Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1895. A TARPAULIN MUSTER.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 4972, 11 March 1895, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] MONDAY, MARCH 11, 1895. A TARPAULIN MUSTER.

Whatever the progress that has been made in the dairy industry, it is due almost entirely to co-operation, that is those who were directly to benefit by the establishment of a factory or creamery,themselves found the capital for the enterprise. In such cases the whole management is centred in the milk suppliers as represented by the Directors of the factories, full rates are paid lor tho milk, and any surplus is divided pro rata at the close of tho financial year. Co-opera-tion takes another form also where outsiders find the necessary capital, the farmers guaranteeing a supply of milk at certain rates, sliding 1 in scale according to tho season ; with such factories, also, we believe it is customary to distribute the profit. These schemes of co-operation are extremely beneficial, except in cases where contracts exist for paying a fixed price for milk If tho factories were in a position to regulate the price of the manufactured article, they would then be able to make contracts at fixed rates for tho raw product, but tho fluctuating tendency of the market, precludes the possibility of making contracts carrying an obligation to pay a fixed prico for milk.

The average prico of buttev in ibe London market, for the Benson 189495, is fully a penny to three halfpence lower than the previous i season, It is true, we have had some fancy quotations cabled out to the Colonies, but these prices, it must be remembered, were realized by the pick of the large consignments, perhaps 20 to 30 eases out of 2000 or 3000 packages. The average prico is the fair test, and the average price, as we have said, is lower this season than last, Victorianmade butter commands top price of Colonial butters, at any rate, it has dono so this season, and recent returns, as published in the Jlolbourno papers, are instructive. Of 150 cases sent by the Warrogul Factory, 70 cases sold at 70s per cwt,, and the remaining 80 from 86s to 925. Three consignments (exceptionally good), from the Laucelield Factory, realised from 01s to 100s. On the 3rd January, the quotation for finest quality Now Mlai4 butter, was %f)t) the }oth Japupy, price reoorded, jyas f% tp l,Q(k Paring February, .the market was yejy |»pc|j depressed, «j|' yjc.

torian was selling at 100s to 102s, Now Zealand at 98s. The quotations on tlio Ist March, were 94s to 96s for finest Australian The average for New Zealand butter, this season, may be taken at about lOd per lb., which is a very liberal estimate. Taking this as a working , basis, it is abundantly clear that some factories, and particularly co-operative ones, must be making f a loss. The cost of production per lb,, may he set down us follows: 2kls.of 3*6 milk at 3d per gl. 7*d Working expenses lid Mage, cartage, wharfage... |d ■ id Irnnagc, insurance and lauding charges (say) |d Brokerage and commission ... |d Total ... 10yd With these figures before him any lad in the first standard at our Public School would be able to tell whether it is profit or loss. How then will those factories that have entered into contracts on the basis of prices ruling in the season 1893-94, coma out at the balancing this year, Instead of a distribution of profits there is certain to be a "tarpaulin muster" to make good the deficiency. Then the milk suppliers, under a mistaken notion that - a butter factory is an eleemosynary institution, will rant and roar over , their hardships and sufferings. They will fail to understand that a factory cannot pay more than it earns, and some ot them with characteristic pig-hcudedness will cut off supplies, and "rathermake pig's swill of the " milk than sell to the factory less i " than 3d per gallon."Thosofactories that have "cut the cloth according to measure" will have nothing to fear, . but those that have been worked e during the season on " fixed price " principles will have a sorry tale to unfold at the close of the financial year. It may not be out of place to here direct thouttentiou of factory proprietors to the absolute necessity uf writing down the original cost of buildings and machinery, more particularly the latter. The intense in- " tevest that, is centred in the dairy ■ industry is sure to bring to the sur- 1 face the inventive genius of the various nations engaged in the business, and we may be sure that im- , provements in machinery and up- '• pliances will be discovered, and those who desire to be in the forefront of competition must be ready to take advantage of the latest invention. Machinery must bo regarded as perishable and written down accordingly. The Hon. Mr liolleston is on a visit to Mastcrton. Mnsterton Masonic Lodgo mei'ts on - Wednesday evening next. s . The Works and Finance Committee ' of the Mastcrton Borough Council, meet this evening. The monthly meeting of the Masterton School Committee lakes place this - (Monday) evening. Mr Tosswill caught a trout weighing slb 'Joz in a creek at Ballance the other |. ria ' v ' The Earl and Countess of Devon have a been celebrating their diamond wedding. 0 L lie Earl is rector of a Devonshire 8 parish. _ An invitation to send a team of Engn lisli athletes lo America has been lor--5 warded by the New York Athletic Club lo the London Athletic Club. J A tame rabbit has died through grief l_ at Fonlsham because a eat, its inseparable companion, had been poisoned. A fatal bot-fly ease is reported from d Arahura (the Grey) where a Clydesdale i- entire named Hobin Adair is alleged to " have fallen a victim to the pest, g _ The late Mr liichard Woodham was interred at the .Mastertoii Cemetery on B Saturday, several old settlers attending i. the funeral. The thirty-one regular cavalry regis ments in the British army (including the 1 Household licgimcnl) employ 12,5)10 I horses. Earl Amherst, at his half-yearly rent auilil, at Seyeiioaks, remitted 25 per ! cent, of the rents of his agricultural tenants. s At Leeds, a lady who had been en>r gaged for 10 years recovered Jt2s for '• breach of promise, the defendant having I. married another lady. • Two or three shops wore open in Grey--1 town on Saturday evening in defiance of the law, and are to be proceeded - against next week. The streets of Grcytowu were pracliI' cally deserted ou Saturday uiglit, and the town appeared more dead than alive on account of the weekly half-holiday being hold on that day. The late Mr George Cooper, of Mastertoii, dial from enlargement of the ( heart, which on examination after death was found to weigh between 10 and 12 lbs. = The Carterton Band played a number of selections in the principal street last night, after the various services were oyer. The music of the band has greatly improved of late, and the alfresco conii certs arc certainly a treat for Carterton e residents. t Lectures are being given at different t barracks to induce soldiers to make t . themselves proficiont in shorthaud and . typewriting. , The Czarina of llussia, who is very ! fond of English exercise, is having a r large swimming bath of white marble . constructed lor herself in the Winter 1 Palace. The Pahiatua County Council intend ' to object to the whole of the Valuation ■ List for the County, upon the ground ) that the rateable value of the properties , therein named is in somo cases, greater, ■ and in somo cases less than iu the list i sot forth; also that the list shows a want of uniformity in the values. On Saturday afternoon Mossrs Lowes and lorns solcf the Opakirace privileges as follows:—Grandstand Booth, F; , Hilcy, £l4; Outside Booth, F. Hiley £11; Luncheon Booths outside and in. 1 side £5 each, Mrs Eayner; Horse Yards,' D. Hcggio £1!; Cards, J, A. Kobcrtson £O. The gates were passod at £29, and ' the fruit stall also. ' We remind owners and trainers j that nominations for all hand icap oycuts < at the Autumn Meeting of the Woodville Jockey Club, close at 8.15 on Wednesday next, with the Secretary, ! Mr W, Nicholson. The Woodvillo 1 telegraph office closes at 5 p.m. 1 Wc saw the other day a photo from Coolgardie, which depicted a late mem- ! ber of our stalF,Mr Archibald Sanderson, ' who is now doing journalist work at this 1 new El Dorado. A helmet with a veil 1 for protecting the lower part of the face, 5 and a bicycle with a water bag attachment, were the characteristic points of c the picture. t The "suryival of the fittest" theory \ my_ be just as appropriately ( applied to commercial products as to j man and the lower animals. For ail I article to stand the test of time in this d age of fierce competition iu every He- » parlment of commerce is positive proof that it has something about it which is I above the ordinary. The public is not 6 easily gulled nowadays with worthless v nostrums brought forward into evanescent prominence by the skill ? of the artful advertiser. Such h articles haye their day, and then, when d found out, speedily vanish into the p regions of the unknown. Now Nolson, Moate and Company's exquisitely ci blended teas have been in this market P 1 forycars and they are to-day,despite the 81 keenest competition, the first in the van J of popular favour. By sheer worth they at once leapt info popularity, there they have remained, ana thero they must ri remain, for no artioto of better value ai has yet been offered to the public of this gi colojiyl. ; /•,o|

'> . The alleged desperado is captured at . last. Yesterday thero were rumours in o the air that ho was near Mastcrton and the nolice hunted round intheneighbors hood of the Park. Three young men , Messrs Weller, Adams and Bakeivtook a stroll in the evening and know- " lug.fhe locality well had a quiet look ? for themselves in one or two likely t spots. They found him in the old f prdenatleOrcOre, formerly occupied j by Mr F. G. Moore, and though at first r he denied his identity he admitted it to them after a while. They sent word on to the police and marched the poor fellow in to town. Tlie police met the arresting party at the Waipoua Bridge and identified the prisoner as the esenped McKenzie. He was wearing an overcoat which was recently missed from the railway station. The usual weekly meeting of the North Wairarapa Liberal Association takes place this evening, P While a large flock ot sheep, pur. chased in Waikato by Mr Andrew Austin, was being driven to the paddocks in Otahuhu, a train ran into them t at a crossing, killing 43 of them. 0 The olher day a number of homing n pigeons Hew trom Oamaru to Christg church. The winner mhde 1390 yards n per minute, and the slowest of eight 1346 a )' lll 'ds l'or minute. The birds had a good breeze to help them, i- Major Porter, of Gisborne, has filed, t assets, £17,!)('>!), estimated to pro> ducc £ISOO, after deducting a security of £>3Gi). The total assets are ostimated at £2175, and the liabilities ) £180!). d ,^f. ssr ? kowes aud lorns add to their sale list for March 20th, 50 woolly lambs , 1000 breeding ewes, 10 Uomney-Marsh *i rams. At a London police court a poor woman ' "pplied tor relief, carrying in her arms « uer daughter, who, though 19 years old, o was very little larger than an infant, aud i', quite as helpless, t! families, consisting of 20 persons, togcthcrwithii greyhound,eight puppies o mid .i pony, were round to be living at il levensey in Iwo rooms of a disused coast guard cottage, which had neither y doors nor windows, ,y lhe beauty-books advise women to if cultivate a hobby. They say that a ~ person with a hobby keeps bright eyes, rosy cheeks, and an exprosssion of aniluation which in themselves constitute • % olu 'llic period iu which the Jiobbyless women lose these. I. ~ ®?f 01e ' e ® v i"B Almroa the captain of the Bussard sent the following memo, to (lie Mayor:-Dear Sir,-I have the )• honor to infozm you that (he shells id il Inch wc lircd in your harbour were ie loaded Therefore t beg you to publish )e that it is dangerous for the people to , t touch shells which are not exploded, although I believe that all the shells are 1 exploded. J ihiuliit will lie better to warn the people at all events. During 1893, the breweries of Chi- .. cngo, eight in number, produced nearly 3,000,000 barrels of beer, chiefly for home consumption. •f' ' s _ rather singular that Roderick Mckenzie, the '' desperado," escaped ?e arrest for so long, as lie was in Mastcret ton on Saturday evening, and at an early hour on Sunday morning was seen j.. sitting in the Blacksmith Company's j s yard, at the corner of Perry Street, calmly reading a newspaper, g lhe dwelling house of Mr Hans Chriser tiansen, of Opaki, was destroyed by fire during the gale on Friday. Mr Christiansen who is an employee at McLeods saw mill, lost the greater portion of his furniture and effects. | A thief was taken redhanded on Saturday by Constable Lawler, stealing a >' clock in the auction rooms of Messrs , Lowes and lorns, during the sale of race privileges. „ The "up-to-date" directory for this r _ proviucial (1 istriet, as well as forllawke's Bay and laranaki, in undoubtedly Stones. A preliminary notice in another n column respecting this publication 0 appears in our present issue,' The demon comp again! In our issue of Saturday lusl, the last four lines of a s Melbourne wire regarding the fining of a ]cwollcr for evading the Customs, by B some singular mistake, was tacked on to the end of a bankrupt's statement of liai- bilities, and made it appear as if the e victim of hard times had been lined a 0 thousand guineas! Messrs Lowes aud lorns add to their t Eketahuna sale list 50 ewes aud two , r rams. il Messrs Lowes and lorns, as agents, announce the sale of the Kai Kai°Kuri estate, comprislug 1000 acres to Mr W, McLeod, g Intending subscribers to St Matthew's Chunk Kukndar, are requested to send their names to Mr li. Brown before the :e end of this week, so that arrangements 1( j can be made for the continuance of its publication. Fishermen will be sorry to learn that (1 a great many fish have been killed in the , e head waters of the Waipoua by the- ashes from the bush, lires, which occurred 1 there last week. There arc now twelve patients iu the Mastcrton Hospital, II males and 3 fej males. 2 David Shannon, Arthur J'olson, Michael Knight, and Chas. Westbrook, were indicted at Wellington upon a ' charge of having been unlawfully in the dwellmghouse of Wm Henry McLellan (licensee of the Foresters' Arms Hotel) ' at ten o'clock of the night of the 27th ' November, with intent tocommit a felony lhe jury found thom not guilty. Mrs_ Agnes riiompson, of Mastcrton, e was seized witlt a paralytic stiokc, shorly j after six o'clock last eveniug. Dr Hosking is in attendance. y n „ Tlie Pnst week's gold returns from the a Thames have been exceptionally good, c The liev T. Smith, late of Eketahuna, r preached at the Mastcrton Wcslevau Church yestorday evening. Somo burning bush near the resiJ deuce of Mr Wishart, at Kuripuui, 1 caused some anxiety this morning, as it ® was thought tlio house was in danger. i Ihisnas the cause of the firebell ringing " at about half-past cloven. Mr Minor, the fruit expert, was in Mastcrton to-day. He is about to meet J Bragato, the vine export in Wei- ! lington aud to return with him to this • district, On Saturday Mr Palmer ' ■ r ® Bnngitumau and speaks • highly of Mr Stuckey's wall fruit. | Mr J. L. Murray, has rcceiycd the ■ I uniforms of tlio North Wairarapa Eiflo I Uub. flio uniform consists of a nico fawn coloured tweed Norfolk jacket i 1 and trousers, and peak caps, the latter i 1 with a white cover and sun-shade. ! J The man William Higgins. sentenced . to six months, at Mastcrton, tins morn- ' ing, has eleven convictions recorded , against him since 1830. ; _ Messrs Simms & Mowlem add to the i list of entries for their next stock sale, ' in their yards, on Wednesday, 13tli inst., ; 1200 l.f.m._ Lincoln ewes, 50 young k cattle, 8 Lincoln rams, 200 fat lambs, 200 fat owes. The announcement is madom another part of this paper th at a sale of greater magnitude 1 than eyor yet attempted by Te Aro House 3 is now being held, and should arrest the at n tention, of everyone in this part ot the [ Colony, Te Aro House has long held the k premier position as the leading Family 2 Drapery Warehouse in the city, and further developments are now taking place to in- | augurate the new year of 1895. Early in the year Mr Smith admits to a partnership in his business, a commercial 1 gontloman who has long been associated e with the London buying for To Aro House, N To thoroughly reduce and preparo the r stock previous to tho partnership stocktaking, sweeping reductions will be made in all departments. Tho stock must be reduced by £16,000, and will be offered to the purchasing public at most tempting prices, I Heads of families, storekeepers, sutlers T careful housewives, young and old, rioh and 11 poor, alike will savo heaps.of monoy by reserving their purchases for this great part- sc nershipsalo, which commences on Friday 4th January, 1895, at Te Aro House. LJ. Hooper and Co, notify tho ar- i'i rivnl of their first shipments of autumn J. and winter drapery,' millinery- dress, B goods, ■ jackets, mantles, macintoshes, fi ofc.-Auvr. ' •' • 2