DAY BY DAY.

Waikato Times, Issue 12184, 20 September 1911, Page 4

DAY BY DAY.

We are glad to see the distintet advance which is 'being made The year by year in the flower Flower shows held at Hamilton. Show. While thei numbers are never large they are of the highest standard and good flowers more than many flowers appears to be the watchword of our horticultural enthusiasts. The display arranged by the Horticultural Society yesterday was most comtoendable, and was illustrative of the work which is put into the hobby hy its devotees. It is true that so far the gardens in Ham-

iltou are n.ot numerous for the population, but as people are daily acquiring homes of thair own the wealth of blooms is likely to (be largely increased within a few seasons. We shall be ylad to see the Hamilton, gardens morei numerous 'because a street of pretty cottage?, surrounded by well kept Mower beds and shrubberies shows a higher taste on the pert of We people, an:i cannot be ot'.er 1h n impressive to the visitor. In this connection the local Society is doing pood 1 work in encouraging the cultivation of " Stars, that in earth's firmament do shine."

Mr Thomas Alv a < Edison, the Wizard of Menlo, as he is callMr Edison ed recently gave his On ideas of farming in the Agriculture, future. According to the great inventor there is going to be a revolution in agricultural implements. The days of steam power are about at a finish and electricity will be the motive power everywhere. " I married the daughter of a man who made a great fortune out of the manufacture and invention of all manner of farming, machinery," reminisoensed the Wizard of the West, " he never would have made it had he lived dn these days. Edison says that the coming-' fartrKer will " push a button and' work levers." Storage batteries will drive ploughs, while the agricultural laborer will be a man who has acquired a working knowledge of chemistry and botany. The very utmost will he got out of the earth and of the seed within the earth ; but all the denkey-work with the sweat of the brow—will te performed by machinery controlled by electricity. Oh !i happy days \-

The Tories cf Tasmania have raised the howl of cutting the Cutting painter, from the AustraThe lian Commonwealth, using Painter, as an argument that the Island State is being filed to the extent of £200,000 a year. Tt is beyond all reason so expect that secession can 'be brought about because the position of Tasmania would then be a very parlous one. The Tories are anxious to rule Tasmania by their own measure —and a very antiquated measure it is—and so protect their own interests and let the future of the State go hang. The fact is that the Tories eye with uneasiness the 'growing democracy and in order to secure themselves will apparently go to any length, even to ultimate ruin and bankruptcy. What Tasmania wants is a progressive State party in power, which will foster and expand its industries, and cut up the laitgej estates l . Then the crying about bleeding would be heard no more.

All classes of produce are higher this season, than is usual at this time of the year. We understand that the carrying business of Messrs lanes and Son has changed hands, Messrs Clarkin and Co. being the purchasers. The new creamery erected at Pukeroro by the Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Co., will fce opened for the reception of milk next week. The Waikato County Council has decided to call tenders for reducing the grade of the Hinton Gully incline on the road between Tamahere and Hamilton, for which Mr R. F. Bollard some time ago collected £SO from interested settlers. Letters from Argentine state that there is an increasing tendency to break up large estates. During the first quarter of this year Land changr ed hands in that territory realising the huge total of over fifty millions sterling. The guarantee towards the prize fund for the Waikato Caledonian Society's championship meeting is being well supported, and there is not the slightest doubt that the list will be phenomenal in the way of valuable prizes. Farms a re changing hands freely i n and about the Cambridge district. Mr S. Cowling has sold bis farm at Pukeroro to a gentleman from Otahuhu. Mr J. W. Garland, having dispose--! of his farm at Pukekura to Mr Brown, has purchased Mr MeGehie's farm at Fencoarc. Cows are coming in rather faster than the grass is coming up. Considerable deaths have taken place from calving, while others have declined through shortage of feed. The recent rains, however, have done much to remedy what was becoming a serious state of affairs. "Only twice before during my stay in Waikato, whioh is bordering on forty years, has the district experienced so dry a winter,'' said one of the earliest residents to a Waikato Times representative yesterday. "These occasions were over thirty years ago," continued the seer, "when the oats turned blue, and when I ate potatoes, grown in the Pirongiia district, which had not tasted a drop of water during the whole of their growth, and they were not Loo bad eating, either„" As showing the vast Continental armies that could be called upon to Lake the held in the event of war, it is estimated that both Germany and France have each 4,000,000 men who are liable for service. These include I,CSO,C'O'O men on the active list j in Germany, and 72;"),001) in France. In addition to. these, the reservists liable to le csiled on in time of war number from two to three millions of subjects of each country. In Austria, the active list includes S%, 000 men, while the reserves number over two and a half millions. Mr Arthur A. Paape, of Invercargiii who was appointed by the Board of Control to be secretary of the New Zealand Sports Protection League, has resided in Invercargill for the four years, and has been closely identified with sports and athletics. He is at present secretary of about fourteen institutions including the Southland Rugby Union, the Caledonian Society, the Acclimatisation Society, the Cycling Club and the Hospital Saturday Association. Mr Paape will take up his new duties on October Ist, with headquarters in Wellington. Spectacles and eyeglasses to suit all dghts. New lensefi and frames fitted. —H. H. Howdin. tewoiter. Hamilton.

Clean, white, well finished cuffs and collars add smartness to one's dress. "Glazo " Lanen Polishing' Tablet is what you should use. It gives a brilliant glaze and / finish to the linen. Sold at all stores, 6d Tablet. 727

The world's champion sculler, MiDick Artist, is making rapid strides at the trails. A week .ago last Friday, at the New South Wales Gun Club, in a field of 10, be won the fourth £ls right-out trophy on the eighth round. The win was popular He has two legs-in (the only one in the Club) for the Faithful £SO Cup. He was very deadly with the first barrel. i Frankton Junction v.ill soon \.o<:-;-: 01 : - ha- i&riM-conci =te "... .'.'.Ginc. This is to he a iO-roumcd hotel situated on the eastern side of the railway line a few chains north of the present overbridge. This building, which is being erected for Mr F. Jolly, will be one of the finest private hotels outside of Auckland.

The committee of the Waikato Caledonian Society intend to make the- Society one trite to its name, and are, looking for members in the districts surrounding Hamilton. These should not be hard to find, and there is no reason why the Society should not be the strongest in New Zealand.

The rjcau heavy rains have given quite an impetus to the pasture, the growth being reflected in the dairy returns, which are 5001ns. of butter more daily at the Cambridge Dairy Company's central factory, than they wcr-e this time last year. The experience is general at the creameries right throughout the district. It is evident that the rest enjoyed hy the soil during the winter and the period of the preceding drought, is asserting utself in the shape of a more vigorous growth than usual.

The New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co., hold their annual sale at Ngaruawahia, on Friday next, when they will offer, fat bullocks, 2 year old steers and heifers, empty cows, yearlings, and 3 year old springing heifers. The company will also offer lease of property, invested in the Ngaruawabia public library, allotment 48, town of Newcastle. The sale will start at 11 a.m. Full particulars will be found in the Company's advertising columns.

Phe Indian census returns show that the population of the country is 315 millions, an increase of 21 millions in ten years. In certain cases tribes w&re convinced that the enumeration v-,-3 preliminary to their sale as slaves, and the officials found it ne--s.-ary to dispel the idea. They explained that a bet had been madebet ween the Empress Victoria and: the Czar of Russia as to which had the larger number of subjects. The reputation of the- Empress was at stake, and every tribe ought to return its full number of people. The tribes respond;:! to the appeal, and the figures came in promptly. The star item of to-night's new programme to be screened at the Hamilton Town Hall by the Empire Picture Company will be the great picture play, "The Fall of Troy," in which no less than SOfl actors take part. The picture is 2672 feet in length and is said by those who. have seen it to be beautifully mounted, great attention having been paid to the costumes and scenery. A long and varied programme will accompany "The Fall of Trov," including a scientific study of "Bread Making," and also a beautiful study of flowers, trafel pictures, several exceptionally amusing l comedies, a stirring cowboy story, and one of Foolsheaid's funny turns entitled "Two girls in love with Foolsfoead."

A gentleman in a public official position, whose lot it is to travel considerably about the North Island, informs a Waikato Times reporter that the country is looking better about the Bay of Plenty, particularly Opotiki, and in the Thames district, than in any other part of the North Island. The growth of grass about Thames, he says, is phenomenal, comparatively speaking, Our informant is ojuite enamored of the quality of the land about Opotiki, whioh he considers is unrivalled in this Island. In support of this statement he says that although the district is only in the development stage, and is only at present being opened up, ;quiite recently a block changed hands at £6l. The Times' man 'quoted the Hawke's Bay land, in and a round Hastings, of which so much is heard from time to time, but the gentleman in question, who is .an authority on agriculture, doubted.very much if it could surpass the qiuality of the Opotiki land.

A distinguished visitor is at present in New Zealand in the person of Miss G. Nest Davies, of the Llewenei Dairy School, DenibigSbire, Wales. Miss Davies is the holder of the National Diploma in dairying. She has come to New Zealand seeking an appointment. , For two years, previous to coming here, she was in charge on the cheese-making, milktesting, and milk-bottling department at Wensleydale, where Mr Walker T*isdale, Great Britain's chief authority on all matters pertaining to dairying is in charge. Miss Davies is a complete mistress, in the whole art of soft cheese making, as well as of all the hard pressed cheese. By one process she converts a gallon gf 45 per cent cream into 12/6 worth of cream cheese ; and she also makes another vtry profitable cheese, called Badvari which is made up in sizes of about 1J lb each, selling in the Old Country at 8d per lb, a little over lib. of cheese being made from each gallon of milk.