The Waikato Times And Thames Valley Gazette.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1966, 12 February 1885, Page 2

The Waikato Times And Thames Valley Gazette.

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TItURHDA V, FEB. 12, 188.~>.

V.'k nro goinjj to li.no Mr Boot)), the yie.it tenipersime ;i<l\oe;ite, in <.vi iiii(Ub slioi tly. Jle is advertised to deliver siddresses on the advant.igi s Jind progress o£ temperance. ,it Cambridge on LYid.iy, fS.itmcUy and Sunday next. The reputation of the lecturer should < onwifind a Jar^c audience, not only of devotees of the cause Avhirli he < »pounds, l»u( also of tlioso \slio n\v oppov dto iis ])i mciplcs. He is ,i r* in.iH.altlo m.in in niauy ways, as iu,iy le inferred fiom the .smces,s wilh which Ins met casing erthits in other parts of the world have been

attend< cl. His piescnce in thi~> district cannot t.ul to i;ivo iin impetu-. to iinfl impart now vigour into th<> \.uious branches of, the blue ribbon order tli.it are here and there sc.itt'Mvd about, and which for some tini" past have been struifglins^ along under ciri inn stances of anything l>ut ;\ f.i\ our.iblc character. About t\\( i l\( % mouth-, ajfo the Blue Ribbon Anns w.is to the front in Waikato. Braneli"s wre op«ne'l in almost ««\oi y corner of the district, but like e\(M'ythin c 4c 4 ols<\ n\ !i"'.i th • n r )\(;lty di<-d off so did the p ipulanty.

Wi: trust that Mr Bilhnco, fluriny his r>ming \ isit to "Rot iru i w ill b<> successful in linking som > satis factory arraugomenty with the natives fist') the chaises to be ln.vlo ti) tourists for soring the features of tho Hot Lakes flistrir-t. For yenrs past nrc.it complaints ha\e been made by visitors to tho lakes about the exorbitant nature of these (haigos ; indeed, tho natives seem to ha\ c resorted of late to a system of evtortion which is not onU iiiinous to the tourist traffic, but to say the least is decidedly dishonest and reprehensible. Almost every step one takes lie has to pay a toll of some kind or other, whether a service is rendered or not. They are generally tolls of privilege, not for services rendered, and it is a matter of much surprise that the Go\ eminent has not taken some steps in the matter ere now . The charges on Lake Tarawera amount to extortion greater than any to bo encountered in the interior, and the monopoly must be .1 writable gold mine to the fey n.ithos who are engaged in the business. If the natives are to ha\e the monopoly, the Government should see that the charges are reasonable, that they are consistent with the .sen ice rendered, and also that proper boat accomodation is provided. A suitable steam launch might be put upon the lake, which would not only be more expeditious and comfortable, but would also be less dangerous to the lives of ton lists.

At the last meeting of the H.unilton llorough Council, the Town Clerk read some correspondence which had passed between the Town C'lei k of Auckland and himself, on the subject of the Police Ollences Act ot last session. It was inferred by hot! i th.it under this statute municipal bodies would he depri\ed of the amount accruing from fines for breaches of by-laws, Arc. The Auckland council, we find, has been wilting to all the print-ip.il municipal bodies in the colony on the subject, but a great deal of energy seems to have been w.usted. As a. nutter of f.u-t, the act expressly provides for the csise. The reference to Sec. 47, reads :— " Act not to interfere with power of local authorities " and the section is as follows :—": — " Nothing contained in this Act shall be deemed to repeal ■wholly or in part — (1.) Any of the provisions of any Act not mentioned in the Schedule and now in force • (2.) Any by-l.iws made h) any local authority and now in foice, not in conflict with the provisions of this Act, nor to take from, lessen, or alter any power to make or adopt by-laws, not in conflict with the pro\ isions of this Act, or to g\.mt licenses or any other powers or privileges now possessed by any local authority or other authority or body, but the same may be exercised and enjoyed to the same extent as if this Act had not been, parsed." From this it is very clear that Parliament had no intention to rob the municipalities of any portion of their levenue.

At a meeting of the Hamilton West School Committee last night, Mi J.inies liumo was elected Lli.inmaii, .uid Mi John Knox seuetaty and treasiiiei. The annual harvest thanksgiving fL-tn.il will lie lielil in S John-,' Chinch, Te \awamutu, oh Sund.iv next, the l">tli nist. Tlieie will be .1 full choial >ci \ iLe. The Cambridge Lawn Tennis Club holds its hist meeting on the ln.n adjoining thu Cmut hoiis" this afternoon. All mumheis, and intending lnelnbeis ale lecjiiested to attend The meeting of the Waipa County Council, cousencd foi Tundav, lapsed for want of .1 quotum. Theie weie parent: Thecbnuiiiaii(Mi K. Lake, M.H.K.), and Cm. (ieimann, Cm boy and Smith. All who are going to assist in the musiL d poitimi of S Petei's Hanest Festival sci \ ices ate tequested to attend chon piactiee to morrow evening. The examination for the Bishop's Sunday school pn/e* will be held at llannl ton to moiiiiw and Satuid'iy. Competitois .ne notihed by advertisement to assemble in Miss Now ell's Hchoolioom at 4 p.m. A large number of natives have mined at Cambridge to attend the sitting of the Native Land Court that opens at Cambndge this nun mug. The Manga - taiitan le-heannf, i->. expected to come on fill dIsCU»sIM) t() Cl.lj-, To-morrow afternoon the children attending Timitv \V\sk\an Sunday school, Hamilton, will be entei tamed at a picnic in n puJdoc!*. adjoining the i evidence of the linnistei, the Ke\. .). l)uUus. Complaints are being made in ' rambndgo of the laige nuinbei of cattle allowed to stiaj on the l.nlway line. We are infoimed that no less than eight head of cattle weie on the line when the tram \\at» about to stai ton tt.i tui (lay moining. The anthontics hhonld t.ike steps to pic\eut thi-t, en a serious accident may be the lesidt The Hai-vest Thanksgiving servici h in connection with S AndiewV, Cam budge, will be held on Fiulay, February 27th, and to be contimu d on the following Sunday, on which day tho Key. Mr (Julb\ei, fioni Auckland, will preach morning indewninp. A new depaituie hi« been taken tins year in holding the yen ice on a, sveek day to enable all who may desire to tike part in tlm beautiful service of the Knghsli Church. Mr E. Hewitt, of Cambridge, has leeeived a letter from Mr W. M. Ha\, solicitor, to the effect that he linn been instructed by Mi John (Jwynueth to dem md fr..m liim (Mr Hewitt) tho kiuii of £1000 as damages for ceit.un t-lan-dflrous statements made by him at :i meeting of th'- Cambudge Tmvn JJoard on Monday, l'ith January, which statements weie calculated to affect injuriously Mr (Jwynnith's piofossioii.il reputation. Mr James Ashbury, of Brighton, Kngland, renowned in yachting circles :\n being the owner of the yacht which mil* ce-sfully competed m the famous ocean lace between J'Jnglund and Ameiica, is \ Hiting Waikafto. Tt will bo remombei ed that King T.vwhiao and other natuo chiefs, dniing their visjt to Kngland, wen hospitably entertained by Mr Ashbury at lus mansion, Brighton, The kutfj ban iequ(-t<d Ml .Wlbun to \isit him at Alexaniha, and ho has cuiiiontul to do so in comjimi> with Mi W. A (Jiah.nn. A meeting of the members of the Hamilton Choral Society was held »t

the Public Hiill last night, for the purpose of electing ofiiceu for the ensuing year. Theie was A g.md attendance, .md tlio ch.ut was occupied by Mr T. A. Bell. It was re->ol\ed to request Mr V H. Templer to assume the cmductorship of tin* .society, and after some general discussion it was resolved to elect the othei officers at a meeting; to bo hold on ne\t Wednesday week. Mr R. T. Booth, the celebrated temperance advocate, is announced to give two of his popular lectures in the Public Hull, Cambridge, on next Friday and H,vtMvd;\Y avmuußs. From the position which Mr Booth occupies in the tcir.pci.uice body, and his groat abilities as a lecturer, we predict fi crowded house Mi Booth has been veiy successful in his mission in Auckland, an<l has been the iii«tiiuiietit of sjcuiinj; the Luge nunibor of .Wl'l new pledges in that city. Hi-* \i-"it to this disti ict should infuse new life mt> our local Blue Ribbon Aimy, and add materially to its uunibeis. Mr Samuel Vails delivered a lectuie on " Railway Reform" at Ohaupo oil Tuesday night The chair was occupied by Mr L ike, M. H.R. The attendance was veiy poor, but the lecturer w.is listened to with attention, and received a vote of thanks. Mi Vaile left foi Auckland yesterday. Mr Sw.u buck was anxious to get a meeting at which ho and Mi Vaile might discus-, the question of Kadway Reform, but theie was not sufficient tune at the disposal of th« lattci. Mi Y ule, howevei, evpii's-eif his iutentiou of paying another visit to W.nkato sluntlv, and the discussion will probably take place on that occasion. The usual fortnightly meeting of the Hamilton Presbyterian Band of Hope was belli in the church on Tuesday evening last, Mr J. Coclnane in the chair. There was .1 l.utro attendance of parents and chddien, with their fiiends. The following progiamnie was gone through in a most creditable mannei :— Reading, Ml Cochiane; lecitation, Miss Liiid*ay ; reading, William Andrew ; chorus, Mis B Kdith Cox, Elizabeth CoinMi, Kate Salmon, and Ma-teis Williim Andrew, Chailes Co\, James Bastable, and Albeit LeQuesno, Mrs Co\ accompanying on the harmonium ; leading, John Oaldenvood ; reading, William Pritchard. A few hymns were Ming dining the meeting, Mrs Cochraue presiding at the harmonium. The following special messages to the Press Association, dated London, Febi 11.11 j itth and 10th, ha\ uhuun published : — The Agents General, ponding the is<uoof a blue book, are unable to advise theii Governments regarding the German white book, issued on the New Guinea question. — The clums of Victoria against the OtiLMit.il Bank estate have been settled. — Mi Reginald Biott's Financial Company of Adelaide has been floated, and nil of the <h ires allotted.— One of the causes of the dead lock at the Lisbon Postal Conference is, that Germany i.s opened to Australia being le presented, feaiingthat such repiesentation"would inciease British influence at the Conference. — The Agents-Genet al h.i\e cabled to their re*j»ective Governments the postal proposals which have been foi undated by the Biitiflh postal ottici-ds lelativo to England obtaining a 1 irger share of colonial postage.— The French authorities intend to iulugateW,ooo recidiv istes. Last Saturday evening the streets of Canibudge pieseuted a moie than usually lively appeal ancc. The o.iu>e, we ascertained, w.w that a nuinbei of people had come into the town thinking tb.it the band would play in fi out of the hall as i»n the previous Saturday evening. They were, however, disappointed, but the public aie promised a ti eat next Saturday, when the band will pla-y the following selections :— March, "Follow my Lcadei ;"' quad idle, "Chris-ty's Lancets;'' polka, "The (JuoenV ;" quick march, " Put the Little Ones Happy to Bed ; ' wait/, " Pauline. ;" schottische, "Jumping Johnny ;" ln.i/.mka, "Ours;" galop, "Oveiland Mad;" "God Save the Queen. " It is intended that the band shall play on evciy alternate Satm day evening. The Cambridge Parlimentary Union met on Monday owning to he.v Mi V.ule on the question of l.nlwav leforni. Mr V.ule, however was nmhle to attend, owing to his being detained on impoitant piivate business up countiv. A Luge nuinbei of ladies and gentlemen had assembled to he u Mi Vaile set foith his piinciple , anil were consequently disappointed. The oidiu.uy business of the union was proceeded with, .md consideiablo discussion ensued on the " Woman's Fianchise Bill " (Mi Keesing), and the " Education Act Amendment Bill " (Mi Alfoid). A veiy spiuted disciissinn oiistud on the motion foi adjoin iiment, .i nuinbei of the leading meuihois taking ]i.ut in the debate. The house adjourned till the Ist . I lino. We understand from the New Zealand and Au»ti di m Bee Jouinalth.it it is the intention of the beo keepers in the Hamilton (Waikato) and smiotuiding districts to foim themselves into an association. Theie aioix nvunber of beekeepers in this part of W.nkato, Mime of whom are nuking apiculture their solo business, while there aie very few fatms or gudens in which heveial Langstioth lines cannot bo s-een. Bee keeping has long become a well-established industry in these disti let*, and somo <if the largest ciops of honey yet taken in New Zealand have been secured here. Knowing pei-*on.dly most of the bee-keeper* in this part of W-iikato, who weie the hrst ir. New Zealand to adopt the improved system of apiculture, we feel •■\->s\\ml Hut ;v local bee keepei s' association will be well siippo ted by them. The police have made every endeavoiu to discos oi an owner for the hoi so stolen by young Hackett at Alev .nidi a, but so far without success. Sejgt. Gillu-s has been to every settlement in the Wai pa, and to e\eiy net tier '.s house between Aloxandia and Te Awamutu, but no horse answering to the description published in last in.sue has been missed by any European. Tho seigeant has ,d*o visited Whatiwhatih<m and made enquiries theie. He is almost curtain that tho animd belongs to a Maori, and some of the chiefs' aie now making enquiries in the m.ittei. An owner ha", liowevei, been found foi the watch. On leading the paragraph I elating to this in our List issue, Mastei Thomas Davis, a step-lnother of Mr A. Bach of the Royal Hotel, Hamilton, was sin pi iced to find his own watch so accuiatcly descubed. He had left it in his bed-ioom -imiP weeks ago, und had not had occasion to Use it -■nice. He jitoncowunt to search dn it, and found it had dep.utod. Haokott piobably stole it some time ago. In an article condemnatory of the excessive chaiges made by the middleman that is the salesmen und the retailei —a wcll-infomied louinal lemaiks, apiopos of the fact that this year s,,i ue 400,000 carcasseK of Now Zealand fio/en meat li.ul* Won intioducpd in London : "The question may be asked, What booouies of nil this meat ? It is not, as .mile, Mild oponly bv butcheis. If a puichasei .isks. foi New Zealand mutton at a butchei's sh<ip he is informed they never keep it, although, at the same tune, 20 or 30 carcasses may be hanging up in the back shop, to lie totalled as pi tine Daitmoor, or some other wellknown kind of mutton, at prices varying, accoidiug to the pulses of tho consumers, fiom Is to Is '2(\ per lt» for saddle* and legs, the pi ime cost being under (id per lh. This deception can bo, and is, veiy geneially piactised, l>ecar.sc the quality of the meat is of the best character. The disappearance of the half million of Now Zealand sheep that have app.iiuntly melted into air is thus accounted foi ; and those who know how to recognise this moat by it* d.uk nch tint, and the somewhat purplish eolnin the cut Mil face, has aftei exposure to the atniospheir, see enough of it in the London shops to have no doubt upon the subject." At Mr Whyte's interview with Mr Balliinco on Tuesday morning, he handed the Minister a petition fiom Te Aioha hettleis and mini'is to h.vvr th« native ieseive.s in that neighbouihood veildeied available for small settlers. Thews leseives he said weio >erv large, and weie tho jiick of the land. They should be tin own open in older to prevent pet sons fiom leaving the field, a« occurred in tho case of the TnamertgoJdrit'ld In foinier days, owing to the fact of theio buing no leally good land available for settlement. Mr Ballance lepbcd that ho had detci mined to do nothing as regards the lenioval of restrictions upon native lands until the w hole qwention hnfl been conmdored by Parliament nr>\t session. -With referepce to tho matter of a grant to develops Hjo T<3 Ap'lift Thetmal Springs, thi* liad been refused by the Minister when Mr Whyte ni-ovioiwly R]>]ilied foy it bj* letter, but when the po»i» tion of the matter was wore fully explained, ho (Mi Ball.mcc) said that he would, when lie leturned to Wnllington, endeavour to lendei some assihtanco <iut of tho vote. A v nit to To Aroh.i by Mr and Mrs Ballanoe was rttioiigly ui««'d upon them, and Mr Ballance «aid that ho hoped to bo able to do ho on Iji'h next vixit to thin piovince, which would be before tho Houwe met. The

matter of endowment* for Hamilton .tnd Ci ml nidge was gone into, but thii had Iktii previously disposed of j^tisfactonly by the Minister of mteniewi in the localities them '"!\e-«. The quoHtiou of encouraging production bj r lowering the railway r«ite» u]M)ii cheo^e .<nd other products! was dts» cu**ed, .md Mr Bnllauce expressed himnelf \eiy stiongly in favour of doing everything po-sibli- in.thit.'dir(sction, and promised to urL'1 1 it upon the Minititer f<;r Public WorktJ. — iho e\ten»ioi\ of the \V.\irangi ri>r\<i m\ir H ingimi, in order to open up Crown hinds foi ft.ilt', v/iv* also promised, and the money voted hist session will lw devoted to tli.it piuposo as soon as ])i><-mV>lo. Mv BaU.ynco's time was so much occupied that the intor \inv Wits somewhat brief, but Mr Whyti 1 mtiMuN, in conjunctit n with Mi (ci.ilntu, the M.iyor of Hamilton, to arr.uip' foi another intenicnv \\ hen other subject*, Mich is .1 central Hi(fh Kcliool for W.uk.tto, an Apricnltnii' Oolle<ji' f«r the ))iovinci', s»\(\ some othi'i nimoi m.ittors liu^ht be gone into, either befoie the Mini-tei leave* Auckland thi> tune, m when l)e \isits it again before the meeting of Parliament.