The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1847, 8 May 1884, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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"THURSDAY, MAY S, 1881

Two* political addresses were deliVered on Monday v/hich tlie cirthe time, more than ' ' anY-intrinsic nierits, elevate into the

borough at Blenheim, and Mr Montgomery to tho people of Canterbury at Chnstchureb. There was little in either speech that (.•alls for special notice. Tho Ministor for Lands dcprecited any indulgence in pessimistic ideas, and predicted that the depression under which the colony groans is only temporary. Continued immigration and the settlement of tho land on proper principles arc, according to Mr Tlolleston, tho two things necessary to restore prosperity to us, and the evils to be guarded against .ire, tli' rcfore, land monopoly and I.iiid speculation. He does not believe with Henry George that land nationalisation is the only panacea, but taking warning by the past he desires to secure the occupation of the land by the greatest possible number ot settlers. At the same time he condemns the land tax and bur.sting-up proposals. Mr Rolles ton sticks bravely to immigration, which lie calls " the real key of the prosperity of the colony." And though with a blindness which is simpty inexplicable the labour councils and working men's political clubs condemn the introduction of any more assisted labour, we do not doubt that the good sense of the country at large will lead it to support the policy of the Minister of Lands in this regard. Tt is not possible that the resources of the country can be adequately developed unless the supply of labour is efficient. These political associa tions draw their support wholly from the large towns, and we can readi 1 y 1 iclie ye that thosi 1 places do not nlford a prospect of richly remunerative employment to the people alre.uly on tho look-out for it. Jn the days of our prosperity we opened our arms to all sorts and conditions of men, and the just and tho unjust alike availed themselves of our invitation. It is perhaps too much to say that tho country districts hnvo fibsorbedull tho good men, Imt it may he said that the cities h.ive managed somehow- to secure all the .sc.iin. The honest, hard-working- artisans of Auckland ought to have felt the truth of this fact long 1 ago, or at any rate since tho days when Garrard the Restless began to formulate his political creed. A reasonably large contingent of the nominal working men might he shipped oil' to other and distant climes -\\ ith advantage, but to say that tho supply of real l.ibouicrs ought to coase, or bo increased only by chc natural process, is to say th.it we ought to stand .still for a season. This, however, is a digression. Wo .shall tako an opportunity of dealing' a\ ith the subject of immigration more fully by itself.

Mv Montgomery's .speech is also without any new points. lie addresses himself to emphasising the \ iews he has already expressed on what he conceives to be tlv questions of: the immediate future. These, of course, include " Deeontralism," financial separation of the two islands, and the general smashing up of everybody who is unfortunate enoo^h io havo invested his money in New Zealand. Naturally enough, he calls the Premier a prevaricator, but us Major Atkinson has already done the same by him, and is worse, proved the charge, the member for Akaroa may be excused any little ebullition of temper. lie makes out that the Permier has had the handling, not of six and a half millions, but of lifteen millions of borrowed money, but his method of calculation is not very clear ; and on the question of the distribution of the loans lie .still insists that the North has had the lion's share. He scouts tiie Premier's " population basis," and shows that, calculating upon the amounts contributed to the general revenue, Wellington and Taranaki havo received four or live times as much as they were entitled to. Assuming these figures to be correcv, it is clear that had Mr Montgomery been entrusted with the administration of our loans from the beginning, the North Island would still be in a state of nature, and the wool and grain of Canterbury and Otago would be the sole contributors to the colonial revenue. Be this as 1 it may, the question is not a very practical ojie at the present time, seeing chat the money lias been spent and cannot very well be gathered together igain. And here it is nothing but just that we should piy a tribute to Mr Montgomery's unselfishness, inasmuch as ho does not advocate the borrowing of sufficient money to wipe out the debt which the North Island soobviously owesthcneglected provinces of Canterbury and Otago. Tho honourable gentleman apparently thinks that a return to Provincialism will bo a sufficient compensation for the ills lie and his fellows have suffered, and he intends to do his utmost to bring about this change. He is unm s takeably girding up his loins for tho fight He is about to engage in a hopeless, useless struggle, to be sure. 'J he contest will be between Canterbury and Ofcngo on the one hand, and the rest of the colony on tho other, and the result need not bo speculated upon. Marlborough has shown by its reception of Mr J&olleston that sho has no sympathy with tho Separationists, and Nelson and Westland know perfectly well that they would get very little from a Provincial Legislature sitting at Christchurch or Dunedin. The opinion of the North Island is indi- | cated by the enthusiastic reception of tho Premier at "Wellington on Tuesday night.

In another part of this issue will be found a report of the speech delivered by Sir George Grey at Christchurch last night. Owing to the length of the report we are compelled t» hold over several interesting items of mail nows, ka, Eleven licenses to kill game have been issued at the Cambridge post-office this seaw*. This is a comparatively small number for a district like Cambridge. There will be.a united, practice of .the Anglican choirs of, IJtttitiltoiif i Cambri|[KC

this evening. Mi- Templer will conduct. The piactice is for S. Stephen's anniversary service, which will be held on Wednesday no\t. The attendance of as many as can tm present from each choir is much desired. The representative of Messrs Stewart, J)aw.son and Co., the celebrated English watchmakers, will arrive in Hamilton to-day. It will be seen from our advertising column-, that Mr 1). Fallon, contractor foe the Lichheld section of the Thames Valley-Rotoma Kailway, wants 30 pick and shovel men. Now th.it the heavy cuttings .11 c done, all the cuttings and forming is of i sandy nature, his men will be able to make good time tluough the winter. The new books for the Cambridge Public Libi.iry have nmvod, and will boon the shelves m a day or so lendy for selection. Wo have ahe.ady stated tli.it the books are of a very varied kind, and include some icilly \.Uuable and xiseful works. They have been selected with due eon.sidci.ition, and the tistes of sill classes of readeis have not been ovei looked. We are glad to notice that Mr Gco. Aldudge has succeeded in forming a cl.ijs for instruction in Pitman's Phonographic Shoith.uid. Operations will be commenced at Lol^uesne's Hall, Hamilton, on Tuesday e\ cuing next, Fiom what wo know of Mr Aldudge's proficiency in the ait, we are confident his pupils will make iapid piogiess. Intending pupils should make early npplication to Mr Aldridgo, in oi dei that all may start together. The committee of the Cambridge Town Boaid appointed to report upon the nnpiovemiMits absolutely necessary to the Public Hall have examined the building, and will bung their report forward at the next meeting of the board. The improvements lecominended, we understand, are not very extensive, and do not repiesent a very Luge expendituie out of the town rates. The board relieves the present hall committee from all responsibility tonioi row. The Bishop of Peterboro's sermon on Clnistianity and Freo-thought will be delivered by Aichdeacon Willis, at S. Anchews' (Jambiidgo, on next Sunday evening. The sermon is the first of a sei ies of aigunicntath c discoui ses, pi cached in the Cathedral at Noiwioh in defence of and confirmation of the Faith by some of the great English pieacheis. Seveial of the seue-> weie lately preachod m some of the chinches m Auckland, Wellington and other place.-., and with \eiy good eftect. The committee appointed by the Cambiidgo Town Board to icpoit upon the question of the dianugo at the Like, and to (|c\ is(> somo now scheme to cope with that difficulty, ha\e, we understand, been faiily successful, with the result that at the next meeting of the boaul they will bung foiward a scheme on " a new and impioved baMh,'' to cost little over €100, and wind) is almost certain to meet with appioval. The details of the scheme ha\on«t tianspned. It is quite evident that action in the matter can no longer be defened, as the bank opposite the chinch is being washed away in ton-., and it would lie haul to calculate what damage a heavy rain would bo certain to effect. The following special messages to the Pie>s Association, dated London, May ,ith, have been published :— Theßpcidiviste discussion in the House of Commons has been postponed foi a foitnight, owing to the pa peis on the subject not being icady. —It has been decided that Sir Andiew Clarice shall repiesent the Austialian colonies at the Sue/ Canal Confeionce. — The new gunboat built for the (Queensland Gn\ eminent will bo launched on the Tyne on Tuesday. — The A'lctoiian colonists' banquet to the new Governor, Sir Homy L»cli, is fixed for the 22nd instant. It is hoped that two hunched colonists will be piescnt. The small birds seem to have theii f i lends as well as their enemies, and then vntucs as well as thcii \ices, if we aie to judge f i om the strong feeling which is | springing up in the uiind.s of a laige number ot scttleis against the universal desti notion of the so-called post by poison, as suggested in a cncular set fi.rlh by the Cambridge Lioad Boaid some tuno ago. Some asviit that the span owh do infinitely 'moic good to the fanners m deploying citcrpilloiM. &c, than they do harm in desti oving a few heads of oats dining the spnug. We notice that the question is to bo argued at cousidei able length at the meeting of the Tamahere Faimeis' Club 10-monow evening, when a large attendance of u embers nml othcis is expected. At the meeting ot the Taotaoioa itoad Boaid on Saturday last the feeling of those present was in fa\ our of those present. Mr Bowron exhibited a number of Waikato Factoiy Cheeses at the Chamber of Coinmeice looms, Auckland, on Tuesday. A laige number of merchants and others inteiested m the subject weie present, and pionounced the ciieece to be excellent. Afteiw.uds those piesent resolved themselves into a meeting, Mr Filth taking the chair, foi the piupos" of heating Mr Bow ion's views on the question of making and cxpoiLiug the cheese. Mr Bowion spokcat some length, giving expres-ion to his \iews as aheady noticed in these columns. Mr Firth also spoke and urged tliat repicsentations be made to the steamship companies, asking them to reduce the fi eight on dairy produce fiom Id to^ jd per ft, between Now Zealand and England. The eftect, Mi Kuth pointed out, would be that the companies would be hugely benefited, as the increased wealth oftlieiui.il population w ould create a laigor demand for goods which the steameis would have to bring out from England. The piesunt rates charged left no pioht to the factoiies. About two years have now passed since the piopeity-holders of Clmpel-stieet, Cambiidge, commenced to agitate about the piopei formation of that thomughfaie. Because their job was a big one it has had to atand aside while the town boaid has earned out the less important and less expensne works of street foi mation. And, after the exercise of much patience, and the suffeiing of consideiablo hardship during the winter months, when some portions of the street weie oithoi covered with water or mud, they were made happy by the assurance of the boaid, that as soon as tho loan should have been floated Ch.ipolstioet would be transfoi mod into a splendid thomughfaie. But the loan fell through, and Chapel-stieet piopeity-holders have now the prospect of waiting over anothci w inter foi the improved state of affaiis, which they have so long looked forward to. Certainly 'the board have already gone to the ti ou bio of having plans prepared for the impro\ cment of the street, but as there is little or no money in hand to do the woik, plans will not effect much beyond being a means of increasing disappointment. Again, befoie anything at all is done a paper indemnifying the board will have to be .signed by all interested ratepayers. It is to be hoped, however, that the board will at least make home provision for foot-passengers using the stieefc during the coming winter season. The addresses delivered by Messrs Sandes and Graham at Cambridge on Saturday evening seem to have had the desiied effect, so far as causing the settlers of that distriot to think of co-operation. While the settlers of the other districts in Waikato have been sciiously discussing the advantages ot combination in the form proposed, those of the Cambridge district have not until lately given the matter anything like serious thought, at least, any consideration which they have bestowed upon 00. operation has been of that individual character which cannot be expected to lead to any satisfactory result unless exerted in a united form. We trust that now tho subject has been thoroughly introduced to their midst they will not deny it support until they have carefully weighed its advantages and disadvantages, if any, _ and given every consideration to the statistics and othei' important information so lucidly laid before them at the meeting on Saturday evening. A meeting of the settlers of Pakuianga was held on Friday evening, in the Public Hall, for the purpose of hearing Mr Grant explain the objects and advantages of the North New Zealand Farmers Co-operative Association, and for receiving applications for shares. Mr A. Bell, in the chair, called on Mr Grant to address them on a subject of vital importance, H&v Grant, after making remarks on co-operative principals in its universal meaning, entered fully into ihe question as affecting the farmers. He minutely explained the objects and advantages of the associations, and the immense benefit! which must necessarily accrue to those becoming shareholders. In support of his arguments he produced proofs from 1 the reports of similar associations, which showed fthat in every case where they had ,been propsely managed success beyond anticipation had been the result. A number of pertinent questions were i)uf; by the meeting ,tpMr Grant, who replied tothetijl in" a [ satisfactory manner. After this &'u.unibeß

Messrs. Robert Bell and Hattaway. Great interest was shown in tho matter. Votes of thanks were accorded Mr Grant and the Chairman. A meeting will bo held at the Public Hall, Mangoro, this afternoon by Mr Grant. Those interested in the association are reminded that the share lists close on the 13th instant.— Herald. The concert to celebrate the opening ot the Tamahero School took place in the school-room last night, and it must be allowed to have been a thorough success. The room was filled by a most appreciative audience, and the chair was occupied by Mr S. S. Graham. The performers, with two exceptions, were all from Hamilton, and included tho members of the Choral Society, who sang a couple of part song-, in good style, and the Orpheus Glee Club, who had to submit to a unanimous encore for their singing of "Mariied and Single," and " LuUow's Wild Hunt." The pianoforte overtures weie carefully played and warmly appieciated, and the vocal .solob met with equally wellmerited approval. Two readings, one from " Mai tin Chuiwlewit " and the other from " Hansßroitman," made up the programme. Mr Teinpler conducted the Orpheus Glee Club and Mr T. A. Bell the Choial Society, while the pianoforte accompaniments were efficiently rendered by Mi.s-> Newell. At the close of the concert, Mr W. A. Graham proposed a coidial vote of thank:* to the Hamilton people who had come such a long distance to ainus>e them and succeeded m> admirably. Ho ventured to say that the residents of Tamahero had never spent a pleasanter evening. The motion was carried by acclamation. The hall was then cleared for dancing, which was kept up till past midnight. A special sitting of the R.M. Court at Hamilton, wa& held yesterday, before Mr H. W. Northcroft, R.M., Pare, the native who was convicted for .stealing a saddle and bridle the property of Mr Crosbie, and fined four times the value thereof, was brought up to be finally dealt with, he having failed to find the mouey. The magistrate sentenced him to be imprisoned for one month in Mount Eden Gaol. A fir-^t offender charged with drunkenness was fined 5s and costs. Heniy Tristram, butcher, was charged by Captain McPherson, inspector of slaughterhouses, Waikato County, with having committed a breach of the Slaughterhouses Act, 1877, in that ho had failed to render a return of cattle, &c , killed by him during the week ending Satmday tho Bth March Mr O'Neill appeared for the defendant and pleaded "not guilty." The defence was that Mr Tnstiam had been misled by the County Council who had supplied him with by-law-, piovidini? for monthly, not weekly i etui us and that for six. or seven years he had only sent in monthly returns. The informant pointed out that tho act required weekly leturns. The Couit held that defendant had failed to comply witli the law, but ni he had boon to some extent misled by the by-laws, the necessities of the case would be met by a caution. The information was theieforo dismissed. A glance at the world's doing (.say.s an Auieiican contempoiaiy) affoid-. a good deal of interest to a quiet looker-on, whose health i» leasonably good, conscience not tioublesome, and wlio>e money is invested in Undo Sam's bonds. England seems to have her hands full. The Egyptian question is uuy fai fioin being settled, and to an outsidei, appear-, to be so mixed as to baffle all coniecture as to how it is to be solved. li eland is m its chronic state of levolution, with Parnell goading Gladstone and challenging his government of affair* ; O'Donovan Itossa openly advocating tho use of tlu i damnable invention ot the devil, dynamite, and ltu-.sia, despite her Nihilists, quietly making her way to India, with an eyo alway.s open to tho chances of assei ting hei self the Mistiess of the Bnsphoius, when the sick man, Tuikoy," finally ofteis the oppoitumty. Fiance and Gei many aie arming quietly, with a view to the inevitable war which, both lcnlue, must come, and the effoit made to wipe out the, memoiy of Sedan, and regain the noted Alsace and L nrnino. The war with China draws heavily on tho finance*) ot the Fi ench Republic, and the reason for its existence is not generally known by the public at laiyo. Italy is in its cluonic state of hostility between the Chinch and State, while Spain gives evid nice, of tho smotheicd fhe» of levolution in tho anests of numbois of her prominent otficeis of the army, on the chatge of .sedition. As wo have said, in all those occurrences there is room foi thought. Some wag has credited the Marquis of Normanby with the following addicts to the people of Victoiia :—: — ''Gentlemen, you are, peihaps, .surprised that the Governorship of Victoiia should have gone a begging, and his been at lustbestowed on a comparatively unknown man. But there is really nothing to be made out of the position. A Governor is now expected to expend his &alai y in tho colony. He has to pay his own aide-de-camp, his own secretary, his own gaidenei, and even his own gas bill, and nasty lenurks aie made in Pailiament in legard to his train fares. He is, moreover, expected to entertain, as guests at Government House, every sprig of nobility that chance wafts to the antipodes, and to thiow open the portals of the unsightly building overlooking the Melbourne manure depot to every colonial Governor, bishop, or big wig of any description visiting Victoria's metropolis. He has to invite all the tag, rap, and bobtail that choose to attend the levees oi call on Lady Normanby (at an average cost of fifteen shilling per head), And when in, in addition, you bear in mind that lie has to associate at times with " adviseis, 1 ' some of whom diop then ll's, have a hydrophobic horror of the "Order of tho Bath," and look upon the washer woman as a suipliisage in Society, it is not another for sirrpiise that terr thousand a yeai is not very eagerly sought after by first rate men. T(, a wealthy man tho position has few attractions, and to a poor man fewer still."