THE The Bay of Plenty Times. AND THAMES VALLEY WARDEN.

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XX, Issue 2847, 27 June 1892, Page 2

THE The Bay of Plenty Times. AND THAMES VALLEY WARDEN.

fTh9 Saint of the Times shall teach me $oi<d. —Big John, Act ir. MONDAY, JUNE 27, 1892.

Now that Parliament is once more in session a good deal of interest naturally centres in its savings, doings and intentions, aud already there is a very fair crop of rumours as to the Governmental programme. From ipformation received up to tbe present, it appears that one measure upon which the Government is fully bent is that conferring the franchise on women, and furthermore it seems not unlikely that the measure will pass both Houses and b*»c >me law at an early date, It will he remembered tbnt 'his ev^rt was onls T a^p^ted la?*" 8933i0:i by out* vot.H ii. ibe Oouncis, tM-s-i.T;^^^ :its far a- ■rillin^nesH ' '- t'-r ■ - a, •'-, puUie ■ ? w a.« h> or^ssei by tbe <*»-prest«it;itives of the ma c sex in the Legislature of the Colouy, is about pqually divided on the point. Anntber pha«e of the question however, presents itßelf, viz, whether the women of the colony, to any great uumber, desire the privilege of voting. A.s a matter of fact we believe that a »najority and a large one, would far rather be without tbe political power which appears likely to be now thrust upon them. This side question is not 80 easily disposed of as some people think, who say that if a woman does not want to have a vote, she need not exercise it, and that there the matter ends. Is does not end there, but at that very point the trouble begins. Once the power to vote ia conferred on women, political partisans will expect them to use it, and will give them no peace until they do, and thus will be introduced another source of worry to many already over-burdened with other car es and responsibilities. It seems almost an anomaly to us that any Government should take upon itself to make so momentous a leap m the dark as the one involved in the settlement of this often debated question, without first carefully ascertaining the distinct opinion of as many as possible of those immediately Iconcernfd in the settlement of the question. It sei'ms to us that a matter of tbis sort requires a different treatment to the ordinary run of political questions and that nothing short of a plebiscite should be considered sufficient grounds for making this innovation on the constitutional methods of the past. It « ill certainly be a curious fact if tfcis coLvny, whicn is probably the smallest constitution ally governed c-unmnnity in the world, should be the first to* try one of the biggest experiment? in statecraft of modern limes From a purely humanitarian point of view) thu may be a very Fatisfactorv I reflection, as the issues invoked, for'] joodareyjl, are also proportion* i/jc

small, but should this radical change in method proye to work for worse instead of better, it will be but'poor satisfaction to New Zealanders that they should be like the shipwrecked crew of a little schooner warning the stately merchantman from the reef on which their own vessel has come to g" ef - .

A petition from the townspeople here was presented to Commander Floyd, of H.M.S. Goldfinch, on Saturday, asking that the men be allowed liberty on Sunday, and in consequence a number of crew were on shore yesterday afternoon. Seeing there is a demand for land in this district our energetic auctioneer, Mr D. Lundon, has decided to keep pace with the times, and advertises a list of the properties in his hands for sale and lease. The s.s.Chelmsford leaves Auckland to-night and will call here to-morrow on her way to Whakatane. H M.S. Goldfinch was expected to sail this afternoon for Auckland, but up to time of our going to press she was still at her anchorage.

The Hot Lakes Chronicle has suspended publietfSon, for soine months\at least. [/"" Yesterday afternoon be^ag beau tif ally flue a j ' large number/ of people Visited the Old Came- j | tery, evidently expecting tjb see some wonqer- , ful improvement in the keeping of the graves of those whot fell in action here, but all \f ere disappointed, fas very littfe of the grass has jken ! cleared, and/ only one Keadboard replaced/ It j must be remembered that the Goldfincbonly came here toj : report upon the condition of the cemetery, and we should be thankful thai anything in the way of improvement is done, but atthe same time hope that substantial work will be gone on with at no distant date. Another mob of fat sheep came up from the Matai run on Saturday for shipment to Auckland. The export trade in cattle and sheep from this district has assumed very considerably proportions recently. j /Owners of cowrfiu the borough are complaining very bitterly about the inertness of the Council in remedying the glaring defect in the present impounding regulations, which we have frequently pointed gut, viz., the total prohibition of fcattle running on certain parts of the borough/ during any portion of the day. The recent tree slaughtering in Devonport road has made this pres3 with more than usual severity, as the animals naturally congregated from all parts to feed on the leaves and twigs of the felled trees, and these being within the proscribed ajrea formed a most profitable bait by which th 6 ranger secured large hauls daily. We hope the Council will have no more shillyshallying ovJer this bnsiness but settle it finally at. next meeting. /The Brisbane Government Meteorologist who wired bad weather approaching for New Zealand waters, early lost week, inado a good cast this time; the fine weather broke again on Friday night and a norfch-oaster with heavy rain set in on Saturday, preventing the s.s, Clansman from returning to Auokland until yesterday. On Friday night about 7 o'clock the Goldfinch displayed her eleotrio search light, which when turned on the township made the portion illuminated as light as day though the vessel is anchored about 2 miles off attiieman*o'-'war ground. TXnfortunately the public were un • aware of the intended display and many therefore missed a beautiful and unusual sight. Sheep owners are reminded that their annual returns are long since overdue, and that the Inspector is about to take immediate proceedings against those in default. The Secretary of the locaf*football club has written to the Katikati Club asking if Saturday, July 9, will suit its members to play the proposed match. Two more of the Pongakawa sheep runs, totalling about 16,000 acres have just been taken up, and a third is now being negotiated for. This looks like business and means a large increase in the sheep carrying capacities of that district as soon as the land is somewhat broken in. "We learn from private sources that a number of other settlers from the South Island have fixed their eyes on this district with a view to settlement if a favourable opportunity of obtaining the desired quantity and quality of land, occurs. According to the Auckland Weekly News reports, fat sheep are rather a drug in the market just now, hoggets selling as low as 5s a head, this makes it all the more necessary for our settlers to be up and doing in order to secure local freezing works so that we may be independent of all but the English markets. Two burglars were found by the night watchman working at the safe of the Lion Foundry, at Wellington, but the latter took no action, as the men said they were completing a job j for the proprietor. Two matters arc engaging the attention of the people of Wau^anui at the present time, the Licensing question and the tng-of-war competition. The two affairs have got somehow connected, and the supporters of John Barleycorn have challenged the teatotallers to a contest. The latter have not yet decided whether they will accept the challenge or not. At a meeting of the Christchurch Charitable A.iv Board, an explanation was made in reference to the death —practically from starvation — of Miss Harvey at the house of Mrs Anderson in Horatea-street. It appears that I on Sunday afternoon Mr Thomson, a member of the Board, was informed by tlie police that the case required to be attended to. He telephoned to Dr Stewart, who has since explained he was unable to find the house, as he did not hear the number correctly. Nothing was known about the case at the Charitable Aid office until a letter from the police posted on Saturday after eleven a.m., was received. The Board's inspector went at once to make inquiries, but found that Miss Harvey had died on Sunday.

A Waikato correspondent writes to the Herald, "It is astonishing that with the results obtained by some dairymen from ensilage, so many allow themselves to be short of food as winter sets in. Mr Ticklepenny, of this place, has in past years well provisioned himself with ensilage made from green maize, and has kept up his milk supply through the winter when the cows of other farmers went dry, or nearly so. This year he has followed the same plan, and is keeping up his full supply of milk to the factory. His ensilage is made from maize, cut soon after it has come Into flower, and is soft, sweet, and succulent, and is greedily devoured .by the cattle. Mr Tickepenny has now been feeding it to his milch cows for about a fortnight, and the increased quantity oi milk given is something extraordinary." Under the heading of "Slaves of the Soil, " the Napier Telegraph referring to the action taken against defaulters by the Waste Land's Board says :— " No landlord in the whole oivilized world can be found more mercilessly exacting than the tyrant, who, under the name of the Crown, is represented just now by the Hon John McKenzie." In reference to Mr Seddon's statement that the exodus has ceased, and population is now returning to New Zealand, the same journal prophesies in the following terms :— " We have no hesitation in saying that another twelve months of Mr McKenzie will strip New Zealanders of every desire to put their necks in the yoke of land occupation, and then there will be an exodus second only to that of the Israelites from Egypt.

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