The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1797, 12 January 1884, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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SATURDAY, JAN. 12, 188J h

«. Echoes from the Cafe and other inteiostui" local items of news are unavoidably held o\ er.

The conclusion of the hon. Mr Whit.iker's addiess on [Federation and Annexation will be found on the fourth page of this labile.

The report ot the annual meeting of the pan^hioners of S. Andrew's Church, Cambridge, was forwarded by our reporter on Wednesday, but never leached this office. We publish it now in another column, in a condensed form.

The contractor for the Pairiri bridge, Mr E. Kerr, has patched up the old structuie for temporal y use until he is in a pesition to commence the erection of the new stiucturc.

The new bridge over the Waikato liver at Aniwamwha will soon be conbtructed. Tlio contractor, Mr Kerr, has now completed the excavations for the approaches, and the timber woik will be commenced immediately.

The financial position of the Cambridge Domain Board ih of an exceedingly healthy character. The Board, with its present levenue and balance 021 hand we think, will soon be able to undertake the laying off of a .suitable reci cation ground for the public of the town — a want which at piesent is very much experienced. It is to be hoped the Board will pitch upon a suitable site, and one which the expenditure of a few pounds will make attractive.

Mr Jphn Lawson, the Official Assignee in Bankiuptcy for the Auckland District, lias been on a visit to Waikato, with the obiect of securing a deputy in this district. We understand tli.it Mr J. S. Edgecumbe lias been nominated for the post.

A curious error crept into our report of the Hamilton R.M. Court proceeding-) on Thuihday. In the case Gaudin v. Gre^ham it is stated that the debt was " mci eased, " &c. It should have read: — " The debt was ' incurred,' " &c.

We are in receipt of the December, or Cliristiruib number of the North New Zealand Settler. This useful publication has gieatly impiovod of late, and is now an exceedingly welcome visitor at the country fireside. The number before us contains a laige amount of matter useful to the general reader no les^ than the fanner.

The first meeting of the creditors in the estate of R. E. M. Campbell, surveyor, was held in the Hamilton courthouse yesterday. Mr Gaud in was in the i chair. The liabilities were set down at I £061, and the assets at £450. Mr George Edgecumbe was elected creditors' trustee.

As th ere is every possibility of the Hautapu school-house being removed from its present site at an early date, and as the Presbyterians have been in the habit of holding divine service in the building, that body now contemplates the erection of a new church theic.

The Rev. E. H. Gulliver, Warden of S. John's, Auckland, assisted by other Auckland clergymen, including the Rev. (r. H. S. Walpole, of S. Mary's, will take the sei vices at S. Andrew's, Cambridge, and outlying districts during the absence of the Yen. Archdeacon Willis.

Nothing definite has as yet transpired regarding the settlement of the Waotu native difficulty. Up to the present the surveyor, Mr I). Stubbing, has received no definite instructions as to proceeding with the survey.

We understand that a match for £50 aside will be arranged to-night at Cambridge, between the two wellknown steeplechasers Quilp and Sportsman. It is also understood that a match will shortly be arranged between Mr Ransfield's Snake and Mr Alhvill's Victory.

Travellers to the Hot Lakes District by the new Rotorua road will be glad to learn that Aperhama te Kume, the present host of the Mangaiti accomodationhouse, inteuds to erect an accommodationhouse, about midway between Oxford and Ohinemutu. It is pleasing to notice the spirit of enterprise which in this, as in other matters, is now seizing the minds of the natives. If the manner in which the Mangaiti house is conducted may be taken as a criterion of Mr Te Kumes ability in this particular line, we have no hesitation in recommending his efforts to the favourable consideration of the travelling public. The annual meeting of the Cambridge Domain Board was held on Monday last. Our report was mislaid. There were present : Messrs Wells (chairman), Campbell and KirkwooA The balance-sheet showing the receipts ty hftvs t?wn £3<s 17a

3d, and the expenditure £147 15s lid, was j adopted. The allocation of revenue was shown as follows: —Cambridge East.—Receipts : Rent, £427 Oa Cd. Expenditure: Survey, 394 acres at 4s 7d, £00 5s lOd; share of general expenses, £37; expenditure on Cambridge East, £220 10d Od. Total. £317 l«a 7d. Credit balance, £79 % lid.—Cambridge West*—Receipts : Ront, £18(5 17s . r >d. Expenditure: Survey, 316 .icies at 4s 7d, £72 8s 4d ; share of general o\ponse.s, £2!) 13s sd; expenditure, Cambridge Wobt, total, £104 6s. Credit balance, £82 11s sd. Mr Wells was ieelected chairman, and it was resolved to hold the board's meetings on the second Monday in each month.

The following special telegrams to the Press Association, dated London, have appeared in the N.Z. Herald :—The Australasian Mortgage and Agency Company (Limited), in their report recommend the declaration of a dividend of 8 per cent., and state that the preliminary expenses and goodwill have been cleared off and a reserve fund of £20,000 established, consisting partly of profits and partly of premiums or reserved shaies issued in April last. The annual meeting is to be held on the 15th January.—Truth mentions that Mrs Langtry has abandoned her intention of visiting the colonies.—lt is proposed to hold a World's Fair at San Francisco in 1887.— There is a decided recovery in colonial stock.s, and money is easier.—The Exchange prefer that the whole of the Victorian loan .should be placed in the market at once. —The Shaw, Saville, Albion Shipping Company have contracted to carry 200,000 frozen sheep during the present year.—The latest information from Tonquin is to the effect that fighting between the Annamites and French has been lencwed, and that Hunghow has been evacuated. — Pasha (lordon advocates the defence of Khartoum and the retention of the Soudan as far east as the White Nile, and north to Sennaar.

The usual monthly meeting of the Tamahere Road Board was held at Camp's Hotel yesterday.' Present: Messrs Runciman (chairman), Barugli, Wheeller, McNicol and Rhodes. The closing of certain roads through Messrb Runciman and Rhodes' property was decided upon. The engineer reported that the woik at Crawfords gully culvert was proceeding satisfactorily, and that the concrete work would be completed within a fortnight. The following tenders were received for earthworks at the culvert:—Zenas Owen, 9d per yard ; D. Stewait, fld per yard (informal); J. C. Booth, 8d ; H. Millar, 7^d; J. Forrest, 7^d; Jas. Hamilton, 7d; John Primrose, 7d ; James Coombes, sid (accepted.) The engineer was instructed to call for tenders for the culvert at Eiueka gate, on the main Piako load. Accounts to the amount of £200 were passed for payment, and the board rose.