The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 600, 25 March 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Equal and exact lintice to all men, Ot whute\ er suite or pei lUdiioa, religious or political *■**•# Here ilmll the Pre»i the Prop lb'h right Muintfcin, Unawud by inrtuenw and uubribed by gam.

SATURDAY, MARCS 25, 1876.

We find we were misinformed by our correspondent respecting the recent meeting of the Ngatipioa tube caMed by Mr. James Mackay, at Waitakarure. It was not for the purpose of deciding tho purchase ofthePmko block. That was arranged finally at the meetings heldatTarapipipi's settlement atTapuirau, at the commencement of the prestnt month. The "Waitakaiuto meeting was cuUed for two objects, viz., Ist. To fix the boundary line between tho lands owned by the Ngatipaoa and Ngatimaru tribes adjacent to "VVaitakaruru. 2nd. To decide on the, pieces at Waifcakaruru to bo handed over for .the claims of the Government for advances made. The first failed owing to the absence of the Ngdtimaru chief, Reihana Tufcaua, one of the principal owners on that side, and tlia question was adjourned until he could attend a 'future meeting. The second was agreed to, and surveyors ara to at onoe lay off the pieces ceded to the Crown, adjacent to tho Waitakaruru and the Miranda Rodonbt. The price of the lancta in the Piako district was fixed by written agreement on the 18th September, 1874; afc 6d, Is, Is 6d, 2s, 2s Gd and 3«j per acre according to quality. Mtssra Creagh, Palmer, and Brown, with three parties of men, are now engaged on the survey of the Piako and Waitoii Block. The .eastern boundary of the confiscated lands at Waikato has at last been cut from Pukemeremere to Hapuakohe, and about three miles north of Hapuakohe i« now in course of survey, which will join Ooagh'a line from the Miranda JBledoubt. The provisions furnished for the W.titakaruru meeting were 3 tons of flour, ani half a ton of sugar which, as we are informed, were not supplied by the "Government, bat by Mr Mack ay ; he having cilled the meeting, considered it his duty to proviile something for the natives 'to eat while attending it. We understand that as Mr M.ickay is paid by commission of four pence per acre en all purcliuses effected through his agency, the expense of meetings, &c, devolves cv him. The contemplated feast at Parawai has nothing to do with the Piako land question, but is given in return for the Whakatiwai feasts of 18/4. It will be seen that out* contemporary the " Star" in the account it gives of the meeting in its issuo of Wednesday, has been entirely misinformed in the matter.

CiVBHiDOR Ohukck BfißVicw, — The BUhop of Ani'k'itnl will t*ko tlio Boi'viod snd proach at Onmbiitlgj at 11 in the morning toiuonow, '1 b i otfurtory collection will ba made for tho Home Mission.

Oatkouc Church —We ire informed that •übsiTiptioiii tvavp been in courea of collection, for the p ist fow mo.iths, for tho purpose of oicc'mg %• »e\r Catholic Ohapol. Wo hopa to hear 'oo.i of its oommanoemont.

SKBIOO6 ACCIDENT TO MiH Z WoOD. — We regret to learn that a. -sericmi &ooident occurred to Mrs J Wood, of Hamilton Eiat oa a journey to the Tiftko dutrict en Wediw*l»y. When about eight and twenty milta on the road a capiice took pl»oe mv\ Met Wood receirid striout n)]urifs having more than one of her riba frtutured tvnd being otherwise «evorely bruued and nhaken. Mr T Wood proceeded on Thurday with t, light oonvoynnoc to the aceue of the accident to ro-conrcj h«r hotna, aud Dr W»ddington (who arrived l«st night) wai iuiinodwtely telegraphed for.

Boiling Dovrit; o* Miat Pbbsirviho P— A conte*t hat lately been going on in our ooire*pondence colutum bet wee q the tidvocata of boiling down and of mett presorting, men advancing his own panacea* M a 'remedy for the imall prices obtained bj farmers in Waikato for their fat iheep. Am * matter of interest in reference to the question »t iisuc, we maj meulion, tli»t it will be eeon from the Auttr&t.sn M. at Ageuoy Oompany'd Auuuul Reporl for 1875, winch aecotgpamej " Tullerman'i Tnbiu T»lb," that the importation of pre 3 erred men into Great Britain, during Unit yenr, was 8,587 tons, yolue, JE595.054. Of these iuaportatioiu only two tout were from New ZoaUnd.

Tub A. C. Road Pabtiks. — Wo understand thatthe party of the armed constabulary force who proceeded to Heather' i Crook, iomj little time emce for the pnrpote of making tut road to To Bori have got on very satisfactorily with their work which will soon be completed. Wo trust that they will not be removed from that locality until the work of 'improvement has been thoroughly carried out, and tun may bo done by their being brought baok again to Heather* Creek and making a fresh start towards Whatawhat* on the new road surveyed by Mr. Clarke. They would meet the party now working at Whatawhata, and the whole road oould thus be opened before the fine weather breaks. We have no doubt that if this were represented to the officer commanding as a desirable work, it would ruceiTO erery attention at his hands. The road party at the Wbatawbata end of Mr Clarkes new road abore alluded to, nine in number, are engaged at present in making a Tory useful cutting near the Ohota bridge, hut the bridge itself >is pasiable* only at great risk, and the road board appear to be able to do nothin; towards repairing it, from w*ut of fuuiit.

Th* Trotting Match.— The long talked of match betwoen a pair of ponies tho propertj of Mr R W Htimmond, of Hamilton, and a ,pair owned by Major George, ofWaitoa, came off yesterday morning on the Cambridge Road. Bobtiug was rather in faror of Mr Hammond's ponioi, although 5 hand lest in height than ihou oi Major George. 'ihe start wai made at 28 minutes after $ o'clock yesterday morning from opposite Burko'i Royal Hotel, Hamilton East, the winning pott being the National Hotel, Cambridge; the rufercea aud umpiie* riding alongside as they could, the ownors of the towns alone occupjing tho boM in the respect iro buggios. The diatance is said to be somewhat or or thirteen miles, und some parts of the road are hea»y with the late mini, aud other* with the newly laid sand. Neterthless, tho pace mode wm excellent, the distance being run in 52miu 30i«c, or 7|tnin under the hour. Both teams left the start at a spanking puce, that of Mr Hammond taking .the lead, aud keeping it throughout. Mr Hammond's team broke vine >tiuies, aud Miyor George* 37 times dut-iog Uio raoe. Tho penalty for breaking from a trot was to pull up and start again. Loarinq Burko's Hotel at 8 16, Leslie's Bridge was reaohed at 8,31 i, the half--waj house at 844^, and the National Bot^l, Cambridge, at 9.lUfc. Mr Hamtncmd's ponies were in good condition, and in this hud r.-viher tho adTant*£o, though smaller uaiuials. The pnee nas so good considering the roud that it has led to emne coujtuturo whether tho generally received dutanc* between the two townships oun be a correct one, and to settle the umttttr a geutlemau pioceods this morning to chain tho distance. Xhe atakoi themselves were c niniderable, and some littl* money bs»ide» changed hanJi ou the occasion.

DliTI OF Mr JAkZNOUM. — The mte lligence that Mr 3 K»ynold», the eldest turvivinjj sou of Mrßeynoldf, of Cambridge, expired on Th ursday night will be received with rery general regret throughout the Waikato district, where his family M so widely known and e*te«med. Mf fieyuolds wm one of % party of pleasure, got up by Captain Steeteto Obinemiriu and the Lake country, and when the party first •tarted from Hamilton, tome tau day§ or a fortnight ago, he oomplttined of feeling not iw w«ll &» UiuaU Thediseaw, typhoid ferer, dereloped iWfclf during the earlier part ef the trip, and Dr Pollen* uervieaa w»re fortunately obtainable, but Vfe unavailing. Deceived wat a fine younu. man, «oine tvrenty-*even year* of age, and much liked. It it only some three or four yeari ago that Mr Reynolds lust his then eldest son by an accident, and a . very general feeling of sympathy for the family will be felt for th»m in this their more recent beronvoniont.

ORDIKATIOX AT HOPOKOPO, NOA.SC A. WAHU. Ye»terday Bishop Cowie admitted toDeaoon's Orderb a Molaneti&n named Wadrokal, for the work of the mission in connection with the Church of England among the islands of the S W Paoific. Wadrok.il is about 32 years of ag«, and it a native of Nenjjone {Mare), one <Jf the Solomon Group. He was brought to New Zealand by Bishop Selwyn in 1851, and was a ttudent at St Joha'» College, Tarauakt, for some time. In 1865 he acoo.npaniod the late Bishop Patterson to Sydney, and in 1871 was placed by the Bishop *t Sa»a to act as L\j Reader ; and it was the intention of the Bishop to ordain him after his ffork there. The ordination of Wa'lrokal was held in n small ehapol ia the grounds of the Rev iB Y Ashwell'a house, at Uopuhopu j and tho following clergy took part in the eervico :— the Revs B Y Ashwell, L C Brady, "W Cnldcr, and Heta, Tarawbiti, of the Waikato ; the Kevs J Palmer aud J Still, of the Melanesian Mission ; and the Hey }C C Stuait, late Calcutta Secretary of the Church MUfrionary Society (on a vitit to New Zealand). W»drokal is, we are informed, the fifth native of Melanesia ordained for thi» Mission.

Maori Apfbat iir Onsrou Housi-stbbkt.— We learn from the " Star" that on Thunday an exciting iouffl« took place in Custom Housestreet, between Maori* and Europeans. It appoars that a Maori named Kape matched a pipe from a boy named 'Harry Justin. On being »<ked for the pipe back, he kicked Justin on the leg very •ererelv. A number of other boys witnnasing the act, let upon the Maori, and in true Enplish fashion preceded to punch Kape'i head, •tut eventually drove him into that woll-known Maori reteoatthe Sailor's LTome. A. number of Europeans caro« up, and it being given out that this Kape wat the same Maori who had been implicated in tome murderoiu tr»uiaction. and had been in the considerable indignation was expressed, andjiremake madu to the eflect, tint Mnoru ware beginning to think they could knock Europeans about M they liked in Auckland, An attempt wiu made to te'm Kape nnd take him lo the Police Station. This was frustrated by other Maori* running up, and ttt one time thero was every appouiance of a serious figlit As the Europjans abstained from blows nothing ftirfher tooi: placo t!i«a # o»e nice hugging Uie otber. Uojcilitiet having ccastid, a puaeemakwr tried to persuade the Maoii to pay the injured kd u. little money as atu, but thm was not done, nnd the pohc* boing s«ut over, X *pc was taken •into custody.

Bathing ijj tee Laib Cottxtey. — The writer of an amusing pupor called " A Week among the Maones of Tuupo," iv the Cornhill Mag Mime for January, s*ys ;— " Anrinug, wo were tran*£xed w.th astonishment and amusement. Tho .ground wus ai liard ac stone, oorered with a rook-like deposit of silica, whioh formed a sort of platform As X scooped ont of lliis »if3'three utmost circular basins, of about twelre feet in dmmoter nnd imuieasurfllbly doop. Tlje right and lftt porfu wore nearly boiling — the central b-iain jn^L n^ht for b dip In llri* eiuldron were 4S percon* " hitched" ou round the ed^ss, flioulder to shoulder, and with heads juit out e( wator, or sporting in the mi l* f . We soon decided Wh.it to do, and imincrl/a'elj there were 50 persons smilintj r.nd lau^hui^, shaking h:\nds or rubbing nosea in the water. They were all eorU and sires, and all tn costume d'artknngi. Some were old tatooed graudtires, some babies hardly able to walk ; th«r« were fathers of families and mothers of the saaio ; joung men and tnaidant, boys aud ({iris laughing together. The most perfect decornm and >prop»elj were obtorrad. Liliile brown babies nestlod in their father's arms ; and the lattei, to amuse us pitched tbt little things into the tnid«t, to show how they could swim. Thoy would cink (or ft inonuiik, and then ditolose a liltlo brown solemn faoo abovo the waters and suike out fir their fatherS anus again. I shall iif»er now beliere tnat children caunot learn to nwitn a« soon as they can walk, or before."

BcoiSTßXTimr «r Or,*rMi to Votb.-- This day week will he the last nn whi.-ti < i .inw to h»T© their niiuej j>lici(i on the (ilei-tor.il roll will bo nci-iiod fnm Ihose qualified t> txerciao surh privilege. Xhude iot restored hnvo no tune to loso, but should do s> at ciee, us the form* of application will not be received by tlia Rcgi-t ation Officer for the districts of W.npa mul W.nknio aftor four p. to. on tHe Hit mat;. The)' m J«t be tent in to the Com t Huuso, iTainilton, by that chto, or to his pronto roii'lonce Ngariunmhia. Muny, as we lwnfroai a oori\«pondent, «re roljiiig upon having their namoi trausfcrrod from tue i^tepoyers booki. We would udrne uo man quvlifled to become an elector to iriut to tins, iiu how can he toll that ibo clerk und ohaii'iu.in of hi* dulriiit will attend to the matter. Nay wt ha»e it from tbe chanraaa of one of tho Wtiikato Boards that ao will not conform with the requiremouts of the Act, and there may be othor* who will contttaf the power of the Government to say to any citizen, whether an officer of a locaJ goyerniog board or not, that he uhall do this or thut work for the Government whether he chooses or not, paid or unpaid. It m.vy be that tho Assembly had or had njt the power to compel chairmen and clerk* of boards to perform the semce. That it^iiof thoqucstion What, )iowOTer, may affect rightful cluimants to a vote, mthit chairmen and clerks, Betting the Act at defiance, lti&j neglfct to send in a list of names. It will bu much better, therefor?, that any man at prosent unregistered, cren though a ratepayer who has paid his rate, should himself perform the act of registration in tho usual way, and trust nothing to ohance or other people.

Inquest on the late Msa. Robinson.— An inqueit was held yoitorday at tbe Duke of Cambridge Hotel, Cambridge, before Dr. Beale, Coroner, and a jury of twelve, of whom Mr C. Tuck was chosen as foreman, on the body of the late Mrs. Robinson. The evidence of Mr. Walter Smith depoiod that the deceased had been ailing some lime previously to leaving Cambridge after the death of her husband, but wu not absolutely laid up. She left Cambridge on the 12th inst. tJ go to the Hot Springs at the Waiwera, but on arriving at Auckland changed her mind, and decided on Btaying awhile with her fa her and mothor, who resided at tb 0 latter p'aee. While ,tlioro it is believed tli at tut was suized with a fit, and consulted Dr L ee on one occasion for them. During he r itr u_y at home sho was continually fretting »l?out the children why were up at Cambridge, and on the 20th, though worse in health than when she lefthome, deoided on returning to the Waikato. She left Auckland on the-2lat iasb, and sufferod so much in her pan age to Mercer by traia that ■he had to be oonvejrea in a .carriage from the railway station to the ■'team, boat. Our reudors are aware that she had to be removed with the other passenger* from the Alert to the Blue Nose whou the former Teasel broke her shaft at 'Rangariri, and she died almost immediately al'torward*. Dr. Waddingtou deposed to hariag knowu decetsod to coinp aiu inoru than twelve months back of shortness of breath and palpitation of tho heart, but had not prescribed for her during the last twelre months, aad expressed himself ai not surprised to hear of her dying to suddenly, aa he considered her to be suffering from fatty degeneration of the htart. Death, however, was the result of itroos apoplexy. The jury returned a rardict, that daceuauu died from natural caustt;

RAOLAX.--Fro'r l aq.'ntUm*n p-wMtig through Hamilton, • en -oute' from Rag!d,n to Aucklanu, wt learn that thtra i. »»• talk in the lormer place ot getting up a petkion to the Gorcrntnent fnthe mntter V the Raglan and Wwpa road The great diffioalty, h« lays, is th« want of unanimity shovtu byßettlera thenueWai, w many diflferbg intereiti, so many rival haw

Canterbury AGRTcr/LTURix STATiflJica.— The following are the returns of land in cutiyation and produce in Canterbury for 1875-76. Number of holdings 1175 ; extent of land broken up, but not •under crop, 63,823 tores ; wheat •own for grain only, 57,499* acres ; estimated grou produce in busheli, 1,770,363. O»U for green food or hay, 5507 acrej ; otti for grain only, 72,522 acres ; estimated yield in bushels, 2,888,688. Barley, sown for grain only, 16,819 acre* ; estimated yield in busheli, 620,699. English grasses -.—for hay, 14,392 aore» ; estimated gresi produce in tons, 22,318 ; in permanent artificial grass, including preceding 14,892 acres, 352,850 acrn. Potatoes, 3,140 acres, estimated gross yield in tons, 17,895 ; in other crops, 42,419 acres ; total number of acres under crop including §own gn»»ie», 550,7395.

NON-ATTINBANCB O* WITNISSKS IK COURT. —it the bearing of the cAaet brought before the Resident Magistrate at the Courtheld nt ■Hamilton on Thuraday, refereuoe was iut.de to the objectionable practice adopted by oocne witnesses and principal! of exoUsmg themselves for no'iattendanco bywriting to the Slatfistrato. In the case then being heard, the defendant pleaded illness by letter, and asked for an adjournment. It win poisted out by coumel that the act of writing to ihe Magistrate at all waa really a conteinofc of Court, and punishable ai such. The Court refused to entertain the excuse, and allowed tho ewe to go on in defendant* absence, pointing out that the proper course in oa«e of illneu was not to write privately to the Magistrate, but to obtain a medical man's certificate and forward it to the Court officially as a justification for non-attendance.