Second Day. TE AWAMUTU. Lecture on Co-operation by Mr W. A. Graham. AUCKLAND NOTES. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] AUCKLAND, Tuesday.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2011, 28 May 1885, Page 3

Second Day.

TE AWAMUTU. Lecture on Co-operation by Mr W. A. Graham.

AUCKLAND NOTES. [ FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT] AUCKLAND, Tuesday.

The coining ni>"ting at the Plunipton Park, Papctoetw, foi the Pre-ident's f;(»ld cup .nil pii/i 1-, \»a-< continued on Tuesday, ))iit ounifj to tlic unf.n <nuable neathei the .tttflldlllU WI- S'Dill). riltJ >.J>rH t With, bowewi, l)ctti i than tli.it (if the previous day The winner turned up in Mr W. K. Bucklaiid s 1) ,md w 1) Chloe, who take* the pold cup and tl>o, :md the nninei up was Mr .T. McCabe's r b East Lynno, who takes tin 1 second pri/e of fcHO, The other money is divided ah follows : fclK ench to the thiid mid fdiiith doj»* ; three do#s £10 each ; and seven do;?* t'Toach. Thu following 1 is the result SWONI) ItOU.M). Kast Lynne Wat Rata (Jomo beat (litana T.naidiv Vioat Joker Jil.ick Tulip bent Lady Nblhoii Ladybird beat Highland Boy Meteor 2nd beat Lucifer Riot be.it Heather Bill K<>iy Bean bo.it Runnyrnedo Kaiser be.'it Fly Htiir Liid Ijent Totara Jilupgown beat Leonor.* Cl.iiencebe.it Patient Chloe be.it Lara TIIIKI) HOUND. Hast Lynne beat T.iiaioa Coiuo beat Black Tulip Mi*tef>r 2nd bent Latlybird Roiy Bi'.-m beat Riot Stair Lad beat Kaiser Cl/irence boat l>lue Gown Chloe ran a bye. HHJKTH KOLNP. 7''ast Lynne beat Meteor 2nd Rory Bean beat Como Chloe beat Stair Lad Clarence lan a bye. nmi uotN'D. East Lynno beat Rory Bc*n G'liloe beat Clarence. I INAL HOUND. Mi W Y. BncklandV bnnd wb Clliloo, by Piiifin»—Chlonifonn, beat Mr J. McCabe - i 1) !•' tst Lynne, by Crickhof>e Linn--Ffiii"rnoa, and woji the •' PrMljdont'fl Oup

Tin. Canadian (tow rniueut have resolved upon st lengthening their little army, in view of Kngland being drawn into liostilii'i Tlic total 3t»ength of the Canadian army is .'{7,000, of which 30,000 is infantry and rifles. Of this number only 7200 wore drilled in 1884. Onk of the atr.ingest uses for snails lias been discovered by the London adulteiator. Burned in milk, and boiled, they aie much used in the manufactute of cieairt, and a retiied milkman pronounces them to be the moat successful jtniUtiun known.

Miillimi \\i di lvi u d aumtiioxhng 1< ctuie on .Muiiii.iy o\i inni,' on the subject <>f ( o Dpci.ltloU OvUII^ tl> tl>o lull xt it' 1 Of the toids .mil tin < ouutoi .itti iLtiun of i lonceit at Kitiikiln, the attendance was imt in luge .1-. it otheiwise would h.no been. On tin* motion of Mi \V. Joii"s, siconded hy Mi Hunt, Mi Woxtnoy took tli cbui. In .1 fi u ioiu.uk->, the ehaiiman uitioduced tho lot tuiei, wlio was locened w i tli applause. Ho xaid the subject of co-opi-i.itinn wax a \ciy wide one and admitted a thoiough explanation so that it should bo ax well iuidei--tood ax it do ■mm vis Hi> hid studied the niattei veiy closely, and tli" nioie lie xavv of it the mole ho was sitj>hi'd tli.it it was tin* lemody fur .threat many of the tumble-, under winch people laboui in buxine-x matteix. It ix the best fnend and medium of law and oidei, for technical education, and indu-> try. The aim of co-opotation is to do it* best fm the wtfte-t-* of those who lie conhned m it and to deal out justice to all. It is the only .sine antidote foi monopoly. Chustianity itself was born in a niaugoi, it was disputed by iwn of intelhgoDco and education, but now at this day wo revetence the doctiines of the humble fishermen who spread its tenets. 1 t l* a fact that coopeiation piospiTs only in Clnistian conntiiex. Like Chiistianity, 00-o]ieiation began in an humble way, it was founded by humble flannel weaveis'of Rochdale ; it wax, and is e\ en now dispisod by men of standing. It began in 1844 witli a subset ibed capital of £28 with calls of 2d. The luctuier showed bow by unity of action, cooperation, although begun in an humble way, had giowu to it picseut dimensions. He gave statistics and figures .showing the eiuoiiiious stiides it has iiiiido during the last few yeais. The associations at Home b.uo a bbi.uy of 1(1,000 volumes. Theio aiu Hi loading loimitf. The number of co-opeiatne societies making returns is over !)00. Some do not make any, but if they weic counted they would amount to o\er 1000. The number of people repie sented by co operation is thtec millions, only about one-tenth of the population oi ftieat Bntain. Co-o])cration has m some places been looked upon as a soit of socialistic communistic affair. He quoted extracts from speeches of eminent men, showing the high extnn ition m w Inch co opeiatuni was held in by them. They saw that co operation \\a» the moans i f elevating the working cl.i---.os, and iaisin<_c them fioin <i li.md-to mouth way of living. He <|iiotcd such men as C'obdeu, Shaftexljuiy, ■loliu Stu.ut Mill, Maif|iii- of Ripou, fll id stone, and E.ul of Dei by. This showed that co-opeiation h is its advocates among the aiistooiaev. He wax indebted for a gioat deal of his nifni m.itioti to Mr Mittlo, xoui'taiyof the K.putablo Co-opei.ition of Melbiiiiine, and who has e\pic--erl a gioat willingness to supply any statistics he c mid, so ax to help the movement as much ix pos-ibk 1 . Mi Mittle say-,: "In coI'peration we have a bulwaik foi oni educa tion (jiie^ttoii, exijii when tin* tune comes th.it xi, me changes may bo, denied neeex■~,irj. No nation can be pio-pomus wlieii, the wm kin% r claxs have to depend ontiicl) 'in the nioiiev of pnvate employois. As leg.uds education, the o-opeiative axsou i tions at Home weio pioviding foi the ingher education of young people. The kind of education thc\ give is that which it til enable the woikm<f claries to employ md control capital, nixtead of as hetetofoio lieiug cotitiolled and employod by cipit.il. V~ to the fanner* and w oik ing classes, it is ib-oluUly necexsary that they «hould be idi ntitied together. The fanner pioduces, nid the woikintT-man consumes. He ix, theiefoie, the best customei tlie former has. Co opeiation only requiied to be bettei undoistood to ensure its nucces«. Kveiy -haieholder, even if he holds only one xhaie, should look upon himself as a dnectoi, and do all he can to puxh the business of the association. The wages paid annually to the working classes in England ■mount to £3"»0, 000003. and theiu we should find a maikct for om produce, foi the co-opeiati\e associations at home are vveie willing to do business with Us when they are asxiiicd that we aie a propeily oiganised body, and they u ill soil to us at i veiy much lower price than we could buy I loin the very best n.eichant in Auckland. He believed in fan ti.ide but not in fieo trade oi pioteetiou ; both had then Ji.iwl>aeks, but lie thousrht cn-oj eiatmn had tmind the happy medium. T'hs association had tinned over its capital seven times m the com >c of the fn~>t year. Tne K.ighsh ixsociation had made 7. per cent and S pei rent on thi u ca|ut«l, but this one had done b ttei. They intended enlaiging tin lr lines if they can get xnppoit and pmpoxed going into the mcit biiMiiosx, which they aie now wai ranted m doing. In the matter of bnttur, thoie wan an unlimited maiket foi i good ai tide. Dining the List fifty ye.> is the puce had advanced ">0 pov cent to 70 per cent. The co-opeiative have seven liuycis in lieland bujmg the choicefet they could get and eighty tons were sent weekly to England, but that wax a. tnfling amount cnmpaied with what the demand iec|uircd, and wa« not a title of the amount si ild by the association, and theie is a dctn.iud for more. Ho looked to co-opera-tioii hi* stop the, influx of u nintry people to the towns. The immigration schemes of xuccessive Governments had not been .is successful ax they could have wished ; they did not have the effect of bringing people into the countiy dixtntts, but they had the effect of enlarging the towns. They wanted to offer some inducement to people to come to the countiy. Unless the fanners weio proxpenms the influx of people to centres of population would continue and faiinei-. should co-opeiato in tivmg to improve their circumstances. Mi (lane then spoke for a shoit tune. He saw no leason why the farmeis should not be their own butcheis and auctioneers. The mtrnt'on was to establish slaughter yards in Waikato and sond the meat to Auckland, but this could only be done by mcie.isinjf the capital. He considered the conti oiling power should bo in the haud» of the f uineis m the Wuikato, and that would be the c:u.e if they were willing to take ir.oro shfllco. Mr Kirk read a. paper giving some very -taitlmg discliixine-. as to the enormous amount of commissions the producer has to pay befine his pioduce leaches the consumer. More especially was this the case m the mattiM of sheep and cattle. Taking one pound of meat per he.ul of the population as the amount cwsutned daily, he averaqred tlie sheep at (iOlbs. and the cattle at.")001b«. each. He mule an estimate of tlie numbi-i of .mim ils killed annually, and supposing thi* stock was sold twice a year, vi/ , once as ,md onto fat, the com-mi-sion and y.ud fees paid by the fanner vvftic incredible. According to his calculation, by the time the meat leached the consniiH'i tlie middle men made 117 per cent, pioht. Tku samo applied to manufactured ni tides. Mr Andrew thought the directois had managed the business exceedingly well when they turned over their capital se%en times the fiist year. He asked Mr fJialiam what interest would be given to investois ? Mr Graham said no moie than 8 percent, as it was not their intention to make a speculation of the association. They did not want a small number of Luge shareholders, but a large number of small shareholdei.s. The profits would be divided among them accoiding to tho amount of business thoy did with thy association. Mr (ticsliam said there was one point in co operation which, perhaps, hud not been alluded to befoie, that i«, that it would be tin. means of i educing bad debts to a minimum. Tho moichants traded recklessly und gave ci edit to anyone; the result was they fiequently lost, and those who could pay had to pay fm those who could not. Mi Jones commented on tho low price of wheat and tho high price of biead, and suggested that Mr (iraham should give a lecttu c on the cultuioof sugar-beet. Votes of thanks to tho lecturer and Mr (Jane and to tho chaiiman tciminated tho pioceedings. Mr (irahatn was listened to with tho utmost attention, and was frequently applauded.—(Own Correspondent )

A notice from tho secretary of the Wh tingnroa Ko id District will be found in our advertising columns. The result of the local option poll for tho Newt .istle Licensing Distnct, taken on the 29th April, is advertised 'I he dates upon which Mr J. S. Huckland will hold his ne\t Cambridge < attic and hone sales, and Ohaiipo livestock sale will bo found in his auction column. .Settlers and of hers requiring first-class furniture and household fittings should not miss the opportunity of being present at the sale which takes plate at the Royal Mail Hotfl, Ka»f,'irin, on Tuesday next. For particulars see udver. tisement elsewhere. Aif oiiOLrr Fa rum.— The chronic debauchee fr-cls that he positively cannot exist without his alcoholic stimulation To quit drinking or to Coi tinue the h.ibi' brings death all the same. Such a man cm find in American Co's Hop HJu-ti properly uicd, a perfect panacea fQr tho druoUrd'b cure. Koatf

Thi iinsiMnii\ question of the winking and U -Ult-> "f till' L'olltaglOlls PlM'll-M>s \(t Ills been attiactmg .1 good (Uml of itti utioii, .iiul li.^ c msed m tn >st c isi s anything l>ut in edifying disou-Mon in some of din local burlier Opinions appen to bo eonsideiably divided on the sub|i 2t, some nmsidei nig th.it it does not inipnue in tli( slightest •mi public moialitv, and otheis aie nist as decidedly of opinion tli.it its eflect i^ most henohci il Some of the alleg itiotis m ide li> Mi K. U. Ifu-hes, uho appeals to 1,,. tlu % chosen champion of tin 1 fust paitv, con tamed in ,i lettei to our city council, i itln i nettled tin- fi "hnjjs of th it august b»i\, and Siijn miti ndeiit Thomson \\ i- askul to fotw ai(l his opinions on the sul>j (( i ||,> being di udedl.v inclnu d to the woikm^ ><t the act in the cit\ of VucKlind, and conli dent that it had acted favouiabiy on public moialitv since its mtioduction, sunned to have gieat wnght with the council, and the> have detei mined to keep it in operation V deputation waited on the council, cl timing to lepiesent the view s of a guat nui tion of the latepaveis, whoob|ect to inunex hi ing expended .ipon the iiianitenance and i u l.ugeinent of the Lock hospitd, 'md aKo finni wh.it they ronsideu'd giave nioi.d reasons, and puling that .i poll of the l.ttep.iyeis might be taken on the subject The lequest was, howe\ei, notgiantcil, and it is genei.dly thought that the cuuncil have done wisely in not adopting a pio ]iosi(ion to those opposed to the woikmg of the act, to dtag^ all tlio filth in connection with tins duty question bcfoic tiio public mind. Dining the week a ciicular has been issued by tlio Xorth New Zc d.mci J''snneis Ooopeiative Association to the vli.uoholdeis, estimating that it is theii ententioii to go into the letul meat ttade vm\ shoitly, opening sho|js m the cit\ and subnibsof Auckland, for the sale of me it md fannei's pioduce. It lias of cmiim" fallen like a boombsliell on the huteluis, whoaie poweiless to do much, but adopt tin* plan of tin owing all tho cold w.itei they, cm on the pioject, and piodict immediate dis.istei to the assoLi.itum when they once einb.uk in it. The public generally howevei tlnnk dilfeiently and mow with plea -mi! the advent of a powet on n scene, >\!uch will as-i-t in lessening tho piolits now oui<i\ed by tlie middleman, and him;* closei togethei the | loducei and coiisunn i. The public still sei'in in a fog with ie feience to wliat li.xl been turned the 'uial airanjjeiiients between Kus-.ii uid ICii^lind on the Afghan qii< stion When it his now boon announced tli it .t IJntish olluei h.is been sent to occupy llei it it, tftei all does, not appear that the aiiaiigenients lie so final as :uiticipiited, m it may be that the foitihcation of this townfomis ,i [urn tion of th(> settlement. If this ide i is earned out it will teit.iinly pio\e a s,>uoiis l>ainer to .my fuitliei encionehmeiit- on the put of Russia upon our Indi vi teni toiy. If five millions, as we aie infoimed. is to be spent in making defence foi the gates of lndit, this is .1 good commencement, and laige as the turn may seen it will take it all to do tlio woik ellectuall\. Kioni the tcmn of the telegiains to hand duimt,' the last few days i elating to this (|iieslioii, a feeling has aiisen that we lu\e not jet seen the end of the llusso- \nglo-Afgh.m tionble, and Miat, howe\ei lionoinalilv Kngland has tiled to uiitwai and bloodshi d, she ina\ yet be foi cud to take tho hi Id against ,l ))o\\er, whom, wo aie confident, we will get (he best of ultimately, but wheie Mcbuy will be gamed at an immense sacnfice of money, and what is more, piecious human life. Dining the past week the lord option polling foi the Auckland distuct has t ikin place, and the tenipeiauce paity li ue m ill cases come off victorious. It is s itisf ictoi\ to note that tho public show no de-ne to incie.vse the number of licensed houses. It is ceitainly much better tn h.i\e .i few good houses instead of «i number of pooj ones, it is to be hoped that this opinion will lemain in the jnibhc mind, giving u<> n ison to congiatulnto ouisehes upon the successful woiking of tho act in the Auck land district. The vuimus licensing com inittui") aie doing good aei vice, and giung very general natisfaction m the peifoun ance of their woik. Piobibly the most important e\ cut winch lias happened dining the week m com n (Kid cinlis h the (.oiiini'-uceinent of opeiatioiis b\ flic New Zealand Fio/en Me it and Stoiago Conipinv. Since the 11th nist , the day on which thefiist lot of encases weie fro/.i'ii, 300 |ci diem hi\e been done. They ha\e stoiage loom foi 10,000, and they propose to send the hist shipment to England about Juno by the steninei Aoiangi. The\ ,ut woiking night and day at piesent, and ha\o i»>ei ii bundled hands nuph^od. Theiefiigeiating maehineiy was niado by H.islam, and is the l.uge-<t in the colony. I may su\ that the building-*, winch rue not quito completed yet, weie elected at a cost of £IX,OOO, Mi Plnlcov. being the conti.ictoi. Specimens of fio/.en meat may now be s ( on hanging in some of the butchei'b shojis, which attract much attention. I wish all success to such an impoitant local industiy. The steps taken by our city conncillois m voting themselves copies of tho Kew /e.ihind ytatutes has gi\cu lise to some comment. It is cniestioned whether tho expenditure of public funds on those bonks is not an illegal one. It is hard to see of what value they will be to those countdlois who me not lawyers. They will, of com m\ be understood by the hiwjei-s, but to the othei councillors who will, peihaps, ne\ei h.ue the occasion nor thedcsiie to open them, it is j>o much public money tin own away. With three lawyeis at the c njiicil boaid mid a city solicitor, they will not requite to do so. Surely our .I.l' aie fai mou> entitled to them, not only because they mcd them oftener, but alvi because they ha\e icceived a quiet hint that they must do something for the honoui, and should consi: quently be a little iead up on the siibjoj t of law. liut no, they have to pay then tlnee guinean for the statutes, while people who probably will ne\er uso them aie pusi nt( d with them gi.itis. It is amusing to obsoixe the alaciity with which the sum of £MOO his lieen voted to the widow of the late Mi Thos. Maefailane. Tlic (loveinment have ceitainly adopted a peculiai if not a mean manner of steeling cle.u of the coii'pensatioii coiut. Had the human lite sacrificed by then c.uelessness, been that of a pool man, howevei nunicioilb the U'spoiisiltilitles he left behind bun may have been, we may feel almost ccitain of the Ijct tti.it any compensation his family wmiH have soeined fioin tliose who weie ips|)onsihle for Ins de.ith would have been tluoiigh tlu medium of the law, with ti stiong piobabibt\ that foi the want of outside nilhii uce they would have been unHUCCessflll.