Huntlet CEkETEBY.— A memorial was read at the Waste Lands Board meeting on Thursday, from 44 settlers 5 in Huntly, Waikiito, asking the Board to : set aside a cemetery reserved —It was" agreed to inquire as to the extent of the reserve applied for, and to ascertain whether the grant would, interfere with other purposes,, as the section wat close to the railway. : Church Pbopebtt at Hamilton.— At the Waste Lands Board meeting on Thursday, an application was received from the Right Rev. 0r Cowie, Bishop of Auckland, for permission to purchase an .allotment at the back of the Episcopal Church, Hamilton. — The Chairman said it was to be regretted that the allotment applied for was affected by the temporary reserve of lands in Waikato for native ,Pjirpoßesi^-It was agreed , to; ask per'mission from the Government to sell the allotment applied for, and forward a copy of Bishop Cowie's letter. I . 1.0.G.T.— '-At the quarterly meeting of the Rose of Te Awamutu Lodge 1.0.G.T., the following officers were installed by S. Bond, D:G.W.C.T. :— W.C.T., Brother L. Wilion; W.V.T., Brother L. Wilson; (W^V.Ti, Brother 8. Logan; S., Brother G. Hunter; F.S., Brother Gibson; W.T., ; Sister Nor^h.; W.C., Brother Bridgeman ; W.'M,J; Wilson ;l.G., J. Koffie; A.S,, Sister. Gibson. , The report of the officers shews the Lodge to be in a flourishing, condition. Several new members have, •joined during 1 the quarter. ' Football.— A return match between the High School, East Hamilton, and the West Hamilton district school is to be , played on Saturday next,, on' the same j ground' as-' that on which last Saturday's match .took place, Mr Jolly's paddock, near the railway station. The first match wasrwon by, the High School boys by one ! goal against a touch down. Though a much younger and lighter team, they are ' better practised at the game, but the other team pushed them hard, nevertheless* The bqys were kindly lunched by hospitable Mrs Gwynne, before starting, and at the close of the match were kindly- walked .off the ground .by host L. B. Harris, of, the Railway Hotel, and introduced to a capital' dinner, to whichthey did no end of justice. >■ The Soys of Vlsteb will meet at the Victoria Hall, Hamilton, on Thursday, evening, the 12th proximo, for important business. ; • ■ ■ ; ; : I The Hamilton Contingent »f Te Awa mutu, C^vah-y Volunteers . are notified rthit-the' supply of arms and accoutrements having been received, they will be issued to members this afternoon at three o'clock.' , v .'■'["<' j The case of the Whatawhata cemetery i is one that, in. common decency and for the honor of the colony, should be left no longer unattended to by the Government. The latter we presume, could move in the matter without a special vote £&m the Assembly, but, if not, such vote should be asked j and would not, y^o think, be refused. We would urge the matter on the attention of our local representative and the Defence Minister. In the Whatawhata graveyard lie the bodies of many officers and privates of Her Majesty's regiments; who fell in defence of the colony, and.it is a reflection on the colony that * their remains should be subjected to such desecration as that referred to to-day in our Whatawhata correspondent's letter -r-a fact only too notorious to the Waikato public. Sheep b* Rail.— Mr H. Buttle 'has addressed the following letter to th*> 4 Herald ': — " Having had occasion twice within the last month to send down drafts of sheep by rail from Ohaupo to the Kemuera market, I wish to direct the attention of the authorities, whoever they may be, first, to the very great inconvenience and trouble which forwarders of both cattle and sheep are put to from the mistaken manner in which the yards at that plane have been planned and erected, and also to the disgracefully muddy state in which they are allowed to remain, week after week, and that, too, with an unlimited supply of material (gravel) alongside the line, and within twelve miles of the station, which might be run into the yard at a very trifling extra amount of labour. I have no desire to be found complaining or grumMing at the existing arrangements, but where the conveyance, the accommodation, and the comfort of the settlers and the public, whose duty it is to support the railway are so utterly ignored as they seem to beat Ohaupo, I think it is but right that these things should be represented. Instead of having separate yards for cattle and sheep conveniently constructed, we have but one yard.fw both, and that constructed in .such a manner that it is next to impossible to get the cattle into the trucks. It is the universal testimony of all who have had occasion; to use them, that the sooner they are pulled down and re constructed upon a better principle, the better it will be for the Government. There may be reason for all these things of which we outsiders know nothing, but until these inconveniences are remedied, it can only result in loss to the Government and the public. Had I had any more drafts of sheep to send to Auckland, I certainly should have looked out for some other means of conveying them than by rail from Ohaupo." Tiia Hamilton Bobough Endowments —Matters, we are glad to learn, have been arranged, by which the borough will be enabfed at once to make selection of the hundred intramural acres to which it is entitled as an endowment, and the Mayor will shortly proceed to Auckland for the purpose of carrying the arrange* ment to a conclusion. These allotments with the Town Belt and reserves handed over to tbo Borough for utilisation, subject to the provisions of the Domains Act, should produce an annual rent which wojild be. a sure, and very servicable income to the Borough.

The Billiabd Table at the Hamilton otel is to be let. Applications to bo made to Mr Gwynne. ..^j,, Tjljil' AKNtriV Mebtivo of the WailgMfo Turj^.Club will be held en Monday (evening next in Gwyane's; 'Hamilton :Hofel< . ■ ..-:;.-.- '-' -,-i j ; MV S Bbioht will hold todajpfaifc Hotel, Cambridge, a clearing sale of fruit frees, forest treesj,! r and shrußs, from 'the nurseries 61 -Mr John Sharp.' ** Tb Awamutu Railway Terminus.— The public meeting called to consider the ter,iainuß question. at TeA.w*mutu will be held in the Publio Hall, at that place, at 'seven o'clock this/evening. Amongst the passengers to Hamilton laW night wasl Mr J.'C^Firth, who brings with him a number of wild geese, lately impor*wl from America, to be turned loose in this part of the country. V.Jxnaus . Repotvus." -rr Under th© heading, the Wellington correspondent o d the ' Herald ' descants as follows :— " I. happened in this wise. Some one wa indulging in Bellamy's, the .other day in rather keen ciiticism of Sir lTulus Vogel and his acts and history, when a warm, impetuous friend said that ifc.wa? too much', and that he would livo to so ;■■ the day when Sir Julius Vogel would bo brought out to New Zealand again, and once more placed at the head of affair.s. At this moment, in stalked, with stately thread,, the Hon. William Reynold*, who too* "titf the conversation by saying, " And I*ll give £500 toward a handsome sum; for that purpose." . '■*( So will I," ejaculated Mr J.. E. Brown (Ashley). "I'll give £100,'? quoth plucky Mr Shrimski. The story grew, and passed from mouth to mouth, until at last, as I ; am credibly informed, it is proposed to raise a fund of from £1.5,000 to £20,000 to present to Sir Julius Vogel, and briiijr him out to New Zealand. It is said that the sums are in no case to he under £500, but as much more as the donor; may bo disposed to subscribe. . It is expected that, in connection with the opening of the Otago and Canterbury line, this subject will be mooted by Sir Julius Vogel's friends, as some of the fruits of Vogel's railway policy will then be made manifest in the speedy passage by rail from one great Southern city to the other. It has now been definitely resolved on that the members of both Houses will leave Wellington for Cbristchurch by steamer, to be present at the railway opening on thje evening of Friday fortnight, September 6, returning, for the purpose ot resuming Parliamentary duties, on Tuesday, September 18. They will thus miss four working days, and will have the advantage of seeing a country, and cities, and boroughs which will be new to not a few.;- Thia is the programme as at present arranged. Some menfbers', however, would: like to see all the work hastened on with proper speed, and the opening of the line delayed for another fortnight, so that by diligence the session : couldbe brought fo an end, and then the pleasure trip and railway celebration may be enjoyed with, the, gusto of schoolboys work is. done, and whose long vacation has arrived. Of course, Ministers would like this ; and, such inconsiderable and merely forjnal trifles as the Estimates being rapidly passed, they would be ready at a word to prorogue Parliament." .- : Thbbk i was- «, : nice little fable, says a Dunedin Correspondent, revived in the 4 New Zealand Times ' the other day from Hanß Amlerseh, about an Eastern poten- , tate who paraded in a state of nudity at the kead of a procession, followed by his courtiers, who lavished, much elqojience on the Emperor's mythical fine raiment, and actually succeeded in deluding him into the hallucination that he was gorgeously attired. The spell was broken, and scales fell from the Emperor's eyes when a boy — it is presumed one of the larrikins of that period— baited out, " Twig him ; why, he's got nothing on," at which all the people took heart of grace and bawled out in chorus. But the Emperor whispered that it would " never do to give it up so," and ordered tie farce to proceed. The 4 Times, 1 of course, here, means the Emperor to be Sir George Grey and the mythical clothes his policy. But I have heard' another version of his story, and it is as follows : — There was an Emperor named Atkinson, who was got up ■'* regardless of expense," in velvet and fine linen, and who was followed by his colleagues, all bearing other gorgeous suits and full purses, and crying out " Condemn the expense, you are not half dressed.;" and Emperor Atkinson only realised his extravagance when a boy in the crowd named Grey, called out, 4< Why, what does that wasteful fellow want with all those clothes ? and why is he allowed to throw away our money in such riotous living ?" And then the people took up the cry, and beheaded the reckless emperor and all he debauched courtiers, and they all lired very happily for ever afterwards.