THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1881.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1421, 11 August 1881, Page 2

THURSDAY, AUGUST 11, 1881.

The extreme length of the Public Works Statement, which we publish m cxten&o in this issue, compels us to hold overaleader,full reports of the native meeting at Kikikihi and the Cambridge Town Board's monthly meeting, our tra\ ellmg reporter's first letter on the Waipa disrict, the continuation of Mr Graham's paper on, sugar beet, and other interesting matter. Considerable damage was done to fenced in various parts ot the district by the severe storm on Monday night. A number of lambs also fell victims to the inclemency of the weather. A new hotel is shortly about to be erected at Morrinavillo by the Messrs Morrin for Mr W. Buck, formerly licensee of the Waikato Hotel, Hamilton East. We have received from the pubUshers Mr J. J. Millars handy " Sporting Pamphlet," containing a detailed account of last year's performances on the Australian turf, with much other information of a similar kind interesting to sportsmen. The current number of The Illustrated New Zealand Ho aid is to hand, containing a number of fairly executed engravings. A coloured Bupploment, entitled " Gathering Flowers," is also presented with this number. We have to acknowledge the receipt of a paper on the " Cultivation of European Max in New Zealand" by Mr Murphy, Secretary of the Canterbury Agricultural and Pastoral Association. A serious railway collision occurred on the Bth instant near Blackburn, on the East Lancashire line. Five persons were killed, and thirty seriously injured. A dance in aid of the Huntley Library comes off in the school-room tomorrow evening, and should be well patronised. A meeting of the Hamilton West School Committee was held at the Hamilton Hotel yesterday, when there were picsent — Messrs Gwynne (in the chair), Bradley, Yon Stunner, and Knox. The business done was of a purely routine character. At a meeting of the members of the Hamilton Lodge, 1.0.0.P., M.U., A.D., on Tuesday evening, a committee was appointed to draw up a prospectus with the object of offering the Hall belonging to the Lodge for sale as a Public Hall. The usual monthly meeting of the Cambridge Farmers' Club was held at Mr Kirkwoods new hotel on Tuesday evening last. There was a good attendance of members present. The business transacted was, however, of no public importance. On Tuesday evening Major Mair, who was suffering from a violent cold and the fatigue of his long continued progiess with his somewhat noisy and korero-loving friends, sought a few hours refreshing solitude in Te Awamutu, and the quiet comforts of a night in the Central Hotel seemed to have a beneficial effect. Notwithstanding every effort which has been made by the Police, not the slightest trace of the unfortunate woman, Mrs Luhrs, has been found. The Waikato Steam Navigation Company's employes have made a close examination of the river banks between Hamilton and Mercer, from the steamers, but so far they have discovered nothing. It is the intention of those ratepayers who oppogfld the resolution at the meeting of ratepayers at Cambridge East on Monday to petition Parliament against sanctioning the proposed division of the Pukekura District. A full report of the meeting, which was uncommonly lively, appears elsewhere. The road to the old wharf Cambridge is in a deplorably bad btate, and it is a very fortunate circumstance that the Stflam Navigation Company have removed to their new landing, otherwise great difficulty would be experienced in getting the necessary supplies into the town. A mistake appeared in our last issue relative to the lease of a number of acres of the Cambridge Domain by Mr' Hewitt, on behalf of the Jockey Club, for racing purposes. The number should have been 40 instead of 20, which increases the property 20 acres. We are glad to notice that the Cambridge people are again to have a band of music, and the good old musical institution of which they were once proud resuscitated. It is to be hoped that the old members still retain their ability as musicians which once characterised them, and that their future career, from a musical point of view, will be a3 successful as their past. Rotorangi Station, the property of Messrs Grice and Parker, is credited with containing the heaviest crop of turnips in the district, if not in the colony, this season. There are about 50 acres, which average over 30 tons per acre. The seed was sown at the rate of one pound to the acre, with 2cwt. of boueduat. The other day a turnip weighing 641bs. was taken from the above paddock. The Rev. Henry Bull delivered a very interesting lecture on " The Life and Works of John Wesley," at the Wesleyan Church, Hamilton, last night, the proceeds being in aid of the fund for building the new Church. .The chair, was occupied by the Mayor of Hamilton. ' Theiattendance, owing 'probably to, the* unsettled state of the weather, was, very limited, but the lecturer was listened to with the greatest attention throughout. , ! , The usual montMy meeting l of the Tamahefe Road Board wets'heM'yesfcerdajr, Pr e Ben t: Capt. Runoiman } (Chairman), Messrs Rhodes', Orraerbd,' ana Jwheelej;. , The 1 minutes ,wei» confirmed A few accounts were pa'sßtsa' for payinefft., Mr, Ehodes was deputed to see to' the* plants img of poplars at Growford'sand.LejHe'B

cuttings ,arid Mr Ormerod was empowered to carry ! oul some necessary repairs to Whyte's bridge and to take steps to let off water near the gate of the Waikato Land Association' sNewstead station. Thin was all tft'e business. u <~« 1% ' No time will .be lost in calling for tenders for the erection of the New VVesleyan Church, • Hamilton. Mr Bartley, the architect will arrive in Hamilton to-day for t the purpose of examining the site before completing the specifications.,. The amount already collected is about £130, but the Rev. Mr Griffin anticipates that no difficulty will be_experienced in increasing the sum very considerably as soon as the building is commenced. The plans for the proposed Volunteer Hall, Hamilton west, are now on view at the store of Mr John Knox. They represent a very plain, but substantial building about 70 feet long by 30 wide, with an 18 foot stud. It is to be constructed of first-class timber and lined throughout. At the upper end a stage 18 feet wide is to be erected. The hall, is erected in accordance with the plans, will be a very serviceable building, Space will be allowed onfthe allotment for the addition of an ornamental front at some future date. At Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, on Sunday last, the Rev. Mr Evans announced that arrangements had been made by which divine service will be conducted in that church in future every Sunday, morning and evening. No change will be made in the minister's visits to Pukerimu and Hautapu, where services in connection with the Presbyterian Church will be held on alternate Sundaj' afternoons as heretofore. At the Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, services will be held in future regularly as at Cambridge. The services at Pukete on alternate Sundays will be held as hitherto. A little girl, daughter of Mr Richards, of Whatawhata, received severe injuries by being kicked by a horse on Tuesday afternoon. She was in the yard attached to her father's house driving some pigs away, when the horse, which was standing near, kicked her in the forehead, just above the right eye, inflicting a deep wound. The child's father and mother at once procured a buggy and drove the little sufferer into Hamilton, where she was promptly attended to by Dr Edgelow. The doctor made an examination, and came to the conclusion that no fracture had been occasioned. Accordingly, the wound was sown up, and the patient was taken back home the same evening. Mr Hewson, surveyor to the Public Works Department, returned last night from Momnaville, having completed the survey of the section on which Mr Lovett i 3 engaged. The contractor is making good headway, having formed nearly two miles. The timber for culverts, etc., has been delayed, owing to the steamer having been unable to get up the river, but as there is now every likelihood of a fresh there will be no further cause for delay. It will be a source of much gratification to our readers, especially those resident in the Cambridge district, to see by the Public Works Statement that the Government intend commencing work on the Cambridge railway forthwith. The Governmeut have, however, not made much of a concession, for we observe by the Statement that a number of other works far inferior to the Cambridge line are to be pushed forward immediately. A meeting of settlers, convened by Mr W. A. Graham, was held at Camp's Hotel, Hautapu, yesterday, to consider proposals for the establishment of a beet-root sugar manufactory in Waikato. Mr Graham laid a mass of information before the meeting, and after considerable discussion a committee was appointed to bring up a report in a month. The meeting was oi a private nature. At the Resident Magistrate's Court. Hamilton, yesterday, William Murphy, charged with a breach of the Borough bye-laws, by allowing two goats to wander at large, was cautioned Wm. Millett was chtirged with riding a horse over the Hamilton traffic bridge at other than a walking pace. The offence having been proved by the police, His Worship administered a severe caution to defendant, and ordered him to pay the costs of the case, 18s. The ordinary monthly meeting of trustees for the Mangapiko Highway District was held at Paterangi on Saturday, August 6th, all the members being present. The usual preliminaries of minutes and correspondence being disposed of, the Board made a rate of ninepence in the pound as advertised. Letters were read from Mr Taylor providing against a road sold proving to be no road ; from the Colonial (Secretary, and also the chairman of the Raugiaohia and Pukekura districts upon the question of re-ad-justing the boundaries. The Board not being informed as to the changes proposed, decided that until they were better informed, they could form no opinion upon the subject. An application was received from Messrs Floyd and North for repayment for work done on behalf of the Board. The application was agreed to. Plans were submitted to the Board for a bridge across the Mang apiko Creek, and a committee was appointed to inspect the site and decide on the suitabliHty of plans. The contractor for the Te Rore bridge waited on the Board for the purpose of disposing of a lot of snrplus timber, and it was agreed to inspect the timber, and select any that might be suitable. The seoretary was directed to invite tenders for draining on road leading to Mr Ormsby'e, also fsr about a mile of ploughing and levelling on same road. Accounts amounting to £27 5s 9d were presented and paid. This concluded the business and the meeting adjourned. Our Whatawhata correspondent writes on Tuesday :— " Great complaints and annoyance are expressed at the irregularity of the mails. Settlers coming from a long distance for letters are kept waiting about for hours for the arrival of the mall-boy. Thiß should be remedied, and the mail contractor brought to book. I omitted in my last communication to mention that the secretary of the New^ castle Road Board was ordered to write to the Engineer-in-Chief in reference to the state of the approaches to the Whatawhata bridge. If allowed to remain without something being done you will shortly hear of some serious accident. I refer to the embankment which forms the approach to the bridge, ,and the wet weather wp have experienced this last few days will not improve it. A large breach on the west side of the bridge is now opened out, and I should advise horsemen to be careful on a dark night how they cr,oss.~A full mefeting of the School Committee was held here last night, when it was unanimously resolved to summons some of the parents for non« ajfctendance- of their j children at school, under the' compulsory ' clause of th,e Act!"' ' ' " ( - ' ' ' ! '<" '-" ' A meeting of the Trusses of thfc ojd Board of the Hangiaphia ffighway : District was held 6n Saturday, last, at Lewis's Hotel "at, jyhich Mr Walton (Chairpjan),,and Messrs Whitfteld, Johns, andW. Bond ' Were Rrei&nt. Tjheineeting.was oaUS'b^ea^tbre'oyiye 1 and "dontider - ,oo^asei'B'6pinidn"bii ! itie eW Emitted VJ^roe' irregular mode of election of new] i Trustees adopted at the annual meeting

ortataojiyers, whlfifc waa^h#rely«'^ffitma- ' tive TntSr all points'^t'aised Toy the oldhßoard as to continuing in office under section 17 of "The Highways Act, 1874." As it was the duty of the old Board to report 'the proceedings* which; took place at, the annual meeting, %letter was w-rittcn' and approved, setting out amongst' "other things that the objection to the ballot bb between two of the candidates only was raised before the ballot] took place, but 'it was overruled on the ground that the contest was between the two only. No reference, however, was made to the letter written to the Colonial Secretary ( by the Chairman of the annual meeting at' the request of two of the new Trustees, co that each statement will stand on itB own merits. Orders were given for a few necessary repairs, which concluded the business. Mr John A. Beale writes as follows conceining the case Harris v. McCallum, heard at the R.M. Court, Alexandra : Sir, — Your report of this case is calculated to mislead. I beg therefore that you will allow me to put another complexion on the case! Mr Gresham appeared for Harris and I appeared for McCallum, as stated. Harris put in evidence a paper, in support of his case, which he at once set about to contradiot in three most important particulars, viz., (1), That the paper was wrongly dated by two yearn and three months. (2) That the paper was for the wrong amount, and (3) That the paper omitted the agreement to pay interest at the rate of 5 shillings per month! Harris swore that three years' elapsed before he applied for repayment of the money or for payment of any interest, and admitted that MoCallum was bringing up a young child of his. This was the whole of the evidence for the plaintiff, upon which I claimed a nonsuit on the ground that the plaintiff's proofs were contradictory. The defendant and his wife (out of hearing of one i another) both swore that the £2 paid by Harris was for the keep and bringing up of his child, notwithstanding which judgment was given tor the plaintiff. It was this judgment only which took the second case rut of the jurisdiction of the Court., the credit being the same sum of L 5. A new Wesleyan Church was opened on Sunday last at Te Aroha, when sermons were preached morning and afternoon by the Rev. Henry Bull, aud in the evening by Mr D. J. Fraser. The congregations were good at each service. On Tuesday evening a soiree was held, the trays having been given by the ladies of the Te Aroha, Waitoa, and Paeroa. After several sittings down the tables were cleared and the public meeting commenced. The chair was occupied by Dr. Harvey. Mr James Lavery (circuit steward) read the statement and balance-sheet. The church is 30ft. x 20ft., with 12ffc. studs and 16ft. rafters, and ia at present unhned. The cost was about £75, and the total debt would not be more than £10. Mr Lavery said the use of the church would be free to the ministers of all denominations. The meeting was further addressed by the Revs, Pinfold and Bull, Messrs Whitaker, Collins, Fraser, and Whitehouse ; also by the two Maori chiefs of the district, who appeared delighted with the Church itself and the evening's entertainment. Their speeches were interpreted by Mr Lipsey. A novel feature of the meeting was an address by a lady, Mrs Harvey. Mrs Harvey is a very fluent and graceful speaker, and greatly interested the audience by relating her experiences in connection with Church work at the Great Queen-street Wesleyan Church, London. There was some excellent musical and vocal selections rendered during the evening. These were given by Mr and Miss Gribble, of the Thames, Mrs O'Halloran, and Mr Cock 9. Mrs O'Halloran also presided at the harmonium on the Sunday, and kindly lent her piano for the entertainment. The harmonium was lent by Mr Whitehouse. The usual votes of thanks were passed, and the National Anthem sung, after which the Rev. H. Bull pronounced the Benediction. The London " Times," in speaking of Japanese bravery and humanity says : The British barque Ella Beatrice, owned in London, was wrecked on the northern coast of Japan on the 7th of February last, as already reported by telegraph through Lloyd's agency ._ The vessel, prior to being lost, had experienced gales of great violence and intencely cold weather. The seas that ehe took on board froze in five minutes on the deck, and several of the crew were frost bitten. The shore on which she struck was a sandy beach on the mainland, about fifty miles from Hakodadi, where she soon became a wreck. Tho following interesting particulars of the behaviour of the natives towards the shipwrecked crew aro furnished by Lloyd's agent at Yokohama : — "About 300 natives were seen on the shore, two of whom bravely swam through the cold surf with a small vope and climbed, up the ship's side. One end of a heavy rope was then made fast to the hip, and the other end given to the two Japanese, who swam ashore with it. The mariners were eventually landed in safely but all they had on board lost. The Japanese, as soon as the wrecked barque was discovered, made a large shed of mats, in which was lighted an immense wood fire, and as soon as each of the shipwrecked mariners was hauled through the surf he was carried to the fire. The shipwrecked crew, having been well warmed, were conducted by an officer to a Japanese house, where a repast of fish and rice awaited them. They had not had a full meal for a couple of days. The local government immediately cent word to Hakodadi, and on the sixth day after the wreck, Mr Thompson, shipbuilder at Hakodadi, who had been despatched by Mr Consul Quint to the efcene of the wreck, arrived with two Japanese officials. A couple of days afterwards the captain arid crew of the. Ella Beatrice took their leave of the hospitable people among whom fate had cast them, and proceeded to Hakodadi." Divine direction is one of the best evidences of divine favour. The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one often comes from a strong will and the other from a strong won't.

Mr Kennedy, Hill will sell at bis Mart, Hamilton, on Saturday next, potatoes;, hams, bacon, cheese, oats, furniture, 8.c. : also an assortment of nursery stock. Mr Q-. F. Allen, Hamilton East, offers a reward of £i for information concerning a filly and colt lost by him. A quadrille assembly will be held in the Oddfellows' Hail, Hamilton, on Tuesday next. , A meeting of creditors in the estate of the late Major Hay will be held at the National Hotel, Cambridge, on Monday next, at 3 p.m. The" performance of the Alexandra Dramatic Club is postponed till Friday, the 19th inst.. in consequence ,of the expected at rival of Tawhiao. ' ' ' ' Messrs W. J. Hunter and Co. will hold ' their' usual Cambridge sale to-day. i , , , Mr J. S. Auckland's, next Qhaupo live sdlb Vill bVhelil <m-?ui&dbyy23rd in#. „ , Mr J. Sij Auckland will sell at the Cambridge Yards, on Tuesday next, fat heifers and steeg, dairy cows, sheep, jpigs, etc. The Hamilton Highway Boird notify thai they propose' io close a toad adjoining the property of Mr Thomas Aitken, 1 Te Rapa. '- Tenders- ard invited.for the erection of phimneys to--' the Morrins^e, , -and t jjWalhou schoolhouses, to be , ip , by the goth instant.' ... . - Mr, Ma Kbox 1 .will .Hold, a /sal*; !( of nursery stock, front the 'nurseries 'm Mr James Mason, Parnell, on Saturday next/ati»3op.m v 'A fist?of the fristoi>ec, will bo found in another column. ,