The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3471, 28 March 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, MARCH 28, 1890.

It will be of interest to many of our friends in the-Wairarapa to know that on Thursday week the Wellington Waste Lands Board proceeds to the work of revaluation of all lands within the district which are deemed to have been disposed of at an oxcessive rate. Case 3iu which the departments already admitted, in a report presented to Parliament, that reductions should be made will not, however, bo entertained unless the parties interested' make formal application for their claims to bo considered before the 10th of mat month, and it will be very undesirable for those who are in this position to neglect to forward their' claims at the earliest possible moment, It is also necessary to remind all applicants for reductions' that unless arrears of rent are paid up they will bo disqualified;-but in the cases before alluded to, where a reduction was recommended, it is only necessary for them to.payou the reduced valuation, and not at the rate at which they originally purchased.

A new advertisement from Messrs Wrigglesworth and Binns, photographers, ' Wellington, appears in another column. ' A lovely meteor waß observed on ■

Wednesday eveniiiK to fall to the woaf of Mostertou, presenting a mosl impojsin/j sight and every appearance oi a grand pyrotoohnical display,; We aro informed by Mr Ooker fcLat he ia in ■ negooiation with Mr Stewart,

btißincaa manager for David Christie Murray, with a view ti getting the celebrated war correspondent and lecturer to yisjfc Meaterton at tbo conclusion of bia Wellington season. ff Mr Oukorsucceeds we may look forward fu a rare intellectual treat,

Farmers in Wariganui ate comply tog that now they have grown their wheat there is little or no sale fur it

there. Tin's, says a local paper, is scarcely to bo'wondered at, seeing that they prefer Southern brandß of flour to the proofs of the local mills, A gentleman wfy Is atipjport In tho subject informs tho'taieri A/lvojatotJiat large fortunes await tli.e enterprising' colonists who enter into the industry of clover growing, fle has seen lately soine New Zealand grown seed, and he cpnsidcra it far superior to anything he can in port from the best English or Continental houses. Heia very entbusioatio on the subject, andiastronglyof opinion thotifjinyof ourTaieri farmers would try the experiment they, would be so satisfied with the rcsalt* that thoy would quickly extend their oporationstQ a large scale.

ASA meeting of the Wellington Field Naturalists, PJub held recently, Sir James Hector, according to tho Monthly Review, slated that jSho number of artesian wolfe at Petono, #wh for .w'anti of tinio tho members were unable to examine on the day'|% visited tjie district, had since then boon considerably increased. Tho depths varied from % to 125 feet; The water fs .Used for household purposes, and tho" Petona Baths are kopt constantly supplied by means of thoso Wells.' Tho temperature of tbo water is : about 52- dogrees Fahr. He w'(uiii(ivi)ijainap prepared, shuwin? thep(Bition,,tem|i.erature, and d.ipthof the various.wfllft Tfoe aro affected by-tho tide as far up tbe valley so the Jiuttparsopsger _ ■

Messrs L, J, Hooper and Co raakoa "pcoial display to-night. Bush grass lands suitable for winter feod are advertised to be let In areas of from 60 to 500 acres.

The University boat race, Oxford v. Cambridge, wai roned on Wednesday, and wa_B by Oxford by atath, A second performance was given by Alexander,';the Australian "Blondin," last evening, when there was again a largo and appreciate attendance of tho publio, '.i •'! •, ';■;•"

Bitting the final address of connsol in the Diatrict Court yesterday, an absent minded olerio strolled in wit) his hat on, and stood gazing unooi oerncdl d, until a limb o { "

--_— J around, until a'limb" of tho im inforinodhim of thefaot, wheraipou the offending tilo was speedily duffed,

Mr WW. McCardle, a member of tho Wellington" Land Board, has threatened to bring an aclion for daraa?es against the proprietors of the "Yeoman," a weekly paper published in_ Wanganui,; for an alleged libel contained in a recent issue of that journal, in which it wasstatod that'Mr McCardlo used his influence asa member of the Board to the"advantage" of his bohs,Ohoenng mm for ilaxmillers is con veyed in a cable message from tho Agent Goneral, received at the Premier's oflico on Wednosday,'; It was to tho effect that the hotnp market had recovered aftor a heavy fall, and that fair Wellington hemp'.was quoted at from £2l to £24, and best at £27105. The current prices for Manilla ranged from £'3l to % and that of sisal was ffi. ■■-,>_. Mr A' R, Bunny, 'solicitor, of Masterton, waited upon the Land Board at its meeting yesterdoypand addressed it. at lomfth with/reference to the Question of vesting Mr W. Hull's section in tho Makuri-Block in the Official Assignee for tho benefit, of the creditors. The matter'hus boon before the Board on ptovious occasions. After some discussion," it was decided; to state' a caso for the opinion of the Supreme Court, In his address to the jury yesterday, Mr JellicOe must havo realised vory keenly tho fact that tho lifo of a Oulonial lawyer (and an imported ono at that) is not always a happy one; for in eicitcd tones he exclaimed that he was being browbeaten throughout tho Wellington province by certain individuals and their satellites, who were.conspiring to bring about his ruination. Ho would, howoyer, in spifo of everything and everybody, continue to do his duty,by his clients. Mastorton andtlWForty-niile-Busharo not the. only placesin Now Zoalaud where school teachers'disagree, as tho following from the" ChristchurohjPrcss' will show:—"Ono of those atranao and unaccountable troubles that so often arise bctweon State school teachers, and their committees, is causing some annoyanco at the Spit. Tho committee granted leave of abseuce to some pupil teachers; the master alleged that he could not get along without thorn, and closed the School, Tho inspector and Secretary to the Education Board (MrHill) thereupon oponed and taught the school himself.'' Now a Bpeoial meeting of tlio Board lus been hold and the inasterdismisSed, Mr Wolstenholrao, a leading cricketer, reigns in his stead,

At ( the District Court yesterday, an exchnngo of wy'donbtful compliments ensued betwoen counsel for the plaintiff and defendant; Mr Jellicoe improssed upon the jury that his learned friend was false throughout the case/and that if .a verdict were given for the plaintiff the wliole of the reliable witnesses for the defence would practically bo convicted ol perjury. Mr Pownall, however, rotumed the compliment in'-a..suitable manner, and tho jury, by their verdict, vindicated the cause of Mr Pownall and is client.

Says tho Manawatu Standard;—A vory painful not to Bay disgraceful scene occurred yesterday at the funeral of Mrs Weisuor, who died from sunstroke, The surface of tho grave was found to be too short for the coffin. Thesoxtonhowover said the coffin would fitin at tho bottom, and with the help of tho .undertaker's men ho proceeded to put itin feet foremost, lio.accidentally stumbled, and tho coffin, slipping from him, fell into tho gravo with a jerk, and remained upended, .The sexton then shifted the coffin about till it fitted. Tho feelings of the friends of the deceased while the body was beiug thua treated can' be more easily imagined than described. The Waiiganui Herald of tho 24th instant says:—Wo are informed that Mr Edwards' extraordinary appointment as

Supreme Court Judge waslodup toby a meeting of the-Bar held in the Wet lington'Club .during tho last sitting of the Court of Appeal. The purposo of tho'moeting wasto obtain an expression of opinion whutbor it was not an essential that the new Commissioner Bhould be made a Judge of the Supreme Court. The opinion of a leading barrister was vory strong that it was an essential, and the conclusion arrived at by the meeting was to that effect. ' Tho" "Wellington Watchman" in the Catholic Times distrust and dotests newspapers and' newspaper editors, and sees an editor —and an enomy— in ovory bush. .'Wo have pleasure in putting on record, the fact that there

was one editor on this coast wko reverenced Sir Eoborfc Stout so much

that he named a splendid Langshan rooster after the Knight, because he ivas anch.'a tine bird, and made such a blasted row about nothing—Fielding Star.

It. was pretty clearly demonstrated durini' the past harvest, (says tho Melbourne Leader), that early sowing is the best known preventive of ruit. Wheatgrowers should, thoreforo, keep tliat fact m mind, and make every endeavor to get tlieir crops sown as-early as possible in future Tho Advocate says:—"lt is generally rumoured in well-informed' circles that owing (o tho very serious condition of the Premier's health he will not bo able tofaco the session. It is extremely probable that Mr Fitzgerald will resign the post of Auditor-General and will be succeeded by Sir Harry Atkinson, after a proper iiiterral. Mr Byrco will bo asked to reconstruct tho Ministry, and he will not.uhdertake the task unless lie

get carto blancbe aa to his colleasuoa. lf|wo kuowany'thiug of Mr Bryco, some of the present Ministers will have to go. 1 ; ;-"-. :■•...=_ Tho caso'Carswell v Kiordan, it claim

for £2OO 6'n the alleged existence of a partnership,-..which has occupied tho District Court for the past two days, was concluded about 6 o'clock last evening Mr JollieoOriii an address to tho jury, extending'.''' oyer' more than an hour, reviewed the whole ovldimoa takon, and after making'sevore reflections on tho pojinaoi and witnesies for the plaintiff, nnpeajpd' for a decision in favor of his client. Hir'Pc-ifhalJ alao addressed the jury at considerable longtl;, and His Honor, having .'summed up, the. jury retired.. After>a short deliberation,, a verdict was,returned for plaintiff, with costs, Mr Jdllicoe then applied for a nonsuit, but His Honor reserved his decision, and decided to hear evidence on' tie mattes at Wellington on April" gth,

Oon millinery fqr inahy sepnfl wast has I been tbo finest, best,,an d rapst /(isffionabje, ill (lip city. Dur • fosjijons '/or the present ' autumn season are. in',no way inferior 'to those that havo presetted then'), and wo ican promise a rare treat to thoso 'who will inspect them iu the evening in the windows' of the To Aro Houso Wellington.

We avo also making a grand display of 3W autunni dress fabrics, including one of le greatest novelties of the season, the Recordation skirt" together with a very

rlo'E assortment of tho latest fashions in ladies' jackets and nifties', fur?, fur trimmings ribbons, Bashes ic, Kyeryq.ije should have a good look at thoso in the windows of To Arp Houso Wellington this oyening. .In jjttjs trimmings wo h.ayo all.those nioj't'ijji'demai^,'ji}d cah' : ii)ateli to'a nice|y any dross : tbjt may be selected. This is' generally j .d.i|oult matter h) this' pity,- hut Qwing.fpfhe espiioit ,(p <)ur, buyer, and which'naye6eenMt!)fu|lycsrri,ed put, we oan gba'rpnfee a perfect nutoh. jp, ahno.Hl every shade at To Afo' House, W.ellmglgn, - L,iorks would,, therefore, act wisely tq avail themselves of all these advantages select their dresses as earlyos .possible, and give their, orders,to:our. dressmaking department,,' sb' : ;;that vunnecessaryJ'a.n* uunloashig dolay may bo avojdod, at To Aro BMW#otpn,Ai>YT, •■-,

i Tenders are invited by Messrs Wardoli Bros, for tho erection of 160 chains'of wire fencing.

The rabbit cases, Inspector y. Ronall and, flandyside, havo been further adjourned to April Did. Mr John Drummond has bsen appointed returning officer for tho first | election in'the North Wair'arapa Babbit District, ' -

| Owing to the! doraili'ng'of an 'engine, i tho train frnni Wellington this mornfnj arrived at Masterton half an hour beliim time, •■■'■■■

A lady's waterproof has been found in Cole-street, and the owner call liavo the same on application at. the Temperance Hotel. . •.--■,

I Jurors to waiting, who appeared at [Court this morning, wore discharged, jtheir Borvices being no longer required. Mr L, Blundeil, of tlio Wellington Evening Post, passed through Mastorton to-day, on route for the Hot Lakes district, , .-.: ■

His Honor.'District Jiidgo Robinson suggested this morning that some improvements, might, with.advantage* be made to the accommodation of the local, bench, as there was very little convenience for .writing, 40... Wo understand that the imprpyomont suggested will bo carried out as soon as convenient.

The Dunedm. Star says:—A new I trouble has.- arisen in tlio Exhibition buildings. Money is constantly being dropped through the openings in the flooring, Somo people seem to make a pjjntof marking where it falls, and in the dusk and latter part of the evening, when the avenues aro deserted, returning to the spot and ripping up tho : boards to secure the spoil, Tho attention of the policojias been directed to tlio practico, which doubtless will have the desired effect." ■ ' ■"'■''-'.

Tho Mastertoh Voluhteors paradod last night; for instruction under Sergeant Major Bezar, Lieutenant Thompson in oommand. There was a good muster, and the various manoeuvres were gone through in a creditable- manner, Lieut. Thompson romindod the Company that all volunteers abiontinqtosclves from tho Easter Encampment, would be liable to a fine of from 10s to £1 per day. It was also announced that a prize of £7 had been won by the Company for volley, firm?, All intending to take part in tho encampment aro requostod to bring their kits to the Drill Hull on the evening of tho 3rd of April, '

The. losses of tlie Theatre Royal is busily canvassing to see the amount of support he can got for a abort seaßon ot the St. Maur Uomedy Company, now playing at the Opera House, Wolliti»ton. Mr St. Mauris a comedian of exceptional ability, and he is supported by a very strong company of first rato artistes, including Miss Florence Seymour (who was hero with the Scymbur-Wakme Company), Misses EUft Sberwin, Hettie Kennedy, Lilly Hill, Eiley Mayo, and Messrs T. T, Kennedy, Groville, Berkley, Clifford, mid Charles Hill. This will be. the strongest dramatic company that has visited us, and we hopo the lessee will receive sufficient encouragement to watrant him engaging them, ' A mishap occurred at the Tarataln Dairy Company's Factory at Clarevillo, yosterday. The boiler sustained a fracture, and operations had to he discontinued, The directors havo tele-

( graphed to Messrs Luke and Sons, Wellington, for an enamoer. In the meantime, milk.cannot be received at tho factory. If tho extent of the damage is only that of a lew riyetß having Bprung, a day or two -will suffico to offect the repairs; but if the boiler is more'seriously damaged, it is probable that tho factory will bo closed for the season, andasmallerandmoro economical boiler substitutrd for tho old ono, which is of a very anoient type and consumes a lot of fuel.

The New York Herald, conmientius; on. the influenza, says:- "It will bo found,_ upon enquiry, that ono of the 'exceptional features attending its course is that tho persons employed on regular wages are far more liable to be attacked than thoso who are only paid by piecework, We briefly commented upon this fact the other day, but since then we have been informed of several great firms in London who are able to confirm our conclusions in a very striking manner. Ono of those establishments has nearly 300 hands on regular wages, Nearly'one-half have already boon struck down by the epidomio. It has 100 hands whose wages stop whon they are not at their employment. Noun of these are absent. It is evident, therefore, that regular wages, paid whether you are at work or not, tend very strongly to bring. on : an attaok of Russian influenza,