SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1881.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1404, 2 July 1881, Page 2

SATURDAY, JULY 2, 1881.

Mr Hursthouse's notice to move, '.' That it is the opinion of this , House that those districts through which Gbvernment railways have been constructed, or are being constructed, should be rated to pay the difference between working expenses, including interest on the cost of construction and receipt from such railway," for sOme days stood upon the Order Paper apparently harmless, to many thinking men utterly impracticable, and even to the most superficial politician robbed of any real importance from the fact' of its author holding the position of Government whip, and being, therefore, presumably under the guidance of Ministers, but when the time arrived for its discussion, and as the debate progressed, it became evident that a deep political principle, the force of which the mover had evidently not judged, was going to be really the question at issue, and that the importunate Mr Hursthouse was to be made the catspaw of a no less important faction than the " old Provincial party." When this aspiring youth gave notice of his motion, his wildest fancy never carried him further than an apparition of Motueka Valley delivered from the burden of taxation to pay for railways m more favoured districts, and a grateful constituency carrying Richmond Hursthouse on' their shoulders to a certain and glorious victory at the hustings next December ; but older and wiser heads than his saw an opportunity not to be let slip of striking home a blow for the old provincial institutions. They saw that if the principle of the motion was affirmed " those districts" could never mean the electoral districts of Motueka or other districts in a similar position, but that the "provincial districts" would each be rated as a whole for the works cai'ried on with each of their limits. The people of every such district would naturally wish the control of operations in the commercial success or failure of which they would be so vitally interested, and provincialism would be practically restored. The signs of the times had failed to indicate to this enterprising youth that in every direction propositions were being made which tended in that direction and showed that the Provincialists were awake and watchful. The constant attempt at the realisation of reserves of all descriptions with a view to the investment of the proceeds in stock and securities, which the House could hardly deal with in the interest of the colony at large in the same manner as it could with land, and in " bricks and mortar " by the erection of palatial edifices which must render the different provincial localities fixtures, and when the restoration of provincial institutions took place these and the plain indications of the state of affairs failed to penetrate the solid pericranium of the member for Motueka, and the enemy rushed through the breach which his folly had created. That the division was a purely party one is of course not correct. "With the "ayes" there voted — Messrs Allwright, Colbkck, Gibbs, Pitt, Launders, and Swaxson, all staunch Ministerialists; with the " noes " were found, cheek by jowl with the Premier himself, Messrs Hamlix, Harris, <T. 0. Brown (Opposition whip), and Dr. AVallis ; but it is very curious to note another fact, viz., that Sir G. Grey, Messrs Seymour George, Lundon, McDonald, Moss, Speight, Swanson, and Te Wii'eoro attached themselves to the " ayes." Let us glance for a moment at the position in which Auckland would find itself if the principle of this motion were acted -upon, , and then discuss the vote given by the House. The Aucklancl-Waikato Railway, pays, roughly speaking, 3£ per cent, on the cost of construction, after the payment of working expenses ; the Kaipara line, perhaps, one or one ahd-a-half per cent. Taking the interest on the money with which' these lines were constructed to be five per cent., a very large sum of money would 'have to be found yearly, by the Brovincial District of Auckland toward making up the deficit. ' At' present the Canterbury ljnes pay' between six and seven per; cent, as a whole over and above working expenses, and will shortly be even more remunerative, and all these earnings' go into the common fu,o4 to-9-ssist \n defraying the losses on railways in less fortunate localities,. '^anH it is rigfHt' that, these earnings.', should i<»be f 'so

Absorbed a|*,far as Auckland is concerned %i*' this reason, amongst others, viz., in February, 1871, the Auckland Province had a population being nearly tjiro^ousand than, that p6sse i s3e'& rby^Otago, and 16,000 more than Canterbury; i but the Public "Works policy, particularly as it related to f railways and immigration, changed this ! state | of things rapidly. Not only- were very large suras expended in the great southern provinces, of <Qtago , ! and Canterbury in excess of the expenditure on a population basis tV which Auckland was entitled, but emigrants wore imported into , those provinces at a rate far in excess of the numbers that were landed in the northern , provinces ? In 1878 the population of Otago had reached 114,000 souls, or, in other words, had nearly doubled in seven years. In Canterbury the increase was exactly one hundred per cent, in the same period, whilst Auckland had only been able to add twenty thousand to its numbers, or twenty-five per cent. But mark the | change that came over affairs, pi the period between 1878 and 1881, during which time there has been comparatively little expenditure of borrowed money, and next to nothing on immigration. Each district progressing on its own merits, Auckland has at once shot into its natural position, and, relieved from competition with lavish expenditure of borrowed money in other parts of the colony, has increased her population during those three years by nearly eighteen thousand, or within two thousand of the increase during the seven years from 1871 to 1878, and has slightly exceeded the proportionate increase of both Canterbury and Otago, instead of as formerly a 25 per cent, increase against the 80 or 100 per cent, of those highly favored districts. It appears then to be pretty certain that the great growth of population in the South is mainly due to the expenditure of public borrowed money, on which the colony pays the interest. Now it is also certain that population supplies the first requisite in order to make a railway a payable speculation, and therefore that the high percentage of profit on the Southern lines are due to the large number of persons attracted there by an inflated public expenditure and carried there at the public expense. Why, then, should the rest of the colony not participate in the profits of those railways? Why should Canterbury escape scot free from additional taxation in the shape of a railway rate and Auckland contribute £40,000 to £50,000 per annum to make good a deficiency caused by her just rights having been ignored. "This being the case, let us return to consider the action of the Auckland men who voted for this unjust and injurious resolution. Messrs McDonald, Lundon, George, and Colbeck we can understand — they probably voted on the ground that their districts had had no railway expenditure, and if it were possible to exempt small and scattered positions of the provincial district they might have had some justification. Of course they did not see what we have pointed out at the commencement of this article, viz., that the intention was to make the question a provincial matter, but that was not their fault. They voted according to the light that was in them, and could do no more. Messrs Moss and Swanson voted as they did, without any doubt, because they saw in it another step towards the restoration of their beloved Provincial Governments. Messrs Tole and Speight were no doubt told to vote as they did by Sir G. Grey, and so never enquired the "why or wherefore." Of course all those representing town constituencies were oblivious, it is to be presumed, of the fact that their constituencies would have to bear their share of this precious rate ; at all events we must charitably presume so ; but how Sir George Grey could walk into such a trap except upon the supposition that he is prepared to throw every consideration to the winds for his beloved Provincialism surpasses our comprehension. Why should Sir George wish the people of Waikato and Waipa, of Franklyn, Thames, Auckland, and the north to be under the burden of the heavy railway rate ? Again, Sir George is member for the Thames, to which place we are all anxious to see a railway carried ; ' yet it is quite certain that at first this line cannot leave a great profit over work-, ing expenses. Mr Hursthouse's resolution applies !to railways to be constructed in the future. In what position then does the senior member for the Thames stand in reference to his constituents ? In what position do the Auckland men who voted for the railway rate stand with regard to the people of this provincial district ? In our opinion they have been ready to sacrifice its interests to a political phantasy 1 arid a desire to inflict a slight injury upon the Government of the day. "

Want of space in, our last compelled us to defer making sqme comment upon the scandulous state of affairs' laid bare in the correspondence furnished us by Mr B,arugh, Qf Wartle, Tam'ahere. It has always been understood that with the object of fostering the agricultural 'development of the country reduced rates for the carriage of manures bn the railways had been fixed. Such, indeed, 1 is -'line j case, 1 'arid. 1 that is pre-, c'isely.why, in Mr BARtmifiy^ase, the hardship, has been so, groat. a .On :

4he understanding $ai; the. freigb&J f&m AucManH'for ptWwas 14s per ton, Mr Barugh was induced to purchase a quantity of this manure, and his astonishment, on being told that tfie freight was;* somethirigkUke ■ "two-and-twehfcysftillihgs a ton,* may be imagined. From enquiries made we find that the utmost which; can be* charged for loading' and haulage I Stom the wharf is from one to two shillings per ton, and the only conclusion, which can be arrived at. is that the manure was, by the bung"lirig "of some official, charged under the wrong class, for in no other way could this difference of six or seven shillings be accounted for. Had the case been one of overcharge merely, that is to say had the .sum of the freight imposed been greater than the charge for the class in which the manure was placed, the officials in Auckland, or, indeed, at any station, could have applied a remedy by simply refunding the amount paid in excess ; but where goods have, by whatever mistake, been placed in a wrong class, no relief can be obtained locally, and it is, doubtful whether even the Department in Wellington could put matters straight. If this be so, it is truly an anomalous state of affairs. We confess we can see little , distinction between the one set of circumstances and the other, except that in the latter case mistakes are likely to occur more frequently than in the former. The sooner, therefore, that the discretionary power of the local authorities, or, at any, rate the Department, is extended to meet cases of this kind, the better for the public and the Department itself. The amending of the classification is not likely to effect any improvement, for the same class of errors may still' continue to be perpetrated so long as the officials are deprived of the power of rectifying their own mistakes. We trust Mr Barugh is not going to let this piece of injustice, which has already drawn from him such a justly indignant protest, remain without taking further steps to obtain redress. The uncivil manner in which he has been treated by the Head Office ought not to go without comment. Perhaps a reference to the Minister for Public Works, through the member for Waikato, would have a wholesome effect.

In another column we publish a petition which has been addressed to Mr Wiiitakbr, M.H.R., by the I Pukekura Highway Board, praying him to urge upon the Government the necessity for affording some j assistance towards the repair of the | swamp road between Pukerhnu and Mangapiko, forming a portion of the direct road from Cambridge to Te Awamutu and the districts of the Upper Waipa. Considering the magnitude of the charge of maintaining such a road, and that the whole cost has hitherto been borne by the ratepayers of the Pukekura District, it is surprising that they have had the patience to wait so long before soliciting Government aid. Their action has indeed been in striking contrast with that of the majority of local bodies in this respect. It is by no means an uncommon thing to hear of applications for grants for works, beside which the road in question is of j colonial importance, and the course so far followsd by the Pukekura Board ought, we think, to weigh very strongly with the Government. Despite the fact that it is by the public generally and not by the ratepayers that this road is used, we have no hesitation in stating it to be our belief that the latter, following out their self-reliant policy, would not now have brought the subject under the notice of Government were they not assured that their revenue, since the withdrawal of the subsidies, can no longer bear the drain upon it which the due care of the swamp road entails. To carry out the amount of work absolutely necessary to be clone the year's rates would not be sufficient, and were the case otherwise we think the Board would be making a sacrifice not at all justifiable in devoting their annual -income to this object. Not to speak of by-roads, the district lias to keep in repair a main thoroughfare extendingfrom Ohaupo to Pukekura, a distance of close upon 20 miles, a responsibility quite sufficient in itself. This road is that used by the great majority of the ratepayers, and must naturally be considered a first charge upon the funds at the disposal of the trustees, 'and of late years, owing to establish,ment of regular sales at Ohaupo and the completion of the railway, the traffic has increased to an extent which renders it incumbent on the Board to devote a much larger portion of the rates to its maintenance than was the case before. We are glad to hear that Mr Whitaker has replied to the petitioners, intimating his willingness to further their application, and trust that a consideration of the arguments which we have used will lead him to press the claim strongly upon the attention of the. Government.' j

'" The Corrupt Practices Preventiqn Bill " now before Parliament varies from , the measures , of last year 1 in the following particulars. It forbids -election ( Committees meeting ' in licensed public r h r ouses. t Every person shall be deemed guilty of perso'natidn who, without written authority, rgends in, a claim to have any other person's name inserted 6ft the electdral ' roll, or wh6 ; attaches any other' person^ nknie to' 'cUitii or prbcures the name of tany

_ , r- ■ - ; | — — other person to' be inserted on such' electoral roH. Returning' Officers may arrest without warrant any person reasonably suspected of being •guilty of rperaonating, - 'Anyroad al^ cbnstablea shall aid _ thej omcer In*' his duty. Another' "new section confers similar power and duties on , the electoral registrars. Every vote •, given ■on - account 'of bribery or undue influence shall be disallowed.

A bill has been introduced intd the Legislative Council _fqr the suppression of gaming and the more effectual abolition of lotteries. It is much the same as the bill of last year. ( Its new clauses are briefly these : — The owner or keeper of a 'gaming-table is liable >td a' fine of .£2OO or six months' imprisonment ; that he. shall forfeit all moneys found in his establishment, and every person found in a gaming house without a lawful excuse is liable to a £5 penalty. Gaming with coins, cards, or instruments is declared unlawful, and the use of the totalisator is only to be permitted when that instrument is sanctioned by the Colonial Secre--tai'y on recommendation of a recognised racing club. Betting-houses are prohibited under penalties up to £50, or three months' imprisonment. The sale or disposal of goods by lottery under any guise is forbidden under a penalty of £200 fine, or six months' imprisonment. Persons who, when apprehended in gaminghouses, give false names or addresses are to be fined £50, or imprisonment for a month. There is a second clause imposing penalties on persons keeping gaming-houses, the penalty in this case being £500, or twelve months' imprisonment. Obstructing constables is punishable with a £100 fine, or six months' imprisonment. The provisions of the bill are not to apply to genuine art unions, but sweepstakes, under whatever name, are declared illegal.

Active preparations are being made in Auckland for the reception of the Heir Presumptive to the British Throne, and his brother, Prince George, should the Detached Squadron visit that port. A Large and influential committee has been appointed to carry out the preliminaries. It will be seen by an announcement in our advertising columns that Major Jackson has definitely decided to contest Waipa at the next general election for members of the House of Representatives.

Mr Isaacs, of Cambridge, has gone to Auckland with a view ot obtaining a license tor a wholesale spirit stoic in connection with his new premises at CKfonl. The idea is not at all a bad one, but, like every other venture, its success lies prin cipally with the patronage it receives.

The amount of tolls collected at the Hamilton Traffic Bridge for the month of June was £65 19s. We have to acknowledge the receipt of a pamphlet entitled " An account of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association for the year ending January 31, 1881."

We are in receipt of a pamphlet, published by Mr F. L. Davis, Lyttelton, entitled "Land Ho, a conversation of 1933 on the results of the adoption of the system of Nationalising the Land of New Zealand adopted in 1883." We shall take occasion to refer to it at greater length in a future issue.

We are glad to learn that the Cambridge Musical Union have engaged the services of Mr T. A. Bell, as conductor, and from the respect in which this gentleman is hold, and also fiom his well-known capabilities as a musical instructor, we have no doubt the society will make rapid progress.

The result of the plebiscite taken by the South Canterbury Bible-in-schools Association shows that 903 parents, representing 2314 children, were in favour of, and 87 parents, representing 239 children, against. All but eeven small schools sent in returns.

The Waikato Lady and Gentleman Minstrel Troupe intend giving a performance in the New Hall, ISTgaruawahia, on Tuesday evening next. The programme will consist of vocal and instrumental music, negro deliniations, the whole to conclude with a dance.

There was an extremely animated debate at the Hamilton Debating Club's meeting last night on the motion of Mr Griffin, " Phat it is nob desirable that the learned professions be thrown open to •women." The motion was carried. The Club will discuss the Chinese question on Thursday evening next.

At the quarterly meeting of the Loyal Hamilton Lodge, 6088, 1.0.0. F., held in the Oddfellow's Hall on Thursday evening, the following officers were elected for the ensuing term, commencing 7th June, 1881 :— Bro. J. Maguire, G.M. ; Bro. J. Coombos, KG, 1 ; Bro. W. Calder, V.G. ; Bro. S. Pascoe, Secretary,; Bro. R. Harris, Treasurer ; Bro. S. Davis, R.S.N.G. ; Bro. D. Ooombea, L.S.N.G. ; Bro. J. Primrose, R.S.V.G.'; Bro. R. Land. L.S.V.G. ; Bro. J. Taylor, Warden ; Bro. G. Allen, Conductor ; Bro. R. Williamson, Lecture Master.

Leave was granted Sir George Grey on Thursday to introduce a bill providing for the establishment of a better system of local self-Government, and the bill wwars r read a first time. The second reading was fixed for the 13th instant, Sir George explaining that he was anxious to afford the Government an apportunity for stating what they purposed doing in the matter, a promise having been given that they intended taking action 1 in 'regard to it.

At the Police Court Hamilton yesterday.before His Worship the Mayor, a woman named Mary Jane Jones, 'alias Kelly, alias Fitzgerald, wascharged with being drunk and' disorderly in Victoriastreet on the previous day, and also with having at the same time and place committed a breach of the Vagrant by using obscene language in a public place. Sergt McG-Overn prosecuted and after hearing the evidence of two witnesses as to the nature of the language made use of, the Benqh, found the, prisoner guilty and fined her for the first 1 ' offence 5s and costs or 24 hours imprisonment, and'for the second £5, with costs, in default two months imprisonment in Mount ' Eden Gaol. ' The woman ia a notoriously bad character and her removal from Hamilton will be a source of relief to the police no less than to the public at large. - Since the wet season has set in, the principal thoroughfares' of Cambridge, especially puke-street andVictoria-steeet, have been in a notoriously bad condition, the mud being several inches- deep in spine peaces,, and,almqst impassable in others. ,' The road, leading from the Ijuke of Cainbpd'gQ Hotel to the' wharf isj one

dontinuous find 4 almost impassable boggle, 1 which jshotfld have been attended to before the present advanced state of the rainy season. The Town Board labourer is at present working in Duke-street, aud-.it is to be lipped the .public rwiUf benifit front the improving influen^ 06 ■his genius. "

Opposition— business— is certainly the lite of trade, and the btimulant which impels people ,to father development and, progress ; tut ; oppoataon. personal, which means one butcher in a certain^ street in Cambridge "entering the premises pf another butcher resident in the same vicinity, and both coming into violent contact with each other's eyes, nose, tntfuth, is certainly the death of trade, and the retarget of all progress, and sometimes leads to law expenses and a, lengthy debase in the local lavy-oourt.

It is certainly a great boon for the people of any rising township to bo endowed with an efficient public reserve, and especially if it be one which is capable of b^ing formed through improvements and planting into a picturesque spot, and consequently a favorite resort. Cambridge is pretty liberally endowed in this matter with its lake reserve, and it is therefore a pity to see thai; this place should be utilised for all sorts of rubbish deposit, such as decapitated bottles and deceased tinware, store and bar refuse, as well as sundry other unnameable and unmentionable deposits of a plague creating charaoter. The trustees should take some decisive steps by way of preventing this growing nuisance. ,

On the Health Officers boarding the ship Charles Worsley at Port Chalmers . on Thursday, they pronounced one seaman shown to them as attacked with small-pox. Three persons are attacked. The mate, Joseph Peregrine, aged 41, died from it. Bacon, a seaman, whose father resides at Port Chalmers, was the first seized with small-pox on the Charles Worsley. He was unvaccinated, and is very badly marked. The carpenter and another seaman, who were vaccinated, are only very slightly marked. Half a dozen passengers on board were kept aft, and escaped.

Since Mr. Hadfield has taken charge of the Hamilton Band thore has been a marked improvement, in their playing. It is the intention of the Band to give a concert and ball in the course of six or seven weeks, and the members have heen diligently practising for the occasion, when it is to be hoped that the debt which is now about £16 still unpaid on the instruments will be cleared off, thus plpcing the Band ilpon a clear footing. Mons. Calon has expressed a desire to join the band ; it is to be hoped that he will as it will add materially to its welfare, and the public of Hamilton will be treated to Rome excellent mnsie during the forthcoming summqr months. The Bind now numbers 18, and it is intended when funds will permit purchasing a few more ' instruments to increase its strength to 25. Thore are several things required in the band at the present time, but having no funds at its disposal it is prevented from getting, otherwise they would march out now and then during tha long winter evenings, thus enlivening this quiet township.

Our advertising columns announce the annual meeting of the Hamilton Laclios' Benevolent Society. It is absolutely necessary, to the successful working of this society, that the public should interest themselves in its doings. The Committee feel that as they have the spending of public money, the wishes of that same public should control the expenditure ; and a 9 the annual meeting is*the only opportunity they have of hearing matters generally discussed, it is much to be lamented that so many stay away, and then not unfrequently criticise from a distance the doings of those who ask for suggestions and advice, and fail to get either. Let all, therefore, consider themselves invited — both sexes, all denominations, subscribers and non-sub-scribers (for those who cannot furnish funds can often furnish ideas) ; let us have a goodly number in the Court House on Thursday next, when the report of last year's doings will be read, and a new Committee formed.

At the Resident Magistrate's Court. Cambridge, yesterday, before H. W. Northcroft, Esq., R.M., the following civil cases were heard :— Swayne v. Coleman : This case, which was heard last Court day, was finally decided. Non-suited with costs for defendant, £1 12s 6d.— Rowe v. Terihaha : Adjourned for a month. — McVeigh v. Napier : Claim, £20 19s 6d. — Judgment for plaintiff for full amount and costs, £4 13s.— McVeigh r. Arakatera Te Whero,: Claim, £35 14s 4d. Judgment for plaintiff for full amount and costs, £4 138. —Hough ton v. Box : Claim, £5 17s. Judgment for amount and costs, £1 2s, This was all the business.

Our readers, and especially those who have taken an interest in manly games and sports, will learn with deep regret of the death of Mr C. 0. Wood, eldest son of Mr Browne Wood of Tamahere, at the early age of 33. Four or five years ago Mr Wood was the life and soul of cricket and football in the Waikato, and on account of this as well as his many excellent personal qualitics,was endeared to a large circle of friends. For some considerable time past his health had failed, an affection of the heart preventing his participation in those amusements in. which he took such an ardent delight, but it was hoped that with care he would live for many years, Latterly, however, symptoms of dropsy presented themselves, and these, becoming more pronounced, Mr Wood, a few weeks ago, proceeded to Auckland in order that he might obtain the best medical aid. Despite everything the doctors could do, however, the patient coutiaued to sink, and at half-past one o'clock on Thursday morning he breathed his last, at the residence of his father-in-law, Col. Haultain. Mr Wood's father and mother had been sent for a day or two before, and were present at the last. Mr Wood leaves a widow and two young children. The greatest sympathy is manifested for the parents and iamily of the deceased gentleman in their great bereavement.

An hotel-keeper residing in the. thirsty town of Hay, New South Wales, had a cockatoo, whose perch was usually in the bar. At this hotel there was a brisk bar trade, and occasionally a dozen or thirty souls would pop in and call for drinks simultaneously. On such occasions the barmaid was in the habit of saying " one at a time, gentlemen ; don't rush a fellow." One day the oockatoo was missing from his perch and the owner upon going in search of him found him in an adjacent paddock, surrounded by a flock of crows, who seemed benfc on his destruction. The owner arrived only in time to caress poor cocky just before he died, and to hear him to feebly ' exclaim, "one at a time,' gentlemen; don't rush a fellow."

"JSgles" in the "Australasian" relates the following :— Two medical men met, within the fortnight, on the border of the newly-metalled road which .skirts the river between* Melbourne and Richmond. Each signalled to the other to make way, and neither did ; the hdrs^s in the rival buggies meeting with their noses diametrically in line. ISach ; demanded of the other to make way, each" decisively refused. ' One took out a newspaper to read, the other stretched his legs over the splashboard au<l lft a cigar.

"P«v4t noN&jrr^^id^ri A. "Jsr* day!*, work is oVer— Hont mind"tne,3ssald Dr B. "I'm gohd for a week, " snarled Dr. A. " Put "we down for a fortnight," [ retorted B. One got down and threw his alarge^Newfoundland dog into the water several times to show his muscle; the 'otiWalighted and entered into a prolonged conversation with a boy fishing as to his luck, to display his patience. An appeal to my informant elicited the opinion that they were a couple of fools, aud as he wended his homeward way he •"occasionally looked' back, 'and" the last turn of the road shut out the yiew, of the two buggy hojrseg jldll staring- into . each , other's eyes^ Whether they stayed there all night he does not know; or whether it was 'by stratagem, poison, or skyed, copper that they settled their difference's he cannot say., But when he returned to the spot next morning they were 5 not there. „,.," t

, A gentleman informsthe Leader" that , while, walking down the F ; inegrand road a few. days ago, he observed three of the large common 'hawks 'diving repeatedly underneath the bank of the river, apparently in pursuit of Borne prey. Upon coming up to the spot, he found; tha,t tine object of their, attack was a 'fullgrown cook pheasant, which had sought shelter underneath the bank close by a willow bush ; and from the ruffled state of, his plumage, and the exhausted state he was in, our informant concludes that had he not come up opportunely, they would have quickly dispatched their quarry. This may account for the scarcity of pheasants in quarters were hawks abound. Detective Mackay, of Melbourne, claims the credit of having identified Seymour and Grant, the perpetrators of the Edinburgh outrages. According to the Age, after the outrage was committed some apprehensions existed as to whether the perpetrators were companions of the late J£elly gang, and had, gone over to New Zealand to commit acts of violence, and photographs of the prisoners were accordingly forwarded to the Melbourne Detective Office, when Detoctive Mackay discovered that the men had been in Melbourne, having come over from Few Zealand and returned During their stay in Melbourne, which was only for a week, they represented themselves as members of the, Armed Gun&tabulary Force in New Zealand.

The San Francisco "Tost " says : — " Illustrative of the value of the New Zealand and Australian markets to American manufacturers, we ■were informed by the general agent for the Deering harvesters and twine binders, who arrived by the Zealandia, that he sold last season fifty odd machines in Sydney and Melbourne and 186 in New -Zealand. In his opinion, New .Zealand taloa hold of an American invention much quicker than Australia does."

The Reasons Why of Mr J. R. E. Hdtrick, draper, of Hamilton, arc instructive. — (Sec Advertisement). Mr Robert Graham, of Lake House, Rotoiua, mutes tendeis for sawing totara, near Taupo. Tenders will be received at the Cambridge Working Men's Club for erection of .1 R.C Presbytery at Cambudgc East. Mr William Rattray, of 62 Queenstreet, Auckland, is holding an extensive deaiing-out sale, prior to removal to superb now pmmises now in course of election. The election of five trustees for the Newcastle Highway District for ensuing' year takes place on Saturday, 23rd Juh , and the nomination of gentlemen to that position on Saturday, 16th July. The annual meeting of ratepayers of the faraaberc Highway Districr will be held on Wednesday, 13th July, at 2 p.m. The new pure cash system now being initiated by G. and C. will certainly pro\e 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 of a co-operative society, without the risk of being called upon to bearaportion of the loss should the year's business prove unsatisftictoiy. Garhck and Cranwell will aim to retain the confidence which the public ha\e hitherto shown them, and are determined to give the pure cash system a lair trial ; whethei they gain or lose the first year. Country buyers on remitting cash with order will be supplied with goods at co-operative prices ; just the same as though they made a personal selection. Furnishing goods, such as carpets, floor cloths, bedsteads, bedding, and general house furniture, the largest portion of which is turned out .it our own factory, will be marked at I the lowest remunerative prices, and a discount of five per cent, will be allowed to those who pay at the time of purchase. G. &C. having realised the entire value of their stock during their lsif-e cash sale, the present stock is ni wandw and ciikaply bought. An inspection is invited. — Garlick AMD Cr\nwi 11, City Hall Furnishing Arcade Oueenstrcet, Auckland