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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3958, 27 March 1884, Page 2

The popular notion j l in fact tho only notion thai will bo "entertained or listened to in "the Middle Island?, is that the North, Island is sucking; thp • life .blood,of the polony,. Ileycoitho cry for separation. Mr.Bathgatc, in hi.s -address to his .constituents recently, hit thp popular belief, to a, .nicety in making out a easo , against] this, iwland. It will amuse our, readers tojearawhat Mv Bath-, ga>.- had,, to say;—'.'.We;, supply -threefifths of the Cplonial revenue as against twofifths by tho North Island.; In bther words, for every pound, (-pent; we, pay twelve shilling, against ,ihch\. eight whillings. ~ i-iio railways! in .the. North Island -diovr a deficiency of £102,000, >vhilo in W»o South IsW our railways show, £45,000 tp the yood,' and we pay 4100,000 towards inaintamh.g railways ?» , tlio TsLuid. , There'isnot α-yfprd about tbo, non r paywg poUtiettl- jobbery linos of the South ; jLsland.

As though the case ho had made out was not\ strong enough of itself, tho speaker then pointed out that tho cost of the Armed Constabuhuy, £182,000 per annum, was this year, for tho first time to b# paid but of revenue. Of this sum £100,000 fell to > the people of the South, an expenditure wholly uncalled for, and to be spent in the favored North. He further showed that the Crown and Native Lands Rating Bill, which Major Atkinson succeded in passing last session, saddled the tax-payers with another £40,000 a year, tho bulk of which ■vvati distributed in the Noith, the Napier County tax-payers alono being saved by the operation, of tho v Ac tno less a sum than £2000 a year. In 'this way the peoplo of tho South,LJ«ind,~who pay-their own municipal, County and Road Board rates, woro being taxed to ? Tclicvo men in Napier who are lolling in wealth ! With the remarks that the people of the Nor,lh were, no doubt, laughing at tho simplicity of the Southerneis, that tho system ,was altogether unlustiiiable, and thcie must' bo a change, Mr Bathgate went on to suggest hie remedies. These, as our' telegrams sufficiently hhowed, -were a? ridiculously impiacticablo. his reasons for urging them were foolibh, Mr Bathgate's wholo argument was based on fallacious promises, and exhibited an ignoiaiife of the relationship of tlie difTeicn}- parts of tho colony that can only claim our pity. , ■

Tho Clivo Squat c Mutual Improvomont Association will not moot this evening. The Nnpier Amateur Dramatic Club will hold a to-morrow .evening at 8 'o'clock. Members 'are reque&ted to bo punctual. , Though tho cricket seabon is not yet ovor, it tmII be hecn fiotn an adveitisoment else 4 whore Hint the Hastings people are already taking steps to form st football club. The Hon. Mr Mitchelson readied Waipukuiiiu yesterday afternoon, accepting tho hb&pilality of. Mr John' Hwi ding, at Mount Vcrnou,' for tho night. Mr Mitchelson will arrive ill towh this evening. ■> ,; "'Owing to tlic rai'ii last night Woodyear's Circus did not op.en at Waipawa, but tonight and to-morrow night'it will show tliere, and. on 'Eln.tui.iday and,.Monday afc Ilrtstings, opening id -Kapler' on Tuesday ue.\t. . . ~ t , A inopting of tho Napier Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association will bo held in St. Paul's school-room {his evening. As,busmess;of importance is to be brought forward,lhc committee hope to see a full attendance. ~-..,"' .. r Mr Ront-Hoii's Commercial Aoadcmy continues to be will attended. During the past 'year forty young men havo' «i 1 tended the night school,! and over fifty at tho day school. The next quarter coramoncos on Tuesday next. i r •) ' > The averj go attendance at tho Napier district ■school siiKC the commencement of the curtent quarter has booh 675, being 120 over the avei age of last year. Tho attendance represents over 8Q per cent of tho number on the toll. r ' At a mooting - of tho creditors of F. Harfoid, held in bunluuptcy, at tho Supreme Court this molning, tho resolution passed on tlie 14 th mst.mt, accepting a compromise of 12s 6d in the pound in, five instalments by guaranteed bills, was confirmed. The funcial of the Into Mi John Bicknoll took pla6o jestciday, and was one of the largest attended tliat we havo witnessed in the country. Tho mournful procession consisted of twenty carriages and forty hoi semen. The deceased was buried in tho cemetciy at Pukotapu. It will bo seen by an announcement in another column that Mr T. J. Bowes, having resttnied 1, possession.'- of his dairy farm at Taradaloy. ;\Vill .be; prepared to feiipply his old customers'\i r ith mjlk frpin the'first of next month. Mr Bowes? faring being free from floods, his" dairy ; can always be doponded upon. A feature in his" business will be to leave a supply Flynn'B, Shakespoaroroad, \vhere chanco customers can always depend upon'beulg" Served. MrOrmond's consent to stand for Napier neit'olGctions has created a flutter amonst the " Shcehanitos' ? and VBuchananitos." ' Certain individuals have quite made up their minds that Mr Sheehan is going to-contest the Napier seat, , "but in &ho absence of ; airy- authoritative announcement 'tothat effect we do not; know what reason they have for supposing >■ anything of the land. Wo ,, should bo borfy if Mr Sheehan wore left out of the new Parliament, and so 'we hope-:that if ho does come forward for this town ho will have a' second string to his'bow. ■''•■' ■.•■■;•■■- ■>■■■ ■'. ."< v ' Atl thd'R.MJ'Court this! morning, before Mr Al' Kennedy, J. Anne Walsh was charged, on. tho information of Dotcctivo Grace,! with' stealing" 1 'a 1 gold puzzle ring, silver thimblo, one silver spoon, and a number of other household articles, tho property .of Margaret.Tyleo. Mr Lascqllos appeared ipr accused,-' and','saiS, aW ! the polico were 'going to ask for a'remand, which ho did not iiitoncl to Dpj)oeo, lie would ask for bail, ris th'cT value of thdpropfcrty was only £6. Detective. Grace said that, if bail were granted,, it would intorfero with the course of' justice, as'it would prevent tho polico from, instituting a thorough search. Mr Lascclles said . a search warrant had boon already executed." Accused was remanded till Monday,. bail ; being granted in two sureties of £qQcach; ;, "' ' : '•' Our Wpodvillo correspondent writes:— The Woo'dvilld Cheese and Bacon Factory Company jis becoming more popular, -i,nA shares are being disposed r of. It is said tliat t Mr,Thomas Tanner has taken up shares, tlius. setting a good example to other land-owners in the district who havo not yot dono so.. , Such, ail.-industry as this bids, fail- to .open, iv good market for prpduce, and deserves encouragement for that reason,.; especially- from people whoso interest it is that tho settlement should bo increased in prosperity. ■, By, studying our local paper, howcvei', one would think that there were other recommendations besides those of philanthropy in.-becoming a shareholder/in the company. The Woodvillo Examiner states as a bona fldc fact that tho profits of our cheese factory will bo 85 percent, after, paying alLexponses, and prove I -it li'i-'iblilok • and , white. Surely this is encouraging', ; and' if the share list is not crowded up within, a very short time money must be very scarce indeed. Looking at it in the worst manner possible, however, tho enterprise promises to be a paying one. Of course it is ' premature- as yet to judge of profits,;as it is impossible to do so correctly, before we are thoroughly acquainted with the expenses of working, but it seems that shareholders are certain of getting goodVinterest on their money. The factory is to operation next spring. T.he Rev. Dr. Kelynack, of Sydney, delivered a lecture last evening in Trinity Church .on .the. subject pf-W ; oslpyan missions in the-South Seas.' His Worship the Mayor occupied tho chair, and there, wJis a large attendance. . The lecture, which was a vory eloquent one, .was listened to with close attention. ,p,r.jKe.lyna'c'k drew a frightfnl picture;of the, cruelty, immorality, vico, andcannibalisni of>.t)3e_ islands' before, the advent of tho missionaries. • Scipiieo, philosophy, and civilisation heard the cry of degradation, no answer to give—no panacea to present, but the Gospel of .Christ had -caused wonderful phanges in those islands,, and/where vico and cannibalism,once Tftged. peace now reigned. ■The contributions of the Methodist Churcbej in Australasia towards the works of evangelising thesq islands was .something only to be ashamed of. ~ He .wished to raise the siim of i £5000 per annum lor a few ycarw, so that tho work might ;be < prosecuted in a suitable way. ,As iihe result,of missionary .effort.the locturor quoted the following statistics, which referred to, the work in the- - Sampan, ■• group of islands,,; Fiji, Eotumah, and New,. .Britain i—Sevcnteon principal stations, 942 cjiurohos,,4B7 .other preaching places, 20.missionaries; '/J (5 native ministers and assistant,, missionaries, 51 catechists, 1136 hcad-tcachors,'/ 2127.,' diiy-school teachers, 2323 Sabbatft-Bohpol teachers, 1539 local preachers, '3474 class-teachers, -20,3,23 qhujrch .members, 402,(3 on trial for membership,.,»Us7 'Sa,bb?.thrsohools, 42,257 ,Sabba,th,Bqhg'pl/scnoolars',. 1805 day schools, A 'l,93B.,day.scholars, and 111,005 attendants 'at public 'worship.' The collection at tho close of the lecture amounted to £20 16s 7d. Dr-jlvclynack/locturos tliis evening in St; John's school- room'pnthe 'fPathof Power." .: Card playing is to bo introduced into tho Melbourne Benevolent Asylum. Balmy slQcp , , 'good rich blood, clastic step and,cheerfulness'iii'Hpi> Bitters. Read and bol^evc. , .'. ' M^\ "''' : ' ' , .Thirty years,have ©lapsed sinco Sohhapk! i was • given ,to. tho world, and by common consent.; of tbo it now ranks p«.'. : tho (Only < medicated stimulant which p # %stually tones tho stomach and tho nery,§s,^ADp.]