North Otago Times WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1886.

North Otago Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 5065, 20 January 1886, Page 2

North Otago Times WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20, 1886.

It is doubtleßß, in a certain Benoe, making too much of Mr L>rriach to go on criticising hia speech time after time. But it is not because Mr Larnscb lirs said certain things that we criticise him, bnt becauso things sxid by Mr Larnach happen to bo unwise and misleading and representative of the views of othe-' people — of tho Government, for example. T'ideed, through. ;ut moil, of hia addrriSß, Mr Lariue!', though avowedly only addressing hiß constituents as their personal ivprtseeni alive, epnko with the tone of a Minister car&fuliy following the le*d of his chief, Sir Julius Vogel. In some respects his words were little more than literal repetitions ofthe words of his master. This is not more noticeable anywhere in Mr Larnach's speech than in his catch-fool plea in fivor of a l«rs;e borrowing policy. l( The colony of Victoria," he aaid, " considered it desirable (and no doubt there were mm there q'lUe as cauiiou? as any in New Z jalaud) to still push on public works, and although it waa known that thoir taiiways cost veiy considerably more per mile than we could build them for, they found it advantageous — notwithstanding they had a'ready iv the Treasury more than four millions of moaey— to get Parliament to

consent to the further borrowing of large sums, amounting to L 8,000,000, with tbe C view of going on with that policy which g they had adopted so successfully for some" years past. In this col ny we could not afford to be bo independent, nor was our colony bo much superior to other colonies aa to enable us to disregard whtt our neighbors were doiog. We were running in the same race, and therefore it would not do for us to allow ourselves to be lefi behind, and to become less prosperous than ihe neighboring countries." To doses of this poisonous nonsense tho country has on varipua occasions already been treated by Sir Juliun Voael. They mint bs very simple birds indeed who are cuight with such chaff, but that some aro likely to be caught with it we muaassume, seeing that those who persist in scattering It about are experienced poli fcrcal raarosuverera. Yet the argument used is at once puerile and pernicious. The fact that Victoria, or Buy other country, borrows largo sums of money t construct public works is no proof thathe borrowing ia justified, neither is it n guarantee that the expenditure vt the money will facilitate the sound progress of the borrowing country. To say, then, that because Victoria borrows largely we should, therefore, not act otherwise — that, in fact, we cannot affurd to do otherwise — ia surely to consummate the expresion oi inanity or idiotcy or of a disreputable dis regard for everything nave the attainment of some particular end in view. It would bo equally good logic to say lhat because the Chinese women wear small shoes they must do so as the result of wisdom, that thoir doing bo must lead to the progress nnd prosperity of China, and that, therefore, our women could not afford to do otherwise than imitate the Chinese women in that respect. Reasoning of tha 1 contemptible order aurely cannot go far. It is not keeping pace wiih the bor rowings of other countries that will make this colony go ahead, and enable it to hold its own against tho world, but keeping all our public expenditure strictly withisi the returns sure to be receivad as a reßuli of that expenditure. A pretty certain way to gain that end would be the keeping of politicians like the members of the present Governmeut from putting their pernicious principlea into practice. The four Oamaru HcensiDg districts have bean. am*'ga.matcd, and the district will vow be known as tho Oamsru Licensing District. The annual match between the Oamarn and Jf almerston Cricket Clubs, which was to have been played on Friday, h»s been postponed until TueHday next. Mr J. M'Kenzte, M. S R , announces the dates on which he will address the electors of tha Moorakl district. He begins at Palmerston on Friday night, The meetings of kt. Luk^'d LadicB 1 Guild will bo held on Thursdays, Fanoy aa well as plain needlework is undertaken, and young lauios are rcqueßterl to become members. We uaderc-tand that the applications for space in ihi Turakina for f (zenmeat aro largely in cicefn of what if? available. We also undoibluid that tho Company aro nogotiating for mother veasol to como here to load at as early a date »a possible.

'Ihe prospectiDg of tre King Country ii Dot go ; ng to bo to easy a matter ab Mr Balance Fuppoeed. The natives have turned buck three partieß, and refused to dmit o'hors into thoir territory. This is unfor unate, because a good deal was < xpecfcbd from the opening up of the King C un'ryto Eu r opeansin search cf gold.

A correspondent of the Lyttelton Times writes a» fallows of the crops in the Ashburton district : A very large number of farmers have no complainta to mak? about their <.\h'>st, and from all I oan learn, from all Bources, the wheat yield will be veiy little if any under the average of former years; nei'her can I gather that the samples are likely to be Inferior.

We obaoive that Messrs Reid Bnd Gray !;tiva made a number cf improvemontß in their reaper and binder, and this season have reduced the price to L 52 10b. It is veiy gratifying tn see the local firm, without ;ho a&kistance of a bocua or a protective duty, able to hold its own in tbe manufactu r e of ench machinery «3 reapera and binders, agßinst others In tho field.

The Government Insurance policy holdore ak Inyercargill are to the front again. Lr?t night a meeting waa hold at which an emphatic protect was made against the appointment of Mr Henry Driver as manager at Dnnedin, at a ea'ary of LBOO or LIOOO. Tha Invercarg 11 poople evidently believe th-vt if they do not look after their ov\ii interest? no one o!se vill.

The following j upil toaohcra belonging to the ech jols in this dist'ic!; have passed the exsmina'.ions for 1885: First-claad (or last yeaj)— ')scar D. Flamanck, Otepo;o. Third-cla-is (or aecmd year)— Grace M'lVaught and AJa garet Waidell, Oamara North School ; Fred Has'.ie and Jane Bownloa, Uamatu District High School; Alexander GocdaU, Pukeuri. Fonnh-claaa ('ir first j ear) — L'zette Bennett, Alfred Grenfell, and W. G. Truma", South School ; Caroline Church, is'orth Sohoo'.

A meeting of tha Committee of tho Tradesmen's Racing C ub was held last night In the Koyil Hotel Mr J. O'Meagher tendered hi-> resignation as President of the Club, and Mr Walls rb member of Committee. The resignations were accepted. Mr J Macpherqrin^Totara, while wishing the Ciub every sii-.ccse, wrote stating thit he wou'd be unable to accept tho effico of Vice- President of tho C üb. Mr A t G. Creagh wao olo'-tod President, and Mr T. Thompson, Columolla, V cc President.

At tho Resident Magistrate's Cou-t yesterday, btfjre Moavs Oh'iatie and H Cocnell, J P., William Black waa ch-.rged with beiDg drunk in Thame* street a'; midnight the previous night. Accused atatod that he was not chunk at the tima he was arrested, but three constables gave ovidenoe as to accused's being drunk. Ho was fined 20a, with the option of 48 hcurs' imprisonment; Bichard M'Cavthywa3 charged with having on the evening of the 17th inßUnt assaulted one Michael Carr in Severn streat. Detective O'Brien asked that r.ejuaed be remanded till Thu-jday. He stated thnt M'Carthy had been in the Sunnyside AByium, bub about nine months ago had eaciped therefrom, r<nd the authorities did siOt 3eeni it advisable to arrest hioi again, as he appeared to be getting bettor. Aocused h«d alto frequently been in custody in Oamiru, once for supposed lunsoy, a. other tiraea for drunkenness aud aaaKultin f ; the police. He would bo brought before tho Roßident Magistrate on Thursday, when h would be decided upon whether he should be examined by medioal man or not to ascertain his state of mind. The accused was accordingly remanded till Thuraday.

Messrs J. and T. Meek expect by the cud of the prea f nt month a complete plant of roller machinery for the Crown Flour Mills. For some time baok fl ur manufactured by this prcoeas has commanded a ready market and a higher price than that manufactured by Btoiloa. The Mea^ra Meek expect witbia a conp'e of months or bo to hive their mill ruaning with tho now machinery and as it ii of the late3fc kind, iho product of tbe mill should le in req/ieat ia Hew Zea'aad markets. The whait growa in this distiiot is Bpeclally euifced for makicg into flmr by the Hungarian roller process ; in fact, there would be a dimoa'ty ia making flour by this procesa out of wheat grown in moat of the other districts. Oamaru, therefore, has special advantages for the manufacture of a first class article, Mes3ra Ireland and Co. are also about to fit up thdr mill with a combination of rollers and stonoa — machiaery chat is highly epoUen of. We ai« pleased to uotico the improvements to be m^de in this direction. With tho local flour milla fitted up with thin deacii^liou of machinery the production cf fl mr will develop enormoualy, for hero we have the whe%t that suits the procesa, Farme.s will then find a ready market for a considerable portion of their grain, ani our industrial progress will receive increased vitality,

Tbt barqae May Queen oleared at the Custom? yesterday with a o»rgo of wool, grain, and skim valued at about L3), 000 She has bees hauled ont from the wharf and will be towed to sea by the Progress thimorning. We wish Captain Colville a oafe and speedy trip Home.

The January number of Once a Month has como to han't. Like preceding numbers it is strong in fiction and in readable essays on various £übj?ois Its biographic »l article i' written by Mr David Blair, and deals with the career and the character of the Rev. T)r L^ng, who had a uiiqu-s personality, and waa the pioneer statesman of New South Wa'ea. '! hia article deserve? to be wido'y read on account of its own power nnd the historic importance of its subject. Every intelligent New Zealander t-hould know Dr Lang's history, for, as Mr Blair Bay i, "he it was who first (ia 1836) directed the attention of tha Imperial Gtovernrn^nt to ths expediency ff oolonißlng New Zasland, and four years afterwards Ciptain Hobson was Bent out to take possession of the islands in the name of her Majesty."

In the course of an Interview with a reporter of the New Zealand Times, Ur. ol •, one of the Samoan delegates, said that there were more Germans in Samoa than the English and Americans put; together. The Germans had treated the natives Bhamefully— in fact ihey had better havt gone to war with them than acted as they had done. If a vote waß taken all the natives almost to a man would vote against German annexation. They would be sat sied with even less representation in the New Zealand Parliament thsm the Maoris now ec joyed. In reply to another visitor, Upolo stated thab a lot of earned beef need to be seat from America to Ssmoa, bat the superior quality of the Now Zealand meat had driven it out of the market. The currency of the country is Bolivian and Chilian dollars. Before tho dollars were introduced, fine mats, some worth from ICO t> 200 dollars, were the ourrency. He hoped they would not go away with the Impression that they (the representatives) were not fully empowered to como to New Zealand and arrange the terms for annexation. Th<y kad plonty of lifles— Martini-Henry and Sniders — and could mako short work of an> number of men tha Germans might send f:om one vessel. They were not afraid of one vessel, but they knew another, and another, and another, would follow the first. Th»t was what they dreaded. They had flsx in Samoa similar to the New Zealand flix, Some portions of the country weie well adapted for sheep. During the year 1885 the number and extent of tho transactions la land and property —exclusive of 'overnraent sales— in Victori I*,1 *, have beon unprecedentedly large, Tne Age says that according to the estimates by tha principal firms <vho do real estate business in that city, the year's transactions amount to close on L 12.000.000. Mrs Fenw ; ok Miller has recently drawn attention to the rather startling fact that at the present time there are no less than 948,000 more women than men in England, and that the rate of increase has been for come yearn steadily progressing. It is furthermore Btated that while the average lifetime of a woman in England has increased by four years during tho last generation, that of men has only increased two years. Putting theßo uncomfortable statistics together, there seoino to be a possibility that ia some remote ago the " sterner 6cx " may become positively raro in England, a

prospect that may have its attractions fur

the eevere advocates of "woman's rights," but can hardly be said to be otherwise reassuring.

M'CALLUM AND CO. ARE SELLING PURE MANILLA BINDER TWINE, 9d PEtl LB.

What the people are saying: That you CAn now buy the balance of a bankrupt stcck of politic*! pledges, and a large assortment of party promises slightly damaged. That all are Invited to c\ll at Cormack's, Tee 3 Street, and compare the quality and prioes before going to other shops to purchase ; that CoKM4CK is the Cheapest Tailor in Oamaru ; that you can get a suit from him at any price you

The T ife of an M P. — A.n M.P., deploy ing the evil effectß of London habits on the health, taid that were it net for the American Co.'s Hop Bitters he could not live through with the irregular hours he was ft. reed to keep. Said he: "Ab soon as I feel weak and exhausted from long night sessions and meals at irregular hours. I resort to my Hop Bittera instead of stimulantH. They regulate my bowels and keep my appetite good, my brain clear, and my strength and health &re preserved." See. •Alcohtlio Fatuitt. The ohronlc debauchee feels that he poseitively cannot exist without; his alcoholic stimulation. To quit drinking or to continue the habit bring death all the same Such a man can find in American Co 's Hop Bitters, properly used, a perfect panacea for the "drunkard's cure, Roa