The Wairarapa Daily. SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1879.
We are glad to notice tlmt on the motion of Cr Moore the Council of Wairarapa West lias voted a sum. of .£IOO to enable the Masterton Highway Boayd to improve the road com-
immicutions iriMiVicovilleWest, It would bo diflicult a settlement throughout the length , and breadth of the Colony where : morb self help has been displayed than Jn this particular locality, or whic]/consequently deserves as much resistance as'can possibly be given to it. About four years ago a large number of Scandinavian families were placed ' in a densely wooded valley, remote from any township, and not even connected with any line of road, excepting by a bush track, 1 These settlera, too, were Scandinavian, immigrants, men of 'small means, who had to depend entirely upon their day labor for their daily bread, and who could hardly be expected to overcome tho obstacles necessary to establish themselves in such a neighborhood, to •build houSes, to clear and stock land, to gradually pay for their allotments, and last, but not least, to make roads. But they have done all this. A fair road now connects the settlement with the through line to Napier. In Mauriceville itself, on almost every allotment there is a comfortable homestead, and from ten to twenty acres of clearing, well stocked, and in many instances fenced, A neat school-house occupies a central position, and daily small clusters of bare-footed lads and lasses-may be seen vending tlieir way thither in order to pick up that training which wili ultimately .make them intelligent colonists, "We do not think that under parallel circumstances a similar number of English, Irish, or Scotch settlers would have made equal progress, they could not possibly have made more. The settlement has therefore a decided claim oil the community for any assistance necessary , for its further development, and we think that both the Government, the County, and the Highway Board will always be disposed to favorably consider any. application for assistance emanating from so useful a body of colonists,
The Rev A. Halbwachs holds a service in the Town Hall, Masterton, to-morrow morning. Mr F. Gilmore Smith is appointment Agent for tlio Waibarafa Daily in the Wliareama. Messrs lorna and Ferguson are instructed by Ml- J. D. Canning, of Napier, to eell 120 ranis. Our late friend in Masterton, the sea elephant, is now disporting himself in the Thorncloii Baths. A man named J. Anstey was in this neighborhood a few days ago getting up a £250 sweep on the Taratahi Races. We are informed that lie used Mr Thomas Lowes' name as treasurer to the sweep fund without authority; also, that an information has been laid against him for passing a valueless cheque. We are requested to state that the scholars attending tlioMasterton Borough School now assemble ill' the morning at nine o'clock, adjourning at noon, andlhat the hours of attendance in the afternoon are frdin I. till 3 o'clock. It is stated on good authority (says the Post) that the traffic receipts last week on the Wellington and Featherston railway amounted to over £3200, being fully £7OO more than the takings in any previous week. The supply of rolling stock is now found to bo quite sufficient for present requirements, excepting as to locomotive power, two more engines being much needed. The Fell engines arc working tu entire satisfaction. We regret to find that a paragraph, wliicli appeared in the letter of our Wellington correspondent in our issue of the 22nd November last, with reference to the sale of some book debts, and which has given offence to Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co., a highly respectable fi&ijjpf Wellington auctioneers, was altogeffi untrue, Soon after the publication of the paragraph in question we received a communication on behalf of T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co., who were alluded to by it, and we have ourselves made a careful and searching enquiry into the statements contained in the paragraph in question, and have satisfied ourselves that they are totally without foundation. We regret that our correspondent should have been so ill-advised enough as to send such statements without first fully satisfying himself as to (heir truth, and we apologise to Messrs T. Kennedy Macdonald and Co. for the annoyance which our corresponbent's improper action has caused them. We trust that this explanation will be copied by all papers which extracted the original paragraph from our columns.
•An amusing incident says the Post occurred a few evenings- ago, in which a " Heathen Clunee" was a prominent actor. As lie was pissing a grocer's window iii Willis-street his eyes cought a large coleral picture of a woman washing a negro boy in a tub The proprietor of the shop seeing lie was greatly taken with it, asked him if he would like to go through the samo process of being washed white and made an Englishman, "John," withabeamingcountenanco, assented at once, So lie was invited to enter, and ordered to unrobe He set to work with apparent joy, and prepared for the ordeal. The proprietor then bade him kneel down and cover his head with a towel, and then some flour and water was applied with vigor, and well nibbed in; a second person next appeared with a large knife and saw, and told "John," to be" very quiet, as Jio was about to start from his neck and take the yellow hide off him. "John" did not like the sound of the knifesharpening, so he jumped up, and tlio sightoftheoperator'sformidahleappearance so terrified him that he broke into a howl of broken English, and did not wait for the end of the washing, process, He was last seen with his coat and waistcoat under his arm making for the Wairarapa Yesterday the sea elephant exhibited by Mr Cunningham was, for the first time siuco its birth, allowed to enjoy himself in liig natural element at the Thorndon Baths. Though so young (14 weeks old) lie soon evinced his capacity for diving, and swimming by eluding the care of his keeper (Willis) and escaping through some ajierature underneath the water at the upper end of the bath. Mr Harman, the well known swimmer and long distance diver, at the present time manager of the baths, was soon in a boat with the keeper, and the'ii commenced one of the most exciting chases we ever witnessed. The elephant rose about 200 yards from the baths in the direction of Jernyngham Point, blew and dived again. When he rose the second time Willis was able to touch hut not to hold him, The boat having headed him, lie turned - towards l the Coriiia, anchored about a miio from the shore, where' after a long struggle he was secured, and by the help of one of the crew from the barque and a bowline, -he was hauled into the boat and carried-back to the Baths, and, with a collar round his neck, was again put into |he water,—New Zealaoder.
The first patient lias admitted into the Mastyi'k'ti Hospital, in. the person of Mra Bailey, of Knripuni, who isM'er- ; lug front , a setere- owej '.'whicfi'; lias, 'affeu-;'.! the liwie of one of Iter legs. We understand that', amputation will be nkces-; s'ary, and that tlie operation is about to beperformed by Dr Hosking and Dr 11,Spratt. . ; ' ' : ' . Messrs'lorns &-.sevgus.son will sell on Febvuaiy. 8, the furniture, stock, and farm implements of Messrs R. and J, Kibblewhite. Tlie sale will be unreserved, ■ and the terms liberal , , • . . It is stated that a. gentleman in South Australia has been successful in dealing a portion of bis rim of rabbits, by using hay steeped in a solution of arsenic. Tlio WAIRABAPA .DAILY rail bo rail iii WEL LINGTON at tlip Ath'ei);cuni', tlic Hnijiiro Hotel, Bsr ; roll's Hotel, tlie Queen's Ifolo!, tho itey Zbalander Hotel, the ltoyi'.l Hotel,.and- Mr W. l r rceiiiiiii'n Dining Rooms, Lambton Quay.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 68, 25 January 1879, Page 2
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