The Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1895. MEAT EXPORT.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5135, 20 September 1895, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1895. MEAT EXPORT.

Of I! attention Ims been drawn to a curious case, recorded in tho Murk Limn Express, of certaiu legal proceedings in a London court which H(!'.ow a side-light on the Now Zealand frozen meat trndo. T'lio affair is a little ancient, for the account of it appeared in the journal referred to on the 27th clay of May last, " A lord of many acres" 'made a direct Shipment, to' England of a certain pliiber of sheen carcases, ipul in dpp fioiu'so received from t(io English agent a decidedly unsatisfactory return, Indeed, the result was so disappointing that lie instituted legal proceedings against the agent and demanded access to his books. This demand was fought tooth and nail but the court decided that the rajnosfc was reasonable. Then n private arrangemont appears to have taken place between the parties, under which tho case was withdrawn from the court, and the English agent paid to the colonial " lord of many acres," no less a sum than seven thousand pounds. When an English agent disgorges such an amount liko this over one transaction, how much docs he gorge in tho couvsi) of a twelvemonth j 1 Tl|e amount must bo fabulous, and oven this has to be multiplied by number of other agpnts who carry on business upon siniilnr lines. The meat business in London is yepy muoh ip the hands of rings, Thoro aio nndonbtedly hpiiest men in it, but oven these have to respect vested interests and bold a candlo to the regulation plunderers. The mysteries of tho London meat market aro probably even now, but imperfectly understood by tho New Zealand gmior. Still it may be said that first-class meat, when sent to England with all such drawbacks, fetches a fair price. London, rings (nay temporarily depress prices, but inferior ' mejifc' apf] mpaf, pot marketed at th'o right tihifi avo still gieatei drawbacks "to ithe trade. At the late Conference it was evident tliat there ! could be no very effective combina- ! tion between the .various Provinces of New Zealand in exporting meat. Canterbury practically said, " We send better meat to England than other, places, and we get a better jirice for it, and wo won't he pooled ,\vith other qonfres'!'.'" In spito of ajl rings and of unscrupulous agents, the best meat, sent in the best manner, and put on tho market judiciously, must rcaliso its fair value in tho long pup, Still j), sharp watch 'should be kept on roguish' English agents. The Franco! Boss Cwpsny play " Caste" at tho Masterton Theatrq .Royal this »T«iirg, j

| The annual general mooting of the , Wairarapa Amateur Athletic and 1 Cycling Club, will be hold in the Club i Hotel, Mastorton, on Wednesday next, nt 8 p.m. j ; Mr J. E. March reports that the r ' number of original selectors undor the « I Village Homcsteed Settlements was r 1814, of which 1150 now remain, The v . present number of settlers in suck , settlements is 1395; 93!) being resident, i [ 401 non-resident, and 55 not reported on! ! The annual meeting of the Tradesmen's Cricket Club will be hold in the : Foresters' Hall, Carterton, this crcnini*. J I ThoMatarawa Cricket Club arc going c ' to open the season on the first Saturday in October, with a match between < i Mr Gallon's Mill and all-comers. l Au accident occurred to Mr J. Tice- 1 ' burst a few days ago. He was plough- i i ing nt Mataiwa, when the plough j struck a Mot and Hying up struck him on the side, breaking two of his ribs, 1 1 —Okemr. 8 a The N.Z. Steeplechaser Otakeho lias t . been sold at Sydney to Mr O'Brien. i The New South Wales Legislative Assembly has passed the Land and ( Income Tax Bill, j . A Melbourne syndicate Ims sent Home < - £IOO to back I'aris for the Cambridge- ] shire. . Mastorton was well supplied with ' entertainments last night, the Drill Hall, 1 Theatre, and W«slcyan Church being well patronised. | ut A of fruit-shippers and ! fruit-growers waited on the Treasurer of 1 Tasmania, asking him to protest against - the Sew Zealand duties. The Treasurer i promised to cable to Mr Ward pointing out that if the duties wcro insisted on, I ' Tasmania would be compelled to rctali- i ate. | The case in which F. Matthews sued 1 Hapcta Wliakamairu for the sum of - O 10s, was concluded in theMasterton 1 S.M. Court yesterday afternoon, His 1 g Worship giving judgment for the amount claimed for training the horse i ( ] Eiooklield, £l4los, but disallowing the ! ut £2 claimed for a losing mount, Costs were allowed. An application for im- ! mediate execution was not gran ted. _ Under the Land for Settlements Act, 1894,208 properties totalling 1,075,239 acres have been offered to the Governinent. Ot this area 231,311 acres were ( > declined by the department; 181,745 acres were dealt with by the Hoard, anil 0(32,183 acres are under consideration. Mr J. li, Juggins of Eketaliunn, adds ~ two vcrj' desirable farms to the list of properties in his hands for sale. ;n Under the system of occupation with lo '' IC right of purchase 70,'!77 aerosol land S| were taken up during the year ended i. 31st March, lfj'Jo, and in the same period 87,371 acres wore taken up underlease ~ in perpetuity. Kelson was the only provincial district , in which deferred payment land was taken up last year. The area taken up undor this system was 5,453 acres. For Hie year ended March 31st, 1895, L the number of selectors of laud under all is tenures, was 2,3(13, as follows:—Under id one am 1 , '21)2; one to fifty acres, 850; 51 to 250 acres, 819; 251 to 500 acres, a 197; 501 to 1,000 acres, 91; for areas oyer 1001 acres, 81. The return is exclusive of the selections on the Cheviot ~ Estate,orundertheLands forSeltlement Act, In another column tho reader is adI, vised when investing in a perambulator, to always " ask for J. Olcgg's." These a renowned " prams" arc now obtainable 0 at Messrs Hounslon- & Hoar's, Graham s & Co's, and the W.F.C.A. stores. Mr 0 Clogg's works arc at Cliristchurch. ,n At the Mackenzie County Council 0 meeting (says Hie Timaru Hamhl) Mr liuthorford said the young men in charge m of Mistake Station had been down, and 1 reported that there were a cood many '■ slice]) running about. They were very thin, but if they did not die from young . feed the loss would not be so heavy on L (he run as had been feared. It was stated that the winter had been as severe on the rabbits as oil the sheep, n and that they were to be seen lying dead in bunches—even in tens and dozens. 10 In one plac; 25 had boon counted lying J. close together. i(l Mr li. Cave's many friends will be sorry to hear that lie was seized with a j slight attack of apoplexy in Queenr. street this morning, and falling heavily, cut his neck rather badly, Dr Butement was called and the sufferer was removed ? f° '! |e Club Hotel, ivhcro lie is receiving s . every attention. P. A display is being made of children's •> millinery in the windows of Mr o.l'rag- '• ucll, who intends making a speciality of s ' children's wear this season. Mr Kettle, S.M., ivill hold tho enquiry » into the recont fire at Han-era. Inspector Thomson will also bo present. Lord Beaumont, ono of a shooting party at Carlton Towers, Yorkshire, has been found shot dead with his head r shattered. It is supposed his gun exploded while he was crossing a stile Mr Hogg asks for an enquiry into . complaints mado by platelayers and | others eagaged on the Woodvillcn j Eketahuna liailway. | The Government has not received any! i-1 definite offer or proposal from Messrs j It j Siemens k Co. with rcferenco to the j i. j iron industry. ' r Soven more of tl\c Kuchpnss assassin' if j have been executed m tho presence of j I tho Consuls, ■li Tho liabilities of Wm. Frederick if j Mason, settler, recently adjudged bankn nipt nt Wellington, amount to £lo9lßs o; Hd, owing principally to creditors in tho ,■ j Wairarapa. Tho largest oreditors aro » F.H.Wood (Greytown), £2O lls;Wai- ■! rarapa Farmors' Co-operative Associa- " lion, £ls 2s Id; Murray, ltoborts& Co., d £lll7s 6d; Dr. Johnston (Carterton), [I £810s; F. Foist (Carterton), £72s Id; s Aohcsou (Carterton), £B. There aro no 11 assets in tho ostate. 0 A yery good story is related by Mr n G, W. Me Arthur, of London, in a letter o to one of his Australian correspondents, !t " The tale," lie says, " is about two J butchers in a country town in England, who had their shops exactly opposite , each othor. There is a great rivalry between them. Ono only sold the best 11 Homo_produot, such as Welsh mutton, ii best Scotch, etc., while the other mado n no secret that he sold Australian. Og i. Saturday nights these two used almost 0 to come to blows over their trade, and tho I „ English used to conjo half-way! across tho street shaking his fist at' ■ tho Australian mau. It tonally cawo " out (hat tho same mau owned the two 1 shops, qnd sold Australian moat in both, 3 bi|t in one ho got tho English prioo for jr it. Ho found that this rivalry was very i, good for his trade, as most of tho towns- ] , people took the sido of his English shop, i (. and socing tho keenness betweou tho two, t camo from all parts of tho town to sup. ' port it against the Australian intruder, 1 ' and cracked the English meat up ! fc immensely—that is to say, tho lustra- 1 t lian meat which they bought under tho c ) name " English." s I The social and dance in connection 1 ' with tho Red Star Football Club, held 1 , in tho Drill Hall last ovening, was a j i great success, and quite equal to its j ■ predecessors, The members of the Club ■ [. have gained a name for their excellent ■ management of gijthprjugs of the 0 ' arid a'-pjp'asijnt eVoniiig's amusement is T 1 always guaranteed under their auspices, n The floor space was occupied by about 8 one hundred couples, quite a number c • being present from Greytown and dif- h : ferent parts, Tho music was in the n hands of Mossrs Keisenberg and Candy , i and extras'wero played by the Misses t Cullen, Corbett, and Mrs MoKenzie, 8 , The floor was in fine condition for dnnc.' | ing, and tho supper presided over / : bj a committee of ladies, was loaded < with overytliing that could ho desired. ! A concert programme was carried put, , itoms being ■ giyqn by Messrs. Gani, Hawke, Bryant 'aud Johnston, aha 1 Misses C. and it. Maguii;o,tho siuging'of I: j tho latter being specially admired, and n the ladies met with an enthusiastic reccp- r tion. Messrs Cargill, Boss, Cochrano i api| Powpal) officiated us lit.C.'a, and ■ although they kept the dancers going ® i merrily,tho affair did not wind up before C I three o'clock in the morning, ( n:

■—— Tho funeral of the late Mr Andrew I Young, at Wellington yesterday, was ' very largely attended. om P Bon i representing r the Fire Underwriters' Association, is now m Masterton allocating block risks under tho now tariff, Messrs J, Macaraand J. Payton have been re-elected unopposed to the directorate of the Masterton Permanent Investment and Building Society. 8 Messrs Horablow & Co's sale tomorrow, includes among other lines too / numerous to mention, 10 tons of potatoes " entirely without resorve and everything offered will be sold. Messrs Simms k Mowlem add 150 4-tooth wethers, 100 owes with lambs, c uO hoggets, and 10 weaner pigs to tho t list of entries for thoir next stock sale in the yards on Wednesday 25 inst, Mr J. L. Murray will, this evening Make his second window display of spring and summer novelties, The now goods include some wonderfully pretty things, and the display to-night will be worth seeing, Tho Masterton Wesleyan Church was \ crowded last evening, when the liev. Dr Hosking delivered a very interesting and ( entertaining lecture. Messrs Lowes and lorns hold an unro- i served sale of furniture, produce, saddlory, and general sundries at thoir rooms to-morrow. < Mr James Hutchens, an old Wellington identity, who carried on an under- , taking business for some years, has diod in tho Wellington Hospital. Two men named Robert Stockbridge and Antoni left the old Pilot Station, at Vi ellmgtou, last Monday morning on a trip, and as they have not been heard of ( Miicc, it is feared that they have been : drowned. Stockbridge has a wife and i hve children, j Mr George MacFarlane, of Greytown, i has been appointed a licensed inter- , prelcr. Hie time for the election of three councillors for the Greytown Borough has bum extended to the 10th October. The Gcizcttc notifies that Wednesday, 9th October, wiU be observed as a public holiday in jho Government offices throughout the Colony, lb? silting of the Wairarapa District Court at Masterton, has been idjourned until October 9th, Messrs L. J. Hooper & Co., ot the Bon Marche, are now opening up their first consignment o! .Spring and Summer noveltics, Mid will make their display in a tew days. Elegant millinery, Jresh from the hands of Parisian modistes; gems ot fashion in bonnets and half, together with their own creations, copied from the most stylish models. Abundant supplies of sailors hats in the most fashionable shapes and colors, ratensive varieties of children's millinery, untriinmcd straws in the newest styles, dress goods, mantles, blouses, parasols, prints, etc,—Ami. Ono of the drawbacks of country lifn, at least to the small settler, is undoubtedly thn increased price he hits to pay for any articles of doming or genera! drapery, by reasou of the exlra charges for fvcwht or "■'triage. This drawback need exist no longer, for extra charges are (lone iway with under the new system which has been inaugurated at Tk Aho Horse, Wellington. Under this system, any of tho parccis advertised, will be sent to any address in New Zealand, post hike, the prices charged being exactly the same as those at which the goods arc sold over tho counter in Wellington, As may by imagined, however, this liberal offer is only extended to cash customers, and all orders for advertised parcels, must bo accompanied by cash for the amount, bef-rc tbe order can be executed at Tk, Alio House, Wellington, In illustration of tiiis system, we will fiive au csani|ile. Tuko for instance No. ii Parcel, which contains 1 Lady's White Mainsook blouse, trimmed with embroidery and with the new butterlly collar; 1 fiavy or Clack Sateen Blouse, with white spots, new style; 1 pair of Black or Coloured Taffeta Gloves,and 2 pairs o! Ladies Black Cashmere Hose, This complete parcol will bo sent, post free, to any address, on receipt of 12/6, from Tt Alto House, Wellington.—Adtt.