The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MAY 2O, 1889. Poachers and Poaching.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3209, 20 May 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, MAY 20, 1889. Poachers and Poaching.

It is to be hoped that the great majority of the public will see the necessity for giving every possible assistance to the Acclimatisation Society and the Police in preventing the taking of game by any illegal means ivhatsoover, anil that the dread of being called an informer will prevent no one from doing his duty in this respeot. There are, of course, circumstances under which I the fact of giving information of an illegal act is apt to throw more discredit upon the informer than upon the person informed against, as, for instance, when an information is laid it out of personal spite, or for purposes '• of gain, though even in such cases the informer is helping to caory out tho laws of the country. It is not the mere act of bringing punishment upon another person that meets with public disapprobation, but tho motive which prompted it. In the case of the poacher no person could have a better motive than the protection of nut™ and imnorted came or fish,

IMWYu ami mipuiiou guuic ui udui The Acclimatisation Societies of the colony and the Government have gone to a confiderable amount of trouble, andinourred heavy expenses, in importing useful birds and fish, and pains Imve also been taken to ascertain the months of the year during whioh native game Bliould be protected. These tilings have all been done for the direct benefit of the public, lor without, them' we should have no such fish as the salmon or trout, no birds, like tho pheasant or. quail, and the native pigeon would become oxtincfc jn a very few years. So far as tho fish are concerned, it has been deemed advisable for the present to restrict the mode of taking them to the sportsmanlike rod and line. When all our rivers have been properly stocked theserestrictions will probably be removed, The person who takes a fish in an unfair manner or shoots a pigeon out of season does'a direot injury to the publio, because he is taking a step towards its extermination. It is only too well known that pigeons were shot wholesale this year before the opening of the season, and that more trout were caught in the rivers of theWairarapa during the past summer by means of nets and dynamite than with the angle, while there is only too good 1 ground for suspecting that some of those who took out fishing licenses and went out ostentatiously with rod; and line, indulged in all sorts of illegal games as Boon as they thought themselves safe. It is a publio duty which we all owe to stop these sorts of things. The man who deliberately throws a flharge of dynamite into a pool for the purpose pf catching two or throe large fish, and kills three or four hundred young ones, should ije.as; severely punished as if he stole or destroyed so many of his neighbors' sheep, because m robs, not .one person, but .many, by fclie ono act. The Acclimatisation Society will per- j haps see. its way to appoint a larger j number of rangers for the next fishing season. There are plenty of 1 settlors who would.be quite willing to act if they were asked to do so, but who do not care to appear in the light of ordinary informers, . j

. We notice that the New Zealand Times tries to throw: cold water on the new meat preservative by saying [that the substance used has been known for a long time, and that it has also been described in its own columns some time back. We are really not ut all concerned whether those statements are correct. What interests us as colonics is the question whether the preservative will keep meat, butter, cheese, fruit, and other articles of export fresh on board ship daring a voyage botween New Zealand and England, aud experiments that have been made appear to show that it would do so. But as, by latest advices, many very rninent scientists have deolared that

they aro puzzled by the procesSj we are not doing anything unreasonable if. w.e express the belief that the substance alluded to by the Times and that which has been brought out by Mr Daniels aro two different things.

The Observer is taking time by the forelock, and has been casting about for a candidate to oust Mr W, 0. Buchanan' out of bis seat for Wairarapa. It appears that Mr Watei'house was written to, but said " No, thank you," Then some representations were made to Mr Coleman Phillips, but the result is still unknown. Some dark horse troin Canterbury is hinted at, and Mr J. Sharp', of Nelson, stands a chance of being invited. Surely ono of these stools will prove lit to niton.

We have received from Mr Dawson, traffic manager, a table of tho'rates nn email parcels of produeo carried on the railway. A country correspondent of the Manawatu Times mentions that the price o( bushfalling is much higher this year than last, and that 32$ 6d is being paid for bush wliilo last year could have been felled for 18s or 19s. The use of matai timber instead of kauri ou the Auckland railway wharf has proyed a failure, and the engineer reports that matai will not stand in \vhurf works, Mr George Edwards, of Eketahuna, notifies in out advertising columns that it is his intention to apply for a slaughterhouse license at the next meeting ot the County Council. U will be seen by tho fixtures published in our amusement column that a good bill of fare is provided for the week at the Theatre Hoyal, includin? riiikmg, dancing and a theatrical entertainment

Tho waterworks in the town pursued their usual erratic course on Sunday by flooding the footpath and roadway at the Post Office corner. The overflow was not, however, very serious, as some of the crowd who generally gather.in the neighborhood on • the dav named occasionally cleared away the rubbish from tho grating at which it fathers. Thore is a hubbub in Wanganui because some capitalists have offered to supply tho town with gas at half the price at present charged by the Company. Tho Chronicle declares that shares have fallen to but the Herald denies that any have been Bold under £lllßs.

The Canterbury Kilwinniui} Lodge, No. 685, 5.0., on Friday night passed a •resolution in favour of a United Grand Ludge by twenty-four to three. At the reg'ilar monthly meeting of the Wellington Lodge, iNo. 1521. B.O„ held the. same night, the resolution in favour of a United Orand Lodge was negatived by ft majority. The Do Burgh Adams Lodge No, 441 i, 1,0. (New Plymouth), has resolved that tho establishment of a Grand Lodge is undesirable at present,

A night of two ago an elderly gentleman w lio bachelorises and keeps a bath chair for his own convenience, found that a considerable quantity fo his 6rewood had disappeared during the night. He spoke about the matter to a neighbour, who went to seo whother he could trace the thief. The neighbour had his attention drawn to sevoral chips which were lying in tho bath chair, and made

up his mind to follow the last wheel marks, There waß no difficulty in tracing them, and they led straight to the door of a house not at all fur away. The thief not only s f ole tho woud, but also borrowed the means of conveying it to his own premises. It is not yet known whether legal proceedings wih be taken in the matter,

Two Masterton rosidenbi, one of whom is said to be a rather fast walker, took an excursion into tho country on Sunday in search of a particular patch of watercress, After covering several miles they found what they wanted, and Btarted on their return trip to Maßterton; the

dower waller being rather tired. Crossing a creek on a narrow losr, the lastmentioned fell off and got a ducking. His companion, in his eflorts to pull him out, also lost his balance and found himsolf not exactly as dry as ho wanted to lie. The pair returned to Mastorton, and considering the weather was bitter cold, they did not enjoy the last part of their ramble quite so much as tho first, and, what made matters worse, one said that the other had pushed him iu, and the other said that the one had pulled him in. The argument which was thus raised perhaps served to keep out a considerable portion of the cold that was | hanging about their bodies.

The Melbeurno correspondent of a contemporary writes:—"After all the misery that has boon caused by the laud boom and its collapse, it is quite lefreshing to hear of any good thing connected with-it. It appears, however.thnt a plain, hard working farmer, who lived many years in the neighbourhood, of Ferntreo liully, by some means or other was induced to indulge in a little mild speculation during the land boom, The only wonder is that the good, honest, unsophisticated old soul was not rumed. He escaped that fate, not by buying, b'lt by selling land. Someone bought his, and actually pajd for it, As the boom had sent land up, our farmer Bold at a price that to him meant a small fortune. Ho died a few days a?o of heart disease at East Melbourne. By his will, after leaving-sevoral legacios to relutives living in Germany, he gavo 11,000 to the Melbourno Hospital, £I,OOO to Alfred Hospital, and £I,OOO to the Benevolent Asylum, If any roiiflue 'remains after all claims upon the ostate hayp been paid, tho money is to be divided among all the institutions which shall profit by the collections made next Hospital Bunday, This is the only food which, to my porsonal knowledgo, has resulted from the late land lunaoy, and the name of the honest old German deserves to be recorded. It is Johann Christian Frooboll."

Matitana appears to bo as alive as ever it has boon, It is being played by amateurs pretty nearly all over the colony just now, and there are at least two profe«sional companies in Australia who find iteonvenient to drop hack on it occassionally. Says the Christohureh Telegraph - On Tuesday twenty-nino black, _ brown. ai|d whitey-brown merino owes in a pen at the Jtflngiora Saleyards attracted" a large amount pf attention, These were part of a flock which Ifr if. Fulfon is forming with a view of ultimately ■ producing a breed of entirely bkcbppjled merinos. This gentloma'n has been s,p far successful that besides the foregoing sheep he has Beveral quite black-woolled sheep bred from rams and ewes delected by him some time ago, Flying-loxes are very destructive to fruit in Queensland, and many splendid 'orchards' hayeW tp; be abandoned in consequence. 'These flying bats exist in aueh countless numbersfsaysthe.Queenfl. jander) that the individual orchadist can no more lessen tiem by shooting and trapping % an h° can diminish* the sand on the scit shore.' In the day t|B> they oongregato in thousands in (ipine dense sornb or mangrove pear the.se.asbore, end at evening win? their, wayone a f ter the other, at intervals of 100 yards or more, toorohadia evenSO miles fromthoirday's liauntS,

Messrs Johnston and White invito tenders for the supply of matai firewood at the Hawkhurat flaxmill, Opaki. ~.; Among the odd mistakes that.are sometimes made by journalists the following deserves notioo, '" Asmodeus." the fimnyraaiim the N.Z. Mail piok'ed Sir Julius Voxel's book to pieces, and was taken to task for it by the Napier Evening News in pretty awere terms. The latter journal has in turn found a hole picked in its coat by the." Catholic Times which describes" Asraodeus," as a''} defenceless female," Herr Foyer Lutis, the conductor of the London Gaiety Theatre, has just received a benefit in recognition of his ion" services (over twenty, and has been presented with a "Strad" violin, which, was purchased for £1,21)0. It once belonged to George I, The high hat at the Theatre is doomed in California. A. Bill has been introduced m the Legislature whioh sottlos that nuisance." It begins as follows :- Section 1. It shall bo unlawful for any

spectator in any public place of amusement to woar a covering for the head which shall reach more than tlnoo inches abuvo the Grown of the head or [more than three inches beyond the latoral circumference of tho head; and any person wearing such a coveriu? for the head shall bo guilty of a misdemeanor, and shall be lined in a sum not ess than fidols., no more than lOdols., or bo iraprisonoa in the county fjaol not less than two days nor moro than six days; provided that this act shall not apply to females moro than thiity-fivo years uf ajje.. A. Homo paper states that at Kilmainham Gaol, on the 16th March a prisoner named John Bradley vohementy resisisd tho order to prepare for the bath, and with tears in "her" eyes protested that "she'' was a woman. The warders called in (he aid of a iuruale warder, and her statement proved to bo correct Sho was forthwith sent to Grangeyomarh Prison. She la 24 years of age, and says

her mother, a laundress, brought her up as a buy, She does nut remember ever to have ovor teen dressed as a girl, or to have borne any other name than John Bradley. The reason for the deception she behoves, was that somo person was paying the mother a periodical sum, which ho would rather pay for a boy than a girl. NShe had a good address and a pleasing voice, but seemed awkward in the clothes in wluoh she was dressed at Gorniamtown. Mersrs Sclandera and Co, (says the JNehon Evening Mail)have received ad vice of the sale in London of a quantity ofhutter shipped by them. Fifty-six casks were sold at £slßs per cwt. The buttar camo from Opunake, and was made up of many different lots from private dairies, From the high prion

brought, tho selection nva) haye been made with great judgment, and the packing must have been good. Storekeepers' butter, as it is called, seldom brings so high a price as factory butter; but in the present case the price is all but up to tho highest ever given in London for New Zealand butter, A convorsaziono will be hold at the Presbyterian Church on the Queen's Birthday, commencing at 7 p.m., in connection with tho Sunday School. Anniversary Addresses will be delivered by the Revs. Murray, Thomson and othors. Vocal and instrumental music will take up the intervals, and refreshments will also be handed round.

"A bob in and tho winner Bhout"' has been improved upon in Cambridge Phrenology is all the go, and as Profes- ; sor Lio Medo is stayiug in the town, he takes the place of thodice, Heoxamiucs the heads of those present, and the one with the worst cranium shouts lor the othors. The Professor doubtless thinks it good fun, as he pockets a feo irom each, but the one who has to "shout" is an unbeliever in phrenology from that time torth What some Americans think of Protection as a cure for social evils may be gathered from the following paragraph from the New York Press:—Let us make no mistake about it, Whon gontlemen beg to be made conductors; when well-born, . well-bred, polished graduates seek the tmploymont of oar drivers; when our streets are swept by old time associates and men who. in other days would have beon wolcomo to our parlors ask the privilege of cleaning our sidewalks for a cup of coffee, isnt't it time to call a halt ? If not, go it. The Salvation Army managed to attract an unusually large crowd on Saturday night, and it would probably bo hard to say whethor profanity or prayers were predominant. Tho Army took up its stand in fair force on the vacant pieco of ground iu front of Messrs Ross and Muir's business premises iu Queeu-st., and there went through a number of of those evolutions which it is thought are calculated to attract the unregenerated and bring them to tho penitent form. We are unablo to say anything as to the result so far as the second part of tho above is concerned, but wo can speak with authority as to the attraction being sufficient to stop at least fifty per cent of the people that were passing, and that at one time sinmewhere about a thousand people wore standing in tho neighborhood, Taken as a wholo, the crowd behaved fairly enough, though there were probably more larrikins than soldiers present, and the former had quite as much to say as the latter, One or two attumpts wore made to obtain possession of the torches carriod by the soldiers, but they proved failures, Having performed for about half an hour, the 4rmy marched to its barraoks. It is almost needless to say that the language of some of the larrikins was neither edifying nor fit to be printod. The following horsey Btoty is taken , trom the Wanganui Herald i—A welli known livery stablo proprietor was disturbed last night shortly after ohurch by a young lady who, with tears in her ~ eyeß, said her liorse had fallen into a , creek, and was "likely to drown, and asked our worthy knight of the road.to ■ assist in the work of rescue. MrS said • he was not very- woll, but he would po, . and, procuring a number of men and a rope and a pully, reached Durie's creek, where they fouud the horse _ firmly embedded in water, mud and willows, with ; its nose, and nothing more, just above water. After a great effort the horse Was got out, and was just able to stand, , The young lady implored that it should , betaken to Mr Smiley's stables, and receive such treatment as was necessary to bring it round, This was dqne, tho horse was carefully handled, and looked itself again, when the lady—wholiad been S3 pathetic all along—suddenly exclaimed, "Why, that's not my marol' 1 ' and abruptly walked away, This morning i a well-known settler called for his horse, ; Apart from the labour of about twelve men,there was a ''shout," but neithor ■ recognition nor thanks nor a refund is i forthcoming. That young lady ought to [ return thanks at .least, and the owner of i the horse ought to make some recordi pense,

Evidences of the march ot progress are evinced in these days by the attempt so worthily made to bring the great body of consumers into all but direct contact with the noted manufacturers of Britain and the Continent, through the medium of the proprietor of tho celebrated Te Aro Houbo, Wellington. Not content with having ereoted one pf Largest, most Convenient and Magnificent, Family Drapery Warehouses to be found this side of the Equator, and which attracts as it should large concourses of Customers, ho seeb still further ..to influence the public .by sending his representatives through the various, country districts, to make known to the residents the manifest advantages of dealing with Te Aro House, Wellington.' ' ","' All parcels will be sent, carriage paid, to any station sn"' the Qovernmopt awl Manawatu Railway Company's Lines that maybe nearest to the customers residence, and thus oountry purchasers will be placed on the same footing as those resident in tho City, and enjoy all the advantages connected with'dealing directly with the Importer, James Smith, Te Aro House Wollitifiton.—Acrr'..; • • A representative ia now in this district and will'pall upon all and Bundry with patterns' pf Reasonable Dress and other Fabrics, 'Household! Drapery,' Tweeds, Coating, &o. He will take'orders ot IjreßSmaking. Tailoring, and every thing connected with the drapery trade,, and tlie Proprietor trusts that every;'o'ciniesy wijl be extended to him. with large nurabnra of orders to be executed at Te Aro House, Wellington,'.-. ~ * v ••

The nwnei for a black' and ■; taricollie alutis advertised f0r...;,''•.;. ".^ -l^'A Messrs Lowes and lorns bffe'rfor; sal* privately, a splendid harmouinm. ; , .;.' .Messrs Lowes< and lorns make,; further addition to their entries for We." noaday next of 1550 owes and 120 go lambs. Twelve of Messrs Joseph and Ooleman Phillips' well-known Ayreshiro heifers (springing) will bo at Mr F. H. Wood's StookSale on Thursday next, in. the Taratahi yardß. ' . An Albany physician says, he has never known ut caao of cancer among the Hebrews; and thinks their exemption from the disease is due'to abstinence from pork. Messrs Cable and Cc, of Wellington, have just finished the largest bell ever cast 111 the colony.; It is the hour bell of the new post office clock, and is a present from Mrs W. B. Ehodesi ; - The finances of the Phoenix Crioket Club in Wellington appear to have driftedintoanunexpected position, and a special general meeting has been called to consider thorn.

It appears that the officer who recently ordorod his men to leave the ohuroh at Clonmol, Ireland, .was brought up at the local Polico Court a few days later, and was fined for disturbing public worship. \Ve have to acknowledge tho receipt of a complimentary ticket for a soiree at the Papawai meetiug house which is to be held on the Queen's Birthday. It has

been organised by the Nativo Volunteers of that plaoe, andshould therefore prove a decided novelty.

Tho first competition for Lieut Hooper's oup took plaoe between members of tho Mastertun Rifles on Satin day. Thero was a fair muster, but owinp to

Ie fact that all but one competitor

fired with rifles which havo just been received from the Government stoies, which are supposed to bo new, bui which are converted Enfields, about

thirty years old, the scoring was very low. Vol U; Bentley, who fired with his old rifle, scored fifty-oijrht outjif fifteen shots, the ranges being 201), 300 and 500 yards. Nooe of the others came near him;