AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2060, 19 September 1885, Page 2

AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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SATURDAY, SEPT. 10, 1885

Os Monday next the committee appointed in connection with the proposed meat tinning industry will meet Messrs Bull and Banks, directors of the Fro/en Meat Company, at the Public Hall, Hamilton. For the present the tinning inclustiy has, as our readers are aware, been abandoned, and the object the committee have in view now is to arrange with the Auckland com pany the terms upon which proper ard sufficient cool storage room cnn be obtained, in order th.it an early start may be made in the slaughtering business. When Mr Graham waited on Mr Banks, that gentleman informed him that the Fro/en Meat Company would be prepared to let storage either to the Co operative Association or a, W.iik.ito far- . mors' company, at a rental repiesenting the interest on the cost of that portion of the building used. No doubt this ofter is still opon. The plan of leasing storage room from the Freezing Company is much to be preferied to th.it of erecting separate and independent buildings, inasmuch as no large amount of capital will be necessaiy ; and the fanners are not at all well disposed towards ventures which make a heavy demand upon their financial resources before any of their advantages are felt. Moreover, the money required to be spent in bricks and moitar will be much better em ployed in increasing the production of the meat itself. The scheme the committee ha\e in \ lew, and which they hope to cai ry out with as little delay as possible, is the slaughtering of cattle and sheep in Waikato find the disposal of the meat wholesale in Auckland. It is not proposed to engage in the retail business, for several reasons. Jn the first place, it would not be ad\ isable to incur the financial responsibilities without a system of direct control, and this of course would bo out of the question ; and in the second place, the committee deprecate anything in the shape of a revolutionary measure iu\ olving a contest with vested interests, so long as they can ■work harmoniously with the representati\es of such interests. The butchers of A uck land have expressed a strong desire to co-operate with the farmeis by buying the carcase, and this it seems to us will be the best pl.ui for utilising the local maiket. Producer and consumer will be brought as near together as possible, and both will know the exact amount the middleman gets out of the transaction. At present the farmer never knows what he actually gets tor his meat, and this uncertainty is the middleman's opportunity. We must, of course, keep the necessity of increasing our export trade constantly in view. The slaughtering can only be regarded as a provision for the present. The Auckland maiket is limited and must soon be glutted, as production is bound to increase.

It will bo seen by our report of the proceedings of tin; Piako County Council on Thursday hist that the council ha\e .it List struck a general county rate. This h.is been looked forward to for some time, and though the council did their best to a\oid lia\ ing to adopt tliis very undesnable course, still after many unsuccessful expedients it was found inevitable, and so the rate was struck. To many ratepayers in the county the striking of this late is of very little consequence, buttoothers. such as the big companies, Mr J. C. Fnth and a fesv other landed proprietors it is a matter of very great concern, representing in some cases a direct contribution of about £600. The Aroha district, which is mainly responsible for the council's indebtedness, contains more ratepayers than any other riding in the county ; but, nevertheless, it contributes the smallest proportion of the rate. This is owing to the fact that its ratepayers are principaliy .small men, or to put it in another way, large men with small holdings, some pacing as little as a penny and three farthings under a three farthing rate. The rate is expected to realise about £3500 and this sum with the £3000 special grant from the Government, though it will not wipe out the entire liabilities of the council, should never theless put them well in funds. Some of the councillors have voted for the rate conditionally that all the money realised thereby shall be devoted to relieving the council from its many and inexorable creditors, and therefore ratepayers must not look to the council for an immediate undertaking of Vtorks in their respective districts. The members of the council will no doubt profit by their present experience, and carefully avoid following the. iynis fatnm of any uncertain prospect, however encouraging, in future.

To the circular on the now piiniary school .scholarship regulations, issued by the Hamilton West School Committee, favourable replies have been iceeived from Cambridge, Te Aroha, Tamahere, Coroniiindfl, and Alexandra School Committees. In addition to these, Hamilton "Rnst and Waitetuna had adopted (he resolutions before the issue of the circular. All promise their rordial support to the action already taken, and in addition the Tamahere and Paterangi committees

offer valuable iuklitiou.il suggestions. The former advocates the holding of a conference of school committees in Hamilton, for the consideration of this and other subjects in which country schools are interested. There can be no doubt that such a conference would be of great value in securing more combined action, in place of the present isolation among country school committees. The latter thinks a joint petition of committees and persons interested might be got up and presented to the Board. We recommend both of these suggestions to the favourable consideration of the Hamilton West Committee. The City Schools authorities have resolved to take no action for the present on the ground that the subject is under the consideration of the Auckland Educational Institute, and "th.it the decision and recommendation of this association will receive careful consideration b^ the board." The current of opinion in the Institute at its last meeting was decidedly in favour of modification of the regulations in the direction .suggested from Hamilton, even many who had at the last annual meeting advocated the changes lately carried then expressing their disapproval of them in strong terms. Replies from other committees will doubtless come to hand as they hold their meetings. Many in out-of-the-way districts are probably but barely in receipt of the ciicular as yet.

Wk are pleased to notice that the efforts of the provisional committee of the pioposcd Cambridge Jam Factory have been attended with success, and th.it the industry is to be started forthwith. The amount of support obtained on what seems to have been a very limited canvass, is an unmistakeable e\ idence of the earnestness with which the settlers and business people regard the undertaking. People seem to have become alive to the t.ict that industries aie indispensable to the prosperity of a district, and that to secure these industries they must look to themselves for .suppoit and sympathy instead of, as hitherto, calculating on outsiders liist and themselves afterwards. Within the past three years sevctal industries have been staited in the various centres throughout the Waikato, and though in some cases they may not .show a vety direct benefit to those who have in\ested their money, .still they have been of undeniable advantage to the district ; they have tended to enhance the value of land, and in a very great measure improve the prospects of the farmer. That a jam factory will be a success in the Cambridge district there can be no doubt. Not only will the fruit growers receive a direct benefit through having a leady money market for this produce at their very doors, but we venture to say that the shareholders will befoie very long reap a handsome return on their outlay. If success be at all possible v\e can have no better assurance of the industry succeeding than the names which appear on the directory of the company.

The Te Aroha tramway report presented to tho L'lako Council is crowded out of tins issue.

The Rev. Fletcher Long will be tie piiMcher at S. Andrew '■>, Cambridge, and .it ()liau|)o to-inonow.

S- Andrew's social gathering on Wednesday evening ne\t, will bu^in with te.i lit <i(|uaitui i'A>t m\ in the (J.unbmlge Public Hall.

The fifth anniversary of the Hamilton branch of the 11. A. O li. .Society will be ci'li-brated by a b.ill in the Oddfellow a' Hall on the Kith pro\.

A concert in aid of the Wesleyan Chinch building fund iV| H bo given in the Public H.ill, IviliiUiln, on Wednesday •\enui£, the llth Oi-btbor.

i The Piako County Council has struck a genui.il r.ite of thu'o f.utlimp-i in the f <m till l.ite.ilile piopeity in tin* county. Mi U. Tuck lv-> boon appointed collector.

The usual monthly meetings of Taot.wmi.i and C.uiibiiii^e ilu.ul Hn.uiN tike place to ri.ivat tlio iwi.il hum .it (Jun biidge. Tiidtaoioa dt 11 ;i,in., .md Cambridge at 3 p.m.

We are requested to state that in consequence of the opening of the I'iesbyterun Church at Kilnkiln thric will be no service .it the We^ley.m Cliurch, To Aw.imntn, to-morrow nii>nung.

The Cambridge Town Board is now removing the ('nclo-une-' fiom the tnvs in Victoi 1.1 •street, ,uid tuminmg tlie bian-cho-t. Already a considei.iblo uiiproveinent 1-. noticeable.

The Rev- T. W Dunn, of Pukekohe, will locture on " How to read character," in .iid of the Pipsbvten.in (Jhuuli building fund, at the Town H.ill, Kilnkihi, on Mond.iy evening no\t. Tho lectino will he lllustinted with diagLini-i.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Puk.ii County Council was held at CiViiibiidgo »n Tlnnsday afternoon, when some business of importance w.is dispo-.ed of. A full i' port of the proceedings will be found m thin issue.

Commander Edwin telegraphed at 4. 10 p.m. ychtcui.iy . — Watch barometer. K\pect bad wcuther between south and east and noith-east. Glass further fall, and heavy rain within 12 limns, and weather continues cold.

Mr J. S. Goodwin, inspector of pcliools, oxamined the Ohaupo public school on Tuesday last, when 60 per cent, of thoso preHented successfully passed in the different stand.iu's. The insj)ect(>rs le port was .satisfactory, and ho expressed hiniKi'lf a^ much pleased with the progress made in the school.

The Wellington correspondent of the Herald wires on Tluusday : — Tho Now Zealand Kaihvny letnnn for tho twenty weeks just completed are as follow :— Total receipts, £100,72">, as against i.'l2L',!)")o for the conc'-ponding 1 pmiod of last ye.v ; docmise, £22,2. U. Expenditure, £2(>!»,l2'>, against £21i(>,209 ; incie.ise, £291(1. Consequently, the net profit lias dcci eased by JUU F i,147. This is unpleasantly iugge>>tno.

Prior to the general meeting of the Cambridge Jam Company on Thuisday, a meeting of the piovisionnl cum nuttee w.xs held. Pieient . — Mehsro Welli, Cowppr, Forrest, Hewitt, 1). Hichaidson and Sharp. Tho minutes of the previous meeting wore load and confirmed, .md the report was adopted. Tlie lepoit of the general meeting will be found in another oolumn.

Mr R A- Simpson announces that ho has opened <v t>Miiper.u)co billiard ailomi in the premises recently ncupiod by Mr Jcicph Most;-', Victoria itrcet, Hamilton. Mr Simpson h.ts conxcrtcd the shop into n Kpacions room, iitid has piovidcd nil excnllent Alcock table, and .ill the requisites of a billiard saloon. Doublloßs ho will bo generously patronisod by lovers of " the bonid of RTOun cloth."

Things have been improving very much lately at Te Ainli.i. The ti.miw.iy, which hitherto has been workinc at :i lo ■ to the county, h.m beon paying handsomely during the piit month. The mansiffei's report for the month showed a credit balance on the woikmg of the lino, of £21.

About £300 was t.iken l.iht month for new licences alone Tins is certainly \ery encouraging, and wo only hope it may continue.

The Tauranga Evening News makes the following p.unful admission :—: — " A curious optional illusion was witnessed in the s-ky on Frid.ij night between seven and eight o'clock. Any one looking at the moon about that time could plainly ace two moons insteid of one Tho duplicate moon was no nirnv shadow but clear and well de fined, .md in f.iet it w.is h.ird for some tune to s.iy which wa-.tlie (jetiinno moon, and which its duplicate.*'

The match between the Hamilton and C.iinhi idtfe Lvwn TVnms Clubs take-< place .it C.iinbiidgo this afternoon. Tliore will bo four players on each <?ide. The following pairs will represent Cainbudge .— Mi'«si» .T. ¥. Kit/j?prald and M. Stubbing-, and N. I. Hunt and J. ¥. Kd^ai. The ([amilton pairs are Mcssis S. X (J. Smith and \V. X. Yon Stunner, and PcuMmdiid T. W.illnutt.

Some short time since a little pul c.illed upon a di.iper, not a, hundied miles fnun Hamilton, and nskrd to bo shown some hats to take home, in older th.it hei mother might choose one. Two hats were accoidinglv handed to the custoinei, who took Uii'iii.tu.iy. Not being api«u\ed of, they were returned .1 few d.iys after. Noticing th.it one of the hats was vnled, the storekeeper inquired of the little girl if it hid been worn, when the youthful disciple of S.ipptnra turned to another little girl who accompiim-d hei And t- ud, "I ne\er wore it, did I Susie 9 " "Yes you did, ' leplicd Susie ; " v«'u had it on List Sunday in church." T.ibic.ui !

Huntsmen are now anxiously looking fouvnrd to the cnnini},' hunting season in Waikato. Tho hunt club race, meeting on the Cambridge course promises to afford an excellent day s spent, and should attract pations from all paits of the district. Tho pi ogiamme with the amount of pii/c<, &c, will be published next week. Tho following ptogr.vuuiic is undei con>idcr.ition — Waik.ito Hunt Club Cup, ll ] j miles, r>nco round .steeplechase cour-e, foi hoisp-, tint h,i\e bnmi u'jrul.uly huntod in Waikato tins season; gentlenian udei-.. Hunt Hui die Rico, H miles, sunc conditions as above. Hunters' I'M, it X ice, 1 mile. Open Steeplechase, \\ mile-. Selling 1 Hack Kico

A very enjoyable little entertain input will take place at Taotaoioa on Tin sd.iy evening by way of celebrating the opening of the now schoi>l in th.it di-tu<t. After the soiree the p.itioiis will be tie.it' tl to a capital programme of music and hteiaiy selections. Mi Alexandei and Mi Biigg-* of Auckland, have kindly consented to rondel their sersic.es on the occacion These gentlemen |josm-s laic powei of enteitainnient, and then suiig> and tecit.itunis cmnot ful to bo appreciated. A dance foi which good music has been seemed, will con< hide what promises to be :i veiy enjoyable ctcniug. Comejances will lea\e ][ewitt s comet at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, carrying pi-«engeis fiee.

The Cambridge Dramatic Society's performance <>n Monday e\eiiing affo.ds every pionnse of beinjj a gieat success In " Our Bitterest J'\>e, ' Miss Violet Ellicott has been cist for Blanche D'Evran, Mr H. \V. Moore for (Jenoial Yon Rosenberg and Mr .T.l'. Slurp f° r Henri rie hi Fere. In " Box and Co\," Mr E. Bnggs, and MrE. Alexaudo, two « ell-known Auckland.'gentlemen, h.ive lipon cast foi John Box and J.unes Con, Mrs Bouncer to be taken by a l.idy ■imatenr. Special scenery has been provided for Monday evenings' peitonnance. The new hcenery, which h\s been pnnided .it considerable cost and on a scale of exceeding giandeur, will be exhibited before the performance commences. All who are anxious to secure seats should do so at once ,aR the plan is rapidly filling up. The plan of reserved ceats may be seen at Mr Dickinson's, stationer.

The following special messages to the Piess AhS >cuitu>n dated London, Septembei Kith, have been published : - Mi C. H. C. I'at'y, tho third Setretoi y of the (icncial Po>t Oflice, and Buhsh delegate at tlio liiteiii.itiiiii.il Telegraph (Jonfeience, opposes the proposed reductions on Pi i".-, messages to Australia.--Admiral Sir Erasmus Omnianny advocites the equipment of a G>>ernment Ant.uctic expedition. —Mr A. P. Luc.vs, the encketer, is a passenger by the Oiicnt steamer Liguri.i for Australia. — Louis Rdl, tho (Jin.idun rebel, h.vs been 10pited, pendincc the settlement of a point rt'foned to the Couit of Appeal. — Dr. Marsden, BUhop of Batlmr>>t, lesions h,s bishopiic on the giuund of ill-he.ilth — The Tmios this day, in an aiticle upon ttn H. Dininiiiond Wolff's mission to the I'orte, states that the British (ton eminent lias declined to h\ tho date for the e\aeu ation of Ijffypt by the Fn^lish fmces, but pei haps .in Antflo-Turkish Coinmis-ion will lie appointed to deteiinmo the penoi for sucli evacuation to become possible. — The Bntish (iou-iinni'iit h.uo made a ri'pumm Mid.ition to Spam to accept t'c di cision of .übittatois m the aettlement of the Caiolme Islands.

In the Legislative Council on Thin «d.iy, in committee on tho Lmd Bill, new cl vises weie added piovidmg for tho relief <»f defeued payment pastoral tei - ant-. Endc w.nent icserves may l>n nro cl.umed subject to the act, education icseives may bo sold by boards, for encoiu agoment of seal fisheries, and for forest piotection. Sovci.il bills were advanced a stage. In the House on Thursday moming, in committee on the speci il Povveis and Cnnti acts Bill, tho proposed giant to Te Kooti, was struck ovit. The clause peinnttmg Mrs Graham to iicquire freehold at Rotorui was carried. The chmse making it lawful to issue ciown grants to Mi Thomas Russell, for 748!) acres at Waihaiakoke was struck out on the motion of Sir Ceo. Grey by 33 to 12. Several other alterations were made, and the bill was then lead a third timo and passed. At the afternoon sitting, it was agreed that the House would resolve itself into a committee of the whole to consider tho question of the San Francisco Mail Service. The District Railways Bill was recommitted, and tho Waimato Railway was inseited in the schedule. After Home discussion the third leading was cariied by 3S to 28, and the bill passed. Sir Julius Vogel re id a telegram he had received fiom the Postmaster General of New South Wales objecting to tho pioposil for tho mail service to Honolulu, but offering to contribute I'IO.OOO per annum, for a service between Sidney, Auckland, and San Francisco. The resolution which he would propose on the following day was: "That tho Government be authoiised to contract for .i service between Sydney, Auckland, and Honolulu, or Auckland and Honolulu, with efficient provision for^ the c imago of tho irriils to and from San Fran-ci-co, so th it tho whole time between Auckland and San Francisco shall not eveeod twenty days, at a cost to the colony (aftei computing estimated receipts, if any, from othei colonies) not exceeding £ IS, 000 ; and failing such auangement being piacticable, that the Government bo authoiised to contract foi a seivice between Auckland and San Francisco, or between Sydney, Auckland, and San Francisco at the same rato of time, at a cost to the colony (after computing estimated leceipts, if any, from other colonies) not exceeding £23,000." Tho Railways Authorisation Bill was road a third tune and passed, and the House went into committee to considei the Public Woiks Estimates. On tho \ote for immigration £30,373, Mr Ballance spoke in favour of continuing unmigiation. Ho thought t'lo,ooo would be sufficient to bring out the Highland ciofters, and said they "honld encouiage the introduction of the small farmer class. Mr Moss contended that the Government had nought, to spend boirowed nioiioy to bring people out heie to swell the ranks of the unemployed. Major Atkinson and Mi Rolleston stiongly suppoitcd tho vote, the former saying th.it if we had a million people hero we should be much better off than wo are. After seveial membois had spoken, the item £10,000, for the introducti. n of ciofteis was stiuck out and tho voto an amended was carried. Tho House lose at l.lja.m.

]\\c X itik lti Sprinjj F.ur mil hi' held on Wi-dnesdiy, Ottnbir 14th it Mr Mv Donn-U's new j.mK Urct it\ 15nlr es will bo rnovd b\ the si ( rctiinc". Messrs Oilbert »nd Siranis, or the .luctionujr, Mr R. C. Jordan.

Mr J S Hue Ulinil will nuII on tin- property moir Momnsuile, on Fridiv. the 2.lth inst , th<> \.liolc of the lire an 1 ilp.kl stock, furniture, &c , &c , of Mr (iilfonl who n li-ivmp the district, '•c li^t in ulvcrtisrment. On Tutsdav, the 29th In- will -.til at Olaup i, !iOO head of i.ittle <f \-inou-! torts, dury i"W», f.it sherp, iniplomcnts, t,r On I'iiday, the Oth October, hem 1 sell at Nrrin.iwirii, 200 head mixed critic, aheep lior-cs, &L

l,ii\n\ Ci mrs — I here .ire lovely climes and pi u ?* in whiih thopveninff /ephjrs tire loadtd with mal.iiu and tlie poison of fever and epidemics lo dwell there in health is impossible, without a supply of Hop I!ui> , . at lianJ. Ilitso American Co's Hitters impart m equalising strength tn the s>stt m, and pre\ent the ppcijmflntion of dcadl> spores of contagion. He euro and sec.