Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1895. DRIVING SETTLERS OFF LAND.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5123, 6 September 1895, Page 2

Wairarapa Daily Times. [Established 1874.] FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1895. DRIVING SETTLERS OFF LAND.

Ix another column, a correspondent v,bo signs himself " Victim," writ(B somewhat bitterly 011 the illiberal land policy of the Government. He lias some reason to do so, because we know him to be it steady industrious settler, born in New Zealand, who went op to Goyernment land wjtb a|l his sayings, and came oil rallied. lie argues' that' Crown tenants get with their rentals because tiioy have paid t,OO high a price for their land, that tiie excessive rentals are crushing them, and that it is -only a matter of time fpr llieni to join tho ranks of tbo unemployed and to relinquish the seetiQiis H'lijch they have taken up. There is a good' deal of truth in what our correspondent says. In tlie'Old Provincial days, bush land sold at fron) f}ve to tei) shillings an acre. The Belmont Block, for example, wliiob overlooks Port Nicholson, sold at ton shillings p acre, and the purchasers were allowed half the cost of their roads. If we contrast this with the Awarua Block, what do we find ? The Belmont Block, good land, eight mi jog from Wellington, sold at ten shillings-£l} scpp; Awarua Block, bad land, eighty 'mi|pg Wellington, sold "at thirty-tiyp shillings and sixpence per acre, Is the price charged for the Awarua Block, an lionest, one ? ' Our correspondent is right, too, when he urges that cheap laud is essenfjjl to successful settlement, 1 and more so iji'tli.p present day when 1 prices for stock anil product! are ! much less than they fomoriy were. ; The Government sells dear land 011 easy terms, and though the smallncss .of tho deposit and the lightness of the payment attract ■ buyers, iu tbo long rijn £l)9 full .burden of tho load crushes' tho soßJpr, and compels liinj tp vacate his land, if ! the laud settlement pf. the Hon , Johjf MpJ£en;rie be guaged by the 1 number pf jtransfgv/i jind plin'quishmenfe which jire recorded, fftf ppn(Temnationisjudjsputal)!?. Jfovand - 1 again wo are indebted to pp sprier like "Victim," who lifts the veil and gives us a look behind the scene. On the surface tho land settlement pt the Government is made to appeal' a. success, brt when

we look a little deeper we find it a ghastly and lamentable failure. It 1 is simply a road to ruin, into which I thousands of well meaning men are 1 allured by specious pretexts, A few' days ago a proA minent citizen of Maspolice terton stopped us in tho , scandal. streetandtolduatlmtbe ] had been threatened by j the local police because ho had promoted a petition, nuking the depart- t inent togivoMasterton additional pro- t tection. We learn to-day that the i threathas been carried out, and that a 1 police prosecution is being instituted ] with tho avowed object of getting at , the public-spirited individual whore- j cently obtained for this town the , services of a night constable, It is ( understood that in Jlasterton the I polico possess special political influence, and can do anything] In tho i present instance they appear to be i fully availing themselves of their special political privileges. Wo j ask members of Parliament to watch this new development iu the Police Department. The Wairarapa District Court sits again at Jlasterton, on September 25th. The Franccs-lioss Company play " Held by the Enemy" at Jlasterton, this evening. The Jlasterton Town Lands Trustees meet this evening. The Auckland-Tarauaki Football match resulted in a drawn game. Mr Herbert supplies the following record of the rainfall at Jiketaliuua The total amount of rain which fell for August was 5'19, on 15 days. Un Wednesday last 10,000 brown trout fry were forwarded from the Jlasterton Hatcheries, to the order of the Hnwke's.Bay Acclimatisation Society. Lady cyclists are becoming quito a common sight in Pahiatua., One tourist passed through town this morning, pedalling her way through the mud and shingle in splendid style, says the Herald. In connection with the Pahiatua Presbyterian Church, services fill be held by the ltev. W. 11. Phillip on Sabbath nest, as under:—Pahiatua at 11; A'gaturi at 2.30; Pahiatua at 7. _ The fishing season for trout and perch, in the waters within the Wellington Acclimatization District, commences on the loth instant, and ends 15th April, 1896. On Wednesday morning at the Belvedere Wcsleyan Church, a very pretty wedding was celebrated, Jlr Edward Olsen takingunto himself Miss Schmidt, daughter of Jlr John Schmidt, of lliuau , Gully. Jlr S. G. Radford extends an invitation to all to visit his shop, and see his : first show of new spring fioods. The i display will commence to-morrow. Sat- , unlay. Our Wellington correspondent wired yesterdayAn important inquiry is | going on bcferc the Reporting and j Debates Committee, in reference to the Ilmmml stall', It arises out of complaints against the Chief Reporter, on account of his having, since 1893, ceased taking Ids turn in the gallery with other . reporters. Aporiiou of tho stall" defends its Chief, while the remainder allege that they arc overworked and sweated for his benefit The enquiry is likely • to last for some time." i Mr \V. Hell, of Queen-street, Jlaster- ' ton, is tho successful tenderer for the J stock-in-trade iii the assigned estate of S, ; H. Carter, draper, of Willis-street, Wei- ] lington. Some rare bargains at Jlr ; liell's shop may therefore be expected. The Church of England is taking a j large part iu tho anti-sweating crusade, The Bishop of Melbourne, Dr Goe, addressing a meeting, said that as the result of personal enquiries he had discovered j that skillodtailoresses norked sixtyhours , a week for 12s—iu some eases from nine ■ in the morning till eleven at night for 5s , a week. Tho price for the making of, ) shirts was 9d to Is per dozen; yestsond trousers, 8d each; complete sac suits, 2s 8 7d. In the bakery trade, men worked • eleven hours a day for a pound per week. I It was alleged that one woman under a Government contract made railway coats for 4d each. He held that employers j were not so much to blame. The rage for bargains and cheap goods was largely responsible for the prevalence of the evil. 5 It would be, he continued, an important step towards the abolition of sweating if all professors of Christianity frequented ( only those shops where moderate prices , were demanded for tho goods sold. ' At Nelson tho other day a woman , ploadod " Guilty " to a charge of break- ' ing windows, and said that her reasons for doing so was that complainant was " continually speaking to her on the telec phone at night, asking her questions which she answered before she knew j what she was saying. She saiu further . that if complainant put iu the panes I she would break them again unless , j the thing was stopped. In reply to his Worship defendant said that slio had not bepi) able fo get py sleep at njgljt lor i the and she recognised complainant by his voice as the person an- , noyjng her. The thing had been doing on" oyer since she went into the house, and before that. The evidence sliowod 1 that tliero was no teleiihono in the woman's house, and that slio was labouring under a delusion. Tho poor woman, who was a widow, bore an ciemplary j character, but had been overworking lately to support herself and three j children, i Tho Wellington Acclimatization 3 Society announce that the trout fishing . season opons on the loth instant, and that licenses (£1 for men, and 6s for j ladies and boys of siitcen years orunder) may he obtained from Messrs D, W. Mcintosh and J. Williiims.of Jlasterton; i IjLWaldpn.Grevtown; A.Bish,Cartori" ton; and F, C. Tumor, Eketahuna. ; A neighbour's quarrel at Makora yesterday, resulted in Tarious assaults, a > caso of alleged stabbing, and the laying of a number of cross-informations, which > will duly occupy the Jlasterton S.JI. ! Court. ' Notice is given by the Masterton Road Board pf intention to raiso a loan for [ acquiring iind'formji)g a continuation of I the Black Creek Road, through seefions i <0 and 'll, B'ook Xf. Mikiiniki, ; A very successful eoncort and dance ! held last eyening at the Fernridge, in tho large shed kjndly lpnt for the occasion, by Mr Eibblewkite, when a 1 largo number of Masterton residents • were present. Songs were contributed ' by the Misses Dagg, Proutico and Perry, ; and Messrs Dougall, Kershaw, Gordon, Langton, J, Dagg, It. J, Dagg, and Mr and Mrs Gover. Tho accompaniments were played by Misses Dagg, Cosltey, , Erentice, Pearce and Mr Keisenberg's | Affei the concert was finished, rofroshmenfs'.op a post ljheral scalo wore handed round liy'lhe settlers of tho district, and fully sixty couples joined in the dance that followed, and which was kopt up till an early hour this morning, The concert was got up to supplement the fund for rebuilding the Kaituna School, which was lately burned down, and it is expected tho fund will benefit fo the extent of over £lO. The following notices of motion will come before the Frozen Meat : Conferenco to-dayMr Coleman Phillip's to movo—"That the Coiiference is of opinion that it 'is'ijlesirabli to open up and N'eyr Zealand's foreign trade pand wound tJfite and'rebornjnenda tue'Gbyeriipnl 'to despatch one or two Trade Commissioners to riport thereon" Mr G. & Robertson (Wanganui) jto move—." That' in the opinion i)f th(S Copfefeneej it' jf necessary' to reKiilatp t}ie Shipments $ pat fron> the Gofony jjpjghouf the year, '|o "meet tho requirements ftHVflojne trade; that a Committee (with power to add to their number) be appointed to consider tho question and report to this Conference, 1

Entries to date, for Mr P. H. Wood's" next Taratahi stock salo, vrhicli takes ( place on Tuesday, September 17th, ( appear in another column. ] Messrs Hornblow and Co. will sell at 1 their auction rooms to-morrow, boots, 1 clothing, potatoes, furniture, horses, 1 vehicles, etc. i Owing to pressure on our space, cor* rcspondeucc, the report of the Masterton 1 Licensing Committee, and other matter, is held over till next issue, 1 The quarterly meeting of the Master- J ton Licensing Committee opened at noon , ■Jo-day, Mr T. Hutchison, S.M., prcsid- ! ing, and Messrs A. Stewart, C. E. 1 Darnell, B. Syverstou, A, Walker, T. i li. Chamberlain, J. Dawson and F. J lfright being present. Sergeant McArdle, on behalf of the police, ! informed the Bench that he intended under instructions from his Chief, to oppose all applications for extension of ' the (dosing hour of licensed premises. In the examination of Catholic schools at litnaru, 101 were presented in the i standards mid <282 passed. W, Morgan, late postmaster at Inangahua Junction, has been charged with embezzling a letter containing £22, and remanded. William lucker, of Makuri, hotel- 1 keeper, has filed a declaration of insolvency. Messrs E. Feist, J. Hessey and W. Simms have been elected members of the Masterton Eovongli Council, unopposed, Mr W. Cullen, ono of the retiring Councillors, did not nominato. Mr George Dennis, of the lioyal Hotel, has just prcsenled a handsome cold medal to the lied Star Football Club, and two silver ones to the White Stars, and Mr Alex. Walker ono silver medal to the lied Stars. Ihe medals are novr on view at Mr A. Henderson's shop in Queen-street. The entertainment at St. Matthew's Schoolroom lastevening proved oneoftho most enjoyable of the scries given this winter. The singing was really excellent, and all the parts were most ably sustained. 'flip building was well-filled, and the audience expressed great approbation of the young people's efforts, The entertainment is to be repeated in about a fortnight, Mr 11, K. Jackson, barrister and solicitor, lias removed to offices in Mr E. 11. Waddington's new building, known as Temple Chambers, Queenstreet, Masterton, A request lias been received that tho performance of "lied Hiding Hood," given recently in St, Matthew's Schoolroom be repeated at Carterton, Tho matter is under consideration, No arrangements have yet been made to open a branch of the Hank of New South Wales at Ekctahuua, as rumoured iu that township Messrs Lowesand lorns hold a general sale at their rooms to-morrow, when they offer horses, poultry, furniture, produce ; and sundries. i The ladies of the Dorcas Society wish ■ to tlwnk Messrs 0. Pragnell, J. Olphert and Mrs Sexton, of Gladstone, for [ parcels of clothing. i Mr James Mowlcm, local agent for I the Humber Cycles, has just received ! from Wellington two handsome mach- • incs fitted with all the latest improve i meats. ' rcmiud our readers of Messrs Simms and Mowlem's unreserved sale ' of furniture (under bill of salo), oranges, j lemons, turkeys, etc., etc. The salo t commences at 2 o'clock sharp, and will be held in the Mart, Queen-street. Wo regret to report the death of tho • iicv. liobert McGregor, brother of ' Messrs J. and 1). McGregor, of this • district, who died at his homo near • Hawera, on Tuesday night, two hours f after liisbrothersfromilastertonreachctl ■ the house, Mr McGregor laboured for ( many years in the ministry of tho Presbyterian Church. He filled for more | than ten years the charge at Kaiapoi j and there contracted an illness from I which he never recuyered. He resigned . his charge at Kaiapoi and accepted a ] call to Hawera where it was hoped a more ; genial climate would lengthen his days ' of service in the Church, Tho esteem in j vrhicli Mr McGregor was held in the , Presbyterian Church was showu by the J minute of tho Christchurch Presbytery. When weak health compelled hint to | resign laiapoi the licv.' Dr Elmslie moved with regret" That tho resigna- | tion of Mr McGregor be accepted and | that the pastoral tie between him and ' r the congregation of Kaiapoi be dissolved as from this date, and that we place on I record tho high osteem and respect in j- which Mr McGregor has ever been I held as a Minister and member of tho ! Presbytery; his readiness to help his brethren and assist in Presby terial work; his efforts to extend the cause of the i Presbyterian Church within the pro- - vince, and the success which nttended i those efforts; and tbo hearty desire of s the Presbytery that soon his health may . be thoroughly restored, and that a conj genial and suitable sphere of labour may r speedily be opened up to him," This r was seconded by the iicv. G. Webster, i and aftor the other Ministers present j had expressed their kindly feeling j toward Mr McGregor, agreed to. Mr t McGregor leaves a wifo and family to • tnourn thcip Joss, Tho piece to bo produced by tho . Frances lioss Company this evening is the great Americnn military drama, in | liyo acts, entitled " Held by the Enemy." j Tlje play deals with incidents in couuec . tion with the American civil war, and is full of thrilling situations. Miss J Euphemia McCreery and her two ncices , liachel and Susan, have determined to ! stand by their southern home, notwith- [ standiugitis surrounded by a portion of the Northern Army, under Colonel Presi cott, whoisinlovdwithliachel. liachel ; however, has been, for family reasons, 1 betrothed to her cousin, Gordon Haync, r who is an officer in the Southern Army. | While Hayne is trying to get into tho , McCreery mansion to see the family, he ; is arrested as a spy, tried by court mar- . tial, and sentenced to be shot. While awaiting execution, the building in which lie is confined is struck by a shell and a ■ largo hole mado in the wall, and whilst i trying to escape through this hole he is ! met by some Northern officers, and in ' tho struggle is shot. His sweetheart • liachel subsequently tries to get him carried through the enemy's lines as a , corpse, but just as she lias almost sue- , ceeded; Surgeon-Major Fielding appears ; on t)je scene, and his suspicions being ; aroused, he orders an examination of tl|e ' body to be mad'p, This liacliel rpfus'es to alloiy, as she has a General's order, , allowing' her to take the body through the lines. The Stirgeon-Major bping | powerless to stop tjie body, orders tho ' Assistant-Surgeo'uto'fire on itas it passes ; by- Just 4l this mpment Colonel Prescott appears on tho scene, and an examination is made, by which it is found that during the delay, Hayno has really died, ; and the curtain falls amid a painful hush. In tho last act liachel is wou by Colonel Prescott, and everybody is made happy. The comedy of the piece is supplied by Susan and Thos.'llean (a war artist) and whilo these two are on the stage tho audienco are in one continual roa'r of iaugter.'' ' A pitiable case came before the Stipendiary Magistrate at Wellington yesterday morning. Five little children, of ages ranging from twelve years to two, were charged with being children whoso father was unable to support thera, Their names were William Alfred, John Henry, Clara Eosella, and Eva Myrtle Jones, It appeared that some time ago tho father was sentenced to threomonths' imprisonment for failing to provide for his children, but wis released before tho expiry of his sentence, as his wife was 'dying of cAucer. 'Slie died some months iigo, Constable Madden stated that on his vist tb the Tioiiie on 'Wednesday ho found {he five children there with'no ono but 'their father; 1 who ; 'was' lying drunk. His' Worship cbmmipcd' the children to the Biirnham : Industrial ■ ' ■' ■■■ Up tfl flip present time 625? signatures IiWP bepft obtMd' {(j ihji'|et|oi) praying that tho Mount Coot Gaol Reserve should bo set apart for Weilingtou University College purposes,

A paper on tie. " Construction of the Comb of the Bee Hive" was read by Mr Coleman Phillips before the Wellington Philosophical Society (Sir T. Kirk, F.L.S. presiding) at its last meeting, in which he arguedagainst Darwin's theory of natural vital intelligence in the bee in its construction of its liive, maintaining that it knewwhat it was doing, The paper was well discussed. John Nicholas Eose, an elderly man, was charged at Invcrcargill yesterday, with attempting to murder his son-in-law, William John Kissell, by striking him with an axe. Eoso had been drinking, and was locked out, He burst open tbo door with an axe, and going to Kissell's bedroom made, it is alleged, a blow at him, but lisscll warded it off with his arm. The case was adjourned fill noxt morning. It yon study practical economy you will liny your drapery and oloihing at Hooper's Bob Marchi. You ask why ? We'll tell von why! You've twenty pounds to spend or twenty shillings iiyoulike. Your object i? In rat all you require for the money you i - • you buy ot Hooper's you will (jet : . determined toseeure and a bit lot' i r soincihiu!! else. Also jou will get the "■■■St of everything; llie goods of standard 1 .iuiiikiurer--. II you buy elsewhere your : .weuty pounds or twenty shillings, as the . c.is<i may be, \vib not go as far as you . thought and you will cite hwo to 6ink the qua>ity or shrll out mora caMi, ' Will that suit you ? We troiv uol. You're no fool; . you've been wandering up and down this E blessed world for years and you know your , book. One may say this is only assertion, > whrre's your proof? We reply, use your ey«a, esereiso your judgment and criticise . and compare, and your verdict must bo for 1 Hooper & Co,, ready money drapers, Bon ' Marobi, Mastert >n. -Advt. | One ol the sights oi Wellington, at any ! timo is undoubtedly the magnificent cstab- ; lisbmeat.known as To Aro House, and now ' that every department within its walls is i filled to overflowing, with a bewildering variety of tho season's novelties in millinery, mantles, dressy, etc., it is more than ever a pleasure and profit to visit the wholesale family drapery warehouse, Te Aro 8 Homo.

Partioularattention has been paid this) year to tbc requirements ol country customers, and the result id eo be seen in the immense ami varied stock of calicoes, shirtings, flannels, llannellettes, strong wearing dress mnterialii, mcn'a and boys' clothing. Ac. The choico in cnch depart* meat, is almost unlimited, as may be imagined, when it !b stated that of flannelette alone, over 50,000 yards have this season been imported at To Aro House, ffeliington.-AnvT.