The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2014, 4 June 1885, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Kqu.il and exact justice to all men, Of whatsoever state or persuasion, religious or politir.il. Here shall the Press the People's ri«ht maintain, Ln.iwedby influence and unbrihcd by tfiin.

THURSDAY, JUNE 4, ISBS.

The Afghan frontier question is, unhappily, still undecided. The repott that England and Russia had arm ed at a settlement .satisfactory to both is now contradicted, and we are told that the King of Denmark has been asked, and has consented to act as arbitrator between the two great Powers. From this we may assume that the matters in dispute are still open to be treated in a rational spirit, and that no recourse to the " arbitrament of the sword (which some of our contemporaries are so fond of referring to) is contemplated. We hope wise counsels will prevail. Russia is eminently untrustworthy and dishonest, but all the more on that account does it become England to exhaust all peaceful means before chawing the sword. An American contemporary, quoted in another column, forcibly points out that the position of the world's leader which England has assumed renders it incumbent upon her not to resort habtily to a practice which belongs properly to the barbarous days of the past. A cable message, which we print in another place, .states that "a second Blue Hook on the Afghan ' question has been issued, the tenour of which displays the unyielding attitude of Hii-sia, and the feebleness shown by Lord Granville in the parleying on that difficulty." Such a statement as this, in view of the amusing inaccurcicies which from time to time occur in th» telegrams forwarded from Europe, ought to be taken cum grano satin, but our fire-eating Auckland morning contemporary accepts it without resei"ve. We are not prepared to believe on .such slender evidence as this that the Minister for Foreign Affairs is a nincompoop, or that the Government of which is such a prominent member is prepared to sacrifice the best interests of the Empire on the altar of cowardice.

Wk notice from English papers by the mail that the of tho ■valuable blocks of l.iml of tho Auckland Agrieulturrl Company in this district is bailie advanced. Mr Claytton nceowpanied by Mr C^rnut

(of (riant and Kostei) is in ikum ;i lot-tin in v !j; tour throui^h the agrieultur.il centum ot' England pointing out the ffio.it ituhuvnu'nts a\ hicli | New Zealand holds out to faimeis with hmitc.l capital. Wo presume Mi (li.un, w ho it w ill be 1 eiucinbeivd n.nd .1 \ isit ot inspection to the \,u ions piopoi ties of the Auckland Agricultural Company some short tune a»o, is act ing as agent forl the company. The comi),iny's and isottiist class (iu,iht\, highly im pu>\ed and comenionHv situ ited, each block adjoinni" the railway. Wo understand tliat tlu» prices asked arc very reisO'iablc, and it' this be so there should be no difficulty in disposing of the properties to first class settlers. The settlement of these lands indicates a prosperous future for this district. For some years, past the work of settlement has boon at a stand still, and any work in this direction must lie hailed with uimers.il satisfaction.

A Press Association message, dated London, June 1-t, -ay. it i- averted that tho Vatican and England have ap proved oJ tlio nomination of Archbi-hop Moian, of Sydney, to the Aichbi-hopnc of Dublin. The names of candidates for Distuct Scholai«hips mibt be -ent in to the seactaiy of the Education ]Wrd at Auckland on 01 before Wednesday, the 18th .Inly. The examination will beheld in August. The Cambridge Library Committee i- about to make a large and 1111poiUnt addition to it- stock of liter ituie. Over l">0 new book-", including woiks of fiction, tiavel biogiaphio-, &c, ha\e been endued. Mr Goo Dickm-on, book-oiler, ha-, been enti listed to supply the oidei. A correspondent at Waihou w nte- .—The be-t thanks of the defened pavinnnt-ettlei- on the Aioha block .11 c dno to the Member for the Distr.ct for the piompt action lie has taken in regaid to the opening up of Johnson's Creek. When the m.ittei was lnought under his notice, Mi Whyte at once communicated with the Go\ernment, and he has now ieceivcd an mtiuiation to the effect that the District Engineer has been in-ti acted to proceed with the woik at once. It appears that, unknown to the borough council, which body now has chained of the burial grounds,, the sexton of the Hamilton We-t Cemeteiy, Kdward Wall, has been in tho habit of tethering his. horse theiem. As might have been anticipated, the animal bioke loose yesterday, and tramped over a number of giave-, doing a coiiMdoiable amount of damage. The mattei lias been brought nndoi the notice of the mayor, and Mr Wall will piobably receive a much needed repnmand. The usual monthly meeting of the Waitoa Road Board was held last Saturday, there being present :— Mes-is- Cliepn.ell, Gould, P,ur, and Turnbull. Tendeis were received foi keeping the mam io«id m iepan for four months. For the Waihou section, seven tendeis weio icceived iangmg f 10m t3"> to VV2O. For the Morrins\ille section rive tenders weie leceived Kinging fiom WO to £4S. The tenders of S. Binge wore accepted for both .sections at £(>O. It was lesohed th.it the rate for the cuiient hnancial year be a half penny in the I. The cngineei lepoi ted most of the contiacts in hand a> Inu-hed. Accountainouiiting to about i'-IVi vveie passed f«>i p.iynieiit. Mr Fleming Norton gave a farewell enteitainment in the Public Hall, Hamilton Wt-t, on Tuesday night to .1 Inge and fa-hion.ible audience, which included .1 number of counti.v lOsidents. Tho Hfotts of the poifoimei, who appeared to great .id vantage, were greeted with enthusiastic applause by the audience, which was kept in a condition of merriment fiom beginning to end. The unanimous verdict of those who have had the privilege of hearing Mr Noiton 11 that nothing of the kind approaching in excellence to his entertainment has ever before been witnessed 111 Waikato, and veiy general regret was felt that he would not be able to an pear in the distuct again befoie his dopaituie iiom tho colony. Mr Noiton phyed at Huntly last night, and will proceed to Auckland today. The Piako County Council has sent a petition to lU* Excellency the Governor, opposing the piopo-al to form Te Aroha, Waioioiigi.inai, and (Jnait/vtlle into a borough. The petition points out that the council has canted out several expeii-ive woiks in thedi-tiict, including the ti.unw.iy, without which the io-ouicl'-of tho field would have leiiuinod undom loped, and that heavy liabilities woio incunul on behalf of these work- which ,it piesont lemain undischaiged. The petition fmther adds that until the piomotoi- of the borough scheme show some feisible iil.m for the fair and just allocation of the as-ets ,md liabilities, and for lebcvmg the county from the liability au-ing fiom the coiistiuction of the said w oiks which wore incurred for the benefit of tho di-tiict, tho constitution of the said borough be dela>ed. The following special messages to the Pie-is Association, dated London, June Ist and 2nd, ha\e been publi-hed :— It h undei-tood that Mr Dalley, Colonial Secie tary of New South Wales, has refused, and Mr" Alex. Htuait, Premier of the same colony, has accepted tho proffered honour of knighthood. — No colonial appeals to tho Privy Council will be aigned until Novuni ber. — Tho majority of the Powers are persisting in their endeavours tointemationah-e the Sue* Canal despite England's guarantee to maintain its neutrality. The Suez Canal Commission are proposing rules for the control and working of the canal, which will seriously affect British shipping interests. — An Adelaide four per cent, loon of £1,500,400 has been announced with the minimum fixed at £98 10s. Tenders will bo opened on June Oth.— One hundred thousand honwoikers are out on strike in the United .States. — The .series of bustb of distinguihhed English statesmen, which have been executed for the Sydney Art (Jalleiy by Mr Woolner, It. A., being now completed, the statues will be shipped to Australia at once. There was a large attendance on Tuesday evening at tho usual foitnightly mooting of tho, Hamilton Piosbytenan Band of Hope, hold in the chinch. Mr Cochrano occupied the chair, and Miss. Campbell presided at the haimoniurn. The following programme was very creditably gone thioiifrh .--Reading, Cecilia he Ojucsnc ; riddles, Albert Lo Qnosno; reading, Susan Gaudin ; *010, Annie Teas; leading, William Piitchard; reading, Thomas Itothwell ; lecitation, Annie Thomas ; reading, Kdward Johnson ; and a "oloby Chailes Cox. At the conclusion ol tho piogi.iiiiniP, the Hoy. Mr Kdoburn ad dres-ed a few eneouiaging rcmaiks to th< member*, and ti ustod that the cause of tern pcranco in Hamilton would contmuo t( flourish as it had hitherto done. The pre «ent occasion was his last among them, bul he hoped to hear good reports of their wel fare. The Chairman expressed regret ti the departure from among them of the Rev Mr Raeburn, who had always taken such .1 warm interest in the causv of temperance and had done so much to promote the wel faie of the Hamilton Presbyterian Band o Hope. In conclusion he begged to reminc them of th« meeting called for Friday even ing next, and trusted that the parents of tin childi en would make it convenient to at tend, in order to tako part in the proceed ings. The meeting was brought to a clos< by the singing of a hymn. The following circular has beer addressed to shai eholders in the North New Zealand Farmcra' Co-opeiativc Asaocia' tion :— lt having been decided by tl« director! to increase tho capital of th( association, by the issue of 10,000 new shares of £1 each, it becomes pait of theii duty to inform you as to their reasons foi doing so. First they may note without foar of contradiction that since commencing business, the association has both directlj and indirectly been of great benefit to its shareholders, by lowering and regulating the juices of seeds, manures and othei goods that they mostly requiie. The association has also been fortunate in genetally finding a market for tho produce and other goods confided its care, and has done a gieat deal towards bringing the pioducei and consumer closer together than foi merly. Thns far, however, the association lias not in any way interfered with tho moat market, which perhaps of all othtis is the one of paramount impoitanco, both to tin country and town diarcholrfei s. When tho\afuonow received by the gia/ier for liw heMt, find th« price by tht con.

sinner to the butcher for the moat, is takon into consideration, it will at once be seen tint in the inteiosts of their countiy fi lends some legitimate method should be adopted t<i lc-^ou tho largo profit now going to tlu> middleman. It is the intention ot the duectois, provided they receivo a f.nr measure of supp >rt m the taking up of t'ns new i>»sno of sh.uc*, to emb.uk upon the undertaking, and open shops in the city and siilmibs "f Auckland, where meat will be solfl .it a price beneficial to breeder and consiimei. Tbeso shops might also be used for the di-.pos.il of other lines of pro ducc. In view of thi», the diiectms trust th it each member will increase his interest in their association, .md use his be-*t efforts to secme new shareholders, thus affording an oppoitnnitv to take up a line of biwine--* which they ate conlident imi-t ultmntely piove of much bench t to the community at The Rotorua correspondent of the Bay of Plenty Tunes supplies the following pirticulirs of the examination of the well known Mr .T. K. Mcßoth before the police court on Monday week :— James Robert Mcßeth was hi ought up on remand, before JohnKorr, Mr J.V., and chaiged with havim? no visible means of support, to which^he pleaded " not guilty." Constable Abrahams conducted tho prsecution and produced a telegram from the otticer in chaige of tho police at Tauranga, who therein stated that prisoner, together with one Tichborne, apparently his associate, had stopped .it the Yorkshire Grej Hotel at Tanramra for a whole week, finally leaving without either of them paying the landlord. The telegram was accepted by tho Court ft* part e\idencc. Constable Abiah.uin next called the following w ltntsses :— Robert King, managei of the l'jilace Hotel, Rotoiua, deposed that prijoncr came to the hotel on the Kith and left on tho 18th. Ho did not say that he was going away, but simply asked for the road to Tanpo, and then quietly loft without paring his bill. Joseph Mcßae, piopnetor of the Kotomahana Hotel, Wiiiroa, having been sworn, stated thnt prisoner arrived there on the evening of the lilth, .->nd asked for bo.ud and lodging, which was gi\ en him. He staved till the 2tst. having previously made arrangements for a native guide to conduct him to the tenaees. This demand ho was likewise unable to satisfy, and then asked witness (Mr McR ie) if he had not received a letter to the effect that everything would be right, to which he replied m the negative. Witness fmtliei deposed th.it prisoner then stited he would pay at Napici, adding that he had plenty of fnends, and that Mr Ballance was the he id of wnne neciet society and was using his (pusoner's) brains in the present native policy of the Government. — In cioss • examination pusoncr could not shako tins witness's evidence. -The native guide was callod to depose as to non-payment of fees, but the evidence is unimportant.— This closod the case, and his Worship having commented on the evidence befoie him, anked the pusoner if he had any explanation to make in extenuation of such discreditable conduct. The latter stated that he was suppoited by means, tho source of which he could not explain in public ; but this did not appear to be quite good enough, and tho presiding justice told him that he had made up his mind to give him three months hard labour. Upon urgent appeal by prisoner, however, the Court granted him the privilege given by the Act, and remanded him to gaol for eight days, pending enquiries being made as to his nieans of support. Failing these to be satisfactory, the above sentence to take effect. [We have since been informed by telegram that the sentence of three months was confirmed on Tuesday last ]