The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3487, 17 April 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. THURSDAY, APRIL 17, 1890.

Our friends at liave been considering the railway time table as it affects their township, and propose to petition the Commissioners to give settlers there facilities for a daily return trip to Wellington, There are at present a number of small grievances to wlnoh settlers all over this district would like to draw attention. Even in Masterton it is unsatisfactory to find a train wbicli is timed to arrive at a quarter to twelve persistently makiug its appearance some twenty or thirty minutes lato. Again, we hear of freight grievances, such, as an abnormally high rate being charged on wirenetting, an artiola' which in the intals' of settlement ought to receive the most favorablo consideration. Still wo are verymuch afraid that the Commissioners are not nearly so amenable to petitions and remonstrances as were their predecessors, the Government, and any one now desiring to influence them must be able to absolutely demonstrate that any proposed change is in the interest of the department, as well as in the interests of settlers, bofore they have a, reasonable expectation of sumps'. Praofcicjlly, the best course to adopt is an inteu view with the Traffio Mauagcv, because without a favorablo repot t from this quarter, it is very difficult to score with the Commissioners. The Commissioners have got accustomed to say "No" to settlers, and they dare to say " No" in oases where the Government nsed to fear to express dissent. This is ono of the penalties to which we have to submit in order that the lines of New Zealand may he made to pay a higher rate of interest tliau heretofore. Wo do not discourage agitation for all reasonable local requirements, but merely indicate the difficulties that ba/e now to bo contended with to obtaiu concessions, and the best method of meeting them.

The Masterton Borough Counoil appeared almost disposed to take the Legislative bull by the horns on the charitable aid question, when on Tuesday last it talked about drafting ut Bill 'to ■ sever ■ tliis .district, from Wellington. The Bill suggested was a very simple affair, just a one clauso measure to free the . Wairarapa from the Wellington clutch, a handy Bill which could be used as a remedy in the event of the Government being unprepared to cany through the (laired amendment. Last year ;the Government broughtdown a measure, und then at the eleventh hour dropped it, This time it will not $0 for our i representatives to trust Ministers, They must bavo their own little Bill ready, and ■ depend upon themselves rather than upon their leaders. The proposal for a conference to arrange a common plan of action -for the whole district is entirely satisfactory, and Bhould lead to good results.

' r 4"h important' announcement from Moßsrs Kirkoaldio and Staitu, of Wellington, ippears in another column; _Mr R, S, Hawkins has declared l U '« t . can didate for the vacancy on the Wellington Education Board. Ay picnio in: connection with the' Miatua Church of England Sunday focliool iB to bo hold on-Saturday .next. ■ . Oarbino'a winnings,, including, his' victory in -.tho Cumberland Plato on Thursday last, total over £13,000, ■ - . A committee of the Grey town Borough Council has been appointed to consider tho advisability of establishing an Arbor Day in that township,

The attontion of oarrinra, coach proprietors, and others is directed to tho wheel-tire bylaw which is in operation in tho Wsirarapa North County from May Ist to September 30th in each year. The election of tiro members to tho Akitio Road Board takes place on Thursday May Ist. nominations closing on the 24th insfc. Tho snnnnl mooting of ratepayers in tho district will be held on Wednesday, May 7th,. A young man named Caspar Jans, of New Plymouth, put the greater portion of his hand through a sausage machine on Saturday last,- There. must really have been a scarcity of oats. The local paper says the accident - was a painful one.

Tho nomination of .candidates to fill tho vacanoioa causpd by the Absolution of tho Eketahuna Eoad Board will be received till noon on Thursday, th» 24th inst, and' a poll, if necessary, will bo taken on May Says tho Manawatu.'Timo3:—lt is rumoured that thn. directors of tho Longbnrn' 'Freezing Ooiiipany_ aro conagainst tlio ' Vanganui Herald, iu connection with'somo damaging and totally groundless statements recently-made in that journal. ■ ' As potatoes ate low in pnoo, Mr P ,1 Bradbury, in tho Woodfillo Examiner, advises settlors to establish a farina factory, wbeii, he says, £35 to £4O per ton could bo realised in tho cotton inanfacturing districts. He estimates the cost of machinery, etc, at £3OO to £4OO. The annual 'ineoting of ratepayers in the Oastlopoinb Bond District will be held on Friday, May 2nd, and the election of three members will take place on Saturday, May Brd, Nominations close on the 20th inst. We havo rocoived from a Tinui correspondent signing himself " Alpha," a lottoc embracing theological argument, tho publication of which in tho columns of a nowspaper is hardly justifiable. We would suggest to "Alpha" that ho coimminicato to the head of the church to which he refers. The annual meetiDg of the ratepayer ß of the Uoper Tnuem Road District wil 1 bo he'd at tho Board's office, Bidcfordi on Saturday May Hrd, and the annual election uf .two qualified members will ho hold on Wednesday, May 7th, Nominations will be . received till Saturday, the 20th inst. Mr David Hean," who was sent from London to investigate tlio sfF.vra of the Bank of hew' Zealand, replying to inquiries made by tho London office early in A'piil, states that the properties of tho institution aro being, revalued and so lar the prospects aro encouraging' .

The general iiiipresßion at Gieymout'i (;ayj - th« • Bruuner JN'owa) is that Hokitika will nut. be rebuilt. The once famous auldrainini; centre is going tl>e way of all places Bupportcd Eolely by a'luvial gold workings. Will it bo like Virginia City, ■ in America, • with trees growing through thcruofs of houses? In the agricultural columns of th Otapo Witnesstbequcßtiun," What aha to do with our oats ?" is discussed. Tli lonclution arrived at is that 1 when the ire low in price, as at present, the hould bo fed to sheep for the purpose i ndi -'la tat f on fore*' - " t, and tl

>roduciu% tat mutton foroxport, ana . .vritor is of the opinion that, owing t tho scarcity of othor feed in tho Soufli oats will be largely used thero for sheep feed, and that, in sympathy with tho conseqnent decrenso.of stocks, the prices of oats will rise in the spring. Farmers may well liopo for the fruition of thoao anticipations, for there is no profit in them now.

Considerable dissatisfaction has been expressed by residents of Kuripuni at the action;of tlio police mi Monday night last in arresting a number of youths for engaging in ' the rather fashionable avocation'Of" tin-kettling." It appears that the youths, whose 'onslaugkt had been adjourned fur a week at tlio speohl request of the bride's father, wore invited to serenade the neivlymarried on this particular evening, and had in'return for their services been treated to an abundance of cake, They wore, from all accounts, waiting anxiously for the promised wine, when, suddenly they were pounced upon by an officer of the police, who Was assisted by nil individual who. himself had wily recently nassed through the matrimonial bureau, and several of their number dragged oil to the lock-up. Wo qutte endorse the action of the polion in quieting any disturbance which might arias in the town, bnt under the existing circumstances (the youths having beon invited by those most interested' to" whack their tins") wo think that in common justice the matter should be allowed to drop.

Tlio Now Zoaland imports for the past quarter wßrs valued at £1,685,521, as against £1.721,988 for' the March quarior.of 1889. The exports for the quarter were valued at no less than i'3,79-'.9Bi, as a?ainst £3,417,734. Fo tlio linmcial year ended the Slat ult. the value of the imports was £,200,630, as against £5,908,224 for the previous y?ar. The exports attained tlio very large value of £9,714,518, being a million tind a half in' advance of the previous year's''export (£8,201,40.°), nearly 3| millions sterling above tlio imports for the year.

. Mr R, S' Hawkins has written to tho South Wairarapa. County Council eugxebting a . conference of members of all contributing bodies to consider the Charitablo Aid question as It affects tho Wairarapa, and to subsequently appoint delegates who should make representations to Government in accordance with the oonviotiuns and resolutions of tho moeting. The ; Oounty Oouucil ai-ita meeting on Saturday decided: to fall In with Mr Hawkins' idea, aud has written to the other representative bodies aco >r-' dingly, Masterton is proposed as the place of meeting, and the North Wairarapa County Couucil is to fix the date, Our ilrr ss department is now abundantly supplied with all the latest fashions, both in textures and colours, adapted for tho autumn and winter season, at Te Aro Houec, Wellington. To begin with, Evcryono should inspect onr special " Melton" oloth, 80 inches wide. This a most useful material, and not only so, but is attractive in appearance, and may be had in black, three shades, of grey grenat, greens, and browns Having been manufactured to our express order, wo can guarantee its wear. A full dress length will cost 10s Gd only, at To Aro House, Wellington. . Then thoro are useful varieties of colored meltons, 25 inches wide, from G.Jil to Is per yard; French loalce, in all now colours, (torn 12J1 per yard; 1 homesiiuns and fancy knickers, splashes, Seeks, broken checks, fancy plaids io.i froii) 9d }q )s.4Jdper yard, at Te Aro ijquse, Wellington,

In double width materials, 43 anil 44 inohes wido, we enumerate, All wool ainosons, 2s Gd to 4s Gd per yard; fancy tweeds, Is lid to 2s Gd per yard; fancy plaids, bourcttes, knickers, bannookburus, ic., 2s4j<l to 3s 9d por yard, at Te Aro House, Wellington. . . ■, In black dress materials wo havo some beautiful fabrics in stripes, scrolls, aud floral designs, 42 inches wide, ,2s lid to 4s Gd por yard; an unrivalled ohoice of French aniazenes, 44 inches wido, 2s lid to 5s Gd pes yard; .and a yery large assortment of plain black Frehoh cashmeres aiidnierinqs from Is lid to 7s Gd per yard, at Te' irp Home, Wellington.' Asn Iben we have the best dressmaking in the citli; have long bad two drcssmak. ing rooms,' under very 'superior .and efficiont management. Onr arrangements for the season are very complcti*, and we can still turn out dresses in the highest stylo of art, at tho: Wholesale Family Drapery WarehJW, To Aro How Wei;

Mr F; H. 'Wood 'adds .to hia nest Taaatiihi stock sale IOU Liticola lambs and 100 Lincoln ewes,- ,

The Mastccton Bifla -Volunteers parade to; night for impoction, which (fill, bo followed by an important meeting. .:

Passages have been taken for tho New Zealand athletic team in tho Wakalipu, leaving Lyttelton for Sydnoy, via Wellington, oil 14th Ala/,

A new theatre is'in course of erection at Palmerston Worth. Wo havo no doubt but that this fact is significant of the importance of that town. A match at football between the Ureytown and Masforton Olubs will be played on the local ground, Worksop road, on Saturday week, - Tendora aro wanted for felling 2000 teres of bush m blocks of 100 acres upwards.

From lato cable advico from Londo 11 we 'lean that Bank ot New . Zealand shares (now issue)are quoted utilbßs.

■ The Froemasons of Carterton entertain I heir friends at an "At Homu" in tho Assembly Kooms on Friday, 25th April. Mr J. Chesham, of Carterton, formerly with Mr W: H, Wilton, is going to open a butcher's shop in Pahiatiu on his own account early in' May. MrJ. O. Eeid has sold his dairy farm | at Carterton to Mr James Bayliss l . The property is towards- Belvidere, and consists of sixty three acres and a house. Seven hundred- and twenty five pound# is Baid to bo tho price paid. . •. A trap, the property of aMesterton builder, came to 'ftcief in Queon Street this morning' owing to a break in tliu harness, No damage, however, was sustttiiied. ■ ■ ' ;

A young man named Howell, a hair* dresser, recoutly in the employ of Mrs Price, Pahiatua, was. arrested on Monday on a charge of embezzloniont. Accused will appear belora the Court on Monday next, :

Tlie adjourned cnae iu which a Maori named 'Muru is charged with rape, in | being heardbefore Colonel Eoborta,U.M., at Giey town to-day. ■ Tenders r.ro invited through our columns for the leasing of 100 acres if well fenced aud .subdivided land at West Taratahi for a term ot iivo years. The special meeting of the Masterton Hospital Trustees couvoned for to day has beon postponed until Thursday, the 24th inafc.

A tirst offender, who yesterday had received an internal "wetting,"aim being in danger of an outward treatment. of tho same description was given a night's lodgiug by the police, was disohaigfd with a caution by Mr B. Boys J.F., this morning. Id consequenco of tho fall in flax, a firm of millers at Oroua bridge, in the Palinerston district, havoken forced to take shelter beneath the winys of tho Bankruptcy Act. The firm had laid out nearly£loooiu buildings and machinery. Tho draper's shop of Messrs Murray & Casey, Cuba-street, Wellington, \m broWon open on Saturday night or Sunday inorniuy, and Us in change stoien, An ontrauco was made by a back window. The Bunuythrompo correspondent of the Manawatu Times wntoa:—The price of grass seed this year is somotliing phenomenal. I have hoard of as much'as 7s por bushel having beon paid for ryo jjrass seid. whereas übout the highest price obtained last year was 2s fld. The totol valuation of the 'Wairarapa South County for ratinu purposes is ill ,410.889. At last Saturday's meeting, a special order wbb passed delegating puffer to the Town Boards and IWid Boaids to levy and collect a rate for tho current year ot three-sixteenths of a penny in the £. The rate thus struck will produce £l,lOO. A shirt maker, while giviug evidence

before tho Sweating Commission yestor day, according to tho Timc», taid that three years auo she could got (is per dozen fortnakm? sliitts, tvhile now she only sot 5s with mora work. Mr Clair remarked that that was before the Customs duties wore imposed, "Protection raises wages they say," he added significantly. Tho first practico by the Masterton Operatic Siioiety of " Les Olnohes de Coroeville" took plaoe in St, Matthow's schoolroom last night, and was, taking into consideration the inclumoncy of the weather aud other disadvantages, very successful, Wo understand thoro is every probability of tho piece being produced m Masterton at an early dato. The following team will represent tho To Ore Oro Ciub in the footoall matoh against tho Bed Stars, on Saturday aftortioon nextßacks—Nmi, lfangi, IJru, Pani, Walio, Mamhera, low flaiimator; Forwards tlimiona (3), Akitu, Kuveu, Mane, Rciii, Hamuera, Batima. Emergenoieß \V, Cage, 1). Maki, Matsu, Jumbo, A "squabble" his taken pke at Pahiatua of lato botweoii two parties, led on by Messrs McOardle and Reese respectively, about tho building in whidli the sittings of tho KM. Conrt are to be held. The latter favors tho Town Hall, beruuso it is in easy reach lo a" bar," whilst tho former thinks the Council Chambers are more likely to be in touoh with the fcelinga of" oounscl." Tho matter is still in dispute.

Messrs Lowes and lorns intimate through our advertising columns tliut they have a stock of Peacock's. Lung Worm Specific on hand. Tin is invaluable to ownerß or breedors of sheep. One tin with measure costs only 10s, which ia sufficient to dose 4GO Bheep or lambs. The Carterton Tennis Club has just competed its tournament match. The competition was confined to " mixed doubles," and the prizes, (a rachet each) were won by Mr Elgar Kutherfurd and Miss Carter, who defeated Mr H. Grace aud Miss E, Ilntherluid in the final

round. The Club is going to celebrate the wind-up of the tonnis Benson by a small dance, which will bo held early in

I A seam of coal six feet thick has boon i dicovered at Liverpool, 22 tnilea south of i Sydney. The seam is 2500 ft down, and i tiio discoveiy proves boyond doubt that ■ coal seams are not thinning out toward t Sydnoy to such an extent us is commonly i believed. ]n fact it is a matter for consideration wbothor tho coal will not in futurobe worked under the city of-Sydney at not much greater depth than the Liver- ' pool find. Mr I'. W. E. David,a geological surveyor, and ono of the highest authorises on co.il measures in the colony, has determined thatthe wcßtern and southern coal seams hitherto thought to ho distinct are one andthnsa!ne,and uninterrupted by intrusive rocks. An Auckland clergyman, lecturing- on thesubjeet of commercial morality, said that although it was dangerous for a theorist to attempt to lay down rnles for the guidance of men of action, yet the man of theory might sometimes make suggpstious which the practical man would do well to follow. It would be readily admitted that tho commercial record of Auckland for the last ten years had been a sad one. Ton years ago manybusinesß tirms in Auckland occupied honorable positions fairly, won by years nf.lonest doalin/j, but they had disappeared ono by one, or if the namo remained, it was but as some discarded elieJl trom which the criminal tenant had departed, Now, why was .this ? We know that tho : old laws of Ungland inflicted savago puiiislimonts for what are now regarded as. comparatively slight offences, until tho sentiment of the people revolted, and juries refused to convict on indisputable evidence. So now witji ropard to the bankruptcies so sadly common in Anokland of late years -what is the.popular verdict? Do wo not fuel that the popularvoice constantly acquits the bankrupt, from tho feeling that, our modern competition is killing, and that the course of events has been too'strong.for him? There is also a certain immoral element in tho air, induced (o a great extent by Government action, What can be done ?. Each one has some littlo influence j lot each one use that influence to alloviate the stress, of the devilish competition that ■ prevails, to enable all to realise thatthe truest imerest of each is. bound op with infaepicfjlji I

: : Mrs Doughty, oE Ban muter Street, notifies tn»t she has opened a private boardi.np bouse, where sho will be gfad tu accomodate her old friends.

The Wairarapa South County Council has offered Mr Sexton a renewal of lira lease of the Euruiiuioranga Ferry .Reserve for fivo years at £SO per annum, reducible to L 25 per annum, if he erects buildings in accordance with the specifications approved of by tho Council sumo titdo back. Mr A. Stovenson's application for' the lease of half an aero uf land at Gladstone, with blacksmith's shop, was granted conditionally upon Ilia, taking it for five years at £0 per annum,*