THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1592, 16 September 1882, Page 2

THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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SATURDAY SEPT. 16, 1882.

In another column is published the prospectus of the Auckland Native Lands Colonisation Company (Limited), established for the purpose of acquiring and settling native lands in the North Island " upon terms which will be to the mutual advantage of the native owners, of the shareholders in this company, and of the colony in general." For a fuller exposition of the objects of the company we refer ourr'eaders to the prospectus itself, > :The scheme in some* respects isj*ft uorei>one, inasmuch as aa^. Opportunity isi afforded the g^ri|tal -public to be^ corae investors, qp? to /the - present, ;^has>>;aotslfeeni practicaplo? ' N^; ! -\ < hqweV^V 4 thinggf'Bghm '^'to °Kft^e cot^biliedftpi bring about a pe^fuLsjs^re^lnl^pfl

the. native difficulty, and there is little doubt that the operations of the company under notice will, in no insignificant degree, assist in cementing tho union of the'two races. We cordially commend the new undertaking to the favorable consideration of our readers.

Our readers will remember that during the session of Parliament just closed, Sir George Grey made an effort to obtain a grant for the establishment of an Agricultural College in the North Island. Following this Mr Maclvor, the wellknown agricultural chemist and lecturer, wrote from Nelson to the Wellington Tunes expressing a hope that Sir George Grey would be successful. In explanation he further wrote, " From a personal knowledge of local requirements I do not hesitate to say than such an institution would be productive of inestimable good, both as regards the improvement of prevailing systems of cultivation and the science of agriculture generally. Every member of the House ought to manifest his desire for the progress of the colony by voting in favor of the proposal. The school at Lincoln, under the able scientific and practical directorship of Professor W. E. Ivey, F. 10., has proved a success in every way, and there can be no doubt of its future fame throughout Australasia. The North Island requires a similar establishment, and my earnest wish is that it may get it." The Government intimated that before doing anything in this direction it would be well to have clearer notions of the amount of good which the already established school at Lincoln, in Canterbury, was effecting. This action of the Government we think was prompted by a spirit of wise precaution. We have ever been warm advocates of an agricultural school for this province, but our desire is to get the best we can have. An ornamental institution, at which, our youth may be taught to dabble in chemistry and to acquire the habit of talking glibly on agricultural science will not satisfy us. Better far to be without it. The justice of the course adopted by Ministers will be more apparent if we glance for a moment at the Canterbury institution. We have no intention to dispute the authority of one so well qualified to form a judgment on these matters as Mr Mclvor, but neither on the other hand ought we to disregard public opinion, or the opinion of any section of the public. In the Legislative Council, a week or two ago, Col. Brett passed some severe strictures on the school, stating there was a widespread feeling that the amount of substantial benefit which the country is deriving from the very expensive establishment at Lincoln is small indeed. The Christchurch Telegraph, has an article on this subject, from which we make the following extracts :—: — "Allowing for all the difficulties which must beset an institution of the kind at its outset, it is not too much to say that the results have been disappointing. In saying this we do not mean to find fault with the pecuniary profits of the farm. Its oflice is to be experimented upon, and having in view the proverbial futility of experiments, it is to be expected that its balance sheet should not show up so well as that of more humdrum agriculture. Yet with the amount of student labour that there is ready to hand, there scarcely seems sufficient reason why the Agricultural School should not be rather a profit than a drag on the funds of the College. . . . Practical farmers may be a little bigoted and blind to new lights, but their opinion is certainly entitled to the most weighty consideration. They consider that the farm at Lincoln is as little a model of what a farm should be as their own farms are, With all its advantages of palatial buildings and ample revenue the farming is of the most ordinary character, and rather behind than in advance of the times in the way of machinery and otherwise. Visitors from other parts of the colony have driven out to Lincoln to see the ' model ' farm, and have given utterance to their disappointment. ' Is this your model farm,' they say with a shrug of complaisance, as they think of a tight little six hundred acre block of their own that could put Lincoln to shame and confusion of face. . . . • . The students of the Agricultural School are not enthusiastic or earnest in their work. This cannot fairly be set down as the fault of the management, but it will impair the efficiency of the institution as long as it exists. The course is properly designed to combine practical manual farm work with a icientific training. . . . Now, in neither of these respects does the Lincoln College conform very closely to the ideal. ,It will be many years, we fear, before the Agricultural School boys either carry off all the honoui'B of a ploughing match, or edit an. erudite treatise on agricultural chemistry. . . A place for scientific farming is not a place for playing at .farming.' The advantage to the country at large o£ possessing such an institution as the' AgriGulturaJ^Schooly doing good work and turning eutj youths ; who~'are~able" toZfarfi) more, wisely and • ,profj,tablv /• than .men, of'tho old school, Js undoubted. i'Jßutj -unt;L there, is eyiden^pfe^h&ggpic % J w6rkj'being;dori^* ?^^^i^^^^p|i |

Agriculture has not been established without considerable cost to the colony ; and it is equally certain that the colony looks for a suitable - return.- Our contemporary concludes with tho reduction that th<> institution is young and may improve, but our readers will readily concede that with the model institution of the colony in such an unsatisfactory state it were better that we should look before we leap.

Thk Cambridge Town Bos;d are determined that the matter of the Karapiro Bridge and the Constabulary labour shall not rest at Mr Bryce's decision, for they have again communicated with the member for the district, Mr J. B. Whyte, asking him to see the Minister of Public Works on the matter, and to represent to that gentleman, that if the Government will not allow a number of the Constabulary to remain in Cambridge and finish the bridge, they (the Government) will have to give a few hundred pounds more as an additional subsidy to the work ; otherwise the board, so fay as the bridge is concerned, will become bankrupt, and the structure will be allowed to remain in its half-constructed state until the remains of the old structure are seen floating gently doM'n the Waikato River. Then some responsible party will have to make a move in the matter, and as the local board is out at elbows in the matter of funds, the Government will have to accept the inevitable and proceed with the work. Indeed, no local money should ever have been spent on the work. It is a Government work, pure and simple, and the Government alone should have constructed it. They are under the same obligation to construct the Karapiro Bridge as to construct a bridge over the Waimakariri, or any other ri\er crossing the road they are now constructing. They are all on the same road, and until the bridge over the Karapiro is made, the highway to Rotorua, for through traffic, will remain useless. We have little doubt that the town board will be successful in their representations on the matter.

The polling for the return of three councillors for the Borough of Hamilton took place on Thursday at the Council Chambp.rs, Mr J. M. Gelling acting as returning officer. There were four candidates, and some interest was manifested, in the proceedings, though there was n total absence of any excitement. The polling resulted as follows :— F. J. Yon Stunner, SI ; Robert Peat, 71 ; Robert Bradley, 68 ; T. Qualtrough, 49. the three first named were declared duly elected. The new Wesleyan Church at Kihikihi will be opened to-morrow. Morning service will be conducted by the Rev. T. G. Carr, and the evening service by the Rev. W. Evans (Presbyterian). On Tuesday next there will be a soiree to celebrate the event, at which addresses will be delivered by the Rev. Messrs Evans, Carr, Dukes, Neville, and Willis, interspersed with selections of music. A rumour gained currency on Thursday last that Mr O'Sullivan, inspector of schools, was in Cambridge. As the matter of a high school for this part of the province has been discussed in Cambridge for some time past, Mr Hosking, the chairman of the school committee, called the committee together, with several of the leading residents, for the purposeof waiting uponMrO'Sullivau, so that the matter of the high school should be properly represented. Mr O'Sullivan did not turn lip, so the affair will have to stand over till his next fixed visit. The usual weekly meeting of the Cambridge Mutual Improvement Society was held in the Court-house, Cambridge, on Thursday evening last. There was a good attendance of visitors, but very few of the members put in an appearance. "Sharp Practice" was the programme for the evening, but the subjects with few exceptions were very uninteresting. The programme for next Thursday evening will consist of readings and recitations from Shakspeare. Mr G-eorge A. Brown continued his course of lectures at Le Quesne's Hall on Thursday and last night. On the former occasion the subject of the address was "The Future of the Wicked," and on the latter " Is Evil Eternal ? Is there a Hell ?" Last night there was a very large audience, and the lecturer, as on former nights, was listened to with earnest attention, a number of questions being put to him at the close, and answered to the apparent satisfaction of the majority of those present, We have in a previous issue endeavoured to give an outline of Mr Brown's views, and only regret that the exigences of space prevent our giving him fuller reports. The following business interesting to readers in this district was transacted at Thursday's meeting of the Auckland Crown Lpnds Board -.—Grant and Ft/bler's Settlt meat. — The UndeisSecretary of Lauds forwarded a , list of Grant and Foster's settlers forwarded by the Loch Fleet— 3^ adults. He also forwarded a list of land orders for the same special settlement, the area ranging from to 20 acres. Te Arolia.—The Rev. Mr Pinfold, Wesleyan minister, asked for a site for a church at Te Aroha.— The Chairman stated the Board had no power to make a reserve for religious purposes, and it was agreed to inform the applicant accordingly. The Cambridge Dramatic Society will give their second performance? in the Cambridge Public Hall on Wednesday evening next, the proceeds of which will be in aid of the society's wardrobe. The , pieces to be performed are the comedietta "Unlimited Assurance," and the farce "Turn Him Out." Those who have seen these piece 3 performed know the entertainment they .afford when properly pei'formed, and considering the success which attended the last performance of the society, we ' have no doubt that Wednesday evening's programme "will be executed with credit and success. The % members' hare had several rehearsals, and 1 these also indicate something -worth seeing. <New scenery has besu painted, and when the stage ia fitted up it 'bids fair to surpass anything of the kind in Waikato. ' " ' '■ ' ; • , , A meeting of the- committee, of the Tamahere Church Committee was held" at ' Camp's . Hotel -on .Wednesday evening, Jast. < There ( were , present: Archdeacon Willis, Messrs S. S. Graham, ""V. .A? Graham, w j U n., J., Way/ £.; J., Batfigb£O, Ewett,/ J; T,j Cauip,jand 'H.^RoberjaiUa^; - Arojjidejtoott! Willis submitted plans oLa ohiirolifrn;?^ pared by* Messrs Mahoney ; and~rSbiv t and after considering, this and, that orfche: .Waiuku.churchYJt^ tb.e^fo^merr^l^E.v^,''i^he)/^iccesdfdr7

. North of Auckland. At the last, meeting , \ of the Crown Lands Board Jfrr , *W. N. Clarke, of Otonga, Whangarei, wrote farbmitting a plan for bringing out twenty fatnillk'S, if 20,000 acres were set apart on the homestead system. They-would-all possess capital. * The ? applicant * refeired to the rich and influential relations ho had in the North of Ireland, and modestly asserted that no other agent could possess the- .same influence as ( himself. He also ' offered to take part remuneration for his services in a grant of land.— The Board heard the letter read, and made no remark. — The Chairman said, without going into the merits or demerits of the .ipplication, the Board had no power to entertain it, as it was one entirely for the Government, who alone had power to set apart special settlements. — It wai agreed to transmit tha letter, without comment, to the Minister of Lands. It wa^ announced in our last issue that the Rev. H. J. Edwards had accepted the vacant incumbency of S. Peter's, Hamilton, and we are now able to add that the appointment has given universal satisfaction. All who have heard Mr Edwards preach, and all who have nu-t him socially unite in their testimony to his worth, both as minister of the gospel, and as a man. The new incumbent is comparatively a new arrival in New Zealand, and came here from Tasmania. His Lordship the Bishop of Auckland in announcing to the Vestry of S. Peter's Mr Edwards' appointment, writes: — "I consider the people of Hamilton very fortunate. The Dean of Hobart, in writing to me recently about Mr Edwards, said : 'He is a faithful and earnest parish priest, an able preacher, and a •ound churchman. Archdeacon Hales, of Launce&ton, says of him : ' His parishioners were much attached to him, and greatly regretted the necessity for Ins resignation, the climate not suiting him.' And the Bishop of Tasmania writes : ' I think him sound in the faith, and free from any extreme, whether in doctrine or practice.'" Mr Edwards will enter upon his duties next week, and will arrive in Hamilton on Thursday. As showing the value of land in the Waikato, we quote the following tenders for the site of the proposed slaughtering company's premises in Waikato : — Mr R. Delicar, near Hamilton, 150 acres, 70 of which are enclosed in a substantial fence, and well subdivided, and in course of cultivation, the remaining 80 acres unenclosed ; to rent or lease £80 per annum, for, say five or seven years ; £900 for the freehold. Mr Win. Washer, Ngaruawahia, 100 acres in a suitable locality, £7 per acre. Mr T. Jolly, Hamilton, 60' acres, with every convenience and on the line of rail, £12 per acre, including improvements. Mr Jas. Harper, Ohaupo, 80 acres, £6 per acre; if leased for five years with purchasing clause, £30 per annum. MrD. McLauren, Ohaupo, 100 acres, at a yearly rental of £50, for five or ten years' lease, with purchasing clause, or £10 an acre, freehold. Mr Edwards, Ohaupo, 100 acres at £15 ; or 21 years' lease of same at £80 per Annum with purchasing clause at that time of £25 an acre. A medical officer writing to the Tunes of India, apropos of vaccination in British Burmah for the year 1880-81, says : — " I have entered a village of 5,000 inhabitants with a small supply of lymph, and after vaccinating a few infants in the first houses I came across, I had ultimately succeeded in vaccinating at least 90 per cent of the children under five years of age, to say nothing of the numerous adults who claimed my services. I have seen Burmese mothers eagerly struggling for the next turn of attention. Small-pox is the great devastator of Irrawaddy Valley, and in the Upper Burmah deeply pitted faces are exceedingly common, while most of the blind people one encounters about the pagodas and sacred places owe their in nrmity to the ravages of small-pox. The following is a description of two of the gunboats sent out for service in the Suez Canal : — The twin-screw gunboats Don and Dee will leave shortly for Alexandra, and are expected to be accompanied to the Suez Canal by some ships belongingto the Mediterranean fleet. These gunboats were specially constructed for river service, having a very shallow draught, and with their 18-ton guns and Gatling weapons are eminently adapted for the duty of protecting and maintaining the free passage of the Suez Canal. They have coaled and provisioned to their ! fullest extent, and are expected to be in commission at least three years. ' I On the question of Egypt the London Daily Telegraph observes :—": — " It , comes to a choice between an inter- j national, an Anglo-French, or a purely English expedition. The first is almost ; impossible, the second is wildly inipoli- '■ tic, the third is the probable aud cert - t tainly the preferential issue. No better ; thing for Egypt, for Europe, or for Britiah'intere&ts and' Brtish reputation, j could form the outcome of the Conference than that, either by desire of the Powers , ' or as a result of their inaction, we should ! j ourselves put matters right again upon , the Nile. We should, without selfish ends, accomplish what was necessary, , aud re-establish the welfare and tran-. ; quility of Egypt, while certainly safe- i guarding our Imperial right of way. We i could suppress Arabi and his military re- c bellion — for sucli it is— with less fuss and J friction than any other Power. There * are four things which must be done, nn- ! less .England is to become .disgraced,, con- \ temried, and imperilled.- The first is to , maintain -Prince Tewfik, the-second to I get rid of Arabi, the third to safeguard , the Canal, and the fourth to re-establish ■, the chief features of that system which , was doing such vast good to the Egyptian , people." . 1 Messrs Carbines and Taylor, auction- j ccrs, Auckland, announce that they will sell ■, on the premises of Mr A. Mackie, Durham-street, ■* Auckland, on Friday nevt, a very superior as- J sortment of waggons and buggies. Particulars ] in advertisement. j A,, meeting, of ,the > ratepayers of, $he r KarioJ* Highway District "will be h'eld^'at Te c Mata schooUhousp on Saturday, November £ 11th, at 1 p.m., to decide about stopping roads. •- We draw attention to an advertisement }. ,in another column < (regarding j the, Church of J England Grammar School,' Parriell, Auckland! r Messrs Lewis and Simpson, general a ironmongers, Cambridge, makes an important \ announcement in our advertising columns. ] , , Mr A.' Campbell, proprietor ,of the I ' Hamilton Timber Yards/ihas just added* another important branch to his already extensive business in the shape of seeds and manures. \, .< >[ Special attention is directed to an im- 1 portaht 'announcement by Mr * John^Aubin/ mer- 1 chant, Alexandra. _ - A grand, concert in aid oi the funds of v. S. 'Saviour's Church', will -be, given' at ftfle Alexandra Public Hall on the 21st inst. „ t, ',' * The v numer.qus .friends ,qf Mr, Henry Chitty, 'draper, <HtMittoniEast','wjlhb«S\glad to O hear that he has decided to retain the busi- } a 'ness of^eit lfouse. ? _whjch* is now replete with; the nowost spring goods and novelties.* ' , i , wellrjcno^wn . trotting stallion, ; n Merrilegs, is announced to travel the Waikato , w l'ihisraeason.]t,l,>-,^^* m : r* ,Lm. ' J/S^finekland]will&ll tfofctefo ' v ,rn\Tul^day^tli i i ! 2otiriS < s^'f'Bdo* 1 tigfo£%&& j S