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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3042, 26 March 1881, Page 2

A very interesting prize essay upon small farming in Otago will he found on the fourth page of this issue. In reply to His Worship the Mayor's telegram to the Government yesterday, a message was received last night from the Under-Secretary authorising the Corporation to make required advances towards the Charitable Aid fund until arrangements are made by the Legislature to put the matter on a permanent footing. Mr J. Goddard, of the Havelock nursery, writes to say that the rabbit and hare nuisance has again made its appearance. About a year apo, when lhe rabbits were first seen, Mr Goddard, with the aid of his gun and his domestic cats, cleared his ground of the pest. Rabbits and hares have now paid him a seoond visit, making their presence known by the wholesale destruction of young trees, and threatening to convert his garden into the appearance of a sheep-yard. Some stringent measures are demanded for the annihilation of both hares and rabbits, and unless the Acclimatization Society take some steps to undo the mischief caused by the importation of pests many a bright little homestead will assume a scene of devastation. At Messrs Miliar and Potts sale of the township of Kaikora North to-day, at the Criterion Hotel, the following sections were sold up to the hour of the adjournment for lunch:-No. 102, Mr Lyndon, £28 ; 103, Mr Lydon, £22; Nos. 104 and 105, Mr Fletcher, £21 and £22; No. 100, Mr Webber, £15 ; No. 101, Mr Fletcher, £14 10s ; No. 98, Mr Renouf, £13 ; No. 99, Mr Renouf, £11 10s; No. 96, Mr Lyndon, £13 10s ; No. 97, Mr Lyndon, £12 ; No. 94, Mr Lyndon, £13; No. 95, Mr Lyndon, £ll; No. 93, Mr Fletcher, £14; Wo. 91, Mr Stock, £17 10 ; No. 90, Mr Stock, £20 10s ; Nos. 86 and 87, Mr Stook, £13 each ; Nos. 80, 82, and 84, Mr Murton, £13 each ; Nos. 81,83, 85, Mr Murton, £10 10s each; No. 72, Mr McGreevy, £22 10s ; No. 73, Mr Reid, £20 10s ; Nos. 122 and 123, Mr Combs, £10 10s each ; No. 121, Mr Renouf, £13 ; No. 127, Mr Becker, £14 10s; No 130, Mr Berry, £41; Nos. 115 and 116, Mr Combs, £8 each; No. 120, Mr Millan, £16.

Great excitement prevailed in the Waipawa Court House yesterday when the case of Ward v. Moore was being heard. The Court was orowded. A charge was laid against Frederick Moore, a son of the Professor, for using insul ing language towards Mrs Ward, the details of which are unfit for publication. In the evidence it transpired that Moore's family for some time had been systematically persecuting Mr and Mrs Ward, who feared that further annoyance would lead to a breach of the peace, and wished young Moore bound over. During the hearing of the case Moore, senior, continually interrupted the bench, and several times was ordered to sit down. Young Moore was finally ordered by the presiding Justices, Messrs Lawrence and Wilding, to find his fnther's surety for £'25 to keep the peace for six months. At this stage Moore, senior, used highly aggravating language reflecting on Mrs Ward, which enraged her husband, who immediately flew on Moore and soundly beat him with his fiats in Court, making several w junds on Moore's face. The combatants were separated by the Magi6trat s who left the bench for the purpose. For this contempt of Court Ward was fined £10 and cohts, aud Moore £5 and costs. The fines were paid.

The Pall Mall Gazette says that a remarkable case of a dream fulfilled is mentioned in connection with the drowning of the master and crew of five men of the fishing schooner Sly Boots, at Brixham, which has been run down off Torbay. The night was fine, and about a hundred fishing boats were trawling, when the American steamer Compton, as her captain reports, ran into " something," but after steaming round the spot for an hour failed to find any wreckage. That this was the Sly Boots now admits of no doubt. It is stated that on the same night the master's wife dreamed that her husband's vessel bad been run into and sunk, and woke up screaming. " Richard save my boys," one of her sons as well as her husband being on board. Early next morning her eldest son came into her room and said he had heard his father come home in the night and go upstairs with his sea boots on. They told these dreams to their neighbors, but their fears were ridiculed.

A very laughable event happened in Smith's paddock on Sunday (says the Inangahua Timeß.) A number of intending competitors in the forthcoming foot-race were taking their daily exercise, and amongst the many spectators present were Beveral Chinamen. At the close of the training a number of amateurs started racing round the course, and a young man who evidently "fancied himself" not a little, after doing a spin, went up to the Chinamen and challenged one of the number to run; John at first declined, but being hardly pressed by the challenger, who counted on a certain win, the Chinamen eventually yielded, and divesting himself of all superfluous clothing, he stepped into the ring looking as ferocious as a buck rat, while his European opponent wore a smile oi confident success. A good start was effected, but John rapidly drew ahead, and in spite of the most desperate exertions of his opponent, won the race hands down, amidst the greatest storm of applause ever heard on the ground. The young man went home the back way and lact night when the people in church looked round and saw the empty pew, they just winked at each other,

The Colonist, speaking of the new journal which is shortly to see (?) daylight in Greymouth, says :—"A oompaixy has been started at Greymouth, with a capital of £2000 in shares of £1 each, to establish an ' independent ' daily morning paper. These socalled ' independent' papers are generally the most servile journals in existence, being principally employed in bolstering up a clique of the principal shareholders, and advocating their pet and thoroughly selfish *- schemes." The Palmerston Time says :—" We find that there are peveral farmers in the district who are sending their wheat Home, the price offered for it here being so low that they prefer run the risk of exporting it direct to acoepting what appears to them a price that affords a very unsatisfactory return for their labour and outlay. Amongst those who are taking early advantage of the splendid season we have had to get their grain threshed and forwarded Home, we may mention Mr W. Robertson, whose fine sample of wheat we had occasion to notice the other day. Mr Robertson has forwarded by rail to Port Chalmers 410 bags for shipment to England." The following " dark" paragraph about H.M.S. Emerald's cruine in the islands appears in the Sydney Bulletin :—" All tbe newspapers had the wrong story. The Emerald proved herself a terrible avenger. They have captured 'one small nigger," it's true, but have made 1200 darkies bite the dust. Shrapnel did the fatal work. The crews saw what they did Bee. One thing was regretted. At dusk, one evening, a canoe was chased. Not a soul lived under that withering musketry. The canoes had been ' manned' by women—that was the regret. Every island lost several hundred men. The truth leaks out sometimes, this time through * that one little nigger.' " The Western Star says:—" A fatal aoeident happened on Monday morning to a man named Timothy Hullahan, employed v On Mr J. M'lntyre's farm, Flint's Bush. Between 6 and 7 o'clock deoeased and a man named Miller, also in the employ of M'lntyre, drove the horses into the stable to feed them, preparatory to commencing the work of the day. Two of the horses ran into one stall, and some difficulty was experienced in getting one of them out. This was ultimately accomplished, but Hullahan was irritated at the trouble thereby occasioned, and as soon as the horse (which was a very quiet one) got into its proper stall, he lifted a piece of wood and struck it on the hind quarter, at which the horse kicked. Deoeased then said. •I'll put you for kicking!' again struck the hose, which kicked out with both hind feet, and caught Hullahan violently on the stomach, and knocked him down. Deceased exclaimed," Oh, my God!' but never afterwards spoka. Miller, who was in the stable during the whole of the time, ran to his assistance, lifted and sat him against the wall of the stable, thinking deceased was merely stunned; he then ran to the house for assistance, and on returning found Hullahan quite dead. Deceased was a single man, aged about 27 years, a native of County Kerry, Ireland, and had been in the employment of Mr M'lntyre nine months. An inquest was held on Tuesday, > before H. M'Oullooh distriot coroner, when nothing further was elioited than the fact's already detailed, and a verdict of ' Accidental death' was returned." The following items are from the Canterbury Weekly Press:—Harvest ia pretty well finished in all districts by this time, thanks to the exceptionally fine weather that has prevailed for the last five or six weeks. Although crops are not. heavy in straw this year, they are splendidly filled ia the ear, and will probably turn out more satisfactory to the grower than those of last year, which were more bulky and expensive to harvest. Wheat is the cereal most commonly grown, and it is pleasing to note that the general run of this crop ia likely to yield a good sound and dry shipping sample ; so that, even if the price does not improve in the London market, farmers will have something to pocket ia return for their long months of labor and anxiety, more especially as the many labour-saving machines now obtainable have reduced the expense of raising and gathering the pro* duce of the farm to a minimum. On comparing the price offered for wheat by local buyers with that of the London market, the question arises, is it the better policy to * sell at once at the best price obtainable here, or to send it home and run the risk of making a lower or higher figure there P The majority of farmers prefer to take the latter course, and wisely too, for we are informed on good authority that there is every probability of the wheat market rising before the season is over. The failure of the English wheat crop, and also that of Russia, to a great extent may have a slight influence on the wants of the London buyers, in spite of the tremendous quantities supplied by America.—The large-berried spring wheats, as the Tuscan, purple straw, pink straw, &c, seem to have the preference in the English market, and generally bring a better price than the Bmaller sorts of;' autumn wheat.—Barley seems to be very little grown this year, and Btooks will probably get so reduced very soon that this \ grain will be in good demand again.—On all the old established farms in North Canterbury the spring wheats are most commonly sown, chiefly because farmers find that they cannot get their land free from the turnip or other root crops in time for sowing autumn wheat, and the strong flat land in the Christchurch district seems to be more suited for this description of wheat than the downs or undulating lands '■ westward and southward.—Until the large stock*? of wheat are worked off freights for oats are not likely to be obtained, so that the oats will have to remain in stock for a time, care being taken to strap them down as a precaution aganist the devastating effects of the autumn nor'-westers. —Those farmers who have not much land to prepare for early wheat should put on the ploughs as soon as possible after harvest, and get some rape sown on the stubbles, which will have plenty of time to come to a good bite of feed ere winter, especially as harvesting is over very early this season. The Simonsen Opera Company will produce " Dcr Freischntz " this evening, and give a sacred concert to-morrow evening. Mr Gillies' industrial exhibition opens in the Protestant Hall on Monday next at 7 p.m. A number of blocks of land m the Auckland provincial clisti-iet Twill be leased by auction on Tuesday, May 17. _ t The half-yearly meeting of the Working Men's Club takes place on Monday next, at 8 p.m. Mr M. R. Miller will sell on next at 11 a.m., at the stores of Mesßrs Kinross and Co., a consignment of wire and staples. Tenders are required by C. Dolbel and Co. for building chimneys and other work. Tendeis wanted by Heretaunga Road Board for metalling portion of road. A bay mare is impounded at Farndon. Messrs Combs and Co. show new season's goods to-night. Messrs Price and Innes have opened six >, cases new goods. The firm also announce that customers who pay their accounts on the Ist of the month will participate in the gift distribution. A number of new advertisements will be found in our " Wanted " column. DIVINE SERVICES TO-MORROW. By Rev. De Berdt Hovell at Hastings at 11 a.m., and at Havelock at 7 p.m. By Rev. W. Nichol at Havelock at 11 a.m., and at Maraekakaho at 3 p.m. By Rev. J. Spear at Taradale at 11 a.m., at Puketapu at 3 p.m.) and at Meanee at. By Rev. J*. J". Mather atClive at 11 a.m., and at Hastings at 7 p.m. By Rev. J. C. Eccles, at St. Peter's, Waipawa, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., and at Hampden at 3 p.m. t By Rev, F, H. Long, at St Mary's, Wai-

fcuiurau, at 11 a.m., and at |Onga Onga at 3 p.m. By Eev. E. Barnett, at the school-house, Kaikora, at 11 a.m., and at Waipawa Methodist Church at 7 p.m.

The Bishop of Wakpu will conduct Divine service in S. John's Church as follows : —8 a.m., Holy Communion ;11 a.m., morning prayer and sermon; 7 p.m., evening prayer and sermon.