The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3875, 1 August 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily SATURDAY, AUGUST 1, 1891.

On Thursday last Mr Meredith asked the Premier whether the Government would be willing ,toconsider some plan during the recess by which relief might be given to farmers and other struggling settlers by taking up their mortgages when tbey mature, and by lending money on freehold security from the accumulated funds connected with life insurance, public trust, &c, low rate of interest, instead of allowing such moneys being placed in the banks at a rate of'interest con" siderably below the current rate for mortgages ? This. qu3Btion is' very suggestive, and perhaps the present Premier, is the only New Zealand 'statesman who would give a favourable answer to it. Money, at the present time, is freely available upon good securities at six per cent., and even struggling spttlers; cannot expect to be accommodated at a much less rate than this} but_if it were politic to afford them some measure of relief, the right courset to take is as plain as a pikestaff. I The Government are taxing money lenders at the, rate of about £ per cent.''on' the sums they lend to farmers and to struggling settlers. If it were not for this taxation money lenders could afford to Jet dot the'earns they have for investment at 5J per cent. It is perfectly plain" that the Government could extend substantial and immediate relief to struggling settlers if they freed mortgages from the half per cent, penalty imposed on them. No one knows better than the Premier that taxing the capitalist means riveting a yoke on the shoulders cf the needy farmer, and that if he puts a tax of one per cent, on a mortgage, that one per cent, has to be paid by the struggling settler. _ Still the democrats who are less well-informed, believe that the big man can be taxed without injuring the little one ; one ja quite certain that the big man, even under the present Ministry, is safe. Any levy which is made upon him will inevitably be drawn from"the smaller men whom he employs or to whom he lends money- Those for whom sympathy is needed are the struggling ■ettlers who are tickled with strawaby men like Mr Meredith, who are led to' believe that, the Government will work miracles on their behalf. ; Bach settlers will, in the future, pay the piper as they have done irth'epasVand if are under any Refusion as to Ministerial help coming to their aid, theyaie likely to get deeper in the mire.

Mr Valentine, M.H.R., describes the Land Bill as ''Thiß miserable jßiil which is going to put us all in gaol for owning a bit of land." The Masterton Permanent Investment and building Society notifies that it has money to lend on leasehold securities. I It has alsofor sale the equity of redemption of three cottages. The weather yesterday in Maaterten was bitterly cold, a heavy southerly rain fallio?, with frequent showers of hail and snow. It is the intention of the Eketahuna Road Board to strike a general rate at its next meeting of one halfpenny in the pound on all the rateable property within the district. The rate book is now open tor inspection. A petition in fayour of the Shop Hours' Bill, signed by over 4000 shop* keepers and householders in Auckland, is to be presented to Parliament, on Monday. Mr Buick, M.H.R;, has presented a petition to the House, praying that something should be done to prevent the importation and breeding of stoats and weasels. The quarterly sitting of the Borough ot Masterton Licensing Bench is to be held on Thursday, September 3rd. In the football match withPalmerston North, one of the Te Ore' Ore players, W. Karaitiana, had his knee sprained'.

A labour bureau has been established in connection with the Salvation Army at Palmerston North, and in the short space of a fortnight work has been found, for thirty men. * '. ' -" The Inspector of Permanent x Way was in Masterton yesterday,- arid inspected the new drain;cu& ky. cMr«?A£ W. Renall near the railway Sline.;. It 19 expected the railway authorities' will take steps to protect themselves, against damage from an overflow. , ;".^ Mr J. M. Hickson resumes his, duties as assistant clerk'in the Mastertbri A.M. Court on Monday. Mr Percy Moresby, who has temporarily relieved My Hickson, has been transferred to Wellington. A medal has been presented by Mr Williams for competition amongst the" members'of the Masterton Football Club in a 200 yds and 400 yds handicap race. It is expected the race will be run on the 15th inst., . "•; The Wellington.druggists now have packets of tea exposed for sale in tfasir wiiadows. This is the latest, development of "free trade," arid itisinteridtsd, to be a menace and a lesson to .the grocers, who the chemists'- consider: are encroaching upon the latter^.-pre-scriptive rights when .they retail patent' medicines at prices below par,;; The tea, by the way, is brandad with appropriate title, "The Ohemist'B 31end," Although a novelty in Wellington, it is not by any means unusual for a provincial English chemist to keep packet teas in stock, and in Sheffield and other towns at Home we have seen many a good sample of Horniman's best displayed for sale,, in a druggist's window. . •

During the course of the meeting of the Wellington Land Board on Thursday, Mr. W. W. McCardle,, a member of the Board, remarked that in his belief great hardships will be entailed upon a large number of struggling and deserving settlers, if the opinion given by the Crown Prosecutor, whioh was read at the last meeting, be followed by the Board. The opinion referred to was t'» the effect that the non-resident selector must, before he acquires a title to his selection, cultivate tWo«fiftha of his land and spend in addition £2 per acre in substantial improvements. Mr. J. it. Baker (Commissioner of Crown Lands), replying to' Mr. McCardle, ' said', he believed Mr: Gully's. opinion l was undoubtedly the true interpretation of the Act, and the Board was bouud to carry out the law as they found it. Mr. Baker remarked' that if the Act' pressed hard on industrious settlers—to whom, he was sure, the Board desired to give every ' encouragement'— they - ; should petition Parliament for relief whilst the Land Bill was under the consideration of the Legislature. He was convinced that the Board had absolutely no power to relax the conditions in any way.

Anybody who visits the act museums is struck with the fact thaj ; the- ancients seem very large. They do seem to, but measurement proves that for symmetrical proportion they could not be better, »nd yet the feet of the modem man and. 'woman are much smaller than those of ancient times. Why is this ? The answerisnot difficult. Modern fashiofi and custom' hayeucontracted the feet to the present small proportions : shoes have taken the place of sandals. The waists of women were not'so small'hv the' old times as in the present age of corsets. The health was then better than in the present'day of social demands, household cares,, anp hurried living. Mankind is weaker than it once was, the race degenerates; we feel depressed, blue, weak and languid, where we were oo.ee strong, bright and active. Such modern troubles require the most advanced treatment and the skill of the best physicians, and all scientific authorities declare that Clement's Tonic has' greater claims on the gratitude of mankind than all other remedies put together ; it has cured countless thousands of serious diseases, and saved thousands of valuable lives, its praises are .sung throughout the country by hundreds of grateful beneficiares, who knoir that bad it not been tor this wonderful remedy their lives long ago would have been sacrificed. Mrs Morton Smith, Mary* borough (Q.), writes, " Having for many years lived a life of misery, and never during that time to have known a moments freedom from pain, I am so grateful for the benefit I have derived from Clements Tonic, that I write the following particulars of my case:—About four years ago 1 was attaoked with facial neuralgia, so acute that I was unable to sleep lor seventeen days, 1 • lost flesh very rapidly and was reduced to a shadow, and my family thought the end was near, so weak, pale and miserable had I become; 1 could see their anxious looks and hear them Bobbing when away from me, but before my face they were all courage and smiles, so thoughtful were they of my feelings. 1 had three doctors but they did ne no good; the misery still continued. At last a friend recommended Clements Tonic so strongly that I procured a bottle, and after the third dose the pain was relieved; I continued its ÜBe and took a good many bcttles and gradually recovered my wasted strength, and am now as well as ever I was in my life. 1 am sure Clements Tonic is the sole cause of my being alive, for even the doctors told my family that it would be better to settl my. worldly affairs, as the end was near' but thanks to Clements lonic, they were wrong again." A matter of some Interest, we should like to say of all absorbing interest, to the settlers in those localities through which this paper circulates .Is not the meeting of our Houses of Parliament not the political questions and polcies therein discussed, not the attitude and Waring of the Labor patty, the opposition or the Ministerialist, but the great sale of.surplus Winter Stock, commencing on iFriday, July 3lst, at Te Aro House, Wellington. Country residents, thousands of whom have visited our previous sales and who went away rejoicing with empty purses but with large parce's, have every reason to remember them with pleasure. Now, another of these " old time" S«les of Surplus 'Winter Stock will wait the push of customers from the country on Friday, the 81st July, and up to Saiurday* August 16th, at Te Aro House Wellington. There will be no mistake about the owne-is of the prices, many goods are at half price, and some even less thsn that. The Surplus Stock in every department has received its marching orders and march it shall if there is any money in the Colony, and prices can effect it at the Te Aro House sale of Surplus Winter Stock. If a visit to this Surplus Stock Sale is not practicable, do the next best thing, send on your orders with the cash, We will execute them faithfully and quiekly and forward them pfoWfHy. To help you tqAo this we will forward our price list free by post, it so desired, from Te Aid House, Wellington.

Mr James Donald has been appointed a member of the Featherston Licensin Committee. Messrs Dillon and O'Brien, M.P.'s, have been released from prison. The plans of the Alfredton Boad Board for expending accrued thirds have been approved by the Wellington Land Board. A large number of Te Ore Ore Natives have proceeded to Wellington, where a mass meeting is to be hold to discuss the Native Bills. The petition of Joseph Jessop, of Pahiatua, who asked for compensation for the sale of bis brewery plant to satisfy a fine,.has iiot been: entertained by the Public Petitions' Committee of the.House. . •;- „, ... The wonderful remedieadiscovered by the Rev. Mother Mary Joseph Aubert and their successful application to the relief of a diversity of ailments is securing for them an almost daily increasing sale, and "there has been quite a rush on the stojks of Wellington chemists. Mr W. E. Wodds, afad other druggists, have not only sold out their first consignments, but" are doing equally well with subsequent supplies. The remarkable information concerning these remedies which is graphically set forth by Messrs Kempthome; Prosser and Co., in a series of notifications in our advertising columns, should certainly arrest the attention of all riot in good-health. -The remedies are to be obtained from any local chemist. How is the winter of our discontent made glorious summer by purchasing the extraordinary bargains in blankets, flannels, dress goods, and thousands of other lines at Hooper's gigantic sale now on.' " During the next few days we shall offer still further inducements to the pnblio to secure some of the many bargains' at our gigantic sale, by lurther reducing every description of wreser clothing^ %. J. Hooper arid Co.' are determined foreduce before stock~taktny-(which-fa now in full Swing) their stock of men's and boy's clothing, shirts, hate, socks, braces, belts, undershirts, and. underpants, ties,, overcoats, mackintoshes, etc. V, Tbey to dear -out about one balfof the present' stock, before the end of th«'?ale. So look out tor bargains at Hooper's. :. .' ' •