The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED OF WEDHESDAYS AND SATURDAYS. "SATURDAY, 'AUGUST 28, 1875.

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 2336, 28 August 1875, Page 2

The Taranaki Herald. PUBLISHED OF WEDHESDAYS AND SATURDAYS. "SATURDAY, 'AUGUST 28, 1875.

Tut! National Agricultural Labourora' Ui\io'n ! lias 1 boon '-in <oxi»tonco three yoars, during- which tiiuo it bus succeeded iv raising tho position' of the .farm labourer. But in all, what aro called .trade ortfqnizatipns, ;tbo purposes for which fchoy havo boon started aro attained, 1 i(j is found very difficult to keep somo of tho member^ within bounds, and as diftVotit opinions aro hold' by' tho loaders ' on ' certain points, a split in tho camp is generally tlio result. We havo not seen it roportedin any of tho,Jj?nglisb papers that havo como to hand, but by a file of . the Labourers' ,'l/nion. Chronicle,' roeoiv;od by tho last mail, \vo learn thai such a diversity of opinion exists bo* tweon sovoral of tho leading rnornbors , of tho Union as to cause a separation between its mombora to tako placo and a now organization to bo started. Tho fourth annual conference of tho Union was held at Birmingham during tho last. week of May last; and during the discussion questions of a personal nature appoar to havo cropped up, < On tho one side charges amounting almost to ombczzloinont aro made against the Secretary, Mr, Honry Taylor; whilst on tho other hand tho Treasurer, Mr. Vincent, who is also editor and proprietor of tho Union Chronicle, is accused of acting in antagonism to tho general principlos of tho Union, The ros'ult of tho (M'a'iv has been tlmtu large number, of tho Union have seceded from tho original organization and another started by thorn, to which thoy have given tho following namtfand titlo :—: — "The National Uuion of Farm Labourers for Land and Bonefit Movement." iv noticing, tho, actipu s o£ .the/ CoofOrengbJ the Chronicle says :—: —

The Committee "regroto that wo aro hostile to tho Union." Wo never were, nor are wo now, hostile to tho Union. Wo aro, however, hostile to tho mis-management of the Union ; to tiio shameful wasto of money which is going on in one direction; to tlio imbecility and utter helplessness which characterise tiio Executive iv another. When tho Union was created three years ago, there were noblo lines inscribed on our banner— lines which promised to the farm labourer comfort 1 and happiness in the shapo of, sick and benefit societies, allotment fuvmn, co-operativo stores, and numerous other beneficial , institutions of n kindred character. These high purposes and great objects wcro handed over to tho ISxccutivo for practical solution, Not ono has been solved', and scarcely one attempted, it is with feelings of , tlio strongest indignation that we place on record, , the follies aud, tho failures whicli mark the incurable incompeteuoy of this body. Nearly Ouo Hundred Thousand Pounds (taking an " approximate estimate ") of tho public money bus passed through the bauds of Meagre. Taylor Sc Co. in tho # eourso of three yearn, and with what results*'/ • Not a single agricultural labourer has been placed upon tbo land ! Not a single allotment farm has b'-en established ! ! Not n flinglo cooperative store has been opened ! ( ,' Not a single Sick and Benefit Hocioty has been started. Stop, wo aro in error. There havo been some societies started for tho purpose of assisting tlio poor farm labourer in tho dark hour of hia aflliction, and for tlio purpose of conveying to his last homo, with decency his mortal remains. .Tbero have been some attempts, too, at co-opemtivo farming, and co-ojionitivc stores, But when and by whom 1 Not by the Executive Committee afcLcdmington, but by districts and branches, which have always shown more courage, wisdom, and energy with their limited meant*, than tlio Central body at Leamington with almost Illimitable resources at its command, But the Executive has not been ,idle, Tho wages of the general secretary havo been put up lo H2 10s. a week, with house rent, gnu, and firing, • which are worth in fashionable Leamington, another 10s. A second secretary has been added to tho department, whoso salary, commencing flt 25«. a week, was Increased to il'i lin,, In tho comparatively short space of about twelve months, Thoy havo made a vigorous onslaught on tho liberty of tlio press, aud havo attempted to gag an organ which they found themselves unable to answer— and this, too, while claiming for themselves that liberty of speech whicli they deny to others. They havo also grossly insulted tlio great body of tho agricultural labourers by supposing that thoy would neverhave had the intelligence to comprehend tho largo declension of membejaeefc forth lo their own official statistics, unless tho sumo had been pointed out in clearer language in tlio editorial articles of tho Chronicle, A score other tilings might bo Bet forth which tiio

ExooutivQ Committee have doiVo,«uono v of' which roileofc orodifc upoii tlioir senso qf justieot nor indioato a comprehensive grasp of; mind eapuble of grappling with tho difiiQulticJs whioli besot tho position of tho ttgrioultural labourer. „ Tills ebovvß a doplornblo stato of affairs, und Jooks'us if tlio Union was, rotten at tho core. Mr. Vinconfc ovidontly aobhis to havo fcbo flubjocfc ut, bearfc ; ami, with tlio help* of othors^ a programme baa boon agreed uponWtho basis of a vow Union, .It Btartß>.wa lourn, with a preliminary guarantee fund of £5,000. Its qbjotjta afo, 1 thu's'.d^fiood: tb^ nccoloi'a'tp , tho ( jPot^tioV, .',Qf',',tl»9, , la^cl, question';. in lOtifflaud by^dovotiiig'.ibo' subscriptions of the lueinborovof-'thoi Xhrion to 'thb 1 reniiU iind purebaso of land for tho immodiato ocoupniion of farm 'labourers; It is .proposed to 1 acquire land in different parts of tbo country, so hh to directly roJiyvo' tl)O local (labour^ix(ai'l<ob|>Q^o^oQnjryy^( labour^ix(ai'l<ob|>Q^o^oQnjryy^ |ho immodiato foundation of a sick and benefit society on a sound financial ,basis. Thirdly, tho establishment of ico-opqvatlv^ stores liOvillagbs and! cboporativo furms as far as practicable. Fourthly, to watch alll I Parliamentary* movoments afleefcing 1 tho liberty and interests o!f'tno"farnif 1 lab6M'brs, and moro particularly to socuro tho acquisition of all ' available wasto lands for the creation of peasant fnrrner.l fi'oj AnrtfyCJoufc; this.' y^prlc; it 18 proposed lo liftvo but ono secretary, at a salary of £1 or £1 ss. por woolc, and to dispenso w ith the sorvioos of ' {he ''Union ' * delegates ; therefore, ,ifc is, to, i bo pres.umer^, <;ha r t much of thp.v^o'rk vvilljbodone, bjf t)}psp who will corisidcj* ifc rj, ( "labor/ of ,lp,yp r '' Tho delogates, 'during tho previous year, .cost tho Union £2,709 ; aud tho 'Chronicle considers tho events have shown that such an oxpondjturo ja now entirely unnecessary. We "rogrot to see this diviso'n, b'ecauso tlio Union has done much to promoto a desiro amongst agriculturists' to omigrato ; thus benefiting not only tho laborers but the Colonies to which thoy come. Tho new Union, however, appears jto'iguore Emigration' ! in ''its'^prdgrannno-; its' object boing more for the amelioration' of tho laborers at' homo/ ' We cannot but think that this 'is- u 1 "mistake ; for, had not the Colonies' offered great advantages at tho timo, and enabled many to emigrate, we doubt'if the Union would' ihavo iriet wilbh'tho 1 success 'ibhas. . „», '! ...„..,•'. 1... i. «■-,- 1. . , /

[This Debate on thk Aoom'tib^d^ Pno- , yiNOKB is beginning to tiro everyone, and tho quicker it is brought to a closo and tho business pf .tho , ftossion. ( gone on jwitj^tho/^pttqr cveryono'wilfbo.ploascci. , In all partis of tho Colony wo rcad'thiU meetings hive 1 been held to discuss this matter, but at not ono do wo notice has there been a' 'desire' expressed for Provincialism to be continued. It is true that dolay lias been urged, but tho proverb that "Delays aro dangerous" is as applicable iv tho present instance as in anything elso. The subject has been discussed over aud over again until 3fc him bcoomo wearisome 5 and the debate, as far as wo have read it, contains no new argument oithjr in favour of continuing tho present system of Government or otherwise. Sir George Grey htts taken every opportunity of asserting that tho Constitution is to bo swept away, because tho Provinces are to bo abolished. It might just as well bo argued that a merchant, bocauwo ho remodels his establishment, intends to wind up his business. Whilst tho Governor and General Assembly remain as thoy aro ivl proxout constituted, the doiug away with tho now 'useless bruuch of tho Legislature-- tho Provinces— can affect very little tho progress of, tho Colony. Tho great fault of the Constitution, as Mr. Pyko observes, is that it, affords no room for tho very principle which is supposed to pervade it, and contains wo provision hy which other Provinces could branch olt .from tho parent Province without tho 1 necessity for a special Act of tho -Assembly; The 1 attempt to work tho Constitution Aofe as it evidently .should 1)0 wjta first al.Ujm.pWd. iby Mr. -Stafford in 18/58, when tho Now Provinces Bill was passed, and whicli; broughthjto (ox;«tonpo( ox;«tonpo tbo Provinces of Jlawko's Day and Southland. Had this reform been carried out, aud tho powers of tho Provinces been modified, Now Zealand would npw bo a more united /Colony than it is at present. All/ thai 'Provincialism him done hiißbuon to build upftolutinteU feeling 1 in its several districts; and mon from Auckland, Tamn&k,], Wiolliugfon, QrjQUigo; 0$ 'as r (jgo(is-' I tical regarding' their several Provinces as if thoy werodistinotColouiosorStates. Itis time that this local feeling was got rid of and that wo became a united people in Now Zouland, and tbon — and not till then—will thai prejudice, thut exists iv different portions pf $0 Colony against other parts of it, bo got rid of. Wo sco tho evil effect of Provincialism by tho, reports that aro continually reaching hero of immigrants being tampered with and porHuadcd not to como to Turanaki, being told everything that is dreadful concerning it. ] Were we a united Colony it would Bo as much to tho interest of ono part as .the other that it should bo populated; but whilst Provinces exist tiwro will bo always n desire on tho part of the inhabitants of each to cry down other Provinces tuul praiso up tho ouo they hall from. When,, howovor, they aya abolished .> this feeling will die away, uud those in tho ! North Island will bo as much intorc6ted with what is goiug on down South /is they are with what is doing at tho North end of the j Colony. 1

WJJEN WILL, Witt CONTJIAGTH Mi CAWJSJ), for the continuation of tho Wailara-Wauga-nui railway as far as Xngiowood? That portion of , the lino between tho town aud tho Waitara iii vW completion, aud ' 'iv a 'few weeks over two hundred won will bo thrown out of employment. This iv a very serious matter; because on finding that thoro is no work, thoy will doubtless leave tho place, 'J.'ho Hno between Sentry I fill and Inglotvood has boon surveyed some time, and has also been gazetted, therefore thu dolay in calling for tenders is moat inexplicable. Wo havo boon accustomed of lalo to liear grout cornpluintH ot tho HCtivally of labour— but if some exertion is not jiyido aud pressure brought to hear upon tho Government to go on with tbo railway at once, wo four that withihoimmigmnls expected daily, and tho«o likely to bo thrown out of work shortly, a directly opposite state of things vyill soon bo t'.io case. Wo uro just passing over midwinter, and for some two or three months tho fanners will not require any oxtra labour; in tho mcantlmo how aro tho jnen already hero to bo employed, if tho Oovovmaoul do not go on with tho works m we all expected would bo tho ease'/ Wo do not boliovo much iv tho of/loaey of public meetings, but occasionally they do good in rousing v sluggish Government to itctiou, As

there ifl.no time to bo lost in tho xnattor. >vo would suggest that n deputation wait upon hie Honor, tho ( l)oputy Superintendent without delay, mid impress upon him tho necessity of cotnmunloating with tho General Government oa tho .matter, and also to urge upon our mombors now attending to their legislative duties iv Wellington to use their endeavours to got the notices calling for tho tenders publiuhe'd at on'oo, so that tbo evils whioli wo «co looming in tho distance may bo averted.

Bkw-kwkpinu ia carried on in the United Scales ,t(M a, very .largo, extent, and fow havo any Jdoa of tho magultudo of tho transaction I •in this-Bimplc, butyaa it appears to bo, profitable industry, Tho last year's harvest of bop' beo-keeper T Mr. , .Hai'bison, of Sail liiogo, California—is stated in an Araorio.au paper (tho Mitlwml Agriculturist) to. have -boon. ,100,0001 b., or 07 .tons of honoy of oxcollont quality, sold for 30,000 dollars, the product of 2,000 stocks of; boos/ managed by the* owuor^ with tho'ttid^ofoiglit apprennoes. In Uuasia (Hid Hungary npiacies |of 2,000 and a,OOO stocks aro not/ ui|coinmoty. wb,iio' in Groat Britain tlioro is not a single owner of 100 stocks, although tlio flowers would bear comparison, at any rate, with those of llussia aud Hungary. , [Npw, , England spends thousands of pounds annually iv importing honoy aud wax; and although wo 01m iind no record in our statistics, wo havo no doubt that largo sums of money leave Now Zealand for tho saiup urtiolos. , Tlio rosoivroboß oi naturalists throw'liglit on tho Inestimable value of ins|!d^, | amongst wliioli stands pre-om'in'o'ul tho hoiie/ beo iv tlio fertilisation of flowers, To thorn may ( bo traced, Jikowiso tho vory existence of some of our most yaluablo crops; nud'librti* 'oultui'isbd ivro bogiiining to 'acknowledge tlioil' iadobtoduoßS to tlio ineoct world, althou#h'jib doi»bt ; jihorp aro appiu'ontly /great cueniiqs j amongst tho myriad species which exist. Bops thrivo in Now Zealand amaisii}g]y,'ahd'in this ago of utilisation a harvest of great value is absolutely Iput by simplo apathyi Iv Amorica boe-kqopjng,^ carried ou as a distiu^t trade,, aud is followod by a largo number of persons. Why, thon, should it not bo takcu advantage of hero '/ The soieuoo of modern bec-keoping is not ■vei-y ; formidable, although -profitable; and what ouu bo done iv America can surely bo mado to answer in Now Zoalaud. , , J

ALL OAHUIKIW Oil 1 JIISIIUHANIMBIs!' luggagfy or other kinds of goods, are, it appears, liablo for till damage or loss, notwithstanding they, may advertiso thomsolvos not' responsible for tiio satno. In tho llousjo of Lords it lias been iluully decided that a carrying company cannot udvprliso itself out { of its legal liabilitioq. Tho Spectator oi Juuo sth, says :— " To socuro an exemption thorp must bo a special contract with tho ' individual passenger o*r' Bonder of goods, aud ho must bo, Bhown to havo been a consenting party. Lieutenant Stovousou, for example, pasaenger on board tbo 'Countess of ■Egliutoh,' was wrecked arid 'lost his lugga'go. Uo su'o,d.th© owtiprs/ ar»d noglig'encoinW.as proved, but dofqudauts. appealed, on tlio ground of a special contract on thp back of tlio ticket. Tlio House of Lords— that is, Lords ilathorioy, Chohnsford, Cairns, aiid Olllagai\—docldedO l llagai\— doclded that thoro was not proof of i;cad.iua:,,that;a passenger, could not bo hold bound to look at tho back of his tickot ; find that tho jiulgmonL of tho Court bolow, tho Second Division of tlio Court of Session in fpcptland, must be confirmed." From this it would scorn that auolico on tho back of tickets to tho oil'eot that tho "company will not bo responsible," for this or for that under all sorts of coucoivablo circumstances, is really jutjt worth nothing at all, unless thoro bo produced "proof of reading" in every case, which, wo take it, would bo oxtromoly diilicult to procure

Eoi/oation iiOAiio.— Tho monthly meetiug of the Education Hoard will bo hold on Wednesday next, the Ist Soptomber. TiiK Pjuladmwuia. Exhibition.— -Tho local committee met on Wednesday last, when sovcml suggestions wore made, some of which it was proposed should bo carried out. Tho Chairman (Mr. Ci'Oinplou) lias instructed ub to state that tho local oomnnlieo moot on AVoduosday next, at U o'clook, in tho Juetituto, when persons desiring to exhibit, or whp fiio ' in any way interested and disposed .to aid> will bo welcomed. ' • , Ml*, CHAi'WAN'B BiSNUjaT cumo off at the Odd Fellows' Hall last evening, and, no far as tho pqitformaucfl; wap concerned, 'was a grqnfi success. We havo not spaco ,-tofday t« pinako any remavka ou tho various pieces that wore road or tho songs that wcro sung during tho o veiling, but tho programme was an excellent ono, and tho audience soeiried- highly pleased with, tlio , cypnjug's , onfprtainmqnt. , Misn Honifond, in her,socoud'si^b.fc, ;w«8 very puccosßfuliuhoraußwors; and Madjtmo Sckicblich wa» loudly apj)luudcd tit tho conclusion of her violin soJo, Tho evening's outortainmout concluded with an amusing farce. OuuiwiL of England Bmivicuti ToMOitltow. — Services will Ijo hold to-morrow,' at HI. Mary's Church, at 11 a.m. by tho Hpv.'H. 11, Brown; and at (MO p.m. bytho Ven.Arohdeacou Govott, who will also bo at Jiell JJlook at 11 a.m., and at lluirangi at 2.«0 p.m. 'I'lio Kov. 11. 11. Brown will bo at Omata at 00 p.m., and at Wclbouruo nt 6MO p.m, Tho llov. P. Walsh will bo at Tikoraugl, at 10 a.m. ; Urenui, at 2 p.m. ; aud at tho 'NVhito Clilfs in the o'voning. Weblkyaw OiiunouSßUviojjfl To-mojikow. — Horvices will be hold to-)hqr'r6w, ' at the chapel iv town,' at 11 a.m. and 'G.flO pirn.,' by the llov. G. Jlitßßcll. Tlio itov. AY. Kirk will bo at Manutahi at 11 v.m., AVuitara at 2.1)0 p.m., »md 801 l Block at 0.30 p.m. . Mr. Ituwson will bo at Tataraimakn at ] 1 a.m., and Oakum lit 2.V0 p.m. PniAimvjis Mmtjiodibt Bk«vjok» ToMOiutow.— Services will bo hold at tho olmpol in towj), at 11 a.m. and (s.<iO p.m., by tho ito'v, J, Dumbell, who will also bo at tho llcuui at 2.80 p.m. Mr. W. BilliDg will bo nt 1501 l Blook at 0.30 p.m., and Mr. It. Gilbert at Mangorei at 2,130 p.m. 1 TESTIMONIAL TO D«. O'CAKKOLU— At a full meeting of Court Walrekti of tho .Order of KoroHtcru, hold four montlis baoii, it wustlio unanimous desire of tho oilicors aud bretkreu that some appropriatb presentation should bo made to Dr. O'Carroli, tlio surgeon of Iho Court', who, by his valuable services, uniform kindness and courtesy, has onrucd for himself their admiration and regard. As an honorary member aud a trustee of tlio Court, Brother O'Carroli has always ovincod an ardent desiro for its welfare, aud whmi at ouo time, through tlio depression of tlio Province, tho Court was a I a very low ebb, tho worthy surgeon attended on the members gratuitously. The testimonial takes tho form of a handsome silver cup, witli a suitable inscription thereon, and will bo presented on an early diito, LOVJS am; MoNijy.— Mark Twain, tho philosopher of tbo Sandwich Inlands, says of Joye :— " Ijovo without money is something like leather boots without soles."