The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1961, 31 January 1885, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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SATUIiDAY, JAN. ,U, ISSo

Mn Stout, it semis, is not going to attend the projected " Conference of Premiers" upon which Mr Service has set ljis h^art. No explanation of this determination, lias been offered. It is likely enough that Air Stout finds plenty of work for his hands without going across the sea for it. The session is not so very far off, and much needs to be done before the Government can meet the House. For our part we do not think Mr Stout is desirous of having anything to do with, tho Conference at all. It is not always prudent to bo outspoken, and as it costs nothing, Mr Stout can at least bo civil to Mr Sorvico, though ho does not in the least sympathise with his proposal, and would invent any decent excuse (if lie hadn't got a good one) fox* keeping away from Victoria, at the present juncture. Wo are strongly inclined to think Mr Stoat has adopted the light course. Victoria, in tho recent annexation proceedings, has not appeared to great advantage, whilo some of tho inhabitants of that flourishing colony havo, not to put too fine a point upon it, marlo ogrogious asses of themselves. Our readers will remember that a public meeting there passed a resolution asking the Imperial Government to sack the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and this insane resolution was supported by men of influence, and seems to have met with very general approval in tho colony. This ridiculous spirii of resentment extended to Ministers, whose course of action a prominent New South Wales Statesman felt constrained to call impertinent. The Lyttelton Times, in an articlo quoted in our List issue, endorses this rather warm criticism, and somewhat inconsistently argues that MyStout

attend the Conference in order to let the world know that Now Zealand has no sympathy with the course followed by Victoria. Now this idea of .1 Confeicnoe is peculiarly that of Victoria, and to attend it merely for tho purpose of inveigh ing against the past actions of the 1 convont-r-i would bo idle, if it were not a little discouiteous. More dig nified, and ([into as efFectivo means for accomplishing tho same purpose are at hand. But New Zealand is not called upon to make any protestations of innoeenee. Tho Colonial Office i\ not like]}' to confound us with Victoria, though the Englsh papers do occasion, illy mix up the colonies in tht; most extraordinary fashion, and on the 01 her hand, even the so called " impertinences " of Victoria .ue not likely to loid to any very serious results. It is not probable that Mr Service will be attainted, or that the colony of which he is the head will be transformed into u penal settlement, by way of punishing tho people for their temerity. A conference of delegates from the various colonies might, of course, find a groit deal to talk about, but it may be doubted whether just now any real good would spring from its deliberations. Federation seems for the present to have been relr gated to a back seat even by Air Stout, and annexation, though the colonies are free to have their say about it, is safest in Imperial hands.

The Soudan expeditionary force under Lord Wolseley is made of the right kind of stuff. Seldom have British troops been exposed to more trying influences. The long and toilsome voyage up the Nile, the weary march across the desert, the intense heat, and the thousand and one evils which tropical lancK hold in reserve for the white man, have not. lessened their strength or abated one jot of their pluck. Against overwhelming odd 1 -, the | little column under the brave Colonel Stewart have shown that British valour is not a thing of the past, but a living, striking icality , as unmistakeable as it was in the days of Agincourt, of r»lenheim, of Waterloo and of Jnkermanu. The decisive victories of (uikdul and El Mctamnieh must have astonished the weak nerves of the Arabs not a little. Flushed with the recolloc tion of their victory over poor 1 licks at Obeid, the shieks who commanded at Gakdul probably chuckled to themsehes as they saw .Stewarts littlo column creeping towards them. Allah, in thus putting the Infidel in their power was almost too good to them, but they would not quarrel with Providence on that account, and so they swooped down on the enemy in the proportion of ton to one. In the retreat which the survivors subsequently effected to El Mctammeh, they must have had time to reflect that between the soldiers of the Khedive and the Queen's troops there really is a diffeience, and if any lingering doubts on this head remained, they must have been dissipated in the engagement a report of which we print to-day. Yet brilliant as have been the victories o£ Oolonol Stewart, tlioy have bueil purchased dearly with the lives of many brave oilicers and men. But those who engage in war must take the. chances of war, and tho gallant Burnaby has met with the death which he would probably have chosen above all others. Colonel Stewart himself has been wounded, and the command of the column has devolved upon Sir C. Clifford, who lias gone upthcri\er to Khartoum, and is now probably within the walls of that city. General Earle has also gained a victory over the rebels on his line of march to Berber, to which place the enemy has retired. On the whole the look-out from the Mahdi's point of view is an exceedingly doleful one.

The death of Lady Normanby is aniioiiiicud. Hei l<idy->lnp Iwul long been in failing health.

Want of space compels us to hold o\oi " Kchnri fnmi the C.ife'' and sever.il luttcii aluMily in type.

The Hamilton East District and Hijfli School will ie-o|>en on Mond.iy next, the 2ml J''ubi ii.u y.

The annual election of a licensing committee foi the l'n>ioii<rh of Hamilton, will bt liclrl on tho Kith l'Vln u.u y. Noun n. turns must be in l>y tin- !)tl).

Certain modifications in the scale <>f f( ( t ,md ch.ugus to lie K'mul -it pounds in tlio County of W.uk.itci .no iMiiiini i.ited 111 an .idveitni'inent in .uiothci Imi t of UiH is^no.

The cricket match Hamilton v f'.unliiKlgf, which it w.i^ hoped wouhl Inpl.ijed (in Sydney Kqw.ue, Ji.Liriiltoii, to d.iy, will not, owing to the hhoitnebs of tho imtice, cuiuo off.

The annual meeting of the Congregation of Tiinity I'iesbyteri.in Chinch, Cimluirlpfo, was licld on Wednesday List, .Did was the most successful that has yet taken plnco in the church. A full ropoit of tho [uoceodingrt, with the ropurfc and b.ilanci'-slicct, ,md the reports of the Si'i^iun.il Cleik, the l's.vlniody Committee, and tin- Ladies' Guild, will be found clscwlk 10 in tins issue.

Mr W. F. Buckland, M.H R., adrlics'od tlm election of Franklin Noith, at Otahuhu, on Wednesday evening. The address was chiefly taken up in leviewing the event* of the Liti 1 session, and i>\liLiininy the action lie took in <>]i])uMn£ the meahuies (if the pievnt (rovciinuuut. Tliuie Avas nothing new 01 nt.u tlmy m tin•>lieech. Mr liuckland lecem-d a \ott'of thanks and confidence.

Mr Ralph Hood's concert at Hamilton will t,iko pl.ieo on WednmUv next, .irid not Tluiirtd.iy as .stilted in our last issuo. 110 will ;i| >)»:. ir .it C.milnidjru <>u ThuisiUy. We imilcißtaiul th.it Mr ifiMHl will ho ■iccoinp.inicd l)y Mm Hcvitt, Miss Strphensoii ,md Ml S K. Kr(<sinjj The coni[)any_ will giw .1 f,'i.md tuticeit at Huk.inui on Tiiu'jd.iy next, m .ud of thu Jl.ill fund-.

The children attending the Sun-day-sehnnl in connection with tho Chinch <if Christ, worshipping at Li' (jucsno'h Hall, Hamilton, weio cntei tinned ivt a picnic on Thursday. The npot .selector! uas a paddock on Capt. Stculo farm, kindly lent for the purpose. Unfoituiiiitcly tho r.iin spoiled the outing, and an adjournment wan made to the Oddfellow's Hull, whole a vciy pleasant aftoinoon was spent m v.uiom games. The prizes won l>y |mpiN of tlio school wcie also prcsentuil in tho hall.

Mr T. Wells, at the meeting of S. Andii'tts' p.ni*>liioiieiN, mi TucmLiv uvi'inng List, leftMied t<> tin* "good tune coining" fin C.uiibiidgu in tli<- in .11 futuu', t>V tlio l.ugi' l.indi'd inopiictnis in thu vicinity being obliged to cut up thru huge estatu-j into sin.vll fninw. Mr Wi'lK naid it had liucn vciy uloaily di'.nonsti.iti d that Luge liDldiiigi not ,i fm.mci.il huccchs, find that tlio only class wlio could do liny good, or muko anything out yf tlw

land weiu tJio iin.vll faim-i hoiking fi"iu two to thii'o liundiod aue--, .uid In- lonKod fni w aid to tin 1 early occu|i,ition of ,i lot of tin* ]:ind ale nit Caiuluidgi' hy a cla->> of scttleis

From all appearances the spirit of gambling is fast cntcnng '"to the composition of tlie alxnigmal. The progtammnof Thuisday's vices at To Aw.iinnfctt contained natnc outlets, lidei^, ti .imers and patrons innumerable, and a huge crowd of dusky couutciuuLui might have been soon watching the opciatiotii of the tnt.ilis.itoi tlnoughout the d ( vy. JOvidently a laicre nmubui of tlii'iu had como lonp di-tances, mounted oil rooks of hnidc-t and snag* of ponu-s, saddle-gallod and limping, not a fuw of them beaiing dual, and men family buidims. Some of them ruteied tlio " ling" with the intention of m (knit; money, and lustily announced tlien willingness to take the "feel," one fellnw otteiing his wife .vs a, wagei against Ins fiii'nd's hoise, but the fliond evidently I'imsidi if(l tlie ridds not good enough, and cued o/F m tho hope of something bettei.

The second ordinary meeting of tlu 1 «*h,iH'hi>l(li'Js nf tho North SYw Zo ilaiul Fjinii'i-i Co-<i])(>i itno Association will hu held .it the conipmy's stoic, H.uiiilti>n, on Fnd.iy, (it!» day of Fobruaiy, at 2 |) in , foi tin 1 pmpose, of leeching tho duoctois' u'|niit and balance-sheet to tho .'iOtli Nimchilm'i, ISS4 ; also, to appoint dni'ctois in ]>l.ice of those who l'otu'u by lot.ition, l>iit .110 oliyiblo f<ir ro-oloction ; .Hid also to elect auditors for tho ensuing ve.n, and fi\ .amount of l umuncr.ition. Imniudi.itoly after tho businoss of the hi dm. v v gonoral meeting is finished, an extiaoidinaiy geuei.il mooting of tho .slunehi>ldois will 1)0 lield at tho b.uno }>l.vco, to empower the. dnectois to incie.iso tho capital of the association, iepo.il tlio following Rognl.itioiis in tho Aiticlcs of A--s(iciation, Nos. .T>, B*s, 8(i, and 101, and to add Kopul.itions No. 7a and 7n.

At the meeting of the sugar-beet committee lastnightttwas&tated that a- very laige piopoi turn of tlie list-, sent out by the sectet.iry had not been returned. It is most essential that this project should be vigorously canvassed in all paits of tlio district. It is not a question of local concern. The successful establishment of a pioneer f.ictoty in Waikato assuic-> tho position of every individual in the community. This particular feature of the undei taking appears to be lost sight of when we hear of such lack of eiithu-.iii.ini on the part of the fai moi, who is most diiectly mtciestcd, •md the number of trivial questions jaised when the subject is being discussed. We again urge, as the above committee m ill meet on Friday next, that patties having lists, will, dining the ne\t "fow day-*, feel themselves called upon to make ft thorough &ui\<isi of their rcsj>ecti\e <li-f-tncts for guaranteed ateas of roots, or j foi support in taking shaies, if without tho limit where the toots can bo profitably | taken to the null, and theieby emulate in some degree, tho example net by a few of then fellow-settlors forming this committee, who h.ue :::ado such largo sacrifices of time and money in the endeavour to bting about so rte.Mr.ible a, tesult as the establishment of such an niipm taut industry i it this distuct.

A maeting of the provisional comitntt <lo of tho New ZcciLuul Hcetroot .Sugar Committee was held .it The Waikato Times' I'.uildings, Hamilton, last night, l'resent: Mcsms \V A. (irahani (in the eh.in), Sw.uliiiclv, OXeill, Cillett, Hally and kdgecurnbe. SeviM.il ntlior gentlemen mt'jie-'ted in tlie mdu-~ti y weic also piesent. A number of the lists lecently distiibuted weie 1 etui nod, fiom which it appealed th.it tin* farmers would guarantee to glow ]>7 ncies of beet, and take 33n £") shares, liut the list from the principal distuets 111teiestcd,'namely, Kinkii iroa and Tamahei c, h.ul not been sent in, and the»e it wjh evpected would greatly swell the figuios quoted. Mr J. (Jnne, who had canvassed : rukeihmi, Raid tho settler* of that diitnct were desirous to know something definite regaiding the cost of sending the roots to the factory by river before pledging them.sehes to giow any largo area of roots and it was resolved that tho hon. secretary write to tho Waikato Coal and Shipping Company to get full particulars on this head. The question of the present low price of European sugar cropped up, and i Mr Swarbiick pointed out that no fear need be entertained on this account, as with a margin of £7 tho difference in favour of this colony was gicater if sugar weio cheap than it would be if it wero deal. Messis Gillott, Hwarbiick, and Coates were appointed .a committee to net in conjunction with tho Tainaheic J'*.umer->' Club in nitcivicwing the Native ISfinistt-r with tho object of -.pairing a reduction in the railway freights on roots. The committee then adjoin tied till Fuday ne\t, after tho Coopeiatne Association meeting,

Considering the agitation which was expeiienced foi sonu- tune m icspect to the lenioval of the Ilautapu .school, .md the extension of the school boundaiies, the me.igie attcinlance at the .annual meeting of houwdioldeis on Monday evonuig was l.ither diM.i]>pointiug, and sh«med conelusi\ely that though (people may make :i gieat hmn when then niteiests ,maifoLted, when the time conies foi jnactieal assistance, and nitoi ferenco they c.ucfully stay at home and leave the buulen of the woik and rospon-'ilnlity on the sbouldois of ,i few. Mi (Jeorge Cl.uk took the chaii at iin-i'ting. The late chaiiman, Mr Smith, brouglit forwaid his annual li'jMiit. The poition of the lepmt leferiing to the call of the school house, lnastci's lesidence, out buildings, ,uid four .icies of fieeholil foi L'l2o e\citedconiidorable discussioii. Some of tlioie |>iesent consuh'ied that it was .i gie.it pity to cut this poitn>n out of the 3X aeius of school endowment foi the small sum of t'l2o. Tho n-poit, aftei some discussion, wa.s adoj)ted. Notwithstanding the l event eoiicennioii of the Canibndge school comnnttee in inspect to the Haut.qiu school boundary, much dissatisfaction w.w f\|inwscd, and' the meeting uii.niiniinHJy defcired api>ointiug a committee within the sniiill lx>undaiies then defined, bulievnig that the choice of connnitteenien w.us so bunted that it was impossible without a laigei extension of tlio district to gut a good rejiu'sentativo coininittui) toifetlun. It was also thought and strongly aaveitod to, thivt the settleis of the H.uitapu distnet had iiKVer any material niteiest in the Cainbiidgo distiict school, which was exemplified by the fact that theie would be no country representative on the coiiiuntteu for the ensuing year. The people <>f the town wore entirely to blame foi tins, as they h.id not proposed a uaudidate foi the tountiy. It was also thought that .i tow n school ought to be a town sihool pine and simple, and th.it its bi>!U)(|,u le- should not undei any cucunistauce* extend into the countiy disti let.