Daily Circulation, 1500. The Oamaru Mail FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1889.

Oamaru Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 4538, 29 November 1889, Page 2

Daily Circulation, 1500. The Oamaru Mail FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1889.

His Honob Jodgk Trimble, of the Native Land Court, now describes the political personage who for years angled for the appointment in the House of Bepreientatives by registering the will of the only Premier with the faithfulness of a lap dog. Colonel Trimble was his other name. He was a volunteer officer, and very great politician. His politics were Liverpudlian in chwacter, and, when trying to convert an Atkin-on opponent, in hia anxiety to earn the reward thit he has just reaped, he would revert to the ineffable wisdom and honesty with which everything had been done in the little village by the Mersey, in his time. Hia oratory was of the funereal type, and, whilst not by any means eloquent, it was at tha same time not particularly Instructive. He was clever enough, though, io adapt his views to the obligation he had taken upon himself, and to earn the gratitude of Sir Harry by a prolonged eareer of subservience to hia will. The difficulty was to fiod soma post that Colonel Trimble could fill with any degree of satisfactoriness. His only stock-in-trade was an inexhaustible capacity to degrade his position as a Member of the house of Hepresentatives by prostituting his will to the uses of another. He was offered the position of Sergeant-at-Arms. There was no necessity for any independence of character in the occupant of Such a position, and Colonel Trimble would for that reason have made an admirable bearer of the mace. But he was not to be shaken off with the billet of chambermaid. With him it was not a question of what he was fit for, bnt of salary. The legislative Counoil was open to him ; but he turned up his nose at the income attaohed to members of that resort for politioal destitutes. He would prefer to be a judge. The Chief Jaßtioeship was not open and no exouse could be found to constitute a second—there was not a seat available on the Supreme Court Bench—but he would be satisfied with a Judgeship of the Native Baud Court till he could get something better; and that is how Colonel Trimble was promoted to the Judicial ranks. We believe him to be about the worst man that could be found for the position ; but we shall be told thit an increase of the Native Land Court Judges wss imperative, and that it happened quite' fortunately that Colonel Trimble was available. He is, as we have already said, one of the blindest partisans that the New Zealand House of Bepreaentatives his ever known, he has a mind the reverse of judicial, he has spent more than the last decade in a bad school, he knows nothing whatever of law, and through political associations he has become involved in intimate friendships that will sadly trammel him in the execution of his doty. Sir Harry Atkinson has made another blunder in making or permitting each an appelntroent to be made!

We have on several ooaasions felt it to ba our duty to complain of Inattention of the Press Association in respeot to matters oi public interest, and it i», therefore, incambent npon ns to take a passing notioe of what we deem to be a splendid achievement on the part of the Association. We refer to the expeditions manner in whioh tha excellent report of the opening of tha New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition at Dunedin on Tuesday was Bent through to the evening newspapers. That telegraphic report comprised over four thousand words, but thongh the afternoon was well advanced before the openiDg ceremony was oonclnded, the whole of the report reached us in good iime for insertion in our early country edition. We have much pleißUre in complimenting Mr At'.ck, the manager of the Association, upon the manner in whioh he discharged an important duty, and in bearing testimony to the excellent way In which the Telegraph Department seconded his efforts. According to the News, New Zealand potatoes can be purchased in Sydney for LI 10a a ton, while their market prioe at In vera argil) is L 5. Madame Carandlnl, who with her ohildren has eo often delighted Australian audiences, was a cousin of Captain Medwin, the companion and biographer of Byron, while her grandfather was olosely related tn the poat Shelley. At 17 sbe married the Marqaiß Cirandini, an Italian refugee nobleman, line of Madame Oarandini's daughters is at present residing in Wellington, and wears a title—v!z, Lady Campbell.

According to the Auckland Herald, two merchants who wrote before leaving for the Exhibition to ascertain what they would be charged at hotels wera agreeably surprised on receiving information that they would only be expected to pay ths moderate figure of IS per week. Another inquirer was informed by a boardinghouse-keeper that no rates wou'd be settled till after the opening of the Exhibition. This, of couraa, means that tha highest charges obtainable will be made.

Milk is not cheap to consumers in the towna of England—at least gocd milk :s not; but farmers get only about 5Jd to 6d a gallon net in the summer, and 7d to 8d in the winter.

The ladlea of St. Stephen's Church, Hampden, intend holding a sale of work (Christmas tree and fancy stall combined) on December 20, the proooeds to be in aid of the organ fnnd and painting of the church. Subscriptions, donati >ns of children's c'othing, articles for Christmas tree or fancy stall, produce, groceries, fruit, confectionery, poultry, cake®, eso , wiil be moat thankfully reotived by Mrs W. Murootfc or Mrß Cruden, the Parsonage, Hampden. The Melbourne Argus, writing on the expenditure by the Victorian Government, Sl ya : —" The expenditure for the year under voteß and appropriations amounts to a little over L] 0,000 000, The loan expenditure has been L 4 000 000 at leaßt. There has apparently been about L 1,030,000 borrowed from trust funds. Thus the total ousloy if the year will bi 'itt e, if any, less than L 15.000 000. The new loan bill—when no loan bill waa anticipated—is now L 4,000.000. It may be submitted that the time has now come for the Treasurer to gradually and cautiously reduce sail."' We think so, too. If Victoria goes on spending at the preEont rite she wlil aoon rob New Zealand of the inevitable position sha now holds as the second most heavily debt-burdened colony of

Australasia, The New Zaaland Loan sni Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) have received the following cablegram from their London house, dated 26th November :—The wool sales opened on 26th at an average advance of about 7i per cent, oa last tale's closing rates, & ttendance of both Home and foreign bayerß is good. Competition by both Heme and foreign buyers is active. The total quantity available, including wool held over from last series, ia 163,000 bales, 12,000 of

which have been forwarded to the manufao' turing districts direct.

Persons interested would do well to note that entries for the pigeon and oanary show at the Kxhibitlon will close on the 2nd of December (Monday next). Mr B. Hardy, who is in ch»ree of the Uamaru court, would be pleased to take the care of any exhibits of birds sent down, and see that they were

returned after the show, and, as he has an expert knowledge of pigeon and poultry keeping and rearing, his services would be invaluable.

Ia a recent issue of the Tasmanian Mail is published the amended clauses of the Tasmanian Licensing & ct. One or two clauses are deserving of more thsn a passing notice, and the first olaiming attention is that affecting the ages of those who may purchase liquors at a licensed house. The clause as passed stipulates that no person under the age of 16 years is to be supplied in a city or town with liquor for consumption on the premises or to be carried awsy elsewhere. Bouses without cities or towns may supply liquor to children to be taken away from the iioensed premises. The wisdom of this measure must be apparent to all those who hava the least regard for the true interests of the community and the great regret is that New Zealand has not long ago done her duty in this respect. Blame U a'tachable to Bome one for the want of attention to this matter. The representatives of tho people in Parliament have had the question brought under their notice repeatedly, we know, but as the subject was either an unpleasant one or deemed of too little importance, it waß set aside by members expressing she opinion that it would be considered an infringement of the liberty of the subjeoi were the Government to interfere. And why should not the Government o£ a country interfere with a person's liberty if such person is bent on his or her own rain? While the law is defective in regard to the sa'.e of drink to minors, there must be a still greater defect in the hearts of parents who will jeopardise the souls and bodies of their children in order to gratify an unnatural craviog. Any man or woman with a grain of decency ought to ba ashamed to send tbeir little ones to places where they would themselves blush to be saen > but such is frail humanity. Oa the other hand, wo are satisfied that no decent hotelkeepers de>ire to see mere babes at their counters, especially when the children are badly In need of better food and batter clothing, which the money spent in drink would supply. Another feature of the Tasmanian Licensiap Act ia the respoua bility, not only of the publicans who supply liquor during prohibited hours, but that of the purchaser also. The Act stipulates that " a person, not being a traveller, lodger, servant, or inmate of a licenaed house, is liable to a penalty not exceeding L 5 for purchasing Hquor after hours, or for purchasing on a vessel holding a packet license if not a passenger." This ;s perf<ctly fair and right. The person who enters a hotel on Sunday knowing that he breaks the law is equally to blame with the publican who supplies the drink, and should accordingly be punished for his act, &b he is the one to tempt the publican to break the law.

The Dnuedin papers may fa'rly be complimented upon the great efibrts which they have put forth to give their readers at a distance an idea of the excellence and magnitude of the New Zealand and South Seas Exhibition. It is, therefore, a matter for regret that the Otago Daily Times and the Evening Star shonld have disfigured their excellent reports by wretched attempts at illustration. The Times is the greater offender in this respect, for in addition to a rough-hewn -woodcut fondly supposed to be a picture of the Exhibition Building, it has perpetrated a quintette of atrocities which are labelled respectively "The Executive Commissioner," "The President," "The Manager," "The Keoretary," and "Tho Architeot." These are presumed true and faithful portraits of the five gentleman who have figured most prominently iu connection with the Exhibition which is the pride and glory of Dunedin, Colonials do not require to be told that Messrs Twopsny, Roberts, Joubert, Hastings, and Hislop are not such an 111-looking lot as by the means of woodcut presentments the Times nukes them appear to be, and they will view the whole thing bb a grim joke, and smile accordingly, £ut as these portraits have been transferred to the columns of the Witness, thousands of copies will probably fall into the hands of people abroad. What will the people of Great Britain think ol us when they are asked to accept these precious portraits as faithful presentments of prominent colonists—the pink of society in New Zealand J What will they say when the announcement is made about the middle of May next that Mr John ; Roberts, President of tae New Zealand and

Pouth Sea? Exhibition, has bean created a K.C.M.G.—a distinction that must oomo to hini If tiie Imperial Government do their duty towards a deserving colonist T We do car© to anticipate what they will aav at Buoh a time, and we csn only haps thit Britieh readers of the Witness will not aooept the portraits as truly representative either of our distinguished fellDW-coloniats o" the advancement made in high art in New Zealand. We have not heard what aolion the five gentlemen who have been so grossly libelled intend to take against the nroprietora and pablishers of the Times and Wisnees Surely an action for damages would lie—of course, we do not mean He in the tamo diraotlon or to the game extent as these portraits lie. Members of the Endeavor Lodge of Druids are desired to meet the Grand Lodge officers at the locgd-room at eight o'clock this evening.

Whether the Oamaru public appreoiato really good mußic or not will be shown by the attendance at the We lev Churoh concert this evenins. The leading vocalists of the district have been assiduously practising some of the most popular airs an I choruses from the "Messiah" and " Creation," and »s they are assisted by several instrumental its, there seems every probability that tho concert will be the best thai his bean given in Oamaru for a long time. The following is a list of the aseeis and liabilities in the estate of Fobert Williamson. of Maheno, laborer. Assets —Furniture, L 5; saddle, T3. Liabilities—George Parker, L 6 15s 7d ;J. Gall, L2 lis 4d ; Giimore. L2; Mogridge, L 3 9j; J. Newla'ids, Lls 12s 4d; JT. Watson, LI ss; S. Myers, L 5 17a 6d; Kelson, Moate, and Co., LI Ss; W. Watson, L 5 6s 9d; W. Waddelli Ll 10a; Dr Hayes, ISs; J, Cox, 13 10a; V, Corooran, Ll jD. M. Fea, 16 ss; K. Findlay, L 3; Dr Levlnge, 10a 6d. Total, L 67 14s. lieficioncy, L 59 14s.

Two men engaged as navvies on the Lsuobfield to Kilmore railway lino secured a handsome sum on tha Melbourne Cup. They had corjointly taken a ticket in Tatte'Ball's monster consultation of L 50.000 in Sydney, and they were lucky enough to draw Bravo, thas winning L 22.500 between them. The fortunate men lefs work the day aftor tha race, and proceeded by the express train to Sydney in order to obtain their winning?.

Wheat rust ia duo to the attacks o! several species of minute fanjji, and is dovelopoi in its elementary stages upon weeds. This rust be'ongs to a division ■which ia capable of developing several di:tinot farms in the course of a year ; and at least one form appears on a plant very different from that upon which its first form develops. The transfer of this disease from one hoßt plant to another ia accomplished by means of numerous small pores from the preoeeding growth. The life history of these plants may ba divided into three distinct periods, with three stages of dove'opmont. Kaoh of these forms produces p pores which are seeds of the succeeding forms. When these fungi are numer us the host plant is so weakened that it 1s unable to resist sadden changes in temperaturo and condition ; and, as a result, a light harvest i 3 obtained. Whevt growers often think that no harm results to the plant from the red rust, while blaok rust is very destructive. The fact is, the red rust is simply an eariier development of the same fungus, and gives the seed for the distribution of the disease where the moat damage can ba d >ne v\ hilo the wheat may not show it the red rust exhausts the wheat so muoh tbat it loses vitality,and is nnable to ripen, This accounts for the fact that early ripening varieties are sot damaged as much as late varieties,as the grain has reached maturity before the rust 1b most injurious. The following letter, whloh speaks for it' self, appeared in a recent issue of the Argus: —" Peihaps you may be able to explain how it is that a Sydney firm is able to advertise Bte;m9rs from Sydney to Dunodin via Wellington, single fares L 4, return L 7 10a; from Sydney to Wellington, single fires O, return, L 6 ; while the Union Steam Company advertise the following ' great'y reduced fares Melbourne to Dunedin, return, available for one month, Lll ; for three months, Ll3 10s; and Melbourne to Wei. lington, return, available for three months, LIS. The Sydney firm cbarce fares as fol lows Sydney to Dunedin vii Wellington, return, 1.7 10J; and Sydney to Wellington, return, L 6. These so-called reductions ol the U S. Company are a farco, and should the Sydney firm Btart an agency here the; wou'd find their steamers crowded by Victorian travellers, who would_ gladly pay LlO for a return trip to Dunedin via Wellington, " A match Town v. Country will be playec on North Road Cricket Ground to-morrow The following have been chosen to pl*y, viz.. Country : 6, B irton, O. Borton, J. Borton Fisher, Macdonald,G. Milllngton, M'Master Rosby, Sumpter, and Giffird, Town Cre»s>h, Earl«, Fish, Francis, Forbes, Laing, M'Ghee, Probyn, M'Donald, W. K. Smith, and Wa'ls. flay commences at 10 a.m. At the Victorian Bifla Association 1 ! annual meetings whloh took place thil month, Bome excellent shooting was done, In the long ranga ma*ch of 800 yards two oi the aompstitors made 49 each out of a pDs table 50, two 47, one 45, and several 44. Ir a match seven shots at 500 and 600 yards, 67 out of a possible 70' were made, the toj , scorer making 33 at 500 and 34 at 600 yards, another competitor making the possible 3S at 600 yards, i It la stated by the very best nuthorlt'oi that the quantity of food wasted in London . alone would be more than mffioient tc ; supply the iable requirements of all the starving poor in the metropolis. ITquallj - certain is it that the waßte which goes or in the large establishments and hotels Id ! London !s in a lesser degree prevalent In , the households of the middle classes.