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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 4012, 14 January 1892, Page 2

The first parado of tho year will bo held by tho Masfprton Btf}e Volunteers this (Thursday) evening, A special sottlemont association wi)l probably bo formed at Carterton at an early dato, Twenty-two members nf the Knights oi Labour recently expressed a desire to join with tho Maslprton Reform Association in taking up land, but as this association has a full list of members it will be necessary to form a new association. There is some talk of establishing a rabbit freezing factory at Mosterton. Tho following extract from tho London letter of a Soulhorn oontemporary will therefore bo read with interest:—Fran' rabbits are not inviting to look at, but this drawback notwithstanding tho New iiealand importation is coming into favour in the lower quartets ot London on account of the low price (6d to 7d) por carcass. s h boiled rabbit and pork is a favorite alternativo to beef and mutton with the working classes, and the prices of Belgian and English ' bunnies' rule high just now, tho frozen rabbits sell pretty" rapidly. '

The Publio Debt of Victoria at the present time amounts to £43,G00,000, that of the whole of Australasia to £IBB,OOO 000,

Sixhundred andfifty aoresof land, with buildings and all necessaries, situated at Opaki, near Masterton, are advertised. forsalebyMessrsJ, B. Tringham & 00., estate agents, Lambfcon Quay, Wel» lington.

In another column will be seen a list of some of the leading manufacturers of pianos in ■■ the. World. The Dresden Pianoforte Company, of Lambton Quay, Wellington, sell instruments by all these famous makers on the easiest possible terms, and their stock on view is an especially fine one at the present time. The Company's Bgent in the Wairarapa jisMrF. H. Wood, and they have placed him in a position to quote strict Wellington prices to cojntry customers,

Tho quarterly meeting of the Masterton Cemetery Trustees will bo held in the Council Chambers this (Thursday) evening. At this meeting.a Chairman aud Treaauror will be elected. . A settler of Alfredton informs us that he has just finished shearing and has discovered that during the past year there has been a mojfc remarkable in» crease m his flock, the percentage of lanibs reaching one hundred and ten. A somewhat unusual case was dealt with at the Bnndigo city court on Thursday last, when a contractor named Robert Miller was fined 20s and. costs for paying a Bervant his wages in an hotel, The servant was a man named Connolly, who was paid off by Mr Miller at the One Tree Hill Hotel, and Connelly was afterwards knooked down in the bush and robbed by a companion. When the latter was being sintonced by Mr Justice a'Beckett, ho commented on the illegality of paying men off at hotels, hence the present proceedings!... It may not be generally known (writes the Ararat correspondent of tho Pltamnt GmlNews) how some people who are employed at rabbit destruction, work the oracle. Sfot ut hundred miles from Ararat a landed proprietor had men engaged at so much per week, and a certain amount was also given for each scalp brought in, Not many days ago an adjoining'land-, owner had occasion to go out to get some rabbits, when one of his dogs brought a rabbit to him which had beon scalped and allowed to go again, A thii Bkin was growing over the scalp where the wound had been inflicted, Tho cruelty of the proceeding needs no oomment,

Apropos of the Governor's visit to the West Coast, a good story is told by the Westporc Nows of an experience which bofel Lord Onslow during a trip overlaud from Nelson to Ohristohurch, via Lyell and Rebfton. His Excellency had put up at a roadside hostelry for luncheon, the people there being unawaro of his identity, After his repast, his Excellency strolled outside, and, meeting one of the horny-handed, invited him to joiu ill a friendly glass. Homyhand, however, declined, and being furthor pressed remained obdurate, The invitation boing still persistently held out, homyhand lost patience and exclaimed, " No, sir, thaukyou; if the Governor wero to come along at this moment, 1 would not drink with him I" His Excellency struck a raraavis in those parts,

Another four weeks will bo allowod during which tickets can be purchased in Messrs Klackner & Co.'s art union of etchings and engravines, the holidays having delayed their sale. The subscription is only 2/6, and tickets may either be obtained from the local agents or direct fiom Messrs Ulackner & Co., Dresden Piano Warehouse, lanibton Quay, Wellington, where Iho pictures are now on view. They are really first class works of art, and will woll repay fho inspection ot those who are able to see them at the gallery. The tickets are going off satisfactorily both in Wellington and in the country. From Featherston, Air Good, who is acting as agent, has alroady sent in a fair list, while the Fielding agent has sold ton pounds worth, or more. TheMasterton Reform Special Settlement Association has been granted 10,000 acres of land to the east of the Puketok There aro altogether fiftyfive members of the Association.. The land will bo surveyed as soon as possible, and bushfelling operations will probably be commenced in a few months, It is expected that the annual rental of the laud will bo about one shilling per acre. To see the Aubert remedies, being put up reminds one of a visit to a huge bottling establishment or to a brewory, The Bight in the Welliag'on Warehouse isaromarkable one. The preparations are in such demand that while hogsheads of "Natauata," "Marupa," "Karana," and " Paramo" are shippod from JemBalem, on the Wanganui Eivor, where they are manufactured from herb under the Kev. Mother Mary Joseph Aubert's supervision, tn the manager in Wellington. Hero may be seen a dozen large barrels arriving at a time, and soontliey are surrendering their contents to a score or so of girla who are busily ongagod in bottling, labelling, and packing the remedies to meet the constant call for them from various parts, of the colony and from Australia. The only ohook to the issue is the short supply of bottlos, Thousands have been used and thousands aro still wanted, The Aubert Remedies have proved themselves genuine, and now the people will have them. Consisting of four different specifies, they are adapted for most diseases, and have proved singularly successful,

The Lands Dopartment occasionally makes some annoying and silly blunders. The other day it was melted that" Reo, 19, Makuri," would be offered for sale. As this section belonged to a well-known settler, the lattor wrote asking for an explanation, It then transpired that the advertisement should have read "19 sections," The Pahiatua paper refors to the matter as follows ;—Various lands wero announced for sale in the Government Gazetto for December 24th, and we dovoted a ' loual' to eaqh, thinking them all bona fide serious advertisements. Among others was a notico that section 19, Makuri, would bp sold in January, A resident here uofc understanding how segtion 10 (belonging to Mr Orosbio) came to be jn the market, wrote to the Commissioner asking what section was meant, and adding " as a matter of faot will any land near Makuri township be sold in January!" To this the Con> miseioner replied that 'section'was a printer's error. He meant not' seotion 19,' but' 19 sections,' which he sayaare advertised fully on the preceding page of the same eagette as open for selection, not in January but February. The Commissioner says his correspondent ought to have observed this and saved hjm (Mr Baker; the' work of answering'a'needless enquiry. l The Cornn missionor evidently thinks that if he advertises 19 sections for sale in February on page 1422, aiid section 19 for sale in January on page 1434, no confusion can possibly arise, On the same principle if wo write to a grocer for a bag of tea and six pounds of sugar, and by the same mail order a bag of sugar and six pounds of tea, we run no risk at' all of having the wrong stuff delivered.

Householders resident in country districts are often at a loss to know which is the best place in Wellington for Linoleums, Floor Cloths, Carpets, Curtains, Quills, Table Cloths. Table Covers, Cretonnes, Damasks am} all other articles of, house furnishing, For the following reasons the reply must most emphatically be Te Arg House, Well:. illßtoil, Ist Reason—All our goods are splendid value, having been bought in the best aqd obeapest markets, not only direct from the miners, but; from tup foremost Pwnmfaoturers, We buy therefore at the lowest possible prices, pd our pustpmprs reap: a correspondiug advantage at To 4ro Ifouso, Wellington. .'. , 2nd Reason.-Our goods are invariably we|l selected.; ; We njake .a speciality, of Lindlemns, Floor Cloths, and carp§ts, Our styles, dgsigns.and colourings are not only in the most perfect taste but are superior to anything to bo.seen elsewhere. For these things it is not. easy for anyone to rival TeAro House, Wellington, .■•: 3rd Reason,-Our stock is at all times large,'and the choice air but unlimited. Tho variety is something extraordinary and is oapable of satisfying tne most fasti" o'us taste. Those who contemplate ro< furnishing,. and young .people intent of matrimony should remember that the best placoinwhiohtoget. their wants satisfao|tor|ly: supplied is the Wholesale Family iDrapery Warehouse—Te Aro House, Wei lingtofl.. i

_ Edward Robinson, who ras arrested m Masterton yesterday for drunkonness and was liberated on bail, hild' his bail confiscated by Colondl Mints, R.M„ and Mr J. Gardiner, J,P,; this morning. The Picturesquo'Atlas Company was nonsuited in a caso heard at Greytown yesterday. An application (if Mr Pownall for a re-heating in another caso was refused. ;i '

The Greytown paper is 'urging the settlors of the Lower Valley to conduct ram-making experiments. . The Payne Family ot musicians will in all probability pay a return visit to Masterton in a few weeks.' A good many men have leltthe Forty mile Bush for grass-seeding in the South, They reckon to make from 130 to £BO for the season; Over two thousand bales of wool have already beon forwarded from the Fielding railway station this year, Several of the ( large' runholders around Maßterton are successfully using bi-su!phide of carbon for the destruction of rabbits, Needless to «y in manv cases the natural enemy is also being exterminated. The ratepayers in the _*lorth Wairarapa Rabbit District have expressed themselves as favourable to the abolition of the Babbit Board. It is expected that the Board will havo one more meeting only. The Wairarapa North Rfcbbit Board, which is about do. be dissolved, will, when all rates and subsidies are collected, have a credit balance of nearly £IOOO. This amount is to be expended in the liberation of ferrets. Constable May left Masterton this morning to arrange the holding of an inquest on the body ot the raw PortetH man, who was killed near Eketahuna yesterday. - A wire was received by us from Sir James Hector yesterday, Btatlng that the sample of wheat whioh we recently forwarded him contained the Hessian fly in a larva condition. This is sad news for the district. Tho Hessian fly is the most frightful of all pests. An article on the subject appears in another column,

The Premier stated at Mr M'lean'a meeting in the Opera House on Tuesday evening that up to the present timo 3177 persons had secured employment through the Labour Bureau, of which number 1449 had gone into tho service of private employers. / Tho man Jchn Porterman, who was killed at Newman yesterday morning, was engaged on the railway works. Mr O. A. Pownall, *f Maßterton, was handled rather severely by the Justices of Greytown yesterday, An application for the re-hearing of a Picturesque Atlas case haying been refused, Mr Pownall characterised the decision as Justices' justice. Ho also remarked that the gentlemen on the Bench had evidontly made up thoir minds before they came into coutt. The Mayor sharply retorted that he hoped Mr Pownall would not again pass such remarks, Mr Ward, J.P., also administered a quiet rebuke, when Mr Pownall replied that ho hoped the Government would create no more Justices of tho Poaco tor political purposes, This provoked a warm rejoinder from Mr Ward, who said that lie trusted New Zealand would never again be viiited by persons whoso transactiouß were little short of calamities to the general public, subversive of law and order, and an incentive to acts ol violence. This had the desired effect,