The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1545, 30 May 1882, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Equal and c\act justice to all men, 01 whatsoever st.ite or pei suasion, religious or political . Here sh<i)l the Press tho People's light maintain, Un.iwed b}' influence .mil unlmbod by gain.

TUESDAY, MAY ;30, 1882. Tur, steady progress of the fIitAXT & Fosi'Eit settlement at To Aroha affords ground for much satisfaction. Tho "« isdom of tho Grovoruniont in af lording facilities for the occupation of tho Mock by bomi Jirfe fawners is now fully apparent. Iti the township laid out by the Government ho less than eighteen houses arc in course of erection, and tho whole settlement has a go-ahead ajipoaranco. Tho settlers are wasting no time in getting- forward with the "work of ploughing and seed sowing 1 . Arrangements aro also being made for the establishment of a punt on the Waihou at the settlement, with tho object of shortening the distanco to AVaikato, tlie present route being' down the river, via tho Aroha township. Tho drainage works Avhich tho Government have undertaken aro proceeding at a satisfactory rate, and appear to answer the purpose well. Tho drains will most probably bo finished this autumn. They would have been completed soonor, but owing to tho broken weather experienced lately, and other unforsoon difficulties, tho contractors have been somewhat delayed. Between this and July tho number of settlors on the block will bo augmented by some sixteen families, in a position to tako up and work large farms, and by a considerable" number of farm laborers, all of whom aro expected from , England. Anyone visiting tho settlement just now cannot fail to be satisfied that the founders are doing all in their power io carry out their contract with the Government faithfully and' well. ' Capital has been sought to bo made, by those 'who are opposed to the settlement' scheme; lout of the lute native disturbance, The occurrenc'b was, however,' of tho -most paltry nature, and but for the supineness of those in cjiarge of the ! drainage "works, would never have' assumed the slightest importance. ' The Maoris werp, in pursuance pi a ' practice not uncommon to them, merely trying theieffeet' of ia little ' bounce^and isojfaaci attained'! their , object that instead of finding them- \ selves at the bottom of the' ditch, i they flueceeded., in „frightenpg ,^| laboi'ei's awayi, .As^ioi* q,ijy- chjini' , updn >tKe land, th'ati ' ■Qf t oour^Oj { ' i$ i

simply nonsenso, and tke native^* are not likely to assert thoir allege^ rights again.

A meeting of the ratepayers in the county of Waipa is convened for Thursday next, .at Ohaupo/for the purposeof nominating a> board to manage the timber reserve, No 330, Ngaroto. The county council were -requested by, the Government, to nominate a board of five persona, but that body" deemed" it" advisable" to place the power in the hands of the ratepayers, reserving to themselves, however, the privilege of selecting five candidates out of the ten to nominated at the public meeting! The reserve in question, about 80 acres in extent, is a valuable one, ! the timber alono being at any time worth ,£5OO, and now that its administration is to be entrusted to .local authority, the question as to what' should be done with it is important, and should be freely discussed. It seems that it will not — for very many years, at any rate — I be required as a recreation ground, but it is none the less obvious that I any profits accruing from it should be applied to some purpose which should benefit the district or the I county in which it is situate. "We have more than once directed attention to the need for tree-planting in Waikato, and have counselled the adoption of a scheme by which the ' work might be systematically carried on. The difficulty which has hitherto been in the way is the want of funds, and the knowledge that a scanty exchequer, upon which calls were numerous, shut out any i hope that the Government could to any extent afford assistance. It seems to us that an opportunity is now presented for taking up the question again. The proceeds from the sale of timber on the Ngaroto reserve, and the amount of rent whicli might be obtained for it in the future, could very reasonably be applied to foster the planting of forest trees in Waipa. We do not mean tliat the money should be spent in the purchase of trees, because, were it so applied, it would not go very far. But the money might bo suitably invested, and the interest devoted to the object we have named, in this way : The board, at the commencement of each year, might offer a prize for the best laid out plantation, containing the most suitable selection of forest trees, the competition to be confined to small land-owners only. In this way much good would be done, and we commend the suggestion to the settlers of Waipa, to be ventilated at Thursday's meeting.

We hear that Mr A. Raynes of the National Hotel, Cambridge, has sold that hostelry to Mr Gillet, late of the Barrel Hotel, JParnell. The Cambridge hotel-keepers having expressed their intention of applying at the next sitting of the licensing bench for a twelve o'clock license, the police have now given them notice of their intention to oppose the application. The meeting of the stewards and committee of the Waikato Turf Club, held yesterday at Crwynne's Hotel, Hamilton, was adjourned till Monday next at 5 p.m. at Delanoy's Hotel, Ohaupo. The native who stole a saddle belonging to Mr Edwards, of Ohaupo, some time ago, and who was arrested at Te Awamutu on the 24th inst., w.is brought up at Hamilton on Saturday, and fined £9. The money having been paid yesterday, the prisoner was released. We learn that Messrs Hesketh and Aitktn, of Auckland, contemplate opening an extensive grain and seed business in Te Awamutu, and with this intention, have purchased the premises at present occupied by Mr Sloane, who intends opening in the di uggi&t Una at Te Aroha. In another column we publish the programme of the Waitoa Races, to be run on Thursday next, June Ist. It has been drawn up on a most liberal scale, and should command «a large measure of public support. With fine weather we anticipate that some excellent sport will lesult. The list of stewards contains a number of names which are a guarantee of success. A Ueuter's cable message, dated London, May 27th, states :: — (< The cargo of fiozen mutton on board the ship Dunedin, from Port Chalmers, arrived in splendid condition. It was placed in the market to-day, and realised an average price of o'd per Ib." This practically decides the question as to whether frozen meat can be profitably sent to the English market in sailing vessels. It will be seen by a report of the monthly meeting of the Piako County Council, held at Cambiidge on Friday last, that the council have resolved on the con&tructiou of a railway at Te Aroha for the conveyance of material from the new field on the Wairongomai Creek to the township. The work is estimated to cost about £9000. Several complaints have lately reached us in consequence of owners of cattle allowing them to stray at night. It is a well-known fact that in Hamilton there are some cows who regularly try the gates of the gardens' in the borough, often succeed in opening them, and devour anything green within. It is time that some steps were taken to prevent these .occurrences. Itdoesnot pftenhappenthatabride figures as a prisoner in a police court on the morning after her wedding day, but such a case (says the Melbourne Age of 26th April), come before theOavlton Court yesterday when Augusta , Williams, ,who had been married at half-past teno'olock' on Tuesday forenoon wa.s, charged with haviug been drunk and disorderly. The bride had her " maraxiage lines ?' in her pocket when arrested/ and' also a pawn ticket, for her wedding ring. Slic pleaded ! " Guilfyj" and was, £nod ssj with the^ alternative of 48 hours in gaol. - ■ A sharp contest for, the election of five commissioners for the,. Cambridge Town District is expected. In addition to the, five gentlemen, who, at present hold office under 1 the old High way's ,Act, Messrs W. Reid, R. -Wright,, and Houghton (se,nr.,)are, expected to stand., r .The t nomination takes place jin,jshe, ' Board pffiqe oin, Thursday -next, -jp^Vtfie ' election' op „,theu Thursday ~ s fojjowang. Much, ,,inljer j est ,is, already, maj^festedf in - ; theeyent.7^ J(> \4 , " "■<;.»<.„"•*/, > ; The. Cambridge .Musical Union, ■assisted, by tltf- Gatub>i<^p t String Ba»4 r

jintehdgivingXcoucert in the Hamilton : (Public Hall, on, the Gth-of Aprils in aid 'o^tjjfe'jpmon,piauo fund. • A -tew very "pt'Ortiisiiig rehearsels had beeij had «'of late, Mr J. Stuart conductieg the musicians, and Mr Bell the entire company ; and we feel justified in saying that the combination, particularly in-,, the part songs, is well worthy the patronage' of the 'Hamilton public,- who, we hope, will do justice to the visitors by giving them a bumper house. Divine service was conducted in all the' Cambridge churches on Sunday by ..visiting clergymen from .other, districts. The Rev. Mr Dukes conducted the service in the -Wesleyan ; the Rev. Mr Walsh in the Anglican ; the Rev. Mr Bamford in the Presbyterian ; and the flew Mr "Downing in the Baptist Church. After the usual evening service a congregation representative of the various churches assembled in the Public Hall to hear Mr Bamford, who delivered a very 'impressive sermon. At the ordinary meeting of the Auckland Education Board on Friday last, the • following business of interest to Waikato readers was transacted :—: — Ngaruuwajun. — This was an application for a new school building. The district committee were informed that there was a possibility of exchange of site, but the board required further information as to probable requirements and the cost of building. JhnnUiui WcU. — This was an application for aid to library. The district had collected £10. — It was resolved that £10 should be granted. JPatemngi. — Application for extension of contract time. Defened until Mr Allwriglit should report. Te Mat a. — Application to paint school, &c. Agreed to. At the last quarterly meeting of the Cambridge Public Library Committee, a unanimous vote of thanks was passed to Ser^t. Major Heaney for his vciy \aluable sun ices in couneotion with the library during his term of office, ft was also resolved to paint the building, and the chairman was 1 cquested to obtain fvom Mr Richardson, architect, plans for the erection of a new reading-room, to be erected in front of the present building, with an estimate of the probable cost of the same. The chairman was also requested to write to the &ecietiiiy of the Cambridge Dramatic Society, asking the club to give a performance m aid of the library improvement fund. The member list of the library has been considerably augmented of late, and the number of subscribers at the piesent time i& not less than a hundred. Arrangements have been made with the railway management in Auckland whereby residents of Waikato desirous of witnessing the performance of the opera of " Patience," as pioduced by the Williamson Opera Company, v ill be able to travel to Auckland and back for single fares from Thursday up to, and including Satiuclay next. An advertisement in another column affords all particulars. Regarding the opera itself, its popularity, both in England and in the colonies, obviates the necessity for descanting at length on its merits. It is, as is generally known, a satire on one of the most rediculous crazes with which Britain has ever been infested, and, what is much more to the purpose, it po&se&ses intrinsic merit. It is indeed the best production of the celebrated authors ot "Pinafore." Messrs Gilbert and Sullivan. Under such favorable arrangements as those winch have been made with the Railway Department we have no doubt that a large number of Waikato people will avail themselves of the opportunity ot seeing the great aesthetic opera now huing played to full houses at Abbot's new Opera House, Auckland. With regard to the consumption of bpiiits at the Melbourne Hospital, the Argus observes : — "Some of the statements would seem incredible, did we not know that they arc founded on the , official records. We lead of patients consuming 11 and 15 bottles of brandy per month ; of a medical officer, having 18 patients under his charge, prescribing 135505! brandy, 2300z wine, two bottles of champagne, 134 bottles ale and porter, and 1 94 bottles lemonade and sodawater dm ing one month ; of a female patient whose daily 'comforts' consisted of 4oz brandy, Goz wine, two pints milk, fish, six oysters, and two bottles of sodawator. These • are only a few samples of the reckless extravagance which is permitted. How should matteis be otherwise when there is no steady check kept on waste — when, as Dr Mothei w ell asserts, the monthly reports concerning the different items of expendituie, &c. arc laid on the table, but are never even opened ? The worst feature about the whole affair is that it seems impossible to secure any permanentrefqrm. Mr Gillbee mentioned the various attempts that had been made to bring the consumption of spirits, wine, and beer within reason, but though in each case some success was achieved, it proved only temporary. On the last occasion, when ' the Committee was bold enough to go into thematter, the expenditure on these luxuries was reduced £1000 or £1500 a year,' but the outlay has gradually been mounting up again, to the depletion of the charity, and the great increase, doubtless, of drunkenness." A letter from a well - known authority in Warsaw states that discipline in the Russian army and bureaucracy is now a thing of the past. Everyone is now venturing on his own responsibility, and with impunity, to make a political demonstration, the burden of which is generally hatred of Germans. The authorities are powerless to put down this insubordination, being paralysed by the general expectation of great impending change j. For a Avar with Austria and Germany there are no preparations whatever, In the best informed Polish circles, which appear by a sort of instinctive process to be able correctly to divine the plans and intentions of Russia, it is affirmed that there is no likelihood of danger threatening the peace of Europe, so far as Russia is concerned, for some ttm'e'to come. — European Mail. i The following from Mitchells Maritime Register is calculated to awaken some interest in this colony in the success or otherwise of the Panama , Canal : — " The opening of the canal would do more for New Zealand than for any other of our colonies. It is possible to land mail. steamers there in 38 or 40 days from' this country, via San Francisco, and thence by , the Pacific Mail Steamship Company's boats. Those conveyed by Brindisi and Suez take six or seven days longer. When the Pacific service was first established the mails were transported ' across the Isthmus of Panama, and then re-shipped for London, but the .vessels were frequently delayed, from quarantine and other causes, for some weeks, and, consequently, the route was not popular with.p'asse.ngers. When" the canal has been , constructed/ there seems no adequate reason why the old route should not<be' adopted once more. 'As compared with 'the' Suez Canal route, there will be a saving of 1155 miles, while the distance' between New York and Auckland will be 3000 miles less than by Cape Horn J If the United States should hereafter modify its tariff^ the Americans "may < easily seize 1 a portion , 6f oilr*trt£cie with iji&i cblbnyV' 'In any* cajie New^ealaiid-wni fd/lhe' future' tie 'far leSi-dß'rigft'dent^Vtp^fi^istralia'thaii 1 she "hats hitheVtb »' beeri,Warid ? na H great/impetus wm*b^gfvW£fcei?*traae generally." •' <w is '^rampite ttfs aTnu^e^vfe^ provided «#, Cli'rist*

church. We learn from the Lyttleton rnna that a cricketing pavillion has been opened near Collins Hotel. The building covers a space of 100 x 30ft. The more substantial portions of it are the roof which is of corrugated iron, and the Ijrick walls at each corner, which, with the additiou of a few iron columns placed at im&rvals along the ends and sides of the pavillion, serve as supporters to the roof. The floor of the building is of puddled clay with the exception of two pitches running parallel down the i building, which are of concrete, covered with cocoanut matting. Wide-meshed string-netting —made by the way of locally-manuiactured twine —covers the sides and ends of the building, while on the south side the lower half of the " wall" is of canvas, to keep out the south-west winds, and thus add to the comfort of those using the pavillion. The interior of the roof is lined with canvas, so as to deaden the effect of any " skiers." Each corner of the pavillion is curtained off with netting, and furnished with seats for spectators, from which they can watch the batting and bowling performance with safety to themselves. In a paper on "Market Gardening around New York" recently read in Ohio by Mr. P. H enderson, he took occasion, among other things, to refer to special fertilisers and their specific application, and after some preliminary remarks about fertilisers in general, he proceeds to say : —I saw a list the other day, wherein were enumerated no less than 16 separate kinds of fertilisers for 30 different crops, with the chemical elements of each split down to even one-half of 1 per cent. Now, T know nothing whatever about agricultural chemistry, and it may be presumption in me to criticise such a list; yet when I am told that one kind of fertiliser is needed for cabbage and another for turnips, one for sugar cane and another tor glass plants, if not of the same family, at least of the same natural order—l am foiecd to the conclusion that science, so-called, is taking the place of common sense, and is in direct opposition to the experience of the practical fai mer oi gardener in Ins opeiation m the soil. In our market gardening and greenhouse opeiotions we cultivate largely neaily c\ery known family of plants, and in my long expei ienee I have yet to see a fruit, flower, or vegetable crop that was not benefited, and nearly in the same degree, by a judicious application of puie bone dust ; and I would here suggest to the advocates of special fertilisers that in their experiments they try equal weights of pure bone dust to the half of the ciops of wheat, potatoes, cabbage, or atrawbeuies, being experimented on by the 'specials,'and note the results. Ido not mean to be understood that these socalled special fertiliers do not answer the purpose of the crop to which they aie applied ; but what I protest against is the hair splitting distinctions claimed for them confusing and troublesome to the cultivator, if of no practical value." The happy go-lucky manner, says the New Zealand 'fmin in which some people come, or are sent, to the colonies in the hope that they will fall on their legs, leceived an illustration at yesterday's meeting of the Benevolent Society, when an application for relief was received from a person who foimerly held a commission in an English infantry regiineut. It appears that he arrived at Lyttelton from Home last month, without sufficient money to meet even immediate wants. Major Knollys, under whose notice he came, sent him to Wellington, with a recommendation to Colonel Reader for admission to the Armed Constabulary, but as the force is being reduced, this attempt at providing for him proved futile. The Van Archdeacon Stock then provided him with means to obtain food and lodgings until this week. As nothing had turned up in the meantime, an application for relief was made to the Benevolent Institution, with the lesult that a night's lodging and food, together with a railway pass to Belmont, where a woodcutter is required, were found for him. This class of immigrants is probably the most undesirable ot all. A paper received by the mail says : —"The pleasure-seeking world has found at last a mighty panacea in the subtle mysteries ot Poker. 'Little Poker dinners' aie now arranged almost nightly. The other evening a small pai ty who had already gamed a reputation for unusually high stakes sat down so play. In a couple of hours they had so far exceeded their former efforts that it actually cost a player £50 to ' go in'—by which it must be understood that before anybody was allowed to bet, which is really the beginning and the essence of the game, the sum of £30 had to be placed in the pool by each player. The result was extraordinary, from the fact that only £500 changed hands when the party broke up. A peer m ith a large family must in these days be rich indeed it he can afford the luxury of a very young &on who contrives to lose .£lBOO in one year at poker. But such has lately been the case. The youth in question is only just of age, and rejoices in the handsome annual allowance of £300. _ Still he plays, and—to his credit be it said —still he pays ; but when the day of final reckoning comes, as come it must before long, some well-known member of the "persecuted race" will grumble, no doubt, at the meagre 10 per cent awarded him in lieu of his moderate 150. While the unlucky lose so much, someone more fortunate, and with a better knowledge of the game, must of course win. Two thousand pounds is the modest sum which leport places to the credit of one successful player during the year of grace 18S1. To pocket so large an amount as the result of post-praudial poker during a twelvemonth would naturally produce in the human breast a feeling of good-will towards men ; but it is not every successful plunger who subsequently goes out of hfs way to present his less fortunate opponents with such handsome souvenirs of the fray as pearl pins, jewelled studs, and enamelled sleeve-links. There are many, however, who rejoice at this moment in some such sparkling poker mementoes from the great winner of the past year." We presume the next freak of gambling fashion will be the lowly euchre.

Miss M. Doran, Cambridge, announces important additions to her already extensive business, in another column. It is the intention of the trustees of the Taotdoroa Highway Board at a meeting to tic held on Saturday, 24th June, to make a rate of Is in the £ on nil rateable property within the above district. " Tenders for the erection of a house at To Rapa (labor only), will be received by Mr J. Goodwin, Frankton Road, Hamilton AVcst, up to LSaturday next. .. . Mr T. Trewhcellar having disposed 1 of his branch establishment at Cambridge to Messrs Goodfellow and Evans, solicitc acontinuance p{ the patronage s'6 liberally bestowed on him to his successors, '- Mr J. S. Bucklaud will hold his next Cambridge Horse Sale on Saturday, 10th June, and Ohaupo Live Stock Sale on Tuesday, Tunejl3. , „ . -i Mr Alexander Bremner has been appointed Rate-collector foe .the outlying district •>of To Aroha. l Mr B. Lake,, Chairman of the Pukekura Highway' District notifies that the JRotorangi end of the ( swamp ros^d i§ t in a dangerous state, and is consequently closed for wheeled traffic. „- • - t -iTj r»r]f!i !V Messrs W. J. Hunter and" Co', will •sell at "the Frankton Yards, on Wednesday, June 7th, store cattle, dairy, cows, sheep horsei. &c, . Messrs W. J. ~Hunter 4 ,and .Co., ,will soil »f the v Ohaupo Tfards, on' Thursday, Mmt >Jst.',2(|o three-quarter bred, store Lincoln/ewes,