THURSDAY, FEB.25 1886.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2127, 25 February 1886, Page 2

THURSDAY, FE8.25 1886.

and promoting local industries from one end of the colony to the other. I am prep.uvd to m.ip out financially this policy, a 1 * 1 have said, on the basis that the Customs revenue per hf.ul should not be made to exceed £2 10s per annum, and that ohe property tax should be |d, or it the most l r \. There are many >ther subject*, of importance which I cannot find time to go into, though I should like to do so. riieic an* .sjch subjects as the islands, n iti\e Unds, mail services, oxble contracts, exportation of kauri timber, conservation of forosts, all of which are most important, but which it is impossible for me to touch upon this evening. I think that these questions will have to be considered, but I think that, if 1 am right in my idea of what we shall go before the country principally about, party lines will be very much altered when there is another election. I will ask you to consider what I have said and the reasons which I have adduced for the faith which is in me." That is the kernal of the whole oration. Many of the questions referred were dealt with exhaustivel}', and it must bo admitted that ho put quite a new faeo on many important subjects. Speaking of the railways for instance (he was insisting on the need of applying the proceeds of loans to reproductive works only), ho said the lines opened in New Zealand were pa} rinir in meal or in malt at least 5 per cent, and that was satisfactory enough. He left no room to doubt thaf the policy of the Government is ouo of moderate borrowing and tho vigorous prosecution of public works with the proceeds, leaving iho wants of local bodies to bo met out of revenue ; the retention of, and in some cases in increase in, iho Customs duties with a view to tho encouragement of manufactures, and r,ho opening up tho country for settlement in various ways, iucludiug, amongst others, tho resumption and sub-division of big estates. Sir Julius is of opinion that a voto of fho country ought to be at once taken upon the new policy, but he does not tell us whether there is to bo a dissolution Jbefore next session or not. If we may judge by what he says we imagine he would prefer this course.

There was a large inustsr of cittlu at the Thornton Estate josterday, which wciu dmeu to the homestead.

The Cambridge Jam Company have eight thoiii.ind two and a-h.ilf pound tins of fiuit prepared, and reardy ti> be labelled and packed for the maiket.

A requisition is in course of signatine, asking this ctniirninn of the Cambridge Town ]3o.ud to c.ill a. public meeting to consider the advisability of forming that town into aboiough.

We remind our Hamilton readers that Capt. Speedy will deliver his lecture on Abyssinia at the Public Hall to-moirow (Fuday) night. A report of the lecture as deliveiod at Kihikihi appears in another part of this issue.

The engine of the North train was detailed at Xg.iroto ye-.terd.ay, while shunting. She went off at one of the points. No d.unugp was done, but the train \va>s delayed an hour and ti-half, and the timet thlp of thn other trains duiing the day was disarranged, S- Peter's, Hamilton, Annual Harvest Thanksgiving Sei » ice-> will be hold on

tinned on the following Sunday. The pi Richer on Wednesday will be the Itev. T. O'CalLighan, D.I). Offciiug-t of grain and fruit may bo left at the parsonage.

If anyone doubts the size of the district sinrounding O'unbiidse, ho should take ji walk to the hills at Muuugaknwa, from whieli a magnificiont p.inoiainie \ie\\ of t!m gi eater pmtion of WaiX \tn A r nlley pan be obtained, Cambridge look'ui;,' rpnnrkably picturesqup and prominent, lies bolnw, snnonndt>d by a grand asjioct of beautifully laid o\it farms and well cultivated country reaching to a c,'re:\t distance, on nil sides. Hamilton can he seen in the far distance, alt>o Kilpkihi, Alex.ui'Jra. To Awamutu the dark back <*M.uml of Pirontfia and the more distant rages. It U a -ight woith going uji the height to see and enjoy,

The Tauwhare children's sports, which should have taken place on Fiiday lnst, woie postponed until Monday, on account of the wet. They paired off very satisfactorily, though the programme was short on account of limited time. Both pi rents and childion had to be home to milk, for the demands of our cheese factory will give no holiday to the farmers. The w inner* are as follows :— Half-mile Flat Race, George Rus^el ; 410 Yards Hurdle Race, George Tickolnenny; 220 Yards Flat Race, George Dodd ; Sack Race, George Ticknlpnnny : Half-mile Walking Ttacp. .Tamps Show: P'»tito Race, George Rnv«>ll ; 100 Yarns Thr««-lecf£ed Race, Oporee Dodd and Jvn«>s Rlnw; Hicrh .rnmp. George Ruwll : Hiprh Jump (nnle), ''coive Ru«spll ; Long Jump, George Tickolpennv. A few r»c»»s wtr* pn>v?d.»d fortho t^irl", who nn with spin. 1 After partaking of n «»nb«itnntial toi the children rocnived their prizes from the hands of Miss Ciiokett. Five children, who were not :ih-ent from hcliool once during laßt year, nceived first-clas«i crHncrtas of attend- ,„(,„ Their names were Bella Hansford, Kli/.tlrHi Crigsby, William Geoffrey Dodd, and George Dodd.-(Cor-rp«jvmdpnt ) The amiual general meebing of thcflnrHioidor-, of thi X<-rth Nf-v /-eai.mi' T'aitr.or^ Co-opet itive Association,