AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1591, 14 September 1882, Page 2

AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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THURSDAY SEPT. V h ISB2.

The establishment of a large enterprise, such as the proposed slaughtering and freezing company of Waikato, cannot be successfully accomplished by the mere stroke of a pen in the framing of a resolution. The subject demands the exercise of earnest thought and the most calm and critical consideration. Nothing of this nature that is clone hurriedly is done well. The provisional directors of the company under notice cannot be accused of having acted on the .spur of the moment and without duly weighing the chances of success and failure. Since the inception of the scheme some of the number, at any rate, have spared neither pains nor time in order to fully inform themselves on all matters having a bearing, however remote, upon the object of their labours. The pi-actical result may be gathered from the report of Tuesday's meeting which appears in another column. It is now settled that steps are to be taken to form a freezing company with a capital of £50,000, and a sub-committee has been duly appointed to prepare a prospectus. The disposal of carcases wholesale has been found to be impracticable, as the principal butchers are supplied with abattoirs of their own and supply the smaller retailers, who, it isbelieved, arenotindependent enough to be taken into account. Mr Roche estimates that the average price received by the, $.uckland butchers for their meat is 5d per pound, and on the assumption that the hides and offal; and the difference in the railway, charges, under a special arrangement,' would pay all expenses, ho calculateß;that the farmer would receive considerably more for his beast than it 'in possible to get under existing

arrangements. The proposal to confine the operations of the company to the exporting trade was combatted on the ground that were the importation of stock into the port of Auckland to cease — a contingency more than likely to arise in view of the establishment of freezing companies in other, parts of the North Island — Waikato would have quite enough to do to supply the A uckland market. Considering that the weekly consumption is 250 bullocks and 1000 sheep (we quote Major Jackson's figures), the breeder* in this district would not be likely for some time to outpace the demand. But it must not be forgotten that the country is being rapidly settled, and that every year will witness a noticeable increase in the production. Nor, on the other hand, ought it to be lost sight of that the main object of the company is, professedly, to make stock-raising more remunerative than at present, not to afford cheap meat to the people of Auckland, who, comparatively speaking, get it now at a very reasonable figure. Just now it really does not pay to fatten beef at all, and any further reduction in the price would convert it into a dead loss. What is wanted is a more equal distribution of the profits as between the grazier and butcher, and this is what the promoters of the company, we take it, ought to strive to bring about. The minimum price should, of course, be regulated by the nett returns of the frozen meat shipments to the English market.

In another column Mr W. A. Graham announces that lie has secured for distribution in Waikato, 75 pounds of the pure Hamburg sugar-beet seed imported to New Zealand by Mr Wiel, and is prepared to sell it in small parcels at the price given by him for it, namely, three shillings per pound. We draw prominent attention to this because we are desirous that the beet should have a thorough and impartial trial in the district. It is not to be supposed that growers will be able to sell their roots to a sugar factory this coming season, but the crops need not on that account be regarded simply in the light of an experiment. A short time ago, on the authority of Mr Bowron, in was stated in this column that no better cattle food, for dairy cattle especially, could be found than the sugar-beet. Mr Bregman, an energetic and prosporous settler in the Raglan district, has made a practical trial of the value of the beet for dairy purposes, and the results of his test are briefly summed up in a letter which he addressed to Mr Graham a short time ago. He says, speaking of the difference between mangolds and beet: — "Last year I gave four cows sixteen pounds of sugar-beet each per day, and the yield of butter increased two aud a half ponnds the first week, and threo pounds the second. When put back on mangolds they at once fell off at the rate of one pound. The average you will see was an increase of three quarters of a pound each per "week. The cows had, on an average, been milking four months." It will be seen from the foregoing that the value of beet as food for cows is considerable. Mr Bregman, in another communication states his determination to grow nothing but beet for his dairy stock. We trust that Waikato farmers generally will bo encouraged by the results we have given to test fully the capabilities of the Waikato for growing "what, at no distant date, may become the staple product of the district.

It will be seen by a telegram in. another column that the Rev. H. J. Kdwards has accepted the incumbency of S. Peter's, Hamilton, and has been duly appointed to the cure. The polling for the election of three councillors for the Borough of Hamilton will take place to-day at the Council Chambers, Hamilton West. It is proposed to form a Flour Milling Company in Christchurch with the object of grinding Canterbury wheat, and exporting it aa flour. Barlow, the Union Shipping Company's clerk, against whom a warrant was issued for embezzlement, was arrested on Tuesday night at Fort Chalmers. MrW. L. C. Williams has been gazetted a member of the Licensing Committee for the district of Cambridge, vice Mr C. D. Mackintosh resigned. Mr Kirk has been appointed Clerk to the Licensing Committees of Bangiaohia and Mangapiko, also to the lt.M." Court at Alexandra and Te Awamutu, vice Mr Walter Bodilly, There will be no meeting of the Hamilton Literary and Debating Club to-night, as a number of the members will be unable to attend. Next Thursday night Dr Edgelow will deliver a lecture on "Health." The Cambridge Mutual Improvement Association will hold their usual weekly meeting to-night, the business being "sharp practice," or impromptu speaking. Waikato Volunteers will be glad to know that the sum of £598, the amount of the pay for the November (1880) drill, regarding which there has boen a dispute with the Defence department, has Ibeen passed on the supplementary estimates. The members for the district, Messrs Whitaker and Whyte, will leave Wellington on Saturday for the North, but as the former will be detained in Auckland, and the latter will return to Wellington almost immediately, the date of their arrival, in Waikato cannot be fixed. A meeting of those interested in forming a* class for vocal music was held' at the Public Hail, Hamilton, on Tuesday night at the invitation ot Mi? T, A.» Bell. Owing to counter attractions, thsre was not a large attendance, but, those present gntfrtained the proposal heartily/ and jt $a6B- whft /.jtorinedl with ' ,soti^wentfy members. 3?h'e flpst practice, will -be ''bdd'io the haliou Wnesday^vwfr'-

In the Victorian Legislative Assembly on Tuesday evening last, Mr J. B. Patterson, in referring to the proposed Irish immigration to the colonies, gave notice that he would bring a motion before the House, to the effect that it was not desirable to encourage the introduction of such a class of immigrants. We are in receipt of a communication giving a version of the disturbance in Duke street, Cambridge, ou .Sunday morning, somewhat different from that supplied by our own correspondent. Unfortunately, the writer has omitted to affix his signature to the letter. The name ia required as a guarantee of good faith. , A Foreign Missionary Meeting was held in the' Cambridge YVcsleyan | Church on Monday evening, Mr R. J). j Stewart in the chair. The Rev. T. G. Can* read a report of vi issionary work in different parts of the work. Effective addresses were delivered on missionary themes by the Revs. W. Slade, of Raglan, W. Evans, and D.Whytock. The attendance was very good. The collection amounted to upwards of £3. The Rangiriri correspondent of an Auckland contemporary states that Sergeant Foster and a party of the Armed Constabulary have visited Rangiriri, and with much taste renovated the buiial-gronnd where lie the remains of the gallant men ■of the Imperial and colonial forces who fell at storming of the famous Maori stronghold. They have just left for Pokeno in order to perform a similar duty at the Pokeno Cemetery. The attention of ratepayers in the Cambridge Highway District is directed to an alteration in the date of the public meeting at the Cambridge Public Hall, from Wednesday the 20th to Saturday the 23rd inst. The meeting, as our readers are aware, is called for the purpose of getting an expression of opinion from the ratepayers as to the necessity for striking a special rate for the carrying out of "certain very necessary works in the district, and for which the board have no funds presently available. At a special meeting of the Cambridge Town Board, held on Tuesday morning last, it was unanimously agreed to send a telegram to Mr J. B. Why te asking him to request Mr Bryce to allow the constabulary engaged on the Karapiro bridge, remain in Cambridge until the bridge was finished. The board have since received a reply from Mr J. B Whyte, who has seen Mr Bryce. He says Mr Bryce will not consent to let the men finish the bridge, as they will have to go on the roads. The bridge will consequently have to be finished by contract. In Chambers at the Wellington Supreme Court on Tuesday morning, before Judge Richmond, the issues (34 in number) were settled in the pending suit of W. J. Hunt v. His Excellency Sir A. Gordon. An application to change the venue to Christchurch was refused. Counsel for defendant applied to have the evidence of Sir A. Gordon and one witness taken in London by commission. His Honor took time to consider the point. The case will be heard before Judge Richmond at the Civil Sittings in January, and is expected to extend over a Aveek. Mr. E. Shaw has been retained for Mr. Hunt, autl Messrs. Bell, Conolly, and Harpers for Sir Arthur Gordon. In the Legislative Council on Tuesday, the Premier reported the conference on the Land Bill bad come to an arrangement by certain concessions. The purchasing clause, 35, had been amended so that reserves in mining districts should not be effected by its operation. The Property Tax, Licensing, and Education Reserves Bills were passed. In the House on the same day, Mr Bryce moved that the item £300 for the removal of the Land Court to Wellington be omitted, and this was provided for by a vote ou the supplementary estimates. Mr Sheehan moved as an amendment to add, " Inasmuch as this House does not view with favor the removal of the Native Land Court from Auckland to Wellington." Mr Whi taker concurred in the opinion that the removal was undesirable, and would be viewed with distrust by the natives. The Government had been warned, but the Native Minister was prepared to take the responsibility, and it would be better to leave him with this responsibility without seeking to hamper the Government with the amendment. The amendment was withdrawn, and the motion was put and carried. Some other minor matters transpired, and the House adjourned till 10 a.m. yesterday. For many years past the question of lowering Ngaroto Lake and others adjoining, and so enabling settlers to drain all their swamp lands, has exercised the minds of the property owners and others in this neighborhood, and these ideas are now seemingly about to be reduced to practice. We understand that Mr T. G. Sandes, who has had a large experience in these matters, is about to make an offer to those interested to lower the lakes sufficiently to drain th<s whole of the basin. The scheme is yet in its infancy, and a great number of details have to be arranged before anything can be done. But those land owners who have swamp lands abutting on the lakes, and who have been spoken to, all view the project with great favor, and if satisfactory arrangements are made we shall no doubt see this useful and important work started this summer. As the Government (both Crown Lands and Public Works Departments), are interested, they will no doubt be willing to subsidise the work, which will drain the railway line, and also some Crown lands at present useless. We may mention that the greater portion of the land in these swamps is of a very superior quality. From "The Bailie ":— " Come 'ere i you wee fellow wi the red heid. Tak' yer slate an mark this doon. If a cannon ba', going wi 1 double its usual ferocity, wis fired aff Jamaica. Brig at seven o'clock at night, in the teeth o* a strong north -west • gale o1o 1 win,' when might it be expected (weather an' ither circumstances permittins;) tae arrive at Demerara?" Writing on 14th July, the London correspondent of the Argm says :: — <( The Sorrento arrived a couple of days ago, and the purchaser of the cargo (a Mr Hawtrey) is much pleased with the condition of the meat. He has determined to thaw it gradually and carefully, and to offer it direct to the public as what it is, viz., Australian mutton. He lias large premises near London Bridge, and will commence operations on Monday next, t or two days after this leaves us. He hopes to be enabled to open two or three more depots before the shipment is cleared, and he is quite sanguine of the success of the speculation. Meantime the Cuzco's shipment has been nearly all sold, but I fear the average will not be very good, as at least 10 per cent, of the carcases has turned out far from perfect. The best sheep still sell easily enough at about 6d per lb, but I have seen 'some which the sal«3inen gladly apld at 3d;" ,'** The Paris journals state that very sanguine anticipations, are indulged in of ;briUiaht'and^ajJstantml ( results from the success of the scheme for forming an» in<ladd seaVjin th# t SahWa^My,dje^Lesseps and* oth/gr prabtical ' and .scientific men;ua\:e giyerirflieir^pi^lpn that lthefente^ .^Accord^

the different political Egyptian parties : —I. The learned men who have studied at El Ashar and other schools of Cairo ] and eUfwhere. The number of students , at El Afchar i" 16,000. They belong to the National party with the exception of twenty-five sheik.«. 2. The Arab merchants and shopkeepers. 3. The merchants w ho know how to read and write, and study the newspapers. 4. The Sheiks and delegates of the villages. 5. The half million Koftan Christians who embiace the pauty of the Mussulmans. 6. The army, except the Circassian officers, who aiu secretly for Ismail Pacha or Hdlim Pacha. 7. The fellahs who undeiatand politics and hope that Arabi will liberate them from their debts, and the tyranny of the Moudirs. 8. The Arabs of the province of Behera, who have much resemblance with the Bedouins. The true Bedouins detest politics and the fellahs. In a most amusing letter of the "Vagabond," writing from Honolulu, in a recent number of the Argus, the writer, interviewing his Majesty, extracts the following admission :—" But I understand you men. I, too, have been a Bohemian. Few know that in the old days I edited the Star of the Pacfiic, and, rebel that you are, learn that I supported the cause of the South. Of course j I don't believe in slavery, but I always thought the Southern States had as much right to secede as the American Colonies from Great Britain. It was the j strong against the -weak, I'm always glad I had that experieuce ; it taught me a good deal, and without that I should perhaps, have a bad opinion of newspaper men when I have read what they say about me ; but I know what it is myself." Mr Archibald Forbes holds very decided views on the Egyptian question. In a recent lecture at Adelaide, he said that Germany would have had a crushing army of trained soldiers ready in three days. Arabi, instead of standing defiant, would ha\ c been given no time to catch breath, far less to construct earthworks, for close pursuit would have made him a fugitive instead of a commander of an army. In a couple of days he would have been hanging from a tree, or flying as a fugitive. Egypt would have been restored to quiet, and German pickets posted from Alexandria to the first cataract of the Nile. The situation showed the marked contrast between the soldiery system of Germany, and the military supineness of England. It was three weeks since Arabi was driven from Alexandria by the guns of the British fleet, and to-day he was besieging Alexandria, while the British there were awaiting tardy reinforcements. Prompt action would have made the insurrection expire almost in a week. The inaction allowed it tp grow until it had assumed alarming proportions. An action brought by the proprietors of I'itnc/i against Messrs Standerwick, hosiers, of Bristol, and Messrs Hodgell and Stephens, auctioneers and advertisement agents, of Clifton, came before Mr Justice Chitty the other day. An interim injunction was obtained a fortnight ago, when the Court was informed that the defendants bought large numbers of copies of Punch, which is published at 3d, and sold them for Id each, after putting on it a wrapper of their own with the title of Punch on it, and advertisements for which they ai'e paid. They also put between every two pages of Punch two pages of their own paid advertisements, and it was against this act that the plaintiffs sought the injunction. The defendants having, since the interim injunction was obtained, agreed to desist from the said acts and pay the plaintiffs costs, the case was settled in this way. The Aso-efcs Company (Limited) has been formed for the purpose of acquiring from the liquidators of the City of Glasgow Bank the whole of the assets of that concern remaining in their hands as at Oct. 1, 1882. Negotiations with a view to effect this object have been provisionally concluded with the liquidators, who, with the sanction of the Court of Session, have agreed to hand over to the company the entire assests of the Bank, on payment by the company of a sum sufficient to meet the liabilities, and so enable the liquidation to be closed. The share capital is £300,000 (with power to increase) in 100,000 £o shares. It is further proposed to raise £380,000 in debentures secured on the New Zealand and Australian Land Company's stock, &c, representing a total estimated value of £1,063,000, \flhich it is proposed to vest in trustees. Herr Cohen, professor of mental science, having received notice from the German Chancellor to present himself at Schrimm (Prussia) for military service imder the conscription has returned the following reply : —" My dear Bismarck. — I feel highly flattered by your kind invitation addressed to Dolziz, my native town, to join the German army, but am afraid I shall not be able to accept it, for I am now in England engaged in the more useful work (as I consider it) of expounding mental science and teaching people how to make the best use of their faculties. For the same reason I scarcely feel myself at liberty to accept even the hospitality of six mouths' board and lodging at the expense of the State which you considerately offer as an alternative. I much prefer basking in the sunshine of English liberty to being forced despotically into military servitude in my own country. I have altogether given up fighting since I left school. Ido not know that I have anything to fight about now. and I hardly care to engage in fighting at anyone else's bidding. If you have a quarrel with anybody I would advise you to settle it amicably if possible, or else fight it out yourself. If you have ' fixed up' the array, and you can make it convenient to run over at any time to one of my phrenological lectures, I shall be happy to poiut out the superiority of life iv England, and explain the nature and utility rf the, as I say, more useful work which. I am engaged in ; and I will examine your head either publicly or privately free of charge. With kind regards to the Governor—l remain, yours faithfully —Gustavius Cohex. "

Mr John Knox will- dispose of a splendid sample oats, and a miscellaneous assortment, athis Mart on Saturday. Mr I. Bates, saddler, Cambridge, makes an important announcement in our advertising columns. A meeting of householders in the Cam-, bridge West District is called for Saturday evening, at 8 p.m., to consider the action of the Education Board re assistant teacher. Messrs Heaketh and Aitken announce that they have just received a small consignment of the most approved sugar beets grown in Germany, and which are for sale at reasonable price*. » **'!(.',',> A meeting of the directors' of the Wai* kato Cheese and Bacon Factory Company (Limited), will be held at the office of the company, on Saturday afternoon next. Messrs Goodfellow and Son, Cambridge, announce in pur advertising columns tbfct they have removed into their newpremises in Victorii-streetj and opened, 'with, an r entire new stock of goods, and as their .prices' are'reasonable, they hope torment a share of public patronage. All country orders will have their best attention, whilst families in the district "will be waited ontfor orders, and have their goods deHevered.^, r/-r -'-"V^ 1 * " 'Mr^VP- Madigan, late otithe;Work-^ inff Men's Club, Cambridge, ..ajaiwunces in ; our advertising, columns,tbat he has' t'akon" the'Brick-. r 1 layers Arms'-Hotel^GtaneristfefeV^A'ueVland,^ f^^M^i^&k ;^{h'e^Kihi% . Idhi Town 'Hafl ,Comj?Jra£ (EimTtedwis 'ad,vcrii«dT-