The Waikato Times

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1304, 6 November 1880, Page 2

The Waikato Times

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SATURDAY, NOV. 6, 1880.

The comparative failure of the English and Continental harvests, with the consequent depression and shortness of supplies, deplorable as they are in themselves, will affect this Colony beneficially in many ways. In the first place, we may be certain that the next twelve months will witness a large influx of the well-to-do English agriculturists into the Colony, men who, having marked for years past little else but the wasting of their substance, will leave the crowded Mother Country while they have yet a little left to take them away and to start them in a new land where the conditions or 1 life are not so hard. The pioneers of this class are already amongst us, and before long we shall see them coining not singly but in detachments. Secondly, the scarcity at Home will open a wider market for our produce, and thirdly, the difficulty of obtaining good paying investments in England will have the effect of diverting a portion of the capital hither, and so lowering the high rates of interest which just now obtain. There can be little doubt the occasion which has arisen will, if rightly seized, tend greatly to increase the material welfare of N^w Zealand. For it must not be forgotten that , in our trade with the Mother Country we have a powerful competitor in the United States^ So far, indeed, it is America , alone, who has received any great advantages by the misfortunes of the British farmer. The wide extent of country which across the Atlantic cau be had for the cultivation of it — which* in itself is a matter of little difficulty — the comparative cheapness of labor, rendered less expensive by the almost universal us** of machinery, and the small cost of transit, to give the American grain grower (he can scarcely be called farmer) immensely superior advantages to those possessed but a few years ago by the agriculturists on this aids of the Pacific. But it must be remembered that we here are favored with a better climate, that we can grow much heavier crops, and that now in so far as land transit is concerned, we have facilities little, if at all, inferior to America. They have a shorter distance to send their grain over seas than we have, and this coupled with <he small cost of harvesting mainly constitute the advantages they have over us, and to counterbalance which we can only show better yields. We look upon a fall in the price of farm labor as inevitable, as a consequence indeed of the national tendency towards economy, and no interests will be better served than those of the farm laborers themselves by a re-adjust-ment upon a satisfactory basis of the relations between capital and labor. Assuming therefore that the cost of garnering our cereals will suffer a reasonable reduction, we can see no reason why New Zealand will not be in a position to compete successfully against America in the English corn market. Last year the amount of wheat shipped to Europe from the United States was about 100,000,000 bushels. A large deficit in the English and Continental harvests this year will pro- • bably induce a much larger exportation, but as this deficit is estimated to be over 200,000,000 bushels, there is a bright prospect for New Zealand, because the pressure of competition is not likely to be so strong.

Our Auckland morning contemporary is making a great deal out of very little, as is its wont. A sensational headinw to a telegram from Cambridge sets forth all sorts of terrible things as having ocurred on Tuesday last at the Aniwaniwa Bridge, on the Te Horahora block. The facts are as stated in our issue of Tuesday, namely, that an old male idiot with some half-dozen old Maori hags got excited, and went through a haka performance in their robes de unit. On this the old woman of Wyndharastreet, writes a sub-leader, and whines of " another Maori trouble."

We understand that tbe negotiations for the base of £he Royal Jwtel, Hamilton East, have fatten through,

'5t MjSobert Bradley has been appoij|H||rS'.M!retnry to tho Wuikiito Turf .J^f&viei- Mr K'jnuedy Hill resigned.

The Waitoa settlers have founded a Prospecting 1 Aihoouitioii, und Jippointed. Mr Melutyiu muuagfr of the puispectum paitv. The object of tho iiHsociatioa is to j?ive*Te Aroliii di&tiict u thorough prospecting.

A small party left Hamilton yestordny morning for To Arch.t, to i>rospeo6 aud purpose roiuaiuing «.»ut at leactt tliroe month-j.

The little difficulty Jit Horo Hora has wo siro glad to know/ been natwi'autprily, settled. Mr.Muclo.in 1 ofcu rued from _ there on TliutMla^, evening, iv" company with Mr Grace, arid reports that everything has been arranged to his witi»faction. Thero was, of course, no oigniftoance in the ttctiim taken by *.he handful of natives : who stopped ,tho bridge. ' /

' "What; threateti^d to be a serious difficulty between the Cambridge Town Board and Mr A. • (i; Hughes has been averted. It appears that Mr Hughes threatened to sue the Board for damage dono to his property by lowering the footpath, and an arrangement has now been come to, by which the Board fill up the path, in addition to giving Mr Hughes a small monetary consideration.

At the KM. Court, Cambridge, yesterday, a few civil ca»es were disposed of. The case, Wilson v. McVea'gh, alleged unlawful sale of a horse at the pound, waB adjourned. >

The usual weekly meeting of the Hamilton Debating Club was held last night, the Presidept,in the chair. .Mjr ,$. E. Gf. SmitH hiinotmced that he had succeeded in forming a new committee, with himself as Chairman ; Mr K. Hill, Treasurer; Mr T. C. Hammond, Secretary; and Mr McLernon, Receiver. The Chairman resumed the debate on the question, "That the services of Sir Julius Vogel deserve the thanks of the country," in the affirmative. He was followed by Messrs Knox, Hammond, and Sandes, on the same side, and by the Rev. Mr Griffin and Mr W. M. Hay on the negative side. On being put to the Club, the motion was carried. The second order of the day, "Free Trade v Protection," was then brought on and adjourned.

A dance in honour of the competitors will take place on the evening of the 12fch November, in tlie Oddfellows' Hall, Hamilton, under (ho auspices of the Hamilton Cavalry Volunteers.

Tuosday, the 9th inst., the anniversary of the birthday of H.R.H. the Heir Apparent, being a general holiday throughout the Waikato, we underatapd that an Al'-comers Cricket match will he played, on that day in tha padcoek opposite Mr Hay's residence.

At the usual Thursday night's practise of the Hamilton Light Infantry Band, a letter was read from the hon. secretary of the Comus Dramatic Club, asking the members to assist the club in their entertainment at the, Oddfellowa' Hall on Saturday eveaing next, the 1 3th I inst. Those present were quite willing to do all they could for the club, but it was feared that, as several members are out of town, a full band could not be got together on that night. Should the absent ones return in time, hovroyer, they will play for the Comus Club.

The "Observer" has "been enlarged this week from 32 to 40 columns. This week's number contains a picture of Grand Flaneur, winner of the Victoria Derby and Melbourne Cup— -Etohings of Messrs James Williamson, J. B. Russell, and Dr Haines — A pen and ink sketch of Sir Julius Vojrel, and all the usual interesting features.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court on Thursday, judgment was given in the civil casp, B. and J. Coleman v. J. Bauer, claim £8 17s (Kd, for meat. The defendant disputed the correctness of the claim, handing in a receipt for £9, for which he had not received credit. The plaintiffs swore that this receipt was merely a duplicate, having been given in ignorance of the existence of another by plaintiffs' sister. His Worship held that the receipt must be considered good, and gave judgment for £1 17s Oijd, without costs. Mr Hay appeared for plaintiffs, and MC O'Neill for defendant.

The travelling public will be pleased to learn that Moftlin's bus is once more on the road between Pearce's Comniercial.Hotel and the Railway Station, resplendent in a new coat of Vialou's paint and varnish, and apparently all the better for its late little misadventure.

The officers and members of the Hamilton Contingent To Awamutu Cavalry, propose cntertaiuing their brothers in amis of Te Awamutu at dinner on Friday evening next, at Gwy line's Hotel, in commemoration of the carbine inatuh to come off that day.

The Sydney Mail in speaking of the Temora goldfiolds says :— "The first escort took 9260z5., an unprecedented fact in the history of gold-mining, considering no washing up could possibly take place. And yet this is not a tithe of the real yield, as gold has been continually remitted by banks and private individuals.

The Tanga gold rush is pronounceil an absolute failure. The prosSectors abandoned their claim on Saturay after getting only a few dwts. of shotty gold. The impression is that reefs ai*e discoverable higher up the creek I but alluvial sinkings will not pay.

The Thames Evening Stnr recommendß to the County Council, the desirability of having the boundaries of the County altered, or else the revenue from the new goldfield will find its way into the Pialto County. There is (says our contemporary) no reason why the course of the river should not be followed as i boundary further up than Omahu, and in fact the proposed line of the new goldfield might with advantage be taken as the boundary of the County. < The settlement will be an off- shoot from the Thames, and the cost of keeping roads and bridges in repair will fall on the County funds, while the revenue, if the boundaries are not altered, will go into the coffers cf an adjoining County who will not be oalled upon to defray the cost of keeping the roads in repair. (

We are glad to be informed that. prior to Mr Wentworth's departure from England in the Orient, he had seen to all the necessary arrangements for the forthcoming match between Trickett and Hanlon. He left Trickett in the most i perfect health, and he was very sanguine as to the result of the match. Trickett was having his colors manufactured. They are a good twill silk, with blue board ; the British standard in centre, and the Australian coat of arms stamped on each corner.

An amusing cricket contest between eleven players possessing only one arm each and a like number of one-legged men is recorded in BcWif Life The former won on the first innings by 143 runs, scoring 199 against 56 made by their opponents. For the winners Sharp made the fine score of 92, and Ben Neal came next with 57. The one-legged team, however, did better in their second essay, and had leached SO with only two wickets down when time was called.

The Thames Advertiser saj. r S :—'* The Thames has long wanted a more satisfactory meat supply, aDd we are therefore, pleased to notice that Messrs. Banks and Co. intend commencing a cattle sale on and after the 12th instant, choosing each

Wednesday fox* market day. They are erecting first-class permanent yards, with ev^ry-^ecbasary accomodation, situated in Banks-street, Parawai. We need liardly say that this step will be other than appreciated by the numerous settlers as far as the Te Aroha and Piako. It is not jrenerally known thas the di&tance is not greater f 1 0:11 Morrinsviile to the Thames than to the railway shipping yards, Ohaupo, so that, stock can be delivered cheaper tot this ThiVmes th.m at Auckland. M^fifcck- and fcjtudhohuq wold to Messrs. Fisher and Co. about 500 head of Q.it.tle«ndT6ft|) sheep at the early part of this«yi.«'vJ Wo advooat&l, in fact agitated for a market years a#o, but owing lo 'a'strOriij' monopoly which has existed in the carcase trade ever &incetho opening of the field, it could nob bo accomplished. It has just been a question of time,, aud r ,now that the up-country is being settled, and the farmers can produce as much beef and mnttiriw Tyill be required f oy oonsuinpton, this monopoly canuotoxistany longer, because their own customers will be able to compete with them."

The Melbourne IferaM gives the following particulars concerning- Ned Kelly ; — "He complains that there is still a rifle buJUet in bis left leg, which gives him a great deal of pain. Kelly also says that the wounds in the left arm have cansed that member to shrivel up, and that his left hand has a wasted and crushed appearance. His treatment' in gaol 1 is different to that of other prisoners. When they are arranged in order for retiring to their colls Kellyis kept seperate from them. When he reaches his cell the door is closed and a warder placed i*i front of it, so thai no other prisoners can communicate with him. He has been visited several times bv Mrs. Skillian, but not by Kate Kolly. He is so quiet, .and even amiable in his manner, that it is hard to believe he is the desperado alleged. Of course the gaol discipline and hopelessness of any resistance, together with the pain of his wounds, have induced this exterior quietude. It appears that Kelly never had a chanoe of communicating with others in aconfidential manner, because there has always been a warder present whenever he has been allowed to meet an associate in the prison. ' '

A circular has just been distributed througout the colony by the Commissioner of the Government Insurance Department, in which is embodied a very clear statement of the result of the operations of the department duriog ifai ten years of existence. As regards the hteadily accumulative business obtained, the lot* fate of expense of management, the funds in hand, and the claims made upon the department. The accumulated funds amount to £460,000 ; the annual income exceeds £147,000 ; existing policies, nearly 1*2,000 in number, assuring over £4,100,000; total claims paid, nearly £140,000. The net hurplus ascertained at the end of the first five years Was upwards of £12,000. The rosults of the departments business for the first ten years of its existence, how concluded, will be found to compare favourably with those of any British or colonial life institution during- any similar period. During the year ended 30th June last 2274 policies were issued, assuring £725,250. The death claims for the year amounted to £32,500, assuring 67 persons, under 78 policies. The rate of interest realised is in excess of primary calculations, and eminent actuaries in Great Britain are now engaged in calculating what proportion of profits may be divided among the policy-holders.

If all the anticipations and predictions of scientific men were to be realised, the telephone would undoubtedly prove the most wonderful and moat useful of scientific instruments. The uses to which it is said to be applicable are remarkably numerous and varied, and nearly every day we hear of new applications of it being suggested. One of the latest ideas is that it will prove capable of utilisation in the process of cupellation in the separation of metals, and in the operations of the assay er generally. With regard to this new application of the telephone, some interesting experiments have been carried out in the London Mint. In the course of these, ' Professor Roberts, the chemist to the Mint, has discovered that equal and similar volumes of various metals and alloys have each a different effect ou an electric current flowing round a coil. If two coils arc connected by a wire, and a coin, say of perfect Aveight and fineness, is placed in one of them, a disturbance of the current is produced, which an attached telephone will indicate. But if an unequally perfect coin is placed in the other coil, the balance is restored and the telephone is silent. If, on the contrary, either should be base or light, and the other genuine, the telephone immediately gives tongue. This is quite a new application of the telephone, and the measure of success that has been achieved by it warrants the beliof that tins instrument will in course of time be found of service in many chemical and other scientific processes.

Victoria has spent nearly £20,000 lately in assisting certain mining companies to explore fresh ground.

Messrs Hunter and Nolan have received instructions irom Mr John Ross, of Kihikihi, to sell at Ohnupo, on Thursday, November 18, .it i p.m., till his < hoice Hereford rattle.

Messrs Qualthrougli, Veal and White open their new Imtc hennjr establishment in Hamilton, adjoining the Hamilton Hotel, nc\t Tuesday. Messrs Hunter and Nolan will sell tooo half-bred wethen, in forward condition, on arrival from X.ipier about 20th No\ ember.

William Corboy, Esq., invites tenders for painting and papcrhan^ing a six-roomed house and painting store. The Banks in Waikato will he closed nc\t 'luesd.iy (Prince ol Wales' lmthdaj). The Licensing Courts throughout Waikato will sit on Tuesday, 7th December. Mr Kennedy Hill holds a sale of fruit at his mart this day at 2 p.m.

Mr George K. Clarke, land and commission agent, Cambridge, makes an important announcement in our «id\crtif.injf columns.

The Waikato Turf Club Spring Meeting will take placo on St. Andrew's Da\, ;,oth Novembci. Piojjramme in another column.

Vincent E. Rice, Esq., Secretary to the Education Board, notifies through our Gazette columns meetings for the purpose of electing School Boards. A meeting of the. creditors in the estate of Mr Edward Hugo Ross Ranc will be held at Cambridge, on Tuesday, 7th December.

Mv H. Chitty announces that Kent House will ho closed on Tuesday, the 9th inst., and on the two following days, for re-purchasing and re-assorting stock from the latest Home shipments. The show of new goods will take place in the following week.

Mr James Wiseman, the celebrated saddler of Auckland and Hamilton, will have a splendid show of saddlery at the forthcoming Show .it Ellcrsilic.

The new pure cash system now being initiated by G. and C. will certainly prove a benefit to the public. It has been a great success in Sydney and Melbourne, and when strictly carried out the customer who buys at an establishment where the goods are marked low to ensure a rapid sale must be a great gainer. G. and C. sell their drapery millinary, and clothing at such prices for cash as gi\es the buyer the advantages of a .shareholder in a co-operative society, without the risk of being called upon to bcaraportion of the loss .should the year's business pro\e unsatisfactory. G.irlick an'd Cninwcll will aim to retain the confidence which the public ha\ c hitherto shown them, and are determined to give the pure rash system a f.iir trial; whether they gain or lose the first year. Country buyers on remitting cash with order will be supplied with goods at co-oper.itiu* prices ; just the .same as though they made .1 personal selection. Furnishing goods, such as carpets, floor cloths, bedsteads, bedding, and general house furniture, the laigest portion of whii h is turned out at our own factory, will be marked at the lowest remunerative prices, and a discount of five per cent, will be allowed to those who pay at tho time of purchase. G. &C. having realised the entlro value of thrir stock dining their late cash sale, the present stock is vi'W A*U fcVMMir V jiouoh r. An inspection is in\ itcd. — Garlic k and Cranwmj., City Hall Furnishing Arcade, Queen - srect, Auckland.