Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878] THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1893.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4358, 2 March 1893, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [ESTABLISHED 1878]

THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1893.

1 SECOND EoITIQJN

Beino the extended title of ibe Waibakapa Daily, with which it is identical

If the New Zealand agriculturalist takes comfort in the misfortunes of hia Eriendß, he has only to contemplate the British agriculturalist for the year 1892, to ha happy and contented. The New Zealand Agrioul- . tnralist may bave had to endure sopae small annoyances, rscb as a few extra taxes, a Minister of Landa who is a trouble and a trial to all who coni« into contact with bi3 department, and the discomfort created in the labour market by the Knights of Idleness ; but he has not had the sad experience of the English farmer during the '* post year. The new year broke in England with a severe winter fallowing on a wet autumn, a condition fatal to early sowing. The spring was bleak, and til) the end of May ve&etar tion languished. June pulled things • straight a little, but then a wet autumn made a decent harvest an impossibility. Produce was not only deficient in quantity and quality, but the price was also exceptionally low, so that the average farmer had to live by hia wits rather than by bis land, It is reported that the hay crop was a g failure, and that mildew and blight S devastated the wheat fields. The only agriculturalists who came off well were those who devoted themselves to growing pigs, for pork fetched a htjjh price. The result of the net autumn was to leave the I land fool for the year 1893. Ho wonder that year after year farmers drift off the land disheartened by bad seasons and heavy taxes and the keen % competition of imported food stuffs. The country us a wHpta suffered but little because its' aiaudSfactuMcg and commercial wealth is so enormous that it can carry on its back a few hundred thousand broken hearted agriculturalists, and gradually absorb } thepi jn other employments. Still, those who love farming as a nprauit,; may be thanklul if they live in ~3-v% • Zealand. Mesats Abraham and Williams adver, tiso a salo of ihoep and eattta at their Awahuri yatda on Tuesday nest The entries comprise fit 3 head cattle prinpi* pally fat and forward bullocks, and SCO 5 sheep. Colonel Roberta R.M., Intimated yesterday afternoon that he would give his decisions in the rabbit caws at 10 c o'clock on Saturday Morning. Inspector S. Wallace Smith will then offer argument recarding the abolition of the Worth Wairarapa Babbit Board. Jn & 3 &*W. Court yesterday afternpon,TEhoga»Tuiay j? w spo&4oa *a& Cft9t» i for srehwlug to leVr'4 Ifcntieil premises. The other informations brought against him by M'J. tMSjat-. wood were dismissed, a certificate of diStniesaland coats being granted in one of - the charges. - 'On yuesday, March 7th, Mr F. H. I Wood yi'Cl Sull by ' puiHc aasjion at ■ Fuathenton t.wenty.four horiej of all 1 6 clsfaes, for Mr Tffm. Sucke'ridge, iwjj mediatelyafter Mr Home's sale of btood-j , stock.: -Particulars- appear its our ad- [ mtislng columns. ■?■: : ::, J

Ths English miners' delegates bava agreed to a national aCopp»gß of work. <j ■The prloa of coal la rUit)|t in eosswjsgnee, 1 The Danube UtolymMriliwrl it* batiks 8 In Uuiiaary. with such rapidity that J Villages wera titibineitod in & few tuiuutua, aiii many, fatrtttas wsra S drowned. « Tho Queen opens tit!) tato itt full state «ut Ut& May. * Qient ISntain will uAmplete the ooa* i atfUctiunof i! 0 war vessels this year, t It has been Buuigestec tlisit tho resent t great grass lire* in New South Wales, I bave been oaueod by ttio Use of phol* f phoriitud nam to destroy 1 rabbtW. * Replying to n question in tha Belch- J stag recently, as to Whether Gertaauy ' would be prepared to join Etuclitnd and Aruerlcn in referring ipecial disputes to J arbitrat.i.n, Uhauuellur Count Von Cap-* i riyi, said the Government would bo i Trilling to do bo, except in regard to J Abase, eliicli Germany would shed her I last drop uf blood to Beep. A farmer named Pattison, living Ilea-' ' Sbepparton, Victoria, battered two ol hia children to death, scriuusly injured a third, aii'i (lien 4tt3inpted to commit ; suicide. Ho hna baeti worried by fiuau. \ eial troubles. Mr F. H Wood hns been instructed by tho Deputy OUi-.l Assignee (Mr Chennolle). in tho lutale r.r 0. W. Lingstone, to sell the luteal rights of iMngttone'a Premier Slump Dipping Fluid, &e. Also the lease of factory promises and goodwill and lease of four i&resin Main street. Qrey tow n. Particulars of the sale which will bo held in Grejjtown, on Monday, March 20th, will bo Ftiuad itt our adver* tismg columns, , Mrs MuCalluiD, phrenologist and palmist, notifies that oh<l will leave Master. ton on Monday next] All who desire to consult hur shauld not tail to do so not later thun Saturday: During her visit , hero Mrs ilu(J*llu[n has been kept very i bufty and ww are credibly informed that I eliohas niv«n every satisfaction to her i putrons and many who were somewhat sceptical nro pleased aotmowiedgoher i wonderful power. ' Mr F. 11. Wood adds to Ilia Taratshi , stock autu to be held on Thursday next, , 400 tfood xhuin limbs, and 400 ones. ? Alan live cows, thrua yearlintja and ais calves. A wliulf family from Mitcholltown are belnx trusted in tho Wellington Hospital | for typhoid fuvcr. I The Wellington: agoats havo been - advised Unit tho s. s. AWWtt left Kld on tjunduy morning lust, JJor nißuc j(j K „ " ported to Ijh in voryitood Condition, Bt liippo hns boon soratchml for all . ungasjuiiiuiiln ut the V.ft.U. Autumn Moutiin,'. Hi Hippo's withdrawal whb; I caused by Inn atnhina uilmfelt ft few i3»sh il Bfto, and nut recovering qulokly enuugll, Ills owner Uooldod to aomtoli hlti) rather a tliuu rink ilia olikuos of a pcrinnnoiit bruukdown.

Tlio nil tint ion ol tho propositi! forma* tlun ol ii now county was diuouoisucl at tho LikuuiUuiiu ltuud Board uivutliift ou Saturday iiint. All red Urn roaldutUii are of opinion that it wjuld bo in tho interootfl of Dm district to form a impuritu County, omorutiuij the districts of KkuUuuna and Altrodtou, It w&s tosolved that a poll of ratepayers be taken on the subject. Thrcu thousand sheep wore seat through from Hketahuna yesterday uioniiuu; for the Lower Valley, The Wesleyan Conference commenced its sittings at Duuedin on Tuesday morning, and Willi continue to at for about tun days, j The Uortb. Otago Times is informed that a number of shiall strikes are taking place in the Oamarudistrict owing to tho difference that exists between the farmers and the rjien as to whether tbD amount to bt paid, 1 should bo lOd per hour or Od. i Tho separate agency of the Public Trust Office at [Woodville has been abolished, and that district is Bow included in the PiJlmeraton district. The Defence Department has nut yet decided whether the Easter encampment ahull be held at J ohjnaonville or Troi.taaro. It is reported that the export of wool and Sax from Feafcherston this season has been very large. Upwards of 5000 bales of the formed and 3000 bales of the latter have been tracked to Wellington already. I The Press says tjhe coat of keeping the inmates of the tfenevolent Home in Ss 3d per head, per weolc, or 3d per meal. This includes everything. A discussion arc so at the Eketahuna Boad Board mßeti ag on Saturday as to the liability of the Board fur wages due to men employed by contractors, some of the members were of opinion that 76 p9r cent of the amount of contract should be retained for a specified time to enable the payment of tho men, others again thought that the men should attend tb.B Board meeting and receive their money beforje the contractors were paid, but no decision wbb arrived at. Many Wellington and Wairarapa residents will, says the Post, regret to learn of the death of Di A. B. B. Watts, which occurred at Kapobga, Pate?, on Sunday, l'Jch February at) the age of seventy-one years. Dr lVatta was the son ot a solicitor at Yeovil' in Somersetshire, and : originally studiedffar the bar, but afterwards adopted tjio medical profession, and for a time epjoyed a largo practice at fluratpiarpoiop, near Brighton. Six. teen years ago, on the representations of the Hon Colonel Feuding, Dr Watts and his family decided to emigrate and came ; £o Wellington, fie practised for a time in tho city, and subsequently at Garter, ton. Afterwardsj he removed to booth, land, but the cliinate nob suiting him be returned to the £Jlorth, and finally settled in the Patea district "Dr Watts leaves a widow and eight | children, all grown up, to mourn his lots. Professionally and personalty he made many friends in this colony. Mr Packard, agentleman interested in a certain' Syrup,'irjformedMrW.T. Stead that there was mors of that particular medicine per square mile in New Zealand and Australia than anywhere else on the earth's surface, f< Oivis,*' ia the Otago Daily Times, commenting en this statement, saya :— " If iji were conceivable—which it isn't—that Australians and New Zealanders drench themselves with patent medicines more than any other people do, the explanation would not he iu the faot of their superior civil, isation and intelligence. Mr Stead and his Chicago friend are out of it there. The true explanation would be that in the colonies the ignorant and half-edu-cated have more money at. command than the same classes, elsewhere, and can afford themselves luxuries. Patent medicines, to wit. Undoubtedly there are people with whom the swallowing of drugs is a patßion. A correspondent' recently sent me some particulars 1 ' tebm "the ijfipk* of the Friendly Societies' Biapenssiy in Dunedin, Onemcinbochag h*d 172 preBciiptioßs made up since October, 1890 —an average of three prescriptions every fortnight during two years and four mdntfis. A girt obtained 12§S ifoo pills between lla'rchrand JEJepember, 1832, besides nix' boies of beiiflite powders. Another girl had 11555 iron pills be'lweepi Jlioe and pecombor j onrj another' hat) 1140. Altogether those girls must have swallowed as much iron as vrould go to tho making of a goo d siged saucepan, Then there was a woman who had obtained 251b of Glauber'* salts in six months, being at the rate of lib of salts per week fur net own sole use and beneBt." Melbourne Buri aim at the Dress Courntc during the Giyant la Sale at To Aro Hon so. Buy thee qitkMj/. taU.drsss' lengths ol summer ecaite, v Kth 5/6, for 1/1 L

Nvl many W*. l« r ? volts, 12 yardlengths; *f6ith,&76, for 2/il."* "Now• ie lit (ImJi'fai a full dress length o sunaiiet diagobala iW'Tys, fog -S/li, ; Snap these vp\ Splendid 'qualities la kniokor tweeds, ivprtb 8/6, lor 4/11,

5Wi« preHierf dressed of the season ate our 10/6 Fronob Do Lainas for 0/6 iho dress. ?7tc nrorf ckco-mfcy and oxqutaiia designs In l'J/l) French j)u tolces for 7/0 to ;drMfc /«fa iMplmilde to help bnjing run; Breath' Be Lainea at IS/* for $/6 ttia. drae& v *" • : Onlu afr.ts Itjl, ol oar superior ija&lliy Ife Freuok Do Lslaea /or ,!0/S ii» dress, at 'ls &roßoaw, WeUaigtoo. : ; ; ;'

'Xfe© MM. Costt waa ootmpM *& i**™ o ?* wit& a eaaa is i*lcsiardTfaa3oi),c-Brpi»ii(:ar ol Mftalsttoe, sotuht lo jfteoyer tl;a aura cl MS% turn AttliUf Itisolls, builder, of Tisal, fw ww* «s«>»' Mr Ikardapveared far Dm sitaltHia andMtl'owtmll for iUdtsiVa. ilftiit. Judgment wf.s uUm to ilia with ecsta amotsuting to £lO S» Sd« TbsTiWsii&kl Kewa fithi** thai the sj«b ' wJio iiava be#u brought to thttd district if the Labour Bureau uw asking vury SiJgii rates of vt&mi tw work. Sow* of thsm Imo mimm a «hi}liuct «a haur lor fattaka.wl this by mesa novices at roal work or bosh felijbg, It ia Headless to say t3i& they eaotiDt KBt work at IPs a tiny. Snglkh Fraetuawna durhig tb& f>as| yaar wlipsed all thoir praytoiia agbtU ij aid of charity. Thu three pttusspal iristitutiotia—the Royal Boeevciiettl, riJ Boys' mid the Girls' Schools—KWsis'er] the fluonuor.a total of £UtJ,4SQ 8e @£i The first received £GI,U49 3a 83, tbJ second i.'lS.oj? 18s lOd, sud the thirl ss id. 1 The Macawp'.u Titnea says that i»J year Dr Ue-non eaiit a oonaignment of apples groin lus orchrrf at Fitsherbert to London, and obtained remunerative prices. I'hk year the experiment is to be repeated, and auethsr shipment of twenty oases will bo made by the Coptic which leaves Wellington for Home in a few days' time.

The Danedin Star states that Sir Henry Graham, Mayor of Arrowtown, has announced hts intentiun of contesting the I Wak&tipu seat as a strung Bupporter of the Government.

The Chairman of the Wcllinston Benevolent Trustees stated on Tuesday that the Board would ask the United District Board for less contribution this year; not because they would have more moony in hand bus because they expected to bo able to save about £7OO by means of the Home just erected. An Auckland paper says thera is a eon> aidorahlo amount of grumbling at the Hon. Richard Beddon Bending up from tho South Island silver pine slenpara for the Hotorua Railway to the very country of the unequalled puriri. A city lnembar sent this message to the Minister;— ■' A hornet's nest is said to have been discovered at dotorua In the silver pine sleepers from the South Island." To this Mr Seddnn replied • "Tha hornet's nest discovered in West Coast sleepers will on closer turn out to be a mare's nest/' A touching domestic story wnsreveskd at an In iiuu.it in Melbourne the other day ormcorntufl tho daath of Miwi Oatha. rlnulrt/ln, lUt brother John had davelopod an incurable dSsssw, and ulti< matoly was forced to relinquish his employment. Ills alitor faced tha work of maintaining houso and nursing h« brother bravely, but Iho tusk was a bunt and bopeletts ofiy. A iter tnontln of siok> iisas at home the brother was removed to tha Mstbourno Himpiial. Ihers ha re* nmiaed for three months, and as his and was fast approaching his sister took him home that she miuht nurse him herself in his lust few weeks of life. On Saturday mornlnn, ss the crisis was near at hand, tho sister, who had been up all tha previous night, and was physically and mentally exhausted, yielded to sleep. 1 She was heard to groan about ten o'clock in tho morning, and as those ia the House were unablo to wake her, Dr O'Daiinoll wee hastily summoned. When ho arrived he found she was dead. Twelve hours later the brother died. His end was near, but it was tionably hastened by the news of the deattftof his sister. Miss Irwin's death was from apoplexy. A correspondent of the Daily News

repeats a story recently in circulation. He tells bow Miss Burch, of Ashford, Rent, has just succeeded to a fortune of £150,000 under remarkable 'circum-

stances. In May, 1883, when she lived at South Kensington, she was among a a crowd watching the arrival of t%. debutantes of a Buckingham Palace drawing room, when a.i old i;eotl«m3n ■wag seen to stagger. A number of thoae who were standing around thought ; he was drunk, but Miss Burch at once i saw that ho was ill, and supported him to a seat in the park. She despatched a boy for a cup of water, which quickly rowed the old gentleman, who, it appeared, had come up from the Midlands. He was profuse in his expression of gratitude, and asked Mas Botch for her card, which she gave him. She heard nothing more of the matter until a few days ago, when she wa3 waited upon by a London solicitor who communicated to her the newa that the old pvntlenian had recently died, and that, having no near relatives, he had bequeathed a large amount toothers than members of his family, including a sum of £150,000 to tho lady who in his tune of need, had extended a hand of sympathy and help towards him nearly fire years ago.

The advent of the Bishop of Christchurch (says a London correspondent) is heralded by a paragraph which hints that his I- rdship'B bluff frankness and absolate nncoTiyention will probably afford opportunity fur many spicy comments on cluneal goud breading in the colonies I sincerely hope Dr Julius won't do anything the least eccentric. People are only too ready to bbisr on personal peculiarities in£ntipodeans, and, using the adjective " colonial" as a term of reprobation, to condemn whole classes on the strength of ose man's oddities. I remember, for example, hearing thß violent speech of a very worthy colonial clergyman who was apt to mo extreme language on sore subjects explained by a lady friend of his thus : "Tea, dear, Mr Boanerges does use sadly strong language when he's excited. You see he's veiy—yes, veiy— mhmal. I'm told they hare to talk like that out in New Zealand. Our ways are too old-fashiened. They're tremendously advanced ; turn lamplighters and engine-drivers and boilermakers into members of their House of Peers; We ought to make great allow* ances for AustraliansaadNew Zealariders my dear. It's very sad, but they are moßtly colonial—quite, quite colonial."

The most audacious case of sheepatcaliug known for many years in JSTew South Wales has just occurred in the GpKiindra district. A thousand sheep, belonging to the executors of the late Mr D. M. Keogh, of Warrana station, and other owners, were taken away and freshly tar-branded. A travelling permit was applied for and granted in regular form. The sheep were taken along;! the travelling stock route in broad daylight, those in charge giving the reqni-' cite notice to each holding aa they came to it. They arrived at Medway, 10 miles from Uubbo, where trucks were ordered. It appears that here the theives must have got some idea that the authorities were on the lookout, for the sheep were left in the yard, and those in charge of them disappeared. A man named "Walter New ton has been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the cane. He has made a clean breast of the affair, and the police are now looking for his confederates.

A novel and highly amusing sight was witnessed by residents along the fiangit'lltei Line on Wednesday evening. Two SlapriaVman and woman, who had driven fa Paitnerstpn from Awahun, lost their hpraa in the town. The"journey homo was negotiated by the male taking" the placs o| the missing horse in the shafts, while his companion, comfortably seated in the bug&/ t encouraged him by soothing words in the arduous task he had undertaken, When last seen, about two mils from Palmerston, ha was going vety strODgly, although there appeared no danger of the wheel-boxes catching fire by esoeseivo friotion.—Manswatu Times.

A good story is going toe round of the £j™n -iaat now concerning a hat of » partieaJar description, wi'ilCu IZI ! rwited by one of our local magnates. Ho tried uVetjwbsra hi saarph of it, and iouod it at most glides; t"iiers was about that. Bat the pmws, OS 1 Via'l liins shillings at odo shop, eight at tun* oihar, seven Mid six at a third, aad & oruwn somewhere else. Then Hoops* stid Company's was readied, *m! aocn 4h« seeker Wont hums delighted, Singing "•That Haiy That Bat, that woadsrfal Hat; 1 got it at Hooper's for two b&S

& Hnle W inmtA WilHssssi %nm wm j m w«Ute«ttm ha* eight on the * efearfs ft? feeing w tfcactrs«te, The j o-ds about U y«ate of age, ' 4I& &mU«sj< til y>t> Masterteß ikuti{•altera! mid Ki«ia»iniii S> wet? Mi S*« nig&4, = pti&ia a*a»yaad awtiutits ««re for fh« VifMi»kvi fuail #a p«gt«i fe> arrive by the a«>; shipped on tbat VtHuaw. sh«la4ibtiimjiartldu«k« are, £ ilwwav^g. oh board.. 1 D Mra\ Wmtrf. rfWsaiiagtotijoSferaia » worth tit ItaasfSSfUei hi the ah£pa fcj Valuable a I itiir euttaia at sv»r?-day i*«, ffiiailk*- ia i&eis- tau&tiu as " MiM**^ with the Qee«oslainiEsliflf Fund will be f, tbankfiil to ree»Sv« any aabacriptioos * and the cam* will be'dtdy acknowledged. 1' Wa might mention l h&tj a cheque for ttre 1 pounds already ban beeh pr«rai»B<i to the c ilon. Seoretary, Mr Wl P. Croxton. „ MeMrs Lowas and lonia add <<■ their ( Mabterton Stock Sale 10WJ breeding , ewes, gOOUimba, ISO fat wetliers, Sofas i e»es, 100 wethsra,7ramabred by Mesew Perry. Colltni, and McHardy, 3 dairy 1 Mr B. K. .Ittoiean, barnster and , solicitor, fui'icerly of Braadou-Strest, ' Wellington, hsa comtnenued practice in ' Mnaterton. Mr Jackaoa bat hii office ■ ' next to Mr in Perrj-atraet. , __ The Welliogton AcclimatUatioa i Sociatj baa procured ifiva red deer from tho Lower Valley, which will be liberated on the hills at the buck of Wainui- ' onwte. Au effort iiaUo beint; made i to obtain other* for liberation on both > tides of the: Tararuaj ranges, as those ' already at large in those parts have never ' increased. - : Messrs J. and O. Herbert notify that poUon will be hid at Hawkhurst on and J after March 3rd. i > The following names have bean add*d , to the Maatertou Ooiicert Committee in , aid of the Queensland Itehet Fund : A, von: £»isenberff, J, Aitfesa, F. Gociur/ia, and W. H, da Lisle, We the receipt from the 1 department of Agriculture of a pamphlet ' on obe«88 and batter factories and ' creameries compiled by Mr John " Sawers, ■;.- \ 1h& delay of the lonic at Cape Tosa, i through the breaking of her iliafe, must ( have caused a great deal of inaonvenieuee 1 to taauy people in NsW Zealand. Amongst . other things a valuable shipment of j 100,000 salmon ova is on board for this . colotiy. and is likely to be greatly injured 3 If nut altogether spoilt through the das *»*•

SirSnlsht H. J. Wltllams, of Wellington, attended a mooting of the Walrarapa Koyal Aioh Obaptar, held in the Grey town Masonic Hall last Monday, in order to inaugurate a Council of Red Cross Knights. The following officers were appointed ;-fioyaiArk Mariners , N. Most Ex. Com. £ orritt; J. Moat %%. Com. I'iigoj 3, slost Es. Com Bey. Bed Gam Knighta : M. 3. Moat %%. ; Com. Jforritt j 8. Q. Most Ex. Com. Paige ;J.O, Most Ks.Com. Bey ; Conductor, 'Si. Com. Webster; B. Qua, Ex. Com. Grace; J. Goal Ex. Com. P. Smith; Scribe, Ex. Com, Jl G. Cos ; Treasurer, Ex. Com. H. S. Islard j Sir Kuigbt H. J. Williams. The ieremoiies connected with the ope Ding cf a Council were ad ■ mirably conducted by the visiting Kniflht.—Standard.! For several yearsjpast Mr L. F. Ayson has been in charge of the Wellington Acclimatization Society's Masterton Gab ponds and hatcheries, and has succeeded in bringing the arrangements in oonnec tiyu with the e&roe jto a very high state of efficiency. He hasibeen unsparing in bis efiorts to promote |the work of acclima. tizntion, and the result of long hours, tnil and exposure, it now telling very seriously on his health. For the past two years he has suffered a good deal, and is unable at | present lo leave his residence. It is very doubtful whether he will be able tb carry on the work through the coming cold weather, as his medical adviser isTiif opinion that unless he makes rapid improvement, be will not be able to weather through the winter without giving up-j-for a time at least his present occapatiou. Thin is very much to be regretted, and we sincerely trust that Mr Aysoh may make very rapid progress towards full recovery. A horny-handed son ot tol> went into the Wellmjgton City Council offices yesterday afternoon, and asked for a .:' dog license. One of the officials promptly} filled nj> the necessary form and asked for the cost,: 10a. "Oh 1" said the man, ** I have not got 10s on me," at'tho same time putting down 6s, which hejsaid was quite enough for the animal he owned. " It's only about that long," he added, placing bis brawny hands on the counter about five inches apart, but-the official promptly informed him tbst, whether the dog was large or small, the license fee was 10s.: As the applicant was unable to pay np, says tbe K.2. Times, be perforce had to go without the license. Thus another canine remains unregistered, and its owner wonders how a grasping local body can have th's hardihood to charge such a large sum for the license of such a very small dog. ]