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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 709, 2 January 1877, Page 2

.' Th?e S S Hero sailed 'from -Sydney at 6 p m on Wednesday last, and may therefor expected in Auckland to*morrow.

•We are 'informed that Mr J T GHffoey has been appointed valuator to the Newcastle Town Board and he 'Will proceed with hie duties vat once.

•TheOlkbot will oblige by usnotices of the hours and places of their, several Sunday Services for. the fortbcomingquarter, information furnished .having expired with the yeaiv just ended. j-

Owikc* to the .holiday there was no issue of She Herald on Monday. It will r appear to-day in a permanently enlarged foran, the "Cross" .having become incorporated with. it. Mb Kennedy Bill is. advertised to sell to-morrow at Hamilton, the property of a lady leaving the disirict, a quantity of furniture, consisting of a .talking 1 parrot and other houathjld goois. Cricket—The Zingari 0 C and Ngav■uawahiaO 0 played a .match yesterday on the.ground of the latter, which reau.ted in a draw, the Zingari C 0 requiring 15 runs to win when time web called and having two wiokete to fall. The result, had the game been played out is therefore doubtiul The full scores will be given in our next issue.

A Correspondent, writing from Whata Whata, says, several pieces of land in our district h*ve changed hands lately with the view of occupation, and the- town .allotments are being taken «p rapidly, although the upset price has been risen by the Government. This shows a con--fidence in the future of Whata Whata.

The " Hawkes Bay Herald".notices the arrival in that province of the shorthorn heifer Duchess of Chamburg, recently pur cbased by Mr- Coleman, oi Hawke's Bay at Mr Bu Aland's sale, at Auckland. The Duchess is. iu cdf.to .the wellrknow bull Iron Duke, and it is said thecalf,should be worth a thousand guineas.

Alexandra .Dance and Concert.— The advertisement annotmjirg a grand dance and concert on .New .Year's night, in the Public Hall, Alexandra, was' forwarded to us.by the.hon. secretary for insertion in Saturday's.-piper. By some mLauhance, -however, the maiL from Alexaudradid not leave on the Friday as usual, and the letter containing 'the advertisement only reached Hamilton on Saturday, of-course tx>late. In our recent report of the discussion on the proposed agricultural show uuder the auspices of..tue Club, Mr Clarke ii made to say, in reference to the aotion Te Awamutu, that it cwas a disgraceful matter to refer to. Our Cambridge.Correspondent writes, stating that the word " disgraceful" should have been printed "disagreeable," and that on reference to his manuscript we-shall-And that it/is so. We have done so, and.xfiud that he is right. .The mistake -was a. printer's er*or, and we therefore hasten to make the explanation. School treat at Ngatotawaiiia.— On Friday last the children .at JNgaruawahia were treated to a feast;, &c, by tue School ! Committee who were kindly assisted by a number of other persona who took an inteivsb in the affair. The tables were ~presl;icd~OYor-bjro,■ aUmbci-.uf—tarUaa- a, ai V the whole.affair whiuh came off in \ the JNew Schoolroom was a great success. The number of children present on the occasion was something to think of, there being betw3en 90 and 100 juveniles to feed. Truly Ng iruawa'-ua ought to be able to to hold its own in the Waikato at a babyshow.

Cricket.—South Australian v All England Eleven. The following brief but; graphic description of tho innings of the tiouth Australians at Adelaide ia from the " Australasian :"—The Twenty»two then took up the defence, vKing and Q-ibbs -being the fiist. to oppose the bowling of Hill and Shaw. The innings may be described aa a slaughter of inuocents. Hill waa taken off and Eminett substituted, as it was found that this terrific pace caused '• Bnick»" to ensue. Gibbs, who made 13 trims, was indebted for..liia Bcore-mainly to that circumstance. The South Australians were fairly baffled.-with thebowl-' iug, and Shaw's unerring precision and variety of pitcliand pac*seeaiedto parilyse ilheir . hitting powers completely. Pooley behind the-wjcket kept them in their creases. .Batsman after batsman who came in retired without a score, soine of them played >maiden after main over, but the fielding of the- Englishmen was sa.smart and lhe, : bowling so that no runs resulted from their efforts'! The last wicket of the Twenty-two fell for 54 runs. -Shaw's 'average is wonderful. In. 56 overs he bowled 46 maidens for 12 runs, with the grand result of 14 wickets. Emmett, though not well on the wicket, was very difficult to play. The eleven worked together 'like a piece of machin ery in the field, and it was as near per fection as possible, their return of the ball to the wicket being very accurate. The second innings served, to introduce Armi~ fcage, the Yorkshire •'•lob" bowler, and; as will be seen'-from the analysis, he was very successful. Shaw bowled 7 wickets for 25 runs, and 38 maiden ov.-rs off 212 balls ; and Armilage delivered-60 balls for 11 runs, 7.maidens, and 7 wickets. Q.FAMBICATION OF. YOTEES EOR SCHOOL Committees. —With reference to the vexed question of the qualification for voters at • the forthcoming elections for School Com-' mittee, the " Cross" says there can be no doubt that householders are authorised bv the original Provincial Act to vote. The 1 Amendment Act provided that non householders should also be taxed, and have a right to vote. The A<:fc of the Assembly passed at last session abolished the household rate and the non-household rate after 1876, but the effect remains "that all who have paid their rate for that year are entitled by the Provincial-Act to vote for this year at all events.' We'would therefore advise that the votes "of all should be taken as last; year, and no change what-' ever made. This is the safest and mo3t reasonable course, and will best carry out the'intent of the'law -which is to secure a representation of the and residents of the district. <The .ultimate decision is by the rested in the Education Boird, and there no v doubt they would recognise and approve committees so elected, and would probably not recognise them, but appoint' Commissioners if any ofth.3 committees di .1 not fairly and. fully represent the inhabitants of the school district. Our advice to all districts is,- therefore, to make no change, 'but to adhere to the Act and to admit all to vote who have paid the the rates for which they were liable in the y exv j ust. passing away.

Leicester KAMs.-We learn from the e, A d , at Mesara '' a & d E Maclean I landed on Thursday at Onehunga, from " ellmgton, .six pure-bread Leicester I rams, recently imparted from England. Tney werejbred by the .celebrated>iz> winner, and Leicester breeder, Mr Borton, of Borton House, Maltham, Yorkshire. A clever capture was efFdcfced.in*tbe Supreme Court, Napier, on the 20th-ult. A man of the name of Northropp wboha'd been emploped on the Auckland railway works and agaiast' whom warrants had been issued for.embezzlement, walked overland from Cambridge to Napier. He made his appearance at Napier on Thursday, and was arrested in the Supreme Court next day, thejpolice in attendance at the Court hanng recognised him through the descnption telegraphed by ;laapeotor Broham, who had the pleasure of we'oom ing Northropp back to Auckland .on ■Friday evening last.

The CeiTNTiES Act.—Alluding to this measure the other day, in his speeok to hie constituents at .the Taieri, Mr Donald Reid is reported to have Baid : 1 say it would have been a very disastrous thiog .to have rejected the.Countieß Bill, and there was very great danger that that would be brought about. Those in ffavour of having no Counties and [pure Centralism included many' large landowners, because they knew that it would be a means of escaping a Counties rate, and were.tberefore willing to work with the Proviucialists, .andto re. jcte the second reading .of the Gountiesßill. I say that if that had taken plaoa it would have been a dire calamity. 1 believe that in supporting the second reading otthat bill Ltruly supported your interests.

The DISPARTOBE of Mr Macahdrewand Sir George Grey on their mission to England for the purpose of placing in a oonect light before the Home Government the arbitrary proceedings that have. |ei to the overthrow of the Constitution, has not, says the- " Otago Guaruiau" of the,2Btb instant, yet taken- place' owing oh efly to the delicacy of health.of Sir George Grey, and >his consequent rt-ti. emeut from the agitation of public business. Meanwhile the funds have been rapidly accumulating to defray expenses, and it is understood .that, if not before, at the latest by the next Suez mail steamer the two delegates will have proceeded on their important mission. Ameiascboly accident occurred at a Friendly |Societies' fete held at Gooina, near Brisbane, on the Prince of Wales' Birthday, in consequence of the careless throwing away of a match. It appears (says the Brisbane * Courier.') that "Miss Meredith, a young lady engaged in Bchool teaching at Ipswich/was sitting near.a party of smokers when on 3 of theai, after lighting bii pipe, threw away thd match, wh.ch fed on Miss Meredith's dress. The light material instantly took fire, and wrapped the omt'ortanafce girl iu .flames. Several gentlemen rushed to .her assistance and su -ceeded in extinguishing the flames, but not hefore she was severely burnt. She-died .next day.

Tee Late Special Settlement Application.—The '«Herald" of yesterday sayß : •• we .understand that the Waste Lands Board have not yet received any reply'to their communications to Mr Broomhall and Mr ..Vesey Stawart in reference to the applications made by those gentlemen for 10,000 and : -45,'000 -acres of land respectively, although sufficient time ihas elapsed for thd receipt of answers From Mr Prichurd—another applicant for land the Board hao received a reply stating.that he would communicate the Board's terms to the gentlemen in England who had sent him out to select land for a special setttlement." From another source we learn that Mr Pcichard represents an Euglish association, including Lord Bathurst,. Earl Egmont, Colonels Doile and *LVevelyan, and Mr Morice; in all, eighteen capitalists. of Salmon, in the Colonies. —Tireacclimatise salmon in Tanmanian waters is highly satisfactory to us in Auckland as showing what we may look for in a few years. A correspondent, writing to the Launceston papers, says; - ,- You may say * the glorious success of the salmon.' On Saturday la*t I saw hundreds of that migratory t--p eies i i the D<jrwent below New Norfolk. Sometimes ten or twelve were out of the water at once—hah ranging from eighteen inches to two feeb six inches in length, while numbers of larger fish only made;great curvts in the water without showing themselves. A mile of th-i river was alive 'With them. OLcjursel cannot say these were salmon, but I do say most positively they were not trout, and. could only be salmon, or salmon-trout, or both. It is bhesfirsb time I have lighted on them in numbers, and I could have imagined nothing like it." Nor is io alone in Tasmania that the aeclitnatsiationof thisifish has been successful. From nearer home, nam?ly, Ofcano, we learn that a few. days ago a rine fish, weighing eighteen lbs., was caught in Port Chalmers, where it was sold for £5 16s. Smalleraalmoa are occasionally caught there.

?I. O. €r. T.—A very pleasant evening was spent on Wednesday last by the members of the Star of the Eaßt Lodge, aud friends, at Hamilton East. Tea was served at >9 o'clock, after which the xmtnusements of- the*'evening were commenced with a song. After singing some time a dance was brought about,, and kept up with spirit .till Father Sol's rays got the better of the kerosine. A second tea served'at -midnight, kept the dancers from lagging. Some of the dances executed were unique ia theirjway; one with a broom handle caused some surprise as r.ib was cleverly ? ,performed without a single mistake. A sword dance alt-o was well executed. The whole affair was a great success, thanks to the committeeof .management and especially to one of. them sister, .Neilson.

The Cottage op Content Hotel, Victoria and Hobson Streets, Auckland, W. B. IjANGBRiDaE, Proprietor, having been Enlarged and Improved, affords unequalled Accommodation, and will be found -a Beally, Well-appointed, .Firstclass Hotel.—[Advt<] Otjr fellow-settlers will soon bevisiting Auckland .and we advise them, before making any purchases, to walk intj the City Hall Ircade. This is an establishment conducted after the London style. By buying there you.can procure aiLyou require iu the way -of Clothing and Furniture. The goods are carefully packed and despatched without trouble to the purchaser. .We see there the greatest display of goods in Auokland. Furniturefjr the Drawing, Dining,. Bedroom, and -Zitohen ; Carpets, in immense variety, from 8d fco.-7srX>d per yard.; Floor Cloths, all widths; Bedding of every description, -and (Upholstery work. Hollo-way an I G-arlick Jiave secured the services of Mr R Cranwell to superintend the furuishinj department, and his long experience is a guarantee for .good <vvork. A nicely-assorted stock of Men's and Boys' Clothing, the latest fashions in Drapery and Millinery Goods, Baby Ware and Underclothing. >The proprietors sell at low prices to command a Cash Thadb. G-o to Holloway and G-arlbk's City Hall Drapery and Furniture Arcade (show rooms 166 feet long),' Pjueen-Street, Auckland—[Advt.] ' j

IDE Good Temper PloirlC Jeßterda * assisted krgßly ia maki fiEjJJ appear a truly deserted viha|e. A large SIL e t b * farm ' miles down the Ngaruawah'ia road, in draw and »r.ps, ana many a ione , beflid hhanbs mare The party ebjoyedJiheindiversified with a considerable amount of eating and drinking, the-latter of course -08 a harmless character. All were home by early evening having spent a pleasant day a holiday, despite a shower or two

On Satcbday Mr Header Wood resigned all bis appointments and .offices under the General Government and .the late Provincial Government. -Since 'the termination of the session, and especially during the, laat month, there has been a great.procure of work in connection with Llie' winding-up of -the affairs of the Provincial administration, the arrange-ments-fur the County elections, the halfyearly contracts f„r supplies, steam services, &c. ?I n Otago Mr Macandrew, we understand, had not given up possession. A ilate private telegram ifrom Bunedin states.:—" V oa are under a wrong impression in supposing the Superintendent has given up possession. change has occurred, - except that His Honor and Donald Reid'donofc attePd; their offices as before, but letters now ooroe to<the Superintendent: as formerly, which he sends to Wellington, and •not to George Mo Learn. 'You will also observe this, particularly: He lias .nob given up possession of anything, i nor was he asked; he ho'.ds the keys-ofhis own offices, has the Mninutor>book and other documents of the Executive,-and also, the safe and its key, containing alb the Crown grants and deeds of, .properties <vested in the Superintendent, .and«which the-will not give up without .a struggle. >Tbe large majority of the people 6i Otago were in favour of active resistance, and parties -were organised to take possession of the railway, as the only tangible piece, of provincial property over w*hioh we could'exercise control, buc more moderata prevailed." With the'3lst day of "December, 1876. however, even the .Provincial appropriations and provision »l administrations ceased, and we maw probably now learn that Mr Macandiew has wisely accepted the inevitable. • Yesterday Evening Mr I E * Vialou, of Hamilton, as is ..his annual wont, entertained .the workmen in his- employment to a supper. The affair came off in thelirge dining-room at Gwynnete Hamilton Hotel, where an excellent supper —or rather dinner—was provided for a dozen guests, indeed, justia baker's dozjn were present. Mr Yialou himself, as host, occupiei the chair, the vicechair being taken -by the foreman of his establishment,' Mr Guraby. On the c'.oth being removed, Mr Vialou explained the object of the gathering, one which he' felt sure, given and received with tin same kindly spirit, didimuch to keep employers an I employed >o l good forms with each other. :lb had been the custom of hi* family.to do this for the last two centuries, and the present was *>he occasion on whic'i he himself had met those in his employment in such manner. He w-shed them all happiness in the coming now year, and said he Bhould with pleasure endeavour to study their interests, as he felt sure they would study his, < for after all employers and employed were equally beholden to and dependent on each other. Mr vGumby, ■on-behalf ofthoß© present, spoke.feelingry of the estaem and respect in which ivlr Violou was held as an employer, and wished him an t his family every prosperity. Mr Viilou than proposed the healths of the and the Governor, which ..were lojally drank. Success to Hamilton was also warmly responded to, and the company then devoted themselves to an evening's social enjoyment.