The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1180, 20 January 1880, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

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TUESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1880.

As years roll by, the more apparent becomes the fact that the destinies of the nati?es of Central .Europe have entered into a new era, quite opposite to that intended by the statesmen, who framed the treaty of Vienna in 1815. The one mau who has acheived for his country the glorious task of amalgamating the German people, and placing the Empire under the soeptreof Prussia, has lately concluded a convention with the ancient enemy of the House of Hohenzollern, by which the power and might of Germany have been sore fchan doubled. The coronation of Frederic "Wilhelm, in the " Salons " of the '• Grande Monarque," at Versailles ! certainly formed a grand epoch iv i i/ue history of the renovated empire, and Prince Bismark must undoubtedly have felt proud of his work, but we doubt whether the pride that filled the great statesman's heart was equal to that, which he must have felt, when he presented to his Sovereign for his signature the convention of treaty, which established an alliance offensive an» defensive with the House of Hapsburg; for this alliance has consolidated all his previous undertakings, leaving him master of the situation in Central Europe. It is well known that the victory of Sadowa lett a burning spot in Austria's he*rt, which the army was desirous of eradicating ; how it if that those who were euoh implacable foes a few years ago, should coalesce, never perhaps to separate again, will be our task to lay before our readers. The Empire of Auslria consists of various nationalities, numbering together some 37,000,000 of inhabitants. Jfc is divided >nto two gieat political divisions, viz., the Cisliethan or German Austria, the Kingdom of Hungary or Tranaleithau Austria, ot which the German elements number about 38 per cent, in German Austri»,and 18 per cent in Hungary. The first step towards "rapprooche ment " with Prussia oocurred during the Franco. Prussian war, the German element sympathising with their kinsmen fighting from the Rhine to the Loire; many Austrian officer •» finding their way to the trenches circumventing Paris ; nor does there appear to have been any envious ieeliog on the part of the A ustrians at the success of the German arms in France. But if the Austrians were not envious, a nation laying on their eastern boundary was. The Russian or Slovonian peopU were anything but pleased at the growth of Germany. The army felt that it was the duty of the Czar to show to Europe that the events of 1854-55 had passed into oblivion, and that the time had come, when the will of Peter the Great should be made manifest in Europe, The insiiing to revolt of the Herzegovinia:\s and Servians against Turkish supremacy was but a preInde of their designs, but the Turkish victory of Alexinaty was more than could be borae, for thousands of Fussian volunteers hud swelled the Servian ranks, tbo Russion legions were therefore dispatched to the Danube under the pretence of saving Christian people from Mahomedan yoke, whfareas the war was one of conquest undertaken with the determination of forming a new Russia in Southern Europe reaching to the Medierranean Sea, and which eventually would gather to ituelf the Slavoniati element of the Empire of -Austria. It is this knowledge which has induced the Austrian Emperor to turn to his German brother for support in case of war— for when once Russia is permanently si'uated on the ilanube, Austria will lay at her mercy — nor is this the only danger which has be«n threatening her \ od on her western frontier the Italians have lately been clamouring for the province of I3tria which includes the great port of Trieste the possession of which would out ofi the Germans ti*om the Adriatic, and countries surrounding the Mediterranean. The Berlin Treaty which forced upon the Austrians the oecu, ation of Bosnia and Herzegovina has delegated to that country the guardianship of tho Balkans, all future Russian aggressions on the Ottoman dominions in Europe must be made through Austria, for the Austrian sentinel as Lord Salisbury justly re marks, stands at the door, and any

a* tempt to force it open would infallibly biing" down on the aggreisor the entire German nation — therefore however oneroiu this fresh task may be to her, she is amply rewarded by the Alliance just concluded — The incorporation of a Slavonian people into her Empire, mush cause her interests to gravitate moie towards the East, which means the I consolidation of the present political situation, insuring the peace of Europe. The Austro-Germany alliance therefore shows that the community of interests which has always existed between the two nations, has now beoome discernable. To Austria the German alliance has beoome mdispensible, the Slavonian people composing that state, being subject to Russian machinations, .vho declares it to be to her interest to support tlrm against German and Magyar supremacy in order to neutralise the position that she has takt-n up—aheady the telegram* announce a rising among the Slavonian Bosnians, which has caused troops to be forwarded from Hungary, but luckily for the peace of that community, the Mahommedan portion, are determined to resist Slavonian encroachments and uphold the supremacy of \nBtriii — of what utility the alliance is to Prussia and Germany we must defer te a future oppertunitj. The very fact of the massing of 350,000 Russians in Poland, shows clearly enough the wisdom of Prince Bismark's policy, nor has it been nndortaken one whit too soon, as the rumours of war circulating throughout Europe, demonstrates the necessity of placing « check on the collossal power of Russia.

Mr F. A. Whttjuosb, M.H.R., accompanied by Mr Stewart, has been visiting the several parta of the Waipa district and inspecting various works during the past week with a view to the expected arrival of the Minister for Public Works in Waikato towards the end of the month or beginning of February, so that on the arrival of Mr Oliver no time may be lost in bringing at once before his notice the more special requirements of the district, and the best means of meeting them. The two gentlemen above mentioned proceeded ; along the road line from Hamilton to Whatawhata — a work which needs to be thoroughly completed to make the Waipa and Raglan road of full use— and also inspected the site of the proposed bridge at Whatawhata, another necessary link in that chain of communication. They made inquiries also concerning the state of the road from the Waipa to Raglan, and inspected the Mangahoe Bridge on that road. From thence they proceeded to Te Rore and inspected the proposed site of a bridge at that settlement, toward which a sum of £1,200 had been subscribed by road boards ; they also had a look at the Alexandra Bridge, which requires repairs, and thence returned to Hamilton. On Thursday Mr Stewart will probably go with Mr Whyte, M.H.R. for Waikato, to inspert the Rotorua road. We have no doubt bat that Mr Oliver, on bis visit to Waikato, will be induced to visit the Waipa river district, which so much needs and has so great a claim upon the Government for assistance in tho matter of Public Works expenditure.

THiMBB-WAnULTO RAILWAY CoHTBACT. —We learn that Mr R. R. Hunt of Ngaruawahia, and Mr Riohard White, late oontractor for the Wynyard pier, are the lowest tenderers for the section advertised at the Hamilton end of tho Thames railway line.

The Union Company's s.s. Wanaka, instead of proceeding to K&wakai/a for coal on her lar t tip north went to Whangarei, and took on board 150 tons of coal for the return trip. The New Zealand Herald, refering to this says that " This is the first trial of coal from that mine the Union Company has made, and the result will be looked fo ward to with interest." Our contemporary is quite in error. The Union Company's s.s. Rotomahiina made a trial of the ooul on her trip south about two months ago, and the coal was deemed good. According to the Russell correspondent of the Herald, Mr Lundon, M.ft R., Ins come to the conclusion that he was " the biggeßt fool in the House " for having, as a rule, toted against the present Government.

Ma Robeht Febgusson wishes us to contradict the report which worepublished from the Napier Telegraph on Friday last that he is the purchaser of the racing mares "Lady Elizabeth" and "Lady Gertrude." Mr Fergusoon states that he has not bought these mares, nor does he intend doing so.

Hamilton Uhoeal $ J ooTETY..--Owrag to the absence of the oonduot#r, there will be no farther practise of the society until further notice. After the Cambridge races, a black and tan sheep dog (slut) evidently having lost its master, remained on the course. It was there yesterday, and Mr Fantham is desirous that the owner should fetch it away. A fearful accident occurred at the Kaiwa ra -iffe Kange, Wellington Province, on aturday last. A man named Francis DonaH, who was marking at the butts, put up the danger flag, and ran out from the marker's house just as a shot was fired, which struck him, killing him instantaneously. No blame is attributed to any of the volunteer*. Donald is a married man, and leivea a family of young children. Mb Fibth, after depositing 70,000 ova in Tarawera Lake, deposited 25,000 in Lake Takitapu, and a similar quantity in Lake Okataina. Mess's Campbell Bros, of WaUoa are sub-dividing 1 their property, consisting of about 3000 acres, situated to the westward of, and adjoining the Aroha Block. The block will be sub-divided in sections varing in area from ten to five or six hundred acres. 'I he land is good and well adapted for agriculture, this property is likely to find speedy sale being well situated in the heart of a rising locality. THKfIE will be a gathering of the friends of Pastor Chiniqujr to-day to welcome his arrival in Waikato. The Key. Pastor will bo met at the railway station at Hamilton by a committee appoiuted'for that object, attended by ail I those who wish to take part in the reception. On arriving at tho HawUtou

Hotel ho will be presented with an address, and will afterwards prooeed to Cambridge, where ho will deliver a leoture to-night in the Pablio Hall on u ' tome and Liberty." Pastor ( hiniquy will return to Hamilton to-morrow, and lecture to-morrow evening in Le Quetme's Hall, on whioh oooo^ion the Bey. Air Evans will preside. The railway management, we see, hare found it necessary to advertise, notifying people who sent cattle by railway, that they should not be sent at the last moment, but in time to be placed on the trucks and consigned, half an hour before the starting of the train. The sending them at the last moment is the cause that they are sometimes not properly loaded, and that mishaps occur. The railway officials, at the last moment, have their hands full at the station without being away at the yards loading cattle trucks. J. E. Macdonaxd, Esq., District Judge, arrived by the late train on >aturday night, and holds a sitting of the District Court this morning. The present magnifioent weather is a Godsend to farmers, all of whom are exceedingly busy taking advantage of it to secure their grain and other crops. Wb notice by advertisement that arrangements have been made with E. M. Edgcumbe and Co. for printing and publishing the "Waikato Handbook," and that all monies due or to become due by subscribers to the " Handbook " are to be paid to the firm only. The " handbook" will, we understand, be in the hands of subscribers in about ten days time. Thb overland route to Tauranga is becoming recognised as a safe, expeditious, and far cheaper means of transporting cattle from the Auo land oattle markets to that district than by the sea route. Mr Buckworth, of Tauranga, passed through Hamilton, last H'riday with a mob of small cattle purchased at Papakura, on his way to Tauranya. The cattle we»*e brought by train to Hamilton, are being driven by Paeioa, and it is, we believe, anticipated to place them on the farm at a cost of about 7s a head, a» against 15s a head if conveyed by steamer from Auckland, part from the saying in expense, this means of transit will do much to bring our sister settlement m rapport with the Waikato by causing the settlers of each to " rub shoulders" together more frequently than they otherwise might.

A ScaEKnna Bible. — An English religous paper says: — The preparation of the new Bible has not made much advance yet. We lay before our readers the improved version of the first chapter of Genesis: 1. There never was a beginning. 2. And Cosmos was homogeneous and undifferentiated, and in somehow or another evolution begun and molecules appeared. 3. And molecule involved plotoplasm, and rythmatic thrills arose, and then there was light. 4. And a spirit of energy was developed, and formed the plastic cell whence arose the primordial germ. 5. And the primordial germ became protogene, and protogene somehow shaped eozoon ; then was the dawn of life. 6. And the herb yielding ; seed and the fruit-tree yielding fruit after its own kind, whose seed is in itself, developed according to its own fancy. 7. The cattle after his kind the beast of the earth after his kind, and every creeping thing became evolved by heterogeneous segregation and concomitant dissipation of motion. 8. So that, by survival of the fittest, there evolved the simiads from the jelly-fish,andthesimiadsdifferentiated themselves into the authropomorphic primordial types. 9. And in due time one lost his tail and became man, and behold he was the most cunning of all the animals. 10. And in process of time, by natural selection and survival of the fittest, Matthew Arnold, Herbert Spencer, and Charles Darwin appeared and behold it was very good.

Mtt Alvkbd Buckland obtained good prices on Saturday for the shorthorn heifers introduoed by Mr Payne from >ydney. One fetched 125 gineas, another 75 guineas, and the third 60 guineas. Messrs T. and s. Morrin wo c the purchasers of the two first. Mr Smith, draper, bought the last.

Educational. — At the Meeting of the Education Board, on Friday, the cjueation of the Paterangi School site waadisoussed. It was stated that last year the board agreed to pay the rent asked. 'he trustees offered to oonvey the building and site to tho board for £60, but a question arose as to whether the board should pay rent or complete the purohaae. It was agreed to grant £12 to go towards the reduotionof the liabilities inourred by the trustees. The native* at Awanui, East S!oa«t, have, it is stated, stopped Mr Haig, surveyor, in surveying a block of land at Waipu. One man warned the party off the ground and went away, threatening to return with an armed party. Under the circumstance-*, Major Ropata has written to VI r Haig saying that he had better stop the survey for the present.

When we hear on this side and on that of native obstructionists it is satisfactory to hoar of such acts as those of Pineha, a native chief of influence in the Upper Thames, who has visited Auokland to interview Mr Whitaker with the object of facilitating telegraphic communication across native teritory. Hitherto to avoid native obstruction, in particular places the line has passed, from Katikati to Bowentown, then by the East Coast to a point opposite Hikutaia, whe c it crosses the range, through the forest, thence crossing the I'hames and Piako rivers by awkward towers. On all this course the line is liable to accident, and repairs cannot easily be effected. Pineha proposes to bring the wire across at • •hinemuri, thence by Piako and Worrinsville to Waikftto, while the Thames will be se ved by a branch. This would enable the lino through the broken country at Hikutaia, the crossings of the rivers and swamps to be dispensed with, and would extend teleg' aphic facilities to districts which are rapidly becoming populous. Pineha guarante3B freedom from any difficulty from the natives.

Cambridge Branch Railway. —Mr GwyLiieth is at present at I'atnahere laying off the lino at Crawfords and fixing upon the site and approaches for the bridge at the He has had men at work all last week, and intends to lay ofi the difficult portions first, and see if he has underestimated the cost. Ihe rest of the way, it is said, will be easy and take only a few days to complete. The cricket match played at Cambridge between Cambridge and vVaitoa teams, resulted in a victory for latter, by one run and one wicket. We will give the score in our next.

•PokesF'—At a court in Kentucky, the case ~mith v. Brown was called up. — " Who's for the plaintiff?" asked the judge, impatiently " Vlay it please the court," said a rising member of the legal fraternity," Pilkings is for the plaintiff; but I left him just now over in the tavern, playing a game of poker. He's got a sucker there, and he's sure to skin him if he only has time. He's got the thing all set to ring a * cold deck,' in which case he'll deal for himself four aces and his opponent four queens; no that your honor will perceive ho must 'wke the persimmons.' " " Dear me," said the judge, with a sigh, " that's too bad ? It happens at a ve-y unfortunate time. lam very anxious to get on with these cases." A brown study followed, and at length a happy idea struck the judge. " Bill," laid, be, addressing tho friend of (fca

absent Pilkins who had spoken, "you understand poker as well at Pilkins. Suppose you go over and play his hand." Thx Whifce Island guano, to whioh we referred in a previous issue, has been introduced into Waikato in quantity by the Waikato Steam Navigation Company, who have been appointed the sole agents for this district by i rJ. *. Wilson, the owner of White Island, where the guano is found, is we then stated, this guauo is in appoarance not unlike other guano, but greasier to the touch. It is the deposit of sea bird*, and is found in large quantities, in one place to the depth of 3 > feet. It has been tried at Tauranga against bone flour and Peruvian guano, and with the mewt favourable results. To the New Zealand agriculturalist the find is a most important one, as it can be produoed, and of course sold more cheaply than other sruanos. The Waikato Steam Navigation Company advertise to deliver it in Whatawhata and Hamilton at t'6 per ton, and higher up either river at an additional oost of five shillings per ton. We have been informed that one of our farmers east of Hamilton is so sat^fied with, it that he has ordered five tons of it for use this autumn. Native Feeling. —If the following from the Herald of * aturday * c correct, the minds of tho Kins: natives are far from being in a state of quietude. As regard* tho reference to Waikato we believe there is not the remotest cause for apprehension. The remarks of our contemporary are as follows : — " From what may be regarded as well-informed sources, wo have learned that the King natives in tho Waikato district are endeavoring to how the seeds of disturbance among the natives 'n the Northern district. Keoently a brother of Winiata baa been among them as an agent from Tawhiao for the purpose of advocating- the claims of the Mauhau religion, and to sow seeds of discord in the minds of the natives towards the Kuropean settlers. It is generally believed that this act on the p&rt of Tawhiao is in connectio* with the Waimate Plains difficulty and the expected attack upon the nest of sedition at P.irihaka, under the direction of To Whiti. It is also reported that in the event of strife taking place, pordons of three Waikato tribes are likely to take part against us, and on the side of the Parihaka fanatics. Whether the action of the Waikato natives will be at Parihaka or in the Wai ato district is not at present known, but in the light of such a probability the present minsion of Winiata' s brother to the orthern natives assumes an aspect of no small importance. It is also reported that he has succeeded in gaining several converts to the cause of Hauhauism, and of course loyalty to Tawhiao.

Raqli.it Cattle Salts.— Mesars Hunter and Nolan will hold their next cattle sale at the Okete Yards on Tueaday, the 27th inst.

Messes Hunter and Nohw will hold their annual sheep fair at Ohaupo on Thursday next, immediately after the cattle sale.

Cambridge Highway District Election. — V meeting 1 of the ratepayers of the above highway district will be held to-morrow in the schoolhouae, Hautapu, for the purpose of electing a trustee in the place of Mr Jared All will, resigned. Thb valuation lints for the difterent Highway Boards in the Waikato, Kaglin, and Piako districts are now being notified as open for inspection at the various plaoes of referenoe. Tenders for gravelling about 50 ohains of road at Fleming's Hill and Walker's Gully, gravelling a mile of the swamp road, and forming, cutting, and repairing other roads in ths Pukekura district, will be received by the Chairman until 4 p.m. of the 30th inst. Tne advertisement contains notice of the day on which each work will be pointed out to intending contractors on the ground.