THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2039, 1 August 1885, Page 2

THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Equal and extct justice to .ill me n, Ot whatsoever state or persuasion, religious 01 political. Here shall the Press the People's ni*ht maintain Una\sc<l by influence and unbnbcd b) tfain.

SATURDAY, AUG. 1, ISBJ.

If we Avere to bo guided in our selection of <i term by the aniount of log-rolling attempted and achieved, we might cull the age wo live in the Wooden Age. Hn Julius Vogel promised us a golden age, but whatever the natuie of tlie plans with which he set out m;i) have been, the political cormorants with whom he is associated can see nothing golden in .1 policy which does not mean the expenditure ot huge sums of money in their o\\ n districts. The remaikable railway job which just now is being pressed upon the. country is the best illustration of this. The proposal if carried a\ ill commit the colony to the payment of about .£lOO,OOO annually for twenty years, in addition to the enormous tracts 1 of country (not particularly valuable, certainly) which Parliament has alleudy set apart as an endowment for the line. For what purpose the construction of the line is required, save that it would induce a little temporary prosperity and gi\ c a fillip to some Canterbury businesses which may be languishing, we cannot toil, and we don't think anybody could tell us either. Tt i^ useless to talk about opening up the intei \ ening country for settlement, because unless things improve vei \ much no settlers will tiouble v-> with their presence, and nothing i»better calculated to emphasise the already keenly felt depiesiion than the wasteful expenditure of public money upon unnecessary and unremuuerative works such as the E;is( and West Coast Railway. There is any quantity of land available for settlement, easily accessible, and requiring no extraordinary outlay to lit it for occupation. When this is exhausted it will be quite time enough to essay the cultivation of mountain crags and bleak trex-less platens. But then we are reminded of the coal deposits on tho West Coast, and asked to consider for a moment what tremendous propor tions the coal carrying trade would assume as soon as the line isiinlshed. This is very plausible, nr> doubt, but the coal carrying trade can be done much more cheaply — aa far as the colony is concerned at any rate — by means of the coastal craft. But though the proposal to make the railway comes a generation too soon, there is no reason why, if Canterbury, Westland and Nelson want a toy, they should not have it, provided of course that they are prepared to pay for it. That the land should be given b) the colony seem? reasonable enough, because it is not likely to increase in value until the railway is unade, and in twenty years' time it # .might fairly be asked for. It is not, indeed, against the railway that we protest so much as the means by which it is sought to be obtained. We have heard ok log-rolling before, but as a general thing the log-rolleis were rather ashamed of the bus incss ; at any rate' they were nob particularly anxious that their -doings should bo related from the housetops. But the times have changed. The Lyttelton Times nowconhes out boldly as the apostle of the doctrine, a log-roller naked and not ashamed ! Our contemporary has issued a manifesto, in which ho says in no ambiguous terms that the extension of the San JYancisc o mail service is to be made dependant on the Auckland vote for the railway, and calls upon the loyal men of Canterbruy, Nelson and Westland to boycott every other piopos^al (involving the spending of money we presume) unless the ■colony allows them to perpetrate th^ir ridiculous

job. Throughout the favoured districts a chorus of approval of the llovcrnment's proposal has been sung, and Sir Julius has been cmtuly putting the subject oft" horn cjfty %ta day in order that the jobbers may have time to organise.' But notwithstanding this it is quite clear to the Croverninent th.it to T . force the measure on the 1 louse means defe.lt, and Ministers. !i.i\e. wisely determined to submit it to .1 select committee which, judging l>\ it-, jfi'sonnel is likely to f.uour the scheme, though they may 1 .'■-, -ably recommend a reduction in th- 1 amount of the guarantee. By (Ik way, the Auckland Herald does not flatter the Auckland members nt the committee, Mr Mitchelson ,u,<l (Jol. Eraser. The Herald assumes th.it because Major Atkinvui has a sneaking regard for Ihe railway scheme, and farther hi i uist> both members are interested in i .always at Kaihu and the Th.une>> Valley, respectively, they .lie likely to be participators in the lou lolling game. This is not how tin 1 lei aid puts it exactly, but that i> w hat it means. But we sincerely tiu->ttliat northern members, even .it the risk of losing the San Ki.iiK'isco service, or fifty such >cr\ ncs, will resist to the utmost tl i -ellUh scheme of the O.interbury [ill ll Ul\.

()m ni tlie healthiest signs of the t nncs js the inclination which farmer-, exhibit to help themselves. To such <m extent has the tiller of tin* soil been beholden to the middleman, not only in the counti ies of the Old World, but in these new colonies that the former has almost ceased to regard himself as one capable of doing business at all. His produce is sold for him, and the things necessary to his existence, and the cultivation of his l.iiid .'ire bought for him, and lie goes on his way, not seeming to know that he is continually being relie\ed o» a double profit. So long as in i( es aie good and his books (if he keeps any) show a margin between e\pcnditure and receipts sufficient to feed and clothe his family and p,iA the interest, the farmer, good (..iiteiited soul, does not complain. Uut tlu'ie is a limit to the power of eniliuance e\en of men of his class. This limit has apparently been leached in many parts of the world. It has certainly been touched in this colony. It is not pleasant to know that -\\e are face to face with the fact certainly, because ot the tale it tells. Nevertheless, it the present depression will only thoroughly waken up our tavmer.s it will have served an excellent purpose. We believe it to be ot' a tempoi.uy nature, and when it pi--,es away, let us hope our agiiiultui.il friends will be leady to .ipph its lessons and render its leunience remote. Nothing can Ik lp the farmer so much as the coupeiative principle. In Waikato tins truth has met with wide acceptance, but the system is susceptible of enormous expansion. There is no limit, in reason, to the iield of its operation ; and this is the fact which we trust Waikato settlers w ill lay to heart. The other day we had occasion to di aw attention to the unwise action of the New Zealand Meat Freezing Company in Hooding the Auckland m s u ket with fresh meat to the prejudice of graziers of Waikato from whom the company had received substantial support. The circumst.nico may have been owing in "icit measure to accidental causes. The supply of stock accumulated at W.utara was perhapsgrcater than the tinning works at that place, or the mi /ing works at Auckland could uoik up, and so the surplus was tin own on the market, no doubt at ,i J.iss to the company. But supposing this to have been the case, the explanation is not at all satist.utoiy, since it shows that notwithstanding the operations of the cornpan v the supply of West Coast me.it is larger now than it was under tho old condition of things. In pi oof of this the graziers of the W. innate Plains, who hive hitherto shipped their live .stock to Auckland, are complaining that they have now to accept much lower pi ices foi their stock, and that the company is crushing out all rival shippers. It seems that there was some understanding with the company that 17s 6d per lOOlbs should be given for beef, but this no longer ol)t,ims, and the company is now buy ing at 1 is or l.")s, a price which just simply means ruin to the producers. Of course the company cannot he held accountable for the depiession in pi ices, on the West Coast at anyrate, though it may l)i ing about a temporary drop of Hooding the market. The real cause of the lowering of prices is to be found in the increased production. It is jowpvor true that the production lias been increased in \ iew of the hopes held out by the pioinoters of the company; for, though the company has only commenced operations within the last few months at Auckland, and only within the last mouth at YV.ntara, the company itself has been in existence for about two years' J)uiing this long period production has increased to such an extent that even with the assistance of the company the gra/ier finds himself in a very tight place. The fanneis in the liawera district are taking active steps to relieve the glut by establishing meat preserving works of their own, and their fellows in Waikato ought to set about looking after their own mtoiests in a similar way. Mr W. A. Graham, a gentleman whose name has been connected with so many beneficent enterprises in this district, has, after consulting with several of the oth*r leading settlers, convened a meeting of all interested in the matter to be held in the Public Hall, Hamilton, at 2 p.m. on Wednesday next. We expect to see a large and representative gathering on the occasion.

Country school committees would do well to devote a little of their attention to the scholarship regulations which have been issued by the Board of Education. This instrument introduces a system new iv many material points. Formerly there wixs but one kind of scholarship, open to all pupils attending the public schools. The lately issued regulations provide for two classes of scholarships), junior and senior, the former open to all scholars attending primary schools whose age shall not exceed 13 years at the time of examination, and the latter open to all pupils attending public schools, and aho to all other pei-bons who shall be xtnder the age of lJ years. The period for which the scholarship shall be tenable is m each case three years. The value of the junior scholarship is £20, which may be raised to £35 if the pupil requires to board away fioni home, and the value of the senior scholarship is £45 per annum. The other regulations are similar to those in force in former years. Our reason for bringing the matter forcibly under the notice of committees is that the new regulations are calculated to inflict a grave injustice upon th© primary schools. The schedule of subjects for the junior scholarship examination is almost identical with that of last year, but whereas there whs no limit to the age formerly, thirteen years is now fixed as the limit. Now the junior .schedule is about equal to the sixth standard, and the average age of the pupils who go up for examination in that standard is 14 J years. Thirteen is the average age of those who g<> up for the fourth .standard, and out of these only between CO and 70 per cent pass. Thus it will be seen that not only will this induce a large amount of cramming, but it will also lead to the neglect of the great bulk of the class in order to gi\ c an unhealthy forcing to a few precocious children. It will also tell in favour of the town schools, where the teaching staff is larger, and in most cases infinitely better than in count! y schools. Senior scholarships will be altogether beyond the reach, not only of country pupils, but also for some years to come, of th.it of holders of junior scholarships ■who h.ue graduated in the country. The schedule is simply absurd, and none but pupils who have the benefit of several years' tuition in the Grammar Schools or in a private academy would have the slightest chance of Miccess. Unless we are greatly mistaken, the advantages accruing from the grants for scholarships were to be confined to the pupils of the public schools of the colony ; it' this be so, then the Auckland Board of Education has violated the principle, and we are surprised to find the present Minister for Education endorsing its action.

It is quite clear that under the new Bmkruptcy Act debtors must come before the court -with a decent record ; otherwise their chances of success are slender indeed. More, and worse than this, the court has the power to orclei the iinpiisonment of the debtor if it be satisfactorily proved that his embarrasments are due to extravagance and carelessness, which are held to be criminal. The first case in which, to our knowledge the most drastic provisions of the act have been put m practice was taken in the District Court, Patea, on the I'Mh July, ult. The debtor, Joseph Richards, had kept the Australasian Hotel for about four months, during which time he kept neither books nor banking account. He said lie received in April last the sum of £145 for some horses, and that this money, which he had placed in a safe, had been stolen He accounted for the circumstance by .saying that he w.is drunk on the day in question, and must ha\e left the key of the safe in the lock, as he missed it after the alleged robbery. He declared that he had lived economically, and that his wife had made all the clothes the children required. Several creditors deposed that the debtor's wife had purchased a large amount clothing from then, including a velvet brocaded dress and hat to match, Are. Judge Ralston ga\ c judgment as follows : — Notwithstanding the \ery able defence by the debtor's counsel, I have no hesitation in saying that it appears to me clearly proved (at this final examination) that the debtor's bankruptcy is attributable to unjustifiable extravagance in living. That if it had not been for his gambling, drinking, and treating his customers gratis to his stock-in-trade at the expense of his creditors, which surely is extravagant living, and to obtaining drapers' and other goods beyond his condition and means he need not havo been bankrupt now, if he had liv ed (as it is the duty of everyone to live) within his means. I am sorry that I cannot see any mitigating circumstances in the case, for the evidence points to the conclusion that this story of the manner in which the loss of the £113 is accounted for is a fabrication. I order and adjudge that the debtor be impiisoned in the common goal at New Plymouth for two calendar months, with hard labour.

A Special Settlement Association has heen formed at Tuakau.

It has been decided to hold a fancy di ess ball at Cambiitlgo on the lirst Tlnuiday in September.

The art union in connection with .St. Maiy'H M»n»Ktery, Hamilton, in uuawidnbly postponed until lso\inK-dfiy.

It is ©xpectftd that at the next meeting of this Piakn Ommty Council, Rtfina will b« taken t<> «tri!<e .1 giwrnl rate of fd throughout tho County.

Commander Idwin wired at 1.20 p.m. yesterday :— -Expect bail weather between iouth-ea«t and south and went, glasB further full. Indications rain.

The culvert at Runciman's Chilly on thu Hamilton Piftko nmin road is now nearly finished, and the filling in will be Hturtod noxt weok, »n th.it traffic will soon bo i gaumed in th<3 ordinary maniwr.

The Tamahere Church CommiUee intentl liolcliDi,' ,v l iiiLcit in the T.vuiihoio school loom in iid of tho (Jlnuch Sinking Fund on Wednesday, Kith September.

The football match, Hamilton v. Cftinluidge, will be jilted on Sydney Squaio, Hamilton, tli i-. ,iftcrn<>>n. PI i\ Will CDintaience at 3 o'clock *h.iri>. H.unilton players tuo requested in turn up .it halfpast two.

The lease of the endowments of the Cin.xbvidgo town, se\pnt> two m numhiM, and lunountnif,' in all to.">l .icn--., w ill ho tli-*-p.Mtid of by auction on Monday, 10th Ausjo-it, nt noon Tliu silo will t.iki* iil.icc .it tho town l)o«iid ollico. Mr 11. (Jowpur will ho tho .uittionroi.

One of the largest cattle trams til it lu\o c\im left W.nLito u .is tli it '\ tut li 1.-ft tl)i> l>'i ink ton Junction mi WVdm^d i> last. Tin-id wt'ic iki U-s, th.vi tw.-iity-sl'M'll tllU'ks of C.lttlo, iUld tlMl tlliclvi l»f sin 1 1>, ]!!„'«, etc Tlio whole woio onsigiu'd t.> Mi Alficd Jiuckl.incl for Tlnusday'a s.ilo ■it IJi'inui l i.

The workmen putting up the new toli'g».ii>h lnui betwcon Caiubudgo and Tuupo hwo again shifted camp, :uid arc now a.t tlio \v<ioMii»di of the Ui.inst'in est-\tf, lv-ide the iMpul-. mi tho W.uk.ito nvti. Afti ie in yintf tho lim*I im* t>> W.iotn, this p n ty w ill h.i\o to alvnit Unity milo-' of \\!io in tin- diuctioii of T.uipo.

The improvements to the CambiuJ^c Public H.tll will be commenced next wfok.. Judging fioni the intentions of the committee, tho piopDsed mipiovctiient-. should in ike the hall one of tho most comfoi table in W.uk.itn. At the piesent time it is vciy f.u fiom holdini? tli.it position It is c\|)octt'(l th.it thu iiiipio\emontH will bo finished in about a month-, time.

Thompson's colossal diorama of tlie Soudan War and the Nile expedition, will ho exhibited a,t Te Aw.unutii on Mon d.iy next. Wo would lecoinn.end those who ha\e not ai yet mvh the p.nntmps not to loo^o this opijoituiutv. Thon> w.i^ .1 lat^fo attendance at the exhibition at Huntly, on Tliuisdiy night.

It has been proposed that the Government ilmuld pii' .1 gi mfc tow.uds blasting tho louk-, out of tlio Wukato nvei between C uiibudgc .md W.iotn, in <>idi 1 to k'he.i fiio.iiul MiniituiMipti'd p^^.i'^i 1 to the tmiboi fiointlic nnlN ,\t tho latti-i placo. Tl)i>, it h iii'iiitcil out, would «.,i\i' tin 1 1 uu r o amount of nwiii'v ammallv oxpcndod in Keeping tin 1 load open fur the timVi ti Uhe

The Cambridge Domain Board will be very Ii ippy t<< rwjive piesont-. "f ti« ■> or young plants fi<nn settleis who have {?<>t ws to spue. Now that tho planting S|>^' son h.i-> commenced, the bond is e\crting itself to >^et as much done as possible. Last yc.u tin 1 board was favoniod with a laifje number of \.ilu ible piosents in tins form, and no d.ml.t tin-, -.oiv.n tliey will be equ illy foltun ito.

A few days ago we stated that a 1 it'qutMtioii w i> being sigm d asking' tin 1 cli vi ni.iii of tin' O.unbiid^e Town 15 Mid to cilia public meeting foi the puipoM> of clh ou>sii)fj tl)o m.iltcr of the foinuti<>n of Like itioet. Wo umloi-.t md that thu cliaiiinui h.i-i ju^tpimcd tlw 1 c.illin^ of tho nirctiiu until tho nt^t il^iil.ii incrtin^ of tin' bond h 1-5 bt'iMi held. Should he not do so a Hurting \\ill hn called by soni' 1 pin ate mdi\ ulual independent of the board.

The Cambridge Town Board is at pundit di.iwiiitf it- f?i.ivel Mipply fiom tin* old pit in tin- (l')in im, nc.uly opposite tho Baptist T.ibcin.icle. A coiisulcKihlo p<>itmn of th» flat h.is boon tmued up, .uid tinpitisiuiu getting veiy bitf. Their is .111 ,u I. infjcniout between the two Ikukls that the town biurd, aftei the pit is oxli.iu-tid, will levul down tho holes. But it mviiitii.it the maiuiet in which the baud h.is tin own the suif.icceaith over tho bank h:ii Kiu'ii gicit diss.itHf.ictii'ii to tho doin.ini bond, .uid tho ch.iirm.in of th.it body h.i^ 111 con-iMpiunci* written a stionj,' lettei of jcinoiistunco to the foiinei bo.ud.

Daring the late heavy rains, the IhkljTi 1 .it the foot of tho l.ingoi on the (J.uiibnd^p M it.imata io.kl, on tho Wi-*t sido \\.i*< onipletuly wieclcod, <>no of the ■ippioichcs bt niic w ishud nw.iy, and thi» lucking .md lio.id-'tock of tlio budyo licin^ cimtc lotten, the bridge wont down at ohm end. Ti.iHic o\cr the budge li thcu'fme ontiii'ly -topped, but thero is a. foid .i]on<j Mdo which is' quite p.issnblo for whooluil ti.dfic: Tlio T.i'it loio.i lld.id I'iitid liiMlo^t no time in lvp.ins tiMidei> lipiiifj cilli-d foi tin 1 election of .v new bndyv, ictuiii.ible on tho 13tli mst.

Some time ago the question of allowing bn.iU on Like To Koutu wa,s the Mib)fct "f a spin ted coiitioveisy among the Cunbiidgo public, mid much was wnttpn •md said upon the subject. At th.it time 1) i.iting was a plisasiue \oiy much indu'ged in, Ui< 10 bomt; fully lulf a do/on c\ ifts on tho water. Ndvv, ho\\e\oi, these ha\e .'ll di-.ippe.ned. No doubt, .is soon ;is the pood \Nt\ithui comes round ag.un, the boats will onco more tn.iku Uhmi .ii>p(Mi.uice To .ill .ippu.u.mci's the bo.it^ lia\e not mtcifmvl with the duclv-, .is these an 1 to I>p seen in git iti i numbiis about the Lake now than i>\ei pumously.

The seventh number of the Wei linjjtiiu Landed I'iopeitv Uuidi 1 , puli'iihtd monthly by Mi»s->n T. Kennedy M.icdomld and C<> , Wellington, is to li.md This publication, pup.mv] foi ituitou^tiicul.i tion in all p.nts of the colony, should piovo ,i Itoon to the numeioiH cli' nt-> of the linn and tlic gonei.d pulitic. lthn imw pimn to b'- .1 tc\t-bi»o!\ of upw.uds of soveuty liases, giving in nil admu.iblo and concise form the detniis of the \.uinin landed p^tatei fin h.tlo by the til in, with repot t-> of pi i\ ate -ales and Ciown laud s.ile-> which t.ike plat ■ tlnotijjh'Nit the colony. Copies aie suppled fiee, ami p >stu'l to .my pa it of tlio colony on apphuition to the publishers, Wellington.

When Mr Pond was last in Hatnil ton, Mi Li'wii O'Neill j,m\o him a- sample of bntti'i m, ulu fioin milk -.iij)|)li''(l In cow-, fed on Migu hoot. -Mi l'«nd «'h delighted with the butter, ami took M»me of it to Auckland. Tlmnd.iys Jleiald Ins the following in refinance to it . -Wo veto shown the other d.iy l>y Mr J. A. Pond a sample of bnttei, pie]) nod by Mr-. L. (J'Ximll, llinnlton, fioin milk supplied l>y .1 cow fed on Migar-beet. Tin 1 buttor uas of evcelkiiit qu.ility, rich in flavour, with a beautiful golden yellow colmn, which was pioduecd without thiaddition <>f any colmunifj niittei. This is a iiiactical pioof of tlio inpenor cli-ai of milk which would bo pioduced fioin such feed."

The hoodlum element has, to all appeal iiice-^, peneti.ituil into C.uiibiwltfi' Wet The other c\ oiuug a young man u.uiiL'il Vnipi'i, ulnKt lotiuiiing fiinii dirndl, w.i ■> ->et upon by .1 tc-tnc nio)> of HiwMiilri who ojitoi timed him foi some tupo by In ins "to nin down Ins how, ' and not siicuvdinfj m t)n~> tlioy losoitoil to p 'ltiiiuf l>im witli nmd and otUoi clioi^c ti.iginonts of iiiiui(l.uie nuttor. Mi Vospoi ,it oiilo put the mattei in the hands of Cimvt.vbli' liionnm, .uul nost court dly the Kay tlii'iug, oiglit in munbor, will bo on p\lubitiuii In fmo tlu v liosideut Ma^ntiate, wlto-e In .utfclt -.ynijiathj tiny will tlonbt1( --b CSUlto.

The Cambridge Domain Board continue tl"' impiovements of the Like n-M'ivo. Tlio cmiti ictoi, Mi liiiiwn, has finished .1 l.vit,"' poition of the schedule of woiks which lie undei took, and so fir he h.is given eveiy satisfaction. Neaily 3000 tires of vauom wilts ha\o been planted tluouKlimit the grounds. The flat gi nun d alontf tlio we-t l>ank has l>e;n tastefully laid off, and will m the couise of a year or so he a veiy atti.ietne avenue. The old ledoitbt on the top of the hill h.is aKo b^en t.is-tefnlly laid off and sown in glass, and tlio woilc of |>Jantm«isno\vbpint,'pioLei'diMl with. The than man of the boaid, Mi Wells, went over the ground yesteiday, and ins|)ected the winks in piogies 1 .. ft is l)L-lie\ od that the p.ldcn cirp winch weie put in the Lake some few months a>{o by, Mr WelK ,ue thii\ini I. 1 '. No\t hummer the domain kiouiklt pioini-u to pie-.euL a \ eiy ilti.ittixe appeal aiice.

The following special messages to tin 1 I'll I*-*1 *-* A^i>ci,iln>n, dated London, July ixli, h \c been published :— l!i-.hop Kedw .id, Koinan Catholic Bishop of Wrllingt'in, \wli'> ii lit picscut I'll a vi^it to Nome, h.> nli'nittcd to thu Pope <i proposal foi tt 1 1 ih\ i— n hi of lm diocoie, so ns to cum to a u. ,\ <li ui'iofoi C.mtoibiuy. The pruposi tion li i - been inferred to the Hacied Collt'Ri 1 . —Mi .1. X (! o-i nek, Mr Murray Smith, and Su Aitluii Illyth, Af?outs-(Joiieral foi t^iitiMiil \w\, Vict<nn, :md Knuth Anstiali.v, mo i iido.i\omiii^ to piomoto tlic niinifdi.ito Ij.issa}," 1 "f tho Fedi-i.d ICii.ihlingHill, while on tin- otln'i l>.'i«l M »" lS ' l "l S.unucl, AgentUono\ \\ for Now South Wales H6onkiii<fto li.n c il. jiostpniioiltintil Fobi nary.— C.udnial Aloian has piisentcd tho riopaßaiul.i with Ins valuable poological collection. lVfoio rotnimiif? to S>dncy lie will visit lieland foi tin- p\npi»i' of rcci uiting ccelosiastlo, for Aiwtiah.i.— The failure of Baron ({rant ((ii ant mid Co., banUcit), foi a qiuutui of .i million pounds, is announced.

The Hamilton branch of the I Uo-pel Tenipmanoc Mhhihu hold it*

month!} mooting in the Public Ifoll, Hamilton, mi Tlmi-diy euni'ig. Tlio attendance wa-t not huge. Aftor tlie met tmg had been opened with sinking and priyer, Mr J. A. (Jojln me (in the diaii) made a, few loin uks, and u as followed by lU'\. J. Dollow who di liven d .1 wmuwh.it lengthy hut very mtoit '•tui^' .iddn-s^, in th" cmiM) of %\ Inch lie lidicnled tho action of a I'ailiatncnt wlncli would <;i i\i'ly discusB a bill foi io-tnctin^ tin* * ilc of liicifei iii.itchp'-, hccau-'O two childicn die annu.illv thiou^'li eating thfin, andy«d v« t would nncu'in niiou^ly kick out of the Iloii-.e any inciaiuo for le^tiicting th ■ flunk traHio, wos killing its hiindtt^N aunu dlv, rinning as many 11101 c, not to mention the in my cii'iif-. winch \wii' tiac "ahlu solclv t«> stioit^ ill nk. 1I( pii>mi-i>d til it in his ii'j\t addnss he itinrhiLt e\pei miuilts uhlfli would lllllsli iti« tlli' lilliefld lllfluoiue nf ilcihol on tho hum, in hi mi, and iiopi'il to si)( a mnUi laigii .iiidu'iKv A few n'ldmt-'s, song's, &c,wimu gucn at intprvals, and sovei.d hjunis l>y the choir. Se\ei d of tho-e piesent donned the blue ribbon at the clo->o of the meeting.

Noonan's Green Leaf Company plavd on Tliui-<lciy night m Cambiidge to ,i f.u smaller audience than the meats "f thi) pel foi mauce deser\ed. It was well woi tli tlu» i>uce of admission tn hear the singing of Mr I*. B. Montague, who is the possessor of a unique voice ; in fact, it was difficult to believe that the singei w.is not a * female dressed in man's appaiel. Mr Alexander was simply immense in his comic ditties, and Ins lecit.ition of " Sh.imus 0 J3nen" was highly appreciated. The iest of the porfm m.inco was of average Mi'-i it, and the entuitainutent concluded with a dance. *' Whnn the Gieun Leaves come ag,un," we trust they will mret with liettei patronage. The company appeared ,it the Hamilton Public Hall last night. Owing to the inclemency of the weather tlio attendance was smvll, but notwithstanding this the company faithfully earned out .i %eiy excellent pingiamine. The ringing of Mr Montague, and the clui.ictoi icting and \ocal efforts of Noonan and Alexander wero thoioughly appro ci.itod, and numeious cncoics had to be ics[>')ii(lrd to. On the whole the unteiL tinmen t w.is well w >itli bejinir, and we il > not doubt that a mudi I'lgor1 'Igor hou-e will gieol the compmy on Mnncliv evcniiu, wh mi they lf-appoai in Hamilton. To night t icy will give ii. enteitannnent.

The usual monthly meeting of tho Wditoa, Ho.id Bond w.is held last Situid.iv. i'lciont : M.-ssis Chepmell, (Jould, L.in and Tiunbnll. Tin Maungak.iw.iW.uoiong.unai load works, fm winch tondi'i.s weie called, were let in fi\c sect ions. Foi No 1, eight tondora were leueivcd, i.ttiffiug- fiom £230 to £101 3s. The tender of Messrs E. Gallagher and T. Lawless w.is accepted at fc'23o. For No. 2, twelve tenders weie received, ranging from £43f 4s lid to 41,138 3->. The tender of Messis E. Voysoy and 0. Collins was accepted at £437 4s lid. For No. 3, twelve tendon were received, ranging from tISJ 18«, to €385 14s. The tender of Mr 15. Montague was accepted at £184 18«. For No. 4, ten tenders weie received, langingfiom£r>olSsto t'"i2 3i. Tho tender df Mi IJ. Montague w.is accepted at tT»O ISs. For No 5, nine tcndeis weie lecened, landing from £13S 12s to t'">l~> S-». Thr tender of Mr B. Montague was ac-copt.-d at tI3S IH-. Mr E. W. Haninei uitei Mowed the b >.ud le improvements lequned on th" <li uit and Foster block. Mi .). Jlonoll also mteiMewi'd the boaid n> woiks lt'finiud on lowl tfiMitigh T« Minn. Tlicsl nntlers u• to leciiu' attention. Accounts ain'Mintin o ' to £7$ 17~> 3d wiMopissid loi p.ium'iit

The following is the Order Paper of Die Cuiilti wlyo I'ai Ji.t moiit n > Union for Mdiuhy evening next 1. Pm.ite l>'i-i-ne>-«. 2. Petitions. .*. NotiCfwf m ition. i Millions (>) Mi (iwvmi'lh to nn>\e fin lo uc to intioduce <i bill to .imend .mcl iepi.it "The Pull uncut u\ llouoi.uiuiu ml I'nulcges Act, 1.554." (I. ) .Mr IK-ws-btuv to niou\ "Th.it with .i \iew ti turther tin: (iUjlcU <if the, uiu'ni and t" (l-vclop,- th" tilent of public .iddi ,-s uliicli >.till hu^ l.itunt in siiino of it-^ m"iiilici-, it ->h,ill be (■i):n|jct(>nt foi tin* S|n ilcoi Di Oh Hi m. in of Committee .it .my xti','o of a <li-ui-m.iu t" dccl.iii 1 the subject to lie of .i sji^cLilly dtl>it iblo chu.ictor, .md Iv .hill theii hv\e (liMOiotinii uy i«>wci to cill upon .my nicnibur by ii.uno who h.is not spnkun on the Mibit-ct bcinp diictiiscil, and th.it it sli.ill biliwuling ujioii such tuciiilur t > at }?iv.iU'r oi less length to the (jue,tion then lufoio the lloiHC. (c.) Mr Uitfcull totnovo, "Th.it m tlie opinion of tins ilon^e tho pu'ii'iit lnoLlinil of rloctnitf ]Jo.ud-> of Educ.ition i^ iunati-.facto! y, and tint s uno niethod should be dc\isod by which sjp.ir.ite constituencies m.iy he created, and th.it tho <«o\ pi ninont bi» requested to bring in a bill to give Hiect to this motion." (d.) Mr I), w-bmy to ino\o for lo.iso to introduce a bill entitled "The llecipiocal T.iritf P.i 11." (c.) Mr Wulls t<> move th.it .ill ordeis of the <1 iy which «ii' en Hud upon sh,»)l bo tvken on the s.ime owning they aie set down for, unless tliey are oi dried to he .idjouincd by the unuutmnus \ote of fie House." 5. Oideis ot the d iv. (a.) "The New Zealand Defence-, Bill," IMI Keesing) (b.) "The Trifle KncDurnfTfinpnt with South Amcuca Mill, 'second icidmg(Mi Cow pei )

We take the following from the Herald ;— The usual fortnightly meeting of S Muys Mutual Itripnnoment Society w is held in S. Stephen's schoolroom, Auckluid, <ni Thursday night. Mr Kdnmndt lend Ins paper on H.ulu.iy Administration, and tiacod the histoiv <>f luilwajsin New Zo.il.iiul fioin l.s?0 to tin 1 piesent date. Ho stated th.»t the ti illic management deputnii'iituas not consulted about the Nation building-, &c. , until they wmo eiected ; that then' w.is no l Mtainty as to win was ll'spol|s|l)U> ; til it tllO CXpUIIsOS of the NOW Zealand lailways weic '_'"> p>i cent., of Xow Smith Wales 1"> |>fi u -nt , uul of tlic i ill \v.i\s in JOngl.ind 11 poi C( nfc., <<n tlio o^f of constiuction. The faio .md yood rites would uiei'oiso ti.Uhe. If lliilw.iy liomls «cp appointed by tlio (Jo\eiuuiiMit, tlicv wu.ild ]>iactically bo uiulri the control of the (JmtMiiiii'Mit. In conclusion, In* pio|»o- -d the following, \iz. .—"That .1 liinifl sh >u!d b» established, located in Welling! >n, to consist of threo inoinbeis, one foi th.j N'.nth Lsl uid, om 1 for tho S >nth Man I . id otio to be nominated bv th> < iowiu.n lit CJ mm. ll Uld ti it to this tWul hhould Ik> coiinnitti'd the ud mi tiitiuof br.fli tin* l'ublio Woiks and Rul way 1) >p .rtui'Tits." The lesolu tion was cai i it'll b it mill mijonty. Mi Williams c intended th.it lioklci-* of free passes do uot U.-ve' u. u-ili.n if they Ind to pay far.--., an 1 refc in'd t-> a line in lii'lguun whore n scheme of low fares was quit' successful, md -li itt ! !i <v, pooplu •who lived beyond the H i .tsof the railways should not bo tivel to m i';o up tho diMieienry. Mr Vn\]i> d'*nn»'l Miat Belgium had tiled the t-chome ut all of low faies. He had inado enqiiiiius I i -i -» .md abioad w ithotit success. He inaiiitaiued that noiipolitical boaidrt woie a mistikc If the (Jovernmcnt managed the lailuaj-, they must bear tho responsibility. People living beyond tlio reach of uulways in New Zealand only amounted to 11 per cent., and ho quoted several counties to show tin-. Mr James Stewart alt>i> spoke, and Hhated that m all countiics ongineeis com pleted the railways. Non political bo.uds would consist of Chiiuibeis of Commeice, and other public bodies would elect mom beis on political and social giounds. If Mi Vaile s Rchemo wab so good, why had it not bren tiiod soinewheie else ? Ditfoiential lating could not be avoided. After some fuithor discus.sion tho pioceedings teiminated.