MATRIMONIAL.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 609, 15 April 1876, Page 2

MATRIMONIAL.

A MIDDLE- AG.U) MAN", a Sett er in Waikaio, »u 4 -cjuiortv»i«»" €.-c<uiusi*nces, xc'e sl rjus ot KXt'tIANOUVa <JAIil\E3 ami GOrtHESPO.NDLVG *ii - Vou.ig Womtt of Jtet-p oiabt* Uouneulio i» »Uli a riew io iIAK. KIaGKL Tdo ituct-e&i. toubiiciM't iit».) bf relied Lpou.— Ad^j bj jw*< eiiiy, " Douh,t.cxteo," udice of LJiis |j»pe •. From all parts of the Waikato, from Auckland, OjiehnugA, ahd theTburaei, auii eveu from one country disti'icl uonh of Auckland, carte-de-vuites aud the mosf. temjiUn&r ©fferß of femiiuae word* and loveliness, uaw, we ace luiirined aj tbe uilvtrUfler, poured in. lie sliuw^jd us u heap ot letters, *ud a j>ile of liieir jjoi 'i-ait.s, that would have more thau filled a largesized aJbuni, Some few have mouey, and gome expectations ; others again, having uoiie of these advantages, posaesn good looks, amiable qualities, and house- wifely attract ous — at least the fair oorres|>oudeuta say they da Now this festive youug iiachelor, although he baa Ihe leputaxion of being tte greatest mate flirt in the VV«i- ' kato, could ouly marry oue-of the lot if he married at all, and appeal* to us in hu^ dilemma. His tender-ueartedaess to the sex, he says, renders him <juice uielaucholy at Uae prospuci of bavuig excited «x[>feccations in so many fair breast*, which coulu ouly load" to disappointment, amly ticking oa our advice, ho has ioaie thoughts of

opening a matrimonial agency office in Hamilton, and providing his jam tart friends, and the unmarried male public generally, with suitable matches. The only alternative we can see for him is to maf ry the lot, and apply to Tawhiao for » grant of land in the King country on v\ hich to form another Salt Lake City, for in no other part of the colonies except that portion of j\ T ew Zealand, which does not belong to the British Empire, is polygamy allowable. Meantime he has handed to us the letters and portrait!, which we are having handsomely bound, for present* tion by our local member to the General Assembly, in its next session, as an argument in favor of a special tax on bachelors.