The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, NOV. 23, 1889 The Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Show.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3368, 23 November 1889, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, NOV. 23, 1889 The Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Show.

We wrote the truth nbout the Mas terton show at the cost of givin offence in certain niiartcrs, find if w write tlio truth about the Wellingto show we sltii.ll probably again giv oflenec in other quarters; hut it i desirable that the truth should t expressed with regard to the Welling ton show also, and we fear the dut of expressing it cannot be pilegate to the Wellington newspapers, >\ lii'Et tljo press in Wellington wns h no means enthusiastic over lira jirt posed show. The city papers {mm that people Were somewhat indiO'eren to it, and faithfully reflected tli feeling of the surrounding public. 1 was t|iep, that a committee of tli Society was uppojijted to wait on tli editors of the Wellington journals ijn rouse them up. After this visitatio the press commenced to shit; tl; piiiCß of t|ie show and lias bur singing (hem f.vsr Gijioc, Jilvcn (li sober, cautions Post )|as lost its boa over tbo affair ami publishes tl following I'hodomon'adei The siiiWiility of Wellington aa a site ff a central Natiuiial Show h.»g hccii practical ilcuitrastratcd beyond question, and we m conldcnt Hint breeders will lie quick to r cognise the'advantages which ut Shew he phces within their reach. At no other »i» in New Zealand e,in stock fiom all parts tin colony he concentrated with so litt trouble and expense, Innocaso is more tlui upf night's sea voyage necessary. Those i yiiose hai.d* the management of the Associ: tjoji'|csts';i;i:.;t)iuf |;e content until tl ll.atjonil or colonial vhaiactcr of the Wellin toil Mho* U feci'igiiise'i'l ti'oiii tjteprt's. J;lm to the North I'dpa, lli.c"lijghesf"niin of 41 breeder of stock ulioiild he to seojiro the mio! niatmofau award ill the Wellington Slue ,lj piescnt tlicro is no Society who.'e inlz Sec it suwiten of absolute superiority wltlr the (Jidony,' AIJ !l|ii[ can he claimed f them is that they are a IWftf ff s»t>eciori ■within a certain area of the (lolonj, i{ion II i'liristcliurchawnrdsdonut ','r, further JU/i tllia, for the Christchuieh Show is not thoroughly representative one, The Wellin ton Sloiyahiiie cmj jivi; this uliitvActer, ai (o attain that position shi/uhi i,c fl;f; aim the Association. The Welliugto/i B{><l ground alioiilil lie recognised as the liin "ewavincing iraihW' f u r " lc S M> breeile of New Zealand, .thearenavhi.ro /.heck w meet (Jieet i|i the shape of the tliaiijpii prize winners from North and Soulli.ainlfro East ami West, to under! o contrast and liu judgment as to their rcsp.ectlvo merits, ai engage in the rial tugrohytu' for the chaijipjo ships', , Now tho show was m tho mai a Waimra[iashmv,Mi near Wellin, ton for certain reasons, One ot Ik reasons was the disunion existing wil respect to local shows; another wi the expectation that exhibits i Wellington would attract purclnsei from other purls of the colon* lte-uuion amongst the local shov would be fatal to tbo Wellingtc Society, undllio Wellington show ha wii fear, disappointed the expectatio of exhibitors tf'hg sent stock tlici with the itlHft of selling jt. JMor I the show we asked a leading Mori Wairarapa exhibitor, who has dot mora than any other man in tli neighborhood to work up the shov whether it would not bo expense sending exhibits to and bringin tlieui from tho Hutt show grouiii He replied, " Ido not hope to brii: them back but to sell them." \\ said to ourselves, then if thei exhibits sell the Wellington Sho will he a success, which will dogoc to this district and which should 1 encouraged, but if they do not sell ll Show will 'ie of little or no use I tho Wairarapa, From inquiries v learn that from a selling point of vie (lid b'how did not clone up to tl

poctations formed of it. There arc )or drawbacks, which, perhaps ' :iy less weight. The Htitt Sho'v mud is so inaccessible that it would i time kill any society. A leading ellington exhibitor told us that lie nld put his exhibits on the Masteri) Show {{round at less expense »n be could place them at iho Hutt; io approaches to iho Hutt ground nld of course be altered, or a more itahlc aito found, but these draw,cks are minor oner, The main iliculty which has to bo faced is the imutaka Hill which separates the fairarapa district from Wellington, ib Paikuknriki Hill which bars off ie West Coast. All the bust stock ' tho provincial district bus to cross lese two bills Io get to Weington Show, and very strong iduccments will have to be held it to get it, " The imprimatur : an award at a Wellington Show" loken of by the Post is rank nnnmcc, Breeders hero want to sell icir stock, they need money rai her ran certificates, We are forced to le conclusion that the Show does ot answer the expectations of its Ifairarapa patrons, and that, although iiey will lie somewhat reluctant to dmit that they have made a blunder . is pretty clear that the elements of ermanent success are wanting Nail ro has mude Cliristchurch a splendid how site, but it has made Wellington n exceedingly bad one, From the rat wo have been doubtful about the uccess of this new Society, It had niplo niouey and influence at its omniand, but these alone are not uflicient, We were quite prepared, Fit could make its mark, to do all in ur power to help it, for by so doing le should be benefiting the Wnirnrpa, but we are satisfied that it cannot akoupthe position claimed for it, nd that its first show will be its host ue. \Vhat wo want is to see the ilnstof ton, Carterton, and HuttSbows oiled into one, and then, perhaps, po shall ho able to hold our own .gainst Paluierslon North, which s coming to the front as the ending show ground of the North island. At present Palmerston is leating us hands.doffn. Of course here was a big attendance at the ECutt Show, and there wero good minis, and satisfactory general arrangements. The two latter were lecured by some, half-dozen Wairarapa nen, who undeistood bow to work up i show, and spared neither time nor noney to pull this une through. But .ins the game been worth the candle \ They return homo n little out ol iccket and a little out of temper, wiih perhaps (ho consciousness iliat they have made themselves generally disliked in their own district ant amongst their own people, We remind our readers of the special temperance, sermon to-morrow after noon, Members of the Wairarapa Cale doiiian Society meet to-night to pass tin programme and fur general business. James Afckun is gazetted as Dojiut; licgistrar ol liirtlis, Deaths and Marri ages for the district of Masterton. Mr lioborl Trimble is gazetted ; J who of iho Kali™ Land Court. 'lho estimated, population of tlr colony on the 30th September wa (il-1,73!), exclusive of aboriginal natives estimated at -11,009, giving a total ut 0511,708. The lias industry in tho Lower Vallc; is in a vny nourishing state just mm In addition to othor mills, idessrs Trinj ham and MoKenzie aic turning out ove eighteen tons a week of dressed tfbrc This mill gives employment to 100 mei and bo.is, and circulates 1550 t mont in wages. Major-General Edprds, whorecontl visited New Zealand, inspecting tho furl and forces, lias arrived at Brisbane. 1 refeii'ing to the Federation miestion lr oxpressed a strong opinion that even tually it must come. The adoption of \ uniform tnriff be considers a seriou matter to settle, and unless Fedoratiui is secured it was not impossible that civil war would result, Do favors th idea of iutcrciknial Froetvade, but con Eiders the granting of rcsponsibl Government to \Vostein Australia wout be absurd, It is believed that ho ha reported strongly to the Home floveri ment that Federation will sottlo th dilllculty by taking over tho whole terii toi'y. The official adiuinistralurs of affairs a the White House, in the capita) of th United States, liavn decided, it sawn! that the cuealyptus does not possess til many medicinal virtues claimed for i by enthusiastic Australians and othors and the trees in the immediate nei«l: !)pi)r!umi! of the President's officii quarter,! have been cut down. Washing ton is not a malarial spot, however, an the removal of the gum trees will nol perhaps, miiko any serious difference But those who understand the cucalyplu specie know that the power of that tre fqr absirbingnwisturo is really rcniatk nolo, and tint its usetuhiess in purify ing dawerous fover-b'eds In conutrie where malaria obtiins is beyond \ doubt, iunie fifteen years ago th Trappist monlis, who oossscss an abba not far frppi Ijoinc, planted, gun; treat and now have soycral hundred acrea i tlieir immediate neighbourhood covere with them. The malarial fevers, fur merly so common about that particuhj spot,' ait nowieclfoiicdainpiij; tho thing of the past, and tho sarap, cfibcts hav been produced in various other parts c King Humbert's dominions where th tree Imb been acclimatised. In Californi tho euealpytus has also been introijucet and the public parks on the l'aoino Slop are fast becoming enveloped in th eucalypti-llavoured atmosphere so dci: to the native Australian. The condition of the sugar trade : causjng a good, deal of remark in Livei pool connii'er.caal circles, oi]d heavy lossc I are reported to have been jjustalu.ad i | various quartern. It appears Inst tl; troubles ruse pvlinaiily from a ring i; " corner"ell'ected in Gerinany,and tliaul to t!;c efforts of tho '"cornorore," th price of sugar vas pp up to a very big figure, aim, m autlojpajioii .tljjt it wpuli still further advance, exteim'ye puiclwsi Cfjiitiiuit'cl to bo niade. The rn'arke li'oiyeyop, took, a rapid downward tur instead, apd it is <iurn;j)j)y' stated tin th eresult iu Madeburg, the seat uf tl; operations of the" ring" have been moi disastrous, failures haying been exceei iugly numerous, In a leaser [lei»reu it said that certain firms m'Liverpool ha; suffeied, us may well be supposed, froi tho fact that the value pf sugar has di uljncd iu a short period Iron; about £;i per Urn to i'|,') or oyen lower. A terrible occurrence took place o October i)rd at Brighton, v/horo _ JJ John Bullock.a retired Jjondou piiblicai blow »i|t ii/'s wife's braim witb revolver, and then shot himself. H was 00 years of age, whilst his wife tvt I but 'ii. They had not lived together n ' cently. aud it is stated that she decide to lira linn in cnuEequcuaa of lr tltreats. With her child she took lodj iugs at 65 Ditchling Rise. Briglitoi liullock followed her to this town, an had been searching for her, it is sail! for some days. He succeeded in finditi her wberealjouts on the day ahnv named, and went In the house Mi Bullock was about to go out tp meet h( mother, who bad como on a visit to hpi just as Bullock entered the house H asked whore eljo was going, and, on bi ing told her intentions, lie said he woul accompany her. No angry words wet heard by anyone in the bouse, bi suddenly shots were heard, and the ma and his wife were found lying, Wow ing, in the passage, liullock had fin shot his wife and placed tho revolver t his own head, fired, and fell across th lifeless body of the woman. Ho ws alivo when found, but he died just aftc reception at tho county hospital. Rumc aligns jealousy as tho cause of th , crime.

Shearers aro very scarce in the Woodlodiatcicfe this soaaon. Mr W. Culleu, ono of the candidates 1 the mayoral seat, invites the rateyers to meet him at tlio Theatre >yal on Monday ovoning noxt, The Bush Advocate says Mr G. D. imilton Ins received the returns of cop sent Homo by the Kuikoura, ii'se show 14s Gd a head at the station lilii if sold locally thoy would have ought only 9a. In a creek near the Tetnuka Milk, on :iday week, an eel was caught that thor astonished its captor when landed, measured 07m long and loiin in girth. b weivht wi's 1101b. The Tcmuta jobber" has Buccecdod in boating the coid hitherto. At a meeting of the comimttoo of _ the ihiatua County Council it was decided abide by the representation arranged ! the Wairarapa North County Ooutuil l tho Charitable Aid Hoard, and to urn tho Board that the Council intended apply for luoiioy fur charitablo aid icier tho Act. Advance New Zealand 1 Word hat lacked Wang.imii (says the 'Chronicle'] mt Arthur Harvey, formerly a pupil al io local Collegiate School, who abunl nir years sinco loft Watiganui foi ambridgc, altorpassitig various uiodiea' caiuiuatioiis, taking his 11. A. am raduating in honors in natural scienci us now gained the uuivorsity entranci slmlaraliip t'j Charing Cross Hospital orth fifty guineas. We remind our readers of tlio Mas ivtun Horticultural and ludustria ocicty's Spring Show, which take lace on Wednesday next, in tho Dril lull. Doors will be opened from 2 til 0 p.m. During tho evening music wil o supplied by Pearson's privatn band 'or the convenience of ex hibilors entrie 'ill be received by the Secretary oi 'uesday evening from 7 to 9. A remarkable occurrence is reporter :um Auckland. The Official Assigns as just had tho Melancholy duty of re civing under his chargo tlio thousandtl iinkrupt who lias "sought tl.e protec ion of the Court' 1 since the Assigue rst assumed office, nearly 5 years age .'his is a very good record, mid pn. iably uoparalled by any other cities i he Colony. At any rate none of then ar ikoly to dispnto the Auckland claim t ire-emiiience. A serious accident happened recent! in the Kendal and Windermere Rui ray. Mr Kobiuson, of Boltou-le-Sano uul been staying with his wife and hv ihildren at Windeinoro, and tho fnniil vere returning homo. After leavii: Stuvely station one of tho children, Hire ,'oars of age, fell out t'lruugh tho c,irria< loor. Tho mother leaped out after tl: ihild. She broke her anklo, an received other injuries, but the chi ivas unhurt. A Thursday bland cablo message tho 10th inst, in a Sydney paper, stat that news bus been received there fro New Guinea, showing that tlio voportt massacro of tho Hev E. B. Savage at party is without foundation. Mr Suva] had hold Bervice the previous Standi and then intended going to Murn Island. A cablo message, dated Tliui day Island, 11th inst, ran us follows: "Tho Government schooner Eiler, which wis despatched to make inquiri regard ing the reported murder by nativ of tho Rev 6. B. Savage, returned at a.m. yesterday. Inspector UriuuV went to Darnley Iskutl, and thoneo New Guinoa, wliere lie heard that J Savage was quite well, and w«s going Darnley Island, when ho met I Savage, by whom it was stated that tht was no foundation in the report of : jury to lus party. Mr Savage thin tho Deboric mon raised the report," The determination of tho Gnvcmm of the Argentine Ropublic to suspi the issue of bank notes, to which referred on the 29th ult, appears to have had the effect of allayiu? tho alarm which was being engendered .by the rapid rise in the premium on gold. The Argentine Legation in Loudon received the following cablo message from . Buenos Ayres at the close of September; . —"Tho Government has ordered the ' suspension of any increase of issiio of ( hank notes until May, 1891 ; Ins pro- t posed to Coiiiiross suspension ot issue of ) national codulas; has invitod the Gov- t eminent of the province of Buenos , Ayrcs to suspend tlio issue of provincial cedulas', lias ordered the sale of large J tracts of public lands tn create a cimver- ■ sion fund uf the padcr tiurrency, Trail I i|ttillty restored in Buenos Ayrcß; . premium on gold declining.''From other sources wc learn ihat tlio premium on gold fell from over 140 per cent to 107 A , per cent, Tlio Argeutiuo Government has taken the right course It will doubtless atop nidation and causo depression, but it will probably save the country from n great financial crash.— Argus, In Murray's Magazine the Venerable Archdeacon S arrar enters fully into the excellent idea of instituting "Brotherhoods ot tho Poor." Ho denies that .' the Brothors whose establishment is in contemplation will be monks in any sense of tho word, The first and fundamental difference between them and monks will be this, that their vows will never bo permitted to be permanent. Tbcy will bo voluntary; thoy will bo temporary, they will be dispensable, they will never bo undertaken for more than live years; they may at any time be laid aside. By this means the Brotherhood will be saved from tho intolerable curse of the monastries, the misery and corruption of men wlio wore unequal to their vows and had mistaken their vocation. Further, the life of the Brothers will be active, not contemplative ; public, nut secluded, enlivoncd by constant and cheerful intercourse with their fellow men, not shut up in .culls:limy with energetic bpnuficouco, I pot swallowed up by seven services a day. It will lie a'life spent in tho very midst of the world, not entirely withdrawn froiii it. The ono aim of tho Brothers, lay and clerical, will be to servo, and to win, and to elovato, mid '.o purify othuiH. not toabsord themselves in tlw contemplation of how host to save their own souls. Good news Irom Wellington,and quito true, you am get a spleu lid harmonium from L 5, piano or organ from Lib, organ jjrjth divided octave couplars all in solid Mack, Wnjit cages fr>m'Ll7. This boats all (he cheapest j)o(pr,3 in town, Tianos timed for 7s, or by tlio year four visits LI, travelling expenses added: All kinds of musical instruments tuned, cleaned; and repaired, now reeds put iii accoritas, (.'.oiicortjiias, ltavm'oniums, and urgiiiißfakfq liberal exchanges niado. Any instrument may bo purchased on the time payment system pom lis Go" per week, Cull mid ex. clianyi yopr old pipe for a now one at F. J Pinny's Musical Instrument Depot, Manners-street, Wellington. (Sole agent of |)ip celebrated Worcester orgaus.)-ADW Our millinery showroom, lias Von tho scene oi iimcl) activity since the season coinmcnccd, and has boon thronged from (lay to day by ladies who, knew that the inqst (doi'Qiit, becoming anil graceful fashions were to bo had q.t |l|e Wliglcsole Family Drapery Warehouse, To Aro House, Wellington, We have an excellent choice of trimmed bats, ii; while, cream, black, and all colours; we have every fashionable variety of shape, mid every lady who but gives a glance at our millinery window will see that fpr genuine taste and moderate prices wc are without compeers, at Te Aro House, Wellington, Wehavo also an abundance o( llower trails troui Is to 7s Bd; of flower sprays from 3d io is lid; of unmounted favors of all kinds indeed as regard flowers generally, wc have ii|o largest and most fashionable stock in the jjity, at'To Aro House, Wellington, We have a lot of plrjiiuued picnic hats, specially imported for this purpose aiid foi gu'ilen wear, IrqinHJdtoHs each, anil 8 llige iot qf the same description, trimmed, at 2s lid and 7s lid each, at Te Aro House Wellington. Altogether, our millinery department, just now, is very attractive, and would amply repay a visit of inspection. We can execute all orders promptly ami mostarlis tically, and guarantee what is obtained no whore el*e iu the city, complete satistac tion, at tho Wholesale Family Dppery Warehouse, To 4to House, Wellington,Apvii

Mr Fredk. Whitely (from Mr Koichrdc Wellington) Professional pianoforte iner, is nov in Mastorton, all orders ift with Mr,T. E. Prico will bo promptly trended to. A meeting of creditors in the estate of filliam Muraoll, Insurance agent, will eld in the Old Court house, Mastorton, ut Friday next to consider the debtors pplication .that iiis dischargo be ranted. The secretary of the Masterton Hor[cultural Society informs U3 that the nunl 5,80 p.m, train to Eketahuna will io delayed till 9 p.m. on Wednesday iext. No doubt tho Railway Departneat will notify this alteration in due ourse. Tho amalgamated Friendly Socioty Sports Cbinmiltee have drawn up an xcellent programme for the annual ports to bo held on tho Park (Oval on Boxing Day. Thero are twenty evonts, .ho principal being tho Boxing Day Handicap, and sood prizes aro offered. Che full programme will appear in Monday's issue. Tho man Howard, a negro who was irrestod on board the barquo Luvlme m hor arrival in Auckland, on a charge if stabbing M, Parson, the cook of that vessel, in tho arm, was committed for rial at Auckland yesterday. Parsons is recovering from the effects of the ivounii. It pays much better Io be an mlriot managor of a company of clever actors [says the Argus) than to be a tolerably »ood actor yourself. This lias been verified in tho case of Mr Horace W. Lingard, who will bo remembered in this city in the latter capacity. Ho has amassed £50,000 by conducting travelling companies through the manufacturing and country districts of Great Britain. 11l the busiest part of Kinp si reel, in Sydney,.James Henry Bartlctt, wlic carried on business as anion's mercer was sliot near the front of bis own shop, lie had had a quarrel witli a man named Willoushby Andrew about the non-pay' ment of g.'ods, and Andrew camo u| deliberately and shot him. Ikrtlott ii since dead. Andrew, who has proviuusrj been in business as an auctioneer ii Brisbano, lias been acting in a very eccontric manner lately, but Ilartletl appears to have attached little or m importance to tho wild threats utteiei by Mm. Battlottt was twenty-sevei years old, and had a wife and children In reference to the rabbit question Mr Cowan declared at "ho Conference that, notwithstanding all that had beei done to keep down the rabbit ppst in Nei Zealand, it had grown very largolj The skins exported m 1887 numboro 8,000,000, m 1888 tho number wa 12,125,000, and in 1889,' IWi.OOI This lanro export trade in skins sliowe to whaf an extent the post had grow since the rabbit was first introduce from Scotland in 1873, Ho moved- " That the moans in use hitherto in th different colonies that are infestoi wit rabbits havo not had tho oflect i materially reducing the numbers of th) animal, and that in consequence tli period of being relieved from the pest is still uncertain, thereby entailing continued loss to the agricultural and pastoral industries of tho Australasian Colonies; and this Conference is of opinion that juint action should be taken by tho Governments of the ditl'erenl Colonies to offer a bonus for a meam that will lead to the more rapid exter initiation of rabbits than tho means a present in use hold out the prospect of.' Sonic of tho othor members had no faitl in tho bonus plan, and considered rabbit could only be kept down by hard work Tim rabbit-proof netting was alsoestollei as a preventive, Howover, it wa thought the motion could do littlo ham I if it could do no gotd, and it was carried