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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 785, 28 June 1877, Page 2
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Cambridge Uabmohio Society.— Th«re will b@ no mcetiug of the ineaibura of the society this evening, Hamilton Ciiuuce Coses rt. The concert ju aid of dt. Peter's Church Harnioniujn Fund will take place thia evening, at Le Queßne'a U3H, Hamilton East. TgE electijo, light on board H.M.L. Alexandra has been tested. By its brilliancy a newspaper can hs read three uatle3 distanco, when the i ay of ii^bt is it{J.;otod on it. Tenders for the erection of a etortf ia H.imiiton for Mi" J MOHO3 are called for by tlie.arcliiteot, Mr T H Wbite, aud will be received up to the lOili proximo. D.awiugs aud .sjjqci ticatious may be seen at Mr iVioses' siwre. Sons U3? Ulstbe,— A meeting oi' Iho members of the JNo 9 Loyal Orange Lodge is summoned Igv 3-ituruay evening next m the Victoria Hall, iianiUton, when v^iting brethren are invited to attend, Xoiroa i«a that Habmoniitm Mr Maclaurin. noi,ih'e3 t'.at a meeting of subscriuura ba held iri the Alexander B. jiel, on Moncluy next at noon with L be view bi having .he Jmitruiqant placed mi n bhp hanrip of trustee*,
ST&B&s uwill mMiS qieir appearahpo at tub Hall to-morrow evening, for the benefit 6f the Free Templars, the i -pe?v manbe commencing ut, 8 o'clock;^ Aftbrwaids the decks will be olearod arid afc bauds piped up for a quadrille party. v
Mb DoTOLAa's; SaiaA-There was a great gathering at" Tamabere yesterday from al| parts of the country's sideband as might have baen expected, the furhitura and eftWs sold by Mr Kennedy Hill realised'high prices, higher perhaps than tliey might have been obtained for firtt hand from the shop. -The ladies' hack Rocket realised £22,
Weut Hamilton -Fabm por Sale. Mr, John Knox will cifar for sale on Saturday a valuable farm of 70 acres ou the' TflTbatawhata road, not three miles from Hamilton, and close, to. the proposed railway Btation. The farm is improved vi'h many advantages, amongst 'which it proximity to the township is nouejof-the lens I;.
Formebly, says the JWangauuiHerald when tuo Maoris sold land; they wera wont to spend the proceeds m a spree, Now, however, the progress of Good Templary has changed all this. At Patea, the other day, £400 was paid over to the^natives, and they decided to invest the money m the. erection of a skating rink. I never saw a Maori skate, but I have seen one m a new pair of boots, aud can therefore guess what it must be like.
KOROROUKANUI BIOOJC, W-AIKATO Heads. At the meeting of the' Auckland Waste Lands Board held on Tuesday Mr Firth said he had beeu tlie innocent means of leading the, Board, at it 3 last meeting, to a wrong conclusion m regard to this block, which was situated at the Waikato Heads. They, had decided to put ie up as -second class, but ho now desired that the matter might be reconeidered. The laud was really of very, inferior quality. At the gentleman's request, the Chairman read the surveyor's report. It stited that the land was of a broken character, and hardly an*aore of it could be ploughed.— The previous deoiai >n of the Board was revoked, and the putting of the block m one lot at ss' per aero authorised,
Cheap Coal.— The present weather will cause the Waikato public to fully appreciate the announcement of the 0 wners of the steamers 'Llilk'aud Alert,' that they are prepared to deliver coal tither m bulk or kit 3 at a gieatly reduced price to that hitherto charged iv the district. Coal m bulk, 5 tons and upwards, will, at Hamilton for instance, be procurable at the rate of 13s per ton, and at Cambridge 163 per ton and m kits, 1 ton and upwards for about 19d at the former and a guinea at the la: ter place. ,No doubt the Waikato Steam Navigation and Coal Company's own boats^ will soon follow suit. At any rate cheap coal has been secured to the freezing inhabitants "of the district our toes, while we are writing, feel as if they belonged to somebody e'se aud we oottid almost wish they did— and Messrß Gibbons fin I Campbell are deserving of public support for thor action m the matter.
A Lamp mi ended for Mr Wools' hotel at the Piako, attracted our attention yesterday as it stood m tha roadway opposite the workshop of Mr D D Hyde, .of Hamilton West. Ifc is fully six feet m htighr, made of No, 11 zinc and baudsomely -with, scroll w>rk- The bordy of the lamp is painted Uue, the scroll worlr, framing of the glass, and coronal of 1 ayes on the top being pricked out m gold and white. The glass work portion is altogether some 4£ feet high, being two feet square m the centre, tapering off top and bottom. The workmanship for. strength aud elegauce reflauts most creditably both on the designer and on Mr. Hyde, who has turned out a piece of work which shows that we have no need t send to Auckland tin* smiths for the same articles which can be produced better and cheaper here.
Hamilton West Disthict School.— Yesterday the half-yearley examination of the pupils attending the sctool commenced, and will be continued to-day. It is extraordinary to find how little interest the parents of children exhibit m a matter of this kiud, none qf them attending on such an occasion, which mast be disheartning both to the children.and teachers. We, yesterday, visited the school with one of the committee, and were agreeily surprised at the ac« cur.-Ksy and intelligence with which tLe firat-class, then under examination, replied to a variety of exhaustive questions put lo them on the leading features of English history, from the period of th-s invasion by Julius C#?ar tp the end of the reign of Stephen.- The same class showed also that for boys of their a^e they ht»d .attained a,' liigh proficimcy°iu reading, not only m clearness and force of diction, but m, what was less to be expected, conception of the authors meaoiug, When the examination is over we shall publish the list of prizes with the names of those who have earned
them. Football as a DAsaEnoys Pjstimk. Another Liib Lost. —ln commencing on the^fatal result of injuries Mr 0 ti Poole, of Adelaide, .received w ile playing; football, the 'S. A, Register' remarks Not unnaturally, this sad accident has awake aed a widespread regret, and it will unquestionably servo t o deepen the feeling of antipathy to thß game entertained, by those who regard it as a rough and dangerous paßtimc. W e should bo sorry to say. one word m depreciation of uny noble English sport. It lias long been a characteristic of the race that those kind of recreations are most popular- m wbih there is a not. inconsiderable element of danger. In some degree this is true of hunting and of cricket, and m a still larger degree it is true of football. So long as the com batanls m the laßt*mentiDiied game were lads, whoae frames are pliant and not fully set, the risk from a fall or kick, may not be very great, and the effect of an injury may be neither very serious nor very lasting. But with youths and men the case is different, and it ia an imperative duty to- guard the ga-rae by restrictijns which will be sufficient to pravent the recurrence of such a, painful event as that which has so lately happened. We understand, indeed, that when the regulations of tiie Adelaide .Club were being framed, a rulo was intraducerl, with t'io special object of guarding against serious casualties. It is t»je ell'ect, that when the player holding the ball is, as it is aalled, ouce collared, he should be bound to lot the bull go out of his hands. In the excileoae.t of iho phj, this .seems to have been forgotten by the deceased, ami henpa the other players, m attempting to kick the ball inflicted such an injury upon Pooie as proved to be fatal. Since experience has shown that the present regulations are iiisuujcienfc, it is incumbent upon the clubs lo insist rigidly upon additional safeguards. Ja such a case it is idle to la k of the tradit;ons of the game us though th«y were like the law a ol the Medea and the Persians, which could uot be altered, and it would bo a greac pity that a recreation which m the main is so healthy and stimulating should be placed under a ban simply because of an unmeaning prejudice m favour of old customs, and of, a foolish clinging to ■tune -hououred practices which are proved bo be fraught with danger to life had ii»)b.
.1 :^n^iNTG.T-T|ii9 Herald loaras tfiatfour greyhounds /were rboeiv.jd.yesberday, ex Dilpussimd, by MaaVrs' W F Buckland and Percival. They were .shipped from London by Mr Paroival's broth^rj and-; obmprisos three dogs, viz.,> a -fawu, brindle, and black, and a tiljidk bifcoh, Api>earauc33 aro decoptive, butithe bl.aok bituh ha 3 all theapp9aranoe of being yoi brei, Bhe hu strong fo'fe*arm3, dei?p chest, and gVand quarter and if qiirok at turn and wrench, ought to win many a course for her owners. COUNTERPEIT SoVESttEIGNS. A Christchuroh telegram of Saturday last cays A cirioui oft^e of passing counterfeit .sovereigns came before the Resident If ttgistratti's Courb yoatorday. It seems a draper m town has been selling vest buttons, which are good imitations of sovereigns. A. boy namod William Henry Catchon, got some of.theae, ourefully filed of the shank, and passed one of the buttons as a sovereign, but m a second attempt wa3 oaught. The Bench censured the draper who sold the buttons* pointing out that any person of common sensa would hava seen what great temptation he was offering to persons to, commit fraud. The oourt was adjourned till iVtpnday, Another boy has since' been I arrested for a similar offence."
Carriage Springs, —According to a Newcastle papar the* craft of railway spting makers is threatened with a very serious competition. A new circular spriug has been invented it ia male entirely by machinery, and is said to be free from many defects of the present hand-made springs. The new springs are made of solid round bars of steel, highly polished, cut and bent into elliptical forma, and bound together m sets, to form springs. Pour or five bare form the top and bottom of each spriug and it is intended as a further improveinenfc to have a spiral spring, also machine-made, to be placed at the centre between the top and bottom set of springs. This would aot as a duplicate ia case of accident it would support the entire weight of the carriage. 'Builder.'
The Tujif.— Accordiug to tho N. Z Times' the Rev Mr .Reid preached a sermon on the subject of 'coascienco,' and took occasion m the course of his remarks to refer to the criticism from the Press of clergymen who deprecated horsu racing and -uch sporta. The rev gentleman said he believed both the Pulpit and Press were sincere m what tbey advocated, and he did not for a moment question the boria fide' of thfl Press. For himself he might Bay ha could witness a horse-race and enjoy himsolf, but he could not countenance the m my iniquities which were accessory to the,, racecourse therefore he abstained from _visitiug the races, and thought it improper and unsafe for auy professing Ohiristain to do so. We can only say Mr' Raid takes a very oommon sense view of tho matter from the Pulpit -point of view, but ivo may s y, too, that so long as a clergyman aud the leaders of respectable"' society keep aloof from the people's amusements tho atmosphere of therucecouise an i the theatre will not become any purer.
A Singular Tbansaotion A curioua rumour is afloat, for which the tipeotator' doos not vouch, that tha Porte, m its eagerness for the money, has offered to sell, the Hereditary Paihalio of the Holy Land to arty candidate accepted by the Jer?, m return for a loan. The transaction would bo one of the moat (singular m history, bub is not beyond the raoge of possibility. Palestine needs nothing but irrigatuim and trees, and though the Jo.vß dislike agriculture, fellaheen sufficient jtnight be attracted from Egypt. Tho restoration of the Jews, with Lord Beacon afiald for flr.,t King, would be au incident romantic enough to satisfy even the imagination of the author of Alroy.' If too Jews refuse, the Turks should- ask Brigham Young to make a bid. His agents were said, twelve months ago, to be soundiug the Porte, and studying the capabilities of the country, and the Mormon leader would glide easily into the position of a Pacha.
Our the deondenoe of Dunedin commerce, the Lyttelton Tunes' says:-— The merchants of Dunedin are lamenting the loss of lhair commercial supremacy. It is a fact which, they have come to recognise, and it is very natural that they view it with regretful feelings. Jheir enterprise m the early days of the colony placed them m the first rank of IJew Zaaland commerce. Their travellers were m every town, and they headed the list of quarterly retun.B. .Now, the resulbg of t.tieir tr.ido are not recorded m the highest figures of tbe public uccount, and their ships haye to seek elsewhere for* oai goes. It poes on to remat k The prime cause of Otago's early, supremacy is t) be found m the fact that Otago gob the best slarE m the racj. The impetuo given by the gold discoveries to every industry first dispelled m Otago the lethargy which was common m the whole, country, But this supremacy was, m the nature 6; things, e'ratiof ceut. The other provinces gradually developed their resources, and the other com merciil cornommtiea developed theii' ideas. Otago was gradually beiog restricted to her own boundaries, when the public works policy of 1870 -•nre her opponents a heavy advantage. The cjnsryuuiout ol the i mnigrant ves3uld impartially to tbe vnnoji pms of tlie colony- w s a fatal blo.ff to" the vco:iimercial supreai* y of 6ta»o. Otago was overtaken m the r.icn and oasseJ.
