The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1890. ALFREDTON.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3411, 16 January 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1890. ALFREDTON.

AuKKDTos is of age. It is now more than twenty-one years since it was laid off into town and rural sections, and an old settler being consulted, as to a name for the new home for small farmers said," The Duko of Edinburgh is coming to New Zealand, call it Alfredton," The name was popular, but some people who went up to look at this Canaan returned shaking their beads sadly and saying, "it is too rough," Tho place has developed slowly, It has beon too isolated and inaccessible for a small farmer's existence, and but a short time ago ono who had tried life there wrote us a - letter recording his experiences, which bore the pathetic signature adam struggkr., j Still there are some compensations! The men who had a hundred acres of bush if he could not make-money by the axe, plough, or spado could obtain ample supplies of beef and pork from the ten thousand acres of waste land which surrounded bis allotment, People lived there soniohow, and by and bye men with a little capital took up somowhat larger areas, and by their enterprise made the settlement productive and progressive, It may now through their efforts have reached a stage when the small farmer can establish himself with a fair chance of success. The first store has!oven been opened, and the township proper-which has for twenty-' years been a wilderness may now be expected to take root and grow,. , Wo were very pleased to notice that at the..last County meeting-Mr Yon Redin called attention to the neglect of the .Land Board in not opening up tho waste lands at the back of Alfredton.. The work of settlement began in the old provincial days.and has practically been arrested for a- generation. For twenty pears past we have had no efficient local self-government and with all its faults we look back to the old provincial system with a certain degree of "regret,. It did open up new country, it did make roads and lay of sections, and had a. backbone in it which we fail to discover in either Comity Council orwasto land board. It is a healthy sign' when a County Council, stirs up.a. question like the' one raised by Mr Tori Redin, Mr W. H, Beetham's report as to the quality of the land which has been locked up for a quarter of a century is conclusive as to its value for settlement purposes and we trust the mover in this important matter will not lot it rest till the authorities at Wellington are roused into action, Theriiirictions" ol bur' waste land board, which is practically, a board of advice to,the' Minister, ought to be traidsferred to the County and then there would > be some chance of pro : gressive- settlement.,.... .•■":■■■ ThFordinarynonthly, meeting of the Mastortdn School'Commltteo take j place to-nlghr. ;■..'■ Tho NewXottlnrid Loan an/J Mowntllo Agenoy 'Ciirapshy's neit jydhngt m voolfjleßte&ptaf) ,cto or abjeflr-tbe-

Tim tutul.llli.mil i>f money collected i Now Zealand iu diil of tho mission of 10 Irish DelegatU is £024010 Id.

A notice of intoiCßt to membera of the Mibtorhm Philharmonic Society, and oHiurs of a musical turn of miud.appears in another column. '

A highly improved 'hi m. -i eighty-five acres on theUpperPhiin,tho well-known property of Mr John Uessey, is advertised lor sale in'another column. There is an eight roumed house, thoroughly, finished throughout, largo barns, dairy and nil'the usual farm outbuildings >Tbo property it watered by a Booth and Mucdonald imtrnt windmill.

Messrs F, H. Fraiicr, H. Bunny and W. 0, Buoliauan roliro this year by eflliraiou of time from thoir ssat on tho Wellington -Education Board, and the uomitiatititiß of their successors will close about tho end of the present month. The three rotiring members, being elijjiblo, will probably offer themselves fnrro-elcotion, The result of the election which ib confined to tho various'school j committees, will not be known until March next,-Press.

MrFi H, Wood advertisoa for <ale a compact freehold farm of fifty, acres at Matarawa. Jfc is well watered by constantly running streams, and the improvements include a four roomed bouso dairy, bam, &c, The stock can be taken at valuation if required. Terms and further particulars can be obtained |from Mr Wood.''

Tho following team will represent tho Maste'itoi'i Cricket Olub in tho match with Carterton oil tho Park Oral on Saturday ' afternoon next;— Messrs Moore, Perry, Hnigh, D'Arcy, McKenan, Pbwoall Hirscliberg, Iggulden, Bawkc, Coleman and liichards. Emergencies:-Messrs Brainier, Jack--600 and Riove. The game will commence at 1.30,.and any member of the team not on the ground at that time will be replaced.,■ ■ The Greytown Standard says:—The cuved Maori meetin» houso which has taken years to complete, is to bo opened oh Anniversary Day at the Tablo Lands. Tho, natives will nssemhlo in force io make tho ceremony a memorable one. Mr J. IV Cowie, grain and produce merchant, took delivery yesterday of a lino sample of New Danish white and Danish grey oats, tho first of tho season, Tliepricos, ivo are informed, are ruling eoiuidorably lower than last year, Mr If.' Turnbull, architect to th* Eduction Board, visited the Mastortdn sell-mi yesterday in company with Messrs Dauioll and McEweiii iHenibcrs of the local school Committee. He inspected the wafer supply, mid expressed himself thoroughly pleased with the quality of tho water. , : ~'• Mr Oscar Smith, the well-known venailoqu'ißt ofHugu'ii company, has organised a small company of his own, including Harry Devere, tho musical

manipulator, Miss Maggio Oakee, Professor Greenwood; and the'trained'dog "'Dick.' 1 Thoy' are now en route for Napier for tho Jubilee week, and will play hero fur one night only on Saturday. .■

Tho following Wairarapa scores are rccoried fur yesterday's.'Exhibition m?eting. 'Marlborotiglunateh oOOyards Captain Ci'ineron, Greytown, .45, £2, Major Dona'd, Mnsterton, ID, £l, Wanganuj luateh 700 yard s, Blaine, Mastertou. 115, £2 Lieutenant Thompson, Mastertoii, 3D, £2, For a good sample of Government red-tapeism and loft handed economy a correspondent sends tho followingto the Christchurch Press:—A business gentloman in Gernldiue had occasion to sond to oiio of the Government offices in Wellington for a document, tbo fcoson which amounted, to 2s, and enclosed 2s worth of 2d stamps in payment. Judge of his surprise when, by tho return mail he recoived an official loiter enclosed in a big official envelope returning the 24 stamps, and requesting that a' 2s stamp might be sent instead, The Government stationery, and clerk's time wero thus wasted, and the whole machinory of tho post-offico used for the purpose of making this distinction without a difference,

A general meeting of meuibors of the Masterton Cricket Club was held in Mr H. J. Haigh's oflicolast oveniug. Tliero was a booo attendnnce, and Mr C! 33. Brenmor was voted to the chair. The by-laws wero considered, hut no action was 'alien, the matter betng postponed till a iutui'o date. The. election of a permanent captain for tho Club was nextconsidered,aud it was decided tint the election should be by ballot, to be taken later on, each member to record his vote.' The number of members on tho Match Committee was reduced from Gve to three, and Mer-sis Pownall, Perry and D'Arcy wero'elected.' A sum not to exceed J5 was voted to nreparo.a pitch and put the nets in order. The meeting tbeu adjournod, A New' Workpaper announces the marriago of Margaret Fitzgerald, better known as "Tot-tie" the pretty barmaid at the Queen's Hotel, Queenatown, to Mr Mauvico Du Pont, a wealthy ycunu American from Wilmington, Delaware Miss Fitzgerald is well known to most London newspaper men who have had occasion to visit Queonstown, and is remarkable for her beauty arid virtue Mr Du Pont is the scion of ono of the uldost audi idlest families in Delaware who wont over from Nen.ours to escape tho'guillotine, dnring the Terror in France, and established themselves as manufacturers of powder. Tho family gave.their consent to the marriage of Maurice to "an Irish lady." He returned to Q.ueenstown, married Miss Fitzgerald at Cork, and tho happy pair aro honeymooning in Switzerland, whore, it is said, Mrs Du Pont will bo educated before she is brought to the homestead in Delaware.

The picnic ot the season this year was a private I 'gathering ol friends at Mr Elkiiiß' farm yesterday afternoon. Bctwoon one and two hundred little ones assembled in a lovel grass paddoolu where games of all descriptions lad beon provided for their amusement. A number of adult visitors wandered thrnuph tho beautiful gardon, conservatory and vinery attached to the homestead j or went forn hunting in the pretty bush which forms part ot the property. In a secluded and sheltered spot an inexhaustible supply of refreshments was dispensed- with kindly hospitality, and the outingwilllongbe remembered by those who took part iii it as a red lettor day. Mr Price, our local photographer, succeeded, we understand, in faking a satisfactory picture of the happy Bcene. Good new,s from Wellington, and quite true, youcan get a splendid harmonium from LB,. piano. or organ from LIB. organ with divided'octavo couplers all iu solid black walnut cases from Ll7. This beats a|l the cheapest houses in town, Pianos tuned for 7s, or by the year four visits LI, travelling expenses added! All kinds of musical instrument tuned, cleaned, and repaired, new reeds put in-accordaans, 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. one at F. J Pinny's Musical Instrument Depot, Manners-streot,- Wellington. (Sole agent of the 'celebrated Worcester organß.)-ADVT ■'<.'■'..'!";.■'. ! TusnE are two thhigs to which we wish to invite the special attention of the ladies of Wellington and'suhnrbsj the tirstrelates to the disposal of the balance of- out unappropriated Christinas gilts, and tlio second to a select assortment of superior underclothing, just received by the st-iemor oiauui, at the Wholesale I'amilyJ Drrapory Warehouse, Te Aro Honso Wellington,

: This balance ot our. Christmas; gifts we: have determined to clear! out at and less! than half pricei'thiis. ; affording! a grand opportunity.of securiug useful and attractive articles at extraordinary lowrates, Enumerations of these various and desirable lots will be found-, onfthe'first and,third-! pages Of this" paper, and' should lead to much business being done sit tho Wholesale Family DraperyjWafohoiise Te Aro. Borne Wellington,' ,; '., '■, ,\ Most, but -not all of (be balance ol these Christmrs gits.is comprised in this .enumeration, home' fow lo's want of a| a-e compelled us'-to. omit, but tha.-e can ho «ecn with'the others at any time dnring ihe'nit 10 dn*, aift ■' AW Honda Well-