The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1891.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3990, 16 December 1891, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1891.

" It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good." According to Mr Whiteley King, Secretary of the Australian Pastoralists Union, the New Zealand shearers, who visited the colonies which he represents, have brought back with them hard cash to the extent of thirty thousand pounds. Very many of the shearers who have par* ticipated in this big haul, are farmer'.* sons, who will make good use of the money which they have earned, by investing it in the land, the farmer's safest bank. The extreme lengths to which the labour unions in Queensland and elsewhere carried their warfare against the Pastoralists, has cost the workers of Australia an enormous sura of money, of which this particular payment of £30,000 is probably but a small proportion. The battle is not yet oyer, for the labour party in Australia will still endeavour to obtain restrictive legislation to prevent out~ side hands being brought into the colonies. S'.ill, even this is an uphill and almost hopeless effort, for it is unlikely that any Colonial legislature will ever abolish freedom of contract by Statute, or even if such a measure were passed that any Governor would assent to it. So far, those who have stirred up strife between employer and employe, have paid a heavy penally for the attempt made to coerce their fellow men. Those who have fought, not for capital against labour, but for freedom of contract between man and man, have gained the day. The Shearers Union, some years ago, attempted to establish a despotism, not only in Austialia, but also m New Zealand. So far the result of its efforts has been to severely punish thousands of its adherents, and to breed enmity between different coloni°s. It has been a curse to those engaged in a great industry, and it is lo be hoped that its past expeiiences will teach it wiser and better for the fiuuie.

The mon.hJy meeting of the Mascerion School Committee will be held to-mor-row (Thursday) evening. Mr J. J. Muvphy, the well-!;nowa publican of Woodville.-ist.'ki'g a trip to England ai.'d the Contineno to recruit his iic.-.lfch.

Our local contemporary comments on the distance of the sun. We tvust it has not effected him senovs'y.

The E.M. Court, l\fas : erton, w : 'l be occupied to-morrow with the heaving of a number of Picturesque Atlas c.:ses. Mr H. S. Wardell will be the presiding ma;-i*ti'ace. The Mastevton Couithouse is to be closed for ten days at Christmas for a (he usual holidays. A considerable sum of money—something approaching Lso—has been collected ia this district in aid of the widow and family of the late Mr George Pratt. A meeting of creditors iu the estate of Augustus Brown, bankrupt, which was to hi:ve been held yesterday, lapsed, as there were no creditors present.

li 'siumoui'fd, says the Feilding Star, that the well-'iao-wn sire Somnus is

about to be sent to Austra%. The Marfcerton Borough sta-Fhas bpen engaged fur the p»3t couple of daj s tarring the water tables in the rm«.in thoroughfares. Tar not only destroys the weeds, but acts as a valuable disinfectant.

MrW. Dougall, ws.tchm. tev, jeweller and opticiat-. of Queen street, announces the arrival oi English uovelties in gold and silver, electro pbte, etc. Mr Dougall is also sole district agent for the Waterbury Alarm clock. The citi-sens of Ballarat (Victoria) intend sending Home a wedding present to the Duke of Clarence and Avondale. The JR.M.S Kaikoura arrived at Plymouth from New Zealand on Monday, all well.

A Canadian Amateur Athletic Association has been established, and hai decided to welcome the New Zealand athletes in 1892.

Several parties in the Forty-mile Bush have beeu driven off their sections by the mosquitoes, which are very numerous this season.

Hotel»keeping is not a bad paying game (says the Manawalu Standard) sometimes. Mr A. Dalziel, of Hunterville, is haying a private residence built at a cost of £17,000. We (Manawatu Times) learn that there has been a yery substantial increase in thfi value of property in Palmerston since last valuation, the total now running up to over half a million pounds. Three years ago the valuation was L 345,000, so that the yearly increase h-s been v6ry considerable.

MrGeorpe Edwarde* has concluded arrangements with Mrs Bernard Beera f->r a tcur through Australia and New Zealand. Her ■• eperloi. e will iuelude 'Masks and faces,' 'La To ca,''Still Waters Hun Deep,' etc. " Mons." Marius accompanies " Berrie" r.s manager,

Messrs M. Caselberg & Co.'b special Christmas price list appears in our advertising columns. Constable Cashion, who is on sick leave, is being relieved by Constable Lalor, of Wellington. k The elements appear to be treafly disturbed in thin district just now. Another shook of eaiihquake was felt at 2.C0 this morning, which lasted for several seconds, but was not severe. Mr J. A. McKenzie. t* legrttph lineman, of MastertoD, landed a five pound tiout at Gladstone yesterday morning. There is good fishing in that district this season.

The total proceeds of the ioy and cake fair he'd oo Frid?y and Saturday last in aid of the funds of Sc. Matchew'sCbUich amounted to £3O. The promoters of the fair desire us to reiurn thanks to all those who lent assistance, and to the officers of ihe Masterton tlifle Volunteers for the tree use of the Drill Hall. MrF. H. Wood holds the last sale of the year at his Taratahi yards to-mor-row (Thursday). The catalogue embraces fat gee3e andsucknig pigs.

A movement is on foot amongst several prominent sporting gentlemen and settlers in the Manawatu district to form a horse-breuding stud in Palmer ston. If the proposed project be carried out, no expeuso will be spared in purchadng the best pedigree mares, and as the promoters are thoroughly acquainted with horse breeding, success should attend their efforts.

Mr J. Lucena, of the Feacherston branch ot the Bank of New Zealand, has been transferred to Bulls, Rangitikf.i. He will be greatly missed in the Waira» rapa, an he was a prominent athlete and amateur theatrical.

Three thousand gallons of milk are received daily ab the Edendale daily factory, Southland. A clergyman was sent as a cupply to an up-country Church, and a j,ood old lady volunteered to take ch ir?e of him during his stay. She was anxious to entertain him hospitably, and consulted him as to whether he hk°d poultry or would prefer a shoulder of mutton with potatoes under it. " Don't trouble about cooking for me my dei>r lady ; I am a vegetarian,'' s,>id he. '• Vegetarian !" cned the old lady m horror ; " why. thev told me you were a Primitive Methodist."

Tho Holy Coat of Treyei has a powerful rival m a pair of Holy Trousers said to have been worn by So. Joseph and discovered by the indefatigable Empress Helena. Their authenticity is vouched for by sever?! cardinals, but not a-* yet by the Pope. Ladies are not permitted to see the relic, foe one of high rank ooce stole all the buttons ; the insertion of one leg in these sacwd unmentionables is said to cure all the ills that flesh is heir to. They are owned by the Austrian Church of Maria Zell.

Writes a Melbourne correspondent:— " A New Zealand artist has carrisd off the first prize of £IOO at the Artists' exhibition in connection with the Victoriau National Gallery, and not only so, bat has the additional honour of lnv* ins h's picture bought for the Gallery by the t-.'cstees. This is Mr Jamei Peele. His work, in oils, is ' Evening shadows, Otiva Gor?e, New Zealand,' which is undoubtedly the best he has ever done. The Napier Telegraph says:—As showing the saving effected by the u&3 of shearing machines we are i-i a position to say that Mr Leslie McHardy, at bis Eliickhe.id station, reckons that he sixty bides of wool over and aboye what he would have had if his sheep had been shorn with ordinary shears. The sixty balei thus saved more than pay tor the machines, and the setting up of the plant. Bis station has turned out 950 bales this clip. The Hon. Mr Reeves is being taken to task for the opinion he expressed at Eketahuna that capital ws>s leaving the Colony owing to the low rates of interest prevailing. Ihe Chri&tchurch Press says :—••' Th's explanation, unfortunately, is not b»*ed on historical facts. The rates of interest are not lower at the present time than before. On the contrary, it is a notorious fact that the money market is harden'pg, and that the rate of interest is lively to rise in the immediate future. Besides, all these explanations ignore the fact that till a year ago there was no' talk of capital leaving the country. On the contrary, it was beginning to come here for investment, encouraged by the remarkable progress the colony was making in all classes of productive industi v.

A fcood tale, which is said to have the merit of truth, is related by one of the Wellington papers concerning the Salvation Army. Jn one of their skirmishes it appeared that they captured one of the enemy's outposts, in 'act a drunken sentinel, and contrary to the uses of barbaric warfare they treated him kindly, and ingratiated themselves into his good graces, drunk and all as he wi»s. A'v'ter two officer! had chatted wi Ji b<<u and become friendly, one of them, a " Kurnal," asked him if he ever read the .Bible. He answered in the affiVnMiive, and asked them if they ever cracked Bible conundrums, when they replied yes, "Well," s.iid the "drunk," ,- l will join yovr Ar-'y if you the lollovyiug co?rec:ly." •' AH rrfiit," wai the reply. Said he : "If Solution was the son of Dav.'d and Joa'o tl:e son of Zeruiah, what re'ation was Zeruiah to Joab?'' tSiuiulcanejusly they aoswered, " Why, of course, father," when he assured them, on the word of a druokeo mrn, they r/ere all wrong. The ' Kurnal' again faend,' He did, and was another iwr of kp'hter, and the two officers pssu.ed the' drunk' that m sure ashewaa alive and dvi'u'f. Zeruuh was Jo.i'j'B daddy. ' I»'o, my lovely pn<je*s,' sji.d the boozed one, ' how could chat be, when Zeruiph was J'otvb'a mother? I won't go wilh you now, you pair of fivuds, because you do*i't read your Bible.' The onlookers say they both sneaked away with curvature of the ti.il.

A peculiar state of things '. reported from Takipau, writes tlie Napier correspondent of the Wairoa Gu«rdi-ui. It appears that rabbit'- are on the increase there, in itself a notable circumstance, ps their presence was noted suddenly, and wit lout the warning that would h we been conveyed by the f 'ct of bunny having increased south of Takapau. But there is a strange aspect of the case,, tor although the young rabbits &> jght have been nominal, a number of old ones trapped or shot have been found to be earmarked. At first eight that looks like rabbits being; placed in the district for spite, but I cr.tinot understand why any rot>n or men who would do such a thing should brand the weapons they use to injure the squatter. Unless, indeed, the ear-marking is to be taken as a note of defiance, as though one should say, " Here you are, you sheepfarmers, we are putting rabbits on your land, and we think it right to let you know the fact."

On Christmas Day and New Year's Day the Masterton Post Office will be closed all day. On Boxin? Day the Post Office will be open in all its branches from 9 till 10 a.m. The telegraph office will be open on Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year's Day between the hours of 9 And 10 a.m. and from 7 till 8 p.m.

We shall be ever ready to welcome the crowds who may take advantage of these desirable opportunities, and the more widely to distribute our Christmas gifts the better shall we be pleased at Te Aro House, Wellington. In addition to offering exceptional advantages to customers, such as an 'mmense variety, a carefully selected and fashionable stock of goods in every department of the warehouse, we intend, during the remainder of the present month to present all cash customers to the extent of 20s and upwards with an attractive Christmas gift, at TeAro House Wellington. We have a regular, devised scale for the things, and in proportion to the amount o purchases so will be the value of the present 'ibis scale will be on the same lines as on previous years, and no doubt will give equal satisfaction, at Te Aro House, Wellington.

One thing should be noted especially, and that it is that this gift distribution will extend during the present month up to the very last day of December, 1891, neither more or less, Those that are wise will therefore take care to be in time at Te Arg Bouse Wellington.— Jam