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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 406, 5 March 1880, Page 2

Our contemporary, the Wellington Evening Post, in a recent issue says" It is with very great regret that we find our Masterton contemporary, the Wairakapa Daily, endeavoring to stir up opposition • in that neighborhood to the West Coast Kailway for the unworthy and selfish reason that the proposed line will divert half the traffic which will shortly come through the Wairarapa Valley from the North; On this ground our contemporary calls on the Wairarapa people to meet and denounce the proposal, and urge the Wairarapa County Council and Representatives in Parliament to oppose it tooth and nail, We refuse to believe that these utterances, reeking, as they do, of narrow-minded local jealousy, will find an echo in the breast of the Wairarapa people." We are quite prepared to admit the narrow-minded local jealousy if our Wellington contemporary will admit a similar narrow-minded local jealousy, in desiring for Wellington an unproductive line at the expense of the Colony at large. A due jealous regard for local interests is a duty alike incumbent upon the Post in advocating the line, and upon the Daily in denouncing it, The real issue, apart from all local jealousies is, " will the line pay," and we are quite prepared to meet our contemporary on this point. But this is the very point which the Wellington journals do not care to touch. We assert that the representations made by the Post of the large extent of magnificent land which the line would open up are gross exaggerations. We assert that the proposed line, passes through swamps and

sand-hills,' and rims under heavily timbered ranges, It is not only the' Wairarapa, but the Colony itself .which will be sacrificed by the Wellington and Foxton, Railway.' If the Colony,chooses to make, the sacrifice, ; nothin? we oarijdo-wiil prevent the consummation of the job; We sincerely trust, however,'that the breast; of the Wairarapa-is not C[uite so soft ,as our contemporary.would have it be. The Post desires to pluck it with a view to feathering its own little nest m Welling; , ton, and hopes the Wairarapa, as a matter of good feeling, will■ submit to the opera-' tion, It remains to be seen whether the settlers in this district are simple enough to permit themselves to be humbugged by such-a plaintive appeal to their finer feelings. ■■

Tenders close to-morrow for painting, &c,, the building opposite the Club Eotel. Messrs lorns & Fergusson hold a sale in their rooms to-morrow of miscellaneous goods. We direct attention to Mr G. W. Dut1 ton's list of new books, &c,, appearing in | another column. The Greytown Horticultural Society held a successful show yesterday. Our report is held over for our next issue, Ths preliminary announcement of the bazaar to be hold in Greytown on the opening of the railway to that township appears in another column. F. H, Wood & Co., in addition to lots already advertised for their sale on Wednesday, 10th inst., at the Sale Yards, Featherston, will sell twelve calves and yearlings. _ Settling night for the Masterton Horticultural Society over the late show has been fixed for to-morrow evening. Mails for australian colonies per Te Anau close at the Bluff on 6th inst, Saturday next. Mr and Mrs Hewett give their entertainment of the operatta Zip and songs &c, at Carterton on Saturday and Monday, March 6th and Bth. It is understood that 30 of the Wellington unemployed will be at once sent to Masterton and employed on the extension of the Railway. Darriwell and Caspian are firm favorites for the Australian Cup. The recent attempt on the lives of two Russian officials connected with the Embassy at Stamboul is proved to have been without political significance, Considerable excitement has ensued at Kumara over the new discovery of gold near the Teremakau River, six miles from that place. Over 200 persons visited the ground on Wednesday, The shaft of the prospectors is sunk on ground belonging to the Native Reserve, which one of the party has leased. They object to miners aetting in. The case will come before the Warden to-morrow. Prospects of the party are reported very good. On Wednesday last, Mr George Thomas offered for sale by public aiiction, at his sale-rooms, Hunter-street, the Woodside property, consisting of 1100 acres, cleared and bush land; also, the saw-mill, dwell-ing-house, and cottages erected on the property. There was a large town atteri-. dance, also a number of gentlemen from the Wairarapa district. The bidding was started at £2OCO, and after some sharp competition the estate was knocked down to Mr A. Anderson, of the Wairarapa, for £280.) cash. Mr Thomas is to be congratulated on the success of this sale considering the present depreciation of landed property. " What are German sausages made of 1" This question was put to a witness in the R.M. Court yesterday, and the reply was, " All sorts of things," with a special emphasis on the "all." It appears that the witness once obtained an aged bull for sausage-meat, and the learned counsel endeavsred to ascertain whether such tough, strong meat was of' itself able to fill a sausage-skin, His attempt was futile, the witness would not reveal the mystery of German sausage making, further than by saying that all sorts of things went into them, The other day a bailiff took possession of certain premises at Masterton. Perhaps the monotony of his watch wearied him, or possibly he thirsted for a drink, but at any rate rumor hath it that he ventured away from his post for one brief moment, and that during that short interval the proprietor of the premises cruelly locked him out. The bailiff was seen weeping like a Peri at the gates of Paradise, but in vain. Early the following morning, he dried his tears, and tried to regain the heaven which he had, by his folly, lost, He hired a little boy, hoisted him on to the roof, and let the urchin down the flue. Unfortunately the chimney was a douMe one, serving the adjoining premises as well as the one to which admission was sought. The urchin took the wrong turn, and found himsejf standing on the floor, with a sprinkling of soot, in the adjoining habitation. In vain the bailiff tried to pull him up the chimney again! At last, however, the boy made his exit through the baok door of the house, and succeeded in making a second descent, this time into the right premises, and admitting hie employer, the bailiff. The astonishment of the proprietor an hour or two later, when the bailiff wished hnn good morning on his arrival, may be conceived, and the indignation of the neighboring proprietor, when he found his premises had been violated, must be imagined, A correspondent of the " Novoe Vremya," writing from Tchikislar, says that, according to official reports, only about 300 of the 6000 camels which set put with the Russian expedition against the Turcomans are still alive, the surviving animals, moreover, being so reduced that they are almost sure to perish, The North China Herald of December 11th states that a cattle plague is raging ill and around Shanghai, and it has already assumed serious dimensions. It is the same class of disease that was prevalent here a few years ago, and as soon as the cows or buffaloes are attacked they ceased to give milk ; but it has distinctive features from what is known as rinderpest or pleuro-pneunmnia. That it is contagious and spreads rapidly is beyond all doubt. The engineering operations of the Italian Metal Works Company at Castellamare, started in 1871, have been a great success, and have entirely relieved Italy of all fears of foreign competition in the matter of iron bridges and railway plant generally, Between 1871 and 1878,' this company has erected 801 iron bridges, mostly for Italian railways, besides supplying 25,371 square metres of railway station and other roofs. All the pig-iron | consumed comes from Belgium. The | wages per day of ten hours is as follows: —Fitters, Is 2d to Is 9d; firemen, Is 4d to 1b 6d; erectors, ,2s 9d to 2s sd; strikers, Is to 4d; boys, 4Jd to ssd. The workmen are sober, willing, and intellij gent.

The Mia JTown. Ipd-'Trustees meet this-evening. ;: The Assessment dourtfortthe Borough of Masiertoii/sits this miprning. Notice '>f 2G obj ectiona:h ave' b eeh given,

'A meeting 'qfthe inhabitants of Masterterton be' 'helft-in the'' Top Hall on Monday:next, ,aKfjyp.'m., to; consider the proposal of tHei ..Greytown! Town Lands Trustees;'' . . We have great pleasure in.publishing a, letter from Mr Wardell in another column, which intimates that'all accounts against the Wairarapa Jockey Club will be paid forthwith". This agreeable consummation will, we trust, dissipate any little angry feeling which may have been generated. The Christchurch University Senate have decided that only five senior scholarships shall be offered this year. The committee report that the supposed loss of examination papers in transit between Dunedin and Christchurch is without foundation. Mr H. J. Tanored and Dr Hector have been elected Chancellor and Vice Chancellor for five years, Messrs Cargill and Go, of Dunedin have received the following wool telegram " Wool.—Higher price for fleece; grease, over all, 2d, per lb, higher; for crossbreds, 3d. per lb, higher than at the close of last series. A quantity of new arrivals to be included in the new series, 350,000, whether this figure is reached before or after the commencement of sales." The Times reports The Golden Fleece Hotel has again been destroyed by fire. It appears that about 5 o'clock on Tuesday evening, Mr Gilruth, the occupier, who was busy with his brother at some distance from the hotel, noticed large quantities of smoke issuing from the roof, and on going to it found that the flames had obtained such a hold on the upper portion of the building that it became at once apparent that all attempts to save it would prove hopeless. Only a portion of the furniture was got out. The extensive stables caught fire, and were burnt to the ground. Nothing whatever is known as to the origin of the fire. The building was the property of Mr W. V. Jackson, of this city, and was, together with the adjoining land, let to Mr Gilruth, who intends to go in for stock breeding in the locality. This is the third time that a fire has occurred here. A small building was burnt down a number of years ago, and the comfortable hotel which took its place was destroyed in the same way in 1866. The insurances on the present occasion wereßoyal, £200; and Colonial, £I6OO. There was a further policy of £750, but it had been allowed to lapse, in order to save expense. The furniture was valued at £3OO, and had not been insured by Mr Gilruth,