AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2009, 23 May 1885, Page 2

AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

hqu il and exact justice to .ill men, Oi whatsoever state or persuasion, religious or political, Urrr sli ill the Press the f'cnplc' 1 ; ri^rlit maml.iin, Un.iwed by iiiflut-nce ,md unbnbi d by r.i ij.

SATURDAY, MAY 2-1, 1885.

The Railway Reform League which was bom in such an unpretentious way the other day in Waikato will, we think, soon grow into a sturdy youth. On this question of railway reform the clay of talking must give way to the day of work. We imagine that the people of New Zealand, or at any rate the great majority of them, lire ready to acknowledge that the present system of railway administration is radically wrong, and that in order to the proper development of the trade and resources of the country, and the settlement of its wide areas of Crown and native lands, something entirely different is required. Mr V;iil'-'s scheme has now bi-en before (lie country for some years. It h.is, as we hnve before had occasion tr» tnriark, been canvassed and criti«">sul, mid the principle which undoilios sind sustains it has been acknowledged by many men of undoubted capacity, professional and commercial, to b« sound. Mr V,-iile himself lias courted the fullest a. id freest enquiry, and has gone to grefe'.t trouble and expense to lay his ideav< before the community. But, notwithstanding all this, the only sure touchstone which can bo applied to the system is actual trial. We, in common with Mr Vaile and those who think with him, believe that the introduction of cheap fares and freights would prove of immense benefit to the country. But our opinion is of no value by the side of ■i piactical application of the system to thy railways of the colony.

The principle is sufficient!} sound in theory to justify a practical tost We do not moan .1 partial test, but one which would 1)0 suHicient satisfy the most ardent supporters of the, proposed scheme. The advocates of reform prefer then '•I inn in the most reasonable \va> No demand is made for the nninc hate adoption of Mr Vaile's scheme. 1)u the contrary, the petition <ip jiio\ed by the late public meeting, mil now in circulation, merely asks for the appointment of a Commis moh to enquire into Jtnd ovaniine i he propo->;il , with the pro\iso, that if the scheme ho declared sound, it be put in operation without loss of l inn". Further than this, the Commission is to be left frees at the same time to examine any other scheme or schemes of railway reform. Jf, therefore, Mr Vaile has any rivals, their proposals will be allowed to M.i ml side by side with his. It will li.u-. be seen that the programme of i'.e League is a very sensible and model ,ite one, and one that none should experience any dilliculty in ->ilbs< i ibiug to. It only remains for the organisers of the League to set energetically to work. The task before them is l>y no means an easy one, but we aie sitisfied that they are composed of the right kind of stuff. They will not shrink from ordinary obstat les. The plau of the campaign, which will be at once commenced, is, we believe, of form brandies of the League in every centre of population throughout the colony, to which will be delegated the duty of bringing the petition undei the notice of every citizen and settler in their respective districts. By tins means it is hoped the League will be able to lay before Parliament during the coming session such an undeniable expression of public opinion as cannot be iguoiod. We do not believe that the (Jo\ eminent is averse to reform ; the utterances from time to time of the Minister for Public Works point clearly in the opposite direction ; and when the Cabinet finds that it has the general support ot I the country it will ha\e no hesitancy in asking Parliament to appoint a Commission. In ordei that the League in.i} do its york thoioughly it will be necessary jto lmc some money The amount lequited will not be very much, and if e\ei)body w ill give a little, no one need make a sacrifice. The people who want reform -and we all see the need of it — mu-t give the movement their hearty practical sympathy Armed with this the League is bound to achieve its object.

The next English mail closes at Hamilton .it '» n in. on Moml.iy, ~'">U) M.iy.

The Banks in Waikato will be ilo-td on Monday and Tue-id.iy for tinIJntlid.iy niiil Whitsuntide Holi iltjs.

The local option poll for the di-tti. t of Kiiikimoa was I iki>n <>n Tlnmd.iv. K'>iii \»ti'fl fni an incuM-iO of liu'ims .Ulll IKIUf <IL' Ull^t.

The members of the Hamilton L.iwn Tennis Clnl), will ( onmicrirc .1 t'liini.imcnt on flic I'miit today Tuck .lie f(iiiitf<»n i iitne-, .md -oino good jil.iy i->

•UltlUip.ltt (1. The Rev. D. Taylor, an English clergyman ti.ui'llnif,' thinu^'l) the Jj.ike dutnct, H iu>w in (!xnibinlf,'<\ .uul will juimcli ut S. Andrew'-* Clmicli t<> moiiow.

A concert in aid of the funds of tin 1 lieu l'lCHhytciian (!liuicli, will he held ,in tin 1 Puhlui'H.ill, ICiliiUiln, on Monday evening, tin; 2>th init.

We understand that an attempt in being m.ule to establish .1 sug.ir-bcet giowmg company, the object boi no; to grow about 40 01 7tO acres of the root in order to mive at the .ictr.il cost of production. It uill Ins seen by a telegram in unothri coltlinn tll.it Mlff.ir !■> Roinff up in pner. The anniversary dance in connection with tho Duke of Cmnhiidfre Lodge of ( JddfellowH w ill tnke place nt tin; I'uhlic J fall, Cntiiuiidgc, on Monday next (Queen's l'.ntlxl.iy.) Motiilhts will aiHenililo at the Oddfellow h' Hall nt 7 o'clock, and will th'-ncc jiincffd to tli<> Nation il Hot«'l, wliorc the annual dinner will be laid out.

Services in connection with the Chuted of OliiMt will )>o lit Id t>\cry Sunday morning -it ho (Jui>hiic'x Hull, H.miiltoii for " Mli»«-<hn>, mid tho biosikuig of hnwl." Theiu will We sin evening si'nicc ti> nioiiuw, whuii Mr MuiiKie, from Antkl.ind, will loctuio on hoiiic senptuial thcim;.

Dr. Schwarzbach. M.D-, has recently rotui nod fiom Kuropo .md m.iy be consulted for di«()ft?eK of the oye, e.ir and thro.it only lit Mis Spiers' Albert I'itrk, Auckland, daily ftom 10 to 1. l)i Schwar/ h.ich enjoys . i world wide leputatum as .1 ipecmh'-t.

The Ngaruawahia races on Mond.iy, ((Queen's liirtluhiy) piomi^c t<> be \ery hucces^ful, and as tlx'ii 1 are nootliri .ittr.ictioii nn tlint day thure will doubtless be .1 good attendance of \ i->it«»is from nthorpaits of the distiict. The hrst iac« starts .it 12 :1O Ui.irp. Entiiew foi tio Hack Itaco will be mcehed .ittho pwt.

At the present time there are many thousands of lyinj,' at the boomb at Cambridge. Those ,uc from the Jiull of tlio Wailcato Timbt'i Company at Waotu ami havo been floated down the river in tlio usual way. Tlicho aio the HlocporH for the Thames Valley Railway for which tlio Waikato Company were the Huccesiful tendercis. Tlie j«ists are of fiiHt class quality.

The Te Awaroutu branch of the c« operative association is at picscnt doing 1 u big business through the* starting of the railway contract in the vicinity. Hitherto tluH branch han been alnmfc the m<mt backward in rcHpect to its turn ovei ; now it has taken a significant Hpnrt, and its flt\tlings are con«ideinhly in ndvunco «>t eithei the Cinnbndgo or ll.inulton biancli.

The Auckland schooner Fleetwintf, under charter to Captain J). H. McKcrmo, nrinwl in harbour on Thui-uluy fiom Apia, Snimm, and by her wo lo.un tliiit King Miilii'te>ii had dt-clarofl win ap.niiHt tlic Cliicf Tinimsesp, ajifl th.it pn--pamtidiis wore bein^ iiiado for nn attack upon tho rcbclrt' position at Fort Albatross. -Herald.

The Cambridge public pound haH now been partly covered in, and «talln have been elected, with miitablo inniiKerH. TheHo pro vision*) hi o now required by tbo act, and in tbo came of humanity they were very much wantrd. The inmates of the pound will now be more comfortable than they have been in tbo piwt. thi>v will not bo expuHcd to the mercy of tbo elemcnta and thoir fodder will bo kopt clean and dry inntcad of being trampled about in a miru of filth an heretofore.

His Lordship the Bishop of Auckland, [>i. Gown-, is expected to arrive in Hamilton thin o wining by train, and will prrnch to morrow (Whit Sunday) in H. I'utoiV Cliurcli in the morning and in S. Sto|»l)nn'M, Tumiilicro, in the afternoon, and will hold a confirmation in S. Potor'a Church in tho ("veiling. On Monday evoning liis Lmdship will lectnro in tho Public i'lull on " Our J'roHent Troubles in India and Afy,'hnnint;in," n-nd will atoo prcHcnt the " I'ihliop'h pn/.cH " gained by H. JVto'H Sunday school ;it tho tccont uxainiiintion. Soirio uoncurttid pioens will bo conti lbuti'd by a quintette party, ho that nn enjoyable evening may be anticipated.

At Thursday's meeting of the Auckland Cmwii Luiklh Honid, MrSnudcM, on Ix'half <>( Mr Livingstone, i-ontiaator, ii^kod jiennistion to rcniovo cirth frnm certain iillotuifiitH at To Ai'ilm, It wan

iigieed to ascertain whethf r the kmhov.il of the earth would affect the mlt< of tin* illot nnMit-<.--Mr Wlntnoy a-«lii d to l>e allowed to imic'li.ist 1 Il.ikuio.i ]j ike, T.mi|hii, a- ho iiitfiidt'd to di.vii it. 'I'lic ,i|jplic.itioii v.is n'fiKi'd, .is pm.itc niti'ii'sts of tlinsi> who li id itinoli'isod land in the locality would bo fifFocted.

A fine mob of steers, about 80 bond, panned through Hamilton on \Vedne-» 'Ity, for tli<' est.ito <»f Mi tMm I'nooKs, Churchill. They were, all in fine condition, uid speak well for tin* ferd in the u;i,> v i Waikato. Th'jy were pinUi.isod .it Mosis \V. J. Hunter and C'o.'s Mile on Tin sd.iy l.int. On Thurhd.iy si fuithci acounsioii to tho stock of Mr Bnmks' farm p.iised through llimnlton in tho shape of ,i tino Hock of bctw con <iOO and 700 sin cp. Thoy weni in charge of one ot McisH lluntci and (lo's men. Air liiook, bis K"in' in <>\tt>nsi\i>ly for turiupti tlnsyeai, and the micci s-< which lus attended Ins eifoitn ik bestexumplidcd by theso largo purchase of c.ittlo .md sheep.

Waikato sportsmen are going to havo n fow day« spin after tho l'.ikui.inpri hounds in tho course of a couplo of weeks, tho club having accepted tho offer of the local committee. Tho club wanted £".">0 and all cxpcuKCH for two visits, one at the botfinnhiK and thu other at tho clo-,e of tho soaHon, but tho local committee thought this sum too much, and offered t'lo, winch ha? boon entei tamed. Mr Peicnal h.is writton to Mr .T. S. Buckl.md to tho offect that tho hound will como up under the chaißo of Mr lorn Brown aftor tho Auckland Jockey Club Juno Moetiusr. It wc\ pectcd that a number of Auckland Kpoits men will nlxo como up.

A horse stealing case of a somewh.it peculiar character comes on for hearing fit tho R.M. Court, Cambridge, on Thursday noxt. N. H. Luiimloii, well known in local racing circles, laid an information against LaudcrdaleCarnachan, for that ho. rm the previous evening, did wilfully and feloniously utol and take away one chestnut gelding valued at £33, known as ProHpero. It appears Carnuchan gme Luinxden the home to tiain for cprtnin Waikato races and there was somo dispute, .is to payment for keep &c, and Linnndcn stuck to tlie animal. Carnachan 'went on Wednesday night and took the hoi ho out of Lumsden'n Htable, and the lattui mis^iue the horse on the following morning laid tho information upon which C.unachan was ai rested. Carn.ichan h.i.s been bailed out.

Some careless waggoner is, we understand, in tlit* li.ibit of depositing b.i^-, of chaff, as a tein[»<>i.ity c >'i\eiiionce, on the roadside- liotwcou tho W. uk.lt 1 > and Kara pit o budges at Cunluid^u. On Thurnday n few buff-* were deposited on tho side of tho road withch.u.icteiistic thoughtlemnesn, and nearly resulted in a voiy serionn accident to some I.ulich who ncir driving past. The lioim-s shied, and tho iniKßy niinowly escaped boin^ c.ipsi/,t;d into the river. Wo trust tho pei-on who indulges in this stupid piwctico will be ;i little moio tli<mtrhtful m fiitiui-, ,mii) >n.«kc a convenience nf hoiiic ni'no smt.iltlo place tlnin the suit: n[ ;i public thorou^hfaie.

The Cambridge Town Board is ,d,outto have (hat pot tion of the Victoii.uoad wlliell W.IS K'tCllth till" (MHT tlf sd tnucll dlh-.i^ioi'tiK-nt leformed. Tins inatl between tho c'ltucl) corner .md tho town h"lt, whci.- the lecent inipiovetnent-. were alle^ -d to line hi'cn plfi'ctod, ih in a wivlclu'd ci.Klitioii, and i^ little licttcr than it v.is Ix-foic the cniiti.ict cntiiiiienci'd. Vftci .1 shower of i tin p.uts of the ro.ul ,uc .ilto^i'tlioi suh >•■ r K ,-fl, md .t i» l>v i><> iii-iii^ n c foitahle place for pedestrisiim after d uk. Xn« that tlui iainy hci^od lia-. setni, it nny not ho judiciom to make any exteiiM vo cuttings, as it would only be Roni^ fiom hid to woi so, liy innkniK the, ro.id .1 vent.iblo mloii^li ot (le-iiioiid dining the wintoi. However, them is ;i good rluplicate ro.ul, well Ri.ivelled, which in ly lie utilized while the woik isheintj canii'd out.

The people of Christchurch, or lutlxii a poitimi of thcni, ait- going "» stiong fm piotection. On \Vodnisd.i\ night Mr John Holmes, M.H.R , dehvend a lecture t<> n cmwclfil .ludieucc undei the auspices of tin' Xi'\\ Ze.tl.tnd I'riitt'ctnm A^sncintum, <>ti tin- l»'-t in(\un'if Hiipplyin^ r tin; working inon of Now Zo.il.uid with employment. At thn coiiclntioii of tin- lfcturo tlio fnllowmtr resolution was cariud iinaiinnouxlv .—. — "That tht) subject of fumi-lmi^ oni[iloyincut to the workmen and youths of tho colony has become of vit.il impoitaiict- ; that in consequence of the low pun: of wool, k'l iin, <iud othei f.iim produce it lias l>eci'ino nt'etissaiy that a lai>,'e numb'-r of the people should l«» cinployt'd in ni.inuf.ictuiin^ ,m(l so in. ike a home m. v ket fm tin; f,inin:i -, and thus become moio self-ieluuit ; tli.it to £ive mi impetus to m.inuf.ictuiin^, (iuvciiimont be respectfully lecpie^ted to ie\ise the Customs tariff with a vie.w to the foit.eimg ;md oncoui.'ifccmg of industries and pioductiotis of the colony."

The following special messages to tlio Piess Association, dated Loii<J<ni, May 121 st, hu\e been published :— Tho Amir of Afghanistan is in «'i depiessud state, and st'cniH disposed to buy ott Russia. — Russia cl.hiiis to be jienuittcd to locate a diplomatic niriMit at Cibul. — Her generals stationed in tho vicinity of tin; Afghan fioiitiei are insisting upon the retentmii of the Zulhkar Pas-. —<{i>i ninny is urging Fiance not to accept tlie tciins of the Kgvptiau Convention unload tho European control of tlu> Suez Canal is provided for. — Mr ( Jladntono, in thecouiseof a upeech in tho House of Commons, xefetred to the p.irly cl»so nf his political caroor.— The rnviHod torrtion »f tho IJiblo is h.vvin^.in lmmt'iiso Hale. — Tho frozen meat per tho Rimutakiv ih icalising .">Jd per lb.-Lord Deiliy li:tit prom mod to assi.st to the utirmst in tho wettloment nf Now (Suinon. -Thi« hitipment of pinpns by the Hteamei I'otosi li.ivo .11 lived in a marketable condition. - New Zealand agrees to tho omission of clause 31 in tho I'ederation Bill on condition that the cf>m;>i<>miso hiipffested by tlio Hon. Mr Griffiths, Premier of (Queensland, is accepted.— Captain Dudley, and Stephens, the mate, of the yacht Mignonette, wlio were Hentonced to six months' imprisonment on December 18 for having killed Kichaid Parker, h.iyo now been released.— Tho Uosphoro Kgyptiun has again commenced publication. — The Indians in Cnndi.i aic toituring tho pi iionois taken captive by them.— Clioluin li.is bioken oue at Mat.seilles.— Tho committee appointed foi tho purpose of impiiMclung M. .Fnles Keny, the c\-Fiench Pieiniei, have declined to do ho.

Lovers of high-class entertainment iti Hamilton arc |u utilised a great tro.it \\v\t week, when Mr Fleming Xmton, the eplebiated character actor will give two perfoi niancos, one on Wednesd.ty evening.it the Public H.ill, Haxiiltou Wust, and the other on Thuisday evening, at Le (^ueMie's Hall, Hamilton Kant. Kioih the long list of extracts from the leading London and Australian papeis which liph befoio in, it is ovident that tho entertainment is of an exceptionally high order. Mr Nort#n i« jit piewnt on Uie Went Coa.Ht, having ncifoimtid in all the Southern towns of tne colony, where he w.is warmly received. The following if extracted fiom tho Wellington J'ont : — "The hoixtcioiiH weather on Saturday, together with the utifortiinate fiio which occuned in tho evening at To Aro Houmu. militated considerably against the attendance at the Tlieiitie Iloyal, on Satuiday e\ ening, when Mr Fleming Noiton, the thin actei delineator and populaicntoit. nner, made his firnt appearance on tho Wellington stage. Tho pel formanco, howeiei, was none the lens spirited on that account, and Mi Not ton kept liih audienco in .a dimmer of merriment from firHttolant, giving no fewer than 1 1 liniirnirouH and life-like Hketches of cliai.itter. The perfectncsn, .in well an the rapidity of his changes wan reniaikable, and elicited f i oquont and hearty applause. PreHMiiro upon our Hj)aco pi events our noticing the entertainment in detail, but it cortainly justified the high eiilogiums which ha\e been passed upon it by tho Knglish and Colonial Prow, and at once Ht.unped Mr Norton bh an aitist of tho highest merit in liih paiticulai line. Theie is a I (leasing nlwonco of anything .ip|)n<.ichiug vulgarity or coarKenoss in the peifoinianee, which can bo witnosHcd with delight by young and old of all clhhsoh of the coin inunity. His K\(elleney the (Jovoinor h.is intiin.ited th.it lie will e\h nd ln«. patron igt, to tho enteitainuient, ami will be piCM-nt at the theatii) to moriow e\eniii| r . A full Ikhi.su may thoirfoio be e\pecti d."

'lender* arc invitnl for fooling the Commcrci il Hold, Hamilton, v.itli iron Air ( i. X Mnd|;ni m, 111 1- Aw imiitn, oflcrs .1 rp ward for the rcrovery of .1 n (1 i ow Mi J. S. Hurkland will sell ,it tin- Oli.mpo Y.irds on luesd.iy, the idlh mst , '210 Irch l.nl lo( ki, i .mil I yi-.ir-old, 100 uras .md joun" i .ittle, fat (ow^.dciiry ( ows in full milk, nioruio Hclhcrs, .md l.imbs, &r , &c, Ho will also s« II on thcsiimo date at Olianpo, a lart»<" iniinbiT of i hoii'c steeM and oxon, from 'IV Ak.iu, Furelci, Wair.ik.iu, Pi.iko and W.titoa, ie, &c. Akoiioi te Faiuim. — i lie cliromc debauchee fe< N tb.it hi' positively cannot exut without hit alcoholic stimtil.ition. lo quit drinking or to <nrtinnp the It ibit brings ili-ith all lie same ,Siu h .1 man < in find in Aineru in C o's Hop Hitter 1 ; properly used, .i perfect pan.irea for the diunkiird'si un* Kr.nl