The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1890. The Wellington Agriculture Association.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3499, 1 May 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1890. The Wellington Agriculture Association.

The first annual meetiog of the Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Association was held on Tuesday lust, and, from tho reports in tha Wellington papers, appears to have been somewhat indifferently at tended. In this district we knew nothing of it until it whb over, anil are not (n & position to give any independent record of its proceedings. Financially the Association lias made a good record, but as several of its promoters are extremely wealthy people, who could command the sinews of war, this result is a very, natural one. Tl,e real struggle will be in the coming year mid the following one, when the novelty of the enterprise has somewhat subsided, andthe Show will Imvo to be run on its merits. It is idle to disguise the fact that many Wairarapa exhibitors who contributed largely to the'Buccess ol the first Show were in several respects disappointed in their expectations. The expense and diliiculty of obtaining access to the Show ground over two railway lines and through the narrow thoroughfare which connected the terminal station with the ground, were fell 10 be a drawback, and expectations which were formed of a ready sale of Block, the great inducement which led many Wairarapa exhibitor? to support the movement, were certainly not realised. The managers, of the 'Association.will have to overcomo these drawbacks, otherwise they will not be ablo to permanently establish a show which will bo of real utility ,to the Wellington district. Of course if the Wellington Show can be made of such a Metropolitan cbaraotet that it will be an absolute benefit to the whole provincial district, we, in the Wairarapa, can afford in a measure to help it on its way, even at the expense of our local shows; but, if on the other hand it is little more than a Wairarupu Show, hold at the Hutt, we fail to see what benefit is to accrue to our settlors from Working it up. This may, however, be said, it ijitil fair play last year, and settlers gonerilly in tjiis district .extended towards it more op lew'of that support which is usually accorded in so)y Zealand to any new undertaking, It will aguja have fair play this year, and its euccogs jvill depend entirely upon the conditions under which it is established. We favorable to enable it Ig vie, Say with theHawkes Buy Show, or eyep. with tbe Palmerßton North Show, but as we beforo pointed out some of its promoters aie extremely wealthy men, and it is within the power of money to remove some of the obvious disabilities under which the Association labors. Were the W#iwapa united in Pastoral Show matters), it jj ejttj'emely probable that tbe. Show at the Hutt would havo to take a secondary position to the [ on( j held la tills diitriflt, i nt_ unfortunately dis.L'uioa in this district, prevents us from tokiu® position which wo ought to hoiu in the Show grounds of tho North Island. The extremity .we have reached in the. Wairarapa through unfortunate local divisions is Wellington's opportunity. Wo have poiptetl out this before, and we somewhat regret that thd leading settlers of the Wairarapa have not exerted their influence to terminate an unfortiinuteniisunrJerstandinstbetwecn two sections of the district, which has been bo detrimental to.the best interests of the Wairarapa, Lens ago we indicated a method by which the point nt issue between the two local, associations could have been determined without injustice or partiality to either. Had this method, an impartial arbitration, been ' supported by breeds ftbvltovnw

generally, the local difficulty would bays: hem solved, then there would have been no Hutk Show, and" iiii one exhibition in the Wairarapn,.o£ wh cli every settler in the.distiict .would have reason to bo proa i.

Messrs Lowes and loriiß add to their sale for tho 7th 100 ewes in lamb. A.potition is being numerously signed in Grovtown, reqmstinft tho Poatmaater General to appoint a letcer-carriur for that town, ...... Tho Wellington Education Poarl decided yesterday to appoint an assistant inspector at a salary of £350 per annum, with an allowance of f 1 Is per diem for travelling expenses, The following uow School .Committee for Wangaehu wbb appointed on Monday evening- J? Shaw, U McKay,'HFallooir (Treasurer), H Jones, John McKay i John Jackson, D McKenzio To day, being the Ist of May,' is the opening day of the shooting season, On a whole, rame is fairly plentiful, though pigeons are rather soarco in the FortyMile Bush, . Bushfelling operations have began iii real earnest in the Forty-Milo Bubli. SoveruLvory extensive contracts have already been let, and otl\cra are open for tender,

Constable Darby, of Carterton, passed through Masterton last evening with a man from the East Coast; who is.wanted fur stealing a sheep dog valued.at £ls.

The Coalpit Heath mine at Brunnertori was yesterday accidentally, flooded, and ( it is expected to bo several days before work'willbs resumed,' . '

' The following gentlemen were elected a School Committee for DroyertOn for the ensuing yearS Doncvati (Chairman), G Bruce, G Giles, f Palmer, R. Blade, B McKay, and A Fill, '

The Petone School Comuiitteo has obtained a splendid supply of artesian water by sinking' a lVinoh pipe to a dspth of 100 feet. Mr Easton, evangelist, addressed a large cungregationiu tho Salvation Army barracks last evening, and was well received,

A town hall will shortly be erected at Alfredton, at a cost of £94, The contract for its erection has been let to Mr G Benton, .

It will be seen from our report of tho meeting of tho Wellington Education Board that Mr J. Say has been appointed assistant teacher in the Masiorton school, and Mr A.' Feist assistant in the Feruridge school. At tho inqueston the body of William Drysdale, held at Maryborough on Tuesday, a verdict was given that deceased accidentally met his death by his horso falling, by which he was thrown and suffered such injuries that ho then and there died.

The following gentlomen wore noini

nated and declared elected—there being no opposition—to scats on the Feathersston Road Board on. .Monday:—Groy-townsub-district, Mr J iSis; Feiitberston, Mr James Donald; Pabaoa,; Mr James JlcLeod; Awhea, Mr Charles Harris.) Mr 6 Cole, of tho Queen-street fish depit, aunouncesthat a lursra quantity of smoked warehou and fresh oysters have just arnyed. . ! We have to acknowledge receipt' of

the report of the Wellington Acclimatization Society for the niuetoeu months ending 81st March, 1890, with balanco sheet &o, which is full of information of a most interesting character,

Our Wellington contemporaries' are

strenuously opposing tho. proposed increase in tho price of Meat to be m ide in that city, contending that the retailers only will derive a benefit, and not the producer The rise about to be made will be equalto 60 per cent on the present retail price. Mr Doavlllo, of To Awamutu, hnrveßtod 322 lbs. of onions (Rod Tripoli Wa believe) ufl 44 ■ square. yards of ground, This at one penny per lb, means no less a sum than £147 lis 8d an acre, the largest return of anv kind of crop that could be ijrown Herald. The Brisbane Telegraph has published a sensational account of an immense find of gold, copper, ceba't, and bismuth at Mount Biggenden, near Maryborough, all in one' mine.. The report is looked upon with some incredulity by members of tho Stock Exohango. The Rev J 0 Andrew ani Mr A Nicholls beinp tho only persons nnininated for Nos 1 and 6 sub-divisions in the Oastlepoint Boad District respectively, have been declared-duly elected, There were no nominations for No 4 subdivision, No nominations Having beon made on tho day' lised for seats on the Akitio Boad Board, another day will probably be appointed for receiving the same,

Tho Maaterton Operatic Society la, wo understand, seriously handicapped

through not beinpablo to obtain musio lor the opera " Lea Cloches de Curneville." A still greater inoDiivonienca is,' however, experienced by the lionattendance of members, and uiilcsb greater interest is displayed in the affair tliero is a probability 'of this Sociocy ok> becoming a thing of the past. We sincerely hope that such a reflection on the musical talent of the town will not transpire, A year or so of flaxmilling has. shown by its results tjiatr trood nunjljor of those who engaged in it ought never to have seen the paddock iu which it prow. Several of theso are now seeking the protection of the Bankruptcy Court, and others with no superior advantages have reaped a golden tar rest out of the industry. We heard of two cases lately which illustrate the point. One miller, whose mill was situated on the Uroua Downs, worked ten months, turning gut in that timo oyei 800 tons of fibre. The cost of produotiunand of putting it on board was £l3 per tun, and he made au nvorago profit of £4 per ton,"- In another case m which the material disadvantages were about .the sahie, thei cost of production amounted to £2(i, arid they Bold for £l7 or £lB per ton,, and lack of management entailed the natural result, oi a' lack of money.—Advocate,-' A new paper in the Western States of America, called tlie Rocky Mountain Cyclone, opened the tiraf actiole of its first number-as follows i— I 'We begin the publication ov the .Eooy Mountaiu .O'yoloiiii'j/ijtl) Mine phew diphiculties in the way. The" type'' plioiinder phroin whom we bought oUr Outplijt phor this printing office phailod tu supply us with any eohs or cays,' and it will be phouror pluve \yeecs before wo can get any.' We havo ordorod thp . missing letters, and will havo to get along wjthoHjt tljjjin till they come. We don't lique th'o loox ov tlita variety pv spoiling any better than our readers, but imstaixp will happen in the Ijest r/jgiiVted pliaimlies, and ipfi the ph's and p'a anjl (jndcj's hold (iut \yo shall CB.ep'jsqiiis the p hard) the Cyoloen whirling aphter a pbasion till the sorts arrive. It'is'nQ joijiio tn us;it is a serious aphair."—Bt James Gazette.

We have been favoured with quite a rush of appreciative customers to ourmantlo showroom during the past fortnight, both frsjii the oity and country, which of itself is &if. eyideiipo fhat our .season's Importations "at BBoured \yidospreadaplH'Ov^t• haye some attractiyo an.d fashionable avliclcs (p .shpff whi'oh havo been just received by dheif fifeaiiier, tho most novel bolug the " Highwaymai)'' snd » CfodO'uaw" oapoe. in grei}t variety. Some oi the leading colors ire fawn, gray, brown, nwy, tcrri floltfii find yl&oki These are worth inspecting at T4 Aro House. . Oon selcolion of ladies plush and soaletto jackets is mast attrootivo. Wo have theso iij aj] the newest and most approved styles, aij.d pi|jd call special attentipii- to "The yith pjoto collar, and '»C^arina, J ' \vith silk rovers,.. wkioh arc exceedingly i.ecijn)ing,and are "all the rage' 1 jn'WQld Country. These have attracted miiflli ! attention from visitors to To \m Houso. - Ladies' tweed and cloth jackets are also in great profusion, and in the most fascinating gsd charming styles. Wo would particularly call gtteijljun to the '> Glapsical' jaokcts, such as"'tiie-.y|fa" " J|jo Byron,";"-TJw Tennyson, 1 ' Tpse sfo very handsome, havo beautifully embroidered vests and lapels, and should bo seen at O'ac? 4t fe (irt) ttourt, WellilJft'B.-Aw

The price of coke has been reduced in Ma'sterton to'ls Gel per bag. 'i Following the example of Wellington, thobutoheraof Clifistchurch havo decided to raiso the price of meat. Several important additions aro made in our columns to Messrs Haroourtand Go's list of properties for sale, . ■ A telegram from Hamilton -states tbat settlement is inoroasing in tbat district, A family of French farmers have taken up %0 acres about two miles from Hamilton, and it is reported that Boveral settlors aro coming from Victoria,

.Advice has been received that at the linlf-yoarly meeting of the Bank of New South Wales hold in Sydney yesterday, the usual dividend 0f,!5 per cent and bonus of 2J per cent, together equal to 17$ per oent per annum/was declared, and £IO,OOO added to the reserve fuud, whichnow stands at £920,000, Inspector Thompson, of Wellington, received the Mowin? telegram from Ekotahuna last nlpht —Walter Tookler, about 22 years of age, was killed today wliilo bush-felling on a road contract on the WellingtonSpocial Settlement Block. The body' was muoli mutilated. The District Coroner has been duly informed by wire, and an inquest will bo probably hold to-morrow. At tlio first annual meeting of tho Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Association, the following officers were appointed for the ensuiug year;— President, Mr W fl Levin; Vice-Prcaidont, Dr Newman, Mfl R; Committeemen, Messrs W H Beotham, WE Bidwell, F Bradey, W A Fitzherbert, W Broderiqk, H D Crawford, J D Dairympie, 0 Gdulter, G Hunter, It B Hamilton O J Johnston, J R M'Cleni, T G McCarthy, B O Mills, A Mathom, A M'Kenzie,Coleman Phillips,DEiddiford, JSJUiddiford, J Stuokey, G Wheoler, arid J WillianiSi . The first annual dinner in which the Foresters and Oddfellows? have combiiied was held ,at Carterton last night, and was very successful. Over sovonty persons sat down to a liberal repast at the White Hart Hotel, provided by Mr C Giles, Mr IV Butler, P.G, of the Oddfellows, occupied tho ohair, and Mr H Sydow, P.C.R. of the Foresters, supported him in the] vice ohair. The proposal of the usual loyal and corn-, plimentary toasts, enlivened by some enjoyable music, enabled those present to spend a thoroughly enjoyable evening.' ' The annual return of land taken up under the different systems of tenure now.open to selectors has juat been com* pio'ted by the Land Department. A: compared' with lust year's figures, il ' shows that the perpetual lease system hat ■ grown in popularity, about 31,003 acres - having been taken up under it more than 1 last year, whilo tho area sold for cash foil > off by 20,000 acres in the year, and the ■ deferred payment by 14,000 acres. The details of selections under each class of . tenure are as followsCasli 5a1e5,51,743 > acres, to 787 selectors; deferred payment, ! 41,235 acres, 840 selectors; perpetual . leaso, 238,583 acres, 830 selectors; small t areas, 59 acres, 2 selectors; agricultural , lease, 53 acres, 1 selector; village settlement on deferred payment, 810 acres, 75 selectors; iillngo homestead special | settlement, 270 acres, 20 selectors; special settlement, 4873 acres, 45 seiec- ! tors; pastoral lease, 3,731,258 acres, 207 sectors i small grazing runs, 00,310 f acre's, 35 selectors; homeitwd,i, 1751 acres, 19 selectors; total, 4,130,9(16 acres,232s selectors.

The leaders of the aVandoned Kcrmadeo settlement, Messrs Hovel aud Carver, still remain oil Sunday Island. The former was desirous of leaving, but was oblidgedto stay bncause of the delicate state of Mrs Hovel's health. In addition to their soanty crops of pumpkins, kumeras, and beans, the settlers had laid in a large supply of mutton birds for the winter. Fish are plentiful during the summor, but the dangerous high sea prevents anyboing oaught. During the winter three of the settlers-Mr and Mrs Bacon and boyhaving found that Denham Bay was quite unsuitable f4r cultivation, have leased a portion of laud from Mrßell whoso run is at the- other end of the island, and is good rich landnitha sunny aspect, Throe' othera—Tiylor, Lord, and Andrews-also shifted,their abode from the bay to the centre of the mountain, where there is seme good soil. When it was found that the supplies were running short, in fact only about 1 cwt of flour and a small quantity of tea and sugar was remaining at tlio time of tlio Hinemoa's arrival, Mr John Bell toust generously placed the contents of his plantation at the disposal 'of the settlers'. The returned settlers say they are heartily sorry they evor went to Sunday Island. In the district Court yesterday after noon, before His Honor, Judge JRobinson, the public examination of Joseph Ingley took placo. Mr Bunny appeared for the Official Assignee, and Mr Beard for the bankrupt. In the course of the oxnimmtion, which lasted several hours, some extraordinary revelations were made.' The liabilities wero shown to bo £1938 19s 6d, whilst the assets (book debtß) woro estimated to yield £2, It appears that the debtor, since the date of his last insolvency (which occurred four or flvo years ago) has been conducting a systematic dealing business on paper. He started at that time with nothing to his credit, and has since purchased land and stock throughout the district in a wholesale minner, giving security with bills, endorsed by ijis wife, arid promissory notes, These bills, though practically .valueless, have, strange to say, been accepted by the Banks', and by prominent residents in the district, without, apparently, the least hesitation. So many properties jiad the debtor "dabbled in, that ho CHiinpb remember what ho has bought and'where he has inourred losses, Judpo hobiugon and the le?t)l representatives wero simply "fogged" by the explanation given by the debtor, his paper dealings being so.nutnerous that they could not distinguish one from the othor.' Mr Bunny, havin? elicited as much information as possible from the bankrupt, Mr Beard proceeded to reexamine, and at six o'clock the oase m adjourned till next morning. On resuming this; morning the examination was continued, and at noon' it was decided to adjourn tho ease until noxt sitting, so that Mrs Ingley could attend'