The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1881.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 699, 22 February 1881, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1881.

An Auckland paper reports that the Chamber of Commerce, in view of the improvement of the revenue, have resolved to renew their application to.the Government for a subsidy for a steamer to Samoa and Tonga, The Otago Daily Times, writing on the necessity of increased facilities for export, says—" We may depend upon it we shall not progress, we shall not even hold our own in the race of competition, if we do not display some of ■that indomitable pluck and energy which has made Great Britain what she is as a maritime power. Our farmers are crying out to us—"Here we are ready to produce to any extent if you will only buy our products or find purchasers for us; but because you do not do your share of the work as well as we do ours we find our barns choked with unsaleable grain, and our dairies worked at a ruinous loss. What is the use of producing if we cannot profitably sell what wo produce V A commercial community like that of Dunedin should not be deaf to this cry, and we sincerely hope that the remarks wc have now thought it our duty to make will bear fruit." Au esteemed correspondent suggests to us that New Zealand ought to be a huge octopus, with its arms of steam communication sketching out in all directions—to Tasmania, to Melbourne, to Sydney, to Brisbane, to New Caledonia, to Fiji, and to Samoa and Tonga. It is evident that the colony is waking up a little to its real wants —viz,, outside markets for its produce. The Empire City is, however,' more lethargic than either its-northern or southern rivals, Wellington merchants have in years past been too much absorbed by mere local trade. They have, too, been smitten with a greed •for land, and instead of investing their capital in steamers and sailing vessels—instead of seeking to extend their trade to every available market in the Australasian seas—they have devoted themselves to buying station properties and accumulating sheep and cattle. They have been stock and station agents, rather- than merchants, And even where they have held aloof from pastoral speculations 'they have exhausted their means on public house extensions. The time must come when the merchants of Wellington and oj: the Colony will have to take higher rank than they have done in the past, or other men will take their places and carry off much of their present trade. Once the feeling; of; d|ssatisfacfcipn-!

which is now : ,being;inniii|eoedHere fiiidj thore nil-and -Mi ifc;js,-7growiiigi ancl: will; spread up'thot4#fiil:pevsoii caii dQubt—' a response will not be wanting.'. If 0merchants fail to KiisWer ■■ to the call, companies and agencies' -will 'rapidly organise to take upthe, work^and .an era of commercial and agricultural pros; parity will dawn. The Public' Works scheme has been a'failure, but with improved outside markets it may' yet be made a success. Without them we shall continue to realise the; fact that i we have paid; too dear for our railway whistle. ■

Just as wo were going to press'this morning, the intelligence reached us that Fabian's largo store in South Greytown, and the neighboring premises occupie,d"by Mr Witton, blacksmith, were burnt down this morning. Two of the three brothers who constitute the firm of Fabian Bros. ivci'D away at tlio time. The cause of the Qre is unknown.

A Working Men's Club is contemplated at Waihouga,

The next San Francisco mail closes at Masterton on Saturday, the 2Cth inst., at 6.30 a.m.

There will bo a sitting of the R.M. Court, and the local Assessment Court at Groytown to-day. ' The usaal fortnightly meeting of the Loyal Masterton Lodge, T.0.0.F., takes place this oveniug. The collector of the Masterton Highway Board notifies that he is instructed to sue ratepayers in arrear, after March sth.

Messrs J. lorns & Co., announce that they will sell on Saturday next, 30 head of mixed cattle, also furniture &c, seized under a distraint for rent.

Messrs F. H. Wood* Co., add to their list of entries for tlie Ham Fair on the Kith inst., 31 Lincoln rams, bred'by N.Z, A. Land Company, 9 Lincoln rams, bred by Mr W. 0. Buchanan. ■:. A meeting of the (Featherston) Bailway Reception Committee is we understand, convened at Carterton for Saturday next.

A special meeting of the Masterton Hospital Committee will be held to-day to elect a Secretary. Telegraph communication is interrupted with Wellington this morning, on all wires, between Groytown and Featherston. Communication will probably be restored by noon. This does not interrupt coramum-' cation with stations north of Masterton.

The Government have requested the Groytown Borough Council to'recnmmend' a suitable parson (a resident of the ship) as special constable at .a salary of £1 per week. We understand the Council 'vill have a special meeting this evening to consider the will of the rulers. :< ■

A rather noisy altercation took' place between two natives yesterday, arising from a somewhat unusual cause, A Maori had ridden his horso on to the footpath by the Club Hotel for the purpose of speaking with some of his native friends, when ono of the latter constituted himself Inspector of Nuisances pro, .tern, and ordered him off the footpath, stating that he would be " locked up" if he remained, at the same timo seizing the horse and endeavoring to back it off the forbidden ground. An angry dispute thon arose, and the Sevgt. and a constable who were standing near, wont over to quiet them, when the upholder of the Borough bylnwa was very anxious that they should run the offender in." The nature of his ofl'enco being explained by the constable, however, tlio law-breaker immediately took his horse on to the road, and a moment after he and his late accuser were smoking the pipe of peace,

The Carterton Local Board met in the Council Chambers on Monday afternoon, Present—Messrs Ftiirbrorher (chairman), Callister, Parker, and Vickerstaff. The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed, the chairman stated that he had seen Mr Philpot, the poundkeeper, relative to the pound books, and the'clerk was directed to refer to the Poundage Act. and instruct him for the future to pay all moneys received to the Board, A letter was read from Mr Philpot relative to vehicles driving through the

town after dark without sido-lamps, and on the motion of Mr Parker, seconded by Mr VickerstafF, it <v;is resolved that ho be' instructed to impound all horses straying on the main road and to summons parties driving without lamps lighted. The considetation of appeals against the assessment roll brought the proceedings to a close. t On Saturday all the employees on the Wellington Mastorton Railway who'could bo spared from duty, including the staff atthePetono workshops, with their wives. faniilies,.and. relations, held their annual picnic and celebration at Silver-stream. A train left the station at 8.15 with the bulk of the party and the-band of the City Rifles, which bad been engagedto enliven tho day's proceedings with -music, Detachments were picked up on the way, and by the time the party.reached the ground, a paddock about ut mile from the station, nearly COO persons were found to be present. Capital arrangements had

been uiade beforehand, especially as regards the commissariat,' sports, tfec., and a most enjoyable day.mis spent by all, the

weather being fine without being too hot, During the" day a number of sports and games were provided ior.,th.c more youthful of the party, and dancing, and other amusements engaged the attention of the

rest. The whole .affair passed off most successfully, there not being the slightest hitch or accident of any kind to nmr the excursionists. The return train reached the Wellington station about 8.45 p.m.— N.Z. Times.

An incident occurred at the Empire Hotel, Featherston, on Saturday afternoon last, which at ono time promised tlio spectators a tvavrio ending, but the fates willed otherwise and eomedy closed the scene, About five o'clock a young man named Jackson lately an engine cleaner on the Wellington and Mastertou. line, was seen crossing aiid ro-orossing tlio metals, gesticulating in a most violent manner, After a short performance of this kind, he mado his way to the hotel, and snloninly asserted his intention of pulling down the building. Annihilation was in his eye, and the crowd assembled became alarmed as lie commenced carrying his intention into effect, Efforts were made to restrain him, but unsuccessfully, a cry wont forth 'he's mad' as he piteously implored some charitable'person to lend him a knife, and he would then and there end his sufferings-caused by the girl of his heart having jilted hi ra , A further effort was made to secure him which onlyresulted in the defeat of the brave man who marie the attempt, a hurried message' was then sonfc to the constable, In the interval anotherjrush was made and, joyful news, the mad man was secured, and bound with ropos, when like the cardinal in Ingoldsby he cursed them in sitting, in standing, in laying. When in the midst of an extra high pressure-forty-horse power'curse, the constable arrived, who after examination smiled benignly on the assembled crowd, and told; them he thoroughly understood the case, themanwas mad-drunk.' Ho proceeded to search him and fouud—a knife, Jackson. was accomodated with board andlodging,'ahd on Monday morning} had. ah opportunity of relating the history of his love, (for s the-IJ, M,. ! ?; K

:• Professor, and. Madame Haselmayer opeiio'din Maaterton last evening to ono .of the'beat houses that we have seen for a time in the Town Hall. The is a very, agreeable and entortatniiig, "as well as a particularly clever gentleman, and makes a very favorable impression, The stage was fitted-with veiy handsome furniture\a.nd;appliances,' no cost being apparently spared to'present the programme to the.: andienpe, in. the best possible manner. The entertainment commenced"with' a few-card tricks, In which;the. dexterity of an artist was abundantly .manifest. A good deal of amusement'wiis r afforded by the easy manner in which the Professor led many of the audience to believe that they were, by their own ingenuity, finding out his tricks, aud then suddenly revealing .to them the fact that they had been sold, arid that the more they found out the less they really kiiew. ' The sensation of the ovening was, of course, the: crystal cabinet business, in' which Madame Haselinayerj after being securely manacled, was im- : prisoned under a ; handsome • but very heavy gluss frame. Two gentlemen from the audienco.made a prolonged investigation of the cabinet, with a view to the detection of the mystery, but all that they found out was that they had handcuffed a very charming lady, who was evidently laughing at them, flow Madame emerges from the Cabinet is as yet a mystery in Masterton, and we wisely refrain from speculating upon the conundrum, having failed to solve an apparently simpler delusion which followed, viz., " The Goblin Drum," a little musical instrument, which, placed on a tripod, and without any apparent connection with the magician, responds in .1 wonderful manner to the questions which he addressed to it. We'wrote, ourselves, a series of numbers on'a slip of paper, and folding the said paper up retained it in our own possession, _ and yet the "Goblin Drum" revealed each pencilled figure, in the most unaccountable manner, In affairs of this kind one is obliged to admit the genius of the Professor, and.submit to be unmercifully deluded. Space will not permit us to detail the other wonders .presented in the programme ; but the crowning one of all—the" Psycho"—is reserved for this evening's entertainment, and our readers 'will have an opportunity for themselves, and to find out that there are more things •in heaven and earth than are,yet drear/it of in their philosophy. ■■■ We. were glad to 'see.'the Professor.and Madame receive such a cordial welcome in the Wairarapa, and no doubt this evening in.Mastertoii, to-morrow-'"'evening'at' Carterton, Thursday evening at Greytow.n, and Friday evening at" Feathersto'n will be a series of successful entertainments, .which will leave a pleasing- -impression .on the memo'ries of .the artists,visiting us, as well is oh the minds of those who are fortunate enough .to. see the'maryols;'which they so-ad-mirably display. Among the : startling novelties to be introduced in to-night's programme-will be found "The. iErial Bell," "-Tile-Miser's Dream,", and " The Eggching."--'•'■ ' •■••/ " - : The Taratahi-Carterton Highway Board meets to-day. - Asovero acoident occurred at Meßsra Booth's mill on Saturday morning—ono of the men in their employ having his arm cut severely near the elbow by the circular saw while loaning over to. pick a piece of bark from the other side. The wound was patched upas well as could be on the spot, and Mr W. Booth immediately after drove the sufferer over to 1 Greytown, to obtain ' proper . medical attendance. There was to have been a consultation of doctors on Sunday morning, but we hava not as yet been able to obtain the result of the conference. But even if the limb be saved the arm will probably be stiff for life. Strangers paying a visit to and upcountry settlors arriving in Masterton are often at a loss to know which is 'the cheapest and 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 cannot be met with elsewhere, their stock being the largest and best assorted in the Wairarapa. Their prices aro lower then any house in Wellington, their goods are all nev and of the most durable class, and they sell cheap and for cash, This establishment is situated directly opposite the Club Hotel. Remember the addressSchroder, Hooper & Co., directly opposite the Club Hotel. Read their advertisemont on the front page of this paper,— Ad vt ,

" What are you going to do this even'

ing, John ?"' " Nothing particular, dear.; why do you ask V ■ " Because, if you liavonobusin.es-to attend, to, you might tab the children to see those wonderful birds and mice thaOoreign.gentlemen,is exhibiting in the TbWh Hall." He only charues lmlf-price:for the. children, and it

will be 'a'treat"they dp'ri't".often get." " All right: have'thenxdressed and ready by lialf-'paßt 7, so that we can get there early and secure good seats, as, lam told ■there will-be'an awful crush."—[Anvi.]-