SATURDAY, JULY, 6. 1889

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 382, 6 July 1889, Page 2

SATURDAY, JULY, 6. 1889

It is truly refreshing to note the rapidity with which the business bf the House has proceeded, so far, during tha'present sea- f sion of Parliament. We sincerely hope so marked an improvement over the usual course in past years will continue until the close of the session ;, and that Parliament* will not wnste- time over .profitless and idealistic legislation, and the discussion, of, fads. ,, The present Parliament could' hardly go out of office with a higher 1 eulogy than an' abreviated Hansard ' would form. Every Government have deemed' it their duty to 'introduce riumerpus bil!9 t *artd' > the.re 'is hardly any limit to the exuberant' faiici.es of private' members. As., a ■«„ result, the task imposed on ordinary members session after sessibn/in 1 endeavouring to make themselves conversant with the enormous mass of bills placed before' them ia '^absolutely Herculean. The conse-- f . quench of this is what might naturally ; be expected,. Many Members 'neglee^.ito 'thoroughly ;atudy any measur.es Bftvcrtft£s£; 4hat cojicerh their own district, and those •on .whjch attention has been strongly concentrated l f anil Ivfth refcpec't to the latter they are Joo often guided raoVe by the speecbe'sof tfie respective party Jeadprs^ tih'arf- by. thefJ merits*- of the bills. "C^our riiiricla it seem's that 1 the mania for so mucirlegi§lati6iiin,.N',ew l .J2ea)anU v has "been very]ii)jui;idis to, the Colphy. It is a maxim in iho^courits,. throughout ,the British Empire , that- ignprance , pf. the law is no. v,al id > excuse for« if^s< iiifringment.' '. : As i *long ats the existing sykt'em^'ofila'wr making,' 'cdbbling , j , an;!* patching, continues' hi J^ew Zealand, 'this' axV» most, j^flj^t'i ( l^at'dVbip ', on,''. Her. Majesty's I ' . " .principal business of the .Parliament is, to discuss fiukn6e.< theColohy is in as soundt 4 «[condi<iioT» as wo-hope soam « id. see it,; Wf may "take^n^/vWiflr'iftWresTf gVeat social .such'as^xte^s^ou of 'tJit'orcf, law prabtittc\ners Xi r etc.'',V l etc«i' Jtist-* riqw; .w,e cannot afford • £he, timqj, necessary ;for ; their ; cqnaic|eration,, weightier matters require' the attention; of our legislators. • ■• ' «

We tvere unable to receive our usual' batch of telegrams last night o*ving tothe' wires being down between here and the Thnires. The break is somewhere in the Gorge we believe. There will be a Hitting of the Warden's a..d Resident Magistrate's Court at 3 c Aroha next Tuesday. L ' '•'' " s ""I

The noxt 'Frisco mnil closes at Te Aroha on this day week, Isth inst. J * The ordinary monthly meetihsf of^ Waiorongomsii School Oommittee^vill^bo' ,held on JVtonday.evening n »xt ' " V 1 ' The oVdinnry^thnrithlr'"rnqetin?;of ;the Tg'ArohftiftofrSpringa Domain* Board will' 'bS-field ih'fs eVening.?^ \ : y J <' .C The quarterly meetinsof^the^eßJcvan"Church. Upper Thames .Cyrcuif, will he held atTe Aroha on Monday next, Sth inst, commencing at II a.tn, • Lefctctscan now be ported at Waioronsro* mvi for Auckland, Waikatb, Thames, etc., on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 6.30 a.m. The p.«. To Aroha now runs three times weekly to Paeroa. It is announced that another Bteambo.it is to ho laid on to trade between .Auckland and Paero'i direct, viz., thea.s. Ruby, which is to run twice weekly. Dr Waddington.announcesbvadvertisement that'from ami after the 9th inst. he iup; !>^ > -Gon^Hi!,-?(U v at /Cc A,roha<» each 'd4Yjns^e J .month,' of jJnl'y', frorti; -Tuesday tVntil 'Fridaj . Dr Waildington expects to residence at Te Aroha $y th.c erfd *of Ih'e-inonth. '■' > - * ?' V' ' t'4't '*' JV> V^ry pe^ere "weather/ stft <jn ag,ain on Th^fccJay^nigJ&^RtjT Yesterday mornijrg rain came down in thrr«pN ,;>'*oo v tis panied,with n , v,-r- 'itioi:^ wind I th'» U'uvy gusts emU-mr; ;-.uuiv t'tiild ngs U. -t' r .o foundation. _ \V - ivgret to state thnt. Mr J. B. Ue'afchcote will nuflf;er'byj,the storm. H.e hasftlie contract in hand lov> llie erec<" tion or a very neat house for Mr A. \V. Kdw,ardB,,* Mr Honthcoto hnd all the fraitfewoyjc^up, apd on Thui^dy.y,. the Rafters \pre 'all p!|qed in position?; '' Tlie \vfiid wSfs,B'b;^eyere^hat &W exceptionally J*on.£^ufit blew thetwhole r cotlperii down'; id from ".the Ibfi3>gf time, a great the timber, lws'-been rend^ied use- ' less/" and" will ha^v^ to beWwplaced. James Coiii > tney, v 'niiner s ,'jVVaiorongo j m,aij 4 NjrliO 'the other day^^led t^ -petition to be a bankrupt, v^as examined before $\\\q 'Official' Asfigrree ,on Tuesday last, •Wheh he deposed »: I*ari) a labouier, and . lehrdoat Waioron"goni!»j. Dv ij\°, the last three yearn I have been out ol n'oHc a great deal,' .1 do 'not think JT havy had work for fonr dtiya* a- week on an 1 average. When t have work my wages-are 8s a day,-, and ' dut of this I'have a w ife and three children tp support. It is entirely owing to scarcity bfxWOi^.'U.iat I have got into difficulties, ipy wages when I am in full work being only just sufficient to keep me. ,1 h,nve nothing,, in the Way of •"Ja.sseti . A:L^',^n^ the furniture, 'which T value at •:,(. I <nn vn^leftol make .fcn^bffbr.'totiny^riiiljlurs.-. . /As. will 'b"e seen bjCVdVertiseinent an entertaiument, consisting of a burlonque (The Bleeping Beauty), conceit, nnd tableaux, to he followed bj- a dance, will take place in Te Aroha Public Hall on nuxt Wednesday evening. The enteitainnient will he given b\ the school childion, assisted by several amateurs (seme oE whom hail ft oiu a distance), and promises to be a great success. A most attractive, programme has been prepared, and we have no doubt there will be a crowded attendance, more especially as the proceeds will >i;e, devoted towards the coat of proem ing scientific apparatus for the school, The Waikato Times of Thursday last ill*!. 0 refers to the departuro of Dr Wad- / N i,gton for Te «A'rblm :,—'* Onnj bridge is about to lose one of its oldest and. most popular residents in Dr Waildjmgton, who, hns decided to remove to To Arohe. Dr* Waddington'a face and figure is fatnilixr to every settler within the Waikato and Piako district^, and there is scarcely a household within range of the township of Cambridge, with which he has not, at some time ov another, been associated either professionally or by friendly intercourse. The worthy doctor has had a lare^e experience in various parts of the world, Jind was in tho old days attached to the military forces of the Empire-whilst in active service, His skill as a practitioner is undoubted, and there is this also to say of Dr W.iddington,that he possesses the kindpgt, and< most 'sympathetic of disposition?." , At the meeting of the Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, held at Hamilton ;on Wednesday last, a letter was received from Dr Kenny asking for instructions as to the treatment of persons suffering from piimury syphilis and delirium tremens, and giving methods used in other hosnljrlj,:? Nt/v Z-'aJiiivl jiii'i also ia K^^' 18 *^"' >l ' '"* -'''^i^ tho n^oe^-Vi-y " appliancps were not provided at the W<ukato Hospital. It was resolved that Dr Kenny be informqd t}iat no^ajes «s above be admitted or treated "at the Hospital. •Major Ja,ckaon, M.H.R., forwarded a copy .of J tbe J3ill introduced by the Colonial Secretary. After' considerable discussion it' was decided to telegraph to the members of the district asking them to oppose* the pining of the Act as it would tend to close /^country hospitals. v A "letter J was received from the Hamilton 1 Borough' Council stating that at a special meeting held to con- • eider ,'the proposed .Bill it was resolved " That the Council .take no, action in the .matter,?' '' ..... .••;.. • 'In thc'Finanpial Statement delivered on ; the 25th iilti the',Golonial Ti -i\m'u - ■ -efpi rod to the work done by the iJoviMn.7i-.-ot liite 'Insurance Department, and g.i»-e the following very interesting stastistics, r He : Bai^i : — It would be instructive ,to-compnih? the fotal ordinary life ,a*!surtmde pi New Zealand with that of other countries. The 'population of New Zealand possess L 24 of life' assurance per head, whilst in Australia ' thi& -average' is" LI 9 per' head ; in the 'United States itisLS, in Canada L' 9, al l 'in -the United Kingdom it is Ll2 pci hend The number of policies possessed by cvoiy -thousand of population in New Zealand is BCVjn' Australia 66, in the United States 15, in Catiada-24, andf in the Uuited King-'d'6m-26V :r Tlio average amount of poliGy in' the United Kingdom is L 487, in Canada L 360, in Australia L3OO, in the United States L&5;4, and in New Zealand L 295. 'It' is gratifying to note that, "while the "average sum assured by each policy is less !'in New Zealand than elsewhere, the total -number of; policy-holders in this colony bear ' a larger proportion to its total ; ' population jthan is the case in any other English -speaking community ; and that though tlie' individual policies average a h'os&um here than elsewhere, the number itf so much greater than the total sum assured , divided atnong-t the wholo popu'ril ion,! gives a larger sum per head Lere tiian any where else..-'. '.' , • '••

In the House of Representatives on Tuesday last, the Colonial Secretary moved •file tfeoqnd reading of the Registration of Electom^BiJJ, briefly explaining itelpro•visiori&jvthe* chief Af which are that every person is obliged to apply fQ'r, enrolment, that no .'person*. is to be entitled to.voto till he .baa' takjan out an elector's right, for , which a* fee of one shilling must be paid. Mr Taylor' moved that the debute be adjoiiioedfor »-week, which was agreed to.