WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6950, 26 February 1884, Page 6

WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

.[JBOIi. Cnß. .OWN; CORBESPONDENTk] .■•,..-i . ■■■■■ -.- ■■...■.." ' ,; :-'■ ' :HAMii ; rps, ; .Mpnday.''" ': r T?HEWaikat6 Police. :Cpart's;'kife kept.-busy-;ih. dealing 'with yagranta .discharged .• other: places ~ whbae: ;railway passages :are : i.paid';.to.''.'.-telte/'.tHeni; into, Waikato. Oneat : least'Of Bnch:case3;was ; tried''here.:pn'i Saturday,:; Kearns,' : an old 'offender,' charged, with being illegally oh'- premises, and. with'hayirjg hp:yisibleVmeana"of -support,.' '< was. sentenced :to one^mpntb.'fpr...the :first and jth'ree :mbhths. for. the., 'second, offence/ \yhen.arrested he:had .a railway ' paa3^ i rom Auckland'. to::Harriil.tpn', : b'ut;had. : pr.eferred.'.tp' teg his way up.by the rqacl instead, of using: 'it. '.. ' ]: '■ ■ ' . " ''■"' " ."' '; William. .Barton, an. old offender,, ■was' charged, with ,drunkenne33. ..and also with begging, and. was sentene'ed to seven day's. for the first .and one "'-month', for the second/ offence. . . . .Several allotments ..belonging to the ; .Hamii ; . ;..tpn;.l)pmai.n were put. up '.to 'leaseytor'SiCyearis' : :" , b^aiicjtion..on. , Sat^ ■acres'in allj. were, ■knocked to MK ■.Kerry,, at 5a per acre aiid one lot of. 9.'acres tpMr. '.Kipg.'at,-7a'..'6.d;!per.:.ac're'. -■ jhe. ihar.yest; thanksgiving' services at. St. ; Peter's Tvereiwell attebded; In: trie eveninj; the sermpn , jyas :preached : by the. former in ':■'■'■ ■ Qumbeht; .%e..]Rey. Vy;.teaider,.bf'A ; JlSa;ints'; : ■ Porisphbyi Tbe, offertories at : ppth service:-. ! amounted to ■' between. £9 and.; The . church:was: very tastefu:Uy .decorated.'-V ' : . It appears. that. as manyt'as"eleyen.' pupi.U : .have. .paii. :the Higb .^ctibpl: ;and;' thiswa3 the npniber at .the.,i;ime ,jihe/ Board wrpteVto the!.; sphool cprn'mitfee drawing: at : teotion to "the.failing;;p£f in-the , . attendance. ; The , . East Hamil.tbn School. Gommitje'e will. '"iie'e4 , .:i.6''exer i li i ..theriis i e i l i ye8 > if they wish to see the:High.School kept open. ' ; ■■■ ■ 'Wh'atXw.hata, : li6n"iJay..: A large fire, in the tif teen-chain .swamp and. : adjoining, ranges on the Whatawhata-Hamil- i ton. new ~road,vhas. been burping for some ■ cdajs past,: and thereia. great,reaspnto. fear : . that Fpxaii's;valuabie,bu3h wiii:.be..;d.estr.byed.. (JAMBRipGE,. .jjpnd'ay. At., the hearing oh: Friday o'f the cdies. 'against. 'VVhatUaip,.- Natanav...and' Others, pf! i pbstr.uQting. the; Waotu .euryeyi. ;it shpul(i. : ■have been, rpentipned that Mr. Nprthcroft , \ .allowed- time for the. payrri.ent of. the .fines '■■■■ari'd:.'■'costs,, conditibnally' oil .the- 'gopd fee- ' ■ hayipur of the defendants', iyto promised: to, to'be.gbneon.'witti-.wi'thpui ;'any further The Resident |:, 'M'ag'is'rrate. said, thatiri such .case,; if. it were. neeled,. he.would allbjv. .the fines to.stand j; over fpr.-. longer even than the mbhth I- prbmised.. .-.■, : ■ ■'. ■ ■ '.. . St. Andrew's Ghnrch..was.filled., tp ):flpwing i at.the-haiyes^ , f l estiv ,^, -^erTiceß,:y / ester'- , day; a very; large number of: country settlers i'-being).. present:. -Eloquent sermons .'Were preached. .Reyi.. Mr. Gulliver, bf.:St. Jbhn'a:.Goll,egei Auckland, anoi-: the church ■ was-tastefully -decpratedwith-. ifruit;. flbwers,. : : and grain. The :chirning. pf; the new) peal pf bells; added/much tp the" gerieral. effectybf the pccasipn... . . i)ne: of the- patent rpaii. scoop macKiiies .(iicCoughey. and §pns. -patent, automatic sepopi arrived, on. Saturday, for. Mr, Eallphy -railway: contractbr. (Due of' these, machines, : i which plough, :shovei : , and.scopp,. has been in. ■■ use. at '.Matamata, and .during the. .present, season. one>man with fbiirhorß'es formedtßree. miies of t;pad iii a fortnight:, WAiTo.A,. Monday. The regular monthly, inee.t'ing of ibe ■ Waitba Highway Bparii was, .held, on Satuir l : day ; There wtre .present,, the IjSh'a'irm'an (>lr. Ghepmell), and Messrs. Gbiild: ..Buck, Seddbrj.kpdil.T'arr. The engineers, Messrs, Sandes and Napptr, were.alsb;in;:attendance. ' The various cpntracts in hand wereTepprteS: •to be iii a inpst unsatisfactory c.onditipn , as. regards cbmp.letibn ; tp. .detej and in one in- . stance, that, of Murphy's .contract fpr the ■ Ngatumangayr.pad, ;i.t.'was.'resb'lyed'tp;putmen■oil. .and finieh: ; the : wprk'at. the.'cbntraotpr's risk. In all. other cases it. was agreed'tp : notify cbjitraptbrs that: if-their works were not: completed or. pfbeeeding satisfactpriiy to that end. by the 31st pf March all :<Jeppsits would be fprfeited, and the . pena.Vties in-. : fiicted:. without exceptioh.. In: pne.cas.e,. a contractpr;. >yhoae: lifirae was. up last November, had. only 'started work a '.fortnight, agp. ■Th.is'.state:of tii'ings : ha3 been brought abbut ih.:part by the 'scarcity"fiif. ■labb.nr, and. indi- . viduaj .'cpiltractors taking more Jobs ,bn hand, than 'it has ,been possible for them to pßtsin the,.necessary iabburitp execute. The £400 loan granted under the Rbads and: Bridges. ConstructipnAct was'allpcatedas follows. :.— : £lSp between the Waihbu : .and : the river; and. the balance between,- and. Mprrinsville, including pdrtibn of the road near Mr.. Murray's property. .The. Engineers were instructed: to call fpr : tenders fpr all the : wbrks fprthwitli. : . ..:■.-. ..... .KiHiEtiti, MonSay. The 'QatHoli'cs'fin 'Waikatb have, Buhscribed; ■■moeti.iiberaHyJtow'afds-thV.cos.tpf/eatabliehing.' the cpnvent schoolat.-HamiltoDi. Ths.Echbpl will, be conducted,by.uiiris. .belonging to the miasiou;. 0ne...0f iwhpm will be a Frencti lady, |; thus securing tlie- advantage ..of teaching that. ; language c.oiloquiailly. ... ■, Tfie Eihikihi; licensing. ejection, fpr: the return of five members'tpbk.place: on Satur- ; day last. . As there, were.'ten candidates .npminattdvthe.cpnteat was .keen,and. feiicited I .considerable interest in the Ipcalityj The ; fpllpwing is.-the, result pf the poll, yi? : Hutchinspri, .31 ; Elii'3, 30;; ; Cbckerli.ne, :30.;: Farrelj. SSi; .Cowan, 2§.; Qu.&ltrough, 26; Ka'y, 26 '■; Tole, 25.1; Berry,. IS'■■'• 'Elinsly, 11, The .first .five .gentlemen were declared duly ■elected.. .■::. ':; C.ASiBRiDQE, Mondayi : Tie. mepting of ratepayers, on; Saturday : night disapproved pf the prpppsal to. b'orrpw £G,06 for enlarging the Public.Hall .arid ■■Library.. " ' /.:.:. I'.' ' '' : ■ " It :is. supposed that.Mr, More'tph died of heart disease.. .. ■ : ;