REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS ACT, 1876.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 597, 18 March 1876, Page 2

REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS ACT, 1876.

Wb have been requested by the Eegtftratiou Ollieor again to call the attention of Clerks end Chairmen of the different Highway Boards in the Waikato and Waipa Electoral Districts to the 3rd and 4th section of an act to amend the law relating to the Registration of Electors, the 3rd section of the Ac t says: •' 3. On th« thirty-first day in the month of Mirch in erery year, or if that day fall en a Sunday then on the thirtieth day of the said month, the Clerk of every governing body shall compile an alphabetical list of all those persons, being males of twenty "one years or upwards, who shall have been assessed to and shall have made payment of any rate struck by such governing body in reipect of rateable property situate in an eteotoral district within the year ending on the thirtieth day of March then instant." The 4th section is as follows : " 4. Every such list when <«o prepared shall be signed by the Clerk and shall bo countersigned by the Mayor, and shall be forwarded to the Registration Officer for the electoral district within whioh the municipality highway or road district or other division of the colony under the control of inch governing body shall be situate on or before the month of April in each year. Provided always, that when any municipality road district highway dutrict or other division of the colony as aforesaid is in part comprised within two or more electoral districts, taen the clerk to the governing body of §uch municipality road district highway district or other division as aforesaid shall, in preparing the list of ratepayers required to be prepared under this Act, make a separate list for e>tch oi" saeh portions t>f the municipality road district highway district or other division as aforesaid, and «hall Toward the siuif to the Registration Officer of the J electoral <l»itru?t within whioh men portion | of Uio (immrp.i'Vy road district highway ! JiMrii'toi other division as aforesaid 'is JconI ittiiu d" TUo p<i.iJ.Ui£s for disobedience of these olauses, or wilful misrepresentation, are well pressed in the 9th and 10th lections of -tame Act: "9. If the Clerk of any governing body sho.Jl willfully or negligently fail to comply with the provisions of this Act, he 'shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding one hundred pounds: to be recovered summarily under ' The Justices of the Peace Act. 1866.' " "IC. Any person who snail wilfully and knowingly falsify in any particular any list of ratepayers prepared under this Act shall be guilty of a misdemeunour, arid shall be liable to imprisonment, with or without hard labour, at the discretion of the Court, for any term not exoeeding twelve calendar months." It is therefore most desirable that Chair men of the Highway Boards should see that the duty as kid down be carried out and that correct lists of ratepayers, who have paid their rates on or before the 31st March, be forwarded to tke Registration Offioer, on or before the 7th of April as required by clause 4.

I^ltciuph Hours. — A oorwpondeofc iv anotber columa draws attention to a state of things with respect to the telegraph department in this and other Waikato districts, which it U quite time was brought to the consideration of the Telegraph authorities. Ordinary telegrams are not received for admission after 5 pm, and i press telegrams only on three days in the week aftor that hour. In otheV places of no greater importance than Waikato, take Coromandel for instance, the telegraph ofllee is- kept open every eTening, except that of Sunday, for thoreceiptand 'transmission of messages, botli press and ordinary telegrams, up to the hour of 8 p m, and why it should be otherwise at the various Waikato stations there can be no valid reason. That it is not so, is matter of considerable inconvenience to business people and others. The Auckland mail for instance arrives here at six Or seven o'olook in tbe evening, and often if the telegraph office woie open, persons receiving letters requiring immediate reply oould telegraph the answer too erame night so as to again red ire reply or orders, as the ease might be, by next day's boat. As it is, a day is lost. We hare iepe*tedly heard the same complaint made verbal U, by Auckland people arrmug hero, as that contained in our correspondent's letter, and cannot but think that there i* room for reform in this mater by those who have the control of telegraph arrangements iv. their hand*.

1.0. G.T. Lkotur*. — A public lecture, admission free, will be deliretcd this eremng, in the Town Hall, Hamilton East, by Bro Speight, Q.W.O.T.

I Ohubch Skkviobs. — The Bight Eer the Lord Bishop oi Auckland will preach in St John's Church, Te Awamutu, at 11 » ni, ou Sunday next (to-morrow), andia St Sariour'*, Alex«ndr», in the evonimg, at 7 o'clock.

J»et List. — A. notice to the Justice of the Peace for the jury district of Waikato, appears elsewhere requesting their attendance at the Court House, Hamilton, on the 7th of April next to revise the Jury list of the district.

Tkjb BTKiMBE Alert. — This boat is proying its sniartneis by the extraordinarily quick running iho has made of late. On her last trip down to the Point she managed to beat tho Quickstep by some three-quarters of an hour, and in her up passage on Ihursday she w»3 first by a considerable time, and did tho passage quicker than erer it has been done before .

Arrest op & Native Murderer. — We learn by way of Wellington that Himiona, who shot Tukuio te Marai for alleged Witchcraft, and killed hira, has been apprehended 'by the Urewaras, and by them handed orer to Captain Preece. The murderer managed lucceisfully to elude the constabulary sent after him to effecJt hiß capture. He is now in the hands of the oomtabulary, and will be tried in tho ordinary way.

Teh P.S. Waikato.— We understand ih*t the Waikafco broke dowi yesterday evening, when half way between Ngaruawahia and Hamilton, and bad to drop back again to the formor pUce. Her passengers will be brought on this morning by coach. 'It is possible that the Bluenose whioh ii at Cambridge, may be down in time this morning bo conrov passenger* 'to Mercer in time for the afternoon train.

Gabdek ■ Produce.— As shoeing What Katailton soil will produce if it tally gets « fair chance, we may notice a small crop of potatoes grown by Mr P Toole. These potatoes were only plailted on the 22nd December last, -apd yesterday wero dug, being fully ripe. The potatoes from one root weighed as much at 2ilb* , and a single potato that was show aus fourteen ■ountJes. The 'Eeaion of course has been exceptionally favourable for late planted cropi.

Salvon fob Waikato.— Mr Firth has not •yet, it seems, ceased his exertions in the introduction of salmon- into the W&iltato streams. The other day he liberated some two hundred and •fif fey joung'fishof this species in the Wailtafeo rirer near Meroer, and on Wednesday night last, releaiod a similar number in the Waipa. The young •alinon fry, which were some throe inches long were brought up to Mercer from Auckland by railway and let go in deep water swimming away as if they felt quite at home. The linnets and goldfinches sent from Auckland, "were released in the neighbourhood of 'Hamilton, on 'Xhursda^

Higk'Pbice o? Cattlb.— We find the following in the " Live Stock Journal " :— '* Mr Richard Morton, of Australia, who recently posed of hii herd th3re, weftt to the colonies from Skelimerghhall -20 year* ago. He has now returned, and purchased for himself a residence in'Kendal. Hts average, when disposing d* his herd by private treaty, before leaving, ii the largeit erer realised. He sold to Messrs Robertion of ■Victoria, -17 animali for • total of £27,000, an average of £574 9a 4d. On the 23rd of February, 1875, Mr* Morton had a sale by auction, when 36 animals made £14,605 10s, or an average of £405 14a 2d each. Truly Australia has been a land flowing With '-milk and honey ' for Mr Morton."

Trotting Match.— A trotting match for £5 ft side came off en Thursday morning at 7 o'clock on the Hannltou and Cambridge road between Mr C 0 Woods' 'Duncan and Meisrs J. aadT. Wocds' ' Jack.' Both borsei are well known and considerable interest was taken in the race, a number of horsemen and otheri being present. The course -was a distance df toma fcur and a half miles, from the cud of Mr Ewen'i fane, to Burkes Royal Hotel, Hamilton Bast. The hor»ee nddon by their cwnew *nade » capital •tart, anil kept woll together till tlwy reaohed the top of the hill ou the Hamilton sid« of Captain Steolb's place. At this time 'they "were rutfinng at tpoed neok *nd neck, but his rider pushing ' Jack ' down the hill towards Hamilton the horao broke, end the time lost in turning gure ' Duncan an adrantage which enabled him to win the race with ease. We "understand that a trotting race, buggiet and pain, between Hamilton East and West is in oonteniplation.

Thb Laboue QtJESiioN. — The following letter from Old Practical appears in tho "OfOdj"t>f Wednesday :— "People <nn't starve in New Zealand if they only go the right way to work to prevent id. Of course every man can hare hii plot of five or ten .acres of land, and with ordinary industry be will hare his 'ton of two tons of potatoes, and many othar vegetables-; then be will always bare a pig in the stye, and a few head of poultry. A good crop of .puookins it T«ry sasy to grow, and a ptot of mangoldwartzel; and very soon « cow will be added to his stook, arid'this being acquired, where is starvation ? I believe the bigh-wagea men generally come worst oft 1 , for they are content with their h.gb wageg while they are getting them, and are pretty free in Bpendmg tboir pay ; then, when iho pinoh come*, and work is slack, what a hullabaloo -of '' Want t>f work," "&OTeniment relief/ "«larTatioo," &c. They hare never itriven to get the ita.id-bj of cultivation, and now they feol'it ; and whose iault is it but their own ? Betides, even the want-of-work ory is all bosh. People in tho Waikato want scores of men at 6s a-day, and can't get them."

Heat; Flbkcks — The followiug though interesting would have been still more so had he been told the breed of sheep referred -to :—: — " Th« wool ot the celebrated and extensiye floolc of General John S <xoe, near Pennsylvania, has long been famed tor its immense yield, its fine-ness-of fibre, the deiicicj of its texture, and iti general suporioiitv over almost aay otber known to the wool markets of the world. The following result ot a portion of bis flock, a fair specimen of the whole, his been sent vi, as a report of his shearing, certified to by 0 MoDougal, of M«nttstown : —

— W« also received samples of some of the heavier fledcei, which for beauty »nd length, fineness and ewe crimp, oleannets and whiteness, are all as remarkable as are the weights. Here is a grand showing for years of labour, and intelligent study of the business in all ita aspecti. Indeed, we do not hesitate to say that, toot only our cfwn county, but the State largo, and it is not too much to s»y the whole country, owe General GOe something more than a debt of gratitude for the fame snd reputation he has brought to thorn for the raising of wool, which in enormous yield* -and unsurpassed fineness and genera) excellence holds, more than level, the best specimens of wool in this country, or in Kurope, as proved to some extent, at least, by contrasting Ooe'o wool with an exhibit before us, of Bpecimen« from Spain, Fr*nc% and other Eastern countries, whero the producers have been aided, countenanced, and encouraged from pride of country, by crOwnei heads and titled nobilit.y, with abundance of gold prizes, medali, diplomas, and the like, while our own modest and unassuming fellow citizen of Earette County, unaided by aught tare hu own indiyidual efforts has, in the matter of fine wool and big fleeces, distanced the whole bundle of them, stars, garters, crowned heads, and all, — "Brownsville Clipper,"

To Pbotb Gbabb Sbed. — As to proying th« quality of seed;, either grass or other se«dt, ih» thing is very easy. Take a fair average umpla of the seed wanted to b* proved, and,. j>b>c* ib between several fold* of * moist woolf«n cloth, kept in a moderately warm place, and in a re tj abort time the good teed will show signi of life by sprouting, and the bad seed will not sprout. l( carefully attended to, t—& can thus be surely pro Ted in a period of from twelve to twenty-fou^ houra. With moisture and heat good and fresh, seed soon showi signs of life. By counting the seed sprouted and those remaining dead, the nperimeater may arrive at a fair estimation of th» proportion of bad seed there ia amongit hii pur« eha o se, and can regulate the quantity to be town *cc rdiu^ly.

Spread oy Oitiliiation ik Fiji.— The Aucklaud papers have for some months part contained long and copious extracts respecting the progress of Fiji, on the arrival of every mail. Anxious to know the whole truth of the oaso, we wrote por the Llewellyn on her last trip, , to a friend resident m that colony, and received the following reply. The joint civilizing influences of the ram bottle *nd missionary, as in other colonies, hare, it seems, in >tke oa.se of <*Fiji, been superseded by the " Fato 'bank. 1 " Our -friend wntei : — " A faro bank hira been established here and the natives are fascinated with the game, forsaking their old idolatries and warlike habiu for its civilizing influence. A somewhat -cad accident has, however, happened in connection with the last game for the championship. A chief became deep'y interested in >the ga-ms, the -stakes of which were human beings fattened for 'the table. 'Luok seemed to -go against the- chief. 'First he put up bis servants and lost ; 'then he bet His mother-in-law, and lost. He did not ahefl 6 'tear over his disaster. Then he staked 'his 'unmftrried sister, and his une'e "William, -and his munt it* the covritry, 'atad liis life's touting *nd ihe bank raked 'in -all the 'chips. Tfae 'infatuated 'chief then offered his baby, and the 'owner 'tif 'tha bank had it packed down m his ice chest in 'lea* thanfifUen minutes. The chief thon'bet fell'his children successively, tad then, bavhig galhbled away his wife, be staked 'himself on bis laat cn«sce, and ag»rn bet tm the "wrong -card. When J he 'had time to think it over, tbe-chie£ said he was convinced that gambling was "very wrong, and he thought it ought to be sttppreised by the authorities. But before his friends gS^» bill passed he was killed, -and put > in U catk to corn by the Faro bank man. A succession of peculiarly sufficient free lunches made that establishment very attractive to Fijian epicures for several months afterwards."

The Thames ttnbmflotid — A Provincial Q-ot-ernment Gazette Of the 'Kith mit it to hand by which we see that the coat per head of deporting the workmen from the Thames to Wellington at proposed by the Government would hare cost fifty •hillingi per head. At the same time that this idea wai seriously entertained, the Government were ia possession of the following fetter from the Immigration Officer «t Auckland :— ■" Sib, — In reply to your enquiry on the subject of the disposal 'of the lately arrived immigrants ex ' Salisbury' from London, alto on the subject of the current demand for labour in the Province at the present time,' l have the honour to report that the < S»lisbury V immigrant! as a body ' me*S with prompt engagements at full wages, and -I may say the demaffd for labour of all Eindt appears to be unabated. Tbit apphet more eipecially to farm hands, general labour, ••and femah domeatio servants. 'I have been unable this week to satisfy all the demands for the several classes of labor above named, and in several imtanooi orders must remain unexecuted until after tuto arrival of cho next batch of immigrants. The extent of the orders actually unexecuted amount* 0 41, chiefly from the Waikato, but independent of tbeae'l have reason to believe that 'not less than 50 additional hands for bush \rork couM. have been absorbed last week in that diitnot. I taay-atate here that lam -creditably informed that in one instance an employer of labor at Pukekohe wrote or seat an agent to the Tntfmet' for the purpose of securing 50 good handt for bush work in that locality alone, but 1 have not heard of the success attending bit enterprise. The complaint witn the settlers is very general that strong able-bodied mon suitable for c earing land, fencing, ditching, and draining, willing to accept, moierat« wages, are very difficult to procure. 'I am told that men of this desmption are in many cases earning from 50a to 60s per week There is at present a demand for labor whu-h in still unme at various localities on 'tie East Coast. l ln conclusion, I may state that I do not anticipate any difficulty in disposing 6f the immigrant* to the extent of 200 shortly expected by the 'Broinck Castle.'— lhave, Ao, H Ellis, Immigration Officer. The Hon. Colonial Secretary.

The frivolities of womankind. — That thte girls have themselves to thank, that so many of our young men do not eire to marry, there ia yery little doubt. A matron in the St Pauls Daily Press gives* some excellent advice to mothers, and what she says of American girla applies very much to our own. We must, howover, in giving the following extract join issufl with "a Matron" in her statement '" t bat T women dress to please men." They do no «uoh thing. They dress to " rile" other woman, *ud to escape the same cynical critioitm, they lihe«lelves would not fail to reflect upon othen, l \4ht> did not come up to their sband*rd of bein,g"" l \tfjty dressed." The truth is that Womfen *re -eM^w to the modern ■'Juggernaut, Dress ; •ana' 'Polly Plum, who we see, has amv«d in Cnhstchuroh, would find more useful \roik in attempting l ih9 reform of her own sex in this matter, than ia advocating the so-called '"'tights of women." A. Matron says :—"lt: — "It is said 'that wbtneto dress to please men. Let all those who respect man rally to defend them. What man admirei a closely bound waddling skeletou, with her hair h anging in her eyes, sweeping up all the dust of the pavement with a train of silk that costs him many hours of toil ? The present style -of. pinned- back f kirt is looked upon with disgust by every right; minded man. -It is sad 'to know thut many American fashions emanate from the numerom class of the • tiemi-mond* of Paris. They who make gay the Bois de Boulogne and the Obampa Elyiees every bright afternoon, painted, bedizened and languidly alone in their elegant equipages, make fashions for the virtaonsjtand religious wives and daughters of Amerioa I /But even they do not betray the bad taste of shopping in elegant silk and velvet dresses in the morning, with diamonds pendant at their ears, and large rings Otitiide their gloves— or, perhaps, hands glovless, glistening with jewels. The) dres* of the present day is sosfrbitrary that, if • lady attempts to conform to it, she has little time for more serions thought and pursuit. Now i« the hour for "reform ; Already enr husbands fathers and sons hnvo begun to cleanse -ths "Augean stable" of political arfrairs. Let the sensible and independent womatrfrom a ' Soroiis* — not to discuss their wrongs from men, and clamour for their rights but to frame a cod* that will elerate their sex in the seals df society. Ignore extravagant dress, devise means to girs us good and competent servants, for it all rest* with the mistress, and blackball «very lady who by her flirting, immodest dancing, and decollete oorsage shocks the delicacy of modest women. We Americans hold a very unenviable position in European society. The 'Amerioan young lady' is synonymous with extravagance, boldness, and frivolity. The conventional rules of foreign society may be too rigid, but certainly tne latitude we take does not tend to promote moditty and refinement amongst us."

CKyoev is 'Lifb.-Dr Bright s Thosfhodyne. — Multitudes of people aro hopeles»ly •uffering from Debility, Nervom and Liver Complaint*, Depression of Spirits , Hypochortdria, Timidity, In* digestion, Failure of Heannß, Sight, and Memory, Lassitude, Want of Power, &0., whoic cases admit of a permanent euro by the new remedy PHOSPHODYNE (Ozonic Oxygen), which at once allayi all irritation and excitement, imparti new energy and hie to tho rniecblcd constitution, and rapidly cures every stage »f these hitherto incurable and distressing malad>ei. Sold by all chemists and d.uggitts throughout the Globe.

Ijggr Caution.— The large and increasing demand for Dr Bright* Phosphodyne has led to several imitations under somewhat similar names ; purchasers of this medicine should therefore bo careful to ob 9«rre that each case bears the Go\erameiit Stamp, with the words, Dr Bright's Phosphodyne engraved thereon, aud that the same wowli arc also blown in the bottle.

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