WAIRARAPA NEWS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXIII, Issue 117, 18 May 1907, Page 5

WAIRARAPA NEWS.

fcT TEMSCRAP7 — ov;X CORKESPOXDKKTS 1 MASTERTON, This Day. ' Some timo ago a, preliminary grant was pluced upon the estimates towards, tho cost of erecliug a now courthouse in Masterton, but owing to the inability of tha Mastsrtou Tru&t Lands Trust and tho Govermnent to como to terms over the question of a suitable cite, the work has never been procoeded with. At tho annual meeting of tho trustees on Thursday cvoning, Mr. A. W. Hogg, M.H.R., moved: "lhat it bo an instiuction from thoso attending this annual meeting to the incoming trustees to make arrangements with the Government aa- speedily as possible for the exchange of sites for a, new courthouse." The motion was carried, and some definite steps towards a, completion of tho negotiations may soon be expected. At the last meeting of the North Inland Slicepbreedors' Association, held in Masterton, a. committee was set up to obtain certain data ro South American markets for New Zealand Stud sheep. Two prominent Wairarapa breeders jiavo obtained the necessary information in a practical form. They shipped to tha Argentine at tho closo of last year lifteon &tud sheep of exceptionally good quality, comprising ton Komney and five Lincoln rams Tho returns have just bean received, and the,v_ uo so unsatisfactory that the vendors assess their loss on the shipment, at nothing less lhan £300. The Lincoln^ averaged '(gs, and the Ronineys sgß. For each of tho formor the sum of 30gs coold have been obtained locally, whilst amongst the Romney rams was ono that tho sum of 40gs was refused previous to shipment. Tho Argentine ngent, in a letter accompanying tho returns, says : '"Tho vory unsatisfactoiy I pricc3 obtained for your etuds can be attributed in a largo degree to . the protracted drought that is being experienced over practically the whole of this country, and which is causing breeders a great deal of anxiety. Thon again, at tho present time, there are over 1500 htud sheep from foreign parts on offer in this market, but only the beet sorts are selling. The Border Leicesters that reached hero with your shipment were absolutely unsaleable, and in future only Romneys or Lincolns should be forwarded." The letter was written Under date of 30th January. FEATHERSTON, This Day. At a meeting held under the auspices of tho local branch of the New Zealand Fanners' Union, the proposed Land Bill was discussed. Mr. J. T. M. Horn6by, M.H.R., addressed the meeting, expresting- himself as being in favour of granting tho freehold to Crown Tenants at tho original valuation, tho limitation of tho area as proposed in the Land Bill, and j tho endowment principles. He was of the opinion that the Government would not grant tho freehold to Crown Tenants at the original valuation, but would bfc willing to do so at tho present value. Mr. Hornsoy &poke Gtrongly against tho aggregation of largo estates, and said the little man was being made uso of by the big landholder, to prevent the limitation ot nrer. He foreshadowed n, difsolution of Parliament during the year. Foeliiig still runs high' in tho town over the Post Office Question, and the latent intimation of tlie Inspector of Post Offices, that he intends recommending n aito on the opposite end of section 202, facing Fox-street, in liou of the one previously selected, facing Fitzherbertstreet, lias made the question a more vexed one than heretofore. The senior Thursday championship matches this wosk resulted — -Liberals (Featherston), 14 points, v. Albions (Masterton), nil; Rover U (Caiterton), 11 points, v. Eketahuna, 5 points. The Thursday Union i 3 endeavouring to arrange v iepr<>t.ciitathe mutch against cither the Wellington Wednesday team or Mauawatu seniors for 3rd June.