The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1998, 28 April 1885, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Equal and exact justice to all men, Ot whatsoever state or persuasion, religious or political. Here shall the Press the People' 1 ! riffht maintain, Unawcd by influence and unbnbcdby gain.

The 'Frisco mail steamer Zelandia left Sydney for Auckland on Sunday morning, with a crew of non-Union men.

The next practice of the Hamilton Choral Society will be held at Miss Newell's Hchool-room to-morrow evening.

Our Te Awamutu correspondent in sending the names of the candidates for the Rangiaohia road board wrote Mr G. McKinder's name iti eiror. It should havo been Mr P. McDonnell.

The only candidates nominated yesterday to fill the vacancies in the Hamilton Road Board were : Messrs Atkinson, E*celby and G. Way, the retiring- members, and they were consequently re-elected.

A poll of the ratepayers of the Kiukinroa Licensing Distnct will be taken on Thursday, the 21st May next, at tho residence of Captain McPherson, to determine whether the number of licenses within the district may or may not bo increased.

An attempt is to be made in Auckland to establish a Cabman's Union, but for what Hpecific i.urposo it would be hard to determine. The present f.uea are high enough in .ill conscience, — higher than in any other town in the colony. The " cabbies" otplain that the "hilhne^s" of Anckland and the high price of fodder makes a rise necessary.

To-morrow evening the Rev H. "R. Dewsbury will deliver hin popular lecture on " Chailes Dickens" in the Cambridge Public Hall in aid of the funds of the Cambridge nchool. It k needless to refer to Mr Dewsbury's well-known reputation as a, lecturer. The subject of the lecture itself should be sufficient to bring together a large .uidience.

To the Editor : JSir,— Will you kindly furnish through your columns the ddte at which tlm Hamilton Legislative Association h (or was) to resume its nit-ting-".—l ail), &C , ONK iNTEUKSTEn. [We must refer our correspondent to the Premier or some of lm colleagues, if they are still in the land of the livinpr-— K»-J

Mr A. Swarbrick delivered a very interesting lecture on Chemistry, before the members of the Hamilton East Mutual Improvement Association, at LeQuenne's Hall, last night. Theio was a good attendance of members and their frienda, and the chair w.w occupied by the Rev. Mr Raeburn. A number of Hongs were sung by lady and gentleman amateur*, and a pleasant evening wai spent.

The brokers for the proposed Auckland Woollen Factory, are vigorously pushing the tale of shares, and aie meeting with a fair rr.easure of success. Tt must bo noted that both the Kaiapoi and Mosgiel factories in the South Til.md, had many difficulties to overcome before they got faiily started to work, and there is little doubt that the provisional directorate of the Auckland one with profit by their experience.

Colonel Lyon, since he assumed the command of tl.o Auckland volunteer*, has already m.ido hiinsjlf extremely popular. The ie.idy ear h» lends to any complaint they have to make, as well an the /e.il he manifests for tlieir wclfaie, is freely commented upon. At a time when it is possible that the aerviens of our volunteers may have to be sought to defend r>ur homes and families, it is fortunate that we have a commanding officer who will infuse an e-tprit de corp< into his troops, which in the d vy of need will help matters considerably.

We understand that the matter of having the present time-table altered, will, from an important feature in the proceedings) of the Piako County Council to-morrow. Ever since the existing timetable came into force, the council have been incessant in their complaints against it, and have made several strong representations to the Government on tho matter.

Tin 1 council will b3 pleaded to li\irn that thoir lepioicntations ha\o not boon ou>ilookcfl. Ai an unmeJiafce .tltcr.ition ii expected to bo announced in the course of a few d.iy>.

A few evenings ago durin? a pcifornunce in tho Cambiidge Public Hall, ->tnm£ complaints weie made about the wietuhud m inner in which tho room was lit up Tlimo woiu no stage lights whati*\ei, .1 f.wt wliK'h mm"V m itemlly mmcl tlu> bticcess of the ontuitainnient. Now th.it the building i-> in tho h.mds of the town bond, they should ace that pr.>pei piovision h inaUj in this lespdet. With little c\ccption, tho Cambridge hall I*. .ibout the poorest in point of accommodation in W.iiUato ; the scale of ch.nges aiv in advance of .all tlu othois, and siuely if nothing else, the trustees can be a little tnoie liberal with the kerosene.

Mr C. Hudson, Traffic Manager of the Auckland Railway*, .irrivcd at C.un budge by ye->teidiy'& tuun, and \v.u> interviewed at that place by a number of iobidents. A public meeting to discuss the subject of the time-table w.w held la*>t night, and m reported fully in another column. Mr Hnd-on will be in Hamilton today, at Ohaupo and Te Awanintu to-mor-row, and will meot tlie settlpis of the Puiko and Aioh.i district* at Mori imv die on Tlmradiy. It seems probable that arrangements will be made whereby tho present fast train leaving Auckland at 11.30 a.m., will be maintained.

When speaking of emigration arid tha imputation of our colony (s«*ys a correspondent at Auckland), it m\y be worth while to know that Emile do Han en when here, refeirinK to the need of finding blocks of land on which to settle the surplus population of Botgiuin, stated that that country, which does not exceed >n hi/b lome o! imr New Zealanvi provinces, h.^ now a popwisvtion of <i,0G0,000, uiid that it \s nccossaiy that f<iom should be found to stow away 100,000 persons annually. There ii hMle use in any country nv>mg objections, for Bolgiura can bo mad« to hold no moii 1 , and they must be found home* somewhere, or the consequences may be scru mi.

The following special messages to the Press Association, dated London, th 21th and 21th nut., have been published : — The shipment of meat by the Rimutaka has arrived in good condition.— Owing to the disaster to the steamer Austial in Port Jackson (Sydney) the Orient Steamship Company do not declare a dividend fa» shareholders this year, but carry £15,000 to tha reserve fund. — Mr Hondcru's West Australian Land Company has been registered, with a capital of £100,000.— The wheat market is tinner. Quotations are, ex warehouse, 395, at which price numerous sales lute been effected. Fmward ship ments range f i om 3(?s to 38s (id, and Litest shipments at 38s.— The Prince and Princess of Wales have arrived at Belfast, wheie a great di>al of enthusiasm at their visit was displayed.

Our Auckland correspondent writes : —So Luge is the number of people who daily visit, more especially on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, the fortification works.it the North Head, thatextra steamers arc now at those times placed on the harbour by the Nortli Shore Ferry Company. About 300 men are now employed, and the work in bemsr pushed on rapidly. Monday, the 27th, has been declared a half holiday by the Mayor, no that Volunteers may have an nppoitunity of attending at the drill shed, where they are to be instructed in the manner of repelling an attack from the Russian*, should one take place. The intimation was given from the pulpits of the various churches on Sunday, as well as by public notice.

A few days ago a gentleman booked three dogs at the Cambridge station to bo ft mv aided by rail to Auckland, where they were entered to take part in the coursing contests at Plumptun P.nk. The dog"! weie duly put on board the train, and duly sent off in the hope th.it they would reach their destination in safety, and sustain the reputation of the district which they represented. But through snine oversight on the part of somebody, .ifter the lapse of a few dayi the animals returned to Cambridge in the xdme truck in which they had been despatched, and weie handed back to the consignor. The incident could not be accounted for, except that on reaching thoir journey's end they had boon forgotten, and as the truck in which they wero locked up was returning to Cambridge, they accordingly returned with it.

The London Morning Advertiser of 31st .T.inii.iry, referring to Renter*, special correspondent in the Soudan, writes .Vh follows:— "The special correspondents who have, dining the last fortnight, as it were, photographed the various phases of the desert inaieh for the English public have received their due meed of praise. But it would be unfair to pass over one who has rendered <»s Mgnal service »a any of them — the conespondent of Messrs Renter. We cannot identify him. Lord Wolseley speaks of him simply as 'an English gentleman.' But when it is remembered th.it ho brought the first tidings of the safe arrival of General Stewart at the Gakdul Wells to the Com-mander-in-chief, and that, hard upon his adventurous ride with despatches from Stewart, lie set out again from Korti, wa» time to witness the tight at Abuklen, and followed the column in its splendid struggles to win a footing on the Nile — his services to the public can haidly be overrated. From first to last there ha-s been no break in his correspondence. His narrative has been continuous, graphic and comprehensive. He has never misbed a point, and had theie b/en no other contributor to the Press piesent, Englishmen would still have learnt from his ready pen all that was essential to know of the advance. We do not wish in the slightest degree to detract from the stirring nairatives of the march from Korti to Gub.it which have been sent Home by the ' specials ; ' but it would bo ungenerous not to notice by their side the efforts of a writer who, on overy occasion of interest, has furnished the public with full and succinct details of the deeds of General Stewait'i auny."

A correspondent writes :— While all soits of schemes are being considered to hnd out the readiest way of raising fund? for onr country's requirements, a report on the London City Guilds, which lately appeared in .1 London newspaper, is worthy of attention. The report of the City Companies shows that these survivors of a former age have property woith about £15,000,000 and an income of about £750,000 per annum. Of this, some £350,000 is spent in charity, and the balance in salaries, feasting, and the keeping up of the halls in which the feasting is done. Surely it is timo some change took place in this respect, and a few of the amounts now spent on charities overhauled, and the annual sum now expended in preaching sermons in commemoration of the Armada discontinued, rrovided we allowed for the continuance of all proper charities and sup pressed some of those gorging establiahmentc, we would obtain nearly £500,000 per annum. I might mention some other associations or guilds who waste money in equally as flagrant and reckless a manner as this, but I opine I have said enough to hhow any untrained mind that while some persons and countries are struggling to make ends meet, money is being literally flung away by thousands and tens of thousands in other placet. Says an Auckland correspondent : — The aH-absoibing topic of conversation here during the past week has beon the Kusso - Affghnn - Anglo difficulty. The Herald oHico is eagerly watched from morning till night tor extras, and at all places and at all times you come across groups of persons eagerly discussing the pros and cons of the whole subject. It is now thought that, after all, the visit of a Russian ciuiser in the event of England going to war with that country is not an improbable thing. We will assume that a cruiser, on leaving Russia for a cruicoinour seas, brings with her a double or triple complement of guns a« well *s men. She falls in with one of our fine steamers, any of which conkl, with little trouble, be converted into a moit effective cruiser. She spixps her, and, arming her, puts on board of her a fair complement of hands, and vve have at once another cruiser to fear. Russia could thus in a very short time largely increase her navy. We cannot do her the same injury in this respect that sho can do us, for the simple reason that we have not pieson ted to us the opportunity, Russia having m small n mercantile fleet. At the present time there are about 500 vessels either going to or from New Zealand. It will be remembered what a terror the Alabama was in her time, and we have a dozen ftoamora which could be made better cruisers than her. That is the class wo have to bo afraid of. As long ns sho could escape a stand up tight and run for it iho was safe, but the first time she had to do so the Kearsage sunk her easily. Our dcfenco worku are boinsr proceeded vyith rapidly. The torpedo boat has been sinco her advent amongst us a groat source of attraction. She has now been moored at tho North Shore, wbeie sho is to bo kept.

A string of torpedoes is to be l.ud aciois tlie mouth of our harbour, which should ]iro\o ,i i ithot effective pievejitiie to the enhance of any unwelcome ••tiangor within our gate-*. No doubt John Bull will in the end tfive the Northern liiwi a licking, but it will be at great expense and s.icnhce of hum m life, and I think we cxn voiy well jgi'^e to put the matter of, and lne to fitfht itm>thcr day. I h.we heard from cfo >d .mthnrity that the Government are prepired and intend to expend £">OO,OOO on the defence of the colony, and that it will take *T>o,ooo per annum to in.iinUin this defence, .md I think tliat when it is considered that ilus means so much les* to be spent on Public Works, we are already suffcier.s to a veiy f.nr e\tent.

TUESDAY, APRIL 28, 1885.