The Waikato Times. AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE,

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1891, 19 August 1884, Page 2

The Waikato Times. AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE,

Equal and exact justice to .01 men, Of whatsoever state or persuasion, ieligious or political. Here shall the Press the People's right maintain, Unawed by influence and unbnbed by gain.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1884.

The only significant item in our news from Wellington is the statement that the new Government is to be met with a vote of no-confidence. We have already expressed ourselves pretty freely concerning the personnel of the new Ministry ; we have not hesitated to condemn it ; but we have not gone so far as to say that Mr Stout and his colleagues should not be permitted to show us of what stuff they are made. It is unfair and un-English to condemn a man without trial. That a Cabinet so constituted as that which at present rules over us can stand for any length of time is not probable. Spite of all professions of preference for a ministry which shall contain the highest intellectual power of the country, whencesoever drawn, no party that ignores the claims of /opacities to be represented in the B*&ttUve ca.ii hope for a lo»g/iqw©

of power. But, believing this, we ,ire not prepared to assume that Sir Julius Vog.jl's colleagues will siioff at the needs of the North Island. On the contrary, we think it extremely likely that the Government will carefully guard our interests, if it bo only becauso— setting aside altogether their regard for the principle of fair play they want our votos. It is to be hoped, therefore, that no indecent haste to turn the new Ministry off the Treasury Benches will be exhibited, but that a sufficient time will be allowed them in which to formuiato a policy. It is by their actions that wo ought to judge them. If in respect of these they are found wanting; if they fail to do justice to the whole colony, by all means let them go, and the sooner the bettor. Tomorrow we may expect to know something definite about their policy. Until then lot us withhold our judgment.

Though the support obtained up to the present is not of a very encouraging character, ttill we have every reason to believe that the proposal to establish a cheese factory in the Cambridge distiict will eventually be successful. As will be seen from the report of the meeting held on Saturday night List, the question was thoroughly talked over and debated by the settlers interested, and all are sanguine of success, not only in starting the company, but in the company when started. The matter has now been given into the hands of a provisional directory, which includes some of the best and most energetic men in the. district. We are parlieul.irly pleased to notice the names of several leading business men in connection with the matter, but we must confess that the farmers generally, for whose special benefit the factory will exist, seem somewhat apathetic in pushing the matter forward. It is altogether preposterous to hear fanners talk about taking ten shares and guaranteeing ten cows. Only the half of the capital will ba called up, and the payment of the other half will extend over a period of nearly twelve months. Any farmer who is earnestly desirous for the success of the proposal, and who intends being a supplier, should be almost ashamed to speak of taking less than fifty shares. As was remarked at one of the meetings, the farmers cannot expect that the business public will contribute pound for pound with them towards the capital of the undertaking. Mr Firth made another liberal offer in respect to the disposal of his plant to the proposed company, and there is every possibility of its being accepted. Another meeting will be held at Gillett'b National Hotel on Saturday, the 30th inst., at 4.30, when a a full attendance of all interested is expected.

Things do not seem to be going on felicitously in regard to the Aroha tramway. The report of the meeting- of the Piako County Council, held on Friday evening last, will <nve the public iui insight into how matters stand, not only in regard to the tramway, hub in respect of the condition of council matters generally. After many difficulties, both of an engineering and financial character, the construction of the tramway was accomplished. The work was one of great vastness and cost, and the council are deserving of every credit for the energy with which they prosecuted and accom plished the task. Certainly it cannot be denied that in so doing they succeeded in getting the county into debt to the tune of a good few thousands of pounds ; but the tramway was constructed with the object of developing whit promised to be a highly payable gold-field, and thus of not only bringing prosperity to the Aroha district, but to the county of Piako and the Auckland province generally. But the difficulties of construction have been succeeded by alleged faults or deficiencies in the working and in the ' management, which have given rise to complaints. Though these, to a very great extent, have arisen from the tales of that fertile genius, the man in the street, still, it is generally believed by those in a position to know, that the management of the tramway, in some way, may be greatly improved upon. The councillors are divided in their opinions on the matter, and as those in whom the management has been vested have resigned, it is now proposed to lease the concern. The conditions of lease, or at least the principal of them, will be found in the report of last Friday's meeting, and to some they will doubtless appear to be of a prohibitory character. It is not likely that a contractor will lease the tramway on the condition that ho not only keeps the line in repair, but is responsible for all damages, of whatever character, when a landslip is likely to occur at any time, representing damage to the extent of hundreds of pounds. The matter will be fully discussed at the next ordinary meeting of the council, and in aU probability will be finally and satisfactorily disposed of.

The Piako County Council during its existence has only had two division 1 ?. The second division took place at last Friday night's meeting on the tra\nway question. The Cambridge Town Board would do well to devote their attention to the state of the main road at the Church of England corner. They might endeavour to improve it during the next spell of fine weather. A special message to the Press Association, dated London, the 10th inst,, says it is officially announced that Admiral George Tyron, 0.8., at present permanent Secretary in the Admiralty Offico, has been appointed to succeed Commodore Erskine, in command of the Australian station. The examination of the Waikato candidates for the District Scholarships will be held at the Hamilton East School this week, commencing to-day. Mr Vincent Rice, Secretary to the Board of Education, will act as supervisor. The number of candidates is twenty-one. An unusual sight in the shape of a couple or black and white swans was obBerved on the Waikato^ river near Ran#iriri by some passengers by Saturday^ train from -AuoMandv Thebpdiea of $9 'bird*

were black and the wings white. Nothing of the kind has, wo believe, been aeen before. The ordinary monthly meeting of the Taotiioioa board, fixed for Saturday 1 ist, fell through for w.uit of a quorum. Messrs Hunt uud Brunskill attended, and disposed of some financial business Commander Edwin telegraphed at 3.8. p.m. yesterday :— Expect bad weather between north east and noith and west, glass fall very soon and heavy rain within 12 hours. « One of the Veteran Captains of Wellington's Army at Waterloo is at piesent lesiding at Suttons Hotel in the Waitotuna Valley. He is over ninety years of age, and is making a sojourn at Waitetuna for the good of his health. The old complaint of furze on the road was again brought forward at the List meeting of the Cambridge Road Board. The extent of the furze on the No. 1 cross, ro.td was spoken of as disgraceful, and it was agreed that final notice be given to defaulters, when, if they continued to ignoie the order of the boaid, decisive steps will be taken. The team to play for Hamilton against Cambridge on Satin day will be foimed from the following :— McKenzie, Reid, Odium, Mellars, Yon Stunner, Bindon, Stevens, Mclntyre, Jolly, Biggs, Cochrane, Pearson, Barclay, Mayes, Martin, J, Odium, Aitken, Davis, Biowne, Baunatyne. Players are earnestly leg nested to turn up on Wednesday to practice. At a recent meeting of the Piako County Cornell, Cr. Firth remarked that by the Te Aroha goldfield the council was circulating about £3,500 a month in the county, and this was taken duectly out of the ground, Whatever real prosperity may be indicated by this encouraging statement, the cry still continue* to be sent around that " matters are looking very dull at Te Aroha." We have been requested to correct an error respecting the establishing the Sisters Select School at Hamilton, which appeared in our issue of Saturday. It was .stated that the select school was held in the Hibernian Hall. This is not the case. The Sisters teach the select school in their own convent for the present, pending future airangements. The parish school is held in the Hibernian Hall and the attendance is daily increasing. The meeting called for Saturday j evening last at Cambiidge for the purpose of starting a hawk club fell through, tlnough the pauc.ty of the attendance. Another attempt wul be made at an early date to further the matter. Considering the want atpiesent felt for an institution of this kind, it is a great pity that those concerned are not moie alive to their inteiest. If the hawks aie allowed to continue in their depicdations among the game another twelve months will see I the countiy completely devastated in this lespect, and the fault will be attributable to those who have neglected to do their duty by taking timely action in the matter. ! At the last meeting of the Cambiidge Town Board a proposition was brought forward by Cr. Richardson, to the effect that the board should ask the domain board to gi\e a 30ft load between the railway fence and the Lake reserve, and running fiom the crossing at S. Andiew's Church to the Lake street crossing. The proposition was then negatived. The niembeis of the board who opposed the pioposition ha\e since reconmleied the ■ matter, and it has now been agieed to, apply to the domain board for the load. A prominent Waikato settler has kindly foi warded the following extract from a pi'ivate letter he has just received from a fi lend in the stock and station business in Biisbane:—" There is a grand trade doing here (Busbanc) in New Zealand hoises. All soi ts fetch good piices, in fact there aie men who attend the Sydney sales of New Zealand horses and ship them on here and make a grand profit. Adiiect shipment would pay well. The demand is chiefly fordiaughts but buggy horses and hacks fetch long prices." Perhaps some of our readers may see it to be to their advantage to makeup a shipment. Yesterday the Australian cricketers were to meet a Gloucester team at Cheltenham ; on the 21st they play against Notts at the county town ; on the 25th the visitoi s play at Cambridge against "Past and Piosent " ; on the 28th they do battle against the South of England at Giavesend ; on the Ist September they open fiio on the North of England at Nottingham; on the 4th they meet the Ziugaii at Scarboionsjli ; on the Sth, Yoikshue at Sheffield, and the concluding match of the hei ics against All England is h\ed foi the 11th of the same month. The Piako County Council has got the vei y healthy and substantial overdiaft of £(5"i00. It has i educed the numbei of its cicditois to five, Messi^, Price Bros , of the Thames, being the laigest. The sum due this fiim is £2000. It is suggested to raise a loan of £'8000, but should they be sufficiently foitunate to lcceive a slice of £3000 out of the usual giant to goldh'elds the loan will be i educed by that amount, thus leaving £5000 to be borrowed. They pioposo issuing debentuies for this amount at 9 per cent. The matter will be considered at the next ordinary meeting of the council at Cambridge. The following special cable messages are from the Melbourne Age : — London, August 7.— The political excitement occasioned in Great Britain at tha rejection of the Franchise Bill has led to the fomiation of a League for Reform of the House of Lords. — The time has been extended for receiving offers for £100,000 worth of debentures to be issued by the Thames Valley and Rotorua Railway Company, New Zealand, which was recently floated. — London, August 11.— A cricket match comprised of a mixed team of Australians and Englishmen, smokers and nonsmokers lias been ai ranged to take place on September 15th, 10th, and 17th, for the benefit of the English ciicketers fund. Loid Han is will act as captain of the smoker.s, and Dr W. G. Grace of the nonsmokeis. — France has threatened to seize Amoya and the Procadores, a group of small islands off the coast of Formosa, When the railway was constructed down the Victoria road between the Cambridge cemetery and the town, the Government laid off a duplicate road on the left-hand side of the line for the use of settlers on that side of the country. They continued the construction of the road within about a mile of the town, when it terminates abruptly in a hole, past which wheeled traffic is impossible, and equestrian traffic exceedingly dangerous. People who are wont to use the load are very reasonably annoyed when, after believing themselves at their journey's end and almost in the town, they are obliged to turn back, thus adding about two additional miles to their travels, Several accidents of a possibly serious ohaiaofcer have been narrowly avoided by strangers driving along this road after dark. The road board has decided to communicate with the authorities on the matter, but we would suggest that in the meantime, or at least until the road is finished, it be temporarily closed for traffic. A tremendous landslip occurred at Foit Britomart, Auckland, on Friday evening. The men employed by fchecontraotorfor the Meat Freezing Company's reclamation weie just leaving work when the accident happened, and they ran for their lives. The slip buried several drays and killed one horse, The driver escaped. The Beach road is blocked three yards deep, and all traffic stopped. Had the fajl of the cliff occur"cd earlier, but few of the working party at the east side could have escaped instantaneous death. Four carts are known to have been damaged, one buried, two partly buried, and one upside down, with the axle broken, lying on tha repjahned ground. That more injury was not done is accounted for by the description given by an .eyewitness that the landslip regularly scooped the carts and men before it. Two men, who were working on the face of the cliff at the time, had a most wonderful escape. So so as the earth began to give way, they ran down the incline in front of ifc, jumping from mass to mass for dear life, and succeeded in getting clear. When the enormous quantity of fallen earth, variously estimated at from 10,000 to 15,000 yards, is taken into oonnideration, their immunity from harm is oven mops wonderful to contemplate,

Out iv Nebraska a man by the name of Onion has just failed. He ought to be able to pay a hundred scents on the dollar, though, An old fellow went to dine at a chophouse, and after waiting some minutes, gruffly asked the waiter — ' How long will my chop be ?' • About; five inches, sir !' was the reply. • , { „ The Hamilton Cemetery Trjjst, invite, tendeir* for forming road from Gali- Vay-stse'et to the Hamilton ftpf Couwt^, .«no.»?p, ■ -.-