The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1891.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2915, 21 March 1891, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1891.

K(|iitil ;iud • lUiliCt.' to *i 1» kuti, Oi %vh,u >ocvn Ntiitii or persuasion, religious or poliric k.

Wv. v.vc again compelled to liolci over iiiir leading article. The American visible wheat auppi-* is estimated ut -11.000.00U bushel-. Dr Ma?;ep was enthroned as ArclilUfli*H»'<>f Voi'U «u Wednesday, March. Train arrangements and lares for the Kaster holidays are advertised in this issue. The Standard snys that ths Marquis of Hartmßtcin ha- nßreud t<> preside iit l,ii« Libour Convention. Mr W. H. Smith, leader of the House of Commons, bus refused to admit women as reporters tu the .gallery of the House. Friday next being 1 Good Friday, llio monthly meeting of the Waikato County Council, wliicil fails on that day, will not by held until the following Tuesday, at ilia .same hour. The death is announced of Mr David Hean, who was by tin; director* „t the liank of Xev Zealand to Auckland to inquire into the allairso! the L>ank. The Times sstys that the action of the United Stales IV-cislaturo ill proliihitius the export of «o!d bars is tho first step towards the abandonment of a cold standard. Capt. Iteid took a capital photo of Mr .lames Runcimau's exhibit of farm produce entered in the late 1 forticultural Society s show at Hamilton for Mr NV. S, Allen's special prize. We would direct attention to tiie atlditions, notably those ot blood stock, made to the list of horses advertised for tale by .Mr John McXieol at his special sale at Cambridge on Wednesday, April Nth. It is notified in the Gazette that li. V,\ Kdwards and ,lno. Unnsby cease to be Commissioners under the Native Land Court Act Amendment Act, IMS!), after the :;ist instant. In j-este. day's Herald a notice aupoa.'s tini Uo date for the election of a number lor the Newlou electorate. Sir <! i C,'iv. who has ems'iited to stand fin. th'i.s district will doubt less be letumed nuopi nised. Parts of ninety carcases of the frozen meat lauded from the It. M.S. Ivaikoina wore found to be. bad. 27,001) carcast s were in perfcct condition. Sv.-.w. WOO caicas.'s Imve yet to he discharged. The insulation appears to be perfect. Miss Sandes, who for some time past, has been connected with the teaching stall" of the Hamilton Kist School, has reci iv.'d notice from the Hoard of lOducatioa lUat, after the K i-tor h.'iid iys she will rs.k>> e'n.\'e of the T > K-r.vh.ii School, near Ngaruawahia. A substantial addition has boon m ole to the Arnaboldi testimonial tund, as .11'pi..ti utr in this issue, the result of an ii ,'ir nr f.o's canvass by Mr I'V/.roy Peacock'. who has taken (he matter up wiry wani.iy on bi-h.df ol acni-e which i.> certainly a docvMnu' -me.. We shall be tflad in rccens conti ibatioiis from out-iders who lu- it come within ilie :=G >iof tbo-;o ccli eiy iuleresiiofr tii. m-elveo in canvas., inir i'or Mi'oscriptiniis, '-oaie dastardly ' rute of a J ir.i-.in if fell the. :;,l » "I M Hunter's 11.10' i es oil' the h 11.'."- Ill' Wednesday nit'lil- oi i turned all hi- lnei adrift. It lllav e.-oy be Ml wh.ir, a difficult i!iat;.i it would bo in ci iie:" such a mob t.iCi.rtim' au-.'i". Hi.v.v.,-r. .ve are -dad to sa.T. it h IS ivea I"!"I1", l.ai, at e. m siderable iwi'i'ii-e, and no.'. ■ ii mid like to hear of the cuh'iit. heins: found and sentoneed lon plod v.'liipi'ins with the ca'-o'-iiine. tails. The following aptly illustrates the rapid rise in the price of sheep within th ' last few weeks. A settler on the Waipa h-\d a nice lot of lambs; t.fin ch''.i<-"t. of tliem were pirkrd out mid lent i,, Hie Au.-klaiirl mail.el. tld ,rh Toe n<-Nt r|iri!il y weie kn!.| to a I,n-oI br.'rher at 0-, and the list, lot, hein<: the smallest and poorest, were recently >nnt. to nu-tion in Waikato and f-itchcl '.Is !I,J amerrv. (Jnerv. what would the |wt lot i- -i. ,• !-r -.-'-id 'if jivt vxvr

Wii'.'ii Lciln won tho Jockey ' ( lab I l.iinliwip It Ilautapll lust Tuesija'.-, ■ •lien: v.'lie "iily tv.'o ticki.'ts ag linst her mm. . I. a "ii ■ :.o t a iiisal'ir. Ht-i "wnnr hud one I and a .M-o i; 1!"' "'-her. Wlnm tho lutlof 1 lecened the £31-i- I e made -Waielit for the ' titri.e, el's. Iv to low d hy r.evornl i.f hi* 1 dn-kv Ine ii; en, who iiiipeaied anxious to | "g ivhae ;.-'' in . lucky inve-tmon'. Wo i" n il l l '-" at-t.ontion of our i'.'•v J I >; ;; 'fl tf I V .11UH Ml llcl H£J ; i •,; v• ! ••: i "i\i c* in e"i>m;cti"n it! ; ('.in!Wiv-](»y;ui L'lmrcii. T'i-j |; t ... ( H. 1 - it] tn«l is t<" pn;:icfi Uin .j • n111j•. t, -\v. :.nd l\u: chnir will nive i *!' <:'i'»ii - I Th*: and r.-i. if .it-- li- i-.'.d n»"l TJjur-duy, und u> .v. »j. -ii ;<.i -.ii a i'\t"Mi»-::-j •, li* 4 cirnHdnntly I ,j |.. u r.; t . CVi'l'V >di-f Tu our ivpO'.'t oi'tho Horticultural iv'« show, iii last, is-ni.!, the following U , |" ii) oh eris ntiy omitted from the prize ii-'. : Aii..'.ti'ii: - cluss: Collection of • .I.'- K"' d, Jnd pri/.e ; Mr (!. J. Xi-.il'.- i-pecial [iri/.o tor Schoolmaster potai,:eoi.i_',; lined. Jnd prize. l''or Stourbriii.-". Cloij'. Mi Wells took tho first pri/ 1 .", not M r Clai k, ~s provinusly slated. Pol- I.lie ha 1 f-poi 1 rid put of butter, tha second prize was awarded to Air.-. Win, H.eynolds. An adjourned meeting 1 of the l\ inkiriiolto.id Hoard was held at tlm W'sil.-ato C'.i'inty Council Chambers at 'J i'.i; yi'.-trr.idy. There were present, Messrs I'iimrosi", chairman, llillett. White, and Maclean. The tenders received for the leaving at the Mangiiwhara road wera, A. ll.uidJti. Js per yard ; 11. Welsh, 3s 3d per yard. Welsh tender bein™ Lhe lower it was accepted. Mr White reported tliar, the bridge, near Mr Ceake's, op the Hani'itonilok inui roi'!, wanted rupairing, and it was lett in Mi White's liands to'employ day labour to get tha work done, tha Council to provide the timber. The Whatawhata township has prosanted an animated appoaranca during the past day or two, owing to tho prasance of Tawhiao and a largo party of natives who are on tho way up to Whatawhntihoe. In conversation with our representative Tawhiao stated that the principal object of this visit was to induce tha members of his tribe now living at Whatawhatihoe, to abandon the place and go down to Pjkakawa, Tawhiao',-• settlement near Mercer. The aged king does not appear lo be possessed with much friendly feelings towards tho Xgatimaniapoto, who he considers have treated him rather badly. Mr John Knox will offer this afternoon at the Hamilton Auction Mart thg privileges in connection with the Autumn Meeting of the South Auckland Ricing Club. Prom the large number of entries that have been received and the fact that the handicap is regarded amomr the hor-ie-owners as being a vary satisfac tory one there is every prospect of a good day's racing, and with the additional attraction of the presence at tho meeting of His .Excellency lioid Onslow, there is sure to be a large attendance. Taking these points into consideration we do not doubt, but that then; will be keen competition for the various privileges. In the Otago Witness of February Jd, we came across a paragraph referring to an invention by a Sr. Petersburg!! druggist of a self-igniting cigarette, that is, that it was tipped with an igniting preparation, As showing how the same idea occurs to separata individuals living on opp usito sides of the globe, we saw the .same idea applied twelve months ago by Mr Arnaboldi of Cambridge. This gentleman, who is quite a genius in tho matter of inventions. lias for soirio. time past been engaged in endeavouring to this invention before the public, and we understand lie is intending to assert Ins rights as to whom belongs the credit of having first perfected tho idea. | Messrs J. R. S. Richardson of Cambridge, and T. P. Dodd, of Taowlmre, let*l the sum of fifteen shillings in the hands of Mr John I'arras a pri/.o for tho best keeping quality at tha cud of a woek of a four pound lump of butter exhibited at the show just held. Vivo competitors have oach left a lump with Mr Purr and he has placed then' in his cellar. Mr John Knox will act as judge and will test their keeping properties next Tuesday when tho prize will be awarded. The following are the names of the competitorsA. Calder, Jas. Torrent, J. U. S. Richardson, T. I'!. Dodd and M. Kdgecumbo. A meeting of the V/aipa Racing Club was held on Thursday evening, at Te Awamutu. There was a good attendance, and a great deal of enthusiasm was shown among the members. It was decided to hold the race meeting on the Queen's Birthday. Mr Ueorgn Cruickshank was elected Secretary, and Mr Lyons Treasurer. Messrs J. 11. Scott, Brown,"Gibson, W. Taylor, C. J. Store.y, McCullagh, and Ahier being appointed the permanent Committee of the Cioh, A sub-committee consisting of Messrs lirown, Cibson, Lyon*, Taylor and Storey were appointed to draw up the priiorainme. The committee ara now working hard to onsuro tho .success of the meeting, so n really good day's sport may bo looked forward to. The programme will be published in about a week's time. To those who favour a policy; of protection, the following statistics give in a concise form the way in which the apparently small amount of protection in this colony bears upon the community generally. Last "your, in round numbers, £1,510,000 was levied in indirect taxation through tna customs. The total value of all imports in iu IS!ID was tli.aiiO.OOO. Thus tha average doty on all imports was close on 'Jo par cent. J, Hiving out of calculation all free goods, the average duty on all dutiable imports is neatly 30 per cent. In other words, the mass of consumers have to pay at least a third more for almost all goods imported into Xew Zealand than thoy would hava to pay if freatrade prevailed. Of this amount £7-1."),01)0 is derived from purely revenue duties on intoxicants, tobacco, and sugar, and a further £110,000 from tea and coti'ue. Thus t'tloo.OOO of Customs duties are levied on strong drink and four other articles which Freetraders and Protectionists are about, oqivdiy willing to tax. The remaining £l)i>0,000 is that which the Freetraders would gladly reduce and tho Protectionists would increase.