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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2898, 10 February 1891, Page 2

Congress his voted £1,000,000 tcnv;ir- is the CiiiiwK') World's Fair. Lord Sheffield is arranging for a Kair;ish crida team to visit Aiiotr-.au ui the autumn. Ths syndicate carrying l on BarI>n -ine-s has decided to take over tho at the official estimate. The polling for the Northainp t .ii s-vit. rendered vacant by the de'th i.t" Mr Bradlaiigh, is tixed fur I'ubruary l'-'tli. The monthly meetings of the V»' m i Comity Council and 11 .unilton and 0 uiihridfie J>>r<>iu;h Councils take place today. Tho London wool sales continue tina, and bidding is spirited. Foreign Imv. ;-s have taken two-third* ..f the number .■I li.iics said. "Wo wculd oraw attention to n>'W entries for Me.-- r.- .1. McN tool and C I.'s appruachinsr sheep fair, v.hic;h are advertised in this issue. 31r J. ICally, member tor Inverc r^ill. and Mr \V. Jveliy. member tor tho K ,*t Oust, u-i're p issemrer-; hy the train yesterday, en t.'Ute fir tKron!. It is proposed that a conference ..K.iild he in London In .May between ;i, .-•■i-'''. — n 1 - 1 '-i'• .'- 1 <f (-'.ai.:.i and A'lsy.. , ,i :1 i ii i au! t:.; I'.i.-liie enlile. Bntrios for the various handicap ~en's i.iiillill'.T and boating) at the 1 L.n.iitnii Scanning (rala close with tho -aaetaty. Hamilton, this afternoon, at frjdf pant o 'j'clmcL.

Ow::t ■" t■) ' lie d ! iy t!~rtt -vouh.l -0 I 10 r.r ■ ] wi'li !e, -.1 I lit!!-. . il- T I Itt.l t.no: ■ • i. •• ".V" p.: 'ii:." | '. 1 !.•■ I'. ■n■ i - • ii .( II •t :! i' 1 .11 t , M ( •,„« P;; I. The i'ollowiiisr tendei-3 liave been ! i: - i \,-d t'.r til.' (lot-i' -ip. i. i v a* tile 'A. I.i:. it. I 111...pit;,! : — 1 Mil a, .Sinil h ~ 'id ■;>' t !>. C,.| ; \V .M n.iider, '.'Si! ; Trios. Ii pi ie! 1, t.'ll.S; I. I'r'.f..id (accepted), £fio Kaukin, of Cnmbrid^e : ), lia-- in ;■ (i ! 1 ■n'-n f s f'i 11 jm ci: i'* 'if ;inrii r; i*: m vith :i n injection ".xti'iicffi tr->r r i l,h---p!''.'n <if imt < l with ptTCcnt. uf (!!f\

At a meeting' oi' the ni"ml)ers of '.he Hamilton Amateur I Ir.enaiie Club held •.li Saturday livening :t «',i» decided to ;.c eept Mr Neville. Thoriums terms for painting the s.-enery for the Shaie-hraun, aid the work will be put in hand at once. As will be seen by reference to our commercial column-, the American wheat market is firm and the price I- ad- ■ anciiur. There have been but very few American shipments to I'higl.tnd, and this fact augurs well for an improved market at 1 [ome.

Instead of the usual parish picnic, which for the last few ye irs has b"en held in connection with St. I'eter s Church, Hamilton, a conc-it similar to that held in November he.t will be given later on. A picnic for the Sunday school children wili hi; held shortly.

Tho chairman of the Waikato County Council, .Mr A. i'rin.rose, and Mr .1. Forrest, a member of that body, with the County clerk, Capt. McPherson and .Mr T. C. S.miles. County engineer, went down to Wairanpi by train yesterday im irnintr. They will be ni-t by M r .1 ohti.-on till) representative of the Itangirin Hiding in the Waikuto Countv Council, and will make a thorough inspi-etion of all the ro:ids in tho district, returning on Thursday. The weather being so unpropilioi,- on Saturday last, the competition for the s-tj'.ection 'f a team of tho Hamilton Ijiirht infantry to tire ! a the C er.ion Challenge Shield did ie r, t ike plaw. _ A competition will talce place next Saturday the six highest scorers in which will bo tho team selected. It will be open, however, for any member of the company to challenge either of the team, and if successful in beating the member challenged twice, he will take his place in the team. The West Cornwall correspondent of the Agricultural Gazette writes " There is quite a scare among the bulciiei's and farmers, owing to tho _ introduction of foreign frozen meat. The importers intend opening .shops all round the route of the West Cornwall linn to be supplied from week to \ve?k from the main depot in Plymouth. It is said tho miners at Camborn market last Saturday were pretty nigh furious about getting either a joint of beef or lamb of this American or Xew Zealand lueit us the case might; be. The price was from L'.ld to 7d per pound, and about one ton was sold. How the foreign competition in dead meat will terminate, I am unable lo see at present, but one thing is plain, the coarso cut ot Home beef will have to be sold very cheap or left unsold. Pork and butter were never so cheap in my remembrance, certainly not since the introduction of the railway into our midst.

In one important respect (says the D.uicdin "Evening Star'') Mr I'nll;uic.i may consider himself juu'tieulai .y fortunate. He does not snccced, as his predecossr did, to a depleted Treasury, and lind himself at once obliged to face se.iious embarrassment. The statement prepared by Sir Harry Atkinson for the information of the Governor, show ins; the probable state of the finances at the end of the year li<9o- - is exceedingly satisfactory, both as to revenue and expenditure. There will be a con.-iderable surplus in the Public Account : and tho Land Fund has so pulled up that the debit at the commencement of the year, amounting to £45,717, may be expected to be n?arlv extinguished. In the Public Works Fund the available balance, it is estimated, will be fiJtI3,GOS at tho end of tho year, subject to then outstanding liabilities. The country owes a debt of gratitude to the Ministry now _ vacating ollice for the complete rehabilitation of the colonial finance and the establishment of the present system of keeping the expenditure well within the revenue.

The sporting fraternity of Cambridge had a line bit of fun on Friday evening, which, however, resulted in a complete boll-over for tho knowing ones, and they are now doubtless glad that they all wanted to back tho same man, or the financial result would have heen as disastrous as the defeat. The match was between ''Tittums the jockey, and "Dr Chase' who is at present staving ill Cambridge. The distance was fiO yards, and the stake a new hat and drinks all round. presume it. .vas the latter clause that fetched the

crowd, for about TO were present, "Tittums" was u warm favourite as much as two to one on him being oilered by an amateur bookmaker until both men were on the. mark : but when " the doctor' rolled up his pants ami disclosed a pair of legs that looked its hard as iron and feet uncased in a neat pair of running shoes, the two to one was no more. I t was evident " the doctor 'was an old hand at the game, for he managed to get get about live y;iids at the start and romped in an msy winner. '• Tittums'' was not in good form and did

not try after going about half the di<uncc. and in future lie iutjnds to stick to the pig skiu.

Tlie fact say.s tha " Wew York Forum," that the rural population has not kept pace with that of the cities, and thai iur-d industries .--eeiil to la-iLf'ti-h as compared Willi those oi the cities, may serve to arouse the farmers of the Country to a realisation of their true condition, and of the causes which have produced it. If they shall learn the ell'ect upm them of n tariff for protection, they will find that it protects the nvinufacturer/inly. There is nothing good in it, as a rule, for them. They are comptjlluii to>*-11 Mi'iir products, wiiouior in the home market or in the foreign market. at prices lixed in Liverpool, the cheapest free trade market in the world, Kvery manufactured article they buy must be bought at prices lixed in the protected market of the United States, which is the clearest, as to such articles, in the world. This reduces the purchasing power of farm products, when exchanged for such articles, -,„arlv. if not quite, one hall. Such a f ,vsiem will, ill tiie e„d, bring b-mkrupley to all who arc the victims of it*, But if the pre cut e.gricultm.d depres.-i in shall servo an object lesson to teacll farmers that protection doe.i not protect them, it in ly prove a blessing in disguise. In any event, however, the loss of representation of agricultural districts in the Stale and nation d will bu deplored by uli" ro-rurd ft ho utiudy manhood and unswerving patriotism of the yeomanry of the country as tho stire.-t ot the perpetuity of our free institutions.

A protest lifts ljec-11 entered by the Xovoe V're.mya against the meeting being held at the Cuildhall in Loudon, to consider the treatment of the .lews 111 Uu.-.sia. The journal begins its article with the words, '• Hands off ! Lord Mayor and gentlemen" and then proceeds:-- kiissia is not an Knglish Colony. W hat would the Kmdi-h have said had the Mayor of St. Petersburg convened a meeting for the. pioruotion of Home Rule for Ireland ? Such a would not h;ivc ndv.mcod tho Trish cause one step, and the same maybe said of the London meeting with regard to tho jews. We know, moreover, what is at thu bottom of this movement. .L he nil invasion of their country by the Jews, who might deprive the poor ot their bread and enter into a competition with the rich. It is not religioes intolerance that prompts the measures taken against the Jews in Russia, where synagogues .stand proudly bv the side of Chilean places of worship, lint the absolute necessity of saving aud protecting the rural population from becomiiur a soutce of profit to thy who have alreadv ruined the lieasmts m C ilicia, in Uouoruiia. and oven in 1 0m,.rani■>, ;ls L J riuce u'ek said in oti>! of uh spe.ches. Russia, in acting as sho doe~, s.ves the. Jews them-elves from popular movuments similar to those which have occurred in Austria. She doei not play at false liberali-.nl, but acts openly in endeavouring to guarantee peace and prospenty to the na!ion, Hands o't. then, ivcii were the wholu of Europe to hold meeting to tiu'ce Russia to net against her own \yi,l, slje woulti be in jiosition to defen 1 her independence.''