The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1531, 27 April 1882, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Vt I •jap, ~ tneMjigii^SKwn Press would, had a like occasion arisen, have sung peans in praise of the Pro-consul, and welcomed him with hearfc-felt pleasui'e. •Buf tlfe|ti&es*h£ve ouY^onttemp'omri©^H> e^»g- moytaf, have changed JivJth.^.the,m w^Th i ey_ have, or believe they have, discovered? fa; mpch'fcettprj'plan vancing Southern' interests than any * help of Sir Geohge G^m^nd-they* have accordingly 'pitShW * their whilom- champion- overboard... -Not. that they are forgetful of /the many services he rendered them in times past ; not they love him the less,' but that tli'ey ' lave : themselves the more. They have now organisation of their own strong enough, if they once attain to po wop, to carry out the'greater number of the self-aggrandisement schemes which the spoiled children of Otago jtnd and Canterbury, have, devised, "and an alliance with Auckland except upon term's favorable to' themselves is not desired. At the* same time they did not openly discourage 1 ! '""the} notion <tha£ Sir George might again occupy the post of Premier, because, bo wever anxious they may be to witness the fruition of their own plans,, they, are ■ no less 1 glad to see those of their I enemies blighted." The openly-ox- \ pressed feeling; of consternation which, the unwarrantable action of the Governor produced in-, maiiy places was, therefore, a source ot" delight to our friends, and they arc now gleefully twitting us .with our folly for believing that which they took such pains to assure us was the truth. They can afford to treat the. subject with .levity, but the North, after a three years' experience of Greyism, tempered by ]\jtacandrewism, cannot. A Government which, like the last, treats the whole colony with impartiality, and bestows its favors upon the needy, cannot hope for popularity and can hardly calculate upon receiving" the esteem of those for whom they labor. Everybody receives his just share, and having calculated upon getting that of his neighbor also is in consequence dissatisfied. -The existence of this spirit of dishonesty (for it is nothing else) is discreditable to the colony at large, but we fail to see how it can be eradicated under present circumstances. The House is really a huge road board, And the revenue is regarded as tho legitimate spoil' of those who are smart enough to socuro it. Politicians, however great or exceptional their abilities, are selected chiefly, on account of their capacity for " cadging," and the rise and fall of the chiefs of parties do not so much involve a ejiange in the policy # of legislation as in the mode of distributing the borrowed money in the colonial exchequer. The cry, indeed is ,", men, not measures." Can we ever hope to ' witucss a change? Not until the distribuI tion of " Government money " ceases or is fixed immovably upon some ascertained basis. The accomplishment of this object would be as a harbinger of light for New I Zealand. "When the temptations to dishonesty are removed morality will of necessity increase, and political fair dealing will bring about an improvement in all conditions 'of life.

Equal and exact justice to ail men, Of .whatsoever qtate or persuasion,, religious or political. Here shall the Press the People's right maintain, Unawed by influence ami unlmbcd by gaiif. -,

TJItTSSDAY iI 4PKII< & M 82 '

It is holess^insfcructiye than amufe; Ihg to note tiie effects ftro<luce.cl !onj tjie ijnnjls .of sqh^p£ jOur", S<?y£fchern< contemporaries by. receiit. political' events. - Sir'CrEOEGE Gutet's appearance , on. the s^eixe tUsoiu{c(tfed/ ! in6ai, J even as it produce^ o,^K^ttngj' ot f yn^pa^qsfj .^^her liuc for ;a: very ciiffcji'ciit reason.; Not longUgp

The control of the Raglan wharf has been vested in the Town Board, ■will have the power to levy clues, &c, The prospectus of the Waikato Farmers' Co-operative Association is issued as a supplement with this day's paper. The Hamilton Literary and Debating Society meet in the Court-house this evening, at 7 o'clock. The subject for debate is the Chinese Question. We understand that the Comus Dramatic Club will shortly reappear, the members having already commenced rehearsing. , A challenge has been sent by the Waitoa Cricket Club to the Hamilton C.C., to play a match on the ground of the latter club, Sydney Square, Hamilton. The challenge has been accepted, and the match will come off on Friday next. Play Avill commence at 1 . p.m. sharp. A poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Hamilton will in taken tomorrow (Friday), at the -Court-house, to 'determine whether the' number" of publicans', or New Zealand wine licenses, may or may not be increased. A meeting of the Hamilton Popular Entertainment Committee was held in the Public and Volunteer flail last night, His Worship the Mayor in the chair. There was a good attendance both of the committee and intending performers, and it was decided to commence rehearsing at once, the'' first practice 'to be held in the hail on Wednesday evening next. Mr Henry Buttle, of Ohaupo, is aljout to take his departure ' from the Cambridge district. We believe he has been offered an appointment in Auckland, which has induced him to relin'f[uish'agric\jlttira.l s puryiuts, .afld lie will in consequence jell out his k interest in Waikato. *Mv Buttle's 'name has been associated] with many of our, public institutions, , and he, has , always taken a leading paYt;' lV matters concerning the welfare and advancement ( pf the district to which he at present' belongs. His s'er.vicea will also be missed by 'the' Wjesleyans' of the' Waikato circnit, in which 1 he has for many years Held 'the office of senior stewards, f'r ■ ': The settlers of the Te Awamutu district who are contemplating' 'the erection of a cheese factory in the vicinity of that township; would do well to cooperate with the committee, who' have" deputed Capt. Runbiman to' 'proceed to America in search of information as to the coat of erecting a cheese factory, the proper mode's of procedure, &c. The committee appointed by the meeting held at To" Awamutut recently, tto .ga'thte* •the Tiecessaty tofbf in.ation,J,?by * 'parity de*fraying' the f cb'sfc f off Oapt.f . Runoimau's •journey to the'StateV'-woiiltj saye them- ' selves' a 1 considerable amount' -ofand thus two'tbirds cbuldibeikilled-'witli 'th'e'oi/e ltbhe.' ' ?( \™ ' >" '- t i.We shb»l4ibe^nting in pur 4u,ty to the ie3j§ec>^)Je|ppj[% { n^ ' t|ej|cwnr^uijity if 'ty&difJLjnQT;, ••"draw," attention s> to "to t«e excQSSiyely pad bel»a,vioy of a nninr

Hamilton Public/Hall, on^Tttesdaj^ightT An impression seems to prevail with i some persons that the free exercise of their tongues is indispensable to their entaimnent, and "this amncipfe was ably"' acted upon the other evening. In some parts of the-hall the-diii was so -great that those who went to enjoy the singing fiolild scarcely jhdar the yoicesf of "^the per-, formers I . ' 'The disturbing -elefinfeht 'wife; uofc.coiuposedsolely^oiJiiirikiiaSjJaiit-inA-eluded a number of "the softer sex. We sre sorrsto I ha'V3e tojrefjsr to thic matter?" because, " geneVally^Bpeaking, ■Hamilton audiencesjire.^gar ticulary wel^behaved. The man.Oonnor,>who has been arrested on a charge of horse stealing, at Napier, is at present in the lock-up, at Cambridge,* awaiting ,the decision of JrispectSoi; Thqmson N to, jwhethfei< he \ fall be tried at Cambridge or Napier. Detective Doolan,' who ''is in 'charge of the prisoner, prefers haying the case gone into here; as someof the witnesses belong\to this district ; but ! as the theft was coniniitted at Napier no doubt he will be remanded "there. The officer in charge of the -prisoner, will in that, case., accompany him overland, the prisoner riding the stolen animal. This will doubtless be a work of some difficulty for the detective, considering the likelihood of his charge making another bolt, or otherwise becoming fractious. Connor when questioned why.he ran away from detective Doolart said he could n6t resist the temptation, as the detective was riding a considerable distance ahead, and consequently, he thought it looked rather anomalous' for him to be'riding after them'an who in all fairness should nave been riding after him. The 1 latest tit of ' New York gossip concerning niillionttires, ~is (says the Uhn'tujo Il'icl-ti/ Tr ibn >n) that young Mr Astor, who ran for Congress, and failed to receive the Irish voti>, after having danced at n bill with a- cigar factory girl named Lizzie Lynch, owes his defeat to the money and exertions of ,Vanderbilt, this being the latter's method of revenging himself for the non-admittance of the Vaiiderbilt family -to the social circles in which the Astors move. As the original Astor traded six-bladed jack-knives to the Indians for furs, and the 'original Vaiiderbilt sculled people across the East River for twenty-five cents., the claims of both families to a place among the aristocracy of this country seems to be equally slinn A contributor to the "Federal Australian " ' observes of Victoria that the principal amusement over there just now, is company floating, and the man wlio hasn't a share in' some " dead certainty spec " or another, goes about as miserable as. ,a bob-,tailed bull in fly time. The Castlemaine Brewery Company for instance, leads of with a capital of £63,000, all shares scooped in immediately ; then comes the Apollo Candle Company, £200,000 ; the Patent Asplmltmn Company, £30,000; Perkins and Company's Brewery notion, £125,000; andnow Hudson Bios, have floated their immense timber works on the rather substantial base of £300,000. To a casual observer this looks as if the nation wasn't quite insolvent at present, ;ind it's a remarkably poor man just now who can't have his four meals of baker's bread, and Orange killed beef per day, and still hold enough to prevent his "scamping" the Church plate on /Sunday,' or missing the celestial charm of an operabouffe. With regard to the recall of General Skobcloff, the Pull Mall Ouztttc says : -This is only what might have been expected, but we are not very' sure that it is a particularly good piece of news for all that. "It may be," vi c are told, "■that the attitude of his Imperial master will be such as to promptly arrest the agitation." But what if the real mastery should belong much more to General Skobeloff than to the Czar ? What if the Czar, brutalize by fear, and swayed to and fro by stronger spirits than his own, has been a, passive accomplice in the General's strauge sayings and doings'? If that be so, the return of the incendiary to the powder magazine itself is not exactly, as Lord Salisbury would say, '"glad tidings of great joy." The Cologne Guscttc tells a story to the effect that when at Berlin General Skobeloß visited the painter, Vereschagin, whe asked him : " How could you have been so foolish as to make such a speech at St. Petersburg ?" ' ' What would you have? 1 the general replied. " Things are going so badly in Russia that war is the only way out' of the muddle." The story maj 'or may not be true, but its point is onlj too likely to be present to the speaker's mind.

Mv D. (-J. Mcbonnell, Auckland, gives notice of his intention to make application to register the Waitoki Goldmining Company, Te Aroh.i. Mv Henry Buttle, notifies the electors of the Pukckur.i Riding,' Waipa County, that he has resigned, his scatjas their lcprcscntativc, in consequence of his leaving the district, and thanks them for past favors and confidence. The Secretary for Stamps directs attent ion to'the regulations recently issued under the Stamp Vee Act, 1880. , Special attention is directed to an important advertisement by Mr W. liattray, Central Drapery "Warehouse, Queen-street, Auckland. ' All persons indebted to the "estate of the Lite Kdwin Missen >( Waitoa, are requested to p.iy their accounts cither to Mrs Missen at ' Waitoa, or to Mr i Ilalekc, Thames, and all I accounts against the estate are to be rendered to ! MrHalcke. j Messrs W. .T. Hunter tind Co. will sell at the Ohaupo Yards, on Thursday, May 4th, a' large number of fat; and store cattle, sheep, puriri posts, F.igncll cart, Sec., S>c. At the Cambridge Horse Bazaarj-on Saturday, May Qth, they will^ sell horsci, harness,, double-seated buggy, &c, &c. ' The chairman of the Mangapiko Licensing Committee notifies that Saturday, the 13th May, has been fixed for taking a poll^of the ratepayers to determine whether the humbcrof ljcctises^n the district/shall or shall not be increased. Tenders', will be received by Mr D. Richardson} architect, Cambridge, for the erection of a house in Cambridge West, up to Saturday, May 6th. Messrs Hesketh and Aitken, grain and seed merchants, Auckland, notify that they have taken over the sded and grain business lately carried on by Mr Alfred Buckland, and draw attention to their splendid stock of new importations. ' Mr J. S.. Biickland will sell at the Cambridge X ar d. s on Tuesday nc.\t, Hereford Jsu)l calves, milking cows, heifers, fat and store cat!t!e.* The , Waitoa and . Waihou cattle sale will be held on. -Monday, the Bth May, instead «f the Oth, oh account ot Me Ben Ednan's, livery plant being held on the Utter date. A Waitoa, 1 he will sell fat and store cattle, sheep, BkC - The' ! nWi*ure cash; system now being initiated by G. and<'C'. will certainly prove a benefit tq, , the > public. It , has been a great success in, Sydney and Melbourne, and when' strictly' carried out the customer who buys. at« an establishment w.hero the goods arc 1 niafked low to 1 ensure utofoid sale must be a great gainefiOCx. andj Csselj their drapery, millinery, and clothing at such prices for cash as gives thefbnyer,thQ advantages -of f a shareholder ftf a/ed-operative society; without the risk of being: called upon to bear aporri.6n ofthe loss shpuld the,t , j car's business prove . "unsatisfactory. Garlick" andCranwell will aim, to retain the confidence which the public have/hitherto shown them, and » arc 'determined to give the pure cash system a, fair trial fwHetKerT th'ey'gairfbr losethe first >ear "Country buyers on.remitting cash withordei will be jvith v goods at co-opcratyjs prices ; jUstme'samfe as though't^e^m'ade v apersonals6-' 'lectt6n.fi Euroishing-?go'Bds,'nsuch;as carpets,; flpor -filpths.f bed^^ea^^b^^g -..and house -furniturß, thoflargest jportion or which js ' turne'rout at^urftwW^ctßrj'j'willbp marW.at , tlie lowest rciuunei ative jiHtes; artd a discount of iha^mc&if £uf£liase:Jj TGi arid.C^havini rdahsed >the cntifiv.value otthcif.stoc;ki,du'«ng 3tncir;,lS|e 'casUsalo; u isf&sKiltsA xiWv A§ti^.|kig|v, insVech'tfn^inyitqd.'-^GARUckCND • »tree^ Aup||aw|. < , ; . .»^ \ C^V*^*