The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1546, 1 June 1882, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Equal and c\act justice to all men, Of whatsoever btatc or persuasion, religious or political. Hcic sh.ill the Pi ess the People's right maintain, (Jn.iwcd by influence and unbribed by gain.

THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1882. ♦ The Parliamentary proceedings of the past week have afforded no grounds for reversing the opinion advanced in these columns, namely, that the present House exhibited a disposition to engage rather in the real work of the country than in wasteful wranglings and petty party tactics. Contrary to general expectation, the body of new members contains a large infusion of sterling good senso, which it is not too much to say was an element of which the old House stood somewhat in need. In speaking power the new members are not strong, but that is by no, means a defect. Indeed, if the capacity to talk were to be taken as a criterion of senatorial excellence the people of this colony exhibited very little discrimination when they declined the services of Messrs Speight and Rees. It is, however, to the general disinclination of the Parliamentary debutantes to accept the finely drawn party lines insisted on by certain of the Opposition that hp owe the improved tone of the House thus far. Government by party' there must, and ever 'will be, but the distinguishing features in the policy of 'the 1 outs and the ins must be clearly defined ; there must, be more than the difference between Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Mr Montgomery and Mr- ■ iMAOAximaw have been, endeavouring to draw the stray chickens of the so-called Oppositioii'iundor theirs wings, but the erring bantlings are grow- - ing impatient of such tutelage demand to think for themselves. Truth, to say, there never has been a,tinie when £fer Majesty's Qpposifcioh in New' 'Zealand has Ipga. so , :hope>s?l£(af : hope>$?l£ ( af "sea a? s at,prejen| v^'We do.not .^onfle^at ii, r Notj^ijig else can tie expected. '■ Nor are the T causes^far to* (seek. < y < The p&i'ty bf;' 1 -tfhicli' J "' OJiessVs '- MbNTGbMESy: MM { 3 aiid ' , le&4e^> ifl - neqe|srtriLy M ' paaUJ|||| catfsef 'M^ends/ ar«-; selfish; ';JmMb ■obj# is ,- simply- t9 '

the ' public purse in vie^ ■oftfnew loau, so that they may be v enabled to carry into execution certain long cherished railway schemes. ,They have gone .warily ,to work, because it; 'was necessary to their purpose that tliey should attract to their- standard the old .Opposition, but their plans, unfortunately! for themselves, have '^qe; fully* miscarried, and tho end of the session'will",' unless wo are greatly mistaken, see them left high and dry on the beach of public disfavor. After all that has been talked and written on the native policy on the West Coast, the loud denunciations hurled at the lawless proceedings of the Government, and the solemn- anathemas called down on the 'head of the offending Native Minister, we certainly looked to the Opposition to make , a stand upon this question. Strong in the ■ consciousness of ■ right' the Ministry were fully prepared to combat their adversaries, but it may be questioned whether, ■ alone, they could have inflicted such terrible reverses on. their opponents as the latter have , had. to., bear. Help came to ' the Government from a most unexpected quarter. To tho surprise of the mere partizans of the Opposition Sir George Grey spoke manfully in Mr Bryce's defence, and completely exonerated the Government from all blame in the conduct of the vexatious Parihaka affair. To him followed Mr Siieeiian, who with the utmost care and most convincing logic showed Mr Bkyce's course to be the only one proper, to be adopted in the circumstances. Whatever Sir George Grey's motive may have "been, and with the countless idle speculations on the subject we have little to do, 'the effect of his speech has been great. It has set Southern members thinking, -which is perhaps the most desirable result whigh could be obtained. The speakers in opposition to the Peace Preservation Bill appear to have been ill at oase, with little heart in fchoir work, and with nothing, unless it be personal dislike of the Native Minister/ to give force to their utterances. There is good reason to beliove that the course which members are following in regard to the native bills is but an indication of their line of action concerning the rest of the measures which the Government intend to bring down this session.

English Mail news will be found on our fonrth page. ' The Rev W. Evans will hold a service in connection with the Presbyterian Church, at Paterangi, and moderate in a call for a minister on Monday, the sth of June, at 7 P-m. Mr Horsfall, the well-known racing man, owner.of King Quail, lias rented the home farm of Gwynnelands, near Cambridge, recently sold by Mr Fantham, and intends to convert it into a training and breeding farm for blood horses. A settler named Brown, residing in the neighbourhood of Tamahere, boasts of a most peculiar freak of nature in a calf recently dropped on his property. The calf has neither eyes nor tail, nor even an excuse for either, and is at present thriving well. Its destruction, however, is contemplated. Jacob Bauer, a resident of Hamilton, was brought up at the Auckland Police Court, on Tuesday, charged on remand with foi'ging and uttering a cheque for £1, drawn on the Union Bauk', proporting to be signed by " James Brown." After hearing the evidence the Bench committed the prisoner for trial at the Supreme Court. The members of the Cambridge, Musical Union and String Band will give a concert and dance in the Public and Volunteer Hall, Hamilton, on Tuesday next, the 6th June. An excellent programme has been prepared, and the performers are at great pains to make the concert a thorough success. The members of the Coinus Amateur Dramatic Club gave a private theatrical performance in the Oddfellows' Hall, on Tuesday evening last. The piece selected for representation was the comedy, "A Widow Hunt,", and notwithstanding the unpromising state of the weather there was a very large audience, by whom the entertainment was thoroughly enjoyed. Owing to the heavy rain which fell on Tuesday morning, the directors of the Waikato Cheese and Bacon Factory Company were unable to proceed on their projected tour of inspection of the various sites for the factory offered. They were, however, engaged in the work yesterday, and will make their report at the directors' meeting to-morrow evening. The special correspondent of the Auckland Herald wires on Tuesday :— " Sir George Grey, when told of the surprise that his speech on Mr Bryce's Parihaka action had caused in Auckland, said he would scarcely have expected it. as lie expressed an opinion to the same effect to his constituents at the Choral Hall, when he said that he thought it better that prophets should be in prison." A, meeting of, the Waitoa Highway Board was, held on Saturday. 'Hie following tenders for works were, accepted :—The Waitoa—Stanley road. McCabe and Brokenshire,. Section 1, I'Os per chain ,• % and 3, £ I per chain ; 4, 3sd per yard ; 5, £1 8s per chain ; 6, £2 per chain ; 7, Is per yard ; 8, 'is per yard ; 9, Is 2d per yard. Bctllasting the Ngatumanga—Kawana road, Fergusson and Mann, £86 ; Te Mimi ''contract, Fergusson 1 and Mann, £29 Is ; Deepening the drain at Te Kuhia, Shine and Co., £1 Is per chain;, Accounts amounting toj£l7o odd were passed;, for payment.;' jMr Breakell was instructed to get Voysey and Ross's two contracts finished immediately. At' the ■ Resident • Magistrate's Court, Hamilton,- yesterday, before Mr H. W.i Nofthcrbft; -U.Mijci the si business transacted was not Very /important. Judgment was given .'for plaintiff- in the 'Case Field v. dimming: case Borough-of Hamilton'»v; J. G. 'Booth,' to recover certain posts remoyed by the defendant • > while repairing s(the* approach, waa adjoumefliwi'Therjrcase MoFherson v. T« -WHeoro^foP^fotewy; iwas <.'adj6nrhed, as also^ w^tf*4h<f\oasd* of Pascoe r. Winter, f*ln^Ke>ip&sfe D.' -Npbnatf^.<J/.'Livingstone;|claim)Mr|s^6d,^ balance* of^wages dueicth r elde|eno6?dr^i r(|4 r ' iliai* plaixfijff had agreedvwslej;lpie^eferi-|

#TKe usual weekly meeting of the FlamiltoivLiterary and 'Debating Society will be held at the Court-house, this evening. The subject of debate is " Did the Norman conquest prove more benefisiai^than to the English nation"?" The affirmative will be taken by Mr J. Palmer, and- the negative by Mr Smith. " The' Waitoa races will take place bo-day? - ' < > ,• , The contractors for'thegravellirig Df some of. the roadways in Cambridge liave opened a gravel-pit at the foot of Alpha-street, adjoining the Presbyterian Manse, whete to obtain their supply for the work. The pit is being made at the end of the street and is but "partly railed in, and equestrians passing that way, or indeed pedestrians or cattle, are very likely on dark nights to toddle headlong over the precipice. Those who' have charge of the work would do well to proceed at once w;th the erection of a suitable barricade so as to save themselves from difficulty, and the public from accident. , , , „ . A correspondent writing from Cambridge, yesterday, says :— " I have always been under the impression that whena dance was advertised to follow a concert, the committee were in honor bound to see that such did come off and come oft properly. I never for a moment thought that the term could be used for the purpose of drawing a big house anrl for disappointing the general public. The dance which followed Monday evening's concert at Cambridge vyas a disgrace to those who conducted it, and the musicians or musician who behaved so ungentlemanly should remember the old adage, that one fool makes many. Yours, &c, anti-Humbug." Messrs Hally Bros, of Cambridge, contemplate extensive additions and iinlncnements to their flour mill on the west bank on the "Waikato river. The present capabilities of the mill being somewhat limited, and at times unequal to the demand made upon it, the firm contemplates the erection of a sovt of a supplementary mill on the east side of the tiver to be worked by water-power. Both buildings will be connected by a wiie suspension bridge for the ttansnussiou of goods from one to the other. The mill is at present capable of turning out one ton of flour per diem, and with the contemplated improvements the supply can be increased to two tons. ' A writer in an English paper speaking ot the apple says :—lt: — It would be | well if our working classes understood the true value of this fruit as food. Ripe apples aie said to be neatly as nourishing as bread, and far more so than potatoes. In ISOI there was a gieat scarcity of meat, so apples instead of being made into cider weie sold to the poor, and some of the Cornish operatives asserted that they could stand work better on baked apples without the addition of meat than they could on potatoes without meat. The French and Germans make a meal on sliced apples with bread, and apples cooked with rice are likewise extensively used. Apples contain a large amount of sugar, mucilage, and other nutritive matter ; they also contain a vegetable acid which acts as a tonic, refrigerant, and antiseptic, and they can be cooked in a great variety of ways." The " San Francisco News Letter" of April 22nd, contains the following sensible remarks :— " Close upon three ysars ago the ' steam yacht Jeannette sailed out of the Golden Gate upon a voyage of discovery into the dark and silent land that surrounds th.it geogi -i - phical myth known as the North I'ole. The Jeannette carried with her a crew of gallant men, and there is now little 100 m to hope but that the bones of a great number of them will lie bleaching in that desolate region until time shall be no more. Last year a relief ship was sent out after the Jeannette, and now comes the news that she, too, has been destroyed, and her crew cast away upon a desert land. Right here is a good place to ask " if the flame is worth the candle," if, to use more direct language, the benefit which will accrue to mankind upon the discovery of the North Pole is an equivalent for the number of lives which, have boen sacrificed m Arctic exploration ? Is it not a fact that, outside of the gratification of the idle curiosity of geographical savants— which is otherwise termed the interests of science — no useful purpose will be accomplished by this perilous Arctic exploration. The Rodgers, which has just been burned, and whose crew is now cast away on a desert land, made an unusually successful voyage. She discovered that Wrangel land was an island, and not a part ot a continent. And what of it ? Who is benefited by the discovery ? Of what practical utility is it?

Attention is directed to Messrs Clark and Gane's list ot desirable properties for sale. Mr John Knox will sell at his mart on Saturday, furniture, quite new, produce, poultry, cheese, &c , &c. Mr Kincaid's special advertisement regarding the People's Drapery Warehouse, Cambridge, will be found in our advertising columns. Edwin William Stewart, painter, Cambridge, has filed a declaration of insolvency. Mr John Knox will hold a sale of horses at the rear of his mart, Hamilton, on Saturday nc\t. 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 success in Sydney and Melbourne, and when strictly carried ( out the customer who buys at an establishment where the goods arc marked low to ensure a rapid sale must be a grfat gainer. G. and C. sell their draper}', millinery, and clothing at such prices for c.ish as gives the buyci the adv.ml.i of a shareholder in a co-operative society, without the risk of being called upon to bear a portion of the loss should the jcar's business proie unsatisfactory. Garlick and Cmnwcll will aim to retain the confidence which the public have hitherto shown them, and are determined to give the pure cash sysb*m a fair trial; whether theygamor lose thefirst year Country buyers on remitting cash withordei will be supplied with goods at co-opcratve prices; just the same as though they made apersonal selection. Furnishing , good?, sugh, as carpets, floor cloths,' bedsteads, beading and fyenerai house furniture, the largest portion of which is turned out at our own factory, willbe marked at tlic lowest remune 1 ative prices, and a discount of five per cent, will be allowed to those who pay at the time of purchase. G. and C. having realised the entire value of their stock during their late cash sale, the present stock is new a\d chj'Aply bought. —An inspection invited —Garliok and Cranwell,' City I^all Furnishing- Arcade Queen street, Auckland.' '

.■The Salvation Army is steadily advancing in the estimation of active evangelical workers jlri England. It reaches the neglected classes, who seem to beyond the ordinary church agencies. «Tw6'feets of telephones' were recently placed right an\l4eit' of the Tribune in itlie'Frendh Se"naie* and speeches! transmitted to the Petit Luxembourg to the room of,,the president .of , the- Senate, where they "we^re* distinctly hearcl and taken down iii shorthancl. * /v/ v &.-G<ilzPOnA.Tios-has-been*formed- in San SYaricisco7foi\ thejpurpose^ of acquiring property necessary for the erection and manisei)anc,e',£o,f7» „cremation hall, wherein rto cremate -the* dead, ~and-by actual .trial;, «fcok "^eekrC'to" popularise evevnation;? and J.so- hasten-its universal r ml^|^^bWHiridbq