WAIKATO RACES, 1876.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 570, 15 January 1876, Page 2

WAIKATO RACES, 1876.

Wiut h<n beco nc of tlu Wjikato Raeo Comuiituc 9 WhiTO i« the new Scjrotary who was to work suoh *oiulort p The ownutten, lika t ho man spoken <xf in a certain histuiy, as torincTitetl wiih .111 obj -Ltion ible to ant of the 1 1. wen hoof perdU'tiou, hive likewise got rid of their inciibu*. '1 l\ey swept out «nd garnished iliot Luuse in G-iryniie's long room on a ia'e occia on, iv id tiuit they did tbe thing throughly, the 1 irnb^r of put corks and empty bottles nniply dciiwiMriU'd, but they neem to have failen into the sum" error as the gentleman n faired to in histoiy. When they get rid of one objectionable tenant they took to themselves sovtu others, or at any rate for practical uselessness and ac ivo let-U-alono priuciple-i seven of the former rol ed into one, mul their last state i* worse tlnn their Kri»t. Tiuly the new iecret»ry is no improvement r*n the uld one, By the "old one" we mean the former necretary, not the head of the dupurtmetjt to which theso "objectionable ten-ints" belong He lias done nothing toward-* bringing the committee tojietber or furtaering tho arrangements for the race meeting. And t'> tell the truth somo of the committee are about as h\tvl t j bunt up us & mob of wild cjittlo in an Australian bush. Seriously 8, leaking howe\or, it is time something was done. 1 lie races should be held in little more than a months' tune, and the public outside of Wuik-ito, nay, for tho matter of th»t, vary many within the district, we believe, scarcely know wlietber they are coming ofFat all. Waikato has been juatlj cc obratod for U* annual races. We are essentially a sporting eummunity with a gomune love of gond old Eugliih spoiti, and it 13 h pity to «cc the success of the race meeting of 187(5 endangered through any want of enetgy ors vnt on tlte part of those who havo undertaken tke responsibility of carrying out th« matter. It is time the advertiseuieut appeared iv the Auckland papers, that owners of horses outside tLe district might mako their arrmigemeats for sending tliem here to «otnpete, and that other neoessarj ttepa wtre taken. The fact is, we have all been so interested and absorbed in the late election contort that other matters have been to a great • xtent neglected In that uf the Wtukato R lcea, however, there is now no time to lose, if the affair is to come oft" at all aud with success, and we have iheiefore f-lt it incumbent upon ua to gontiy hint that thero has notbet-n as much eirergy displayed niC'rtain qua'ters as snmo think there might have been, and that the C 'ipmittee and Seeretar* have been the victims of a mistaken rclentity in the person of One, Proernstia»tion, who has evidently been introduced to them as Soubfbusi-nei-e, his real name being tho Thief of time. [Smce wiitiug the above wejhave received the letter ot a Cambridge crrespondeut. We cannot for a moment admit that any such petty jealousy cuiili possibly exi^t, yet we «w« usiured there are those who believe that it doei. If it did, V-aikato would deserve to be blotted «ut of the map of New Z aland. Tho Committee can bent give tbe eoi tradiction to such assertions by takmg the active moagurei that we believ nothing but electioneering excitement and thr tioluiayt lave caused lk«m till now to neglect.]

Waikato Gen Olub. — A meeting «! the members of this cub is convened by the Hon. fc cretary for a^lit o'clock tlii* ovenioj, nt the Llami ton Hotel PuniNQ os the Scbew. Thr Auckland Poll Tax. — I'be dajß of gmco are orer, and tutPrininciul G\)V< male, t, true to )tt indtincts o grubbing all ttcnn Irom t ho outdiotricts, it abou 10 take pMueediogi auainst ail Ihoie unforiuMates in Waikato no liutc n>b pn.l tlieir pull ax. Any one who lias not quilißed hnuielfkn Xftnpiion bj proting himrolf a pauper njusi tnte up" within fourteen <tuyi, or look out for >■ p ace of blue pupar with the uame of the rfsid•nt magistrate of Airakland, Mr Burstow, attai-h-lnTeto He »ill not even lure t,be priril k o t nppeiri/ig before the locil li M, but mu mice puKr.nii^e to Auckland and vnit the shrin f Proviuciiiliem in that fur eily of •m^ll If tuere were not fvou plenty of »amtt alrt-*d> wiij for tUu on* «ii ol tUo edacrion poll-tax, ProTiaoulum would d«wr»« to bo kio*©d out ut the c»lcud*f.

Thb Rkv Mb Hv«s^ut> — Dili* gentl man will we \ umleritand. fcreacb at Hamilton tS|-m')rrow,' at morning uifd tvening services. / Waitoai fdnopi n,HTuiCT.— It\wi)l bo seen by artvprtis-mrnf elsewhere, thitphe anrual meeting of h mseholiWs tor the 'abovn school •hvnut, will b.» held at M^rs Mo*brny and Es\tfn's, not on t x w 2l>t in P t, as previously stated, bu on -a^u-dav tti« 29. h inst. Cambbidok Police Rkpout— Wi> nndergUnrl that the three brothers (Jlune?, fined for riotous conduct, at tl'e Rpv Mr Ncill's bous< , on New Ycari morning, have boen commuted to gaol for one inonti each, m default of payment of the fine. A fT CKLA>'D AND MERCGR R MLWAT — Iliera has been .v f»lling off in the returns of this r.ul- , way for the mouth of December, as compared I with those of the previous month. Tbe recetpt* j ( .coordnu' to tlio " H r.vld ") for December were something like £1,000 less than those of the preceding ino< th. Hchkah rott Mcllinn. — We have reoeiypd the lollowiiiJ from an esteemed Alcxa-iHr* »üb83riber, with a req'tev 'hat it m-tj be pwljlisheij : — '' Hurrah for McMinn 3 he has gained a great victory against Pur^ous, Pru>sts, Lawyrfrs, Storelteepera, Ho)ks Wmkato limß3. and hard ctgii. Hois only tw«niy-one (21) behind after all,— -hurr.ih ! The Whata. Whata and NoAßrjAWtniA Road. — We uruWstind that the bridges on the road between Wimt> Wh.ita and Ngaruawa-lii-i ar^s in a t>tv bai state of repair, and t'Bueciully the one at Oiote, which is posiirely fiavgerom, and in crossing which the day before yesto.dy, one o f our most esteemed act len, and a s ibacnbcr to tins journal, was placed in a poditi n of some danger Fat UvrTLR Foa ArcKi and. — We undeistunJ thit Me33ra QoorlH'llow and Bosanko staited on Thursday last with a in >b of sixty head of f*t cattle for the supp'y of tbe Auckland market, nitendfd for Mr Alfred Buckland's sale yards at Remuera The cattlf arc in fine condition which they vsrell may be conaidoiing the splendid fee 1 and quantity of it which tho ram 3 ot the last two months have occasioned.

GENEKAL TREATMENT OF IMMIGRANTS. — With respect to the providing of me.iical attendance for newly arrived immigrants forwarded to the Waikaio, we undorst»nd that if was at one time the desire of the Immigration authorities to have furnished such at endanr •, ami that they even went a > fur us to invite offers from resident medicil men willing to undertake the dut\, but that the amount ot romuneratnn a«ked was greater than the Government felt itself justified in agreeing to give. Death oy Rev. J. P. Hoyve.— Our telegrams of Wednesday ni^ht announced the decetge of the Rev F.i.h'r Hoyne at Hovr.ek. We now leun that the Rev. gentleman, who has for some tune been in a deheata Ma c of health, expired somewhat suddenly ; his demi-e, despite the delicate state of his health, c mmg quire unexpectedly on bis friends. Father Hoyne ha? been atatumelat Howi-k and Patitnure ot late, and as was the case during his minisr rations in WaiKato was inucli liked by the m mb rs of hi* flock A. solemn r quieminiss for the repose of Ins sou l was held o\er the remains of tiie Utf reverend gentleman yesterday at St. Patrick' u Cathedral, Auckland Mb Nhbehan it Wabk worth. — At the nomination for the Rodney c ection the ether day Mr J. Sheehin m answer to a question siid " My Hint objeot will he to ouf t the present Government for their extravagance ami coriuption. and after th.it. is accompiiih«d I will v .te for onrt Legislature and one purse, that is, one united colo «y ; but 1 think the re-nit will be t.vo proviuces, with Auckland as the sent "I Government £ >r the Norih Isl md, and a federal Government at Weliuj^on" The return of bir Robert Douglas for W«ngaroi is assured. Mr Munio's f,irm will hive to get along thu year without the fertilizing assistance of the honorarium. 1.0.GT. —On Thursday evening' last, » h.uidsome c >ld ulbert chain was prrsented to Bro Carter Longbottnn of the Hope, of Waik .to Lodie, by Bro Madden on behalf of the members of the various Templar Lodge* in llaimli*tf, previous to Bro Lon«bottom's departure fjr the South. 'lhe chui.i wps ' Hceompan ed rfith a very fl-ittenmj testimonial 'Jhi'ie was a large i umner of members present »t th • Court-house to witness the present nt ion. Bro Longbottom in suitable terms thanked the members for the prcbenta ion, and wuhed them nieces* in the future. The rein under of the evening wan devoted to tinging and uausic and a re y plmsint evening was ipent. Lducuti' nal. — Wo find the following item* of local interest in the report of th« proceedings of lhurwlav'd meeting of the Central B^ard of Education : — Hamilton West — Asking for Assistance m building a school, and oompiaming that their applications for nid during the last three years hive been neglected. — Secretary to iuiorm the writers that they are in error — that £100 was granted last year and not claimed, and that for several years they could have had twothirds of the cost of a school building. Rangmri. — A letter was received from Jir R. B. Lusk, forwarding one from Mr Gall, respecting the establishment of a ech >ol at Raugirtn — Mr G 11 to bo informed 'hat the nectsstry step* will be taken — Kihikihi— The payment of £10 per year to Mrs Koiheij, as school teacher of needlewoik, was authorised." Prbsbvtrrian Minister fok Waikato War — The absence of a resident Presbyterian Minister on the western or Wn pa side of the Waikitto, wa* brought prominently betore the Presbytery, on Wednesda), by fie Rev S J Neili of Cambridge. No doubt there are a large number ol settlors of that church *m ngst v* in Waipa, and it -feenn somewhar, stringe, active and energetic as the Presbyterian church bjdy i«, and the Itev David B uco especially, in the matter of church extonsi vi that th« spiritual necessities of Waikvto West should h-\ve been so lo g left unaf tended to. From the report of the Prenbytery's proceedings of We dries lay last, we take the lollowiug: — " Waikuto West. — The llev S J Nedl again brought the nee ssi'ies of this distiict before the Court. The services are bang very lirognlarly conduclod there. The members ol the church are becoming very dissatisfied, and numbers uro leivmg to join the Episcopalians. lie believed that the p>acrcould well support a minister Alter a long discussion, in which mist of (ho member* present took part, the Rev Mr Noill moved that the Home Mission Committee be in*'rucied to bring up at thtf meeting of the Presbytery in April next a full btntement regarding the oupply and Minisltrial mpennteudence of the Wmkato West district." A JHiiKiTJNED Visitation. — Auckland it seems ia thrfntened with the return of that pestilent ma i-worvvn Polly Plum, whose mischievous writings and doctrines did no little harm among wenkimuded women in tins coinmun ty a few jeavs ago. It is catwfticiory to i u'nd the" Daily Southern Cross," which was once her champion, thus alluding to her in its inaue ot Wednesday : " Mia Colclough (folly Plum) the former Auikland chnuipinn o woman's nght*, han not tound h>*r circumstances much improve Iby removal tj MiJbiuruo. She is n ported to be in ado titute state, and thai tl c ' Argus ' « tolici.ine trtibsu-iptions to her uassage back to i>ow Zealand Sometime *ince she intimated to some ol her for er uiquaiut tiuces in Auckland her dfMre to get b-ick to the school at Taukau ILid oJie oevoted hei »ttentiou to touching, or otherwise earning an honourable living tor hi rself and -support <or the v.iung chiKiron she was left with on her mt-b.ind^a ■nhen ahe was here, her liiianunl circumstaneeiJ wdtil'l probably have oienraore BHtisKctory than they aro io- my dkr riiot care should uav.i been her duty to hei >uuDg children, as she was left their sole prat«c oi. and allowi d somn one else, who liad 1< r-a espousibinty rcctiut; upon hei, >o become the ,j'alfonn ailvooite of acvaneed Vat kee notions is to tlio relations wniph should be maintained iet ween the toies By ull means let her be sjisteri out. of Me. bourne, but why send hei • > Au'klind? why nut to unenca whero slit»ill meet wi'li conge'Ji.l spirits »nd assocnte> in Mrs Vifto'ia Woodhull an I i tber advanced ivooateii of woman's rights Such women as 'oily Plum only nerve to deia\ the time when *bin»u will uttam her true poutiou an the equal ao.d bolyc&aW of niao.

Bau o> if Clvm. —Wi j» ic<Mt by kdveitiKm nt i n pnoil.tr prtirn >f this inj^rißiun, tb» the we 11-ki.own and favorite entiiV h»r>f Baron of Cly de, wiU shortly b. d^pofe^of oiwihe Ait Union principle; Ihere u little doubt ijw tb°«jt (he requisite number of shares (160) wifl quick l y b taken up ; we would thereforo ad vis* intending speculator* to •' be in time " Which sbaii. have him. — The "Hera'd" very coolly state! the other day, when adding to tho return ot Mr Cox for Waipa, that he " will have to be put down as a Centralist, but we haTe no doubt that he will be zealous tor tha interest* of the province aisd of his district, and will be ready to Tote the present Ministers out of otfl c ont'ie first opportunity" Inlhursd*y's " Cross " we find the matter tuke up by " Spectator" in the following lcter vfhic i we thralt the gentleman alluded to would fully endorse": — l< vVhilst oblige! to admit that Mr Cox, me über for WVupn, is an Abolitionist, the 'Herald' of yesterday implies that that »eritleman is hk-ly to be fouiad in Opposition. Mr Cox's late speesh-s unquestionably show that he i* a friend of tho pr sent Ministry (how, as a border settler m Waitt.ito, can he be then enemy ?) ; and tt is not tn.my days since Mr Cox told a meeting of Waikato settlers thit ' Sir George Grey i* such a good man in Opposition that, it elected, I shall do my best to keep him (Sir George) in o^po»ilion.' So much for the likelihood of Mr Cox.'s joining the Grey-Macandrew » lianee" Election aftbb Vapoihngs.— Alluding to the late 11mm is elections, an Auckland contemporary cays : — "We understand that steps are to be taten to ut seat Mr W. Rowe on two grounds, the firat being by cjrtam electors af. <J >romundel for boMinga meeting m one of the rooms of a public hmsa and th S'cond for " treating" electors during the polling day Wa (' Thauie* Advertiser') believe, on the Utter point, all the candidate! — or rather their com* mitteei — would be in the tame boat, bec»use there was plenty of" free beer," but whether this would oorae within the meaning of the Act ia ▼cry doubtful. Regarding the disqualification of Sir George Grey, a teUgrama received from a private source on Saturday, says that toe beat . op'mons in Wellington are against Sir George, and that ho certainly cannot sit. On the other hand, our Auck and telegrams sa» that Sir George is convinced that he is right, according to the precedent* of the English Parliament. The quotations given by the • Cross' from " Mas'* Parliamentary Piaetice *eema to ha Against Sir George, but the point ia of io much importance that it will not be disposed of withouf a debate in Parliament, during which one district will be disfrandis d.' The late Mb Hoiucb Babcrr's beuaixi. — In a foimer issue we noticed that the body of the late Mr Horace Barker had been found and taken to Whutairiuta, and that an inquest would be h *ld upor it at that place. In consequence of the body getting away, the inquest was not held on Tuesday. It whs, it appears, in a very forward state of decomp >sition .vhen found, and was towed up the river and made fast by a piece of flax to a bu»h or stake oa the shore, immediately bilow the hut of a pakeha Maori residing on the river bank. He, it seems, ob|octed to tho proceeding as Tory naturally he might, and it is supplied cut the body adrift, for when gone for on the Tuesday it was missing, and a rumour wan also current that the body of a man had been seeti floating in the river between Wha awnata end Ngaiuawahia. On Thursday noti. c from a settl r was received by the nu'honties at Ngwuaw.ihi i, tb.it a bod y in au advanced state ot dic>mpositio i, had floated ashoie just below his house, and that unless it was boo i t.^eu w*y by the police he should set it adrift agun \ boao was at once despatched fium Iv^aruawahi* to bring the body down to that p a c, where an inqut'tr, would be at oncu Ueld u ( wii it. It will bo teen that an inquest sum uonrd ye-t erday was adjourned fir evidmica of ido tid cat ion. To THI CHARIfABLY PISPOBKD. — It IS fatikinotory to tiud that the atte tion drawn to the neglected sate ot the vnfe of out of the lately arrived immigrant*, who was U-lt during her confinement, in tho immigration bmraik* itt Hd'Uilton, a pliort tune a^o, ullbout niedlual attendance while her husband w -s away vuinly endeafourn q to obtain work, hus met with the ready sympathy of the iiihabnants. Mr Liiui shewed us a hat ot »uoscri|.ttion* yei>t«-rduy amounting to s 'Uie £5 altogether, chiefly in Miiall sums of halt a crown and shillings, vthich has been railed on behalf of the family. Houlson has, we understand, since obtained work in the swamp, and with fine weather, will be able to earn regular wa^es, so that the family is now in a fur way of being made c mtortable and provided for. There in however, another •a-e of distress which has come to our knowledge, ana which we wouid earnestly urge upon thti s\inpatby and benesolonco of tne people of Hamilton X working nt>n named Jessop, who has been some time past ie-ideut in Hamilton, who worked at one time fi>r Mr Hammond, and moo recently for Mr Le Que*ne, has, on tho order of Mr Searancke, been forwarded a few days since for admission to the Hospital in Auckland. He it Buffering from partial, or vcy nemly total blmcness. but it is honed that medical skill may yet e£F. ct a cure. Meanwhile his wile i* lift here with a little girl dependtnt upon her, and is daily expected to again become a mother. It i» needles to say that Mis Jessop is left badly, if at all provided for, a> d the cu«e is one which will we should hope, A? it would in an English ri lage, excite tonietlu >q more than mere almsgiving, the aitive chaiitable interierence of ladies having bo h time and means, of whom there are many in this community. Meantime those who took in hand the cued of the poor woman HouUon, have not been idle in the matter, and have already opened a subscription lut, which, we trust before long to announce, has been liberally' filled up, and nuieoTer, that we may see upoa it more of the names of the better to do class than were to be found on the other.