The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1971, 24 February 1885, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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TUESDAY, FEB. 24, 1885.

Ik another column wo print a letter signed " An Old Farmer" on a subject of great importance. Our correspondent draws attention to the fact that many farmers in Waikato are taking, or have already taken .steps to have their wheat thrashed in the field, and he points out the unwisdom of this course. A year ago we wrote upon this subject, and called attention to the tact that the low price obtained in the London market for Southern wheat was attributable to the practice of thrashing from the stook. Our remarks on that occasion were based on the opinion of one of the highest authorities on the subject in the Province of Canterbury, whose dictum remains unchallenged. He showed conclusively that the quality of wheat thrashed in the field is greatly infei-ior to that which has been stacked, being softer and much more difficult to

manipulate in the flour mill With the experience of the .Southern grain grower before them we thought the fanners of this district would carefully avoid the objectionable practice to which reference has been in ule, and it \va^ w ith a feeling of surprise tli it we read the statement contained in tinletter of "An Old Farmer." Heretofore W.-iikato wheat has enjoyed an enviible reputation, and it would he a pity, as much for the sake of the district as for the individual farmer, if the good nain^ of our grain products is sacrificed to a mistaken idea of economy. We trust that those who have not yit m ule I'm il arrangements for thrashing will put their grain into the st.uk.

Thk nomination of candid ites for tin* oil ice of Licensing Commissioners for the town (list net of C.unhi idge took place on .Siturday, hut the event w.us altogether \oid of the excitement it w:is expected to aiibrd. Se\ en candidates in all were nominated, five of whom may he said to represent the general public interest, ths other two being the nominees of the temperance party Notwithstanding the protest of Mr T. H. W. Morris, " vice-president of the local branch of the Blue Ribbon Gospel Temperance party, and chairman of Monday's meeting," we are well assured that it was the intention of the society, or at leist a few of its more prominent and, we might say, responsible members, to close two of the local hotels should the election favour their object The fact of a rumour of their design getting prematurely abroad through, as one gentleman has been pleased to term it, a breach of confidence, and the spirit of indignation which arose in consequence was, we understand, the reason why the temperance party refrained from seeking to be more largely represented on the bench. They did not, from all accounts, wish to court defeat. That defeat was certain may lie infei red from the fact that not only -was the indignation of the general public excited against them, but the more rational members of the cause firmly set their faces against any such proposal as that indicated. Mr Morris is perfectly right in his refei encc to the growing importance and real power of the society which he represents. It is a power that is not merely feared, but pretty generally respected, and there can be very few indeed who do not wish it e\ erv success, so long as its leaders are satisfied to keep within the sphere of usefulness and do not seek to enact the part of a petty tyrant,

The new bridge near Monavale on the swamp in id is now open for ti.iHic The children attending S. Mary's Roman C.itliohc Smidav.--chool, H unilton, vv ill be entei t uui'd .it a jucnie to-d iv on the faun of Mi Cio-by, Knikui'oa. Messrs William Fuller, Henry d'lhli, F J. Jolinson, W. L. Pohvart, and H. M. d«- "\'. Wilkei I) we been eleclid memlvis of the Riiijriiiii licencing coninnttee, unopposed. A general meeting of the members of t')e Hamilton Choial Societ\ v. ill be held in tin* Public Hall on Monday evening n('\^, foi the puipose of electinf, ofheei^, &c. On the fourth page of this issue will be found an mteie-tmg desenption of the Soudan, fioin the pen of Sn Samuel Baker, formeily (Jovemoi -General of the pro\ nice. The date of the polling to decide whether cci tain moneys shall be borrowed undei the Roads Coiistinetion Act in the county of Piako has boon altered, as will be seen on reference to our advertising column-, to the I'lth of March. The inquest on the body of Mrs Piendertrist was held at Pokeno on Satuid.ij. The pn-onei, who behaved in a most mational mittci, admitted the crime. Aftoi huainif; the evidence, the jtuv i ctuined a veulict of wilful murder against Piendeiga-t. The following gentlemen have been elected to ser\ eon the licencing committee of the Town of Ngauiawalna, unop ,1()M.(1, 1()M . ( 1 ,_>[ esM , F. <;. Tavloi, H Saulbeiy, David Henderson, Petet Kay and J). Combe.-. Mr William Peacock, blacksmith, Hamilton \\\-t, met vwtli a painful acci dent yesteiday afternoon. He vv i- 11-mg <in .ul/.e, and in inking a blow the tool slipped, and inflicted a n.i-ty wound on Mi Ye icock'- cv\f. The sulfeiev was t iken to Mr Sandes' di-;>en-uy, and Di. C irev , who was -non in attendance, die— cd the wound At the evening service of S Paul's Wesleyan Church, Cambridge, on Sunday last the cnngiegation were reminded that the election foi licensing commissioners for the tow n tool; place on the foi lowing Monday, when it v\as hoped they would all take -uch steps in the nutter us they deemed he-it m the inteiests of good law and public moiahty. Some little excitement was occasioned in Cambridge on Sunday afternoon by an alarm >>f hie. The- chimney of Mi Boyce's bakehouse in Victoria-stret t, being in a duty ht«ite, got ignited, and hent foith a good volume of flame and smoke. This soon attracted the attention of a number of people about, who weie hoon on the spot with laddeis, buckets, &c, but foi which theie was, foitunately, little need. "Contractor ' writes complaining of the expense he and others were put to in connection with the recent tendering for di .image woiks on the Rukuhia estate, m view of the fact that the propiietor of the pi opcrty never intended to accept any of the tondn-s, but only meant to -uck the brnins of contractors. The letter is couched in veiy intemperate language, and cannot theiefoie be inseited. Owing to the non-arrival of the Right Rev. Dr. Luck, Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, ou Saturday, the ceicinoiiy of blessing the Convent of S. Maiy, Hamilton East, which was to have taken place on Sunday morning, had to be put off until ne\t Sunday. His Loidslnp had ordered a cab to be at the Palace, Ponsonby, to take him to the railway station, but the driver did not come up to tune, and the bishop consequently lost thetiam. The internal accommodation of the Cambridge Public Libr.uy has been veiy much impioved of late. The lihiaiy loom Ij.ih been consideiably enlaiged, the increase in the ntock of liteiatuie lequning more space. The secret uy, Mi Pods, cmnnlaiiiH of tho veiy bad and thoughtle-s habit indulged in by members in takingoiit books and periodical which they nevet think of returning for several months, notvvithhtanding tho fact that they are daily bought after l>y otliei members. We hope members v\ ill tuke tho hint. It is the intention of the Railway Department to inn a cheap exclusion train from Auckland to Hamilton and back on Tuesday, the 3rd of Mai eh. The faie has been fixed at iH and doubtless a Lugo number of people will avail thoir.Hehos of the opportunity to visit the district. Jt would bo well if tho residents of Hamilton and the iioighboui hood would ariange to provide some description of amusement for the visitors on that day. We tlnovv out the KUggention in tho hopo that it will bo taken up and acted upon. The notico in short, but something could be done if tho matter were taken up eneigetically. The usual monthly meeting of the Taotaoioa Road P.oaid, was held on S.ituiday. Present :- Me-sis N. I. Hunt, (chairman) Kallendar and Brunskill. The following tendeiH wero received fur works on the Bridgewater - Whitehall rond ;—

G. Wuttam, eaith, le, now sidings, (id pir vatd, old Hidings, 4s 3d per chuii, catch <!i.iiiii 2s fid per chain, i) inch pipes, 2- 3 d pjr font, 0 inch pipes, Is '.ld per foot, (sic cpted) ; C.iinichin .md Ryan, Is 3d, Is, 20s, 2s (id, 1> lid, .uid X Tlio ongiueei w \s instructed to c mfi-r with the I'uko County Council with legml to tho in.iin i oiid near Goiton. To the Editor. -Sir, In your wiif of Kihm.li> T'tli mv iia ni" appeals on tho list of p ( -t-"iH proposed to bo no iniinted by the teiiiper,uico paity .it Cimhndge Kindly permit mo to s.iy thioii^i th-u columns that mv potion is, not.vith-t.md-in,', .in independent one, as they have neither asked nor obtained from mo any pledge as to my action should I be returned Only one thin.; I now pledge, that \«, should Ibe elected, no new licenses hhall lw granted with my consent. In all other in.itt-r.s I sh.ill act with perfect independence of any ! pai ty, by doing what may seem to bo in keeping with right and common sense after duly considering the provisions of the licensing Act .uid Amendment Act.— l .mi, &c., Gko. Sm kudos'.— [ThiH letter, though jdited the l!)th, did not leach our hands until Saturday.— En. 1 The usual monthly meeting of the 1 C.tmbudge Road Boaid, was held on Saturday. Piesent :— Messrs W. Tayloi, (in the chair), S. S. Gr.ih.un, and Allwill. The following tendeis were received for the Xa i row s road contract: — Jas. Hamilton, I f'U, (accepted) ; J. Casby, £!)1 ; .1. C. Booth, £!>!> Is (kl ; \V. Jones, £'J7 ; Jas (Elements, £102 ; Coombes and CasMdy, £102 4s Sd ; K.iy and Millar, £123 Lm ; Z. Dwen, £14(5 9-> Bd. The two lowest tenderers having tied, preference was given to Mr Hamilton us being a ratepayer in the disturb For tho Martyns gully contract the following tenders were received: — Jas. Clements, Ud per yard, (accepted) ; Jas. Kennedy, 7d ; T. Cowley, 8d ; Crouch, 8d ; G. Owen, SUI ; and .J. Hamilton, M. Mr John Martyn wrote complaining of the condition of the road at the foot of the X mow's hill, and the engineer was instructed to put in a larger set of pipea. The Lyttelton Times refers as follows to Mi Ashbury's visit to Whati whatihoe : — "Mr Ashbuiy doseivos every ciedit for the kindness of he.ut he h.is shown to the Maori lace. At the same tune it is impossible to add that discietion is amongst the Mrtues which Mi Ashbuiy lias hi ought to heai upon the situition. If tho account aent down by t'le Pu-.s Asm) ci ition ih to be dependi d upon, Mr Ashbury was not content when taking leave of the King natiiest, m the W.iikito, the other cla)', with expressing his sympathy for their success. He went on to tell them that "no doubt their ca-use would ultimately receive full justice and consideration fioin the British Parliament, whatever Government might be in office." Now, if theie is on^j thing more certain thin another, it in that whatever Government may be in office, e\ery petition fiotn a Maori subject of Her Majesty will be forwarded to the New ZuiLuid Government, whose opinion will be in all probability leg.irded a.-, final. It oeeuih not to be understood as widely aH it ought to be that this is a helf governing colony, that the government of the native race was handed to the New Zealand Parliament, and that an imperiuiii in impel io m the shape of an Impeiial commission governing the Kmgites and other natives in the heart of tho Waikato cannot be thought of, and will not be thought of for an instant. When Majoi Te Wheoro brought this idea so prominently the othe" day befoi« his Maoi i friends we expressed our ami/einent that he should have known no bettei, but since Mr Ashbmv'.s remarks to the Kingites then* is no fuithei km son foi astonishment. As Mr Ashb.iry's guest, Majoi Te Whforo was emied away by his host's ideas. It is a pity." Thefollowingcablemessages, dated London, l!»th and 20th, h.iv c been published : —At a banquet given by the London Chamber of Commeice today, the Hon. Evelyn Ashley, Colonial Under Secret uy, made a .speech in which he advocited Impeiial Fedeiation and the admission <if tliecoloni.vlAgotits-GHiior.il to the House of Commons, but without a vote. Sir S vul Samuel, in a Hpceih on tho occasion, rem.iiked that it was impossible to di.nv the colonies closer togethei than they vveie at present. — In the House of Lords todiy, the Marquis of Sabsliury, in the com si of a speech, stated that the colonial policy of tht> Government had brought nothing but repeated insults.— ln the House of Commons to-day, Mi Gladstone announced that the Aiisti.ilasian Kedeiation Knabiing Bill would shortly be introduced m the House of LmK— Aimed at Plymouth: The Oiient steamship Soiat.i, from Melbourne, — The Pi nice of Wales will pre side at the ne\t meeting of the Royal Colonial Institute, when Sir F. X.ipioi Bioome will read a paper on " Peith," Western Australia. His Koyal Highnes.s has returned from Cannes.— lt is consideied unlikely that Sir G. W. Dcs V(kuk will be appointed to succeed Sir W. F. 1). Jervom as Governor of New Zealand. — Russia is I despatching n force of 30,000 nun to the region to the south of the Caspi.m. —It is behoved that Russia and Fiance have ar1 ranged to divide Asia Minor and Syiia between them. — It is rumoured that the Go\ei norship of New South Wales has been offered to tho Maiquis of Lome, but the Pi incehs Louise, his wife, is unwilling that he should accept it.— The frozen meat, ex Orient steamer Soiata, is in good condition. — Sir Frederick N. Broonie, Governor of Western A«atri»lii», knm fur that colony on May (i.— lt is believed that Franco (if poi nutted to annex the Hebndes) is willing to guarantee all missionaiy rights, «nd undei takes not to send convicts to the Gioup.— The Anglo Geiman dispute respecting Xevy Guinea centres on the posses Mun of Huon 13 iy. — The wheit maiket i< dull, and puces ,ue uuch.nigi'd.