The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1703, 5 June 1883, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Lipi.il .mcl p\ irt justK c to all men, Ot w h.it voe\ei slate or persu.iston, religioub or Hcrc"h.ill'lhc I'icsstho People's ritjlif maintain, Unawcd by inlluento and unbnbcd by r.iiii.

TUESDA F, JUNE o, 1883.

We announce to-day, in our special column, the starting of a, new weekly paner at To Aiolia, under the piopri'ctorslupot Mr H. X Whttakcr. This gentleman has been most intimately associated with this district since the opening of To Aioha as a gold Reid, and has so materially helped to assist its development in various capacities, that this new venture -\\ ill undoubtedly be regarded with gioat satisfaction by the settlers and business people, and will be recognised as another channel that will enable him to continue and add to his pievioua efforts on their behalf.

Professor iSample will lecture at Cambridge on TMday evening, and at Te Awamutu on .Saturday evening.

A meeting of the Hamilton Domain Hoard was held last night, but the business was not of any public interest. Some accounts were passed for payment.

The following ratepayers have been duly elected members of the Waitoa "Road Board for the ensuing year :— Messrs W. P. Chepmell, C. Gould, S. Seddon, R. Parr and S. W. Buck.

A public meeting of those interested in the establishment of a ciieesc factory at Whatawhata will be held on Thursday next, iminediatly after the aunual meeting of ratepayers.

At the Hamilton Police Court yesterday, before His Worship the Mayor, an inebriate was brought up, cautioned, and discharged.

A man named Daniel Kenny was arrested near Pukete yesterday, by Constable Murray, on several chorees of larceny, &c. He will be brought up at the Hamilton Police Court to-day, and will probably be remaiided.

The result of the. poll of rate: payers taken at Pukerimu 00 Saturday last re borrowing money under the Roads and Bridges Construction Act for the Cambridge-Ohaupo road, "was as follows. : —For, 25, .representing £21,382 rateable value ; against, none. < < • '•' !

'The Auckland Board of Education have received the following tenders for the additions to the Hamilton West, School refetred.toin) a late .isßuej:— JVGi> Bunting' iXMt,.,JJdon),.,£3l^. l$M ,To»eph Frejvr (ft^tQn)f #30 h

I and Rowe '(Off&iunga), 1280. The Board have accepted the tender of Mr I limiting. 1 s ; " <■ /

A concert' ik' aicTof the prize 'fund of tin- Cupihrt^j.'c I'ublic Scliool will "buke place on June 18th. f JThc euteitaiuinent \vill bb k te ujnl6r citreotioti of M> T, A/','ljeir,'»!kl.*the lifcad-master, and should be a thorough success.

A poll of the burgesses of Hamilton Buioi'tfl) will bo taken at the council chambers to-day, to dnteriiiine whether the sum of £150 shall be borrowed" under the provisions of the Roads and Bridges Construction Act to replace* the bridge nt O'Neill'*, washed away by the recent floods, uitli a luick culvert. Only onethird of t lie money is unpayable, in ten yearly instalments, without interest, but if the proposal is rejected the cost of the culvert will have to come out of the borough fund-;. This is an excellent opportunity to procure the money at a low late, and the only pity is that the amount applied for is not larger.

The polling to decide whether the sum of £f>oo should be borrowed under the provisions of the Roads and Bridges Construction Act, 1882, for works on the main Ohaupo-Hamilton Road within the Hamilton Road District, was taken at the secretary's office, Waxhato Times Buildings, on Saturday last. Mr W. Jones acted as returning officer. The im>nber of votes polled was as follows :—: — For the proposal, 9 ; against the proposal, 0. The proposal waa therefore carried. •

Our Kawhia correspondent writes : —Mr Farroll's store at Takatahi will soon be completed. It is a large building, and most substantially built. Messrs Langley and OBrien are about to have a large quantity of timber sawn for the purpose of building a store and boardinghouse at Powewe. The steamer liishman has been in the harbour for the greater part of the week, and has now left for New Plymouth, well loaded up with pigs. Mr Jones, of Wellington, ai lived hei e in his yacht, and has been sailing a good deal lound the harbour. Many here are anxiously waiting for the sale of the township lots. They are not to be advertised for sale till alter Parliament meets.

The re-opening of the old established store of Mr W. H. M. Lovell, Taupiri, was celelnated on the 29th May by an evening entertainment, winch was one of the most successful events that has happened in T.iupiri for some time. The store wis tastefully decorated with e\crgicens by Mrs A. \V. Ellis and MrR. Ransome. The music was everything that could be desired. Mrs Ellis placed several dances, and vas assisted hy other Mends of the company. The luficslnnents were good, and everything passed off satisfactorily. Great credit is due to Mr and Mis Lovell ior their kind attention during the evening. Dancing was kept up with spirit until daylight.— (Correspondent.)

A meeting of the Hamilton Road Boaid wis hold on Saturday. Present : Mc?sis Atkinson (cluutiuati), Way and I'Acelljy. The Secretary was requested to wtifce to the county council asking lo h.ivc the main road Hauulton-Ngarua-walna, and tliat to the Nairowb liridge declaiod county loads ; also, to write to the Newcastle Boaid asking their cooperation in thib matter It was agreed th.it the boaid, at a special meeting to be held subsquently, strike a l.vte of ftl in the £ for the year. Tendcis for giavelling the main road Ohaupo to Hamilton ■were received, anil oideved to he returned, the l)oaid considering it unwise to proceed with the work dm ing the present web weather. Tv\o or tlnee accounts were passed for payment', and the boa ul i ose.

The ordinary meeting of the Hamilton Boiongh Council was held last night. Present : His Worship the Mayor, Cis. Jones, Gami m, Coelnanc, McDonald, Tippen, Lovctt, Peat and Yon Stunner. Alefctei was read from Itfr M.uiktelow, complaining about the water lying on hit, property. Tins, together with a, letter fiom Mr Lees, asking the council to repair the drain in Albert-street, was referred to the Works Committee tor report. A letter from Mr Edwards, calling the attention of the council to the necessity foi repairing the footpath in Angleaeastreet, was similaily dealt with, A circular was received from the Wellington City Council re the payment of rates upon Government property, and it was resolved that it be an instruction to the committee appointed to wait on the members for the distiict prior to their departure for Wellington, that they should request them to vote for a grant to pay the lates on Government property within boroughs which have not adopted the "Rating Act," 1882. A letter from Messrs. Sandos and Napper, engineers, offering to do the engineeiing work of the boiough was held o\er for consideration. The statement of funds was read as follows :— General account (overdraft), £669 2s 9d ; special fund account (cidit), £142 2s. Several accoiuiti were passed for payment, and the council rose.

A correspondent writes from Pukete on June 2nd :—": — " To decide whether the county should or should not borrow £22.'), and execute, &c," according to advertisement, a poll was to have been taken at this place, but, although every preparation was made, no official turned up to meet the free anil independents who imu>tcted to declare their opinions with legard to the aforesaid borrowing. It was evident that " someone had blundered," as neither the county, the riding, or the road board oHicei'3 had communicated with the retaining officer, directing him to hold the poll which, according to act, is required. Of course, there was a good deal of grumbling, as to the place, although strictly speaking it is within the ■ riding, but, at the s.ime time, within a few chains of being out of it. Some of the fice and independents expressed their feelings very strongly on the matter. •Some said the act should be hung up, others that the county council should be hung up, otheis that the road boaids, acts and all should be buried. One thing they seemed unanimous about was the vexation that they should be brought to this corner of the riding on their busiest day for no purpose, through the neglect, wilful, or otherwise of some chairman of council or road board, who {should have given instructions to the returning officer to hold the poll under the "Roads and Biidges Construction Act, section 49 &C.