The Waikaro Times UNKNOWN SATURDAY, AUGUST 17,1872

Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 47, 17 August 1872, Page 2

The Waikaro Times UNKNOWN SATURDAY, AUGUST 17,1872

1 The manner i'i which Mr. We!)!) lias of late |:111i 1 l,;d his mail emit raei has brought disgrace : upi in iiMits.-.lf an I ridicule upon the Government oi this colon v. Be lore this is in print t!;e s.,eaiue? I ; Din San Kianoisro will lie live days, overdue, :iin 1 jud ; (Vo.ii t!iesirre.'«i!:iriby v/liieii has pre- | vai!e"l oi late in t'.iis .service it would not \>n A ite ! j venture an opi'.iou as to wheuhei .sne \vk! ii,x- ---' rive to-da v, ho-i,iori").v, or ;v fortiiigut hence. Ave t;-e id i 1 to iind l.h it a member ol I lie tiDn.se has | fiv-c'n no! icu <>|' ipi.:otioci " Whether the Jines ' I'.),' U" te de'ivery !i;'iVo heyti entoree l, and if not , oil whit e-roiindo they have Ix-en remitted." It is : state:l that Mr Webb is a heavy loser by the 1 ■•.jiitr.iet • we are sorry foi ]iim if this be the e;ise, I !mL we c'lnaot for.;et '"h it Mr Webb's speciality ! ij.. f.lio nia;rv.;emeiic of lines of liteamei's, and that Ihe has eutere I into tho coat r.iet . with his eyes 'oii'ai, also i!l,b New Zealand has had to P : 'y the

i heavy subsidy to tne. utmost, farming. ! We are '_'(a.d to welcmnc. hack Mr ■ • V- l'itz- ' p ifr'ek on hi j return from a ti ij) to tiic o! I i country. He arrived last evening at ! i, v C oach. His o! I friends had prepared a suitable iwelcom: for him in the shape of a sumptuous ; dinner, at which all the old residents in the | township were present. "h-3 manner Ul wliieli | the dinner was served reileets great, credit on Host I picas, of the i Hotel. i ' \\ r e have laie'y visited Mr. (.'omnhes' Clothing i Manufactory, in f! igli-strejt, Auckland, and were ; pleased to 'note the' large business he, is already i j oin l(. There are about ,>() hamls employed on tlie ; ii. onuses in the clillerent branches of the trade. The I !ir, ipi ielor informed us that he could compete a-Ivan- ; !a-'(!o;is!y Avith "selbounie markets, i] very new • in.uistry'established in iheeoleity adds to its wealth j ai'd pro'rfj.ierity, and in tliU ease in addition to the j cost of the labor being kept in the country, it also j encoura .es the manufacture of cloth in New ZeaI lan.;. i[' oi l .)' c'oth manufactories a;e to be worked j to the greatest advantage it is necessary that a ; ptoper system of making the produce of t.;e mill ; into el ithing should exu-t in each of oi.r iai 0 e ceiiti |~f population. Mr (Joombes lias a gooil ex- \ .-.niple for the imitation of other tradesmen, ii'id |ii is to be hoped that his si c.;> ss, of w)i c'i jwe Slave little doubt, will induce the _ es- ! lablishnicnt of other manufactories of various | kinds, and that the storekeepers in this district :if they lind. they can get their clothing as good ; and equally as cheap, will only purchase clothing i mm'il'acturi d in the colony; ' jiis Kxcellency Sir("i. I;\ Bo wen in a despatch to the Secretary for the Colonies, in allmliiig to his | visit to the 'Waikato says;—"! imw address your ; Lordship from Njaruawatia, the at the 1 eoukucuee of the "rivers Waikato and Waipa, and commonly called the ''old .\iaoii eapi-al, lieCtiabG j (as 1 have ex penned on a previous occasion) it was ! the residence o; Potatau Te Wl.ero Whero, who I was tkcre tin IS">7 to be the v s i cake !) Maori ' Kio ,r . l";.i s eelel ra'cd chieftain au lwa:rier, who ' haddieen a ihaii tneiKl and of the Itnghsa in ; the earlv days of the Colony, and who never took

iiii-fc in'any hostilities against tie Qucon's troops, die !in 1.-ioi, an.l was b uied at Ngaruawxl ia. On r.n- first visit to the Wa kat , in IS'JS I c aused his comb. which ha I fallen int» decay, to bo re pane I ; and this act is said to have produced a very favorable impression on his s >-s and sucee -s. r, T.iw'liiao, and < n their family and ill s:nj; . On ray journey hitlier from Auckland I have proceeded by short stareti visituisx Jill the Eu;;lisli settlemen's and n a,i\\ k anuas, or villages. I have baenevt y vhere received vvit-h the must cordial respect an 1 welcome. Xothiivi can be moie satisfactory than the general made m V* aikato since the date of my visit, ill linW, and especially dtiunu' tlii past years, lhe cvihiniSLS and the alike appear to feel that permanent tranquility and conhdenee hive now been linaily estal»l tshed.''

The E'i~.it ! -:!h Cifj .Ea-ii ■•urn?. (X.nta Carotin a.) states that in the year !S3i) a slavewoman named America was sold by her owner in Perquimans County to a citizen of Chowan, where»he was taker to wife bv a feSlow-setvant named Osborne Creeey. ller ('howan master soon after sohl America to V. illia m O.iintock of Savannah. The war and its consequences came ; and America, always true to her ionu'-lost Osborne, his recently come back to old Perijuimansand been legally re-nnitedto Osborne Crecev, in the presence of many persons. Osuorne is now 77) years old, and America 00. On the "joth of Arpil, a prisoner in the House of Correction, Clerkeuwell, undergoing a sentence of 1-t days' iin[;i'isoiiuient, was working on tiie treadmill when he cried out that his legs were broken. The whole of the prisoner?, to the number of about 100. were immediately c.-.lled oil and the wheel was stooped, when it was found that eittier iroiu Accident or design his legs had got entangled in the machinery, and that both were broken. He was immediately picked up and taken to the Inlirmary. where !-o n as aitea !.. d by Dr. Smile, the prison surgeon, i'lic: e was :;r.'-at a.hv.':u among the ol'vl prisoners at work on the wheels, but order was quikcly restored.

The ScoUish Kpis<:>>p;tlian (.'hureh ha* sustained ft !o»h in the late Terrot. was one uf tlioso clergymen who an; fast becoming Very scarce in *dj denominations). In him thedirinc was subordinated to the man of the world His scholarship was of the highest order, and his keen wit enabled him to bring his knowledge to bear upon social subjects wl th telling effect. Like some other remarkable men of j this now uncommon stamp, his cynicism and his j sarcastic humour were somewhere at variance with j the lamb-likcphieidity of the ideal pas tor s character, and, like his clerical prototypes, he by no means . disliked a quiet jest at the expense of his own order, i The Scuf-iiitii.il, in an obituary notice of the Bishop, ; mentions a story of this kind which he used to relate ; with great gusto. It befell a dignified clergyman, I pi.riiaps himself. An Irish beggar was imploring him for charity, and usin'i an enormous number of sacred objurgations. The dignified clergyman looked him s iloumiy in the face No, I will not give re- : lief to one who appeals to me so indecorously, but I j will give you what will be of more value to you ir. your present state of mind—the advice not to take the name wf (Jod in vain." Irishman answers i "And is it in vain I've been taking it ? and whose j fault is that I should like to know —Pull Mull i (Jo."cUt.