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Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3847, 29 April 1881, Page 2

CoNCBHNisa- the homesf-ocds at Tapu, our correspondent inforins vi that the result of lest y^r's crops,' though nat equal to the usual result, have amply repaid Ibe outlay, indeed, bo satisfactory hi 3it been that it is anticipated the result of next year's cropping ■will< ta equal to Ihe bpst in tlie province. The groat drawback is the want of daily communication with the Thames. This could have been eusil^ obviated had the County Oounc 1! utilised tho money — £300 — grantod ,by Government: iv extension the preEent dray roa'l now ending at Waiomo, a further distai.ee o( 2\ rpiea to Hastings when it would have had a beneficial resul', I instead of being wasted in the destruction of, j tbe present good bridle track from Hastings

to Waikawau. Our correspondent thinks that this waste i 3 occasioned by the clashing-of' party interests." Had • tHe roud been made right through ,to-Tapu, it yrould have given fmsh energy td. «T industrious population. The,f olio wing is.'a-Hat of the tenders for the two cnntraotji on the.ThameS'Coromandel road :— i No. I'contraq^-Vli7i chains—Punch aud Trainor, £183 I^B (accepted) ; Train'or and Punch, £23510 a; Godkin, £58510s; Hawkes, £235;- McDermott, £338; Butler, £280. No. 2 contract, 31 chains—McMohon, £25 (accapied) ; Wilson, £57 14s; McDermo'-b, £66 ; Page, £64 9s ; Butler, £65. - Mb TBIiSY advertises that ho intends going.} into the general butchery business, end not ! confine bis attention sole to the pork j butphery..^,. ..„ ...,..;..-._.,„„,... , ! The Te Aroha ehareholdersof the Moi-ning | Star and adjoining-mines are beginning to growl at the neglect of the Piako Counlj Council tV give them any assistant's, in making the road between the Spur and the main road. This is looked, on as a breach of faith. It is^ot long "since several hundred" pounda were handed over to the Council as goldfields revenue, when they promised to do the work mentioned, amongst others. The Hon. Mr Whitaker has given'an opinion to Lhe Waitemata County. Council that rates can be enforced ngainst the. European lessees of. native lands, although the leases . are not registered. This information should be of use to'our County Council.

The prosecutions against Mr Wickham are becoming very numerous. The gome is being earned too far by Messrs Rees and party, and although the remarks in the Free Lance wero likely to irritate Mr Bees, yet the idea that they were guch a3 were calculated to cause a breach of'pence is saying almost too much. Mr Bees is a public man, and should be able tp, stand criticisms upon big'actions. When his well-known pecularity is remembered for plain speaking, when he takes it in hand to. comment upon men or their measures, he should bo the last, to find fault with olher3 for following his example. We shall not be surprised to find that public sympathy will take Mr Wickhßm's side, and that the numerous prosecutions \»ill be regarded as persecutions. .'.■'■.■ '[ -„■_■

The aesumption of the G jyeraprehip of Cape Colony by Sir Horcules Kobineon, we hare al wayß regarded as a fortunate ci "earnstance of that country, ond we eve pleii-jcd to notice iiom late tdyices that our ex-Gtove;nor has already creatod a favorable impresiion amongst the South Afican colonijls, bjih Bv'tish and Dutch. Such a hian is b d'y required, as for yerra, the iff jva of. tje.. Capa have been* grossly •■•rr •■ mr-a^ed. Cir Eift.':o Fvcre, for years the : v .'•jg li^ivifc, A'^.ti 1 autocratic, aid di«tff^c :d nt t enly Che l'lt.Ve tribes, but flso a h-ge number cf *he-.Du|eb jseltlera. ihe recent naive we i lriy' be largely (rcc9d to his high*!-- ided po'ioy, ar,d Im endeavor tj depiivo tie lrar?va:(. Bo^rj of their EU^onomy is wi'houfc doubt lha o..i);sof the struggle "just eridcJ. Sv 1 Hercules fi->binsor is just the man 0 he'l (hcr^uerences between the contending f;c iwa, Fid we h°.va every belief that his ruie w'll ba a ,-nded by most beneficial results.

The Herald says:— The pali a kwe ?-Mi» tufji pi;oc.edii2g3, v idta- the -Auck^id Mucicipa 1 Police 4ct, Id tot ibe le o 'ity of .-sweepa on ra?:!3, and four ".^fovinu'-OuO.b'.^e beßn laid for cirf^ is r-arae on for h:.i .'33 vi Saturday. . Different phases 0? the queo'on w.HI bo avgued ; bat no .doubt-'.'e-general result will be to set at rest 'ie quest"on of the1 '■ legality of thcae-yenluves. -lac plp'ti^-a-o laid under tlio AuetHnd M'ur'c'pa 1 Po. i:ce Ac—a a old pro\incb-\ Act—which d. n-ot in: any 'way apply in uoy pbviion.of the 'r jloiiy oubsido the Auckland proviacirl di^t.ln'.

The Rotomihana will leave ori Monday morning at 7.CQ for Coromande!.

A cobeespondent suggesti that it would be a handy ac.omplisbment for scho'lboys to be proficient in the'■'handling, splicing, Hiching, and, tnotthig of ropea. He suggests the prbpiiety of■■ ha.vHg -the arc tvugbt.iu our pubic echoola A c'moion ja-cVkn'fe end a ftw piecs of ; ',lot^e3 line are tba; main appliances ncjd^i to inp vi the instruolion wiib. He concluc I'? 3it would not oi>'j bi of use ia oi Hna.y l'% but especiaMy t^ those who handle merchandise and nuobneiy. Anyone, he adds, who has nolictJ the clumey, haphazard manner in which boxes and goods arc. t'ifd for hoisting or for loadvig ugon trucks, will appreciate the advantage of practical instruction in tfcis direction. Probably a gocd plan, be further suggests, would be to have one schoolboy taught first by ths master,' and then let the pupil. t3ach the other boys. Our; corivspondeut thinks mo3t boys would consider ita nica pestime to practise duriDg recsss a id at the dinner hour, so that no time would be taken from study or recitation time. : - -.-. .-.- ■'.'.-

PBOOi!EX)IN*3 against MrWickhatn and the Free Lanre app:ar to be flowing fast and thick.. Yesterday Mv Wickham was boiind over to keep the paa c, iv consequence of an article which appeared -a the bVee Laace ia connection with Mr Be 33. We understand that affidavit hive now been filed by Mr Res in the Supreme Court, charging Mr Wickham with co'itempi; of Courl^ in referring to a matter w'nicu wes.'the" property of the Court, namely, the libel action Rees v. Wickhai-. We are aljo informed that a fx'eßli action foi* libel is by.ng iastiLuted a^^inst Mv Wicthaui, with regard *j an aiticle which ' appaaved in tho Lanoe in November last. —Uar-'.d. ;

A ntjmbbb of our loc:l spa. lßoieu are growling at the decision of the AcoHmaJ'zation Society not to permit hen pheasants'tj bo shot. The Society have have from time ( > time precluded hen bi-c?3 from beiag sold, bui the last enactment ii leaked o:i ki coming it ralher too strong. Cuv spovvio* fiiendi ' im'pkiu in the first pl-x'-o t'rit ii U impossible > •> I ell whether the bird L alien or a f'ock v wl after the shot Isfii'-d, t d f t'uj ehoukl sh.)!, a hen by accident, tht-y ru.i the l-'ik of inaun'i "g aheavy peii?'.ty. At le?ofc fou? suo'.lhts who have generaHy contributjl ' i-the ve/e'nue of .the Soaiety have detai'mui.d not 1.3 fc ka out licenses this year.

The following rre the v.i ni rmenda'ion- of the En«!ish Chambers of Oomineroa, forwarded * > Mr Gladstone ii i i the Lresident of tbe Boc.-d of Ti-ade upon !'io subject of the amendment of th<? Bankruptcy Law :—"lnat the proposed amendments of tbe Baik.ao ..y Law, in oidei-to be thoroughly effc ive; an.., as such, .permanently sathfao.or.y t:> the rammere'.?! cla^a, should sUpu'-ite foi- tl«e ultianta pay md i:t by ihe debt.. 1 to h' creditors of 2Gs fa the £, and that the fiaal discharge of the debtor should not be granted uitil such payment hza been made. (2) That the aid to be given by tbe Com.', to !'io debtor Bboud be the pi-oteotion of his . .tate from mdiv.duel creditor, for a prescribed f.me, in order to enable him U carry on his br:ineß3 (whether under inspection or not) in view of }:aying_c'l bis creditors in full; and. that on hiß failing to pay within the prescribed timo grantod by the Oouri, or in the event of there appeadu^ nfc any lime no prospect of such paymnnt, the estata to be immediately wound up and disirlbuted amongst the creditoia pro rata, and- tho bankrupt to be clisqiißl'fieJ f.-om trading on bis own account, and to be liable to prosecution for trading while an uncertifiV led bankrupt. (3) That the only cffcctur."' check both to advenUiroua and roeklofis trading; and to the absorption; of bankrupt estates in professional and:other charges, wou'd be {-ho knowledge thatinabilify to pay would in no case qualify a debtor for his release, and that his estate would only be

dealt with in the interest of the creditors, in view of their receiving full payment of their debts."

Il tbore is one thing more than another that works mischief among all classes in tho co lony, it w the un-easonable facilities that exists for persons getting into debt. Ihe result of the credit system when" carried to excesH, as it is in' : most parts of: New Zealand, is disastrous alike to those that give credit and to those that tike it. The business man that gives his gojds on credit must himself frequently suffer from heavy losses from tho default of parsons that have not the meaaa and sometimes npt the.wish to pay him, a loss which must ultimately fall on those customers that endeavour to pay their debts^onestly, or on his creditors when, he, psrhaps,' finds himislf obliged to fake refuge in the' Bankruptcy Court, through tho fa'lu-e of h?a customers to p;iy their accounts. But whatever may be the evils, business people themselves must suffer from the system, the result' to those- thut get the- credit is very much^wora?. Leaving out of account those conscienceless people that coolly.carry away a business man's goods without the slighte.-t int3ntion of paying for them vhere are two other clanes that ore very much injured by the practice. These are, first, those happy-go-lucky individuals who never at^p to con sider whether they can afford to purchase aa article that happens to take their fancy— they think i!> is not foo deav, and they carry it right away without reflecting where the money is to come from that is to pay for it. If these people had to pay cash down, they might think twice before taking away the article, and perhaps manage to do without it ; but when the payment is a th'ng of the distant future, they trust to the chapter of accidents for the means, and thus involve themselves in a load of debt from which they may never 1 c able ri extricate themselves But tht-re is another a?d a larger class, that r're more to be pitied—ihosp that purchase theiv goods with an honest intention, p"ad who have a reasonable prospect of paying for them. Those > persons pri frequently in receipt of weekly, or monthly wages, or have an income from eoino fairly remunerative business, and as loj^ as things continue in this way with them, their accounts ivc, of course, sotted puuciual'y. But the habit of getting their goads entered "ia the book" .frequently indues ttiem to purchase a gi-oat deal more thau they would if ready money were requfrid, lit'le delicioies and luxuries being caviied home at eveiy visit to the stora, which a prudent housewife would ne.var think of laving on the t:\b.e, if .-he had to pay the money out of her pu;'se.—^B.P. Times.

A COTKJT. H" joirinr! t-.ya :—Mr Robert Stout cannot f 3 Icnked upon £s;a bigot....: We observe" his r trie ia'-ibe i'sfc of euKcribeyj to the Ohurchm^pj iind.-, we are'informed that when he vVits any chivch.. his JibsraHiy when (he. .nil:-.'or gcss round i' of I'te mc3?t eremplrrjr clisvact ■•', but, st.aige to say-w.e .have know a .orthodox peop'e who, when they caw Mr S«"iuf"do--ii'rg" n ba'f sovereign, out of mere opp&iitico, to hetsrodoxj, gave only half a shilling.