NEW ZEALAND.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2259, 25 May 1881, Page 2

NEW ZEALAND.

[PBB PEEBS ASSOCIATION.] AUCKLAND, May 25. Sporting. The Auckland Stud Company Bold to the Hon. Mr White, of Now South Wales, who is en route for England, a Sylvia oolt by Musket, for 1250 guineas, the largest prioe ever obtained for a foal. Silvia’s first foal since the Stud Company bought her fetched 800 guineas. The Wool Duty. The United States Consul hag received a letter from Washington, acknowledging the receipt of the petition of the Chamber of Commerce, Dunedin, re the wool duty, and stating that the petition would bo laid before a Congressional committee. Marrow EscapeRogers, a City Council employe, was standing on the platform of a crowded train coming £-t m the Papakura races yesterday, when a souffle ensued between two Maoris, and one Ngaho Thomson threw Rogers from the train, which was going fifteen miles an hour. When the train stopped, and Rogers was picked up, it was found that ho had only sustained a sprained wrist and a few slight bruises. Thomson was charged with the offence at the Police Court and remanded. WELLINGTON, May 25. The Silkworm. The Government sent by the last San Francisco mail an order through Mr Creighton for a largo consignment of silkworm eggs of the green, orange, and white cocoon varieties, and tor a quantity of white mulberry trees, on which the worms feed ; at the same time an order was sent to Sydney for 500 white two-year-old mulberry trees. The intention is to establish the silk culture in New Zealand. The idea was initialed by Mr Reals, of the Survey Department, who is stated to bo an expert in that branch of industry. INVERCARGILL, May 25. Fire. A barn and stables, owned by O. Brown, of New River, was burned down last night. A lot of produce was destroyed. The loss is estimated at £250. The buildings were uninsured.

THE ANGLO ISRAEL QUESTION. To the Editor of the Globe. Dear Sir,— l am sure that a groat number of your readers, aa well as myself, wonder how much longer you will allow such senseless twaddle as the Anglo larael question to occupy so much of the valuable space in your journal. What is Mr Geo’s idea ? If cheap advertising is his object he has got it to his heart’s content, though no doubt the parents of his pupils think his time would bo better employed in the mere useful occupation of attending to his school, especially as his letters go far to disprove his genius, What matter if wo are or are not the descendants of the lost tribe ? Does it place ns any nearer to heaven *hon, well, say, the Maoris, A little time back it wsa Piozzi Smyth and the Pyramids that turned such brains as that of the scholastic Anglo-Israelite in question. I think Mr Gee ought to confine himself to the '■ Church News.”

Wishing, Mr Editor, that you will see your way to give your numerous readers soma matter more readable than the absurdly, trivial Anglo-Tsrael question, Yours. &c,, COMMON SENSE.

THE TRAM WAV AND THE CITY COUNCIL To the Editor of the Globe.

{■lK,— As ono of the travelling public of I was in hopes the discussion over the proposed tramway by lawon Monday evening at the Council meet ng would have been made public, It is currently reported that the by-law committee have succeeded In leading the Council into another mess by the passing of obnoxious and impracticable by-laws. When ono considers the feelings expressed on ail sides by citizens, strangers, and tho public generally, aa to tho excellence of the management, it ia incredible to find sensible members of the Connell being driven by such a email section na the by-law committee. Will yon, Sir, for public 'nformation, publish the names of those gentlemen, as well aa those of the councillors who may bo found voting for or supporting the proposed by-law 1 It will bo of great assistance to the burgesses when September comes round. If I may bo allowed, I would like to throw out a suggestion to the directors of the Tramway Company, and that is, rather than submit to such uncalled-for Interference with their business, suspend the running of their cars until the ratepayers and tho public have had an opportunity of being heard on the matter. It is not difficult to foretell what tho result will be, and it may have the effect of bringing certain members of tho Connell to their tenses, if they have any. 'V ours, &0., ONE OF THE PUBLIC, Bnt in no way connected with the Tramway Company. [Councillors Blnhop, Hulhert, and Cherrill are the by law committee, the firatnamed being chairman. —Ed. Globe] The following letter appeared in this morning’s “Press CHEESE AND BUTTER FACTORIES. Sib, —I trust you will bo able to spare me the space for a few more lines on the above •abject. My present purpose is to show what has boon done in the old country, and what may be done in the new j for the more I road of and investigate the resources of this colony, the more am I confirmed in my first impressions that cheese and butter factories, once established on a proper basis, will prove a permanent source of national wealth, I will take as an illustration ono of my own forms, upon which fifty cows were kept. In November tho cows were all dried off, put into •tockyards, and fed with roots ond strew. Fifteen of the first calves that came after Christmas were ’kept and reared for stock purposes, the others wore sold young. About the middle of April cheeeemaking was commenced, and continued till the beginning of November. Tho six months of choesemaking turned out ten tons of best and over one ton of seconds cheese. Tho average price of best cheese is 74s per cwt., and of seconds 60s. The whey from each cow fattened two pigs during the season, the average profit upon each pig being about 20s. Tho value of calves sold and kept was about £9O. Thus the produce of fifty cows in ono season amounts, in round numbers, to tho sum of £IOOO, giving an average of £2O to each oow. A neighboring farmer sold all hia calves young, and managing his farm as few can do, made an annual average of £22 each on sixty cows. Many others I have known whose average was from £l7 to £2O per head. Now, what are the capabilities of the colony ? There is no climate that I know of can equal this for oheesemaking. Dry seasons are always the best both for making and ripening the cheese. The herds are excellent, and appear to have first-class milking properties. Then there is another very material advantage here, for whereas, in England, six months is a good season, in many districts they have only five months, yet here wo have from seven to eight months of fine cheese-making weather. Now, by studying to bring in fresh cows, as early ones dry off, we might very well got an average of from 5i to 6 cwt of cheese per oow for the season. Now, let no take a factory with 1000 cows, and I am told that in many districts that number could be produced within a limited area. In our calculation, we will, to bo on tho safe side, only reckon sowh to each oow, that will give us 5000owt, or 250 tons of cheese for tho season. To fix a certain price would be impossible, so much depends upon the quality and condition of the cheese, and the state of tho market. One great advantage would be that your ohoese_ would arrive in largo quantities in London in May, June and July ; that is before tho best Englioh is ready, as tho first drafts only come out in September and October, and then are not fit for use. I will not reckon a high price, but will put them at tho price that a fairly good American cheese will bring, viz., 66s per cwt. This would give for the 250 tons a gross total of £16,500. We will put the calf and pigs at 20s for each cow, or £IOOO for tho whole. Now from this sum of £17,500, we have to deduct tho probable expenses. We will put down the interest on the buildings at £l4O ; salt, £250 ; salary of manager and four men, £650; rennet, coloring, and calico, £300; packing cases, £SOO j rail, freight, insurance, &0., £950 ; expenses in London, £6OO. This makes a total expenditure of £3390, leaving a balance of £14,110, thus giving on average of a little more than £l4 to each cow. The necessity of a factory is admitted on all sides, but the question is, how are we to accomplish our purpose. There are two or three plans, simple enough, it only once token up with energy and determination. First—Say £2OOO would bo required for tho necessary buildings ond plant, but little more would be required, except for working expenses, until the first draft would bo ready for shipment. Every farmer would know the quantity of bis milk delivered at the factory, and would receive his just proportion of the net proceeda. Another plan wonld be to cooperate—fix tho price of milk delivered at the factory, settle tho accounts at stated periods, and when the season’s produce is ■ sold, tho net profits are divided according to each man’s interest. The next plan would be for an independent company to be formed, to charge tho farmers so much per pound for manufacturing the cheese ; ono halfpenny per pound would probably bo a paying charge to make. This plan would not require any capital from tho farmers. There are two other plana yet open. If tho farmers will not taka aotion for their own benefit, then, for ■ the advantage of the colony and the commonwealth, the Legislature ought to. No Government can separate itself from paternal claims without incurring great blame or

poaitive guilt. Stated are but familiea on -an extended acale. The Government has done one good thing if properly managed. I refer to the Model Farm or Agricultural College. To complete the thing a cheese and butter factory should be built, cowa kept on the homestead, and milk brought from the farmers in the surrounding districts, and get a first-class man to make a good article and teach the farmers’ sons to do likewise. The other plan is, if neither the farmers nor Government will move in the matter, to form a company either in New Zealand or England, purchase a tract of land, say 6000 acres, keep 3000 cows, and build a factory in the centre of the holding. That could bo made a splendid project in all its surroundings and developments, and success would be certain. Towards this project, one gentleman has already said that ho would subscribe for £2OOO worth of shares. The Government might move in their direction, the farmers should push their project, and the latter plan might be carried out, and all move in the strictest harmony, and soon make New Zealand the finest cheese producing country in the world; such is my settled conviction. This grand field of enterprise makes an old man desire to be young again. Yours, &0., Wii, Bowsoa.

[Per s.s. Australia, at Auckland.] LONDON, May 16. The Admiralty has given permission to the Bacchante to remain in Melbourne from May 20th to June Ist, and in Sydney from June 6th to 16tb. She is then to proceed to Auckland.

General Ignatiefl’s appointment as Minister of the Interior in Russia and the renewal of a repressive policy by the Ozar has created an impression throughout Europe unfavourable to Russia. May 17. A daring Fenian outrage has been perpetrated at Liverpool. An attempt was made to blow up the police station by a dynamite bomb, and the explosion was a terrific one, and was heard all over the city. Fortunately no lives wore sacrificed, but considerable injury was done to the station. The windows were all smashed by the concussion, and the building was otherwise damaged. The perpetrators of the outrage have not been discovered. A strike of Chinamen has occurred on the Pacific Railroad. Two thousand struck work for higher wages. In the State of Nebraska serious rioting has taken place.