The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1889.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2706, 14 November 1889, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1889.

Equal and cxn.ct justice to all men, Of whatsoever state or persuasion, religious or political.

His Lordship Bishop Cowie, accompanied by the Rev. J. S. Hill, of Auckland, passed through Hamilton on Tuesday, en mute for Te Aroha.

A meeting of the committee of the South Auckland Racing Club will be helil to-morrow evening at half-past 7 o'clock, in The Waikato Times Buildings.

A meeting of the Te Awamutu Cavalry will be held on Tuesday next at the cam)), Raglan, tor the purpose of electing a lieutenant vice Mr C. F. Storey, resigned.

The cricket match, Cambridge v. Paterangi, that was to have taken place at Cambridge on Monday, did not eventuate. Neither side had a full team, so a friendly pa me was indulged in until the rain stopped the play.

Buggy accidents seem quite the rage in Waikato of iate. On Sunday Mr G. E. Clark met with an accident through his horse bolting. We have not heard tho particulars, but wc are led to understand that the consequences are not serious.

The big dam above Chamber's mill at Cambridge was carried away early yesterday morning. It caused the small one to collapse, but fortunately it did not give way all at once, or the fluino and water wheel would have been injured. As it luckily happens tlie.y remain intact. A few day's work will soon put matters right again.

We have received a copy of the Sheep Breeder's Guide, published by <juitiell Brothers, of Newark, England, which is a complete treatise of useful infbrmalion for flock-owners. Tho author's object is to facilitate an extended and more general knowledge of sheep, so that breeders in distant lands may be better acquainted with the progress of recent years. The book is sold at one shilling.

Our Te Awamutu reporter wishes us to correct an error which he made in his repoitof the Musical Society's concert. It would appear from the wording of it that Miss Arcner only played in the " Caliph of Bagdad," whereas with the exception of the songs and duets she played all the accompaniments. He regrets having inadvertantly not given Miss Archer the credit she so justly deserves for her assistance.

We have been requested to draw particular attention to the alteration in lhe hour of commencing Mr J. McNiools special horse sale in the Hamilton Borough Yards 011 Wednesday next. Owing to the large number of entries received—over 200 —the sale will commence punctually at 12, instead of 1 o'clock, in order that there may Im some chance of getting through before dark. Horses must be yarded by 11.30 a.m.

We notice amongst the list of names submitted by the Board of Education to the committee of the Newton West, school is that of Mr H. R. Hyatt, of Cambridge West. Should Mr Hyatt gain tho appointment, he will be greatly missed in Pukckura, where he has made himself extremely popular by giving * course of useful and instructive lectures. Ho has always been to the fore also when any entertainment was required to raise funds for school purposes.

The Good Templars of Cambridge held what they designate "open lodge" on Monday evening, i.e., they gave an entertainment, to which the public were admitted free of charge. The Oddfellows' Hall was well filled, and everyone seemed pleased with the performance. Several of the speakers referred to the absence of the clergymen of the town : and, indeed, we think it strange that of four ministers residing within half a mile of the hall, not one could make it convenient to be present.

As announced in our advertising columns, the Tauwhare Amateur Dramatic Club give their opening entertainment tomorrow evening. In addition to the members of the club, who will appear in the farce, we understand that a number of ladies and gentlemen from Cambridge and Hamilton musical circles have kindly consented to appear iu the first part of the programme. The farce " Awfully Fat "is one of t'o:; most amusing ever attempted by amateurs, and ought to "go well." The arrangements wind up with a dance, so a very pleasant evening may be anticipated.

We are glad to learn that at last the tradespeople of Hamilton are recognising the importance of that growing institution the South Auckland Racing Club. At tile formation of the club a Tradesman's Plate was included among the events for Lhe Christmas .Meeting but this lias been a Tradesman's Plate _ in name only. This year tho tradespeople are becoming more alive to the interest of the club, and have made a donation to tho Clu'-i for this race, which will now be really a Tradesman's I'late. If not this year, at least next, we hope that the tradespeople iu the various centres will recognise tho imoortauce of a central racing club, and mako the Tradesman's Plate a valuable event. Mrs Kilgour and her daughters left Cambridge ou Tuesday morning for Te Aroha, en route for the Thames. We are afraid they will not have a very good impression of Cambridge, for in addition to the serious accident that befell them about a fortnight since, they had a lively experience before setting out on their homeward journey. They had taken their seats in the buggy "and were saying good-bye to their friends, when one of the horses began playing up in a most outrageous manner. The ladies did not wait to be thrown out but scrambled to the ground in double-quick time and waited until the restive steed had been quieted, when they took their seats again and were diWen off. We trust they reached Te Amlja in safety, for they certainly showed themselves plucky, considering the rough exporimicethey have had during their Waikato visit.

It a great pity that such a pleasant spot as Tamahere should be infested with a crowd of larrikins, and yet such is the fact, for it is very seldom there is an entertainment ur dance given, but what sumo sort of damage is done to the horses, harness, or vehicles that are usually left in the school grounds, The feto hold last Monday gave thoso larrikins,-mother opportunity of distinguishing themselves, and they were not slow to avail themselves of it, i>ut in this instance they were not content with doing damage, for they went a step further, and committed u crime that will land them in Mount Kden, if—as we sincerely hope may happen—they are found out. It mav perhaps be thought we are visiting the sjns of visitors upon the residents, but wo know that even private parties have been disturbed by the local larrikin element, and therefore we think we are justified in laying the blame upon them.

Although it was a damp dark night 011 Tuesday evening, the Hamilton VVesleyan school • room was crowded to excess, the occasion being the usual fortnightly meeting of the Band of Hope. The Rev. T. G. Carr was in the chair, and a first-class programme was very creditably gono through. Not the least tin the list was a «or»et solo by W. Mettam, a lad of about ten years age, which was very well rendered, and would have given credit to a much older person,' A prize competition for solo singing took place for boys under IS years, which resulted as follows H. Salmon, 1; J. Carr, 3 ( T. Dellicar, 3. These meetings, from time tn time, provoke a good deal of amusement, and are attended and appreciated by all denominations, and the promoters are indeed to be congratulated on having worked this institution up to such a successful degree. It was sugjTfiiited that the next meeting should, in the jvay ,q£ a change, take the form of a magic lantern, \vh;ch will, doubtless, be a success. A vote of thaijfcs' was parsed to the secretary tor getting up such ,1 fiooi} programme, aijCj till} JHfletjng closed wifh the }.',enedictiou,

It will be anything but good news to housewives to learn that, the soap manufacturers of the colony intend to raise the pi ice of soap at tho beginning of next month by about £li per ton. This (says Hie Tuapeka Times) is no doubt one of the effects of our Customs Tariff. No, it isn't, it is the elfcct of tho cupidity of the manufacturers, who make tho tariff which was designed to protect them from outside competition, an excuse for blackmailing their customers. It is no argument against a protective policy any more than the disgusting bigotry of some religionists is a valid argument against religion.—Bruce Herald.

The New Zealand Times says:— His Excellency the Governor, in offering a medal for the stallion bred in the colony which, in the opinion of judges, will best improve the breed of saddle horses, stipulates that the stallion shall be thoroughly sound—a very natural stipulation from the author of the Badminton book on Coaching. No class of horses is so much wanted in New Zealand as good carriage and saddle animals. It is most difficult to-day to get a pair of well-bred, high-stepping, wellmatched horses. Yet a country which can grow such magnificent draught animals as those bred by the Hon. M. Holmes, the Australian Land Company, and Mr Bong —a country which can produce a Welcome Jack, a Carbine, a Trenton, or a Sir Modred—would surely, with care and attention, breed a race of carriage horses which would fetch top prices m Australia and India.

The modern colonial girl is in trouble. At the Port Melbourne Court last week, a young marriod woman, named Agnes Lulham, charged her father, George Washington Robbins, with threatening her life. Complainant stated that a week ago her father assaulted her by striking her twice, throwing two buckets of water over her, and then kneeling on her. He further threatened that he would do for her next time, and swing for it. The defendant said his daughter was brought from Sydney to nur.se her mother, who was ill. She " burnt the tripe," spoiled the dinners, slept in her clothes, nearly set the liouso on tire, and kept him without anything to eat for a week. He had brought her up with horses, buggies, pianos, and governesses, and she proved now ungrateful for his fatherly care. Tho Bench ooiind iiiin over, in his own recognisances of £2o and one surety in a like amount, to keep the peace for six months.

A recent article in the New York Dry Goods Chronicle on the "Advance in fhe Price of Wool in the Uuited States," gives a reason why the prices of manufactured goods have not advanced in proportion to the advance in the value of wool. Combine wools had advauced about 15 per cent. Yarns made from these wools had advanced about 8 per cent. There had, however, been no general advance in goods, though there were instances in which an advance nf 3, 4, or even 5 per cent, had been enjoyed. The explanation given was that the fixed charges of labour in manipulating the raw material in the successive processes of manufacturing, wool-sorting, scouring, carding, spinning, weaving, and finishing the cloth, tho cutting out, sewing together, and finishing the garment, aro items that enter into the cost of the raw material. It was said, therefore, that the price of wool did not control tho price of the goods.

i; Puff,' ! in the Press, writes " Y'es ! And Ballance wants to persuade the people of Wangamii that the Government are plotting with the Railway Commissioners and landowners to lower tho rato of wages on railways ! Rubbish ! What does he mean '! Why that if railway moil's wages fell all other wages would fall Well, well, well ' What a thing it is to be a darned ignorant politician '. Why don't Ballance buy a few books on political economy, retire from public life for a year or two to read 'em and learn what regulates wages ! Of course its preposterous to think that the few men employed on the permanent railway staff can settle the rate of wages ! Why, a schoolboy may see that, but its highly discreditable to a mail in the position of a Leader of the Opposition to endeavour to mislead people in that way 1 So it is ! Well we must hope your friend '.Tumbo' is learning his strength, and is turning up his eye at his mahout, now and again ! Had need, had need 1 It's a lamentable thing to see hard-working honest men misled and gammoned by politicians !"

The Melbourne Argus says " A project which deserves encouragement is the gathering of the different varieties of ferns of Australia and New Zealand in a systematic manner iu order to place interesting collections upon the markets. The work has been taken in hand by the New Zealand Fern Company, who have secured the setvices of Mrs C. C. Armstrong, formerly of Dunedin, for the preparation and arrangement of samples, and also a staff of fornerathers, who are at present in Auckland, New Zealand, where there are extensive fern districts. Mrs Armstrong has been an enthusiastic fern-collector for many years, and has been awarded medals and certificates of the first order of merit at tho exhibitions which have recently been held at London, Paris, Melbourne, Sydney, Christchurch and Dunedin. The company intend to devote their attention principally to tho issue, of the 'South Pacific Fern Album,' which, in addition to a complete collection of ferns, will contain descriptions of the ferns and the localities in which they are to be found, as well as illustrations by means of the photolithographic process." The Otago Daily Times on Monday severely criticised the Siuionsen Company's " Maritana." The same night Mr Hareoiirt Lee ejected the Times' reporter from the Princess Theatre before tho performance commenced. After the first act Mr Simonson came before the curtain, and, speaking of the repoi tor by name, said he had been ejected for writing a lying and scurrilous ciitique, and so injuring their business as to necessitate their closing that night. He called the reporter a fool, an ass, a liar, and no gentleman. Ho said the prompter was more heard than the actors, when they had no prompter; he had said they only had a chorus of seven, when twenty choristers travelled with them, anil appeared in "Mantana"; he knew nothing of music, or he would not have said Mis* May's solo, " The Harp iu the Air," should be accompaiiiud by a harp iu tho wings; he had taken the broad out of tho mouths of forty persons by his lies. Mr Siuionsen was loudly cheered, and was again applauded when lie tool,- the conductor's baton. The house was a poor one. The company goes direct back to Melbourne by the next steamer,

A somewhat new departure in wheat growing (says the Oamaru Mail) was tried at Tnipo by Mr M'Kny, manager for Mrs Te.-chemaker, last year, Tho plan adopted was to sow wheat on potato land without reploughing or preparing in any form after the potatoes were dug. Forty acres were so treated, the wheat being merely sown and the disc harrows passed once over the soil. The result was highly satisfactory, the yield being -lo. 1 ,- bushels of Tuscan wheat to the acre. Five weeks later another sect inn of land which had also been under potatoes was ploughed and harrowed in the usual manner and sown with Tuscan wheat, but the yield was only -12 bushels. This year 380 acres which had also been under potatoes, has been sown with Tuscan and velvet wheat without any previous preparation, the land being disc harrowed once only after sowing. It will be interesting to note that the cost of preparing the land in the usual way, viz., one ploughing and threo strokes of tho harrow, would be 9s per acre, whereas the total cost of merely harrowing and sowing after the potatoes had been dug did not exceed Is lOd per acre. The crops so troated this year are looking magnificent, and, our informant states, superior to any in the district.