The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1890. The Weather and the Crops.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3407, 11 January 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, JANUARY 11, 1890. The Weather and the Crops.

. The farmers of the Wairarapa have j experienced weather this week which, if not altogether unprecedented, proved most undesirable. Thero . have been more,than three days of lmrd southerly winds, with a heavy ' downpour of rain, just at a time when sunshine and calm are usually expected, and the result threatens to be most disastrous. Anyone travel- ' ling over the grain growing portion of , the district cannot help noticing the , misobief that has been done in some , of the fields, and the strange way in ' which others haye escaped. On the ' Upper Plain, for instance, tlie wheat paddocks of Mrs Yates present an j exceedinglymixed appearance. Taken as a whole, the damage done to them is . not very serious, though the crop I is a heavy one throughout. The ; wind which accompanied the rain, ' however, travelled in a number of . small circles, so that every section of two or tlireo' chains presents the appearance of having been the scene of a whirlwind, A little higher up, ' Mr E, E, Chamberlain has a paddock of wheat, the growth of wlihh is exceedingly heavy, The crop is still very green, and the whole of it has been reduced from a height of over five feet to less ths.ii three feet, and so close does the straw lie that there , is very little prospect of the.crop ripening properly. .The next paddock has not suffered quite so much, the growth being less rank, and the crop nearly ripe j but the oircular motion ®f the wind is again, apparent. The greatest damage appears to have been done on Mr Hessey's homo farm, where there are two fields which promised to yield upwards.of fifty bushels of wheat 1 to the acre. On Tuesday last the straw hid all the \ fences from view; now, the third rail can be seen all round. TJie wind i appears to have had the swirling motion noticed in the case of Mrs Yates, and Mr Hessey states lie will have to out a considerable'portion of the crop with scythe andtilter, A considerable proportion of the haulms has also been broken about a foot bolow the ear, and as the crop is still very green, the grain on these cannot possibly fill out properly, It may piake inferior chick-wheat, but nothing i#Qre. Almost the same thing may be said of two paddocks belonging to Mr T, E, Chamberjaia, and oil? on tlio farm of Mr L. J, Evans, though the proportion of straw that has been broken''? not so great, Mr Evans will, however, have to cut the whole of his crop with the scythe, which, we need hardly say, more than doubles the cost of halting, Luckily nearly all the oats sown under shelter of the Manaia bush' were already out when the gale started, otherwise the damage to that drop would have been very serious, On Akura, Mr E. E, Chamberlain was luolty enough , to have nearly, the whole of a large | paddock of oata in stook when the gale came. Mr Hoffeins has a field ' of ripe Canadian oats in which a, large proportion of the grain must i have been shaken out, and a portion i of Messrs Bannister Brothers' splen- ! did crop, which was'.estimated to ■

Yiold eighty bushels to the acre,' has been laid.almost as flat as if a roller had gone over il. .The wop being sti|l greoiij no grain haa been shaken out, but it is doubtful if it will fill out properly. AlHhe wheat fields on the Akura plain have ese I yed comparatively unhurt, On the Opaki, too, the amount of damage done is not great, except in the c&se of oat fields whiqh were fit to cut. Even the heavy crops of-wheat near the racecourse belonging to, Messrs Chamberlain, R, Campbell and T. Brown have escaped comparatively unhurt.. They have been laid over to a certain degree, but that is all. Almost the same thing' may. be said of-TeOre O.ro, A- careful examination of the different fields in the district might lead , the local farmers to some' \ery useful conclusions, In the first place, it will show that the supposed shelter of bush has proved most disastrous, as the wind appears to have come over the trees and descended on the crops with, a most irregular motion, the consequences being that the straw lias been laid in every conceivable direotion, a large proportion being broken. On the open ground the damage lias been comparatively trifling, excepting the fields of ripe oats, Winter wheat has escaped almost unhurt throughout. The disaster should lead the farmers to consider whether tliey have in all cases selected the right lund of grain —whether the ffheat that grows rankly is as suitable to a somewhat windy district as that which makes less show in the field, and whether the kind of oats that yields a heavy crop under ordinary circumstances is not, perhaps, after all, less profitable than one which, while not so kavy, is less liable to damage from wind and raiu. The loss sustained in the Wairarapa by this week's gale is very serious, and it would take a good many thousand pounds to cover it, There-have been similar occurrences before this, though the .weather has not been quite so severe as on the present occasion, Grain growing has become one of the most important industries in the district, and we trust that the severe lesson taught to the farmers will not be thrown away,

The Wellington free library fund now reaches the sum af JJ2187 2s. Messrs Lowes and lorus add to tlwir stock sale for Wednesday next 100 store wethers, 3 fat heifers and 2 bullocks. Messrs Edwards and Mcßoath Labo r Agents, Wellington, have on their book ß ancxperiuiiced governess, who isdesirou 8 of obtaining a country situation,

•We are informed that the Eketahuna Road Board has received a communication from Mr Bryant's solicitor demanding £250 alleged damages, or immediate action is threatened. It therefore seems probable that wo have not heard tho last of the Makakahi bridge mishap. The nett proceeds of the Hospital race, ill 10s, run at Tauhercnikau on JNew \ ear's day luvo been handed over to the Treasurer of tho Grnytown Hospital by tho stewards of the South Wairarapa Race Club. The example is a good ouo, and might[be followed with credit in other quarters.

We call attention to the programmo of tho sacred concert to bo giyen by the Seymour Walshe Opera Company to-morrow. It will be seen that the members are just as capablo ol rendering high class music as well as tho lighter music of comic opera. The company to show their appreciation of the generous support accorded them in Masterton hayo made a still further reduction in the prices of admission to this concert. The prosecution of'two Parisians— Dibot and Faulquier—lias justcoiicluiled at Pans. It seems that.a well-to-do comminiou agent of tho name'of. Gullet, received an introduction by JUibob to Faulquier, whom he described as a physician. An intimacy sprung up botwoon Faulquier andGallet'sdaughter with the result that Mdlle, Gallet wont to the altar with a dowry of LI 2,000, which wasgivenbylier father without any inquiry as .to the bridegroom's antecedents. M. Gullot afterwards discovered that his.son-in-law, who had displayed a Decoration of Officer of the Academy, was not a learned man at all, but a chemist's assistant who had been in prison (or certainillegal practices, llie enraged man then instituted a prosecution for conspiracy. Tho defendants, however, have been acquited, as their offence did not come'within the criminal code. A most determined and bloody duel is reported from Kentucky, . The combatants woro Colonel Swope and Colonel Goodloe. Tlio'twoineu had quarroled about politics. A challenge was sent, but mutual friends interfered and patched up a truce, Then tlioy met, by accident, at the post office. A few quiet words were exchanged; then Goodloe drew a knifo and Swope a revolyer, and they hackod and shot like madmen. Swope cried "Oh I" every time tho knifo struck him, and Goodloe, brandishing his bloody weapon, exclaimed, " Why, he bellows like a calf I" Swopo fell dead, with thirteen wounds, and was buried with high honours. Goodloe lingered for a few days, and then expired, Both men hold excellent- positions in Kentucky, and woro esteomed as genial, good fellows. Goodloe leaves a large, depondent family. • An extraordinary Bceue was witnessed in tlie corridors of the hull at the London Law Courts on November 22, A welldressed lady was ejected from tho court in which Mr Justico Kay was hearing cases in private. Her piercing screams and cries for "justice" disturbed nearly all the courts in the neighbourhood, and tho-ccrridors were soon thronged with spectators, In tho centre of tho crowd she knelt down and prayod that tiro might be sent down from heaven and crumble the walls of tho courts. The attendants interfered, and the unfortunate lady was removi-.d to a waitingroom, shouting, as she-was convoyed downstairs, "Justicel" "and Purify your Judges!"

1 (Jond news from Wellington, and quite 1 true, you can get a splendid harmonium from L 5, piano or organ from LIB, , orffan with divided octavo couplnra all ■ in solid black walnut cases from Ll7. This beats all the cheapest houses in town. Pianos tuned for 7s, or bytbe year four visits 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 tlip time paymont system from 2s 6d per week. Call and exchange your old piano for a new one at F, J Pinny's Musical Instrument Depot, Manners-street,* Wellington. (Sole agent of the 'celebrated Worcester organs,)-idvt There are two things 7 to which we wish to invite the'apecial attention of the ladies . of Wellington and suburbs) the tirst relates to the disposal of tho balanco of out unappropriatsd Chrislmas gifts, and tho second to a select assortment of snporior underclothing, just received by the steamer Aorangi, at the Wliolesib Family Dmuory Warehouse, To Aro House'Wellingion, The balance of our Christmas gifts we hays determined to clear out Bt and less than lialf price, thus affording a grand opportunity of semiring useful and attractive articles at extraordinary low rates. Enumerations of these various and desirable lots will bo found on tho firrt arid third pages of this paper/ and should lead to much businss being done at the Wholesale Family Papery Warehouse, TsAtj Jlouse Wellington. Most, but net all, qf the balance of these Christmas gifts is comprised m'tbis enumeration. Some few'lots want "of spa'cp compelled us to omit, but these can be secfi pith the others at any'time diking tho next 10 days, : Aro House Wellington. V .. ' Spkoial attention is also invito! to »n extra shipment by the. Aorangi of somo firaUlass" hand^mado" and'' Hibernin" underclothing, Portions of this shipment are now oil view-in one of tho largo windows 1 : To Aro House, ■ Wellington, -Am. ' '"''t;":'

- The", program mo of the Wairarapa Jubiloo Oelobrutioii which takes place on January 22 is published in another column, :

The thermometer went down to 43 in the open on Friday, which is probably unprecedented for summer months in the Wairtnipa, The privileges in connection with the Wairarapa Jubilee celebration sports which takes place on tho Mnsterton Park Oval on 22 January will be sold by Messrs Lowes and lorus on Friday next;l7th inst. .

Mr Wv Prangnell has considerably extended his coal and timber business aud has now largo yards' at tho corner of Queen St, and Renall St, whero lie keeps on hand a Javgo Btock of sawn timber of overy do.ioription, shingles, houseblooks, firewood and coals. Ab Mr Prangnell does his own carting ■ he can supply timber at mill prices.

Some cUrious details are to hand regarding the royal wedding ceremony in Athens. It was ik rigucur for the bride to kiss all her relations as soon as the service was concluded. Throe kisses each had to bo bestowed upon the parents of her husband, the King and Queen of Greece; her inothor, the Empress Frederick; the King aud Queen of Denmark, the Emperor and Empress ot Gormany, and her sisters and brothers. Then ono kiss each had to 1)6 bestowed on tlin other Princos and Princesses present. Altogether the fair Prinoess had to give about"oiio hundred and fifty kisses I

Mr. Matthew D'Aroy, the well-known brewer, head of the large establishment in Usher Street, Dublin wis found doad in bed oivNovember 28 at his residence Bray under mysterious circumstances, It was first thought that ho had passed away quietly during the night, but an oxamination roVealed a bullet wound in tho brain, which was tho causo of death. An effort seoms to have been made to keep the tragic naturo of his doath secret, but subsequently it was given out as euioide. Mr D'Aroy was a gruduato of Trinity College, J, P, and D. L., a Roman Catholic, and sat in. Parliament in tho Liberal interest for six years until 1874, Since thai he lias taken little part in public lifo, Another suicide in the Parisian financial world is. announced. M. Moreau, the well-known liquidator of tho Paris Tribunal of Commerce, 'who had boon in money difficulties for somo tiuio past, hanged himself a day or two ago. The matter was kept secret at the earnest wish of the family. It was necessarv, howevor, to publish tho tftct that anothor. M, Mereau, the liquidator of tho Societe des was not related to the deceased; and this led to the revelation of the way in which M. Moreau put an end to hie existence. In Russia, when coffins are covered with cloth, the colour of the covering is to a certain extent, distinctive, pink being used when tho deceased is a child or a young person, crimson for women and brown for widows; but black is in no caso employed.