The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 693, 15 February 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1881.

Ok McGrkgor has given a notice of a motion to remove the Wairarapa West County offices to Masterton. A. year ago this proposal was discussed, when it was admitted that the County business could be move efficiently and economically administered if tho Clerk and Engineer '■ worked in the same offices. Jt was also conceded that the real work of tho Council lying to the north of Masterton this town was its natural headquarters, On the other hand it was objected that the personal convenience of the lower valley members would not be studied if they had to ride or drive to Masterton, and on this ground the proposed ..change was deferred, The only valid reason against the change will for .tho lie'removed by tliejocftl train service which is about to bo established, and Or McGregor's inotioii'is pretty certain to be carried. Beyond, increasing the efficient .administration* of tho County, tho change is not a very material one for either Carterton or Masterton. The presence of some half-dozen gentlemen once a month in either township for tho purpose of discussing Comity questions is no special providence. Carterton apparently attaches more importance to retaining the Waiohiuc tolls than to keeping tho County meetings within its borders, It threatens to'j shake the County dust off its feet- by becoming a Municipality if the tolls be withdrawn, but as yet it has not menaced the County with retribution if the offices be removed There is, however, one aspoct in connection wjth tho proposed removal" which is, in our opinion, a matter of congratulation for the whole district, <lfc is a decided stepping stone towards the amalgamation of the two Counties. We recognise that the amalgamation ought to take place, and we b'elieve it will absolutely eome to pass, It is evident that should the County buildings at Masjterton become the offices of County West as well as of County East minor difficulties in the way of amalgamation will bo smoothed. "United Woirarapa" should be the motto of country settlers, In the past this district has been divided East and West for, we presume, the convenience of its representatives, and now it is proposed to lay it off north ai)d south for a similar reason. We hope country settlers from Cast]epoii)t to Featherston will make a stand against any further parcelling ' of the district' unless good reasons cat) be. sliown for subdivision. We ourselves only believe in.one Wairarapa, and have no faith in ija juterests being promoted by disintegration. We desire a strong County and a strong County feeling. We deprecate all local jealousies so far as they tend to injure the prosperity of the district as a whole. We recognise that oven the most populous centres in the. Wairarapa are dependent upon al) parts of it—however remote they may bsr-for prosperity; and that, it is only by the united and harmonious action of each factor in it that material progress, in eaoh and every part of it can be obtained.; .■.',.;'.. . ■ ; ..'.'.:'

;: We call attention to;Mr R, S. Waterhouse's advertisement; of.fencing wire and wire netting- iti another column.; ■., \ . One ••thousand half-bred';e'wesi:aiid a iiinjlarnumbM,btw £w, iale in ariotliQr coiiiriin;'.■ i; -i />•.-^.

The llastertbii' : Oj(lets,"pirrade for .inspection to-morrow-; evenitig.i&iu'.: y' Dr Hauratty consulted daily at the" Royal' Hotel,;or at the Medical Hal), Featherstin,.-:;,::':;^ Tenders are invited by - ; Mr ; Cfeorge'; iFnnnin, architeot;>for' the erection of ; a ■dwelling hbjise at Kuripuni.p, . ■/• Messrs F. E Woodivj ; C6. ariiib'unce 'a sale of .household, fiu'iiitifre-j-'poultry, .horses, &c, for Saturday next, ■ —ThejMastcrtprf^ tliis evening.:., '. '■■■■•.. ;; ■';Mr\6; t i; Fairbrntlier of the central Btoro Cartertoiriiotilies- that'from the Ist ultimo., they soil only for cash and give (licit customers tho advantage which a cash system always : commands. - Messrs J.-V: Smith;)-F.;, G. Moore, and B. Boys sit; at the R.M, .'Court-house to day, as a Court of Review under the ■Property Assessment Act. . : ~ Ahorse belonging to Dr Smith, of Greytown, dropped.dead on Saturday! evening while being ridden home by the doctor's son, who fortunately escaped injury with the exception of a few bruises. i

The Hon G. M. Waterhouse passed through Masterton yesterday. Mr Levin,' M.H.R.; also arrived here, and will, we understand, spend n few days on the Uppor Plain, Chief Justice Prendergast is also, about to make a short stay in the same-neighborhood, Tho advantages of Masterton as a- sanatorium, and more especially the-Upper Plain suburb, are beginning to bo appreciated. The accident lo the man Norris reported by us yesterday, occurred on the road from tho Te Ore Ore terrace, down which he urged his horse at a gallop, Oncoming to the rough part of the road, where the Waipoua sometimes runs, the animal could not recover its equilibrium, and fell with great force, rolling over its rider two or three times, severely crushing and bruising him. Tho man waspicked up insensible and carried to the Mastorton Hospital closo by, where it was found that fortunately no bones were broken. Under the care of the custodian and the skill of Dr Hoskiti", we believe he is beginning to progress towards recovery,

An awkward, though amusing accident occurred to a party of eight or ten who left Greytown on a day not a monthsince for the purpose of enjoying a comfortablebatlie in the Ruamahunga. After tying their horses to the branches of some drift wood on the bank and enjoying themselves for soiiio time, they proceeded lo dress; but one of the party, for some' reason or other, had to go near tho horses, and they, evidently not caring for the appearance of one of their masters in the garb which Nature' hath clothed us with, took fright, and pulled tho drift wood about the iutritder : s ears in a way that made him travel. Ho got it few nasty bruises, but the fun .made up for that, Ono of the party, with his usual luck, could not catch his horse till half way homo, He would not be home yet, but for his companions. .

The Clarevllle School Committee met on Saturday evening, at 7.30, in the school house. Present—Messas Corpe (Chairman), Bairstow, Burgess, Goodin, Francis, and Vile. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. Tho Treasurer reported the receipt of the last quarter's capitatioif grant, and a balance to the crodit at the Bank of £l3 7s Od, On the motion of Mt Burgess, seconded by Mr Francis, Mr O, Pharazyn was nominated as • a member of the Education Board, Messrs Bunny and Hutchison having been selected at tho previous meeting, A letter was received from the Rov, H, Vore White, Chairman of the Greytown School Committee, requesting the co-operatian of this Committee to induce the Government to abolish cumulative voting ■■ in tho elections of School Committees, On discussion it was resolved on the motion of Mr Bairstow, seconded by Mr Goodin, that the Chairman write to Mr White, that this Committee with the views expressed in his 'letter, and would unito with the Greytown School Committee in taking the necessary steps lo induce the Government to make such amendments in the existing Education Act as would do away with cumulative, voting in the election of School Committees. An animated discussion then ensued relative to the internal working and conduct of the schoul, and a couple oi motions tabled by Mr Vile, both of which were lost by the casting vote.of the Chairman: while a third resolution was carried on the like voteThat the pross do not report any portion of this part of the evening's proceedings. On themotion of Mr Bairstow,seconded by Mr Goodin, tho Chairman was authorised to have the woll sunk as deep as possible. The meeting adjourned at 10 o'clock. ■-

There ia now, says the New Zealand Times, ut capital prospect of a material change in (he fortunes of gold mining at Terawliiti, During the last few months a large extent of bush has boon burned on the peninsula, and a Few days ago one of the bushmen saw tbo outcrops of a quartz reef in a part of tho ground burnt over. Some of the atone was taken out and sent to Dr Hector, who immediately saw it was of a class wholly dissimilar to any other quartz found at Teraivliili, and was richly impregnated with gold, Dr Hector went out to the ground, and found, as he had'expected from tho nature of the stone, that the new reef was in conditions qui to distinct from those of (he older reefs, so called. It ran at right angles to the old ones ones, taking, as near as could be.made out, a N.W, direction, but its underlay has not yet bean found. At a meeting of the Philosophical' Society on Saturday night, Dr Hector related the circumstances of the new discovery, and expressed his opinion that, as tho stone contained 3 >z. lo the ton, at length'there is the opportunity to test whether Terawliiti will pay the minor or not. He added that a straight line drawn from the now reef would exactly intersect the main reef of tho old Marlborough Goldßeld across the Strait, and that the stone from both were precisely alike' Dr Hector—whose remarks will be found in the report of the meeting—illustrated by drawings tho position of the new reef, which is not far distant from the shore, and is in the hill side ahout 400 feet high. Br.flectqr stated hia belief that tire' discovery was an important one, and tbeannouncement, was received with cheers. The spenimens wore on view in the room, and'were inspected with great interest. Some specimens from Te Aroha wero also displayed, and the stone from ferawhiti compared most favorably with that from the North. Doubtless within tfio next few days . further information will be received, as sinkings are being made to test the pe'ef, which is on tho ground of an owner, who will throw no obstacle in the wav of mm.

nm iiiiun iiu uunmuio in iiiu way oi mm" | inff. Additional intelligence as"to the discovery will be awaited with great it)--turest. It need not beatated that if, the discovery leads to the results which even moderately sanguine people hope for the beneficial effect to the city vould Ife hardly computable! and it is therefore rnbst desirable that the- discovery be followed up and fully tested," With the We ß t Coast Railway and a fairly rich gold-field at Tctwliiti; a new eraMvoiild begin -.for the City, solid prosperity would replace depression, population".and. value of pro. perty; would; iiicrease.'6o ; per cent.,' ; the Butieypleiit Society ;.would die:'bf ;ihanioh: Slisbieto institu tioii i'KSo mote it\be. ■-"

It is daylight sooner in England than in Ireland, Another injustice ' > c/The Roman Catholic population iritha Uniled; States amounts to 6,143,232. 'Thete.Ma 67 archbishops and bishops and TjneXeardinnl, 5989 priests, and 6606 cliuro|eß and chapels. There are 400,000 Ciifcltolifi children in the schools, and 375 exclusively devoted Tllo incideiit'was. certainly a 'strange .?PMPi.Mignpjyjlie-.timesrrlii-a'subur- - ban- Dublfu : church7 the-clerfiyman, an .esteemed member,,'of the. ministry of the' Irish Church, preaqlvdd. ia sermon on.behalf of" Distressed "MfTfl'lb'fW,','" and had a collection ;.pf,oyer £lso ; ?frfr' this!novel charity. During the collection the organist played "God'' is'ave and the feeling-of-thcse present were; much engaged by the; extraordinary nature of the occasion.—lrish-Times.;,.■: "".■!(„.; • America is. again to' the froptwitli another wonderful invention: A .Massachusetts/man has invented a machine: which he calls a pulse meter, and it is operated by the pulse.! This machine which has taken him four year to make, wheu placed on the wrist, records the pulse. At every beat a hand advances one degree over a dial, thus recording the number of. beats... -Another haid sweeps over a graduated scale which shows the force or intensity of the. pulse. More romaskable still, a hammer is made to strike a bell, and give fourth a clear and distinct sound, thus making the human pulse audible as well as visible

It is said that 100,000 barrels of apples per week were exported from the United States to Europe last year dufiug the season. Upon arriving at Liverpool, Glasgow and London, each barrel is sold at rates varying from seventeen to eleven shillings, and they are landed in excellent condition, with hardly an apple damaged. They are for the most part, sold in London by costermongers'at twbor three for a penny while by the West End fruit-shops the finest Newton ■ pippins are retailed at eighteenpence a dozen, A lt is obvious that at these prices enormous profits must bo made either by the American shippers or by the consignees in England, A London telegram declares that tho Conservatives are entirely in harmony with the Liberals in their endeavors to put a stop to the obstruction to the progress of business by the Home Rule members, Finnigan,- member for Ennis, having obstructed proceedings in the house, was expelled, and the . twenty-seveu remaining Home Rulers refusing to quit their seats, on a division being called were thereupon named by the Speaker, and were likewise expelled. Dillon was expelled for interrupting Mr Gladstone, and Paraell and Finigan wero expelled for persisting in proposing that Mr Gladstone be not heard. Twenty-eight Home Rule members were then expelled in a block for refusing to leave their seats and go'into a lobby during a division, and five others were expelled individally for interrupting Gladstone. These members did not follow the example of Parnell and Dillon, offering forcible resistance, but all withdrew from the Chamber on beiug touched by the Sergeant-at-Arms. <■ The Bißhop of .Manchester" furnished some remarkable statistics as to the attendance at public worship, in the course of a sermon which he delivered at Saint ■Andrew's Churoh, Ancoats, recently. In a Manchester parish containing 1233 houses the clergyman found as the result of personal inquiries that the heads of 906 families openly confessed that neither they nor their families attended any place of worship, Ninety-three families called themselves Church of England people; 94 familes called themselves Roman Catholics, and the rest were made up of different denominations, the Wesleyans being strongest with about 54 famlies.. The fact that 906 families out of 1233 never attended public worship was, the Bishop remarked, a scandal and a peril to society. He did not want lo "proselytise, he did not want the Church of England to gain at the expense of the Dissenters, or even at tho expense of the Roman Catholics, but there was surely work enough for all to do in Btirring up that inert mass of apathy, and in bringing the people to a consciousness of their poril. The Southland Times says:-" It' is notorious wiiat luck has fallen to tho foreign whalers that during lute years have visited the New Zealand waters." The American barque Asia, and the barque Sapphire, hailing from Hohart, are lying at present in Half-moon. Bay, Stewart's Island, the former having forty-five tuns of sperm oil aboard, and the latter sixtyfive tuns. The crew of tho Sapphire had lately an encounter with an old sperm whale eft' Preservation Inlet that is fit to go into a book. Instead of shearing off after receiving tho harpoon, tho old fellow faced about'and came at the boat openjawed, lighting with both mouth and tail. During five hours he did not move a mile from whero he was stuck, Two harpoons wore got into him, and one lance, and also lire or rix'bomb lances, but onlyono of the last exploded. The line which held him gave way somohow, and the crew returned to dinner, the barque being only about 300 yards off. After dinner the boat was again manned, and got close alongside the fish without being observed. The mate had a gun ready, and being in a position to fire a deadly shot pulled the trigger, whon the cap snapped, and the whale seeming to hear the noise, swam away lo windward and escaped. Tlib fruitless snapping of that cap cost probably £SOO or £6OO, Such is life-and whaling."

In reference to the new manufacture of chrome-tanned leather, the British Trade Journal remarks .'-There is an old and trite saying that "There, is nothing like leather." The chromertarined leather has several properties which render it.superior to the bark-tanned, the upper leather being more elastic, tougher, and more endurftulo. It is : closer' and finer in the grain than bark-tanned leather, the weight (if the two descriptions being equal. Last winter the weather was very serero, and there arose a necessity for the protection of the feet, and this leather at that.period would have proved durable and useful had it been.generally used to preserve the feet from dampness. Many testimonials • have been given. to prove how well'this leather wears and satisfies the purchasers. Among the many we append the following, written by Plitt, of Biedenkpof :—" Regarding the new invention of chrome-tanned leather by the Hoinzerling's process, I have given the leather a trjaj, and .now beg to state my opinion of its quality. I got a pair of water-tight boots''made at the tannery of Messrs Hosch. and Vonhof, of Biedenkopf, and have worn them now' (March, 1880) since the new year. I have been able to test them in the heavy snow, through which we have beon obliged to walk in. the foreata, &c„ and nevor had wet or damp feet, as was invariably the case with bark-tanned ox leather and calf leather. I must,draw attention to the fact that during the- whole time I never used any sort of grease, and to-day the boots, are as soft as the beginning, I then, tried, after walking .long distances through snow, and rain water, putting.the booth before the warm stove to dry, and found, to my. grea6 : surprise, "thai the leather did iiot.get hnrid, as it doos. in the caße.of bark-tahried'.leatheri:,; I'rnjy jiist add'that.rne^ kept outall.ldampuess.ftnd, werejo strong, as'thdse* raadeToat of the ..ohrome?taiirifld

Noticeis given ; that the stakes of the ■late Wairarapa Jockey Club be paid at Quih's Hotel Greytown on Saturday night. ■ ■%)S\ %. ;:;;;' : „ Messrs Bacon & Wrigley notifylthat they are cash purchasers of: oats and wheat or are prepared to grist j the-wrae at current rates,. .:-- - . Mr. Geo, Fannin, architect, (invites tenders for. Borne --alterations- to the premises of the bank of New Zealand/ A' pelition I'.wiiriw "presenTed to the Masterton Borough" Council this evening from the Kuripuni settlers, asking it to construct a roadto the raitway some three i quarters of a mile long, . • ....-,, -■. ■■ At. a meeting.;of/the Philosophical Society on Saturday lost, -" Dr Hbcfor explained several new' additions to the mifeeu.ni,'' which were out view, ambng others rich specimens from TeAroha, coal found at Eketahuna (which he stated to bo of good quality, and'extended through a large part of the Wairarapa District), galena and attic blende found at Masterton..

Last ..night 1 a stable and shed,, the property'of Mr T.-L. Thompson,'of Te Ore Ore, were burnt to the ground. The contents of them were two reaping and binding; machines and an engine. The latter belonged to Messrs "Burnett & Yule, nnd was uninsured, It is unknown how the fire originated, but incendiarism is suspected, - A MaOri, we believe, was the first to give the alarm. This is the third fire which has taken place at Te Ore Ore during the present harvest season. ■■ Several hundreds of ; natives are gathering at Te Ore Ore. for a free talk. Loads of potatoes, numberless bundles of that delicacy of the season " dried dog-fish," and other luxuries are passing into the camp from all sides. We bolieve that the korero will be on Te Whiti and his grievances, but the prophet will not find much sympathy in this district. The Wairarapa natives are fat, happy, and contented.' Thoy have no objection to feasting and talking, but they have a vory strong one against mixing themselves up with those that create disturbances.

Strangers paying a visit to and upcountry settlers arriving in Mastorton are often at a,103S to know which is the cheapest arid best house to, purchase all kinds of General. Drapery,; Millinery, Clothing, &o. Schroder, Hooper & Co., Hall of Commerce, offer special advantages in this line which canuot 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 they sell cheap and for cash. This estabr lishment is situated directly opposite the Club Hotel, ■ Remember the address—' Schrodor, Hooper & Co., directly opposite the Club Hotel. Read their advertise' mont on the front page of this paper,— Advt), ■■;