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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 62, 21 September 1872, Page 2

There are three classes of people to pay whom the majority of their patrons seem to think quite unnecessary —lawyers, doctors, and, last though not least, newspaper proprietors. All these men eat, drink, and live in houses like other individuals, except when the eccentricity of their patrons is more than ordinarily developed. We have thus moralised having found it absolutely necessary to remind many of our numerous friends that their subscriptions for the current quarter are long overdue. We will, il they allow us, suggest that they are not as ordinary motals by fort hwith paying their subscriptions to our nearest agents We .have been requested to stute that the Rev. Thomas Stewart will conduct services to-morrow, as followb: —Cambridge, in the morning; Hamilton, in the afternoon; and Ngaruawahia, in the evening, at seven o'clock. The following incident is said to have taken place in one of the most fashionable squares in London. We must premise that a lucky Thames digger met an " old chum" in the streets of London. The following conversation took place:—" I say, ' old horse/ come and dint with me to-night at half-past seven." "AH right, 'old man;' let's liquor." — Liquored accordingly, and then parted. The invitee appeursd at the appointed hour. Cabman knocked at door, which was immediately opened by a "John Thomas" in gorgeous array. "Old horse" enters; is handed from one flunkey to another, till he arrived in the august presence of Mr and Airs li Old man." " Old horse" said, " This is too many for me —I'm oil', — and ojjfed accordingly. We learn by private telegram that tlie Agricultural Society of Hawke's Bay has been resuscitated, and that the next show will be held on the 17th October. It may not be out of place at the present juncture to inform the settlers in the district that the shows nave been discontinued for some two or three years, as from tlie jealousy of the settlers, the committee of tho society found that to obtain the necessary monetary support, it was requisite to have two shows annually, held at different places, the consequence waa that the shows were not of sufficient importance to induce purchasers from the other provinces to attend, and as, in consequence, no benefit arose from the shows, the society died from inanition. This should be a convincing fact to the obstinate in this district. Hawke's Bay has many more cattle and sheep than the settlers in the Waikato are likely to own for some time to come, and in addition, a greater number of pure bred cattle have been imported into it than into any other province. We have ■' adorned the tale," it is needless to draw the moral. The Ball in aid of the Waikato Rifle Volunteer Band Fund came oil'on Friday, the 13th inst., in the Volunteer Hall, Hamilton East, Tho hall was tastefully decorated with evergreens and flags lor the occasion. Dancing commenced at 9 p.m., and was kept up with unflagging spirit till 6 o'clock on the following morning. During the night the band, under their able leader Mr Shannaguan, played several sets oi quadrilles to the great satisiaction of those tripping tne light fantastic toe.' 'We are sorry to say that, financially, it did not by any means come up to what the committee anticipated, taking into consideration the fact that the existence of a band in any district is a public benefit, inasmuch that it ministers to the Auricular craving for dulcet sounds winch all have in a greater or less degree. We hoped that more would have attended, and patronised the ali'air. Amongst those present we were glad to notice our gallant colonel, who with his usual liberality, added nis name to tlie subscriber's list, and we nope the committee may again take heart and devise some means of keeping tne band in existence and make it a tirst-claas one, as all tnat is wanted is the necessary res pe.cuniariiim to carry it on. The progress made bv the youths under Mr Siiannagiian's tuition proves tiiat they arc tne stuif out of wuich good bands are formed. A meeting of the shareholders in the Hamilton Jb'iour .villi Company was held yesterday at the Court House, Hamilton. The following resolutions were agreed u>: —Tne capital to be increased from £600 to £1000. (2). Power was granted to the directors to borrow money on lands and other properly held by the company, provided tne sum so borrowed shall not exceed £300. (3). Power was granted to erect the necessary machinery, &c., lor an oatmeal mill. (4). Power was granted to lease the lands belonging to the Company. On Tuesday evening there was an entertainment in the hospital building at Hamilton. The performers were members of the Armed Constabulary. The building was crowded to excess, in fact many were unable to obtain admission, and contented themselves by taking an. outside seat on ladders or any other available means of elevation that happened to be at hand. The platform was neatly arranged, and the decorations evidenced good taste on the part of those who undertook that portion of the duty. The words " Advance, Hamilton," were tastefully painted on an arch over the platform, and a wreath of flowers

elegantly arranged occupied the centre. The enter tainuieut commenced with an excellent dialogue in rythem between Colonel Lyon and Sub-Inspector Smith, in which many local matters of public intercut were introduced in humorous language. The performance of the Hamilton Christy Minstrels occupied the greater portion of the evening. Tins is a most promising company, and as they deserved, their efforts were rewarded with enthusiastic applause. The " Nervous Cure " was the piece of the evening, after which, in. rotation as regards merit, was " Othello and Desdemoua," and each part in the " Darkey Photographer" was well sustained. We congratulate the present Amateurs of Hamilton on having given the-most successful entertainment ever witnessed in the township. The proceeds of the entertainment were £25, a moiety of which will be given to the Episcopalian and Catholic churches. We are informed that the clerk of the Papakura Resident Magistra'e's Court will in future only attend at the office in Papaknraon Mondays and Thursdays, for the purpose of issuing summonses. —Daily Southern Cross. A largely atten led conference of common school teachers was held in St. Paul's sohool room, Melbourne, when the following ro3oluti)ns were agreed to; a deputation being also appointed to present them to the Chief Secretary : —" 1. That any system of national education for this colony should be secular ; and that the teachers employed in schools supported by the State should he prohibited from giving instruction in religion in such schools. 2. That it is the duty of the State to be assured that every child in the colony should receive an elementary education. 3. Tiiat the present' certificated common school teachers au.l assistants should be officers of the civil service of Victoria, and should be formed in a separate department under Government. 4. That in the centres of population school fees should not be abolished. 5. Whilst concurring with the general feeling of a necessity for compulsory education, the teachers are of opinion that, in justice to the children of the respect ible industrious classes now attending the common schools, a special class of schools should be established, at least in the great centres of population, for the reception of those children whose parents' neglect of duty render the application of a compulsory law necessary. 6. That in the country districts school fees should be abolished, and the teachers paid by a local rate." As an evidence of tlie injury our native diatur" bailees have done this colony, we publish the following letter which appeared in the John o'Groat Journal of May 9 : —Sir, —A late number of your journal contains a fiaLtering letter from Tnomas Stout, of Otago, Now Zealand, setting forth the advantages of Stewart's Islanl, as a lit place for " a proposed trial settlement" for fishermen, and recommends emigragration to that place from the Orkney and Shetland. Now, Sir, Stewart's Island may be a very desirable place abstractly, but its early history, according to the extract from the Otago Times referred to by Mr Stout, is rather against it a3 a "trial settlement." Remains of cannibal feasts are yet to be seen on the island, and it is not unlikely that, at the present day, settlers would stand a fair chance of being butchered, tor I find in an extract from the Hawke's Bay herald, an account of the trial of a New Zealand chief, on the 11th December last, for the murder of two Europeans, whose heads he cut off, brought them to a ch urch —pulled out their eye 3, and swallowed them! He next according to the evidence, threatened destruction to any of the tribe who would not assist in eating the rest of the flesh of the heads. I must confess, Mr Editor, I would not voluntarily choose such neighbours. On the contrary, I would say to any one who may wish to emigrate from Orkney or Shetland, rather go to the dominion of Canada, where there arc no cannibals, but where there is a competency for all who are industrious—where life and property are as sacred as in Orreat Britain where all may enjoy civil and religious liberty, with the advantages of a good secular education—free to the poor —and where every settler over 18 years of age may obtain a free grant of 100 acres of land. —I am' &c., Alexander Be&g-.—lf evidence were required to prove the inefficiency of the immigration agents of the Government, this letter would be sufficient to j convict. If men had been sent homo capable of expressing their thoughts with the pen and on the platform such gross ignorance with regard to the colony would not exist, at any rate statements such as the above would not appear in the eolnmus of the press without contradiction. —Ed. W. T. The Lancet calls attention to the enormous manufacture of the new sedative drug, Chloral. It states that it is sold by tons a week, and quotes a letter from Liebeg, affirming that one Q-erman chemist manufactures half a ton per week. Of course, no mueh quantity is used in medicine, and the Lo,ncet seems half afraid that it gets into beer, but there is a simp" ler explanation, as it will find on inquiry. Taking chloral is the new and popular habit, particularly among women, and is doing at least as much harm as alcohol. The drug is kept in thousands of dressingcases,. and those who begin its use often grow so addicted to- it that they pass their Uvea in a sort of contented stupefaction. ! The P. and 0/ Company are beginning to use the I Suez Canal. Both of the Company's steamers leaving | Galle with the Homeward mails in August are an- | nouneed in the Ceylon papers to pass through the canal. The Mizapore and Kedive, the steamers referred to, are each 3800 tons, and are the largest and finest of

the company* "t-oamers. Wo also learn from Kngliah files the first of the corgoea of the now season's ton reached Loudon via the Sue* Canal in the sfuns steamers. - ■ ,