The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE,

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1655, 13 February 1883, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE,

Equal and evict lusticc lo .ill men, Ot whatsoever state or persuasion, religious or political. Ilorc shall the Press the People's right maintain, UnawcJ by influence and unm ibed by gain.

TUESDAY, FEB. 13, ISS3.

Accepting our telegraphic messages ns faithful mirrors, the condition of Europe at the present time is singularly peaceful. The incidents which lent interest to our Home intelligence of a few months ago, the "brilliant and unbroken success of our troops in Egypt, and the deplorable deeds committed in unhappy Ireland, no longer afford us food for excitement. The land of the Pharaohs has been restored to the Khedive, and bloodshed has ceased in the Green Isle. The French seemed at one time as if they intended to afford the world the spectacle of another revolution, but the whole thing has ended in a fizzle. The Bounaparto family threatened to assert themselves, but although considerable fuss was made ahout them, culminating even in the resignation of the Government, a little calm reflection has put everything to rights, and now it is not considered necessary oven to send the remnant of the once allpowcvful Imperial family out of the country. Tho Prophet of the Soudan seems to be the only person engaged hi hostilities, but so little is known about him, except in the way of rumour, that lie can scarcely be said to count. The stories which were current some time ago about war preparations on the AustroI Russian frontier have lost their piquancy since it was announced that the triple alliance had boen reformed. Germany is loud in her professions of peace, and France,' unless she can form an offensive and * defensive alliance with England and Italy—which is very unlikely— can have no desire just yet to try conclusions with her natural enemy. 'What does thus condition of things indicate? Would that we could helvsve it were the beginning of a new et'ix. that henceforth 1 tl?« war ! drum should throb' no ' longer, that the batfcle-lUg . should be furled, that national (iisiiwtes should hence-, forward be adjusted fl.ot by the sword, but; by the nobler maam of arbitration. The world, however, is not ripe for this ,' fchdre are too many traces ,of barbarism yet 1 remaining. War,' indeed)' is a polftal necessity so long asjautpcracy .pgja&ins 'the prevailing form 1 of- GovefftflWfffc. iiv Euuope v Peace, is fata} to, the ■ekisteiice of personal 'rule, 1 because freed from danger from T wjtjiout the people havetimp' to\re l g«£d the tyranny within. « The inaugurate of a period- > of ' peace, . therefore, . armed pr unarrajed,^will fa the : harbingori of" civil- liberty; •; The acWisi&on of this 'boon, will' not' be Jttainel easily, .probably; ; hot without ' bloodshed. The struggle' 'whdh it' cbme'ii, as i, cojne it)- 'must, 'sbbier J 6 v r ; later, 1 &ap bk{ a^terriblet

or the Czar, gatbaF strengthens they s rolLand as thp.y cfjffrie-iuglifjr theii #>unjhcni)4bomefc dearer. f^ V^ho time u'anjhot belong Hofore the;yj will resound iitt&veiy corner o,f,the land. v Cohces&J>ns, uhwiHirigljr'i'nado, ma)' kc£p back* 'the impending storm a whili!, but it is none the loss sure to break. In Germany and Austria the sime warning „note ;is I% audil>le. It is the cry for , colistitutioYial liberty arid the recognition of civicrights, and it will not do to disregard it long. In our own Father land there is no such imminent danger, HappiJy for us, much of the freedom for which the people of the Continent are clamouring lias been won for ns long ago, \v rented by the framers, of Magna Charta and by Cromwell, and purchased by Uussell and (Sidney. For England there ie> looming in the future a revolution, a revolution which shall "effect the removal of many of those artiiicial barriers, bequeathed by Feudalism, which divide man from man : which shall make much of the squalor and wretchedness among thf masses unnecessary, and so remove it; which shall open yet wider (he gate of preferment to the talented of whatsoever grade. But this revolution will be a bloodless one ; it will bo consummated by the common consent of a whole people blessed with education and dowered with the rich legacy of science. With communism, pure and simple, the English people as a whole, have no sympathy ; nor do we think that the leaning of the continential peoples is in that direction. Abuse of liberty is, of course, bound to follow its sudden acquirement, but any such abuse will be of a temporary kind. We do not pretend to prophesy that the great change will take place immediately ; we do not say that the next great war will be one in which the people will be pitted against their hereditary rulers : all sorts of contingencies may arise to take the attention of tliß people off their own grievances and fix it on a national foe ; but we do say that the present peaceful condition of Europe is favourable to the expansion of revolutionary sentiment, and that the logical outcome of such expansion will be a change in the political machinery of the great States we have named. The manner of this change will in a great measure be determined by those who have the present direction of affairs. If peaceful, then theirs will be the glory ; if violent, on their heads will rest the shame and the disgrace.

Ix another column we publish a full account of Mr Bryce's meeting with Te Kooti ye&terday. The latter would only consent to meet the Native Minister well within the native country, and even then he took cai'o to come well supported. This exhibition of timidity on his part is no doubt owing to the i*eeent capture of Winiata, but the declaration of Mr Bryce that his pardon would be gazetted forthwith will, however, have a reassuring eftecfc. We have from the first contended that the provisions of the Amnesty Act should be made to apply to Te Kooti and his followers. No good, but much harm would accrue from keeping him in a state of outlawry. The granting of a pardon will remove a standing menace to the safety of border settlers and a serious obstacle to the opening up of the native country. On these grounds we are heartily glad to hear that Mr Bryce has conic to a satisfactory understanding with Te Kooti.

It is said that our new Governor, Sir William Jervois, tacitly favours Bible-reading in the State Schools. It has been decided, writes. the coi respondent of a contemporary, to wind up the Dunedin Deep Sea Fishing Company, which, thouch only a few months in 'operation, has lost £300. A meeting of ladies is called for this afternoon at 4 o'clock at S. Andrew's school-room, Cambridge. As will be seen by advertisement a meeting of the ladies of S. Peter's Church congregation will be held in the Public Hall, Hamilton, on Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m., to devise means for liquidating the church debt. The address recently presented to Miss Newell, organist of S. Peter's, Hamilton, by the congregation of the church, has been handsomely framed by the testimonial committee, and may be seen for a few days at' Mr Lennox stationer's shop, Victoria- street. In the advertisement in last issue calling a meeting of the shareholders of the Waikato Cheese and Bacon .Factory, a clerical error occurred. The date was printed "Monday the 13th" instead of "the 19th," and as it is necessary to give seven clear days' notice, the meeting is now called for Wednesday, the 21st inst. Owners of orchards in the neighbourhood of Hamilton complain bitterly of the' depredations of midnight ' robbers. MrT. Or. Sandes offers, a reward of £2 for information < "which wilKlead .^o the conviction of the thieves who stple his peaches. ', _\ _ ' „? i • A fire broke bu'^ on liambton Quay, Wellington, on Saturday morning, and resulted in the 'destruction of Mr Jameson's shop, and Madame de Launy|s, millinery establishment. The origin is attributed to rats gnawing matches. The buildings and Madame A& launy's stock were insured, but Mr Jameson's stock was not covered by insurance. The Royal Australian Circus gave & performance on the railway stationw*W& Hamilton West, oh Saturday night. liws wag a large attendance, and the progran«uoKFA?ented gave general satisfiactiqn. The side «hpw ? containing the armless lady auol the phou,qgraph, was also fairly patronised. The f ire'WS. proceeded to tlie Aroha on Sunday, aud ww? tQ open there for a short season last night, , ' Owing to theunf avourabie waatber, harvest operations at Matamata hove been considerably thrown back. Of the 250,0 tinder crop, ,proba,bly 1400 still rimam landing, audjv, niyporgon of tLja wffl'VeryiU&ljr be spoiled. 1 The yield is, very Kob'd^M'ibs'm'eaiiS 4 ,df 'Harvesting, , and carting areas cpinp{e£s*£s possible. 1 There are*tw6 /traction i engines,) Jsg#les numerous drays, employed conveying the j , gw» h fe^e river,, and s w,ere, the weather 1 only propifcWs Rothing wdnld 'be >wdnting. uTUtf rimnbee'Ot;b*nds J employed' m' cutting the orqp*,' cartinff, -Jto., pjst be about 100. '"■" </lv •* v.'u .'y k -v// j sOots 'Oot Raglan'6orre'sp6iident writes : mt fee qS&I/ ,' the Raglan Rifle Qlub onhhe, '2na9-itist-;^Mr^

Mr A. Jerome, vicu'tfresident, and Mr C. Cfihnour, lion. .attcretary. In the jveuiug a&mvitattyfcbflll w«« gifcpn by She club i^theSuourt'Jiousef^wlHCli \sx& well atteigedsand tfs>t gcjjgiill day' light - {« $ i 1 \ ''? A grodnuittainda W# MojLeish; m the employment-' of wood, Cambridge, "met with **a very lerious accident on .Saturday. He was ■making up the bedding in the stable when one of the ; horses kicked him, inflicting a compound fracture below t|ie knee. The unfortunate i young i£an/ is now under the care of Dr Cu&hney!* The remains of the late Mrs Tolni Wood, whose death occurred on Fi iday. were interred in the" Hamiltou East Cejneteny <ou afternocm. Mrs "Wood was *a resident of Hamilton for many years previous to the mnoval of her,husband T and, horjself to-Piako^and subsequently to Te Arolia, and the respect in which she, was •generally held was amply testified by the large attendance, at her funeral^.' The i spyvice at v grave was said by the Rev. Mr Biggs, incumbent of S. Peter's. In view ol tne ettorts being made by the stock-breeders of the province to induce the auctioneers to sell live stock by 1 eal weight, Capt. Ruuciman wrote to America for a catalogue and price list of the weighing, machines used i,ir.that county. By last mail he received a pamphlet from Fairbank and Hutchinson, of San Fiancisco, manufacturers of the celcbiated Fairbank scales. The information will be laid before the Tamahere Farmers' Club at its next meeting, when it is expected the answers from the various auctioneers will be forthcoming. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Hamilton West School Committee was held at the Hamilton Auction 'Mart yesterday. Present : Messrs Hume (chairman), Bradley, McLernon, Campbell, U wynne and Knox. — A letter was read from the head master, calling the attention of the committee to' the fact that the school required five teachers to carry on the woik in a satisfacloiy manner. — It was lesolvcd to foiwaid a copy of the letter to the board, requesting the employment of two pupil < teachers (one of these being requiied to complete the staff), and to suggest the appointment ot Miss Newell and Miss Biggs.— The committee recorded their votes in favour ot Messrs D. Goldie, Samuel Luke and D. H. McKenzie, candidates for seats on the Hoard of Education. — This was all the business. The members of the Hamilton Cricket Club do not seem to be toit/oun pi'ct in accepting the challenges of the other Waikato clubs this season. This is owing partly to the fact that they have lost Me&sis Wood, Tonks, Glee&on, and five others of the best members of thpir club, but chiefly because they have been precluded from practicing, owing to the want of a ground. Sydney Square has become &o uneven and lumpy on account of so many cattle depasturing on it that the Hamilton Club could neither accept' the challenges of their opponents to play matches on it nor practice on it themselves. Nevertheless they have at last accepted the challenge of the' Cambridge Club to a friendly contest at Hamilton on Saturday next, play to commence at 11 o'clock. Some of the best players refuse to play on the ground, as they have had quite enough black eyes, bumps on the head, and of "rubbing it in" for this season. If, however, the membeis make n point of working on the pitch for the remainder of this week the worst of these calamities may be averted or considerably lessened. The following playcis will represent Hamilton :— Messrs Palmer, Foirest, Browning, R. Wood, Seddon, Yon Sturmcr, J. Edgecumbe, Beauchamp, Douglas, Buttle, Meacham, and Even. The revenue returns published are encouraging. The property tax piomisos to exceed the estimate, while the customs returns are coming in freely. The Wellington correspondent of the Herald, refening to the lailway returns, says :—": — " lam sorry to say they continue soineM'hat unsatisfactory. It is true the gioss receipts are £4.1,000 more than tor the corresponding period of the previous year, bujtVunfoitunately the working expenses are £72,000 larger, so the net profit shows a falling of neatly £27,000. Moreover, there are 33 miles more of railway open this year. Comparing the different sections Auckland shows an improvement of nearly £3000 in the, net profit, Wellington nearly £3000, the Grrcymouth and Westpoit mineral lines each about £1500. Napier, Taranaki and Nelson arc about stationery, but Picton show s a falling off about £1500, Wanganui shows a falling off about £5000, while the Hurunui-Bluff is the greatest defaulter of all, exhibiting a decrease of £29,000 in net profit, the gross receipts being less by £7 9s 9d per mile', and the working expenses greater by £56 10s, although there is a larger increase in number of passcugers and quantity ;of goods earned. The explanation of the cause is that owing to the diminished rated so much 'more must be earned now to yield the same gross receipts that the relative proportion of working expenses must necessarily be far larger, and so profit decreases. The. expenditure absorbed 05 per cent, of the receipts for the 40 weeks as compared with 5S last year. Taking two Canterbury and Otago blanches, the Oxford-Eyreton spent £6989 in earning £5820, and the Duntroon branch spent £S2SO in earning only £3665."