THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2025, 30 June 1885, Page 2

THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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TUESDAY, JUNE JO, 1880. Theiik is nothing very spicy in the news which comes from Wellington. All is quiet along the political Potomac, though whether this quietude is but the prelude to the boom of the big guns .and the rattle of musketry can only be conjectured. >So far, the " big guns " have been firing nothing but innocent blank cartridges. But matters are not merely quiet ; they are perplexing in the extreme. Nobody seems to know what the outcome is going to be. That there is a Large measure of dissatisfaction with the financial and local government proposals it would be idle to conceal, but at the same time theie is an e\ ident desire to keep Ministers in their present places. Not apparently because they are the best men, but simply for the reason that to oust them would mean the inauguration of another reign of terror, such as was witnessed last session, and probably force a dissolution — an eventuality which a considerable number of members regard with anything but equanimity. Above these considerations, there did exist a desire to give the Government a chance, and this may operate to a considerable extent even now, though it is becoming more evident every day that as at present constituted the Cabinet does not comm.infl an a<tual majority in the House. The situation is a unique one. The (Joveruinent from the iirst lias been nothing but an expedient". Jt w.i-. tl»' child of circumstances, and its boyhood is not full of piomise. It was .swallowed by Parliament and by the country on the principle that despeiate diseases icquire despemte lemedies. Writing about its composition at <Ji<- liriK-, wo <'\jii<"-M'(l iff.ivo doubts jegaiding its stability ; we accepted it, .is most others did, because settled government was necessaiy. ■ Whether its decease now would be followed by the institution of a better Administration is, to say the hast, uncertain, inasmuch as the i louse is still split up into sections, (ach owing allegiance to its own chosen leader, and each jealous of the pt< u i ment of the ofcbeis. Jt was the existence of these parties, or rather of so many of them, which made the Stout (Jo\ eminent possible. Mi Stout and his friends thought it would be possible to unite the uiiijonty of the scatteied dements ot the House, and by giving e.i< li h presentation in the Cabinet, bring the in to a state of liDinogeiiity. As a temporary i.vp'dient their e/Jort was .successful, Imi t time has shown them how dill'u'ult it is to mix oil and water. Party government is the only practical form of government for a democracy. That which we have at piesent is not party government —it is lather u yo\ eminent of

party, or so-e.illed party delegates. There seem, judging from the tono of our concspondent's telegrams, to be indications of a coming change, of .1 icM'ision to party linos -that the < oinponrnt p.utsof the present Ministry will separate, .md once more range under their own separate and broadly distinctive I winners. A re-formation of the Cabinet would follow, of course, and l>\ some it would he called a coalition, hut in reality it would be nothing of the soi t Meanwhile we are waiting to .sec who will bell tho cat. 1

Mr P. G. Thomas has been i lee ti (1 ,i nii'Milii'i of tin 1 KiiiKiiiio i Ko itl lioiul, ucoiUi (J. JI. hiiiitli, icii^ued.

The Government have at last L'lllfd fm tciulii^ f'U tin 1 ruction of tin* tuillic In nine <i\(i thi 1 Puimi inn, The .ulwiti^i'iucut will be found in .uiothui Oolllllll).

"We would again remind members of tin- lluinltoii Clmi.il SiiLioty tli.it pi.ir tice will commence .it half past? to-mnnnw evening in the Public J fall. A full attendance is requested.

The annual pupil teachers exanimation fm tlio W.ukato w ill commoncc at Hamilton to rl ly. Mr Me Vi tlnir, L T.B , Principal of the Tr.iininp Collide, Auckland, dirnod on S.iturd.iy to conduct tin; examination.

Commander Edwin telegraphed at 3. 30 p.m., yesterday. Watch bnionirter expect bad weather between North and E.ist and South-e.ist after 10 hour* from now and heavy rain fall glass falling very toon.

The Auckland police mada a raid on .v Chinese fjamblinpf housp in Wakohcld street on Sunday night, and attested no lc^s than nmctuon cclextials engaged in a game of " fan tan."

The meeting of the Hamilton Legislative Association advertised for this evening has been postponed to Tuesday evening next, tlio 7th July, as a niiiik of respect foi the memory of the Lite Mr Henry Edgcumbe.

The Cambridge footballers met in the (ri)Nciiini' nt p.iddock for .1 sci.itclt m.itcli on Satuidav .ifternoon. Two scratch tu.iin> weie trot up and sojup good, though perhap-. .v little rough, pl.iy resulted.

At Friday's meeting of the Auckland I'lMid of HilucdtiDii the Cambridge Wtwt School C<>minittra applied forenlarßenirnt <»f school huilding>i t and for assistance ti> school hbi .iry. it was resolved that plans and >-ji!'cific it-ions be |)ieparcd, and that a Efi.mt bo mule to library.

The W,M. and officers of Masonic Lod^e Alpha, C unbiidgo, will bo metalled ;it thi- Loil^'c, Cambridge, to monow e\on111^ with tin* UMi.il ci'iuiiionif"". J''or tho consciiii'iun of visiting bit'thieii from Hamilton Atr'-^rs J. CtWcrwotnJ anrl C<> uill ltm .i foui horse coach, leaving Jl.uiiilton at •"> p.m.

The San Francisco mail steamer Zealandi.i aimed 111 Auckland with tin* l'jii^hih and Am^ticun in.nl- on Sunday, .it about one o'cWk. Anmnpst the pas M'riKt'ii wi'io l>et<>ctiw^ Ti iciy and Hadgoi, of tliu St Loiiii |nilici', ulki an 1 .11 mod with a wan nut fot tho aiicst «>f Wiiltoi 11. LennoN .Maxwell, accused of tlio niurdei of C. A. ]'iellci.

Thanks to the good offices of Mr .r. 13. Wlivtc, thoU.wibiidgc l'.iiliainuiit.iiy Union will hue plenty of work to pnpntfc its attention for tlio futuie. In tcply to .1 toluol am ai-knip: for p.ipcison behalf of the Union. Anhrloacon Willie ieeoi\ed the following. " Wellington, lT>th June, I.SRI, The .Sne.iker htii oiden-d all I'arli.unent.iry papers to bo sent, J. 15. Whyte."

A meeting of the members of the Opposition in the Hamilton Letftsl.itne Association called for Frid.iv evening next at The Wnikato Times Buildings, for tinpiuposo of consideiinj,' tlif policy of the (io\ eminent, a« foreshadowed in a memo to the Leader of the Opposition. A full attend. nice of members opposi d to the present Administiation it leque^tod.

We are requested to state that tickets of admission to honoiary mendMs <if tlic Cuiiius Dramatic Clulj him, Ixeri issued. iMi'inbcM who iikij not rocin 1 then tickets, 01 who may lOfjune arlditum.il tickets, should coinuiunKvtu with the acting lionoi. 11 y M'cict.ti y, .Mi Spilth. Tlic perfomuiiiLC, tis .ihe.idy .mnounccd, will take placo in tlio (Oddfellow's Hall, Jlaunltoii hait.

The men employed under Mr Miuphy on tlio Ciinbi idj*e-T.iupo ro.id have shifted cam]), and aro now situated on the Kotorua Hide of tlio Waipa bridge. A Luge amount of work hai been rlono. The '■and cutting*, hithcito so narrow and diingoroiw, h.ivo been gre.itly improved The heavy boldti-. liive .ilhh been icinoved. Theic h, howevci, a large amount of work to do.

There is at present a large amount of tr.ifiic on the Cambridge-'W.iotu rond. A lot of timber is being carted down from the Waotu bush for vlr Livingstone's rnilw.iy contract on tho Mornnsvillc line, anil heavy consignments of bridge timber for Mr Co.ites' contract on tho Main Trunk linn. Had this rond not been put in proper repair, thiS important traffic muHt havo ceased.

The man Joseph Wilson, arrested on Tluusfi.iy (in a chnrge of stealing :i watch, the piopsity of ono Michael Shan. igh. in, |,\ias brought up at tho Hamilton Police Court, on tt.ttmday. The cui/U'-wt^nceh of the case, as .ilrc.uly tl< t.nlcd in tht.se columns, weie stated by Srige.int M'njor McOovrn. Tlic pusoiipr plculefl guilty, and asked to be du.ilt with suinmaiilv. Mr Nmthcmft M'.itfiiepd him to four mouths' imprisonment with haul Uili'Mn, in Mount Eden (Jaol.

At the last meeting of the Piako County Council, Ci. Fnth complained that the (!ov eminent w.ts very dil.itoiy in sendnifj out copies of its jnoposed bills to tlie bodies mtercfitod. There w.is kihuc inca sure about to he brought forward respecting the <ibolitir)n of tin- gold duty, and it was deniable th.it all public bodies mtnrcHtwl should know all about these proposals before they become l<iw. Ministeis, it Beemed, tiavelled about the country during the recess, and tin 1 dr.iuiuLf up of these bilU was left to the List moment, and public bodies were K len My inconvenienced thoicby.

Seeing certain statements in the Herald, indicating that the -ito for the Waikato High School was likely to be h\cd at Hamilton, the o<>m budge .School Committee hiis communicated with the I r.-iiin 1 1< hi committee asking it whether or not it has been e\eiting itself in this duec tioii. The original undei standing between the committees, it is alleged, was tli.it tliey ->lioiild combine in seeming .suitable endowniuiits for :i high hcliool m Wuikato, inul tli.it the question of the site .should be foi after consideiation. Jt is thought theieforo tliat the Hamilton C'iniiiiitteu ha-< been Hte.iling ain.iiLh, and that in ho doing it h is bnikeu tonhdfiice with Cambridge ,md othei centum.

The train left the Cambridge platfonri fi\e ivmitiN i t.cforc it^ tune Ju^-ti rd i> morning, and tin; m. ills vveiu in consequence left behind. Perhaps theie is a raihviiy tune ns well a-> a teletfiaph tune, the f<>». mi r lii'intf five iniimtc-- nhc id of tin- litter ; if so, 1 1, ii wiy itn(l(",ii,ihl('.m(l uicon veil iuii t, <md the hdoirt there is ,i cuinnion tinic foi the jnihlic ti> 01/Kcive, the Iwttor. In coiiscfiueticc of the caily depnrturo of the train yesteiday moiiung fully lialf-a-do/en p.is. Henj{<;n vvuic left behind. Surely the train lias got hufheiont timo to creep uloiig to Hamilton without .stealing live minutus fi urn an unfortunate public. TheHO mistakes arc very unpleasant, and wo trust well .t thing will not have t<> be complained of again.

The mortal remains of the late Mr Henry Edgecumbe ueio intoned ( in the Maionic Cemeteiy, Hamilton, ■in Sunday. 'J'lie tuiK-iiil was tlio ! laigpst ■-ecu in the W.ukato fi»i niiiny yen-. Tli' cortege comprised about ' twenty fivt lji)gj,Mi-s and other vehicles, up- ' u.ud of one hundred hoiseinon, nnd a huge ' iiiiinliii of people on foot. It ih estimated | tii I tlicic u(ic nu uly hvu liundicd people in tlib (i mi tciy. Ngaruawahia, where the ' drcca-^cd t,'( titleriian had spent many ye.v-, ! of Ids lifr, was ropiescntt d by noiirly all tht> old ie«idcnts, and thoro wore prewunt j Ht'ttltTH fiom tho Cambridge, Tamahcro, and Waipa dwtrictH. The hoautiful soivico ' of tho CJlnuch of England w.m nnpre«sni>ly read by the Key. K. O'C. I'»h,'Kh, Incumbent of S. Pot Pi's. Tho fnnrrnl arrangements ( wero cairicd out by Mr I). Elliott, of | Hamilton. ;

The following special messages to i the JL'ic^ A'j'jyvJviUyiii dated Lvrnlon, Junt J

2(Jtli und 27th, ha\e been publUlifd : — Three thmwund visitors weie present at Lord and Lilly CarnngtonV muree at the Colon ml Institute.— liarl Spcncei linn If ft for IroLuid. — Tho wheat market sh>>w» :v nit^ht impri»uiiici)t on la«t quot.itu>nt). Two offc n^t c;nrgof"< hn\i» hern sold at 3.1* ; one offco iht cargo mid alto one on p,i-i« ( »^o hi\i» ri'.ilned His l'n\ ; f.tr July Hhipmonts 37k hn« b'i'ii obtaiiiPd. It \f estimated thnt the yn'ld of tho Amrrion wheat crop will he l.ii^'.'lv l«>lo\\ th" a\rraffo.—Tho draft r<< concerning tho rrcidiMsto question f now bring drawn up.- -The (irrinnn PNpciition to IS>u (iuinoa donartu on Mon rl iv. - Tho Marquis of Northampton and the Karl of Sefton ha\o boon idvpstod with tlu % Oirlci of tho (iartor. — Tin 1 Orient Sto.iiu Xa\ ig.itiou Company'n Ligtin.i, arii\ud hoic yc-itrrdiiv morning.