The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3768, 24 March 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 1891.

We are marching on, and Dunedin leads the van! In that home of democracy a large public meeting has been held to affirm the expediency of b 'inging forward next session a i'air Rent Bill, something on the lines of the somewhat injudicious measure \>j which Sir Harry Atkinson relieved the ills from which certain purchasers from the Crowa were known to suffer, but so enlarged and extended that it would be sppliable to break up contracts between private landowners and private tenants. The Dunedin people both in town and country hope to bring down rents •with a run, and they also favor a reduction in certain leases whicb the Corporation and Harbcr Board hav granted, although these bodies plainly intimate that if their revenue suffer from a fair rate raid they must increase the local rates to make up for the deficiency. This is probably the outcome of any agitation fo fair rent, Capitalists and their representativesdemand a certain market rate on their investments, and if ihey do not get .it one way they usually manage to secure it in another. It is a dangerous expedient for Parliament to step in and determine private contracts between man and man, and the irere threat of a measure of this kind will have-a tendency to send capital out of the colony and to raise the rates paid for 1 interest. Even now financial com» panies in democratic Dunedin wiil not lend money on leasehold securities, and this perhaps is the best illustration of tbe effect which is produced by an agitation for all sorts of senseless | changes. AH the Dunedin members | support this fair rent proposal, indeed [ the representatives for that city find no proposal too hot and too strong which emanates from their constituents. ' That the Ministry will endorse the demands of tbe Dunedin members will follow as a matter of course, for it | dare not refuse any request made by patriots like Messrs Fisb, Pinkerton, and Hutchison.

The estimated population of Melbourne and suburbs on December 31st lhst was 458,470. Messrs. Lowes and lorns add to their sale for to-morrow 700 ?ood breeding ewes and one spring cart.

It is reported ( says the Marlborough Express) that a resident of tfrovetown drew the first prize of £7,000 in Adam Bede's Sweep on the Australian Cup.

In Wanganui there Is a Chinese night school, at which nine pupils are taught free of charge by two philanthropic ladies.

Messrs. Chapman, Fitzgerald and Trip, solicitors, of Brandon street, Wel - lington, advertise money to lend in sums of £SO and upwards.

The quafterly meeting of the Wesleyan Circuit is to be held at Featherston on Wednesday. The Revs. Bowse, Lymbum, Murray and Dellow are expected to attend.

The election for the Featherston licensing district on Friday resulted in the election of Messrs W. Cundy, Geo. Reynolds, J. G. Cox, J. Beel, and J. Yiles,

The local option poll at Maryborough was in favor of an increase in the nnmber of licenses. It Is said a new hotel will at onoe be erected.

We know no paper in all the land which has been so virulently unkind to all Governments, except the present one, as the Lyttelton Times, which, when in Opposition, worried the other side with much of the savagery of a dyspeptic terrier worrying a sick rat.— Catholic Timts.

The London Bellringers and Faust Family open in Wellington on Easter Monday. They are expected to pay a visit to this district after their Wellington season.

A Farmers' Alliance and Export Association of New Zealand is being formed with a capital of £IOO,OOO in £1 shares. Amoug tho promoters are Messrs G. Fisher and Maguire, M.H.R's., and McCardle and Maunsell, of Walrarapa.

§ir. W. Robinson, Governor of Western Australia, is about visiting England on three months' leave. During his absenoe Sir. J. G, Le Steere, speaker, will act in the capacity of Governor.

Messrs Lowes and lorns hold their fortnightly stock sale at their .yards tomorrow, the list for which will embrace upwards of 7000 sheep of all classes, fat and store cattle, dairy stcck, piga, horses, vehicles, etc.

Sergeant Price has received another list from the Secretary of the School Committee of children absenting themselves from school. A final notice will be issued to parents, and should this not be complied with, summonses will at once be issued.

A Wimmera farmer has recently gathered tho whole of his harvest, which was sown, reaped and stacked on co-operative principles, every hand sharing with the employer the risk and gain.

At the public meeting to be held in the Wesleyan Church on Friday night, the Rev, V*. Rowse will give an account of his recent trip to Auckland, with incidents by the way.

A race between Mr Orr's Lone Hand and Mr Wi Hutana's Tauanui, for £2O a-eide, came off at Martinborough the other day, resulting in a win for Tauanui by a neck; A Kangitikei gentleman, Mr J Harris, purchased 1000 half-bred two-tooth Lincolnß at Woodville recently at lis Id a head, and then considered he had made £IOO on his bargain, comparing the prices with those prevailing in his own district.

The private secretary of Te Ivooti has paid a visit to the natives of the South Wairarapa, and requested that a meetin? of all the tribes of the North Island be called in the carved house at the Table Lands at an early date. The latter in reply have declined to grant the request, looking upon Te Kooti and his secretary as outsiders, and failing to conceive why such a meeting should be called.

A man named Gay, Jiving at Brookaton, near Wallaend, murdered his brother-in-law named Stubbs, on Saturday night. It appears that Stubbs had interfered with a domestic dispute in which Gay was engnsred, when the latter drew a revolver and shot him through the head, death being instantaneous. A gentleman in Wellington has sent tha proprietor of the Standard the following epistle :—"Dear Sir, —I have an excellent work which I should like to travel with through the Wairarapa ; but I hear that there has been some disturbance over the Picturesque Atlas, and canvassers are not looked upon very favorably just now. Would you advise a trip to the Wairorapa ? Yours faithfully —' The editor replied, urging him to come up and try Featberston first, as news was scarce and a caee of manslaughter or murder would relieve the present monotony. The Woodville correspondent of the Post says:—Quite 16,000 acres of bush in this district is still unburnt, which means no sale for grass seed, small demand for labor, and the loss of a year's grass to the owner. The bad season Is a disaster which will take yeara to set right, because not only will the district suffer from the bad buining season, but also from the disaster to the hay, corn, and potato crops. The latter in many iuskancesare rotting in the ground, It is estimated that the bad season lias caused a direct loss to the district of £20,000.

The entertainment given by Messrs Noble and Attwocd m the Theatre Royal last evening was of a highly instructive and unique character, pleasing alike to young and old, and it is to be regretted that there was not alarger attendance of the public to participate in the intellectual treat provided. The firat portion of the entertainment was of a scientific nature, numerous experiments being made with the various forms of gas and the affinity of one to the other being ably explained by Mr Noble. The burning of metals, the oxy-ether light, the coal fire under water and other chemical experiments were cleverly made. The process of combustion was also described at length, and a quantity of gun-cotton, similar tu that which exploded receutly in Wellington, exhibited. The first part of the entertainment, whioh from an educational point of view could hardly be excelled, was concluded by an exhibition of the monochromatic light, and the prismatic electric star. The lantern exhibition illustrated a number of exciting incidents of Stanley's travels in Darkest Africa, and several of the most interesting scenes in this colony. The eidotrope, the wonderful epicyoloidotrope, and the enchanting arboreßqueotrope were each shown to great advantage. Altogether the entertainment was one of the most interesting and appreciative eyer presented to a Masterton audience. The entertainment : will be repeated this ever in?, when we j trust to see a much larger gathering than that of last nipht. Dresses—We have now opened out out two first shipments of autumn and winter dress fabrics, which have come to us recently by the steamers Aorangi and Arawa, We may conscientiously affirm that no finer, more varied, or well selected goods have ever previously passed in the portals of Te Aro House. Dbesses—ln the limited space at our command, there is not room to give any thing lilp an adequate description of our new autumn dress goods, but it is sufficient to say. that they are of excellent value, of superior finish, well assorted in styles and colourings, well adapted to inee 1 the ta3tes of our numerous lady patrons We solicit eftrly inspection of these, at Te Aro House, Dressmaking-Gut two large and commodious dressmaking rooms are still under the same efficient management, and can "uarantee in this season, as in all past seasons, instant attention, prompt execution, faultless finish, and perfect fitt Ladies who want their dresses early should at once place their orders at Te Aro Bous . Jackejts, AS® Ulsters-We have opened out a very flnp assortment of these, in all fashionable makes, styles, colours, shapes and sizes. Ourmantlgroom is now filled/with all the latest novelties,, such as should induce an early visit to J.e: Aro House,-jAuvx. -j