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Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 885, 23 February 1878, Page 2

Mb E» W, Hammond's Pigs will be brought into Hamilton and sold, on Tueslay, by Messrs J. D. & X, Hill. Mb F. J. Moss was duly elected without pposition at tne Pan iftll Hall on W..-dues-i: iv to rPTTenent the district m rhc House of Representatives. A Cohcbbt, m aid of the Building Fund of Trinity Church, Cambridge, will be given m the Public Hall o» the evening of Thjjrsday, toe Jtytf Ma^(?h r

A ekpoet was current m Hamilton, yesterday, that word had been received m Auckland, that Mr J. L. Longbottom, who had gone to the Orange River, was dead. The report is without foundation. Ttotoebs for the erection of a cottage, at Hamilton East, for Mr Gardiner, are called' for by the architect, Mr T. H. White, and will be received up to noon of Saturday, the 2nd proximo. Barlow's Ckbcus, which drew so largely m Hamilton on its last appearance, will be here next week, and perform on Tuesday and Wednesday. Our old friends the fairy ponies and tho performing monkeys and dogs are with them. Opxwtnq op the Catholic Chubgh, Camrridqe. — The Very Rev. H. J. Fynes, V.G., will perform the dedication service i ot the new Catholic Church, at Cambridge to-morrow. A telegram to Father Golden, last evening, decided the matter. The "Alexandba Sable Hukobisw" | appear at the Public Hall, Alexandra, on the night of Wednesday, the 27th instant, when they will give one of their variety entertainments, consisting of songs, dances, farces, and a local stump speech. At the close of the entertainment, the , floor will be cleared, and dancing will commence. Both services at the English Church, Ngaruawahia to-morrow will be parsons services, and at St. Peter s Hamilton the Rev Mr Calder will be assisted by the Revs. Penny and Byce of the Melanesian Mission, who are at present on a visit to Waikato. The members of the church choir wul meet for practice this evening at half -past seven o'clock. Railway Tike-Table.— We have received the following telegram from the manager of the Kaipara-Punui railway : — " Auckland, February 22.— Editor' Waikato Times.' — Please make public that, on and after Monday, the 25th February, the morning train will leave Hamilton at M 6 a.m. , and N ewcastle at 730 a.m. All stations between Hamilton and Obinewai the train will leave a few minutes earlier than at present . Sebot. C. D. Mackintosh, of the Armed Constabulary Force, well known to our readers as a musician of high-class ability, has, we learn, left the Force, and is about to turn bis special ability to practical advantage. Mr Mackintosh advertises elsewhere as a pianoforte tuner and teacher of music— vocal and instrumental — and, we have no doubt, will, m either capacity, receive a full share of publio patronage and support throughout the Waikato. Mr Mackintosh wul be open for engagements for balls or concerts, and can always be depended upon as able to get up a band of half-a-dozen instrumentalists at a moment's notice. Wheat Curroro.— A writer m the ' Hampshire Chroncle ' says : — " In years past I have thoroughly tested the three systems— cutting green, when the milk is just out, and when "goose-necked" or dead ripe — and I always found the trial decidedly against the green outting. There is risk m the over-ripe system if high winds prevail, but the chances are that once m three years you may lose two bushels per acre blown out; while by cutting too early you certainly lose every year from four to six bushels per acre by shrinking. But there is no need, m these days of efficient machinery, for prolonging the wheat-cutting on any farm beyond ten days, which will admit of waiting until it is properly fit before beginning, and finishing before any of the crop ia over-ripe and m danger of shedding." A mab named George Pennyneld working for the Swamp Company, was yesterday taken oharge of by the police at , Hamilton as a person of unsound mi=d« | Pennyneld, who was sufferire **° m delirium tremens, hadjbeep -ussed from camp since Tuesday last and some apprehensions were entertained for his Bafety, as along the read he had taken were several swamp holes, from which, had he fallen into any one of them he could not nave extracted himself without assistance. Yesterday afternoon, however, he came , into East Hamilton m a state of great excitement, and with scarcely any clothing, representing that while coming down Seddon's Hull he had had three shots fired after him. Constable Murray at once saw the state the man was m, and took him m charge. He had been m the bush since Tuesday. The Native Meethco a* Te Abohi, which was attended by the county j authorities, has (says the ' Herald' correspondent telegraphing from Grahamstown on Thursday evening) just concluded. Mr A. Brodie, Chairman of the County , Counoil, was present, with Mr Puckey, \ native agent at the Thames. Mr Brodie laid before the natives the plan of road making m the district. He stated that a sum of money for that purpose had been granted by Sir George Grey, and they had now to discuss the matter. After considerable discussion, an adjournment took place. On resuming the proposition was assented to, on the understanding that the natives be employed m making the road. The natives are not to be rated for roads, and the price of the land taken for such purposes is to be assessed by Captain Fraser and two native chiefs. At the conclusion of the meeting, the Chairman of the County Court was formally presented with a stick, representing the whole line of road which they surrendered. The best line of road will be at once selected, and a most important work commenced. The Case of Pig Stealino whioh occurred two years ago, upon the Waipa, will be recolleoted by most of our readers, and the escape of the Maori at the time. The arm of the law is sometimes slow m its movements, but its grip is none the less certain, and is felt sooner or later. Thanks to the intelligence and personal exertions of Constable Gillies, the Maori rascal who stole Fergusson's pigs two years ago, and who has since stolen a horse, has been captured, and brought to \ justice. Messrs. Nguku, Purukutu, Winiata, Te Kooti & Co., may ponder ! upon this matter, and make themselves as comfortable as they can— while they are able ; for, sooner or later,' their time will come, and, as Kereopa has paid the price of the murder Vplkner, so will they be called upon to suffer for the cokl-blooded atrocities they have committed. Constable GUließ, we regret to say, is severely injured by the ferocious assault made upon him by the native, before Mr Sibley came up to bio assistance, but it is satisfactory to him to know that, through his suffering, the law has been vindicated. The plucky conduct of Constable Gillies deserves something more than mere commendation from the publio and the Department. Pigeojj SHOOTOftt.— There was some excitement on the Home-bush race course one afternoon lately, on the occasion of a pigeon match, which was made up by a well known bookmaker m Sydney betting £200 that no one m the colony would kill thirty birds put pf fifty, uung an ounce of shot at 25 yards rise .m Jus assumption that that was a feat not to be accomplished, here, at any rate, he has been mistaken. Before a large number ot spectators, Mr Waugh, who from the commencement showed greut coolness and precision of aim, succeeded m effecting hia object m shooting thirty birds out of forty, all of which fell within bounds. He won the match easdy. Of bird, not scored to his credit four fed dead out of bounds. He lost his first b\rd, which fell j dead six yards ou-jt pf bounds. The gun was then credited with lour ift suooes-ion, I followed by a miss. Five dea* birds and j two misses were then aoorei, tfter whioh seven 4ea4 ones were within toundj, A

misu, a dead bird, and a miss, added five more to the credit of tho gou, followed by one m favor of tho birdti and one for the gun. There was then another miss, five to the credit of the gun, a' mias, a bird, a miss, and a bird grassed, sufficed the backer of the finest bluerocks he could obtain. Such a feat, it is said, has never been accomplished south of the line. The shot used was No. 8. The score as taken was as follow*:— .illllOllllOOUllllllO 1011111010111110101.—' Sydney Mail.'