THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1885.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2029, 9 July 1885, Page 2

THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1885.

With str.mge fatuity, Ministers ha\e pci.sisted in tho attempt to force; the tariff on the J louse, in npite of the warnings of their friends and foes in and out of Parliament The result, as everybody foi esaw, is defeat, and possible disaster. It is true that in the amended resolutions moved by Sir Julius Vogel last night, two or three very objectionable itemswereomitted, notably the taxes on coal and agricultural implements. But the additional twopence on tea was retained, along with numerous otheis which members had indicated in unmist.ikeable language their intention to oppose. Tins inen-jised duty on wines and spirits, which is expected to yield about £17,000, and the increase on bananas, the re\enue from which can scarcely be worth talking about, were allowed to pass, but the additional impost on tea, which it was anticipated would extract about ,£20,000 from the pockets of the classes lea-%t able to bear the burden of increased taxation, was rejected by 01 to 111. Spite of the Treasurer's appeal, the free traders in the House seem to be convinced that his taritl" proposals tend in the direction of protection, and they wont have them at an price. Minisfeis .ire pursuing a course wlik h cm only end in theii downfall. They must know tins perfectly %\ell themselves, and as it cannot be supposed that they are tired of the c.ires of office, there must be some other reason to account for their extraordinary lino of notion. It is quite likely that, in tho present mixed state of the House, they may wish to precipitate a crisis, and so biing about :i dissolution, trusting (,<> the magnetic power of a Land Reform find Protection policy on tin 1 huntings to Strengthen fcbeii position.

TIIK Ilfigkin settle) s .U C In. iking a very detenjiin<<l ell'oit to establish a ■woollen factory in their midst ; and us jui earnest of liis sincerity hi the mattci, .ilmost (very settler in the dish i< t has come forward with a liberal assurance, of support Theie (,in lie no more striking proof of this in the proposal to which they seek (•> ,i^iv«' eH'ect than their ovi.lent willingness to lu'lp t.hcin-selv-cK ; finil no one is more likely to suce< (d, or is nunc de.serv ing of success, than ho who is both i early jukl willing to adf.pt that course. When the proposal to start a woollen factory was first mooted in Auckland, the Raglan people, with a readinosswhichdoes credit to them, immodijxtfly made liberal oveitures to the piomoteis, pointing out the suitableness of the district, assuring them an excellent site, and a fair

quota of support. But the promotors, it would seem, have got some other, and, to their minds, more suitable site in Aiew, ,uul ha\e intimated to the Raglan people something to that effect. The latter, however, li!i\e deterniued that their efforts shall not be baulked by their want of success in this quarter, and are now everting themselves in the direction of starting a woollen factory on their own account, or if not this, then some other industry. Some are of opinion that sufficient capital can be raised in the district, with which to .start a factory, and it is thought monetary assistance might be forthcoming fiom England. With the object of ascertaining what assistance can be obtained in the old country, together with other particulars such as cost of plant, Arc, an influential committee has been formed. The Raglan settlers lwue made up their minds to try a. new departure, they are determined on h.i\ing an industry of some sort to stimulate the prosperity of the district, and so if a woolien factory is beyond their reach, they will try the next best which their means can secure. If all our outlying districts showed an equal amount of spirit, and a willingness to help themselves instead of looking to the expenditure of Government money as a source of prosperity, we venture to say there would be less commercial stagnation, and less grumbling about hard times than is at present experienced. There is, however, one phase of tins question which we think the Raglan people are inclined to overlook in their enthusiasm. No doubt the Okete Falls is an admirable site for a mill, but is the Raglan distiict large enough to grow sufficient wool to keep a factory going? We doubt it ; and unless the Waikato and surrounding districts come to its assistance, we fear \ery much that the supply would fall far short of the mark. And if Waikato wool-growers were willing to send their produce to Raglan, the distance and the impassable nature of the mountain road during the winter would effectually debar them. This is a matter which, to our minds, is of the greatest importance, and we trust the piomoters will gneit very c.ueful consideration before any delinite course is decided upon.

The annual dinner of the members of Oiailge Lodge, Sons of UNtil, Will tike place at the Royal Hotel, Hamilton East, <m Monday evening no\t, tlie Itfth in-t., in coniim nioi.itum of the Battle, (if the Boyne.

Owing to the inclemency of the weather on Monday evening, the fortnightly meeting of the Cambridge I'aili.uiientiry Union was not held. The next meeting will be held on Monday evening next.

The weather during the past week lias been very broken, w;tli lots of ram. On Monday a gale wai experienced in Auckland, accompanied w itli .1 heavy downpom of ram, and considerable danngo was dona to the shipping in the harbour. Several small \ easels foundered.

A public meeting to inaugurate tho Wukato Lilx-i.il Association will be held .it the H.umlton Hall, on Saturday evening next, at 7.30 o'clock, when addiesM's will be giii n by the piosident, and othei inembeis of the Auckland Lihcial Vss iciation. The locil assnciati in lsimdci the pie-idi'iity of Di.]s\ile.

The usual fortnightly sitting of thu (Jambi ulgt X.M C'ouit tike- ]A >1.0 toIlioilou His Wolship l-i oxpecttd to give judgment in the c w K<m<miii i Kop.i v. W. J. Hutitt'i*, to winch \eiy consider.)bio mteiest is attached. The other defend nit in the how tail cisc will alni be dealt with There is also tin umi.il piogramine of ctsd caiiv».

William Waring Taylor, whose name has become f.urnli.ir in connection with certain fraudulent tiansactions in Wellington, was hi ought up foi sentence at the Supreme Couit in that city on Tuesday. Taylor was convicted .it tho last sessions and the Judge now Hcntenccd him to hvo year* penal wrvitude.

The second session of the Hamilton Legislative Association was opened on Tuesday evening. Thvre w.i-. a good .ittendance of niembors and sisitor<, and tho curient nession of this useful asioei.ition promises t<i be successful. The proceedings are reported pretty fully in another column. The next sitting, on the Kith m-t., will hi taken uj) with a debate on Federation.

The rain in Cambridge on Monwa 1) unusually heavy. The di.image was in many placed faulty and laige (sheets of water several inches deep accumulated about the town. .Some of the passenger* who ariived by the late train had to wado through a vcntable pond outside the platform. We think tho town board might l.iy olf a good footpath leading from the station to the centre of the town. Something of this soit is badly wanted.

The workmen of the Telegraph Department weie engaged on Tuesday tiectmg the telegraph posts in Cambridge for the T.iupo line. The posts in thetoun .ue laiger and heavier than usual, and aie a splendid advertisement of the utility and oxcellence of totara for such pm poses. Mr Y. Irtanc*, the enteipiising contractor, has carried out his contract expeditious]}', and the quality of the work find the precision with which the posts h.t\e beon distributed over the He\enty-fno miles stretch between Cambridge and Taupn ha\o given every satisfaction. The carting in jwhip places wax attended utth considerable difficulty, the countiy being \ery broken and tho tiacks exceedingly bad.

During the debate in the House of Representatives last Fuday week (aci ording to the Wellington Tunes) Sir Juluii Vogel advised Miijm Atkinson to imitate the ancient JJntoiis ,iu< 1 clothe himself in leaves. Mr W.ikdield, who followed Sir Julius, pointed out that the ancient Bntoiis weie not in the habit of attuing themselves in leaves, but they were in the habit of painting themselves blue, and tho Colonial Treasurer would make the inhabitants very, veiy "blue" befoie he had dono with them.

The following special messages to the I'iess Association, dated Londmi, July f>th, have been published :— The Right Rci. (Jeoige Mobnly, Hishop of Salisbury, is dead ; aged S2. The death is announced of Re.u-Admiral Wilson, fininotly commodore on the Austialian station.—Mi Biadluigh 1j is been c\cludtd fioin the House ot (Jomuions by a majority of 41.—Loid Salisbury has staled that the next geneial election would probably take place on November 17th. —IS,MOO balen of wool were olfeied for mle on Satin day and today. The tone of tho market i« firm.—Tho reports fiom the wheat-growing dicti lets nhow that the prospects of a good crop this year an favoui able.—The mails ( \ Sorat.i fiom Melboumo dated May, 2'J, weie dehveied todiy via Naples.

On Tuesday night a meeting was held at Ti \w imutu to nnugiii ite :i bene JitfoiMi 11. T. Sililcy, )(.indmastei of thu Tv \wamutn cavah v Mi J. \Vr. Te.isdale was \oti d to the cli.mi, and the following walking committee was nominated . —('apt. Rutherford, M.ijoi Jackson, Messis J. (loodfellow, W. Tayloi, Jno. Scott, Jno (tnee, S. WcHtmiy, Atkins, J,is. Taylm, U ('nmiiiik'li.iin. J ('iui)uiiKli.iin H Kuk, C Hunt, i, J. W. Ellis, (J. I). Storey, C. Stoiey, J. Kirkham, A. Kay, («. Kay, Jno. (JneiHon, A Aubin, <iray, (Uough, Wnght, }{igg, Teaudaleand Moss, vvithpovvei t).idil to their number. Mr Stoiey Hpoko warmly of the object of the meeting, as also did Messrs Knkliam, Rutherfoid and Wiight. It was resolved that notice be sent to those gentlemen nominated for committee, but not present. The mooting closed with a vote of thank* to the chairman. Anothei meeting will beheld on Saturday night to entei more particularly into the wiattor.

Our Auckland correspondent wntch- —Now tli.it tho war scare is over and people .«how a disposition to settle down to business, the xhares in tho proposed North New Zealand Woollen Factoiy aro being rapidly taken up. Tho public generally appear to consider thorn a aafe investment. Apart from any such consideration, tho establishment of such an indu«try in our midst must confer an immense benefit on tho community. It will mean the circulation of at leant £150,000 » year, and the employment of some 300 persons. Wo hare only to look at tho amount of labour employed by the Kaiapoi Woollen Factory in Canterbury to see, what a prospect for Rood is in front of ours if floated successfully. Seven hundred and fifty hands nre kept in regular work .\t Kaupoi and Christchurch, and their turnover amounts to somo hundreds of thousands of pounds per annum. Thoir business is rapidly mci easing, as the excellent quality* of their goods becomes known. The provisional directors of our proposed local factory havo now determined to make provision for the manufacture of light worsted coating. It 1-. evident that no stone is to be left unturned to make tho mulct taking a success, and let us hope tli.it the efFoitsof Mc<sis Lodder and Bennett, the promoters, will meet with the cncoutapeintMit they are entitlod to. [Mr George Hescott is authorised to leceive applications for shares in the Wni kato dintnct. He is at present in Hamilton, and intends \isiting nil the centres of population in the dixtrict.]

A reporter of the Auckland Herald paid a \ Nit on Tuesday to Kraser and Tinne'a Foundry, and inspected tho exhibits which that hnn is preparing for the Wellington Industrial Exhibition. *The following references will be of interest to Wnikato readers ;—No. 5. Tho patent " Triumph" ti-trco cutter, designed by Mr Reynolds, manager of the Waikatn Land Association. 84 of theae useful maohincii have already been made to order, »nd are doing good work, cutting from fire to seren acres of hoary ti-trec per diem, and capable of cutting to a diameter of 1J inches. They are similar to the ordinary reaper in construction. Tho motion it> given from the carnage wheels to a cross-shaft giving reciprocating motion t<i a »ct of guillotine knives. The knife-bar extends outside of the carnage fianio to a distance of four feet six inches, thus cutting a swath of that extent. In tho second tin n the horses traverse the cut portion. The machine should command the attention of farmers, as it is «i great labour-saving invention, blinking countrj into a .state suitable for clearing nnd cultivation, which could not otherwise be dealt with, owing to tho cost of manual labour. —No. (>. A vs ire-strainer, designed by Mr W. A. Murray, of Pmko. This machine is a simple but effectual deuce for straining, tightening, and repairing wire fencing. It is mi invention which no Waik.ito fnnnei should be without, a* it is eeot oinical and effective, and within the means of every small f.irmi r.