The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1571, 29 July 1882, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Equal and evict justice to all men, Ot whatsoever st.ite or persuasion, religious or political. Ileie shall the Press the People's right maintain, Un.iwud by influence and unbribed by gain.

SATURDAY, JULY 30, 18S2. +.

Mit W. A. Graham believes too thoroughly in the capability of the Waikato for the purposes of beet-root culture to be easily vauquishod by the difficulties which he has already encountered, or by any which arc likely to oppose him. There can bo littlo doubt that he will ultimately reap his reward, a reward, moreover, of which every resident of Waikato will partake iv different degrees. In last Tuesday's issue, in recording the result of au analysis of Mr Thomas Patons beet, wo referred incidentally to the necessity for obtaining the seed direct from Europe, as by that means growers would stand a better chance of getting the pure article. This has beon Mr Graham's opinion all along, and although he did this last season test some colonial seed, the result has only the more fully confirmed him in his original belief. By the mail steamer ho lias received a parcel of seed entrusted by his Hamburg correspondent to the care of a gentleman who has come out on a visit of inspection, and this seeel Mr Graham. is prepared to dispose of at a price sufficient to recoup him his bare outlay. In referring to this matter just now we have an object in view, which we will explain- as fully as possible. In the first'place, then/ let it be taken for 'granted'that the farmers and _ graziers, pf ,Waikato, have arrived at the conclusion that" in order to malce^iheir'dccupation profitable, or, „to,..enable < them to continue * to, follow, 'it, provision must , bo" made , for the winter feeding,; ijdf 1/f'th"eii* stock. This being,, sc£ they , are expending! 'the*, • areal( of^slk&ihvXQ§ti crops'* -' 'TufhipS"andfroan|pwds* gr^'^}^ojv^'j[)la^^^|^jp^

able to the growth of root crops. Our object, therefore, is to induce the farmers to pant a portion (however biuall), of the land designed for roots with sugar-bent. > Hitherto the complaint has been that there au; no factories to which the beet, when grown, can be sent, but we think it more practical to demonstrate first, in the clearest possible way,- the fact that it can be grown. The factories, we may be sure, will soon follow as a matter of course. But, apart altogether from the question of the manufacture of sugar, it ought to be known that sugar-beet I is peculiarly suited to the purposes of cattle feeding, and that, in this respect, it leaves the mangold immeasurably behind. This is shown jby the fact that all kinds of stock, including horses (which will not eat mangolds) greedily devour it. In the matter of yield, it is true, it it may be slightly inferior to other roots, but its valuable qualities as an article of food would fully compensate for any deficiency in that respect.

The action of the Cambridge Town Board in employing Constabulary labour in the erection of tho new bridge over the Karapiro Creek, at Cambridge, is on economic grounds open to question. It is doubtful whether it will not prove to havo been " penny wise and pound fooll ish." Though little or no time was wasted in arranging preliminaries, in obtaining acquiescence of tho Government, and the necessary timber, it would seem as if the board had been under the impression that the erection of the bridge would occupy as little time as the drawing of the plane. Though everything is favourable to the work being carried out as soon as possible, a sufficiency of timber being on the ground, as well as the weather being of a promising nature, still at the present rate of progress a few months must necessarily elapse before the structure can be available for traffic. Tho Constabulary came into winter quarters for two months, one of which has already elapsed, and as the remaining month cannot possibly see the bridgo completed, the men will be drafted off to the roads again unless the board are successful in persuading the Government to allow those engaged on the work to remain until it is finished. And this, from all accounts, is very unlikely. Should our anticipations be realised, and we believe they will bo, the board will find them selve» in an undesirable position, and will have to call for tenders for the completion of the work. This will necessitate further delay, and further expense, for in this as in everything else time means money. It is never very convenient, especially in matters of this kind, for one man to commence whore another left off, and thus, probably, the contract for the completion of the bridge may cost as much as the contract for the whole would have amounted to. Experience may probably teach the board that had they given the entire work into the hands of a contractor, the ratepayers' money and their own valuable time would havo been t materially economised.

A telegram from Hobart states that the Japanese man-of-war " Tukuba" leaves for Auckland to-day.

It will be seen that the Government have carried the second reading of the Native Reserves Bill by a majority of six.

The Executive have decided to let the law take its course in the case of the murderer "Winiata, and the culprit has boen duly apprised of the fact.

Owing to the state of the weather there was not a quorum of members at the meeting of the Hamilton Debating Society on Thursday, and it accordingly lapsed.

We understand that the services at S. Peter's Church, Hamilton, to-mor-io\v, will be taken by the Rev. B. T. Dudley, incumbent of S. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland.

Messrs Lewis and Simpson, of Auckland, intend establishing themselves in business in Cambridge, and with that view Mr Mahoney, architect, in our advertising columns invites tenders for the erection of a warehouse for the firm.

At a meeting of the Baptist congregation held in Cambridge on Thursday evening, it was resolved to proceed with the erection of a place of worship. Subscriptions to the amount of £100 have already been promised towards this object.

A native named Penton te Apa was arrested by Constable Brennau, at Cambridge, on "Wednesday evening last, for being drunk, and creating a disturbance in Duke-street. He was brought before Mr T. Wells, J.P., the following morning and fined 10s, or 48 hours' imprisonment.

Mr Wieler, a gentleman from Hamburg, who has arrived in Auckland on a visit to the colony, has brought with him a parcel containing five samples of sugarbeet seed for Mr W. A. Graham, of the Tamahere Estate, Waikato. It is Mr Graham's intention to dispose of the seed at cost price to those who may be desirous of making further experiments in the growth of the beet. In another column we publish a letter from Heir Schneemanu, of Hamburg, to Mr Graham, on the same subjeot. ' «>jg_

The customs revenue for the June quarter amounts to £346,148, as against £328,333, the amount' collected during the' corresponding period in' 1881. ',' The value of imports tor the June quarter is £1,642;989, that for the same periodlast - >year being £1,543,893. The total Value " of exports for the three months' ending' June is £i; 401,635,; while the total for 4he corresponding/quarter of' last" year Was £1,370,365, n~- $$ V -

The h^wtf fromV,E|3mt^ which; jtortf.publish thisrmornihgyia i of a' yery^impor l-'-tarit charaoter v ,. I& w.ipuld'^fleein^HHatl .whae'M f 'otlMsr Vo&tWaie .cblsidiHtg!

and it is now stated that there are Fenians among Arabi's followlows. Other cable news from England informs us that the murderers of Lord. Cavendish and Mr Burke are at length known, and that one of the "miscreants liiis surrendered hiinselfto justice.

At a special meeting of the Cambridge Town Board, held on Thursday morning kst, Mi* Cooper, builder, waa appointee] to superintend- the erection of the new Karapiro bridge, Sergeant Roberts not being able to accept the position through indisposition. Mr Cooper is an experienced bridge builder, and no doubt the work will be carried out in a workmanlike manner under his supervision.

The following Victorian news is by cable, dated Thursday : — A destructive fire occurred to-day at Messrs Capper's vinegar v orks, Fitzroy. The damages are estimated at £13,000.~The Intercolonial Ploughing Match was concluded to day. The first • prizes in all classes have been awarded by the judges to Victorian representatives. — The snowfall has been general throughout Victoria and South-East Australia. — The Ellesborough mine at Sandhurst will shortly be lighted by electricity.

The Hamilton Band, under the able leadership of Bandmaster Hadfield, mustered in strong force on Thursday evening last, and played some excellent music around the tcnyn, much to the delight of the inhabitants. As regards their playing, we are pleased to notice a marked improvement, and also that the tunes are quite new. We are given to understand that it is the iutention of the | members to march out and play on Sydney Square once a month, and we feel sure the public will heartily support the band if they carry out their plan and give a little more outside music than heretofore.

Some of the streets in Hamilton are in a disgraceful state, especially Anglesea-street — if it can be called a street. Of course, the council are in nowise to blame for the inclement weather we have lately experienced, but Mirely something could have been done before this to lectify the deplorable state of affairs. It is to be hoped that as soon as the flue weather sets in the council will put on a sufficient staff to put the roads in repair. The culvert at the foot of Hood and Anglesea-streets is very dangerous to those who have to cross it .it night-time, and if the council were to place a lamp at the corner it might help to show pedestrians the way over the four-foot plank.

Mr J. W. H. Wood has received a letter from Mr \Y, H. Y. Bintlon, secretary of the Auckland Football Club, fixing the date of the annual match betM'een Auckland and Waikato for the 19th August, on Sydney tSquare, Hamilton. It is earnestly to be hoped that the Waikato players will go in for steady practice in the meantime. They are bound to make an effort to wipe out the stain of their defeat last year, and if they only set about it in the right way we have no doubt that they will recover the laurels wiested from them. The return match between the A.C. and the Civilians of Waikato will be played at Cambridge to-day. In the evening the teams will be entertained at dinner by Mr Gillett, the new host of the National Hotel.

The usual weekly meeting of the Cambridge Mutual Improvement Society was held in the Court-house, on Thursday evening last, the president Mr W. L. C. Williams in the chair. It having been resolved that in future the public bhouM be admitted to the meetings of the society, there Avas a fair attendance of ladies. Readings and recitations were contributed by the Rev W. N. de L. Willis, Messrs Forrest, Cotton and W. L. C. Williams, all of which were of a favourable character, and were fully criticised. Several new members were elected, and others proposed. " Sharp practice" speaking will be the oi'der of the evening on Thursday next, and the following Thu relay's meeting will be' occupied by a debate on Te Whiti and Tohu, and their treatment by the Government.

Samuel Joy, a well known resident of Taupiri, was arrested on Thursday by Constable Hammond, on a warrant charging him with having, in the 9th of January, ISS2, committed bigamy by marrying one Julia Pramley, he having a wife alive at the time. The circumstances connected with Joy's second marriage, his arrest for obtaining goods under false pretences, will be in the recollection of our readers. It now appears that he was married in 185S by the Rev. B. Y. Ashwell to a half-caste who, according to the accused's version, eloped a few minutes after the ceremony with a Maori, with whom she has since continued to live in the King country, and by whom she has a large family. The present proceedings are, it is believed instigated by the second wife. Joy was taken to Auckland by train on Thursday morning. He was brought up at the Police Court yesterday and remanded.

According to the conventional caricature, the newspaper subscriber who does not get his paper in clue time and form is a tremendously truculent personage, who goes straight to the news office, perspiring, puffing, and shouting in stentorian tones, "Stop my paper J" That this, however, is not a true picture of all newspaper subscribers, the following note received by the North Otago Times will testify — " Will you kindly send on my copy of to-day's Times by bearer. Your boy passed this morning like the Levite 'on the other side,' in all probability working out some profound mathematical calculation, or, possibly, unwilling to add to the recent tragedies by attempting to cross Eden-street in the neighborhood of my house." This correspondent is at once elegant and epigramatic ; he points a moral and adorns a tale; teaches all newspaper subscribers how they should express themselves when they do not get ' their paper," and has a playful fling at the Corporation's conservatism in the matter of muddy streets.

The Southland Times," a Ministerial supporter, condemns the new Land Bill strongly. Oitr contemporary thus concludes a leading article on the subject : — A system of' small tenancies under, the State is common enough in despotically-governed Eastern countries. We are told in the- Scriptures thatJoseph,; during the seven years of dearth, managed to acquire for his! masters all the land of Egypt, and then,, let it to its ..former owners for a yearly rental of one.- ] twentieth part of the crops y and the 'State remains to this day. sole landlord in Egypt. •It is possible that some modem radicals may , admire > this policy of Joseph's, andtthink it 'worthy-j of imita-* tion in our days. It'xs, not' supposed for 'a moment that Mr Stout .would like to see a seven years' famine in New Zealando But still in the', event, of, 'such a misfortune^it is >. not /difficult* to 'believe >£hat,'*tie might.nbt^'bbjectAtp -playing the* ejeritsT^to isome of' !the 5 land 6,vrners of;this;j'cpui»trykvil3et „us. 'nbpe/how%er;itMfseyetf,ye^ 'are not"awaituig^uaf |;ln"a?colistitu>ionaii pfin)rf^|«]lg||ho^%|M|

the same day, Sir G. Grey gave notice that he would introduce a bill for the reduction of taxation through the customs and property tax revenues, the deficiency to be made good by the imposition of a land tax. Mr George drew attention to the unhealthy condition of the House, and said several reporters and one member had been seized with illness which it was supposed resulted fiom arsenical poisoning from the green hangings. He suggested the appointment of a commission to enquire into the matter. Major Atkinson promised that the Government would have the necessary enquiries made. Mr Macaudrew thought the best cure was to adjourn at midnight. Mr J. C. Brown supported this view. Mr George said if no remedy could be found the Government should obtain an estimate of the cost of a new building, and Mr Shephard added that this estimate should be based on the assumption of removing the seat of Government from Wellington to some moie suitable place. Several private bills were read a third time. In committee on the Otago Harbonr Bill the following new clause, moved by Mr Wright, was added to the bill :—" That not more than one-fourth of the sum of £500,000 should be spent in the upper harbour until such time as there was a depth of 23 feet upon the bar at low water." Several private measures were j read a second time, and the employment of Females Act, Amendment Bill, was read a third time and passed. The School Committees Election Bill and the Public Offenders Disqualification Act Amendment Bill were considered in Committee, and the Small Birds Nuisance Bill was carried with amendment. Sir G. Grey moved the second reading of the Land Board Bill, which was carried after some discussion, and referred to the Waste Lands Committee. The House adjourned at 1.15 a.m.

Mr John Knox will sell by auction at his in ut, Mnitiilton, to-day, the seats belonging to tin- Oddfellow;,' Hall, Hamilton East. A select quadrille party will be held in the usii.il d.mcc-room, Ngaruawahia, on Tuesday evening, Ist August. Hayes Henry Tizard, of Cambridge, has filed .1 declaration of insolvency. The first meeting of creditors will be held at the courthouse, Hamilton, on Tuesday, 13th August, at 11 :i m. Tenders are required by the Hamilton rlitrhw.iy Hoard lor the office of valuer and collector. Also, tor repairing approaches to Stokes 1 Hridgc, and keeping same in order for I*2 months. MrJ. S. Bucldand will sell at Te Awumutu on Saturday, sth August, a choice selection of fruit and ornamental trees from the nursery ot Mr John Sharp, Cambridge. The collector for the Mangapiko Highway Diotrict publishes a list of rate defaulters, whom he intends to proceed against in the R.M. Court, Alexandra, on Friday, the 4th August. Messrs \V. J. Hunter & Co will sell by auction, at the Ohaupo Yards on Thursday next, August 3rd, choice heifers, cows, fat and store cattle, fat and store sheep, longwooled hoggptts, &c. On Saturday, August sth, thej will sell at the Cambridge Hazaar, a. number of good horses, draught and hacks. They have also, for private sale, a choice Duvon bull, four years old.