The Pahiatua Star. (Published Tuesdays and Fridays.) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1888.

Pahiatua Star and Eketahuna Advertiser, Volume 2, Issue 172, 14 February 1888, Page 2

The Pahiatua Star. (Published Tuesdays and Fridays.) TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1888.

It i. only 1 > v personal inspection that ' tin- faintest notion of the hardships of hush •■tilers ran lie gathered. (in all .<!• - of the main run I we have settlers hnhh-n from view owing to there being no means of getting at them—-or at least not without the ri. k of breaking ! ..lie's neck or becoming lost in the fon't. This applies more or less to Mod I t ! I :■! OfMld op bj ( ill \iTiiuii lit. hut more e pcciaUy to the Makakahi country. w here many settlors who li ul the hardihood to go on their la ml have for 11 irsheon literally State pi. m . Along the Makakahi ami li.-ck l:. ails liu re are a large number • l settler- not absentees, hut right- I • low ii earnest settlers who, if they j I i i not hearts of oak. wouhl long ago I :• \. in n up iii ili spair. Without | si hiug to llattir we can safely say I tl.;.t a uu ie ili arable class of settler ii \i r tisik up lanil in a district than t!io • who-!' cause wc are now es- j (hi.i uu.'. lii every sense of the word I they ar. gci d men and true; butwliat . iia i'ineiit have they rweiverl at I tl.e Imiids of (loveriinieiit to ellect im|r.\i mi nts on the colonial estate? None whatever. They wire induced to t:.kc up land under the lichcf that r* id- would W made to enable them t" get to tl.cir holdings. Have those r "1- i - n .nli '.* If anyone Wishes to judge for themselves let them take a trip into tin -is-tions of Messrs (Jiutintrill. Waller, Hrslney A ilamiltou. Tin-key. liislman, and others by way of tie liiH-k I load ; or by way of the Makakahi itoud to the holdings of Mi'-rs tjuirk, Guerin, Beech and nt u rs. I'lii' Makakahi Koad has Im>cii im in Hist from the Main Bond to where I thr U«>ck Hoad hmncliea off, and then eoinineuees the battle, for although the ■ a I 111 track «natracU d f r aGiut a mile, it affords little relief to ; tl i im nt min d above, who in order , to reach tl.cir stvtious have to climb steep lulls, carrying what they require on their larcks. We trust that the pri • ut (iovernment will see its way clear, out of the money voted last • "ion, to fulfil a long standing proi.'ie to these settlers. Some of the j laud referred to was put in the market in June, IMMS. with this glowing desj rriptiun on the sale plan to rocomtuend it : •• Tire sections are situated near I'ahialiui, and some of them front upon or are adjacent to the main r- ad ; branch roads have Is-en formed through, nr leading to, the sis-tions.” Since the above was in typo, we i .lie received the following from Mr K. J. Hamilton;— *• Towards the end of November lust I wrote to the Hand Boar.l aUiiit extending the Hock I toad to the junction of the MaiigHnunai'aina crti k. I m nt them a schislulo of the n .i.ilsT of acres felled in there, ami tin l-wjul l'xvurd approved of iny application for the halaiice of money available being -jvnl on the continuation of the road. Mr Marehant repliisl to I ll.at effect, and said he would apply for ilhority to sjs nd the money. Mr Hi'.-se told me there was A'4oo available. After waiting two months to see if anvUnrig would Im done. I wrote to Mr Marehant again asking him whether li*d applii l for authority to spun! the uio.iay. He has evaded my ques- | tii'ii very nicely in the following reply : • As the road votes am small in , amount I am afmi.l tkitt will be diffi-

culty in obtaining funds for extending the H&hiatua Hock ihanl, but you must plea-e understand that the trovcAituent ir under no obligation to undertaket isw - rk. I will a - ertAin whether anything cun be done.* *']

I*r Willnuus will in future visit-lAdiur-inn uii Mondays uistcad of \\ islnewlavs. Messages left at Mr Stewrart's will receive attention. I'ree vaccination (at a place to be named) from 10 to 11 a.til. Menars Howes and loms. of Maaterton, announce tlimngli our columns an extensive sale of fat mid store sheen and rattle, which lakes place at tile Kcnull-nUcet yard. Mastr-rtou. ou Thiirjslay next. The • lie is a day later on account of tin- Carterton Kjiiii Siiow being lu ld cm their usual Wednaaday. A sitting of the A ■ e-smenl Court will U held in the Paliiatua Town Hoard rtice. on Friday, '.*th Marrh, nt 10 a.in., for the purpose of hearing ami determining all objections to the valuation list ■ I the Town l>i«trict for the iftr IWJB-K9.

An Oddfellows' bulge i.M.F.) is about to be start' d nt Kkctahuna. I'r Williams has ulicii.lv e .iuniiii'd sixteen candidates for admission. A large number of others are expected to join. Wc acknowledge receipt from the Government Printer of a neatlv-bound the statutes passed last session. Also i'.irliamemrv papers, Ac. Telephone offices aro now open at Matirieevdle and Manganiahoe. The lionrs of atti-ndancc are 0 a.in. to 5 p.m. They are closed on Sundays and holidays.

The amount of destitution caused by the recent disastrous floods on the Iloiinglio river has now lieen estimated, and fully two million inhabitants have been utterly deprived of their posaonaions. There was no meeting of the Town Hoard list night, Messrs liriggs, Crimp, and Wskeniau only putting in an np|>euranee. The clerk adjourned the nneting until next Monday night.

In the article in last issue on butter preserving, a peculiar mistake crept ill. Mr (i. (i. Sti ll is not connected with the I•> Helton Times ; he is a merchant, but the article was reprinted from the paper in tpiestiou.

Mr A. W. Sedcolo has good rye and cocksfoot seed lor sale ; prices quoted. The Town Board loan poll will bo token on the some day as the Licensing Commiller poll, vi/.., Monday, 'dOtli February.

Messrs Mason k Chaldecott, auctioneers, Woodville, have dissolved partnership. The business will in future lie carried on by Mr Mason. Mr C. Oatbam elsewhere quotes tho price of slmiglos, palings, posts anil rails, and firewood. The mail coach was an hour late in arriving from Woodville this morning. After getting a good distance ou the road some of the gi ar broke, and Mr Shaw hud to return to Woodville for repairs. Objections to the Paliiatua Town District valuation list, addressed to the Clerk of the Assessment Court, must he left at tho Hoard's office not later than to-mor-row. A copy of every objection must also be addressed to the Clerk of the Town Board.

Mr Crimp is busy making preparations for the erection of commodious stables between hisaccoiniuixlation house and the' billiard room. 'Tile stables, when erected, will 1m- taken over l>v Mr Vile. There are no fewer than seven vast now hotels now in course of erection in Londou. four of them with about 1000 bodrooms each.

Mr Justice Illness, of New South Wales, holds that a cheque is not a payment of a di lit till it is honoured, and in acknowledging its receipt, a receipt stomp need not be used.

A lmrk l'ift long was recently caught in Sydney harbor, which, when cut open, yielded up a mail's vvuistcoast, in one of the pockets of which was a gold watch.

Mrs Sinclair, mother of Mr James Sinelair, one of the Masterton-Mungahao settlers, passed away on Saturday morning at the ripe age of M2. The deceased lady has been residing w ith iier son's family since they came to this district, a little over twelve mouths 'ago, the most of which time has been spent on the Master-ton-.Mangaltao block, where Mr Sinclair has established himself, having billlt u v cry comfortable home. The funeral took place to-day in the Mangahao. The "big" culvert on Mr Dan&lier's railway contract, near Kketahuna, has collapsed. The w ork, which is considered the largest of the kind ill New Zealand, has taken twelve months to complete, and lias but just been passed by tho Government F.ngineer, so tluit the loss will not fall ou Mr Duimher. It is estimated that to replace the culvert will cost over I'fiOOO. The concrete foundation is supposed to have been too weak, hence the collapse. More retrenchment will bo required now 1 A short time ago the Pahiati’a Star promissory note ease was heard in the Supreme Court at Wellington, Mr Fulton, of Napier, being the plaintiff, and Messrs McCardle and Stewart, of Paliiatua, defendants. The jury brought in a verdict for the plaintiff, and judgment was given accordingly. XI r Kdvvards, for defendants, at once moved that tho verdict be set aside and judgment entered up for defendants, or for a new trial. The decision of the Judges in Chambers has just been made known, and is to the effect that judgment lias been entered up for defendants with costs.

Tliis is St. Valentino's Day. We were reminded of it by seeing a young man coming out of the Post Office with a large sheet of paper m iiis hand, on which was a caricature with the word “ Sausages 1" We smiled at the contortions of his face, vvlit-n he caught sight of us and exclaimed spitefully, "Hav’ntyou got one?" Wo said We had received a cart-load, and passed out of leach hurriedly. That young mail hail uu evil look ill his eyes. At Inglewood (Taranaki) on Thursday morning, two policemen, tiie bailiff, and six other men were trying tn execute a warren! on a man named Jacques, when be chared the |s>lice with an axe. Con* stable Hollo closed, and threw him. Tiie two police, whan putting on the hixudcufts, were attacked by the wife, who used a large stick p etty f.-oely ov.-r lioUo'shead, but the constable stuck to Iris, man. Cast Pukach Good. —No man can do a good job of work, preach a good sermon, try a Uwsuit welt, doctor a patient, or vv i ili* !•■»" ! ,-.rt ,!e w hen he feels miser--1 lu and dull, with sluggish bruin uml unstrung nerve*, and ie u should make the att nipt in such condition when it can be so es .I v and rh ply removed by a little American Co'» Hop Bitter.,. Look fur

There has ju-d been pnblished by tiie Government Printer a pamphlet entitled “ I:ifonnr.tion Helming to tho Ibi.ry Fa mini; Industry." comprising the report of the S-leet Committee of tho legislative Council, togclh*.- with extracts from the most recent w orks and reports on the subject. The information is very extensive and valuable, and it will lie well worth evory dairy fanner's while to procure a copy of the palnnlet. the price of which is sixpence.

A fire in the Mangatairmka Villvge Settlement ignited Messrs Manns' mid Burrows' bush (a few chains from the main roadi ou Friday afternoon. The w ind, which was high nt the time, was blow ing right in the direction of the tow nship. and some anxiety was felt for the safety of building*. However, careful watch was kept by tlio-u> interested, and falling snarks were promptly put out. The smokeal'iring the whole night was very j dense, and these who were compelled to face it to guard there pro|ierth?a were almost blinded ; tbr- smoke and aches even ptiiclrated dwellings. Fortunately the timls-r lying about is not over dry. otheri w-.se there would have been great trouble in saving some buildings. We feel sure that resident.-* must be thankful to the Town l! .ar I for having removed all the , logs along the main road last year; it was ! the means of lessening tho danger con- | sidcrably on Friday night. A correspondent from the Hock Hoad wilds writes: —"Do yon think yon can do anything in tho matter of the Uoek Hoad, as 1 know you have tho settlers' interest nt heart ? and you imvo lately been in there mid can see what is being done. ( onld you give us any advice in the matter ? Do you think we could call a meeting nnd raise a loan by rating ourselves ? I hat seems to me to bu the only way for real hard-working settlors, who wish to make a home in the bush, to get a road. My experience teaches me that /(ho Government throw all the obstacles they can in the way of allowing settlers with capital to go ou tho land. I have been at Mr Marehant for ever so long, and have tried to get tho rest of the settlers to do the same thing, but some want the road made another way. I know more about that than they do, so can inform them nt onco that until Halfour's e-tate is sold the Mangarumuruma lvoad will not be made by Government." —We think the settlers have a good claim against Government for tho immediate continuation of the Hock Hoad. The matter should be represented to tho member for the district, furnishing him with all information on the subject. Ho will no doubt attend to it at once.

An American paper, of a recent issue, says that a coloured girl had been placed in a coffin ready for burial. Near tho cemetery a noise was heard proceeding from the coffin. On its being opened tho girl was found alive with a new-born babe sharing her narrow bed. Both, says the paper, aro doing well. On a recent Sunday morning the vicar of Kuiaiui.il Church, Nottingham, nmdc a sensation in his church by boldly denouncing the Prince of Wales nnd the newspaper press for their share in tho revival of prize-fighting. He said it was a duty to speak out when the second person in the kingdom, after opening a church, shook hands with and patronised a pugilist whose object was a breach of the law. He would rather see the church disestablished and himself go with it than receive the support of such cowardly papers.

Referring to the rise in wool, the New Zealand Herald says:—When we consider that there are nine million crossbred sheep in the colony, and that this seemingly small increase of a halfpenny in the pound, averaging threepence per lleece, represents the respectable amount of a hundred and twelve thousand five hundred pounds sterling, we can estimate what a factor in progress is the present satisfactory condition of tho wool market; for though there is but a small amount of tho New Zealand clip at the present sales, it iK confidently anticipated that prices will continue to rise, and that in the May and June sales, at which a large quantity of New Zealand wool will be to hand, tho condition of the market will be more satisfactory still. Says tho Canterbury Times: —This season’s cocksfoot seed is beginning to come to store. It is bright, free from Yorkshire fog, and, though somewhat intermixed with goose-grass, is of better quality than for several years past. These remarks refer to the seed from tho earlycut paddocks. A change in tho weather would necessarily affect the quality of the later crop. Growers are expecting to get HJil per lb, but merchants decline to offer more than djd, or, at the outside, 3jd for immediate delivery.

ft is, wo believe, a fact that Lord Wolverton has left Mr Gladstone a legacy of 4.-800,000. Tho will will be out shortly, but Lord Wolverton's friends fully believe in tho Gladstone legacy. The principal legatee, however, is Lady XVolverton, and as there are no poor relations in the Glyn family, Lord Wolverton's task indisposing of his colossal wealth was much simplified. Mr Gladstone, by the way, is no longer the poor man he was at the time when (during his first Premiership) ho was forced to sell his china. Since then one or two family legacies have dropped in, and Xfr Gladstone is comfortable, though not splendidly, provided for. A slater named Montrounol has just been sentenced to hard labor for life, for tho murder of a maiden-lady named Leyecy, at Paris. The murder was of a most brutal kind, tho poor lady being discovered dead with her skidl fractured. Montrouncl was arrested on suspicion, lie having previously worked in the house. The only testimony against him was one single Imir. which was found sticking to a drop of bl.Kui on his clothes. A microscopic examination of this hair, and u comparison with that of tho murdered lady, convinced the jury that Montrouncl was the criminal, alter a very lengthened trial.

Wish Folia. —" For ten vears my wife was confined to her bed with such a combination of ailments that no doctor could tell what was tiie matter or cure her, and I used up a small fortune ill humbug stuff. Six months ago I saw an American (lag with American Co's Hop Bitters on it, and 1 thought I would be a fool once more. I lied it, but my folly proved to be wisdom. Two bottles cured her, she is now well and strong as any man's w ife, and it cost me only two dollars.”—H. W., Detroit Mich. Bead