The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1889. A LABOR HARVEST.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3328, 7 October 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1889. A LABOR HARVEST.

A Napier telegram in our last issue stated that farmers and country settlers in the Hawke's Bay district look forward to shearing and harvest with apprehension of a great scarcity of labor, Au unprecedented area is in crop, ploughs being at work in every direction, One farmer has been advertising for tenders for harvesting 500 or GOO acres, but not a single tender has been received, This is good news even though it tells of a scarcity oi labor, for, as wo understand it, the ordinary supply of hands is available, but an expected extraordinary harvest will need an extra staff of workers, No doubt the supply will be obtained, but a high price will have to bo paid for it, and the Hawke's Bay farmers will divide their coining profits with their employees. This, if crops are good and prices fair, will be no hardship, and when good times come, few employees grudge their men the market value of their labor. The outlook in the Wairarapa for the coming season is njupi) the same as m Uawkes Bay, Men no longer run after masters, but masters aro seeking men, and there is full employment for every willing worker m the community, Still there need be no great apprehension of a labor crisis during the shearing and harvest season. That rates of wages will harden is more than probable, but therp aro gupipioijt farmers, and farmers sons, and permanent agricultural and pastoral laborers in the district tu prevent any prions difficulty arising, Enhanced wages, and the revival ot prosperity in this Colony will also have the effect of attracting back to our shores many men who left us to seek better fortune in the colonics of Victoria and Jfety fpiitli M'njes durjji<s our seacon of depression, Wo in the North Island are also drawing a considerable flow of labor from the Middle Island, where the demand for it is less active than with us. Perhaps up part of New Zealand is making snob iapid strides in population and production at the present time as the Wellington and Ha wife's Bay districts. It is characteristic of the present time that new faces are continually appearing amongst us; new settlers arriving and bringing with them new energy and new experiences. There is a harvest coming; not only for the laborer, but for the farmer and the runholdel', Of ppnrse jJiere are some difficulties and drawbacks to be contended with, the rabbit pest, which is now being stamped out being pno of the more serious of them, but the balance of afjygntflges over disadvantages is clearly iiow a substantial reality, and the good time coming is «ry close at hand.

The services of a good business man to apt as sub-agent for the Imperial Fire Ulllfie ju tho Masterfoii District, are advertised for in another column. In Galway it is considered so unlucky to catch sight of a fox that fishermen will not put Ip m if they notice one while going to their boat,?. In Switzerland, 70 per gent of the young mon are said to be unfitted, by tho m of alcohol and tobacco, for military tervico. Mr Holmes Yvarren is, we learn, trying to mako arrangements for tho Tiraumea to obtain a Subsidised mail. Alfredton is at prewof as far as tho niail (,'oes, In a village in Somerset suporstitiou is still remarkably, prevalent. During scryjeo in tho church,, if the.clock strikes whilst a hy'mu is being su'ncfche bdief.is that?ouio narjsbonqr will,die within the week',

Robsnns panorama will appear at the Town Hall on Tuesday ovcniug at 7.80. ■An ordinary meeting nf the Thistle Lndgo will bo held in the lodge room Bannister Street on Wednesday next. _ They do things in style in Mauriceville. A young coitplo were married, on Wednesday last by tho Rev. Mr Chiisteiißcn and were driven to tho Church in Mr W. Viles coach with four prancing steeds the vehicle and horses beina gaily decorated with evergreens and wedding favors. Messrs Lowe3 & lonia announce a largo general sale at their rooms for Saturday next. Fifty-lwo children per day, was the average attondanco ac DoMold School during tho wintor quarter ended on Soptember 80th. Mr Charles Haines, Mr F. H. Wood's representative at Carterton has gone to Australia for a lew weeks, during which time Mr Lindop will act aa Mr Wood's agent. Messrs F. W. Tcniplo k Co. notify that they will sell at their rooms on Wednesday next, furniture, trunks, crockery, lot of twine, boxes tea, and Hutt lluke potatoes. There was a very large congregation nf JNatives and Europeans at tho Weoleyan Church, Greytmvn, yesterday evening, to hear tho Rev Mr Rowso, who preached in both languagos in his usual edifying manner. •'. A daily avorage o( tw» hundred and sixteen children attended Greytown School during the quarter just ended. The highest number for any one day wna two hundred and thirty-eight, and the lowest ouo hundred and thirty-eight These figures are very good for tho winter quarter,

In tho course of a Berrnon delivered in ut Master ton church yesterday upon " tho Cities of Rofugo'' the minister remarked " all tho roads leading to tho cities were straight, and there was no chance of mistaking the way, for at overv junction a sign-post was erected with plain directions pointing ou; tho way to the City of Refuge. I think tho prophet Jeremiah must have had this finger-post in Ins eye when he wroto ' that ho that ruas may read.'" We might remind the Reverond ceiitlomen that it ia quite biblical to have a beam in ones' eye, but a ringer post is a novolty.

The assertion made by some ot our anglers, to which we' referred in a paragraph ni our ißsue of the fourth instant to the effect'' that the streams around Maaterton have been stripped to supply other districts," is we are informed altogether without foundation, Tho Wnirarapa district and Masterton streams in particular, have always rccoircd the largest Bharß of lish turned out; the reports and hooks of the Sooiety will bear this out. In justice to tho Acclimatisation Society wo publish tho following list of ova taken from Mastortonstreamswifh the number of lish turned out the same years. Previous to 1887 thoso streams had been netted for spawning fish, but no eggs were obtained. For tho spawning season of 18S7, 3000 eggs wero obtained from two fish in the Waipoua (the only egi/a taken from that stream); that season 80,000 fish wero put in streams around Masterton, For the season of 1888,10,000 wore got from tho lvuripuni Creek and 10;300 from the Mill' Stream, in all 20,300 Fish tnrncd out in our streams 03,000; and for tho season of 1880, 45,000 wore obtained from tho Mill Stream, and up to dato 20,000 American Brook, 15,000 Loch Lovcn, and 10,000 Brown Trout have been turned nut in the streams, while of the 05,000 different kinds of trout Btill in tho hatching boxes, afroaroe in this district will get a largo share, Prevbus to 1887 all fish put in our streams, numbering hundreds of thousands wore either hatched from eggs taken from pond fish,or imported at a heavy oxpense from the South Island.

On Friday night at the Ekctahuna Town Hall, a masquerade ball was «ivcn, .and was in every respect a thorough success, A larao number took tho floor, and the gallery was crowded with spectators, A very good variety of fancy dresses wero worn, and until the masks were removed it was a matter of speculation as to who was who. Amongst tho ladies the most prominont were .'—Mrs Oole, New Zealand Times; Miss Worth, Night; Miss M. Anderson, Fairy Queen; Mrs Hodges, Flower Girl; Mrs Abluiioi'o, Sailor Costume, Amongst the gentlemen tho best fancy dresses wore:—Mr Archie Thompson, Negro Masher; Mr F. .0. Tumor, Bunthomo; Hr H. R, Power, Jack Tar; Mr Dubois, Aesthetic Young Man ; Mr H. Auiin, Cotißtablo; Mr A. E. Copping, Aged Turk. Mr A, Thompson certainly took the palm, with his well-known versatility appearing in three different costumes, and taking each diameter well. At 12 o'clock an excelleut supper, supplied by Mr W. Aslimore, was'dono' full justice to, dancing boing then kept up till four in tho morning. Mr A. Foden ployed the whole of the night, and gavo great satisfaction.

The ordinary monthly meeting of tho Taratahi-Cartcrton Road Board waß held on Saturday. Present—Messrs H. R. flunny, (in tho chair), B. S, Maunsell, G. Dcller, J. Rnynrr, W. B, Allen, J, Stevens, and E. Morgan, The minutes of tho previous meeting were read and cpnlirnied. The Treasurer reported a debit bakiifooffColSslOaiand that the outstanding rates amounted to £BOO llis sd, Correspondence inwards from Mr Guwer re falling a road lino at Kaknra, tho warden for No 7 ward was authorised to see lo it; from Mr Watersun re clearing out drain at Dalofield, The warden stated that the damage done to the drain was by the complainants cattle, and that no notice should bo taken of tho request; from Mr James Jiudder r <, moving obstruction' frqiji the road leading to lus property, tho mattor | was allowed tu stand over till tho next meeting of the Bpurd, Tenders for tho ereotinf of 45 chains of post and wire | fencinir (labor only), on tho Gladstone road were received, and Matt Wilde's tondor was accepted at 7s 3d per chain, and removing and re-erecting 50 chains of fencing on tho same road at 4s 9d per chain, Accounts amounting to £ll2 10s 8d were passed for payment, Jn the absence of Messrs Dorset and Gncc, Messrs Deller and Stovens were authorised to sign cheques on behalf of tlie'liuard. Mr J. fiayner asked to have from \5 to 20 feet of ditcliing rlono granted). S{r MannspH ai;Vd (hat tenders be invited for deepening and widening a cutting in the road near the Waihakeke school, agreed to. A request from Messrs Dnscoll and Bailoy re repairs on Marton Road was left to tho wardens to arrange. This concluded tho business and the meeting adjourned.

SUICIDE.

Bi'nedw, Monday, James Pithers, newspaper runner, latterly employed as a gardener, committed suicide at Roalyn by shooting himself with a gun. Ho had been much depressed in spirits since his return from Sydney, whither he hud gone to v|sit' an only relative three months ago, Borne lime ego his mind was slightly unhinged, Ho was fifty! years of age and unmarried,

A PROTEST.

Dtipm.K, Monday, The Carpenters' Society refused to take part in tho Exhibition procession as a trade organisation on accoujit of the low wages paid to workmen on the Exhibition Building, but will attend as members of friendly miiim, '

Annual Entrapment

■ CimisicnußCH, October 6, I The Canterbury Yeomanry Cavjjlry's annual encampment commenced yesterday at the new show grounds. About sixty officers and men are under canvas, Captain Wright, of the Tipiarn contingent, is in charge, and Captaifi Coleman is instructor.