladies,. They have in stock and constantly and regularly arriving a complote assortment of cut-out paper patterns and fashion sheets with full directions therowith, They supply the Ladies Monthlyßeview which is devoted especially to tho illustration and description of the newest styles iu vogue lor ladies, Misses and children dresses and oUier subjects connected with fashions. Messrs Mackayalsn publish a catalogue of Home papers and periodicals at greatly reduced prices.

\ A witness in a rocent civil case beforo the Masterton RM. Court, who lost j threo day's work, and had to travel a long distance on horseback, sought today to recover his expenses from the solicitor to the. plaintiff, but failed. He J gained somo knowledge, however, that ( will be useful to him in future, should he ) ever be placed in a similar position. He . was evidourly under the impression that because he was subpoanaed he was | bound to attend, and that the Cou.'fc , would see that his expenses were paid Ho learnt to-day that in a civil case no witness need attend unless his expenses are paid to him beforo hand, and a subpoena; in a civil case, unaccompanied by the money for travelling expenses, is a very harmless document, 1 Last night, Mr Hoar, custodian of tho Jubilee Steam Fire Engine, made a trial of getting up stoam from cold water to see if the time could bo. lessened by supplying tho oiigine furnace with an artificial draught. The experiment, however, did not turn out a success, as 401bs of steam was not reached until the expiration ot a quarter of an hour. The machine used for creating a draught was a tin tube with four revolving tin blades acting as a fan, Outside was a cogwheel turned by hand which revolved a.pmall cogwheel attached to the spindle of the fan. Mr Hoar had obtained the permission cf the Council to niakouse of the ongino for the experiment, but failed to apply to tho officers of the Brigade for their consent. The neglect of bv doing was unfortunate, and caused some irritation on the part of tho officers of the Brigade who talked of resigning in a body in consequence of the slight put upon them. The custodian estimates the cost of keeping the; water in the engine boiler constantly warm at £ SO per annum, aiid the experiment made : by him was.-with a'view to.avoid so great an expense, '■ . , ' The following are the Star and Car- [ terton teams for the Championship match,to be played at Carterton on ! Saturday :-Star-Wickens, W. Welch A. Minifie.H. Welch, A. Richards, W. Holford, G. Welch, E. Kibblowhite, A, • Matthews, 0. Bontley, E. Welch, T. Hawko, A. Boulcott,'lV Barker. ;Emer-.! genoies—W. Day, A. Russell,' l Carter- ' ton!—Acocks, Leeks, Bauuiber, King, ■ Baigent, \Beechoy, Connelly ;Eagle, i Mercer, Bathbone, Rutherford,'. Emer-; | genciesT-Horroch, O'Sliea; ■' ■■• - . ;:

You should visit Wellington, and .above all things go to the sale of overplus Summer Drapery at Te Aro House, Wellington. : ; .-■- . Ypu.should visit this sale, Why ? Because youwill benofit amazingly by so doing, and make your money go ; further than. it ever did before, if you will but call at the Overplus Sale at Te Aro House, Wellington, .: You should vjsit the Sale. Why? Because tjio bargains, have been numerous and'astonishing, nnil the remainder ot the Overplus win be sold at still lower prices during the present week'at .Te Aro House, Wellington,

You, should, visit:, the' Sulo,-.Why? Because it-is. the - last week,.'and it positively closes- on Saturday.- nextj February 16th, .atld. o'clock hithe evening. -Fail not, therefore, to give a look in at the Over-plus-Sale at To AioHouse, 'Wellington." You "should visit ..the''Sale. '.Why? Because you .would enjoy the' outing.— Because you would : purchase cheaply.— Because you would' save-money, -and Because bo many. of'>'urvneiglil)oi-s have done so by visiting the Sale, of Surplus Stock at.Te Aro House, .Wellington. • ; ' ■ Dp not delay—We cannot possibly extend the tiiue-the Sale will positively come to an end at 10 o'clock; iu - : the .evening,- of Saturday j^,exjt J -/atTe4ro ; House, Wei. .'"'" '"'-"., '": V