The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2131, 6 March 1886, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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SATURDAY, MARCH C, 1886.

Our Te Aroha and Ohinemuri letters are held over for want of space. [ I

Sports will be held at Taupiri on S. Patrick's Day.

The charges against Arthur Morton in Auckland havo been withdrawn.

Owing to pressure on our space we are unable to give the results of the firing at Wanganui yesterday. <t *

The next general census of the colony will be taken on the night of the 28th inst.

The tender of Mr G. T. Worthington has been accepted for additions to the Hon. James Williamsons house, at Rukuhia.

The Gazette of the 11th February, contains a list of lands in Hamilton borough, some 160 acres, handed over as domains reserves.

Commander Edwin wired at 3.23 p.m. yesterday :— " Watch barometer. Expect bad weather between north and east and south-east. Glass fall."

A Mission will be held at S. Mary's Catholic church, Hamilton, beginning on Sunday, 14th inst., and lasting over a week. Two Redemptorist Fathers will conduct the Mission.

In answer to some inquiries we are requested to state that all the manures purchased by the North New Zealand Farmers' Co-operative Association are carefully analysed before bein? retailed.

A tournament by the members of the Hamilton Lawn Tennis Club will be commenced on the club's ground this afternoon at half-past three o'clock. The tournament, in « hich fourteen players take part, is to consist of a series of single matchci.

Mr H, Asher -was re-elected Chairman of the Cambridge Licensing Commissioners, proposed by Mr Gwynneth, and faeconded by Mr Sargent. It is expected that the committee will have some work cut out for them, as they have determined to deal strictly with the practice of Sunday trading.

The gold seekers in the King country have nearly all returned to Kih:kihi. We have not received any particulars, hut tho general opinion seems to be that there is no gold in the country. Those who went to the Tuhua report that the soil is mostly pumice. Another trial is to be made in the Rangitotn district, where some of the prospectors h.-uegone.

The hon, J. A. Tole. Minister of Justice, addressed his constituents at Newmarket on Wednesday evening. The speech was a spirited defence of the Government and theii policy, and of his action in joining Sir J. Vogel. Want of space forbids our giving a fuller notice of the address. A vote of thauks and confidence in the hon. gentleman waR carried by an overwhelming majority.

The Rev. H. R. Dewsbury will deliver his popular lecture on Lord Macaulay in the Public Hall, Hamilton, on Tuesday evening, in aid of the Wesleyan ciicuit fund. As this is the last opportunity, for some time at any rate, that the public will have of hearing Mr Dewsbury, we ha\e no doubt there will be a crowded house on the occasion.

The Rev. T. W. Dunn will lecture in the Kihikihi Town Hul on Wedne>d:tv next on " He:idn •>( the People, ' and at the Te -Vwamitu Public Hall on Thursday, on " F.icjs ot moot and how to read thorn." Both le-turea will be illustrated by diagt sum, and charts of character will be supplied privately to those who desire them.

The harvest thanksgiving services at S. Peter's, Hamilton, will be continued to-morrow (Sunday). The services will be; Matins* at 11 a.m., with celebration »f the Holy Communion, and Evensmg at 7 p.m. Some bright flowers are needed to freshen up the decorations, and will b« thankfully reowv«d.

The Cambridge Domain Board hf-M its monthly meeting on Thursday. There was no business of uiifoitance. (Jre:it sntisfiictinn was e\ pressed at the minner in which Mr Brown w.is carrying out hi-< contract in the park. It wan decided to sow ryegra^s and clu\ cr on the turned-up ground around the lake.

The "Fighting fortune" Dramatic Company had a crowded hou-.fi at Cambridge on Wodne«day night. Thi» rendering of Undo Tom's C.ihin w.ih very much abridged, de\oid of th<>io pathetic scenes in the 01 l^ririr\l, and a* there was no representation of little Kva orTopsy, it was like Hnmlct with the Prince of Denmark left out.

The requisition, signed by thirty ratepayer of Cambridge, calling upon tho chairman of the Town B ard to convene a public meeting to consider the advisability of ci eating the town into a borough, has been in hi< hands for some day?, and wo understand it is Mr Hoiightou'a intention to comply with the wishe* of the requisitionists at an early date.

The return cricket mate ll between the Cambridge and Hamilton Cricket Clubs will be played on Sydney Square, on Saturday, the 13th inst. The visitors will arrivo by tho morning train from Cambridge, and play will commence at 11.30 sharp. There will be a scratch match on Sydney Square this afternoon, when all who wwb to play are requested to attend.

At tha meeting of the Hamilton West School Committee on Thursday night, it was resolved that the proposal to have sports for tho children attending public school* has their cordial support. A meeting will be culled in ft few days to settle preliminaries. The only school committee that has givon reasons for its objection* as yet strangely omitted to pay postage, thus donuding the funds to the extent of fourpence !

The following special messages to the Piexs Association, dated London, March 3id and 4th, have been puhlMied :— The Assets C itnpany which was formed by the Oriental Banking Company, is olfuiing to purchase the deposits in the Commercial Bank of South Australia.— Mr Octavius Morgan, who resigned his seat for Battersea in consequence of ha\iug been concerned in Government contracts at the time of his election, has been re-elfcted for that constituency.— Lord Randolph Churchill, in a speech at Manchester, said the Conservative party would support a Liberal or a coalition Government.— victoria has been promised 4000 feet of space in the court originally allotted to Tasmania, which that colony gave up.

The usual monthly meeting of the Hamilton West School Committee was held on Thursday night, when the following correspondence was laid before them : A letter from the head matter in reference to two boys, whose general conduct the master felt was calculated to do harm to the school, and who appeared to got beyond the contiol of thoir parent!?. The committee decided not to tike any action until they had had an interview with the father and could discuss with him the most desirable action to take regarding them. The secretary was instructed to write and request the father's presence at a meeting of the committee next week. Jn reference to Mr Bindon's letter asking tho co-operation of the committee in cairying out the proposed snorts at Easter for all children attending the public schools in W.iikiito, the proposal was favourably entertained, and a reply was oidered to b* sent to that effect. A circular letter from the Board of Education, pointing out that many small repairs to the dwellinghouse*", and the keeping in good order <if the ground*, might fairly bo expected to be done by the occupant 1 ., was ordered to be forwaided as a matter of instruction to the head teacher. The board's reply to the committee's communication in leferenco to the appointment of a .sinking master, to the effect that tho Bo>rd did not contemplate making another appointment, was considered un-»atisfactoiy, and the secretary was instructed to bend a telegram to the Board stating that the Waikato committees objected to this, as similar appointments in other parts of the province were still continued.

The Kirikiriroa Road Board held their usual monthly mooting yesterday afternoon, Present: Messrs A. Primrose (Cairman), Runciman, and Thomas. Tho engineer reported that Owen had completed his contract at the Ngaruawahia drains and cleared the road past Henderson's. He was authorised to put in a set of pipes at the crossing near Edgecumbe's property at once. Ca«sidy's contract was completed on the Hukanui road, although great trouble had occurred with tho pipe*, one set of which h*d been twice forced out of position by the subsidence of the swamp, and they had eventually to bo shifted to the oppohite side of the gully. Rumney's gravelling had been finished satisfactorily. Tenders for clouring the road at Komakorau were received from Paora Hopere, fis 9d per chain ; E. Rice, 3s 6d ; J. Casby, 3a 4d ; and Henry Welsh, 2s per chain (accepted.) The bridge over the lagoon at Tanpiri was reported by the engineer to be in very bad condition, and required immediate attention. The engineer promised to inspect it again in a. few days. A letter was received from Mr James, Ngaruawahia, stating that tho settlers interested were willing to subscribe £20 toward* making an outfall to the lower culvert in the bußh if the board would make a drain of sufficient capacity to carry off the whter which at present did so much damage in flood times. Th« board had agraod at a previous meoting to supplement any moneys subscribed by the settlers for this pirpose. The engineer promised to inspect the locality and see if the work could be dono for 40. If it can bf» done and the settlers lodge their share with the clerk, tenders will be called for at once and the work proceeded with. Accounts to the amount of £12f> were passed for payment and the meeting broke up. The next meeting of the board will be held on Monday, the stb day of April, not on Friday, the 2nd, as usual.