The Waikato Argus. GEORGE EDGECUMBE, Proprietor. THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1897.

Waikato Argus, Volume II, Issue 133, 13 May 1897, Page 2

The Waikato Argus. GEORGE EDGECUMBE, Proprietor. THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1897.

Ik another column we print a report of the speech delivered Ly Mr Chamberlain at the annual dinner of the Colonial Institute. It affords much matter for thought and consideration by all who live under the regis of the British flag, whether they are located within the borders of the Old Country, or are aiding to promote the greatness of the Empire is distant colonic?. The object of the institute, which has now been in existence for some 30 years, has been to promote Imperial sentiment throughout the Empire, and as Mr Chamberlain points out, it has aided, if not been a principal cause of that feeling which now pervades all divisions of the Empire. All who have made it their business to guage public opinion, whether by personal intercourse, or by the tone of the Press of the Empire, have found sufficient reason to look hopefully forward to the time when federation of the Empire in its fullest meaning shall become an accomplished fact. Federation for the promotion of trade and pros perity, and federation for the defence of the rights of all, a unity of physical and commercial power which shall secure peace for the Empire consequent on its ability to resist any invasion of its rights and to punish any combination of Powers that might make the attempt. The policy of the Empire is not to question the claim to territory which any other civilised country has acquired, either by conquest or annexation, and she will insist upon all other countries similarly respecting her rights. As Mr Chamberlain pointed out, the colonising enterprise of Great Britain has passed through two stages and has reached a third. The first was when the Old Country looked upon the colonies as an orange to be squeezed for the profit of the Mother. Then followed a period of reaction, in which the colonics were not looked upon as regions to be exploited, but on the contrary, as encumbrances to be cast off on the first occasion that offered a plausible excuse. Mr Chamberlain added that this was the time when the " Little Engenders:; were in full career. They were unable to look forward, and believed that all countries of the world would ere long be converted to the principles of free trade, they did not foresee the day, which has now arrived, when few markets remain open (o Ijritish manufactures except those of the countries over which floats the British flag. British statesmen now fully recognise that great nations are growing under the British flag, and the populations of these budding nations are fully alive to the fact that it is only by attachment to that (lag and by fulfilling the obli "ations which such attachment involves that the sum,nit of their "reatness can be reached. The desire for federation is the outcome, partly of pride in the great nation of which each division forms a part, whether us parent or oil-

spring', and partly of a somewhat lower but morn practical incentivesclf- interest. Mr Chamberlain looks forward to the federation of all the English speaking peoples, but admits' that the day for the fulfilment of his prophecy is distant, and must bo the result of evolution rather than of active measures to promote its realisation. The great spectacle which is to take place next month ill London is of little consequence, except in fiohv as it will he a powerful object lesson to all Mio peoples of the world, and in so far as it may prove a stage on the journey to that complete' federation, which although .still distant, is within the mental view of far-seeing men such as is Mr Chamberlain.

A fatal accident to a miner, nam;d Crowd or, took place at Huntly on Tuesday.

Mr P. A Dignan was installed as Mayor ot Auckland, at the meeting of the City Council on Tuesday. For some reason, which we are unable to fathom, our usual batch of telegrams did not reach us last night. The Hamilton Borough Council sat as a Revision Court at 7-o0 p.m. on Tuesday evening, when the burgess and defaulters' lists were presented. His Worship the Mayor and Crs. Tristram and Bcttlcy were appointed to sign the burgess list.

At the meeting of the Board of Education on Tuesday the following appointment was reco.ntrionded by the Teachers' Selection Committee : Miss Jane Hueston to be teacher at Glen Murray. The tender of Mr C. W. Cold ham (£205) for the erection of a school building at Taupo was accepted.

A telegram from Taupo states that a huge flock of sheep en route for Waikato,"in charge of Mr Gregory and party, arrived there on Tuesday evening. They hael been about six weeks on the road, having been much dclaycel by the recent floods, which had carried away several btidges. They had to swim the sheep over several streams.

The Waitoa Boad Board give notice of the closing of a portion of the WaioroDgomai Boad, pending the repricing of the culvert over the Tonepi Creek ; and the Kirikiriroa, Road Board intimate that Lovell's Bridge, naer Taupiri, will be closed against all traffic from 7 a.m. on Monday next to 7 p.m. on the following Wednesday.

At a conference of delegates of the Local Bodies in the Christchureh district, legal opinion was received to the. effect that each tody had only power to enforce tl\2 dairy regulations within its own distiic't, and not to combine to form a central board. It was deeieled to endeavour to arrange for obtaining power from the Legislature to form a central milk board.

The recent heavy mortality amongst the cattle in the Tikorangi and Waihi districts is attributable, according to Mr Orbell, the Government Inspector ot Stock, to sympotomatic anthrax, or black water. The symptoms of the disease arc loss of appetite, dulness and colelncss of extremities, then lameness or stiffness when moved, and generally an arching of the tack.

With regard to the meeting at Cambridge advertised in our last issue, re the Mounted Infantry, Captain Rcid informs us that it will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall, the Public Hall being engaged for that evening. The captain will visit Ngaruawahia to-day (Thursday) for the purpose of swearing in a number of members, ami he will, no doubt, be pleased to meet with others who purpose joining the corps.

On Tuesday evening about 5.30 p.m. a flic broke out in premises at the corner of Lome and Coburg Streets, Auckland, in the occupation of Mr B. C. Plumtr.cr as a straw hat manufactory. The buildings were old and were of woeid, and although the Fire Brigade was early on the scene, there was considerable difficulty in suppressing the flames. The loss has been considerable. The Commercial Un : on Company had a risk of £BOO on the plant, machinery and stock.

A slight error crept into our re port of the last meeting ot the Ki ikiiiroa Reael Board with rcfeience to the Tramway Road. We stated that Mr Smith applied to have the Tramway Road taken over its original course instead e>f through Mr Seddon's property, This in incorrect. The road in question runs between Sections 257, Mr Sedilon's anil 237, Mr Coatcs'. Mr Seddon has fenced in Ins siele, while Mr Coatcs has not, but the latter gentleman has put a fence up at both ends, and that is the obstruction Mr Smith desires to have removed.

A meeting of the To Aroha School Committee was he'd on Monday night, when there were present : Messrs P. Gilchrist (chairman), Wallace, Stanley, Mackie, Hill, and Kev. E. J. McFarland. Constable Wild submitted the absentee list, together with his report thereon. It was decided, after some discussion, to take further action if there was no improvement in the attendance by the next meeting. The Board of Education grant, amounting to £l7 15s, was received. The Secretary was authorised to attend to the supply of school requisites. The credit balance at date \\as stated to be .CO odd, and the net proceeds of the late concert amounted to £ll os Oil. It. was decided to allow £'.i 10s of the latter sum to be devoted to the purchase of wall cases for the school museum.

Mr F. Brady, of Pahautanui, at the local Agricultural and Pastoral Association, lecrntly stated that the true type of Romney sheep is now almost extinct, and ha suggests that the following be the subject for discussion at the forthcoming agricultural conference : (1) That Romney sheep now being bred and shown are not true Romneys ; (2) that the name ought to be altered, or a new class instituted, to he known as the "improved Romney''; (.'!) that an expression of opinion be taken at the conference as to whether the improved Romney is not a more useful and profitable sheep in New Zealand than the old type of Romney. Mr Matthews, of the \Vairarapa Association, strongly combats Mr Brady's views, and points to the large number < f Romneys which are contimidly being imported. The Rev. Dr. llosking, who occupied the chair at the Kev. Mr Walker's temperance address, held in the Wesleysn Church on Monday evening last, referred to certain mis-state-ments concerning himself that had been circulated throughout the colony by various newspapers, lie staled that he had bein accused that on the occasion of his farewell meeting in the Hawke's Hay Circuit, when it was proposed a sing a well-known hymn—Cod be with you till we meet again—" that he objected to tl.e hymn being sung, as he had no desire that they ever should mecc again.'' A* a matter of fact he had not objected to that—or any other hymn—being sung, and hide d no reference whatever w;is made by anyone to the singing of the hymn. He had stated on several occasions that the morality of the llawkc's IJay district was lower than in ;.iiy other i art of the colony, but that statement he was prepared to prove by

statistics and other mean-'. The fact that Dr. llosking was [resented with a purse of sovereigns on the evening of his farewell, must be accepted as proof that good feeling existed letuccu him ami his congregation.

The ideal house is yet very far to seek, but there are bold adventurers ivho try to realise it, and one of them is Dr. Van tier Heydcn, of Yokohama. The walls of his new "hygienic villa are made of double plates of ground glass with a solution of alum in water between, and the plates are held in metal fiamcs built together. These walls allow the light to pass, but cannot bo seen through. The alum also absorbs some of the heat of the sun by day, and gives it out by night ; consequently the interior is fairly well supplied with heat and light I y the sun alone. The roof, on the other hand, is made impervious to beat and light, 1 here are neither doors nor windows in the ordinal y sense. The house is entered by an underground passage, to which a covered stair leads. The air also enters by the stair, and can be cooled, if necessaiy in summer or warmed in winter. It circulates by means of gratings in the floors through all the house, and escapes nn cr the roof. Before entering the house it is filtered of microbes by passing through cotton wool and glycerine. Obviously this house might do very well in some places and for some people, but we question whether it is well adapted for general use.

A matrimonial adventurer, named John Bullock, after completing a term of three months' imprisonment for imposition in connection with one of his marrying ventures, was re-arrested as he left the Melbourne Gaol on the charge of bigamy. Bullock is 25 years of age, a puiser by occupation, and a married man. His domestic icsponsibi ities sat very lightly upon him, and he became a devotee of the matrimonial bureau. He advertised for wives, fometimes favouriug dark hair and black hair, and occasionally pronouncing in favour of the distinctly blonde in typo. All had to be good looking and presentable) and small capital was indispensable. The advertise incuts brought replies from many spinsters, and Bullock (under a more romantic name) made arrangements to marry several of them. One he cajoled as far as the church before he disappeared from her view. But in the case ot Miss Burt, of Mia Mia, near Kyneton, he wont through the ceremony of marriage with her. Such, at any rate, is the allegation made against him, From several of his dupes Bullock obtained small sums ot money. That was the burden of the charge of imposition upon which he had served three months. The marriage ceremony with Miss Burt forms the groundwork of tli3 latest charge, and the warrant upon which Bullock was arrested was sworn by the genuine wife, who had all long been living in ignorance of the duplicity of her remarkable husband.

All Europe is at present (writes the Medical Times) discussing one cjucstion and that the Eastern. Prominent and powerful in council stands the German Emperor—the political puzzle—the protector of Turkey; the punisher of Greece. Politics, like proverbial straws, show- which way the wind blows, and in analysing the political acts of the German" Fmperor it is difficult to always find logical motives, From a physical point of view this monarch suffers from many infirmities—namely, an undeveloped arm, an ear trouble, and bad general health. The defects alone would, in en ordinary person, be considered sufficient te> account for eccentricity and want of mental balance. If one limb be undeveloped there may be a corresponding defect in the opposite half of the brain ; a lop-sidedncss close to some of the most important centres. The ear disease may be of an irritative character, causing irritability and uncertainty of temper. "Well known and perfectly obvious as the anatomical deficiencies are, they arc not taken in'o account as influencing emperors and personages in high places. The Kaiser has not even the excuse that he is "a self-n.ade man who worships his Maker," but being in power, be, with a self-concentration which is remarkable, puts himself, and himself alcne, as the cue consideration; his ideas are transcendent and grandiose —the naval programme to wit. He ignores counsels and counsellors ; lie rejects experts, and poses as one himself; a very Teufelsdroch in being a professor of things in general. Surely such a conelition cauneit be a political puzzle ; it must be a pathological psychological study. The personal equation was never so well shown, and never so dangerous because respected and not discounted.

Two sensitive persons havo committed suicide, the one a nurse at St. George's Workhouse, Sonthwark, who seems to have been driven to it by two troubles. One of these was that the officials with whom she dined would insist on talking " shop," and the other that the would on leaving be obliged to hand in her uniforms, for the making of which she had herself paid. These wou'd seem to lie but petty grievances to produce such a tragical result, and the fact that tli' y did fully just fied the verdict of " temporary insanity." The other ease was, if possible, even more singular. The driver of a doakey-engiiio on board a steamer entered the bar of the Tredegar Arms, near Newport, and requested a kiss from the barmaid. The barmaid refused the boon, and, turning away, walked to the other side of the bar, whereupon the man took poison, and died in a few minutes. It is not an unusual occurrence for kisses to be rtfusul, but as a rule men survive the refusal,and even venture in time to solicit the favour in another quarter. Possibly, Kenny may havo been exccpiionally fortunate, and this rebuff was so unexpected that it at once unhinged his mind ; or. upon the other hand, he may have met with so many refusals that he arrived at the fixed determination that in case of this happening again, he would put an end to his existence. Unquestionably, ho went the wrong way to work ; however willing to indulge in oscillatory «xcrcisis upon lilting occasions, no self-respecting young woman, whether behind a bar or otherwise, would consent to grant a favour thus suddenly aslud by a stranger, especially as other people may have been about, 'the nature of the poison is not mentioned, but as it is unusual, even for the diiver of a donkey engine, to carry lethal potions about in his pockets, temperance people will, no doubt, come to the conclusion that he must have swallowocl a glass of that deadly pois'.n—bee r.