The Waikato Argus GEORGE EDGECUMBE, Proprietor. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1896.

Waikato Argus, Volume I, Issue 63, 1 December 1896, Page 2

The Waikato Argus GEORGE EDGECUMBE, Proprietor. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1896.

, <y TjiK majority of the planks, so far as they convey any moaning, which go to constitute the political faith of the Rev. EIiWAUD \V.U,.cint will be endorsed by ii very large majority of the Waikato electors, which is equivalent to writing that the same opinions uro held by the gentleman he has at tho eleventh hour entered (he field to oppose. No. 1 plank is a very fiutulant style of "hiding your meaning in language," We are not aware that any school of politicians disputes any man's right to live so long as he can, provided he has not deprived sonic other liege subject of Her Majesty of his rigid in this respect. As to eipial opportunities all have them at the present lime, so far as it is possible by legislation to give them. The only recent ease which we can call to mind where this has not been so, has been that in which the Government deliberately squandered the public funds in older to reward .me man and punish another for the reason of their political faiths. No, 2 [dank of course nll'.uds the real reason of the rev. gentleman's appearance on the scene. He believes that a bare majority in phce of ilnee-fifths of the voters shall decide as lo whether iicenses shall be graiitol locally or throughout the colony. To most reasonable minds this would be a most unjustifiable proceeding. It is certainly only reasonable that if the liberty of a section of tho people is to be interfered with, it should be at tho dictation of a substantial majority and the result not depend, in it might do, upon one vole. His party have got all they are likely to get in the way of legislation end them is only one stage in advance for them, and that is to educate three - fifths of the electors of the colony to their way of thinking. His third plank intimates that one reason for liis coming forward is to provide belated Liberals, selfdubbed, with au opportunity of recording a vote. This is very kind of him and the supporters of the Premier, who docs not believe in prohibition, should be grateful to him if they can, for serving up such a mixed dish for their acceptance. Some no doubt will, after pulling a wry face, swallow the whole mixture, rather than forego the delight of tasting one of its constituent parts. They are very much in the pesition a man fond of his whisky would find himself, if prohibition were carried in Lis district, if the rev. gentleman's party had their way and had all spirit lnadenoxiousbeforeallowing it (oeross the border. As to plank 1, lhe people are already the arbiters of their own destiny. Plunk o, as to education, is ti good thing but impossible in practice, the monetary question stands in the road. Plank (i, as to earmarking colonial loans, will be endorsed by every honest man in I he country, and for the reason that this was not (lone Mr Lanu voted against the Loan Rill. Plank 7, aslo placing the Civil Service beyond political control is ivhat Mr Lam.; and every other right thinking man wants. One of tho many complaints against the presold Government is that they have made appointments in direct opposition lo the law. No S favours rigid restriction of indirect taxation. How this is to culch the votes of the Liberals to whose assistance ho purports to have come is beyond our ken, that, is lo say, if Soddonism and Liberalism are (u lit) accepted as synonymous tonus. Mr Lam: has endorsed this plunk. Inter-colonial Fedeu-atioii and Free Trade is the next item. Those are both very large questions and want, of space compels us (o wilhholtl comment equally as absence does the candidal.-. Speedy completion of Hie trunk lines of railway, is the next bait held out. The' proposals of the Liberal Government in this respect arc not by any means encouraging. The want of knowledge of northern affairs on the part of Air Wai.KEK has precluded his unking any comment on the fact that large sums have been t'iverted from our line and that common justice demands that the first money available for railway purposes should be applied lo completing the line to Taranaki. The rev, geutlcuuiu

next poses as a railway expert and sug-gests that a trial of Mr Vaii.k's system should be miido in tho Auck-land-district. The eight hour system is already in vogue whore reasonably practicable. Old Age Pensions are dismissed with a platitude Reform in relations between the Upper nml Hie Lower House on the lines of the Norwegian system, is the next item. lliis might answer, but we fen- it would not form an effectual check on hasty legislation, The last plank is equal laws for the sexes. Then; need be little fear now thai both have Rot the franchise line that this will como about. There is lifllo probability that the rev. gentleman will find himself at the head of the poll, and it is a forlunalo circumstance that he has mentally prepared consolation under (lie adverse conditions whicb tire certain to attend him. To use his own words " I shall find my chief consolation in my bigh esteem for the personal character of the other candidate." The same feeling will, no doubt, also console (he electors of Waikato for the trouble they are to bo pul to in consequence of Air Walkkk's candidature. It is duo to themselves and to Mr Lang that every man and woman should poll, in the 'first place t» strengthen Mr LANG'S position in the House, and in the second as a protest against the hopeless invasion of the constituency by a total stranger, who is so far as they can possibly judge eiily strong on one point. In addition he is a man wedded to tho South, and who up (o this time has not taken the slightest interest in the welfare of tho district ho seeks lo represent. His return would, which is of still more importance, take from the North one-third of the advantage it has gained by the redistribution of seats consequent on the increase of population.

Ah the painters have not finished operations in the interior of the church, Pie Presbyterian services in Hamilton on Sunday next will again be conducted in the Yolnnteer Hall.

Tim Auckland Woolbrokers' Association will hold their lirst sale of the season at the Wool Exchange Rooms Queen-street, Auckland, to-morrow, commencing at 0 a.m.

The monthly meeting; of tho Kirik'riroa Road Hoard will be held at the Council Chambers. Hamilton Fast, to morrow, instead of on Fiidi.y, owing to,the Chambers being engaged on that day for poling purposes. There was a large congregation at the Wes'eyan Church, Cambridge, on Sunday evening to hear Mrs Freeman, of Ohaupo, who conducted the service and preached. It was a novelty to many to see a lady in the pulpit, and not a few attended for the purpo e of hearing her.

The quarterly meeting of the Waipa Licensing Committee will be held m, the Court Jlou.sc, Hamilton, at. noon to-day. The only business to come bi fore the committee is the transfer of the Pcensi of the Wairoa Hotel, from Mr Will. Carson to Mrs Jilizabcth Wallace.

We remind our sporting friends that the nominations for Hurdles, .Mai.b n Plate, Cup, Pony Pace and F.ying Stakes at the Waipa Jockey Club's Meet'ng on Tuesday, 20th inst, must bo iir. lie hands of the Secretary (Mr Lyons, Te Awamutu), by S p.m. to-morrow (Wednesday, December !)th, ISilli). The Floral Fete, at Ellcrslic, on Saturday, was one tf the most successful gatherings ever held in Auckland. It is estimated that fully twenty thousand people were present. Many of the exhibits were most tastefully decorated, and the whole scene was a perfectly charming one. P,y tho Tasmania, which arrived in Auckland ah nil three o'clock yesterday mornin:.', Canon and Mrs ('aider returned from th-:ir visit to the Old Country. Ther tinny frion Is will be glad to learn thai the Parson his received great, bun lit from lii-j trip, l.i< threat which at one time caused great aiix'ely being considerably impioved. Several resident:; of Hamilton have called our attention to a couple of disier.utah'o - looking characters, who were hanging about on Sunday, catling at vaiious bouses and asking for a drink and ether favours, with the object anpar, nl ly of lowing a good look round. i'hev niiiy have passed on by now, but teddeiits'in other parts should be on the look-out for them.

From a private letter we learn that Mr ('. A. Taylor may he expected back to his duties at the Hank of New Zealand, Te Awamutu, this week. We aie gl.d to hear that Mr Taylor has derived great benefit from the treatment, he obtained in England and on the 'Joutiner.t, one of Irs eyes being HOW wholly well, and the other nearly so. Mr and Mrs Taylor will receive a very hearty welcome from their many friends. We regret that in our last isTtie .some mistakes occurred in Mr W. .1. Uuntei's adverliseni'ii's, re the Hamilton and Te Awamutu sales. Mr T. Jones' cattle and Mr F. Vickcrs' sheep should have appeared among the entries for the Hamilton sale ; while tho Champion seed .bill, iron li. -Id roller and Mr Thompson's double-seated buggy will be offered at Te Awamutu. The corrected list-: appear in Mr Hunt, r's usual column tlrs au ruing.

On Saturday last a party of five 'cycls's left Hamilton for Te Arolia. A run of four hours with a spell at Morrinsv He, brought them to the goldlields township, where a bath was indulged in, and aft r dinner and a stroll round (he Domain, a start was made for home, which was reached in about four bonis' ri.ling. The cyclists thoroughly enjoyed themselves bur. say the roads were a little soft, making tin: fining a little heavy. Mr Vv. Ley started in advance of the others, making an attempt to lower the time made by Mr C. lanes over the distance, viz., 2 hrs 40 mill, but in this he was not successful. He, howcur, covered the distance in 2 hrs !."> niin.

We remind those interested of Clause 10 of the Alcoholic Liquors Sale Act Amendment Act, 1S!I.">, which io its follow!- : '• Kvery ihij on which the election of the Licensing Commit 100 takes place, or llpoa which the poll lor the local option under this Act is taken, shall be and be deemed to be a public holiday after midday, and Mich half-hob'd.iy shall be deemed to be a holiday within the meaning of the several statutes for the time being in force, r. feiring to public holidays, and, further, between the bonis ol twelve o'clock noun and seven o'clock in the evening it .shall be unlawful to sell intoxicating liquors in any licensed premises."

(.Jleiihrook, a small lownship on the Rliie Mountains, New South Wales, Ins been the centre of two MUlsjtioual disappearances, which point, to murder. Some fhoit, time ago an advertisement appeared in the Sydney rcwspapeis, scikins! for a man with capital, to join another in a pro peeling venture. A rctiied sea captain, named Wcller, replied, and came to terms with the advertiser, and accompanied him toGlenbro k. Wcller then disappeared, but ci-rlaui articles known to have belong."l to him have been found partially burne 1. This li.-covery led to the friends of another Sjdncy resident, who war, lu'ssing, placing toe matter in tho hands of the police. The la.l-nientioned missing man had also replied to au advertisement, ami went toUicnbieok to meet lite advertiser,

Our Auckland correspondent wired last lrght :-Election matters form the all absorbing top'e. Conflicting interests and numerous side issues renduit very diflijult to prognosticate as to the result". It is expected that the Rev. J. M. Mitchell, the new Presbyterian minister for Hamilton, will be in Auckland tomorrow (Wednesday). As the Presbytery meets on that day, it is probiide that arrangements for his induction into his new charge will be made forthwith. All New Zealand will bo sorry to learn of the serious illness of Lord Uo3cinca.il, who is known to them as Sir Hercules Robinson, and as one of the most able ami popular governor-, the colony ha:; had. He is at the present time Chief Comniissoner of the Cape of flood Hope. Lord Rosemead was born in IS2I, so he is now in his 72nd yeir. The, Premier of Queensland has announced the intention of the Government to raise a loan of X'2 325,000 t.. meet the appropriations for public works. Tho stock bears interest at .'!/, per cent. There is no hurry for the money, except the possibility of anything go : ng wrong by reason of a European war or some such contingency. 'I he Treasury is in an exceedingly healthy stale, anil does not expect to place more than a million and a-h df of the loan in London, the rest being raised locally. A number of our young folks went up to Otorohanga on Eriday last (writes our Pirongia o .rrespon !. nl) to attend, and some to take part in, a concert held in llctet's Hall. Soma who had to return at once after the, night's amusement to attend to their work in Ihc milking-yard the next morning had an unpleasant expeiienco of the weather. They found it so bitterly cold on the road that tiny all alighted from the'r horses and built a lire to warm themselves. They remain .1 ly it til daylight before they felt lit to continue their'way homewards. A curious instance as exemplifying the action of common salt. On the tabic lands anrng the Pyrenees mountains sheep -flocks of 3,001) to 12,000 are driven up from the valleys to feed down the herbage during the summer; the soil is characterised by a total absence of sodium and the salt bieezes from t'nc Bay of P.iscay do not reach such high latitudes of nearly two miles. The slncp arc invariably divide 1 in'o two groups, the one lot fatteirng, the other for breeding. Now, both :.re fed on the same land, yet one gro lp is ever Kan, and has to be main'ained so for r.-pro ductive ends, while the other group is invariably fat. The latter are supplied with sdt, the other int, and that makes the whole difference,

Mr Park, the Government veterinarian, while visiting Rotorua (writes a correspondent) met with an ui.usually interesting case of fi*<V« proroxi* ('• nasal disease/' Australia, " big head," America). The animal affected was a valuable live-year . Id gelding, and the enlargement of the bouej of the head w;is very ma ke.l. Alt Park informs me that t: fore the swell ng of th•■ head takes place the disease has a tendency to .si i.ulatc rheumatism, t'-e la-reness apreuirg in one leg to-day and in another to-morrow. Animals showing this iuclination shou'd alwu>s be regard .1 with sujpicioi). a.- possibly ;-h .wing the earlier indie.lions of "■/•" jir.u-o.sl-: 11-eulina from affected r.iim.als is universally eondear oil, as the luftuni-.g and enlarg'luci t of the osseous strue'ure will invariably repeal itself in the progeny. It is probable that the head of the animal in question will lie seered by Mr Park as :.u interesting specimen illus'rativc of tho disease. "An Escaped Lunatic" contributes the foTjwing to a corteinporai y : " A would be M'.lV.i committee approached a cold water league for assistance -linano'al au I otherwise. The spjkesman is under.--'.tod to have replied in the following thrilling manner : ' Asa man and a b.other your nominee n.u.-t have discovered that on our mild dietin which wo deny ourselves the f.r.niy pewter aid the >• uufoi t iblc rum hot the mud becomes elevated beyond the son! d sow and the elusive tanner. 'I lie.se we -eg ud as inlinile'.y below the level of that pure sympathy and sweet kindliness which we oil' r him as being above the price of rubies and sup. rior to the homely ijnid. We do not i Her him these rare gifts in bulk, as many oi our fellows mean voting io.- the other fellow. Tell your man from n e that there are some of us here patriotic enough to scrutineer for him, priac'i for him, and pray f r him ; and although we w H even shed the last drop of our brother's hoi r for him, we will £( c ourselves shot leforo we pay for him.' " At a meet ing in the Wairaugi Public Hall to take into consideration tho advisability of getting a creamery established, about 20 settlers were pre sent. Mr F, .). .Johnson was voted to the chair. In introducing the proceedings, he said the question ta consider wasto obtain a central sit: and then to fin I the cows. Mr Pregard sii.l be tin.b rstood the Association would not start a, creamery unless .(lil) cows weie guaranteed. Mr Mcltae said he would see Mr Sp-agg and learn the least i umber of cows ior which he Mould establish a creamery. He s.id he would not ask anyone to guarantee cows lefoie the site was settled on, but in the meantime they could see how man)' cows could be ruhed. He said he would supply 20 caws. Mr Fiegard suid he uou'd supply 20; Mr J. I'.ruee, 10; Mr Sampson, 20 ; Mr liruce, .-enr., 12 ; Mi- \V. I'.rueo, 12 ; in ad 100 cows. Ultimately it was agreed that a deputation wait oi Mr Spragg to get all particulars as to the number of cows, prices, conditions, etc. It w.;s proposed and carried that Mr Johnson, Mr MclJae, and Mr Fiegard canvass the district and see how many cows could be laised. The usual vo'C of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings.

The shortage in botictltist and the consequent, advance in price will make agriculturists pointer! before buying, as without a doubt manures of the bonedust class are very scarce. The reason is that our New Zealand Governnu nt has put out all ( v )iieons'aiid bvnedust, allowing none to land, not even that which is known to be from districts where tick does not exist, con-eqiieiit'y price's have steadily gene up and must continue to advance. A short time ago anthrax was a scare, and then all colonies wire p ohthited, furtunate'y the prohibition was withdrawn excepting as regards raw biuiedust. It m-y appear strange that af.er many yen's of use, th's quality should bo prohibited, for if anthrax can be attributed to inch grades, it would appear strange if only recently anthrax came amongst us inst'.ad of at an earlier date. Anyhow, phospha'es must be hid of some sort, and tee understand from the Sugar Company's ag.nti tint th ii- piincipals do not intend to tike advantage of any advance hi maiiine value., and seeing that the Sugar Cmipmy's phosphates have been treated to over |()'j() degrees of heat any sign of tick or an'hra.x .lis appears. OI course, guano may come to the front, but if oar Hoverniin nt, to protect llie interest of agriculturists, were to take the same care re t 1 i i fertiliser and ha'e heal applied, the tick and anthrax could not exist even in guano, W ith many it is understood that tick does exist on certain Islands ; so let its. lie oil the safe side, and take only such phosphatie. manures ns have heal applied sullieient to ki 1 all disease and insect life.