The Times

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2024, 27 June 1885, Page 2

The Times

THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. fc-qual and exact justice to .ill men, Ot \\h.itsoc\er st ite or persuasion, religious or

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SA TURD A V, JUNE 2}, ISB.I. ♦ Thi: monthly report of the Piako County Tr.imw.ty, published elsewhere is not of the most encouraging character. The council for many months past, like the immortal Micawhcr, have been waiting for something to turn up, but with the singular fatality Avhich surrounded the same gentleman their hopes < nd anticipations end in disappointment. The history of the work is full of interest, but it is not our present intention to rev iew it. It ■was original!) anticipated that the tramway would be a source of re\enue to the enterprising body that constructed it. At least it was expected that it would pay interest on its cost, as w ell as w orkinuf expenses For some months after its opening it paid \ei y well , but the traffic gradually fell oil" and has been on the descending scale ever since. The traffic lattei ly has been so small that the line has only been working half time. The manager in his List report sa\s that the returns of the past month ate lower than e\ei,.V>7 trucks only. Jle finds that to make the tianiw ay pay is simply an impossibility under the circumstances-. There are only two mines sending down quart/; and the council maintain that the taiiff is as low as it is possible to nmke it. Some of the councillors ate of opinion that if the mine man:t<rei s sent (low n more stull', the tramway could not onl\ lie made to pay, but the coum ll nu<;ht be able to still fuithei i educe the tanll. But the two mines at present at work cannot very materially increise their output, .uid the other mines ha\e been declared unpayable and accordingly abandoned. Some of the miners are of opinion that if the battery changes were reduced, and the tramway tariff made still more reasonable that the mines which are now closed could be made to pay the shareholders. Hut the battery owners on the other hand, like the council, say that their rates for crushing are proportionately lower than those of any other battery in the count iv, and no further reduction is possible. A hope is, howe\ er, indulged in that the staitingof the new, or Feigusons battery will consideiably reduce the cost of crushing. The outlook is not by any means encouraging, and there is a prospect that befote long the tramway will be thrown ou the hands ot the coumil, a -veritable white elephant. We trust, however, there is a betlei future in stoic for the Aroha ijoldtield, and that, what with new discoveries, additional crushing power, and the introduction of the most approved gold-saving processes, the field will yet prove itself worthy the confidence of the public.

In 1 a former issue we referred to the progress and development of the Co-operative Association, and the new departure to be taken in the matter of the meat trade. There is practically no limit to the usefulness of the association. I>\ engaging in the butchering business it will serve one of the objects for which it was founded, that of bringnii,' the producer avid consumer closer together to their mutual ad\.intake. AW sec no reason why it should not serve the same purpose in cheese <md butter as well as in meat. The association is essentially for tln v fsn iium's' benefit, and as they ;ue the most interested parties in the pi od net ion and sale ot butter and cheese, we think the association should be able to place these articles on the market moie, advantageously than agents can. The Litter are not interested in any way beyond getting their commission on the immediate transactions, while the inteiests of the former are inseperably bound up with those of the agriculturists. The association, having made such rapid strides, has brought itself ptominently into the notice of the public ; so much so .that it will presently be In ought into business relations with kindred associations in other eountiies. It should theiefme be in a good position to effect the sale of .such produce ns has hitherto been sold by commission agents. Looking <it the bn lance-sheet of the Te Awa iimfcu Cheese Kictoi\, one lamiot help being stunk with the large sum paid for fi eight and eoimiiisfeion. The association could not, perhaps, .secure better terms for f i eight, but it is (juite leasonable to suppose that they could place the cheese on the market for a lower rate of commission than is charged by ordinal y agents. We June seen some of the account sales of cheese sold by private parties, and the commission. wits out of all proportion to the amount realised. Theio is a good opening in this m. liter for the society to still fuither tho interests of the producer and shareholder, and wo hope they will tako advantage of it. The high charges on cheese when aonsigned for sale are a great drawback to the success of the factories. These industries have proved of yreat benefit to the districts in which they are situated ; they have

been tin 1 humus of circulating lar^e sums ot money ■iniou*; fanner-., toid they arc worthy of p\eiy assistance that cm be «(i\eM them With factories giving a f.iir lotuni for tli(> capitftl in\cstP(l, .iv well as ,\ miic luarkot to the milk supplies the [(rospiM'ity of the W.iik.ito would be l.ii'^cly iiu-nMscd, and thoio would be ,i <;oo(l iiulunMiiont to men with cipit.il to spttlo amouj; u>,. In onl«M' to rflect tliis oliject, a sure mo.ui^ of di->posin<^ of farm product* w lth as little cvpeusc as possible is nece-isary. It is to bo hoped that b\ next season the association will be in a position to send to the Home markets some consigmnentsof cheese fiojn oui factories.

The monthly report of the Te Vroha tiamway will he found m another column It is not by any means of an CllC'Hliaglng C'll.tlcictci. j

The Cambridge footballers meet tin-. afternoon in the Government paddock, when tho ball will be kicked off foi the hr-t time thin season, Play will commence .it U 30.

At the RM- Court, Cambridge, yesterday, judgment in the case Korcnna Kept \. W. .T Hunter «w furthei post {Mined till ne\t court da>. The attention of members of the Hamilton Clior.il .Society is directed to an advertisement in another column, .is to the alteration of the evening for next practice.

Owing to unavoidable circumstanci-., the Dedication Festival of S. Peter* Church, Hamilton, ha--P>t'en postponed from Wednesday the l*t, t.» Tuesday, 14th .July.

Weather permitting, the football match between sides chnson from the members of thiv Hamilton Club will coma «iff on Sydney Squat c this afternoon.

A skating rink is about to bo United at Te Aloha. The Public Hall, which boasts of an excellent floor, has bwen set ured for the pin pose. A large number of ladie* and gentlemen h.uo pigiuhed tlieir willingness to become members.

The Government has invited the Fiako County Council to send a number of specimen* from the Arohi gnldheld to Wellington, to be forwarded to the forthcoming Colonial Exhibition in London.

The contractor for laying the permanent w.»j between Morniisville and Te Vioh.i is mAing i.ipul pi ogress with the woik. The lines :ue now down us far as a" Mi i Mm lay's Avond.de estate.

The framework of the Tauwhare cheese-facton is now up and the building is expected to be ready for woik next season flic machmen for this factory will be second to none in the district.

The second session of the Hamilton Legislative Association will be opened at the Public Hill on Tuesday evening, when the (Jovein >r's speech will bo lead. Tlieie l- even indication of a prospeioiw hcssion.

Gwynne's Hamilton Hotel is now supplied with (neestipes of a wry seivice<lble kind. \t tile ( n<l of »\ieh of the up st in s passage-. ii>pe ladder (%\ith wooden iung-«), M'cuiely .ittached In lin^s and bolts to tin Hoot, ate lud iea<ly foi Use undei th' 1 window, and could In tin own out in an ui-4, mt.

Copies of the new Municipal Corpoi itunis Mil! aro to hand. The el vise dealing with the nuinbei of votes required to sanction the lai-ni^ of a loan sn\s tint tiner fifths of the entne uumhei aie re ((lined. Mr Whyte, wutiug to the Cambudge Town P>oard, says this will bivi to be alteicd, tlio new law being a Tory little nnpiovement on the old.

The Rev Raphael Wissell, 0.5.8., will ieach Canihiidgc on Monday after noon, and he will commence the mission which was annonnetd in the Catholic chinches last Sund iy. The mission will last at least a week or ten days, and eveiy iit'iimng theie will be Mass, ni the after noon catedietic.il instruction to the children, at t.l."> p.m., and vrmon and Pienediction e\ ci y o\ emng at 7.W.

The drawing-room entertainment in connection with S. Pctei's Sunilay School, to be held in the Oddfellows' I fall, Hamilton, on Monday evening next, pionuses to be \eiy successful. It will consist of Mis .[alley's \V.i\woik-, and the diala<lc " Cmdeiell i, ' with musical selections. We expect to see a laige audience.

The members of the Comus Ihani.itic Club will give tin thud (and final) peifoiinance of the >i as»n to hono lary lncinbeis ami theii fiiends only, on Thin sday, the 2nd July. The piogianime Hill consist of the di.unatie contiust, " Sweetheaits, ' and the comediatta "The liilious Attick," with \<>cal and instill mental .selections. Tnktts will )» <lis tubuted on Monday., and lmnoiary menibeis leqniiing additional tickets can obtain same on application to the acting secietaiy, Mi S. X fuewlle Smith.

When a grant is made by Government in aid of a public mad the Public Woiks Depaitment is geneially cntilisted with the spending of the money. Instead of calling foi the work a gang of ii.en aie ustialh employed who are ]>ut undn a foieman, and so the highest late of wages is p,«ii] for diy labour. This soit of woik has been giving veiv considerable dis satisfaction of late. Contiact work is very cheap, and consequently work for which the coiintiy is now paving five shillings could be done- for half the u.oney. \V« tuist the Deptrtment will take the hint and give the mattei its consideration.

An old woman named Stockton was aucsucd on Tuesday at Ngaiuawhia foi diunkeness, and bailed out aftei a feu hours. On Tlmisdax she complaint d that she had been kicked and otherwise llliised by Constable Hammond, and Mi liathbome •f.l*. was suit foi to take hei disp<iiitiou-,as she was repoited to be in a dying s-tate. Mi K.ithborne sent foi Di ]scale, who was speedily in attendance, and examined tho woman, but failed -o find any bruises or marks of violence, and discredited the woman's statements about tho si>iuhi«. natuic of hei illness. Seigt. Majoi .Me(iovi'inaKowfmt to Xgaiuavvahia and uwti tutcd enquires it-suiting in the ext'ilpatioii of the constable from all blame.

The Cambridge Rotorua road is daily getting worse, and befoie long heavy tiathc will either be nltogt ther stopped oi else made veiy costly and dangeious. The local bodies inteiested should make immediate lepiesyntatioiis to the (ioveiuineiit to have such an niipoitant highway .is this put iv passable condition foi the winter Wo tilist when the Public Woiks Dep.ut Kiont is again entilisted with the spending of (ioveiumcnt grants in the lepaii of this load, they will make a nioie permanent job of it than they did la»t jeai. Last year, it se,enis, the clay was merely sci iped up fiom the sides of the load to fill in the imfatlxnn i)>!i' holes and nits in theciiitie. Theie is plenty of giavel on tin ioid. which could be utilised at veiy little additional expense.

Respecting the construction of the bianch ti.unway connecting the m w new b.ittnyat Ti* Vioh.i with tl.o main line, theie is ,i degiee of uncertainty in the J'l.iko* County Council .insisting to c.uiy out the woik by a duect contiibiition. At Thui sd.iy's meeting of the council Ci >I.iclean said he did not sco what claim the \ioha people had on the council to do this woik To bis mind it was a work of a luncly |)ii\:iti' ch.u.ictei, and as nncli should be earned out by private enterprise. The chairman took .» .similar view of the matter. We understand Mr Peter J'Viguson lias gone to Wellington to present a l.ugfly sunned pi-titiou asking that the i! 1000 subsidy promised by Mi Larnach bo handed over to the new batteiy company. The company )s leady to undeitakc the woik, finding the othei I'TOO, which they lespeet tho council to refund an noon as comenieut.

The case against N- H. Lumsden ami .lackson, foi cutting the h.m <>h the tail of a hoi so, tho piopwty of Mi .lohn Runcnnan, ocuipiid the Cambridge I{,M. Couit foi some time yesteid.iy. A laigo amount ot cv ldciiee was adduced, some of tdio witnesses being tionbloil >sitli b»d Momoiics. Tlie )>olicc, hovvevei, weie sue •essful in hecii'ing * conviction, and a wellmerited penalty was inflicted, Launsden being mulcted in a sum of ovei t_'2. During the dinner adjournniont Lumsdun enjoyed a brief retirement in the lock up, and it in to be hoped liin shoit sojourn under lock and key will offoctually deter him fiom seeking the attentions of the police in tho future. This larrikinism must b<- put down, and thoso young men who .ue continually courting interview* with the local magintrate, miibt be taught that other people and other pooplo's property aie not legitimate objects on which to bestow their attention*.

A very successful soiree and con eoit, ill <iul of the b.nmoiimiii fund, was hold in tin* school iDDin H.uit \\m, on Tliui-dav mght. There was :\ laigo attendance of the public, and the room was becomingly decorated. Tho I{o\. Mr li\a.iis occupied thochur, anJdelnercd.n) interesting addn"-.. J"he following piogiammo was submitted, .uid the vai nuts items wore received with huh li f.ivoui . -l'lino duct, Mhs and Mattel Clark ; duct, "Flow en Thy Shin ing River" Mi ■> (M tik .mil tho Rev. H. K. Dewsbuiy ; glee, " Vc hhophoids Tell Me" and "Sec Out Oat*,' by the choir ; song*, "The Old Flag" and "Tho Moss Tiooper" Mi W. .Simin-. The Wesloyan choir, under tho leaddship uf the Rev. Mr Dovvsbury, *ang, "The < t Miccii of tho Night" and "Ifuriah for tho Meity (Jreenvvood "; sung, " Truo Till Death" Mr Russell; duet, " Tho Army and N.i\y '" MessM Russell .mil Dewsbuiy; j»i.un» trio, " The Mi-m^ Nixon "; song, "Tho ]>onuy Bells uf Scotland" Mis Feigu-ou ; Re eita on the harmonium, Miss Soutter; duet, "Too Lite" Misses Xi\on and ])a\ics ; song, "London Hndge" Mr Cliapnian. Altogether the evening was must enjoyably passed. We might mention that tho tables were pioMded over by Mochmies Clarke, Ferguson, M.ut>n, and Miss Morgan.

The Piako County Council has got an asset m the shape of a loooniotno which wai built foi work on the tiamwav, and which stood them m £800 first cost. When tho engine was made and put on the ground it was found that tho tiannvay would not cany it, so it was ne\ci Used. It now lies at the foot of the tramway, ncvui having been put together, .1 shocking mrmoiial of the councils want of "forecast "in such matteis. At a recent meeting of the council, when the question of way-* and means was being considered, one of the members, with an air of prim humour, nuggested that the locomotive might be sold and the proceeds devoted to liquidate their overdraft. This move was defeated by the remark on tho part of another member that the maker, Mr Prico, who had not yet boen paid for the engine, might care to have .1 say in tho matter. The originator of the idea, as ;\ member of the council, waH perfectly willing that Messrs Price Bros, should take the engine and cry quits, but alas foi the unreason •iblene-i.s of human nttuie, this commend able course was not likely to bo adopted.

A very clever capture was effected by the Hamilton police 011 Thuis day. A little aftei !) o'clock in theinouung two men named, le-pectively, Michael Shanaghan and Maurice looie, called upon Si igt.-M.i]oi Mcdovein, and infount d him th it Shan igh m's watch had btcu stoli u fiom tli'Mi whaie in the Piako swamp, midway between Woodlands and Xewstead, on the (iievious evening. They further said th.it they suspected a swagtn.m, who had passed the place on his waj to Vuckland in search of woik. Mi Mctiovern and Mooie went down to Hunth by the train, 111 the hope of inteiceptmg the supposed thief, but <ould get no tidings of him. The seigt.-inajoi thereupon returned to Hamilton and instructed Mounted-const ible Wild to proceed to Woodlands. As the constable was leaving Hamilton he got news that a man answering tin' offenders desctiption had left Woodlands for Xewstead that morning, and Mi Wild .it once nidcoutto the latter place, vvheic ho found the man hi* was looking foi, and chai^.-d him w IUI tho oifenci 1. The man, who gave his name as Joseph Wilson, at once denied all knowledge >f the watch, but a seaidi "1 In-* pockets losiilted in the discovciv of the lost utide, and WiNon was bioiiglit to Jl mill ton and lodged in the lock up. The ptisonci will be biought up at the l'olice C'ouit tln^ luoining.

The following special messages to thePiiss Association, dated London, .1 11110 '24th and "J'lth, h ivo been published -Tin now Oiiental I'anlv has declned a dividend of ."> pel cent -Signui Depletes, the I'icsi dent of the Council and Mmistei of tho In trnoi, v\ ill re-form the Italian Ministiy. Mr Chailcs Todd, (J.M.t;., Posfn istei (Jencial and Supeiiiitendent of Telegiaplis, South Austialia, opposes tlic tnoposal to connect Ivopet nvei, in the Noithoi n Teiii tor\,with Noiin.iutoii, ni (Queensland, by cable, preferi ing that communication should bo m ido ov 01 land fiom Xoimaiitoii, con IK-cting with the I'oit Duwin line at Dalv Waters. Mi Todd also pi opuses th.it the «v->teni of urgent telegrams should be intioduced, thus giving pnonty omi oidm.irv c il>legi 1111s. —Her Highness the Ciovvn Princess of ( «ci many liav nice dis.tpprm ed uf tho 111.1111 igo of hoi sistci, the I'imic'ss Beatiice, with PiinccHeni\ of l> itti-nbuig, will not .ittcnd liei wedding. -.Sit Saul Sunuel ( \gent (ienoial foi New South Wales), and Mi A. O. (Janick ( Vgent-(Jeii'-ial foi '(fueeiislautU, htvo apjihed, on beli.ilf of their icspectivc (Joveininents, for addition,d space at the foithconnncc (Jolonl.ll 10\lnbition.- -The Vgeuts.( Jem i.il have interview *'d the lion. Y. Stanley, the new Secictuy of State foi the Colonies, on the r.'cidiv isti question. Su S.iul S 1111111 I h.is purchased the coinpi-s used l>v Captain Conk.—Mi Mmi.iv Smith, \gent (leneial foi N'ictoiia, lias adilies«i'(l a letter to the hon. I l'. Stiinlev, in which ho combats Su I. D. Hell s advocicy or the compiomise in the I'Vdeiation Kna iling ISill, suggested b\ Ml (Jnfhths, Picmiei of < t Mu*on-l md The Kail of Kimbeilev his b-eii invested with the Older of thoCutei, and \'is Lonnt Skeibiook vv itlt the ()idei of Knight of the (Jrnnd Ciossof the Older of the 15ith.