The Waikato Times.

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SATURDAY, JULY 3, 1880. + Leading articles, Echoes from the Cafe, Thoughts, and much interesting matter are unavoidably held over. The Cambridge football team to play in the match against Ohaupo at Cambridge to-day, will comprise: — Messrs Moore, King, Mackintosh, Kayll, Cotton, Rnodes, Graham, Norgrove, Pilling, A. Stubbing, McKinnon, Lightfoot, Fisher, Morrissey, Laraplough, M. Stubbing, and $. Huttou. It having been rumored that His Worship thg Mayor of Hamilton had not been included" in the list of those invited to the dinner to celebrate the opening of thB, railway, a representative of this paper made enquiries into the matter, and we are „ enabled to lay the following telegrams before our readers : — " Celebration Committee, on opening of railway, will be glad of your company to dinner this evening." "Hamilton, 2nd July, 1880.— To J. Walton, Esq., Te Awamutu. — Thank you for invitation to celebration of opening railway, but, having gone to Ngaruawahia on professional business, telegram did not reach me till six in the evening of yesterday. — B. C. Bealb, Mayor."

Another wedding amongst the Maori upper ten was solemnised on i Thursday morning, at the Public Hall, by Pomare, the Native Minister. Nepea, from Otaki, led Titihuia, daughter of Arekatera, to the altar. A great number of Europeans and Maoris witnessed the interesting ceremony, and when over a general invitation was given to the former to attend the banquet which will take place at the National Hotel, on Friday. The name of host Raynes is in itself sufficient^to augur a successful spread. The Land Court was occupied all Thursday in deciding the names for the Waipa block.

The Very Rev. Dr. McDonald, who has been appointed by His Grace Archbishop Steins to the charge of the Maori Mission, arrived in Hamilton yesterday, and proceeds to Cambridge to-day, at which place he will officiftte to-morrow [at both mass and vespers. On his arrival j here yesterday, the rev. gentleman held i Mass and preached in the Catholic Church, East Hamilton, to a number of Maoris who were assembled to receive him. After prayers, he catechised some of the native boys who accompanied him, and by their answers they Bbowed great proficiency. A rather nasty accident happened to Mr H. McPherson at the Railway Station yesterday. Mr MoPherson is at ! present engaged in the erection of a house, ! intended for the use of the gangers, and about three o'clock yesterday afternoon he was employed in fixing some portion of the framing of the roof when he slipped, and fell down a distance of twelve feet, striking his back against the wall-plate. Ho was very severely shaken, but was able to get up and walk home. With care, it is expected that he may bo all right again in the course of a week or so.

Mr G-. Lovegrove, of Hamilton, has obtained the contract for paintiug the stations on the Te Awamutu Railway, and is at present engaged on the work, which is being executed very satisfac-

toriiy. The road leading from the Te Awamutu Railway Station gate to the township is in a most deplorable state just now after the heavy rains, and those people who visited the town on the occasion of the opening of the railway have just cause to reuioraber it. It is almost an impossibility to get a vehicle out of a walking pace in parts, and how much it will impede the heavy traffic, and consequently increase the amount paid for freight, we leave our Te Awamutu friends to consider. It appears that seme time ago, the Government offered the Highway Board £350 to form the road, but the Board, we understand, preferred that the Government should undertake the work, and this was done, the result being that tho sum mentioned jnst sufficed for doing the portion from the station from the gate. The part done is certainly a good road, but as long as the greater portion remains as at present, it^ will afford but little relief. Of course it would be mere folly to place metal on the mud which covers the thoroughfare at present, bnt no time ought to be lost when the first spell of fine weather comes. We think the Te Awamutu people shonld in their own interests see to this.

On Thursday cmr representative visited the pretty little Anglican Church at Te Awamutu, and was much struck with the neat and clean appearance of the interior. Several alterations are about to be made, which will have the effect of increasing the accommodation and at the aame time adding to its appearance. The unsightly organ loft is to be pulled down and certain alterations made to the chancel roof. Outside, the neat new fence which has replaced the temporary barricade of old bridge timber greatly improves the appearance of the church. There is, however, one matter which requires attention in connection with the church, and that is in regard to tbe sadly neglected state of the graves of soldiers and others who were killed or died during the time of the war. Several of the memorial slabs have rotted away and now lie underfoot, and unless some steps be taken all record of " the poor inhabitant below " will be lost. Ihe pastor (the Rev. J. Phillips) has interested himself in the matter, and an effort is being made to get the Government, to whom the work properly belongs, to erect a memorial stone in the graveyard, upon which could be inscribed the names of all those buried ther? during the military occupation, and to place a suitable slab with a similar inscription inside the church. We have no doubt that when the matter is properly represented to tt\em, as it will be, the Government will lose no time in acceding tp the request of the memorialists.

Some short time ago tenders were invitjedfor ejecting about 120 chains of ditch and fenco for Mv Murdoch, at Te Awarautu. 'The prices sent in by the tenderers Varied from 14s to 6s od — the latter being the amount of the successful one, that of Mr Drabble. Such an instance as this shows one of two things, either times are very hard and people tender low to get the work, or they are very good and contractors tisk a good paying juice bccinse they are independent. Which of these conclusions is tho just one we will leave our readers to judge,

The meeting of the provisional committee of the proposed Hamilton Chess and Debating Club was to have taken on Thursday evening last, but owing to various causes tliere was only a very poor attendance, and the meeting, consequently, stands adjourned till next Thursday evening, at the Royal Hotel, when, it is hoped, there will be a large attendance of intending members.

It will be seen by an advertisement in another column that Mr Hobolth, artist, will be in Cambridge to-day, and will remain there for a fortnight. Mr Hobolth, who is agent for Mr G. Simon, portrait painter, Auckland, brings with him some very good specimens of portrait painting in oils. Of these we saw a likeness of Mr Peacock, Mayor of Auckland, and one of Mr L. D. Nathan. Both are very fair portraits, In addition to these he has a very good likeness of the Chief Rewi. Mr Hobolth will be prepared to receive orders for executing similar paintings, and during his stay in the Waikato will visit the principal settlements.

The football match between the Albion and Lightfoot Juvenile Clubs, which was postponed on Tuesday on account of the weather, will come off this afternoon on Sydney-square.

A special mail was sent up by the late train from Auckland last night, bringing the letters by the Suez and Southern steamers. They were sorted into the boxes last night.

A man was denouncing newspaper advertisements to a crowd of listeners. " Last week," eaid he, " I had an umbrella stolen from the vestibule of tho church. It was a gift ; and, valuing it very highly, I spent double its worth in advertising, but nave not recovered it." "How did you word your advertisement," afked a merchant. " Here it is," said the man producing a slip cut from a newspaper. The merchant took it and read: — " Lost from the vestibule of church, last Sabbath evening, a black silk umbrella. The gentleman who took it will be handsomely rewarded by leaving it at No. — , San Fernando-street." "Now," said tho merchant, "I am a liberal advertker, and always found that it paid me (veil. A great deal depends upon the mtnner in which an advertisement is put. Let us try for your umbrella again, and if you do n vt acknowledge then that adtising pays, I will purchase you a new one." The merchant then took a slip of paper from his pocket, and wrote, ' ' If the man who was seen to take an umbrella from the vestibule of the ——church laßt Sabbath evening does not wist to get into trduble, and have a stain cast upor the Christian character which he values so highly, he will return it to No. — , San Fernando-street." This duly appeared in the paper, and on the following morning the man was astonished when he opened the front door of his residence. On the porch lay a dozen umbrellas of all shades and sizes that had been thrown in from the side walk, while the front yard was literally paved with umbrellas. Many of them had notes attached to them saying they had been taken by mistake, and begging the loser to keep the affair quiet.— Saturday Magazine. How any man can rack his head over these new puzzles when he can sit on a log and fish all day without a bite is past conprehension.

Mr Kknxkdy Hill will sell to-day, at two o'clock, seventeen cases of oranges, in good condition. I.v response to a petition of Burgcbses his Worship the Mayor convenes a meeting of ratepayers, to be held in the Council Chamber, next Tnesday evening.