AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2046, 18 August 1885, Page 2

AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

J.cju il and i \..irt justice to nil men, Ut uli-Uiot icr state or persuasion, rclicious or ])<>litir.il. Hi re >.h ill tlie Prew the People's ri/rht maintain, Ln moil by lnllucnce and unbribcd by jjnin

TUESDAY, AUG. 18, MBo.

Though there did exist at Friday's meeting, nt Hamilton, sonic dilFereuue of opiuiouas to whoso .auspices 'tKe ! proposed me it tinning factory shoukt be carried on under, all wore uu.uuinous as to ihe, necessity of the tiring itself. Every breeder and gra/ier in Waikato recognises that it is absolutely necessary to establish the industry, if only for the purpose of placing the Waikato meat on 'an equality with that which now reaches the Aiu:kl;uul mai'ketfrom VVait.ua. No one can be blind to the fact that, the Litter, g9n.sistin.ls only of the pi inn.' joints, and ha\ing been subjected to the cooling process, reaches Auckland in far better condition, and must command a better price than ours does or can. Little oan result from finding fault with the Freezing Company as such. Wo know perfectly well that the company will work in the interests' "qf its shareholders. Mr Bull's letter to the Auckland press put the matter in a perfectly fair light so far as they are concerned. The company will of course buy in the cheapest and sell in tho dealest maiket, au arrangement calculated to secure the highest possible return on the amount of capital invested. This is an excellent thing for those who hold, the "company's stock, but it does not follow that it will suit the 'producers quite so well — we may at once conclude that it will not. What is wanted in an association of the latter, whereby the profit arising out of the industry may be fairly distributed amongst those to whom. in strict justice it ought -to go. On the one hand we have in the Old World a huge mass of people in whose case meat oi any kind is a luxury Avhich % cry seldom comes within their reach, but, which, were the price but reasonable, they would eagerly avail themselves- of ; and on the other "we I 'have immense flocks and herds, from which the owners can derive no adequate bciuiit. Now what is required is to bring these two classes together. So long as an army of middlemen thrive and batten on the trade between the two, so long must the trade continue unprofitable. Either the consumer must pay more for his meat than he can afford, or the producer must be 'content to leceive less than it costs him to raise his beef and mutton ; or it may be that both are prejudiced. As a nutter of fact, both are prejudiced at the present time ; and the reason is to be found in the fact that not only have we to dispose of our produce to agents, or middlemen here, but it has to go into the hands of other agents, or middlemen when it reaches the other side of the world. We demonstrated the disastrous effect of this method of doing business last year when detailing the case of our cheese exports 1 , and what we then said will apply with equal foice now. The producer .and consumer must be brought together. For this

reason we do not look with favour upon the proposal to ask the I'Yee/.ing Company to take the industry in hand, unless a clear understanding be arrived at that the operations shall be conducted upon the co-operative principle, which it is not likely the company, which, as we have already pointed out, will act in the interests of its shareholdeis will consent to. The industry may be carried on either as an adjunct to the Co-operative Association or under separate management, but in any ease the interests of the producer must l)e made a first consideration. And this, paradoxical as it may appear to the unobservant, would be the best guarantee that the interests ot the consumer would be regarded. The English market, which, for many years to come, is practically unlimited, has been very badly manipulated in the pas,t, to the detriment of both buyer and seller. This we know to have been the case in respect of frozen mutton ; for whereas under careful management the New Zealand grazier lm«s received satisfactory and substantial profits, in cureless or inexperienced hands the reverse has been the case. We could easily quote instances of this. The same may be said of the preserved meat market.

]m (^thing d.opqj«kupon the tact amuvnergy'ofthosF with whom we entrust our business at the anPrejudic^ have to be ovegreonle po\vesul rivals have to dtfe fought, but/ success can be acluevet^by detendjitaed eilbrt. If th^" priifciple of"- co-operation be applied to our dealing in the old country as well as to our operations here? \ye > neexY not tremble for the

TilK singular mildness of tho winter season thiouyh which we iiro just now passing is pretty generally commented on. It reminds old residents of tho seasons we used to enjoy ten or fifteen ■yeovT^, before the" colony dragged its anchor and drifted some degrees nearer the South Pole. To what>©T©r cause we owe this exceptionally genial season, it is welcome ; not perhaps on the sentimental grouud that it awakens menioi ies of dead and gone yeais, but because the thoughtful indulge in a hope that we may receive practical benefit from it. Various reasons have been assigned for the diminution in the power of Waikato to produce champion clo\ev crops, and amongst others which have been adduced, the. increased severity of our winter^ is one. So also with the poach trees, which weic once the pride of this distiict. To the growing keenness of ■wintei's fangs is ascribed their decadence also. We do not know whether such is the case, but as the calamity must be traceable to something, it is quite possible that its origin lay in the circumstance to which we have referred. Upon two points most people are agieed, namely, that the seasons now are different from those of ten years ago, and that the old seasons were best.

The Piako County Council holds its ordinal v monthly meeting i»n Thursday.

The Cambridge Psrliamentary Umnii licld its usual weekly meeting last evening.

The usual monthly meetings of tin 1 Cambridge iind T.iot.uuo.i Un.id JJn.udi weio hold .it 0 unhiidge <u> Situiday last. A quantity of lniMiie>s was disposed of.

The present indebtedness of the O:ih>T>ndgo Ho.id Ji-mid i- -tU7 1'), 2d. intiMi'il itt the i.ito of '.) pei cent is paid on tills amount.

Mr T. B Lewis has tendered his nyisgiiAtion a* a muinber of tlio Cjiiiluidgu Town I'm-nd. We, uiidi iit.ind tint tlio canal'of Mi Lyvvis lusignmg office .dim's out of tin LiLestieit difficult}, which, fi tint ,dl accounts, has not yet been finally di-poicd of.

It having been stated in an Auckland c'»itriii]M>i.iiy th.it the Auckland Afrnuultui.il Company expect to tear J. 0,000 C.VIVOH tllH HJ.W 111, a ColUWp Hldl lit wiitesto krt-iw how t!u-> number can Li 1 raided fioii' 7000 head ot cattle, of mixed sexes and ages .' We give it up.

' Mr E. B. Walker, of the Patetere Land Company, is expected to auive in Wiiikato s.mie time next w cok. Mr Walkei, it will be remembered, went home to England hiiiuu mouths a^o, together with olncr dheetois, for tho puipose of ananging cuit.un matttuh m connection with the •.ottlcinent of tho Patetere l.mcU.

Mr Jas, Forrest, of Surrey Farm, Cambudge, has been expeuuieuting with his tobacco crop of J.ist season. Hiving thoroughly cured tho leaf, which was the best Virginia, ho had it pre«bed and cut into cakes. These look exceedingly woll for amateur manufaetuie, and the tobacco is pionouiiced by smokers t) be of voiy good quality.

The Rev. E. H. Gulliver, of Auckl.md, will preach at the annhersaiv seivice at S. Andiew's, Cambiidgc, on Thursday evening; also at tho inoimng and evening services on tlio following Sunday. Mr (Jullnei udldclivei his pioinised lectuieon the life of (J'jnernl (ioulon in the Public Hall on luiday evening, th' 3 proceed-* of nvluch will be given to the Hifnday-<-chool.

There is to be seen at the Hamilton Auction Mart, .in orange grow n on a tree in the gaidcn of Mi Lamcnc«; Cusseu, Hamilton West. The oiange appeals to be of the mandaiin species, but is lather larger than tho geneial inn of that fruit. A glance at it will convince the most sceptical that oranges can begunvn successfully in W.ukato.

Some time ago we drew attention to the fact that the public pound lit H.int.vpu was not a pound within the meaning of the new Impounding Act. at the terms of that Act in lespoct to pioudmg sheltei had not Ueen complied with. The matter was brought up at the meeting of the C.unbiidge Road IWid on Sitnid.iv, by Mi (tiah un, when it was ngieod to have the wnik done, }>lv <ri.tli.ini to submit an estimate of the piobable cost at next meeting.

Tbe bridge over the Stoney Creek, T.iotaoroa, is to be renewed immediately. This time a better an! ni'iro unduiable stiucturc Hto lie cii-cttd. At the meeting, of the boaul on S.ituid ly the tendei of Mr Lord, Ngu uawahia, of i!!U 1 ">■., was accepted. Theie weie six tendtiis for the, 'vork. Tho J'jngmcci expiessrd .in opinion th it the work was the cheapest he had known of in the disluct for hvo yoais.

Professor Kirk has communicated with the secretary of the Waikito Hoiticultuial Society to obtain an appioximate estnn.ite of the loss occasioned throughout the distiict of fiuit tiees attacked by loot fungus, taking the value of a tree planted foui or five ye.us at t'l. Tho secretaiy of the Waiknto Society or Professor Kirk will be glud to leceivc any infonnatjon on the subject, and as it is one of gi eat importance we tiust anyone who has studied the mattci will afford tho lesults of then icse.irchcs, in the uiteiests of fn it cultiuo gi-ueially.

At the usual fortnightly mepting of the Hamilton Young Men's Mutual I mpiovuueut Association, held in the Waikato County Council Chaiiiljcis last nitfht, a veiy intou'stmg discussion took pi ice on the following motion :—"That in the opinion of this meeting it is not desirable that the fianchi>e be extended to women " The motion was earned by 7 to l>. On no\t meeting night, Tuesday, Septembei Ist, Mr Vi rckei Bindon will deliver a lectme on '* Shaktipcic," to which tho fi lends of membeis will be invited.

The furze nuisance is again being complained of in tho Canibtidge distiict. Mr Richaid-oii diew attention to the matter at the boaid meeting on ttttutday, pointing out the un^ichtlinoss and danger of this growth, which thieatened to f>veirnn the distiict. It was agieed th.tt nieinber« ascertain the nau.es of the defaulters, and the nnmbei of then lespectmj propeities, with the mow of hiving notices soived on them, and in the event of theii not compl\iiig, to take fmtliei steps to have the law enfoiced and the nuisance ab ited.

At the nomination of candidates for tho vacancy in the Hamilton Jloiough Council, caused by tho letiroment of Mi C. U Johnson, yesterdiy, two c.infbtat"s c.vnip foiwaid, Mes«is T. ft Snndes and Y. J. Yon Stunner. As the seat will again become vacant in Septembei at tho annual elec tious the candidates, in oulei to save the borough tho expenso of a gem rd election, agreed to settle the, m.ittei by Int. As the result of thH, Mr Yon Stunner ictired from theciiite-t, and 'UrSandes wan theiefoiedoclared duly elected. Mr J. M. (lolling, Town Clerk, acted as Returning Officer.

The fruit of a new variety of Beodling apple, locally raised, w.w left at this oHice yesterday, and will be on view to day in Mr Tucker's shop. This specimen was grown by Mr Seymour, of Taniahero, on a seedling tree he tranr.pla.nted from an old Maori cultivation near his faun. The •pple is of great beauty, si/.e above medium, and of the first quality a* a dessert fruit. Its present appeaiance is a proof of itn keeping qualities. Wo hear that Mr J. Sharp, nurseryman, Cambridge, wsh so much taken with itt qualities that he han pui chased the tree and in preparing

togiaft all tin* available wood of last stahoii's giowtli. Wo congiatuLile Mr Sharp upon hiving secured th*i Beauty of Ravennwood, for so it is named, and to judge from it-, qualities, it will undoubtedly prove* ft prize, and "will bo ceitain to be ln.dematid by orchardists when the trees aro placed in the market.

The following is the Order Papet of the Hwnilt&u Legislative Association for to-night:—Government business (2.) The member foi Kinkiiuoii (Mr Bindon) to ask the lion, the Col. Secietary whethei lie will ouise enquity to bo made at homo as to the cotiip.uativi: cost of maintaining destitute children in schools and boarding them out, and whether he will adopt the latter system unlessthecost beprolnbitive. (3.) Mr Bind'Hi to mo\c with leave of the House, " That a sptcial committee be appointed to collect infoi mation on the insect pests now becoming such a senous injury to our fruit tiee->, agricultnial and pastoial lands, and to repoit to tlie House within weeks ; such comniittee, to consist of the hononiabl^ incmbeia foi Lichfield, Hoiotui, Hamilton Hast, Fr.inkton, Cainbiidgo West, ()\fotd, (toiton, H.ikanmata, Hukamu anrj Kaplan, to form a quotum." (4.) Ciown Lands and Reseives Bill (in committee),' second reading Local Industries Bill, and Local I'oweis and Finance Bill. Theio is now some piobahility of the no-conhdenco motion being piessed, as many members of the Opposition are desnousof testing the stiength of ]>nrtic->. Ministers aio also, it is said, aimoiis to feel the puNo of the House. We believe the leader of the Opposition (Mi Smith) will make a statement setting foith the views of his party at an early statue of the .sitting.

The following special messages to the I'ress Association, dated London, August 1 Ith and Kith, have been published : —Foi their services at Suaknn the Contingent have been awaided a clasp, and a giatuity of €2 a-piece to privates, the amount being increased foi those occupying a higher rank. — Bithop Selwyn hih been man led to a daughter of tho late Mr Thomas Sutchffe Moit, of Sydney.—The fallen meat by the Onent steamer Austral iK selling at 4d per lb.—The Maiqnis of Sali-lnny will shoitly \isit the Continent, and will meet Signor Depretis, the I'iesideut of tho Italian Council.—A Spanish man-of-war has been on a visit to tho Caiolme Islands.—The whe.it maiket is inactive. Quotations aie. — K\ waiehouse, 3lis ; off coTst eaigoes, ',\U 3d ; c.aigoes allo it from London, 345. L'oi August shipments 37s is offered. —It la stated that the telegraphic committees now as.semb'ed at iJeilm will offer to reduce the charges on Austi than eablegiams by half-.i crown pei woid for oidmaiy n ess.iges, juid on I'iess messages by one fouith. — LieutenantUnloncl Rich mlson, Couiinaiulant of Hie New South Wales fences, isg.i/etted a Com panion of tho Order of the Bath.

The North New Zealand Farmers' Co opciattvc Association having expivs>ed a, desue tint the trade societies in the city of Auckland should coopeiate with then in their endeavours to extend then business, so as to open ;hops for the retail dis pos.il of meat in the city, the Typogr iphic il Society allowed the agent of tho .issuci ition to bo pies< nt at then genual meeting, held in liobvui s Dining Rooms on Satuid.iy. Aftui having l)i ,',i mtioduced b> the chairman, Mi William Duncan, the Association's agent, dehveicd an admirable address explanatory of tlie objects oi the association. At its conclusion Mr Higgius said that they felt indebted to the associ.i tion Mi Dimciin lepiesented for having taken the tumble to explain the mattci now uudti discussion so plainly to them. Jle agioed that while the fanning mleii'sts of tticcolou\ wen-m uch a depies>od state they must not look for much comineici.il hie in the city l'eople in cities weie evidently taking mou> lntciest in the welf.no of the f.mneis than they got ciedit foi, ai.d he ttusted that they would all be enabled to do something tow aids helping the Noith New Zealand Fairneis Co opciativc Associ ition in tlie woik they were tiknig up. Mr (41ant mo\ed and Mr Fi«her sec Hided, "That a, vote of thanks be accoided to Mi Duncan foi his addicts, and that each meuiber consulei individually the advisahihtv of taking a few shaios in the association. Mr Duncan suitably acknowledged the vote, and the meeting .separated.-— Jluuvlil.

The following cable messages h.ive appealed in th<i Melbourne papuis . —Itu inmouicd that the C/ar h adopting a nioie deeply li'lligeient attitude with regird to the ftontiei (juestion. it is further leported tint M. (iieis is about to lesign his position. Tho l{ussian H&et in the H itttc have been ordered to wiutei at HeNingfois, inthe(riilfof Finland, and remain in icadiness for ,icti\o sei vice In consequence of the critical state of uiiairs it is pioposed to g.unson Suaknn with Tuikish tioo]>s. -The Fiench (ioveinnient is about to commence tho depot t.ition of recidiristos under the authority confened by the act recently passed by the Chanibei.s. The fust batch of depoitees will bo sent to Fiench (iuinea, Cayenne, South America.—Referring in the House of L-«rds to the Afghan frontier question, the Maiquis of Salisbuiy declared his belief that Russia wan dallying with the matter, in order to gain time to obtain fuller infoi mation with regard to the topography of tho country.—The Marquis of Salisbury i'h about to pay a visit to tho Continent, when it is expected that he will inteiview I'iiiice Bistnaick, and also M. (iieis, tho Russian Minister for Foieign AlFairs.—Mr (iainck, the Agent-Cteneral for Queen-land, has wiitten to the Timea, stating that the majoiity of the lesidents of Noithein Queensland aie opposed to tho piesent rimvonuMit for tho separation of th it portion of tho colony, and its establishment as a new colony.—Colonel Stanley, Seeietaiy of State for the Colonies, replying to ft question iw>ked by Loid Lymuigton, in the House of Commons, stitcd that the matter of an.uigmg the pn«poition to be contributed by each of the Australun colonies towards the cost of maintaining the British protectorate in Now Guinea was still unsettled.—Mis Butler (Miss Kluabeth Thompson) has repudiated any connection with the pictuie puichased for the Sydney National Ait Galleiy, and which was icpiesentcd to bu a replica of her painting, "Tho Roll Call.—Sir Chailea Dilko has been made co-respondent in the divoice suit Ci.vwfoid v. Cr.vwfoid. The lcspon.lent is a daughter of Mr Kustaco Smith, who sits mthoHouseof Commons foi Tynemouth. Sir Chailps I hike has wntten a letter to the committee of the House of Commons denying his guilt. — Russia has become veiy bellicose tow .uds England.—Extensive naval piep'iiations aie bung made in Russian ports, and huge supplies of muni tioiis aie bi ing foivv.uded to tho ilei t stationed .it Vladivostoek.