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Waikato Argus, Volume VI, Issue 407, 9 March 1899, Page 2

Mr Hogben, the new secretary of the Education Department, assumes duty at the end of the month. At the inquest on the Mcr Arthurs, the Mouut Magnet victims, a verdict of wilful murder against Hartley Bowen was returned. Edward Sherratt, licensee of the Empire Hotel, Pahnerston North, has been fined £5 and costs, and the conviction was ordered to be endorsed on his license for Sunday trading. The Government have bought lime deposits at Inch Valley, near Palmerston South, and are constructing a small branch line with the intention of manufacturing lime for use by farmers. In answer to a correspondent, we have looked up our old files and find that the Hamilton Traffic Bridge was opened by the acting Mayor Mr J. K. Mcdonald, on Thursday, November 27th, 1879. The first prize in Tattersall'a sweep on the Newmarket Handicap was drawn by Mr Seaton, of Otorohanga, who wins £4050. The second horse was also drawn by a New Zealander, Miss Morgan, of Westport, who wins £1,215. On Wednesday evening last at choir practise the Rev. A. M. Bradbury, on behalf of the vestry of Holy Trinity Church, presented Miss Pearl Soper with a handsomely-bound book of musio by some of the best composers as a mark of appreciation of her gratuitous services as organist. A telegram received from Timaru last night says :—News h»3 been received by the Vancouver mail of the death from typhoid, at Dawson City, of Alpheus Hayes, an old resident of Waimate, and late chairman of the Timaru Harbor Board, who went to Klondyke about a year ago. Inspector Tunbridge, Commissioner of Police, paid an official visit to Cambridge on Tuesday, accompanied by Inspector Cullen. Amongst other matters, they selected the site for the new police-station and constable's residenca. Yesterday morning they passed through Hamilton by coach en route for Raglan. In Messrs McNicol and Co.'s column this morning will be found full particulars of the furniture to be sold by them at Mr E. P. Roche's sale at Shaftesbury on Wednesday, March 29th, commencing at 11 a.m sharp. Anyone requiring furniture cannot do better than attend this sale, a? the furniture is all good and of the best description. Captain Jackson held a sitting of the Old Age Pensions Court, yesterday, at the Magistrate's Court, Hamilton. There were in all oleven applicants, five of whom were granted £lB, one £3, two were rejected for being under age, two »verc postponed in order that fuller particulars regarding age and length of residence in the colony might be obtained, and one was withdrawn. A large number of visitors from Auckland and elsewhere are now staying at Cambridge, among them being Capt. Ranson, of the Northern S.S. Company, and family; Mr Furby, head of the Telegraph Department, Auckland, and family at the Criterion Hotel ; and Mr Parsons, of the Auckland Gas Company, and family, at the National; both of hotels continue crowded with visitors. The London correspondent of the Auckland Star, says :—" Mr E. E. Rushbrooke has written from Hamilton West, Waikato, to a Norfolk friend giving the latter some idea of how furming in New Zealand compares with Norfolk life. He winds up by saying : ' There is a very good chance for any young man in this part with a small capital if he will work, and we can grow anything. . . I am glad I am away from ' pay and pay nothing for self.'"

Harruston's circus at Cambridge to-night and to-morrow. The annual meeting of the Hamilton Chess and Draught Club will be held this evening at The Argus Office, An election to fill an extraordinary vacanoy in the Cambridge Road Board will be held on Saturday, 18th March, at 2 p.m. punctually. The candidates are Messrs Martin Butler and John McCaw. It is notified by advertisement elsewhere that all uncertificated ponies engaged at Saturday's meeting may be measured on the course, Claudelands, either at 3 p.m. to-morrow, or at 10 a.m. on Saturday, On our fourth page we publish a portion of an interesting paper on " Proportional Representation," which was read by Mr Pratt before a recent meeting of the Paeroa Debating Club. The remainder will appear in our supplement on Saturday.

Mr W. Clark, eldest son of Mr G. E. Clark, of Cambridge, succeeds Mr Gribble as manager of Mr H. Reynolds' Newstead Estate. The experience Mr Clark has gained in farming and dairying work in Waikato will no doubt eminently fit him for the responsible position he is now appointed to.

Several slight showers of rain fell last evening and there was every appearance of a downpour before morning. The turnip crops in many instances have suffered severely on account of the lengthy spell of dry weather, and a day or two's steady rain would gladden the heart of the farmer considerably.

A Wellington paper remarks that it seems strange that while improved system of dress-cutting and fitting should be kept trade secrets in this country, in New South Wales and elsewhere they are taught to the pupils at the primary schools, and adds that an effort will probably be made to have this state of things remedied.

At the Magistrate's Court, Hamilton, to-day, the case, Waikato Park Association v. W. F. Bell, claim £3O 19s, for calls due, was heard. Mr A. Swarbrick represented the Association and the defendant did not appear. Judgment was entered up for the plaintiff by default tor the amount claimed and costs, £3 Is. Several charges of a breach of the Borough by-laws, viz., driving without lights, were brought by the Police. In each case a nominal fine of Is and 9s costs, was imposed.

A cricket match was played at Morrinsville, yesterday, between the Morrinsville and Hamilton Cricket Clubs. The latter batted first and put together 60 runs, C. Cox, ¥oung, Creighton and Manning being top scorers. Morrinsville totalled 194 runs, R. C. Allen, Scholium, Nelson, J. S.Allen, D. Hintou and J. C Allen batting in fine form. The principal bowlers for Hamilton were Rollinson and Hammond, for Morrinsville,Schollum and heilsou. A full account of the match will appear in next issue.

At the Paeroa Court on Tuesday, before Messrs Colclough and H. C. Wick, J.P.'s, John Cassidy was charged with having committed rape on Rebecca Goodwin. Mr Moss appeared for the defendant, and Sergeant Brennan conducted the case for the prosecution. A considerable amount of evidence was given, after which the Bench retired for a short time, to consider the case. Upon resuming they said that they had come to the conclusion that: 1. The evidence of the commission of rape is defective, more particularly after hearing the evidence of Dr. Forbes. 2. That there is strong presumptive evidence that takiog the time into consideration accused was not at the premises of Mr Mitchell during the period alleged. It was a very serious matter to send a man for trial on such a chargo without some corroborative evidence, which, in this case is absent. The accused was therefor discharged.

According to New York newspapers, Mr John D. Rockefeller, head of the Standard Oil Trust, will be a billionaire. Ha is now reputed to be the wealthiest man in the world, being worth nearly eighty millions sterliug, with a yearly income of four millions. Oue newspaper significantly points out that Rockefeller's daily income is more than the President of the United States receives yearly. He could pay Mr McKinley's annual salary of £IO,OOO every day and still be worth £300,000 a year. The Socialist papers claim that when this mighty capitalist is worth two hundred millions sterling his great wealth will give him practically a monopoly of all the business interests in the country, and will beoonr.e a menace to the Republic. Rockefeller's defenders point out that ho has always been extremely charitable to churches and educational institutions, and that the possession of great wealth by such a man is a blessing rather than an evil.

The following is a copy of the letter read by Captain Reid, at the meeting of the Waikato Mounted Riflp.s, on Saturday last, which we inadvertently stated, last issue, had been previously published. The letter, already published, referred solely to the old 4th Waikatos and not the Waikato Mounted Rifles :—To Captain Reid, Waikato Mounted Rifles : Dear Sir, —Mrs Henry Reynolds, in a letter addressed to me, which arrived by the Vancouver mail this week, desires me to convey to you, and to the officers, non-commissioned officers and men under your command, her warmest thanks for the kindly and considerate respect shown to the memory of her late father, Captain Steele, by according to him a military funeral, doubtless at considerable inconvenience. I beg to add my personal appreciation of the kindly, oonaiderate and voluntary act, which has so gratified, and, to some extent, consoled tho daughter and relatives of my friend and comrade, the late Captain Steele.—l am, etc., Your very truly, J. McPuERSON, Captain, New Zealand Militia, Kirikiriroa, 15th December, 1898.

A very pointed criticism of the Christian Endearvour Society was made by the Rev. W. Gillies at the Presbyterian General Assembly, which has just concluded its session at Wellington. The criticism was drawn forth by a comment by the Res'. W. Douglas on the omission from the report of the Committee on Religion and Morals of any reference to the society in question. Mr Gillies said he did not think the Christian Endeavour movement was doing the great amount of good that it was represented to be doing. True religion, he added, was not all in the tongue and the heels—in the tongue by speaking and in the heels by running to the meetings every night in the week. A great many of those who spoke at Christian Endeavour meetings would often be better employed at home helping their mothers to darn the socks. In reply, the Rev. W. Douglas said his experience was that the young women who went to Christian Endeavour meetings were those who were most dutiful in their homes. The movement was warmly defended by other members of the assembly, including the Rev. Dr. Erwin.—N.Z. Times. At the annual meeting of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday, already published, the Chairman said the year closed on September 30th with a record as regards the exports of the colony. Referring to defence, he said the colony to a certain extent was provided for as regards naval defence, but tho Australian squadron could not be in all places at once, nor was it intended to afford defence agaiust casual attacks by single ships. As the colony could not afford a permanout force, our defeuce would mainly depend upon au efficient volunteer force. It was their duty to insist ou the volunteer force

being kept constantly in a high state of efficiency, and to see that no one shirk© I his duty who was bodily able for it; that none but good men got commissions as officers; that every man in the runks was serviceable ; and that every serviceable man took his turn in the ranks. Let them do that, and they would have that preparedness for war which was the best guarantee of peace. The balancesheet, which showed a small credit,along with the rcp-irt, was adopted. The Vancouver mail service was discussed, the speakers urging its retention and the necessity of urging upon the Government tho benefits to be derived from entering into a reciprocal agreement with Canada. Ultimately, a motion was carried that the Chamber, as representative also of other chambers of the colony, represent to tho Government the necessity of taking steps to prevent the Vancouver service being lost to New Zealand.