THE Bay of Plenty Times. THE THAMES VALLEY WARDEN.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XV, Issue 2106, 26 February 1887, Page 2

THE Bay of Plenty Times. THE THAMES VALLEY WARDEN.

A DEATH AND A BIRTH.

' The Spirit of the Times shall teach me speed, — KIHCI JOHN, ACT IV.

SATURDAY/FEBRUARY 26, 1887

"Within the present week two events will have oqcurred of considerable moment to the Bay of Plenty, the one trumpeted abroad and made the occasion for feasting and holiday making, and the othor spoken of sorrowfully in quiet places. "We refer to the turning of the first sod of the Botorua section of the LichfieldBotorua railway on Thursday and the expiration of the extension of time for the formation of the TaurangaBotorua Railway Company without such formation having taken place. The first mentioned certainly is a matter for jubilation especially in the Botorua district, as it means not only speedy completion of railway communication with the northern metropolis, but the expenditure of considerable sums of money from time to time in Botorua itself during the construction of the line. Some of those gloomy minded individuals who Cassandra like are always prophesying evil things, see in these two events nothing but ruin and death for Tauranga, but we not only prefer to take an opposite new, but see good cause for our preference and this for a Tariety of reasons. A very valuable lesson has been taught the Tauranga people by the failure of their pet scheme, which they bad for so long used as a basket in which to place the eggs of all their future hopes ; instead of casting about on all sides for means to advance the district, too much has all along been made to depend on the floating of the Tauranga-Kotorua railway, and all attention has been given to this, and]

as a natulfu consequence a partial paralysis o£Tbusiness energy has ensued. Tauranga a3 a district must, before it becomes a successful community, learn to depend on itself and its own merits, of which it has plenty, if people will take the trouble to look for them and not attempt impose sibilities instead. Tauranga as a town for one thing, certainly is cut out by nature as a health and pleasure resort, and as such the encouragement of the tourist traffic, though it has to some extent an ennervating tendency, is a legitimate portion of i her business, but only a portion and very far from being her whole aim and object. I How will the opening of the\ Rotorua-Lichfield line affect us in this respect? Carefully considered, we believe it will be found to encourage/ tourists in making what is known as the "round trip," if the people of; Tauranga lay themselves out to minister to the comforts of the travelling public bent on the pursnitj of pleasure and health, by maintaining good roads and good communication and making their pretty town as attractive as possible, and above all if they let the world know that these things have been done. Naturally enough the population of the Eotorua district and its numbers of passing visitors will be largely in- j creased when its railway is completed, and thus increased wants will require to be met, and in spite of the vaunted superiority of railway communication over that by other means, judging by experience in other parts of colony, Tauranga will be able to supply certain of the increased demands of "Rotonia at remunerative rales, and certainly while the railway is in course of construction at the Kotorua end, the carrying tradei between here and there will be largely augmented and Tauranga will real some of the profits. Nor must our settlers by_ any means despair of a railway in the near future to Eotorua, though after the lesson (they have had, they will not let the hope of its formation be the keystone of all their future plans as has been too much the case in the past, but will, we hope, endeavpur to develope some of the many 'other possible means of advancing the district, as the growth of wool, and of sufficient grain at any rate for local consumption, manufacture and export of dairy produce and so on, and keep a careful eye to the chances of discovering some form of mineral wealth. No district can go ahead by blindly following, and that often too late, the lead of another district, but muit rack its brains to find out what^ itself can supply and do, and in fact show that originality and enterprise whicli has made the Americans so great and prosperous a nation. Railways beget railways, and our] settlers are certainly right to keep. tne railway project in % their minds, and make use of all means that may offer to legitimately further it; ere long, indeed the Governnfent will probably find it advantageous to take the matter in hand; if! j^ivate means fail, and if the matter Sjjif well represeuted to them.. Let ttiVnot despair on act; count of past obstacles which have! proved too much fqr us to overcome, but take good Heart and go to; work for the welfare of the district and ourselves earnestly and carefully, as men who have learnt a hard lesson and gained a rather deaj experience.

The English mail via San Francisco closes sfc the Tauranga Post Office at 3.30. p.m. to--frhe larrikins h*re been at the old games again during the/ist few nights and several orchards have s/ffered frpm their depredations. / g^The special meeting of the School Committee which shored have taken place on Thursday afternoon was adjourned for want of a quorum. Mr J, Bodell, auctioneer will hold an important sale of drapery, grocery, &c, at Mr T. Stuart's store, Cameron Eoad, at 11 o'clock this morning. We learn that Messrs Turner and Buddies prize Ayrshire hull has been sold to agentloman in Gishorne and will he shipped on board the s.s. Clansman to-day. The Secretary of the Meohanics' Institute advertises that the magazines and illustrated papers are for sale for the current year. ParJj^ars may be obtained at the Institute. J It has been rumoured lately that a Melbourne Syndicate hra in contemplation the | purohaseof a certainf interest in White Island, and the right to w<frk the sulphur deposits ; .there. The following will be the subjeots of sermons by the Rev. S. Griffith at the Wesleyan Church to-morrow:— Morning, "The Christian's Wealth:"— Evening, '-God's Love to the SinfuL" We are pleased to learn that Inspector Goodall intends to make Tauranga his place of residence; the departure of himself and family is much regretted at the Thames where they have resided a long time. "ty c understand that Mr C. P. Nash, a Katikati settler, leaves that distriot for the old country to-day whither he is going to visit bis friends. It is also stated on good authority, that Messrs William Taylor and F. S. Hoeing have leased his farm which comprises some valuable river flats. The Auckland Herald has some pertinent, remarks on the necessity of some further" life saving apparatus than a life-buoy at publio baths and suggests that grappling irons and a long pole with a hook on the end should be kept on the premises ; we hope the Improvement Company will take the hint. It does not say much for the speed of the Hutt valley trains that they can be beaten on the down' bill run into Wellington by a trotting horse, but such was the case when the train from the Hutt races was returning the other day and was raced' and beaten from Kaiwarra to town by the trotter, Kat Kelly. Fkkls Young Agaif. — "My mother was afflicted a long time with neuralgia and a dull, heavy, inactive condition of the whole system, headache, nervous prostration, and was almost helpless. No physicians or medicines did her any good. Three months ago she began to use DrSoule's Hop Bitters, with such good effect that she seems and feels young again, although over seventy years old."— -A Lady m R.1., U.S.A. Look up I

Our readers will notice that we devote a portion of tlie first column on our second page to movements of local steamers, arrivals and departures of mail steamers and general shipping intelligence which will, we think, prove of utility to the public. The Thursday half holid/y movement in 'aurangahas proved a great success, the townspeople en masse closiifg their places of business and turning out Jtor an afternoon's healthful pleasure seeking. A similar movement is attracting attention in the settlements down the coast and at Napier. A rather eccentric equestrian exhibition took place yesterday afternoon near the baths, when a man fully drewed and carrying a tomahawk, rode his hoflse out into the stream some distance, and th/u made it perform a series of gyrations wiJn its head under water; an onlooker was preparing to go to the rescue with a boat when the eccentric navigator cgjne^ashore. * / / /Mr Adams, the zoologist who recently spent some days at Karewa, nas presented to the Auckland Museui* a group of well stuffed specimens of the Auatara lizard and black petrel placed on a Capital imitation of a bank side on the island/perforated with the burrows of these strangely assorted comrades; the background to the group is formed by a carefully painte* view <bi the higher portions of the island. f Those of our readers who like a good game of billiards on a reliable table in first rate order, will be pleased to learn that Mr A. H. Fisher of the Tauranga Hotel has just had the table there completely renovated, a new cloth stretched, cushions re-covered i*nd woodwork French polished, all of which has been done in a thoroughly workmanlike way by Mr T. Mitchell who appears to be quite an adept in the businesr. We have received a copy of the Sydney Referee, a paper published in the interests of all kinds of sports and pastimes. As a record of racing fixtures it appears equal to any in the colonies, and much useful and interesting information on the subject of cricket, cycling running, and aquatics will be found in its columns. As it is essentially a cosmopolitan publication, this paper should fill a long felt want, and bo read with interest by all lovers of sport throughout the Australasian Colonies. Mr It. O. Stewart of Kirikiri; has been writing to the Mayor of Auckland 4 as to the unfairness of the Auckland Provincial Library which was subscribed for throughout the whole province, being handed over entirely to the Auckland City Free Library, without any compensation whatever to the country subscribers who helped to collect together this fine assortment of literature. He makes a suggestion which however the City Council is not likely to see the force of, viz, that it should annually subscribe £100 for th|Jbenefit of libraries in country districts. Wellington Post tnus ooncludes a leader on the subject of tae Tauranga Old Cemetery. — "It seems to /us that it is the bounden duty of the Government to see that the graves of the brave mfcn who laid down their lives in the eervicejof this colony are kept in decent repair. They ought to be regarded as national monuments, and it is very humiliating: to Mew Zealand to find in the English newspapers suctt complaints, letters, and begging appealffc afe those published in the Standard. The Government should look to the matter without delay, and do what is necessary/ The hunflred pounds which it may costf'would be wjSll spent. There is a great deal more spenjf evers month for much lejsjAgitimate purposes. "!/ ppKpublio meeting of ratepayers was held inthe Temperance Hall last night at which there was a fair attendance; the meeting was good tempered throughout though rather too noisy at times for the watisfactory transaction of business. Mr /Gray proposed the adoption of the loan saneine for borrowing £800 from the Government for widening and extending the Town wMarf . Mr C. Spender brought forward an amendment, that the poll fpr this should be (postponed until after the consolidation of tne Borough liabilities bad been effected. AJlarge amount of discussion ensued and the Mayor pointed out that this, according to the [Act, practically negatived the scheme. On the amendment being put it was carried b ± 33 to 12, the Mayor therefore deolared tHat no poll would be taken. The meeting^hen dispersed. H, M. Lockerstien, of Chicapo. reports a case of resuscitation from supposed death. A young married woman, Mrs Fraser, a daughter of T. H, Stevens, formerly of New York, gave birth to a child, which was followed by collapse two weeks later. The woman was given up as dead by her friends There wore no heart-beats, and, consequently, no pulsations. Her temperature was ninetytwo degrees. There was every indication of death. Dr Lockerstien then ■administered hypodermically ten drops of a solution of nitro-glycerine. He thus describes its action ; — "The first minute there was not a pulsation, but just a gasp— that was all. I looked at my watch, and there were four such gasps distributed over the first sixty seconds, but there was no life. In the secondjminute there were six respirations, and a slight heart pulse could be heard, but no pulse coxild be felt. In the third minute there were eighteen respirations, and the pulse became distinctly perceptible at the wrist. In the fourth minute it was 180 and upwards, so that it could not be counted. Her face flushed. Her eyes began to roll in their sockets. All the muscles relaxed. the extreme stiffness of death, all the contractions of the limbs gradually relaxed. Speculations came back to her eyes, and she became conscious." The* doctor claims to be the first to save a life by this means.