The Waikato Argus [PUBLISHED DAILY.] THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1901.

Waikato Argus, Volume X, Issue 947, 16 May 1901, Page 2

The Waikato Argus [PUBLISHED DAILY.] THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1901.

The address on the milk question delivered by Mr Spragg in Cambridge on Monday evening must; be accepted as satisfactory, inasmuch us, in his opinion, the prospects of the dairy industry justify the paying of higher prices for milk by the intermediaries between the producers and consumers. Some little time back we published the terms which Messrs Ainbury and English were prepared to offer the Te Awainutu suppliers. Mr Sprngg has offered to go one better, and has compared the figures of the two offers. Seldom has the truth of the, old adage " opposition is the life of trade,'' been more clearly demonstrated. The price now offered is far in excess of that which ruled previous to the agitation which we and the Milk Suppliers' Association led some two years back, and which resulted in Messrs Ambury and English entering the field as competitors for the support of the fanners. No good purpose would now be served by seeking for any other reason for this fact than that the purchasers of the milk have found by experience that there is a greater margin of profit than they calculated upon, there having been no sufficient rise in the London market to account for the difference in the estimate. "When two men tender for work, or for the purchase of any article, there are three elements of difference. First: the amount of profit they consider fair ; second : economical or extravagant working; and, third, the estimate of the market in which the goods purchased have to be disposed. These are matters with which the person who calls for the tenders does not usually trouble himself, he trusts to tfie competition between men versed in the particular husiness involved to secure that which he requires at a fair and reasonable price, taking into consideration all the circumstances involved. There is no room for sentiment in business, the l&wesfc or highest tenderer secures the business, provided there be no stain oti his character in consequence of having turned out bad work or of want of integrity or punctuality in money matters. In the absence of cooperation, the milk suppliers will have to deal with one of two firms, as they may think more desirable. Ibis no business of ours; our business with the matter ceased when Messrs Ambury and English entered the field. The fact of their presence securt s to the settlers the best terms obtainable in the absence of co-operation, under which sys- '• tern, with proper management, the profit which each firm looks for ! would pass into the pockets of the j suppliers.

Kawhia notes and a report of a meeting of the Te Anamutu milk .suppliers will be found on our fourth page. The Premier Iras been advised that the Hon. J. G. Ward will leave Melbourne to-day uu his return to New Zealand. Six pedigree bulls and a cow, selected by Mr Gilruth for the Government, arrived hy the s.s. Matatua, in charge of Mr McKie, one of the newlyengaged veterinary surgeous. They have been quarantined at Somes Island. Another bull died on the voyage. It is harcily necessary to remind our readers that Mr McAdoo's Jubilee Singers commence their two night's season in the Volunteer Hall, to-morrow evening. The reputation which the company has acquired during their Jong public career is quite sufficient guarantee of the all round excellence of their performances. The Jubilee Singers are sure of a hearty welcome here. A presentaation took place in the inspectors room, Bank of New Zealand, Qu-en street, Auckland, of ;ome interest. Mr Buller, the manager, on behalf of the staff, presented Mr H. Buckleton with a spirit stand, and a pair of centre dishes as a memento of his connection with the Auckland branch. Mr Buckleton has lift for New Plymouth, where he has ken ap| oiuted manager. A presentaion was ul-o made on behalf of the staff ; y Mr Duller to Mr R. B. Lockhart, who !>iis lesionerl 'rom the Bank after a du'viec of fully 25 years. Mr Lockhart j i- »t.irtin» buwness for himself. j (gg" If you want to cure that Cold take J Manning's Cough Remedy j l-Yic'f, la 6d and 2s 6d per bottle, j Mauulaetured by A. E. Mank:nu, I hru.ist, I amiltoa. I

Mr Dennib, the retiring Mayor, was re-elfcted Mayor of Hastings by a majority of 194. Mr L, D... Nathan, of Auckland, has purchased in England the racehorse Fitzsimon, and he will be shipped immediately. The Railway Department is investigating thu charges made by the Society of Cruelty to Animals regarding brutality in trucking sheep. Mr W. J. Hunter's next stock sales at Cambridge and Ohaupo will take place on May '2sth and 28th respectively, when good yardmgs will be submitted. Mr Mathieson, the retiring Victorian Railway Commissioner, has sailed for England, where he has accepted the general managership of the Midland Railway. A party of boys were shooting at East Maitland when Wiliatn Carter accidentally shot Arthur iVatsou dead. Carter, in an agony of remorse, blew out his own brains. Tho Murylehone Cricket Club has decided thai, it is unable to accept Australia's invitation to tend a ttam owing to the difficulty of securing a representative one. The Fair Rent Bill to be introduced in Parliament by the Minister of Lands is on the sains lines as the itu asure which was anion a tho slaughtuted innocents last session. Tho Government has engaged the services of Mr Singleton, a cheese expert in Canada, for the instruction of cheese-makers in New Zealand. Mr Singleton is coming by the Sierra. Pointers as to how to save money are over acceptable to all clashes of the community. On our fourth page this morning Messrs Griffiths and Tudohopo impart some information on the subj ct. Some twenty new books by the most popular authors were placed in the Hamilton Library on Tuesday last. A meeting of the Library Committee will bo held to-morrow (Friday) evening at 7 p m. The remains of Mr John Ho wan, of Wanganui, were found in the ruins of Ashton's Hotel, Grey mouth. He had evidently dressed and conic down stiiiv, where he had been suffocated by the smoke. At the inquest on Frederick Kempthorne, the. son of a much-respected Gisborue settler, it was siiown that he di'id from strychnine, self-administered during a fit of severe depression, caused by the lonely life on a bush station. The Star's Wellington corrcspandent states that ho has th» authority of the Hon. Captain Russell, M. H. R., for stating that he had no more knowledge of his reported intention to resign the position of Leader of the Opposition iu the House than he has obtained from a leading article iu a recent issue of a Wellington newspaper. King Mahuta has issued a circular calling a monster meeting of Maoris at Ngaroawahia on .June Sth, to decide whether lepresentatives will be sent to Rotorua on the occasion of the visit ot the Duke of York. Should the n eelir.u favour the proposal, it is understood that some 200 of the leading natives will be sent to take part in the reception. The Canterbury College Board of Governors considered the recommendation of the committee that Mr T. Biunt, M.A. (Oxford), be appointed Professor of Modern Languages, but, after discussing the subject in committee for an hour and a-half, postponed the considerrtion of the appointment till the next ordinary meeting. Altogether there were 07 applications, including several from New Zealand. Them was a large attendance at the hunt yesterday, the meet being at I'ukekura, and a splendid day's sport was enjoyed. Mr Normal] Banks met with a rather severe fall, which rendered him unconscious for a lime, but no serious results aie anticipated. He was conveyed to Mr Richard Reynolds', at Tree in.e, ivheri he received every attention, and .Or Coates, of Auckland, wh) happened to be in the district, attended him. The presence of the Duke of Cornwall itiui York at the opening of the Australian Federal Parliament (says a Bmssoli paper) is not simply a compliment to that vast colony at the moment when the greatest event in its history is being consummated ; his pro-unco will also siguiry above all that Gnat Britain intends to lirmly maintain the last lie which binds her to the colonic-—colonies which hive reached such a degree ot importance! and prosperity that they are fully entitled to complete indep ndincs and autonomy. Not alone in New Zealand and Australia, but also from all over the world, comes the plaint that timber is getting short (-ays thu Post). As in the cise of coal mill its substitute, practical scientists will be shortly devoting theinselvis to the question of discovering substitutes f.>r the timber the world is so rapidly using up. Newspapers are the gidt consumers. The Sunday edition of a popular American papt r will dispose of a whole foies'r. A n evcelleut law exists in Switzerland, viz., that for every tree cut down the feller is bound to plant another. Our Cambridge correspondent writes :—A football match wua played at Cambridge yesterday afternoon, oet ween the "Wanderers," of Hamilton, and a scratch team of juniors of Cambridge. The play was vety evoi, for though Hamilton was forced twice and Cambridge once, that was the nearest approach to scoring that either s-ide could attain. Both teams were evidently out of form, for the play was not at all brilliant; indeed, the only one who appeared to be pbying a decent game was Jeffries, for Cambridge, and be did not make a mistake, but made ground for his side every time he gob the ball. Mr T. Prosser, senr., who was the victim of the bicycle accident in Pitt street, Auckland, died ou Tuesday afternoon at three o'clock. There was very little hope for him from tho outset", owing to his advanced age, 74. During the last two hours of his life he was conscious, but was unable to give a connected narrative as to how he came to be knocked down by the trap. He took a change for the worse about midnight, and expired a 3 above. Deceased was a native of Herefordshire, and an oil colonist. He arrived from London with his family in 1864, by the ship Eruistina, and commenced business in 1564 as a hoot manufacturer. The business, und-jr his guidance, prospered so that ho hid two shops in Karangahape Road, and one in Queen Street. At a meeting of the Hamilton West School Committee held last evening, all the members were present, Mr J. R. E. Batrick in the chair. Tenders for the supply of stationery were received from Messrs iiandes, Bond and ' Paul. On going into them it was found that there was very little difference between Mr Paul's and Mr Bond's prices, and the latter's tender was accepted. The quarterly grant, £7 10s from the Board of Education was re. ceived. An account from Mr T. Maunder for 12s was passed for payment. The question of a supply of flags for the school children on the occasion of the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Corewall was introduced, but it was pointed out that as the train would not stop at H. mi.ton nothing was done in the matter, «*§- MANNING'S COUGH REMEDY- Sold everywhere. Price, Is (id and 2s 6d per bottle.

Mr W. H. Paul has received another consignment of " the Pas nig of the Great Queen " by Marie Corelii. This little book is becoming immensely popular, and everyone should secure a copy. At the meeting held on Saturday last in the Public Hall Pirongia, for the purpose of considering the advisability of holding privdiace cattle sales iu Pirongia, Mr Isaac Hodgson, iu the chair, it was uuaminously agreed that a deputation wait on Mr Hunter and interview him on the question. Mess.s Mc Cardie, W. H. I'Jsmcs and others wore appointed to report on the result at a future meeting'. At the To Awamutu Police Court yesterday, before Messrs Hugh Irvine and Wm. North, Justices, a young man named Harry Fatly, employed on the road works in thu King Country, was charged on tho information of Constable Matthews, of Tc Kuiti, with having two dead pigeons in his possession (being close season.) Constable Matthews prosecuted, and the defendant, who appeared in person, pleaded not guilty. It appears that the birds were shot by defendant's brother, who occupied tho same tent in which the c'jnstablo found the pigeons. The brother admitted to the constable that he was to blame, but when the summons was issued he hid left for Sydney. Defendant was fined £1 and costs £2 7s and lor a second charge a conviction was recorded. The defendant, who did not aopcar at all satisfied with the decision of tho Bench, said it wa3 very rough that he should bo made to suffer lor another man's doings. The constable oo his oath hid denied certain which he (the defendant) could piove Otherwise in the course of time. He had his remedy and intended following it uo.

"It is somewhat extraordinary," said the Chief Justice, in the course of the legal argument in an important fixation case in the Supreme Court, at Wellington on Friday, " that the policy ot the Land and Income Act is: Put all y.mr money into buildings and you will escape taxation," Dr. Fipdlay, Who was representing the Commissioner of Taxes, said that it certainly seemed to bo so. An insurance company might, for instance, put millions of money into buildings and wholly escape taxation. His Hon : "Iu fact, become a building speculator, nnd you will escape taxation." Dr. Fiudlay : " That is the outcome o? tiic present Act apparently." His Honor remarked that the Government Insurance Department would be affected considerably. It was bound to lend to tins Government so much of its assets, and being unable therefore to invest that moucy in buildinies it would be more heavily taxed than other insurance companies which had freedom of action. Dr. Fiudlay said the whole thing amou-.'ced to this—tha". if Mr Chapman's argument iu the case before the Ccurt was correct, and the company in question was allowed to make the deductions which it claimed, there would be no taxation payable at all. Judgment in the case was reserved.