The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLI'M FORTH PATRIA." TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1872.

Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 93, 3 December 1872, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLI'M FORTH PATRIA." TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1872.

Robert Smelt Bush, Esq., lias been appointed clerk to the Resident Magistrate's Court at Raglan, cice F. W. Rienient ehnoider, i rausferred. Tt will be seen : \y advertisement that there are to be sports at Xgaruawahia on Eoxing Day. The programme is a good one, so that a good day's sport may be anticipated. We understand from the committee that in all probability there will be from £50 to £60 to give away in prizes. Wo have seen a fine sample of bricks and tiles made at the coal mines by the Waikato Company. They are a very good sample. The common building bricks are quite equal 40 any turned out in tho- province,, and in addition there are lire-bifks which appear to be of first-rate quality. Some »£ the till s are made into shapes suitable f<. r making tesselated ucoring for churches or public buildings, or halls of private iiouses. Perhaps better evidence of the prosperity of the working classes could not be found than that shewn by the large increase in the amount of clepo>its in the Post Ofilce Savings Banks. The balance in deposit at the end of the third quarter, 1871,. was £14/168, that at the conesponding per.'od im,. was £33,55?. ■

to thij matter, but we have not succeeded in inoviji" the Ci-yverumeiil. it i» io be bim.i'reiv hoped that there is no i Mention to give any of the laud, back to the natives, is such a course could only have the ell'eet of making the Maoris more impudent and exacting, iii the Government cares to : maintain their popularity in this district, they must not i return one inch of confiscated territory. There is a great ' deal more laud beyond the coniiscated boundary than, is ' over likely to be uivd beneficially. I It will doubtless be interesting to our readers to know some ot the antecedents of .lir Jame.-s t'erjuauu, who suci:eeda .Sir G. 1 ,, , iioweii as Governor of tins colony :—The following brief notice of him is from " JJod'a Peerage, baronetage," (fcc : "Sir James Ferguson, son of the tilth baronet, by the second daughter of the ltight Uon David lioyle, and grandnieee of the third L'ati of Glasgow, was born in Edinburgh, in 18.'i2 /married, in 1559, Lady Kdith Christian, second daughter of the lirat, Marquis of Dalhousie. [Lady Edith died in .South Australia.] lie succeeded hia lather in loi!J ; was educated at llugby under the present Archbishop of Canterbury; appointed lieutenant and e.tptaiu in Grenadier Guards, 1804 ; retired from the army l>3oo ; lieutenant-colonel ixoyal Ayrshire Killcs, ISSB ; deputy-lieutenant of Ayrshire, lSiiJ ; was wounded at the battle of inkerman ; was AJ.F. for Ayrshire from December, 1554, to April, 1857 ; again elected October, 185 i). The lirst baronot was a successful Scotch Advocate, and the second was a Judge of the Court of iSeasions under the title of Lord Kilkerran." iSirJiuu.es Kergusson is a man of undoubted ability, and is greatly respected by all who come in contact with him.

It is gratifying, says the liyiteltun Times, to note that the utilisation oi refuse iiax is occupying increased atten-

tion in the province, and that good promise is given of something practical resulting therefrom. Ac present there is an immense quantity of refuse ilax thrown away, which might with a little enterprise, be made a payable article of export, thereby increasing the proiit accruing from a prosecution of the lla.v industry, aud giving employment to a larger number of men. Tho latest experiment in tho utilisation of the refuse has been made by Mr J. B. Stansell, whose ideas are iu the direction of paper making. A few days ago he forwarded three samples of what paper manufacturers term "half stulf" to the 1 ,, lax Association, at

whoso 2'oouis tiioy are now lying for ''isucction. Two of these have been prepared from tiax libre, and the other from refuse itax. Tke iirst two are interesting, as bearing on the general adaptab>'ity of llax fibre for i>aper making, but iu the meautiine the third sample, as tending to the utilisation of what is now thrown away, is invested with the most importance. Mr iStausell, speaking of the various samples, says : — 1, a fine prepared flax, is not easily reduced to half stuff, except by a very strong " ley." iNo. '2, a coarse prepared tlai, is more susceptible to the ordinary paper-makers' "ley." JN'o. 3, the refuse of waste from a flax mill, forms ■with proper treatment, a very fair speci-

men of halt stuff, (it for brown paper or papier uiache. As this is ex.teusively used for the manufacture of trays,

picture iramco, ic., and a variety of other purposes, there should be a good and continuous demand for it in The preparation of ic is not a difficult or expensive matter, in fact every flax mi", in .New Zealand should have ita boiling vaC for the conversion, ot'its waste into ha'f stuff. Jn England in establishments of a similar nature everything would be utilised; something of the same kind is reijmrcd here. The utilisation of the waste will be a step iu that direction. AdverUug to another matter of iuteiest Mr kStanseil says : —''ln the above treatmout of the waste there is a residue left which, might be useful as a detergent in the cleansing of tiax fibre. The flax commissioners, I think, reported that llax could not be cleaned chemically without destroying the libre, but tluic a solution of soap might be used with advantage, except on account of the expense. 1 believe this residue would answer chat purpose. 1 have not made auy experiments iu thai direction) buc

I tijtuuk from my knowiuu 0 e of the coustituuiitd oi this wash. A specimen of this is nrinbured 4. lam pcepariuga beiter bpceiuien ot this material, aa well as the pulp for the exj inbitiou, when liuialied J. will i'orwiird similar specimens to tiie I'liix Association. The samples iiru well worthy of i'l^pectioxi. The meeting of Ifnuikliu electors, announced by Messrs Clark and JJuekiund, members lor the district, took place on (Saturday evening in the large hall adjoining the Papakura ' iiotel, but was very thinly attended, in tiie outset u warm expression 01' Icelmg was culled Ibrtli in consequence of a hope expressed by the chairman {Ms Hay, ii I'.U.) that there wouid be no discussion upon the addresses. Alicr consiiterabie controversy upon tms point, it was ultimately agreed,, although no l'uimal motion lo tnat cilcct was made, tuo meeting should listen to the address ot their representatives, and tnat, if thought desirable, another mcetin.tr shoidd be called to discuss Uie explanation put lovwartl of the action taken by the members lor the district during the last session of the xisscmbly. .Messrs Clark and JUuciUaud then spoke at considerable length. Their views appears to be in accord to quite a remarkable degree. Mr Clark's exphinareference to the discontinuance ot theixoad Jjoard grant and the eoiuiseatcd lands has at least the recommendation of novelty. He told the meeting that, although, he did not think money ü bon-ovred for a specific purpose should bi> diverted into other channels, yet the irregularity having j been permitted during the two previous years it might have been continued; but he went still further, and informed them that he still believed, notwithstanding Mr (idlies's statement as Colonial Treasurer, that the grant would have been continued by the Staiibrd Ministry. In what way Mr Clark has arrived at this conclusion he did not explain, and in the face of the plain announcement made by Mr Gnliies

m bis budget, together with, his recent defence of the course which the Ministry had resolved upon in reference to the Koad Hoard grunts, the public will scurcdy be prepared to accept Mr Clark as the exponent of the intentions and-views of the Stafford Ministry upon the point, Air Clark may claim the credit of having thrown, a new light upon the question of restoring the confiscated lands. Wo had it from Air Wood a few nights ago that Mr Stafford's policy in, relation to these lauds was put forward a≤ a bid for the : Maori vote; Mr Clark would have us to believe that no such restoration was even eoHie.uipial.ed. All tuat was intended by tue Stafford -Ministry,he tells us, was snnpiy to-continue the course followed by Air McLean, by awarding blocks of land m unsettled districts to natives desirous oi settling peacabiy. Air Clark has an extremely happy way of explaining awav little ditfieulties, but uuiortunateiy his statements scarcciv agree with opinions expressed by ocher members of the part v to which he attached himself during the session, and are completely at variance with the announcement made by the leaders of that party. At the close of the addresses a vote of thanks was returned to the speakers, on the motion of Mr G-oodfeilow. It remains for the the elecL-ji-s. of the districts to consider how far the explanations of their members are satisfactory, and where their interests as a country constituency, have been fairly in the Assembly.— Cross.

We Jmve been glad to notice tliat a number oi" gentlemen hare visited the Wuikalo lately, with the object of investing i:i land. We understand that some hinre purchases have been made and tJiut others are in negoeiut ion. Much surprise Las been expressed at the short-sighted policy of the Government in withholding from the market the land in the neighbourhood ofXguruinvaliia. We have before called attention

Tlu annual sale of blood and racing stock at Tattersall's took place on the 12th instant, Mr .j. H. Bennett oiticia*. I ing as auctioneer. There was a good attendance, but the I prices realized were not large. The fir.st to show on the tan was a grand colt, Papapi, by Itavensworth, dam Waimea, by Sir Hercules. He is in tho Derby of 1873. He was started at ±'J3l», and soon run up to .t'olO, at %vhieh ! price he was purchased by the Hon. William Robinson. Another grand colt, Teranga, by Ravensworth, dam rha>be, was put up, but did not realize up to reserve. The same was the case with Kakapo, by Diouiedcs, dam Toi-toi; Dead Shot, by Ravensworth, dam Certainty; and Awatea. .Reliance, by Diomedes. out of Constance, dam U.-.galia, was bought by Mr H. Prince for £50—a very cheap lot. Itenga. a three-year old lilly, by Uioinedes, dam \\ aimea, was not sold, £22() being the highest figure reached tor her. A buzz of expectation, and out came the grand mare J.'eeres, looking as fine as a star, and well worth taking a good survey of. She went off at £300, and by short stages rim up to £4U3, at which price she wan passed m, her owner's lowest price being £450. Defamation was bought in at £1:20. The following were the prices realised by tho other horses in the sale ;— Dratron, by Kavensworth, dam Ladybird, £M ■ Adonis, by .Maiton, dam Ada, JL'3l • .patsinan, by liavensworth, dam Lady .fane Grev, £4.) ; Lliunswick, £;W ; The Ceneral £30 ; Tarndalo, £33'; Slanderer, £i;> ; Wing, by Towton, dam Moth, £31 ; (Jnssip, by Jraducer, dam Gitaua. £77 10s. : Toi-toi, £25 : Fawn, by lowton, da;a Cassandra, £25. — Press. Jlr .Sayers, who is travelling through the district with goods iroin the celebrated store of Mr « Coombes, will visit Hamilton, Cambridge, Alexandra, and Tc Awamutu, and all intermediate places.—Advt.