The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 278, 4 July 1888, Page 2

The Aroha AND Ohinemuri News AND UPPER THAMES ADVOCATE.

' Thia above all —to thine own self be true, And it must follow as the night the clay Thou can«t not then be false to"any man. — SIIAKRSrEARE.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 4, TBBB.

Looking over the Estimates we were struck by the excessive reduction made in the salary of the "Resident Magistrate and "Warden for Hauraki ; and carefully comparing how other officials have been treated, can come to no other conclusion than that the Warden for this gold field has been apparently singled o'lt as a victim for exceptional retrenchment. We say apparently singled out advisedly, for we can conceive of no possible grounds for the Wai den of this important district being treated with less consideration than others holding somewhat similiar positions. Nevertheless the fact remains that in the Estimates the salary of ?2O other Resident Magistrate and Warden has been reduced even one half as much as that of the Thames R.M. and "Warden. "Why he is thus treated with exceptional severity is what we should like to know. The salary of the Thames Warden last year was £530 ; whilst for thecunentyear it is set down at £400, being a reduction of £130 per annum or roughly speaking a reduction equal to twenty jive per cent. As compared with this, we give just a few instances of how other magistrates are treated :-— The Resident Magistrate at Auckland has been reduced from £GOO to £550; the Resident Magistrate at Gisborno continues to receive the same <>s last year, £450 ; the Resident Magistrate tt Wellington, £550. same as last year ; Reticent Magistrate at Napier, £450, sameaslastyear; Resident Magistrate at Christchurch, is reduced from £000 to £550 ; Resident Magistrate for Blenheim, etc. is reduced from £4.50 to £425 ; Resident Magistrate for Kaiapoi, etc., is to receive same as last year, £450 : Resident Magistrate at Timaru the same. The salaries set down for Resident Magistrates and Wardens for the undermentioned distiicts, are as follows : — Reefton, Westport etc., £400, same as last year; Ilokitikn, Bosp, e l c, £475, reduce 1 from £530 ; Invercargill, Riverton, etc., £475, reduced from £500 ; Clyde, Aivow. Qneenstown, efc, £450, reduced fiom £480 ; Naseby, St. Bathnns, etc., £475, formerly £530; Milton, Bnlclutha, etc., £475, reduced from £530. The Warden of this district is therefore to receive the lowest salary paid to any Warden in New Zealand, Wo fnrthor notice that Captain Jackson, who succeeded Mr Northcroffc as Resident Magistrate for Waikato, is to have an increase of £100 per annum, viz., from £300 to £400, although he will have nothing like the work and responsibility resting upon him as compared with the Thames Warden. Mr Stratford, whom Mr Noithcroft succeeded is to receive £475 as Resident Magistrate for Oamaru, the salary last year being £530. This treatment of the Warden for the Ilauraki Mining District is certainly most unjust, and requires expl .motion. The salary named is totally inadequate for the position toMie filled — why Government pay their Resident Medical Officer at Rotorua, to look after a mere handful of patients in the year, £400, and have not in the slightest reduced his salary. Beyond a doubt our Warden has one of the most difficult circuits in New Zealand to work ; extending from Cape Colvillo to beyonl Waiorongomai, n distance of over one hundred miles in length ; most of. it being over exceed, ingly rough country, totally devoid of railway or such like facilities for traveling, ami with very bad roads indeed. Now we are fully alive to the necessity for retrenchment on, ,tho 'part of the Government, and believe it will have to bo canied a long 1 way fuither than has been attempt.nl yet ; but let it be fairly

and consistently carried out according to theV o3^ 011 to bo filled. We repeat, the Warden for Hauraki has one of tlie most difficult and responsible positions to'fill. This district is not like many of the older districts ; there are so many interests v( Native and otherwise), to be considered. Again, the various goldmining centres all differ considerably from each other, requiring personal visitation and special consideration from the Warden. Mr Northcroft, since his appointment, has been most unsparing in endeavouring to make himself thoroughly acquainted with every portion of the district underpins charge, and will, we believe, continue to be so ; but without a doubt, ifc is enough to dishearten and discourage him or any other man filling the position of Warden of this goldfield to be singled out for treatment such a<3 we have referred to ; and wore not the case an isolated one, had all Wardens been reduced to an equal extent, wo should not hav-a referred to the subject. The matter is one that concerns all interested in the welfare and progress of our goldfield, for none will we think dispute the fact, that its prospeiity can be in a great, measure assisted or retarded by the line of action pcrsucd by the Warden, and whether he throws himself thoroughly into the work, or dimply administers the law as it stands. The latter a lawyer at half the salary could do, but what is needed on this g old field is not so much administration stiictly 'in accordance with Act of Parliament, as administration, as far as may "be, in accordance with the special needs, circumstances and requirements of each district. We therefore hope that the Warden of the ITauroki Mining District will not be made to feel that he has been specially singled out for harsh treatment, but receive that consideration he has .already so fully shown himself deserving of, and which has been extended to others.'

On Saturday la«t Messis W. R. Wilson anil J McCosh Chirk, accompanied by Mr Adam Porter, left To Arolm on a visit to W.iihi, when thry visited the Martha, Silvcittn and otlicr mine*, returning via Karangahake, reaching To Arolia again on Monday afternoon. They had a long intciview with Mr Parker All three left for Vaiorongomai ycsteiday morning, and were joined by Mr J. A. Pond yesterday evening, who has brought with him a poition o£ his apparatus for assaying, and we understand Mews Pond and IIowol! are likely to be busily engaged in assaying and testing ovo-i for several days. Mr Wilson, Mining Inspector, arrived at To A roh a, on Saturday hist and is still hero, on a visit of inspection to the various parts of the field. Benefit performance to Mr E. ITadfiekl at Wdiorongomai on next Friday evening. The monthly meeting of. Ohinemuii County Council will be held at P.ieroa on Saturday. Mr Tetley finished the new line of road to the Tui yesterday, and has returned to Paeroa, The many frieirls of the member for Wnik«tn distiict will be pleased to read the following which appears in Saturday's Waikato News : " We hear on good authority that Mr J. B. Wbyte has lately dropped in for a slice of good luck. A block of. land of some 40,000 acres in the Poverty Bay district was put up for a long lease at an upset piice of i£GO per year. The outride public got the idea that the conditions wero prohibitive, whilst Mr Whyte knew they were not so, and at the hour appointed for the sale, Mr Whyte and another gentleman were the only ones present, the result being that the Waikato m.in got the lot s^r the price stated. Forty thousand acres at £00 per year is not to be despised in these days !" The London Citizen advises investors to watch the course of New Zealand 4 per cents., as they will soon bo worth buying. The lowest pi ice recorded this year has been 97£, and the highest 104|, both with dividend. Last year the lowest price touched was do}, and the highest IOOf . Mr Cadman intends to move that tho cotre c pondenpo between Mr Parkes re anyone interested in his treatment of. refr.ictorv o/es and tho Minister of Mines be l.iid before the House. The Timaru Herald says: — Our millers should keep their eye upon Manilla and Tahiti as possible markets fortheir ptoduce. Between July 1887 and M-iy 188,822,000 barrels of flour were shipped from San Francisco to those places, which aie several thousands miles nearer to New Zealand than to California On Monday la^t Mr Theodore M. Lawlor, (son of Mr It. C Lawlor, J.P., Thames), who succeeded Mr G. Wilson as Clerk to the Te A roh a R.M. Cmrt and Wardens Officp, and Receiver of Gold Revenue, was i married to Miss Kate Cleve, daughter of the late Mr P. W. Cleave, of Trevanion, Cornwall, The m.'irriasfe was celebrated at St. George's Church, Thames, Rev, F. G. Evans officiating. The church was filled with the relatives and friends of the bride and bridegroom, and the service was a full choral one. The bride, who was given away by Mr 11. C. Gillespie (her brother-in-law), wore a rich white plush dress, with a long train ofjthc same material ; on the right sida there was a panel of handsome white lace, and on the other one of white cashemiro. Along white ' tulle veil was caught on the light sido with spray of! orange blossoms, while she carried J an exquisite bridal bouquet, the handiwork of Miss Gillespie. She was attended bv two bridesmaids — Misses L. Gillespie and M. Cal'an, both of whom wore very chaste silver lockets embossed with gold, the gift oC the bridegroom, and each carried a pretty bouquet,alsomade by Miss Gillespie. Mr T. Iseinongcr, head master of the Waio-Karaka School, acted as groomsman. At the conclusion of tho ceremony, the bridal party proceeded to the residence of Mr IT. C. Gillespie, Parawai, where tho wedding breakfast had been prepared, The newly married couple then left fnrTo Aroha via Auckland per s.h. Uotomahana. Wo wish tho .young couple long Hlp, happiness and prosperity. We understand Mr and Mrs Liwlor are expected to ariiVe at Te Aioha to-morrow afternoon..

Capt: Rupscll, who has just returned from England, recently made a remark in the JE.ousc which has given rise to some surprise. Replying to some of the Premier's taunts, he said he had special opportunities of judging the feeling regarding- New Zealand in financial circles at Homo, and it was his deliberate belief that the present tariff would x\o more to injure the colonial credit at Home than anything that had been done for a long time. In spite o£ the admitted drawbacks under which we are suffering, New Zealand is more favourably situated than almost any country in the world for the creation of a prosperous and a happy population. In nearly every branch of enterprise we are especially favoured. We produce a larger quantity of wool per Lead o£ sheep than any of our great rivals Our agricultural advantages are admitted. Our soil is far more productive than that of any oC our Australian neighbours. Our mineial lesources, in the shape of coalfields, are scarcely yet touched, and must in the near future bo a groat source oC wealth and prosperity. But we must learn to apply patient industry, aa well as capital and knowledge, to the developcniont of our resources. Owing to a want of knowledge a vast amount of waste goes on in nearly all departments of enterprise. A gi cat many of our fanners make but poor use of the advantages which our soil and climate place within their reach. They cultivate in a slovenly fashion, and too often risk the whole year's labour on one class of crop. Our climate ia especially favourable for a largo development of the production of! butter and cheese, yet a great quantity of these articles manufactured hero arc of very inferior quality. One reason no doubt, if that these indusliios loquire patient toil, and the application of knowledge and skill. It is much easier to sow a crop and wait till harvest ariives for the result. The pi ice our dairy products must be regulated by the demand outside, and a unifoimty good sample would raise the price all round In England, those interested Jin (ho daily industiy havo actually been employing experts from Canada to teach , them the art of cheese making on an improved principle, and we are convinced the wealth of the colony would be largely increased were some more practical efforts made to impart an accurate knowledge of the latest methods of manufacture to all those engaged in this important industry.