The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1693, 12 May 1883, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Ktiu.il .md exact justice to all men, Ot whatsoever st.ite or persu.ision, religious or pnlitir.il. Jli-re shall the Press the People's right maintain, Unawed by influence and unbnbcd by R.un.

SA TURD AY % MA Y Li, 1883.

First impressions are held to be tho best, and under ordinary circumstances we could have wished that his Excellency the Governor had either visited this district earlier, or had put oft' his visit until next spring. As it is, however, we have no cause for regret on this score. It is notorious that Waikato generally looks its worst at the latter end of autumn, but no one who followed iSir William Jorvois could say that tho observation holds good this season. After an exceptionally dry .summer, tho parallel of which has not been experienced for a long number of years, a moist, mild autumn brought the grass on wonderfully well, and the aspect of the country when tho Governor passed over it was eminently pleasing. A man's character is not the better determined by his having his best clothes on, but the mere fact of his having a Sunday suit argues something in proof of his thriftinoss. And so, wliilo we have no desire that any visitor should soe Waikato only at its very best, wo are equally averse to confining his experiences of tho district to the dreary months of winter. The Governor has seen it in a sort of betwixt and between state, not half as good, and perhaps not so bad as it occasionally is, and as certainly nothing like what it is capable of becoming. For one thing he has been, up to yesterday at any rate, favoured with weather which is in the highest degroo deserving of tho title of Queen's. Excepting- a little chilliness in tho oarly morning, tho temperature has been thoroughly pleasant. Everywhere his Excellency has been most cordially received by the people, and by none more -so than by the nativ.es at present resident in Cambridge. Their address was a model of good taste and wholesome sentiment, and f ully deserved the attention which his Excellency felt constrained to give it. On tho whole we may tako it that our distinguished visitor is pleased with his trip, and that tho iuiprossion he has created in tho minds of the residents of Waikato is entirely favourable. He, for his part, has gone away fully cognisant of the vast productive power of this district, and fully alive to the urgent need for its development. He has seen, as lie could not help seeing, that the vast tracts of country lying around us are only partially settled, and imperfectly, very imperfectly, cultivated ; he must have seen everywhere lie looked that the power of producing is beyond all comparison greater than the actual production, the cause of which he will not have been slow to divine. For our part we have had an opportunity of confirming the golden opinions which our now Governor lias won from all sorts of people. If it be objected that his Excellency is too fond of praising, we must admit that this is> a failing which leans to virtue's side, because his ecomiums are not mere empty words, but tributes which are, whatever be their value, founded on close observation. He does not busy himself with our faults, simply because advice on that head is distasteful and unwelcome, even when solicited, while nothing ,is more natural than that he should take pleasure in pointing out oui advantages, and in what manner they can be multiplied: Governors are not like Ministers of Public Works ; we nend< not expect to receive any tangible,, benefit itVotu their, visits. They? Flo not recommend the erection of bridges and 1 the construction of roads,' they, do not build palatial post-offices and QQurt-hqußeß, far uj, oy cauw *ray of.

those innumerable little gojden rivulets to flow in the directiop-j of our, breecheV pockets.-, But, iii" jan Indirect way; they ctyf confer .benefits. s 'thp opinion of a liodn of Sir William Jesrvow' calibre is worth sojiiethihg, an^[ if Asked to make s.choice ,we v should take his good in preference to his bad opinion.

WE'Would again remind those > in 7r 7 r torested in the pstablishmeitt of the meat freezing industry in this province that those willing to cooperate with the promoters of the proposed company must send their names and addresses, to the secretary not later than to-day. No expense is involved in this step, which will be regarded solely in the light of an intention to support the objects of the company.

The opponents of secular education never sleep, and some day it is not improbable that they may catch their adversaries napping. In season and out of season they continue to preach a crusade against secularism. On the occasion of his laying the foundation stone of a new school at Balmain the other day, Archbishop Vaughan, of Sydney, is reported to have'remarked on the subject of, education that by the time all their schools which were now being constructed were in a fit condition for pecupation,' he expected that they would have payment by results. He knew the English mind. Englishmen were prejudiced, but they were eminently just, and when the scales , dropped oft', payment by results would come. But he did not advocate "fighting" for that act of justice ; he advised them, on the contrary, to keep quiet, ' and do their work, and it would come. The country would have justice done, and until the public mind saw its way, and fixed justice on an immovable basis, it was best for them to wait. Any seesaw that would keep up a ferment, and keep Catholics out of public life, had better be avoided if possible. His pastorals had had the effect, politically,, of giving perhaps no fa\our, but certainly fair play, to Catholic politicians. When were so many able men of theirs in Parliament before? Let them wait. They would work and wait until a sense of justice throughout the land swept away all cobwebs and levelled all bigotry, giving to the true and loyal Catholics of the British Empire justice pure and simple. Let us hove that the Archbishop's estimate of what he terms the English mind is a correct one. So long as the people of these great colonies are " just," so long will they continue toiesistthe interfeience of Churches in the State schools. It is when the mass of ths people lapse into bigotry and prejudice, that the champions of national education will have cause for quaking. At present our aim is to make the welfare of the State the chief object of its people. Donominationalism will assign to it the second place. ___^_______________

The annual meeting of the ratepayer:* of the Mangapiko Road District stands adjourned till Saturday May 'J6th, at 1 p.m. The committee of theTe Awamutu Annual Races have decided not to have a Pony Race, and also to do away with the Steeplechase, as the course cannot be obtained. The programme of the concert to be given in aid of the Presbyterian building improvement fund at the Public Hall, Ciunbiidge, on Wednesday evening next, will be found in our advertising columns. It is of a most attractive kind, and should draw together a largo audience. We have been asked to remind our readers that the Bishop of the Diocese will preach in S. Peter's Chinch, Hamilton, to-morrow (Whit .Sunday), at the morning service, and will hold a confhmation m the same church in the even-, ing, at 7 o'clock. The new Anglican Church of S. Stephen the Martyr, Tanuihere, will bo opened by the Bishop on Monday e\ cning next at half-past seven o'clock. The paushioneis are asked to meet the Bishop at half -past three in the afternoon. A very marked change in the weather took place yesterday. Ram commenced to fall early in the morning, and continued with increasing volume throughout the clay. The pro\erbial three day's frost will ,\ery likely be followed by the three day's lain. A musical entertainment will be given in the Ohaupo school-house on Fiiday next. The programme will ala.o mcltidc the faice of " The Lottery Ticket," which i& to be repeated at thp special lequest of those who saw it played on a ionnur occasion with such success. The whole will conclude with a dance i A poll of the ratepayers of the Borough of Hamilton will be taken on Wednesday, May 23rd, to determine whether the Public Libraries Act shall or shall not be brought into force within the borough. We trust the burgesses will see their way to vote for the proposal. We would draw our readers' attention to the advertisement of a concert to be given on Tuesday evening next, in aid of the funds of S. Peter's Church, Hamilton. A very attractive programme is offered, every item of which has been carefully prepared, so that apart fiom the object of the concert, itself a com- | mendable one, the efforts ot our local j amateurs and their friends should ensure 9l large and appreciative audience. A public meeting is called for this evening at the Volunteer Hall, Te Awamutu, to discuss the question of " Uniform railway fares : how will they pay." Mr Vaile, a gentleman who has devoted a large amount of time and thought to the subject, will attend and lay his views before the meeting. The subject has an important bearing on the welfare of this district, and we hope to sec it fairly and fully discussed. The closing services of the parochial mission, being held at S. Andrew's, Cambridge, will be held this evening and to-morrow. At the close of the services this evening, a special address will be given to men only. At 8 o'clock on Sunday morning a special address will be given to Sunday-school teachers and other church workers or intending workers. The services throughout the week have been well attended, and the earnest and stirring addresses of the misbioner have been listened to with much interest. Harry Robertshaw, formerly a stoiekeeper at Tamahere, and the circumstances attending -whose departure our readers are well acquainted with, w as brought up at the Police Court on Thursday before the Mayor and Mr J. B. Whyte, J.P., on a charge of wife desertion. Sergt. McGovern informed the Bench that prisoner had been arrested at Wellington on a warrant issued at Hamilton, but as the wife who laid the information failed to appear, he bad t no evidence to offer. The bench had no option, therefore, but to discharge the prisoner. Robertshaw, when he left the district, left a number of sorrowing friends behind him, but they have not apparently 'been able to do .anything, as the object of their affection left by the goods train for Auck- . land on Thursday afternoon. An extraordinary general meeting of the shareholders of thdTe Awamutu Cheese and Bacon Factory Company is called for Saturday, the, 2nd June, at the Volunteer Hall, Te Awamntu, to, pass, if approved, a resolution confirming the appointment of Messrs C. J. Storey and M. M. Taylor as auditors.' The first general meeting of shareholders will be, held immediately to receiVe report and balance-sheet ; to jelect four directors in toe room of Mr Edward Pftrpoqi (who Jiw retired in, CQi)&e<|u.«t)99,

t leaving the distal), Jan^p'MYssrs, allace Jones, ¥61in Ebut'cipnson} Xqdj; William Taylor, rejjfrij Jin % accord* ati^e wiJJh articles of' association, and Iwhp • 'ftr,e 'eligible /for re-election", \ tof,at>poin,t fjiiiditorsj and for tpe transaction of buch' $Sher Kfibinelss as n?a# bo broughVbofor'e '. fhe meeliiiigi '.The, 'transfer books .will be lbsedC.from.ihe" I.6th/ May 'tp <the\stb/ June.^ v ' Mr Hart, photographer, who has arrived at Wellington after a visit to Milford Sjound." tells 4;he Ncio'~<Zeabiyd\ Tunes that in the course of his Business ' tour he had,anjppport?unity, of seeing Jthe ' highest waterfall in the world, that of the Arthur River, about 30 miles from the head of Milford Sound, called by the name of Southern's Fall, from its first explorer, 'Mr Southern. It is 'said to M bt no less than 5700 feet 1 high, and iakes' the whole waters of the Arthur Kivcr with it, making one almost perpendicular leap of 3000 feet downwards at starting. It is only 20 feet broad at,the first point of its descent, ' and looks at a distance like a bright, broad thread of water. The source is apparently in some large glacier among mountains over 9000 feet high. Even in dry weather it takes down live times as much water as the Bowen Falls in, the same,.district do at any time. The following Europeans bearing date the 29th' April are to hand per Wakatipu at Wellington :—ln: — In the House of Commons, last night, Mr P. F. Eckroyd, the member for Preston, brought forward a motion for extending protection duties iv the United Kingdom. , The motion was negatived. "With a' view of rendering himself familiar' with the condition of the poorer classes in Ireland, Lord Spencer is now malting a tour amongst the Irish peasantry. It is rumoured that Mr Gladstane intends to accept a peerage, and to assume the title of Earl of ' Midlothian, Members of the Convention, who arc in favour of the use •f dynamite, fully believe that the objects' of the Irish agitation will be aqhievjed by its continual employment. Two Australian priests, who 'Were present at yesterday's sitting, spoke in favour of this view. f Tho fnendd of the Tichborno claimant arc making arrangements for a grand reception of the man now in Parramatta Asylum, whom they allege to be the genuine Arthur Orton. An application for his release is now pending in the Supreme Court of New South Wales. It is reported that a crisis in Egypt is imminent, the Khedive having refused to accept the reforms proposed by Lord 'Dufferin. -