AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2033, 18 July 1885, Page 2

AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

I> ijiial and rxart justice to nil men, Ut wli itsoo^cr st.itc or persuasion, religious or politinl. Here -h ill the l'res* the People's rc»t maintain. L'n-xwcci by influence and unhnlied 1)} Rain

SATURDAY, JULY JS, 18S5.

TllK Government will have sunk very low indeed when the Lyttelton Times deserts it. There is a touch of humour in the faithfulness of our contemporary to the political divinity which he once boasted of hay ing restored to the colony. We are far from saying that there is nothing in the Ministerial policy calling for commendation — nay even for admiration. That Ministers h.ive succeeded uncommonly well as administrators e\en their worst foes cheerfully admit. That our (JhiisUhurch contemporary should support them in general, and e\en with some degree of enthusiasm, is not iv the least strange. But the Lyttelton Times is not content, with doing that. What it admires more than anything else are the faults, the most palpable and glaring faults of the Government. In the eyes of our contemporary, the action of the Ministry in respect of the tariff proposals was the incarnation of patriotism, while their surrender of the distinguishing principles of the local government measure was wisdom itself. " There are times," writes our contemporary, " when a Government may surrender something without loss of self-respect. They have surrendered nothing but their tariff pioposals. It is humiliating , but there is the compensation that they have succeeded in carrying their Local Government programme. That programme contemplated the, lepeal of the Roads and Bridges Act. That has been accepted. The agreement to limit subsidies to a comparatively small period is a concession more apparent than real, because it really gives up something which does not exist — the right to bind future Parliaments. The agreement to prevent subsidies from being made the basis of local borrowing is not a concession at all, tor no one would ever lend money to any local body on the surety of a subsidy dependent on so capricious a thing as the will of the New Zealand House of Representatives. Upon the subject of borrowing, the Go\ eminent met a victory, for the majority has virtually accepted their moderate and well-considered proposals." If this means anything at all, it means that the Government endea\ ourcd to foist on the House a measure, the uselessnoss ot which was only equalled by its pretentiousness. As we have before pointed out, the bill as it now stands contains no statthng or revolutionary features, and as it is really only a temporniy measure, designed to tide the country over a difficulty, we believe it may be found to answer the purpose.

The English mails will close at the Hamilton P"it otticc on Monday, the 2»»t», :vt 3 p.m., and at Kmkmroa at 2.30 p.m.

Commander Edwin wired at 4 I )).ni. yesterday :— H.vd weather approaching after twelve houii from now, between North and East and South F/i^t, and much rain. (llasK fall within that time.

Special Evangelistic services will be held at tho Wesley .\n Chinch, Hamilton, '•veiy evening dining tho ensuing week, commencing to-monow (Nundny), at 7.30 o'clock. All arc earnestly invited to attend.

The Auckland offices and stores of tlicNoith Npw Zealand Fiinncrs' Cooperative Association !<a\e, owing to the growth of the lnwini'»s lipini U'nmvrrl to the |ircim»es lately occupied by Mi John Buchanan, Cn-tom*. '-tipol.

The Railway Department has arranged with the Union Steamship Cmnpmy to iMiw excursion tickets at remark ably cheap i.vtes to those demrous of vi«iitniKthe Wellington Exhibition. Particu larß will be found in an ad\eitiieinent in another column.

The third annual meeting of the »h»reholde™ of the Waikuto Chceße and Bacon l'V.tory Company will be held at the office, Hamilton Auction Mart, on Monday, July 27th, «it H p.m., to receive the annual report arid balance fheet, and elect director! and auditor 1 ..

We understand that early in Augimt tho tin>t of ft series of inimical nnd dramatical entertainment* will tnke plnco at Hamilton in aid <>f the Catholic Sundayschool Mid Church funds. Programme and f uir particular* will appoar shortly. As Will be seen in our advertis ing columns the st-cretaty of the ISow Zealand R n'lway Reform Leagues calling m the sheets (if tho (totition to Parliament whicli are now out in various part* of tho colony for signature. It is intended to forwaid the petition to Mr .T. B. Why to fur presentation during the fir^t week in August a>. tho latent, leaving the many sheets of the petition which cannot bo gut in by that tune to be sent to Parli.v lii Mit afterward- ai supplcmontury to thoio at hist pioseiited

In another column it is announced tint Mi K. A. Clifford, of Auckland, gold inrd.iliKt of t!io Roy.U Ac.idciuv, if about to clisjx.-e of a- number of hi", pictures on the .ut union pnnciple. Mr tliffoid is an artist ..f -icknowlcdg. d merit, and hit pictures luve Ukun a \ cry high place. One of his painting, "Interior of a llorentine Church," is now on \ lew at tho Hamilton Auction Mart, and has been greatly admired by all who ha\ c seen it. Tickets m the .u t union may be obtained at this office at 10-t e.ich.

The accident to Mr 0. Goodman, the whip, who was thrown whilst out riding with tho Pakuranp* hound? At R.uigiaohia on Monday, was fortunately not of a serious character. Mr Goodman van able to put in an appearance at the hunt on Wednesday, little the worse for his mishap.

The improvements to the Cambridge Public H»U r will be proceeded with shortly. The committee appointed by the town board to look after the work have not been idle. A man has been employed to supply an estimate for new scenery, and we hopo to see this marked deficiency supplied before lonpj. No doubt the loom will be lined .md sundry other improvements such ac dressing rooms, &c, provided.

The St. Petersburg Velocipede Association imited the Eastbourne Bicycle Club to send delegates to compete in certain r.icos at St Petersburg last month, and Sussex politeness composed the following reply :— " We are unable to go to your capital, but if you are thinking of holding any i.ices near Herat tins hummer we shall bo glad of particulars, as many of our best men expect to br near that place in the course of a frw weeks."

The following special message to Press Ash'jCMtion dated London, July the 15th and ltlth have been published :— Tho consideration of the Federation hnablinff Bill in committee has been postponed from to-morunv until Monday next. Sir Saul Samuel. Agent (Jeneral for iSew houtn Wale*, has, on behalf of his (iovernment, submitted further amendments in the Bill. —It u reported that H.M. a. Beacon will be presented to one of tho Australian colonies Th<! Beacon in » double-screw composite gun \e«wl of COS ton^, carrying four gun*.— Sir William McArthur w advocating tlie reduction of duty on the importation of coloni.il puns.— All the Powers, with the exception of KnsVia, assent to England isMW.iR an loan. This is l.iunded as a tiiumph for tho M.vrquis of Salisbury.

The Librarian's report on the work and general administration of the P.irliamentaiy Library ha-* been l.ud before both Houses-. A list of p'Msoiw other tlian members of Pailiainent who arc entitled during the recess to the full privilege* of the library is published. They arc chiefly perform holding high official positions. A steady and continuous stream of books is received tiom montli to month by the direct steamers, tho amount spent during the present year being about £100, and the number of volumes acquired by purchase being nearly 1000. A copy of the Queens latest book, " More Leaves from Our Jouinal in the HigbUwW," b«AT\ng Her Mnjehty's autopr.qih, hns been received. The Librarian very jnitly «ays that the books are too numerous for the building, and that ho is pulled how to dispose satisfactorily of additions as they coinc in. He has been engaged m preparing a new edition of the catalogue, following on the lines of picvious one*.— N.Z. Timeß.

The last meet of the season with the Pakuranga hounds took place at Te Aw.unutu on Wednesday. There was a Luge attendance of huntsman and several ladies, and the weather was all that could l>e desiiod. There weie -several excellent nins thiough the property of Me^n Rutheifoul, We-tiiey, (ioodfellow, Parkin .vnd others, the dogs limning uncommonly well. The hunt was most satisfactory throughout, and though there wcio a few spills as usual, theie was nothing m the u ,iy of an accident to mar the proceeilingsTho hunt ch>scd at Kihikihi after .1 run. Theie was a dinner at Lewis Hotel in the evening, to which about forty «.it down. The usual convivial programme brought the day to a close. The hounds \isit Waik.ito again in November, whan it ia intended their st.iy will extend over a, fortnight. The huntsman, Tom Brown, I with the dogs returned to Auckland by train on Thursday morning.

As will be seen by a report of the proceedings in another column, the meettine held List night to consider the proposal to start a cheese factory at Pukeknra was well attended. After a brief dwcusMon it was unanimously apreed th.it it wai desirable that a, factory be Waited, and an influential an! representative committee was appointed to canva-s the district and a-ciu tain what «upp<«it could be ohUmed, also the mipply of milk obtainable. Judging fiom the lemarks of mmie of the spo.ikev>, thequpstioii of Mte N likely to be the «übject of a division among tho^u interested in the project. This n un.iviably the iitiint at i*Mie m the stiii ting of cheese factont-s, but no doubt in this cue .ill who have the welfare of the district at heart will consider the matter from a general htandpoint and sacrifice selfish motive-, that the end in \ iew may be attained. There aie few distiiuts in the Waikato better adapted to to .support a cheese factory than Pukekura, with its many and highly cultivated farms. We trust that the proposal will meet with every success.

The following is the Order Paper for the meeting of the Cambridge P.ulumentary Union on Monday evening — 1. Private busmen. 2. Petitions. 3. Notices of motion, (a.) Mr Cowper to morn that "The Trade Encouragement with South America Hill "be rend a second time, (b.) Mr Keying to movo, "That the (4overnment p.ipors fm warded by Mr .1. B. Whvtf. M.H.K., for tfiii district bo submitted to the House, and that the HmiM) decide what course shall be pursued with rrg.ud to them." 4. (iue^tion*. (.i.) Mr Wells to ask tho (lovenunpiit "By what .uithoiity, and on what gi minds thn meeting of tho Union, which should have bt>cn held on the (sth inst., was adjourned to the 20th ; further, why the Speaker wan not informed of Huch adjournment prior to the hour of meeting ; also, who pays the needless cost of lighting incurred on that occasion. 5. Oideis of tho day. (.i.) Mr Kdgar's motion that the meetings of the union bo weekly instead of fortnightly, (b.) "The iNfw Zealand Defences Hill "in committee, Mr Keesing. (c.) " The Tr.uie Encouragement with South America Bill," Mr CWpor.

It is pleasant to be told by such a high authority an the Lyttloton TinieH, who" knows all .about tlir matter, that the failure of tho (Jovomtncnt to raise increased revenue throned the Customs doeH not disorganize the colonial finance in tho least. The property-tax (says the Times) will, with the increased stamp duties, give the Treasmer all he want's. Permanent defence is to be provided for out of loan, and tho projpet of paying the deficit of IKH3 i out of revenue is to bfi abandoned. The Treasurer's wantH will bo \&*n, and wo , cannot nndentand why he ever wished to tieatthesp matters differently. We must bay we rog.ird his finance as .so much simpler ,md better in consequence of the chango, the finance not having been disturbed but mthtr nude simpler. Wo cannot way we iegiet tho losh of the t.uiff on financial giound-. Tn effect the position if this: Mini-.ten wanted on increase of Customs duties to pay off a debt which ought to bo niut by the ucciotions of Sinking Fund, and to bear .v piopoition of the ch.nged of defence, winch «.hould be spread over many generations by mean* of i loan. Th«Y .'ilso asked fm an incicwe of the pnipoity-Ux, in ouler to enable them to subsidiso the li>cal bodies. They have not got tho money for tins neces>,aiy putposo, and they will only get it on conditions slightly ditfeient to tlmsc they originally offered, but not affecting uny principle of their policy. The po«ition is, aftei all, as good. It is coitamly veiy much bettor than tho chaos which a Ministerial remgnation or an appeal to the country would havo entailod. Referring to the case of Waring Tnylor, the Lyttelton Times, deprecates the outcry which has been raised at the mildnem of the punishment meted out of the offender. Out contemporary continues :— Piinoii to an ordinary tramp or huighir » ft nuisance merely : prison to a

nnn like Taylor is continuous mental misery as well a* degradation. It is not the mere exchange of luuiry for the baie walls of a cell, which constitutes the torture. Were this so Taylor would not de serve pity for a moment. It is the lo^s of liberty, of eaithly repute, of earthly hojic nnd honour ; it is the herding with vile felons, fiom whom the educated mind even of a suindlcr must shrink with horror, which is the real punishment which pen.\l smitude inflicts on a criminal of the Waring Taylor stamp. We do not write tins to miko any appeal on his behalf. Wo think he has deserved what he has got. But wo do not think he has deserved more, as somo people seem to have m pied. There is not the Uißhest novelty jin a bleach of tiust such as hi*.. Still, it is ' piinful, and to a cert.un extent harmful, m that it helps to lowei the st.tnd.ud ot f.uth in man's honour and integrity. The best comment on it is contained in a- sentpnco in the well known School for Scandal. We fear that many, on thinking over the matter, will simply feel inclined to endorse Sir Peter Tea/Jo's " Sir Oliver, we live in a d d wicked world, and the fewer people we praise the better."