The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2237, 9 November 1886, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Equ.il and exact justice to all men, Of whatsoever state or persuasion, religious or political.

TUESDA V, NO Y. 0, 18S6.

Mr Joseph Banks is not in accord •with some of those who spoke at the recent meeting at Hamilton, called to consider the question of erecting public abbatoirs in Waikato. He is of opinion that the concession in freight offered by the railway department is quite sufficient for the successful carrying out of the business. The present rate for dead meat from Hamilton to Auckland is one sixth of a penny per pound, and the rate proposed by the Government is one-eighth of a penny, but this reduction is held to be not enough by Mr Barugh and others, who c©ntend that larger concessions must be made before a profit can be expected. The point which the meeting ap peared to insist upon was that the department should carry the dead meat at truck rates, in other words that the carcase should be carried at the same rate as the live bullocks. Mr Hudson pointed out that a truck would carry more weight in live stock than in dead moat, and Mr Maxwell has now emphasised this opinion, with the object of showing that the difference between the respective rates is not, after all, so very great, certainly not so wide as to choke off the contemplated trade. Some reference was made at the meeting to the liability of the Government for loss occasioned to meat by damage in transit, and Mr Hudson was asked, whether, in the event of consignors agreeing to absolve the department, the rate could not be lowered. Mr Maxwell answered this, at his interview with Mr Graham, by saying that as the department occupied the position of a common carrier, whose liability was fixed by Act of Parliament, the point need not be debated. So far as the question of freight is concerned we confess that we see no insuperable obstacle in the way of starting the trade. A further concession would greatly benefit the grazier, of course, without, we are convinced injury to the revenue, but its acquisition is not, we repeat, vital to the success of the scheme. The initial and the most substantial difficulty experienced in other similar enterprises, will not have to be encountered in this. Nobody is asked to put his hand in his pocket to erect the yards and slaughterhousos ; that part of the business the Hamilton Borough Council have offered to do. They certainly ask that the payment of interest on the outlay shall be guaranteed for a certain term of years, but that after all is a very matter. We suspect that the greatest

trou )'e is unconnected with the Railway Pepu'tmenf, ana will spring from the Auckland butchers, a class uhose interests the settlers at the late meeting expressed such a strong desire to conserve. Aheuly, indications are not wanting that they mean to make a stubborn iit>ht of it, notwithstanding all that his been said about their willingness to acquiesce m the proposal io kill the meat in Waikato. There may or there may not be a contest impending. Ft" the farmers of W.iikato are made of putty it will not happen, but if theie is any more substantial stuff in their composition, they will band together and determine that they will no longer be ridden down by a butchers' ring. They have now an opportunity for asserting themselves. Let us hope that they will embrace it.

The residents of Ng.iruawa.hia have taken the initiative in a very important matter. A petition has been drafted praying the Government to take steps to open up the vast extent of country lying between the Lower Waipa and the West Coast by means of roads, in order to further the extension of settlement. The project is one that deserves the hearty support of all the settlers in Waikato, for the reasons stated on the body of the petition, and we earnestly hope they will not show any reluctance to lend it their

countenance. We cannot well conceive it probable that the Government will turn a deaf ear to an application so reasonable. Whatever may be the faults of the present Ministry, they have shown a strong desire to help forward the settlement of the country, and Mr Ballance, especially, is thoroughly in earnest on the subject. The establishment of village settlements is only one, but it is the most popular and therefore the most prominent of the means he has devised for carrying out his

progressive policy It may seem not a little strange that while so much Crown laud of good quality, and capable of being made easily accessible should be allowed to remain in a state of nature, while settlements are founded in the f.ir North, away from ken or civilisation, but we are fain to think that the cause is to be looked for in the indifference of those most deeply interested. Where so much, land remains to bo taken up, and where there are so many people deeply interested in its acceptance by the Government it is natural to expect that the Minister should adopt the principle of «• first come first served." The difference, between the north and certain other districts equally in need of development, equally in need of the kindly helping hand of the Government, amounts practically to this, that while tho former has a John Lundon, the others haven't. That is really the gist of tho whole matter. It is more than likely that tho people of Ngaruawahia recognise this, at all events it can no longer bo an inscrutable thing that the Government should neglect so fair a country as that which lies between the "Wai pa Biver and the ocean undoubtedly is. Tho land is not only of excellent quality, but it is rich in timber, coal, and lime, and possesses amongst its other attractions hot springs of great medicinal value. That the Waikato would benefit immensely by the opening of this new district is quite certain, and we trust that the worthy and public spirited people of the historical town of Waikato, will not rest contented until they have brought tho Minister of Lands into agreement with their views.

Owing to the telegraph line being down we are without our usual cablegrani^. To-day (the Prince of Wales' Birthday), will bo observed as a general holiday. All the Banks in Waikato will bo closed. The Hon. J. A. Tole, Minister of Justice, arrived in Auckland yesterday morning from Wellington. There will in all probability be a sitting of the Native Lands Court at Alexandra during the month of March, (lood news for the local business people. The members of the Hamilton Choial Society will meet to-night at the usual hour and place. A full attendance is requested. Judge Mair and the other Native Lands Court officials arrived at Alexandra, on Satmday from Otoiohangacn route for Auckland. The Post offices in Waikato will obsene a clo^e holiday to-day, neither receiving nor delivering any mails or telegrams. The Rev. Mr Dellow preached at the anniversary .services of the Parnell Wesleyan Church on Sunday morning to a large congregation. , Sixteen horses have accepted for the New Zealand Cup. Major N. George's Nelson (9st 101 bs. ) heads the list. The race takes place this afternoon. A cheap excursion train will leave Hamilton West for Auckland this morning at half-past 7, and Fraukton at a quaiterto 8, returning the same evening, leaving Auckland at G.lO p.m. The Piako County Council will meet at Cambridge at 11 a.m. to-morrow (Wednesday), to elect two membeis of tho Waikato Hospital and Charitable Aid Boards. In the report of the drawing of the Pie^bytenan Art Union two ei-rot.s v,C' ■ cm red. The prize of three tins of biscuits fell to ticket No. 22, not 221, and he prize for ticket No. 134 was a bracket, not a bracelet. The share list of the Waikato Dairy Company is expected soon to b,a filled, as the cipacity of the factory is only equal to operate upon 800 gallons, and 700 gallons daily are being supplied. Aftsr a week's spell of fine weather rain set in l.i.sfc evening, whioh, i\q doubt, will prove very acceptable to tl>e faimeis although it m likely to mar thft pleasure of holiday-scekcn. Mr Alfred Boardman. of Welling' ton, lias been lined J -'"> .md compelled to j. iy tlnee times thf .mi i nit of hii liability for not has-'ing fui ni-h'-il Hi > I'ioperty Tax Dcpaitinent wivl. cirirtt icturn of his property. The Pirongh Mineral Assoeiatioiic formed some month-, pgo for the puriiosc o^ piospccting foi |/o'd in the King country, is about to bo V"un»j up. A meeting for this purpose has bee.i u illqd for Saturday next in the Alexandra HoWl. The, NZS. Cos. R.M;. s-s, Tougariro anived in Auckland harbour eaily yesterday morning. She left Plymouth on the 2">th September. Tlj« .teannT will resume her voyage to Southern poit-> this evening.

Ail th 3 contracts on th 3 Alexai dia-hlikuiangi-Kawhu toad <uu m>»\' cunpMed but the road cannot bo r.sxl as tho largest mvk the Ngakpahia has not yet been b.idgod, tho attention of the Government s'umld be c,\llod to what is apparently an over sight on tho p nl of tho«r official-*. At a meeting of the Waikato Dairy Company held on Friday evening la^, the following gentleman were elected dii odors :— Messrs S. T. Saddon, Edmonds A. Sw.wliiifk, IX Henry, and Captain Steele. iMu-'srs G. ICdgecumbo and A. Campbell were appointed auditors. Titokowaru waited upon the Native Minister on Saturday, praying that TiJ Whiti -.h-Mild bo allowed tobacco whiNt in gaol for the benefit of his health. The Hon. Mr Bdlance told the one-eyed chief that the question of tobacco was one exclusively for the doctor. The Te Awamutu district will this year h ive the pleasure of carrying out tic ntve>s iry ai rangempnts for the Waikato Horticultural Show, m accordance with a tacit understanding that the shows should move round. Tho^o whi> propose taking an active part in getting it up will have the advantage of the past experience gained at the previous shows. Mr D. B. Russell's Concert Compiny i> advertised to appear in LeQuesne's Hall o.i Thursday evening ne\t, November 11th. It will be remembered that this tilentcd company were to ha\o given an entertainment at Hamilton last Wednesday, but oa ing to some members of the party being unexpectedly called to Auckland, the concert had to be postponed. We hear that Mini Pepene, who was awarded a two thousand acre block of land at Kaipiha, at the late sitting of the land court at Otorohanga, has made an application to the Government to obtain the services of Mr F. H. Edgecumbe, who is well-known to tho native residents in that locality, to undertake thn necessary survey of the block. Regarding the Stark purchase, the commissioners in their report state that the price paid for the land was in excels of its value, but are of opinion that there was no irregularity in the mode of conducting or completing the purchase, and that they entiiely acquit Mr Seamen of any complicity in any attempt to defraud the Government. The Hamilton Branch of the New Zealand Evangelistic Association will hold a tea and meeting in LeQuesne's Hall, this evening. Tea w ill be on the table at G. 30 o'clock, and tho meeting will commence at 8 o'clock. Ths following gentlemen will deliver addresses. Mews Cut, Wilcox, Taylor, Aldiidge and Fletcher. A number of vo^al selections will be interspersed, contributed by members of the congregation. The Wesleyan District Meeting commenced in Auckland on Saturday, prayer being led by the Rev. J. Dukes. A considerable portion of tho morning was occupied in the examination of Messrs Marshall, Dean and Mather, who are just completing the term of probation appointed by the Wesleyan Church, namely four years. The examiner was the Rev. A. Read. The examination was not concluded on Saturday. Commencing with the despatch of the next month's San Francisco mail, the steamer will leave Auckland a dly earlier than now — on Monday instead of Tuesday. Correspondingly, mails will also close a day sooner than present dates at all other places. The change will enable homeward mails being forwarded from New York by the Saturday fast biat for Queenstown, and delivered in London three or four days earlier than is now the ca-se. Oi Saturday last the trial of Perm and Caffery tor the murder of Robert Taylor, at the Great Barrier \v<\h resumed, when the girl Giace Cleat y was cross examined by Messrs Napier and Palmer. From the evidence adduced it would appear, as far as possible, to screen Perm. The case stands adjourned till to-morrow morning. CafFerys face during the proceedings presented an impassive appearance, even when the most damaging statements were m\de against him. Messrs W. S. Laurie and Co. notify in our columns to day, having on hand and for sale new season turnip seed, shipped by the celebrated growers, Sharp & Co., of Sleaford, also artificial m mures. We particularly draw the attention of farmers to that part of their adveitisoment in which they state that they are preparing to grind bonednit at Ngaruawahu. With such an industry at out door, it is right to induce all the support possible to ensure its success, Trident and Trenton opposed each other at tho V.1i.0. Spring Meeting on Siturday in tho Canterbury IMafce, weight for w, distance three miles. Alter a gieat race tho son of Musket was beaten by a length. The timo was only omins. 2."> pecs., the fa^te>t yet recorded for a similar distance. Trenton carried 9.st 71b, whilst Tndent Ind 7^t olb up. Should these two ciack^ meet in the Champion Stakes to be run in March next, the son of Robinson Crusoe will have to carry Dlb more, while Trenton will have lib less. A notice appears in another column requesting horsemen and those interested in the "saurian monster" to meet at Moore's corner at 11 o'clock today to scour the country in search of the much-dreaded creature. Perhaps it might be as well to mention that blankets will also be needed, especially as the : saqrian appeals to prefer daikness to light fey the purpose of making hi~> depredations. The party will bo in charge of a well-know local "sport," whoso knowledge of the country is a .sutficientguarantee thas no effort will be spared to run the dreaded animal to earth. On Snnday last collections were made in the various Anglican Churches in Auckland in aid of the Home Mission Fund. At the last Diocesan Synod the vaiious clergymen were asked to make a Special etfort to iucrease the fund, which, we aro sorry to say, is at a low ebb at present. The fund js for the special purpose of supplementing tha stipend^ of the ministers located in different parts of th.c country districts in which the Church membQis are unable to provide sufficient stipend to keep a minister amongst them. The offertories at S. Peter's, Hamilton, amounted to fco ](X Mr Qowper, who has ably filled the duties v,i qlork of the Native Land Court at Otorohanga, informs us [hat Mita Karaka and Major Te Wheor-o conducted the cases entrusted to their care with a discretion and acumen that won for them the praise of all connected with the proceedings. He further tells us that lawyers would have been quite "detrop/' ,->ei'ing the great ability displayed by thosa gentle men. _ Lawyers, in our opinion, are mo 4 undesirable gentry at all time, and are seldom to be depended on to win more than an average of cases. We learn from another .source that Major Te Wheoro and Mita were unfortunate enough to lose their respective Gases on this parfcipulai occasion. The plot thickens in the Maori Western Electoral District. Already we have announced in our columns that such eelebtities as Major Te Wheoio, Wutere te Rerenga, Mita Karaka, and George Brown intended to face the electors. We have now to add the name of a still more redoubtable champion — Te Wahanui — to the combatants. The fight will certainly be a most interesting one, in view of the important mattery thot have recently taken place in tlio liing Cou'ntiy. \yalmnui should prove a most formidable opponent, to all who oppose him. It is, however, difficult at present to predict the outcome of the contest where so many are facing the returning officers. A meeting of the members of the Cambridge Ciicket Club was held at Bach's Criterion Hotel on Saturday evening la>>t, to make arrangements tor the for£.J;cot>»ing season. Financially the club is in a sound j position, but thete appears to he a great jack of enterpiise among the cricketers of the di^'ict, tho attendant being veiy small. The effect-* of the club wore pip son ted for inspection,' aiid tefleot tlie greatest credit upon Mv Lonfrbotcom, (wlio had kindly taken cbaige of the.n during the winter) all of them being in an excellent fetata of preservation, and comprising all rerjiiiiite tool*.'' It was decided to have .i scratch match in tho^ove^ninent paddock on Saturday next at 3 p.m., when all interp>Ud aio earnestly requested to attend. The meeting was Uieii adjourned until the Kilh inst., when it will ba held on tho giound after the above nntch. There will be, ptactico each evening during the week atr> p.m. Suiely the young men of Cambii(i>;e ate not going to allow the good old game to OT,iie.ily ej:p've. A Regular Shaver.— Thq l^athen Chinee that fetched the immortal Bill Nye at that ever memorable game of poker kifpv/ a thing or two, and various are the devices of tlio f>onu of Abraham to appropiiatcany cunont^oin o| £ho realm that maybe roaming about lbc-e. A ''sturdy beggar" Brodio \va->, and is up to all s'.rts of moves to extract the dollar? from the

public pui.se for the benefit of his pet county. Oar own J 8., by tho w.iy, lMi't n bad hand n\ he. 1 there is a little o\tra expcndituie K r »nicf on from tho Public Treasury. But of all the dodges we have e\er heard of, commend ua to the latent, emanating from the "downtrodden" aboriginal inhabitant of the 50 islands. The court is just over at Otorohang.i, and the officials, before leaving, proceeded to settle up their accounts with their Maori hosts. After board and lodging and such like, ordinary items had been fixed up satisfactorily, a second bill for three pounds w.ih presented for "hot shaving water!" It seems that some of the court officials have a dislike to hirsute appendages, and every morning the needful supply of one of the principal ingredients of lather was served up to those unsuspecting gontlemen. Hence the bill. We should like to see the Hon. J. Ballance's face if this item of expenditure ever meets his eye. Would the Auditor-General pass it, wo wonder? Three pounds for hot shavingwater for fourteen weeks. Oh ! Ruge, whero w ere you ? The Shah of Persia appears to be a model fatherly sovereign. The ladies of Teheran recently .sent a deputation to him to complain of the cafes which are springing up there on all sides. They set forth that their husbands spent too much of their tune there, and that the consequence was " a decrease in the development of family life and a blow to the happiness of the domestic hearth." The next day his Persian Majesty ordered all the cafes in his kingdom to be closed. The Church of England Temper ance Chronicle state the following appeared among the miscellaneous advertisements in a recent issue of the liish Times: — "How to change the color of ah alcoholic red nose. Recipe, which is effectual in nine cases out often, may be had by sending postal order for IDs to X., 738, this office." There is a very watchful worker in Dublin in the person of Mr T. William l?air, the energetic hon. secretary of the; Dublin Total Abstinence Society, so \t, i% not a matter for surprise that the quaint advertisement above quoted was immediately followed by this : — "'How to change the colour of an alcoholic red nose— Don't waste 10s; cUI over to the Coffee Palace 0, Townsendstreet, and in 99 cases out of 100, sign the pledge and keep it, your nose will assume its natural chape and colour.— Alcoholic led nose curing, G, Townsend-strpet, Dublin." Lord Charles Bare.iford, MP.. Junior Lord of the Admiralty, and sivoral other members of Pailiament, recently witnessed a number of experiments on the Thamos with a ne.v patent cork-cloth, or floating fabric, an ingeniously-devi.sxl material, which enables any person to keep aHoat in the sea, however rough the waves When m ide up into yachting jackets, for either Lulio-j or gentlemen, the stuff i-} undistinguish ible from ordinary cloth, and can be had in any colour, the cork being woven into it in Ion? slender strips, and altogether hidden from sight. Several gentlemen tried on coats made of the fabric, and f und them light, comfortable, ana easily fitting to the figure. The compxny assembled on board the steamb ut Celia, and the experiments took place in the river opposite the terrace of the Houses of Parliament. A number of unn, who could not swim, wearing j\ckets of the new cloth, jumped into the water, and were buoyed up p3rfectlv. The invention is likely to be of much advantage to yachtsmen, se-imen, and fishermen, and the c)>t of th°, fabric is not more than 15 psr cent, over ordinary cloth. General approval was expre^ed by tho spectators. Mr Pardy has received the following gratifying testimonial from the lion. I John Ballance, Native Minister: — "The recent trials of le Whiti and others, ending in their conviction and sentence appears to me to afford a proper opportunity to express the satisfaction of the Government and df myself with tho manner in whioh you have cirried out your duties and fulfilled my wishes and direction^ upon tho West C >ast. I desire to express my recognition of the courage, firmness, and prudence you have displayed throughout the critical period of a new departure in the mode of dealing with tho Maoris, and confidence that owing to the success which has attended your execution of your duties, that for the future it will be possible to deal with tint section of our fellow-citizens exactly in the same manner as with Europeans. I willingly bmr my testimony that to the untiring zeal and earnest effort to carry out the duty entrusted to you not a little of this success >nu-t be attributeJ. You are to h* prom «ted to the rank of i->t Class Inspector at once. So'jaa amusing stories are told in connection with tho big totalisitor diwdenda at N"ipier. ois of t!io ticket >on Lfibjrty was, (the Po-)t *iy>) taken by a man who was ujoivj than half drunk, and who g)t tl>3 ticket it] mistake for anotlur. Thosa who had liugho.i. afc ljis folly iv backing a duffer were quick to congratulate him on his suocoss, and whin he \v3iit to get hi-, m uny ha wa; surrounded by a crowd of hungry-looking loafers, all of whom wera loud in their efforts to take cue of him. The quick eye of Detective Grace, who was on the field, spotted among the numjrous "friends" two or three of tho Sydney gang of sharpers, and he heard I,wo of them concocting a scheme for diverting the caslf from the pockets of tho winner to their own. Afuol} to the disgust of th'j.se gentry, the detective mada his way up to the machine, and as soon as the mm had received the £158 arrested him on a charge of drunkenness, and at once took him t>the lock-up. In the in >rning > he thanked the police very sincerely for their timely inteiference. Writes "PuflT in tb,e Press :- "By the bye, that's a queer circular of Stout's, requiring Boards of Education to spend the building grant in buildings only ! How are they te» provide for lupurs and cnlargo'iient-. V" "The be-.t way they em ! Don't you see? Stout's idea is to force tho localities to assist the B >»rds of E luoitio'i with funds ! His p >licy is gradually to shift the charge for education from the colonial t-i\payerd on to the local rate payers!" "Then why doesn't h'j say so i openly, and go in for restoring provincialism again ?" "That's what he'd like to do, bat he knows jt wouldn't b.) curied, so he's trying to get in the tijin end of the wedge in an indirect way !" "He'll make a insss of it, you'll see ! if the Education Boards are wise, they'll ignore his circular and spend the building grant as hithertofore ! There's nothing to stop them!" "The A-uditor would disallow the expenditure on anything Uut actual buildings !" " I doubt if he 'could, but it wouldn't njatter if he did ! That would bring it before Parliament and Parliaments would bo sure to uphold the Boards !" Private letters received from Madrid (says the Melbourne Age) state that Spanish society has been thrown into excitement by the Midden exile of one of the h.ind-iomcst and mo.st dashing officers of the Quucn's Guards. The officer was continually on duty in and about the royal inlace. He toll violently in love with his Sovej.ei;«ii, and, making no concealment of his passion, revealed li> in various ways. One day ho made his way to tho t^ueeu'o boudoir, and throwing himself at her Majesty's feet, poured forth, his tale of passion. But alas for his devotion ! the C^ueen banished him ftotn her presence, and hinting to her Ministers that his absence would contribute to tho repose of her mind, the Secretary ot War intervened. He signed an order the ne\t day, ordering the lemoval of the cavalry regiment, to vjhich the officer is attached, to a town remote from the capital. The gentleman belong* to a powerful aristocratic family. Nevertheless, he is likely to t\,\xt, a warm time in the regiment, which, in consequence of his escapade, has been ordered into vhtual exile.