THE KAIMAI GOLDFIED, TAURANGA. IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 658, 27 July 1876, Page 2

THE KAIMAI GOLDFIED, TAURANGA. IMPORTANT INTELLIGENCE.

V^hin so much unreasoning clamour it raised a^nin^ii the nati?e policy of the Oorrri ment — a policy wh eh has enabled tr.e settlor in this and ot'icr pirti of too Nor ii Inland to pursue his arooatiou ia pence m <i •ocunij,»nd to f«el that, ia the (in ie of n day, he p**j not lose thoUbour of yjara— it i-i with no little pleiaur* vre »re i»b!e 10 ad'l another proof in farour of the wisdom of » policy of peace, whioi if alreadj beginning to banr truit elfowhrre than in our own district. The Native M« etinn to be held to comidar th» de*ir»bi.it> of op ning tho Kmtnai Bluok will, we bare rtncon to kno^, come t> a s >tt*factory conclusion, acid though no European will bo present at it, we (ire abi* to state, irora % private but perleotlj reliable source, that tb« natives bare *_rc*d that "tho goldfield at Kiucai is to b« opeueil for working by Europeans.^ Boma year* *%o a. vary rich gol'lb^aniig rti w»» difCjTered n the abova loculity by Europeans, but, tho iiutnos wmiM n t •How of itn bomg w<v ar). gh mid expi ctutions bo rmi t*\, Tnuran^u fiml tb» FaS. C.a«t maj Lok jor brisk times Hbcad.

Tundcps will bf receive \ by thf Pukeknrv lUstrict Boird up to 2 p m on WeinesdiiT noxt, from persons willing to perform the joint, duiei of Secretary »nd Collector to t*is Board.

Hohbe Bale. — Mr KVnncly Hill will sell, on S&turd»vj, b? ord»r of the officer commanding the dutriot, in front; of hia office, Victoria ct'-eot, Hamil on, two heavy »t»uncb draught koriet, and two troop linrte«.

TmPuKßKUiuScnooLTioAßDtre calling f<>r 'eodert for the erection of a teacherbou^e, the plans and •pecificitioos of which miy be teen at tho houne of Mr D Culej. Tender* muit be seat in by tbe 3id proximo.

Hamiiton Wist School — The d>t< la ettrnded during which tender* fur the erec tionof i»BPhoo.-hiiuse, according toplannnd B"ecifications, to be somi af Mr Gelling' • ofiije, wi'l be rrceired by th»» (.hairmttn o' the Hftmiltou Wett Soaool Conimit^e.

City Wpst Rleotton. — Tho Palling look place on Tuwnlny, and reni'tei, nt everyone expectod, in ft a prartrhplinin* in j jntT for Mr Tonka Tlio number* were : Tonks, 656 ; Farnall, 38 ; Rochfort, 13

Tjir Ruling Passion.— A.t one timn, at Hobart Town, Uio raaj > itj of the public .ns wore retire 1 lu-izu-figLiters. Thpir no*e» were of various pattern*. Sown trended ost soinn west, and torn' briiihler organs looked lieareuwurds On one oca.wion a mee'inpr wt< co ivi'n^d to discuss some question affecting the Helmed yictualler* intore»t". In be chair was an ox-champion, and when ho put the question, request ii>g thoso in Tirour of the motion to "put chn'r hands up in the tlie usual way," In* word* were as the trumpet to the old wnr-uorss. Kvery man sprung to hisl'gs. and iniiinctivplv put up his guard as he squired at his neighbour. That was their waj of put ting up their hands. —^E^les.

Tint Land Fcni> Qukstion. — We are gla I to find that there it a r> turn to old convict ions iitnonget the Au"kland electors on the qufcs ioa of thj proposed alteration in the disposal of the laud fun**. A meeting, c-illei bj tbe chairmen of tha various hi hw«y districts in tiie neitfhbou.hno 1 of Auckland, vrutheldon Monday etening at Newmarket, and there was a vc 1 ? app*fa! of Mr WhiTaker's motion. In tno turmoil of part politics this unportant qn.stiOii, which at oho lime wjw nclfaowled^ed on all h»nda to be the ruo->t important of any ailec'ing the mtercs'a of tbe Morth, wm forgotten. At the meeting separation was alluded to, buo only •■ a seeondurj step, to be fnllen back upon in case of the failure of Mr Whitoker'i motion

Tmb Cuwtxox Billmbd Playir — The Victori«n-roi>uis, G-eelong, were crowded to witness a match between Robert* and a lode ainuteur. The latter, nh) receired 600 out of 1,000, played an offand-on q me, unman easy etc >k«s, und making difficult onrt." His bitfc^tt bretki wero 18 and 25. Roberta played with unwomeJ skill, although the balls broke badly during the first 500. fin longest breik w%» 203, which commenced with ft fluke, the red bail going iuto the top pocket, acid hi n the jpotttroko Of theie h* madn 10, then a cannon, then 2) more tpots, then ■ cannon, and then 23 ipot« II i» urxr longeat break was 112, s general all round break, lie plaj«d i he irsu 500 in 70 minu'ei, an. l tho tecond in 43. From 600 to 700 ha went in fix micutei, from 700 to 800 in fiva minutes, or terr little more, ho was 85^. Thu wu du'intf hi* lone; break. Th« game wat called, .Roberts, 1,000 ; the ama'eur, 851.

Thb Mver BiNXS.— The Crosi of a late dfite ha% w« see, taken up tiie subject to wh.ch we referred some h lie time ago, namely, the necessity for making «>uie proTimon for «t;curing the river b.uiks of Hie Waik at), both ou account of the damage likely to be done to the townships lands, n» iv the case of Ha niltoa, and senerally along the whole courie of the river, thi* soil from the banks in tho latter case gradually destroying the navigation bj billing up the channel. This rlhmage is not caused alone b. fl oda, but daily by tho wnsh of tho river steamers, as anyone traVftlhng by llieiu must hwve noticed. The remedy, and th« means for its application, we have already pointed oat. The planting of wnlowu a ong the banks is the best and cheupest prevcnbitiro to further damage, and may poss.bly in some cutes even, be made a im ai\» of reclamation, and, through the ratepayers of Hamilton Uast, patted the matter by at thrir annual meeting, we trust this will not be the case with fiose of Hamilton West, at their meeting, on ftaturduy.

Behind tub Scenes, -A eorrtspondent from Wellington wri p ,Pt : ' Sir Geoß« has bacn trying to g,'t up nn intripue with the Sou shorn mriu'ier* At theAuiklnnd cauum on Saturday, 15ih in»t., about which bo litlle v»5B perinittad to leik on , t'ipre was, I have learned, a hi* of a brrez 1 . nncl «omi' of the intruDeri came to loggerhoaiis Mr Cox upoko out very cle»rlj, ami told Sir George that if he thought he could get round tho Soul hern members he din not know hit man — that belore they wiuld onter into auy a^reetm-nt wi'b. Sir G»;oigc thj wiuld p it to him ctrlatn questions, to which Uihj would require citft^onciil naswen which Sir George wou d i ot gird Mr Row alio flared up, and tuld Sir Georg« that if tho ti embers were going to alow themielved to be la ked as he was doing, lie wou d not «taa I it \ «o tUty broke up wi hout do.ng unytlnop, Foro >r Bee§ has b«. a a great failure, everybody laughs at him, and inubs him ; und the 'drewing down' which he w*s to adm nh>er to tho Goreinment i* still in the future. His apeeohon hive all been miserable.'

He Didn't Want Hbb to Sit. — From on» of the latett numbers of that eiceodia^ly racy print, tha ' Danbury New*, 1 we extract the follow.n^: — ' Couley has had liime trouble with one ot his hen*. She wanted to let, and he didn't want uer. He put her under a barrel, duoked her under a pump, throw her into the air, and reasoned with her, but the would persist in going back to her nest. Finally he put a hot porcelain egg uudtr bar ; but ■>• skipped about until it c >oled, and then she returned and »at on toe egg, with the air of hanug raiolutelj determined to hatch a set of crockery and a couple of flower pots out of the delusion. Then Cooley resold d fco blow her off. He placed a pound of gunpowder under the neat, »nd laid a ■low-match out into the jart. At ioon an he saw the hen safely seated, he went into the kitcheu to net a light Meantime Mrs Cooley entered the hen-house lo hunt for rggg, and to a<certain if the idi tic cbioken wai fitting yet. Then Coo ey came out and fired the train. In b couple of minutes, there wm a feirful eip'osion. A second la'er, Mr§ Co -ley <m rged piecipitutely from the door, wii.li h r mouth full of foft'hers, her hair full v' blazing straw uirl warm blood, and an an>rtui«it of d-umslic'is, gizzmls, aud clawf distributed over tier dress. Then ■be made a dnili at Coo'ey. Wh it the reault «u I do net know, but, I mat him on the follow in j Tuesday with ourt p aster on hu note, and a look of subjection in inn eyrs, and he informed me confl entiily that ths neit hen of hu that win ted to sot, might set in poaco thvojyhnut the 'igrs of tuno ami all through the uuending cycl« of oternitf, before he would bother hirmelf aaout ho.. .

Tub Town of KrHuim Highway DistulCT — In accord.mco wi h a nDtificition issued in the G-ovarnmeiit Gazstte of the 14th inst., the first m< eting of the ra^e p^ers of the above town was held in the Sen 101-honne at 2 u'co k on Bar.urday last. The Ch irman. Mr J Farrell, opened the meeting by ronding extract* from t to Gazette defining th» boundaries of tho town and. onvenmg the niflirfing. Mr Jaract Kennedy then addrnsed th.> meeting, and ipoke in g'owins? t.e*ms of the prospfrit and progress of KihiKihi a d of its «dmirable unitary position ani inUrnnl reiourcM. The other towns in the deltt, h» confinutd have had hitherto Hrge and increasing rirer traffic pubho builni gs, and expenditure. BMC urts, Di'triot and Native Lands Courts ; whilst the settler* here in the inlani frontier Dttlement hid none of these advantage* ; on the ontrary they bad to meet additional expencos incurred on freight and cartage on their goods and produd • to and from the plare of postage ; but, he added, it is entitfaptory to learn that befora lone the terminal of the Auckland ond Puniu railway would be, so to spe»k, at our dnors. He therefore thought it was time for erenone who had the advancement of tde town at h*nrt to assist and cvonerate in promofing iU interest. Til" meeting next considered th« rating clause of the Act, »nd after sume general di*cur^iod on the matter a rale of 3d in the £, on value to sell *m proposid, »eonde^, and agreed to, The follow ng gpntlem-n w^ero th n nominated trusses for the current year, viz: A Kay, Esq J P, Mtsar* Fnwll, P Oomoy, T And«r*on, H Moncrieff. Auditors, Messrs Forbes, Gordon, and F Rothery. Th • u*ual vote of thai ks to tie chair closed the proceedings. The n wly elected trustees met liomediatly afterwards, vrh n, Mr McKay was chosen th* Chtiiman of the Board.