The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1526, 15 April 1882, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1882.

The committee of the proposed I Waikato Fanners' Co operative Association (Limited) mot at the Tamahere Hotel on Thursday evening, to finally consider the proposed prospectus, which on their ' last meeting was handed to the hon. Secretary to submit to the Auckland committee for their consideration and any suggestions they might think necessary. This has been done, and, at the suggestion of these gentlemen, the nominal capital of the Association has been extended to ,£30,000, in £1 shares, of which 12,500 shares will be issued at first, and the balance reserved by the Association for future issue, to meet the requirements of increased trade and extended operations of the Association. These will be put on the market in proportionate numbers, to be fixed by a general meeting of shareholders. The committee have taken into consideration the offers of Messrs Hally Bros, and Mr R. Lamb, Ngaruawahia, to merge their mill properties in the Association, themselves taking .shares. It has been thought desirable to obtain the opinion of the* settlers of the Upper Waipa before making a selection of the two mills rpferrod to. The committee are naturally anxious to serve the general interests of the whole district, and will, we presume, be guided by the wishes of the majority of those who have promised to become shareholders. In the meantime they are taking measures to inform themselves fully on the question of- the relative merits of the two mills, for which purpose certain of the provisional directors will visit Cambridge and 1 Ngaruawahia. The Messrs Hally have, we are told, intimated their intention of taking shares in the concern, whether their mill is selected or not. We are glad to hear this, because it evinces a disposition to aid in furthering the objects of the Association apart from a desire to participate in any special benefits which might accrue, and the Messrs Hally are to be congratulated upon the public spirit they have displayed. The committee have been giving their earnest attention to the work of revising the original prospectus, and the result of their labors will be made known in detail in a few days. When this appears we shall take an early opportunity of examining it.

There is nothing new to report regarding the position of affairs at Wellington, and nothing further will pi'obably be known for a day or two, or at least imti] Sir George Grey has seen the Governor. Sir George, accompanied by Mr Seymour George, M.H.R., was a passenger to the Empire city in the Arawata on Thursday. The Press of the colony, with one or two notable exceptions, condemns the action of Sir Arthur Gordon in strong terms. | ,

The lease of lot 411, Hamilton Borough endowments was, submitted for sale on Thursday, and brought Is more than the upset price, the purchasers being the Waikato Steam' Navigation Company. '

On Wednesday the polling re increase of publicans' licenses hv Christchurch North took place, when overwhelming majorities were recorded against the increase of licenses. Only about one-tenth of the electors voted.

The trial of Mikaere for the Oxford manslaughter was resumed at the Supreme Court on Thursday. The evidence/was similar to that already published in these columns. Mr Tyler openedfthe case, for, the. defence, which was a denial of the whole of the statements made by the prosecution.

Sergeant McGto'vern has received instructions to-warn the witnesses in the cases against Vowless (except that of Raynes), to attend the Supreme Court without delay.

An inebriate was brought up at the Police Court,."Hamilton, yesterday, and fined in the usual amount with costs. ' ' - " f

Arrangements have been made for holding a( meeting of the "JVaikato Cricket Association at', Delahey's Hotel.' Ohaupo, on Thursday next, to square up the accounts in connection with the late match against the English team, and to fix the 'date'for the,annual county match.

• The 1 Cambridge,, MusicaV* Union ■ commences its,fou,r,fch quarter on Monday ne*fc. „rThis will $c a^opd-, opportunity for gentlemen \or ladies to t commence, practice, aa ,> we hear, ah , entirely unew. stock of vocal music, has be/sn^prbcitred : from.England suitable for association* of this kincf. The subscription" is^xdgrelyj. nominal; and as,'the'*winterjiS vdrawing near the,association jwxU'4anora 'amuse1 ment aVwell aS'instruction to" thdfelwhQ, arefon^of part singing. ' \~ S >

•■{&Mb Thursday'sCmieeting ofvttie 'Auckland Cfowu Lauds Board, the'following business interesting to our readers was transacted : — Ranglnri. — Mr Moat wiote asking that the town and subur- ' ban sb"cti'QH£,"&f Ra&glm > i" l "1fe u reclassin'ed. The township ' was inclined to go back instead of forward, and Goveintirtjnt townships and railway stations had been established within one mile and two miles of it.— Refeired to the Chief Surveyor for his report. — OnmbrUigi West, -rThe chairman obtained authority to offer for sale allotments in Cambridge West from time to tiirie.

We ("Herald") hear that the members of the late Ministry will, at the earliest possible moment, have published the whole history of the resignation of Mr Hall and his colleagues. We are inclined to think that there has been much needless secrecy observed, which lias given rise to a great deal of misunderstanding. have been allowed to grope in the dark, and, as invariably is the (use in such circumstances, a great deal of untruth has got into circulation, a large portion of which is firmly believed,

Fanners and others interested in the establishment of a cheese and bacon factory within a radius of five miles from Stecle's Corner, are invited by advertisement to attend a meeting at the Royal Hotel, Hamilton East, at 7 o'clock this evening. We trust the meeting will be largely attended by those who may be expected to participate in the benefits of such an industry, A meeting with a similar object in view will also be held m the Volunteer Hall, Te Awamutu, this evening.

Previous to leaving Hamilton for Cambridge, yesterday, the Superintendent of the Government Insurance Department succeeded in seeming the services of Mr A. O. Field as th« Indiistii.il Ageut for Hamilton. As the appointment is sub1 ject to the approval of the manager at Wellington, Mr Field will not commence an active canvas of the district until about the middle of next week. While wishing Mr Field every success, we congratulate the department upon securing the services of this gentleman, who, doubtless, will prove a most trustworthy and painstaking agent.

An African native missionary, rejoicing in the name of the Rev. Gow Jnkuh'far, has recently been lecturing in Wellington. Some of the African customs he mentioned (says the N.Z. Times) are very curious, That the natives of the Daik Continent lejoice mom afc the biitli of a boy than of a girl is well known ; nor are they singular in that respoot ; but the public exhibition by the lather of his offspring on the eighth day at the door ot his hut to the sun, and his invocation to that mighty luminary for blessings on the head of the new comer, is a ciicumstance which is certainly not so widely understood. The strangest customs of all, however, are connected with the ceremony of marriage. Whereas civilised bridegrooms geneially accept a dowry with their brides, uncivilised ones, on other hand, geneuilly have to give one, and if, as is not unfrequently the case, the girl has been engaged from her cradle, and has received presents from here would-bc-biidegroom, the one who succeeds in winning her has to commence his courtship by buying the other man off by paying for all the presents his sweetheart may have received ! The statement that the minute the bridfc stepped into her new home the bridegroom had to step out, caused no small amount of merriment, whioh was not diminished by the lecturer adding that till the bridegroom brought back a suitable present, such as the skin of some animal killed in the chase, he was not allowed to cross his own thresfooldi

One of the topics dealt with toy Archbishop Goold in the Lenton pastoral which was read in the Catholic churches* on Sunday (says the Melbourne Argus of Februai-y 28) was mixed marriages. The subject was introduced as follows :—: — " The solemn celebration of marriages is forbidden from Ash Wednesday till after Low Sunday, and from the first Sunday of Advent till the day after the Feast of the Epiphany. Mixed Marriages. — A ' mixed marriage ' (that is, a marriage between a Catholic and one who, though baptised, does not profess the Catholic faith) may not take place without a dispensation, and the dispensation cannot lawfully be given unless for a sufficiently] grave reason, and subject to the following indispensable conditions : — 1. That all the children that may be born ol a marriage shall be baptised and brought up in the Catholic faith. 2. That the Catholic party shall have full liberty for the practice of the Catholic religion. 3. That no religious marriage ceremony shall take place elsewhere than (iv ( iv the Catholic Church. The marriage of a Catholic before a Protestant minister is a grave sin, as being a participation in the religious rite of those who are sepai-ate from the Catholic Church, and therefore a sacrilege, and as the Holy, See has declared, 'an implicit adhesion to heresy.' Mixed marriages are abhored and forbidden by the Church, and leave' cannot be obtained for them unless some grave motive be alleged in addition to the fulfilment of the conditions prescribed."

The theory, that crime is hereditary, which is finding some favour in these days of exact science, is not easily reconciled with the history of the Pitcairn Islanders. Those primitive people, descended from the mutineers of the Bounty, live in a state of patriarchal sim.plicity. Crime is unknown to them. For 'convenience they have an elective chief magistrate, but his duties are wholly nominal. They have no money, no lawyers, and no laws. They live in perfect harmony with each other, and, having no wealth with which to tempt cupidity, the world leaves them Undisturbed. Occasionally a distressed manner puts into their little harbor; and is always "treated with humane tenderness. When,' as sometimes happens, their kindness is rewarded with ingratitude or dewit, the simple Islanders pity the shortsighted fool that has treated them so ill, and go on in their, work of simple well doing. And yet tliose honest children of j > nature are descended from .the. criminal mutineers of the Bounty, the common sailors of an English ship. Fenimore 'Cooper, in one of his later and somewhat cynical stories^ jnits^ a colony of good men upon' a volcanic isjiand' in the South Sea and starts them out *in life with every blessing imaginable ; but in a compara-. tively short time they fall from grace, import politics, .litigation, , and a newspaper, and' are 'finally swept out of existence by t a , timely awakening of the slumbering,vplcano ( » ( .Truth in this case is at least more flattering to human nature tHan fiction.— iPifofc '"- '

Describing the condition of G-ari- • baldi,-T^ho once n>pr.e after 22, years has taken up ' his > quarters at Naples, the Daily JNeivi . says :—": — " Garibaldi • lies v stretched jin. a, half -sitting posture in an invalid chair j wrapped in a fawn- colored inantle.f Abound him, in attitudes of evident solicitude, stand his wife, his sons, physicians, ,^nd . " young jJadiea;/, -A .parasol is,',i^ld ov;er his head,. jfoßtlietsun. is hot.,.' itittle -Manjio, whose ' f golden lqcksj.^wing^dowjp his^shoulders, ,&ve surmounted, 1 , py N a^ Kfgh-cro^nedjsoft. aboiii 1 , hiMVwith J -reyident.; 4ntesiß^^'Aj^e^t^|dv^c^' T and".ljo^|' repWedlyV; in7toswe£ '$^the,' contmuej^ It isa,sh'ort but. all to>.j^6ijH^ garter ..of; an^our^fdr ,:thejsihyalid: MHe: I isr about' - to" ' be ; the*

steamer. We see the face of the- aged hero — alas, more aged than the* actual, number of his years warrants. He lies immovable. He cannot turn his head. In Ins left hand he holds a white handkerchief, wliich" rhe'lsometim'es feeTjly moves in answer to" tiie affectionate cheeis. His countenance wears; ' the waxen tint of confirmed sickness, and his eyes are cavernous. There is no sign of the emotion lie must feel at again seeing Naples, returning as an invalid to seek health where he was once so strong a help. He is carried up the steps of the villa' and disappears, tthile the cheers continue unceasingly. The Syndic, on welcoming Garibaldi in the name of the city of Naples, received the following reply : — ' Naples is not only most beautiful, but also good and generous. I arrived here rather indisposed. I require rest and quiet. Pray tell the Neapolitans that I want no demonstrations, no visits, no visits at all — not even of my personal friends. 1 He lepeated these words, and to-day the wish of Garibaldi is placarded everywhere. It appears that as boon as it was kuown that Garibaldi « as worse than usual in health, the Esploratore, paddle wheel despatch boat, the fastest in the Italian navy, was sent to Capiera, and physicians having advised his removal to Naples, this was carried out with every possible tenderness."

The installation of officers of N.Z.O.G.T. No. 40 will take place this evening. Attention is directed to a notification by the New Zealand Government Insurance Department. Notice is given that Bruno Ruge, hairdresser, Cambiidgc, a bankrupt, intends to apply for his discharge at the ne\t sitting oi the District Court at Hamilton. Tenders are extended up till Wednesday, igth inst , by the Waitoa Highway Distiict Hoard for clearing, forming and di dining about 40 f«-et of road near W.utoa. The new pure cash system now being initiated bj G. and C. will certainly pro\c a benefit to the public. It has been a great success in Sydney and Melbourne, and when s>tiictly carried out the customer who buys at an establishment where the fjoodb arc marked low to ensure >i rapid sale must bo a groat gainer. G. and C. sell their diapery, 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 bear a portion of the loss should the } ear's business prove unsatisfactory. Gailick and Cranwell will aim to retain the confidence which the public have hitherto shown them, and arc dotei mined to give the pure cash system a fairtiul; whether they gain or Jose thefirst year Country buyers on remitting cash withordci will be suDplied with goods at co-opeiatve prices; fust the same as though they made a personal selection. Furnishing goods, such as carpets, •loor cloths, bedsteads, bedding and gencrai house furniture, the largest portion of which is turned out .it our own factory, wiltbe marked al tin; lowest remunerative prices, and a discount of two per cent, will be allowed to those who pay .it tho time of purchase. G. and C. having realised the entire value of their stock during their late cash s>,ile, the present stock is nuw and cheapcy ' HOiK.n 1 .--An inspection invited. — G vklick and Ckwwlll, City HallPitniihing Arcade Queen street, Auckland.