The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume 491, Issue VIII, 13 July 1875, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Equal «nd exact justice to all men. Of whatever state or persu.wion, religious or political ; ##* _ # # Here shall u he Press the People's right maintain, Unawed by influence and uabribed by gain,

TUESDAY, JULY 13, 187 ».

We mustagain crave the indulgence of correspondents and readers for the compulsory omission of important matter from this issue. Our leading article is again sacrificed. We hope soon to make t3 r pographical improvements which will obviate these difficulties. The Hamilton Football Club had an excellent practice on the new ground behind Mr Odium's on Saturday afternoon. There was a goodly muster of players. As there has been some discussion at recent meetingsof High way Boards respecting the Impound- ' ing Act now iv force, we give the following brief / summary of the principal clauses : — The Act authorises any person, (or his agent or bailili) whose land is not situate within ten miles of a public pound, such land being securely fenced, to impound ffTNjji>»CoHyeQH^iOT*place on his own land such cattle a^htyfipy m^K^refcßassing upon it. He is then to acl-vertisCTtfte news paper published within fifty miles of the place. If he intends to claim more than nominal damages, he is to get two fence viewers to examine the condition of his fences, and their certificate shall be prima facie evidence in a Court of Law. The impounder may claim substantial damages in regard to goats or swine, whether his land be enclosed by a substantial fence or not." We learn from a passenger per Cobbs coach that the road to Newcastle is in a frightful condition, and unless some repairs are shortly made, it will become absolutely dangerous. Ofcours^the Boards will get correspondents to write .contradicting this statement, but the fact, nevertheless, remains unaltered, and, if the highway authorities have any regard for public convenience and safety, they would do well to mend their ways in more senses than one. A Kaipara correspondent of the " New Zealand Herald," remarking on the Maori Weed and D.tybreak swindle, contends that the Auckland Jockey Club sho*ulEfc^i«^e aWrHJiSeM, both horses, and that Huntley s^fjL&ly vS^rlK the^tools of men " with more money>a?i tueir pockets than honour in their hearts." We-bordially agree with him. We notice that at Napier, on Friday, Mr Sheehan introduced to a meeting of natives Mr Whitaker, one of the sons of MrF. Whitaker of Auckland. He was received jordially. The Victorian Ministry is about to introduce a j measure which will no doubt be received with favour by the majority of the bona fide settlers of that Colony. It has been calculated that £1,100,000 is annually drawn from ' Victoria i>y absentees, and consequently thatu 5 percent tax "would yield £55,000 to^Hifiufe«en^e.f\3P^ Ministry are about to introducfi^j. aj^«-to prayid^oc such a tax. We hope to see ttteT^eV^ealVn'cMnHiiament following suilf. j/a green lizard, caught on the farm, of Mr W. East Hamilton, on Friday last, has been left at this office. The reptile is about 5 inches in length. We have no means of ascertaining how lizards feel in a pickle bottle, but the one under notice appears to bear his imprisonment with philosophic resignation, sleeping away the hours tran qually, and regarding tW immense literary efforts which are proceeding "within the 'sacred precincts of this gijk;e mto^alniin^fference. From a brief study Ht^t6^^c\atJCTS»v^\ye gather that green lizards arev^i&^in^^b* i[|Wts. Maoris regard green lizards with supeVstitious awe. They imagine that the souls of their chiefs have transmigrated into them. Who knows but the spirit of the great King Potatoe the First, or some other illustrious cannibal may not be contemplating the progress of modern literature from the interior of a pickle bottle ! Our printers'^*' devils" are now engrossed in the-^ituSj^ o£ n<\t^raiKhistory, and we expect shoi-tly of a genuine sucking Cuvier wHj<vKKin]\"*~ ir vj^ At a recent meeting of the Auckland Presbytery, the Rev. D. Bruce reported that the commission appointed to induct the Rev. J. D. Neil into the United Congregation of Cambridge, Pukerimu, Hamilton, and its vicinity, had satisfactorily per formed their duty. A report was read stating tli.it the Presbyterians of Ngaruawahia were quite "satisfied witO^^^epurjijbli^fL'om Eisb Waikato. It also statedvtfljaV tnw^Qv^TT. Scott has been officiating theiV"wich* "greaf; sattsfttction to the congregation. About £60 couM be collected towards the building of a church, and £50 towards the maintenance of a minister. As /or a manse, it wouW^e; difficult to find a suitable house under 15s or 20^1N week, and the committee could not -sec their way to" promise any tiling towards this. A house* could be built fm\£Jio\or £%($. They would like Mr. Scott to\be^^inSe^jJ>ub*the district as yet was hardly su|Bc ientfy iw£y*foibes to support him. It was resolve^ that every encouragement should be given to the congregation at Ngaruawahia to build a church or manse, and that, as soon as possible, arrangements should be made for the settlement of a clergyman iv the district. Our Australian telegrams on Saturday referred u> experiments which are being made in Australia ' with a new cure for fluke in sheep, The Australasian, referring to the specific, says : — Mr Joseph Sullivan has succeeded in forming his specific for the cure of fluke in sheep into a lick, which can be place^oii §hee|fc riu^j lqj^the same manner as rock salt 1b nS^wsec^Q'fcu&V^xperiinent recently made with Iv^^iC^yjiiiT^s|j^Bn^cjin some fiuky sheep at the rear of the Puniic Library, shewed that the medicine -y^s of some service in destroying fluke in sheep, but the great objection then was to the method of administering it. In its present form it can be used in the same manner as rook salt, an I from its density and the form in which it is moulded, it is not likely to be much wasted by. rains. It is claimed for the new specific that most animals will take readily to it when at pasture. The lick was exhibited on Friday afternoon at the office of the chief inspector of stock and Kirk's Bazaar." Tho^Jlwnwe onfiirMul^^s Vogel are in the habit of insirW^gHhati^Hivfesiuxuriously and extravagantly\n En^and^ k S# l . the Provincial EmigratiorLAgent of Ufcigo, writes that instead of finding the Premier living in some aristocratic mansion in the West End, he fouud him with his family occupying furnished lodgings in a second rate part of the Metropolis, apparently surrounded by a very meagre display of the comforts,, far less of the luxuries of life. Julius had his " poor feet" in swaddlings, and^it wincing under twinges of the gout. CUid^'yV^llnfc'ton telegrams recently referred to a bintll^g^fei^enT^t\ ( Jilij'ish had been come to betweeu^UreS^cs^int^y^iclKhad induced them to redolvel^livefor tne uifcureln love almost lasutlierly. The basis of the arrangement to which they have agreed to adhere is : — Three months deposits, 5 per c&nt; twelvemonths, 5| per ceufc. Discounts, 7, i 8, and 9 pev cent, for three and four months and \ longer periods. Overdraft, 9 per cent. |

With reference to the case of Whitaker v. Beale, we are requested to state that Mr Whitaker said in the course of his remarks, that he did not admit that the clerk of the Court had made any mistake in the amount of the costs charged against the defendant in the summons.