The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 680, 31 January 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1881.

The success of tho first-venture of the Australian Meat-Export Company in sending to London .3000 carcasses of mutton, a few of beef, and 100 tons of fresh butter ought to stimulate merchants in New Zealand to follow suit. The Protes, laden,, as it was said, " with national fortunes in her hold," two months after her departure from Australia, arrived at London with her cargo safe and sound. On November the 17th she left Hobson's Bay, and a few days ago she reached England. Of course as yet the exact financial results of the experiment cannot be tested. We do not know at what price the Australian mutton has obtained buyers in the English market, but few people can doubt-, from the remarkable contrast there is between the colonial mid the home wholesale prices, that there is a margin of profit in the transaction, We can grow in .New Zealand-beef and mfitfoji at ha|f r the pj'ice which it would self for-jji England, and it is time that we this now business. New Zealand, with its cooler plimate and its comparatively larger seaboard possesses a • considerable ■ advantage over Victoria, both for -fattening cattle and sheep, and placing them on board a ship, Aj).d .ifthe Protos returns a profit to the Australian Meat Export Company, the New Zealand ]\leat Export Company, which will, we iriist, soon be formed, will secure a still larger profit out of its first vessel. Where are thos,e fltfiil and unreliable bodies, the Chambers of Commerce, at this juncture? When- nothing is

his juncture. en- nothing xpeoted from then) tboy are wont t nake a stir, a crisis, as i we, in tile commercial' history of thi \ustraiasian Colonies arises-they ar nute. If the success." of' /the -Proto ,vili not 'galvanise/thera;i;ihto' a littl lotivity'they are.v jnade 'of. very poo itiiff. We would-.have' imagined tha hm pujd liave Seen it-sort of confer ance between the Auckland, Welling ton, Christchurcli,.'. and, Dunedit Chambers of Conimevee, with a:view t< floating a New Zea]itnd'Protos, and dis patching it to London; at 'an early date If these four-Chambers joined togethei to promote such an enterprise, its accomplishment would be easy. Perhaps it is reserved for some'small tojvn like Wanganni or Napier to give the larger ones a lead. ft would, however, be preferable .in starting the frozen meat trade, if a company really colonial in its character, and' strong enough-,to carry out the undertaking in the best possible manner, were formed. The matter is of great importatice- to the as. portions of this district contain admittedly some of the best fattening groundsinNew Zealand. We therefore expect to see Wellington merchants take the matter up, and if they cpnot, in conjunction with' other large townß, get a Protos, they might, perhaps, get some enterprising English firm to send a Protos or two to their port for cargo. A Protos would do more for Wellington than the Wellington and Foxton Railway, and would not cost a tithe tha estimated expenditure of that line. We should not be surprised Jf a Protos were to change what is regarded outside the Empire City as likely to provea very unprofitable lino into a paying one, It is not alone bringing produce into tbe Wellington market that will make the Empire, City flourish. It is disposing nf myJnpj'tiv fldvflritjifffl that will make

The .Wnirarapit West. Countyi invites, tenders for. bridges and road work, on the Opaki-Manawatu road. -. The Greyiown Volunteers parade for inspection dil' Tuesday.' next, at-8 p.fn.• '"After-iimpe.etion blftnlc cjartridge exerqise will be gone tliroufjli; _ "ut: ' We unde'fstind that the raan"%,' who was' hurt by the wagon capsizing last week is., progressing favorably. ..,D.r_H,._H L j Spratt has been in attendance, and thinks that with some care ho might ultimately recover.

A meeting of the members of- the Wairarapa Jockey Club was held on Saturday, at Quiii's Hotel, Greyiown, at 2 o'clock but no business of public import transpired,

MrF. H, Wood had a successful Bale of property and general merchandise at his rooms at Greytown, on Saturday, one property of CO acres, at Mauricoville, being bought by Mr Jas. Hariieu for Ll5O.

We understand that Messrs Poole and Hill have secured the right ■to use the totalisator at the Wairarapa Race Meeting. Mr P. Linn Ins.. been engaged to provide the band for the same'occasion. There are 305 of those gentlemen whom Sam Woller designated by the . name;# " Sawbones," registered and resident in New Zealand.

We hear that Mr Bay, who recently sustained a severe injury to his spine through a fall from a cart, is progressing slowly but surely towards recovery., He has been advised by Dr Hosking to have a change of air, and intends to try the virtue of the sea breezes,

At a meeting of the Works Committee of the Greytown Borough Council, the Mowing tenders for formation of footpaths about 13 chains, in Frederick-st, Church-street west, and Kuratawhiti Road were opened Brodie, £lB 12a, accepted; H. Morn's, £22 3s declined. We hear many enquiries as to .the whereabouts of the Volunteer Band, whose music used to make the Saturday evening promenade in Queen-street so pleasant. The gratification their exertions gave 80 many 'should surely be an inducement not to let the summer go-by without resuming the weekly, programme. The arrangements-.for bringing His Excellency into Masterton, are as follows: Mr James Macara will drive the viceregal party through the bush, in buggies, on Thursday next. He is instructed to arrive at Masterton, at 3.30 p.m,, and a special train is ordered for 4 p.m. Dr Beard desires us to oprrect the statement in Saturday's Daily that Dr Hosking is in attendance upon Mrs .Galloway. He was, he says, called to her assistance on the Upper Plain Road, on Saturday evening, where she had been thrown from her horse, and dragged a short distance; and he saw her home in Mr Blinkhorn's cart, which was kindly placed at her tervice. Mrs Galloway, though severely cut about the head, and face is doing well. A most furious bush fire has been raging at Carterton since 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon. The Brigade turned out, twenty-seven.jßtrong, and were on-the ground around Pace's mill until 5 o'clock on Saturday morning. They were of' great use in dismantling the mill and removing the machinery and keeping all timber cut: in the vicinity of the fire •thoroughly soddened, until the well gave out about 4 o'clock. By this time, however, the mill premises seemed pretty safe, though the least shift of wind is even.now liable to sweep everything before it. Mr Peter. Thompson's • Mauriceville brake underwent a mild course of adven.ture on Saturday last. He left it standing in the charge of the two horses harnessed to it, and they, when they thought they had stood long enough, concluded to have a look round. They accordingly started up Queen-street; and, being used to stopping at M. Oaselberg & Co.'s store, turned down the cart entrance and trotted through to Chapel-street—one gentleman endeavoring to scramble into the brake at the back, but giving up his attempt, The horses now increased their pace, and visited the immigrants' cottages, but, apparently not finding what they required there, turned sharp lound and re- ; traced their steps down Chapel-street till past the back entrance to Messrs Oaselberg & 00, 'b store, when they were pulled up by being run into a fence by Mr 1 Burnett, .who had gone in pursuit on horseback, Though several corners were turned the horses kept the br# freo from ; colton, so that neithor that nor theini selves were aiiy the worse for the trip,

A'Scandinavian in the employ of Mrs Yates, of the Upper Plain, met with a severe accident on Saturday morning. Ho was falling a tree, arid having cut it through, stood aside while it fell; but, instead of coming-down clear, its topmost branches struck another tree, causing the trunk to spring off the stump and shoot out towards the spot where the man was standing, striking him on the hip and sorely bruising him. Fortunately, so far as can be ascertained in the swollen condition of the wounded limb, no bones are broken. Mr J, Yates imm'eaiately put a horse in the tnp, and brought the injured man down to Dr Hosking, who had him conveyed to the hospital, where he was quickly put ip a fair way of recovery, The accidentia tlip i))ore serious,as the sufferer (who was one of the'original Jackson's Bay settlers), met with a similar accident some tiliie .ago; when he sustained a severe dislocation of the same hip, and this may 'ifiatrhis-reoovery more tedious than it would.a'thei'Mse have been.

.Mr Girdlestone sold the privileges of the Tauherenikau racea at Mr Mr Wood's auction rooms,. Grey town'; on Saturday afternoon. • There.wns a very Urge attendance, and thp bidding was exceedingly spirited, ■ Every .'pr.iyilege fetched far in excess of last year's '.'prices.' with(lis exception, of the grand stand bar and refreshment room, wbiol) fetched less, owing to the fact that it is now isolated, and only able to provide persona who are ■inside the enclosure. '• No 1 publican's booth (erected) was secured by Mr Loughlin for £35. No 2 (to be erected by purchaser), fell to the lot of Mr Jones, •at £3tj, Mr Faber agaiij became the purchaser of the grand stand bar and refreshment room, fpr the sum of £l3, Mr Barrett will proyide more solid comforts for the imierman at the refreshment booth No 1, paying £l2 for that privilege, Mr Olayßou doing ditto in No 2, which he will have to erect himself, and thereby increasing the Club, funds by £loloa, The gates were the subject of keen competition; they were started at £IOO, and quickly ran up by five pound bids to £175, at which figure they dwelt fqr some time, The auctioneer tlTeh offered take rises qf one pound,'and succeeded in obtaining several offers, which brought them up to £lßl, but all his persuasive eloquence could n.of elicit another bid; they were therefore knocked do\yn at that figure to Mr Coker, amid considerable applause. Mr Webslor paid £2l for the right' to vend"c'rect cards," The horaeyards were purchased by Mr Braggins for £B, andthe right to charge for the admission of games, upder ovsr tables " et hoc genus omne," secured an eager purchaser in.the. person of Mr Quick. Mr bought the fruit stall in the enclosure for £3, and Mr Jones that outside.for £§. 'The total reached, the 'handsbine; sujn.df £33810 a, as against £l9B last year,. but, we have no.

TheMasterton Cemetery Ti'ustpes meet at the'Oouncil Chambers to-day. j

. The Finance Gommittee of. tlio Masterton lire brigade, meet-this afternoon. ',b- ---■ A meeting of the County. Council East •liJlMielithis. evening.' ■ - "A„second meeting.of the, Maaterton Highway Board lapsed" on Saturday last for want of a quorum., : ■

Fewadale, in'Torklhfre, is sinking, through an' unexplained subssidence in the soil The inhabitants are alarmed, for many of the houses are now cracked to their foundations.

Isn't it. .curious that some learned dunces, because they can write nonsense in dead languages, should think themselves better than men who can talk good Bound sense in living ones T'

There is no reason why the earth's inhabitants-should always look grave, but it would disarrange things terribly if the earth herself were to lose her gravity.

What horse is that which is generally most expensive to its owner, and is apt to am.ble with him into moat difficulties! It is one's hobby horse. .

Ail Aot of Parliament is still in existence by which printers, through virtue of their office, are legally .entitled to be iterined esquires, and to : ,w'ear silver buckles on their Bhoes, and swords : by their sides, . Who wouldn't be a printer! Says the Leader"The' temperance movement must be doing great work in Victoria, the net falling off in revenue upon spirits in less than four years being •over £85,000, and the net decline in the brew of colonial ale last year being 11,000,775, gale.

Quite a novel theory was set up at the Christchurch Police Court the other day, by an experienced "drunk and disorderly." He pleaded in the following manner "I came into town to get some things. I got a few drinks, and they leaned on me." The presiding justices were unsympathetic, and "leaned" on the offender to the extent of 20s.

It is satisfactory to notice that the Caswell Sound Company is in a fair way to be floated, shares, according to the Lyttelton Time 3, being applied for in Ballarat, Sandhurst, Melbourne, Adelaide, Newcastle, Sydney, and a large number throughout New Zealand,

A French chemist is said to have condensed the body of his wife into the size of an ordinary seal, and had her roughly polished and set in a ring. He made a nice income by betting with lapidaries that they.could not tell the material of .the-Bat in. three guessos, and, after pocketing the money, would burst into tears, and say," It is my dear, dear wife, I wear her- on my Anger to keep alive pleasant remembrances of her," " ' Writing of the Australian and Canadian cricketers, the Daily News says: " The credulity of the British sightseers has often been the butt at which wits have aimed.their shafts, but the unqualifiedfailure of the Canadians, who could not play, and the unqualified success of the Australians, who could, is an eloquent tribute to the good sense'of. the. sport? loving public. Garrison Hall, Dunedin, Edwards, the Australion champion, according to the Otago Daily Times, started at a six mile an hour gait, and kept it up for 30. miles before resting. .His; style' is .stiff and ungainly. ' He walks entirely from the hip, without any knee action, and.moves his shoulders greatly., holding himself upright and backward, can be no doubt about his gait being tlie true heel and toe.

Some months ago we heard of a gentleman having-.been radically cured of an obstinate nasal catarrh by simply chewing some green twigs of eucalyptus or Hue gum tree.. In the" Cape Argus" of September 17 we .find the following from a correspondent at TulbaghNot very long ago a friend of mine was complaining of a severe cold and hoarseness. I told him to chew some blue gum leaves, and in one hour he came back to mo and said lie waq nearly well, I may say it has been tried with children also, by stamping the leaves fjneand using the juice thus extracted, and in every instance it has, I believe, proved efficacious, even in severe affections of the chest. A more simple—though nauseous—cure for a cold I cannot well imapine

A Victorian paper says that there is being fitted up near Melbourne a house wjiicji is to be called "The Celibate's Retreat," and which i's intended for the accomodation of bachelors who wish for a more ''free-and-easy" style of living than is obtainable in' a well regulated household,. Each celibate will have a separate bedroom and study, and there will bea common dining-room and parlor; but at the same time should any celibate wish lo 'dine solus, it lyill be allowed. The rules to be observed are punctuality cleanliness, and temperance (not teetotality), No ladies will be allowed to enter the" Retreat," but at.the Bame time it is to bQ understood that these gentlemen dopotnjake a voir to perpetuate their Selibapy. ; A London telegram dated January 28th saysA hurricane a't]d snowstorm of unprecedented fury has just swept over a great part of England, causing incalculable destruction to property,and involving,it i 3 feared, great loss of life. The storm raged during Tqesday night with appalling force, sweeping everything before it,_ and leaving in its track woeful scenes of wreok and ruin. Within the recollection of no one living has suoh a;calamity visited any part of the United Kingdom. On the eastern coast the hurricane raged most furiously, and traffic on the railway lines .with London liab been abandoned, through the damage done to the lines and rolling stock, The condition of thousands of homeless people is . pitiful in the exextreme. It is impossible a£- present' to ascertain the extent of the calamities occasioned by the sto.m, but conjecture sets the total loss down at many, millions. The Thames has overflowed and submerged large areas of land. • At Woolwich the pier has been entirely demolished. Everywhere there is disaster and devastation. The wildest terror, prevailed during the height of the hurricane. The storm was more severe along the coast than inland,"and many shipping disasters must have occurred at sea. There is incalculable shipping lobs in the Thames. Otor 3000 of the inhabitants of Oarrington, in Lincolnshire, have deserted their homes in consequence of the frightful storms causing the overflow of the rivers and the destruction of house property. The people have taken refuge in Lincoln and adjacent towns and villages, grangers paying a visit to and upcbuntry settlors arriving in Masterton are oft'en at a loss to know whjch ip the cheapest and 1 best house to purchase all kinds of General Drapery, Millinery, Clothing; &V Schroder, Hooper & Co., oall of fonimerce, offer special, advantages'in this, lino which cannot be met with elsewhere, their stock being the largest and best, assorted in the Wairarapa, , Their prices. are lower then any house in Wellington, their goods are all new and of the most durable class, and. thpy sell cheap And for cash. This establishmeijt js situatjed.dlrpotly, opposite the pi^b' i: ootel,Retfjenfber, t|ie Schroder, Hooper & Co. , directly opposite ; the ; , Club; Hotel. .Read their, advertise-

■Mr J, W, Butters has disposed of his well-known station at Tiraumea to a Mr Williams} of Adelaide, . • Sunday was Bult'ry at Mastertoii, the thermometer fitting from 80 to 86 in the shade.' '■ •"&< - ' ■ • An ; unfortunate - jockey, Higgmaon, while training a horse' c bn Saturday last, came to-.grief, fracturing his collar* '.bbhie." ;r "

A special meeting of the Masterton School Committeetyill be held this evening, to consider applications for an assistant mastership in the school.

There was a good attendance at Messrs lorns and. Oo.'s sale on Saturday last; A number of cattle and "sheep were yarded, and found purchasers",'! but at moderate prices. Horses were a drug, and did not command anything lilfefair rates. After the stock had been disposed of an adjournment was made to the auction room, where a miscellaneous collect tion was knocked down without reserve, somo really good bargains being obtained. The fire at the Club Hotel on Sunday morning Bhowed the urgent necessity of the local brigade beiiig furnished with proper axes,. The members of it were unable to climb the roof , till ladders were procured: with pointed axes; proper for. firemen, they could' have been on the ridge boards almost instantaneously. : We invite subscriptions to the helmet and axe fund.. To' those already acknowledged, we are requested to add Mr James Maoara £2 2s,

The Evening Post says that the Minister of Justice having enquired into the circumstances of the committal of Poulson at' Greytown recently to three months' imprisonment with hard labor for drunk: neßs, when he was not charged with Buch an offence, has, we understand, decided to recommend the immediate liberation of the prisoner, and he will be released as soon as the signature of. his Excellency the Governor has been obtained. It is said that an action for false imprisonment' will be instituted against the committing Justices—Dr Spratt and Mr J Tully, Shortly after 1 p.m, yesterday, flame

was observed to be issuing from the shingled roof of the kitchen wing of the Club Hotel. The fire-bell was rung; and although it waß Sunday, there was a quick turn out of the brigade and engine The Club Hotel hose was, of suurae, at once taken on to the roof - and kept the fire in check, and in a very short time all danger was over. As usual, it was a badly-built chimney which caused the surrounding woodwork to ignite, aud had not the fire been promptly extinguished it would undoubtedly have been a disastrous one. Fortunately, the damage done was but nominal.

We regret to hare to record the sudden death of an old and well-known settler, Mr \Villiam : Weloh, of the Taita. The deceased was in partnership with his brother, Mr Henry Welch, in' carrying on extensive. farming operations oh the Opaki, and was at his brother's house on Friday evening. Late at night he left his brothers to go the men's whare, about three'quarters of a mile away.' He got a candle after reiichingtho whare, and went into a room to go .to . bed. . Subsequently Mr Roberts, who. 'occupies the whare, heard him going out, but falling asleep heard nothing more. About' 2 'a.m. Roberts awoke and noticed.: that the candle was still burning, thinking that; Welch had forgotten to put the candle' out, he got up and blew it out, .without, noticing-whether lie was in the room or; not, In the moruihg ho found that Itfr Welch's bed bad not-been occupied. .He searched about to see whether he' was' knocking. about outside, aud finding •the horse waß not there, concluded that he' has started for Taita. .Id the co'urse of Saturday, .not hearing any word of his master, and Mr Henry Welch not being satisfied with his peculiar absence, another search on Sunday morning was made, when his body- was found in a bed of reeds about .260 yards from the whare, The deceased; when discovered," was lying on his face with an ordinary, pampa pocketknife in his right hand, his left being doubled under him. A pool of blood wasundor.him, and the jugular vein had evidently been severed, The body was removed to the woolshed, wherq the inquest will be held, ' (Cijl that has 'been held any speculation a's to the cause of death would bo out ot place. Mr Welch leaves a widow and a large family to mourn his loss,

Some of the fair residents of Ponsonby are not overburdened with modjsty. Early the other morning a boat's crew of youni; men pulled up to Shelly Beach and, divesting themselves of tjjejr garment's, went in for a swlirj." Thoy were scarcely jn the water when a bevy of young la well, say damsels—appeared on the shore and stood there watching the bathers. The latter, after a time, wished to come out and dress, and Bought to make their desire known, in order to give the fair watchers an opportunity of retiring; but tho girls wouldn't spe jt, and refqapd to budge an inch, length, in desperation, the moat stalwart of the fathers waded out of the water, and mounting a 'vock directly in front of the bashful maidens, solemnly bowed, The compliment Was acknowledged with screams of laughter, and the damsels moved —4uck!ai)d Obsprvpr. ' . ' The American Stockman (Chiqago) thinks that when intercourse between Australia and the Pacific Slope becomes more rapid, pure bred bulls will bo nyire likely to" b(j imported from Australia jhan from Britain.