The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1173, 3 January 1880, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

The Government huve written to the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society th it by the incoming mail steamer they expect to receive from San FiviHcisco, 2,040,000 wlrte fish ova, and that they will be allotted as as follows :— Auckland, 540,000 ; Napier, 500,000 ; Nelson, 250,000 ; Christchurch, 300,000 ; the private spawn establishment near Chrislchurcb, 10,000 ; Duuedin, 250,000 ; Invercargill, 300,000; Wakatipu, 250,000. Some twelve months since, aa our readers may recollect, a similar consignment was expected by the Government, but, through some unfortunate circumstance, it did not arrive. On that occasion it was intended that the ova to be allowed to the Auckland Provincial District should be distributed in the several lakes in the Maori country. Now, as then, we protest ag-ainst such a distribution. Surely out of so lar^e a quantity as over half a million of ova the European population in the Provincial District of Auckland is entitled to some benefit from an act of public expenditure. There are at least a score or two of lakes in Waikato which would be quite as suit, able waters for the distribution of fclieso ova -as the lakes in the King country beyond. Why the one should be stocked and the other left nncared for we cannot understand upon any principle of justice. Such lakes as thatatWangape, atNgaroto, and again at Hamilton are large broad shorts of water of t.vo and three hundred acres in extent, where the fish would have every opportunity of breeding and increasing till they became firmly established. These lakes, and scores more, are so situated that the fish procurable from them in a few years time would be of great benefit to a large European population, which is at present almost cut off from any such food supply. It is, indeed, discreditable alike to the Government and to the Acclimatisation Society that these and similar lakes have been left so long unstocked with fish. Tench, perch, carp, and loach would thrive well in our Waikato lakes, which are suitable ateo for the whitefish, the ova of which is now about to be introduced into New Zealand. Nor is there any reason to doubt that the American lake trout would do veil in them. , These lakes have all outfalls, and have thus a running stream through them, and though the bottom ia as a rule deep mud, there are reefs and shoals in most of them of a rubbly, gritty character, the presence of which is needed by this species of fish to enable them to clean themselves. We trust then that when their share of the white fish ova is received by the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, a fair distribution of it will be made, and those parts of the country, both north and south of Auckland, which happen to possess a European population may be considered worthy of beiug dealt with as liberally as those occupied by the more favored race.

The turnip sowing season is now at hand, and our columns contain advertisements from dealers both in seeds and special manures, (rood seed is an important matter, more important than any other pet-hap*, but for safety in this respeot the farmer has nothing to depend upon but the character and standing of the dealer, and even then it is possible both may be deceived. At home such . seeds are often bought with a guarautee which will alone afford any certain security that they are true to kind. The question of their germinating p»wer any farmer can settle for himself, but not that they are true to sort. With manures, however, the experiments of others and his own experience will form a reliable guide. The best of land, almost without exception, in this part of the countny, will require manure, and for nothing more so than the turnip crop to force the young plants beyond the reach of the fly and other enemies ; and of artificial stimulating manures the farmar has a wide choice. We lately saw some very interesting experiments in course of being carried out in the fields of one of our most experienced Waikato farmers, where a number of such manures were being tried one against the other, Such experiments are most valuable, especially in the hands of such un one as the investigator referred to. B>-and-bye the various crops experimented upon will be taken up and weighed, and the results made public. Every cai'rt to make them fair and impartial is being taken. They are being triod on both potatoes and carrots — three rows in the field manured with one kind of manure, the three next rows with another kind, a»? so on ; the same money Valne per acre of i each manure being used in each case. ' There were trials of Cfan's manure, Hurst's mixture, Huon guano, Long Island guano, bunedust, salt, an<] the ground in its natural state without manure at all. A month ago when we saw the ground, Oan's manure was leading, closely followed by Hurst's mixture, then the guanos, the bone hist, and the salt. A liutle afterwards and Hurst's mixture passed Oran's, but the latter has again, we

are informed, coroo t.o the fore, with the bonedustand guanos close bshiivl. The proof ■ f the pudding will i f course be hi tlieea ing. The taking up and weighing the roots will set; the matter at iesc, though even then the booedust might have claimed foi ir. that a dec Mad ye.v's cr >p would make up the difference. It is not, however, to the relative values ot t'nese manures that we now ref r — the last may yet be iirst, and the tirst last; but. to the valuf, nay the necessity, of manure in some form. Whei*3 no manure had been applied, the p <tato crop a nionth a<?o looked next door to a failure, though rows of luxuriant growth on either side marked the line where the application of one or other artificial manare had been applied. This is the fact we wish to impress ipon our readers at the present time — a fact that would make itself apparent in nine fields out of ten in this district under similar circumstances, Mid in no case more so than in the turnip crop.

Visit op the Governor t > Waikato.— His Excellency Sir ttercales Robinson will make a short visit to Waikato, leaving Auc land to-day and returning on Monday, as he has to lewe Auckland for Wellington on Tuesday morning, two of his daughters leaving that place for Sydney on the 9th inst. But for this private matter Sir Hercules would have remained in the North to attend the raoe meeting of the Waikato Turf Club. The presnt visit, it is said, is purely of a business character, and may result in the purchase of some of our best local racing stock for his Excellencys stable. The Hon. Mr Whitaker also comes up with the Governor, with the object, we unde stand, of making arrangements for enabling the Linconshire delegates, Me.ss 8 Foster and G- ant, to visit the Te Aroha and other blocks. There will, we believe, be accompanied ia their expedition by the District Surveyor, Mr Lawrence Oussen. Messrs Grant and Foster have everywhere been fittingly received since their arrival in the district, and have expressed themselves well pleased with the agricultural appearanoe of the "Waikato country. What has puzzled them most has been the large quantity of grass every abounding at midsummer. Last night they were the guests of Mr J. B Whyte of Hamilton. Piako Annual Races. — These races take place on St. Patrick's Day, and last year the settlers managed to get up a very attractive programme. There were some good horses entered, and altogecher the affair was a most unqualified success and credit to a young and rising district. This year it is intended to do the same thing, and we trust the public will as liberally respond as they did last year. Of the enterprise of th^ Waitoa settlers themselves in the matter there is no doubt, and already steps are being taken to organise the movement. A meeting will be held this afternoon in the Nottingham Castle Hotel to form a committee for carrying out the proposed race meeting. Ohaupo Sheep Fair.—Mr J. S. Buckland's annual sheep fair will be held on the 14th inst. Entries should be made not later than Wednesday next, so that the animals for sale may be catalogued. Telegraph Operators' Strike. —Our readers will remember that in our last ihsue it was intimated that on the 2nd January very probably a numbor of the operators in the larger offices of the New Zealand telegraph would strike. Yesterday over 90 operators suspended work, and the consequence was that t'ue larger offices which keep open till 8 p.m., closed at 5 p.m., and only opened for half-an-hour later in the evening. We are not su prised at this movement on the part of the operators, who. with the post office officials, are the worst paid and the hardest worked members of the civil service in New Zealand. |

Steino Bindeb Reaping Machine. — Messrs Morrow, Bassett and Company have received per the Nan Francisco mail, what claims to obviate the difficulty found by those using the wire machines. For some time past efforts have been made to invent a string binder whioh, while tying the sheaf securely, would not be open to the same objection. This the Johnston Harvester Company claim for machine referred to. The binding arm has a forward, horizontal, and descending motion, and is supported by a side bracket. The grain is delivered from the elevator on to the binding platform, where it falls against the string. The string has one end securely gripped underneath the binding platform, and the ocher end passes through the needle which carries the cord round the sheaf and descends through the table, bringing the cord together and enclosing the sheaf. Then, by the continued action of a finger, a revolving claw, and a hook, vhich draws a loop through, a secure knot is made. The twine is then severed by a knife from the portion which is bein reeled out. The needle once more ascends, leaving behind it one end of the string again gripped in the under jaw ; and a bent claw rising from under the binding platform, and which has hitherto held the sheaf in position for binding, now falls, and, passing under the sheaf, rises at the back of it, and pushes it gently off the binding table. As the machine will be in working order at an early date, no doubt many farmers will take the opportunity of inspecting it. Adelaide Neilson made many conquests in New York. Her parlors in the Fifth Avenue were never without her admirers in season hours. She had a big husband named Lee. He seemed more of a factotum. A New Yor-ter fell madly in love with the actress while she was playing as "Rosalind" and ''Amy Robsart" at Booth's Theatre. Every night he was in an orchestra chair, with a big floral emblem for her, and every afternoon, after having obtained an introduction, came bearing more flowers. The charming actress liked nothing better than to 101 l back on the divan with a rich bouquet to pick at, while the admiring eyes of several gentlemen beamed on her from ottomans and easy chairs about her The love-lorn young man was annoyed by the big fellow who used to sit off in one corner, apparently abstracted, yet ever too near to permit any passionate declaration to be properly made. The big fellow smoked his cigars, read his foreign papers, yawned, looked at his watch, but never left the room. He was there when the lover came, and was there when he went away. Everything was marked Miss Adelaide Neilson. The flowers all came to Miss Neilson. Her pictures were all labelled Miss Neilson, and the lover had never heard of Mrs Lee. One day, when he had spent enough on flowers and presents to pay a winter's board, he impatiently said to his adored actress, " Mibs Neilson, who is that stupid fellow who is always hanging about you ? Why don't you send him off?" "Oh, never mind him," answered tho actress ; "he's only my husband !" The lovelorn young man shoved the top of his opera hat out, bowed himself out as graciously as he could under the circumstances, and shot out of the room. v The mire injured by the bolting of the Piako Land Association team on Wednesday, at the Hamilton station, is not co

I much injured as was supposed, and wo are glad to learn that the blame to be attached to the driver whs likewise overstated. The team was standing- at the tiuie the accident occurred, inside the railway station ground, and the winkers had been taken off the hoives, as on former occasions, to allow them to feed while <fhe dray was being loaded, and but for the f.ict that n trolly, propelled by some men with poles, rattled past aud frightened the hor.-e^, no accident would have occurred, I 1I 1 very effoit was made by the d iver to stop them, but ib wh.s not possible to do so. Since writing 1 the above we have received the following letter from Mr Henery Reynolds, which we have great pleasure in publishing :—: — ''Sir, allow me to correct a wrong impression, which has been occasioned by your report of the late accident to the Piako Land Association's waggon. The driver, whose character your reporter has unintentionally damaged, is a most careful man, whioh is proved by his having been in the employ of this company for tour years, and he has never before had anything go wrong while in charge o>{ horses. Of course this accident might have been serious, and it would be wise to prevent a similar one occuring in future ; but I think your reporter should have enquired more fully into the facts of the case before he took upon himself to publicly make an example, of one who h ordinarily most trustworthy and careful. Apologizing for troubling you, I am, &c, Henry Reynolds. Another Promenade conceit in aid of the funds of the East Hamilton School prize fund will be held in Mr Gr Wynne's grounds on Friday evening next, the last day of the races. This time we trust the weather will be more favorable. On the last occasion the projectors of the concert were in doubt up to the last moment whether it could be held at all, and many people until they heard the band strike supposed it had been postponed on account of the inclemency of the weather, The management of the proposed concrrt is in the hands of Mr T. Bell, a guarantee that every preparation will be made to get the several performers, both of duets and concerted pieces, well up in their different parts. The banks will be closed on Thursday and Friday next week an account of the Waikato Turf Club Race Meeting. The Cambridge correspondent of the Herald says: — It is quite true that Te Kooti was here. It is also true that he has been in every settlement in Waikato. It is likewise true that he returned to Maungatautari without in any way referring to Te Aroha. The natives he was in company with were King natives, often seen and known at Alexandra, and the rumors of a hundred is a tale of "our cat and another." if h^e has not returned to Tawhiao, he is still at Maungatautari. He said that Cambridge was the best place he had seen, and would often come again at this season. Maoris, like ourselves, are moving about among holidaymaker, and characters like Te» Kooti think there is less chance of recognition. I have heard that Purukutu was here last week. I don't think that any politicrl importance attaches to any of these things. The Rev. Joseph Berry, who is just from England, will conduct divine service in the Wesleyan Church, Cambringe, tomorrow morning. The Hamilton Contingent will meet for Bword drill to-day, and for church parade to-morow. The usual monthly meeting will take place after the sword drill. Messrs Hunter & Nolan will hold their next Ohaupo Cattle and Sheep Fair on Thursday the 22nd inst instead of the loth instant as intended, the latter day being that of the Cambridge Races. The date of the Cambridge Cattle sale has also been altered from the 22nd to the 19inst. Mr J. S. Bttckland's next Cambridge cattle sale will take place on Tuesday. The Cambridgo horse sale takes place on the 10th inst. Mrs Glenny will deliver a free lecture on "The Ten Tribes of Israel Identity Question," on Monday evening at 8 o'clock, in the Presbyterian Church, Hamilton. Hamilton Boeoitoh Council Election. — Yesterday was the day appointed for nominating candidates for the vicant seat in the Borough • l ouncil caused by the translation of Captain Dawson from the office of councillor to that of Mayor. There was but one nomination, that of Mr William Davis, builder, nominated by Cr. Knox, and he was therefo.e declared duly elected. The "Medical Press and Circular" gives some entertaining statistics of memory from M. Delaunoy. The inferior races of mankind, such as negroes, the Chinese, &c, have more memory than those of a higher type of civilisation. Primitive races, which were unacquainted with the art of writing, had a wonderful memory, and were in the haUit of handing down from one generation to another hymns as voluminous as the Bible. Prompters and professors of declamation know that women have more memory than men. French women will learn ? foreign language quicker than their husbands. Youths h ive more memory than adults. It is well developed in children, attains iti maximum about the fourteenth or fifteenth year, and then decreases. Feeble individuals of a lymphatic temperament have more memory than the strong. Students who obtain the prize for memory and recitation chiefly belong to the former class. Parisian students have also less memory than tho«o who come from the provinces. At the Ecole Normale and other schools the pupils who have the best memory are not the most intelligent. The memory is more developed among the peasants than among citizens, and among the clergy than among the laity. The memory remains intact in diseases of the left side of the brain, and is much affected in those of the right, from which it may be inferred that the right is more the seat of this faculty than the left. From a physiological point of view, memory is diminished by overfeeding, by physical exercise, and by education, in this sense, that the illiterate have potentially more memory than those who know how to read and write. We remember, moreover, better in the morning than in the evening, in the summer than in the winter, and better in warm weather than in cold. Tickets for the Masonic ball oan be obtained from Mr N". R. i ox, Vl r if. Harris, and the Secretary (Mr ri. 0. Field). Mr T. Bell wishes to intimate to the children of Hamilton West and East that he will attend for singing practice at the Hamilton West school, at 2 p.m. to-day.

SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 1380.

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