The Wairarapa Daily TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1899. A Proposed Remedy.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3323, 1 October 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1899. A Proposed Remedy.

In our last issue Mr Henry Elder added his testimony, as to tlio arbitary character of the Rabbit Act. It is of course easy to criticise tins measure, but it is very difficult to show how it can bo advantageously altered, It is creditable to Mr Elder that in writing upon tho question he faces this difficulty and does make a proposal which, in his opinion, would be a fairer method of working the Act. His idea is to -'Have all rabbitcrs licensed; compel them to keep diaries of their catches, to be inspected by the employer and Inspectors on demand. Allow the Inspector to teat tho accuracy of tho catches bymcansofaliccnsedrabbitcr, who may ho employed in the neighborhood of the estate 1)0 wishes to test. Compel those who do not keep rabbilt-rs to koep diaries. No one could object to this who is sincere in his desire to keep down the rabbits. Adopt Mr Maimsell's proposal of a maximum catch—which catch should, of course, vary at different seasons of the year." No doubt a system under which rabbiters cquld be registered, and diaries kept would lip of great advantage in carrying out a polioy of hut wo fancy if Mr Elder were to try to embody his project in legal phraseology and clothe it with the

customary parliamentary tautology ho would a somewhat complicated statuto which would keep the members of the legal profession busily engaged from January to December. Fancy our friend Mr Andrew being summoned under such an ordinance. Would not big diary lloor all the Inspectors on the stall', and his rabhiter, especially if lie registered himself in that capacity, confound all the best legal talent that could he brought' to bear against him. Even now, with the arbjtarj powers possessed by fcho Inspectors, too much of their time is taken up in danoing attendance in our law courts, and too little on the properties which are infected. Take away their arbitary power and the result would necessarily be the partial suspension of the work of repression. Though the present measuro is theoretically imperfect it works fairly well in practice, An ollicor of the department is not lYpnfi to take out a summons against a settler without a word of' warning, Wp bpljeyp tint' in all pases in which proceedings bavo been taken this "word of warning", has been given, and bad those who received it' promptly taken tbo bint given' they would have escaped tbo discredit of appearing in Court to answer to a breach of. the Act. Wo say discredit because there is undoubtedly a feeling in the breast of every right-minded landed proprietor that his property should be managed efficiently, and when be ie pcblicly arrainged lor inefficiency, even in such a raattor as repressing the rabbits, bo foals the discredit far move severely tjian the paltry ip of

two or five pounds which is levied against him. The settlers have in many instances neglected the warning given thorn, and then lias come what our local contemporary terms the "stockwhip," viz-the summons. There is' a general feeling now that the department is in earnest, and there probably will ho but little more of the "stockwhip." The word of warning now should bo .sufficient to rouse even the sluggard, As a matter of fact, settlers one and all are now working steadily, persistently, and effectually towards the end in view—the suppression of the rabbit pest, Would they bo as active as they are now in waging the war on the poor rabbit if the inspectors had not been stringent in the discharge of their duties? It is idle to ask the question, for everybody knows that just now the work of extermination is going on with unprecedented vigour; and if kept up with the same energy for a year or two Wairarapa North, instead of having to be fenced off by Wairarapa South as an unclean district, will in its turn be able to point the finger of scorn at the Lower Valley.

Tlio ordinary fortnightly meeting of the liorough Council takes place this evening.

Mr Hislop has boen re ; urned for the Oamaru scat by a majority of one hundred and thirty six over In: opponent Mr Dunn.

Business must bo falling off in tho Empiro City. For tho month just closed only two bankruptcy cases are recorded, and in tho preceding month thero was only one, whereas for thesame months August and September 1888 thore wore five and six cases respectively,

Messrs F. W. Templp & Co aro instructed to sell at their rooms on Thursday next, October 3rd at threo o'clock, two crates of crookory and glassware, entirely without reserve. Further particulars will been iound in an advertisement in their usual column. Mr "Walter Francis advertises for sale on easy teruw his highly improved property at Clarevillo containing 2000 acres with an eleven roomed house and three cottages. The land is well watered from eight never failing streams, and is well suited for subdivision into small farms.

Wairarapa Sports will bo glad to learn that Mr Walter Armstrong of Greytown has been elected Secretary of tho Lower Valley Jockey Club. His wellknown intorost m racing matters and business qualifications make him peculiarly fitted for the situation which ho will no doubt fill with benefit to the Club and credit to himself.

Anglers wore out at an early hour this morning trying tho beautiful streams about Mastorton., Tlio majority of fish cautfht did not re,ich tlio regulation measurement and were re-consigned to their natural element. Several trout from half to one pound each were taken and tlio prospects for sport during the coming season aro looked upon as likely to prove of a highly satisfactory character John Cummiugs alias Punch wellknown in Masterton in former times, has been figuring in the 'Wellington Police Court. Ho was never noted for the refinement of his language, and on leaving Wellington gaol he excelled himself in tlw epithets he bestowed on tho Warder in whoso custody ho was en route to tho district from whence lie came, A sympathising magistrate before whom he was brought sentenced him to a further period of one month in gtol with hard labor,

" Anglo-Australian " in tho European Mail remarks—" Four thousand pounds for six weeks work is not a bad feo. I boliove that this is tlio precise sum that Mr James Mansergh, C.E, tho wellknown advising engineer, will earn for Ins sorvicesin determining what is to bo done to drain Melbourne.

A buried vessel, supposed to have boon ono of tho ships of tlio Vikiuc pirates, was discovered in 1880 under a hillock near Sandehorron, Norway. It is, thought to bo more than 1000 years old, is about 75ft long, mid still preserves its arms and equipment and fragments of its sails and cordage! It is- preserved as a highly-valuablo treasure

It is asserted that the smallest screws in tho world are those used m tho production of watches, Thus; tho fourth jewol-wheol screw is the next thing to being invisible, and to the naked eye it looks like dust; with the glass.however it is seen to ho a email screw, with 260 threads to tlio inch,and with a very lino glass the threads may bo seen quite clearly.

Sir Edward Cecil Guiiniess has notified to the trustees of tho People's Palace his intention of increasing his original donation of £9,000 for the erection of a winter garden to a sun) of LU,OOO, in order that tho people of East Loudon may be provided with a completo and perfect winter garden of the best possible design,

One of the latest and most startling soientific novelties is being exhibited in Paris, AM, Coiirtonno has invented a tolephote, by which luminous vibrations aro transmitted by a wire, through all obstacles, to any distance, showing the person of the transmitter tu the visual perceptions of the transmittee as plainly as though tliev were in the same ruom. By the simultaneous use uf tho telephone and telephone, absence and separation will be annihilated. Edison |3 said to bo woiknig on an instrument of the s;ui)e nature, hut oae that will tnko him two years to porfect | whereas 11 Coiirtonno proclaims his intention to bring his tclephnfo before the world in the oourso of tho present year. —The " unspeakable Turk" has (says a Homo paper) broken out a«ain in Armenia, florriblo rumours aro reaching us daily of outraged and mutilated women; moil impaled, drenched with potroleum, and set on fire; brides carried oIF in the midst of the marriage service, and thrown into boiling water; in short every iniquity of tho Bulgarian horrors a dozen yours ago seems to be repeated to-day in Armenia, Tho Turkish Government have given an " official denial" to theso rumours. This is about as trustworthy as (ho " not illlilty' ! of tho criminal courts. The Armenians are, generally speaking, a truthful people, and hardly likely to irritato their Moslem rulers without a cause, while the Turks—!

A Baltimore telegram of August 7th says: - ,: On a two mile circular track tho startling speed of two niilcsa urinuto was this afternoon maintained for about ten miles by a three-ton motor of tho Electric Automatic Transit Company of Baltimore, This speed equals three miles per miuuto on a straight track. David G. Woepis,t!ie inventor conducted the osperimonts. The Company will build at once a fivo mile circular track on Long Island, to demonstrate tho practicability ot tho electric passenger system, and alao tho automatic system which was tried to-day, and which is intended only for light express packages, mail, and newspapers. Eddison was present, and pronounced it the greatest conception Binco the telegraph. The road will bo fenced in with barbed wire, to koep off cattle, and, being insulated, the wires will be used for telephoning and signalling along the lice,

Good news from Wellington, and quite true, you can get a splendid harmonium from Ln,' piano or organ from Ho, oagau with divided octavo couplars all in solid black walnut cases Iran Jjl?. This beats all tho cheapest houses in town, Pianos timed for 7s, or by the year four visitß LI, travelling expenses added.' All kinds of musical instruments tuned, cleaned, and repaired, new reeds put in accordeans, Concertinas, harmoniums, and organs; also liberal exchanges made. Any instrument may be purchased on the time payment system from '2s 6d per week. Call and exchange your old piano for a now 0110 at F. J. Pinny's Musical Instrument Depot', Manners-toot, ' £|olo tgent" of 'the celebrated' Worcester iigansO-Apvif. ,!j '■'

There ato now thirteen charges set down for hearing at tlio onminal sittinga of the Wellington Supreme Court which commonce on Monday noxt. Tho Committeo dosiro to acknowledge with thanks two guineas contributed by Mr W. Barton to the prize fund in tho implement class at tho Carterton show. .At tht meeting of tho Wellington Philosophical Society on Wednesday Mr Coleman Phillips will road a paper on " Rabbit diseaso in tlie Wairarapa."

iNcws has beon received from Martinborough that, a man named E. E. Maine a boundary keeper nu Mr Tully's ruu was found dead on the hills yesterday morning, An inquest will be held, Mr Coubourne has favoured us with the rooovd at the Master: on Station for tho month of Septembor as follows i Avorage temperature, 55.16. Rainfall, 4,00, on 18 days. Messrs Lowos & loms asnounco a general salo for Saturday next. We aro informed that Beveral of the students of Ihe Wairarapa School of Design have had their work selected 'o be sont Homo for competition in tho annual Art Exhibition at Kensington.

Mr H, Broom announces that he has re-commenced business as tailor and lvbit-makor in promises adjoining Mr Dalrymple's oflico. A writ has been served on tho Carterton Borough Council for £24 at tho instance of tho United District Aid Board for a half year's contributions. The Council at its meeting last night decided to pay it.

A bee belonging to a swarm that a Dorsetshire farmer was attempting to hivo got down a man's throat and stung him,aud, tho throat swelling very rapidly tho man died of suffocation.

Notice is given in another column that Mr J, W. Reove has been appointed travelling agent for tho New Zealand Government Lifo Insurance Department for the town and district of Mastorton. Tho many advantageous of taking up policies in this office are stated and further particulars can bo obtained from tho newly appointed agent Mr Reeve. Mr Kobson repeated his oxcellent entertainment last, night at tho Theatre Royal. As was expected from tlio superior nature of the scenes and locturo tho attendance was much larger than on the opening night, To-night Mr Robson will bo at Featherston, visiting other places in tho valley during the rak and then making through tho bush. Our country readers may bo euro of a genuine treat in witnessing this panorama, Messrs F, W. Temple & Co have been appointed sole-agent for Messrs Booth, MacDouald and Co, implement makers Christchurch. As sliuwins tho superiority of these Carlyle implements over nil others, it is only necessary to state at, tho Melbourne Exhibition 1883, thoy carried ott' twelve lirst awards for ploughs, harrows, &e, Sydney Exhibition 1888, two first awards and one second,. Queensland Exhibition 18SS, twofirsts, and Waipawa Exhibition 1888, four firsts and ona second, and over 150 lirst prizes in Australasian show grounds ill 1888.

Tho Rangitikei Advocate says :-"The scarcity of men in thatdistrict is becoming a serious inconvenience to employers who have work to do and cannot (jet men to do it. Tho flax industry is growing evory day, and absorbing more and more hands, bo that tho outlook for next harvest Is positively alarming, Tho Govern- ( ineut should do something to meet an' important difficulty of this kind. They should sliould, as a temporary moans of remedying the evil, mako enquires throughout tho Colony as to where men aro over-plcntitul, andtakothe necessary steps to bring tho workmen and tho work togother," A special meetine of the Masterton Schoal Coinmilteo was held last night. Present—Messrs McEwen (in the chair), Hathaway, Da.iiell, Pragnell, Leahy, andHogj,. The business of tlio meeting was to appoint an assistant master to the Masterton School to toacli tho fourth standard. Seven applications were received from the board, out of which number one was recommended on account of his high qualifications. Several members took exception to tho nominee of tho board, on the ground that tho appointment would only be a temporary one, as with such testimonial tho applicant, if ap-

pointed, would not bo long beforo obtaining promotion to a position elsewhere whero tho remuneration was greater. Mr Hogg spoke in favor of appointing a married man who was

likely to take up a permuuent residence in tho town, and mentioned ono of tho candidates who was at present in Masterton and desirous of staying hero

permanently. As nothing but a "license to teach " had been forwarded with this candidate's application, his appointment was objected to by several members. Mr Hogg volunteered to obtain from tho

applicant copies of his testimonials and tho meeting adjourned for ton minutes to enable him to do so. On his return the recommendations Were producod. Three names wore chosen from tho applicants, anil a ballot was taken with the result that Mr Robert Drummond,

at present fourth standard teacher at Mount Cook School was chosen, and rocomiueudud to tho Board for tho

appointment, Tho meeting then ad journed,

A great deal of dissatisfaction exists amongst a largo section of anglers at several license holders breaking faith with their fellow-sportsman by fishing in tho prohibited waters, betwoenMr Bunny's atid Mr lienall's properties. This breach of faith is to bo rogretted, more especially as it is depriving an»lers of a breeding ground wherewith so stock tho various rivers and streams in tlio district, and thus Biipply an unlimited amount ofaport for everyone, li angers give countoiwnco to this kind of thing it is hardly reasonable to oxpoct the curator of our Acclimatisation Society to take pains in futuro to conserve breeding grounds outside tho Society's ponds, for the better purpose of supplying fish for looal sport, It is said on tho other side, that it is better for licensed anglers to tako tho fish than to allow them to remain there only to fall a prey to a few well-known systematic poachers. This sounds very reasonable no doubt, but two wrongs don't make a right, and. if jt js so wellliiiown tl|at systematic poaching is indulged in, surely it will hotter repay anglers to mako an example of tho porpotvators of it than to totally ignore the efforts of Mr Ayson and othors who havo worked so hard to givo an abundant supply outside the work of the Acclimatisation Society, The experience of tho past year shows that abolition of slavery in Brazil has not brought about tho evils which wore predicted from it, but has boon advantageous in many ways to tho people of all races in tho country, It is impossible, it is stated., for (ho younger inepibora of the Royal Family to saye, as ono of the tilings insisted on by the Queen is that thoy Bhall havo a" household"—ladio3 and gentlemen in waiting ,and so forth. That of Princess Christian costs her £2OOO a year. ■

In tho Carpel and Ftmmlwj departmen' we shall show the following select and choice lots, just received by the steamer Himutaka, at To Aro House, Wellington. In Linoleum a large quantity ot the best finality and exceedingly choice dcsigns,from 18 inches to 12 (ect wide, Our cxcollcnt taste in these goods has ever been grcnlly appreciated, and this new lcj are stilfa step in. advance, at'l'o AlO House, Wellington'. In fitptUr'u Covers we have opened out a first-class assortment in all sizes, from tho smallest gipsy table to the largest dining or table, we have thern also in handsome Silk, Tapctlrii Utrecht Velvet, bordered Rmrsibh Oknilh and Plmh, in old gold, orimson, bronze, and terra cotta, at To Aro House, Wellington.

In Art ilml'mOarlam wo aro tho oiiljr house in the city that has the special designs made exclusively for LikrUj it 6*0., of London—in fact there are only two hou. es in New Zealand so favoured, One is Dunedin, and the other is Te Aro House, Wellington, There aro also large varieties of the newest thingsoutill Creti>zne>,Ouqiae d'Arl, jn,ij Ink Viifkiu, tiytiortra, Satin mi IhK^miM^uilt^lci.ntie'Bonieriwj, (iiid hundreds of oilier novelties, which will he'displayed on Monday,' at To Aro Houso, WflUinjton'i-Awi'i,