The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1951, 8 January 1885, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE

Fcju il .md ex.v t justice tT ill men, Ol whit'.opver state or persuasion, religious or political Hcip sli ill the Vrcs tbo People's right rmintain, Un mod bj f influence md unbribed by gain.

THURSDAY, JAN. 5, ISSS.

Thk proposal to establish the beet-root-sugar industry in Wdikato has made another step in advance. A meeting of practical men representing all classes of the community has unanimously declared in its favour. It can therefore no longer be dismissed as a mere " hobby " and our object to day is to impress on our readers the duty of forming an opinion on this most important question. One factory successfully established would soon lead to others in each section of the district. Five factories would pay away upwards of £100,000 a year for labour, coal, and farm produce. Such an industry, and the tenfold larger industries to which it would indirectly lead, would completely change che aspect of the Waikato ; property would double in value, large townships spring up in our midst, and there would be work and wages for all. In fact there is not one man in the district that would not be largely benefited. We have theiefore no hesitation in saying that it is the duty of each one to ask himself the question, Cm it be done ? Mr Graham and his friends have no interest in the matter but such as is common to all. If any one cm show them that their calculations are wrong, they will bo th') first to thank him for saving the money they propose to stake. We therefore say distinctly that it is the duty of anyone who does not be'ieve in the soundness of this scheme to come forward and point out in what respect it is wrong.

Mu Wiieklkr, the hon. secretary of the Tamahere Farmers' Club, say?, in tlie letter to us which we published in our l.j.st issue, that Mr Vaile's scheme of railway reform should be considered on its merits apart from ulterior objects. In this we cordially agree ; this is what we have always stiiven to do, and will continue to do if Mr Vaile will permit us by abstaining from introducing extraneous matter so prominently as to compel remark, and frctn casting wholesale reflections upon others and assuming generally that wisdom rests only with himself. Wo have always looked favourably upon Mr Vaile's scheme, if for no better reason than that some radical change is imperatively required. We are also aware that Mr Vaile visited the Waikato at the request of the Tamahere Farmers' Club, but that is no reason why he should have used that invitation in the manner in which we contend he has done, intentionally or unintentionall}'. Our reception of Mr Vaile, the railway reformer, was always cordial, and will continue to be so, but we cannot allow it to pass unchallenged that because the present system continues, our members, past and present, have been idle in tho matter, for the simple reason that we know they have not. Moreover, if tlie settlers finally, after careful enquiry and examination, decide that this scheme should be tried, they must at tho same time make up their minds to bear the brunfc in the shape of increased taxation in the event of failure. We can only repeal what we said at the time of Mr Vaile's visit, that the cause of railway reform in our opinion is very much injured by his persistently dragging into his addresses the question of general loan expenditure, and it will be observed that e\en in his last letter he continue!* to do .so. We regret this exceed-

Mr T. Wells has been re-elected cli.tu nun of tlie Cam budge JJoiimlh JJoard. A •nnrn'Vinr nf fhfl rtn.vmAti f*vn.

lilnjcf] on the Cambridge Hotorua Road Luc been paid off.

The amount of moneys granted to thu I'lnko County Council nuclei the Itn.uN ;ind Uiulgcs CJoiMiuetion Act is t'lO>7. Vll this in fur mam road o.uthwoiks, no biiflgu moneys having been applied for.

The Resident Engineer proceeded to Jv.igl.in iitid Kawlna yesterday to inapcct tlie various culverts and bndpjes on the road, and to look over the load-^ ponei.vlly in that district.

The Tamahere concert in aid of tho church funds, postponed fiom last month, will be held at the school-house on Thuistlay next, the nth inst.

We would direct the attention of the Wuipa County Council to the duiigeroua htuto of the bridge opposite J)etlmiei's hotel on the station umd at Frankton. One of the planks ha* gone, and a, seiioui accident might at any tune occur.

The local body that has charge of the bridge over thq W.i'Lito at Cwnbridgo would do well to give it a. littlo attention before it falls into a utato of di^ lepan. The screws want ti^'litcnitip; up badly, and a coat of paint n\eiymucii needed.

The Paterangi Cheese Factory nan comiiioncpd buttei -making. 'J'tio cen trifngal cream Hepnratnr is used, and il-.i 1 -. an item of niucli nitcrobt in t!»o working of the factory. A^ yet the amount of butter that hut been made is small, but ah tlio milk supply incica-se-i ™ will the operation-,

Now that the trees in Victoriastreet, Cawbikltfr, aie ffiown beyond tlio potability df spiiou-, lnjuiy, it would add very much to the appear.vice of tlie town if the eiieloKtircs woie t.xlcpn aw.iy. Tlio town boaid would do well to consider the matter.

The improvement of the Te Koutu Lnkoreseive at Canibiidgo is bein^ continued on an extend c icale. Tho contrac-

tor is pngapod in laying off now walks and otherwise improving the grounds. A xery attractive little rustic bride i.s being erected oxer the creek.

Entries for the Waipa Racing Club's annual race- on thi' 2!)Ht, cl<mb on Kainrd iy, 10th in-.t., at To Awamutu. Two speewl trams will inn to the 1 .ices one from Aucklnd and another fiom Mercer, dropp msj px^pnger-jp x^pnger-j at tho raci* course pfito

At the sale of cattle and sheep the piopeity <>f tin 1 Stud Company at Kcmtiei.i, on TnrMlny, Mr J. C. Fntlj w.it a luge buyer. Mr Fnth and Mi 11. Ke\n>ld>, (m.in.ifroi \V. S. N ) ,\Uo leased ,i nuinhut of x iluable iinportuil r.uiiH for the siM-on. Mr Seddon, Hamilton, wai the puich.i^ei of a Lincoln i.im.

Mr Forbes Gordon, Kihikihi, wntes to us on Monday:— " Mr W. T. lurth, M.'itamata, c.illcd upon mo on Saturwith the object in view of buying tlic whole ot my one to three - year - old young gooseberry bushes, in number about 13,000. He intends planting six acres or 1G acres (1 foiget which), and can the fruit as they do in America. I did not «ell bcc.iuso 1 intend using most of them for myself." Mr Gordon has sent 17 cwt of gooseberries to Auckland this season.

The temperance body of Cambridge are promised a treat on Friday e\ening ne\t. Mr R. N. Toms, of New Plymouth High School, Past Worthy Chief Templar and Secretary Taranaki Blue Kibbmi Army and Temperance Union, will deh\er his popular lecture on the Cornish people and Jtilly 13r«.y in the Public Hall. After the lecture, which, judging from the standing of the loctuier, promises to be of very great interest, a short address on Blue Kibbmusm will be delivered, and the evenmsr will close with the latest information lespectmg Mr Booth.

The following special messages to the Press Association, dated London, January sth and 6th, have been published :— The tenders for the Auckland loan of £25,000 were opened to-day, and the amount applied for w^ subscribed nearly fomfold, the average being £109 Is.— Tenders for the Auckland loan of £25,000 wero opened yesterday, The tenders amounted altogether to to £t17,0( j. Tenders at £108 17s (id will receive 21 per cent., and tenders above that amount will be allotted in full.— lt us e\pected that the New Zealand loan will realise £0!>. — Sir Dillon Bell has expressed to Lord Derby his regret at the proposed annexation of the New Hebiides by France.— The Rev. John G. Futon, a Presbyterian missionary, who was for many years stationed at the island of Aniwa, one of the New Hebrides group, has written a letter to the Pull Mall Gazette, pleading that this gioup mnv bo annexed by England. — Commodore Erskine has been authorised to hoist the Bntish flag over the LmuMade Archepelago and the Woodlark Islands.

An old and respected Hamilton resident, who has tried the hot water remedy with success for the past ten yearn, sends us the following clipping:—" Relative to hot w.vtpr a-* a remedi.il agent, Hall's Journal of Health publishes some interest ing hints. It says . ' Headache almost always yield-, to the siuiult.ineous application of hot water to the feet a-nd the hick of the neck. A strip <>f flannel or <i napkin folded lengthwise and dipped in hot w.itor and wrung out, and then applied around the neck of a child that has the croup, will usually bring relief in ten minutes. A towel folded se\eial times and dipped in hot water and quickly wrung and applied ovei the seat of the pain in toothache or neuralgia will geneially afford prompt iclief. This treatment 111 colic works almost like magic. I have seen cases that havo resisted other treatment for hours yield to tins in ten minutes. There is nothing that will so promptly cut short congestion of the lungs, sore tlno.it or iheumatiriin as hot water when applied promptly and thoroughly. Pieces of cotton batting dipped in hot water and kept applied to old soies or new cuts, brui-.es and .sprains is tho treaUnent now generally adopted in hospitals. I havo seen a sprained ankle cured in an hour by showering it with hot water poured from a height of three feet. Tepid water acts promptly as an emetic, and hot water taken freely half .in hour boforo bedtime is the best of cathartics in the case of constipation, while it has a most soothing effect on the stomach and bowels. This treatment continued for a few months, with proper attention to diet, will euro any cm able case of dysjmpaia.

The very best possible Immigration Agent-.— if they get fair oppoitunity— are some shrewd, experienced old colonists, win) take a tup from the colony to see the Home Country .uid revi-.it their friends. For instance, Mr Allan McDonald, who was member for the East Coast District in tlie last Parliament, went Home some time back and visited the noith of Scotland, whereof he is a native. A number of well-to-do fanners interviewed him— men with capitals of from £300 to £3000-and got him to tell them all about the resources and advantages of New Zealand as a held for colonization. The outcome of all this, was that seven of the farmers expressed their readiness to go out to the colony on a vWt of inspection, if the Agent General would allow them to have passagos at £■""> each— the same terms as those Riven to immigrants nominated by their friends m the colony. The Agent-General, however, could not grant their request as being contiary to rule. It is a pity that this request was not granted. It these farmers had been allowed to viait tlif colony on the terms mentioned, thoy would pjobably have taken back such a good report of it, that a whole lot of Scotch farmers and their families, posseted of practical knowledge and capital, would have emigrated to New Zealand and taken up land. These aro exactly the sort of people that aio wanted in the colony, and every encouragement bhould bo hold out to induco them to come out and become settlers in it.— N.Z. Industrial Gazette.