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

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume XX, Issue 2548, 29 June 1892, Page 2

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

'The Spirit of the Times stitllteaoh me sp3bd. —King Job, Act i>. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 1892.

Again the question of the desired Governmental appointments to the Upper House is before the public and la id much the same position as it was some months since, when Lord Onslow declined to accede to the wishes of the Government and to create a number of fresh Legislative Councillors, whom ministers had selected specially with a view to having certain party measures forced through the Council. The Government has found itself rather awkwardly placed between the horns of a dilemma. The outgoing Governor declined to make the appointments, having a good excuse that it would be scarcely good taste for him to take so decided a step at the moment when he was going out of office, and leave his successor to bear the brunt of any unpleasant results that might ensue. Then, when the Government turned its eyes hopefully to the new comer, thinking perhaps to surprise his innocence into falling in with its views, it was met again with a refusal ou the equally tenable grounds that it was scarcely meet, that a complete * new chutn ' ahnuld interfere in such a powerful manner with the political arrange n*-ntß of the colony. It must vow, v,i sin'Uid tbiuk, be ciear to our prei*e\i\ rulers that there is .something a l:*.-tlo 100 grasping ab««ut their request, tf at has caused two educated and expodecctd Uien to diciioe to perform waat has hitherto been considered an

a purely formal- function of the gubernatorial office, and it should be as clear to them as it is to the thinking section of the public, that the request has been refused because it was obviously intended to bring about an unconstitutional result. The appointments to the Upper House, carried out ia a perfectly pure spirit, [ should be those of men whose talents and achievements have shown them to be well fitted for Legislative duties, men of rare perspicacity and strict moral rectitude. How far these qualifications are to be found in the ordinary run of party politicians, let | the public judge for itself. It was a ! regrettable incident at the fall of the last Government, that it should have recommended the appointments that it oid ; it was felt by many of the then Government's waruneet supporters to be a grave error of judgment, but the demands of fhs present ministers completely out-3erod; Herod. Now that the »bvious weak ness and wrong of such a couise has been made so glaringly visible it is to hoped that such a method of recruiting the Council's ranks will be for evor abandoned, and that in the future we shall see our Councillor's chosen accordiig to talent and merit and cot according to the strength of their mere unreasoning support of their poliiical party.

At a meeting of the Domain Board to-day the following tenders for leasing the reserves were accepted: Domain and Cricket Reserve, Miss E. M. Wrigley , £26 per year ; High School Reserve, G. H. Whitcombe, £15 12s (id. This is an increase of £7 166 per year on the present rent. The Board has in hand some £37 and with the increased revenue above mentioned, there is little doubt the much talked of Pavilion will be erected forthwith. Those who desire to tender for the lease of ' the Maunganui Domain for the next twelve- < months are reminded that tenders close at the < Borough Council Chambers at noon on Monday. 3 The Treasurer of the Band desires to ac- ' j knowledge through our columns a tlonatioa of * 61 to the funds from * A Frleud. * and to ex- £ dress the J&attkfl of the members, for this timely

To-morrow afternoon a scratch football match will be played on the Domain, which will be watched with considerable interest, as the Selection Committee will base their choice of players f orf the team to meet the Katikati visitors nexbfwe£k, on the form shown- Some of the old repsywili have to look to\their laurels to-morrowy especially those who h^ve been remiss in attending previous practises. A good record for /the past will not bp sufficient to warrant the admission of a man /out of form or uncertain in his play, to the team for Saturday week. / „ We are glad to see our worthy Town Clerk, 'ilr J. H, McCaw down town again after hi» indisposition of the last week or ten days. The changeable weather of the last three weeks hasLplaced several people on the sick list. /Those who are thinking of planting wheat Tihis season in Te Puke and surrounding settlements, will be^glad to learn-that Messrs Pitt & Co, througVxheir agent Mr uonathan Brown notify their intention of adding flour milling machinery and plant to the Kaikokopu flax mill, where there is abundant water power. This be a great convenience, and should lead to a large increase in the area under wheat crop this year. /The date for drawing Mr Griffin's Art Union "fias been postponed until Thursday July 14th. Mr Nesbit, notifies that he has disposed of his carting and carrying business, etc., carried on in Tauranga, to Mrs Alice Fenton, who intends to carry it on for the future. At the Mutual to-morrow night the debate " Ought the Government to regulate the hours of labour " will take place instead of " Elocution" as set down down in the programme. The affirmative will be taken by Mr W. Parker and the negative by Mr R. Rhodes. It is to be hoped there will be a good attendance of visitors and members, as the subject is one affecting all classes, and probably some brilliant ideas will be brought forward. The s.s. Waiotahi has gone direct to Opotiki, from Auckland, but will call here on her return trip, to-morrow afternoon. Residents at Katikati and Te Puke who desire to attend the ball next week, can obtain tickets beforehand from any of the Committeemen, named in our advertising columns, on remitting price of those required, we are asked to draw attention to this as besides being a convenience to guests, it will assist the Committee in forming an estimate for the catering. The demand for fashion plates and. descriptions of fancy costumes has, we are informed, caused quite a boom in the local market. During a recent thunderstorm at Wairarapa in the Hutt valley, the thunder is described as having been deafening and the vibration broke some windows, and caused pictures and mantel ornaments to be thrown to the floor. Large quantities of hail fell during the afternoon. The number of New Zealauders destitute in Sydney is appalling to the visitor, says the Wellington Post, and they have no hesitation in asking for alms from any prominent New Zealander who goes over. Sir Patriok Buckley was stuck up all over Sydney by destitute exfellow colonists, and as the Hinemoa came away a number came to him on the wharf on the Mine pitiful errand. The Hon Commissioner of Customs has recently had under bis consideration the question of excise duty on hop aud tonic beer, whioh is extensively produced in the colony, and has decided that for the future every manufacturer of these beverages is to be deemed a brewer under "The Beer Duty Act 1880," and will require to take out a license and conform with the regulations under the said Act. By section 7 of " The Bear Duty Act 1880," persons carrying on the business of a brewer without a license are liable to a penalty of not less than £10 or more than £200. :

According to Mr Murcott, of Hampden, there is need for a scale of medical fees, similar to the scale regulating the costs that a lawyer may charge, for a great many people in the country are, he says, frightened to call in a medical man, in case of sickness, on account of the fees they would have to pay. The Cromwell Argus reports that a very interesting discovery of Maori curiosities was made on Ardgour last week by Mr J. Davia, of Luggate, who is at pw sent engaged rabbiting on that station. In a cave, the entrance to which was overgrown with grass, weeds, etc., he found a Maori chisel made of greenstone, two Maori mats, two Maori kits, a quantity of flax similar to what would have come from the scutcher, two fire sticks, two Maori needles made of bone, a Maori axe, the preserved tail of a dog— the latter like that of a dingo. There was also found what is supposed to be the forearm bone of a Maori. Proceedings have been begun in the Supreme Court against the Sydenham Licensing Committee by the licensees of the Club and Waltham Hotels, whose renewals were refused at the last meeting. Plaintiffs seek :— (1) "Writs of certiorari removing their applications for licenses into the Supreme Court ; (2) writs of mandamus ordering the Licensing Committee to hear applications according to law : or (3) an order prohibiting the members of the Committee, except Mr Win. White, who does not support the action of the others, from dealing with the applications on the ground that they have, by their prejudice agaiust the plaintiffs, disqualified themselves. Similar proceedings will be taken by the licensee of the Lancaster Park Hotel. After June 30 no licensed house will exist in Sydenham. The population of the borough numbers 10,800 persons. When Mr Cadman was in the Urewera country last year with Lord Onslow, he was asked by the leading chiefs to reserve for their people visiting Whakatane a piece of land to be used by them as a camping grouud. The Native Mmifcter promised to do so. It was sub- j seojiently found that the land required, some twenty acres, was part of the Auckland University College Eeserve, and an arrangement was made to convey to the Council of the College, in exchange for it, two sections of 50 and 250 acres respectively, situated in the Whakatane and Kaglan Counties. The Council transferred their land to Her Majesty, but it was then discovered that there was no power of the law to do so. A Bill has accordingly been prepared by the Native Minister for the purpose of validating the transfer of land from the University Council and the exchange agreed to at the time. A Wellington telegram states that a movement is on foot to have Kapiti Island proclaimed as a reserve for birds, and the Acclimatisation Society has already placed half a dozen pheasants there. The Maori members propose bringing in a Bill providing for the constitution of a Maori Parliament, specially designed to manage the affairs of the native race. The measure will be applicable to the North Island only. Mr Vernon Coney, of the local Post and Telegraph Office, is to be transferred to the Tauranga office at the end of the present month Mr Coney's many friends will regret to hear of his intended departure from the Thames, but they will doubtless be pleased to learn that the change means promotion to him. — Thames i Star.

Tiie many Thames friends of Messrs Reid Bros, of Motutapu, will be interested to learn that they have forwarded to Sydney a dozen fine specimens of the deer which are growing , so plentiful on their well known island home. Several previous shipments have already been 1 forwarded to Australia and England, and it must be gratifying to the Reid Bros to know , that after all the trouble gone to in stocking the island they can at least export the deer 1 remuneratively. It is estimated that there are j [ now 1000 deer on the island. ; The best medicine known in Sander and Son's Eucalypti Extract. Test its eminent powerful . effect m coughs, colds, influenza, etc.— the relief is instantaneous. Thousands give the most gratifying testimony. His Majesy the King of Italy, and medical syndicates all over tha globe are its patrons. Bead 'the official reports that accompany each botttle. Hosier, M.D., Prof. University, Greifswald, Jreports : — The Eucalypti Extract proved magnificently success • i fui in very severe contusions, bruises, sprains, wounds, scoldings, broJcenribs, and limbs. (Mert. Journal, Nov., 1881). In diseases of thekidjneys, either active congestion or euppiession (urcexnia) or "albuxninuria, dropsy, litbiasis nothing will equal in its action Eucalypti Extract Doses, sto 8 drops. Mesler, M.D., Pfof. Uni versity, Greifswald, reports;— Diptheria. Tonsils continually coherent presenting ulcers with white exudats. Cirxl in 14 days. Surgical Cluric of Prof. M'lntyre, College of Physicians and SurS»ns, St. Louk— Scirrhus of Breast Excision. ucalyptiExtract employed. No swelling W or discoloration. Cured nl4 days — FAdvt-j ;; Printing executed in one, two, three or more h colour* »t the office of this paper.— Adtt. I <