The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1705, 9 June 1883, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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SA TURD A F, JUNE 9 % 1883.

In another part of this issue will be found a short account of the first annual general meeting of the Te Awamutu Cheese and Bacon Factory Company. As this is the first of its kind to commence operations in Waikato, any statement regarding its working and the results obtained must be in the highest ! degree interesting, not only to those directly concerned in its welfare, but in a high degree also to those who havealready ernbarke \ in, or who propose entering upon similar enterprises. We are sorry for their sakes that the report is not more explicit. Pwrhaps we may yet be in a position to make public the details of the company's oporati ns. At present we have only the broad result before us, namely, that the total expenditure has been £3396, to meet which it is necessary to make a call of 5s per share in addition to the calls already authorised, amounting to 10s. The wildest visionary could not, of course, have anticipated a dividend the first year, and the best proof of the satisfaction of the shareholders is to be found in the fact that they thoroughly approved of the propos-il to make the additional call. Those shareholders who are also suppliers are not the people to object to making a further contribution to the fundrf. T© these at any rate the practical utility of the factory has been sufficiently demonstrated. Whereas formerly their cows brought them little if any return at all, they now produce a revenue, the amount of which can be estimated with tolerable certainty from week to week. We are told on the best authority that one supplior, during the time the factory has been in operation, got a net return of £10 ger head from his cows. To keep such a market as this farmers ought not to complain if, for the first year or so, they have to return a portion of their profits. The large outlay involved in starting an industry such as that at To Awamutu precludes the possibility of profit at the outset, but as this expense will not require to be repeated year after year, the returns to shareholders may be expected by-and-bye to assume something like respectable proportions, while the benefits accruing to the dairying class who are suppliers and shareholders will, we liave little doubt, exceed the most sanguine expectations. One very important question, namely, as to whether good cheese cau be made in the Waikato, has, we think, been satisfactorily answered, so that tho only difficulty now remaining, which can be called such, relates to the finding a market. On this point also we feel but little uneasiness. By keeping the Southern produce out — a task which ought not to prove very difficult — Waikato cheesMinakers would find in Auckland itself a fair market for some little time to come, though we must eventually seek to dispose of the produce abroad. In this regard something will depend on the measure of success attending the meat freezing and export venture. If it is found practicable to combine the two industries, we may rest assured of the futtro prosperity of this portion of the colony.

The concluding letter of "On Horseback to the Lakes," in type for the last two issues, is unavoidably held over to make room for local news. Lodge Alpha, E.G., Cambridge, will be opened on Monday evening. A largo, number of the Masonic fraternity arc expected to be present. Sir George Grey intends visiting Alexandra to-day in response to an iimtation from Wahanui and other natives to meet them to consult on public affairs. The Rev W. Raeburn, the Presbyterian minister resident at Hamilton, will preach at Ngarnawahia to-morrow, at 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Professor Sample was a passenger to Cambridge by yesterday's coach, and was to havelectared there on ' 'The Horse' 1 l»st night. To-night the professor will lecture at Te Awamutu. The meeting held at Whatawhata on Thursday, to consider the advisable- ~ ness or otherwise of starting a cheese factory in that district, Was ' fairly attended, and a committee was appointed to take the preliminary steps towards establishing the industry! The bread an! butter dance given by the married ladies of Cambridge last Wednesday in ( the, Public Hall was fairly attended. Those present ' tia'd a , gopd i time untiU a.m., the boar at,' wfjich ;it had been decided 'to close. ' The "music (pianoforte) and^the Eefiesh'mengsjwore' provided; by, the jladiesj * '1 \ 'upS XL l {. i i -"■' A:t^a ;f mtfetto;^f

was- resolved to instruct the engineer to drain tho water off tlije main road at its junction j-wjth the x road, near Coivley'B,t^linthe*c^tifse ooi week or 80 the pictf^cs^ Jake^Whic!|%as'hitherto ndoruccl'fthis- neighbourhood will be no more. ?* /£ ' v Besides preaching in St. Peter's Church both" mornibg aud evening 'tomorrow (Sundny), the Rev. Joseph Hill, evangelist and mission preacher, will hold a service in the Public Hall immediately after the evening service in the church. "All are invited During the week the Rev. Mr Hill will hold a scries of mission services in Hamilton East and West. - Mr W. Lovett's contract for fcfie second section of the Cambridge railway (construction only) waa completed some days ago; and was taken over by the Resident Engineer, Mr D. M. Beere, on behalf of the Public Works Department, on Tuesday. The contractor has given j the greatest satisfaction all through ; his j work has been . done expeditiously and well. The teachers of S.Peter's Church Sunday-school, recognising the principle that recreation is good and wholesome, have resolved to provide a varied entertainment for the children, which is to come off on the 26th inst. The children of S. Peter's Sunday-school will be admitted free, all others at a moderate charge, ai per advertisement in another column! It is gratifying to know that the Government are not wanting in appreciation of the valuable service rendered by the Cavalry on the occasion of tbo capture of the wretched fanatic Mahuki at Alexandra. Ihe Te Awamutu troop have received a bonus of £90 odd, and the Waiuku troop, who also turned out for service, but were happily not required, have had the sum of £60 odd handed to them. These bonuses represent pay at the rate of 12s Gd per man per day for each day or part of a day on which he was under arms. The polling for the return of five members of the Newcastle Road Board took place at Whatawhata on Thursday, with the following result :— Patrick Corboy, 24 ; Edmund Fitzpatrick, 24 ; William Skeates, 21 ; Arthur Dawson, 18 ; Robert Fleming, 15 ; John Martin, i 14 ; Charles Limmer, 9. The first five are, therefore, duly elected to serve on the board for the ensuing- year. The annual meeting of ratepayers for receiving accounts, &c, which was to have been held on the same day, stands adjourned till the 14th inst. Tha body of the young man, Mr Firth, drowned at Rotorua some days ago, has been recovered. At the inquest it waa proved that deceased must have had an epileptic fit, and was drowned without a struggle. A verdict of accidental death was returned. Mr Firth wns the son of the Sheffield philanthropist, and had only recently arrived in tho colony. It is not yet known whether the remains will be sent home or not. The hon. Mr Rolleston cabled the sad intelligence to the relatives of deceased. A case of cure of phylloxera has been reported to us as having taken place in Major Wilson's conservatory iit Cambridge. A choice vine was attacked by the pest, and the Major imagined the case to be hopeless. His gardener, however, Mr Geo. Jones, undertook to curtthe vine, and did so to the Major's surprise We are not aware if there h any known remedy for the disease, but we are informed that Mr Jones, who learned the secret in England, feels himself perfectly competent to cure any infected vines unless the disease has progressed too far. Sir G-. M. O'Rorke, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, has received a telegram from the Colonial Secretary, informing him that the Hinemoa is to luave Wellington for Onehunga on Saturday (to-day), for the purpo.se of convej ing the Auckland members of the General Assembly to Wellington, in time for the opening of the session on Thurday. The Hinemoa will leave the Onehunga wharf about mid-day on Tuesday next. The precise hour will be notified on Captain Fairchild's arrival. We understand, also, that Mr Hurst yesterday received a telegram, stating that, in response to a request from several of the* Auckland members, the Hinemoa will be sent up to leave Onehunga on Snndiy, the 17th, so as to have those membeis in Wellington in time for business on Tuesday. —Hirald.