THE Thames Advertiser FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1882.

Thames Advertiser, Volume XIV, Issue 4197, 31 March 1882, Page 2

THE Thames Advertiser FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 1882.

' " ' —-rr-*-~-r- f I'"" Tiie flood of July lust, and its movo recent but 1o;,h formidable Bucc9sabr, j led to ; coiisiderablo j parent alteration in oliuiato of tliiS;din- ]

trict. Bearing in mind llio numerous propht'ciosMid to bo on the ovo of fulfilment—Mother Shipton's forgery, Piizzi Smyth's Great Pyramid series of coincidehcP3 and tho baseless theories founded thereon by tho exaggerations and dreams of his admirers, tho increased number of spots on tho Bun, the perihelion of tho greater planots, and other raro atmospherical phenomena visible in the, heaveiiSj—even 6tJiisiblp: pfebi>ld' bdgdn' to Wv6r and to doubt whether after all there might not bira minutD grain of realiiymt the bottom, of the. crazes, indulged iu by those pryera into futurity whoso con* ceit- and -presumption tetids, BO.much to bring into- disregard those practical truths concerning man's daily., lifo scattered so, freely among,,tho sacred writings'".'on 'which/ 'tlidy' profess to base ti'ieir theories.' Surely nono can doubt,. |he possibility of miracles when I hoy witness tlif|iifinito capftoity some of these,pVo|hotiovinco for tho discovery of seom to favour tlieir lioiioiis: it is only equalled ,by.vtheir,;ib,lind<iess in not seeing others' that' toll lagiiinst them, But to two great facts ; observable,in tho Thames floods were jflud quantity. Iu: the first .■ flood, >the. doSvnpour was at times appalling, and certainly unequalled in. tho^xpbrpco'of'ijiy of tho ,i jnljabitauis. ***',* ris. gi ti ted with' tho district;loiig'teforp tljlo paHelia ■sot his foot on; its blibres/'defslarod^that siieh' an'eVcnt was 1 uhpafftM3d in 'their .experience,; mid, .unkno'ivti' ilt'tl?elv'traditions. . It needs no profound acquaintance with nature to bomirotliatfor what' appeared bucU ctn A infraction of I(i\y Eonio definite cause nutst oxipt, and as that has turned out' to lie not tho end,,of thejjsvorld, as just alow sup. posed; we may iook for ifc/Jurthinga witli-whiolii Wftf inquiries net on foot resulted generally in an agreement of opinion Unit the heavy rainfall was duo 'to one calis'e and ono only, namely ..the denudation of hills and valleys nlilfp.of i jtlici trees that formerly covered them, and which by their lincettolrig inftiVohcQ' tdp]M' in goii 11«( as they .npproacli^clj'rr 1 lightening ' their burden ; and preventing them fivo»n',burst« ing ih I 'densß' nVaßSos :! bf 1 iigainst' tlie ; I r^iijge'-' J Further, the ircp^, and-' by tho ramifications: of i,thoir:voola formecVbh'anribls byj which tlio raihfaU grachiaily,-, f ! ' Y 'tho groives have lii large part vanished, tho timber has been carried away; tho hillsides, have been rotybed o^thojr,wealth, and if the same thing proceoifs. tlio time is uofc far distant when,,'instead of forests of timber,-' full grown, awaiting export, wo sliiill piavo to'import it fop our own needs." a Conservator of State' Jfoi&itHMl&ttid in New., out a system' ofj : 'falso' |(3pijo/nyj wo rid of an efficient officeiyaud' substituted 1 as 1 ' tho 1 main check upon tho rob* bnry ; of 1 timber ! Ijio' 'our goldfields, 1 whose'auty is not 'bo much to preserve tho' timber,,as that when it is cut down certain'feos aro paid to'tlie' owierSi :ii b'ur own ; *}ure)y time a|bp was put to sucli a..sttitQii of', ; tiiingq. would grumble at it being made compulsory gianjk^-tlio forest—7V ? u '' l i P l ' » talnUalea alike—was cut down a - young tree should bo plonte.4 jin jtsnplace. „Mr / J3landis, lnspeoior-Genoral of Boosts ,J;o,, tho In'dik'iv 1 Government, ftigafprule., for . guidancpj |jj, matter when lio said that tlio object of any Governmental' <Btato forests sbb'uld'l)6 'f-lip I: mdkii,'4s much, timber, produce as vi![available, ... Bftmnpossiblo for tho: 1 '" r tho country ( and' : ,ffii';; 'fxpoi-lr; !,,l tt'ado and as large a surplus ( revenue .ns.yas compatible with' ;; 'tl)o'. maintena'iico and increase of their produoiivo powers." The lutter.'i,being a sjne. qua non. Costly exnoricnle beconies'is 'to look our own district.' Wo' have,robbed ,tho land ; unyfiso|i^ so, and if future years reap a iiarvc'st •of.pQVcrty from Wlwt—ciired 5 form* bo an eyer-increasing,, ( wealth, Chi'r ' limber' 'mills''''doUudo us largely. :of«: wooded no means be taken to choclcthet depletion Without return, ;as far 'tif concerned,? ,'ave j, respon-. siblo hereabouts for'a.tli<> ;wo thing. Private individualslini.Baiallerrdogroo pursue tliQ 'HauiG'"<ioUV6o. No doubt diffieuHies^V'eitist f ' ; 1 ; t to ex is t j' 1 1 n. ,',l howay of'! relinedy)] put treo planting; can be encouraged, aua will bo pursuedHvhen owners' -and'occupiers of laud ■' bo proved, thai"tjie 'tiling cali W'dono at ft-profit both to tho. individual,and tho public. \Wo notice striking ovidepce of this in d letter from a correspondent in Lake bounty, Whoro ! Mr George White, of Lake Hayes, lias a stone,wools.hcd, ) for which \vero tal?t'n, lroni' bluprguirib which ho' himself v so\Vn '• fromfeeod ott' liils own 1 farni ! B6 ! t^d l, l6'<riE>lr l fii years ago, i tlio .trees wl|cn, l put ,dpwi ; }; lmeasiiringfrom 18 inches inidiamoioraiid upwards;" For''controlling • vVeathei* influences,, howovei'j'it is by iiVWiita' nocessary that planting should be confined to timber ,;trees ;; fruit,bearingi) trees being equally efficient for tho purpose and probably, )ijoro7 1 a pecuniary poii}ti,'pf r^iew. ' So'mo doubt _ lias boen expressed at times as to .whether troe-growth//affoptod . rainfall, but' bf : this'' fact tlierd" caivbdn6 doubt bo obtained "as" 5 ' weli/' 'imivo cultivation., of: ; will, .malorjiilly aiftbofc tho climate,' avid ' that |most favourably.-,'iMVo o«f »wi -,wn: uj .