ECHOES FROM THE CAFE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1771, 10 November 1883, Page 3

ECHOES FROM THE CAFE.

The victories of Martini-Henry at "Fleniiugton have so absorbed public attention that nothing else ha.s been talked about this week, oven the elevation of Mr Mitchelson to a seat in the Cabinet having been ' forgotten for the time. The latter e\ out is a proof of the saying that it is the unexpected that happens. When it was almost universally admitted that Auckland .should be vopresonted in the Ministiy, and the claims of the various members who wove supporters of the piosont Government w ere midci discussion, all of them wero named as possible Ministeis with the exception of Mr Mitchelson. Himvhs ho little known, his political life h.id been soshoit, and during it he had been so quiet and iinobtuiMve, that no one seemed torpinemlvi him. The general opinion is th.it the appointment is a mistake, but it leinains ■« ith Mi Mitchelson himself to prove that it is not. Beginning life as a carpenter, he has by his o\\ n industiy and perse\eranee laised himself to a prominent position, and theio is no ieason why the same talents which enabled him to succeed in business should not enable him to become a successful Cabinet Minister. I hone it may bo so, and th.it those who now have giave doubts on the subject will find themselves disappointed One thing is very ceitain, and that is that Mr Mitchelson is in every lespoctan Auckland man, and if Auckland inteiests suffer while he is in the Cabinet it will not be through any neglect on his part. * Aa I have already said, the % ictoi ies of Mavtim- Henry on the turf in Victona ha\e "Absorbed public attention and conversation to the exclusion of e\ ci v othei topic. When the news came that he had won the Deibv there was groat excitement, which continued until Tuesday evening, when the information that he had won the Melbourne ' Cup was lecoived, and then the excitement rose to boiling point. Those who knew the horse best considered his chances bettei for the Cup than for the Derby, as they had the gieatest faith in his staying pow ci s, and when he won the latter e\ent they conHideied his victoiy foi the fonnoi a coitainty, bar a<cidents. We Auckl.imleis have e\eiy leison to be pimul of the splendid perfoimancc* of the Auckland-hied colt, especially .is m both l.tees his time v .is the fa-stest on iccoid. When .Mi White gave llTiO guineas for the soy en-months old colt everyone was siupiised. but the 10hult has shown tii.it the price was not lai.ro enough, as it is stated tli.it his ownei lias won -t"i"5,000 by his victone.. Large though this sum seems it is -mall compaied with what the stud company w ill make by Martini- Henry V \ictoiies, as the" own his hiie ,md dam, at least one full brother, and I know not how maii^ halfbrotheis and half-sisteis. (hie of oui leading «olieit.)i-5 made a very good bon mot on the Mibn-ct of the Deibv win. }[c said, '* This is a splendid countiy that we live in. Wo have the best climate, the best soil, the best men, the best hoises, .iml our carpenters aie good enough for Cabinet Ministers." Talking of sohcit')i s iemiiulsnieth.it we have fai too in.in> nienil>ei-> of that (not ,dways) honotirablo ])iofession in Auckland, and the cry is, " Still they come. hi the inteiests of the lost of the coinniiniifcv, something will have to be done to lesson the supply, 01 theie will soon be nioic lawyeis than clients. Many \e,u> ago 1 lead a book called "MnkV Reef,"' b\ .1. Fennimoie Coopi.l, I think, ltdesciib d.l colony formed funned on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Theie w>ie no uch and no ])ooi, and evei yone was piospoious, happy and contented, until on an i\ ll da y a law \ei ai lived at the island. Jlefoio lonjj qn.uiels began to take pl.ue, the stion<> bigan to oppiess and iob tli" weak, and sHin theie was no tiace left of the aicadiau peace and hippim-ss, Theie is a good deal of ti nth undeilviug the liction, and f behove it is a bad thing for Us to have so main lnwvei . The question aiises, "How aie we to get iid of them V" The most feasible plan appeal s t") be to cop\ th" example of tlio peoplenfAl.ulivasc.il with letf.ud to then aml)ass.ulois. The Malagasy amhass.idnis weie unsuccessful in then mission, <o tliey have been strangled. Let u> ado]>t tho same plan with otu lawyeis. As soon as one, I'Vaoij a c i*i-* let him lv sti angled, and v\ c will soon get i id of our dufi'eis, who toim the large majjiity. L^ T! >i est mnt, Vive le J!oi Air If. Laishley has uv-igned tin po iti-in of cb.uiman of the Bia.d of Kducition, and M"i R. Hobb> has been elected m his ste.id. ])iuing his term of of-hce All Liishlev has done soiny (,'(,(kl and some foolish thinir He has done f-ood by nisi ting on the light of the loci 1 sclio il coaunittues tt In cm suited in evciv c ise of the appointment oi i vJ'ii nal of .) t"tchei, in mak'ti^ impiou-juant-i vi the mode of inspecting scho >]s, and in m ikmjr bettei pio.ision foi the teaching of gymnastic-, dull and calostheuics. Among his fool'sh thing-, may lie reckoned his spujchc-., notiblv that deliveied at the hie Ainu up vi the (fills' Hi^h School, and his cncul.us on '' s\ mp.ithetic accord" and clicks. On the whole, 1 think, it may be conceded th.it he, has dmo more q >od than liann, and so foi the lake of the benefits ho has been instrument il in gaining, we may foi get his mistake--. It is \eiv ceitain that, after b >th benefits and mistikes aie foigotten, tint plnase of his — .\mpathctic accnid--will remain, and be used In people who knew nothing of its author. He coined a new plnase as the late Kail Beaeoiisfiold coined a new woid — mammal. In a bill which he intioducod into the Tmp"iial }\uhatn'jnt, for givinir tenants eoni])eusiitiou for improvements, thcio was a piovision foi ]ecoin|)ensing them for "nianuiial" miprovenieuts. One of his opponents objected to the woid, on tho gioimd that it was not an Knghsli woid. "VVn well."' said the great leadei of the Consi-uatives, "We will make it an Enirhsh word by using it in an Act of I'ailiauient. "' Tho (ioveinois of the Amkluid College and (riaminai S< lioml have i'< ctded to toiitnbnt • then quota t > the impiovcmcit of the city. They own a nuinboi of allotuu nt , in iSyinonds-stieel, on which aie built "Id and unsij-litly cott ilts, so they. have decided that th'i-e bui!( ing shall be sold and lemoved, and that (he l.uid s)i,i]l b" ]i>t on lease foi fifty ■so.us, on condition that a house of the value of t'">oo shall b" built on each allotment, and that the lentals shall be mci eased iiftv per cent, at the end of twenty yen s, . -si d again fifty pei cent .it the end of foitv ■\eais. Theie cm lie no doubt about tl c mipioveiuent that this will make in the poition of the city m which the allotments aie situated, and L believe that the funds of the ti list will be augmented, as allotments m that position, opposit" the beautiful giound-, of (Jo\einment Hoi.sc, and between the Allvit Pailc and the Domain, aio sine to bung in larger lentalh than thepicscnt dilapid.ited shanties. It would tend to impiovo the value of the allotment 1 : m question if the tumble-down stables belonging to (Government House weie abolished, as they are simply a disgiaco to the colony of New Zealand, and no (-roveinor would allow a decent hoise, if he owned one, to be kept in them. The news from Te Aioha (-Joldheld is of a most satisfactoiy natuio, a-, the ciushin^s fioin five of the claims indicate most satisfactoiy lesults. It has long been believed by those best qualified to foi m an opinion, that theie was any quantity of aunforous quaife theie which would give sjilendid lesults when it was ciushed, and the lesults of the crushing*, piovu that the belief was well founded. A .shoit time ago a Vic- I torian gentleman who had had a large amount of expeiience in quaitz-miniug, visited Te Aroha. On his lotmn to Auckland he told a fiiend of his that he was quite satisfied that the field would turn out better even than Ballarat. Auckland is prospeious now, but with a splendid goldtield so clo.se to it, it will soon become a second Melbourne. And what a giand thing it will be for Waikato, having an immense goldh'eld so close to it, where there will soon be thousands of minei s ready to pay a high pi ice for all the pioduce that can be sent to them. Yes ! things w ill soon assume a roseate — or I might say an auriferous hue. What a lot of money you will all make, and when you do make it see that you keep it, i& the advice of St. Mungo.

Mobsrs "\V. J. Hunter and Co. will sell at theCambridge Yards to-d.iv, a number of useful horses. On Thursday nc\t they will soil at fixOhaupo Yards, cattle, &c , and 200 ]-bicd cw< s with lambs at side. Mr John Knox will soil at Boauchamp's fnrro, Pi.iko road, on 'lursday next, under distrc-s warrant, 14 sheep, vindi.iss, blocks, haw, &r. Mr Morris Mo-.es h.is bern appointed .ujent at Cambridge for the New Zealand Tweed Company. All persons in the W.iito.i distiict ha\injr GovernnicJnt arms or accoutrements in their possession arc notified that they must detis-er the same „ to Instructor GwntatTe Arohaon thelTth orlOth " inst., or they will be liable to prosecution. ' Mr Geo. Aldridge will conduct the usual snr' vice* at Lo Quenne'B Hall tomorrow. Tho subif ct for tbo evening lecture is " H»dcs."