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Waikato Times, Volume IV, Issue 249, 13 December 1873, Page 2

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(To the Editor of the Waikato Times.) Sir, — As my name occurs in your report on the 11th inst. of rases heard in tbe Court hero on the 9th, Macfarlane (trustee in t!ie estate Cleary) v. Beule, perhaps }ou will allow me to «I,rito through the same medium that I had a counter chum ugninst the estate, which, though admitted, was never pud eitluu 1 by the bankrupt or the trustee on the one hand, or b;, t'n* solicitor for tlic estate on the other. Moreover, it was disallowed by the Court, owing to its not having been formally put in us a set-off. Now, Sir, I have heard the R M Courts alluded to as Courts of Equity, and sometimes as Courts of Law ; but, in the face of these facts, of my losing my own claim against the estate, besides being mulcted in costs to the tune of £2 ss, I am consl rained to ask where is the equity ? — I am, &c, B. C. Bbale. Hamilton, Due- 11.

(Co the i. thtor of the Waikato Times.) Sir, — At the close of the firit Waikato Show there was a surplus of £86 lGs Thiu sum it was decided to spend in the introduction of fish and insectivorous birds, and a cornnutteo was appointed to carry out those objects, and we are nesirous to place a report of our proceedings before tlio contributors. , At a committee meeting, held in November 1872, it was resolved to send a subscription of £16 16s to the Auckland Acclimatization Society, the committee being of opinion that the A. A. S, would send birds to the full, if not beyond the value ; and that it would place us in membership or connection with that society, and so facilitate any future operations we might have with them. We have already received two consignments of birds (one lot of starlings and one «f skylarks) ; these were liberated in the neighbourhood of Cambridge. We have since received a letter, whHi has been forwarded to Hio members of the committee resident at Te Awaniutu, stating that another lot was ready. You are also aware that an attempt was made to introduce some fish ; this unfortunately failed. We should like to correct a statement made in your columns some little time since to the effect that the failure of the fish experiment was entirely owing to the neglect of the Cambridge members of the Committee. By referring to the correspondeuce we have before us we find that Mr Kirk, writing on the 22nd Oct., states " tlint he had received 10 doz. fish for us which were in excellent condition," and kindly offered to make arrangements for their transit in charge of a trustworthy man "at at our cost and risk." To fins we consented by tclegrnph. From this point we had nothing to do with them till they arrived dead in Cambridge. Wo fail to see how any blame attaches to us, htnmg done all in our power to get them up safely. The following is the balance sheet . —

CABn 11ECEIVKD. £ s. d. Subscriptions . . ... .. 36 16 0

DISBURSEMENTS. £ B. (1. Sub'-criplions to A.A.S. ... 16 16 0 Waikafo Time* nccount . 3 12 6 5 <loz li*li and eipcntcs 10 ] 6 B.il.ime m liuntl . . ... 6 6 0 £36 16 0 We should be gltul if you would publish the above. — We ore, &c\, John Ki\ncima>, Clmirmari. James Kunciman, Treasurer. Eobt. N. Buitle, Secretary. Cnmbridgc, Dec 10, 18?3.

Td tho Editor of the Waikato Time Sib,— l consider the mi&carriage of the experiment of getting tiout to the Waikato is owing to the following causes :—: — Ist, Th« nnsorably small vessel which Mr Kirk is pleased to call a tank (sWe 9 inches xG, and 6 inches deep). I consider this was not one-fourth of the size it should have been. 2nd. The way in which they were sent — viz., by coach — at a greater coat than if a buggy had been hired, and not nearly so safe. Had the latter course been adopted, the driver could have stopped at e^ cry spot where water was obtainable and replenished the tins. Time was no inateiial object, as there was no limit as to expenditure, provided it waa necessary to ensure the safe delivery of tho fish. Again, I cannot conceive what induoed the man to go on by the coach when, by his own account, the steamer staited nt 6 a.m., the next morning. Supposing he had had to stop a day, or even two, it would not have mattered, as he had nothing else to do but to attend to the fisb. I think the people of Ngaruawahia would have found a tub, although the bearer of the fish vis ungenerous enough to say that a Hamilton friend could not be troubled. (Thoy will, I am of opinion, be very indignant when they hear this). I feel very sore about the matter, having been the principal cause of wasting the people's money and getting nothing iv return. — Youri, &c., James Ronciman. Cambridge, 11th Dec, 1873.

" Are we cninjr (any* tlie Australasian) lo repeat in the colonies of N<>« South Wales and Victoria the incident which furnished iEsop with the groundwork of his well-known fable ? Hitherto wo have shot nliead of our neighbours with the ease and celerity o{ the nimble quadruped we have recently acclimatised in this colony. But, as wns the case with Bottom the «rea% er, nnd with the hare of the hunchback, 'an expositor of sleep has come upon us.' We hare been drugged w ith thai syrup of pcppie* which bear* the name of Protection, and the patient tortoiie on the other side of the Murray 11 patiently plodding along, with the steadfast determination to outstrip us 111 the race. The statesman who should place New South Wales in the front rank of the Australian colonies would undoubtedly ehtr.bliah an indefeasible lillo lo the Imtinp gratitude of the community for which ho labours. Mr Parkes has the ambition to effect this objpct, ; and he is seconded in his efforts by our own folly. If hit should succeed in erecting Sydney into a free poil, he will undoubtedly have adopted the very best policy he could pursue to achieve for New South Wales the supremacy which she ardently desires. Wherever— other things being equal— industry of all kinds is the least embarassed by artificial trammel*, and the necessaries of life and the agencies of product yj < *n be obtained in the gieatt-Ht abundance and nt the lowest j nee. tbe-i? will agnculture, commerre, manufactures -mil tlio ails of life flourish wn!i the greatest vigour and vitality. Mr Pni k.>s perceives tlm w ith great clearness. H> is rnnnlh alivp to the iuet that, m the competition for v.'i •;,rii l eiic< , luivc handicapped ourselves so heavily as '■» f. *■< 'in j' ''1 ft i' '"imcnsc advantage ; and he is deteri"i'" '' ' • !iU li> ' . .', ot it's opportunity. While we regret P'-il .'. . "Viitnif shuiiM hnvo boon afforded hiir, we •11 1 1' . ..1 !i - 1 t.f luu.i'iy it to ti, bo-t account "