The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 676, 12 October 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

E<\\\n\ and exact justice to alt men, Ot whatever suite or pei»uasion, religious 01 political # # * • * Here «hall the Pren the People's right maintain. Unnwed by influence and unbribed by ftain.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 12, 1876.

The Supplementary Financial Statement oi the New Government, the conclusion of which we publish elsawhere, must be read in connection with the statement of their predecessors, the threads of whose policy, ns it Were, the present Government has necessarily gathered up, A new policy, in the full acceptation ot th,e term, was impossible, oven were it,' desirable, for any New Zealand Government. The Colony stands committed to the scheme which it has f.iirly entered upon. The hand once put to the plough, there is no looking back. But, it whs competent for a new .Government;, while still carrying oat ifr-ifs conclusion the great scheme of colonisation conceived and commenced in 1870. to bring to the

of expendi ur •, .n i to lin V thy cxjviKaLuro a-i ma "ii as possibl* to works of a purely reproductive character. And th a, the Government Ims shown itself both willing and anxious todo. UselessHXcresimces have been lopped off, the civil service reduction reform fiiirly entered upon, and though the Government propose to borrow a mdlion, their nre-dece-aora spoke of two millions, this money in for the absolutely necossiry purpose of bringing to a state of completion, and rendering reproductive, works at present on hand and in the construction of which n»>lHoijs ha ire been already spent. To have stopped short, and to have suppressed expenditure in order to «avo borrowing, would have been the most wasteful of all extravagance. In adopting the course promised by the Treasurer of bringing down nPXt session, for the consideration of the House, a scheme based on carefully prepared professional estimates, shewing definitely what works are required to complete the railway system of the colony and the cost of such completion, the Government are taking a wise and prudent step. The railway system must be completed, so as to make it serviceable and repro luctive as a whole, and not only must the cost be counted before hand and so spread over the immediate future as not. to overtax the strength of the Colony, but the Government of the day, till snch work is completed, must be placed beyond the possibility of having their scheme disarranged by the introduction of new works, forced upon them, to satisfy supporters or conciliate opponents. There is very little else that is new in the financial proposals of the Government, if we except the initiation of reduction in the civil service expenditure. It is proposed, in the present year, to reduce the annnal charge by £34,370. Expectant premiers, when on the shady side oi the House, have been wont to indulge in more glowing anticipations, and to have bid higher for th© sup port of political reformers. Mi Stafford, previous to his last term ol office, boldly stated that he could reduce the expenditure on the civil list — and that,' too ; at a period whet it was far short of its present embonpoint — by J£230,000 per annum, l 'anc last session Sir George Grey saw hit way easily to a reduction of fully £150*000. What the latter might have done, we cannot, of course, say, but what Mr Stafford did do or, rather, did not do, when he came into power, is it not written in th< parliamentary records ; and, so lai from reduction, the ball went on steadily rolling, and growing as il rolled, till it has become a verj Frankenstein which threatens to destroy the power that made it. In the £34,.370 reduction promised on Monday, we recognise a wise nnd reasonable advance made in the cause of economy of administration, and are thankful for small mercies, To have attempted moi*e would, doubtless, have been to risk all, for strange to say, it is not with the Ministry — we do not speak of this Ministry alono, but of all Minstries — that the stumbling block to economy in the direction of the civil service lies, but with the House itself, nnd we do earnestly hope that as item by item comes under the pruning knife in committee, the edge will not be turned away, first from one overgrown branch aud then from another, by the combined efforts of members working for friends outside, and for one another inside the House. Attempted retrenchment has many a tinsebeen nullified in detail in this way. This reduction — though com para lively small compared with what, doubtless, could be saved by a practical business consideration of the matter, not merely in the amounts of salaries paid to particular officials, but, in the organisation and working- of the departments — is, we are told, but the initiatory step to a thorough reform, to be considered and organised during- the recess, and brought before the Assembly ii the next, session.

The Assembly is she wins; evident signs of approaching dissolution when even the lealing members of Opposition, such as Mr Macandrew and Mr Reader Wood are obtaining leave of absence, yet such is the case. Messrs Macandrew and Seaton have obtained leave of absence for a mont^pnrl Mr Reader Wood and Mr Stout Qy North and South respectively, for a season. In the Legislative Council tho repeal of the Forest Act Bill has been thrown out, and the Assembly by a majority of 39 to 23, negatived a motion ot Sir George^Grey for a select Committee to enquire into the expenses of Sir Julius Vogel's two missions to Europe, and carried- an amendment of the Premier that the inquiry be placed in the hands of the Public Accounts Cam tni ttee. The. question has been raised of holding the next Parliament in Danedin.

The Hamilton Punt i* st ill c'os>d to t radio, and seems likely to be to till probably lo mOrr w aftcrn 'On.

iHK KIfUKCRIROA. CrIOKET CiFB — Mcnbera of ti c above ( tub will meet for tl eir first practice in Hamilton East on Saturd t af'ornooa next.

United Cricket Club, Hamilton.— The annual maeting of inombois of tho above Club ia otl ed lor this at. Vfnlker't Cummeiclar Hotel, wleiall par iet wishing 10 join are invited Lo attend. ' !

>Katpara Kauri Timber.— As we noticed a i-horb time qgo iLhWS N Cottipany h-iro m^c'd arrang moots for a n gultir supply of uwn tut.buT f, o.n tlio North. It will n(jjv be ioer. by ndver lisomcment that they have a Inr^e stock

A Talpblr oalf. — K.vl Bictive has «r>H to t\w Duke of jtfanch. aNr, for 3,ooo guineas, nn t-ijjht week*' bull oaf, ttnnlt DiUio of I'mlpr'cy, fiotn eit'hht Du-'e?sof OueiU, l.y h<> sec>nl Duke of Tr-gmrer. (i atndDike'.f Auckland ( nut') Co'onel l'rei«,inter), the property of iMe^ri Maclau an 1 Monin, was got by secotiil Duko of Trei?unt"r, and is hilt-lr.tiier to ihiPil Duke of TJnderley, rectntly Hold for 3,000 guiueag.

The Te Awampi'u Dkajcatio Company givetliei.- cutortaiimenl, this eTeni'lir, in I lie Public EE 41. A*lex>indiM, in aid of the fun^ now big raised for the \\i<i>w Hnd Inmiij of the late Mr Bh>iw, wbt'ii J)ous»las Jerro ds d'Tua of die Kent D »y will be put upon the stige, to bo followed by o'her attractions, the whole to wind up with a d*noe. No doubr. Alexandra will contribute its quota towardj the benevolent objeot oontem ,k'ed.

Sjiaw Kkuef Fund Entertainment — Tne grand munical and Ethiopian E'ibei'iainmenfc, in aid of fha above fund announced to co>ne off at H<\naiton, and whicli ha* been delarrd I ill t>>e arriral of tho Ethiopian Voupe by th« Sun Fran Uco mail steamer, will take place oositively on Thursdny the 19th inst. Iho present is it appear*, only a preliminary ann juiceuient, further particulars appearing in due time.

Advertising Extkaordtnary —From a VVeliiDvtou advertisement we extract the following unique spesiraen :: — •• JUiny of my friends tell me, now that I hare so Urge a trade, I ought not tn advertise j l>ufr to do the dignified nnd respectable. Ton is my answer. Th-se newspaper men are a 1 a jolly lot of Ml«wa, from the editor down to the priuters devil, and ail are v«ry kind t » me. A few m»nt v i« a^o I nnivoH h»re quite a itranger ; th^ y have made the name of Huxl«*y. the tai or, cf Manuera-iit eat, Wellington, known all »ver tlie colony, 1 cannot now turu rounl ou them and say, ym have Ri'-iat* d me to get a targe trade, so £dv not require you any longer."

Turkish Atrocity.— A oorreipon•tent of tn» "D.ily New*," in a letter dated PhilipopoMa ; August 9th, B*yg : Thu Turkish .imli<>riiies are doing nothing to roa'rain the Mahometan population. Ariii>d Turks coutinne to commit «ctu of violence daily. Ch>ia»i»n inhM'ati a an robbed if thpy j>o outaide tbeir villages, women are ainaulted and violated «very d»y. The Turks drive away cattle, »n«i Sfll them. Tho suff.'nna Christian people are in very gre»t want, and immediate. relief ii needed. - The iamn correspondent writei on the 10\h, that three thousand men, women, afocl chrldrm have l.eeu^ kiHei by t|e .Turks at Othikkui. Children were carried about impaled on bayoneti, andliuman boings hava I e«n hurned alive at B zar lijit A bng full of human he.icl* wa< amp^pd before the Italian Consul to Jambuli, aud left to be eaten by the dogs.

Woman's Capabilities.— ln answer to the conundrum, " What; can a weak woman do !" the Bestoa ' Commercial Advertiser' sayi :— "She can sit at the open window of » railway carriage «i'h a stiff north-oust wind bo tfing that eh Us e^eryholy in the Vicinity to tho marrow, fur Wo hoar*, in a thin tnnslin'dreis, without fliuohiog. She can dance or waltz down the oaptam of a nurcfcintg regiment, and. at the eleven o'clock •urpor put away lobster sala^, ice croam, champagne, oake, ' and coff. c without fliucning, sufficient for a week's night m*re for a strong man. She can co lib her hair all hack ao as the leive the roots to the full play of a d'ecnn'iec breez-*, and wear a bonnet oil top of a cHjgntfn, lenring the ears and head exposN^ with impunity, with the th -rm^metrrten degrt<-s below zero. Sliaoa'upnl over xtho'itan.l •lolLirs worth of dry good* for the investmpnt of (ifty centa. Shecin *1u ly mti^io for ten years sufficient to enable her t.l poiform excellency — when not ia the presence of tho^e who desin; to h nxr'ti'tJL iihe can balance heraelf on the b.vll of h*r grfat t 'C^nd a «boe heel the s z i iif'a dime all day in the public stre-tn, without falling. Slio can occupy three Feats in a horsecar, and bt utterly oMivio.is thit any of hir own sex are standing up. She can show unusual strength and tirmnets in the holdiuef of real estate, solitnirc diamond*, and other talutb'a property which h'-r husband places in her hands previous to Im compromising .with his creditors for 20 cents on a dollar."

Clever and DBTBRiiiffgD Suicxdb. The " L-ifayetfce J urnal " reports a-i extruordim'-y enso of suicklo cormnittel by Jam^s A Moon, a farmer in gooJ cir£ cumoMincc!, res ding ab.)Ut nino milrs frutn that cily :— " Ho enuajed a room at the L'lhf Huusfl Hotel, and oil Iho fol'owing day it. was found tua he had eivcted in it a guillotine constructed by hiunelf bv which he had been decapitated Where the cord connected with tka bxo was fastened it was divided, und a rantilo i stsr'od between the strands, so thaf wheu the candle burned down sufficiently the two strauds would como together and the cord would bo burned in two. Right under where the azo would f .ill a soap box was scoured, screwed to the wall and &oar t wi h tha opening outmrd into tbe room, so arranged tint the axe could come down in front of fche box. (he upper edges beinu bevelled to secure a strnsilifc >t*oko from the implement. The »x-, the irons in which it was clamped, and the timber* in the beam, altogether, weighed a bundivd or moro pounds, to aaj nothing of the fores of the fall, at the distanco of sis. feet. * U'.er arrang.ng the machine, tue smci to appeared to have'laid himself down upon tho 'floor at ri^nt angles with the u'.llofcine, buckled a strap which" was screwed down to tho tldor," around his tiiighs. buck ed nnotber around his body, which was tiuilarly faitcned'l;o thr floor, put botji his band« i is>de his su^-ndera lying of coifrse upon his baok-~a'nd placing hit head inside the box ab3r«.nientionerl. Ttio box was fille'i with cbp/n' wtdding s iturttod with chloroform; \ T^ keep the ohm out of the' way, holes were made in etcn. side of the bjx mud a Vfoodenirod ran ihi-out/h, upou which tho chin rested. It is ttipp sed tlint having hi« machinery arranged to bis satisfaction and the ctndle lighted, the suicide laid himsOf tupon the floor, arranged the straps, app'ied the chloroform • to the cotton, placed his head in (he box, and eilmly septs ept until the axe descended. Wh>-n the cmdle burned down sufficiently the cord was burned < ff and the axe fell, oompletelj' ievormg the head from the body. The head remained in the box, while ' the blood fliwid out upon the floor and accumulated in a great pool.

The Hamilton Roads.— Ib i« satisfactory to hud, now that tho fine weather lias fairly let in, that tbe Humiltou Highway District Board ara taking active »bt-pa to place tbeir ways in order. At a meeting beld on Tuemiay, at which were proneut Mr S. S c le (chairman) and Atewra Atkinaop, Beere, and Alexander, thu.GfaMiman ruporlel that he had accepted Mr Kutabs tender at £8 for repairs to the Mystery Creek Bridge. Tne lenders for works to be performed liebwetm Hamilton and Ohiiupt were then opeued imd deoided upno, and' were aa tnliowa : — Mr Maupbersoti (four tenders), No. 1 tender, fur wort* at No<. 2 ami 3 cuttings »>t lld pure line yurd, erection of cu'vert £3 ; No. 2 t'u.ler for No. 3 out iuj» at S»4 l,~cu veit £3 ; No 3ieud<r,

<utting 81, rn'vert £3; No 2 cutting 8} ', »ijd [» p : ug 12-j per set, MrGcibam, .n . 3 lUitiug l- t loelutlin^ culv* rt. Mr Mr Ka^nea, N>< S cut uig 10 I, u<c u in>g culvert. Air Hi item, N< . 1 cutting Is 2d per y i,l; No 2 cutting Is, and 15* pet* s<>t Uyiug pip. s ; No 3 cutting Im, and o l»ert £t. Mr Kennely, »1 earth<vi>m» at tOi 1, pipe laying 7* Gel per s t. VJr Smith, all earthwork* at lid, pipe laying 10-i per sot, culvert £-1 Mr WilHoc, all -tarth works at 9^l, pipe l*uog 10a per tet, oulveit £5. Mr (J. NeAle, No 1 catting, 11. 1 per y.ird ; JSo 2 catt-ncr Is ; No. 3 cutting 101, erecting culv rt £(j li)a, pipe laying 10s per s-h After, due deliberation, it was resilved th it the tilers of Mr Mrllais, fur Noj. 2 nod 3 cutingn, and that of Mr WiUon for Mo. 1 cntti q be aoccp^ed. Tlie following tenders f<r grivulling, at por cuhio y»r I, were then opened : Mr (Jeo. N>ale, 4< ; \Tr Ki-Her, s< ; Mr Graham, 7s; and Mr Smith, 7-i Cd. The tender of Mr Itiller wa* ac epted. Thi Board then further resolved on employing Mr Wilson to complete s.itne cuttings near Captain Beere'-< Mill and Mr Hammond's farm, and that a man should be at once employed in filling up rut*, preparatjry to gravelling that portion <>f the road. Mr Alexander was authorised to employ a man to elf ct auy necessary repairs on the Ng»ruawahia road, aud a vote of thanks to the Chairman terminated the proceedings.

Coal —How lon^ dors ib t*ke to produce a seam of coal? Mr Wuusch ia an uddross to llie Go ogicil Society of Q- asgow, attempted to answer the question In the Inland of Arran, he found numerous cylinders of trees completely flattened, ljins; across each other at various angles, with, tlicir bark compressed into less thickness than common pasteboard, so that from three to four inches in thickness of the coal continued about twenty tieiKTtitious of trees. Allowing thirty year* for the life of a tree, the formation of a foot ot coal would occupy 1,800 years. The tune it not bo incredible as ihe assertion that a tree, bark and all, cm bu compressed in o the thickness of 0 sheet of pisbeboard, and still be recognisable as a tree. Were ihey really trees that wtT6 found so compressed ? Tne calcul .tion "is 1 ba-ied ou the assumption that it by no means as truts as a matter 01 cnirsti, namely, th it the trees grew ia suc-ession on the spot where they were tound. 'The great pressure required is •notber assumption, and even if such. * pressure coalvl be brought lo bear the question would arise how the mattor of the tree could be so reduced in bulk with out increasing c iorm-)\;sly it« spooifiu gravity. A true compressed to ihe tlnckneu described should bo as heavy as gold. It Uto be feared that theorists ot M> Wunsch's quality bring ridicule »nd disoreiit on the sciences they patronise.

Tub Waikato Turf Club —Tile meeting of the Turf Club winch was lo h ire been hold at Ohaupo on Tuoaday last, lapsed, owing to the meeting of tbe Agricultural Society tuking away several of those interested. Tbe Secretary will, bowever, call a mceiing to be held iv a week or two at some convenient place.

Auckland and Pr/Niix Bailwat.~TKb RiiilvvHy dtiitidii ground at Übaup • n now finished, and looks as if very ample room has boL-n prepared for future operations. The iicamp over wnieh Iho principle portion of the grounH lion, has, wo see, been moil effoottnlly drained, and k-ti settled ■ low n quite fo'idly. The culverts are now bo ng put in to the swamp between Ha milton and Otiaupo, s > that, in tho course of two or throe months the line will be ready to rr-eoire the rails right up to Ohnupo. We trust, however, that the work will not be stopped here, but. will .be cirri^d on to Te>Awtmutu at once * Tenders should bo dl:ed for immediately 'so aft to giv.? ,ih"\ com ni"tor« tho benefit^ of ih i suiumsr ;jatt comnu'nc 113, as w<T " belicv^'all t he surreys* nro complete and thi position of the line .fin-illy tettloi. Vtr Fnlion is getting on well and quickly With Ins contract between Merger an I Tuupiri, anJ has sevenil miles of sloerei and ruh laid. Iv f ict i 1 i>un few we^ks tho 111 >j >r portion of (Ins wirk will bo done ami bulUjtin^ fiirly unler way. Tiie briJge at , Nj^aruawthit is nil but complolo, and thjug'i a large portion of 1 ho tomooraiy itrucburo has b-'en roinoved tho work Ji 13 not Ci)llap»eJ, and in a sh^rt tune the people of Newcastle will ba able to dispense with tho uso of tho punt and indulge in the luxury of a bridge.

Our Auckland Oarsmen. — Auckland has taken tbu pas of the other provinoes in foot bill, and why not in that which of all other sports ibe ought to exce , namely, bja*mg. Surely Auckland could bum a f<m* oared but topii'l a^iinst any othsr four oar iv tha colotij; aad the NeUou 1 >fc<r- Provincial regatta, ti) bo hol'l ou the 17th and 18b i of Jiuuary tiext. furnishes her vrHhjiist the opportunity for showing whafi she can do. There are four event* i i the two days regatta wjiich are purely lafcer-PruTincia', that v, t'uuy mmt bs competed for by crew* of two or more Proviuo«», ho thit Auckland tniy ''VUh ot'ier provinaes fairly , coiiiuler herself challenged by Nelson. These f'Hir rsces ac, Ist :, racing wha'elio^t rac 1 , 5 o>r», t) b^ « bo -led wi'.h steer ou, 5 m les) pri-,^ £50 : 2nd, in-ris(ged raoe for gunwale gi^s any length, 4 oara, to bo steered by coxiwaiu, 3 mil' a, pnzi £50 and silver cup.: 3rd, charapiou pair oared race (no roatneii>D), three miles £20, and lastly, th> champion f ur oared out-rig^er raoi», with or without coxswain, 3 milei, £150. Now we think that our Au :klau i buattnt; men might mtko up a teaai, an I our Auolilaml Hhipwriuhti o»aid turn out boats that would kuock spots out of the Southerner?. There is yet time t>> prepare, and, though an inland journal, for the credit of the colony, alid from -.ffeotion for one of iho nooieit of a'l athletic sports, we throw nut tiid sugg scion (ur th» benefit of our Anoklaud fe low sellers.

Thb AiiL EfGtiND Elwvrn. — Mr Bennett iha agent of the Ail England team has been in Auckland and bid a long interview with Mr John BuckUnd, tli° Seoretary of the loc»l manage nent Committee. The result of this is that the amtoh will b» pli.ysd on tlie Joukey Olub •ground at Ellerslio, the sum o( £100 to be paid to the Jockej Oluo, wha in »dditi >n to granting tht> as* of the grouni will , put ie in order, that i», prorirle a good wicket, lay on water, &o, and leave all tho proceeds cf the eatos in the hands of the Committee for the thivo dajs the English team' will use the gDundjp The team we If am, will, on leaving Sjdnev, mike Auckland the first port ot call in New Z'aUnd.

A Board ot Knquibt wag held on Monday before Mujor Jackson, President, Cupb Miic,)nerson aud Sub-Inspector Watt* f the A 0 Force, to inrnsligate the oaime o1o 1 the late firo which destroyed the whire of the tawing party in Stokes Bn-h, on thn 4th in«n." Seigt E Jonei m command ot t£t» party, depoaji tlint the whale of feho partr ti»d oine into tfu i.ilton on that diy to^recei»o their piy.'an'i that lute in the day having heard the camp |htid boon burned -he went to the spot 'ijd foun«l ovorythini? dfgfcroj'e I C')iiB'»')!e P C'awford, cook ti the party, depoiud that the cooking was do>io in a

back ; thai he <iid no lotv tlij cooking pi.ne tint morning until two hourj after theb-iakfast wa<cookd.l, a-iitlnt tbeu th.-ro whs no aign of Ore rein lining in tho tire olacd ; of t!n-> he wis oartui i, »j bo looked purtioularly to eae. Cjiis'abl« James Monr.j stated ih it ho wxs the las'. man to li-av* the whire and them w.is no h'.-e vis.b.o in iho fi eplara when he did so. Ser-it Jones when recalled *»t«'ed that from the nppe*iance of tno site of th whaie. the fire must have originate 1 within it, and f.o.nthe fact tint am lea ivhichcou d not have been consumed by fi e weremidfia^, mc uJiug nnga, swivels, loc'ts and oth.-r meiwlc Dub3tanpe9, lor vrich ho made diligent seirch next day, hs give it as his opinion th it he wh-ire mustha^e been rubbed and then set. firo to. iho Bo^trd having c>n-ider.«d th« e»idence ea He to the opinion " Tliat the wnare oi-cupied bj tho working party ot the A C Force, atSioke's Biiih, was ou the 4 h October 1876 duiint; the absence of the piny, robbed and set fire to by s >tne person or parsons unknown." The police, we understand, are nuking -ucu enquiries as it ia hjpei will bring home the tT«m j to the guilty pnrt'es. The Government loss on the occasion was trifling, but the whole of the working party are in>re or less loaer* by the fire.

WAIKATO Aa\I\GVLTUB.kTj AHD PASrOral Association, — A mieting of the committee of the above waj held at Ohiupo on Tuesday to make arrangements for oaraymg out the Show- nt-xi. month. The following were present during the day, Messr* , u ici.n.in (chair,) (Nubbins, Day, Roche, McMinn, Hammond, Hicks, Byron, ForgiHson, and Mandeno (Secretary ). The meeting lasted s venil h ,urs, and a good deal of business vras done, und if the arrangements made are carried out, the show wdl no doubt, be a great smcess. P. ns are t.> be erected in Mr £ sward's piddo k, the use ol which Mr iLdvr ir,»'s giro* to the Comijjitteo vroo will charge an alrnission fe of one shilling each, to all nin nkiab rs. Mr £dna-ds ha* also offe ed & special prize ot a saddle for lomething yet tv bo decided on. A Toto of thanks wa< passed to Air JBilwar.ls for his ooVr to thj Soc ely. After consider ible dis'U3»ion it w»j resolvud that all the &<»b pnzet shuuld be eith -r medals or certificate*, and second prizes, small inoietary ones, a.r\'i the Secretary iraa iast ruobed to procure samples of medals ana certificates tornomt to tiie next me tins;. Tie amounts of the 2i d prizes were «et:led, and will be duly advertised. A sub-Oom-mitte! wa^ appointed to see to the erection of yards, e~o ; and clasi stewards were appointed for eioh section > f the Show As will be seeu in the adveruaomenr, nil exhibits are t> be n by ten o'clock » m After whic i doub'e entries «ill be charged until 10.30 when gates wi 1 be c o*ed, and the judges will hate jolo puiae^sion for a (nup.eot hours, after vrhich the general public will be admitted. The matter of judges was lully diauu^scd, and arrangements ui»do to pr >cure the services of competent gentlemen, aft r which the appointments will be made, lho meeiiag bruke up -about 6 pm.