COMMENTS.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1671, 22 March 1883, Page 2

COMMENTS.

AYE-suppose there are very few colonists, but who.arftiieartily gladTe Whitr and, his faTthfurh%iJtJhm^Tohu, t |at^;lt>nce 1 more at liberty, 'frothing, js'so Tfcpug ] nant to the mind ot Vißritori as the loss, of liberty } the very name, of captivity is] hateful. Nor are we as, a nation or .race so devoid of sympathy that, , we cannot feel for the'wdes'of others. "Therefore 1 .it.is that we, all vsecretly r^'pice, at 'the| liberation of the West, Coast,. propfteft. But' our joy ia after ; all in thetmain i, o>v'Lu'g, npt perhaps so much topur^o'ssWs-. sion of- the> high qualities './^e.jh^va named, 1 as to a certain i /secretr satisfacj tion'born '^of the knowledge that "henCel forth, .bo far as .^flroa^.preßcie^'jJsltij, determihe, there <,wiW be,, no more^rßubl^ 'dt'the base- of' Mount (Egmonfc, '* We 'do had the remotest intention; of.,,disturb,ing 'the peace, 1 but his utterances \vere,mever|,lbhflles,s, not cAlculated'tOf^prpdUce'trp'on' (his hearers the, (effect wnicn;ifc,,may i ,be presumed the reading oft suck a document ns the Riot -Act would have. Hifc speechc^' pp r e6pU* ( Were' wottt'to tell us in /weep very sure, op this . vtfipw. jt />we^_ prfpnen'ea 7ti^i^ 'tljese/oracilrfr jieiiverances'wfere capable of; lhoreHnah one idteVpre I ta % tion^^ln t 'an^ciiBe, the preiturbul^ifc -gi-nfi, of, follpwera. , was {a -sourcoof tWmMmmßmW ->!LM" that Mrßryce wa^Mfekfed £msYs*4. opinion vOf ninety-nine hundregtHsJd^nfcl

Gordon, Mr Chessonamnd the Right Kcverend Dr. Sutor, E&hop of Nelson, to the co »toy7 no t^^^ an^lfl?g*f|^ ie exiles, m oVffirofliy ereflfea ted KviJjr tho^ utmost kin ffles^|pveroft[jonis(| i in/every' town in th< w^ o< |gP sa l Inhibition n Ufmstchurah, at indeMtTl^j forts they experienced resulting from exposure to the unseasonable clime of Southland, and_ i shcj[jreezy uplands of the L.fke Vountry W OSago. 'f|e"n. ' ifter , th^iv journeying/ up jajld douvn. thew 'wdrtt comfortably liousect* at wljerc they have since remained under the guardianship of a* moat kind officer, specially dcpittoth. by thft,Govcrnn\enti look after the comno Wise treated as"pnsoners usually are, and save for the fact that they were, so r tt5 <f »peHky t ßiira?foreign ! -shore,- they would; t no doubt, have been thoroughly happy. 'I<J^V,h^i has' evidently b|aetitc[d'by it/ Whether during his torn- of £lie Middle -Islands-he- -was impressed -with -i^thepower of the pakeha,-- or whether during the period lie has' been located in peaceful, sleepy Blind .Bay,, he^meditated on the causes which ledto^hia expatriation,' it boots , not \to It is enough for usjto- knowjthat he comes back" to his liome'filled. with the determination, to i live . after p new , fashiop, eschewing carpfully those things wliich; brought trou^le l ijpon Jjis- house in the past. We leavn that the' (lay usually set apart for his 'monthly meetings passed over, this month, peacefully, the natives keeping away at 1 the' express, desire of , their chief. This event gettles a , point about which a certain amount' of uncertainty existed, aiid therefore 'it is that we say , we, have seen the last -of the trouble on, the West Coast. , , r

It is reported that Lord Spencer has' resigned the Lord - Lieutenancy of Ireland.' ' This step has not,' we may assume, 1 been dictated to his lordship by the circumstance of his having narrowly escaped been blown to atoms by an infernal machine enclosed in a letter, but by afpelingthat, on the 1 whole, he has not been a popular man in the Green Isle. We' had understood that the' appointment of Earl Sppncer to the ,Vige- Regal post was intended to signalise the commencement of a policy of conciliation in Ireland, to take the place of that of force. Unfortunately, however, for Lord Spencer— doubly unfortunate for the unhappy country ' over ■whose destinies he was called on to preside — there occurred that ''diabolical' tragedy in the Phcenip Park ; the olive branch was withdtaw'n, and the sword once more substituted. England was not alone in iher condemnation of the dastardly act. Every true Irishm&n. shored the feeling; though he must have known that the result would be disastrous to his country. But this event, though it may - have deprived the Lord- Lieutenant of the power of doing as much as he otherwise might, does not afford a sufficient reason for the great unpopularity of the Queen's late^ representative in Ireland. The " Castle" Government has not been, and is not likely to become immensely, popular with the Irish people, who fail >to see embodied in it that principle of self - government which British communities are so careful to preserve. The Dublin Freeman, .of January 20th, concludes a most temperate article on the subject in these words :—: — " Let us for a moment change the venue from Ireland to England, and see how the system in vogue here wonld work , if applied to our Saxon neighbours. We all remember that, in )S6B Mr Gladstone was the hero, and idol of the English people. In 1882 his popularity among %he English masses has been such as has rarely \>een won by a statesman, but in , the interval there was a period when Mr Gladstones windows were smashed by^ a London mob, when he appeared in' the streets of ' London guarded by police, and when, bis/ name was at any -popular meeting received with groans and hisses. Suppose that during that period he had persisted in retaining office, that he had treated as worthy only of lofty scorn the angry votes of condemnation passed by popular meetings throughout England, that he' had egged on his Attorney-General to prosecute the newspapers which were bold enough to denounce him and his policy, that he had got his Home Secretary to drill the magistrates into dealing summarily and severely with those who Ventured to ■ attend meetings summoned to give expression to the popular feelingagainst him— suppose that all this had 1 occurred, what would' Englishmen have •said and done? Would 'ihay^ have blessed the Constitution under which they lived ? would 1 they have' felt any reverence for the " Government?" would they have yielded respect to the system of so-called law under which' suCh'proceedings were possible? We" believe" that not at the very highest of the Jingo fever was Mr Gladstone so alienated from -English popular feeling,' as Ldrcl'Spericer is at this moment alienated from Irish popular feeling, and yet we ' shall be told irt the one breath that he shall remain di|r ruler' arid that we have a constitu* tional Government in Ireland." ' ' '

Mr Northcroft, R.M., returned to Hamilton on'.Tueaclay. , tM

The second ladies' Working Bee,, in connection ' !;with ' S.. Eeter'i?, Church, Hamilton,.will take place at tjhe pojsqn,age this afternoon. , „ J( „

On Good 'Friday the post and telegraph'offices in this district, will obser.ye a close hholidayy v On Easter Monday the' offices will be open; to the ptibite' rb"etween the hours of 9 and 10 a.m. l% ,

The Roman Catholics, of Cambridge .have abandoned 'the'idea of giving their annual concert on ''EasteVJ^o'iiUay evening. The concert 1 has' been furtlier postponed. „. (,

; The members of' the Baptist Church,, at Cambridge, will,hold a picnic ttp-mpr,row, to wjiich they, hayp invited a number of friends. Ijtae, scene, pf, the holiday's recreation is to be Mr Seymour's farm. M '

, ", '' Mr R, H. D. Fergusson ftsignd his seataa chairman of ,the' Piako Connfcy Cftuiiijif at'the next Monthly ; 'm'ee'tiiig of that body. Par,t of the business tf 'tlie nleetiriff will'he to' 'elect a cliairirian..

new; '.. v The MrV^MilneT 1 t Stephen at) j Christchurch has,', broken 'down. Tlie Bench, hel<jl that no fi'a'iul, hacl been, .prove'^/^inst the and dismissed the without costs. ,

ca^e In the Tuesday morning His' H6hbur Jrudge Smith gave 'judgment 1 £ri'the cas'e't6vett'vJliMaMMll (claim for gravel) for'thel'plaintiff for £72 17s 6d, with .£9! 10s< costs. ,r , , >

j To-morro^r^CGbbd-'Friday) there will be divine services at S. Andrew's^ Oambrulge^ and S. Peter's, Hamilton, a^ the-8-anie hours- as on 'Sunday, /ino'rning and evening. There will be service at the school-room, Cambridge West, at i} p.m.; and at Te Awamutu at half-past 7in the evening. • „i,-|,{ / ,. > v

j tJ J « Thte 2iiegotiations-*rererred~*tpJfoi last issue as pending between Mr Ri Lamb and the W.S.N. Co. for the pur* ohass of the Ngaruawahia flour mills! have resulted in a, sale being effected! Ma uuderßtond the prMpMlm4#o in oasi?, ftn'a 1750 paid-up shares iif.fhe company, the stock to be taken at cost.

The contemplated cricket match between a Waikato eleven and the Tara> naki team now visitm§l.J^ufcklarid'Skill ifio^taKo-place^-as fliTWalKalo^ii^rp; cannot find a sufficient complement of' players to go to Auckland, though six or' seven! <$®:e^K|iouB! *jgij t^j'gonglusionjj. with the visitors , • , :

v '_ { A grand lime-light entertainment in connection' with S., John's Sundayl'Volunteer Hall. ITe^A.watnutu; on Tvies'fafl f j^the PubUcHall,.

Mr J. wTßridgman, Te. AyaiWP wil Is : —Would you plea&«|§Drre<gjTm. .errfj [ wufcjtj|^PPeaiP *BBjy°ur »I orfc jnw^ W||ing<oj^ren*ra^oythc T|||\waj|B|tu Cliecso an piacp iFaQtory of lip issmfnin Burke that nothing of the sort had ever been reported to him by the manager." The question put to me was, was I aware \of anylrfterferenc'eSfflifi(| difecbSffs wjjth the njanager, to replied persona ly I was not!'^ Had -the questionas it appears in your report been put to mo I should have replied in the affirmative. By inserting the above you will

oblige. , f;" p?h,4/annuM tofcW^ofiheJHtantfltpn' >Baiid will take place on 'Kastdr Monday,' 26th inst. The favourite steamer Delta *hWb"eW^nWtered?df x the' occasion; *and y the spot selected is adjacent to NgariiaAvilfia.^' r i\\ c we^tl|e|;' jprg\;e j fin^e the picnic diign't £o be" well patronised) "as^ *thetrip>isa< delightful-one. -^Every. care: has been taken by the for the convenience of the excursionists, and as the steamer has recently undergone a, complete overhaul, she will be in firstclass trim. / There ' is, no |more suitable spot for «i day's outing /than the'sloping, sheltered banks of the far-famed Waipa. The fares are remarkably reasonable. . <

Our Raglan correspondent; writes". —Just l^efprejl^seut .you au account of Raglan races, I received—with a request that I would publish ' it—a statement iof the time in which, ,the various races were ran. sThere must, howjever, hav,e been « mistafee^made ,tyy( the time-keeper. Ido not imply that some of the races were not ran very fast, still I am .certain they were not ran in' the time given.' By reference I'find that last week the' Napier Provincial Stakes, distance one mile, was won in, lmin.> .49^secB., while the Mile Handicap ' was ' said to be ran' in lmin. 40sec. This speaks foi 1 itself,' 'and I cannot risk the publishing of the Raglau time.

At the jneeting of the promoters of a cheese factory for Wbivtawh' *ta held a few clays ago, Mr C. Day presided,' and theie was only a moderate attendance, but those who 'did' attend seemed' Very anxious that a factory should be established. The chairman explained to the meeting the advantages which would be derived by the settlers from such an institution. After discussing the matter at some length as to the advantages and disadvantages of the undertaking it was decided to form a cofnmitt"ec7consisting~ of Messrs Dawson, Limmer, and Corboy, to canvass thejdistrict to ascertain the lium-, ber of shares that could be floated among, the residents to report at a future meeting >,','■

Larrikinism of that very objectionable type—ma)iciou3 injury to property larrikinism—is at present beginning to make itself much felt in Cambridge. Of late years Cambridge has enjoyed quite an immunity from thia very objectionable plague, and we hope that now when the plimt js just beginning to bud it will be nipped m its infancy. The contractors for the drainage' works at the coi'rierof Dukc-strefet and Victoria-street have had their lamps.smashed and.extingnished during the night. As the cutting was made straight across Victoriastreet in the most frequented quarter, through" these lamps,being extinguished serious accidents mighjb haye occurred to equestrians and others passing along the street, Should this(conduct be repeated the contractors inteild offering a reward for the discovery of the guilty parties, and who have no doubt if discovered will be severely dealt with by the police.