Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1335, 20 January 1881, Page 2

Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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THURSDAY, JA&. 20, 1881-

To-morrow His Excellency the Governor will, according to appointment, visit Hamilton, and after making a short .stay proceeds on his journey South, visiting Cambridge en route. The arrangements made for his reception are not by any means extravagant, still, they are sufficiently distinctive to show a fair appreciation of the event. The proceeding, so far as Hamilton is concerned, will be of the most formal character, so that His Excellency will be left entirely free to form his own estimate of the position, and prospects of the place. In that respect, we have no doubt he will find, that the inhabitants of Hamilton and the Waikato generally, contrast strikingly with those of some of the other districts, more especially districts .situated in the Southern provinces. Unless things have greatly changed for the better, when he reaches these remote parts he will find the predominating feeling of the public mind to be an overreaching estimate of their own local importance, and that feeling will be thrust upon his notice in every conceivable form, both obtrusive and otherwise. We do not mean to assert that, in this, our Southern neighbours are either wilfully corrupt or dishonest, on the contrary, we believe that they have come 10 entertain a certain kind of conviction in the truth of what they assert — that kind of conviction, which is said to spring from an oft repeated fallacy, or, at all events gross exageration. This weakness or delusion on the part of our southern neighbours would be highly amusing, and might be easily parsed over as a mero personal foible, but for the fact that, in times gone by they have succeeded in palming it off on the powers that be and other administrative functionaries, as being something akin to gospel truth, and in that way a deal of public "enterprise" has been promoted and money .spent, to the loss and | prejudice of the colony at large. Take the matter of railway enterprise for example, and we find a perfect net-work of lines in operation, the proceeds of which are not sufficient to pay working expenses. | Let us instance one or two cases in ! point. During the last four-weekly periods, the expenditure on the annexed lines lias been, in proportion to their receipts as follows : Mount Somners (branch line) 416*47 ; Shag Point (branch line), 25617 ; Eyrefcon (branch line) 129-43; O\itram, 138-68 ; Lawrence, 121-32; Eiverfcon, 116-69 ; Waimate, 11083 and Walton Park, 10512. Pveduced to sterling money this means that on some of these lines the colony is paying for every^lOO earned a sum of not less than £416, or, takek as a whole, the net less per £iQQ or their j«mt earnings amounts to 5£594 15s. Thai is one of the results achieved by i&<e persistent agi^atiqn, in season and oufc &t .season, carried on by our Southern neighbours. If there be one thing more than another it is necessary for His Excellency^ guard against,"* ife* is allowing his judgment t ;to ' be ' influenced, by the pernicious system '^f '^blow* and

agitation followed by our neighLours in the South. .As shown above, it has wrought incalculable evil in the past, and if allowed to be practised with impunity, we can only imagine that these evils will become unsurmountable. While the Waikato, and we believe "+.lie North Island generally, elects to follow a more dignified course, and leave its position and prospects to speak for themselves, it will not be understood for a moment that we are indifferent to the material advantages around us. We have mentioned railway income and expenditure, and under that head we have further to report that the Auckland line of 107 miles in length is, according to the latest returns, making a net profit of £162 per mile. Then, agaiD, there are endless tracts of country lying idle for settlement, besides valuable mineral resources, all of which are destined, at no distant clay, to play a most important part in the commerce of the colony. These are a few of the actual, as well as relative, advantages of the district, and, although not set forth in the four corners of an address of welcome, they are nevertheless patent to the eye of the most casual observer.

So far as we learn no steps appear to have been taken to hold an enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the arrival of a goods train unannounced at Ngaruawahia on Christmas Eve. It will be remembered that, without any previous, wamiug o£ any kind, the train came over the railway bridge at speed, carrying away the gates at both ends, and seriously endangering the lives of the townspeople, several of whom had only crossed the bridge a few moments previously. At the time, we regarded the affair as a oross piece of carelessness, for which somebody would bo called to account. But the whole affair has apparently been allowed to go to sleep. If an enquiry has been held, its secret character will rob it of any usefulness, and the lessons which it is intended all such enquiries shall convey will not reach those most in need of them. The matter is really too serious to shelve in the off-hand way adopted by the Railway authorities. We have waited ' with the utmost patience until now, but longer we do not intend to remain without making our feelings known. Such reckless mismanagement, or such culpable neglect of duty and indifference to orders — -whichever may have been the cause — cannot be allowed to go unnoticed, and we may state plainly that we do not intend to let the question drop until an enquiry, the results of which shall be published, has been held.

In compliance with a numerously signed requisition from the inhabitants of Hamilton, His Worship the Mayor notifies that between the hours of 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. to-morrow (Friday), -will be observed as a public holiday, for the purpose of paying homage to His Excellency the Governor. Operations at the Whatawhata bridge are being steadily pushed forward. The work is expected to be completed in about three months. A few days ago we directed attention to the necessity for repaiiinpr the road between the two bridges at Cambudge. We would also urge the erection of a fence ou the immediate approach to the Waikato bridge on the eastern side. The articles remaining over from the late very sncc&f ul Weslyan Bazaar at Camdridge, will be disposed off in the Public H.ill Cambridge to-morrow evening. The goods remaining unsold will we believe be auctioned. In accordance with the resolution patted by the South Auckland Cattle District Board at its last meeting, the district has been proclaimed free from disease as from the 7th January inst. We are pleased to learn that Mr E. R,. Laing has been successful at the Mercury Bay Races. His well-known horse, Harold, won the two principal events. Mr Maberly, the new schoolmaster for the Hamilton East School, has arrived from Gisborne and will assume the duties of his office at the re-assembly of the school in a few days. The new teacher for the Ngaruawahia School has also arrived. Owing to some complications which hare arisen between the Curate and the congregation, the annual meeting of I Parishoncs held at Te Awamutu on Monday evening, came to nothing, no vestry or Wardens being appointed for the ensuing year. The meeting was a very animated one. The public of Cambridge are in- 1 vited to make Friday a holiday from 3 p.m., and also to assemble on the Domain, afc the corner of the, Hamilton Road and Victoria -street, where His Excellency the Governor will be presented with an address on his arrival. We have received from Mr Francis Stevens, secretary of the New Zealand Rifle association, a supply of entry forma for the forthcoming third annual meeting at Brightwater, Nelson, which will commence on Monday 28th February proximo. The forms can be had by those contemplating taking part in the competition on ■ applying to the manager at this office. The second court for the Hamilton Lawn Tennis Club is now nearly completed, an excellent job having been made by the contractor. The west side, -Where the ground had to be cut away, has been neatly turfed, and altogether the new court is, a grand improvement on the old. The game has become very popular in Hamilton, end, the want of additional playing ground h&9 bean much felt., - It is notified teat ;#w- Governor has been pleased [ tyi make tfja, uftdet> mentioned promotions and appointments j —Waikato Cavalry .Volunteer!;, B pr Hamilton Troop : Lieutenant Frederick Ale*an<lflr Wbitaker to'bVoafotain;' SubLieutenant Oha£< R.'JohnaQUtobeheutenaiit; and Wm r fp^qiß^nnb'Ao be ratf*liptitsbanfc »D ■ Wi&am'Enieat Collins su¥geW f t&i&tb' CavSW Jf^fe Al'o'r,A 1 ' o'r, Te . \rj > s, f .Ruthei£6i?d'to *jmwM&°£?? Brace W be'dieufenaht^dMeo|ge^Wdj^orf <» B ub-iieu^t;^f||CT:;^;'

Awamutja^d^AlelraiSdra', thpj mail cop^ ■ tinues to be carried b F y the Armed Con/ sfcabulary at a cost which must far exceed the amount; of the wubbidy which would be paid to the coach proprietor. Several horses have to»be-kept for the purpose and the load whic|i is sbmetitnds carried) tells considerably upon the' animals". ' We ttnet that tenders will, without loss of time,Jje called for this service. " , The ceremony of laying the found- . 'ation of the new Anglican Church at Cambridge, is expected to come off with considerable eclat to-morrow afternoon. The Governor will lay the stone and the Bishop of Auckland will conduct the service. The choir under Mr J. A. Beale lire practising assiduously and their por- ' tion of -the programme will without doubt be carried out with credit. The Masonic body were invited to assist in the ceremony, and the members of the Lodge Beta, Hamilton, consented, subject to the approval of the Provincial Grand Lodge. Some doubt was felt when it -was ascertained that tho Governor, who is to per- J form the ceremony, was not a member of the craft. Mr W. Cumming, W.M. of the Lodge Beta, considering the position equivocal, communicated withthe Provincial Grand Lodge, and Avas informed yesterday that there was no precedent for the craft talcing a secondary position in similar ceremonials. It will thus be seen that the masons cannot take any part in tho ceremony, and an advertisement in another column notifies masons of the fact. On Sunday last four lads borrowed Mr William Cumming's boat for a pull up the river. They weut up to the property of Colonel De Quincy, where they disembarked near some apple trees. Once i on shore they proceeded to fill a bag with the fruit, but before they could secure their booty, thoy were observed by Colonel De Quincy, and decamped iv the boat, leaving their bag behind them. The names of three of the lads are known, and in all probability they will be made an example of. There has always been a groat deal too much pHty pilfeiing of this kind m and around Himilton, and a decided stand ought to be made. The natives of Parihaka are (says a Taranuki contemporaiy) beginning- to feel the effects of their indolent, improvident habits. We learn from a gentleman who camp through Parihaka two days ago that food is very scarce at the settlement, and the natives are digging up half-ripe potatoes in order to supply their daily wants. Many natives have been driven from Parihaka back to their own settlements, owing to the insufficiency of food. Tho natives now perceive that an idle, la/y life can-ins with it privations of a very distressing character, and it is not at all unlikely that in future the monthly Parihaka meetings will be less numerously attended by the natives than heretofore. , A public meeting of ratepayers of i the Pukekura Highway Board was held at the Pukerimu School-room on Monday afternoon, 17th January, pursuant to advertisement, to elect two trustees in [ lieu of Messrs Buttle and H. J. Turner, resigned. There was a quoin m of i.repayers present, and the chairman (Mr 11. .Reynolds) read the advertisement calling the meeting. It was proposed by Mr John Fisher, seconded by Mr William i Sturges, '-That Mr William Tucker bo a trustee." It was proposed by Mr E. Lake, seconded by Mr D. Caley, " That Mr Henry Hughes bo <i trustee." Tftere being no other candidates proposed, the chairman declared the above-named gentlemen to be duly elected. One of the peculiarities at the recent election of mayois in England, is' the large number of [Nonconformists elected. Following the example of the City of London, which has elected a Wesleyan, York has elected a Quaker — probably the first Fiiend who has become a' Lord Mayor ; Durham, a Presbyterian ; Leeds hn& again chosen a Quaker; and there are an unusually largo number of Wesleyans and Congregationalists, especially in the north of England. On the other hand, the number of titled mayors is much fower than it has been, and it would seem as if the aristocracy were less inteiested in municipal affairs, than they •jvere wont to be. A few months ago an effort was made to ebtabbsh a rowing club in HamiV on, but from some cause or other, chiefly we believe on account of a differenco of opinion l'egaiding the relative merits of the Waikato and the Hamilton Lake, the project fell to the ground. The promoters urged that immediate steps should be taken on account of there being certain boats for sale in Auckland which could havo been purchased for a comparative trifle. This oppo-tunity seems to have passed away, but another has just arisen which appears to be more favourable than the former. A d.iy or two ago Mr F. A. Whitaker, M.H.R. received a letter from a gentleman connected with the Auckland Rowing Club to the effect that the Club had two four-oared gigs for sale at an astonishing low figure. If therefore there still exist in the minds of the young men of Hamilton any desire to engage in the beautiful and health-giving pastime of boating, no time onghr to be lost in securing the boats referred to. With a fine sheet of water such as tho Lake, at our very doors it is indeed much to be marvelled at that a rowiug club has not, long ago been formed. The long promised addition to the Post Office, Cambiidge, is now nearly finished, and very imposing is its appearance. We will not bo tempted into extravagance, and venture that it is the nneft building on the habitable, globe becausp those whohave seen S.Peter'satßome the Milan Cathedral, and the Ashburton Railway Station would bo liable to contradict us : but with the exceptions of these three structures, we really and truly know of nothing approaching it, in the grandeur aad simple 'beauty of its architecture, We are not well up in the subject, but if we were asked to describe the style, we should say it was "old," (very old) English, dating" back to the time when our indigo painted ancestors excelled in the construction of mud novels. A doubt regarding the windows will, nevertheless, creep into our minds, it is just 1 possible thfey may be Goshio or'something else. ' ' Can anybody tell ua who is responsible for the enormous waste of timber upon such pigsties as the edifice, dignified with the title of "Post office," which now disgraces its neighbor,' the Cambridge Public Hall ? It cannot be that any regard is' had for economy: ,there is we have been told seriously^ as mach' timber in the Post office as in the Criterion Hotel ! The result is simply due. ,to the gross ignorance of blundering officials. ' " ' Reviewing the; action.' of the Governor in respiting the" capital sentence pasaed on the murderer Wharepa, the Times {Wellington aays), ' ' we hardly preceive on Tfhat splid grounds the death sentence of Wharepa' has been commuted. Somebody, has suggested ,that possifihj Wharepa wasTnsank ' "Well there waSi no §vjdence given at his trial to prove his iiisaqifcyj ' Wharepa's past, Ufg eyer supposed him. to be insane." ' In fact theHneopy "of insanity is utterly without eyjdsnce^to jsqpfi'orfc, it. Then^ ifc ! is said^tHatf hfa 'European wife,;, whqm ; he\ murdered fcjr hacking her body; ajjaopt to pieces, hadrpommittedadultery. $hafr^sd, J hJbye > {b^en Jf fe'gQpd?pie'a'hftd, i marep^Qaught ftfrirjK abtujjly jin^omK ' miiidphiif ;tbat: So9Jftl4^r^»e,^nd,kjlled , $hejni|n|iJ;p&s^ hj^baffd^s^^^ I perr? impinj^ reciiyop'o|il^.^n|i4ijß^i :

punishment. But Wjiarepa deliberately went into his Wn^ house, ,• where the woman was all alone, and hacked her with an axe till she died. And we do not know that any po>itive evidence of adultery on the *parl> pi the,- woman was " given, 'On the whole, we^oan see tid good 'grounds for into feting with the "sentence of the Inw. Wharopa ought to have been tang d." The contractors, Messrs Barclay and Stewart, hays just completed the protective works on the river bank, between the slip and the junction of the two rivers, at Ngaruawahia, and the result is eminently satisfactory. For years past, the bank at this spot has been washing away but the measures now finished, will effectually put a stop to the further encroachments of the river. The plans and specifications for the work were drawn up by Mr T. G. Sandes, Engineer to the Town of Newcastle Board, and the stone was obtained from Mr T. Y. .Fitzpatrick's quarry on the Waipa river. The amount of the contract was about £120. The willows planted by the Board last winter look well and are thriving. The example thus set by the Ngaruawahia is one winch might, with advantage to be followed in other places. Some time ago a movement was set on foot by the friends of Mr J. F. Buddie, to present him a substantial mark of their appreciation and esteem, oa the occasion of his resigning the management of the Tauranga branch of the Bank of New Zealand. A sum of about £40 has been already subscribed, but as only <i very few of Mr Buddies friends have been spoken to on the subject, it is expected that a very much larger amount will be raised. The proposed testimonial will, doubtless, meet with general approval, and very few of those who h.id dealings with the Bank of New Zealand during Mr Buddies management will not wish to participate in the movement Tho^e who intend to contribute should do so at once, and those who have pir down their names, but have not paid their subscription",, hhould hand over the money to the treasurer, Dr. Ginders, as the committee are anxious to have the matter brought to a close within the next few days. Ie must be gratifying to Mr Buddie to know that he carries with him the good will and esteem of so many of his follow townsmen — Ihiy of I'lenty Tuna>. The following which we extract fiom the JLi/ttclton Ttmi"> supjjorts the contention in our last issue, viz , that every possible effort was made to assist Wharcpa in his defence. Our contempoiaiy .says :—": — " In answer to a quory contained in a letter published by us, ivo are desired to state that when the Government I steamer was being sent to the Chuthams to bring witnesses for the prosecution, Whirepa was communicated with, with a view to bringing any friends or witnesses he might deshe to be present at his trial, l?ut he declined the proftered advantage." "Atlas" in the "World" says :- "The officer who is going to be tucd by court-martial for his rude behaviour to the Governor of Bombay is the eldest .son of Lord Vernon, and gave his father considerable trouble a few years ago, when, owing to his foolish and extravagant habits, he had to leave the Guards. He does not seem to have improved iv India. Driving in a dog-cart he tried to pass the Governor's} carriage, which contained Sir James Fcr?UhSon and his wife and daughters. Sir James beckoned to him not to pass, pointing to his restive horses, which were new ones, and not easy to handle ; but the officer was not going to stop for the Governor or for any one else, and tiied to force his way past the troopers, one of whom was sent to tell him not to pass the carriage. Vernon struck the native trooper in the face and forced his way past. These facts bpeak for themselves, and no comments me needed." In the Patent Museum at South Kensington is to be seen the original electric lamp used by Edison in all his experiments on the subdivision of electiic light and its maintenance in hermetically sealed glass globes. By its side is the following certificate : ' This lamp was lighted for 1390 hours, and gave a light of thirteen candles. — Thomas ■*. Edison, Menlo Park, September 15, 1880. ' This lamp consists of a glass globe on a stand, and having within the globe a delicate horseshoe-shaped filament of bamboo caibonised. When the electric current is passed into the globe by means of copper wires, the carbonised bamboo becomes brilliantly incandescent, and a pure white light, equal in strength to a powerful gasjet, is the result. Mr Edison works to produce an electric light for household illumination, and he seems to have taken a good gas-jet as his standard. As he is . this winter to apply his system to the ! lighting of a portion of New York city, if all the necessary apparatus can be got ready in time, we shall not have long to wait for the real opening of the campaign of Electricity v. Gas.

Tenders are invited for sundry road uoiks at Te Aroha Goldfields. The Grand Sig'htascopo Exhibition will be on vicn for a few dajs at the Oddfellows' Hall, Cambridge. Messrs William Tuclur and Henry Hughes h.uo been elected trustees tor the Fukekura Highway District, iice Messrs Henry Buttle and H. J. I'urnei, lCsijjned. The Valuation List for the W.iitoa Highway Distr'u t is now open for inspection .it the Nottingham Castle Hotel, Piako. Mr Thomas Qualthrough announces that he holds Mr John Veal fiee fiom all liabilities incurred by the butchering fiim ot White, Qualthiough, and Veal. "We draw attention to the advertibement of Oppcnhcmicr and Co., of Custom-housc-strcct, Auckland, in another column. A meeting of those interested in the Piako races, to be held on St. Patrick's Day, will bo Held in the^ottingham Castle Hotel, Moninsvillc, on Saturday, 29th January. The Valuation List for the Town of Kihikihys now open for inspection at Mr Earrcll's store. , , B. Tonlb and Co.,' by order of the trustees of Mr R.. Harris, will sell at the Brunswick Mart, Auckland, 0.1 February 2, at noon, the shop and dwelling-house, corner of Cook and Grey-streets, Hamilton Kast, 5 allotments Greystreet, Hamilton,,, Lot 94, Kirikiriroa, and Lot 112, Koraokoiau. The partnership existing between John Anthony Ralph and William Henry Mitchell Lovcll, under the style of Ralph' and Lovcll, at Huntley, is dissolved. Messrs B. Tonka and Co. announce in our advertising 1 columns the sale of valuable property in East Hamilton, &c. Mr T. M. Dixon, Orakau, calls for tenders for ditching and wattling. ' 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 gives the buyer the advantages of a shareholder in a co^operativesoeioty, withouttho risk of being called upon to bearaportion of the loss should tho year's business prove unsatisfactory. ! Garlick and Cranwell will aim < to retain the confidence which the public hay^hitherto shbwtythcni, and are determined to give the pure cash system ,a fair trial ; whether they gain or lo6e the first year. Country 1 buyers on remitting cash with order will be supplied witli goods at cp-toperatjye prices j jus^the same ai thoughthey^maae apersonalselection. „ Fqrnisljirig 'goods, such °»Si carpets, fl^pjf K&tyVff bedsteads, ;-*^a^ J \eShia.l' hpUsWfi<raittjur4»,rt!*.laTg^t r nqriaon;o^w^ch- t ls turned tfut at oilr 'own "toctQiy, to!} fa^ parked ,ai the lowe>_t rcniuneriti^jpceSj and fifrei^"o>oJr.'Wlfi^^loffl*dsi6 tMie-who gay af the time'Qf purchase^' Jhe'enbrftiivatue^f iheit f stooji: lats* ownSiler |S« present stpc%ii ne\V>V d W^P^y ' CiMmW, ffilt H^p^y%4rsade,,Qu(|en ? ', '