The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 555, 9 December 1875, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Equal 'and exact justice to all men,' Ox whatever state or persuasion, religious or political # # # # # Here shall the Pres^ the People's right maintain, Unawed by influence and unbribod by gain.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1875.

Chowded Out. — We have been reluctantly compelled to trespass so often on the good nature of correspondents in keeping back their letters from one issue to another on account of want of space, that we have again to-day sacrificed the usual leading article to enable us to bring up arrears. The letters of correspondents are always welcome, but as one of them very justly says to-day, " the soul -of brevity is wit." We had not the heart to hold over that man's letter a single day, pressed as we are for room, and he will find -it Witt the rest in .another column. Deeb pob the Walkato. — At the meeting of the Acclimatieal ion Society held in Auckland on Tuesday, in reference to the red deer at the Society's disposal, a letter was read from Mr Thos Morrio stating that ho would undertake to deliver any of these deer on the hills ne»r Cambridge and near to Mr Thorndon's property. The President said the district was open, but interspersed with patches of New Zealand forest. It was a-very suitable .place for them. He thought the thanks of the society were due to Mr Morrin for tftkiag charge of them. Native Lands Purchase. — Some very hard things were said the other day when Sir George Grey met the natives at Shortland. Tutukino said, referring to the lands, "We did not give them up, and still hold on. This is a source of trouble to ue. My idea is Ohinemuri was not paid for in a proper way. It was taken oiit in adultery with women. (I hokona Li tokie buhua), and in rum and flour. I came to see you, as I was told that you weie the person to conduct matters for this place. My land is sold to Europeans and I was not a party to it, nor do I know anything about it," Pleubopneumonia. — This disease it appears has shown itself to some extent in ihe Kaiisoura district, a portion of the province of Marlborough. The ''Marl borough Express" says, "That Mr Naden, the Cattle Inspector sent over by the General Government, has forwarded his report on the state of affairs in the Kaikoura district. That report we are told ' will quite justify the extreme stpp which was taken by the adjoining provinces in declan'ng it an infected distiict, and closing it. There is no doubt whatever the whole of the cattle in that locality are diseased to a greater or lesser extent and the disease is perpetuated by continual breeding in and in. Mr JS'aden has examined a lar^e number of animals, many of which looked sound and hpalthy, but upon examination had diseased lungs. We have no idea what remedy Mr Naden proposes, or whether he suggests any, but it is a very serious matter, which requires prompt action, as the people are milking these animals making butter from them, and eatiu» their flesh.' " Mn GfiOEGE Evens.— The friends of Mr Evens wil^be -sorry to learn that the sccident, simple as it seemed — which he m°t with at the Ptako, has bpen attended with ve n y serious results. Aq our readers are aware, Air Evens cumj into Hamilton and took the steamer for Merrer, en route for Auckland. On arriving at Merger, a h. mrnook was Kindly Flung for him in one of the railway carriages, and his journey to Aucklmd madt- as phs} us po^ibie, though ha suffered murh, we belieye, despite all possible cf\r9 tiken. He it oju-e proceec.ed to the hospital and placed himself under the euro of Dr Philson. The wound in the knee became, however, more aggravated, nnd we i;ovr understand that it will be necessary for Mr Evens to undergo an operation, and to choose between having his ley; straightened— in which condition it will remain for life, should mortification not sot in and amputation bo npcessury, or having it; amputated. One or the other of theeo operation?, we are informed, will be proceeded with this week, the patient being placed under tha infloeneo of chloroform.

Snaked at Last. — Amongst the items of news by the* Sun Francisco mail is the statement that ; Mr E. Perkins, formerly of the Occidental Hotel, has been married to Miss Fookea. Farmer's Club. — The usual monthly meeting of the Cambridge Fanner's Club, will bo held at the Nutionftl Hotel, Cambridge, on Tuesday next, at 7 p id. Dr Cabb instead of appearing to-moriww night at Hamilton, as advertised, now Btateß his intention of lecturing at To Awamutu oa that evening. Balk or Welii Bbed Sheep. — We Tinderstand that some very choice &heep belonging to Mr Fleming -of Ohaupo, will be among9t those offered for enle by Mr A Buckland, ou the 14th iost, at the Ohaupo 6alo yards. Bismarck t Clipper.-- We are likely to have an iutoiesting 'race on if the owner of Clipper comes up to the scratch. Mr Fred Taylor means running if the other will give liim the char.cc. lhe challenge will be open during this week. Manse at Nqaruawahu.— The Presbyterian Church Committee at Ngaruawahia, it will be seen, havo called for tendero for the ereotion of a house (labour only), in that township,, -which will be received, the tendera, not the houie, on or before the 21st inst. Cambridge B M Covet. — There was only one defended case yesterday, that of Parker T Runciman adjourned at the request of defendant's solicitor, Mr Hay, Mr Madden appeared for plaintiff. Iv the case of Camp v Braokenbury, there was no defence and -judgment passed foi plaintiff. An Eleotob writing from Alexandra says :—: — " Your special reporter states that at Kihikihi the vote of confidence to Mr Oox was unanimous. Now Sir, out of over thirty electors present only eight held up their hands the majority baring previously giren Mr McMinn their support at Te Awainutu." Our reporter assures us that on the motion against the want of eonCdence vote in Mr Cox being put, no hand was held up against it. G-ENEIUL GOYEIINMENT GAZETTE — We l(*am fiom a puvale telegram from Wellington that a Gazette was issued on -Monday, •which, besides dissolving tho Assembly, notifies the iS3UO of the writs, and summonses the new Parliament for the 2ud February. Tho writs are made returnable on that day. The meeting of Parliament it is expocted will only be further prorogued to the end of February or beginning-of Maxell at furthest. Lkctukt.-^'JSjo Rev Mr McCray will deliver a lectuie this evening, in the Wesley an Chapel, at half-past seven o'clock, on Foreign Christian Missions, The lecture will be illustrated by a series of incidents and personal observations of missionary work in Chiua, India, and Japan. There will at the same time be exhibited specimens of the heathen gods woi shipped by those people and other curiosities of the countries visited by Mr McCray. The Kaipara Railway from Helensville ti> River Head, does not satisfy the northern settlers. What they want is its continuation on into Auckland. A. settler from Northern Wairoa writing to the "Herald" says " where the extension (of the inilroad) to Auckland completed timber could be lauded at Mercer, in tho Waikato, from the Kuipara at 63 per hundred feet less than the present ruling price there, freight included." W S N Co's Time-table.— Wo have to draw attention to the alteration i^ the timo-tnble of tha WS N Oo's passenger steamers. ' On and after Monday next, the s s Alert will leave Cambridge for Mercer, on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6 30 a m, in*tead of 7am as at present. The bOats running from Hamilton to Mercer will leave this at 8-30 a m, instead of 9 a w commencing from the same date. This alteration is made to suit the afternoon train from Mercer to Auckland, which leaves at 330 p n instead of 4.5 p m as heretofore. Pukbbimtj. — A gentleman who arrived in Hamilton from the tukerimu district yesterday, speaks very favorably of the crops in that direction, and says that owing to the moist spring tho grass and cattle too are looking splendid. Butter is very plentiful in the district, more in fact bei q made than a sale can bo obtained for. If this be so it is a piiy some of it cannot find its way into Hamilton, where butter is retailed at 40 per cent, and milk at nearly cent per cent on Auckland prices. The settlers of Pukerimu are said to be anxiously -awaiting the construction ot a railway to get their surplus produce to Auckland. The shearing Was nearly finished when he left Pukerimu, and the yields had been rery satisfactory, some of the fleeces weighing as much as 9 lbs and 10 lbs each. Mr McNichol and the Messrs Buddie have been particularly successful, the former having shorn over a thousand aheep. Tho weather had been A r ery rough, and the hailstorm of Sunday week had teen felt as severely in that district ainonp the orchardt as in any other part of the Waikato. JRqtten Bbid&es. — Complaints are loud and frequent as to the very dangerous Bbato in which the Whangamarino Bridge is, on the Great South Road. The whole of the caps are rotten, and the stringer* are in the same dangerous state. Indeed it can be pulled to pieces in many places with the fingers, and the wonder is how it manages to baar its own weight Yet across this bridge the coach carrying passengers and mails has to pass three times a week, as have numerous other heavy conveyances, to the imminent jeopardy of life and limb. The Taupiri Bridge, also on the Great South Road, is in a similar condition. There are no Road Boards in the districts to which these bridges belong on which«to throw the onus in case of accident. The work of repairs therefore devolves, or rather should devolve on the Provincial Government. One thing is certain, if something be not immediately done to put these bridges in proper repair loss of life, or at the least broken limbs will be tho result. The sooner Provincialism is dead and decently baried out of sight tho bettor. School House Fund. — It is satisfactory to find that Mr Danvers has met with considerable success during the few days that he has been canvassing <or subscriptions, towards the funds required 'for tho erection of a school house at Hamilton. Ho has received promises to the amount of some £25. Of this, however, a single subscription amounts to £20. This commencement is a very satisfactory one, and aa only few at present have been asked to contribute to the fund, it will not perhnp=> be looking for too much to expect that a sufficient aum for the purpose will be raised. At the least we should ii»a rgine a suitable echool-houso oould not be built for much less than £100, and as the Central Board or the Government (in this transition state of administration it would perhaps be safer to use the term " Authorities") will give an equal amount to that collected by the ratepayers, it will be necessary that something over and above the same amount aB that already promised to Mr Danvers should be subscribed, as there are many odds and ends required for the use of the school which will have to be provided from such I fund.

Humble Befs jor New Zealand. — An interesting experiment is being made, says the ■' Home News," in the shiprnfent of two -nests of humble bees, which Lave just loft England for •Canterbury, New Zealand. The principal object •aimed at in the introduction of the^e insects into tho colony is the fertilisation of the common clover, thu pollen of which (he common beo is generally unaolo to collect, while the (< humble bee," having a larger proboscis, and being much stronger, u able to reach sufficiently de^p into the flower to collect the fertilizing dust, It is houed that by this me mis tiie plant will be more generally fertilized, and its cultivation largely extended in the colony. The bees which have just left Eng and for the Antipodes were in two separate nests, which hud been procured by Sir Frank Bucklund, and packed m a suitable box, where they wero supplied with everything neces- , sary for he voyage, including lrmey, farina, water, Ac They are very lino specimens of the humble bee. 'Hie exact number is not known, as many of the eggs are not yet hatched. They are placed under the care of Mr John Hall, a member of tho Council o New Zealand, who takes a stock of ice for the purpose of keeping down the temperature of tho neata while pasaiug through the tropics.

Mr W Sw^nson we learn frjm the Auckland papers though still suffering is already uwiob improved in health.. The cause of illness was it poeme a sun-stroke. The Win?A Election.— Mr Cox will 'address the electors of Waipa this evening in the schoolroom at Ngaruawahia, and on Saturday at Alexandra. Mr MoMinn ineeti .tbfr eleotors in the Coupt-lunue at Ra^an, on Saturday, >the d»teof his" visits to Hamilton, Ngaruawahia, and Whata Whata not being yet announced. Electioneering is becoming somewhat hot in thia district ; .indeed there is not much time to loae, and electors will quickly have to make up their minds between the two candidates. In all probability the writs will be in tho hanffs 61 the Beturning Qiihe by Saturday week, and we should not bti at all surprised If the exoftement of a nomination in Hamilton were added to ill© Bporlo taking place on Boxing Day, nine days' being all that is required to be given by the Beturning Officer after his receiving -the wiits." That the polling will follow close upou the nomination there is little doubt, The object of the Government -is to get -the eleotions over as -6 jo n as possible, 00 that the House may meet if possible before the end of February, not that they wish to steal a March upon <the public, but that an end may be put to the present 'nondescript sUte of things, the administration of local government in <the last Btage of political paralyeis. It is, too, not only desirable but necessary that the form of government to replace provincialism should start fair with the close of the financial year.

applicant for a license to a ; new house at Te Awa (jPiako.) No objection had beon lodged. *The accommodation he was informed was ample and the house, distant soino 25 milei f.om any other lict teed bouie, wai iabsolutely needed by traveller*. The Chairman iw'id fcbat as a rule there was an objeotion to the ' granting of new licenses to house* in out of ilje waj v^ ace 9 where tbco was no polioe supervision but, at in this case applicant would have to come again to the Court for a renewal in six months time the Court would then have the opportunity of granting or refvisibg it according to the manner in which the house hud been carried on. With respoct to the license fee it was ruled by the Court that it should bo at the rate of £5 per annum for the first six months, leaving "to the Oourt the option of raising it at the June meeting if they thought 'fit. I Ibis concluded the business.