NELSON JUBILEE. THIS DAY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 9305, 3 February 1892, Page 2

NELSON JUBILEE. THIS DAY.

*■ THE RACES. | PER PKKBS ASSOCIATION. | Wednesday, February 3. — The weather is fine &nd the attendance large for the Jubilee Raco Mooting. Kesults:— Maiden Eaoe. — Awarua Roso, 1; Mana wanui, 2; Flywheel, 3. Won easily. Time, lmin 51 2 sth sec. Div, £1 83. Nelson Cur. — Awarua Bose, 1; Torpedo, 2 ; Lochnagar, 3. Durus also Btarted. A splendid race, but won rather easily at the finish. Time (1J miles), 3miu 12^ee. Dividend, £3 17s.

Tho overdraft of tho Taranaki County Council, including accounts passed at the meeting to-day (Wednesday) is £1,275 Is 3d. The Central School opened on Monday with an attendance of 414 pnpils, over 60 more than tho corresponding week last year. Neither the first assistant master nor, the first assistant mistress has yet an-ived, and the infant mistress is absent on account of sickness. Mr Mills, second assistant master, has been promoted to the headmasteiship of the Ngaire school. On the bowling green, on Tuesday, G. Grey beat Jacob by 21 to 14 in the Challenge Cup competition. Messrs Moroy and Nicholas (a visitor from Wanganui) ! played Vea'e and Jacob a friendly game, and beat them by 21 to 17. Eefening to the Manaia assault case, the Haicera Stur says :— " Constables Salmon and Patterson went to Kearin's house to arro3t him, but ho was gone. Constable Salmon arrived at the door in advance of his comrade, and, after knocking, quickly entered. Tho constables found no one, inside, and as appearances seemed to show that Kearin had left tho farm, they concluded that it would bo of no use continuing the search there. During Monday tho search was maintained, but without success. It is supposed that some traces^ of burnt hair found in the fire-place indicate that Kearin has taken all the hair off his face before leaving. Several letters were found at the houso which go to throw some light, on Kearin'a feelings with regaid to having sold his land. Apparently he thought that he had sold too cheaply, and that hia brother would be annoyed at his letting his farm go." Tho frozen moat is an important item in New Zealaad's welfare, writes Colonel Gorton to a Rangitikei friend ; and then goes on to say:— "The sale is steadily spreading throughout England, amidst great difficulties. The farmers naturally have a great prejudice against it because it has undoubtedly brought down the pnee of their meat, and a curious thing tho servants in the households very often object to eat it, though their masters like it. That it is good there is no doubt about it. We lived on it m the lonic, and it was excellent. I enjoyed the cold beof at lunch every day moro than anything, and the mutton cannot bo beaten. I am convinced that many a man at home eats it under the impression he is eating English mutton. The preiudice I believe, however, is getting leaa Only the other day a gentleman s coach.nan, who was dm ing me (ho hanponei to be living at his house finding himself), said he had a delicious dinner last Sunday off a leg of New Zealand frozen mutton, and that ho liked it better than tho English mutton : that there wan a shop in Abingdon, Berkshire, withm a few miles of him, an I he generally got a joint every week ; and that people are beginning to appreciate it. I have no fear as to the future of this trade, or of Now Zealand, if we only have a decent Government." Colonel Gorton, who is now in England, writing to a friend at Rangitikei says :— "That wretched Land Aascssenient Lill which baa beon passed in tho last New Zealand Parliainont ia likely to have a aerious effect so far as New ib concerned, it is simply doing New Zea land a vast amount o£ harm hero. This taxing of men who send out capital for investment (what we so much want to develop tho country) is tho most insane thing ibat has ever been done yet, and will undoubtedly keep a great deal of capital away from tho country. I have clients who are sending money out, but this tax has frightened them very much, and, in one instance, a man of undoubted financial ability recommended my client strongly to well recon sider it, as he considered tho Jaws just passed in Now Zealand put a sot at once on Bonding out capital there for investment. Ard tho real truth of it i« that this tax will not full upon the mortgagee, but upon the unfortunato borrower, who will Imvo to pay a higher rate of interest in consequence. Again, thero is another fcolin" It is considered that settlers were encouraged to take up largo blocks of land, which they did on the faith ok being allowed to work them, and that tins graduated scale of tax to injuro the largo holders in simply the first spoke of repudiation on tho part o£ tho colonists. They don't blame tha countiy frr making laws to prevent large sales o£ Crown lands now to individuals, but they do veiy much tho mode of now injuring those who took up land tinder old regulations with tlio faith that such an Act as has now boen passed would never have been dreamt 01.