Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4202, 26 August 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1892.

Being tub extended title of the Waibahapa JDaih, with w.mou it is identical.

The amateur fruit-grower has been wont to lay off an orchard of young trees in serried ranks and for the first year or so to proudly exhibit them to bis friends as & miraole of growing foliage, which foretold, after a season or two, apples all the year round and a few over for a barrel of cider. But some summer morning he discovers that all his budding branches are tipped with a white fur and learns that the American blight has come to stay* Ho faces that enemy boldly, lubricating every twig with a toothbrush dipped in oil, and after- a long and weary painting campaign imagines that some day his trees will be dean and healthy, At this stage he will probably discover a red tinge on his spreading boughs and will realise that a new insect has arrived with a decided intention to stick and with unlimited powers of propogation, He will bo told that if he watches the time when myriads of the infantile red mites emerge from their shells he may determine their exißtenoe by some hot caustip solution and once -more devotes'himself to the task of fighting for the very life of his plantation, Fruit at last gladdens his eye and rewards hia labour, when, as a crowning misfortune, tbenbiquitous codlin moth puts in an appearance and lie has a still more serious enemy to encounter. In yain he ties bustles round his trees, smothers them with lime and pitch, and sprays them with poison. The hurder he works the faster does the moth increase and multiply, till he oan with safety offer his offspring a shilling for finding a single pippin which does not contain one or more wretchedgrubs, or which hasnot been abandoned by them as a worked-out olaim.

'"•The feelings of the amateur fruitgrower can better be imagined than described when he abandons all hope, throws up the sponge, and leaves his orchard in the undisturbed possession of Messrs Americau Blight, Red Mite, Oodlin Moth (Si Co. But the small landholder who has laid out an orchard as a livelihood for his family is in a much more serious position, He may by eternal vigilance keep his enemies at bay more effeotually than an amateur, but even if he [cleans his trees, colonies from neighbouring pjantations will make a specialtrip to -bis grounds seeking a change of air and diet, and hequipkly becomes disheartened and ultimately ruined. J ! ; ln"'.the -Auckland distjfiottfjere are hundreds ofsuch men who anxiously /j,e#i'g legislation in order to keep the wolf from their dpors, and we have seen with pleasure a pamphlet containing a report of the proceedings of the Fruit Growors Societies' Conference held last monih, whiob has resulted in a draft Bill for the suppression of the codlin njoth and other insect pests, It so, happens that a few years .ago Tasmania was in a similar .condition wjth respect to fruit-growing t/j that in which New Zealand now flnds jtself,: The people there w.ere, in very many instances, too poor to afford allow an enemy to smother one of their most promising industries. Goaded by atern necessity they faced the difficulty, and, wiih a little necessary legislation for the purpose of constituting efficient local authorities to deal with the pest, they have practically stamped it out, The apples we eat now in New Zealand eome from Tasmania, and it is a feather in the cap of that colony and a disgrace to this that such should be the case. At one time a large steamer was a rare sight in Mart harbour, but now the finest vessels in the southern hemisphere ujajki regular calls at that port for fruit.' ' .; Many districts in New Zealand are! quite as well adapted for the produo-' tion of fruits as Tasmania, but unfortunately we lj#»e not, as in the latter: Colony, established conditions under; which- the. fruit .cart be profitably! grown and exported, This is what; the Auokland fruit societies are trying? to 'accomplish, and they deserve the; cordial sympathy and support of every J

New Zealand colonist. They simply desire to bring into force, with slight modifications, an aot which has been a success in Tasmania, a measure, indeed, whiob has saved thousands of settlers in that country from comparative destitution. . The question is, as will tie seen, not exactly one for amateur fruitgrowers, though they necessarily must take a iively interest in it. It is a burning question upon which hangs the subsistence of hundreds of struggling settlers in Auokland • and elsewhere, settlers who have embarked'their little all in fruit culture, For their sakes and for the sake of building up a splendid industry which is specially adapted to our soil and climate and whiob will furnish a healthy and profitable occupation to thousands of our : fellow colonistsbesides bringing into cultivation large areas of waste lands unsuited for grazing purposes, tho Bill which the Auckland fruit growers hnvo drafted ought- to meet with general and ready acceptance. It follows the lines of the Tasmanian measure and it is not too much to say that our friend! there possess that special knowledge of the subject in which this Colony is defective and that in following their lead wo shall be on safe ground,

Mr Seddon's bill for the resumption of Ministerial control of railways may he justified on the ground that there should be a responsibility to Parliauientintheirmanagemont. Whentbis responsibility did exist so much corruption became evident, the public were plundered so freely and unblushthat it was evident that our political virtue would not stand the strain of a direct control, Now that still less scrupulous politicians govern the land, the old evils might crop up again with renewed vigour and our last state would be worse than the first, The present management is fairly effective and trustworthy; While it remains bo we had better bear the ills W6 have than fly to others of which we have had a very oainful experience in the past.

Mr E. M. D. Whatman has been elec- J ted a member of the Wellington Agricultural and Pastoral Association. Considerable activity is being shown in the hemp trado in tho Manawatu and Rangitikei districts, A Maori named Bori te Motu, who is said to have been over a hundred years old, died at the Parowanui pah, Manawstu, last week. The Secretary of tho United Farmers' alliance has been on an oioial visit to Mastorton,.

The services of twenty extra dorks in the Property Tax Department, who have been engaged in preparing arrangements for the new taxation, have been dispensed with.

The cross-country sire " Nanakia," a carefully selected importation to meot the requirements of the Tenui district iB announced by Mr E. Mason to stand this season. Nanakia is a black horse of good proportions, and claims to belong to the champion bloods of Now Zealand. The Wellington Agricultural and Paßtoral Association is holding a guessing competition as to the woight of a fat bullock at its next show..

MrDuthio, M.H.R., is asking Government whether it is true that a contract for formation of about 2J miles of a 7ft track between Pahiatua and Palmerston North, for which tenders were called—tho lowest being that of Mr Walsh, for £195, which was declined on the alleged grounds of being too high—has. since been completed by tho "unemployed" at a cost exceeding £316, without extra incidental exponse.of'superyision, Professor Mason and his " Musical Quintette" continue to draw good houses at the Theatre Royal, despite the in* clemency of the weather. The Professor gave an interesting address on " The Blood' 1 last night, showing what steps should be taken tor its proper circulation. A fifth programme will be given tonight.

The annual general meeting of shareholders in the Wellington Meat Export Co, (Ltd,) will be bold at Wellington on Wednesday, 81st August.

The criminal sessions of the Supreme Court commence in Wellington on Monday next. The following Wairarapa cases are set down for hearing:—Thomas Luff, rape; Frank B, Lowe, alias 0. H, Campbell, false pretences (two charges); Thomas Tait, perjury.

It is stated that Mrs Annie Besant will soon pay alcoturing visit to the Colonies,

At a Salvation Army meeting at Marton a few evenings ago, a novelty was provided by a Chinese soldier, who is stated by a local paper to havo" manipulated with tolerable skill a kind of stringed frying pan "—one of the musical instruments of the Celestials, The effect upon the audience is not stated.

Diphtheria has mado its appearance in the rahiatna district, and one death is already reported, While the recollection of the horrible case of cruelty to a child, recently heard in the Masterton R, M, Court, is fresh, it will be interesting to note the following incidout in England;—At ihe Warwickshire Quarter Sessions, ou Tuesday, June 28th, Marian Lilian Humphris, wife of tho Rev. Arthur James Humphris, vicar of Warwickshire, was prosecuted by the Society for Protection of Women and Ohildron for unlawfully assaulting Rachel Slate, a young women who had been in her employ as domostic servant. The prosecutrix, who appeared to be in feeble health, stated that she ontered the defendant's service on Fobruary 18. She was the only servant, and had to work from Ave in the morning until ten o'clock at night and often till midnight. The food was looked up, and at tunes she was kept withuut any for two days, On Sunday, June 24th, the defendant beat her on the arms and back with a s'tickjand on jihe night of May 19, she forced her to'undress, and lie on her face on .the bed, while she y/ns beating her. On May 25th the defendant again hit her in a similar mannbr, and on June 7th she hit her in the face and on the sjiis and back with a stick, Beyond some dry toajh for breakfast she gave her no' food on the fbjlow'ing day,' On June Bth the defendant again threatened to thrash her undressed; She escaped from the house at midnight, and slept in the garden, The following mornintt'she was take;; to the police by a woman who found her on the road. Ihe jury found the defendant guilty,' and she was sentenced to three months' imprisonment with such hard labour as slie can per/orip.

]}e careful, when you l)Uy, inhere you buy what you buy and how y«ju buy, -If you do, not watch these cardinal points in the Epieaca of buying, likely enough JP U w '" buy at the wrong shop, but what you don't want, and psy njoro , thai) is at necessary, Of coarse it will bo your own fault, no one else is to blame; your misr ortuno arises from your own' densenoss nd lack of oaution and foresight m floundering into the first hole in the wall you come aoross in your shopping rambles There is only ono way out of the difficulty only one plan by which the thousand; distinct evils that are in your path';can be avoided; and the thousand blessings that are waiting for you oan bo embraced, viz;, Buy everything at Ho:per and Company BonMaroko, Make it a rub of your Hie and see that your family do so likewise. It is to your interest, just: the same as it is to insure your life in a sound society, or build your house on a secure foundation, by wring the whole b'egjinpjbef words, by dotermining to'buy ev'erjtlunf ift Hooper and Company's, Bon Mftroto,' Take' your grocery bill on one hand, and your draper's on the the other Give 'us your weekly, order for family stores; for tea, coffee butter; and other eatables, 1 and you'wil save enough to'buy.jour own 'clothes; with something'to put in the 1 pockets."' Buy everything at' Hooper and Company's; Bin Marohe-Aovr

A private dance is being-held in the Mastorton Drill Hall this (Kriday)ovening. Visitors are expected from all parts of the dißtriot, The musio ia being pro« vided by Clifford's String Band.

According to an exchange when Mr Bryce was elected for Waaganuiin 18G6, the total number of votes polled by the three candidates was 160, Of these Honest John polled 102. In the Wairarapa election the same year, the voting was, Bunny 91; Ueggarty 27, Soatsin the Homo of Representatives are not so easily won now-a-days. ■ A child fell down a well sixteen feet deep at Fahiatua tho other day and sustained no injuries besides a fow bruises. The well, fortunatoly, was dry.

Mr Tregear, the chief officer of the Labour' Bureau, is at present in the Forty.Mile Bush.

A sawmill has been started in the vicinity of Newman, Forty-Mile Bush, by Mr J, Price, of Dalefield,

Mr K. H. Stanley, not the great explore out the accomplished expositor, will arrive in.Masterton on Monday noxt to wait upon residents for the purpose of explaining the time-payment system of the Droaden Piano Co. In another column a hope is expressed that the visitor will meet with ut good reception. The London correspondent of the Auckland Star writes:—Georgo Augustus Sala, the well-kno.wn writer, had an unpleasant experience in London on June 20th, His paper had been attacking a new labour organisation called "The Domestic Servants Union.'' The Union hold a meeting in Hyde Park on the day mentioned, and Sala and his wifo went to see what sort of a turnout it was, The Journalist was recognised by some of the crowd, who began pelting him with stones. Sala started to lews the spot, hut was not allowed to go unmolested. The crowd pressed on him aud Mrs Sala, pulling aud hauling them about until the police interfered and resoued them, Sala was minus his hat and Mrs Sala's clotliingwas badly torn.

Many settlers in this Colony labour under tbo delusion that if a neighbour's pigs trespass on their property, destroying gardens and generally disturbing things in the manner peculiar to the porcine race, they (tho settlers) may take tho nearest available gun and shoot the marauding porkers. Tho law, : however* does not recognise any such right, and

tho owner of the trespassing Bnimals ma) recover thoir full value inauyß.M. oi Justices' Court. In a case nf this kind

brought before Mr "Wardell, U.M., in Napier, on Saturday last, judgment was given for plaintiff for £4, costs, £llss: witnesses expenses, £2; and solicitor's fee, £i Is; or a total of £8 IBs, The aotion was to recovor the valuo of a sow and ten mutes.

On Tuesday morning Mr McDonald, of Maugatainoka, reported to Constable Cooper, of Pahiatua, that one of his children—a boy seven years of age-had died suddenly in his bed at ono o'olock that morning, On the previous day (says tho Pahiatua Star) the child had shown signs of approaching illness, but as no alarming symptoms presented thotnselves,. medical assistance was not obtained, On Monday evening the child got a httlo worse, his breathing becoming laboured and heavy. The parents ap plied bran poultices and other homely remedies, sitting up till a late hour attending to the little one' About midnight the boy appeared a little easier, and Mr and Mrs McDonald retired to bed. The former, however, awoke about half-past ono, and on getting up to see how the boy was, found him breathing his last. Thinking he had only gone off into a faint, hot baths were tried, also rubbing the spine and other means of restoring animation; but of courso without effect. An inquonb was held next morning at the residence of the parents, when the jury, after the evidence of Dr Gault, found that the deceased died from suffocation, Mused by diphtheria.

The Pahiatua Star says: -Nowhere in the Forty Mile Bush fs there to be seen such Bigns of healthy progress as at Mangatainoka. Homos are beina erected on many of tho town sections on both sides of tho bridge, and two new Bhops have just been completed; and on all sides the residents are evincing their faith in the future of the township by the substantial improvements they aro effecting on their properties. The death is, announced by cable of Marshal da Fonseca, ox-President of Brazil. •

Mr Brace, M.H, R,, hafbeen moving respeotins; tho difficulties bush contractors found, or thought they found themselves in under the Truok Aot Ho obtained an assurance from the Minister for Public Works yesterday that the provision in the Truck Act by which bushfellers might obtain advances to the extent of two months' wages did not refer to provisions alono, but referred also to tools or anything elso up to say £l6—the two months' wages. Mr Bruce is sure this interpretation of the law will give great satisfaction to bushmen. Both' Mr Bruco and tho Minister said there was much misapprehension on the point, and much inconvenience to bushmen had resulted. Mr Seddou says Government do not intend to amend the Truck Act this session, but if the- explanation ho has now given |hoald not remove the difljoulty, ho will cause enquiries to be made during the recess with-a view to amendment next session.

Says tho Hawke's Bay Herald ;—The Minister for Labour is of tho opinion that Justices of the Peace should be elected, but the Judges should not, It would be a clover man who could toll where the difference came In, except in degree, So far as principle is concerned, if. the colony takes to electing its Juatices it will at the same timewow that it ia right to elect all who administer justice, That is tho logical outcome, and tho United States has always rocognised that..

. A FUTiBMNO verdict.—Speaking of one of the most noted of colonial specialities, the press says:—"Sharland's Baking Powder deserves more than a passing notice.for the "Moa" Brand Baking Powdor enjoys a reputation second to none. Fromonoond of New Zealand to the other, large orders are received for this popular brand. Even in the mosf out of the' way districts the careful hojjise-wife,'. possessed with £ho laudable ambitjo'n to mako her broad and nor scones better than her neighbours-', buys Sharland's Baking Powder.'and triumphs oyer the 'few of her loss sensible sisters, who, from a mistaken sense of 'economy, buy apparently choaper'prands,,' The recipe of a good Baking Powder is anything but a sepret: but how very few manufacturers use, as Messrs'Sharland & (Jo. do, the best only of; materials, carefully tested before mixture and exactly proportioned." Readers, who require an economical, Isdtisfaotoiyandhealtbfuj Baking Pow !der, cannot do better' than use' the- ' Moa V brand.—Anvr.