WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6096, 1 June 1881, Page 3

WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

[from our ow>- correspondents.] Hamilton, Tuesday. The tolls of the Hamilton- Bridge for the month of May amount to a sum of £Sl. Yesterday Constable Murray was sent for in a gre.it hurry to a spot near"the Hamilton East cemetery, the body of a man being reported to have been found. On arriving, a. skeleton was certainly found in one of the natural hollows known as potato pits, but to all appearance it had lain there a considerable time, probably the remains of some Maori killed in one of the Waikato skirmishes. A mimerously-signod requisition, emanating from country settlers and residents about Hamilton, has been received by the Mayor of that town, asking him to call a public meeting, to urge upon the Government the desirableness of making the Hamilton East Bridge free of toll. The meeting has been called at the Council Chambers for Thursday evening next. Alexandra, Monday. A very enjoyable quadrille party was held . in the Public Hall on Friday night last, when fully eighty persons were present. The hall was tastefully decorated, and the music provided by the Te Awamutu CavalryBand. The rabbit pest is still as great a nuisance as ever, though shooting parties are continually making the neighbourhood of Alexandra and Paterangi their hunting grounds. A party of three from Cambridge the other day killed no less than 47 eouples of rabbits between 3 p.m. and dark. Te Awamutcj, Tuesday. A wages case (E. Harris v. J. L. Tole) was heard on Saturday, before Messrs. E. Parsons aud H. Goodfellow, J.P's. One claim was for wages, £3 0s Sd ; a second, £6, for. well sinking. Mr. J. A. Tolc appeared for the defence. The plaintiff obtained a judgment for the first claim, but was nonsuited on the second. Messrs. A. Ross, J. Parrel!, G. McKinder, YV. Qualtrough, ft, Cookerline, Corby, and Elmaley have been nominated trustees for the Kihikihi Cemetery, and their names have been submitted for approval by the Government, [BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Hamilton, Tuesday evening. Pukekura has been declared a licensing district, and commissioners resident in the district will be appointed in the course of a few days. No more cases of scarlet fever have occurred in Hamilton, and it is thought Mr. Gandin's children have been suffering from measles. The action of the local school committee in closing the schools has, however, been universally approved as showing proper forethought and caution, as the disease had been pronounced scarlatina by a medical man. There were only three tenders for the for mation of the road from Tole's Hill to Matatura. Smith and Grimes, £276; Lukes, £235; and Matthew Walsh, £179 9s. Since the tenciere were received the latter has reduced his by £0, and it has been accepted to-day, the engineer having been instructed to modify the work so as to keep it within the £150 granted by the Council.