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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2265, 15 January 1887, Page 2

Sir George Grey is reported to be indisposed. Mr Geo. Wilson is gazetted clerk of the Warden's Court at Te Aroha. Some remains of the long-extinct Australian lion have been fonnd in the Wellington Caves, New South Wales. The Government have instructed the District Engineer to inspect and report on the condition of the Hamilton traffic bridge. The Otago Presbyterian Synod have decided to petition the Governor, praying that the independence of the New Hebrides may be secured. Two more patients have died of small-pox in Australia, one at Sydney, and one at Melbourne. No fresh cases were reported on Thursday. A meeting of the directors of the Cambridge Cheese Factory was to have been held 3'esterday afternoon, but lapsed for want of a quorum. A meeting of the members of S. Peter's Church Society will be held in Miss Newell's schoolroom, Hamilton, ou Tuesday next at 8 p.m. Sir J. Vogel having announced himself as an advocate of Protection, Mr Bruce, the member for Rangitikei, has gone South on a lecturing tour in the interests of Free Trade. The Ohaupo CO. cannot play Hamilton to-day as they have a match with Paterangi. The following Saturday, the 22nd, Kihikihi will play Hamilton on the former's ground. We are pleased to notice that Mr W. Kincaid, of Cambridge, is again able to attend to his duties at his store, and appears little the worse for the accident. Mr Pearce who, it will be remembered, was

thrown out along with Mr Kincaid, and at the time was thought to be unhurt, is Mifforing from a sprained ankle, and unable to resume work. The drought which has afflicted nearly the whole of the colony, and which still continues with us, has broken up in Canterbury. Heavy rain set in at Christchurch on Thursday, and a thunderstorm broke over Lyttelton. A very successful dance was held in Mr Forrest's barn at Gwynnelands near Cambridge on Thursday evening. Thero was a full complement of dancer*, who kept it up until 4 a.m. The Misses Forrest supplied the major portion of the music and gave every satisfaction. It is expected that the final instalment of Sir George Grey's magnificent library will arrive at Auckland next week. It is hoped the arrangement of the collection will be completed early in March, in time for the opening of the Art Gallery. The amount disburse I by the Dunedin Benevolent Institution for outdoor relief for the year was £lilsß, an increase of over £1230 on the previous year. The total number of persons relieved was 2030. A change is about to be made in the command of the Armed Constabulary. Major Gascoigne, of Opunake, goes to Wellington to take charge of the artillery there, and Major Tuke, of Kawhia, takes his place. In the Supreme Court, Dunedin, on Thursday, Mrs Didham received £100 from tho City Corporation for a broken leg, the damage having been sustained by the neglect of defendants to keep the pathway across the town belt in proper repair. A proposal has been put forward to constrnct a railway line connecting with the Kaipara line at Henderson or Waikoiniti to the Waitakeroi ranges. It is urged that it would open up a larsre timber district, in which gold is also reported to exist. Majors Goring, Gudgeon and Messenger, and Captains Morrison and T.tylor have been posted to the Permanent Artillery, and Captain Powell to the Torpedo Corps. All these officers formerly belonged to the Armed Constabulary. The New Zealand Tobacco Company (Limited) has been registered in Auckland, and the factory will start operations in a few days. It is s.tid they have sufficient colonial leaf on hand to keep them going for twelve months. Mr A. Vollbracht is the manager. At the last meeting, the vestry of S. Peter, Hamilton, resolved to at once pay olf the whole amount of the debt on the church and patsonage. This will absorb about £202 of the receipts of the late carnival, leaving a balance to credit of ofb3tween£ls and £20. A meeting of the committee and subscribers in connection with tho swimmiiipf matches at Hamilton on the 29th inst. (Anniversary Day) will be held in the Waikato Hotel on Monday evening next, at 8 o'clock, to make final arrangements. The Imperial Institute in London appears, according to cable messages, to be likely to float. The Prince of Wales has expressed a hope that it will assist emigration from the United Kingdom. Half a million of money is required to start tho Institute which is not likely to be opened for three yeare. In this issue we print the first of three articles descriptive of a ride through tho King Country, by our special reporter. This would have appeared some days ago, but for the fact that the original manuscript was unfortunately lost. Our reporter was obliged to re-write this portion from memory, having no notes to refer to. It is probable that an early move will be made in the direction of erecting public abattors at Hamilton, and the Borough Council will in all hklihood be asked to vote the money at their next meeting. Tho Waikato Land Association have given an assurance of their support, and Capt. Steele, who has the matter in hand is pretty confident that the required guarantee will be forthcoming. A bread and butter dance was given by the ladies of Tamahere on Thursday evening. It was held in the Tamnhere school, about forty couples being present. Dancing was kept up until a, late hour. Several of the ladies kindly officiated at the piano, and greatly contributed to the undoubted success of the evening. Mr John Thomson, the superintendent collector of agricultural statistics for the counties of Waikato, Waipa, Raglan and Kawhia, has made the subdivision of the above district, and has forwarded to Wellington a schedule containing the sub-divisions, names of collectors, and the estimated cost of the work for the approval of the Government. The collectors will be immediately set to work, as the whole has to be finished by the end of February.

The annual meeting of the Aroha Domain Board, for the election of chairman, was held on Tuesday evening, when there was a full attendance of members, but the election was postponed until to-day, when the board will again meet. Mr Harris, of Brigham and Harris, was present to explain why they wished to surrender their contract for the sale of the bath tickets. Tho reasons were considered sufficient by the board, and the surrender was accepted. Other arrangements have not been made whereby the tickets will be sold. Dr. Hector's report and analysis of the waters froni the various springs was received, and it was resolved to have one thousand copies printed.

The criminal sittings of the Supreme Court at Auckland were continued on Thursday. Joseph Wallace, who had pleaded guilty of stealing a purse and £10 from the counter of a store at Woodhill, near Helensville, was sentenced to three months imprisonment. Richard Burke was convicted on a charge of indecently assaulting a Maori woman near Dargaville, and was sentenced to twelve months imprisonment with hard labour. The charge of arson against James Saunders Gibbons was opened, Mr Cotter appearing in conjunction with Mr Hudson Williamson, Crown Prosecutor, and Mr H. Campbell for the defence. Several witnesses were examined, and the case, which is likely to last for several da}'s, was then adjourned until ten o'clock next morning.

The long continued drought is having a very serious effect in Cambridge. Nearly every householder is buying water, which is carried from the creek on the west side ot the town, commonly known as Moon's creek. Wβ do not know if this water is pure or if it has a deleterious effect, but we do know that at the present time there is a great deal of diarrhoea in Cambridge, and at Cambridge West there is a case of typhoid fever, and we understand that the family affected draw their supply of water from a creek that runs alongside the cemetery. If we continue to have summers like the present and the last one, Cambridge must have a supply of water, if only sufficient for household purposes.

Mr F. C. Germann writes to the Editor :—Sir,—ln your report of the Hospital Board, you have not reported fully niy amendment re the applications to be invited for office of secretary. The motion was for a secretary at £150. My amendment was that tenders be invited without fixing the amount, my contention, and Mr Teasdale's also, being that the work would be done for less than £150, and that tenderers state their own price, the board to decide on the person. I also named the duties the secretary should do, which were to attend all meetings of the board, conduct all correspondence, keep minutes, keep books and accounts, and do all clerical work. As the report reads now, the amendment has no meaning, in fact appears stupid. A picnic in connection with the breaking up of the Waitetuna school was held at Mr John Moon's farm, Lynnwood, Waitetuna, on Friday, - 17th December. The weather was all that could be desired. Early in the forenoon the little folks, accompanied by their parents and friends, assembled at the scene of the day's festivities. The youngsters amused themselves by swinging etc., while some of the elder folks prepared for the luncheon at one o'clock in the afternoon, the cloth being laid under the shade of the the pine trees. Upwards of a hundred persons sat down to partake of all the delicacies of the season calculated to tempt the most fastidious appetite. The provisions, eatables etc., were provided by Miss Spence, our much respected teacher, and her sister, and the parents of the children attending the school. After full justice had been done to the eatables, the usual games were indulged in, the afternoon passing off very pleasantly. At six o'clock an excellent tea was partaken of by all. The day's amusement wound up with the well known game of "jolly miller." There was between forty and fifty adjourned to tho Waitetuua

school-room where evening games wore indulged in till about half past eleven p.m. —(A Correspondent,)