The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 4005, 6 January 1892, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1892.

Hitherto a very decided difference of opinion between Auekland and Wellington has retarded the progress of the North Island Trunk line, and the Colony has to thank these two cities for maintaining antagonistic views, because the completion of this great undertaking means the expenditure of an enormous sum ot money which is unlikely to be reproductive for a generation. To link Auckland and Wellington by an iron rail means a serious increase of taxation, which the Colony can ill afford, A leading Auckland journal haa recently made an alarming proposal by ; suggesting that the two cities should co-operate to carry out a joint scheme, If one line won't pay why net' have two? Let Wellington give Auckland the Stratford route and Auckland will give Wellington a slice of the central route and land along both routes will be sold wholfisalg f.p provide ways and means., .No doubt, AiicJjJ.ajjd and Wellington, if they arrive at a Common understanding, can do a big thirigin logrolling and compel almost any Ministry to obey their behests, buj: fortunately it is not in the nature of tbeso.great centres tp pull together, There is a disparity of temperament between them which has existed for a generation and which is unlikely to be readily removed, Neither Auckland nor Wellington are wont to. study tlie interests of the colony as a whole, and it is only on this condition that further railway expenditure should be incurred. No proposal which is not endorsed by the Bailway Commissioner may be considered advantageous to New Zealand, and we do not, for ono moment, believe that these authorities would advocate the construction of lines through the great pumice formations in the North; lines which would never competo with sea carriage, because the through traffic would be small, and. the local traOic still less. We presume our Auckland frionds do not contemplate carrying out their new cooperative idea under the present Ministry, as the Bale of large areas of land fy cash would he essential to its success, fkp k, therefore, no imMediate prnspccj, of it heiijg parted, and we may venture to hope that the, next Ministry which comes into power' will be composed of men who will not Mer the colony to bo injured by railway rings, A forme* of Te Ore.Ore informs us that the HeustanSy—the most destruc-.ciye'ojallpests-is in this .district, ■'■'.''{ Tho w.oather in tlib district during the! past couple of days his oxtremoly: cold and damp, characteristic oMyitsjr.!. Whilst graziers and' gardeners will' necossarily benefit by tiia heavy rain .which has fallen, the prospects of farmers for good harvests and -of bush settlers for successful barns will not be improved, •■>./,.

Wc havo received from Mr Burton Jjoys.agentof thoNew Zealand Insurance Company, the best office calendar of the season,, „ A telemm ; , ; received this morning states that the weather in Wellington, which has been very severe, has cleared up. hundred men are being sent up to Pahiatua' by the Government to cominence the Makuri gorge road works. A public meeting has been called at Pahiatua to consider, the question of obtaining' the 'seryioes' of a' propdrly qualified medical practitioner for the district; ' . - Tho/fortnjghtly .meeting of the' Mnsterton Bordugh'Gounoil,'which ■ was to have tiee.nheld last evening, lapsed for want'of, a' quorum. The only Councillors present were Crs, E. B. Chamberlain, 8. E. Gapper and W. Perry. ... Thirty-two pounds have been subscribed towards opening a free reading room in connection with the Carterton Library, Larue quantities ot cocksfoot and rye grass seed have been destroyed in the Forty-Mile Bush this season by the heavy rains and wind, One settler alone in tho Alfredton district has lost seventy acres of cocksfoot. 1 A grand concert party consisting of Miss M'Lean (soprano), Miss Fisher (contralto), Mr E. B. Williams (tenor), Mr J. Probe (baritone), Mr Macduff j lioyd (violinist), and Mr Robert Parker (pianiaUnd conductor), will give an entertainment in tho Maßtorton Theatre Royal on Janiibrylßth. The whole of the'members of the party arc well-known as popular Wellington.vocalists and musicians, and we fully expect to see a bumper house on tho night of their appearance in Masterton.'

A negro named Llo Medo, who in at present living at Napier, and describes himself as a lecturer, phrenologist, and herbalist, has adopted a strange method for treating a young native with tho influenza. He gave the unsuspecting aboriginal com silk in large quantities and rubbed his body with cold cream, Just as the young fellow was becoming convalescent lie took'it jnto his head to upset the calculations of.his doclor, and shuffled off this mortal coil, At the inquest Lio denied that he had been working in a barber's shop or that he had shaved the police Sergeant years ago. The jury returned a/verdict that the native died from natural causes, Podge Road, who was arrested at Masterton some d,>ys ago,: has been- committed for trial for wilfully damaging the furniture of Annie Cunningham, of Wmgfield. Street, Wollinston. Head went into the house of the informant, knocked one of the inmates down with a chair, threw a vegetable dish at anothor, and smashed things generally, Mr W. fl. De 'Lisle, of Masterton, who arrived from Raratonga on Sunday, informs a Wellington paper that traders in tho South Pacifio are being much hampered in their business owing to the fact that there is at present only cno port of entry in the whole Tongan Group. Raratonga is the only port where a vessel can be cleared for New Zealand or elsowhere.and it frequently happens that in order to get her papers a craft has to go a long way oui of her course after she has taken in all heroargo, Only recently, tho bnqaritiuo Linda Weber, which trades bettveon Wellington and tho Tongan Group, was obliged to return to Raratonga from another island 200 miles away, simply to be cleared at tho Customs for New Zealand, The traders are anxious that thoro should be at least two or three ports of entry in the Group, so that vessels with perishable produce on board may not be delayed in roaching Now Zealand, as is now very often the case.

The Press Association is said by a contemporary to be in a very bad way because it has announced that torty-seven childi'eu in Masterton are receiving charitable aid, Had the announcement actually beon made by .the Press Association it could not havo been misleading, because it was absolutely correct, but as no such announcement was ever made thoro 13 no need for explanation, A racing swindle is under investigation in Brisbane., At the termination of the Steeplechase at tho late Queensland Turf Club meeting a jockey named Dayis, who was riding The Loafer, was accused, nut only of pulling his horse, but also of running Caledonian off the course. The accusation was fully sustained, and the jockey was disqualified for life and warned off all racecourses in the Colony registered under the Q.T.O, rules. Three days after the race the jockey made most serious charges against certain bookmakers and others interested in the race. It is rumoured that the boy has made an affidavit to the effect that he was promised LloO to carry out certain tricks j that he did all he covenanted to do, and that on making a demand for his money he received only L 35. So serious were the charges that the stewards of the Q.T.C, immediately deoided tu hold an enquiry and they BUinmoned all who were either interested or implicated in the accusations.

John Bnrko O'Brien, an individual who figured several times in the R.M. Court at Masterton, has been sentenced to two months' hard labour at Waipawa for vagrancy. O'Brien proteited strongly against his incarceration and asked leave to appeal, As bo \m being dragged off to the cells by the constable be burst forth into poetry as follows:

Honest men like me to gaol tiro sent, Sod and cruel is their tale. Alas 1 too often they repent • Of being too honest for to steal, For when they've served their prißon time . The police are quickly on their track; Poverty's thoir only crime, For a longer period they'ro sent back, On Christmas Eve Annie Walsh, a miserably clad woman in utterly destitute rircumstances, with a dying child in her arms, was walking in the brightly lit streets of Mclbimrno, thronged'with merry sightseers, vainly seeking food for |ie)' starving infant.' One charitable institutibn ato another was fruitlessly appealed to. She was passed on to. the police, until, driven to the verge of desperation, sho. sought the welcome covering offered by some trees alongside the road leading to St, Kilda, The night was cold and unseasonable, and the wretohe4 mothervwith the wailing babe in her arms kept her weary Virgil till death' intervened and'terminated the Bufferinps of the infant,'' "It was literally starved to death," said Dr'Brel't, who made the pstinorfem, ''lf it had had proper fobi and shelter 'oh'Ohristmas Eye it would probacy have recovered." •■ The jury returned a verdjet in accordance with the medical testimony and added in referenco to the night porter at tho Immigrants' JFlorno, who refused the mother admission, -"We «ro of opinion tantjlienighf porter, O'Brien, committed a. grave error of judgment in not reporting the application of the mother to his superiors." Householdcrsresident in country districts are often at aloss to know whioh is the best p}a«o in Wellington ifor Linoleums, Floor Cloths, Carpets, Curtains, .'Quilts, Table Cloths, Table Opvers, Cretonnes, Damasks and all other articles of house tarnishing, For the following reasons the reply miidi most emphatically beTe A'rp soijs?, ; "vTe)ln ington. '■ '' .■;.'•. '.'. . :',•.'. lot Reason—All our gcods are splendid value, having beon bought in the best and cheapest markets, not only direct from the mikers but from the foremost manufacturers. We buy therefore at the lowest feasible prices a'ud bur customers reap a Sorrkpcfldiug advantage at Te Aro House, w*«dw"-- ! -'-- " •■■'■- : "-'■' M'Reaion.-o.ur:ceotls.a)p well selected. We wake. A jjpeoialily fyf Linoleums; Pleos CMis," and carpete,' Our styles, designs and eolouripgs ave.nut ijijly. iu the most perfect taste but. are superior to anything to .be seen ■. elsewhere. ■• For these things it is not. easy, for anyone, to. rival Te' Aro House, Wellington, ■ ■ ;. •"; 3rdKeaKon,-Parstpok is at all times large, and the choice, all but unlimited. The. variety" is "something eilriwidluhrji, and is capable of satisfying th'e'fnbst' f&atfonS'tislo! Those who contemplate''i-kj furnishing, ; and matrimony should remember that'the b'e'jj place in whioh to get ■ their, wsnta satisfaotoriJy supplied is the Wholesale' Family DraperyAvnrtbouse-TeAroHonee,'Wel-lington, . '.. -:■ y'\- ■::;■ ■■: ■■'.■■

A prohibition order was issued against a Masterton resident this morning by Mr Burtonßoys, J.P. "•"■;- the ovovdralt of the Masterton Borough ai the present time is L 1340. The Eketahuna Roai Board gives notice of its intention to make certain [special ordora at a meeting to be held on January 80th. . ' 4 gentleman advertises through our columns for board, having a preference tor Cole or Chapel street. It will be : interesting to a number of investors in Masterton to know that 46;000 shares out of the total of 60,000 in the market hare been takes up in the Great Eastern Sdver.': Mining Company, Tasmania, ' '''!','J Major Robinson, of tho Salvation Army, is Buffering from influenza, and will not be able to visit Masterton this iveek, ns was announced. The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agonoy Company hold their next wool sale at Wellington on January 25th. Nowhere has our pictorial almanac this season been more'appreciated than in Wellington. We aro still inundated with applications which we cannot supply.' One we received to-day is extremely flattering, being a request for a copy for placing in the Technical School in the Empire City. Out of £I66G of rites struok over the Taratahi-Cattorton Bead District in Junelaßt,only £l26remained uncollected in December. The codlin moth, has, it appears, a natural enemy.' A resident of Masterton recently witnessed an enoountor between a Hessian fly and..a codlin moth, the latter being killed in a very few seconds, A "black Bess" ianow in use in Christehurch for the conveying of prisoners between tho gaol and Courthouse. George Grace, for using obscene language withinthehearingof passers-by, was sentonced to a month's hard labour in.the Masterton R,M. Court yesterday byMrW.H.Beetham.J.P. A cablo received in Wellington gives the following as tho year's business of the Equitable life Assurance Society of the United States';-New business, • L47,900,000j assets, nearly L27,0D0,000; surplus, 1/4,200,000, Samples of the wheat containing' the small black grab which ha 3 caused such injury to the crops at Makora and Lower Manaia, were reoentlj forwarded by Us to Sir James Hector. On examination it has been discovered that tho insect is not the dreaded Hessian'fly, although it may be an equally troublesomo pest.

It is stated in a Lisbon commeroial journal that pliorminm ' tentix, or New Zealand flax, is now being extensively cultivated in the Azores Mands, under tho management of two Portuguese and an Englishman. One of the former is holdor of a concession fram tha Government of a monopoly for the manufacture of the article throughout Portugal and all Portuguese possessions. .The concession the company is to buy tor £15,000, all payable in shares. A very interesting ceremony was performed in the Alfredton district last weok by the Rev. W. Rowse, when Mr Charles Weston, son of Mr G. Weston, ot Kaiapoi, was married to Willena Jessie, third daughter of Mr John Wingate, of Mel" drum. Tho wedding took place at the residence of the bride's father, amidst a large assombhgo of relatives and trionds of both parties to tho contract. Maud Wingate, sister of the bride, was chief bride's maid, audMrJ, Wingate, junr.,, groomsman,

The caterpillar has, according to our Carterton contemporary, played hayoc with the oat crops in some parts of the district. On one farm at Olaroyille damage to tho extent of ten bushels to the acre has been done by this mis* chievous grub. After the machine had passed over one of his paddocks a farmer informs us that he could scoop up cater* pillars from the ground in double handfuls. The grub climbs the Btalk until it reaches the slender branches on which baiiq the oat seeds, It cuts off each of these branches close to the stem, and they fall to the grour.d and the straw stands bare of seed. Whether they return to the ground and oat the seed at their own sweet will,orif theyhave.a contract to supply some non climbing specie of grub with food, we bays yet to learn, Surely soieutlfio farming is. in a crude state when no remedy is promulgated to counteract the ravages of these and liko food destroying grubs. _ A bundle of business papers, wrapped in black Amenoan cloth, with the owner's nameon several of thedooumentß is advertised as' lost in Masterton on the Ist January. The finder will be rewarded. L J. Hooper and Co are now showing the most fashionable and largeit assort ment of now spring goods ever shown in the district. English and French Milli nerr. Trimmed, and Untriraaied Hats and Bonnets, Flowers, and Feathers, &o, Stylish and Pretty Jaokets. Dorothy Capes, Mantles, Dust Cloaks, Garaboldi Jackets, io. We are showing a splendid stock of Fashionable Delaines, Prints, Cambrics, Zephyrs, &a. We hold the best assortment and largest stock of nevr dress materials in the Wairarapa. All the leading shades, de' signs, satim, and materials for the season, single and double wiVtb.-, The Fancy Department is full ef the best novelties, pretty aprons, ribbons Mlings, collars, cuffs, and parasols etc