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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2789, 29 May 1890, Page 2

Pending repairs to the " Horse Bndpre," on the Paterangi-Te Awamutn load, this road has been closed till further notice. King Tawhiao was in Hamilton to-day, having come up from the Hnknnui Settlement, where he is at present staying. Jle returned to Hukunui ae;ain. The Resident Magistrate's Court will sit at Hamilton to-day, at 10.30 a.m., when the further hearing of the Whatawhata cases will be gone on with. A young man named James Dare. while working in the Lone Hand Company's mine at the Thames, received severe injuries on the head and shoulders by a lot of quartz falling on him. Mr Grubb, Post and Telegraph Inspector, was in Hamilton on Tuesday, and inspected the local office. He proceeded in the afternoon train to Te Aroha, en route for the Thames. We believe it is the intention of Use Borough Council to frame a bye-law, in order to stop persons from shooting wild duck, teal, etc., on the river within the limits of the Borough, and also on the lake. Information has been received in Auckland that the hull of the H.M.s. Orpheus, which, it will be remembered by many, was wrecked on the Manukuu Bar en February 7th, ISO 3, has been washed ashore. The members of the Hamilton Football Club are requested to roll up to practice on Saturday afternoon next, ns the first match of the season will be played against the Paterangi Club, on Sydney Square, on the following Saturday, 7th June. Owing to the Christchurch bacon curers forming a " ring" to keep down the price of their raw. material, the Leeston fanners have resolved to form a co-operative curing factory, aud if possible co-operate with the Kangiora people to establish a big affair at Horuby. La Grippe continues to ravage the neighbourhood of Cambridge. And yesterday one hundred children were absent from the public schools, Two sons of Mr Henry Gillett are dangerously indisposed, the illness having etarted with the prevalent epidemic. We hear from a native named Karaka- te Hura, that La Grippe has broken out among the NKatimaniapoto tribe between Te Kuiti and Alexandra. The first outbreak was noticed at thegreat King meeting at Pukekawa. One or two deaths have been reported. The old trotting stallion Merrylegs, who made for himself, by the stock lie threw, such a name throughout net only this district but the whole province, died at Mr J. McNicol's farm on Tuesday night, from inflammation of the lungs. The horse was about 18 years old. The remains of the late Mr John Mahon were interred in the Hamilton West Cemetery yesterday afternoon, the first part of the burial service being read in St. Peter's Church, Hamilton. A large cortege, including a number of his old comrades in arms, followed the coffin to thR grave. Two of the Cambridge publicans have for some time been endeavouring to metaphorically speakine, " cut one another's throats," and the Licensing Committee on Friday next will be called upon to decide a knotty point regarding the license of the National Hotel. Great interest is being manifested, and the Court will doubtless be crowded. Writing of the Cabinet the Wanganui Chronicle says : "Of Captain Russell we shall at present say nothing, as he is yet untried. But we expect to find him adding great weight to the Cabinet. Indeed, we believe that if a ballot of the whole House had been taken as to who should be added to the Cabinet, Captain Russell would have topped the poll." A special meeting of the Waikato County Council will be held at the Council Chamber?, tomorrow afternoon, to confirm a resolution passed at the last meeting of the Council, whereby the Local Bodies Loans Act, 188G, and th& Irovernment Loans to Local Bodies Act, 1881! will be i adopted within the County of Waikato. Mr Henry Reynolds, of Reynolds and C:i. (limited), has convened meetings throughout the district for the puruoso of conferring with milk snpuliers to the Waikato butter factories with reference to the next season's supply of milk, and other matters of mutual interest to the Company and Muppliers. Dates of meetings and other particulars are advettised in this issue. We understand that Mr W. If. von Stunner, son of Mr F. J. von Stunner, Hamilton, and who has been in the Bank of New Zealand in Auckland f»r the past two years, having been in the same institution for some years previously in Hamilton, is to be shifted back to the Hamilton office. Mr von Sturmor was a general favourite in Hamilton, and will be gladly welcomed back to his old place. The Island steamer Richmond arrived safely in Auckland on Wednesday morning. The cause of her delay was due to ono of the cheeks of the after-crank carryiug away on the 3rd inet. Temporary repairs were ofieotud, and sfofl made. Tonga on tho 12lb, where the repaint wore Ktrengthened. She left Tonga on tho 10th, and after .several stoppages to strengthen the repaired part she made Auckland at l>3o a.m. yesterday.

We remind our readers that Mr Thomas Peacock, M.H.R., of Auckland, will deliver hia lecture, "Paris, Rome and Pompeii," in tho Public Hall, Cambridge, to-night. Wβ observe by the Auckland papers that he delivered this lecture last Monday at St. James , Hall to a large and appreciative audience, and \va recommend our readers not to fail to be present to-night, as we feel confident that the subject will have full justice done to it by a speaker so clover and able as tho lecturer, who has recently visited Paris, Rome and Pompeii. At the special meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council, held on Tuesday night, there were present: His Worship the Mayor (Mr Isaac Coates) and Crs. Dey, Tippen, Wood, Bell, Parr, Scott and Jones. The balance-sheet was received from the Audit Office, and was certified to. The Logal Committee reported that Mr W. M. Hay, solicitor, was prepared to revise the borough by-laws for the sum of £6 6s. It was resolved to accept his offer, and to rescind the motion to get a solicitor from Auckland. It was resolved to close the gravel-pit on Lot 8, on the triangle reserve. To-morrow evening the Narguawahia Dramatic Club will perform Byron's famous comedy, "Our Boys,"m the Public Hall, Ngaruawahia, in aid of the funds of the Anglican Church, m that township. Excellent rehearsals have been held, and judging from the talent (some of which has more than local fame) in the caste, a capital evening's entertainment may be expected. Our Ngaruawahia correspondent, m a facetious way, advises Hamiltonians to attend, so as to decide which township is the ".London" of Waikato. We advise all who can to take this opportunity to see a really good performance. In connection with the late military sports at Auckland, after the pony race was run a protest was entered by Lieutenant Gresham, (on behalf of Trooper Corboy), on the ground that Trooper Currie's (Waiuku Troop) pony " Minnie Gray" had net passed under the standard. Some amount of correspondence ou the subject haa ensued between Major Touks and Lieutenant Gresham, with the result that the Tβ Awamutu pony " Witi," the property of Trooper (Jorboy, has been awarded the prize. This makes three events in which the Te Awamutu Cavalry were victorious, viz :—The pursuing practice, the 100 yds foot race, and tho pony race. Our Ngaruawahia correspondent writes :--Great excitement here over the forthcoming performance of "Our Boys," by the Ngaruawahia Dramatic Club. Heavy beU are made on the event, and notwithstanding tho promised patronage of over thirty persons from Hamilton, your correspondent has a heavy wager on, that not more than ten will make their appearance, such is his faith, upon his experience, of Hamilton promises. But nothwithstanding his possible loss of lialf-a-crown he would like to see some of the Hamilton cracks on Monday night, and they would see whether Hamilton or Ngaruawahia is the London of (Vaikato. Ngaruawhia, you bet! An M.D. recently writing to the London Echo, draws attention to the vital statistics of New Zealand, and draws some important conclusions from comparing them with tho English ones. It appears that the death rate of New Zealand is lower than that of almost any known community, the surplus of birth 3 over deaths being 28 per 1000, whereas in England it is 13'1, and in France I' 3 per 1000. But then the average New Zealander consumes from 2001b to 2oolb of meat per year as compared with 120 consumed in America and 110 in England. This, the writer says, is the reason why the death rate at Homo has fallen so much of late years. Last year 2,500,000 frozen sheep were imported, and as the birth rate has considerably fallen, we have a nation much better fed than formerly. At the ordinary monthly meeting of the Hamilton Domain Board, held on Tuesday evening, there were present: Messrs I. Coates (in the chair), Dey, Tippen, Wood, Parr, Bell, Scott and Joues. The minutes of the last meeting were read and confirmed. A letter was received from Mr W. Cussen, lessee of some property belonging to the Domain Board, asking that the lease be transferred to Mr W. M. Hay. It was resolved to write informing Mr Cussen that the Board had no objection to his sub-letting the property, and that he could make any private arrangements he liked.—On the motion of Mr Jones it was resolved that in consideration of Mr S. T. Seddon contributing half the cost of cleaning Seddon's drain out, the Board contribute the other half.—This was all the business. Mr G-. A. Sala has presented the British public (writes our London correspondent) with the most repulsive portrait of the Australian larrikin that has so far seen the light. "One of the chief diversions ot the chief diversions of the lanikin," he writes, " is to belch forth torrents of abominable language at the street corners, at which ho loves to loaf, and he is especially fond of cursing and blaspheming when there chance to be any ladies passing by." Lirrikiniain is defined by Mr Sala as the " most noisome social plague" with which the colonies are afflicted. Australians, he admits, are a loyal, peaceable, God-fearing, law-abiding people, but he is indisposed to deny them appreciable elevation of the regions of literary and artistic culture until they have extirpated the larrikin from their cities. He compliments the magistrates on " trying their hardest to stamp out the use of foul language by tho imposition of heavy penalties," and instances a case within liis own experience of a ribald larrikin being fined £5. "The worst of it is," ho adds, "that the larrikin is, as a rule, q_«ite able to pay the fine, being often a working man, earning his 8s per day.