AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1649, 30 January 1883, Page 2

AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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TUESDAY, JAN. «'JO, 188 J.

To say that example is bettor than precept is to repeat an axiom almost too trite for the present generation. Everybody profebs<\-> to have been able long ogo to guago the force of example. Jt is astonishing, however, to find how shy people are of setting examples, and how greatly they prefer to sit down and preach. For years past it has been dinned in the ears of this community that .some new industry was needed before the ova of prosperity for which wo were all fervently praying could dawn on us, but no one ome out boldly and said: L will demonstrate practically the value of the theories I have promulgated — at least until quite recently. If ''ho honour of being the first to break through the old bonds of inaction belong to any one individual, it belongs to Mr W. A. Graham. It is not necessary at this time of clay to pause and enquire into the nature of the causes which combined to defeat the efforts of himself and his coadjutors. They failed to attain the object towards which their efforts Avpre primarily directed, namely, the introduction of a scheme of co-operation among farmers, but they have no reason to deplore the result. One of the stones of their projected edifice was the establishment of dairy factories, and upon this has been reared by other hands a most substantial building, every day increasing- in bize and importance. Tho example whs act by tho farmers in the neighbourhood of Hamilton, and followed with celerity by those of To Awamutu. A happy combination of circumstances has placod thu Jailor in tho van, and tho Te Awaiuutu factory is an accomplished fact. It is, therefore, practically the forerunner — tho first of a series of factories, which wo trust before long' will bo spread at regular intervals over tho whole faco of this district. Much will depend on its success, ontliofh^fcseason's working. Many difficulties beset a young industry which experience will remove, and the new-comers will benefit by the mistakes of their cklor brother, and give a wide berth to the pitfalls into which he has unwittingly stumbled. The Hamilton factory is fasc going up, but it is very improbable that, in view of the delay which has been suffered to occur in getting the machinery from America, a start will be made this season. Te i\.wamulw, it may be fairly assumed, will this year stand as the sole criterion by which the dairying capabilities of the district may be ascertained. It is .comforting to know that the opinions expressed regarding the factory are almost wholly in its favour, and though we cannot predict with certainty what , measure of success will be attained, wo are certain about this, that we have not tasted, any colonial .clacfcse . that w,e' like better than that stade by Mi^ Walpole. Next season the industry will, wo think, assume large pr,o-,' portions. There is no,w a third;! company in course of formatioiij ■with headquarters at llukuhia, and' before Ifljjg we expect to witness; similar proceedings 'at Alexandra,! Tuhikarame&i jC^fijbridge, Piako,; and other places, issJl of which! the' subject /is ( receiving \Jmck] attention. Tlie '"erection of m&& Q ' buildi«gJB">w.ill t of course i.nyo|v3 jaJ' conßidfflifilfi wtlay; -and 'it may be ■, worth the, tfiosq towij^ the neighbourhood^, gt* 'tae^ries at present? -buili- or '•yxspvtefo W who are too'far atfay'toJavaittfieii^ selves of «the?advjrtgm < $^&'£°. '< o<Mß.4ider "-whether,; >th© /erections, roj! r 0j! Hants'. ' W'sffiffi'M&?3M be transfbrwied. into .cheese, wJlicn could bQjstore^i^tt^^Jß^'edt^thll

borne by a mi'go™Wt^KtTm>ple. deration. There is one other quostioix we on»-ht to notice,,., JJ^Uhs reii.or.ynee to ""the ifltojirflej V%>osal < oiv^thf product., 1 -. ' Haying. > dbAi6nfe,fcra,totl llio fact that cheese, of a very superior class too, can be manufactured in the district, it becomes necessary that wo sjiould ga^t about for a mnrkdb/ ', ' The 1 lobal aeinaiicl^fal probably bo saiifilied b,y one or two ■factories . ■ It is clear-then ■ that -^the ■ t ;^reat bulk of the cheese will have ■to' bo exported. It will be an easy matter to dispose of this,, season's chee.so in tho jjroyinco, but, lookingto the fact that the produciion next year will bo ejiormou&ly increased, .steps should bo taken without loss of time to test the value of these outside markets, upon which in the future we shall be compelled to rclv.

Const uiulauy labour has not proved the iuestimablc blessing in connection with the election of the new Karapiro bridge at Cambridge, that the sayings and anticipations ot the town boaul led the geneial public to belics'e ; and judging fiom the fact that tho budge is not yet completed, nor is it likely to^be for some considerable time to come, we arc forced to consider the opinion expiessed in these columns some lew months ago was not so ciioncousand misguiding as those nho had the work in hand believed it to be. lleie iy a compauitively .small wooden stiuctuie, which should have been elected and opened for ttafh'e in about two months' time ; and yet uioip than six months' have passed away since the first pile was driven, and at the present late ot piogiebs it is not likely that the work will be completed in less than two months' fiom date. Of course, no one could ha\o taken an unfavourable view of the action of tho board in employing Constabulary labour when there were about a bundled men to be put on the «oik requiting the mere nominal payment of a shilling a day. If the boaul hart been successful in pi availing upon the Government to allow the Constabulary to remain on the work until it was completed, then the employment oi the men would have materially lessened the cost of the work, and not only this, but the bridge would have been opened in a comparatively short time. But when wo found that the Constabulary had been ordei ed to 1 cturn to the 1 oads, and that their lanks weic to be inateiially thinned, we at once leeommendcd that the biidj,'e and approaches should be finished by contract, and that tenders should be called for at once. Had this com so been then adopted the time and money of the board would ha\e been saved, and the bridge would have been opened. However, the penny wise and pound foolish policy of the board was peisisted in, the Government having consented to let tlnee of the men remain on the work. For months past, consequently, the work has been proceeding at a very slow rate. Government men cm do a lot of work — when theve are about two hunched of them labouring at one thing— but is it likely that men who go to woik at nine o'clock in tho morning, and leave off at four in the evening, with sundiy half lunus for ".smokes" and a pi etty elastic dinner hour, will do half, w c might say a quarter of the woi k that would be done by contiact labour? It may be said t'lere was no lnmy for tho completion of the bridge, and that time was nothing so long as tho worn was done cheaply ; but we do not hesitate in saying that had tenders been called for the work when the Con&tabuLuly weie removed, the bridge would now have been open for traffic ; and we believe the cost would not have been nearly so great. Again it may be said the delay has interfered with the traffic, for now that threshing hascommenced, and threshing machines and engines have to _be moved fiom one part of the country to the other, we have been told by men whose machines have been engaged to do woik on both sides of the livei that they will not lisk their propeity on the old structure, and this, consequently, means a loss. It has also been said by Coil' stabulary- labour enthusiasts that even had the work been let' by contiact, the delay would have been none the less, as the timber could not have been got earlier ; but in reply to this we might quote the fact that the biidgc over the Wiiip«a, afc Wliatiwhatihoo, which was erected by contract labour, and was underway about the same time as the biidge over the Karapiro, was finished in about two months, earthworks and cvciy thing complete. Certainly it is now too late to lcfor to this matter with any idea of remedy, but the mistake lias been so glaring that it would be, wiong to pass it without notico.

A cable message announces the d<\ith of General Carey,, who served hi tho JS T ew Zealand war. A Maori at Kaikoura murdered his wife on Friday lust by cutting her throat with a butcher's knife, Tho cause was jealousy. The murderer has been arrested. A quadrille party, under the auspices of the Hamilton band, was held in the Public Hall last night. There was a fair attendance, and tho music provided by the quadrille band was very fa\ ourably commented on. A clerical error occurred in the prospectus of the Rukuhia Cheese and Bacon Factory Company in our last issue. The number of shares is 2000, and not 2500 a's written, A concert in aid of the funds of Christ Church, Taupiri, will be held in' tho school-room on Friday, evening, 9th February. The ' concert will conclude with a dance. A number of witnesses engaged on the case, T. C. Hammond v. B. Wayte, an action for £500 damages for false imprisonment, left for Auckland yesterday; The Qaspi we understand, comes on at the Supreme Court to-day. ' ,' , The Harvest Festival at S. Peter's Church, Hatfriilton, will be held' on 1 the second Sunday in Lent, the ISfch February. The incumbent • will be glad to receive contributions of grain, fruit, flowers, and .vegetables. Our '^ Alexandra .correspondent writes :— There is no na^vet nqSvs'of importance.' 'At .Kawhia a. 'number of natives aife waiting to bbsk've'theJjTativ'p Minus's pro6eedings <h\ his arrival , there. Quite 1 # number of large whales ' hfiLve been, disporting, } in the harbou^lately. .^ t . j n % f ; ' { Harvest operations, upon a very, ■large scale, 1 are proceeding at i Matamata. \ Mr Firth has over 2500 acres of crop, -principally! wheat^ahtl ev,enl at * phe. jpre- \ -sent' rapid rat^bfiprogi'esg'it'wiU be pomej time before the whole is gatheredj,in. ,^\m j.wheat.jis 'jbeingi.jmanipujatecli^by ! f f Hin&gxfft" iwd-i$ threshed 'on the ground, ■ancUc-EthwKU adfM,a\vayUtoi'th6? l^ge receiving store onwiebantjpfjthft^llj^ •atStanley. , o) f^k-ts')- >•"'„: tfl'i^H A mari ! named Georg^Stokel%iiij| 'charged before Col Lyonafod'Mr^Wv-N. •.SeV^lte, aY the, R.MI Courfe/,- <Slm- (- bridge, yfis^rdastr"for having,"'' on 4he ;

Prisoner had goueund m* another name vi September last, whor rarrested under the McrehaurfL &hi]ffl gl^cb.A Eriged 10s or 48 hfc||jrto||fthc*c* Jffirffe^raprufifien-, ness, ctLcl a ront|||n Affiunt liMgn gaol, with hard k J tourflfor a|pi,ultii{gfjMis reVery slrow^hfeg&is I&9tsfcmjlse6 with the erection of theT&irapiro bridge. The woodwork of the' struetuie is not yet completed, theie being aboub another spnai to erect. "As some time will be»required jio do tlie earthwpik at either fend nye)(lo,iiofc expect to see 1 the'bridg^ open j, for traffic for some considerable "time to come. Tlie settlers in the Cambridge, Pul:ckura and Pukerimu districts who lljaye^one^in Fqi;gr£in showing thisjyear 'lla^ef-wefdiV^lad to sajVbW efeclssfn! in getting in their crops without their -being, to auy material extent, injured by. the recent -unfavourable weather. Machines lia\e been at.woik<alLo\,er<the diatiictf and very few acre's x now remailf unrea.p.ed. 4? wojantieipatcd m a former, is&ue, the average yield .will be very satisfactory, and the result of this year's giain cropping generally, we believe, will be of such a nature as to induce Waikato settleis to go, in .more extensively for grain next year. The ' potato crop, however, has been a -wretched- failure generally, and not a few of tlie farmers who have' gone in for' tliis branch of farming cpnsider themselves lucky if they will get their seed v out ot ' the giouncl. Threshing operations will shortiy.be commenced. The celebration of the Wesleyan Church Anniveisary at Cambridge this year promises 'well, judging fiom the programme which has already been issued. On Sunday, Feb. 4, the Rev. Joseph Beriy, founeily of the Waikato circuit, but now of Dunedin, -will preach in the Wesleyan Church, and we have no doubt that those who have before heard this gentleman have every desire to hear him once more. On the Tuesday following there will be a concert and fiuit soiree 'in the 7 > ulylic ' Hall, at which quartettes, trios, ducts and solos will be rendeicd by members of the congregation and their friends. Addresses will also be delivered by a number of rev. gentlemen connected v. ith the chuicli. The evening is sure to be both successful and entertaining. What promises to be an extremely good entertainment comes oil at the Oddfellow's Hal), Hamilton East, this evening, in aid of the Hamilton West School. The entertainment will take the foim of a dramatic perfoiiuanc\ The programme opens with thy screaming faice " Aunt Charlotte's Maul," a nd concludes with the dramatic sketch "On an island." The characters will be sustained J>y the teachers and pupils of the school, and fiom the eueigotic manner in which those entiusted with the management have gone about their M'oik, we have no hesitation in predicting that so far as the pciformcrs aie concerned the entertainment will be a thorough success. The Hamilton String Band have kindly volunteered their servicps for the occasion, and will play a number of choice popular selections. Considciing the worth ot the object and the low puce of admisoion, we expect to see the hall ciowdcd. A correspondent, " A Parishioner of S. Petei's" writes :— I notice in the Herald ot 26th an account of the annual meeting at S. George's, Thames, at least of one paifc of the evening's business, the advisability or otherwise of introducing hymns A. and M. into tlie church. When we romember that it only required the suggestion of the paison to cany the movement when he was here, not only in Hamilton but in all the places which went to foim his chaige, we cannot but feel greatly surprised that at the Thames his opinion should have been combatted so strongly and to such diie purpose. When we remember also that he was the vciy first to introduce the book into tlie diocese, we think it a little hard on him that he should have been defeated in his effort to introduce it in his new charge, alter seeing the great gain it has been to the church in the Waikato, and also to the whole diocose. The graceful manner in which he bore his defeat at the Thames caused no surprise to us who knew him so well in the old days, and we cannot but think that when his new parishioners know and love him as we did, they will trust him in tlie same manner.