WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7567, 20 February 1886, Page 6

WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

[By TELEGRAPH. —OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] Hamilton, Friday evening. Arthur Morton was brought up at the Police Court to-day, before Mr. John Knox, J.P., charged with obtaining money on false pretences from Mrs. Gwynne, by means of a valueleis cheque. He was remanded till Saturday morning, and will then be sent to Mercer, where other charges there are to be preferred against him. Mr. O'Dea, architect of this place, is engaged on several new buildings in YVaikato. Mr. Douglas, of Tamahere, is, it will be seen elsewhere, about to erect farm buildings of concrete and wood; Mr. Williamson also is shortly about to make considerable additions to his house at Rukuhia. Cambridge, Friday evening. At the Police Court to-day, before Mr. Northcroft and Major Wilson, Charles Norgrove pleaded guilty to being intoxicated while in charge of a horse, and was let off with a caution. William Williams and Sydney Walker also pleaded guilty to a charge of furious riding, and were dismissed with a caution. David Sheriff was charged with slaughtering cattle without a license, contrary to the Slaughtering Act, 1877. The case was decided in favour of the defendant, and the charge was dismissed. It appears that defendant slaughtered cattle and supplied Fallon's men on the railway contraot, and had applied for, though not obtained, a license. It was contended that doing so was a breach of the '23rd section of the Act, but Mr. O'Neill, for the defendant, quoted the 27 th section, under which any person not carrying on the trade of a butcher or slaughter-man can kill his own cattle on his own farm or run, and sell any part thereof, provided that if he kill more than two head of large cattle a week, he shall keep a book and enter the particulars ; killing less than two head, he need not even keep a record. The case as seated was dismissed. The following judgments were given in civil cases for plaintiffs : —J. Reid v. Te Keramomo, £16 17a 7d ; same v. Te Nehitiri, £3 Is 3d. The cases H. Asher v. K. Black, £37 Os 7d, and J. S. Buckland v. John Bell, £7 2s, were adjourned till next Court-day. In the case Hutchinson v. John Runciman, a case of disputed costs, judgment was given for the plaintiff for £4 Is, with coats of th« day, £2. There were ten candidates nominated today for the licensing committee, namely, Jared Allwill, nominated by John Fergusson and Thomas Gemmell; H. Asher, nominated by A. Clements and A. Isaacs ; John Gwynneth, nominated by J. B. Little and J. Harrison ; A.G. Hughes, nominated by E. Hughes and J. Harrison ; , William Kinaaid, nominated by E. Hewitt and W. Soutter; W. Reed, nominated by Henry Asher and S. Alford ; D. Richardson, nominated by John .Robertson and James Meredith ; J. R. S. Richardson, nominated by A. Clements and A. G. Hughes ; R. W. Sargent and James Webber, nominated by Robert Kirkwood and E. Hewetfc. The election takes place on the 27th instant. The morning train from Auokland was late to-day, owing to a delay caused by a landslip near Mercer, The handsome Church of St. Andrew's, the finest perhaps in the provincial district outside of Auckland, was tastefully decorated for the harvest thanksgiving services which commenced this evening, the services being conducted by the Ven. the Archdeacon, and the Rev. Mr. Marshall, of Te Aroha. Grain, flowers, and fruit have been offered in abundance and worked up into a variety of tasteful arrangements by willing hands. The pulpit and lectern were artistically draped with wreaths of grain and laurel, and flowers and fringes of the drooping heads of the oats, but the prettiest of all was the decoration of the font and covering, which was a masterpiece of art and good taste. In consequence of* the 12th of March being the day on which the' anniversary festival of the Wesleyan Church is held, the ooncert in honour of the opening of the Cambridge West School is postponed until Friday, the 19th March.