THE Bay of Plenty Times AND THAMES VALLEY WARDEN.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XVI, Issue 2391, 18 February 1889, Page 2

THE Bay of Plenty Times AND THAMES VALLEY WARDEN.

MONDAY, IEBRTTAKY lC 1889.

1 The Spirit of the Time* shall teach me speed — HKIMO iOMK, ACT IV y*C - ■ .

Oi? Saturday the Te Fake canal questions was before the Maketu ratepayers for their verdict as to wTrether it is desired by them or not, anci the result was a very decidecl answer in the affirmative, the two canal candidate^Messrs Bennett ano! Crawford being placed at the top of We poll; the first bj an overwhelming, and the second by^a^ handsome majority. We are sure also, that many who voted for Mr Prouder did so out of friendship, and riotlrom hostility to the canal Bchem©. The* result of this election wiir be ia very greatly strengthen the Jiands of the Coun%*Qouncil iff letting Government* tq, carry lout* tfie work, which should have been done long ago. If a aniall portion of tbo cost of the Pake road, say the cost of the '--At do* rol deviatioii,l|ad ; been spent on this tf|vigable drain the road would be better^an now, m$ watery carriage would have been created, whibk would ha/e:itake\i the traffic ofE the road, $nd saved "the heavy^cost bi repairs of that ro|cl. The cost would go far to pay 'interest and sinking fund of a Canal Loan under: the Governnlebt Lbarfst^tg Local Bodies *Act ; and, as the traffic would be^diverted along the navigable drain, little or/ no expenditure on the Te Puke road would be; required. There would be practically no maintenancevof the navigable drain required, fii fact, in order to improve 1 and save expenditure on the Te Puke road, suCQ%*'drain should have been mad^at the very outset. ..Kowev.er, as it^is nepr too late to mend*, we trust that the re-motlelled County Council will take immediate action in getting this economicaf and beneficial work carried out.

TbeJPrdmier. with |£r Kelly, Jtoft Botorua ifor^Taupo lasfcSatunfey . During his visit to Rotorua, the Premier, visited Tarawern, Waiotapn, an^Qther places of intjaast^and had .meelinffs 'fiNth deputation! dxi&ng the evening. He stated that the; Sanatorium would be rebuilt, but did not iay when. f?p Drs.. Moil* and Gindersheld to-day a conBul^tion aa to Mrs W. A. Clarke's sanity. We re#Bt to learn that abe is to b« removed to th» Luuatic Asylußi in, Auckknd. We are* in receijUJTof the * Commercial Handbook," for 1889, of the Mutual Creditors' Association, * Mr F. Maxwell" alrires as to stafce that Mr Allely's was not *the boat whose cr«w laughed so absurdly the Mount wharf builders'. With reference tf our last Borough Council report- the rale proposed by the AuditorGeneral is Jd, and not Id as st ited. Mr Harwell, who returned from land on Saturday, ja good health flura spirits, has kindly promised to giye ne hjs experiences in an early issue. Mrs McCandlish, who left here for Auckland on Sa|urday, wiUbemuohinissed, as she took a very active part In all philanthropic moyemeßte fowe, Mr Titley closes his^drapery business on Wednesday, and the the balance fifth]* stock is to be auctioned by Mr Lundon on Saturday. Mr Xinsella advertises £10 reward" for Juf/vmation as to the driving away of cattle, at Ohinemuri. Th« result of jthji J*uke election of t County CounoElorft on Saturday was as follows r— Bennett 41, OAwford 30, and Proud© 20. • Messrs Bush, R.M., and Goodall, inspector of Poliae proceeded, to OpotikL yesterday, at 2 p.m. w> infaFjeivr tbe armed natives, who are expected to lay down their arms if requested by Gorerament. |Cr push is expeotod here to-morrow. j Another of those old identities who link together the past "* and .present of colonial history has just passed away in the person of Mrs Sarah Cains, of Betywfprd-tftreet, Auckland, relict of the late Mr Wilji&m T, Cains, of Bristol, England, She died on 1 1th February, just on the i&vp of her 7;2nd bpthday, suddenly, of dropsy, and waa, it is stated, the old«st>dy resident in the Colony, having resided in this Province oootinuouely for quite half a century. In 1839 she landed from Australia, where she had previously sptnt several yean, at Kororare^a, Bay oi Islands, near whioh hiitprip spot, at Otuihu Pa, she resided ever sinoe. ©urioff t>h§ early stage of colonial history, botti before and aftep New Zealand* became a British colony, the deceased lady witnessed many stirring and thrilling sights, and passed through many trying scenes, some at whiob would have compelled a woman of less "nerva" to abandon all thought of residence ir; the place. During various tribal leads between , 1839 and 1844, and afterwards, in the conrse of Hone Heke's war in the North, Mrs Cains and her family were often in great danger of tbeip "wyes, a *»d in faot their slaughter wag moat ifnmjnent on thrte different occasion*, and %ey were only preserved by the meditation of friandly natives. During Heke*s*wa» r to present their houses at Qtuiha from being pillaged and burnt by the Maori warriors in arms, a party of friendly Ngapuhis ereoted a 6-feet palisade round (tua protection. Through all the scenes at peril incident to settlement in early days, Mrs jCains and h. er family passed safely, and *«he mada very many friends amongst the Ngapuhl native* in m> North, amongst whom she had lived close upon 50 years. She was the only white woman who remained at the Bay during the whole of the early Maori troubles. About five years ago she remorjsd to Auckland, mainly an account of her ivum&flft *&>• She leaves three daughters, oat of afaiqfy pf sixteen, married respectiTely to Captain Norrw, Mr R. T. Chatfield, merchant, of Samoa, end Captain Evan«on, of thewhconer Curlew, now trading on the coast of New Guinea. Mrs Cains was the mother oi the late Mr 0. T. Caina, who was drowned in this harbour about 15 months einoe.

Captain Edwin wired at 2.5 p.m., to-day " Indications for a very cold night. Mr London advertizes an auction sale oi drapery, etc., on Saturday, 23rd in**., in the store at corner of Hariogton Street and Strand. Mr Sparry, Property Tax Commiaaioner, advertises thai-objections to statements of value under "The Property Assessment Act, 1885" and " The Rating Act, 1882," must be posted not later than 15th inst. ' Ths builders at the Mount are now au&ing good progreu*, despite several breakdown! of the gear. Fortunately all difficultiesfeasre sow been overcome, and on Thureday, stones weighing 25cwt. -were being lifted and dropped into position. The wharf is now making a good show, and at high water there is as much as Sffr of water at the end of the wharf. A concert in aid of thiswharf ifttiMingis being arranged, asto which full particulars will appear in a future issue. Meantime we may state that a number of our local star amateurs have kindly consented to assist. The Mine Manager of the Waihi G.M.C, reports the. several alterations and additions to the details of the reduction works are so far completed, that since Thursday last, six of the amalgamating pans have been kept almost constantly at work. ■* Since the new false bottoms were introduced these pans have given ho trouble whatever. The rook-breaker and roller mills vrotk. all night, but they find it necessary to build over the latter a much larger hoppcayMsay, to hold 20 Vtons of ore as it conjes,from the rock-breaker. This the carpenters are now making. Four new discs are on hand, as those previously cast by ■Messrs Price Bros, were made much too soft. "We have also received from Messrs Price Bros.*a set of elevator pullies and oie buckets, intended for returning to the Globe mDLj all ore that has escaped sufficiently ime grinding in the first operatior. When these attachments are fixed up the mill will run regular, and more economically. Of course, with our plant there are only cleanings up of amalgam at monthly or other long intervals, but nevertheless the loose silver as it ii lifted from the settlers to be'returned to the pans has been -parsed through a doth, and the amalgam result promises that we shall have a thousand or more ounces by Saturday next. We have i4QO ounces of amalgam* on hand from the B'traincrs alone. ' . m . We Wonder (says the Post) whether the people of Kew Zealand actually realise the astonishing fact that they are living subject to a Customs taxation^ which has no parallel in the civilised -world f Yet such is the fact. We do not believe there is any other country iaflnt%orld -where every article wKich enters Iti porte is subject to taxation, and not only everything which is imported in the ordinary way, but practically everything also which comes through the parcels post. The octroi duties imposed by the municipality of Paris were, until the position was wrested from them by our tariff, supposed to I*6 about the most oppresive, inquisitorial, and far-reach-ingimpost of the kind known in the world ; but in, every bad and oppressive feature they are far behind the New Zealand Customs duties. *. ; : We promised in lagfr issue to deal with a couple of paragraphs in/the Herald. One had reference to America and the statement therein being that black men were still pariahs in that country. Would our contemporary be astonished to know that in many of the States the blaoH people bold good positions, and that in others they hold the very highest posts ? The other paragraph had reference to the recantation of a man named Thomas O'Connor, and our contemporary evidently thinks O'Connor has been "nobbled" by the Par-^ hellites. This witness was admitted, by tß|| Pall Mall Gazette, to have given evidence con* rages ; but in ibross-examraltion what did this witness, say f That, the statement he made to the Tune** people was^ altered from time to time, as ocoasion required ! Delightful witness ! His further crpss-examination was postponed at the desire^of Sir Charles Russell, and it is no doubt a fact that when he knew the time was djrawing nigh when he would again have to face Sir Charles, herecanted and owned up his villainy. He was there at the instance of the Times, bought by the gold of die Times to swear away the life of Mr Tim Harrington, but he now prefers to brand himself as a perjurer to the running of thr greater risk of a prosecution by Mr JJarrington himself. It may happen yet, that to save themselves from the greater punishment, many of the Times' witnesses will recant and take their chance on their self-accusation of . per|ory;^7f r <MjwJtoa Mail. ■Jhere was in the course of the autumn a rnmour that a fusion h*d boen effected between the Bonapartists and the Boulaagists on the basis of a match between Prince yictor and General Boulauger's second daughter, Marcelle. The young lady does not appear to have lent herself to the plan, but has chosen to marry Capt. Dnant of the with whom, she was well acquainted at *f nnlf , wh/fre he wgs the General's orderly officer, Vlunction ]be agafn discharged at £he War office when Bbulanger was War Minister. The bride will have a dowry" of £4000. The captain's pay is between £13 and £14 a month, and he has a small iudegendenj; income, but such valuable presents ro pouring jn ipifti # p^ofasjon rare in Franco, that tip oojjn)e /wIU probably be much better off than has been expected.' All the sitting rooms in the. General's house look like the show rooms of a shop, and I suppose no bride designate was ever so overwhelmed with flowers. Already bouquets are being crowded on her. Invitations are fssde^ fojr &c religious ceremony at the milks only. Thewitf^e^of thobri^earetobe Mayoralty, which will be attended by both faCount Dillon and her great grand -uncle, Mr Griffiths. Those of the bridegroom are two oncers Captain Driant has asked leave to serve in Tnnfa. Here is something for p&tjecMpafsfci to thiok over. Tbe Tainui on Satjjrdaj lagji left Jfew Zealand, part of her cargo bejng 400*0 kegs of butter, the produce of small farmers. Those sm ill farmers will get In exchange other goods, and when they arrive here the Customs authorities will take about 25 per] pent of the value. This robs the farmers ofl oo«-$ouj$h of their produce. If it is objected that the farmers get money for £h£ir butter \t all corned to the same thing, 'for the money must be laid out in dutiable goods. But the V money puzzle " only bothers those who are unJßstructed, the merest tyro in political ecpnpmy kpp^}ng |;hat money is only a me- 1 dium by T-hjeh complex exchange tionjsare iimpiified. Money is the pair of scales, ao : i protective duties are the lumps of lead wbiyh get tbs '*&urn. of & c Spalips" against the producer. Writing to a friend concerning the effect oi ll^e Australian drought upon the produce trade of Auckland (says the Post), a gentlepan copnepted with & we}l-known product ftrm in the Jforthorn capita^ remarks | «-«« The drought has been a godsend, and a mpsi unlooked-for one to us. We have had Melbourne and Sydney travellers over baying up everything they could get hold of, and our farmers hay« been able to sell everything they pould pjro4nce, including all sorts of rubbish they tho&gbt wprthless. In one instance I know of a farmer who had bpmft of what he deemed worthless chaff, and was psingit; fpr bedding for his cattl«, and bo torn j»g it into manure. He got hold of one of the Australians^ bagged up all the chaff, aad sold it to hifli fqr £2 16s per ton. Our fanners are jubilant. Many have almost lost their heads over tMr eiiteinept. Anpthpr farmer at told to an ; Australian squatter 4flOJtpnflpf phatf for £4 per ton— £J6oo-—cafih, paid on deli Very. He should pe&fib Jeast a rfjwur £1000 or £1200 o» the transaction. Wool fesg alao fetched very fair prices." ■ ■ ,

We are informed thai this will be the best season for maize that Te Poke has seen. Where before there was 40 bushels to the acre, there will te from 80 to 100 this year. The average will be about 70 bushels per acre. ' '- .* • *' Another party are going to prospect Te Puke for gold. They have stuck "fle" already in gold mining, and say Te Puke has only been soratohed by previous -prospectors and a very likely locality for gold. Osman Digna (remarks an exchange) has been more fortunate than usual ia the rtfcent engagement with the British and Egyptian forces. He is generally killed andhis followers are utterly dispersed and routed. On this occasion, however, he was only severely wounded in the left foot, while several of his then appeared to have been allowed to survive trie combat. Osman Digna's score up to date is as folio ws : Killed, six times ; fatally wounded, three times; severely wounded, four times ; troops totally dispersed, nine times ; permanently discouraged, three times ; escaped, once. The House allowance paid to Ministers during the first half of 1838 was £307 10 4d, being £76 17s 6d to each of the following-: Hon. T. Hinlop, Hon. E, Mitchelson, Hon. G. Fisher, Hon Sir F. Whitaker. The wipairs- to Ministeral residences during the same period cost £15 18s 3d. There must be a dark place in the prison system of Queensland, for it has just been discovered that there is a mail in Brisbane gaol who was ' run in f fifteen months ago because he refused to marry Louisa Jane Kimmins, who is now in New South Wales. His name bis Keller, and as he had not the £500 which the Court fixed as the equivalent of the damage done to her heart, he was handed over to the sheriff, and appears to have been practically forgotten till the other day. The secretary to the New Zealand Exhibition Committee intimates that it is intended to have a display of grain in sheaves and trophies at the exhibition, and that farmers who desire information on the subject should communicate with Mr Thos. Brydoue, Bond street Dunedin. As good samples of grain can be grown in Tauranga, as anywhere in the colony, we hope formers will recognise that it is to their own advantage, as well as to the advantage of the district to save the best specimen's for the exhibition. They will be put to very little trouble, and it is decidedly a praiseworthy matter to be able to take a prize at such an exhibition as that which is to be held in Dunedin. ■*■ "Mr Thompson presents his compliments to Mr Simpson, and begs to request that he will keep his doggs from trespassing on sis grounds." "Mr Simpson preseiits his compliments to Mr Thompson, and tjegs to suggest that in future he should not spell * dogs ,? with two gees." "Mr Thompson's respects to Mr Simpson, and will feel obliged if he will add the letter * c '.to the last word in the note just received, so as to represent Mr Simpson and lady." •'* Mr : Simpson returns Mr Thompson's note unopened, the inpertinence it contains being only equalled by its vulgarity."* We clip the following important testimonial from the Ilfawarra Mercury (N.S.W.), on the 30th Mar,oh, It needs no comment :— -*' Mr John Loveday, of the Bulli Mountain, writes to us after suffering for four years with acute gravel, he has experienced almost complete relief by using Sander and Sons' Eucalypti Extract. He says seeing the said Extract advertised in the Illawarra Mercury, his intense suffering induced him to obtain a bottle of the medicine from Mr Husking, chemist, of this town, and that the use of it gave*hnn great relief at once. He states that between the 10th March instant, when he obtained the first bottle of the extract, and on the 19th, tnePuse continued to afford him relief, to which he had Been a stranger for four years. Mr Loveday writes also that he has found the Eucalypti Extract a cure for rheumatism as well as gravel. He re r quests us \o publish this information through the Mercury. We haye muph pleasure in complying with Mr LoijDday's request, whose word cannot be doubted, and who can have no object in view other that a pure desire to benefit suffering humanity."— (Advt).