AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1513, 16 March 1882, Page 2

AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 1882.

Those patriotic journalists who are, by the grace of God, sworn foes of the present Government, must be sorely exercised in their minds just now. Their evil prognostications have so signally failed, and they are left with so little to carp and cavil at, that did we not love the wellbeing of the colony so much, we, could almost pity them in their forlorn condition. Truth to tell, whatever the Government has touched lately seems to have turned to gold : The native bugbear on the' West Coast has been ) improved away ; the barriers ' which ignorant superstition and savage sexclusive'ness raised up in this part of the country have been almost completely broken down; the Otago

runs have been re-leased on conditions which the whole colony approves ; the first "trial of the Thermal Springs Act has been singularly successful ; the revenue returns have, so far, exceeded the most sanguine expectations, and the country is fast regaining the commercial position it occupied before it unluckily fell into the hands of that free and easy party of amateur administrators which, let us hope, we have seen the last of for ever. Under this altered condition of things, our friends are put to some sorry shifts to make up their diurnal accusation against the Hall ministry. Let us do them the justice to say they work well : it is the opportunity, not the will, which is wanting. One of the latest phases of their game is to attack the Native Minister, upon no other grounds than that some sensational penny-a-liner, in direct communication with Downing-street, has bestowed a patent of knighthood on Mr Bryce. We may be benighted enough to think that such an honor would be worthily bestowed, to believe that the Sovereign's favor has been extended to less deserving men ; but were we of a different opinion, we should hesitate before we stooped to blackguard a man who has not sought a title (and who would probably not accept one), on the strength of some blatant paragraphist's canard. One of our Ohristchurch contemporaries has solemnly admonished the Government that it ought to pay Mr Wason's legal expenses, incurred during the hearing of the Wakanui election petition case, because the returning officer and registrar of electors, being Government officials, made a mess of things ! Why this sudden sympathy for Mr Wason, whom our contemporary would have given — well, not anything out of his own pocket — to see defeated? Why, indeed, unless it be that the well is almost dry ! The Opposition Press have, it is true, some sort of a stand-by. They can ring the changes pretty freely, without wearying their readers, on the question of the inrsonnd of the coming ministry, but as they cannot always manipulate the subject so as direct their shafts against the Government, they tire of it themselves, and return to the more congenial task of attacking some petty official, the Government being supposed by a pleasant fiction to suffer vicariously. It is amusing, however, to watch, while they are at it, the interesting little game of building up and knocking down ministries. Like children building card palaces, nothing pleases them long, and they are forever devising new combinations. But however the plan may be modified and re-arranged, one card is invariably retained to crown the edifice, and that cards is Mr Macandrew. lie is ever the ace of trumps, whoever the knave may be. Constant practice has developed the ingenuity of our friends in a high degree ; gradually the scheme which they set out to perfect, lias lost its unsubstantially, and has become in their minds a firm reality. Hitherto the stumbling block in the way of attaining their desires has been Sir George Grey, but this has now been overcome by means of an expedient which, howover happy it may appear to those who conceived it, will scarcely be so regarded by the soi disanl champion of the people himself. When Parliament meets, Sir George will, by virtue of his above-mentioned office, and by the consent of Jame Macandrew, occupy his old position on the " other side of the House" and here he will remain until he has gained the summit of his ambition by kicking his opponents out of office. In due course he will be called on by the Governor to form a Cabinet, to which he will magnanimously reply by referring His Excellency to Mr Macandrew, who, witli his compact array of Otago and Auckland men, officered by Messrs Shrimski and Dargayille, with Mr Montgomery as a volunteer, will at once assume the reins of power. Prosperity will then be supposed to return to New Zealand, and we shall all live happy ever after. This is a very pretty little plot. But it requires that we should presuppose two things which are not at all likely to happen, namely, that Sir George Grey will relinquish the post of honor to his former lieutenant, and that the Auckland members, or such of them as still acknowledge Grey as their prophet, will consent to fight under the Macandrew banner. If the rapacity of the South aforetime has taught Auckland anything, it has taught us not to rely on the Macandrew party. The old story about the identity of the interests of Otago and Auckland is accepted now at pretty much its real value. It was a pure piece of claptrap, and if the ex-Superintendent of Otagocould only have formed an offensive and defensive alliance with Canterbury, which would have secured a preponderence of power to himself, it would never have been invented. It is possible, though we do not at all think it likely, that a combination might be formed with Macandrew at its head strong enough, to unseat the present Government, but Auck : land men if they study thq interests of the North, will be no P ft rty_to it.We do noh regard |he dangerT.^<mminejnt, if ii; Ws'ts at4ll,TbuMtisl well to oe mindful of these .matters. ! A new loan is one of the. probabilities .of the hear future, and in" the

general scramble the lines of party, at no time very clearly denned, may be blurred or "altogether nibbed out. Then will the occasion arise for Auckland steadily to resist all the blandishments of the Otagan charmer, whose rapacious maw has already absorbed sufficient of our substance, but which is ever craving for more.

The necessity in this province for the establishment of a school of agriculture, a place where the rising generation might obtain a clear insight into the practical work of the farm, and gain a full knowledge of the means which science is ever busy in providing, has more than once been advanced in these columns. As often as the periodical reports of the Canterbury Agricultural College, telling a more encouraging tale each year, reached us, the subject has been referred to as one which the settlers in this part of the colony ought to consider and seriously take to heart. Another opportunity is now presented, and we hasten to take advantage of it. Our Otago and Southland friends have determined to take a step in advance, and on their foundation let us build. The Witness, points out very 'forcibly the benefits derivable from the establishment of such an institution in these words : — " We live in days in which the discovery of now processes of agriculture, of new kinds of machinery, and new inventions of all kinds, is as absolutely necessary for the progress of agriculture as of any other work. Unless a man by means of specific agricultural education is enabled to discover for himself the principles upon which his work is done, the principles which should guide him in the application of that practice which he must learn for himself, he cannot put his practical knowledge to the best nse, and certainly he cannot compete with the circumstances of the prosont day. It is true the question of agricultural education is surrounded by many misconceptions, and, therefore, not sufficiently valued. AYe must understand that agricultural education corresponds with education in any other business, inasmuch as it should be acquired, by taking part in the various details arising" from day to day in actual practice. We do not regard the imparting of certain known facts, and the instilling of certain truths into the mind of a young man, as education. A great many facts, and a large number of truths, may be crammed into the memory and retained for the period of an examination, but of which one will be able to make very little practical I use, and many of which one may soon forget. In all sound, useful education there is training : a development of the powers in a certain direction for a certain specific object. As far as agriculture is concerned, there are certain fundamental truths, and a number of first principles, which may be taught in any district, without regard to the future field of operation. As, however, the climate changes, the atmospheric influences differ, soil and subsoil become altered, the principles have to bfi modified and made to assume an appearance quite as different as the primary and secondary rocks. Hence we say, from an economical view, the practice of farming will be more perfectly learnt in the district in which it has to be subsequently carried on. Every practical farmer knows that a system of farming which is excellent in one neighbourhood and under one set of circumstances, is calculated to cause loss and disappointment if rigidly followed out elsewhere." A gentleman living in the north might, thinks our contempory, desire to settle his son in Otago, and nothing would be more proper than that he should wish to give that son a practical training in agriculture as carried on in that part of the colony, before he risks his capital in the venture. Perfectly true, and the writer is generous enough to add that the converse may hold good, as of course it would. It is not attempted to be disguised that Government should undertake the work, or at least provide an endowment out o£ the waste lands of the Crown, of sufficient value to secure the necessary siniews of war. It is pointed out that in other places, in America, in Belgium, in France, Austria, and other continental countries, not only does the State countenance these institutions, but it aotually supports them, and this being so in countries not altogether dependent upon agriculture, how much more is it the work of Government in a country where the cultivation of the soil forms almost the only industry ? We are en birely at one with our contemporary in chinking that the varying conditions of soil and climate in different parts of the colony demand that more than one college for the dissemination of agricultural knowledge is required, and we trust that the Government in considering, as they will of necessity be compelled to, the claims of our southern neighbors, will extend the, same privilege to us.

The .householders ' of Cambridge .have .'taken ./the final step towards the ' adoption of the '"To'vrn Districts Act 1881." They' ■have, nQyr (^o ( r warded their , petition, bearingvthe, required number? tdf duly attested signatures, to the Gxo;veM6r/'|r?^irig rth^t;;#"e-ne^for^. r graiifofi v the - !2d^A^^^%^yvfof-the;jßW': tion^of the new board. ,^>e horve

before enumerated the many advantages derivable from the new act, and the powers which it -vests in /the local body, it is- unnecessary to again make reference to them. As many important matters, such as the scheme of water supply, gas supply, and wants necessary to the safety and healthy condition of the town, have been permitted to stand in abeyance until the act is brought into force, it is a matter for congratu lation to know that no opposition has been manifested, and that an early date has been fixed for the first election. "We hope that those who have in the past advocated the schemes to which we have referred when the existing law prevented them from putting them into execution, will, when they have the necessary powers, carry out their intentions. ,

It will be seen "by an advertisement in another column that the Government invite tenders for the formation of the Tamahere, or first section of the Cambridge branch railway. The time for receiving tenders extends to the 7th April, and we may therefore expect that operations will be commenced in the course of a month or two. It is understood that the money necessary for the construction of the line being an appropriation will not lapse as at first supposed.

The township of Alexanda has been gazetted a town district, under the Act of 1881.

A man named Bates was arrested at Ngaruawahia ou Tuesday, on a charge of stealing money at Camp's Tamahere Hotel. He will be brought up at the Hamilton Police Court this morning.

The Ohinemuri races will take place at Paeroa to-morrow, and from all we can learn will be liberally supported. The weights appear in another column.

Mr E. Hewitt, of Cambridge has consented to be nominated to represent the Cambridge Riding in the Waikato County Council, in place of Mr R. H. I). Fergusson, resigned.

We understand that changes in the permanent way staff on the railway are about to be effected. Mr Perm has ai rived in the Waikato to relieve the present sub-inspector Mr Pickett.

The meeting of the promoters of the Waikato Fanners' Co-operative Association, which was to have been held, at Camp's hotel, Tamahere, this evening, has been postponed till next Thursday.

The programme of the Kihikihi sports for S. Patrick's Day is an unusually good one, comprising as it does both horse and foot racing, and so varied that it must please the most fastidious. The grand stand and refreshment booths are being erected.

A correspondent sends the following receipt, which is said to be a safe and certain cure for the whooping cough :—: — Half a gill of the best Jamaica rum, half a gill of olive oil, one ounce of garlic. Rub the back and chest every night and morning for ten mimites with the above mixture.

The Election Petition Court, to determine the Franklin North petition, commenced its sittings at Papakura, on Tuesday, before the Chief Justice Mr James Prendevgast and Mr Justice Gillies. The day was taken up principally with legal ai'guments.

There ought to he a sufficiency of amusements for pleasure seekers tomorrow, the anniversary of the patron Saint of Ireland. At Piako the annual races will come off on the Morrinsville race course, and although the money offered does not come up to the amounts of some previous years, there is every probability of a good clay's sport.

The sports and regatta to take place at Ngaruawahia to-morrow promise to be both interesting and well patronised. The programme is a good one, and the facilities offered by the W.S.N. Co. (who with their usual enterprise have laid on the Delta) for the conveyance of visitors are all that can be desired. The steamer's time table appears iii another place. The Hamilton Band will be on board.

Mr James Stewart, 0.E., Engineer to the Thames Valley-Rotoraa Railway Company, proceeded to Morrinsville on Tuesday, en route for Oxford. Efforts will be made to push on the Parliamentary survey with all possible despatch in time for the session. Capt. Beerc, late of the Public Works Department, Hamilton, has joined Mr Stewarts staff.

Mr Hadfield, of Tuhikaramea, has been instrumental iv disposing of 450 acres of Mr J. B. Whyte's property in that District to Mr Blackett, a gentleman who has for some time leased Mr Bridgman's farm near Kihikihi. The price has not transpired, but it is considered satisfactory. We understand that a party is in treaty for the purchase of the remainder of Mr Whyte's land, from which it will be gathered that the reputation of the Tuhikaramea country is growing.

An increasing demand for lands in the neighbourhood of Whatawhata is a matter of congratulation to the older settlers- We hear aMr Skeates has purchased the farm lately in the occupation of Mr Mainwaring, and situated between. Mr Hindle's and Mr farms, this is the third property that has changed hands in this part of the district during the last week or two.

Lieut. Col. Reader, Under-Secre-tary for Defence and Commissioner oi Police, accompanied by Mr Superintendent J. Bell Thomson, arrived in Waikato yesterday, on a visit of inspection to the police-stations in the district. They remained in Hamilton yesterday, and will proceed to-day to Cambridge. Col. Reader is accompanied by Capt. Anderson, Quartermaster of the Colonial Forces, who comes up on business connected with the recently arrived detatchment of Constabulary.

A number of the ladies and gentlemen who have kindly consented to assist at the Catholic concert, which comes off in the Cambridge Public Hall, to-morrow evening, had a rehearsel under Mr Bell, in the hall, on Monday evening last. If the quality of the music produced at the rehearsel be taken as an indication of what may be expected at the concert, a good evening's entertainment may be looked forward to. There are also a number of ladies and gentlemen coming from Auckland and other parts of Waikato, whose, names are a sufficient guarantee for good' entertainment. Considering that a select dance will, follow, a bumper house may with certainty be anticipated. ;_ Mr Bell will conduct 'the 'pro'ce'eaings. ' ' n '?> r ' h'

„ It, is matterjfor much regret to know that the ! Hamilton Band is not in a ■prospbfou's^ condition 1 . \For, this' the members have only themselves to blame. .TJie^public haye all along contributed' 'ÜbMrally" towards o '^ funds, but the members, have) ye are sorry to" learn I ,' 'fjefeinost^ameniably-fapathetic. /The, exrenfly^odr^riiiM^thosSfwho^re .h^ve tri@f tB"d^thei|«,ior tKe institu-Hion-are f ast ''losmg^li&irt. - It 4 has'been seriously, proposed to caU "the instruments

in unless greater interest is shown by the members, aucl as we are persuaded none of them Would desire to witness such a calamity as the breaking up of the band,we hope they will practically demonstrate their wishes by becoming more regular in their attendance, and by complying with certain other conditious, to which no further reference need be made.

At a special meeting of the Rangiaohia Highway Board, held the 11th March, the following tenders were recaivcd: — No. 1, Page's corner, clearing and forming : W. Bearsley, 5s per chain ; T. Baker, ss ; Miller and Thompson, 5s ; R. Cunningham, 4s (accepted). No. 2, Swamp road, 50 chains (more or less) to be clayed : M. Dillon, Is 4d per cubic yard ; W. Bearsley, Is 4d ; R. Cunningham, 2s ; T. Baker, Is 3id ; J. B. Teasdale, 10^1 (accepted). No. 3, Mandeno's corner, putting in pipes, etc. : J. Nattrass, £10; Miller and Thompson, £10 18s. Ordered to stand over ; the board consider the above tenders too high, and intend to call for fresh tenders, to be received on the 31st inst. No. 4, McDonnells hill, forming road : J. Nattrass, 5s per chain ; Miller and Thompson, 6s 6d ; 0. Temple, 4s lid (accepted). Mr F. Moody's tender, being informal, was rejected. No. 5, carting gravel from railway station to Te Awamutu : W. Bearsley, Is lid per cubic yard ; J. B. Teasdale, Is 8-Jcl (accepted). Several accounts were passed and ordered to be paid.

The cricket match between the All-England Eleven and the Australian team was resumed at Melbourne on on Monday. The weather was very fine during the day, but the attendance of spectators was only moderate. The Australians continued their first innings, and were all disposed of for the total of 300. The following are the remainder of the Australian scores : — Macdonnell, caught and bowled, 53 ; Blackham, caught, 6 ; Garrett, caught, 10 ; Palmer, caught and bowled, 34 ; Spofforth, not out, 3; sundiies, 13. The Englishmen then commenced their second innings, and when the stumps were drawn for the day they had secured 234 for the loss of only two wickets. The following are the scores :— Ulyett, caught, 64 ; Barlow, run out, 54 ; Selby, not out, 48 ; Bates, not out, 52. Owing to the inclemency of the weather on Tuesday, play could not be continued, and the match was therefore drawn.

Mexico is said to be able to boast of having the biggest farm in the world, with an area of five million acres. The owner raised. 55,000 sacks of wheat last year, and shipped 600 head of cattle. If Sir 6 Grey wishes to have a genuine bout at " bursting: up " big estates, he should go to Mexico. Some ill-natured people may think that he should go to Mexico in any case ; anywhere, anywhere out of New Zealand. — North Otago Tuna.

The " Melbourne Leader " of the 25 h February, thus refers to the oarsman, who recently competed in Auckland, under the name of Carter: — " Messenger seems to have been having a fine time of it in New Zealand. It appears Messenger, under the name of "Carter," arrived at Auckland from Sydney, and after winning a sculling race at the Mercury Bay regatta, arranged a match with the well-known sculler White, for £100, which he won. In the Auckland regatta White defeated him, but " Carter " was one of the successful crew in a four-oared gig race. The whole affair seems disgraceful, not to use a stronger term, as White was not aware he was rowing Messenger. It will be remembered that Messenger beat Hearn, of New Zealand, in a match on the Lower Yarra, and previous to that Hearn had beaten White, so that it is not at all likely that White would have agreed to row Messenger. Since then Messenger has issued a challenge to scull any one in New Zealand for £100, but declines to row the match in Wellington, where his objectionable proceedings were discovered. Hearn ia willing to row him, but wants to row the race at Wellington."

The " National Gazette" commenting on petroleum being used as fuel says : —We shall soon be able to announce a wonderful stride in the mechanical appliances for using liquid fuel generating steam in both marine and land boilers. The matter is in the hands of practical men, who will demonstrate that they can make from 28 to 30 gallons of crude petroleum, costing from 85 to 90 cents, do the work of a ton of coal, costing from 4 dollars to 4 dollars 13 cents, without dirt or smoke, and when, as in the case of a large steamer carrying from forty to forty-nve men in the fire-room, one man in each will be abundantly able to keep a uniform pressure of steam at all times. Liquid fuel is the intervening step between coal and electricity, which will in due season furnish motion for the world.

An attempt was recently made to "boycott" a landlord at Stretton, near Wavrington. A fanner, tilling ten acres, for winch he had paid £S per acre for 1 7 years, was sold tip by his landlord, himself a farmer, for arrears of rent amounting to about £100. The case excited considerable sympathy, as the farmer was ill in bed, and had been a most indnstrions and sober man. During the night before the sale placard^ were posted with the following inscription :—: — "'Boycott' the landlord by refusing to purchase the property and stock of an industrious farmer. The rent is too high, aud it was impossible for Mm to pay so much and make a living. Go home. Woe to the first bidder." A number of handbills had also been sent with the same words in a parcel bearing the Liverpool postmark ; but it is believed the bills emanate from some local sympathiser, i The man's produce was sold, but the furniture was withdrawn, and many expressed the opinion that a Land Court for England was wauted.

Notifications of application to register the Premier and the New Find Gold mining company's To Aroha, appear in our advertising columns. Mr J. S. Buckland will sell at the Cambridge yards ou Tuesday next, oxen, fat, and store cattle, sheep, spring cart, &c. At Ohaupo on the 28th, he will sell dairy cows, store and fat cattle, ewes, wethers from Napier. All rates due' the Rangiaohia Board must be paid before the 31st inst. Messrs S. Cochrane and Sons will sell by auction at their rooms Fort-street, Auckland, on Monday next, March 20th, freehold properties in Ng-aruawaiiia and Te Awamutu in the estate of the late Henry Boyton. The new pure cash system now being initiated by G. and C. will certainljr 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 > whore the goods are marked low to ensure a rapid sale must be a ffr^at gainer. G. and C. selltheir drapery, milliner}', 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 apottion of the loss should the tear's business prove unsatisfactory. Garlick andCranwellwillaira'to retain the confidence • which the public have. hitherto,shpwn them, and are determined to give the pure cash system a. .fair trial ; whether theygain'or lose thefirst year ' Country buyers on remitting cash with ordei will be supplied with goods at ctHoperatve prices'; , •just the same f as thQUgh,,they ( made a personal se- , . lection. Furnishing "'goods; such, as carpefs, J floor 'cloth's", bedsteads,' bedding and .general house furniture, the largest portion of which is, turned outsat our own factory, willbe marked at the lowest remunerative prices,, and f a discountfof five per cenC.will be allowed to those; who pay a) s , the time* of pUrchase.l Gl and C .* having realised the entire value, of theirlstockfdiiring v their, late cash sale, the,preserit stock is NEW AND CHEAPLY bought.— An inspection J invit«J'£-GARLicie aniS •■ Cranwell, City TlallFnrnishing Arcade Queen ' street, Auckland, I