Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE,

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1466, 24 November 1881, Page 2

Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE,

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THURSDAY, NOV. 24, 188 1.

A church parade of the Hamilton Cavalry, C. troop, will take place next Sunday. The troop will assemble on Sydney Square at 10 sharp, and the members of the Hamilton Baud are requested to meet at the same place and hour, in order to play the troop to church. It is to be hoped there will be a good muster of the troop on the occasion.

The Rev. Y. Lush, the new incumbent of S. Peter's, arrived in Hamilton by train yesterday, accompanied by Mrs and the Misses Lush. Owing to the late hour at which the Rotomahana arrived in Auckland from the Thames on Monday night, the rev. gentleman was unable to come on to Waikato the next morning, and so be present at the presentation to the Rev. VV. Odder.

On Monday afternoon last, what might have been a serious accident occurred to a buggy and pair belonging to Mr Carter, of Cambridge. A driver of Mr Carter's was driving Mr J. C. Firth, of Matamata, and another gentleman clown the hill in the direction of the Karapiro Bridge, when the horses bolted. The buggy shortly capsized, throwing the occupants with some violence on the road. Fortunately none of the party were seriously injured, and very little damage was done to the turn-out.

The "Tuapeka Times" reports a cape heard at the R.M. Court, Olyd, which, fiom its novelty, is worthy of perusal by all classes. It was an information for a breach of the Arms Act, laid by the police against Mr Begg, of that town. The offence committed, as stated, was the selling of a gun, neither seller nor purchaser being licensed, and evidence was given to that effect. Mr Wilson, who appeared for Mr Begg, contended that no conviction could be obtained as the accused did not actually sell the gun, he was merely acting as a medium between tlie merchant in Danedin and the purohaser ; he said his client was not a dealer in firearms within the meaning of the Act, and urged that the gun in question was the only one he had in his possession, and, moreover, the transaction was more of a friendly one' than a trading one. The Magistrate said the contention of counsel was good ; the act, however, distinctly laid it down that no person shall deal, or pretend to deal in firearms or ammunition without a license; and, further, that the offence, according to the form of information, was either a misdemeanour or a felony. He would dismiss the information.

Tke Queen's telegram sent to Mrs G-arfield upon the death' of her husband, (says the London ■ correspondent •of the Western-Weekly News), has one touch in it~a touch of nature which, simple as it is, goes straight 'to* the heart, such* touch as, when she abandons the formal style, the Queen usually ' communicates 'to- her brief announcements.' "It is with deep grief that' l 'and my ' children have learnt , the sad news," Bays'.fciio telegram to J&a

G-arfield. It is nothing to the unsym- ! pathetic ; but the widow with her own children mourning around her will understand what those three words "and uay I chil ken " coining from a royal hand, itself widowed, signify. A formality, by these three word^, ia elevated to an affair of heart.

The banks abound in money (says a Sydney paper.) The deports aie equal to £128 of accumulated savings for every family in W.S. Wales. The la^t niue wool-clips of the colony were worth fifty millions. The thirty -five million sheep yield two-thirds of the total value of the annual exports ; the year's clip is worth ten millions sterling. The land taken up during the last nine years was twenty-one million acres. The banka have among them a large number of sheep runs.

An English paper remarks:— I Another landmark id going. Newgate Prison is about to disappear, after an existence of more than six centuries and a half. In the earliest year of the reign of Henry 111. it appears in history as the place of captivity for men of high degree. Sir Richard Whittington, father of the great Lord Mayor, ordered it to be rebuilt in his will. Destroyed by the great fire, it rose from its ashes, a shame to the humanity of the eighteenth century. The present gloomy building, in front of which many persons have suffered the last penalty, has no historic value. It is only twenty-four years of age, can hardly be called an ornament, and has attached to it the most inconvenient offices and halls for the transaction of the principal criminal business of the country that could be erected by the ingenuity of man.

Some years ago there was an agitation(says a Plymouth contemporary) tor the supply of Australian meat to the London market. A good deal of beef and mutton came over in tins, but our masters and mistresses in the kitchen would not look at it. The question of a colonial food supply has, however, been revived, and some samples of fish and game sent from Australia in the refrigerators of the Orient Steamship Company have been pronounced excellent by competent judges. If beef and mutton can be sent over in the same way they ought to find a market, though a determined effort would undoubtedly be made to forma meat "ring" so as to keep up prices. The finest beef can be bought iv Queensland at 2d a pound, and, after all ! charges were paid, could be sold in this country at 5d or 6d.

During the month of March last, i the Americans and Canadians carded away from England and Scotland over 160 nhoit-horn cows and bulls, over 50 pure Aberdeen polled cattle, some 30 head of Herefords, principally bulls, and over 300 i^heep, a large majority of which were of non fashionable Downs breed. At this rate the inferior " native " cattle of the Ameiican Continent will very soon have entirely given way to a superior class of "grade" cattle. Australian cattle owners must have the improvement of their cattle constantly in view if they wish to keep pace with Americans in the meat export business.

Once more has a Sydney horse won the Melbourne Cup. Zulu is a handsome black horse, by Barbarian, out of Maiden Blush, and was trained by Mr T. Lamond. He was such a rank outaider as not to be mentioned in the betting. He was in the same stable as Wheatear and Primrose, and it is more than probable that a <oup has been made by those in the secret. The Czar was auother outsider, and his running must have been a surprise. Sweetmeat, by Yattendon out of Sultana, is one of the best horses on the Australian turf. He has been in constant work since 1878 ; since then he has run nine times first, ten seconds, and four thirds.

A recent New Zealand explorerMr Herring — on his return to England, was entertained at a complimentary dinner. In the course of remarks made in reply to his health in alluded in the following terms to one of our settlers :—: — "Mr Firth, of Matamata, was probably the most enterprising man in the whole Colony of New Zealand — in fact it was a question whether Australia had ever seen a man possessing the energy of Mr Firth. Entirely at his own expense he had made the river Thames navigable, and had thrown it open to the public. Ho had done this without any assistance from the Government, and had spent nearly a fortune over it. Of his farm of 05,000 acres they were able to speak satisfactorily. Whnn they retired to bed a question as to the diameter of some wheels arose, and by the means of the telephone the manager at a station six miles dist.int was awakened and asked the question. The reply came immediately, giving the dimensions, and also arrangements were made for their horses to be ready for the next morning."

We extract the following from the Advocate (Rangitilcei) : — "Mr (Speight, M.H.R., is famed for what, in the vernacular, is called " cheek," and we presume that he hopes to carry himself through by that quality. The other day Tie sent a telegram to the ex-Native Minister about the Thames election The gist of this message was to inform Mr Sheehan that Mr Speight was exceedingly anxious to learn tho intentions of the exNative Minister, and to intimate to him that Mr Speight had made up his mind to stand for the Thames Borough. Mr Sheehan naturally looked upon Mr Speight's message as a piece of impertinence, and telegraphed to him that he also had made up his mind to stand' for the Thames Borough. We trust that when Mr Speight and Mr Sheehan meet in the tug of war there will be no hesitation on the part of the electors about voting for a man who, whatever his faults may be, ii not selfish, and possesses large ability, as against a man who has neither brains nor position to recommend him."

An imDortant Order in Council has been issued. It reads as follows :—: — " A good deal of unnecessary trouble has been given the public by the regulations enforcing the use of stamps in payments of fees and other matters, and especially that certain fee Hand payments should be made by stamps marked Law Court Stamps, and others by stamps marked Land and Deed Stamps. The trouble and annoyance thus occasioned to the legal profession and to private individuals has been vigorously protested against, and at last announcement is made that from and after this day it shall be lawful to use any kind of stamps issued by the Government of the colony (except Beer Duty Stamps) in payment of any matters which, under the Stamp Fee Act, 1875, or the Stamp Fee Act, 1880, or regulations thereunder, require to be paid by stamps. It is further announced that penny postage stamps may now be used for stamping receipts. The Order in Council does not extend to giving permission that receipt stamps may be used on letters, bat probably it is intended hereafter to issue but one uniform kind of stamp, applicable alike for postage and stamp-duty purposes.

The experience of a gentleman visiting this (Hawera) distribfc, says the local paper, for the purpose of inspecting land likely to come into the market, affords a remarkable illustration of how the farmers of England are being driven to the oolony. -The gentleman referred <to held an English farm of 700 acres, for which he was paying &1300 or £1400 a year, but competition became so severe in consequence of American importations that he wak forced to consider his position, tod came t© tie eoxwtaeion th*t be wold

not afford more than £700 a year. The landlord laughed at the idea of accepting that Mini, and the ten-int sold out, but before leaving- home th-a same farm was offered to him at £600. However, he had made up his mm 1 to visit the colonies, and he would not accept the offer. Iv addition to the American competition, farmers also find that harvesting: seasons have been so unfavourable of late as to I lead to the conclusion that the English climate has permanently changed for the worse.

It is impossible, says the Daily News, to overlook the historic interest of the proceedings of the Methodist Conference now sitting in London. N early a century and a half ago, when political corruption was rivalled by the corruption of the clergy, and when private and public morality were alike rare, a few young Oxford students joined together in a strenuous effort against the religious indifference of the day. The leaders of these young men, whose regularity of life and of religious observance won thara the title of " Methodists," were Whitefield and the brothers Charles and John Wesley. Whitefiold's wonderful preaching, which stirred all England and won the admiration of Horace Walpole, who generally knew how to admire real talent when he saw it, did much for the new movement. The sweetness and beauty of the hymns of Charles Wesley did much for it. But, as has been truly said, John Wesley was the movement itaelf. To his eloquence, but htill more to his life-long perseverance and untiring devotion, the organization and earlier triumphs of Methodism are due. According to one of the speakers at the Conference, Methodism now numbers some four millions and ahalf of followers in England, and over twenty-three millions in different parts of the world, being particularly strong in America. Yet in 1738, when Whitefield and the two Wesleys first came from Oxford to London, they and their few Oxford friends were the only Methodists. It would be difficult to overrate the debt which civilisation owes to a movement which c<iine at a terrible period of religious decay, and stirred the pulsed of national life and duty.

A meeting of the Cambridge Jockey Club is called tor the 25th inst, George Floyd announces that he has disposed of his business to Messrs Clark & Ganc, and requests the pa)incnt of ail outstanding debts before the Ist proximo. The Auckland Agricultural Company invite tenders for ploughing laud and cutting down ti-free. The Waikato Steam Navigation Company advei Use the Delta to run trom Ngaruawahia and Hamilton to Steel's landing en the day of the Ohaupo races. Men are wanted for clearing land at Eureka. Messsa H E. Cotton & Co. announce that they arc agents for the Orakau Saw Mills. I Messrs H. E. Cotton & Co. will sell by auction, at_ their Mart, Cambridge, on Saturdny ne\t, a variety ot useful and fancy articles. Also several well-bred pigs. Messrs W. J. Hunter & Co. will hold their usual monthly sale, at the Fr.inkton Yards, on Wednesday, December 7th, at half-past twehc shaip. The Hamilton Public and Volunteer Hall will bo opened with a grand concert and ball on lace night (Wednesday next). The price has been fixed at one shilling. 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 suclcss 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 millinery, 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 bcaraportionoftheloss should the year's business pro\e unsatisfactory. Garlick and Cr.inwcll will aim to retain the confidence which the public have hithci to shown them, and are determined to give the pure cash system a fair trial; whether they gain or lose the first year. Country buyers on remitting cash with order will be supplied with goods at co-operati\e prices ; just the same as though they made a personal selection. Furnishing goods, such as carpets, floor cloths, bedsteads, bedding „ \nd generai house furniture, the largest portion of which is turned out at our own factory, will be marked at the lowest remunerative prices, and .1 discount of five per cent, will be allowed to those who pay at the time ot purchase. G. &C. having realised the entire value of their stock during their late cash sale, the present stock is ni w asd cheaply hought. An inspection is invited. — Garmck and Cranwllt., City Hall Furnishing Arcade Queenstreet, Auckland