The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1880.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 391, 17 February 1880, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1880.

That interesting contributor to the. Otago Witness, the writer of " Our American' Jitter," who signs himself " Jacob Tony," in his letter dated 22nd December last, after referring to the statistics of the General Land Office for the American fiscal year ending June 30th, 1879, and showing how the cash sales of land barely covered the cost of suroy, remarks as follows: " The policylof the United States, is to promote bom fide settlement) of waste land,/not to Praise revenue, A different policy obtains at the Antipodes The rapid development of this country is a consequence of this liberal land system. I am not going to discuss your land policy by along way. My object is to throw out a hint now .and then Which might bear some kind of fruit : among you thoughtful. men. Whereas stagnation has overtaken the Antipodes, with its practically limitless land area, it is passing away from this great country, overborne as it has been by a tremendous war debt, and' the waste and destruction incident to the long-continued operations in the field, fifteen years after the surrender of Lee and Loiigstreet; and this, too, while bank shares and usurers ran the finances of the country in their own interests, under a depreciated currency, which enabled them to steal from the people during its continuance, an amount more than double that of the national debt.. It only needed' the adjustment of the currency on a bimetallic standard, to restore confidence, j renew colonisation, stimulate production, enhance prices, and set the wheels of industry going in every State of the Union. With you, as I read the signs of ; . the times, unless you can continue borrowing, the wheels of' industry are thrown out of gear, and the pressure of hard times/brings you face to face with gaunt want, and unsatisfied responsibilities; Yet;your public domain is locked up against settlement, except upon conditions requiring the prerequisite of considerable capital, or is held in large tracts for speculation, while your banking institutions) run mainly upon the basis of credit, declare dividends of 15 per cent! If your business—any legitimate business—can stand s!uch a drain, you have struck a. real Bonanza. What you want is cheap money, and that you will have if you have cheap land, and the rapid inflow of a'producing population." Although this writer is'wrong in one or two of his statements, yet there is a great deal of truth in what he says - matter for thought among our public men. Jacob Terry, apparently overlooks the great fact of the English demand stimulating the American supply, and so promoting industry. Could we, in New Zealand, only get a fair remuneration for what we grow, how much more Would be produced! How quickly would lands be cleared that now lie idle! How would comfortable homes spring up in our bush lands, and thriving villages adorn our road sides. Yet such prosperity cannot be until our statesmen rectify the errors of the past, and endeavor to provide the one great' requisite for New' Zealand's future—a requsite so easy of accomplishment, yet so utterly neglected. Thfoperiing up of inland communication has been preferred, and now our 'produce remains stored in our barns or warehoused in our ports. In; spite of agricultural statistics of production, it pays settlers better to throw'the plough into the 'ditch than: to grow grain. What possible inducement is there to cultivate land when oats are selling at Is 6d per bushel. Can nothing be done to encourage steam' traffic communication with England,"Brisbane, New Caledonia, and other neighboring markets 1 Must we yearly throw away a large annual subsidy in support of a useless San Francisco service—a subsidy which, properly directed, would go far towards connecting us with the very markets we require This question is the question of the day, not whether petty lines of railway should be constructed connecting inland towns. Upon it, and it alone, rests the other question of our land policy, so well referred to by the above named writer. No small farmer can expect to do well in New Zealand until foreign markets are opened up for our cereal produce.

We were not a little astonished to observe on Monday last, the E.M. Court at Masterton turned into a " Free and Easy" Inquisition, and it is perhaps unnecessary to add that the rok of Grand Inquisitor was played by Mr A. W. Renall, J.P. A certain man, who j»ye }\k name as Thomas Oakley, was brought up for being drunk and disorderly, and fined 20s with .the alternative of twenty-four hours imprisonment. The case having been duly settled, one would naturally have expected the said Thomas Oakley to pay his fine and go about his business, or to retire to' the adjacent cell for the period allotted to him. Instead of that, a farce was then commenced which might be entitled " The Red Rover and the Inquisitor," or "The Maaterton Mantrap," It appears that the police had reason to suspect that Thomas Oakley was a certain " Red Rover" from Sydney, whose real name was Parker, but

Ihi'y liu! im(. (iiiy cviilei'co mi which limy gmilil satisfactorily os nil sli liis identity, Mini an i lio Giainl liiqiiisitur eoiiilneir.'iiM 1 thu iiftci'|iiuci) liy |ni'iiiii! .tho presiitiiol ''luiil Hdi'iii 1 " lliriwjh li'M.'fiicinyi, with il '.'ii;w'iil entrap] i ii! liim iitn sumo luimis'--i'iiii which \vnii!il cnuMc the po'iw to' stilili.sh ii fnriluT eiiargu against Ijl.ii/ L'liomas Oakley in. vaiu pleaded that he md no desire to relate the whole of • his past life to. the Court. ! Quesfioirtafter; I:|uestitmwas poured upon hira,,till at last ut answer to one as to where he was going ~ou willsend-nie to Sydney." TJibmas" -Vakley deified being thfi v " < Rid*' Rover.'' Se may or raay; tifiLijfi. that, particular^ •ikracter iweiiaTT 'gsatisWAlofiiP ieving that he is not —but we must protest against any man being deprived of ii9,|berty by the un-English practice ,'of in inquisition. In France, we believe, a ■' uari may be convicted on his own evilence, but the English practice is directly mtagonistic to any such resort, and such 5 violation of all law and custom cannot for one moment be permitted. Mr A. W. Renall, we believe, prides himself on the amount of legal knowledge which he possesses, and, it is strange that he should have allowed himself to .take up a positio.n of so irregular and objectionable a character. We might also remind Mr Renall that the practice of publicly criticising matters from the bench which are of! a private rather than of a public nature, is another innovation in Court matters which is extremely reprehensible. ■'

lorns & Fergusson announce a ; sale', .of 70, valuable rams for Saturday next.

Tenders are invited for works at the Opaki Bridge Contract, full particulars of which are given in another column.

We have to acknowledge the receipt of a useful hand-book called the Crown Lands Guide, published .by the authority cf the Minister of Lands.

A meeting of the Stewards of tlie Waihenga Jockey Club will take place. on Saturday next,'at the Rising- Sun Hotel. Settling for the races also takes place at the same time,

In our yesterday's issue we state'dtiiat the Greytown branch line had reached the back of Mr Wilkie's premises, We should have said opposite Mr Benge's cottage, within a hundred yards of- the proposed station.

Tho Carandini Company had a good house for tlieir opening night at.Mastertonlast evening. After the overture the first piece on the programme was a quartette, in which the various voices blended to a perfection rarely' heard. This was followed by a cavatina from Madame Carandini, which proved that this accomplished vocalist still retains her supremacy in concert pieces. Mr Gordon Gooch followed with "I Fear.no Foe." He possesses a grand voice, andinow3 how to use it The frequent encores he received last evening were unmistakeable evidences of the satisfaction of the audience. Miss Marie Carandini in "It Was a Dream," and " I Cannot Mind my Wheel, Mother" displayed a.musical and perfectly cultivated voice to the greatest advantage. Miss Deakiii gave a ballad, "In the Gloainin'," with great ta&te and expression'. •'■ The strong points ;of. the programme are undoubtedly the duets and quartettes. Madame Carandini and : Miss Marie Carandini ■'produced.'almost a marvellous effect with "Trust Her Not; She's Fooling Thee,-" the elder lady dis : playing more particularly a fine histrionic genius. In selections from the Operas, Madame Carandini is admirably supported by Mr Sherwin, who not only possesses a pleasing voice, but lias also a rare gift of h umorous expression which is so invaluable in giving variety to a concert programme. We trust to see the public I appreciate good music by giving these disi tinguished artists a big house for their final entertainment this evening.

The elevators for grain, writes a correspondent of the Sydney Mail, are another great sight at Chicago. These immense i wooden buildings, of which there are several, are built to a great height both on railways and canals. The' grain is never bagged—neither wheat, barley, oats, or rye, as it would be impossible to handle it all if bagged, nor could the whole population of Chicago bag it if they tried, so great is the quantity passed through this enormous entrepot. The grain elevator I visited held 1,500,000 bushels of grain. It had a canal for large ships on one side, ■ and 4 lines of rail tracks in the building, The cars are brought each opposite a pit. The folding doors in the centre are then opened, an agitator is attached to a mechanical contrivance which empties the car in a very few minutes of its contents. This is rapidly lifted by endless leather belts, with buckets, to the top floor of the.building; weighed,.and emptied into bins; these are 70 feet deep; from the bottom of those are shoots and funnels which can empty the same into a ;yesael or truck as required. They can ship from this building alone 200,000 bushels per day, and have loaded one vessel with 80,000 bushels in three hours. ■

A correspondent writes:—" I find the following list amongst a lot of old papers, It evidently refers to the members of the Houso of Representatives for the year before last (1877): Atkinson—Plain common sense; Grey—Good intentions badly executed; Rees—The Great''Unknown ; Stafford—Somnus; Montgomery —A little knowledge is a dangerous thing; Swanson-'Umble Pride; Whifctaker—A blind weasel; Larnach-Itytuna favetj Hunter—Disorderly George; Harper— The dark horse; Fitzroy—Jollity; Wakefield—Modesty; Johnson—Perfect selfcontrol; Rolleston —A light weight; Curtis—Decidedly bland; Murray Aynsley—Obstructive membership; De Lautour—Progression ; Brandon —Youthful membership; Gisborne—A polished exterior; Bowen—Rough and blunt; Reid —Staunch partisanship; Garrington—The deep 'an; Kelly—The most upright of judg63; Cox, A.—A Chatterbox; Macfarlane, J. S.—The Orator; McLean—A Statesman; Russell, W. R.—Rough Colonialism; Sutton—Remarkable political ability; Ormond—A name; Shrimski— The model representative; Hodgkinson— Mr Gamp; Murray, W, A,-The quiet member; Hursthouse—The 'orny 'and ; Reader Wood—A sly dog; Macandrew— Childlike innocence, or the Heathen Ohinee; Beetham, G.—American rowdyism ;. Fox—Naughty William; Bunny— The old political rodent; Douglas—Sir Robert; Bryce—A rough diamond; Di?nan—garrulous membership; Manders— TheM.H.R. par excellence; Moorhouse —Unappreciated worth; Pyke—Sir John Falstaff; Richardson—Silvertoned mediocrity; Rowe—The .people's William; Stevens—A fair man, my Lords; StoutStouter, stoutest of all; Wallis—The Domine; Woolcock—Mirthful gravity; Sheehan-The New Zealand Gladstone; Hamlin—Mournful sadness; Wason—The colt; O'Rorke—A plain Irishman; The Speaker (Sir W. Fitzherberfc)—A mere gosling; The Clerk The Speaker's Speaker.-Deo. 31,1879." ,

Mr Slieeliaii.has gone to Kiilikali, to visitllovvi.. »-. '.'''.''.ii-

Properly islmikins up 11 little at o!iri«t-. clnia'hj'iuid. tlicro js liiwo activity in the iinrket lluii, there' 1 has been fur many months.''

. The Inciv Zealand-Shipping Company publish afirst list of twenty "iron clippers, with a capacity for 33,000 "tons, or a mil--lib! fefek's frainir'These are,to and April and others are to follow. ''"

nally assaulted, on .the Whau Block-house road, Auoklami', young ■nan %hfl=ims where there were no houses near. From the description given by the girl, the police arrested a younsj man named Michael Brien;, a stockdriver. He was brought up on a charge of attempted rape and remanded till Wednesday.

A new feature had been:.' introduced in land settlement at Auckland by Captain Colbeck, namely, special settlements for colonists exclusively. The first intention was to settle two adjoining blocks belonging to him with, immigrants from England ; but as enquiries hiiVe been made for land there, Captain Colbeck was persuaded to try the experiment of forming a special settlement locally. Already 5000 acres have been applied for. We regret to learn of the sudden death of Mr and Mrs W. ,C, .Cuffs youngest son aUhe Bank of New Zealand, Greytown. The little fellow had been unwell for some days,:..bjJt .it was not thought seriously, until one o'clock on '.■ Sunday, when a decided change.vtook place .and. resulted in death about three 'o'clock; The funeral takes place at 3.30 p,m, to-day.

Mr E; St'rawbridge, of Waihakeke, has suffered a serious loss by the destruction of-.hia oat and wheat crop by fireTsn Wednesday last. The stacks were estimated to contain;lßoo bushels of 03ts and 800 bushels of liad been splendidly harvested.'"' No* cause can be assigned. The grain .was partly covered by insurance. ' .. .. .A ...

We direct'attention to an advertisement by Messrs Avery & Evans, of Greytown, re Abyssinian and artesian wells. Some doubt seems to exist as'-td-'the stability of this class of well, but we are informed that within the last fortnight this firm have driven no less than twelve of them in Greytown, arid' have proved to the satisfaction of all.that not only is the water far superior to that obtained from the ordinary old fashiqned.box--wells, - but a larger supply cari bc,depended upon and there is no chance of the"water becoming tainted by surface matter. We can confidently recommend them to our -friends who are in difficulties.with tlieir water supply as far superior and cheaper in the end than the old system.

Excitement has prevailed in New-York over a " corner" made in wheat speculation by James.R. Keeneand a few associates, and measures taken to defeat it, On the 12th January,'th'e "syndicate held 10,000,000 bushels of-giain-in New¥ork and Chicago, and 17,000,000 bushels more on the railroad, bWides paying-storage oh 6,000,000 bushels of business wheat A at and.l per cent. perSveek.*. •"' .v ■ '''l* '•'' .* -v •■ . Miss-Jennie FJood, daughter of the San Francisco Bonanza King, received a New Year's "present from her father of 2,500,000 dollars in United States bonds, the income from which ia oyer £20,000.

The Carlisle Patriot]! writing of the death of. a brother'of" Mr W.' E- Donald,of Manaia,.says :—".We>deeply-regret to record the death, which took place on Sunday afternoon last, of Mr J. R. Donald," of the firm of Messrs Donald and Ostell. solicitors, of this city. • Mr Donald caughtj cold when hastening in a snow storm to catch the train at the Midland Station at Kirkby Stephen, where he had been holding an audit of- Poor Law accounts ;and the Complications which ensued brought about his death. He belonged to an old Cumberland family, but he was born and' partly educated in the county of, Durham. In 1831, however, his parents' came to reside on their ancestral property, Solway House, Bowness,.. and his. education was finished'at Green Row, then in the- heyday of its prosperity. He served his articles to the law in Liverpool, and in 1840 he settled - in business in Carlisle, where he has followed his profession ever since..-i-;rHe also.fyeld the important office of auditor of Poor Law, School Board, and Locali'.Board accounts throughout Cum berlatijd'. and- Westmorland and part of Northumberland, In 1858, when the Volunteer raoveme.ht arose, .he joined iff. it with-great cordiality, and rose in the ranksffomonestep-.to another,until, on the retirement of Major- Ferguson, he-, was.,'appointed Captain Commandant of the Carlisle Corps, Of a shy and retiring character, he avoided. - the common ruck of public affairs; but'his happy temper-j ment endeared him to his private friends, and his exemplary attention as a man of business won him the -confidence of his clients. He had two brothers and a sister. One of the former was a captain in the merchant service, and the other is living in New Zealand; his sister married the late Mr Christopher Thompson,,of Solway House, ;Hewas(i2 years of age. Yesterday morning -the remains of Mr Donald were interred beside those of his parents in the churchyard of Bowness-on-Solway." One of his last desires was that there should be no display at his. funeral, and in consequence there was neither a band nor a firing party; but there was a large turn-out of Volunteers and other citizens, who attended the cortege to Newtown. 'A few members of the Fire Brigade led the way, under the command of the Minute Sergeant, Mr Mason. These were followed by the Rifle Corps, under the command of Captains Binning and Palmer, Leutenants Davidson, Routledge, Thorpe, and Mitchell; then a detachment of the Volunteer Artillery, commanded by Captain-Commandant Armstrong, Captain Godding, Lieutenants Wheatley, Armstrong, and Story. The volunteers were followed by the Staff of the Cumberland and Westmoreland regiments of Militia, under the command of the Adjutant, Capt, Gage; and the Regulars, forming the 2nd Brigade de[.ofc, brought up the rear under the immediate command of Colonel Watson. The 34th (Cumberland) Regiment, and the 55th (Westmoreland) Regiment were strongly represented by both officers and men. After the military cortege, who marched two deep and- formed a long line, came the usual mourning carriage, containing the medical attendant and Mr Atkinson who conducted the funeral; then- the hearse and a couple of mourning carriages ; then a considerable number of private friends':who accompanied the procession on foot,' When, the. procession had passed'through Newtown the word to " Halt" was given; the ranks opened out and faced inwards;- allowing the 1 hearse and carriages to pass through.' The.military here left the.funeral train, returning to' Carlisle in ranks of four deep at a quick step in reverse order to the march out, the Regulars leading.the way.

Specifieatimis.for fencing tho Greytowi bruncli line nny now lie scon lit the Pos Office, Gruytiiit'M.",'•-.. ~ ,'■■•'

Tho members of tho Greytown Opera Ciiuipaiiy are -making rapid pi'iigresstiii' their onioi'iaiiimeiit on the 27jh. The. piece selected promises to go well, and, being new to the Wairarapa, should draw, a good house. Company has commenced ■ business. Shares are at a premium. The board,, pjf. posals at the last meeting.

The judges at %-Sydjaey JExMbjMoh feperHKat'lfew Zealand exhibits excel in oats and malting barley, and highly commend the exhibits of preserved fish by Blake aud Sims for its excellent quality and condition.

J. Reid and A.. Muir, laborers on the railway works near Hendoii, were injured seriously on Friday last by blasting .powder. They had inserted a charge of powder into some rocks'but the charge not going utf they endeavored to withdraw it, and whilst engaged it exploded. The men had their arms fraeturedf were injured in the face, and gaeatly scorched about the hands, They were forwarded - .to the hospital at Ounedin by rail. The Southland Times is responsible for the following:—" That' great events from little causes rise' i 3 an euphorism as old as the hills, and as true to-day as ever it was. In truth, of this it may be stated that the whole of the changes which have recently taken place.in the South' Island Telegraph Department, are traced by those behind the scenes to the' fact that a lady relative of an M.H.R.,ifho is a supporter of the Ministry, happens to be married to an operator, whose promotion was made a sine qua non of political support. The baneful effect of this Bpecies of nepotism upon the public service is so notorious that it is needless to enlarge upon it further, than to say that the best men aie being gradually driven out as a a consequence of unfair promotions." The New York Herald, speaking of Mr ParnefTs schemes, says;—" If MrParnell could carry-out his crazy programme, mud cabins would be as numerous in ten years hence as they were in 1841. What we say,.the Irish.in the United States, is, not to give one cent to Mr Parnell and his crowd, but millions to help emigration to tkis country. -Here is work, good wages, no landlords, no bailiffs. But let us havs no Fenian nonsense; no propositions to free Ireland by processions three thousand miles off, That does no good, it only helps to fill and demagogues' and adventurers' pockets. No probability exists of Irish-Americans contributing any considerable sum to Mr Parnell's aid."