Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12,1892.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4267, 12 November 1892, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12,1892.

BKINO THE EMENDED TITLE OF THE Wairakafa Daily, wixh which it is IDENTICAL

For over fourteen years tLis journal ' has been published is MastertoD, and throughout that period we bare been wont to express faith in the future of the town, When "The Wairarapa Daily" commenced publication no one doubted Masterton'a future, an enterprising land-salesman used toadvertise the place as the Chicago of Now Zealand, freehold sites sold at fabulouß 1 prices, and tenements, Tvhich would 3 now let at a pound a. week, would command three, Business was brisk, money plentiful and promissory notei . abundant! This happy state of affairs did not last, the railway instead of increasing the prosperity of the town diminished its trade, a large area of building land, notably the Dixon estate, came into the market and brought down the value of freeholds, n general wave of depression throughout the Colony was sensibly folk and subsequently an exodus of population I to settle the bush districts completed ' the series of drawbacks against whioh Masterton had to contend. The undue elation of 1878 and the yep pre-. I ceding it slowly changed to a eentio ment of despondency, and it is not till very recently that people have discovered thattheplace isgrowing and going ahead, that the empty houses ofafew ! years back are all occupied and that there is even a brisk demand for new buildings, During the lean years i Masterton held its own In a quiet way, but did not venture to take a step for* ward, Palmerston foortb, with greater faith in its future, borrowed boldly, improved largely and has long ago passed this town in the race as a business and residential centre. We were wont to consider. that Pnlmerston was going ahead a little too fast ] and that Masterton was moving a j 1 little too slowly, the golden mean ] lying between the two, but events I seem tQ have justified the enterprise I of the Palmerstoniaiiß and we have ! some reason to regret that this town ! had not the courage to adopt a soheme J of publio works on a smaller scale than c the one carried out at Palmerston but f still on a basis adequate to give us { what we needr viz,, a high" ' pressure water supply and drainage, ' The business men of Masterton are ' generally supposed to he doing well ( at the present time and we might } reasonably look to them to arrange that the town should not gp bapk, and i its trade retrograde for want of a little l attention to necessary publio works, ' It will be noticed that our leading ° business men have rarely been, in the j, habit of seeking positions in the Bor- o ough Council and that virtually the f best men in the town leave othors ■ who do not possess an equal degree of Y business aptitude and an equal stake g in the commercial welfare.of the h borough to manage its affairs for tlipm. * This spirit of indifference probably ex- „ plains fully the reason why we do not k poesess.a high pressure water supply, ji It has been demonstrated over and J! over again that suoh a project would e be self-supporting, that a shopkeeper n iinstead of paying perhaps £IOO a year oi for fire iußuraoce wouldjrobably pay 11 ,'

but £SO to the companies and that the other JBSO would be more than ample to cover the annual charges on an effective high pressure water supply It is of course quiie\ possible that drainage may slightly increase the borough rates, but even this is doubtful. A good water supply for drinking purposes, for firejextinotion, and for irrigation, combined with proper drainage, would tend to increase the value of every property in the town, and this augmentation would give the Council any little extra revenue it might need to cover any margin accruing from now charges, If anything be done, it must arise out of some demand on the part of the business men of the town for these muchneeded • improvements, If they would take the trouble to think out some feasible plan, to calculate its cost, or what would be better to get some competent engineer to work it out for them, the Council, as at presentconstituied, would, no doubt, be sufficiently intelligent and publicspirited to support the movement, No doubt, the Council should give a lead in a project of this kind j but if it be disinclined to take the initiative without some outside pressure, the leading business men of the town might well supply it, As we pointed out in our last issue, Masterton is worth developing, and tlio time has arrived when its burgesses might prudently take a forward step.

A particularly brilliant meteor was noticed in the eastern sky at Whakataki on Sunday evening last, _ The Ohrißtchuroh City Council has decided that book fiends must have hawkers' licenses, even when only soliciting orders.

Forty-five unemployed from Dunodin, and forty from Oamarti, proceed by tho Hinomoa on Sunday to road-making works at Wilson's River at Waikawa. A nurso-maid is advertised for by Mrß H,B.Tucker, of the Marquis of Normanby Hotel, Carterton, At Mr Tennyaon Smith's meeting at Carterton on Tnursday night 186 persona signed the pledge. Gold has been discovered in the Darling Range, near Guildford, Western Australia, and shows promise of a very rich field. A school at Aohanga is mnoh needed. There are about thirty children in tho neighbourhood, and the nearest school is at Whakataki, about eighteen miles distant,

A two-year-old colt by Master Agnes, whick took first prize at tho Carterton Show, is to be sold at Mr P, H, Wood's next stock salo at thoTarat'ahi saleyards. Several othor good horses will also be sold on tho same occasion. Mrs Mary Anderson, of Section, committed suicido yesterday morning, by hanging herself. She has been somewhat deranged in hor mind for tho past wool;, She leaves six children. The supposed cause is domestic troubles. Wellington tradesmen aro unable to agree on what day to close for tho compulsory half-holiday. Wo hear that Mr Stewart, lato of Akiteo Ferry, is about to take over Mr T.F.Smith's Whakataki Hotel. The Regißtrar-Gonoral estimate? tho population of the Colony on the 20th September to havo beon 043,344, exolu sivo of Maoris, and the Maori population 41,993, giving a total of 685,837 souls. A visiter to Castlepoint caught a curiouslydeforined cat-fish the othor day, It was only furnished with one eye and its nose grew out of the Bido of its head. Mr Sydney A. Pull has now got it in his possession.

As on evidence of how tho Natives ate dyinar out on the Eaat Coast, we might mention that during the lust two years, at Aohonga, oiohfc deaths have occurred and only two births. Giving evidence before the Labour afiopXaaislants* OmohsaTd the hours of shop assistants averaged 84 per week. The majority of the premises were in a very insanitary condition, and the lot of many of tho assistants wa3 almost on a par with that of a prisoner undergoing a torm of penal servitude. Mr A. MoHutchon, of Whakataki, while fishing on Monday morning last, ran a largo fish-hook right through tho middle finserof his right hand. Mr J. Osborne, of the Whakataki store, in the absence of a 6urgeon, out the hook out. As tho barb had got right into the bone the operation was not a pleasant one, At the residence of tho bride's parents (Finlay Terrace, Wellington) yesterday by Mr John S. Handloy, formerly wellknown in the J). Battery of Artillery in Wellington, was marriod to Miss Nolly Gibbs, Mr Handloy and his bride left for the West Coast, Tho cerouiony was performed by the Rev. A. Peters, who then noted in a similar capacity for tho bride's younger sister, Miss Elizabeth L. Gibbs, The lattor was married to Mr Richard Wakelin, of the Evening Press staff, and formerly of Greytown, Wairarops, Tin's double event of yesterday was witnessed by a largo party of relatives and friends who aro unanimous in wishing the contracting parties long life and abundant prosperity.—Evening Press. The Exhibition Challenge Shield won by the Wellington-Wairarapa team at tho last meeting of tho Mow Zealand Rifle Association was handed ever to the Mayor of Wellington yesterday, for custody iu tonus of the conditions of competition, In the absence of Major Donald, captain of the team, Lieut. Kirk in handing over tho shield said he hoped the team would again be successful next year. The following are the names of the Wcllington-Wairarapa team, and tho scoro made by each at tho competition : -Mr Cameron, P. 0, Williams, and Gunner Rait, 62 each; Private Hoft'oins 60 i Mr Benton, 581 Lieut. Kirk, 67 ; Mr W. H, Ballinger and Privato Blaine, 57 each; P. 0. Harris, and Sergeant Kuchen, 55 oach; Leading Seaman Holmes, Volunteer A. Ballinger, 'and Bombardier Howe,s4each; MrWilkie, 63 i Captain' Pringle, 62 j Seamen Bell, 61 j Major Donald and Corpl. Jackson, 48 eaoh; Mr Speedy, 47; P.O. Sedgwick, 44. Total, 1090, Othor scorosOtago, 1078; Auckland, 1067 i Christchurch, 1060 ; Wanganui, Taranaki, and Napier team, 1040, Wo talk of depressed times (says a writer in tho Christchuroh Press), and put all our spare savings on the totalisator. I have the following fact on moat reliable authority, A Ojiristchuroh bank has received in exchanges from its Sydney branch £l5O worth of Dew Zealand 2d postage stamps. These are, of course, tho stamps Bent for replies by investors in "TattersaU's" consultation. As each investor sends at least £l, this means ! that at tho very Ipt £IB,OOO has gone out of tho colony, But as a matter of faot, of course many letters contain a great many pounds, especially whero a number of friends club togethor, this is one meeting out of the many in the year. Probably £50,000 would be rauoli within the estimate as our annual tribute to Australian consultations. Verily we are a nation of gamblers j He what prigs what isn't his'n, when be'a oolohed is sent to pris'n." That informs tho evil-disposed that sooner or later they must pay the penalty of their crimes, and oven aßone man is.bound to respect another man's rights and not lay violont hands on other men's property, so is everyone who cares'ior his own .woh\boini> and for tho well-being of the country of his birth or adoption, bound to take care'of his ■ own, Bhepherd his own resources, keep a watohful eye on his own property, and safeguard his own interests, The oitizen who has a sovereign to spend and who spends it so that he only gets ten shillings'worth for his money, is practically as bad as the njan who puts his hand into his neighbour's poo: ket and takes out hall a Bovoreign; nay, he is worse, because in allowing himself to be imposed upon, he robs his dearest friend—that is himself, Thereto he should buy everything at Hooper's Bon Marche, and no matter what ho wants-a coat, a suit of clothes, a pound of tea or a bag of sugar j a large parcel of groceries or a small item of h»berdasheiy,bewilltinditthß6«Be.. .'"■

A mad Chinaman in a state of frenzy, broke his ribs in the padded room of the Wellington Asylum a. few days ago i Death resulted from the injuries; v' - Owing to pressure on our Bpace,correßpondence re B. Tennyson Smith and Galloy Whisky is necessarily held over. A well attended meeting ut those who signed the requisition asking MrF.H Wood to again come forward as Mayor of Greytown, was held last evening. Mr Wood was roqucsted (and consented) to Contest the election against all-comers, and every confidence was expressed as to the result, A strong working committee was formed to watch proceedings, and arrange minor details connected with the election, which will be held on Wednesday, 30th inat.

The ladies of Tenui have formed a sewing-bee, to work for the Masterton Hospital.

Kioto Btill seem to be the order of the day along the Congo rive, Africa, and according tothe missionaries, rum-drink-ing even unto, death is no less popular. Between the two the chances appear good that, with time, the missionaries will have the country to themselves

The Akiteo Accommodation House and Post Office is now in charge of .Mr F. Bianchi, late of Castlepoint Station. The Manawatu Times says :-A disgraceful scene teok place on the A and P. Show Ground yesterday' afternoon. Two barrels of Mrs Bull's beer, which were on exhibition iu the dairy produce tent worebroached by several young men, and not content.with imbibing to the fullest extent they approprited tho bread and butter which was in the tent, The Secretary, Mr 0. 0, Miles, happened to come upon them iu the midst of thoir revelry, and they ejected from the tent.

Amongst other curiosities which came to light when the creek running through St Matthew's Church grounds was being cleaned out a few days ago, was a sot of false teeth. They will be placed in the Masterton Museum, with the skull, and othor ghastly, antiquities, Early application to'the Town Clork is desirable if the owner wishes to recover the property. A gentleman travelling through tho Pakowai, a short time ago, noticed severil of the sheep without ears. On enquiry he fouud that wild dogs were tho causo, and for several Boaaona past they had done extensive damage. Settlors have lately discovered that by hanging bells on the necks of several sheep in each flock, the dogs are frightened, and this year thny have, been seen scarcely at all,

A great Maori tangi took nlacn last week at Whakataki over the deith of a Maori boy about fiftoen years of age, through consumption. The remains were interred at tho Castlepoint Cemetery.

The ninc-old-yoar daughter of Mr B, Densloy, of Avoca, Victoria, a bright, and as events have proved, highly sensitive child, threw herself into the river Esk, The father had occasion to reprimand her for an act ot disobedience. She was missing for three days, when her body was found, Thoro can bo no doubt that the act was one of self-destruction, as, previous to tho sad event, tho child had expressed her determination to destroy herself should ever hor father chastise

The report of tho experimental farms in Canada gives an account of tho dohorning of several oattle under the auspices of the Dominion Department of Agriculture. The operation seems to be successful and satisfactory in every case. In one case in particular a Jersey bull, which had become extremely vicious, was tied down and his horns sawed oft" as close to his head aa possible, Not a thimbleful of blood wsb shed, and when ho was turned loose in his box stall he acted as mildly as a sheep, Waldo F. Brown, in a recent article, endorses the. practice as being in tho interest of the well-being of the cattle themselves, making them quieter and less liable to injure themselves and others. For dehorning ho prefers the saw rather than the nippers, as the latter are likely to crush the bone and prevent healing so quickly. The only application ho makes after, swi"" >'« m t n J ll }}"• .-.him wiin wneatllour, The Canadian experiment station recommonds having on hand a cloth coyered with caal tar, to übo untillthe wound is entirels healed.

Wool is on the down grade just now, according to a writer in the Leisure Hour. It has been falling in prico since the end of 1889. Nothing is heard of but over supply, and this apparently because our worn-out coats no longer are annihilated, but disintegrated, and enter on another phaso of exlstenco after a painful progress through a shoddy mill. The oycla now is mungo, and from mungo to more shoddy, until at a place like Leeds, for instance, weaving from the wool is a curiosity, to see wlnoh you have to take to the surrounding country, Tho wear of wool is truly everlasting. The woollen cloth goes forth to be mado into a coat, and after months of Bolid wear returns to be shoddiod, and goes forth agaiu in the roll to bo made into more coats and comes backtoboro-shoddied. Where is it all to ond ? It would seem as though shoddy would kill the sheep, and Australia, whose wealth jb her wool will havo to produce wool more cheaply or find something olse to make money with, In 1890 2,000,000,000 lbs of wool were produced in the world, of whbh Australia yielded a fifth from her 115,000,000 sheep, Little more than a century ago thero was not a sheep in Australasia. The first fleet undorPhiliparrivedinPorfc Jackson In 1788, and with it brought 44 sheep, which before the year was out had'all gone but one.. A recent traveller on the Tauoru road noticod that the hawks wero doing great damage to the young wild ducks which are very plentiful In the swamps round the Taueju this year. According to a Australian oxchange a commercial traveller is carrying a yarn around that his firm sent a oase of scented soop up to a place beyond Bourke some few weeks ago. The storekeeper, who received the consignment, had probably never seen a samplo of this olass of artiolo before; and as for his customers thoy had never invested their personalities with anything iu tho shape of a bath in their lives, Tho lubricator therefore hung fire till ono day an ancient cockatoo came In, in search of some butter. Said the storekeeper (auxioua to disposo of his purchase) "I havn't got any butter, but I've got some nice little squares of cheese." " Aye, that'll do as well" said the baok-blooksman, " and it'll not be after melting either." So four cakes of "Windsor" was, dono up in a parcel with some other goods, and the pioneer wont his way, Thrco days after a son of the cookatoo hitched his horse to the verandah, and entered tho shop," Well," said the storekeeper oautionsly halffearfully," what's up now." "Father says," responded the youth " that I was to aak you to keep him the rest of that cheese till he comes along with the dray. He says its the beat thing ho has tasted sinco he has been up here." And behold in a few dayß the old man dropped in and waxed highly eulogistic of the" cheeso,' took the lot, and ordered more by the next time he came along," for, said he, " when fried it's better than all the eggs and baken I've evev kum acrost."

Good housewivos resident in' the country districts when in want of FlOor Cloths or Linoleums should remember that we have ono of the largest and best selected stooks in the Colony, which for cheapness are unequalled outside of Te Aro House Wellington. lor other roomß we'liave Floor Oloths all in the piece to cover 9 feet by 12 feet for 18s, 12 feet by 12 feet for 245, snd 16 feet by 12 feet for SOsj at Te Aro House, WellingtonV-ADVT, We have some very nico light carpet pattern Floor Cloths.suitable for bedrooms and can cover rooms 9 feet by 12 feet for 10s Id, 12feet by 12 feet for 13s 9d and 15 feet by 12 feet for 17s 6d at Te Aro House, Wellington.

Some heavy'Floor.'Cloths in Mosaic and Tile Paten's aro very suitable for KitohenußO. Wo cap supply sufficient to coves rooms 9 feet by 12 feet, for 12a, 12feetbyl2feotforl6s,15feetby 12 foetfor 20a, 18ft by 12 feet fqv 24s at Te Ato floiisoj-WellliJgtgni

The Sals of Work at St. Matthew's Schoolroom yesterday, was veryßUcoeßsful; the attendance in the evening being large, Several musical selections, rendered at intervala by Mr 0. Clifford's orchestra, were much appreciated. The i großß amount taken was £35. The Rev. Mr Paige wishes to thank the ladies of St. Matthew's Guild, and all who so kindly helped to mako the Bale a Buccess. The Treasurer of the Maetorton Hospital acknowledges with thanks the roceipt of£l|lo3irom H. Holmes, of Cashpoint Station, and £3 10s from his employe's. We notice that atrawburriea are displiyed for sale at Mr Richard Jones' fruit shop to-day. Thoy are one shilling and sixpence a pound, we found on enquiry. The figure for the first in tho market is usually slightly above this—about two shillings..

The Hon, Geo. McLean, Chairman of the Onion Steam Shipping Company, paid a visit to the Masterton fish hatcheries this morning, A drunk, brought before the Masterton R. M, Court this morning was oomioted and discharged on payraontof costs.

The doepest flowing well in Aew Zealand has just been completed at Sproy. don, Canterbury. The depth is 380 ft 8 in, and height of flow 18ft, The drill is 2inin diameter and the supply 37,000 gallons a day.

Beards and moustaches are by no moans so uncommon among ladies as may be anpposod, A lady, very well known in London society, whosehusband Imb a poßt at Court, is possessed of as fine a beard as a man ouuld desire, while the widow of a cortainlegalluminavy has as vigorous a moustache as her own son. The wife of one of the beerocracy haß fair, strong wlrakers which coverthe whole of horoheeks; and the otherwise pretty daughter of one of our Jewish plutocracy has a black moustaoho, which she has tried in vain to eradicate by every method known to the toilette-caterers. Queonlssbolla of Spain has a moustache which a dragoon would not • despise,, and her daughter, the infanta Eulalie, has a promisiug black on her upper lip, which will, no doubt, develop into a "heavy" as years roll on. The members of the Stirling Special Settlement, near Bketahuna, will ballot for sections in about a fortnight, Two thousand young trout have been despatched from Masterton to Eketahuna for lh» members of the Stirling Special Settlement, They will bo liberated in the upper waters of tho Mangatainoko which river forms one of the boundaries of the block,

The Groytown paper says thai wo aneored the other day at a Greycown lady iu a oerlain dog paragraph, We woro quite una ware tint any lady was mixed up in tho affair, and no ono excepting perhaps, the mountebank who odits the Standard would droam oi our publishing, oveu in idle jest, anything which would hurt the feelings of a lady. We supposo, however, that" Satan finds some mischief still lor idle scribes to do." A very extraordinary discovery (says the Bush Advocate) was made in the Danevirke cemetery on Monday. During the course of an oxoavation for a pve, the diggor camo upon a body in an excellent state ot preservation. An examination showed it to be the romains of' a man namod Samuel Henry Kent, who committed suicido 13 or 14 years ago at Heretaunga, by blowing out his brains with _ a rifle, Kent was at that'time working at a camp on Mr Wall's aeotion, He had formerly been in the Navy, and often told the other mon that ho would kill himself as he suffered from some internal complaint. Mr T. Miflerand other old residents remember the circumstances well, and how the body was carried to Tshoraite, thore wore no roads then, and an inquest held by Mr G. D. Hamilton. Kent was buried by Mr Allardice at 12 o'clock at night, and the unearthing of his remains after this lapse of time is somewhat extraordinary. More extraordinary also is it that although the coffin had long since decayed the flußh was woll presorvod, and the finger nails and hair had grown to a great length. A FLATTERING VERDIOT.-Speaklng of one of the most noted of colonial •jiDCiaiuies, tne press says:—"Sharland'e Baking Powdor deserves more than a passing noticn.for the "Moa" Brand Bak. ing Powder enjoys a reputation second to none. From one ond of New Zea. land to the othor, large orders are received for this popular brand. Even in the moat out of the way districts the careful house*wifo, possessed with the laudablo ambition to make her bread and her scones better than her buys Sharland'e Baking Powder, and triumphs _ over the few of her less sensiblo eiatora, who, from a mistaken sense of economy, buy apparently cheapor brands, The recipe of a good Baking Powder is anything but a'seoret, but how very few manufacturers use, as Messrs Sharland & Co. do, the best only of materials, carefully tested before mixture and exactly proportioned. 1 Readers, who require an economical, satisfactory and healthful Baking Pow« der, cannot do bettor than uao the Moa" brand.—Advt