Daily Times. [Established 1874.] TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1895. VALENTINE VANQUISHED.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4926, 15 January 1895, Page 2

Daily Times. [Established 1874.] TUESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1895. VALENTINE VANQUISHED.

Tut; great dcliemo of distributing ( Colonial produce in the United Kingdom by menus of a limited liability company projected by Mr Valentine the ex-dairy expert of New Zealand has fizzled. The events in the career of Mi' Valentine from the time of his appointment as a dairy expert to his return to London and subsequent efforts at company promotion,would be interesting reading if it could be focussed into a pamphlet. Mr Valentine came to New Zealand under express conditions, lie travelled through the Colony for a short while and suddenly he was transferred to i London to displace Mr Lowe, who was doing the work required by our Government, for the modest salary of £IOO per annum. It would be , very interesting to know upun what grounds Mr Valentine was transferred to London, what services be has rendered there, other than those performed by Mr Lowe, and the total I cost to the Colony of this vanislij ing expert, It is said that Jlr Val- . j entitle s head came into close contact with a Ministerial head, and that the two craniums evolved a scheme, • mutually beneficial and Mr Valentine was sent Home to fructify the same. The details of the Valentine Company we move or less diawn up in New Zealand, and when Mr Valentine went to London he went with the full intention of floating the company, the displacing of Mr Lowe was an amiable excuse. How well ' Mr Valentine has succeeded in his private mission, the cables tell us There is a difficulty in floating the company in London, where, strange to say, money is almost a,drug in the ' market, and investors are in despair at finding investments. Messrs Nel- , son Bros., who agreed to join the Board of Directors, ai)d whose London business was to be purchased as a nucleus for the new company, have turned f- ie s ' 011 poor Valentine, who is driven to the venerable expedient of distribution on l co-operaiM lines. Valentine vanquished, is a Koi'Bjjpipti for ft politico* ■ commercial centrepiece of ,a Joint jSjtpck Company in -Ifew ZealapiJ. The |is, Valentine has been beta ty f" Tallerman, whose Scheme is HiOl'® J)rawi®Mo and likely to J;,e more beneficial to the pdnjj.ers ->{ the ■Polpw hvits ffWM'ehensiyo ,chavthermou _ nj ore aoter of the ' ' • % joyfjjjjnff readily command it to' "ti'jf public, On the 23rd November i,,. ' Sir Saul Samuel, -Sir James Garrick, and Sir Westby Perceval met, 1 by appointment, a Mr David Taller- 1

man, to afford to him an opportunity of submitting a scheme for the better development and regulation of the frozen meat and Colonial j dairying trades in British markets. • Mr Tallerman pointed out that the industrial organisations throughout { the Kingdom had not yet been | reached by the trade. There were, I he said, last year 1,577 industrial! co-operative societies numbering j 1,232,431 members, with a capital of £18,174,135, whose sales aggregated to £48,931,000. In addition the trades union numbered 599 societies with 1,237,307 members. It might, he thought, be roughly estimated that these heads of families represented 10,00U,000 persons possessing a concentrated purchasing power exceeding £60,000,000 per annum, Mr Tallerman aims at bringing Colonial produce into more direct communication with Homo consumers; to ensure that Colonial products are sold as such on their merits; to simplify and improve the system of distribution so that shippers shall secure a fair proportion of the value of their consignments; to render im-

porters independent of the market and dealers; to ensure that inferior products were not sold as Colonial; to create an interest among the working classes in favor of the Colonies and their products; and to regularly advise Colonists as to the best means of preparing, transmitting, and packing their produce. To attain these ends there ought to bo efficient jodiciul' and commercial organisation. MrTallcrman thinks the former might be provided by the formation of a Council to which all the Agents-General should belong ''.Mljicio. This Council ought to educate the people in the advantages which they would derive individually and collectively by theconsumption of colonial instead of foreign products, A commercial committee should likewise be established to which every importer would belong. 'This would entrust to an elected executive the conduct of all necessary arrangements, and would also secure increased prices. In that way Mr Tallerman hoped soon to secure an improvement of from 2s 6d to 3s 6d in the market value of frozen sheep, and 30s to 40s iu the value of carcases of beef. Jlr Tallerman was asked by the AgentsGeneral tn formulate a complete scheme for their consideration, and the production of this scheme has no doubt killed Mr Valentine's venture. The proposals of Mr Talluriiian are far reaching, comprehensive, and give every promise of beueliuial results to the colonial lirodneer. Wide distribution and holiest dealing will materially help the producers, and Mr Tallerman's scheme seeks to attains this. Mr Valentine's proposals were bounded on all sides by self aggrandisement at the expense of (lie producer, and therefore we arc not sorry that he liasfailcd.

Miisterton Borough Council meets this evening.

Other natives at Akura are reported to he sick.

Fitzgerald Bros' Circuslias been doing big business all over the South Island. The Show readies Christchuccli ou tlic tilth insl.

Miss Maggie Masoa is to be buried at Fcatherston this afternoon.

The Greylown butchers have given notice in accordance with the provisions nf the Act, (hat they will close on "Wednesdays instead of Saturdays. The colony's Medical Register contains the names of -581 practitioners. ft is a noteworthy fact (Iml (he spinsters in Canterbury arc in excess of the bachelors.

About M) organ grinders arrive in London every .June from Italy, and leave again about October.

It is estimated that the annual consumption ol' mutton in MuoriUwl is eipial to 2J- sheep per inhabitant.

In connection with (lie recent explosion at Westporl, Mr Cosgrove, captain ot the Westporl iS'avals, lias resigned his commission. According to the Oamaru Mail the harvest in Hint district will probably be one of the best known for several vcars past.

The discovery has been made by a scientilic Frenchman that potatoes planted near an electric wire grow to be very large, and that tomatoes in contact with an electric wire ripen eight days earlier than usual.

A Coreau never wears a hat until he is engaged to tie married.

A Sydney papi't' says:—The partners in one of the largest M elbourne linns of solicitors declared the other day to n Sydney visitor that they hadn't seen a conveyance for three years-had" forgotten all about them," in fact. Their stalf ot a score of clerks, was occupied almost entirely in bankruptcy business Two Christchurcli residents (says the Press), disciples of Izaac Walton paid,a visit to Little Kiycr recently io lest the streams. During live days fishing, an average of six hours per diem, the result was 400 lisli, weighing on an estimate oOOlbs at least, the largest lisli weighing 2{lb, showing that the riyers are well stocked.

Wc published in our last issue the interesting letler of Ihe Featherslon suicide, and in doing so made one little slip by inserting a wrong word. An hour or so later our local contemporary appeared and curiously enough our own little mistake appeared in his issue as an original error of his own. Does our local contemporary borrow from our columns our newest and freshest items without acknowledgment? Wo fear that lie does do so, and on tho whole we do not mind this piracy much. He is not ill his way quite as bad as the Editor of the Emiing Post who makes a pretence of an 'icknowledgnient. Tlieio is 110 pretence about our local contemporary and we like him all the better for the clean way iu which lie lifts our paragraphs. Wc are a connoisseur iu cigarettes, and have occasionally smoked more of these tiny demons than were good for us. A day or two ago we said " wc will not be a slave to a pinch of tobacco, awl a shred of paper, and will put in the peg." Thepeg had been in two days, when there came to us from a friend in Wellington —our printer may drop the "r" out of the word and make him nend-a little box per post containing a new brand of our besetting sin. The proportions of the new cigarette thus, brought under our notice were generous, its make artistic, and its aroma something to "rax the soul" and to remember in after yeais. We succumbed—the peg was out, and the boi has completed its banal mission Fortunately there are no more of these " fatal cigarettes" in Masterton, and if this mysterious but" seductive brand" can be'only kept out of the district wo can hold tl>e fort. Qnr friend who ,knew our weakness and posted i)s tho lethal box is warned not to repeat the offence. Tho Hawera Star states that a painful scene occurred in the District Court on Wednesday last at the termination of the case against the young man Lett, w||o was convicted of indecent assault. Wjifn His Jlonor commenced to deliver sentence, the fnthor of Lett, who had been iii Court nil day, rose, lind in most excited tones implored His iWor to hang the boy rather tluiu imprison him. His'wiiob life, he said, was hound up in the bby. He was ordered to sit down but would not p'til Ibrcalenei} with mtion. _ W)p the ltd was being taken li 3 ijj.e jtqtion the father 'iplloived -«lt thci), oiicf to release his som yelling a rajntnl impresfion Tho affair crcau. : ,on those who witnosses it,

A lady angler in this neighbourhood cuuglit a 2}lb trout a few (lays ago, but not in the Wnipoua. A drunken man who refused lo leave the Prince of AVales Hotel, last evening was taken into custody by coustable Lawlor.

The Manawatu Itncing Club's Autumn programme, provides a'suin of £BOS in sialics, distributed over the two days racing.

Wool is still coming into Masterlon, from the East Coast.

In addition to a special sheep train which left Masterton this morning, eight sheep trucks were attached to the ordinary passenger train.

A Masterton young lady last night achieved the distinction of ascending to the top of the Fire-bell Tmvcrin Church Street.

Tlic fact is regretfully admitted by those close to the Queen (according to a London despatch of 24th Nov. to an American paper), that her M ajesty rnusl remain almost a cripple for the rest of her days. It was hoped for weeks that she would recover the use of her limbs alter lier severe attack of rheumatism,' but it is held that never again will she be able to walk more than a few steps at a time. 11 is not possible for herto slop up and down even in or out of her carriage, and an inclined gangway has been : provided for Ihe latter purpose. A specially designed chair has been proj vided lor carrying J lev JJajesiy np and down stairs.

Lowes and lorns announce their neit Masterton Stork Sale, for Jan. 2tird. Messrs Lowes and lorns hold their monthly stock sale at Ekelalmna tomorrow.

Twenty-five thousand feet of lotura has been ordered from Mr C. E. Daniell, for repairing Ihe Waipuua Bridge, at the end of Queen Street.

At the Masterton S.M. Court to-day, a first offender was charged with being drunk at the Prince of Wales Hotel, and refusing to leave when requested to do so. Accused pleaded guilty and was convicted and discharged. Mr T. E. Price occupied the Bench. Another Chinaman lias come to Masterton with the intention of opening a fruit and general shop. The Queen has cabled to Khama, chief of tho Bamangwato, who assisted the British iu the Matabelc war, assuring him of her support to his request that liquor should be excluded from his country.

Messrs Simms and Mowlcin add 50 fat ewes nnd 1 (at roiv, (o the list ol' of entries For their stock Sale in the yards Queen Street, to-morrow Wednesday. The Globe says (lie Australian colonies threaten to Hood the English markets with millions of eggs, hut it would he mueh preferable to develop the wine industry. The latter would only have France to compete against, and would not add lo the troubles of the British fanner.

Mr Macready (of tho firm of Macready Drew & Co.) who brought an action against the l'aris firm of Seheurer and South, claiming £2.3,000 for false imprisonment, is willing lo settle the ease on the payment of £3001) and costs.

It is not so many years since the native population in the district (writes the Opunake Times) was pretty dense, hut now pahs which had their hundreds of inhabitants are almost depopulated, and the probabilities, judging by the experience ol the past, are that in the course of another len years there will be very few natives in occupation of I lie lands now set apart for Iheni in the district.

It is reported at Shanghai, that (he British Government ordered Adminl Freemantlc to use the entire force at his command, if necessary, to prevent the Japanese entering the i'aug-tse-Eiang river A friendly hint of this was conveyed to Tokio, which explains the inaction of tho Japanese tloet since the encounter at the I'alu river. A shocking accident happened in the onginc-rooiu of the steamer Mimba during the voyage from Melbourne. A young married woman named Evans was being shown over the machinery in the engine-room, when her dress cßiiglit in the bolts nf the shaft coupling, and (lie was instantly crushed to death. Tho evidence at (lie inquest disclosed the (act that the unfortunate wonian persisted in seeing the machinery against jlic adviee of those in the enfinc-room.

At Kketahuna on the sth of .March three sections containing -Hi acres at lutpuarunga, at the junction of the Dreyer's Hock and Barton roads; also one section of 158 acres to the castward of the Mauriceville Railway station; four sections at Hastwcll and three sections of one acre each at Mangamahoo Village Settlement, are to bo offered for sale.

Messrs ,T. and F. Wall of Martinborough, invite tenders for scrub cutting.

The Duncdin Jockey Club havo resolved to admit press representatives to future enquiries into protests. During tlicir visit to Auckland the Arawa Natives have realised over £IOO by performing liakns. News has been received at Auckland that a a young man named Samuel Lowe about 28 years of age, was killed at Nukualofa, Tonga, by a native named Yeni, during the New Year festivities. It is alleged that the native rushed at Lowe with a heavy stone, and struck hiui violently ou the head, death resulting in about an hour.

The footpath in Lincoln Boad is to bo arred up to Station.

Stringent measures arc to bo taken to get in all outstanding accounts, due to the Mastcrton Borough Council.

Members of the Mastcrton Football Club, arc reminded of the meeting to bo held in tlie Club Hotel, to-morrow evening.

There is scarcely a hamlet in South Africa not now connected with the post and telegraph. The Paris Exhibition of 1900 is to eclipse all its prcdcccsors. It is lo contain a. telescope which, it is said, will enable people tc extinguish the inhabitants, if any, of the moon. Timber has at last been ordered for the repairs to the Wnipoua Bridge, and a party of men have this morning commenced to dismantle tho old structure. It is proposed io put additional stringers in each span of tho bridge to provide for the heavy traction engine, and other traffic, and to cover the whole bridge with five inch decking. This, will require some 25,000 feet of totara timber, and in addition to the main decking as above the traffic way will be covered with white pine planking. A temporary passage way for foot passengers in being provided to connect with tho footpath on the north side of the bridge,and with tho Queen Street footpath. Might we suggest to the authorities that this footway would be a very desirable improvement ? It is expected that the works now in hand will take at least two or three weeks. Messrs Simms and Mowlem will hold their usual fortnightly Masterton stock sale at 1 o'clock to-morrow, Wednesday, when they will offer for sale CO head of 3 and 4 year old bullocks; 10 fat bullocks ; 2 fat cows; 20 good dairy heifers, to calvc in the spring; 23 calves; 300 2-tooth wethers j 400 lambs iu the wool; 180 ewes, mixed ages; 50 fat ewes; 1 Shorthorn bull; and 1 good 3 year old spring cart horse.

Tho Works and Finance Committee of the Masterton Borough Council met last evening. Present—His Worship the Mayor, and Crs Chamberlain, liessey, and Mutrie. Tho Overseer's report was read and adopted, Accounts as presented, were recommended for pay. meat, Tlip Treasurer reported General account, dr. £122110s <td; library account, dr. £67 17s ild; gas supply account, er. £129 7s 9d; interest ac-. pfiunf, f;34155; net dobit; £1125 5s 2d. list of was laid op'tho tab!?, and the collector was in: strucied to issue summonses and pro-

Thirty thousand women spend their lives in driving and steering the canal boats in southern and midlnud England. It is proposed to establish a flower market in Trafalgar Square, London, to add to the brightness and gaiety of the square.

The Maori Women's Parliament at Tc Hauke, Hawke's Bay, lias concluded. were passed in favour of having nothing to do with the Nativo Land Court; ceasing all further soiling of land; no further renting of land; no further surveys to he gone into; any man, woman, or child who breaks the above regulations to be fined according to whatever the Maori Women's Committee thinks right. A parchment which is to be signed by all the Natives of both islands, is to he completed within this year, Tho amount paid by each person who signs the parchment is to he £l, according to the rules laid down in 1802, and such amount is to be paid this year. In bringing the meeting to acldae the Chairwoman said "We find that after many years the men's endeavours to carry out our interests have failed, and therefore wc women have formed ourselves into a parliament or committee and now we arc going to do what we can. Our lands are slipping away from us every day into the hands of the Government. ana therefore wo must protect ourselves. Should we not succeed, wo will find ourselves like shags on a sandbank spreading our wings to the wind."

The old order ohangeth and thoy who do not move with the timcß and keep abreast with tho new order, will find themselves sinking into depths of despair. It's the fashion to move on; it pnys to hurry up. " Beup and doing" the Poet sings! " Move on " the Bobby cries! We remodel our prices with the New Year because a small profit suits a large business, Wc intend in thfi future to work on n veiy niuoh smaller profit, mil do a more cash biuines;, tlierc. lore, if you want a gocd article at a low pi'iei', the Bon MarcLe is the place for you' and your money! Have you made up your mind that although you want several things you will no! buy thorn unless tbey cau lie bought under snch circnnistances as will enable you to say " I bought them at a low nricc"? If so, you will find what you want at L. J. Hooper ami (Vs. Is there any truth in the rumour that yon ate a member ot an Association fumed tor ihe purpose at' doing away with promiscuous shopping, and that your'' pais and palliasses " am l , all the bloke.* and hlokesses ot your acquaintance arc sworn under fearful penalties, involvi-.g all kin,ls of 10.-ses to buy nothing, even if you arc tattered and torn, unless the articles you require cau bo got at a low pric- ? However stringent your rules may he they cannot touch yen if you lmy irotn L.J, Hooper and Co.'sßm Marclie.—advt.

One of tlio most orael ami crucifying p»ins liuiiMuil is slllioted with, in undoubtedly toothache. It will be of interest to know that instant relict can be obtained by applying a little of Herb Extract, and Ir.falHble Cure for Toothache, whioh piova a permanent cure in nearly all cases where the teeth are hollow. Evciybody at all bkeiy to get toothache should be pro; ided with a bottle, which ciiu be had for 1/• each (guaranteed not to injure tho teeth nr liaaltli) at the W.F.O.A.'s Fancy Goods Department, also the following: German cure for corns, 1/-; Mort in Ins-ct powder and l/-each; linck's waterproof cement, 1/-: liouk's Pat?, piste, largo tins, Bock ft Co,, Manufscturing Chemists and Importers.—Anvr.

The announcement is made in another pirt of this paper thit a sale of greater magnitude than oyer yet attempted by To Aro House is now being held, und should arrest the attention, of everyflne in this pavt o! the Colony. Te Aro House Ims lou j hold the p-cmier position as the leading Family Drapery Wurchousc in the city, and further j developments are now taking place to in-' auguratc the new year of JSflo. iOiirly in the year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in his business, a commercial gentleman who has long been associated with the London buying for To Aro House. To thoroughly reduce and prepare the st'ck previous to the partnership stocktakin sweeping lcduotions will be raude ill all departments. The slock must he reduced by £15,000, and will be offered to the purchasing public at most tempting prices, Head; of families, storekeepers, s-ttlers, careful housewives, young and old, rich uud poor, alike will save taps of mouey by reserving their purchases for this "rent part, nnsliip sale, which commences ou Friday, •lib January, lS'.ij, at To Aro House.