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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3125, 26 July 1892, Page 2

The Broken Hill strike represents a loss in wages to the man of £45,000 up to July 23. Gaudaur and Hosmer have challoneed Hiwilan and O'Connerto a double sculling race, to be rowod in August, The football match between Queensland and New South Wales resulted in a victory for the former by 12 points to nil. At his Cambridge aale on Saturday next, Mr W. J. Hunter will offer a lot of prizu poultry from the recent Auckland Show. At a Chelmeford athletic meeting. MrL. A. Cuff won the Quarter-mile Hurdles and the third prize in the 120 Yards Hurdles. General Booth states that he is waiting for a report from South Africa before deciding whether ho will send the "submerged tenth " te New Zeal*nd. As we anticipated, the late heavy rains caused another flood in the Waipa tho river rising to within two feet of the former flood-mark, but is now slowly falling. The proposed Auckland Cooperative Butchery Association, has fallen through in consequence of the rise in the price of meat, and the lack of support trom the largest consumers. Judge Williams, on Saturday, gave judgment in Dnnedin, in a totalisator case, reversing a decision of Judge Johnson. The learned Judge ruled that the laying of totalisator odds was not illegal. In " Dairyman's" letter, appearing in the issue of the 19th, the weight of a gallon of milk was. owing to a printer's error, stated as 101b 3ijoz, whereas it ought to hare been 101b making a difference of an ounce. On Sunday next, 31st inst., at 7 p.m., the Rev. H. M, Maynard, 8.A., will conduct divine aervice at St. John'e Church, Te Awamutu. Hβ will also give an address to the Sunday-school children at 3 p.m., and baptise infants. By an inadvertence, we omitted to state in our report of the meeting of the Waikato County Council that a resolution was carried, confirming a resolution passed by a meeting of ratepayers of the Kirikirir.ia Board District, closing certain roads in Claudelands, The many friends of Mrs Gwynne of the Hamilton Hotel, will regret to hear that she met with a serious accident on Sunday evening just before church time. In passing through the bar Mrs Gwynne stumbled over a case, falling heavily ; on recovering her feet she at first thought she i had Bprainad her wrist, but on examination, Dr. Brewis found that it was seriously fractured. Mrs Gwynne was very much shaken with the fall, and her nervous system has received so sayero a shock, that it is feared she will be confined to her room ; £or some days in consequenec.

Our readers will be pleased with , the latest intelligence from London, in respect to tho wool sales. Tho result of the brisk demand ami enhanced prices which marked the closing si-ries, will doubtless be felt in the sliape of higher rates at our next wool in Auckland. Wo congratulate our sheep-fanners upon the improved outlook of their business. Wβ learn from Mr O. liimmer, who brought a mob of cattle from the Waingaro Springs District to the last Hamilton sale, that great difficulty was experienced at Ngaruawabia in crossing the cattle, the approach to the putit being seriously damaged by the recent floods. We cannot say that we envied Mr Limmer his trip over a rough country and bad roads in such weather. The freezing works at Tomoana are being completely altered and renewed in preparation for the coining season. To give an idea of the magnitude of the work, it may be atatad that over forty men are employed in making the alterations, and will be for some time to come. Over twenty of them are carpenters—some from Napier and the others from Hastings.— Exchange. Many people have the impression that because Messrs Nelson, Moate and Co. strongly advise the public to drink their pure blended teas, they do not deal in Indias and Ceylons. We might mention that they are not oaly the largest holders of Indians and Ceylons in the colonies, but they sell some thousands of chests (80 and 901b each) annually, in addition to their China trade. We refer our readers to the firm's new advertisement appearing in this issue. As the Hamilton Riding of the Waipa County is in the fortunate position of having an unexpended balance to tt< credit in the County finances, a very much needed piece of work might fairly be taken in hand. The Rukuhia Swamp Road is much in need of repair. The drain ie choked up. causing the water to stand up almost level with the crown of the road ; in some places even, the water does flow over the road. Under such conditions, it is hardly possible for a swamp road to be fit for traffic of any kind.

A. shocking result of the evils of over-stocking is now (says the Pahiatua Star) to been seen on a section on the Tiraumea, North Road, where dead sheep in hundreds are scattered about. Apparently, the unfortunate animals have been slowly and surely starved to death, the land being eaten us bare as if it had been scorched by fire, and even the bark cf the younu tree growth devoured. The surviving sheep have, we understand, been removed, but had they been allowed to remain but a few days longer, tho loss of the whole flock would certainly have resulted. "We are coining in for an unusually heavy fall of rain this month. Only a few days ago we chronicled the flooded state of the Waipa river, as the result of some three days rain ani we shall not be surprised to hear of still higher floodi having taken place on the upper levels owing to the downpour l»sfc week. Apart from the nxcessive wet the weather has been mild, and a very perceptible growth is seen in the grass. The willows are coming rapidly into leaf and the peach trees are showing signs of bursting into bloom in sheltered places.

Those who take an interest in such matters state that the abnormal wet weather whifch we have experienced this month was not unexpected, the past summer and autumn being unusually dry. This was evident by the state of the swamps and springs as even far into the winter indeed almost up to the present time in many places a scarcity of water in the wells was noticenble. Consequently nothing but a big flood would be sufficient to balance matters. To use the memorable words of "Scrooye," "There are a lot of back payments " in the present floods. A deputation of employers and employes has asked the South Australian Treasurer to impose a heavy duty upon New Zealand kauri timber introduced into the colony for boxmaking. The timber merchants have erected special machinery for making fruit-boxes to meet the growing demands of the fruit trade, and incurred considerable expense io importing it from the United States. The timber more especially referred to by the deputation was New Zealand waste kauri pine. This is made into boxes, which are sold to fruitgrowers at a smaller price than that ef the boxes made in the colony. The Treasurer promised to lay the matter before his colleagues.

The "Wanganui Yeoman of the 22nd inst. has the following :—ln a neighbouring Licensing District two gentlemen of strong Prohibition tendencies, who had previously held seats on the Committee, declined to stand for re-election, alleging that their principles were opposed to the existing law on the subject. They said they could not as honourable men pretend to administer the law, and would not occupy seats on a Licensing Committee in order to carry out principles the Licensing Law did not racogaise. How much more honourable was the stand taken by these gentlemen than that adopted by the Prohibitionist members of the Wanganui Licensing Committee.

Some years ago (says the Bulletin) a man named Dyer was convicted at Auckland (New Zealand) on the clearest evidence of an atrocious murder. He had saturated his paramour with kerosene, set fire to her, and afterwards relenting eoinewhat, threw her into a creek. The woman with her last breath endeavoured to shield her murderer. The Anglican Bishop Cowie —tallest and perhaps the handsomest of Australian ecclesiastics—who attended Dyer before the execution, was asked subsequently if he considered tho woman had prejudiced her chance of salvation by net falsehood. "It is not for us," replied the Bishop, " to aay what is the limit of divine mercy. The women lied, and died lying, but, air," (raising his voice in an enthusiastic crescendo), it was a magnificent lie.''

The Belfast Telegraph, of May 30th, publishes the proposed plan of resistance to the mandates of an Irish Parliament, should such a body be established. The article is written by a prominent Irish Unionist. It says that the men of Ulster will not allow elections to occur. The election writs will be publicly burned by the Sheriffs of counties and the Mayor of Belfast immediately after they are received. Judges and magistrates taking commissions from the new Executive will not be recognised. The police will be re-organised with special constables sworo to replace the regular police. The Queen's taxes will be paid, but not those levied by the Dublin Parliament. The customhouse will be seized and held until the question is settled. The article concludes: —"In the event of war the north will be in a better position both as regards credit and geographical position than the south. Belfast is unassailable, while Dublin is open to direct and immediate attack.

A carpenter who - went from Dunedin to Melbourne some months ago writes to a friend :—" Little oc nothing is being done in any line at present, and there is not much prospect of any improvement before the spring. I never saw a place in such.a condition as Melbourne is at the present time. The building trade is very bad, and I wish that I could shape tor the land of the Maori again. Men are working at all sorts of w»9[eß. The grea,t industries which we have establishbd by Protection —the great benefits to be derived from encouraging local manufactures — where are they ? Echo auswers ' Where ?' It was all very well while thn sunshine of borrowed money was in its splendor, but when the money-lender stupped the boasted paradise of the working man waß not to be seen. I am glad to see that plucky litlle New Zealand is beginning to see a little of the silver liniu? to the cloud that has obscured her. New Zealand is, I believe, going to be the best of the colonies yet."

A striking example of the suffering entailed upon the many by the negligence of the few is given in the Consular report for ISHOon the trade of Philadelphia. The report tells ua that in the early part of the year 1872, there not being a single ca.se of smallpox in the city, an immigrant landed from shipboard having the incipient germs of the disease in his system, and he escaped the medical examination. Proceeding at once to the residence of an acquaintance, and sleeping two nights, he left for another section of the city. In the family of the first house visited he left the disease, as also in the adjacent neighbourhood. He changed from district to district, remaining but a short time in one place, and his trail was followed by the march of the disease. Eventually all trace of him was lost, but no fewer than 2555 deaths from smallpox resulted from his visit to Philadelphia. '

£2,12-1,104, with a very lmicti pupu-1-itioD. Any <>ne who has been in the colony for twenty or thirtv vcmm knows that drinking has largely decreased. In the earlier days of settlement buehmen invariably went on the " sprue," and in n week or xo would " knock down " a year's wages. The country public-houses were " lambingclown " dens, out df which a man with a cheque in his pocket was not allowed to go till it was spent. Very many men looked upon it as a fine thing to get rid of £50 in shorter time than thnir mates could boast of ; and we onca heard an idiot hrieging that he had knocked down £80 in three day». All this is a thing of the past; the majority tif the poor fouls —hard working sti'i'lint; men when sober —have found their graves in river-beds and lonely mountain sides, and the new generation have more sense. Then again, the Maoris drink far less than they used to do ; and undoubtedly the young New Zealander is decidedly more temperate than his otemporaries in England. Quito within recent times it wat customary to seal every business transaction with a drink; and we remember that a shopkeeper or a merchant was regarded as mean and contemptible if he did not " shout" for a customer on payment of an account. Most of those shopkeepers brought themselves to grief, and they, too, like the shepherd and the bullock-driver of old, have passed away.—Napier Telegraph.

The special reporter of a Lancashire paper recently visited the village of Broinsnrove, and this is what he says about the nailmakers there ;—Hob nail making is the staple form of punishment for the lost Bould in the Bromsgrove hell. The people leave it for agricultural work when such is on offer ; in the winter they return to the anvil. Again we find—and I say this principally to contradict the lies told by the nailinakers to the slaves in other di&tricts— that the averasa earnings of a supposed man working 15 hours a day, is from 10s to 13s a week. There are 1400 operatives in Bromsgrove, two-thirds of them being women. And in this town we make acquaintance with a new style of nailmaking. It is the manufacture of "sparrables"—the wedge shaped nail for boot heels. In striking these the handy workman heats two rods at a time, and cuts the nails off the ends of tham before they have time to ccnl. Tho price paid for making these is as hieh as 4d per thousand; A strong man can get a shilling a day, after paying expenses, out of this lucrative industry. "It has been "superseded by machinery," and that is why at least 1000 people work 15 hours a day at it in Brorasgrove !

The Victorian Chamber of Manufacturers continued its enquiry into the cause of existing industrial depression. Some 14 witnesses were examined at a recent sitting. Electroplate manufacturers said that they should have a 45 instead of a 25 per cent. duty. Underclothing makers desired an increase of duty from 25 to 40 per cent. Mantlemakers asked that the duty on imported mantles be increased 50 to 60 per cent. Stovemakers said that for the duo encouragement of their industry a 75 per cent, duty was necessary. A tool manufacturer said that tools ought to bear a duty of 50 per cent; most tools were now imported free. A maker of ladies' wearing apparel desired a6O per cent. duty. Hat manufacturers said that the duty now is 20a per dozen, which did not prevent four hats being imported to one made locally. One shilling more per hat would be sufficient protection. A manufacturer of explosives

said that the duty ought to be 20 to 25 per

cent. A gas retort and firebrick manufacturer advocated an average duty of 25

per cent. A marble manufacturer stated that a duty of GO per cent, would enable a large number of operatives to be employed all the year round. And after all, which pays 1