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Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2040, 4 August 1885, Page 2

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It seems a nutter of surprise that such an ad winced and prosperous agrieultur.il distiict as Pukekura i should not be able to cany out its intention in respect to a ehee.se factory. There arc few districts in Waikato better adapted to support a cheese factory or any other industry of this nature than Pukekura. The land thioughout is of the \ery best quality, some of the best stock that finds its way to the Auckland market being sent from here, and almost every acre for many miles around is under cultivation, the excellence of the pastuie being proverbial. But the want of success is not attiibutable to the nature or extent of the country, for <is w have indicated, in regard to these there is nothing -wanting. There can be no doubt th.it the leal cause of the failure lies mniul) in the absence of the true spnitof enterprise among the scttleis themselves. It was strikingly noticeable from the returns submitted at the meet- ' ing on Fnday evening that many wliO were most anxious to pnrtieij pate in the benefits of the factory were the least willing to pay for the advantages which they sought to enjoy. One truly enterprising moital, with all the liberality of his soul, pluckily offered to milk thirty cous, hui strange to s»iy he absolutely lefused to take any shares. The latter was a risk, and the former, being a certainty, was accordingly preferable, and perhaps he only displaced his wisdom in acting as he did. There arc many other gentlemen of the same turn of mind displaying equal .shrewdness and tact, aiujto. <^.lk-—--*'l'Tr--** M(V urjuiiti) 1 1 nououbt in a very great measure indebted. The business community have all along displayed a willingness to assist the farmers in these matters— they ha\c imaiiably been found ready to contribute their quota, and their liberality in the past lias been truly characteristic. But as farmers and landcm ners are principally concerned in these industries, it is but reasonable that business men should prefer to see them help themselves before they ask help from others. Considering the brief and limited canvass of the committee, we do not think that the returns were at all unsatisfactory. It must be lemeinbered th.it all the other Waikato factories have been largely assisted by outside^ support, whereas in this case no outside support was sought for. We believe that with a more vigorous and extensive canvass a far greater amount of success would have been achieved. The matter has been abandoned for the present, but we trust it will not be lost sight of, and that an early start will be made next, year and an earnest canvass instituted.

Tin: repeated tin cats of tlio Board of Education to closo the Distiict High School at Hamilton assume a, curious hue in the light of figures supplied to the committee by the board's secretary. Fiom these it appears that the income received from fees during the two years ended 30th June last, was .£223 2s, and from reserves £17."), making a total of £308 2s ; and that, the expenditure for the same period amounted to £10 1 15.510 d. Thus it will be seen that tlje school has gone to tho bad to the enormous extent of £G l.'ls lOd. Now were the money accruing from reserves a free gift from the board to the committee, there would be a spice of reason in the dreadful fuss which has been made ; but it is no such thing ; the money contributed from tin's source belongs to the district by right. It is not very generally known, perhaps, but the board lias at various times voted portions of the accumulated income derived from reserves set apart for secondary education to the Grammar School. In so doing, the board exceeded powers : but that is nothing new. So long as the educational affairs of tho provincial district are administered from Queenstreet, country districts cannot hope for fair play, to s.iy nothing of generous treatment.

Misses Salmon and Tristram, pupil toacboiß of Hamilton East school, na\<j passed their oxamirication. Mhi E. Bijrp-. haa completed hoM for the "ocond year. They now rank a.s pupil teachorn of tho tliirfl yoar. This result is highly croditftblo to tho bond mfntor, Sto\en<',

The local option poll of the Hamilton (country) Licensing District w.n taken on Fuday \,\*t. Thiee voted against .in increase of license I',1 ', and one in fa\our thereof.

A young man named Arthur A. Cor, died m thn Auckland Hospital, on Smiii.iv inmning fimn internal injuries lcccived in a football match at Te Kopum, Nortliern Wamu, three veok-* agi».

Mr Crawford (late Ingram & Co.) will commence putting up the machinery and pl.uit of the Tamvhsvre Choeso Factory in the coutse of a few day*. The f.iuory will 1)0 re.idy for work for the coming ho.ihon.

The settlers ot Tamahera held a winking b?e >e»ti«iilftv, f"i tin. 1 purpose of fencing in the chinch of S. Stephen, which sini i v it-> fit'Ltinii li, is boon un])intoctc(l fioni tin too .iffi'ctionite attention-, of cow-, and i.ittlc of .ill (li>ci)|itn>iis gr«i/ing in the Miiiounding imddock. Tliu bee will be uonlinued to (1 iv.

The cost of cheese - making in icliuiPiy i-> gradually growing 1«">», and it would Mciii th.it the Liter a factory is in st.uting tlit" better it fares both in the co>t and efficiency <)f the plant. The Camlii ni^t 1 f irtoi y iii.u'hmoiy .ilone co^t £(!Gi), <hhl now Mi (_'i.u\ford, who fitted up that plant, olFei-. to supply a plant exactly u to that at Cambridge for i,'">oo.

The usual weekly meeting of the Hamilton Mutti.il Improvement Ahkoci.ition v.in held .it the W.uknto County Council Chambers, Hamilton East, Ust n«?ht. A \eiy interesting discussion took place on tLe question :—" Did the Knglish citi/on of 17W live a happier life than the citm'ii of 1S85?" The mine modern citizen cairied thn day by si\ to five.

Tho Native Land Court will open .it Cambridge on Thursday to fix the names m the Ng.itihau.i list in Maiiiig.it.iutau. There are a lot of applications in for subdivisions, but it is not e\pect»d that the^e will begone into .itpiu-unt. Tho niitno-. may bo expected to.nuvc in town to-mnrr<>\\ fur the pui-pi>-,o of attending the court, which will not la^t long.

The usual weekly meeting of the Hamilton L"Ki>l.iti\e A-sociatiun will be held m the Public Hall to night, commencing at 7.30 o clock. The sitting will be occupied cluefl) with the debate on the Federation question, which l* expected to be brought to a close. Several other mtcn'stmjj items aie on the Older P.iper, and a full attendance of members and wiitois i*. anticipated.

The following special telegrams to the Pre^s Association dated London .July 31, haw been published- — The Wellington and Manawatn Railway lo.ui <>f £ll">0,000, being the remainder "f the minimi amount of i'ofiO.OOO, has been placed in the market. The imnimuinhnHbcen h\ed at t'.H, and order-, will be opened on the 7th iii'-t.int — The fio/.en moat market ik glutted.— Captain Seyniour Hughe, Aide de Camp to Sir H. 15. Lock, (Jovernor ivf Victoria, who has been sorimnly ill, is now improving.

The Green Leaf Company gave another ju'ifoitnanee .it H.itnilton l.i^t night to .1 veiy model, ito hou^e. Tlip Miigm^ nf Mr Montague, and the flute solo nf Mi St. Clair wore much appicci.itci], and the ch.imctci sniffs ,\n<\ skctrlic-. by Miwm* Ni'iin.in .nul Alc\<indci c.iiu.' in f<u a p«id sfi.in 1 of d]>|)Luiie. The ciitoit,uiii))"i)t con eluded with a d.vice. The coinp.iny will jieifdiin .it Kiiukilii to-ni^hf, .mil to 11101io\v night (Thursday) tliey will re-.q>|>eai .tt H.iiuilton, when tlii*y will bo assisted by a nnniber of loc.il amateur-*, who h >\o Kindly offoicd thcii -cnites. On Fuday uveniiiK the uompmy will gne .in entertainincnt at MnninsMlle.

As the season for depasturing hni-ix. on the town is o\ei the natives who will 1)0 coining in to attend tlio Court in 1 Cambridge nn Thmsd.iy will not bo able to turn thoir horse-, adnft as hithuto. At th<* last fitting of the court .1 number of thrm tinned their hoiso-* loose, and to then groat surprise they wore taken under tho ]>.itom.il wing of Rancor Murphy, nnd loil£od in the pound. The tmui Iwwid had to go to the expose of roleasing them. The bo.ud lus now applied to tli" (tomtiinu'iit to li.ue the large p.iddock opposite the Xation.il Hotel placed under ita cliurgc, and this will now bo put .it the disposal (>f tlit3 natnes when attending tho land COlllt*.

The Cambridge Cheese Factory has now about hc\en tons of excellent cheeM) on hand rn.idy for 111,11 ket. It h mtundeil to forward a consignment of two tons to Auckland on .Saturday to lie sold by auction there. A re-eru' of ."id a pound has been named, and it is to he hoped tli.it something over that fijjuie will be realised. The cheese i*» of excellent quality, and has already made a name, for itself in the market. The railway height to Auck! md is 2't .u. u a ton, a very high pric, \\lwn it is I u u — «jotr«*-cnnTrTtTtffn'»Khir fmtii rf.uniltoti is only 12 (!. The company ii in cuiimiuni cation witli the tailway department on the j matter, and it is thought that the fiuiifht should be reduced tf> about half the figure named.

AX the meeting of the Hamilton Choi.il Society List week *oine of the MU-.IC for the C.irol l<V-,ti\.\l at (JhrUtmai w.is. put into reheaiMl. We understand tli.it tin projected pio^inininn include-* .iiiioug-t the conceited numbois seven cuoln new and old, the tS,inctu« ,md Benedictus fmui (idiuiod's "Ma">.sc Soloniielle,"(the music of which has been most Kindly lent by the Auck'.md Choi.il Society), two chorines from the " Mp^i-ili, ' a fine .intheni l>y Dr Spaik, .uid the tuo "Lift Thine Eye-*,"' from " Elijah." The I»I »i t p.n.ituMi of the nb'>\e will ent.ul t-onie haul work upon the society, but which we hive no doubt the lncnibeis will cheei fully undcit.ike. The soci«t\ will nu-et on Wfdnfsd.iy (to iimmm ), and thoncefoiw.ud e\ ci y .iltern.ite week.

Now that the proposal to start a clu»c-iO f.ictory .it l'ukukiu.i lias fallen tliiough for the picscnt, it is expected th.it the Cambridge fnctorv will limo a l.uge accession of new supplieis next tituiMin, which ouniiieiice-i about the lit October, Those settlers who otfeied to .supply milk to thu proposed Pukekina factoiy should be looked up al> d induced to >>und their milk across the livor. It ha*» been sug^c-ted that one man with a l.ir^e wacfgon should stait from Howie's corner e\eiy morning, t.ikiiipf .ill tlie milk from that district. Thi« would cost \ery littlo, and tho prico now p.ud by the Cambiidge f.ictory would pay thr supphors handsomely. Apam, tho milk *upplv of the Cambridge f,ict<»ry was \pi y limited last . season, and thoroforu this new source of supply should be \eiy welcome and should inatcnally add to tho pecuni.xiy success of tlic f.ictoiy.

The ordinary meeting of the Hamilton Domain llo.ud was held last night, Mr Tippen m the chair. Mr Hatrick wrote ofFet ing £12 as lout for the paddocks lately occupied by Mr K. Biadley for ne\t year. It was resolved to put the lease of the allotments up to auction at the expiration of Mr H.ituck\ present teim, the upiet price to be £l"i per annum. Mr J.i*. Coombes wrote asking to ha,\e the drain adjoining his section denied out, and offering to do the w oik, the cost to bo deducted fiom rout. The M>eretaiy pointed out that by a clause in tlie lease, lessees were compelled to clean out their drains and watercoiuses at least oiicenyc.il. The matter w^s leferred to a committee. Mr Bnch drew attention to tin- necessity for fencing the trees on Sydney Stpiaie. He had been informed that tho work could be done for £20, which would be lecouped by two years' rent. As the hour was Into the board adjourned at this stage until Monday CNening.

A gentleman named James Green ing, cither demented or disguised U 1 liquor, cieated a diveision sit the Hamilton East ■School yestoiday which jh likely to bung him into tumble. Mr (Jreening, with a commendable do»ire to advance the mteiests of the lwing genei.ition, burst into the school about half-pa^fc two, and announced that ho v.v nffoin^ to teach tho young people, ilo inoceeded to cany out hw mtonlicn l«y kicking over the black-bo.ird*, and ffi'iu i illy mixing up the furnitiue. Ho was ijuictly but firmly ejected by Mi BteveTi->, but with the aid of a pole ho broke tlk 1 door in, .and coinmrnccd a game of hide .and with the teachor-<. SLiviii /hi thp piinciplp that it is possible to ha \" too much of a good thing, let tliu pupils out, and .sent a HK'Hsi-ijgei for Con stihlc \lu i lay, who brought the enteilainincut to an abrupt termination. ("Jrociung will be bi ought up at the Police Court today.

Mr Gerald Massey, the distinguWlird piu»t, now under on^.tgemnnt to tho AneU.ind Kntionnhstic .Weinbly, delivered a lecture nt tho Opera Hmwo on Sundaj night, on "Th* Devil of J»arknei« U thn Lifflit of Kvolntioii ;" or n roply to Man Friday's quefltinn toßobinnon Ciusoo, ** Why do^ not God kill tho Dm il." The lecturer iaid that tho thodlgical doctrine* of tho Trinity, fee, were traceable alono to mythology. He said the result of his in-

\ estimations f<u tho last fouitoen jeo-rs pi.ivod to him tluit the litini tv mind was gniothoied with myths, und-i the Hhadovv of which they hfld coweied as buds in a stubble when the soaieerow of a hawk was suspended over them. Ho then proceeded to trace the ideal of the devil, the hist origin of which was darkness th it put out the light, and then as the obstiuctoi and deluder, nnd traced its pi ogres to the mythical conflict bohu'on darkness and light. He traced the development up to the present theological form, .uid <=ntd the Romish Church did not deify the devil, as did the Protestants Luther and Cahin. The h'ctuier then pioceeded to show that the real existing devil was that lesulting from man's own acts, individually .md collectively, by disobeying nilui.il laws, and they h.id to suffer acoidingly.

"Civis" writes as follows in the Otago Witness —Tlio-Kogisti u-gpnei.d of Biith*. Deaths, and Manures has gniblished his own peculiar " h inest lotuins' 1 foi ISBJ. Protectionists, whose doclnneit is that population has increased, is increasing, and ought to be diminished, will find their most dismal foiebodmg-> confirmed in this Blue Book. No less than 20,000 immigrants, wore stealthily nitioduced into this colony la-*t year--by underground railway, apparently, for it is ccitain they were not repoi ted at the Customs, The fiist official acknowledgment of their nrmal iiin the Registrar general's repoitunderthe specious denomination of "Bnths '' But it matters little what you call them ; the fact reninmi the same-— thero were 20,000 new at rivals laft year, eveiyonn of whom, as might have been expected, immediately joined tho ranks of the "unemployed." And the stream is still How mg. Theie is reason to believe that at least 10,000 more must havo been smuggled in, undei cover of night for the most part, during the Lust siv nionth.s. Whilst such things are going on in our midst, w lint is the use of trying to beguile us with the alliance that nnmigiation has been stopped? To make matters still worse, from a Protectionists point of view, w hilst population has been swelled by this unconscionable number of births, )t has been diminished by less than the usual per centigo of deaths. In ordinaly veai" the death-rate is from 12 to 1(1 pei trumffnnd ; last year it was only 10J. Cuiiously enough, the death-rate steadily falls as wo tiavel from North to South. In Auckland it is 13 per thousand, in Wellington 11, m Otago 0 and a fiaction. Another melancholy oorroboiation of the Piotection theory! For does not the severity of tho dopiession vary inversely as these hguies vaiy"' Wh^ie the death rate i-. gicatest, the depresHion is leist ; and vice \ew. You see, our comp native longevity in Otago lucreast^ tho population piessiire and v> niakch times woiso hero than .mvwhere else iv the Colony. Stitistical science is a beautiful thing, if only \ou know how to manipulate it'