Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4074, 28 March 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

MONDAY, MARCH 28, 1892.

Being the extended title of the Wairakafa Daily, with which jt is identical.

A draught horse, dray and harness is advertised fur sale through our columns, Any trial will be given, A bonus of £SO has been granted to Mr F, 6. Moore by the Maßtevton Road Board for services rendered by him in adjusting tho books and accounts of fl)e J}oaro\ If all we/ hear is correct the bonus was well earned. Fourteen hundred and seventy-eight shares have been taken up in the Masterton Blapksrnith and Wheelwright Manufacturing Company since its formation, Quite a mild boom has set in in Maeterton, and house property is becoming very valuable. On every side new homes are going up, and carpenters who a tew months ago were out of work now have their hands lull. Amongst the new residences about to be erected is one for Mr King, builder, (containing ten rooms) and ono'ftir MrR. E, Hornblow, priuter, (containing six rooms), both in Worksop road, The plans for these buildings are now out, !fhe leading citizen of Masterton who was mistaken en Sutadtij by a commission agent of Wellington fov'the Member for Masterton says he does not fee] complimented jn the least, Tlie Waipoua and Ruamahunga riven are now aliye with trout fry. This je accounted for by the fact that hundreds of large trout oame up from the Wairarepa Lake to spawn, early in the seasen . A largo number of young fish were also liberated from tho Masterton hatchery, The contract for the erection of a new aviary at the Acclimatisation Society's yards at Masterton has been let to Mr C, E. Darnell, and will probably be completed by the end of this week, Preparations ape now being made by Mr Ayeon, the .curator of the Mjserton fish ponds, for the spawnjng season, which commences at the end of April, A natural onemy of the codlin moth has beeu found in the Manawatu district in the shape of a plant which has a magnetic influence over tie pest. During 1891, 117,139 bales of hemp wefe shipped from Wellington, and in 1&K0 the'numbep m Js,3ofJ l batai. ' Mr Ernest 3. Holdjway, ejdoel son of Mr Charles Holdaway, of Masterton" was fn Monday last married to Miss Edaline Beattie, of fjtoko, flelson, The Rev. D Fulton, lato of Miitai ton has beeii appointed to the Coonabarra-' brau district in New South Wales. Asßhowing whatmaybemado out of beekeeping, it may bo stated that an apiary near Yuejba (Q) turned out 8000 pounds of honey from 104 hives, being the r/sult of 21 days work of the bees, Or. Wednesday next, March 30th the Theatreßoyal, which, tor some time past haa beofl closed against the sightseeing public, will be occupied by the Davys' Bright Ljghjj Company in a now ;nd rsfihod includiug. three j diStJwet entfli.tafhrrienta. 'M of the principal attractions .is the Marionettes, j which are well worth seeing, ani are' spokpn o/ highly by the leading 1 Australian pagers, A beautiful trans-' formation scene, with latest ljnielighti | effects, will be a poftjon of inn onji'erpin- i ment seldom given in Masterton. The ' Company has been playing to crowded I houses at Palniewton North and Wood- ' rille, and as it is really agood one should ! do well here, '

r The tides oh the, West Coastliaye been lower lately than for the past 12 months. _ The Electoral bill will be one of the first measures brought forward by the next session,.'. There are 550 men out of employment in Adelaide; in Melbourne froe meals havo been supplied to 1,440 people, and in Sydney 2,500 names have been registered for work at the Labour Bureau. The rules of the New South Wales Labour League provide that candidates shall give a written pledge that they will vote on all questions na the majority of the Parliamentary labour party in caucus may decide, or resign their seats, The Napier News.a Ministerial journal, considers that the introduction of the penny post should be deferred. It also suggests that five per cent, should be de ducted from the totahsator investments to meet the inoreased demand for charitable aid. A correspondent of the Marlborough Express states that Mr T, L. Buick does' not intend to contest the Wairau seat again, as he has set his heart on a North Island constituency. Harvest thanksgiving services wore held inSt, Matthew'aChurch, Masterton, yesterday. The chancel was decorated with fruita of the season, and the services were appropriate to the occasion, the congregations both morning and eveuiiig being much larger than usual. In the oveuing the Rev. W. E, Paige preached an eloquent sermon from the text, " Give us this dayourdaily bread, 1 ' A summons has boon issued against the man John Neill by the Masterton Benevolent Society for failing to make adequate provision for his four children,' It Is stated that in view of the report of the Government Analyst on the stomach of the late Mr W. L. Lucena, a fresh enquiry into tho circumstances attending his death is to be held. The police, however, have received no information on the matter. The Surveyor-General has written to the Masterton Road Board, stating that a road cannot be taken through the Weraiti estate as pioposed. A bridge is about to be erected across the Waipoua river at Kiriwhakapapa for the convenience ot settlers of the Upper Opaki. The Pahiatua School Committee has decided to support the candidature of Mr E. Feist, of Masterton, for the vacant seat on the Wellington Education Board. Mr R, Evernden junr,, who is wellknown to many people in Masterton, where he has been long rosident, has commenced business as an expressman. Mr_ Evernden possesses thorough business qualifications, and being of an energetic and reliable disposition he will doubtless do well, We wish him every sucoess in his new venture. A man named Robert Shilling, employod on the railway works at Eketahuna, mot with a seiioua accident on Saturday morning, Whilst driving a horse with a truck full of mullock he slipped, and before he could stop the horse the truck had passed over him, inflicting aomo fearful wounds'on his baok and arm. The sufferer was brought to Masterton by the afternoon train and admitted to the Hospital. The Melbourne Age and Dajly Telegraph aro vigorously advocating the adoption in YipNa of the Norwegian liquor laws. This would mean that all private trafflo in intoxicants would become illegal, and that the trade would be entirely in the hands of the Government. The profit on the trade to be devoted to defraying tho cost to the country entailed by the use, or rather abuse, of the drink, The Government are (accordjng to the Evening Press) carrying ou,t their design of acquiring a thousand' acres of land in the Manawatu District for the purposoof establishing an industrial farm. Tho object of this is not merely to relieve the congestion ot unemployed people in the centres of population, but also to afford the nondescripts a field on which they may prepare for the work of country life, Among those applying for work at the Labour Bureau are handicraftsmen, clerks, etc., who aro quite unfit for bushfelling and rough work, and it is the in» terition : ot the Government to give such 1 men food and shelter on the farm whjle they are qualifying for farm, and bush work, The institution will be under tho direotion of a Government officer, and will bo in no senße a loafers' retreat, or a free home. For married men quarters will be provided, and the men will be drafted off to various vaoaricies when they have acquired some fitness for work, The " farm" is to be worked on a cooperative principle, the men receiving a share of tlie profits, if any, The following open letter to tho Hon. R. J. Scddon appeared in the last issue of the Pahiatua Star:—Sin,—Allow me to address a few lines to you on the subject of the co-operative works at Makuri. You said the other ovening at Pahiatua that you had done away with the oontraot system, and that in its place you had substituted a system of co-operation, by which all the work was to be done at schedule rates. Now I would like'to ask why, if what you Btated is correct, we haye been asked to fender for certain works at the Makuri Gorge, sucb as f<irlnationand raetilling. Is this carrying out the cooperative system ? Besides in popspnuenco of so many men bpmg sepf Ijp frotn Wellington we cannot get any more work, neither ca'ii we get a show at the railway works at Mangatainoka. 1 and my mates are married men, who havo been years in Pahiatua, and we consider tho actual treatment received by us is anything but what we were led to expect from you on your recent visit. Sir, I and a great many more would be glad if yon would remedy this state of affairs.—l am, 6tc,,—Wobker. The' New Zealand Herald' of March 19thstates :-Thp funeral of .the He Piiora Tuhaorp, at Orakei, presented sqme very peculiar features, When'tye lime canio for the burial it was found there was no grave dug, and a couple of Europeans yoluntered to dig it, the noble savage lpoking on complacently. No proper spade couW be obtained at first, and one of the Europeans scooped out thepand formation with » battered keros.ene tin, Then no trestles had been obtained on which tp p]ace the poflin at the grave, and branches of trees had to bo cut down for that purpose, but there was a difficulty in getting ap axe. The treaties were too long, and when a saw was got the native could not sever the branchin two. Theex-NativoMinister, Mr Mitchelson whose hand has not: lost its cunning, stepped forward and tried to handle that saw, but after wrestling with it, gave up tho job in despair. It only dawned on the natives at tho oleyejftli Ijoiir that the coffin from its size, couhi rjey.er to got fhrough the garden gate'! and then f here was a fresh struggle fo get a' Bpado and an axe/ To add to the njeaMls. the d.epeased' chief had been kept from last Saturday to Thursday in warm muggy weather, so that the Europeans kept well to the windward during the funeral obsequies, and he was buried in loose sandy formation within Borne twenty yards of the frontdoor of bis late residence. What jyjli pj Health pay to.that ? Our first shipments of nowgopds for the 4utymi) ap.d'fVi'ntef ssas'bn lujve now come Whan.dbyilu j&tat pjgil stcanjers, and we have been busily employed j» opening them out and nrepsrit #in \ or inspection atTc'AroHouM, yVfl'lillgtoii We shall be happy to forward patterns of our new Dress Fabrics and other novelties free by post to any address, on application to James Smith, Te Aro House, Wellington, Our' pelpctipn of Autumn,and Winter Fashions has km made by.our earn buyers -men of great ejperienpp, taste pnrj judgment—in the British,.,Frenoh and Continental markets, and niny bo roliod on j; RiirDassing everyjhiog wo havo previously shown at Te Aro House, numilijiuh. Our Jadies would find it to their advantage fihojee bs early as possible,'iod'' s6 : t'o'have lie tdvantaje of getting their dresses maaVih go'oit-' time for tho Season, at Te Aro House, Wellington, Wo'will also'forward our Oharte for selfmeajurpipp'nt to anyone infitiiafing their wislj .irj'.tijJS reject'to ! ns ( ! abdwilj guarantee'to all customers the advantaged of iiaste, fit, finish and prompt execution in our Celebrated Dressmaking Boom at Te Aro Houso, Wellington, .

'Work;on- the Pahiatua-Palraerston road.was commenced laßt week, A Morse telegraph inatrumentis now being used in the Pahiatua Post Office by Mr 0. J. Norton, the new Post, maator. The delay in transmitting telegrams betwuen Masterton and Pahiatua will now be minimised, Several cases of cannibalism have been reported amoug the blacks in the Cairns district about 1100 miles N.W. of Brisbane. Five boys were recently killed and eaten. .Agrasspaddookoftwo hundred and Bixteenaores is advertisodas to be let for five or six months, applications should bo made at once to Mr L. Johnstone, Mauriceville, or to Mr W.L, Johnstone, Hall street, Masterton. The following oirsular, which has been issued to police officers throughout the Colony, should be of interest to the larrikin element in Masterton.—" The attention of the Hon. the -Defence Minister has been lately called to the increase of larrikinism in the various townß in the Colony, ana the inefficiency fif_ the police in dealing with this nuisance. In many towns groups of ladßare permitted to collect and loiter about Btreat corners, spitting on ladies dresses, making use of disgusting and profane language, and often insulting passers-by j whilst others amuse them selves hy breaking; lamps, unhanging gates, and various other objectionable practices. The Commissioner therefore directs officers in charge of districts to take such steps as they may deem necessary to vigorously suppress, these objectionable and annoying habits, and ho is assured they will receive eyery assistance from all respectable citizens in carrying out their duty."