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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2717, 10 December 1889, Page 2

Mr Robert Johnstone has been declared duly cleoted a member of the Matamata Road Board, vico Ml John Lattimer resigned. Searle. thechampion sculier of the world, who has been ill with typhoid fever, has suffered a relapse and his condition is considered hopeless. The full programme of the concert to be given in aid of the Cambridge School funds on Thursday evening next, will be found among our advertisements. We would caution those who attend "Dr. Carey's funeral to-day with timid horses, to look after them when the volunteers tiro the volleys over the grave. A meeting of those interested in holding tho annual sports at Cambridge during the approaching holiday season, is called for Thursday evening next, at 8 o'clock, at the National Hotel. Duke-street, Cambridge, is now looking better. Mr C. Craig is about to occupy a shop that has been placed opposite Mr Wells' store by Mr D. Richardson. It was removed from Queen-street last week. The Union S- S. Company's Steamers, RotJrnu and Orawaiti entered into collision during a thick fog off lvaikoura on Saturday morning. Both vessels were damaged and put in to Lyttleton, The passengers and crew behaved admirably. The concert and dance which was to have taken place in the school-room, Paterangi, last Kri'.lay evoninc, was, owing lo the wet weather, postponed to Tuesday, I Ith January, particulars of which will be again duly advertised. There are constantly dead cattle floating down the river, one at present is lying opposite the pottery works which is very offensive to tho residents of that part of Huntly. it was in this neighbourhood that the outbreak of typhoid occurred last year. The Native Land Cpurt at Cambridge was occupied a considerable portion of yesterday with Fraud Commissioners' work. An application from the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Company for the sub-division of Maungatautari, Nox. 1 and 2, was partly heard, as was also No. 3 on behalf of the natives.

Mr Coates, Waikato agent for the National Mutual Life Association of Australasia, has arrived from Lower Waikato after successful business, and_ will be in Hamilton for the next fortnight. Communications relative to Life Insurance will be punctually attended to, addressed, care Waikato Times Office. The privileges in connection with the South Auckland Racing Club's Summer Meeting were put up by auction on Saturday last by Messrs Knox and Ridler, and the following satisfactory prices realised : — Grand-stand bar, Mrs Gwynne, _ £17 ; temperance booth, H. Mahon, ilo 10s; horse paddock, Mrs Kiely, .£2 10s ; gates, •T. Ridler, .£4l; cards, G. Kdgecumbe, £10 10s. Total, £7'J 10s. Mr F. W- Lang, of Tuhikaramea, Chairman of the Waipa County Council, met with an accident on Thursday evening while rinking, by which lie dislocated the small bone of the knee, just under the kneejoint. Mr Lang, though lie feltsome slight inconvenience, took no notice of his injury until Sunday, when the knee became too stiff to walk on, and he came ia to Dr. Murch, who reduced the dislocation. We understand that Mr Maunder has just about used up all the flax in the vicinity of Frankton. and intends to remove his flax-mill plant to Whatawhata about the end of the present week. A great many people were inconvenienced by the mill, and will be glad to hear of this, for although no action was taken against the owners, still, most of the settlers have stood the annoyanco wonderfully, and as Mr Maunder consented to shift the mill as soon as convenient, no doubt that was the reason why they were so forbearing. The lecture on "Dry Bones." that was to have been given by tho Kev. C. H. Garland in the Wesleyan School, Cambridge, on Friday evening, did not eventuate. The wet evening made the audience a very thin one, consequently the lecture was postponed, those present getting up an impromptu concert for their mutual entertainment. In addition to a number of songs by various performers, a piano and cornet duet was given in an excellent manner by Messri McDermott and Drury respectively. The latter is a really lino cornet player, who pays more attention to the quality of tone, than is usual among wind instrumentalists of Waikato. A concert will be given in the Public Hall. Cambridge, on Thursday, to raise funds for the Publie School, a notice of which appears inour advertising columns*. The School Committee are hard pressed at the present time, for the amount they now receive from tho Lducation Board is only £2.") per annum ; about sufficient to pay for the cleaning of the schools. The programme of the concert is a very good one and contains several character songs, which will bo staged in lirst class style. One of these soups is a local production, and contains many hits that will convulso the audience. Mrs Maxwell makes her final appearance before a Cambridge audience, as she leaves for Auckland next day. In reference to tho advertisement it will be ssen that a host of talent has been secured, and in addition the evening's entertainment will close with a dance. We think it the duty of everyone to lend a hand, by attending this concert

The Tauwhare School was examined in standards on Tuesday, 3rd inst., by Mr Crowe, and the result was satisfactory. The roll number is 38, and there were presented, 24 ; excepted, 5 ; passed, 15 ; failed, 4. The 5 excepted had just been admitted and had made no attendance tinder regulation 0. '' Atticus," in the Leader, has the following " What on earth do you want to leave for ?" asked the mistress. Bridget hesitated and said she would rather not answer. But tho mistress insisted and Bridget at last faltered out :—" Well, if you must know ma'am, its because you and I both love the same man and you have him. It's more than I can bear." She was an excellent cook, and the mistress was a sensible woman. " Don't be silly, Bridget, if you love him it's all the more reason you should stay, I won't, mind it if you don't." On this understanding Bridget consented to remain, and her cooking was more brilliant than over, so that the mistress was secretly glad that the poor girl's affections were thus misplaced. But after a lull of a few weeks Bridget again came to give notice. " I can't stand it any longer, ma'am," she declared. " I bore with his loving you for it was his duty to. But to see lntn singing and philandoring over the piano with your sister, while he never so much as throws a look at me, cuts mo to the heart. If you won't send your sister out of the houso I must go." And in spite of all that could be said to prevent it, she went !

Under the heading "Ruin by Protection," the New York World writes:—The manufactures of jute bagging for covering bales enjoy the protection of a prohibitory duty on competing products—that is to say, under Republican policy a paternal Government by law compels the millions of American citizens who aie engaged in growing cotton to buy their bagging of this little company of favoured rich men. This iB called protecting American industry. The little group of rich monopolists last year formed themselves into a trust, shut up some of their mills, thereby throwing workmen out of employment, and advanced the price of jute bagging to an extent which imposed an additional tax of several millions of dollars on the growers and consumers of cotton. Thus the protection of a fev rich men involved the oppressive robbery of a multitude of men not rich. And that is what protection usually docs. Planters this year have sought- to protect themselves against this destructive "Protection" by buying a cotton cloth bagging which the Southern cotton mills make for use in lieu of the jute. The mills have manufactured this bageing extensively, and all the planters have bought their year's supply. Now comes the news that the jute-bagging manufacturers lwe secured an alliance with the Liverpool Cotton Exchange authorities under which that Exchange peremptorily refuses to " recognise " cotton bales covered with cotton bagging. It is reported that this decision will ruin many of the cotton-growers, and pecuniarily injure all of them. If so, their ruin, or whate/er injury short of ruin they sutler, will bo the direct consequence and fruit of that policy of legislating for the benefit of tho few at the expense of tho many, which is misnamed "Protection." Tiie facts in the case will hardly tend to stimulate the growth of the alleged Protectionist sentiment in the south.