Hawke's Bay Herald. FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1887. COLONIAL INDUCEMENTS TO ENGLISH FARMERS.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume XXII, Issue 7695, 18 March 1887, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Herald. FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1887. COLONIAL INDUCEMENTS TO ENGLISH FARMERS.

Thk agricultural outlook in England still continues gloomy, and farmers are at their wits end. What with unfavorable climate ami high rents, tho Euglish tenant farmer funis it increasingly difficult to make a fair livelihood. This is not a treatise on political economy, or it might he shown that tlie farmer, like every other member of the community, has his profits fixed for him by causes beyond his control, and then philosophical cant might he invoked to prove that he should not repine at tlie inovitable. But as tlio majority of people, farmers included, are inclined to be discontented when things are not going well, to sing the praises of contentmeut Avhen there is no reason ior contentment in existence is labor thrown away. From what we can gather from Emrlish papers and from private letters sent to tliis colony there -is no evidenco that the -.ritish farmer is erring on the side of contentment, In fact lie is very discontented indeed, and is anxious to give effect to it if lie can only see the way to do so. The more far-seeing among them look to emigration from England as the surest cure for' their troubles, and in so doing prove themselves to be possessed of a sagacity that is all too rare in Great Britain. England is over-peopled, the failure to be able to see that being as strong a proof of mental blindness as could be conceived. Her surplus population must shift quarter.-, for it is a natural law, not a political ono, that has to be fought against, and the contest must he a retreating one. As wo havo said, some of the farmers arc wise enough to see this. We have before us, as we write, a lettor sent by a farmer in Kent to a friend in Hawke's Bay. He gives a doleful account of recent seasons, and considers that the only cure for the evils aiTectiiigfarmers isemigration. He states that this is widely recognised in his district and that many families have left and that others are preparing to leave. Some have gone to California, some to Canada. Australasia as a field for agricultural pursuits docs not appear to' bo much thought of, although tbo writer of the letter- himself seems to think well of this colony. But he is cautious, and before throwing up his farm he desires information that lie can trust to as to his chances out here, lio snys that lie could land with about £1000, nnd asks if Avith that sum and a wido knowledge of farming lie could reasonably hopu for success. We should say lhat he could, lie certainly could nol live upon our glorious climate, although tbat tends lo make living enjoyable, but we learn that ho is not only v skilled dairy farmer, but also one of tlie best fruit and hop growers in Kent. With capital to stmt with lie could hardly fail in either branch of farming. Tho spirited experiments of Mr Tanner have proved (but hops can ho profitably raised in Hawke's Bay, and land suited for their cultivation is to bo had at reasonable rates, There is any amount of room for an increase of tbe snm of our dairy produco, and as for fruit— well, with the finest soil and climate in the world for fruit-growing, and yet apples and pears retailed at from 6d to ls per pound, and stono fruit, particularly cherries, at fabulous prices when they should be plentiful, there is aa opening for scores of practioal orehardists. Those i would do good for themselves and for the colony also, and it is to be hoped that a large' number of tho fanners who are i being drivon from Britain by adverse circumstances will find tiieir way to Hawko's 1 Bay.

On tlio fourth -page will be found au "i article entitled /"Settling Crofters' i Rents." / i . Thero was ho Jmsines. at the Resident J Magistrate's Coiirt yesterday. , 'Die Government havo at last decided , to put into practice their inucli talkeu-of , policy of retrenchment) and have com- j menced ou J.ie Civil Sorvico. , The Railway Band have decided to go '■ to "Woodville on the 22ud inst., to tako i part in .the festivities to celebrate the i opening of the line. The men will travel i free, information to that effect having been ' wired yesterday by Mr Maxwell. : Mv G. T. Cross, the obliging secretary | of the totalisator for the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club, deserves the thanks of investors at tlie meeting on Tuesday, Wednesday, and yesterday for the prompitude displayed in getting dividends paid out. Several road parties avo now at work on the Government vond \\i\\c\\ \. \U cowneat tlie Patea-road with the trunk railway. Work has been commenced at tho l.angitikei river end, and surveyor- under Mr Holme., are laying off the continuation of the road to Tuvangaiere. A special train will run from Hastings to-night in connection with the production of " Hazel Kirke " at the Theatre Koyal. The train will leave Hastings at 6.45 o'clock, stopping at intermediate stations, and will leave on the return journey 15 minutes after the close of the performance. The contractors for the first section of the breakwater continue to make good progress, and another section of the monolithic casing has been completed. A number of blocks for another section are also laid. Yesterday the big crane Avas employed in shifting blocks in order to make room for the moulding of a large quantity of new blocks. Counterfeiting appears to be on the increase in Wellington. The oilier day wo chronicled the fact that counterfeit halfcrowns were in circulation, yesterday it Avas announced that imitation £1 notes were being presented, and to-day we learn by our telegrams that hogus sovereigns constitute the latest additiou to this undesirable phase of "financing." Somo of tlio papers are quite mistaken in imagining, or rather in picturing, the evicted in Ireland as " cast on the roadside," to perish of cold and hunger. Possession having been obtained, they arenas a matter of fact, in most cases readmitted as caretakers, and the law pnnishesseverely any landlord who does not giveatnple legal notice of intended evictions to tlie Poor Law Guardians.— 27(. World. About three thousand men, under the leadership of members of the Battersea Brancii of the Social Democratic Federation, assembled on the morning of Sunday, January 9, and marched to the parish church, Avhere arrangements had been made to receive them. When tlie names of the Queen and the Prince of Wales occurred in tlie service some hissing was beard. The Rev. J. Buckland preached, and his remark in the course of his sermon that some day there would be a great change, in the affairs of this world, led to the cry of "Hear, hear." At the close of the service the men returned to theiv starting point, and held a meeting iv tlie interest of the unemployed. The parcels post will be established in this colony early in the spring, says the Post. Inquiries have been made why it has not been established earlier, since authority was given to do so last session. The fact, we believe, is that the initiation of tlie system will cost a considerable sum, which the Postmaster-General was unwilling to incur during the current year. Orders bave now been given for the necessary apparatus, and the system will be initiated about June or July. At present it is not proposed to establish a parcols post beyond the limits of the colony. There is a difference of opinion as to litfw far this is desirable, and the Legislature has not yet authorised it. The transference of Lord Salisbury to 1 the Foreign Office is, according to Truth,, 'important. A few months ago he was in favor of a direct alliance with Austria, and this scheme was only defeated by the sturdy opposition of Lord Randolph Churchill. If ' Lord Salisbury possibly can,. he will drag us into a Avar with Russia. He wants to fight her to prevent the union of the two Bulgarias. No sooner was this union effected by tlie Bulgarians', against the * wishes of Russia, thau he welcomed it. At present, he is ready to fight Russia fov the Bulgarians, not that he really cares one brass farthing for them, but any pretext is good enough for l himself if he can use it to force us into a - conflict with a Power that he regards as au enemy. . A special despatcli from Big Springs, Texas, to'the New York Herald, sajrs:— " A lno'sti daring robbery was committed at Morita, the fisrt siding on tho line of tlie ■ Texas juja Pacific railway, ten miles west of hdi'ei.'at' midnight. The only inhabitant_"''of''the place aro -'a gan« of fifty ' Chinese section hands and a white forei - man. At about midnight the Chinamen were waited upon by fifty masked men, who demanded their money. Upon refusing to give up tiieir hard-earned cash they were one at a time hung up by their queues until they gavo nn then* money. The robbers, thiiiking they had not got i all the money in the camp, returned and tortured one of tbo Chinamen by holding him up on a bot stove until his comrades gave up the balance of 'their money— some SOOdol. in all. One Celestial had his queue cut off, and was otherwise horribly tortured. No arrests have been made. During the recent Birmingham session (says tlie Birmingham Mail) a, witness was giving evidence in a watch-snatching case, and excited considerable diversion by stating that he gave the police the "subscriptions" of the thieves. "Oh, yon gave the ' subscription ' of them, did you," remarked the Recorder, a sly smile lurking round the corners of his mouth, " and what were these ' subscriptions?' " '•Well; yer Honor," said tbe witness, smelling a rat, and anxious to correct himself, "I mean their ' prementions.' " This Ayaa making confusion worse confounded. Scratching his head, as if for the right word, the Avitncss suddenly appeared to iind it, and at once shouted "Their prescriptions, 1 mean; it was their prescriptions I gave to tbe police." Very mercifully the Recorder excused him from further torture. The following from the New Zealand Times .is explanatory of n, recent telegram :— Mr J. R. George has received, a letter, of which the following is a copy, from Messrs W. and B. Cowan, of London, Manchester, and Edinburgh : — "Dear Sir, — I wrote you by last week's mail, but omitted to mention the Endeavor Inlet antimony, of which Aye aro well able to speak. It bas been carefully tested in our works heie,_ and is reported to he ' superior to any antimony we have yet tried.' This being so, wo shall continue to use it so long as it is to be had, provided, of course, that the price continues to compare favorably with that , of the best other brands. Only this week I we have bought tive tons of tliis New Zealand antimony, and I havo no doubt that it will soon command a good sale in tliis country. Of course we ourselves use a much larger quantity of tin than antimony, and wo frequently buy Australian tin. Ido not remember having hoard of any tin mines in New Zealand, but suppose there are such. Yours faithfully, AY. Henry Cowan." Says "Puff" in the Press : "Still Ballance seems to be keeping tho Protection ball rolling ! In consequence of his remarks about beetroot the other day, further efforts Avill be made to establish the industry in the Waikato! " " .Move's the pity '. Ballance is doing _ a lot of mischief ! Auckland's half ruined itself already with its broken down 'protected' industries ! Half a million of sovereigns have gone out of the country in that way in the last few years, aud there's nothing coming back in exchange, and nothing to show for the monoy except closed up factories and ' unemployed ! '" " They say that's because they clid'nt get enough Protection ! " " JusUo, tliey want 30 per cent., 50, CO, 00, 100 per cent! And they'd be worse oft' at tho end than at the beginning ! " " Yes, that is so ! The same amount of capital that's been lost in bogus manufactures in Auckland would have given the place a lino shove ahead if -it had been invested in natural self-sup-porting industries ! " Mr Mallin. photographic artist, of Southnort, has recently been very successful in taking instantaneous photographs of Hying gulls. Animals in far more vapid movement have been photographed by Mr Muybridgc in America, and Jf. Marcy in Fiance ; but these are produced by special apparatus, and rarely give much more than a silhouette of tho object photographed. The photographs of tlie gulls' were taken by" Mr Mallin under ordinary conditions, and with ordinary apparatus ; but the ions must havo been a good one, and a very rapid shutter must have beeu employed. The plate also (ono of those named the Derby plates, from a formula invented by Captain Abney) must have been of a specially high sensitiveness. Aboul sixty birds are shown quite sharply and distinctly, aud thoir various attitudes arc envious. Most of them have the wings spread in tho orthodox manner, but some of them are. caught in the position with tbo wings banging down, winch, from the shortness of tlie timo during which it is maintained, tlie oyo does not appoar to catch. The photographs are striking examples of the speed with which objects can now be thus reproduced. The correspondent of the Belfast News Letter at Coagh, reports a sad case of suicide committed in consequence of tbe terrorism of the National League, A few weeks ago Samuel Whiteside, the deceased, was warnud by, members of tlio j League not to pay' bis ' rant. He went, j howovor,* to Dungannon and paid what was legally due ou his father's farm. Ho

was niet on his way lio'me by several men armed with bludgeon's, wbo set upon him, and it was only owing to his own activity that he escaped being very badly injured. The National League next sent him a threatening letter with the usual emblems 1 of cofiin and cross bones, telling him he ] should meet the end which he deserved for ] paying his vent in direct opposition to the p mandates of the League. W hiteside asked some friends to watcli the house each night.. Notwithstanding his apparent in- i difference to the threat, be became un- 1 doubfcedly affected in his mind, and one I evening went into his father*, bedroom i and told him not to be alarmed— that any report of firearms during the night need | not astonish him. The men who were j sitting up Avith tho deceased during the night left in the morning at daybreak, and about 8 o'clock it was fonnd that he had committed suicide by shooting himself. Au interesting point lias (says the Melbourne Argus) arisen in connection with thd case ol the four Chinese, who were ench fined £l"> 1(). Cd on Wednesday Inst at tbe South Melbourne Police Court, witb the alternative of a month's imprisonment, for having endeavored to smuggle a number of cigars into the colony from the steamer Chingtu. It appeavs that there is little or no probability of tbe men paying tbe amount of the firie, and that they therefore will have to go to prison for a month. At the expiration of their sentence the steamer Chingtu will bave left this port, aud therefore the Chinese, when liberated, will not be able to rejoin her, but will have to seek employment here. The Crown law authorities point out tha_ in the event of such a contingency the State will be unable to demand trom them the amount of their poll tax, because it has been instrumental in preventing them from leaving the colony in the Chingtu as a portion of her crow. In view of this aspect of the question, the ■Government ljjive decided to release the men and return them to the Chingtu. It is feared that if some action of this kind is not adopted numbers of Chinamen will arrive in vessels trading to Victoria, and by courting arrest for a nominal brencb of the Customs Act be imprisoned, and thus avoid the payment of tlie poll tax on the ground .alluded to. The term of imprisonment, it is held, woiild'be ,no punishment when it would ensure the privilege of being admitted into Victoria without having to hand to the Government the amount of the poll tax.