The Waikato Times. UNKNOWN.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 128, 1 March 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. UNKNOWN.

SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1873.

We regret tint there i* no. further in formation, to hand with regard to the ministerial complication. We aro oxwstly in the tarn* position: an we wero. at thp time of our last itaue. We th»n expressed on> opuioa, "We notice that ■otne of our contemporaries have comlemaed! Mt Waterhonse in no measure.l terms for the action lw has tab en. W« conaitler they have, by to> doing; not actod with jhsfcioo toward* that geatfapan. It it unfair, and consequently . «n-English to condemn a man -anhtard. They may be— an<l we cannot he]p thinking that there mnst be— other reaioni tb*,n, those awigoel for the action he has taker. Bu h-ui iajqtr*l %**y great responsibility — lie is too old a polirioian not to be aw^re of the fac' — xnd the reasons assigned, iflu tar too trivial to justify, in the mind of the -mcrset fcyrfctb* »tty.h# has. taken. On Thursday last a number of cattle were- driven on to tho Hanrltorr putifc They all rushed* h>-onc side when in tfto roiUffr of the tiror and upset it. Thrto mem were on -it sc r*i»jira_eXJ33«tiuu»etfly there wu no loss of Jiuman liftn -TttTtTJuf 1 ' two of th» bovine speciesJost theirs. The punt hai born towed up to its station by on© of the company's •teamen. Tho tnttle wero afterward* dkrtv«n, to Kgaruawahia ; immedlatoly before their arrival one o f tho stages was damaned by some cattle travelling the other way. Nearly the whole of yesterday was spent irr getting the causes of the accident kqdom the river,aod late last night some were missings having broken away and got into the bush or the Auckland side of Uit river. The state of the punt, approaches, and stockyard i At Ngaruawahia are s.mply a d sjrace to every person who has had a hand in their construction, and to those whe have tho management o£ them. Wo arc requested to call attention to the resumption of the regular Mwming by j the company's boats — see timetable. Under it Cambridge goods will bo delivered on Mondny; H»nulton>, on Monday and Thursday; Alexandra, on Wednesday. Fittst boat to lo»vo Merevr. on March 8, and deliver goods at Hainiltoa and Caoibridgo. on Monday, March 11. Tlie .Resident Magistrate sot at NgarusmaJila on Thursday. Charles Wallace and Gordon Moyes- respectively Engineer and Stoker •# the p.s, Waipavsurrradared to their bail, on the charge- of having on frhe Bth of February, been drunk and guilty of utglect of duty whilst in charge of the engines, whereby serious ckuiago was done to the boilers of tho said steamer. Both defendants pleaded' not guilty. R. R. Hunt, Manager to the Waikato Steam Company deposed) to having* seen Wallace on loarif the steamer, and, in his opinion, he was incapacitated by drink. Jams* Lindsay disposed to being a <Dertifl«ated Engineer, and to* having, in company with — Cunninghams another engineer, examined the boilor. He found that all the tubes wer» loose, the mrcts were not started, but thei* was evidence of the boiler having besn subjected to very severe heat — red hot. Had" the wafer been kept' visible in the guage-glass the injury to the bnler could not hare arisen. He tstiroated the' damage at £200. Tltc injury could not possibly have arisen had •iHi«r of tho defendants boon attending, to- their duty,. The B»'Hoh fined each prisoner £5. sod awarded them to pay oil costs of Court. Mr Hay appoarod for t'ne pronceution. Our Alexandra correspondent.writing under date 27th February, mi\s:--" A.bout thirty natives arrived horo on lk»raoback from UTo ira, near ToLmganmtu. They are on their ■wny to meet his Excellency the Governor at Ngimmwaiiiaon the 12th. 1 failed 1 to observe tiny chief of note amongst them. They belong to a clique that is ever ready for an occasion of this sort, when, they can havo a good feed on the cheap. No importance can b* attached to their willincis to fca present at tho general mooting with the Governor on the ground that their sympathies ar* Nit synonymous with those of jtlie Kingite*, in fact I naw them atthebig meeting when they were .but very small potato** indeed. They are dt'irom that ths meeting should bo hotd in AlMsmdra in pine* <>f N^nrirawa'H*. A I'ncket nutiili (Waipa BJttVrs v. Armed Cirutabutarj) wn to have bi'rn plavcJ on Satu->lay last at. AlexmiJia, but, owiii' to tio vet uoatlicr, it w js [jo^tponcd t) Mic BLii iiist We b'.iould like ti haio tv report riatches m diuVrent parLa of tho Jn'rict, at U'Rjt oni'n 'Vi'iU'i It has been said t!i:it the manly ga noj of Kngland liave mail her people ;> hat they ar# the most lmixly and oiiti>r,>i it ng in the world. It vriU b(* «rcn by a telegram in another column that tlie date of the Governor's visit to this province is doubtful, in fact there is considerable doubt wltetber ths- present Ministerial complications will not prevent his visiting us at all previous to his departure fpr bis new vico-W|*l position. The promoters of tlie now Steam Navigntion Company visited Alexandra on Thursday last. We learn that (hey were not very successful m disposing of shares.' Mr Bul'en, tho B'lb-.nspcctor of po'icc at the Tlmh»«i hai nut rt- turner! from Hikutaia, and utatoa that t.Tio township .1 'itHjitt-'i, frvi u hi.-h hr- mipura fnrornbly U.at the d g;ers a-r at'WO-'k m the lull-i The Anc l hnr\ and Thitm k ropn ?cnUtivc£ left for >" clscu yrsUuda^ by tltc uisamur Wcllm^tuu.

At a meeting of the Auckland Improvement Commission held in Auckland on Wednesday last hU Hotuur the-Su-perintendent vacated the ohair in the midafc of tha busitMts on the ground of the irregularity of the proceedings of the Board. Some time back the Board called competitive plans for improving, the barrack reserve. Several plans were received, but the one- to- which the Board awarded the prize was not fc» accordance with their advertised conditions, in consequence of which the rejected candidates have threatened legal proceedings. On discussion of the subject his Honor very rightly held that the Board had done an flfegal and unjust thing, and that under the circumstances they should have mads- no award whatever, ltalso appeared that the contract entered into by the Board woe informal, not having been signed by two members of the body. This defection on the part of the. Superintendent as permanent chairman will somewhat complicate matters. II is seldom that the mrvjeity of the law is violated, and that to a certain extent in the person of one of' its own officers. Such, however, appears to have been the case with ono. Mason, a bailiff at the Thames, who bad occasion, to serve a writ of ejoctmcut on a man hamed Ireland. Upon Ireland's showing a natural reluctance to vacate bho- premises, Albion, not content with using a little gentle violence, fired; off a pistol with-which ho had provided himself. Luckily foe the bailiff, no injury was done to any one, although the- prooeodinga had attracted the presence of several onlookers. The offence of resisting a bailiff in the disohorgp of his offifco is usually treated with seventy, and justicf in* this case demands that condign punishment should be inflicted upon an officer whoie want oPphjtsical courage leads him to commit an outrage in the performance of his. duty. The experiment in Auckland' of boring an> artesian well to pracuro a good' supply of water seems likely to be successfulA depth of 1*25 feet has been reached, and the flow of water is increasing) v j. We havo received* a letter from Mr Kirkwood, of Cambridge, denying tho report that ReginaUHutzpatrick received* tho injury to his hand whilst tending his thrashing-machino, and explaining that it is nearly impossible that the accident as described by us could occur, as the- machinery is so constructed'that all' wrking at it aro protected. Tho infaformation as to the accident was forwarded to us by a person whom we have generally found reliable. We regret to say that the young man is in a very b*J state indbed) tho whole of his hand has mortifusd^and. speedy amputation* is necessary. lie will proceed toj Auckland) this morning to have the operation performed at tho Hospital. The accident happened in a flax-mill. Tho various landmarks in Auckland which boro cvidenco of tho struggles of tho pa-t bet vr con the European and the Maori aro fast disappearing, Fort Britomart, the- groat stronghold of tho citizens in the event of a Maori incursion, is only a wreck of its former self; while breocluw aro being mado in the walls of tho Albe-rtr Barracks for tlio-construcfcion of a line of road through from Wcllosley street to Symonds street.