Waikato Times. AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1447, 11 October 1881, Page 2

Waikato Times. AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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TUESDAY, OCT. 11, 1881.

Pressure on our space has crowded out leading and local matter of importance. A meeting of ladies interested in the Anglican Church Bazaar, Cambridge, is called in another column for Thursday next. As the Cambridge Fancy Dress Rill cornea off on Thutsday, the 20th instant, the members of the Quadrille Assembly intend holding their fortnightly dance in the Public Hall on Thursday next. There not being sufficient membois present at the meeting 1 of the Piako County Council in Cambridge, on Saturday last, to foim a quorum, the meeting was adjourned till Friday next at the usual hour. As some people are under the impression that the Cambridge Farmeis' Club is piactioally wound up, we direct attention to an advertisement calling a meeting of the members for Friday next, which apppors in this issue. We omitted to mention in our report of the iiSH.iult c.iho of Hewitt v. Gianville, tried at Cambridge on Friday last, that Mr Granville was bound over to keep the peafe, himself in £'30, and two sureties of £25 each. The Rev. Mr Bond, of Auckland, conducted the apr vices at the Wesley an. chinch, To Awamutti, on Sunday. The collection was in .ud of rho homo mission fund. Mr Boud pie.iched an eloquent sermon taking for his tfxt Revelations 1,7. The thoroughbred sire "Ariel" and the Clydesdale horse " Young Princo Cluulie"' wpic at Te Awamutu on Saturday in charge of Mr Win. Bond, and attracted .1 numeioiih crowd of admirers. Both horses <ue in splendid condition and worthy of inspection. Mr Y. G-ranville, Cambridge, writes un a long letter on the biibjoot of the case, H°wif.t v. Grauville lately hoard and detci mined at Cambiid^e. JH> complains that whereas the charge of assault was dismissed, the Magistrate cast him (defendant) in costs. The remainder of the letter goes to show that, in the opinion of the writer, the plaintiff and not the defendant was the agrenSor. The valuable Borough Endowments in Hamilton East, on the north side of Bridge-street, id gettiug rapidly overgrown with furze, and by-and-bye will, if neglected, require a large amount of labour to be expended on it. When this land was in the hands of the Town Board we behove the furze was carefully kept down, and it doe.s seem a little strange that the present authorities, who display a laudable antipathy to this kind of growth in other parts of the town, should allow their own property to be covered with it. Accounts from the Waihi are of a very encouraging description. Splendid prospects have been met with in all the claims upon which any work has been dona. What is wanted is crushing power. It is thought that eight or nine batteries could be kept going at the present rate of bringingjjout the stone. Confidence in the district has increased to such an extent ! that two large hotels will shortly be ; erected. Mr W. L. Martyn, late of Waikato, and now settled on the Waimate Plains, still retains a penchant for 'good horseflesh. The other day a horse of his won a two-mile trotting race on the Manga road, beating his opponent by several lengths. v j A public meeting in connection with the Wesleyan homo mission anniversary, will De held in the Wesleyan church, Hamilton, on Thursday evening next, October the 13th. Addresses will be delivered by the Rev George Bond, Conference - deputy, the Rev. Messrs. Bull and Griffin >and othera, and a collection will be taken in aid of the mission fund. The chair will be taken at 8 o'clock by Mr James Gribble. The work of protecting the river bank from the encroachments of the river at Webbs corner, Hamilton West, has been left in an incomplete stato. So far as it has gone the plan appears to answer admirably, but it U necessary to proceed with the work for a further distance of about six chains, so as to include all that portion of the bank against which the current strikes. The friends of Mr Charles Rhodes, of the Bank of New Zealand, Cambridge, will be sorry to learn tliat that gentleman has bnen transferred to the Thames Branch. He left Cambridge yesterday morning. Since Mr Rhodes took up his residence in Cambridge, he has made himself very popular in crioket and football circles. He took an active part in all manly sports, and was as late aa Friday last appointed Secretary to the Waikato Ciicket Association. Among his many friends his absence will be much felt, though at the same time they will be glad to hear of his promotion. ' < A lad named Joseph Butler, a son of Mr Butler a farmer residing near; Cam-, bridge, met with a serioui acoide'nt^esterda>. , He was riding, one norse^and driving two others along a road, when' one of the latter kicked out at him, break-

ing hi-. Ifig'iu two place*. The services of Dr Waddington were quickly procured, and tho limb was successfully set. It has been suggested by several ptople.in Hamilton that a petition should be got up for a mitigation of the sentence pushed on the nnfortunite man Laurence Reyei.but up to the present nothing 1 definite ha 9 been done. A subscription list to rait-e fund-, for tho prisoner's family is also, spoken of. The object is a very deserving one, and we have no doubt the project will be warmly taken up. •> The second quarter of the Cambridge Choral Union commenced last night at the Town Board Rooms, Cambridge, when there was a good number of members present.' Since the starting of this society, some three months ago, its numerical strength has been increased weekly, for seldom a practice evening has passed by without several new members being proposed and accepted. When the Union first started it had to contend againht the difficulties experienced by all such institutions in their infancy, such as i getting the class properly formed, procuring good vocal talent, a good accompanist, and above all a proficient and energetic tutor. In each of these respects we are glad to say, the society has been successful, and any person who doubts tho accuracy of this assertion has only to spend an evening in the Town Board Rooms on a practice night, when he will be at once entertained and satisfied. As the member*" contemplate giving a grand concert shortly, and as' the second quarter is just now opened, we would recommend all those who are. of a musical turn of mind to at once contribute their names to the strength of the class, and thus assist in maintaining the good reputation Cambridge has always possessed in this reupect. Tawhiap has issued invitations to ueveral of the most influential Kupapts (friendly natives) to meet him shortly at his new settlement at Alexandra, when •several mutters of importance to both races will be gone into. A largo number of Thames and other natives have now returned from Hikurangi where a meeting was held last week, and they say that Tawhiao has re-asserted the old chieftainship and his own right to do things which others of his own party have ariogated to themselves. It is said the European title to some land in this district which 13 at present disputed was also discu.ssed,and that the coming meeting to be held on the new settlement will be for the purpose of cpnfirming the European titles which are now by .some of the obstreperous natives called in question. The offices of the Cambridge Town Board have now been completely renovated, and instead of the objectionable little crib in which the elements were wont to impart a sense of persecution, if not romance, into the proceedings of the august body who held forth within its walls, dispensing aches and pains to all who were compelled to form its acquaintance, a spacious and comfortable apartment with a few instalments of healthy furniture, and a registered grate, has now been formed by Mr Wright, who received the job from .the Board. Mr J. P. Thompson will occupy the office during the day, and the Piako County Council will also hold their monthly meetings here. It is intended to spend a year's rent on the large room, for the convenience of the Choral Union and other social institutions. A correspondent writes :— The Cambridge Fancy Dress Ball has now become the general topic of conversation, and all look forward with pleasure to the coming event. The invitatious have already been issued, and no doubt satisfaction is universal.The Committee, with their energetic secretary, Mr H. W. Moore, are now making the arrangements, and the only thing which may in any way tend to operate against the success of tho event, will bo a want of sufficient accomodation in the hall for thp number that is ceitaiu to bo present. In every other respect success is unquestionable, as neither pains or expense will be spared to have everything complete. The music will be provided by local talent, and is certain to give satisfaction. A few issues since a letter appealed in these columns, from a correspondent at,To Awamutu, containing a charge against the Postmaster at that place of a somewhat serious nature. "We have deemed it right to lift the matter to the bottom, and are pleased to be able to say that the charges referred to are utterly without foundation. So far from having acted with incivility on the occasion referred, we hare the testimony of two gentlemen who were present that Mr Clough's manner was, ag it invariably is, most courteous. Our correspondent writes : — " Qhi' (liable fit ut dfaire dameette galtrr ?" (what the wliat's-his-name must be done in this gc'illey '!) seems to be the prevailing sentiment in the proceedings of the Rangiaohia Road Board at the present moment of time, for the opponents of the present Board's right to continue office having attempted without effect to dispute their right to dispense the funds at their disposal, the holders of office have at a meeting held decided to strike a rate of nmepence in the £ for tiie period commencing on the Ist April, 1881, and encl- ! ing on March 31st, 1882, payable on the sth November next, and a meeting to give this decision effect is advertised for I the 22nd inst. In }he meantime there I are inhabitants of the district who have j decided, with apparently equal authority, to dispute the right oi the present Board to strike a rate, and to refuse payment of any such rate levied, challenging the power to recover, so that we may hope to see a mighty pretty little battle, a regular case of pull Board, pull lawyer. Even so. A youth named William Hayes, brother-in-law to Mr Evans, carpenter, Hamilton East, met with a painful accident last .evening. At about half-past five he was returning on horseback from his work at Mr N. I. Hunt's new house, in company with some men, also mounted. They came over Seddon's hill at a rather rapid pace, which quickened into a gallop before they reached the foot, and when passing Mr Gwynne's allotment, Hayesf horse stumbled and fell, throwing ita rider heavily to the ground. Hia companions on picking him up found him unconscious, his head and face much bruised and cut. Captain McPherson happened to drive up in his buggy at this time, and very kindly conveyed the lad to his home. Dr. Beale was sent for and attended to the patient, but at latest accounts the exact extent of the injuries had not been ascertained. The Government nave taken measures to prevent the spread of smallpox among the natives Jof this island in the event of the disease being 1 imported into the colony. Vaocinators have been duly appointed for the Waikato and the northern portion of the'^island, and care has been taken to impress upon tho Maori people the direful nature of the infection and the efficacy of the preventive placed within their reach. Mr Hull has been appointed vaccinator for the Lower Waikatb; Dr. Hooper for Raglan, and the neighborhood) and Mr Aubin for Alexandra. It is also intended to appoint officers f f or similar duty at Cambridge and. Hamilton. >i • The first annual meeting, of the Cautjertyuy,. Farmers' Co : Qp»rativ^ w Aa«py' (nation was held at Tjmaru ; : qn , and, , wa? largely, intended. , TJwT resulia , exceeded the anticipations oi the-mosi 1 sanguine promoters. ' A. dividend of seven*

per oont/jyia deola>6(pq,n \^h&' 'subserved' cipital. and £350 was carried Ho the Ibeservo fund, while 2} per cent, on the g-osi purchase nifi.de from the association, aud 25 per pent, of commission and af6ra'Ztf'l>ars'6'l on ffie 'produce* having passed thfro,u<£h. >lie, nssodiation's,. hands is to be returned, The position of native 'affairs on the West (^aal does not appear to be causing the' same amount' of anxiety in | the minds of those on the spot as it seems tn do in others more remotely • situated. By late files /of the local papers we observe that the residents on the plains are but little apprehensive of any outbreak, and are inclined to regard Te Whiti and his belicose utterances with contempt rather than fear. Despite the alleged scare, the work of settlement ia going on rapidly in all directions, and new buildings are going up daily. The settlers are not, however, neglecting any necessary precautions to meet any unexpected outbreak, and those living in exposed situations are 'taking steps to procure adequate protection. They seem confident that in the event of a rising the Government will take immediate measures to crush it, A correspondent of the Hawera Star writes from Patea :— "It seems a great pity, and should be strongly condemned, that such exaggerated statements as from time to time appear, should be spread abroad, which by the folly of perhaps one individual, more or less excited, does infinite harm to so many." Another correspondent, writing to the same paper from Normanby, ■ays :—"I: — "I may mention that it is a pretty general opinion here, that a good deal too much ia being made of Te Whiti's speech. To an ordinary observer it appears merely the logical sequence of his acts and speeches a twelvemonth ago. Knowing then, that to fight was hopeless, and resolved to do all he could to keep the land, he annoyed the Government by fencing across the roads, and allowed his men to be taken prisoners rather than desist. That scarecrow having lost its power to terrify, a more dreadful one must be thought of, and the blood and murder speeches are tried. "

The Novelty Gift Depot will open at Cambridge on Thursday nfght. Tenders are invited up to Thursday, the ijth inst., for the lease for one year, at per week, of the billiard room of the Hamilton Hotel. At the solicitation of many people to allow them to purchase her Salve, Mrs Vialou has consented to do so, and it may now be had at her residence, Hamilton West, in one shilling 1 packets. Captain Steele advertises that he has a first-class f.irm of po acre 1 ; for sale, 200 acres in grass, .md 100 acres vhgin bush. Mr J. S. BuckUnd will soil on arrival, which will he about the 18th inst., at the National Hotel, Cambridge, about 45 hrst-class young horses from Poverty Hay. Mr J. B' Whyte invites tenders for removing and re-erecting a large building at f uhikarumca, also for clearing and ditching near Hamilton, A special genor.il meeting of the Cambridge Cricket Club will be held at Mr Kirkwoods new house on Thursday evening nevt at 7.10, to elect a sccret.uy in the room of Mr Rhodes, who has left the district for the Thames . Gentlemen accepting invitations for the Cambridge Fancy Dress Bait on the zoth inst., are informed that they can obtain their tickets from the "iccretarv, Mr Cotton, Cambridge, or Mr R. F. Sandes, Hamilton. Ladies and gentlemen are requested to write the names of their costumes or the back of their cards. Messrs W. J. Hunter & Co. will sell at the Oh.iupo Yards on Thursday, the 20th inst., well bred steers and heifers, calves and)carhngs, cows and fat cattle, sheep, horses, &.C. &c. The programme of the thoroughbred horse Lcandcr is published in another column. Owners of marcs would do well to inspect this horse, as he wilj only serve a limited number of marcs and the list is nearly full.