The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1889. Dairying.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3180, 15 April 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, APRIL 15, 1889. Dairying.

Them is probably not another industry that would pay the settlers in the Forty-Mile Bush better than that of dairying. Their lands were all bush before they took them up and made them habitable, and they will be more or less covered with stumps and logs which the fire has failed to dostroy, for another generation to come, lor to clear them of these remnants of the forest would involve an expenditure which but fow small farmers aro in a position to boar, Bpinn 'unable to grow cereals in any quantity because their land is not yet fit for tho plough and reaper and binder, they are compelled to rely principally on what their surface sown grasses can produce or support, namely, cattle and sheep, and such quantities of grass seed as they are v able to harvest by means of the scythe or sickle. Beside, this latter article ; tlwy have had very little, whioh they would turn into money except an occasional lot of fat cattle or eheep, and a few bales of ivool. « Now that tho railway has penetrated as far as Eketahuna, this is being gaadually changed. Articles that were not salable before may now be 1 produced and sent to Masterton or ' Wellington at a profit, and as section ' after section is being cleared and ' sotlled, the quantify will naturally I increase till they will bo compelled to , look for a market further afield, In other words, they will have to export, As buttorand cheese are certain to bo among the leading products of tho district we would earnestly impress upon tho settlers the ad- ■ visabloness of adopting tho factory ! system. Jtis truo that this requires a little capital; but if forty or fifty farmers were to combine and erect a butter or clieose factory, ov both combined they would find it to , cost far less than if each one , of tliem erected a small plant on his own premises; with this advantage that they conld produce a uniform article that would have a standard value in tho markets of the world, Factory-made cheese has already almost driven the ordinary article out of the market, and. whenever there is a large consumption, separator butter fetches twp pence and even thrse pence per paund'more than the ordinary dairy product, although, for souio unaccountable reason, there is a prejudice against the latter article in tho Wairarapa, That it is better has been proved beyond all doubt. Our readers will perhaps remember that a trial shipment made by Mr E. S, Maunsell, who owns the only factory in the district, realised the highest price ever obtained for colonial butter in the English' market. We would, therefore, strongly impress upon the settlers tjjp necessity of acting together in a ma,ttoi' jjf this kind. They cannot depend upon'tjie'colonial market being always open to jtJjßra, and they can certainly not .expect if) obtain .a high, or even a regular price for what we might term "home-uiOide" butter iu the' Sydney

or English markets. Summed up, the points in favor of combined action are: a better and more uniform article arid consequent better price, easier work in producing the butter, and, we may add, cheapness of production, Thero is only one disadvantage to be set against these, namely, the difficulty of getting the milk to the factory. This ia not, however, a serious consideration. There is but little chance of milk being taken to a factory in winter, and in summer the roads are, as a rule, dry and pleasant to travel on, while every farmer lias a vehicle of some sort in which die an carry his milk,

Patrick Cohen was fined 5i for being drunk aud disorderly by Mr W. Lowes, J.P., this morning, in tho B.M, Court, Masterton, The regular monthly meeting of the Mastertsn Lodge, No 1430 E.G. will be held in tho Masonic Hall, BannisterBtrcot, this evening. The firatexport from Masterton on the opening of tho railway was a corpse. The first ditto from Bketahuna was a truck load of them—dead marines, Messrs Lowes and lorns announce their next Stock Sale for Weduesday, April 24th, the entries for which alroady embrace 1700 wethers, 1350 breeding ewes, and W lambs &c. The Minister of Lands intends paying a visit to the various districts in tho Forty-Mile Uusii at the beginning of next month, The annual meeting of tho ratepayers of the Alfredton Eoad Board District will behold on May 9th at tho Road Boards office at 11 a.m. The annual meoting of tho Eoad Board will bo hold the same day. Our Carterton contemporary gives currency to a rumour that Captain Bennet, of tho Carterton Kiflo Volunteers, will, on the disbanding ot tho corps, be placed upnu the unattached list with the rank of Major. At tho openinp of the Church of England Mission Room at Pahiatua last week the Bishop of Wellington intimated that at no distant date a minister would bo appointed to tako charge of of Eketahuna and Pahiatua districts.

The Wholesale Drapery Company made their first display of the season on Saturday last, and the well-dressed windows proved quite an attraction to the ladios of Masterton. Tho extensive and tastefully arranged show rooms were thrown open to the public, and visited by numbers throughout tho day. Wo regret very much to state that Constable Cullinano, at his own roquest, is to be removed from Pahiatua, and he will leave here in tho courso of a few days. He has been hero now over two years, and his departure will be regretted by n number. Constable Oullinaue goestoMartinborouph, and Constable Slnckay. of that station, will take ohargo of this district.—Pahiatua Star. Mr William who ia known as Walter Bentley, tho actor, issued a writ trcm the Irish Queen's Bench against the proprietor of the Belfast Newsletter and the writor of the artiole which has appeared critißing his acting in Shakespare's tragedy, "Romeo and Juliet" The damages are laid at £IOOO, and Mr Henry Irving is to be subpoenaed by the defendants. Begg is a son of of a wellknown Edinburghl'resbytorianuiinistor, the late Dr, Begg, who was terribly shocked when his son adopted tho stago as a profession. He was at one time a clerk in Dunedin, Five new churches aro being erected in ilerusalem and Bethlehem at the present time. A meeting of dentists in Cliristchurch decided that it is dosirablo to form a dental association in New Zealand, and it was resolved to communicate with the dentists in tho principal towns, aßkiug their co-operation.

Bismarck's neuralgia is complicated with rheumatism, want of appotite, and insomnia. He, however, continues to work, against tho atl vice of his doctors, Grey hair for women is becoming such a rage in Paris that locks which until lately would havo been dyed a poldon brown aro now bleached white. The Illustrated London News has asked for space m the Champ de Mars on whioh to erect a reproduction of Shakeaphore's houso at Stratford-on-Avon, "Mcroutio" in tho How Zealand Herald tells Ihe following story;— When at an early hour last Saturday morning, a Herald oxtra was issued with a brief account of tho disaster at Samoa, and also telling how tho H.M.S. Calliope had steamed out to sea, and all was safe, a printer's imp, with a liboral allowance of ink on his hands and face, rushed up tho hill and burst into the Government House, Tho Admiral was shocked at tho news, but was greatly relieved and elated when he found that he had not to acoountto ''My Lords of tho Admiralty" for the loss ot tho Calliope. He put his hand in his pocket, and tiikiny from it a sum which made tho boy's eyes glisten, he remarked, "Hero, my lad, J always liketoghe tk dttilhis dm!"

When a gifted lady friend of wiiio told me that she had 'cried her eyes' out over the conclusion ot "Le Beve" lwss tempted to read Zola's latest novol. It is a charming story, spotless in its purity, healthy and inspiring in its tone. One caunot always be quite euro that the author of" La Torre" is not laughing in his sleoyo, as wo know Bernarclin de Baint-l J ierro laughod whenhe touched all hearts with ''Paul and Virginia," And yet who can doubt that, in Jnaving the realms of realism for a mouiont, aud in painting the beautiful, white-soulod little "brodeuse" Ausjclique, M. Zola has covered a multitude of sins. The book should he translated by 601110 competent French scholar, like Mr Austin Dobson or JMra Humphrey Ward, and it would have boeu in great voguo in England.—London Star,

American actresses (says the San Francisco Argonaut) have a prolty unpleasent time of it in bad whother, with incxorablo rehearsals to attend, and the neccessity of being on hand before eight o'clock even though it be raining tho proverbial cats and dogs, Most of thorn have adopted Rosina Voices' invention of a divided skirt, which is a vast improvement oyer Lady Harbetorton's device. This affair of Miss Vokcs 1 consists of a broad pair of • silk trousers voacfiimi straight to the anklos and deeply hemmed, A full kiltplaiting is sot on all round each le? ot the trousers, reaching to tho knee, Another pno of tho same Bert is set on at the thigh, slightly overlapping tint lower one. A long scarf of drapery is knotted around the hips, and not one person in a hundred would suspect that the wearer was not inhabiting an ordinary skirt mado a little bit short. But generally the accesses who sally out in the-o blessed inventions wear them with a cloak falling nearly to tho edge, or else as low as tho knees, and so they are nover detected,

In-the Old Country there has been quite " a run-on India plush jackls, and the enquiries for these fashionable articles of attire have been exceedingly numerous in this city. We hayo already been favoured with many visits of ipsneptipn, ending in purchase's Ijejng made, and are iloshoiis tq notify to all ladles that tho best choice of these plush jackets is at Te Aro House, Wellington.

The favourite shapes of these phsl j«c-Msare-lst, tight.filting; 2nd; open front, to button on left shoulder; 3rd, open front, with plusli or jersey cloth vest, The prices range from 35s to five guineas and tho best choice of these is at Te Aro House Wellington Nothing can exceed in attractiveness our plunk mantles, with dolraan sleevos, turndown collar, long fronts, trimmed with handsome plush ornaments, and lined with quilted satin, from three guineas to eight guineas. The best choice of these is at Te Aro House, Wellington, We are also showing a very charming lot of bug, tinlit-f,Umg jackets, in plush and brdbhe velvet, all of the very latest style's, from 35s Cd to five guineas, The best choice of these is at To Aro House, Wellington,' A VERY.'attractive lot of granny bonnets now on view, and the most superb millinery jn'ibo city is at To Aro House, Wellington. Hm

Tho champion criokot match" between the Masterton and Oartorton Olubs was continued on tho.Park Oval on Saturday afternoon. The latter team continued thoir second inning, whiob closed for 105, the last four wickets putting- on some 80 runs. Masterton then wont in with a big task before them, but Nicholson played sad havoc among their timbers, gotting four wiokots for sis runs, and at the fall of the last wicket the total only showed a little over the half century, Igguldcn, 21, being the only double figure man, Oartwton thus secured an easy victory, Tho Masterton men played three short, and it was a wonder they managed to got eight mon together considering the stale of, the weather. The final .heat will bo played "botween the Carterton and Star Olubs on the Park Oval.

The steamer Umbria, from Now York made the Atlantic passage in G days 2 hours and 30 minutes, The Russian Government has decided to plant several thousand acres in tho Caucasus with olives, The Spanish Senate has by a voto of 6G to 53 rejected tho motion of Senator Cucßta, a Protectiotist, to raiso tho import duty on cereals, The total tobacco consumption of Eur»pe according to the Thlands Wochensohrift, is about two and one-quarter pounds by each inhabitant, _ The Russian Empire, with a population nearly double that of the United States, containa but four cities having more than 2011,000 inhabitants, According to the Fremdehblatt, the statistics of Buicidoa in Vionna show that witii its population of about a million and a quartor, it hua had in recent years ahont 350 suicides annually. Every important Stato in Europe has its Forestry Department, which yields a net revenue Saxony gets a revenuo of 325 dollars from each acre of forest, and Alsaco-Lorraino about m much,

Whittakor of this year contains tho first complete list of tho Victoria Cross. Thero were 10 altogothor won iuNow Zealand, only one of which came to a militia man, and he was Major Heaphy. _ At Nelson an intimation was published that a largo stag had boon shot in the hills, and would be oh view ac a certain shop. Numbers wont to see it, but were told they had been made April fools of.

Tlio Melbourne police havo succeeded in arresting ono of tho gang of notorious swindlers who havo latoly victimised suburban tradesmen in a wholesale manner, having netted during the last two months at least £2OOO. Accused, when arrested had nearly 100 pawn tickets in his possession. The Hawera district Court has been engaged for two days hearing an action County Council v Standard Insurance Company, to recover LMOona fidelity bond issued by ihe Company in respect of G. V. Bate. The defence was principally that the plaintiff County had not observed tho conditions of contract in that clioks of cash balance and yearly audit of accounts hod not been applied to Date's accuracy and honesty. The jury found for defendants with costs, The Masterton Theatre Eoyal fixtures for the week appear in our amusements column. Messrs Lowes and Irons add to their stock sale for Wednesday next 200 lambs and 100 owes, A crop of oats grown on Mr W. C, Buchanan's land near Groytown threshed ninety-two bushels to tho acre. Mr Thomas Dixon had a " walk oyer "for a seat on tho Borough Council to-day, he being tho only one nominated to fill tho vacant office. The Maritana Company aro requested to meet at tho Masterton Theatro Royal to-night it 8 o'clock to consider the question of producing tho opera at Groytown,

Mrsßesidoa married woman living at Kuripuni was brought bofore Mr Wardell, It.M. on Saturday, and committed by him to the Wellington Asylum as being of unsound miud on tho certificate of Drs Beard and Mihin, . At Wcstport on Saturday a man named Lawtoli struck his wife on tho hoad with a pick, fracturing her skull, is not expected to recovor, Tho man, who is of uiißonnd mind gave himseli up to tho police At tho Pahiatua Council meeting on Saturday fifty-one applications wore received for the Clerkship and seventeen for tho Engineer. The appointmont will be made at the mooting this week, There was to have been a meeting ol delegates of the South Wairarapa and and Masterton Pastoral and Agricultural Associations on Saturday at Masterton to consider the resolution recently passed re amalgamating but as only one membor attendod from tho former Association, and the meeting fell through. Wo boliovo it was through no fault of the members that they did not attend, but the notice posted to them concerning the meeting did not reach them in time. Due notico will be given Uie delegates of tho next meoting which will be hold at an early date. Aneut tho Fisher episode, the N.Z, Times states that the Premier has given a-distinct deuial in writmg that the vacant seat was evet offered to Mr Whyto or anybody else. At tho same time it publishes a statement that a residont of Wellington has received a letter from Mr Whyte, iu which that gontioman stated that (ho scat was offered to him. Wo aro afraid the Premier's denial has not settled the question by a very long way. A dastardly attack was made upon a local literary man as ho was walking quietly along Queen-street on Saturday night along with his wifo. He was passing along tho bridge over the dry creek just past Mr Redman's Tea Shop when a man, who was leaning over t'to hand-rail, suddenly raised and struck tho passor-by a blow on the sido of the head which stupified him for the moment. As soon as ho recovered himsolf he " wont for" his assailant, but was prevented from giving him tho punishment ho deserved, by his hotter half hanging on ■ to the tails of his coat. Tho author of the outrage took the opportunity to ' mako himself scarce, J

1 A match was played between the Wellington and Poneke first fifteens on Saturday on the Newtown Park, 1 when the former won by four points to-ono. J. H. Kibblewhite, a late Mastortou player, is mentioned as having done good service among the 1 forward division of the winning . team. Volunteer Prize Firing. The firing by the Masterton Volunteers for Captan Donald's trophy was continued on Saturday. Thirteen competitors turning- out. The weather was wet and stormy and in consequence the scores were anything hut good, The following are the ten highest :— .

20Q 300 500 Tl. Vol C. Bentlej . . }8 18' 18-54 Covp'l McL'achlan . . 19 13 18-60 Vol C. Anketell . . 41 13 15-49 Vol C. Mens , '. 19 11 17-47 Vol K. MoKenjie , . 15 18 14-47 Vol G. lknttoy , , 20 13 14~lf iJorgt Wood ■ , 17 10 12-45 Sergt Kibblowhite . . 22 8 14-44 Vol A. A, White- . . 20 12 12-44 Vol Wolf ... . . 18 11 14-43