RUSSIAN MENACE TO BRITISH VESSELS AT YOKOHAMA. THE MEAT TRADE ON THE COAST. (Hawera Star July, 18)

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2040, 4 August 1885, Page 4

RUSSIAN MENACE TO BRITISH VESSELS AT YOKOHAMA.

THE MEA T TRADE ON THE COAST. (Hawera S tar J uly, 18)

(Japvv Hkkald.) Tiik English community, and we ma* siy thefoteign public goneially, were thiovv n into a eonsideiable stite ot excite niLMit on tlu 6tl> May. when it transpired th.it an nnpiovoked insult had been given to the English flag heieby Admiral Crown, the Russian Conimandtr m chief in these waters. In the morning eaily, a poition of the English squadion on this coast, consisting of tlic Agamemnon, Sapphiie and Swift cnteied the haihour. As the former ship steamed lound to her anchorage, passing outside the Russian flagship, the lattei boat to quarters, the gnus weie run out, and pointed at the Agamemnon, and were actually trained on her until she anchored, following her movements throughout, while the Whitehead toipudoes were also in their tubes and ready to dis charge. As soon as the vessel anchored the customary pro forma salutes and courtesies wcie gone thiouqh, and Captain Long, as senior officer, subsequently waited on the Russian Admiral, with the object of infoimally asking an explanation. It is .said that Reat Admiral Ciown c\pic>M'd his displeisuic at his ships Ining followed by the Knglisli, considunng it to be a threat, and he had bo.it to quaiteis as a nipnnce to the Biiti&li vessels But we believe he actually did more than this, foi although anchored in a Japanese poit, he said that he did not reg.mi it as a neutral one, nor did he acknowledge any port as a neutral one, w here there was not sufficient strength to enfoice neutrality. In view of the excited feelings between the the two crews Captain Long, ha\ ing taken in a supply of coal, left for Yokosnka the same evening Admnal Crown made tonic slight attempt to make amcmls for the mistake he had committed in the morning, when the ships went out last night. The S.ippliiic w.ts the fiist to get under won,'!), followed by the Swift, and steamed tow aids the lightship, until signals to stop weie made by the senior otticer The Agamemnon then passed slowly along the port side of the Vladimir Mouomai li As the English °hip p.is-ed tho Russian, the band of the lattei, stationpd on the poop, played "God Sue the Quern," whilst the ciew "tood bareheaded. The band of the English ship responded w ith " Auld Ling Syne." The Japanese ram Tsuknahi Kan suddenly arrived in the hiibonr on thcmoining of the 9th, and anchoiud under tho bows of the Russim Admnal's ship, An interview between the torn niandmg officers took place, at which, Admnal Crown, presumably, gave assurance that he would respect Japanese neutrality, nfter which the Tsiik.isln Kan took up n sliglitly less bellignent position, but one in which she always got the Vladimir Monomach covered by her 23-ton guns. The Japan Mail, lefering to the occunence, says :—"lt: — "It was a moment of intense excitement, foi there can be little doubt tint had so much as a nfleshot been fiied fioin the Russian ship, the Ayimemuon would have rammed her. In aimo'ir and armament alike the advantage was all on the side of the English vessel, and when it is fuither considiMd that she was undei vray. while the Vladimir was ljing at anclioi howevei much one may aihniie the pluck of the Russians, one cannot but mai\cl at their fojliwrdmcv. We believe that ofhciil lepresentations were made on tlie subject, but, in the meanwhile, it was thought that should the English and Russian sailors met ashoic after such an untoward intioduction, a collision could scarcely be avoided. Acting theiefore under the prudent advice of IW l>i itish Majesty's Ministci, Captain Long tr/ok the Agamemnon down to Yokoiiika, whither he wts followed by the ,Sapp hire and the Swift.

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Wiikx a sharp squeeze is f«lt, no one M.uncs the pcnon squeezed for slipping ( ut of the titrht pliot?, if he can get out. Just such a tight eqnet/.e is now being felt by ginrieis on this coast. Beef at tlio tnd of June, ISS4, was quoted in Aucklindat2Bs, antlmilyin July, 1883, at 2"is per lOOlb. Yesterday it was quoted at 18s, ami barely realised Km, so far as we can h-ain fiom actual shippers. other wolds, SOOH) bullocks which in foimei years in July realised in Auckhnd from £10 to £11 per head, lately have only been fetching £0 to £7 10s. Such a f.ill is almost unprecedented, and has quite upset graziers' calculations. I'lie attention of fanners is therefore iiiiteted to finding some safer outlet. L'he cost of freight and changes may be set dow n roughly at \A per 1b ; the pi cent Auckland price at 2u per lb, or a veiy binall fi action over that. Tin* puces at the Waitara works i aimed fiom Hd to 1 nett per lb, so far as we can learn; certainly, in mo«t cases, under 16s 8d per 1001b., pi ices which lea\c little or no piofit to the giower at this season. The question which graziers have tosohe is, how they can get 2d per lb., «.r , Kss 8d per 1001b, or thereabouts, at their doors, not only now in the dead of winter, but all the year round. At Chicago, where meat tinning especially flourishes, we are told that prime beef cannot be produced under 3d to 3\d per lb, or siy 25s to 30s per 1001b ; "and the charges by rail to port make the total freight on the tinned meat about equal to the charges on New Zealand meat. It is this margin which seems to offer some hope of a profitable local industry b-ing started. It will have a very formidable rival to compete with at Waitara, and one which, if it laid it"- It out to crush opposition, might be aide to stars e any small local works out ; the settlers, howexer, would benefit so largely dining the ptocess, if it were attempted, that the loss of £l."i 00 or £20')0 woith of capital would scarcely be felt, if the burden were equitably divided. At present, the ordinary shippers of fat stock to Auckland aic heavy losers every tiip; and if it had been the intention of the New Zealand Frozen Meat Company to crush all rival shippers, by glutting the market, they could scircely have done it more completely. We believe that their shipments have been forced upon them, and the company must also be a heavy loser on many of the recent shipments. Many settlers have urged upon us the impoitance of foicuig this subject on the attention of setMers. They say, "If x\ c don't help ourselves, the company won't help us ; they haxe gixen up their 173 Oil per 100 lb, and are now buying at 14s or los le«s " On the other hand, there are a few who beliexc that in tiic course of a fi'xv weeks the glut will be lclievcd, and good piices will rule till summei is far adxanced. This argument resembles the proxrrbial one of "Lixc hoisc, glow glass;" but unfoi lnnately the horse cannot always live long enough foi tbc grass to glow. We aie told that Mcssis Mitchell and Kichards' works, « Inch x» ere until latily fully equal to dealing with SO to 100 head of cattle a week, did not cost more than £l.") 00 That amount of capital could be raised easily in a tliij'a on\ asking ; and we believe that an unpnd canvasser is already in the Held. xVo can but wish him luck : and trust that his efforts will meet with tho success whiib hi* public spirit deseiv es. A visitor to Haw era of huge experience in turning woiks lvtely olTVred to put £'2000 of his own and manage the conipiny's xxorks on this coast if another X'oOOO wire mhsciibcd bv settlers. I'crhnps he would be open to make the ntrempt if a little less money were available This is a farour* able time tooppn up negotiations.

TilF physicians in one of the hospitals of Vienna have nude the remarkable disco»eiy, in dissecting the body of one of theii patients that he earritd about in hii brain an non nail covered with rust, that to all appliances must have held its lodgment sinei 1 tally childhood. The man xva< foity five jeais of a^e, a bookbinder and alvx a} spaced foi a thoioughly iutclliL'iMit peison. The nail in his brain did not sooin to afh'ct his m» nt d pow ers in any paiticular. There is pi pliably no case on receid to paiallcl this. Fkom the Finnish Observatmy at Sodankyla there comes an unpoitnnt fact to students of the flecttici.il conditions of the eirth. Professot S. Sestrom had placed on the lull of Oratuuturi a. xanic bittery, with conductors covering an atea of fJOO square meties. Soon the tone was found to be surrounded with a halo. Tins effulgence was of <i yellow white colot, anil it gave f'lintly, but perfectly, the spectrum of the aurora borealis. Further experiment 1-, contirm the accuracy of the fii.it observation. The result was not due to local 01 accidental circumstance?. Tin, Jim.o Ft\i.u.--Tlir> I'all M^ll (Ja/ctle had to pay considerably for Ik.v tug the courage of its opinions, and stnndiiig out foi pracevuth I.us Ma. Its ciiciihtioti feli olf coiiaideiably, and its edttui received alls>eut-<of abusive 1 tters. Of the lattct, the following is .1 specimen, published by the Gazette itself : — " Kdttoi of Pall Mall Gazette and ptopnetor sold tin ir paper ami thcit conntty fot thirty pieces of silver to M. Le&sar, a Russian liar and agent, A million pities such .skunks ,ire not in the Pottet's Field in the sauvj condition that Julas was. Fancy the almighty Pall Mall (Ja/ette bnnt,' allltcted with cupidity. Kvery dog has his day, and thank goodness, so has the I'all Mill Gu/etto. All I say is—(!od damn such villany." A Si'AMsit Vkm)KTT\,~The Madiid corieapoiident of the Petit Matseillaia ielitos a stuk'iug iu«t.iii( 1«1 «' 1 of tho intensity of Inmily quatioh 111 Spam. About a je.u ago a gipsy named Moinlis was assassinated at Zci/a, in the I'iovince of (Jaceres, by one of his comrades named ■Silra. The latter was in due course tiled and condemned to death ; but his execution did not satisfy the vengeance of the victim's family. There had been ill fueling botw cent the two families for thrre yeats, but there had been no open qnairel until the murdiM of Mnahs Soon after the execution of the muiderei, which took place last month, the tvxo families met on their return fiom a fair near the tov< 11 of Ca'-ercs. They had their mules and cattle with them. There were about JOOII each side, including women and childicn. A regular pitched battle eusuied, revolx'eis, knives, and sticks being freely used by the men, while the women employed their nails w ith considerable effect, and the childten threw stones indiscriminately. Tin* result of the struggle was that the hpad« of the two fimili«-s weie both killed, two of the womon and scxcial of the children. Theip were tenor twilvr wounded, and tin* bodies of the de.id were hortibly mutilated. If the mounted police had not iutci 1 ii|it« d tin- liuht tin w nnuld have hem iii.in \ iiiok li \ r ■*- 10--t. .S('\f>i,il «il tin niiilrs wik killcil, ainl tin 1 I'lygijT*' vi the two tamilus \x,is >ti o\\ n »hout in -uch disouler that the load for nearly halt a mile looked as if an aimy had beaten .1 retreat along it. A Beautiful Painting. Mr G. d. Giecn, of Woodbuiy, New Jetsey, U.S.A., is pioscntmg to dtuggists and otlieis in this conntiy some very fine pictuics in oil of his magnificent hou.se and gtounds and laboratoiy at that place. Mi (iiccn is the ptoptietoi of Bosclioe's Geiman Syrup nnd (Jicen'.s August Flower, two very valuable medicines, vvhieli ,uc meeting with gicat favou:, the fust as a remedy for Pulmonary coinpl.aintH, and tho latter for Dyspepsia and disorders of thp Liver. These preparations have attained an immense Fale solely on their supetior metits and are sold by all drugqista thtoughout the world. Tlic price is the same for each .'}3 (id per bottle, or sample bottles for Gd' The sample bottles enable suHcier-j to ptove their value at a. trilling coat.