The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1890.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3554, 5 July 1890, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1890.

Tue Wellington Chamber of Commerce has condemned the present eyßtem of placing Crown -Lands'in the market, and it may perhaps he contended that a body of this description, composed ef city residents, who know more about town sections than broad acres, is not the best possible authority on land settlement, otill the members of the Chambers are men of business, and the conclusion at which they arrived is a sound one, from a busiuess point of view. Tliey have declared '-that with the objectof facilitating settlement on the land, provision should be made for exped; iling the surveys of Crown lands and opening tho same for'settlement; also .that such amendment should be made in the land laws of the colony as will secure lorn fide intending settlers against the delay and uncertainty attending the present system, and that care should be taken to place only reasonable value on lands for seleotion.". Now we are quite in accord with this policy which is much more sensible than any scheme whicb'comes from the House. The legislature is divided into two camps, one of which composes all sorts of restrictions in the way of the rioh man getting hold of land, and the other is popularly supposed to stand in the way of the poor man obtaining it. Between these two parties the broad consideration that the land should be brought into cultivation as speedily as possible and as cheaply as possible is lost sight of, The land fund is insolvent, tho Government have no money for necessary suryeys and reading, and intending settlers are driven away or sickened with delays and-hindrances. Twenty and thirty years ago difficulties of this kind did not exist in the settlement of 1 land, and they ore noiv due to til" oreationof an extremely complicated and artificial conglomeration of land laws, As wo have before said, it would pay the Government, and it would pay settlers for our bush lands to be sold right out at ten shillings an acre cash, better than it answers to dispose of them at double and treble tho prioo on all sorts of fanoy tenure? af?d tp% Tli? working

WtM up .a bush suction with the intention of clearihg it aiid making a living off it, upt buy it cheaply, to make., a profit off his bargain, and if in bia neighborhood a capitalist buys-d' .bigger biock, his oMucfl of success is. enhanced-by possessing a' neighbour who must become a considerable employer; of labor. What we take to be the plain meaning of the Chainberof Commerce is that branch land bureaus should be opened at County offices like Mas--terton and PaLiatua, and that any man wanting to take up >a bush section should ■ do so easily and speedily, without travelling all over the country, and that the price of such land should bo somewhere ■ about' what it used to be in tho • old Provincial days.

Tho ranin street of Carterton is at present a surra/? sea of mud.- . ■ Bcecher, in a thanksgiving sermon, onco said; "I have no sympathy with an eiitlit liour man with a fourteen hour wife." Tho "Waikato Farmers' Club have passed a resolution protesting against tho introduction of stoats and. weasels _ Tho Clerk of the Court at Gisborao yelled sevoral times into the oar of a deaf plaintiff," 1 want 3s for the hearing fee." A tea-meotini; in connection with tho Phcenix Lodge; I.O;G.Ti, is to Ije held in tho Temperance Hall on Monday evening next. in oar issue of yesterday tho meeting of tho MastertonPa'rk 'frust," at which Mr Payton preaidedf-'ehould have road " Cemetery Trust." A bull in connection with the Pahiatua Holiday Asaooiation is to bo held in the Public Hall, Paluatua, on Tuesday evening ucxc.

Two thousand telegraph operators, when asked to cheer the Quoon, hissed and groaned as a protest against the overwork to whicli they are subjected. Robert Bryant, contractor, of Woudvillc, was on Wednesday last adjudged a bankrupt. A first meeting -of creditors will'beheld at Woodvillo on Tuesday next. ....

Mr Bennett, the' energetic sohool muster of . the Eketahuna school, hat introduced calisthemc. exercises with considerable success, and is now. about to establish a library in connection with tho school.

Colonel Roberts, R.M., gave his reserved decision in the interpleader case, Wajjg v. Lyons, yesterday, an order being made lor the surrender of the property seized by the bailiff to Samuel Lyons,

The Chronicle gives Wanganui husbands a bad name, In a paragraph referring to tho fact that the hotels there close at 11 o'clock instead of 12 as before it says—" This innovation shtuld he welcome to most domestic circles, as tlie husbands will now be able to get home beforo midni«ht." ; . That the weather we are at present having is bad no one will deny, hut that there are worse places, than this is also evident, for out Carterton correspondent'says that in a'priynto letter he has received from the South Island, written by a well-known sawiuillcr, Iho fact was mentioned that some of tho mill hauds in tho In vercargill district had only been able to work seven days during tho wholo of last month,

Vie hear that the Carterton BuroUgh Council liuß been offered an,admirable gravel pit site by Mr T.'Ray. It consists of a one aero section in Brooklyn road, nnmediaiely adjoining the woilknown borough gravel pit purchased some time since from Mr J. Applin. The prico required is £35. This offer should therefore be Tory acceptable to the Council.

The Fortroso correspondent of tho Southland Times mp-— I The divers have had three daj-B 1 good work at the wreck of the Taruruo, and have now located what remains of tho vessel. Contrary to expectations the after and the fore pacta are lying at very short distances from the midship section, containing engines, lhey have not got the Bilver yet, but now that they know '."hero tho parts are, they will be ablo to work <vith giedter certainty, and if the present frosty weather would last for another week they ousjht to be able to handle some of the buried treasure,

Jlr Beynolds, of Beynolds & Go's butter and cheese factory, Auckland, leaves for England by the lonic oii the 24th, his object being to !{ot a better market for butter and dairy produco. Ho takes home sample; of butter of various kinds in different styles of packages, with a view to testing which is best adapted for the export of butter. Mr Whitaker has promised him letters of introduction to the Ai'ent General, to aid liim in gettin? facilities for making a tour of Denmark to thoroughly examine its dairy industry.- '

- A good injtanco of what can be done by energy and perseverance is afforded in connection with Mr at Weber. It is just a year ago since tho land was taken up in its native state. Since then 000 acres have been felled and sown, a considerable amount of fencing has been completed, and linally, the first lot of sheep, about 1200, will be turned on the section to-morrow, Not a bad record for a space of twelve month's work.—

f Theto are thirteen Boards o£. Education in the colony electing 117 members, 1012 school districts that elect 7084 householders »s thus showing that 7201 of Hew Zealand's population gratuitously give their services to the advancement of educa'ion. Ot'igolicadetho list with .200 school districts. Tiikiug population as a basis, New Zealand stands as the best eduueated country in the world, Tho largo stago of tho Palace Hall a' Grejtown was admirably decorated and brilliantly lit by electric light for the Arbor Day concert on Thursday evening, It was converted into an elegant drawiug room. One undesirable adjunot of the otherwise tasteful grouping was the persistant occupancy of a'conspicuous position ' by v «a rather dirty Btray dog—an animal which,as far »s appearauco went, might, have been any tiling in breed bet ween a Cbmese bone.eater and an English curly-wurly. The little brute had a degree of coolness about-it- nhich : waß '"mto'«ishhiir, in the calm way in which frout t_He centre of the stago it faced- the large auclieuce dnting the entire eyening.. There were moment*. however, when interested in self it forg t both the pei'ili and the concort and became ' temporarily animated bv the antics ot an extensive troupe of perform, ing fleas' of which it was the sole proprietor. These divei eione nee ilesa to 6ay, were not edifying, uud it is a pity that the dog and its living freight were not walked off a bit sooner.

The most pronounced novelty for the forthcoming season is in connectioa with ladies' jaokets, ond this iiea iii tho use of velvet or plush for sleeve in place of the same material of which tho jacket itself is composed. These wo hove received in advance, and adopted for the present season's wear, at To AroHouse. ■■ Tupse ladies' jackets are made in a variety of attractive stylos, with Medici and hifih oo lara, audof bnaver, fancy striped, and checked cloths, and also in French stockingette. The plush sleeves urn pf 'darker shade than tho material, tho comtilnatiou being very effective. As wo haye hut a limited quantity , ladies should inspect these without delay, at 'l'e Aro House Soj)B of these jackets are in fawn with dark brown [MI sfceirosj light brown beaver, with dor'« brown plush sleeves; navy blue cloth, with black, plush sleeves; brora cloth, with black plush sleeves; black fancy striped and checked oloth, with blaok plusk sleeves, &o,.'As we aro the nilly ]l WP ill the P»ty Bhowing these attradtive jaokets, it Is uecossapy, In order to get a perfect choice, that ladies shquld p&y an early visit to jo Aro House. in addition to the above, we aro showing son)'admirable and Rttr&Qtivo <1 lawns in matalasso, with feather trimming; fanoy figured oloth, opposnm fur trimming; brown Astracari, with grey fur trimming; with S few r bbod and striped olitb, trimmed Astracan, and braid cord ornaments, for less than half the real value. The reduced prices of these range from 15s 6d to 87s Od,

: Tenders for the-erection' of a woolshed afc Abbotaford aro' invited through our columns.

:Tlio liightwatchmau of the Wellington gaoi yesterday lost in the s'trpet ton £lO Bank of Neiv'Zeiiland notes.

A well-known. Wellington and Invni'-. caraill. journilisb named Wcsbitt died yesterday in the Seacliff Asylum. '

The plain aud fancy dress ball atGreyfomi under the auspioas of the Gi eytoivn Brn63 Baud will be held on either Monday, 28th July, or Wednesday, 80th July, Tenders fro invited through our columns for the erection of a hotel at Eketahuna,

'We are requested to state thattlie Theatre Royal Royal rink will bo open as usual this afternoon and this evening. In consequence of the recent heavy rains, the roads through thollungapakeha towards the East Coast are* in a vory bad condition,

In connection with the breaking up of' the Opaki school, a very successful dance was held in the schoolroom Opaki, last evening tho musio being producod by Miss Amy Welch, and Mr A. M'Leod acting as M 0.

. Fred Frewin has been arrested at Auckland on a charge of garrotting a Chinaman named Ah Ohee, and attempting to rob him. He who steals my purse, steals trash I

The fire-bell at Carterton Bounded an alarm at half-past six o'clock last night. Thfl cause was achimney on lite .at'tho post office, This email outbreak waß quickly subdued. The Dunedin Poultry. and . Do? Society , have received a total uf 1180 entries, making the largest a!I round ever received in tho Colony. The dogs numbor 179, pigeons, 100; ; canaries, 171; poultry, 730, i Our Carterton contemporary is advocating tho establishment of a gasworks in tluit town. Wo wish our friends every success, aa wo are aware there would be little difficulty in procuring a supply. '

The present weather,- though very inclement, is apparently " tfood frr soles," far we are informed that despite the heavy rains, Pearce'a Boot Warehouse has been fairly rushed by persons anxious to participate lit the advantages of a cheap clearing sale, At a meeting of the congregation of the Masterton Presbyteriiiu Church ho|d last evening, it was decided, after considerable diecussion, to instruct the Presbytery of Wellington to. moderate in call to the Eev. R. W n od, of Wyndham, An elderly individual named William Thompson was charged before Colonel Roberta, 8.M., thia morning, with having no lawful visible means of support. The night-watchman, pave ovidence to the offect that ho found accused wandering about tho streets at an early hour this morning and handed him over to Constable Swain, „T, D. Thompson, liqtelkeener, having proved the man to bo a nuisance and a beggar, aud_ Sergeant Price testifying to his havin? no visible means of support, lie was sentenced to fourteen days' hard labor in Wellington Terraco gaol, Eliza Reynolds, aged 20, a housemaid in a family at Wallance, Victoria, hud a 'strange experience the other night, Slin retired to bed'between ten and eleven, and dreamt that her mother, who lives at liordona, was calling her. Jumping out of bed, she wrapped a buggy ru» lying on the bed round her and lett the house, aud walked nearly five miles in a state of somnambulism. Near Gordons sumo dogs barkinij awoke her. She had to cross a large bridge on her wuyj.the'road leading to It being very narrow, and if aho had missed it she would have fallen into the .'Moorabnpl Hivcr. She reached her parents' placo at about half-past three in the morning, not muoh the worse for her adveuture,

Referring to the debate on the Registration ot Electors' Bill, " Watohman,'! in the Cathlic fimej, says:--" Among the speakers on this occasion was Mr W. 0. Buchanan, who would be " vera Jflad to "support the Bill if ho could, soo his way to do it, but he could not see his i way to do it; therefore, as he could not 6ee hii way to do it, muoh as he would have liked to support the Bill, ",liq regretted that he was unahle to support it," It is in this exhaustive and graphically logical manner that Mr Buchanan doeth his duty its the representative ot wild Wairarapa, Mr B. has not yot blossomed into a latter-day Demosthenes but improves as a speaker, and with Mb lott hand exploring the cavernous depths of his'pucket, while his right hand waves an Order Paper, work» through Mb subjeofc with the same splendid ind dogged perseverance'displayed by the buthman who struggles through supplejacks and bush-lawyerj.'i

The Church Jews is responsible fur the following:— A clergyman teaching in his church day school, asked his scholars to bring in writing certain words spoken by that good high churchman John Wesley 'J ho words to be brought were—"(iivo me a hundred men who halts nothing but eln, and foar nothing but God, and then I will turn tho world upside down," This is the way it was handed in:—"tiiye men hundred men who bate nothing but sin, and fear nothing but God, and shop before six, and I will," Ac. " For ways that are dark and. tricks that are vain the heathen Chinee is peculiar," tangßret Harte;and no doubt, so thinks one of the uf one of our local banking institutions. Enter John Chinaman with the air of a man who carried a miniature Mount Morgan about with him. '• Me ton mucheegold; you buy queued the heathsn in his blaudest manner. The official nods assent, and John following linn into theracbmga rooft, places the dust on tho counter. After cleaning the geld the banker placed it on the scales, gauging the weight with iiis practised eye. liut the scale contain, lug the dust refused to swing, though tho perplexed official continued to throw in tho penny-weight) against it. At length, suspeoting something was " crooked," he commenced an examina tion of the scales, and at once tho Celestial made a furious rush for the door. He was: quickly collared and brought back, when it was found that a slender wire ivith a five pennyweight pisco of had bad been adroitly attached to the under part of the Beaks. After giving the Celestial a wuctical explanation of tho situation, the banker allowed -him to depart, John retaining to the last a most immovable expression of surprise at the »hole buniuesß.—' Tuapob Times, Oun readers will be pleased to learn that Mesa nL. J. Hooper and Co starts this morning one of tneir half yearly cleariug Bales, The wholo ol tho stook in the Bon Marohe is reduced to prices thai must tempt every one wanting drapery, millinery, and clothing, to purchase largo paroels during this greats ile, Tub great sale of drapery and olothing in now being held at the Bon Marohe, Messrs L. J Hooper and Co have determined to rcducs their 6took to about half the present value Bargains in ovory department mil be off' 1 e 1 during the nest few diys; . Pumh ses of the Drapery, Millinery and boys clo:hing should not I >il to attend at onco the great sale n w going on at the Bon Marohe, every artiole is reduced,- Cost price not beii'g considered the stook must be reduced before stock taking,