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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 5, 11 May 1872, Page 2

Wanted -A line'.maker. There is a large supply of earth suitable for hi ickmaking on tJie Waipa i river. The steamers are now plying regularly on I i hat ami the Waikaao river, and if hrioks could he ! made and delivered at the dill'erent townships, at a ! reasonable cost, our wooden buildings 'would soon give place to substantial hriek erections. Our : townships are fast growing ir. size, and if only for j the .sake of greater .security from the ravages of fire, it would be wi'-'e on the part of those who erect 1 new buildings, to use bricks. The saving in lire i insurance in the course of a few years would go far ; to compensate them for the extra cost. ! We learn from the Napier j ele.tjraph that a Bill \ is in tlie hands of the printers, to he introduced into the Provincial Council of Jlawkes Bay, at its next sitting, tor tin purpose of throwing certain blocks of land open for selection on the deferred payments system. If the Waikato is to prosper it will he necessary for both the (iciieral and Provincial Covornmei.is to adopt ;< similar system. In order, however, to pivvi nt land-jobbing, which has always i a deleterious effect on the district in which, the ! speculators operate, the quntity of land procurable by one peison should be limited to one town sections, ami to—say 50 acres of agricultural land. Ihvine Service was held in Hamilton on Thursday ; Lieut.-Colonel Lyon officiated iu the absence of a '■ clergyman. There was a very good attendance. : The gallant colonel used a form of thanksgiving for J the recovery of the Prince, which, we believe, was ! his own composition, iu any case it was most ap- \ pri;\te to the occasion. j Major Clare, J. P., and Captain Wilson, J.P., j occupied the Bench in the K.M. Court, Hamilton, on Wednesday last. There were oiily two cases for adjudication—one a petty debt case, in which judgment went by default, and the other an application on the part of a man, who had separated from I his wife, to recover possession of a child which had ib: en taken away by his better-half. The lvstuu- ! tiou of the child to"the male parent wis ordered. j it is reported that it is the intention of the ! Government.to hold a short session, in Wellington, I in -July, for the despatch of pressing business, and that the session of the usual le?igth will be h.dd in Duncdin in January. We give the repo; t for what it is worth, but must express our doubts as to its truth. It would greatly interfere with the private convenience of members to attend two sessions Within the year, especially when one is proposed to be held in the middle of summer ; but as the matter will have to be decided by the House, we think that lion, members will be quite capable of guarding their own privileges. An advertisement appears in our columns announcing a performance to be given by Cambeesys, the Wizard of the South, in coujunction with other talent, prominent among whom is Mr. South, the favourite buries,pie actor. The entertainment is of a most varied description, comprising a liosl of tricks in legerdemain, a /«. Heller and llaselmayer ; songs and dances, as lately gjven by the Zavistowski Sisters with such success in.- Auckland ; negro songs, dances, &c. As there has V»jon a dearth of any kind of amusement of this character J for some considerable time past, we have no doubt I that advantage will be taken by residents oh the j occasion to reward the enterprise of the Poly- [ graphic Company by a bumper attendance. r lhey purpose visiting Hamilton, Cambridge, Alexandra, and Tc Awamutu in their peregrinations. We are glad to record that another barge-load of o4 head of cattle passed here to-day, bound for Mercer. These are the largest beasts that have yet gone down by this means. They are from the herd of Mr. Scott, of Paterangi. I