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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 285, 7 May 1898, Page 2

The Hoeka bridge will be closed to traffic from to-day, until further notice. The Hamilton Borough Council will sit as a burgess list revision court on Friday evening next. The hour of the confirmation service at St. Stephen's, Tamahere, on Monday evening will be 7.30. Entries for all events at the Ohanpo sports on the Queen's Birthday close at 6 p.m. on Friday next. Bishop Cowle will conduct a confirmation service at St. Peter's Church, Hamilton, to-morrow evening. The Rev. Walter Smith will oonduct both the services tit the Hamiltou Presbyterian Church to-morrow. The subjects of the discourses at this and to-morrow's tent meetings, Cambridge, are announced in this issue. Mr F. Kilrae-Kinloch has been appointed agent and V.S. to the Live Stock General Insarancc Company of New Zealand. We are pleased to hear that at Mr J. H. Scott's clearing sale at Paterangi, on Thursday last, good prices were realised. The services at the different places of worship in the Hamilton - Te Awamutu circuit to-morrow are advertised. We noticed on exhibition at Messrs Parr Bros.' store yesterday a very fine pumpkin, grown by Mr P. Monro, of Hamilton. It turned the scale at 70!b, and considering the past dry season and the effect this has had on vegetables generally, it does the grower credit. The officials had a very easy day at the Assessment Court, Cambridge, that sat- yesterday. There was only one case brought before the Court, that of Messrs Bloom field Bros., Tamahere, and in this case the unimproved value was reduced by £132, and the same amount was added to the improvements, leaving the total value the sums, namely, £3280. That war is deplorable and a horror all right-thinking men admit. Vet "it is an ill wind that blows no one good," and the very genera] interest manifested in the events of the war now raging between Spain and Amer'ca has beeu the means of increasing the number of our subscribers to a very large fxtont, additional names reaching us by nearly every mail. An increased issue we, of course, looked for, but hardly expected the circulation of The Af.gus would have gone up so rapidly, or to the extent it has. In order that our readers should be placed iu possession of the very latest information from the seat of war, we have for the last few days issued an extra, containing the very latest news received up to the time of departure of the country trains (about 2 p.m.), and, encouraged by the very general expressions of appreciation received from our ajjents and others, have resolved to continue its publication. We cannot, of course, deliver the extra to every subscriber in the same manner as the paper, but it will be in the hands of The Ahgus agents In the various centres for gratuitous distribution to subscribers and others upon arrival of the afternoon train from Hamilton. We hope to receive our recompense for the outlay iu :-,till further additions to our subscribers' list.

Tho Waikato hounds meet at Allwill's comer th's morning at 11 a nr There is every appearance of fine weather, and a capital day's sport should be afforded.

Messrs John Knox and James Brown completed their task of valuing the Oh&upo Hotel on Thursday evening, and Mr Teddy took' p ssossion of the Acll-known hostelry yesterday morning. Messrs John Ferguson and J. R. S, Richardson have been nominated to till the vacancies on the Cambridge Borough Council, caused by the retirement of Messrs Wright and .-Simpson.

Sergeant "Richard Stapleton is gazetted Inspector of Weights and Measures for the Counties of Waikato, Waipa, Piako and Raglan, and for the Boroughs of Hamilton and Cambridge,

The annual meeting of ratepayers of the Kirikiriroa Road Board, which was to have been held at the Council Chambers, Hamilton East, yesterday, at 2 p.m., lapsed, not a single ratepayer being present with the exception of the newiy-eleeted members of the Board.

We hear (writes the Waipawa Mail) that the Hon. R. J. Seddon intends to stump the country at an early date. In order that the electors may have the opportunity of judging between his fiction and the Opposition facts, he will be followed by Messrs W. Rollcston, Scobie McKcnzie, and George Hutchison.

There are now no less than 36 patients in the Waikato Hospital. There is only regular accommodation for 30, but Dr. Kenny has managed to arrange for the accommodation of six additional patients. He was, however, compelled to refuse admission to a female patient yesterday, as the resouices of the institution were quite exhausted.

By a notice in this issue, it will be seen that a social dance will be held in the Volunteer Hall, Hamilton, on Wednesday, 11th inst., the night of the athletic tournament, the music for which will be supplied by Messrs Drury and Munro's band. The floor will be put into first-class trim, and given a fine, cool night, there is no doubt but that our athletic visitors and others will avail themselves of the opportunity of finishing up well the predicted successful sports of our popular Amateur Athletic Club.

Mr Dudley Hockelt is gazetted Returning Officer to conduct the first election of trustees of the Ngaroto LandDrainage District ; also to appoint Wednesday, 18th May, 1898, to be the day and the County Council Chambers, Ohaupo, to be the place for holding the said election ; also to appoint Wednesday, 25th day of May, 1593, at 12 o'clock noon to be the time and the Council Chamber?, Ohaupo, to be the place at which the first meeting of trustees shall be held.

In the latest Government Gazette appears a notice from the Governor-in-Coimeil setting forth Capt. Jacksou's award in connection with the Arbitration Court held at Ngaruawahia some weeks ago, allocating the cost of constructing the Waipa Bridge as follows : Raglan County Council, 50 per cent. ; Ngaruawahia Town Board, 30 per cent. ; Waipa County Council, 20 per cent. No mention is made of maintenance or control.

A meeting of the proposed members of the Rotorua Rifle Corps was held on Saturday. The business was to arrange for a rifle range, drillshcd and orderly room. A suitable range was obtained. The hall ia to be used for drilling for the present, and Steele Bros, will provide an orderly room for the corps. The following officers were elected :- Captain, Mr a. Steele ; lieutenant, Mr J. Karl ; sub-lieutenant, Mr A. Yates ; sergeant instructor, Mr W. Christie ; committee, Messrs J. Hali, F. Frances, and Arawhata.— (Own Correspondent).

Representatives from the several parts of his parish assembled at Father Luck's residence, Kihikihi, on Thursday evening last for the purpose of presenting him with the testimonial that has lately been organised. The presentation (which consisted of a purse of eighty sovereigns) was made in a few appropriate words by Mr Fitzpatrick. Father Luck feelingly replied, thanking his people for the effort they had made on his behalf and of the kindness and affection that bad always been shown to him, and if it pleased God to restore him to vigorous health that he would look forward with pleasurable anticipation to the time when he should be reunited to them.

In accordance with the resolution passed at the meeting of the Tama here Road Board on Weduesday last, Messrs Wheeler and Rhodes proceeded to Tauwhare yesterday to interview the natives upon the question of the gravel pit which has exercised the minds of the natives for some time past. Taingakawa te Waharoa was present, and Mr W. A. Graham acted as interpreter. The Maoris expressed their willingness to part with half an acre of land to the Board for use a 3 a gravel pit, but demanded the sum of £OO, while the Board members were only empowered to offer £lO. Finally the matter was left to Taingakawa's ultimatum, and he assessed the value of the land at £25, and there the matter stands. The sum is somewhat large, but, taken upon the royalty basis, is, we understand, well within the value of the land ; but as a royalty arrangement is sure to lead to confusion, purchasing tho land for a lump sum seems to us far the wisest coarse to pursue.

In the course of a leader in the Hauraki Tribune announcing the change of proprietorship, the writer says : "As to politics, we may f-ixy that we will always be found on the side of progress The administration of the Seddrn Government meets with our strongest condemnation. For years past the co'ony has been crushed under the iron heel of a " blatant and ignorant demagogue," who, through sheer cheek and impudence, has succeeded in deluding the working classes oi the colony for his own personal aggrandisement. The Seddon Ministiy. in out opinion, has reached the flickering stage, and within a short span we hope that it will be our proud duty to write the political obituary of the bigg.jst humbug that has thus far trod the political stage of New Zealand. The Seddon Government, with its Premier as a paid member of the German Mining Syndicate, has proved an incubus co the treat industry of mining in this district. The sooner the Poo Bah who now monopolises the power of appointing all persons to the public service of the colony—from a char-woman in the public buildings to a Supreme Court Judge—is hurled from power the better it will be for all who favour a renewal of pure administration."