The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1341, 3 February 1881, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Equ.il and e^act justice to all men, Ot whatever st.ito or persuasion, religious or political. Here shall the Pi ess the People' 1 * ri^ht maintain Un.iwcd by intluencc and unbribed by tj.iin.

THURSDAY, FEB. 3, 1881.

We read in the telegraphic correspondence of an evening paper that : " The Hon. the Colonial Treasurer, " accompanied by the Hon. the " Minister for Public Works, arrived " in Invercargill on the evening of " Friday, and that an excited crowd " assembled on the railway platform, " and relieved their feelings by " tremendous hooting, groaning, and " howling, like a menagerie broken " loose. The noise was audible " more than half-a-nnle off. Minis- " tors declined to enter a cab and " walked, followed by the crowd " hooting to the hotel. Being hard " pressed once or twice, Major " Atkinson turned upon his pur- " suers, and exchanged chaff, but " not being backed up by his " friends, who evidently were in a " hurry to get into shelter, had to " give away. He continued, how- " ever, to perform the duty of rear- " guard witii admirable coolness, " and was the last man off the " street. Messrs Oliver and Bain " were special marks of popular dis- " approbation, and evidently felt the " humiliation keenly. A few ' over- " ripe' eggs were thrown after the " party as they entered the hotel. " Growling was kept up for some " time, but no personal violence was " done. The proceedings wound up " with three cheers for Sir George " Grey."' There are words occasionally met within the vocabulary strung | together into the following phrase : " The concentrated essence of blackguardism." It is somewhat gigantic in structure, and, unaided by external observance, the minds-eye experiences difficulty in grasping its comprehensiveness ; the full embodiment of rascality of which it is the | professed avowal. Friday evening's orgies at Invercargill, looked at in the reflex given above, obviates to a very great extent the difficulty, and enables even the dullest comprehension to fathom those lower depths of human depravity, of ! which thephraseitself is an exponent. Cabinet Ministers we presume, are in possession of a spare copy of scripture. If so, and they will take the trouble of turning up Saint Paul's Epistle to the Romans, they will find that, however exceptional the blackguardism of this Invercargill mob may appear, compared with the usages of civilisation in these days, Friday evening's performance* are not without a parallel in the records of ancient history. They will there find it related that, on a certain memorable occasion, aparcelof "lewd fellows of the baser sort set the city in an uproar," and although the text is silent respecting the employment of "over-ripe eggs," we may fairly conclude that these ancient prototypes of the Invercargill rapscallion were not deficient in filthy devices for wreaking their. petty spite. The really suggestive

pnrt of the narrative, however, is the concluding portion, wherein it is related that " the proceeding wound up with three cheers for Sir George Grey." By f that it would be made, to appear Sir George Grey haj! really some intrinsic value in the eyes of these Southern rag-tags* Nothing of the kind. They simply made use of him as a negative virtue, pretty much in the way that the devil and his angels are employed^ for the purpose of moral and social reform, lie is invoked as a terror to evil doers, but in no respect is he associated with the praises of those that do well. In token of that we have merely to recall a little episode that occurred in the Resident Magistrates Court a few weeks ago. It arose out of the following : — Eighteen months ago Sir George visited Invercargill, in pursuance of of a pressing invitation forwarded by this self-same mob. The unfortunate cab-man engaged by them to convey him and his portmanteau to and from the railway station, after waiting twelve or fifteen months for the fare, amounting only to a few paltry shillings, sought to enforce its recovery at law. Now, it would hardly be credited, that thnse fellows had the despicable meanness to appear in court and repudiI ate their liability, a plea which, on some technical ground or another, was sustained, and the unfortunate Jehu done out of his money. The whole amount did not excped thirty shillings, and it was estimated at the time that a contribution of threepence per head ■would have defrayed the cost. If this "leather-lunged" rabble had had the least spark of decency left, it would have restrained its three cheers until it had paid the thirty shillings, and thereby redeemed the credit of the man it professed to applaud. What Sir George may think of the doings of these, his professed friends, we do not pretend to know. Mou governed, however, by ordinary instincts of self-respect, could have but one feeling, one aspiration, and it is, " Lord save me from my friends."

The depression consequent upon the stagnation of trade, and other untoward circumstances, has, to a large extent, engaged public attention, and amidst the general despondency, we have altogether omitted to note any redeeming feature in. tho signs of the times. We have hugged our grievance so closely that even gratitude itself, in the sense of favours yet to come, has, in a great measure, been lost sight of. We have occasionally alluded to the elasticity of our resources, but that was done in a half-hearted way, and certainly we have acted and compnr+or] nnrwlv»« a« if irV\o +one!on. would bear no f urthur" strain, and the prospect was altogether hopeless. Amidst all this seeming want of faith and hope, the colony has been quietly working in the direction of its own commercial salvation, and from the returns for last year, just published, we gather it has succeeded in turning the critical pomt — a balance remaining as between imports and exports, on the side of accumulated wealth. In other words, the export trade of New Zealand during the year lias capped the import trade by a sum of .£190,681 ; the relative figures being, exports, i>G,352,692 ', imports, £6,162,011. We may be told that, compared with the trade itself, there is not much in this credit balance to boast of. To that we reply, hitherto che balance — largely preponderating — has been on the wrong side of the ledger, and that the true value of last year's results is to be found in the fact that, as a colony, we have at last succeeded in solving the problem of commercial prosperty, and conducting operations on a safe and profitable basis. This, as a question of cause, we take to be one of the sweets of adversity. Last year's reaction has made the New Zealand colonist more self reliant. Hitherto, the prosperity has been inflated. We have trusted too much to foreign aid, and " big loans," and while they have, no doubt, assisted in bringing about the results founded on, it was last year's necessities that proved " mother of the invention." In proof thereof we have only to look at the fact that the preceding year — 1879 — the value of imports exceeded exports by £2,631,459, which is a fair average, compared with the five preceding years. That of itself shows we have had something out of the ordinary, by way of incentive, stimulating our individual efforts, and that something, we contend, was the exceptional adversities of the period referred to. As a question of effeot, the state of things brought about by the past year, is equally felicitous. What the colony requires above all things, is a freer introduction of capital. Nothing weighs with the capitalist so much, as a credit balance. Compared with that, the oft-repeated tale of the raw material, and the undeveloped resources falls flat. It is the " percentage " that excites his cupidity, and however much the sterner class of moralist; may 4eprecate the in : citement of that pwmm, /tfern reality proves it to be a great factor in the cause of commercial enterprisQ,

After running fri opposition for & month, Mr. Butler iiWLflt last sold his coach and horswt, aad transported 'the Cambridge m*U contract fo fifr W. K. Carter, who, as during lait year, Will run, the only coach between Hamittbtt snd Cambridge. ' \ , .' ■ 1

\ L ; The recital of sacwd mkiio at a, Peter's ia&t night Vas decidedly a'suoc^ui; The concerted -pieces were good. The i duet, "Children pray this lovo to ehorish," was excellent. The trio, "Lift thine eyes,*' was also well rendered. All thg, Moftirfes. went Wel|f' Ttie*^sntraJltoßoro/, J f^He wife ,aespJBed t V was delicat&ly^sunsr in a finished niyle. Some of the vcaAs .seemed » little- husky, no doubt cauted by tho thoughtlessness of those people I who persisted in smoking' just outside the door, 'and to 'windward* of the 5 'aingetsV .It is a pity the police were not asked to request people either to go inside the Church or keep a fair, distance away.' ' < Mr Beasley who was so" seriously injured by a fail from his horse on Monday, near Eureka, was so far recovered as to be able to proceed home to Ngaruawahia by the steamer. Messrs B. Tonke and Co. sold at their mart, Queen-street, Auckland, yesterday, valuable property in Hamilton East and Kirikiriroa. The shop and premises formerly occupied by Mr It. Harris brought £825. The fire allotraentß fronting Grey-street were sold »t prices ranging from 36s to 50a per foot. The farm at Kirikiriroa, lot 194, brought £2 6h an acre. In another column we publish the entries for the Waikato Jockey Club Summer Meeting, to be held on the Ohaupo course on Thursday and Friday, the 17th and 18th instant. By some mistake the printed programmes make t£e dntco the IGth and latli, Imc tftey «t© obviously incorrect. A young lad named Hyde had a nar: ow escapo from drowning in the river at Hamilton on .Saturday. He was swimming with some other boys, and getting exhausted was with difficulty rescued by a son of Capt. Beere, who happened to be near at the time and gallantly wont to the rescue. The following gentlemen have be«n notified to attend the Public H ill Trustees' meeting to-morrow night for the purpose of conferring with them on this matter, viz.: — Messrs. Laishley, MoLernor>, Kennedy Hill, T. Duwmmi, J. Knox, R. Gwynne, I. Coatos, dimming, and tho Rev. Mr Caldcr. '! he meeting is to be held at the Council Chambers at 7 p.m. A grand bazaar in aid of the Kihilulu Oh »rch will be h«}l > on Wednov. day, jiud Thursday the 9th and 10th iii-t, in the Public Hall, Te Awamutu. The he/uar wilt be opened by the Hon. tho Attorney-fcieneral. The following Lidies will hold stalls : — Me*damcs Whitaker, Anderson, Misses Hunter and Mandeno : refreshment stalls, Madame* Minnett and Thomrts. It is particularly requcteil that all contributions to tho bazaar, nnd we Hope they will be numerous, shonkl ba sent in before the 7th iu^taut. A Board of Reviewers, consisting of Mes-ri B. Tonics, Proud and Mont, will «it at the Waikato County Council Chambers at 10 a.m. to-d»»y, to hear and determine objections against the a^scsmeut under the Property Assessment Act, fur the County of Waikato and the Borough of Hamilton. To-morrow the Board will bit at the Waipa County Council Chambers, Ohaupo, to hear objections iigithiHt the cisse«Bment in the County of Waipa. We are in receipt from Mr Charles Major, provision merchant, Auckland, of a parcel of American native Walnut heed, which wo shall be glad to distribute to thoso calling at this office. The tree is described as an ornamental are of good wood. Mr Major has written to his agent at San Francisco, for n snpply of hickory burdseye, maple, and butter nuts, and has kindly offered to send us a parcel on arrival. We hope advantage will be <•£ 41>o HimlnGnn of Mr Majur. THS propogation of the better sorb of timbei treei, has been very much rejected in this dibtrict, but such ought not to be the case any longer. Mr A. 0. Field, the local agent for Messrs Oppenheimer and Co., importers, Auckland, showed us a number of catalogues of the various goods imported to this country by that firm, chiefly from America. The imported articles consist of buggies, wind-mills, agricultural, wellsinking, and mining machinery, blacksmiths' tools, lawn-mowers, and numerous other articles adapted to the wants of a young country. What strikes us more than anything else is the reasonableness of the prices. An inspection of the catalogues held by Mr Field would well repay anyone in search of any of the articles enumerated above. The monthly meeting of the Trustees of the Mangapiko Highway Dibtrict, was hold at Fatcrangi on Saturday, the 29th ult., Messrs Tisdall, Maoky, and Ligertwood being present. The minutes and correspondence of the month having been read and approved, account!, amounting to £48 18s 103, we^e passed and paid. The Board agreed to invite tendersforsandrog some portions of the Te AwamutuAlexnndra road. Tenders were accepted for ploughing and levelling a portion of the Paterangi road. The tenders for dunning at To Bore, were teld over till one of the absent Trustees could be consulted. The accepted tender for Paterangi was that of C. McCallum, for 7s Cd per chain. The surveyor not having returned the plans of roads closed, nothing further could be done until their arrival. This concluded the business of the meeting. The following telegram was sent last week by Major Jackson and Major Murray, (Thames) in reference to the proposed review : —Major Murray, Thames.-— Waikato Cavalry Volunteers propose holding a review during Easter week at To Awamutn, for the purpose of meeting the Thames Volunteers. It was further resolved to ask other Volunteer corps to attend. So soon as the Government notify us their approval of this meeting, I will communicate further with you on the matter. — Wm. Jackson, Major." The Thames Star referring to the matter writes :—lt: — It will be seen the intention is to ask other districts in tile Auckland province to take part, and we have no doubt the encampment will be the largest < held in the Waii ato since the troops left. There is no doubt that under the energetic management of the Waikato officers and men, the affair will be a grand success. We sincerely hope the Thames ' men will muster en mai>se for the second expedition to tho Waikato. The seriouß accident -to Mrs Peek, at Cambridge, on Thursday night last, we are informed, is likely to completely , disable her . for the next eight or ten weeks. We learn from Dr. Waddington that both the 'bones of the leg are broken about three inches above the ankle. The largo hole into which Mrs Peek fell, about 10 o'clock on Thursday night, is a circular excavation supposed to be mads by, Maoris, from wbtoh to obtain sand or gravel for their . kumera cultivations.. It is situated in a muoh frequented street, and nearly opposite tho residence of the Rev. Mr Evans — a complete man-trap. If - f ,the town wish to avoid actions for damages, they should turn their Attention to this thoroughfare. A „ Wiremu Katene Tuwhakaruru writes to the Normauby Star m follows ;' -which I wisK made poblus, jgrijft reference .to the • Waimata. Weii»>«««» *rfsb" to- haTe trouble with *hoi? persona who h.w bought land.' It is We'tii&'of Te Whiti to ' maMn' peaoe between you* *WS w& our, woe, > and I see no otueeior trouble on jW*in»ate, The^e nuty.ta trouble if tjhe cattle <?f the pakta qge 99J fyojgfrlaftes toe&k

r~r — r— ; ~ 77 ,, ~ > i into our cultivations, or if people of your race,, when onr people" are away, 'at. Parihaka. steal food from our cultivations, : or take oar tame pigs from the vicinity of our dwellings, lib is for you to see that ■ these things are not done to lead to TOMe. if "pfcB.?s^aw,d^« e $. Jands, it is right t;h*t yfitt, 4e»^Qy 5 -th«fiir or you can buy the pigs and take them : away. Agreat many-have beensold for ono shilling each to those who want to ! cart them Rwpy. 1 * On Iba 7th of', January a great many of onr people will belearinj; to go to Parihaka ; only the very old -will be left behind. It is for you' to prevent your people "giving m- cause for annoyance and trouble, by cautioning Europeans to respect the property we leave behind us in our absence. Garrard, the enthusiastic, if somewhat erratic, apostle of the unemployed in Auckland, owns, it appears, some land in the Kirikiriroa Highway District. In December last the Secretary wrote to this gentleman for the amount of his rates, addressing the letter to " Mr Garrard, unemployed, Auckland," thinking this the surest way of finding him. In, reply, the following fiery epistle was received:—" Auckland, Dec. 23, 1880.— Sir,— i will or might be able to send you the rates and taxes for the little allotment in East Hamilton, Waikato, No. 203, in the course of a month ; and how dare you, sir, to have' the imprudence to address the letter to me in the impertinent way in which you have done, i shall acquaint your superior offiser on the subjoot. It is no matter to you, sir, if I am out of imploy. Jam shure your worship the tnayer didn't tell you to address your letter that way. Mind yourself, sir. —Mr W. G. Garrard, P. 0., Auckland." The envelope containing this haughty document was addressed thus :— "To the Clerk at the County Council that receives the rates, West Hamilton Waikato, paid pauper in imploy." Capfc. McPherson responds with a threat to summon?, whereat the sturdy champion of the "orney 'untied" adopted a very much milder toue ; thus:— "Jan. 20. —Sir,— receiving your letter i muat say i an out of woik and cannot meet your demand You must kuow your own busiue&s better than i can tell us you want cash, — Yours truly Mr W. G. Gabrard." The usual monthly meeting of the Kirikiriroa Highway Board was held at the Royal Hotel. Hamilton, yesterday. Present — Mp.v»rs Primrose (in the chair;, Gillett, and WcLernou. The minutos of the previous meeting were read and confmned, and the outward correspondence was read and approved. A letter was road from the Cambridge Highway Board, asking to be allowed to take gravel from the cutting at the Tamahere Bridge, for the purpose of metalling the road from the bridge to the foot of Leslie's cutting. The application was granted under certain conditions, as to surface rubbish and levels. The following accounts were passed for payment: — John Crosbie, £i; K. Wright, £2 8s; Powell, £3; H. Mullions, 12s; J. Davis, £7 4s ; K. Johnston, £7 4s ; Collector, £22 : Stewart, 10s. Mr Seddon waited on the Board to urge upon them to make the roads to approach his property. He had paid rates for eleven years, and, so far as he knew he had not got half-a-crown spent on his roads. The road he wantedwould give access to the properties of Captain Steele, Mr Coates and himself, and they were willing to assist in ploughing the road. After discussing the matter it was resolved to leave the matter in the hands of Messrs Gillett and Coates with power to call for tenders. The following tenders were received for clearing and ploughing on the Riverside road : R. Fleming 2s 3d per chain (aeaaptofl); H. Brown, Ba Sd 9 "B<nrclay and Stewart, 4s 9d ; W. W. Powell, 3a per chain. Tub Pa tea Mail has the following 1 pleasant little btory to tell about Tuhis trial : — " Among the multitude present in Court might be seen six Wellington hangman, each willing to tender his services in co laudable a service. These six Homo time ago, unknown to each other, tendered for the hanging of a criminal at Picton. It would be a hubject for Hogarth to view the ghastly smile which played on each of their countenances when certain points of evidence were powerfully sheeted home to the culprit." Ocea-x Enterprise — At the present moment there are under construction in thi<t couufcry five merchant steamers bigger than any afloat, with only one exception. We will take the greatest first This is the City of Rome, which is being built at Barrow-in-Furness for the Inman Steamship Company. She is 600 feet long (or JOO feet lonjrerthan St. Paul's), 52ft 3in broad, and has a carrying capacity of 8000 ton 2. Then comes the Servia, ordered by the Cunard Company of Messrs Thomson, the well-known Clyde builders. She is 510 feet long, 52 feet wide, and will carry 7500 toos. Another Clyde firm, MesTß Elder and Co., who have jusfc got the Russian Imperial yncht Livadia out of their hsnds, are busy with the Alaska, destined to augment the Guion Line of Atlantic steamera. Her length will be only 10ft less than that of her neighbour of the Cunard Line, and her burden will be 6400 tons. Mes rs Elder are also engaged upon two steamers of 5500 tons each respectively, intended for the Orieut Steam Navigation Company and the North German Lloyd's. Appropriately enough, at this time, too, the Great Eastern, as was announced the other day, has been refitted for *.en, and will shortly be engaged in the American cattle tmde. This gigantic vessel — she is the exception deferred to, being 692 feet long 1 , and capable of cirrying <i burden of about 12,000 tons — has had anything hut a prosperous career since nhe was launched iv 1850. She was built too soon. But recent events have justified her existenoo, and it may be that blie will, after all, repay the trouble and expouse she has caused. — European Mail.

A parade of the Hamilton Light Infantry Volunteeis called for this evening at the usual hour. Mr G. S. Jakins, seed importer, Auckland, publishes in another column analysis of his colobrated J.I, bone dust, which is -worth attention. The members of the Cambridge Harmonic Society are requested to meet in the Public Hull, on Friday the ioth instant, at 8 p.m. Jn our advertising columns will be fonnd the notices referring to the Quarterly Licensing Meetings. The Waikato County Council invite tenders for fencing their allotments at Hamilton East. 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 t out the customer «who, buys p.t an establishment where the goods are marked low to ensure a rapid sale must bo a great gainer. , , G. and C. £ell their drapery millinary, and clothing at such prices for cash as gives the buyer the advantages of a shareholder : in a. co-operative society^ without the risk of being called upon to bear a portion of the loss should the year's business prove unsatisfactory^' Garlick and Cranwell vvilraim torctain!the confidence which the public have, hitherto shown them, and IWO determined to give th'ef ptir6 cash system a fair .trial; r whether- they gfiin or, Jose, the first year, fcotintry buyers oh remitting cash, with order will be supplied with gqbds.at co-operative prices ; , ju?t,the same as thongh they made a personal selectuifl. Furnishing goods, Isuch as carpus, , 1 floor ,? do ths,, r bedstead?, bedding, -and, general uoOie furniture, the largest portion of which is turteS'Oritiit ourown'fattory, will be marked at > the lbwea^rcniunerative pricfes, and a discount ot )&fbvprc^U^\\l be, allowed to tho^e who' pay af "tlje'Htteofourcliase.^ G. ?c C. having realised' th.c pnftrp'value'of their stock during their Jate •'GwhsilOilbßPFMeflt'fockisnEw and chkaply', VovfmT,"An fwpiwnpn jt Jj}v{ted.--^r4?tiCK and