Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1893.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4313, 7 January 1893, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1893.

Being the extended title or the Wairarapa Daily, with weigh it is TDBNTIOAL

The Cheviot purchase ia a striking example of the boldness of the present Government. Havo " fools rushed in where angels feared to tread"; or is there the inspiration of genius in the surprising coup. The first question which occurs to law-abiding persons is: whether it is constitutional for a Ministry to spend over a quarter of a million of money without an appropriation ? There can be but one, and that, a decided negative reply to this query. The magnificence of the coup is enhanced by its glaring illegality. No self-respecting Legislature would abandon its privileges to permit a Ministry to commit a gigantic act of irregularity of tbiß kind; but then Ministers, no doubt, regard their majority in the House as servile and degraded; their followers are bought and paid for, and they cannot- be brought to account for an illegal practice. There is a popular opiuion that large estates can be profitably subdivided, but all experience is against this, Settlers will remember how the Hon. John Martin once bought an enormous territory atHuangarua, and endeavoured to plaoe portions of it in the market as farms, and how this scheme was, to a very large extent, a failure. Can we expect Ministers to succeed where a sharp, shrewd man of businesslike the late Mr Martin, was unsuccessful ? The probability is, that the speculation will, from a financial point of view, turn out to be a failure, The trustees of the estate were unlikely to surrender it at less than its full value. If it be worth more than the price paid to the State, it is undoubtedly worth more to the trustees, and it would have been almost a criminal act on their part to have surrendered it at less than its actual value.

The Government appears to be in earnest in its intbntion to destroy the freehold tenure in New Zealand. A Crown grant is no longer sacred, and it is probably only a qijstion of time for properties of all sortepand sizes to be nationalised. The bii fish will go first, but tho smaller fish,will follow till the thing ccmes do An to its bed rock, and the man who owns twenty aores will have to divide with the man whp wants apt! the man who possesses ten aores will have to share with the man who'wants five. The first achievement in cotatthtion has been accomplished but jHcan foreshadow what the lastjjMbe, when might, not right, baaßß/a^

A' number of Maoris havo been con> | vioted and fined for sly grog selling on the Waimate plains. Makerua swamp on tho Manawutu line is to be drained. . Urnpes' are being grown in the open air at Haugatainoka in the Forty.uiila Bush.

Lord anil Lady Glasgow visit Dunedin shortly.

Tenders ate invited for metalling forty chaius on Dreyers Book Road, Particulars may be seen in the Mauriceville Road Board's advertisement published in thisissuo.

A statement of the receipts and expenditure of the Masterton Cemotory Trustees for the year ending 31st December, 1892, is published in the advertising columns of this issue, Tho story goes—l do not vouch for its truth—that Messrs Seddon, Hweß, and I' Jock" Mackenzie, were recently walking together in a Southern City, when a Mall boy Bnntt out," Three oheers for the next Premier," and Messrs Seddon, Reeves, and Macketizio all bowed and all said," Thank you, my lad 1"—Oatholio Times.

Separator-made butter is now to be obtaiued in Masterton, and the Wairarapa Farmers I'o-opqratiye Association notify that a fresh supply will be received each day at their store from the Kopua« ranga Butter Factory. They recommend it to their customers and the publio as being of. guaranteed quality and as peifect in flavour.

Two good trout rodß and fishing tackle ato f dvertised in our Wanted column as for sale.

Tho Ma«terton Town Lands Trust hai now a credit balauce of £SO.

The sum of £2O granted towards the erection of the Mnateiton Publio Fountain by the Masterton town Lands Trustees has been passed for payment. The Rev A, 0. Williams will shortly visit the Wairarapa to preach to both races.

Charles Williams, of Martinborough, has boen appointed a member of the Greytown district licencing committee, in place of Mr Considine, resigned.

The Oamaw Mail understands that one large property, at least inthatdistricthw been offered to the Government; but so far, there has been no acceptance of the oiler.

Mr F. Pirani, editor and proprietor of tho Manawatu Standard, has been appointed to succeed Mr W. W. McCardle as a member of tho Wellington Land Board.

The slip on the Gorge line will probably take a week to dear away. Traffic will proceed as usual in the meantime. The transhipment of passengers and luggago only necessitates a delay of IB minutes.

Tho distribution of trout by the Wellington Acclimatisation Society, will conclude for this season with 10,000 which are to bo forwarded from the Masterton ponds shortly to bo liberated in tho (Mi River. During the paßt season the Society have collected 100,000,000 osjgs, and over 80 per cent, of them were hatched out,

The Rotomahana on her last trip made the record for merchant vessels between Lyttelton and Wellington, the time from wharf to wharf being eleven hours fifteen minutes.

An Australian contemporary writes: If any of our readers will take a map of New Zealand and make a cross with a coloured penoil against each of the centres of population where meat freezing or meat preserving works have been : eatabliehed in that Colony, he will at once perceiye how widespread is the industry there, and will not wonder that it has beon one of tho most potent factors in bringing a return of prosperity to Now Zealand. Commencing at the south, wo find.two of these works at tho Bluff, one at Mataura, others at-Burnsido (near Dunodin), Oamaru, -Tiinaru, Christchurch, and in tho North Island on each coast till we get to Auckland, a cluater of them being in the neighborhood of Hawke's Bay, there being a total of nineteon, These liayo all boen established within about ten years, A representative of tho Australasian Pastoralists' lloview had a conversation in Sydney the other day with Mr E, G. Greenstreet, of Coxon and Greenstreet, engineers, by whom the majority of tho meatfreezingworksin flew Zealand were erected, and he described inter niia the wonderful effect tho industry had on the local markets for stock, "The movement," said he," just eamo in tho nick of time, and it haß been One rapid stride. It has doubled tho price of stock, and has given employment to a large number of hands. Roughly speaking, I should say that the export of frozen mutton has reached two million carcaßoa per annum, although it will not be so large this year because tho freezing establishments liayo got ahead of the supply of stock, This is why I am establishing myself in Sydney ; Mr Cojon has settled in Brisbane I Bee no reason why the result which has followed the enterprise in New Zealand should not be achieved in Australia,"

The Greytown paper says that Mr O R. Bidwill has purchased tho most fashionably bred mare that has over been in the Wairarapa, and has forwarded her pedigreo for publication; (bred by tho MiddloPatk Stud Co-,) by Apremont, dam Watersprite by Traducer her dam Waterwitch by Camden out of imported Mermaid by King Tom; her dam Waterwitch by Flying Dutchman ; Evening Star by Touchstone; ■Bertha by Rubeua- Boadicea fed, of | Touchstone), by Alexander-Brunette, by Ainaranthus. Mayfly by Matchem, Ancaster Starling-Grasshopper—New-ton's Arabian—Pert-St Martin's— Hales's Arabian. Mormaid was imported to Canterbury in 1862 by Mesas Harris and Innes. Waterqueen has a filly foal at foot by Ascot, and visits him again this season,

Tho following notice appears in Thursday night's Gazette ;—Department of Agriculture (Livestock Branch), Wellington, 4th January, 1893 —His Exodlenoy the Govomor has been pleased to declare the sevoral shoep distriots throughout the colony to be clean sheep districts within the meaning of "The Shoep Act, 1890." W. P, Reeves, for the Minister of Lands,

Mr A. S. Wills, of Woodville has shown us (Post) a curiosity in the shape of an ordinary milk dish, whioh was left outside with some ordinary washing blue in it at Woodvillo in 1889, In the morning tho blue bad bsen dispersed over the bottom of the dish, and there was marked upon it a wonderfully intricate and beautiful pattern whioh would be a boon to a designer of art wall patterns, which has remained to this day, and has so far baffled the owners of the dish to account for. Mr Wills has had the dish mounted in a wooden frame and to-day submitted it to Sir James Hector and the Museum staff, who regard it as a remarkable and interesting curiosity, and suggest that the phenomenon may have been produced by the action of frost.

Those In want of Carpet (Coverings for their floor at economical prices are reminded hereby that the best place in tho Province for these goods is the Wholesale Family Drapery Warehouse, Te Abo House, Wellington. Just , now we are showing some capital Juto Kidderminster Squares with border at the following prices:—9 feet by 7 feetG inches for 7s Gd, 9 feet by 9 feet for 10s 6d, 9 feet by 12 feet for 15s Cd, and 12 feet by 12 feet for 18s 6d, at Te Ano House, Wellington. Some .very effectivo Jute Brussels Squares with border all round are to be had at 25s Cd for 9 feet by 7 feet 6 inches, at 42s 6d (or 9 feet by 12 feet; and 52s 6d for 11 feet 3 inohes by 12 feet, These are very handsome carpets, are easily laid and as easily takfti up, and are somo of our latesi importation* at Te Abo House, Wellington, % Then there are some excellent designs in' Superior Velvet Pile Squares in the Mow-i ing sizes and prices:—6 feet by 9 feet for 25s 6d, 9 feet by 9 feet for 37s 6d, 9 feet by 12 feet for 498 Cd, and 11 feet 3 inches % ij

.Ihe following ate the amounts of tenders for building new schools, recently accepted by the Wellington Education BoardTe Hero, Beetham & Johnson. i24G 18s Gd j Tokomaru, Johnson and I Snaw, £l9? j Raugitaumau, T. B. Mifcchell, £197 12s; Cro3a' Creek, W. Benton, £104; Ilawem (Forty-mile Bush), It H, Cole, £164 11b Id. During the month of December, 1892, the estates of' twenty four deceased persons were placed in the handß of the Public Trustee. The values varied from £6 to £1,100,. . '

_ A dispatch from New York, received in Sydney last week, states that John L. Sullivan, the ex-champion pugilist, is ill, suffering from heart disonse, and has expressed his intension of rotiringfrom the prize ring. ■

A reception meeting to Mr E. Tennyson Smith was held last evening in-tho Wesloyan Church when addresses of welcome wore delivered by' Rev. J. Dukes, Rev. Robert Wood and Mr Fielding (S. A,), Tho lecturer replied in a telling address urging workers to (1) realise the evil they had to fight. (2) Tho glory of their Temperance cause. (3) To be inspired with a firm belief in the "Baveableness" of men. (4) Tho need of individual effort, and (5) united earnest prayer. Tho meeting then went into committee and final arrangements for the mission were made,

A youne man named Charles Ball was arrested by Constable Tuohey between Birmingham and Apiti on Saturday on a charge of larceny as a bnilee of L3O, the property of Mr Ellmer, of Pahiatua. He was brought up at Feilding Court on the charge, and remanded to Pahiatuijo take his trial.—Advocato.

Mr H, J, Taperell, foimcry of the Wairahapa Daily stiff, aud now dramatio critic of the Sydney Daily Telegraph contributes an interesting article on 1 The Australian Drama' to the first number ol the new Australian magazine, 'The Antipodean.' Mr TapereU haßtho reputation of boine the most impartial and intelligent dramatio critic on the Sydney press.

A model trustee, Mr R, Hate, might be Been (hia morning, scythe in hand cutting some of tlio long grass which is rather a nuisance iu some portions ol the Masterton Public Park.

Messrs Lowes and lorns announce their Ekotahuna stock salo tor WednoaJ day, January 18th, at one o'clock. The preliminary entries are advertised in this issue.

It is announced that the annual Bam and Ewe Fair of the Wairarapa and Eaßt Coast P. aud A. Society will be hold ot the Show Grounds, Carterton, on Fri3rd February, 1893, and that entrios close on Saturday, 28th January at noon,

It should be almost unnecessary to remind our readers that Mr E. Tennyson braith, tho talented temperanco lecturer, holds his first mooting in the Masterton Theatre to-morrow (Sunday) evening at a quarter past eight o'clock-after the chiwohca are out. Apart from tho object of Mr Tennyson (Smith's mission, he is an elocutionist ot inoro than ordinary attainment, and may be relied upta to afford his hearers a most interesting oratorical and intellectual study during the evening. There is no charge for admission, and we expect to soe Mr' Tennyson Smith greeted by a large audience oil his opening night in Mastortou. ? Messrs Lowes and lorns add to their Masterton stock sale for Wednesday, January 11th, one rustio cart, nearly now, and 200 wethers.

One of the features of the Columbus celebrations in New York was a parade of 6000 bicyclists, 600 of whom were women. A. large uumber of artistic and pioturesque floatsgave historical tableaux representing prominent events in American history, and noro manned and followed by 30,000 men in fancy dm _ A Kelson lawyer, explaining his rapid increase in woalth as in reputation, said it waß duo to the tomfoolery of people. For example a client of mino had a racehorse that he swapped .for somo land in tho Sounds. The racoborse went wrong, and the other man brought auit to recover damages. This made my client angry and he brought suit for misrepresentation of property. The opposing lawyer was a friend of mine, Eaoh had two suits, and we fought them tooth and Mil. Now he owns the racehorso and lown the land in the Sounds, - Wostport News,

In alluding to the remarkably successful halt year's buaiueeß of tho Wairarapa Farmers' Co-operativo Association the paragraph in last Saturday's issue stated that the profit lor the sis months up to July Blst was £2,819 alter paying all expenses in connection with the formation of the Company, etc, This was wrongly printed. Tho profitahould have' beon stated as £3,619, not £2,6ltf, There was also carried to the reserve fund (after paying away £740 odd in bonuses to shareholders on their purchases) the sum of £1,680, which constitutes a resorve already equal to 5 per cent on the paid-up capital. Either to consumers or the general public, the Association forms »good medium for investment, and in this connection we are asked to say that the share list will be kept open only until 31st January, instant, and that all applications for additional shares must be in before that date to stand any chance of allotment.

A movement is on foot in Perth and Freomantlo, W.A., to start a Trades and Labour Counoil, and at last night's meeting of the Wellington institution of that name, a letter was read - from a Mr Riohard Hornby asking for information concerning tho constitution and working of Buch a body j also for copies of the Electoral and Land and Income Acts of New Zealand. The writer says "I doubt whether in any other Englishspeaking community the people have less voice in public affairs than in Western Australia. Out of a population of 60,000, there aro about 6000 voters, so that practically we are governed by a diss, and that class the large landed proprietors." He alleges, tho press there is undor the control or influence of the governing class, so that labour can look for little sympathy in that direction.— Evening Press.

A Central News telegram from New siork to a London paper says a shocking affair ocourred on Saturday, 12th November, at a mill in the town ot Austin, in Pennsylvania. While work was in progress the whole building was shaken to its foundation by the bursting of a largo boiler, and forthwith the employes, numbering several hundreds, were seized with panio. Hushing from tho different departments, the crowds mot'on the landings, and there beoame jammed. Scones of awful struggling ensued, and the result waß that many of the unfortunate people were thrown down and trampled upon m such a manner that a considerable number trho are now in the hospital are not expected to recover, although only three persons were actually killed by the explosion. According to Dalzlel, several pieces of tho boiler struok a dwelling house at ariiatanoe of 600 ft, and took the roof off, An immense water tank was blown into the air, and doscended on tho top of two box cars, which were completely destroyed, Another pieco of the boiler strtwk a number of flat cars on a siding. -The cars, whioh were loaded with Blabs, were started by the foroe of the concussion, and rushed down an inollno into the water of the dock. The sohoolhouse was completely wrecked. Tho dead include the engineer, a fireman, whose 'neck was broken, an assistant fireman, who was driven into a heap of sawdust and suffocated, and a man who was blown to atoms while he was wheeling Blabs into the elevator,

A good story is going the round of tho town jast now concerning a hat of ft' particular description, which was wanted by one of our local magnates, He tried everywhere in search of it, and found it at most plaoes; there was no difficulty about that. But tho prices, Oh Fie I jiine shillings at one shop, eight at another, seven and aix at a third, and a orown somewhere 'else. Then Hooper and Company's was 1 reached, and soon the seeker went homo delighted, singing 'ThatHat, That H(it,that -wonderful Hat 11 got it at Hopper's for two and sprat,"-Apvt, ,

_ The wheat harvest is bogiiminj? to gpfc into fall swing in the neighbourhood of Mastcrton. A fair crop is anticipated ■ Iho Hototuo correspondent of the New Zealand Herald states that amongst those drowned through the wreok of the steamship Roumania off the Coast of Portugal on tlio 27th of October last was the - eldest son of the resident medical officer at fiotorua, Dr Gmders. He was surgeon on board the iil«fatcd vessel, and had only recently passed hia examination, He was thirty-five years of sge and loavoaa widow residing in England, The sad news of the death of his son only reachedDr Gindors a few daysago, when on ft holiday visit to Auckland. The Hawke's Bay Herald says that the stamping out of soab in this (Jolouy means a big thing for our breeders of stud longwool sheep. One company in the South Island, s&ja our contemporary, already has orders for 1300 rams, and that is but an indication of what is to come. The determination of Australian sheepfarmers to go in for crossbredß wherover passible will force them to make heavy purchases in New Zealand. To sell to thera out lomjwools to enable them to compete with us in the frozen meat and crossbred wool markets may seem liko killing the 30030 which lays the golden eggs. But if we reluse to sell thoy will goto England for what they want, They mean to try to nross thoir merinos with longwools and we may just as as well accept the inevitable and make whatever profit we can out of them. They will prefer our sheep to those of England, because we are nearer and by careful attention to the wool we have improved the original imported stock in that respect. Before next soa> Sen Australian buyers are likely to acquire thousands of rams, and that do* inand will have a material effect on prices here,