TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1876.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 610, 18 April 1876, Page 2

TUESDAY, APRIL 18, 1876.

That there will be a l**ge ancl unanimous puWi 0 meeting on Wednesday (ta-morrow) evening, at the Hamilton Hotel, to protest against tk« al-tnatiou of the Umber bushes of the diifcrict proposed to bo gold on tbe 3rd proximo, We have little doubt. Tho resolutions there recordod wijj be forwarded to the Commissioner under whoie order tho sale has been notified, and, wo fe»l sure, will receive ths oareful consider*tion iwhioh all questions affecting tho pubho nelfare of this district hare ever obtained at the hands of the present Government. In a Matter ia which each one of the community is more or leu directly interested, it would be noadlo«b for vi again to go into the merits of tho chip, which havo already beon freely discussed, the more especially «■ wo #nd io strong a filing aroused in the pubho mind on this quest.< nat appears to be tho case— so strong a one it deed that thtr© ii little need, now aotiou has bren taken, of Urging on tho public to carry oat their remonstrance with spirit. They hare not in this instance a mare subordinate official of a department to deal with> but a member of the Government ltiolf and therefor© may reasonably hope for a re epectful attention to and judicial conliberation of their case. There it, however, all tht more reason that such resolutions as are put to the meeting should be carefully prepared, and amendments, it proposed, be thoughtfully consi. Ored b»fore borag adopted. The caie is one net only applying to Hamilton, but, as the subjoined letter which wo hare received from an •itemed correspondent at Cambridge shows tpecially affecting a yery lar^o and important section of the settlers of the entire WAikato disiriot. The resolutions adopted at the meeting o-uiorrow eremng, while firmly expressing disapprobation of the proposed sale aust do aioio -must show, distinctly and urgumentatively, its injustice. The following i 8 the letter aboro re' ferred to :-" With aspect to -selUag the busbe, which is a question that affects not only Hainn •on but the wholes the confiscated lands, it i, no doubt a breaob of faith on the part of the Government as I Uh.vo erery settler on the confiscated lands ha» aright to cut firewood got fencing material, or saw timber bo may require "for his own use," without paying foe or .cense When the Wa.kato -Hegimom. Z oro Jooated on their land, they wero distinctly told • hat the bushes were u»dg reserves for their common use, each man to procure from thorn fire wood, facing matei ial, Ac, And to enable them to do so, tbe Government sent bush-tools to each regiment, pit *nd cross-cut saws, rone* blocks, &o, wh.ch wtro ulso to be "oaminon property, each two companies to possess a complete « o t of sawyers' tools, to be used by the men in the order for which they applied for th»m. Purely you have some of tho oJd settlers in Jiamiltou who must remember this ; Captain tfUsele, for lustanc, be being at the time Admttmt of tbe 4th Waikata Kegiment. I ,hould ar«.ie from thii, that whoever .puwhasod the laud from th« military settlors, aoquired their ri^bt», among which u tho n;ht to the bush."

A okbat holi day i« the old country, and one well 'opt up in our local cap.tal of Auckland, Easter Monday iv Waikato hai been cdebrated with but little respoct to the tim# honored obserranees n ith which it i« associated. The people of Cambndgt nlone have endeawnred to inakt the great English holiday wh»t it should b» a day of outdoor sports, but nothing winterer was done yesterday in Hamilton— nor m for as we le&rn, 1U hQy other of the Wa.Lato «*ttl O menti. Indeed, for the matter of that, we ha-re had lest holidaj-inaking in Hamilthan elsewhere for a lo^j time past. OtAbridue Ngaruawahia, and theTront le r •ettlementi have had their hone races, but there have b««n none m Hamilton We ihall have one more opnortanlty during the present leason, and only one, thi Queen • Birthday, and it really ia to behoptd that ou that occasion •omebody will be found withtufficient public spirit to work and organwe a day's rport worthy of the district. It is not that th.Hauiilton people fdo not enjoy a good day'i »po r t at much as thow of any oth»r community, but that they hare not amongst them the few leading men of anergy and spirit to tako th« inattw in hand that are to bo found in other, and eTin smaller places. There is now nearl? six woeki to iet about "the organisation of a day's racing for the 24th of May, and nothing would please us better than that the aotion of our fellow townsmen should compel us to admit that we were miatuiten in our entiiaatiou of them as aboTo eipreaied.

Alexandra.— There was a very good attendance »t St Saviour'i Chinch at Easter Day •orvicea.

Ts AwAirum— Tha Easter sarric«« held here vrere of the usutl festal type. The H«t L C Uradj officiated m the morning at 11 to a f« r congreg*Lcm.

Oambwdgk— Eastib Stoday.— On Easter day there was a Ur^e cougregatioa at Sfc Andrew's Uhurch. The Rev WCalder rend the serTice »nd preached. W« are glad to nny that the linging is improving here surely, if eiowly.

ASMID 00N8TABU1AUT BiLl AT KIHTCIHr A grand toiree and ball, given by the Aruied Con»Ubulary, c«uto off last night at Kihilnhi, which w»s, <u i« u«ual at Kibikihi, *n immense ■ucoew. We aro not in possession of particulars aa yet.

Ngubtuytahu Eabtkr Sbrticks.— -Thore was a large congregation at the church of the Huly Tiiuity, Ngariuwakia, on Sunday morning. The Rev B Y Aahwell was the officiating minister, and the service wai uf the usual festal and hearty character.

Ebbata.— Two typographical errors occur in n letter published in our usue of Saturday lait headed " Fair Play ": — la the fourth hne " supporter " should read • sufferer," and tho •ignature Joaepk W "Oox" should rend Joseph W " Moses.

ifarsAOBDiKABY Yield of Barlet Mr Nutt, of Tfti Tapu, has had a most eitruordin»ry yield of barley from fch« hor«e »hoe bacidook ou his furiu, the a/orai,'o beiog 91 bushel: to tho acrp. Wa h*re baen farourad witli an mtjjoction of a. sample of the barley grown, winch ii u good •ound grain tit for malting purpoies.

Waiiato Tub* Ci/r». -A committee mcetiiicr of tho Waikato Turf Club uas held *t the Hamilton Hotel yesterday, when it u is decided that the race course ou tho Ohaupo flat should be put m order, so that the races may bo held thero n«xt season. Mr Clarke, engineer, proceeds at once to laj off the couiso. The committee have ordered guuio and bouo dust to be put upon the runniug ground.

Fathxb Time.— Ab mil be seen by adrerfij c . ment eluewhora m ourcokmns, 3Ux S McLerno n luto of Mr KoliuN establishment, Aucklaud, has cotnaiencod fousiuess as \ralol)mjiker nud is'irellor, in the front, prenusei of Mr Low, phato! prnpher, Hamilton West, where he will receiro orders ond eiecuto same on the shorteit notice Wears alwavi glad to welcome an addition t> our biißiueis oooimunitj, and with Mr McLeruon miccoss.

To-KlttH^'B iSoiUEH AT HiMIITOIf.— Tt :S: S icarcely in,^o» Q iy to iomm,l oui icaUois' that the tea-mooting and concert in commemoration of tha anniversary of Good Toinplary m the Waikato takes plnce to-night ia the A 0 Barracks. Every arrangement has boen completed to malte \t a succoss, and if the weather is *t all good-naturoil, we aaticipate ?eeui" a vory full attendance. " 'Tib not in mortals to command aiicceaH," but the managing committee hare certainly endeavoured to doterre it. 0-*, Fib!— lt would appear, tags John Peery. bmylo, in the Melbourne " Wtollj Timei," that the restraint vrhich Good Templars pride themteWei upon in regard to the cherry glass doea not extend to other exhilarating diversions. A young ladj -writes to % Molbourn© newspaper compkiuiag that several ke Good Templars onticed no doubt, by her good looks, snatched numerous kisses ftom her lips, B nd otherwise conduoted themselvta after the manntr of teetotal satyrs. Kiss-in-the-rin^ was pu( down in Templar lodges some time ago, and for the sake of the order there must be no kissing the " sentiiwls." " Against the regulation*." at Wando say« in the play.

! Easike Monday was not observed by the Hamiltomaut as a holiday m the strict sense of j the word. Some of the place* of bimnnsa were clo«ed during portions of the day, while other* wpre kept open a* usual. Thu uuy bo ttcrounted for from the fact tlut no arrangements had boon made for holiday sports of a UJ description, and as tb© day was of a rather boisterous character, people no doubt preferred attending to their businesses to seeking a doubtful enjoyment indoora or taking a dusty walk or ride through th» country. At Cambi ulge athletic sports were prorided for the enjoyment of competitors and visitors; and at Ngaiuawabia the day was celebrated by a bftll, gifen under the auspices of tho Oddfellows, ivln h also •ommemorated the anniversary of that Order in Ngaruawabia. PEDBaTBiANiSM— W« have our local pedestrian, whose feat some months ago was tho theme of wonderment not only in Waikato, but eliewhere; but that » altogether thrown into tho shade by tho promised performance of Mr Wiltshire, who commences this eTeniug, in Auckland, a walk ot 250 milet in 100 houn, walking exactly 2\ miles, neither more nor leis' in each hour. To perform this feat Mr Wiltshire will hare to walk night and day for fire nighti and four days, and th» difficulty of tin feat depends almost solely on the power of the performer either to do without ileep altogether for th.it time, or to satisfy tho craving of nature for sleep during the short intervals available. By "walking at tho rate of live miles an hour, and doing the first 21 miles during the first half of Ihe first hour, and the second^ miles during the latter half of the second hour, and so on Mr Wiltshire will fulfil tho oonditioni, and at tht tame tim« virtually alter thetn to walkiog fire inil«s every alternate hour. It is confidently expected, from what Mr Wiltshire ha» don* before, thae he will accomplish the feat successfully House Accommodation aT Hi.it iltoi*.— The want of house accommodation it every mo«th being more and more experienced in Hamiton, and acts in a great measure in keeping people from fettling in tht towmhip. It is not everyone who conies amongst us who has the nocesivy oapital to build for bimielf, and fce«id«s, thcro are innny who visit the township who are not s>iro of becoming pemanont residents. These, howovor, require tome sort of deeont accommodation for tue time being, and that i« jvut wliat canuot be got at the presont time for love or money. If some of our enterprising Mttlers would invest a little capital ii the erection of a few comfortable four-roomed cottages, somewhat larger than so many baudboxea, the rents at present obtt»mable Would pay pood interest on tho outlay, and in a few months the whole expenditure would be recouped. If it were possible for a dozen cottages to bo greeted by to-morrow, we have no hesitation in saying that bsfore the end of the week thero would b» a tenant for each at a weekly rental ranging from lOi to 12«. Why accommodation should so long hur« been an urgent w mt in a thriving towmhip like Hamilton, wkta we hav«io mnuy enterpruing capiwhtits m our undet, w« are at a low to nudontind. W* trmfc such a staf* of things will not b» permitted to exitt much longtr, '

A. TJNrTBBSAL SABIATH. — SajS the "NeW Yirk Express," " Erery cittlned nation in the "•rid will take part in th« Centennial Expoaiti(D. Tbe Conimtuion ha.ro determined to cloio it on ttie Sabbath— that is on Sunday, the Sabbath of tho Christians. If they cloie it on tU» Subbftth of eTory nation represented there— *td why should the nations not be shocked in thrir moral stnse by a failure to rto so ?— it will alvivs be closed." The matter is thus stated by tilt " Courier Journal ": — " For the Greeks they will close it oa Monday ; for the Persians on Tueidty ; lor the Assyrjan* on Wedne*d»y ; for the Egyptians on Thursday ; for the Turk*, the Arabs, and all Mahomaiedftn nations oa Friday j for the Jews and Sereoth-dny Baptitts on Srfturday; and for us Christian* th«y will close it on Sunday, and open th» beer gardens for us."

A«uicuLToß*t Statistics on Wbstland.— The agricultural ttatistioi for the province of Weitland hate been publUhtd. The difference between tho estimated crops of 1875 aid 1576 for that prorinco are as follom :—

— The number of holdings of on« acre in extent and upwards, 239 ; extent of land broken up hut not under crop, 1791 acres ; iowa in wheat [ for grain, £ acre ; eitimated to yield 8 buihels; in oata for grain food, 348J aerei; in nati, for grain, 3| aorss, estimated yield, 122 bushel • j in hoy, 255} acres, estimated to yield 382 i toss is permaneut artificial grass, including land in hay, 3,GB6fr acres ; in potatoes, 318* acres—esumated yield, 1,774 i tons j in other crops, 1122 atrts : total nu-über of acres uuder ciop, moluding Mwn grosses, 4,4i70£ acrea. Th* Lath Bishop of Auckland.— Tn a scathing review of the English Bishops and their peculiarities th« " World" thus deala with Bishop Selwyn:— "The Bishop of Litchfield holds a prominent place umong the limited clique which tae praofcioal rulers oE the solemu episcopal conclave, Convocation, constitute. An import from the colonies, ho governed New Zealand admirably, and for a very good and obvious r«ason. A man of imperious and dictatorial nature, his nnad and toinperaruent irere otaefcly fittsd for the lnwcent Colonial Church. A (■ommondor ■who ir»s an ttUtocrut Was Wanted, and Bishop Selnyu was both. Uut in England b« experiences all the disadvantages of an alien and uusympathetio toil. It is true he truoU«s to uo social superstitions nor exclusive prejudices. On the contrary, he endeavours to govern tho dignified opulent peerage and commonalty of a grent English dutrict as if -it were a ragged outpost of some New Zealand settlement, whose spiritual administration was exclusively vested m some deaolate employe of the Church Missionary Society. As a matter of course, Bi»hop Selwyn has concentrated ou himself an acnouut of popular dislike and class detestation which «yen for a bishop is probably unprecedented. SnKBP thf. Saltatiov of thb Fabjt.— "Horses have ruined the lira, and sheep must save it," said a practical larmor to us recently ; and the remark has m it a great deal of truth and a great doul ot wisdom. However much we may p^ee flic horse for hia -valuable s'rviues to man, all Bonsible persons must admit 'that the breeding of horsea m tho past few yoars assumed •nclao proportions nhieh hare not brought corresponding provable returns, to tho average farmer, at, least. Wow shoep husbandry is " profitable to direct. " There are no losses, and few risks to bo met with in the business. Early lambs, fat withers, wool, and pelts, always briug good prices and a ready market, lioaidw, «heep briug up the condition of the farm, and, as tha old adug» haa it, turn the earth to gold wherever their footpiiuts are to bo found. Nothing i» so good to counteract the effect of too amob horge as a course of sheep hmbandry, well solectod and judiciously followed. We are u<Jt suic but our practical friend wai more than half right when he said sbeep wore to be the salvation 3 of our farms and briug the restoration of our farming to a safe basis ; aud if more cjuld realige and follow it, we Tcniy bolievt a lm-jjer share of l>ro-»Di-ritj m funnm^. would b« tho result. More MiatKßi'.— An officer of the ptnal de- , partment, stationed at the Pentridge Stockade, I relates the lollowing story id connexion with the ) celebrated Ticliboi-no case. He says he well I remembers the • O*prey ' coming into Hobion'i Hay and landing at a email pier at "Williamstown. One of tho passengers picked up from the wreck of the ' B.Jla ' he describes as a tall man, dressed in rather loose clolhtng, amongst which he noticed a serge shirt aud a high Yankee htt. Some year* afterwards (about the tuno the claimant is stated to have left Melbourne for Europe) the o(ticer recogmstd tue same porsoo at Sandridge— the supposed claimant. Tht offieor was asked by a irjond of hi», Mr Hume, the station-master, to hare a glass of something to drink, m which the stranger was also asked to join. After a few minutes the stranger was about to leave, when Air Hume usked him why he was in such a hurry. Ho replied that he wished to sco hi* box safe ou boaid, at it oontained some raluablo documents. After he lett Mr Hume asked the officer if ho knew who that person was, to which the oillcer replied in the I negative. Mr Hnmo said he wa* a nobleman who was going homo to England to claim a large estato jn Hampshire. The offioer in question was ttaho-iedfor orer 20 years on board the liulka, and wa» in his eariy days a leafaring nun, and always took a great interest in shipping affair*, which, ho says, aooouats for bis rocollection of the • Osprey and the strange passenger. It hat been «Uted fcliat a pilot from Williauistown will shortly bo going to England who can give tiinilac «?ideace, and it is this announcement which has induced the officer at -I'entndge Stockade to make tht above statement.

The " Cross " ajsd th» Auckland Bailways. —Our telegrams of Saturday informed vi tha , the Auckland "Cross" hud condemned th« much needed Thames and VVaikato railway tt4 being a totally unnecessary work. On r«f«»ne « to that journal we find an aiticle on railways, in which not only is the proposed one above mentioned objected to, but the continuation of the Mercor and Pimm line (rather late in the day however) condemned as a mistake. The "Cress" say* : The railway between Auckland an Meroer is finished and working, and from there to Ohnupo, near the southern frontier of Wnkttto, is now far advanetd in construction. Tht distance betweon thsse two pl»oei, Mower and Ohaupo, may be estimited at seventy miUs. We do not objeot to this being made if the colony has «u»cient funds at its disposal to oarry tu. main-trunk lino through ; but dit has not the means, it would hare been better, from a colonial point of view, as well as for the benefit of the district of Auokland, to have utilwed the navigation of the Waikato Eiver to Cambridge, and hare carried on seventy miles of railway from theje to Taupo, which would hare material 't aesistsd in connecting thi« city and prormce with th* railways of the southern portion of this island. Undor the presont circumstances of the oolony, we think advantage should be taken of the natural wator carriage with which this province has been so bountifully .upphed, and that the proper steps to bo taken would be those in the direction of connecting the highest points navigable on our harbours and rivers with «ai>h other. Thm, if practicable, construct a line from the waters of the Hokianga to -thoit of tha Kaipava ; one from Kaipara to the Waitemata (Helensville to Eivorhead line) • one from the Waitomata to the Manukau (Onehunga line) • orit from Auckland to the nearest point of th» Waikato river (Auckland and Meroer lmo) ; on. from Cainbi-irlge to tho hsad of the Thames river navigation, near Te Aroho mountain. We may here state that wo object to making « hue from Grahamstown to Cambridge or Hamilton •Let the Thames use their grand navigable river »s far as To Arohn mountain, and then connect the head waters of the Waihou with those of the W aikato and the main trunk line of railway at Cambridge. Having arrived at ffaupo, th»n let the line proceed by the best route to the Wangtttiui riror, tbsnee joining the Taranaki line, *henw travailing would be easy to Now Plymouth ; the branch off to Napier wmW, from the rough nature of the country, be impraotioibta, ■until tb.© diitriot <•

Fatt£nin<j and MiLziwe.— Dr Kuhn, of G«r. I many, making experiments upon the food o£ cows, with reference to its e ffect upon tlio compotition of the milk, found that an increase of tatty or albuminous matter produced an increase i in tbe yield of milk along with bodily condition, up to a certain maximum; but when thin I maximum it reached tho increase in the yield of ! milk *t,opped while improvement* of bodily vigour wont on. Tbis is in accordance with the experience ol every observing farmer. The only exception that can be made to the above rule 19 in regard to tho maximum of the milk yield $ that is that the maximum point it not the same in all cows. Some cows the moment you inoreaM the quantity or quality of the food commence to take on flesh, or, as the doctor expressed it, improve in bodily condition. These cows are not valuable for dairy purposes, and of thii class are most of the Durham and Devo» cows. There is another class that as soon ai the food is increased respond to the pail and churn, and it is a long time before you can get them to fatten up. This class 'are the valuable ones for the dairy, and this 13 the principal difference in brteda of cattle for dairy purposes. It ia a common remark among farmers, when tpoaking of a cow noted as a good milker, that ♦• the i 8 the hardest cow to fatten I «ver saw." We never saw o good milker fat. The cow should be regarded simply *s a machine fco oonvert corn, hay, &c, into butter and cheese ; but as Dr Knhn has proved, there is, no doubt, a point at which the product will be fat iastead of butter and oheese. We advise farmers to experiment a little, and soo how much they can make their cows eat without goimng in flesh. We bolioTO such an experiment would nmv» ni. rt «uKU

EASTBBSt/KBA.Y.-St Peter's cWcb, Hamilton. ff»i beautifully decorated on Easter Sunday. The irrtde walls were coTerod with ortrgreeni and flowers, and the ohancel and altar raili wera mott tAstofully and appropriately decorated with flowers also. Over thsKast end window wsi a large floral Cross, and th« wmdoir itself wa< otherwue embelh»hed with mottos and surtabis decorations, At 8a m the Rer Mr Calder pre•lded at the celebration of the Holy Eucharist when fully forty communicants partook of the sacred elements. The Matin Serrica, which was a lay one, was conducted by Mr Seddon, who delivered an eloquent and impretsiT* termon. At Vesper Sorvioe tke church was literally crowded when prayen were laid and a most spirit-stirring lermoa wai preached by the incumbent, lit Calder. Special hymns for th» day, both morning and evening were sang by tha choir, which wa» well filled at the evening, but Tery indifferently so at morning service. We were glad to tee that the choir had been removed to the front of the chancel, the propjr, nnd a far more effective position from which to be clearly heard than from the corntr under the side aisle. It nto be regretted that the attendance of members of 'the choir it neither bo regu lar nor so comtant ai it «hoiild be, for a» long as this is the ctse the choir will loso much of it efficiency. When tho clergyman himself show •o good an example in tho matter of hard work, the least those can do who profeu lo assnt him is to follow his practice On Easter Sunday, for instance, ha jolebrated cominuiiiou lervice at St Pettr's Hamilton, at 8 a in ; rode full thirteen miles lo Cambridge, and oelebratod morning servico at 11 a m ; rode another fen miles to Ohanpo and p-rformod full evening service in the afternoon, and then, riding another ten miles back into Hamiltou, said evening prayers and preached one of tho moat eloquent and interesting sermons we bar* for a long time listened to. And this is no exceptional in»tano» of the routine of his Sunday duty. This is all vury well, but consldenng that Ngaruawahia is alsj part of Mr Calder's parub, it is high time, we think, that Cambridge and Ohaupo were made into a separate parish, and tues<rvices of a third Church of Eugl uid clergyman provided for the district. HtTMSLS I3BKS FOtt NBWjZgAH&D.—The two nests of humble been forwarded to Nevr 2oalaad by Mr Frank Buclcland h»re perished on the road, Mr Frederick Sjaith, in a letter to the " Field," Zoologist to th? British Museum, h*g already, and beiure tho result could be known at home, pointed out that the plan of sending oufc packed noits \»as not likely to nucceorf, and that it auy fooulo beesiurmed they would b» n.tfeitile. lie says:— "My observations of humble bees have extended orer thirty-fire years, and I believe tho impregnation of females nerer takos place in the nest ; I also believe tint it always takes place in the open air, and that bo iraoreg nated female ever returns to the uost. When this aofchis taken place, the female, in mv opinion, at once seeks for a suitable eyberuaculuni in which to pass the winter. I therefore ooncludo that none of the females m tho nest are impregnated, and I anticipate that the broods will perish on the voyage ; or if by groat care any amre at New Zealand, it will only be a few uofcrti c females. In order to make the chance of success as certain as possible, I should take | care to send ouly impregnated female* theoe can now be obtained, all the humble bees having retired to their winter quarters. A number of such females were required some years ago for scientific purposes ; u collector was employed, who searched under my instructions. The result was that ho obtained in a few days over fifty females, all in a -torpid state. My plan would be to get a number of »uoh torbid bees, and^ by some of the best known mean* of refrigeration, keep them in a state of torpidity during t/he ▼oyage ; this onco accomplished, success would be certain. Humble bees survive four or Jfire months of torpidity, ,and they 'can new fee exported in a much shorter time than firo ninths." * " extreme; y t0 Dl) regretted that the attempt of Mr F Auckland has foiled, as the introduction of «ome of the English species of humble 'beo into the colony is most desuable, the object being the fertilisation of the seod of red olorer, therS bein^no bee in the colony whose tangue it lone enough to effect that purpose.

1875. 1876. Wheat (tnh) 550 ... 8 decreate 542 Barlej do 67 ... — decrease 67 Oati do 1,545 . 122 decrease 1,423 Potatow (tons) 1,408 ... 1,7741 increato 366 i