The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2139, 25 March 1886, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1886.

The splendid success of the Hamilton Borough loan proposals yesterday is something for the ratepayers to be proud of. Whatever differences may exist as between the people of the East and those of the West side of the river in connection with trifling matters, and there are some people who never tire of referring to these little local jealousies, upon the subject of the loan the burgesses are unanimous. Of the 179 voting papers used only one was found to be informal, and though one vote was recorded against the proposal, the voter who exercised it afterwards declared that he acted in error. The consent of the people having been thus obtained, the next thing is to get the money, but this is a matter which the Mayor, having had reasonable grounds for anticipating a favourable response from the ratepayers, has already busied himself about, and the required amount will in all likelihood be obtained forthwith on the most reasonable terms. Meantime we need only repeat what Mr Graham said last evening at the declaration of the poll, and congratulate the burgesses on the forward step they have taken.

A few days ago the Rev. William Evans, of Cambridge, wrote to the Cambridge Town Board, bringing under their notice the case of a poor man who through disease was utterly unable to provide for his wife and family. Fearing probably that the action of the local bodies in Waikato in opposing the Hospital and Charitable Institutions Act had put us outside the pale of the Eelieving Officer's sympathy, Mr Houghton took the somewhat remarkable course of transmitting Mr Evans's letter to Mr Barugh, the representative of Waikato County on the Hostital Board. Naturally enough, Mr Barugh did not know what to do with the case, and we understand that he has referred the matter back to Mr Houghton, with a recommendation that the Relieving Officer in Auckland be communicated with. We have no occasion to exercise the qualities of modesty or self-denial in our dealings with that gentleman. The local bodies have protested, and will, we trust, continue to raise their voices against the wretched Poor Law that has been foisted upon us. But we shall not escape payment of our contributions. What the Auckland boaixl cannot get out of us in one way they will in another. If we do not vote our rates they will appropriate our subsidies. We need not, therefore, be mealy-mouthed in asking them to provide for our indigent sick, seeing how few, these are,, and what a high capitation we have to pay.

A c lv respondent writing to the Nap r Telegraph thus writes :—: — Experience shews that in Protectionist countries a part of the taxes are paid by the nations who supply the goods ; but even if the importing country paid the whole, the full amount returns to it by way of reduction in taxation. This i<3 one of the most amusing arguments ever used in support of protection. The writer is combatting the contention that the imposition of protective duties make the necessaries of life clearer, and' in his view of the case the process consists merely jn changing the money from one pocket into another. If the people pay the duty on clothing, for instance, they pay less on land, or beer or something else. This is perfectly true, but it is just as true that the protectionist's object is to exclude the foreign manufactured article, and to make the consumer pay for the locally made the price of the imported goods, phis the annunt of protective duty. While therefore this unlucky individual's taxation is not reduced in the least he has the pleasure of knowing that he is contributing to make the fortune of some 'ucky manuf adorer or other. '

A race meeting will be held at Ngaruawabfa on Eaater Monday. The country around Cambridge is beginning to look very dry, and is badly \n want of rain.

The reWfrof the meeting of the Cambridge District Road Board, which was crowded out of last, appears in tftic issue.

At a meeting of the directors of 'tli©,Cambrifli?e Oheow Factory it was d-'-cidftd to appoint agents in Auckland t'> seli their produce, of which they now haw about twelve tons.

The Colonial Secretary will arrive in Waik.ito to-day and remain until Satnrd iy, b«it nothing definite regarding his procr.uinne hai trannpired.

Commander Edwin wired y«3t»r day, to exptcfc mm, and towards the afternoon there V as <£\ery indication of woj«on\e showers. The sky clouded over and the b.ir>. motel fell, but up to the time of going to prc-H nothing but a few drops have fallen.

A boy named Hugh McKernon, about ten years of Age, attending the Cambridge school, met with an accident by being thrown off hw pony on Saturday afternoon bj which he sustained a severe sprain of the left arm.

A concert in aid of the school will be held in the schoolhouae, Kungiaohia, on Tliuriday evening, 26th mat. it is ji pity ft should clash with the lecture by the" Rev. Mr Dunn, which will be delivered m the Public Hall, Te Awamutu, on the same evening.

A party of eight tourists from Rotorua broke the journey to Auckland yesterday at Hamilton, having made arrangements to stay at Gwynne's Hotel for the night. It is probable that this course will be followed by touriitc generally, when its advantages become better known.

Saturday return tickets will be issued at cany station on the 2oth and 26tb mtt 7 available for return up to and including the 29th, so as to enable those wishing to visit the Auckland Gardeners' Horticultural Show on Friday and Saturday next, to do so at a cheap rate.

It will be remembered that the Cambridge Jam Company exhibited a Urge quantity of their canned fruita at the horticultural show. Whilst the obelisk of tins was being removed the following morning, twenty-eight of the tins were abstracted by some person or persons unknown.

The Board of Reviewers for this portion of the colony, Messrs W. A. Graham, T. W«lls, and E. F. Roche, will sit at the times and placfi given in the advertisement for the purpose of hearing and determining objections to the Property Tax valuations. The list given in another column is full and complete.

To the Editor.— Sir,— ln the announceir.ont of the de»th of Mrs Hannagan, in your paper, there is an error and an untruth in saying that she did not have proper attendance, and there was no postmortem examination, I publish this in justice to Mrs Goodwin, who was very attentive to my wife. — I am, yours truly, Daniel Hannagan. Ngaruawabia, Tuesday

A telegram from Dunedin informs us that the unemployed have decided to accept 1 the 4s a day offered, several city councillors having promised to endeavour to have another (id per day added. One of the unemployed summoned Mr John Burnes, Mayor of Dunedin, for using abusive language by calling him a loafer. The bench dismissed the case.

The Taotaoroa Road Board are making very needful repairs on the Cain-bridge-Rotorua Road, between the Waikato Bridge and the Gorge. This is that portion of the main road which the Government refused to take over, *nd is the only piece of the trunk road to Napier not maintained by the Government, but which they have saddled upon » small district board.

The following will represent the Wai pa team in the cricket match to be played next Saturday on Sydney Square :—: — Brown, Barton, Mclntosh, Lang, Steele, Hinton, Kirk, EdneVi Case, Swanson, Soper, Edpecurabo. The Waikato team will be composed as follows :— Browning, Bygrave, Connolly, Fitzgerald, Forrest, Hitchman, Hunt, Longbottora, Pilling, Stevens, Wood. Emergencies : Primrose, Verity. Play will commence *t 11 o'clock sharp.

Last Sunday afternoon three young Hamilton larrikins, whose names are known, abused a steer and two calves belonging to Mr K. Edwards, by beating them with sticks and driving them over the paddock. We have heard of several complaints of this kind, and it is high time the offenders were brought to justice. .Mr Edwards hasa paddock adjoining the river, and on Sundays it is the usual resort of some of the most depraved, who not only break down the wire in order to reach the place, but often hunt the cattle all over the paddock whilst making their way to the river.

The choir of Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, which has been for some time without a permanent organist, has appointed Miss Soutter to that position. We have no doubt that under that young lady's efficient and careful supervision the choral part of the service will be considerably strengthened. The Rev. Mr Evani has effected a fortnight's exchange with the Rev. Mr Steele of Papatoitoi, who filled the pulpit at Trinity Church last Sunday and preached very practical discourses both at morning and evening services. He will again officiate next Sunday.

A very pleasing ceremony took place in the Presbyterian Church, Hamilton East, la«t evening. The late choirmaster, Mr F. Trewheellar, being about to vinit the Old Country, the members of the choir and the congregation generally determined to present him with some memento of their regard and esteem. There was a very fair attendance, and the Rev. Mr Boyd presided. The proceedings opened with a hymn, the reading of a portion of scripture, and a prayer. Mr JBoyd then, in a humorous and sensible speech, presented Mr Trewheelltr with a very handsome photograph album. Mr Trewheellar responded in feeling term*, thanking his friends sincerely for their kind present.

We take the following from the Herald:— The A.C. Field Force have shown their appreciation of their late comrade, Sergeant Charles Collins, by erecting to his memory in the Church of England cemetery a marble tablet surrounded by an iron railing and stone coping; The tablet, bears the following inscription: — "Sacred to the memory of Charles Collins, late Hospital Sergeant, A.C.F. Force, died 27th September, 1885 ; aged 27 years. Erected by his comrades of the N.Z. Armed Constabulary Field Force." The work was entrusted to Me«srs Tait Brothers, Rut-land-street, and has been neatly executed.

Another enjoyable evening was npent at the usual fortnightly meeting of the Hamilton Wesleyan Band of Hope, held in the schoolroom adjoining the church on Tuesday eveniag last, Mr George French occupying the chair. The attendance of parents and children was not so large as usual. A programme, consisting of a chorus, recitations, riddles, &c, was gone through in the usual pleasing manner by the members of the band. The Chairman, in addressing the children, said they had united together as a band to keep away from the great evil of strong drink. He referred to the drink as a biting serpent, and said if they did not keep the vow they had made, the drink would bite them like a poisonous serpent, and perhapi caufte their death. The meeting opened with a hymn, Mrs Cox, the organist, presiding, and closed with the Benediction.

The following items of foreign news have been published : — Constantinople, March 21.— The Roumelian difficulty in not yet nettled, Prince Alexander having urged his appointment as life Governor of Roumelia. However, it is expected that Prince Alexander will yield to the wishes of the Porte on the subject, and accept the appointment for a torm of years under protest. —London, March 22.— The resignations of Messrs Chamberlain and Trevelyan have not been withdrawn. Mr John Bright is now attempting to heal the split in the Ministry.— lt hai been decided that the steamers of the new. GermanAustrian line will proceed through to Brisbane. The servies commences on July 14. — A force of military are at present at Lieare for the purpose of protecting the town against any further outrages on tbe part of Socialists.

The following special messages to the Preßß Association, dated London, M*rch 22nd and 23rd, have been published? —The wool by the 8.M.8. Kaikoura will be admitted into the catalogue. The cargoes by the Illawarra, Thomas Steven*, and Gallaroi, from Sydney ; the Wanginui, from Napier ; the Glenmore, from Lyttel- j ton ; the Ariadne, from Adelaide, hare , been excluded, 29(5,000 bales have arrived, j of which 50 % QQ0 have been sent direct to ! the manufactories ; and the number avail- I abJB for the sales, adding 25,000 re^Dryed | from last sales, ia 271,000. — Negotiations are still proceeding between the English and ths French Government* regarding the question of deporting recidjvistos to $he Western J?a<?if}c, — lsr tfivJafoMft (tate* 1

that ho will be unable to convene a Federation Conference during the Indian and Colonial Exhibition, as ho is unnrepaied with a scheme to present to mien a conforence.—The Greek fleet has left Salamis. —The barque Astronomer, 155 days out from Wallaroo, South Australia, h.w gono tshoro &1) Milford. The accident wai caused by » hoavy fog, and the vessel will probably become a total wreck.

Mr Murphy, secretary of the Can tarbury Agricultural Society, and also of the Hokianga Fruit-growing Company, ha* been interview? d" by the Lyttelton Time - reporter on the subject of the fruit growing *ertlement in Hokianga. He gives as his opinion that a fine field exists there for persons with a small knowledge of gardening, and patience to work for a time for f'rofitable return*. There is access by water all through the block, on which could be grown (otnatooH, early cucumber*, strawberries, etc., ta supply the Southern market. Mr G. B. Federli, who is now working on 100 acres there., state* that he hat> planted apples, pearo, plums, apricots, quince, pomegranates, figs, almonds, oranges, Lisbon lemons, bananas, and pineapple*, which are doing very well. The 4000 vinecuttings, thai he has planted have already attained a growth of four feet, and his tobacco of the Havana, Virginia, and Connecticut harvests has been admired by both Europeans and natives. The latter, who grow "the weed " in the district, consider it the finest growth they have seen. The maize grows to perfection, and he expects a crop of 200 bushels to the acre ; while tho watermelons and rockmelons can be easily cultivated*

The following is the letter from the chairman of the Wai pa County Council to the Mayor of Hamilton, referred to at Monday's meeting of Hospital Board members and others at Hamilton :— Pate rangi, March 22nd, 1886. W. A. Graham, Esq., Hamilton. — Dear Sir,— l regret the present train arrangements will prevent me attending your meeting to-day, but I am quite prepared to leave the matter in the hands of the meeting, simply stating -that our council was unanimous that we should not pay the iniquitous tax unless compelled by law, joining other local bodies in resisting. ISow that the Government threaten to deduct our respective amounts from subsidies, I would suggest that legal advice be obtained as to what power we have in moving the Supreme Court to prevent the Treasurer paying over the amounts, and then calling another meeting. This may be an expensive course, but I fear if the money is once paid over it will be a difficult matter to get it refunded. The Government will say they paid it in good faith. If the meeting thinks fit, I would be agreeable to naoie the " Waikato County " to adopt the course I suggested, and fight the matter. Regretting again my absence, yours faithfully, F. C. Gebmann, chairman W,»pa County Council.