The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1799, 17 January 1884, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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THURSDAY, JAN. 17, 18S',. W)i\ri.vi:a conclusion-* may ultimately be funned on the question ot fedciatiou, one thing is pretty clear, and lli.it i>, th.it opiniun .it. the present time is wiy much divided on the subject. On the one hand the piojiet is leceiwd with enthusiasm, and on the other the \cry name ot tedoiation is as a red rag. The wol.sl of the busine.-s is that nobod\ ■seems inclined to discuss the matter in a calm, unbiassed spuit. It l>y no mean-, tollows that, federation must lie one of two tiling; <h:it it. should bo cither a panacea for nil uohtical iIK, or an aggia\atod form of cotialiMi), htted to rob the colon i< -5 ot their hbeities. It cinnot in the veiy natur" of things become fhe foi mer, and it is not <iL all m du>ger ot' assuming the shape of thu 1 ittcr We hardly know >et what fedeiation is lapablo ol' doing for Australasia. We ha\e, indeed, nothing like, an analogous case to letcr to. We cm estimate tho adsantagi.s of tho system in the United States, and wo can foim Km ly acnuate ( onclusions in regai d to th<> liiiliien'C of ledejatinn in l)io threat I'onunion1 'onunion of < 'anada , wo ma) [ioss bl) be able to ciasp tho siyinlicaiue of tho (ieim.ui (.onfi'dciation l)ul none of theso comljinations can alloid us l ehable data upon which to Tound a fedeiation in these seas. in oil the cases quoted the counlms, or colonies, or states contederatf d are joined together ph\ sieall_) j.iiicl theii nnionisdesiiable upon pun ly political iriounds. \\'ith us the c.isu mly oi may not be ditl'erent. That the colonies on the continent oi Australia will, sooner or later, c m iderj''" is, li" ooeuis to u^, a gui sttou n )t admitting of doulit , whether X' j w 'A>\\\ u\d will profit by uniting with tlK'in, or whetlur die bijiielit would be uuifcii'il i.s .m other question al oyether. It is, houe\er, thi^ question wo as a colon y have to consider. At present there i^ an evident inclination to deal with tho question lightly and ilippintly, befoie its merits and dements ha\e been fail 1 y aigued out. There seems to be a tendency to laugh at the m hole business, as if it wue the outcome of amid-! summer night's dieam, or a nightmare. J'aiticulailN is this the case with reputable journals like the i\ttelton Times and (he Timar't ilei aid. The proposal to erect a coniedt lation of tho whole of the nuhsli sp -aking people of the globe, in i) l)e piemature, may e\eii sin.'ck ot Utopia, and Waj >r Atkinson, in referring 110 the sub|cct at th'j Annexation JjaiKjiiet at may ha\e been indiscreet, but why on thi.s account federation of the Mistialasi.in Colonies should be eiindemnecl in the oIF-hand manner adopted by our Southern con temporal ies it is not easy to undeistand. Fedeiation in relation to Austialasia is a new thing, and may be \ cv.cd tioiu \aiious stancipoin s While \vc, ouwhe-, fnvour tedi'ration, we chsiio to see the subject fully and openly discussed in our own L'ai liaiiient. l'l\ pai to statewiewts on a guil question like this are of little or no value, the moie especially when they are made with ,\n assumption of coniplcto knowIt'dgo.

i Oi n cable news this morning possesses DXii c than usual intoiest. A piojcct is on luoL to impoit tio/on meat fiom Auslialu to liiiii.i, and ai laiigemenls co tliat tinl me nraily completed. Thus a new n.aiket will be opened foi the lecephon 'it om Mil plus <-tn< k, foi the ti ado need not lout,' bo monopolised by Australia. It it lepoited that the tubes on 1-lie liito and blue Nile, in the extiemo south of the Xoud.in, ha\c openly oxpiessecl s<\ mpathy foi ]«!1 Malidi, and .uu joining Jus niuKs in Kugt! iiiiintK'i'b (Lilly. Clcdily theie j& plenty oi Moik bcfoie Baker Pa^ha, who is now diief in command of the Egyptian ttoops in that quaitcr It was thought that the false piophet had commenced to lose popul.uity, but it us possible tli.ifc, though many ot his> fouuci jollo^eife, liied of the Libouis of campaigning, have left him for a season, m.my who held aloof before will now, Hied by the Mahdi's success, throw in tlieu lot with him The l.uge steamer, Duke of Westminister, which went aslioie on the Isle of Wight on the 3rd of this month lias, contiary to the expectations of many, been successfully floated. Tke Calcutta Exhibition appeals to be vuiy popular. The number of people who has c \ isited the Exhibition up to the pieatnfc is 307,000.

I We are informed that Mr Bray, of Cauteibuiy, \n\b consented to accent the pastorship of the Cambndge Baptist Tabernacle.

We would remind those interested in the cominsr races at Te Aw.miutu, that pcceptfinees must be in by 9 p.m. on 22nd J January.

"We lea,rn that no less than three valuable horse** belonging to Mr J. Hally of Cambridge, died recently through having boon fed upon wheat.

So far as we can learn the body of Mv John Sharp's little girl, drowned in the Pokhiwhcnua Creek on Saturday last, has not yet been recovered, though a thorough search of the creek has been instituted.

The case of Clements v- Montague, entered on the civil list of the Supreme Court for hearing during the coming sitting,

!ia<* beon withdrawn by mutual consent with the intention of settling it by avbitiatiojj.

Mr 0. Day has been elected a member of thj Newcastle Road Board, vico Air R. Menn'ng, resigned.

Tenders are invited for station 'milding? on the Eureka enntract, WaikatoThame^ Railway. Plans &c, may be seen ub tin Po,t OHicj, Hamilton.

The annual meeting of the ■.uushionoi.-. of S. Petoi\s Chinch, Hamil-i-i 1, com eiicd for Last mght, has been adjonriiod until next Wednesday evening. Our Cambridge readers will be pleased to leun tli.it Miss Amy Blight, w Iki for so'iu' tune I\as hjen mi the teaching stiff of the Canibiidge We.st School, 'i,i, bo-jn tiansforied to Opotiki, to take cli.v^ 1 of the public school tliere.

Tho annual picnic of the Kihikihi people, winch was to come off on Satmda} next, is postp Hied until Wednesday, the 2?n<\ nist , so as not to clash with the races to be held by the natives at Okoroite (near r )i ikm), and to which they have kindly invited their Euiopeau friends.

At the next meeting of the Cambudge Road Board Mr James "Foirest will submit a pioposal for the better suppiession of tho span ow nuisance. We understand Mi Koriest will urge timely co-operation among tho farmers, and that the fiist onslaught with poisoned wheat be made on a day sot apait foi the pin pose in the early pait of ne\t season.

The proposed Farmers' Co-Opera-tive Association has, we are glad to say, met with the appioval of a large number of gentlemen in the To Awamutu and suii minding distucts. Among those who have pionnscd to take shaies aie Capt. Bocket and Air Beitiam, of Rangiaolna, Alessis (Joodfellow, Hunt and Rutheifoid, of Te \wamutu, Alessis Kay and Hutchinson, of Oifikau, Alessis Seccombe and .Jones, of \k'\(lndia, and Messis Newland and Maekaj, of Ngaioto.

We learn from our correspondent that thci c is no truth whatever in the i».\nu.t that a, \>icuic U to be hold this year on the scene of the battle held, Orakau. [[c sa\s.~The old settleis, one «md all, condemn \t as a hbel on their good sense, and a gu>ss outiage on the feelings of their native fiu-nds. Some Mlly conespondent nnist ha\e set the nusclnuf afloat —or some idle f)llew who with small biauis, but great com "it, st.v ted a liuuour which is in c\tiimj bid taste, iind which has given no small offence to the Kilnkiln and Rangiaolna sett lei s.

The following special messages to the Pi ess Association, dated London, •lanuaiy 11th, have appealed mthcN.Z. llei.ild '—The Vatican has invited Aichbisliu] 1 Cioke of C.ishel to succeed the late Aichbishop Vaughan, of Sydney The Vatican is now awaiting his consent befoie tlie ippoiutmcut is fully confiimed.—The Vietmi in foui million 4 per cent, loan, with option of inscription, will be opened on the _'2nd instant The munmiim is fi\cd at pai, and the iin.il instalment of (.K) per cent, will be payable on the 2~>th of Alaich.—Air rhistleton Dyei consicleisthe specimens of \ineroot, recently leceived from Victona, aie cleaily infected with pliyllo\oia.

Pilfering from gardens and oichaids has again come into fasliion in Hamilton. J)uimg the past week a nuuibei of gai.lciis, moio l>ai ticulaily m Hamilton Kast, have becu denuded of then content', fnut being the aiticle held m highest esteem. ft is bad enough that tho tit'Os should bo lobbed, but this in not all. Die moie easily to get at the tieasiire, the Innb-i of tiees aie mtlilessly tom down,and bioken in all dnections. We tiust the p >lice will be successful m catching some of the mi an thieve-, and th.it tho magistiate, when they c line befoie him, will deal with them attui then off/once*.

Doubtless tiie Cambridge Jockey Club will now pioceed with the contemplated nnpioveinents to the giand stand and com se. ft is ,i matt"i of much rpiestion whethei oi not the Club's intention to move back the stand and enlace tho lawn and siddhng ))addock, is not somewhat ])iimatme, then 1 being othei things moie limneuut.'ly ie([uiung attention, and upon which the money might lie moie benches illy spent. The couiso wants tiuling in pi tco, and the consti notion of a suitable ti lining tiack mside the piesent couise would not be much amiss The foiming of the load tence between both the, load pimps if cMiied.v.t should lie a gieat nnpiovenpiit, as this will enable the spectatois to see the steeplechase mtenuptedly fiom stait to iimsh.

Ii is an old saying that " constant • 'loppnnr we.as away the stone,,' but to umliso the fact that the constant running of aveiy small stieam of water thiough the substiat.i of some pmtions of this conntiy foi a compaiatively shoit ■spcice of tune will soon makeagoige through which the Waikato liver might pass conveniently, one has ]u-,t to pay a vit.it to the Goige on the Cambiidge-T.iotaoioa load, and witness the power of watei and peiseverance in that vicinity. About thice yeais ago, on the foiu.ing of the iood near the Goige, a little diain w.is consti noted to cairy off the stonu wat'Ji to the liver. Diy after day a fanly Lugo cieek began to make its appearnnce, and l)efoie long tins had developed into a vi lit ible gully of incredible dimensions. The county council have, it seeuis got alai mcd foi the safety of the land in tlioMciiuty, and have lecjutly let acontiact tv All Jas. lAuiest to stop the opeiation of the >vatiu by the use of fascines, &c. The woik i< now being pioceeded with.

A few days ago the General Mana{.■ol of Railways stated that tho Cuilezbury Kill ways wei c not paying interest. To thi.s stateineut the Lyttelt'in Tunes lephed in a vigomoiis aiticle, of w Inch we give the concluding port.ou. —Jn plain mid .sobei earnestness, the fact —if it Ijj a fact —that tho Canleibuiy lailways aie not paying mtete^t, is of mosfc momentous and damaging nnpoitaiue. Now, we want to know, nist of all, what Air Alavwell means by it. Little oi nothing can be made of it until it is known which particular poition is the soineo of dead l<»ss to the country. Is the Lyttelton and Cln istchurch line <i losing concern 9 Oi the line fiom Christchurch to W.ukaia, or to Ashbiutou, or to Tunaiu'' Or is the Eyreton blanch, in the South budge bianch, so much to the bid that it pulls down all tho lest? Air Maxwell, in his lettea the other day, deprecated as "fallacious" tho picking 1 out ot ceitam poitions of lino with a view to showmj then j>iontablo chaiacter. Has he, irathe puipose n[ choking oif inconvenient enquiiy, delibeaalely ado])ted the fallacy of lumping together main lines, port lines, bianch lines, political railways and pii\ ate i ail ways, in ouler to make up his statement th.it fiom W.ukari to Waitaki the lines do not pay mteiest.' It looks remaikably like it at in st sight, ltnmstbeconfessed. But. kept m the daik, as the public aie by the Railway Depaitment, it is impossible to say what All Maxwell meant. Now, of two things, one. Eitlici tho Ge'ieral Manager, in the piesencc of his supeuor and of the deputation fiom the Chambei of Commerce, deliberately nnved up lines, and sections of lines, in a deceptive manner for tho puipose of tin owing dust in the eyes of the public, oi el the whole of the colonial railways aie lapidly falling into such a state of loss .is to demand the vciy seuous and immediate attention of the people of New Zealand. We have before observed that the condition of the other lines must be worse than the condition of those in Canteibury. We aie not concerned, at the present moment, with any causes that may have led to this state of tilings : we are meiely dealing with Air Maxwell's statement. On eithei of the alternatives just mentioned, and ceitamly on the second, fheie would be in gent and absolute need of a radical change of management. But it is impossible to enter on this subject fuifcher in tho absence of proper information.- And we tiust that the Chamber of Commerce "-ill, on behalf of the people, insist that the Railway ]>paitment should speedily give clear, definite and categorical explanations of the veiy startling assertion made by the General Manager.

Mi John Kno\ will hold the usual! weekly sale at the Hamilton Auction Mart at 2 pm on Saturd ly. A notice by the Hautapu poundkecper appears in another column. Mr J S. Huckland will sell at Ohaupo on Tuesday ne\t, pure bred Hereford and shorthorn bulls S,c , Messrs Graham and Ryburn, Paterangi, advertises cattle runutn? on their farms. Mr Lamb, Ngaruawataia, offers a. reward for the recovery o< two horses The anniversary service of the Wesleyan Church, Te Awamutu, will bo held on Sunday ne\t. The Rev Mr Mandenoju ill preach in the morning .and the Rev. Mr Dewsbury in the evening:. liie British are rapidly extending a network of railways over India. About £6,000,000 will be spent this year in the construction of new roads. A small exodus is threatened from Hawke's bay. It is contemplated to charter a vessel for America, and it is expected that 200 or more passages -will be applied for.