The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 580, 8 February 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

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T UVS DAY. FBBR UA RT 8. 1876.

The Registration of Electors Act, 1875, is one of such importance that we are almost tempted to publish it in full in our columns for general information. Acts of Parliamentatbest, however,aro dry reading and therefore we shall spare our readers, and impose upon ourselves the more irksome task of giving a comprehensive digest of its main features and provisions. By this Act tho Legislature provides machinery for amending the laches of individuals with respect to the registration of electors, and, though it does not altogether do away with the necessity of individual attention to the matter, it to a very large extent does so. The colony is now pretty closely divided up into local governing bodies, City Councils, Town Boards, Highway Boards, &c, and it is intended to utilise these institutions for the purpose of a general rogishation. On the 31st of March in each year, or when that day falls on a Sunday then on tho 30th of March, the clerk of every governing lody, that is, the secretaiy of every Highwuy or town Board, filial! compile an alphabetical list of all persons, nmles, of twenty one years and upwards who shall have been assessed and made pa\ ment of any rate struck by the governing body in lespect of rateable property, situato in an doctoral district within the year ending on the thirtieth day of Maich then instant. And [as tho penalty for wilfully or negligently I failing to comply with this requirement is r penalty not exceeding £100. to bo rcco\ore<l summarily, we should certainly advise the members of every Highway or Town District Board to procure a copy of the " Registration of Elector's Act, 1875." We had omitted to state that every such 1 list, when so prepaiecl, must be signed by the clerk and countei signed by the Mayor, (clerk and Mayor ore convertible terms for secretaiy and chairman,) and forwarded to the registration olHcer for the electoral district within which such governing body is situated, on or before the 7th of April in each yenr. The same penalty is recoverable for neglect in this case, as in the other above referred to. Thus it will bo seen by mcmbeisof Highway liuaids and similar bodies, that they have a new and responsible duty to perform, and one, too, that needs to be taken in hand at once, as the 30th of March will soon be here. For tho purposes of the Act, the woids Mayor andcleikaie defined, tho first to mean any uhaiiman or presiding ofh'cer at meetings of governing bodies, the second, any one appointed to do the work of secretary to tho Board, a duty sometimes undertaken a person outside, sometimes by a member of the Board. Tins intention of tho Act is ft good one, and does tho Government infinite credit. The lists thus sent in will bo treated by the Registration officers as so many duly attested applications for registration on the electoral roll. But here the public must not deceivo themselves, and idly put their hands in their pocket*, and look upon themselves us dc facto electors of the district in which they hold property or reside. Those who are rated, and have paid rates may do so, but there arc hundreds, in a continually shifting population, who have neither paid rates, nor are on the ratebook, or who from their weekly tenure of the house in which they live are not liable for tho rate, but yet who havo a jnat and valid claim to havo their names placed on the electoral roll. Theso will need to make application to register in tho usual way, or clearly they will be left out in the cold ; and therefore wo Bay to all such, register, register, register, while there is yet time.

Crowded Out. — Wo Imvo to npilogiso to Mr Carnai ban for so Ions; holding over, through preswro of s^ace, hi» letter amongst others. It appears, however, to-dny, in another column. TIS AWAMUTU AWD AUvXANDRA. CIitTHCH i Sbrvioks. — We have to apologise, perhaps wo should rather say cxpliin to our Te Awamutu nnd Alexandra Church of England readers that tho not ico of tlio liour of holding divine icrvico at either placo was incorrectly stated in our issue of Suturday. Tho Rev Mr liradv forwnrdod ihoiiHUal notice by linnd on Friday, but tho party to whom he entrusted it, instead of leaving it at our oillce, dropped it into tho letter hoi at tho Hamilton Post Office, and a* thw was dono after hours tho letter lay there all night and was not received by us until next day, Saturday. AN KI'IaODE IN THK LIFE O» Wl-lATI. A gentleman who has known tho murderer Winiata, " off and on" for upwards of 20 years, rolatos tho following account of his flnt introduction to that famouj, or rather mfamoui individual It was at Mercury liny ; our informant was then a cadot on a survey party, of which Mr Sinolmr, tho present Government Waste Lands Commissioner, wan the chief. One day our young cadet friend was bomg pulled across tho river from Mercury liny proper, to tho mrvey camp by a young " ragßamuflin" looking nutivo boy, apparently of about eleven jears of age. Our informant wft§ not much older, having then only obtained tho venerable age of sevontocn not lovely ""cotiorontcon — but soventeon of tho hobblo dohoj kind in Us most repulsive form. Well, them twj juveniles quarrelled, on*l the httl© Maoris lmmediiitel) ho Bet foot again upon his native heath, fiislened tho bout s<curoly, and putting himself m fighting attitude, challenged tho pakeha youth m brckononglmh, to moitalcomlut :— ''my heart is pom I, (dark) about you. My nan»e is Wmmta— (Wynjard),— all tho samo as tho Queen " Wo aro informed that befoie the sun's rays hud set upon tho festive scene thnt ovoniug, Him cjos of that " pugiliHticly" inclined native urelnn were considerably darker thnn bin heart. The Maou boy is now tho murderer Winitita, and his youthful uiitaKonist well known to nanny in the Wuikato. Such it life dear biy».

i R M Court. — The Resident Magistrate will hold Court at Hamilton, on Thursday, and Cambridgo on Friday nnt. Tna Cambkidub Farvrr'b Olvh— The regular monthly meeting of the mem besof this Club takes place at the National Hotel, this oveniDfi, when matters of an interesting character will be brought forward for discussion. St Pktrr's OnoEUH, Hamilton. — Since the one weather has sot in work has proceeded rapidly in the erection of the new Church of England building, and it is intendud to formally open it on Sunday, the 26th of March next, when the Bishop (Dr Oowie) will be present, and most probably hold a Coo tit mat ion service on that day. a Latb Dklivkrv cp the Papir.— We have to apologise to our subscriber! that for the last ibsuo or two our piper has been delivered so lato on the morning of publication, a result to be attributed to the want of a trifling matter of repair requirod by the press, which, however, could only he done in Auckland. This has now been set right, and the paper will, wo trust, be ready for delivery as early as heretofore. Reqisthation op Synod Elkctobi.— Churt^jmen desirous of qualifying themselves as voters for the election of members to the Church of Knglund Sjnod must send in their names to the officer appointed to receive them — Mr Seddon — during the present month of February None others but those so registered are qualified to vote at the election of district members to tho Synod. Hope of Waiiato Lodge, I.OGhT.— Tho following members were duly installed, on Thursday, lodge night in the Hope of Waikato Lodge, I O G T, as officers for the ensuing term : WOr T, Bro R Mills ; W V T, Sister Ann Roffey : W S, Bro W Mylre* ; WF S, Bro A F Beug ; W T, Bro F Thompson ; W 0, Bro H Webber ; W M Bro A Stewart j WDM, Sister Thompson; W IG, Bro W Murliss ; W 0 G, Bro J Roffey ; W A 8, Bro J Munro j W R S, Sißier J Davis ; VV L S, Sutir X Stewart Thb Auckland Road. — The probability of tho murderer Wiuiata taking a tour on horseback through the Waikato country, en route to Tolwgamutu, to seek sanctuary in the king c mritiy, ha^ led gome of our readers to express surprise that it is possible to ride all the way from Auckland to the frontier Not only, we can assure tliem, is such the case, but they can, if they prefer it, substitute the more pleasunt mode of travelling by buggy for th'it of horseback. There is an excellent road all the way, and it never was in better condition than it now is. 6kkiouB Accident at NoAßrjAWAnu.— Yes» terday a serious accident occurred to a workman employed on Mr Hume's fiinn, Nganuwaliia It appears that he was engaged working at a thioshing machine, when his foot being caught in the cogs of one of the wheels, his leg was drawn in and the foot and ankle much bruised before the uuchine could be stopped. Dr Beale w«8 at onco telegraphed for, and very quickly arrived on the spot, doing all he could for the unfortunate suttorer, whose name wo have not learned. We hto glad to hear that the doctor expects to pull him through without amputation. Dbunk and Disobdrrly. — Yesterday afternoon a Justice of the Pence in the person of Mr A Cox having been " run in" by tho Clerk of the Court, a haggard looking individual whose name we shall not attempt to give lest in endeavouring to repeat it somo of our readers might dislocate their j.iwc, was brought up charged with being drunk and disorderly in Hamilton East, on Saturday afternoon. Prisoner pleaded guilty to the drunk but not to tho disorderly part of the bu-mess. The constable, however, depose 1 that it took himself a_d another to convey him to the lockup, and in vpitc of the prisoner's nrotcttiilions that lie was "quieta-> a lamb but," the Court fined niin ten shillings and costs, and at his request gave him three hours to find the money in. Mikeriinmkara (who by tho way is a European not a native) had already spent 43 hours in the. Court House Hot j l, so that ho has paid somewhat dearly for hid spree. j Tub plaoob op fue3: lta Otmit. — At this seadou of tho year when the house-fly nuisance is at its height the following reap*, which appears in the Queen, may not bo urmitereßtmg or uneleea. As one good turn deserved another, should any of our readers try it perhaps thej will kindly communicate to us the result for general information. These receipts tire not nil vnlucless lor a short time since seeing in tin Scientific Ameikun a rfcipe for keeping mosquitos out of a bediuoui, and being much piqued at night with 1 hose lively little cu*sei the writer procured a small bottle ot oil of penn; -royal and by simply 1-uTin/ the stopper ol the bottle out at night ha» kept the room free of them erer since. The followiug is the recipe for the houso-fly : — '"When abroad norue lime auce, no were surprised at the totnl absence of flics in the meat market uf the town wo wore stopping at, and on inquiry found that tho simple mothod of painting the inner walls over with laurel oil had been adopted. Although the smell of this oil is not unpleasant to us, ilio ll.es cannot endure it. They will not come n>-ar a room in which the doors have be r <n painted over with it. By this means you taiy keep your looking-glass and picture Lames free Irom ihu intuu"eruble nuisance " Clkvkk Cap runic. — Some time since, last Chustinas twrlvemoMths in fact, a Mr Bibb residing at Ngivruawahia who took great interest in religious matters and filled the office of acting Superintendent of the Sunday School at that place look it into his head to vicit " a far countree," but thought it scarcely worth while to inform numerous small creditors of his intention, and the better to help him on his journey borrowed a horso of Mr Veifh, which ho afterwards turned into niouoy and replenished his purse with trie proceeds ot a collection — somo £12 or £13 — made for providing a feast for the Sunday S( hool children of tho disiriot. He pissed away hko a dream and was no moro heard of, till some three months a^o, Mr Mubm then in one of the middle island provinces met with a gentleman who though known by anothor name bad a very bib(b)ulous tippearanco, but enquiry only elicited the affirmation that ho had never been m the Noith Island and knew nothing of it. Mr Mabin accepted the explanation but being certain he could not be mistaken in his man waited his tune and suddenly coming out with the exclamation " 'vye the byo ha ire you heard th'it Miss so and ho is marriei " ? (naming a young lady with whom Bibb was well acquuinted up here) was rewarded by the reply " you dont mean it ! who did she marry P " Mr Mabin then gave information to tho police and Bibb was arrested and is wo understand even now on his return to Ngaruawalua.

Local Postal Requirements.— Why does ■he Auckland Poat Oflico tnako tish of one and ffcjsh of another ? Why doi-s it dole out its mcnies 10 partially to Hamilton East and llatnilton West ? Either town hip he* smiling ut tbe other from either bank of the river, yet orer the face of tho former we sen a gloom g.itheiing, aud not unnaturally, that it has been somewhat unfairly treated in the matter of p stal eonvemen o<». Hamilton West enjoys tho benefits of a daily postal service with Auckland, not bo Hamilton East. While Hamilton West h m its regular telegraphist and postumtor, whoso time — with that of hu assistant— is entirely devoted to tho duties of hu office, Hamilton East is fubbed olf with » br\nch post office, carried on it a a ore, tho duties of which »ro paid few at the rate of £5 per annum. Iho constquenco is thut when tbe Auckland mail b-igs »mve in the evening, thoao for Hamilton Writ «re at once opened, sorted, ami delivered, but the Hamilton East, b»g hei at tht Hamilton West . fflce »ll night till ifc 13 oent for next moruuig by tht postmaster on the other ■ido of tho water. Cannot the Postal department affoul to pay a decent lalary to (he postinunter of 10 important a township as Hamilton East, or Xinkiiiroa, M it is officially called—* la ary which would mike it worth las while to •end a boy down to the steamer on arrival, to receive his mail bags/ Wo cwinot blame the Hamilton East pojtmuvter that he does not do thin, but tho ine^ardliivsi or inationtioa to (he public roqunemens shown by the Department. ■Nor u tho matter a lignt one. It. is a positive busiuess lo«« to proplo on the other side of tht river that they cannot receive th^ir Auckland letters of to iiy i i time to answer them by tho mail which lotvea oarly next morning, but muit wait until th* noxt day after to repij.

Thk Adjoubnxd Annual Chuboh Mirnito — On Saturday the township of Hamilton broks out in an irruption of mauve colored spots which, on closer inspection proved to be tho premonitory symptoms of nothing more dangerous than a Church Mooting ; namely, copies of the following placard issued by the Incumbent of tho Parish inviting the attendance of mombori of tlie Church to the annual meeting to bo held to-morrow evening: — "Annual Meeting, for election of officers and other important business, Wednesday, February 9th, at 7 pm, at the Conrl-})ou*e, Hamilton. As the adjourned meeting is held at 7 o'clock in the evening, to suable working men, members of the churoli, to attend personally and take part in matters of church Government, they are particularly invited to attend. (Signed) W Culder, Incumbent." It waa said at the meeting on Wednesday afternoon lust, that it waa useless "m postpone it to a more convenient hour to eoabl* the bulk of ohurcti members to attend as they would not avnil them selves of tho opportunity afforded them — others thought differently and we are glad to see that the experiment has at loast been tried. It is, we understand from what toik place on Wednesday Last, intended to put it to the meeting to-mor-row to say whether a parish vestry or church committee of some five or seven members shall or shall not be appointed, as in other parishes, to work with the clergyman and chunh wardens. If this stop is agreed to there will be their election to proceed with as well as that of the parish ohurrhwarden, and really should the gent eman who held the same position lust year be again appointed to it, which for ihe good of the church we sincerely trust ho may be, he will find both his work and responsibilities lightened by the assist«nco of so many coadjutors in the Church committee. EXTRAOBDINABY WHBVT CROP AT TAiHAHER'I — Among tho crops of wheat which have only partially euffi rod from the late rains, we are glad to find a piece of some sixteen acres on tho f r.D of Messrs Grub im of Tumaliere, which for its extraordinary appearance, both us to th* weight of crop, and length of straw, has attracted 'ho at- | tenuon of all those who have scan it. The wheat by this time will havo been all got in, and before long we may expect to hear of its gross yield, which, despite the damage done to the standing crop on Monday fortnight last, is expected will not be less than 40 busheU par acre of marketable grain. Up to that dale, although standing nearly six feet high, all over the field tho crop remained entire.? uninjured by the severe weather and heavy ra ns continuou-lv experienced but the heat and rain of Monday fortnight is estimated to have injured it full twenty-five per cent. The wheat (red) is of a peculiar kind and waa intro luci-d into England by Mr John Wallis 1 * father, in 1853. It is culled the " RererenoJ Defiance," and yielded large crops at home, Mr Wallis, senior, h.iving reaped 65 bushels of marketuble grain to the English acre, oi good quality ; and so much was it thought of that it realised at the rate of 10s p>r bushel— probably for seed. The quantity of a«ed he used waa five pe< ka to the acre put in with a nine pipe ordinary drill, and the qumtity of ground sown eleven acres. In 1872, Mr John Wallis of Waikato. received in u letter from England, 100 grains of this wheat, 99 of wlm-h he sowed, the produce of which yielded from the third sowing 16 bushels, which he last May aowed on 15 acres 1 rood 8 percbeu ot ordinary tern land on the Tamahere estate of Me or* Gr.ihaui, who kindly gave him the use of their paddock for the purpose. The crop is that wln_h we have above alluded to. The wheat during the earlier part of its growth is bearded, but as the grain ripen* the beard for the most part falls away a id leaves a perfectly clean gruin. The crop i" question was sown broad cast in May at the rate of one bushel to the acre. It will bear sowing thin as it is a good wheat (or stooling, and probably it would be none the worse if sown a nuntb earlier than was the caso with tho oro > in question. Wa shall endeavour tj obtain further partwuUrs from Mr Wullis of the actual yield of the crop when tnreshed out, and will furnish tho »amj for the information of our readers. Yo-tterdaj, Mr Wallis forwarded t? this office a sample of the wheat in tho straw which we shall be happy to show to anj one culling. The eir< are fine and well filled and the straw course, bright and eti'ong, and the three and thirty he id and stems lied up together the produce of one pant. Indcod when Mr John Whllh fitst grow this wheat he raised in one yeir 3 700 grams from a single grmu, so largely di 1 the plant stool during its early growth. The wheat, we believe, is the Egyptian inuming wheat, and Mr Wullia thinks it likely that the fir«t few grains aown by his father in England were some of tho*o brought from Egypt iuto England bj Mr Graham's father.