THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— THE SPEAKERSHIP.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 611, 20 April 1876, Page 2

THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.— THE SPEAKERSHIP.

Til names of several members of the House have been 1 mentioned from time to time m likfcly to be propoied, when the new Parliament meets, for th« office of Speaker. Mr Reynolds was «t one time spoken of, and, naturally vnough, Mr j O'Borke, who has most ably filled the office of j Chairman of OommittMi in the House of Bopre- 1 ■entativei for jean, and irnce the retirement of Mr Powditoh, many years ago, occupied the poiition of Speaker of th« Auckland Provincial Council, has been also mentioned. It will be iun, iiowever, that a third candidate i« spoken of in the ptrson of Mr Cox, the mertiber for Waipa. That gcntlemw pouestes also a ooneiderable personal experience of Parliamentary usagai, and in addition to this a qualification which is likely to weigh with the House in the election of a new Speaker after the experience! of the last Parliament— freedom from party biat. We were aware at' the time of the election contest that Mr Cox if returned would be oordially welcomed ts Speaker by Southern members generally, but we believe ib is more than doubtful whether that gentleman will allow himself to be placed in nomination for the office. A more suitable appointment oonK scarcely be made, and should what we have learned respecting his own views on the tubjeot be oorreot. the disappointment will not bo confined to his Middle Island friends but to tho larj.-e majority of his own oomtitueatt, who would feel a just tmlft in 'the henor Conferred tinon their member

citil outi are let down for hearing at thU Court +.n.Tnr>rrftir.

B M CotniT, Hakuwoit, Tsm Dat.— Th» btuineit to ba brought befort flu Wonhip today include a ohtrf* of a breftch of tht Impoundiai kat, «n auault, and tortral eiril CUII.

Mohstboot !■— A worn-out paternal parent of oar ncquainUnoa hu named hit latest olho branch Maoboth, b«o»aie he wyi "Thi« thinf of bexutj »nd jot for «T«r "hu " mor^irti ileep." Ltdiei, we a^ologiw. „._„_„ ..

AKwoTiwa r«RT. — On* of our "deni* wno attended the lOGT Annireriary Soire* »t Hamilton onTuwdfcy night tat, •»?• if thtre u imy thing o«loul»Ud to make a " f»U»h" of tho moit rugged constitution ntrroai, it ii to hare two or three children standing around eating bread and butter, when he U out in hii Sunday-co-to-m«etine clothet— f aot.

vSuabp Work.— ln our IMb i*u« *• dr»w •ttention to the ioarcity and general slabhutineM of bout* aceomaodation in Hamilton. While we wert then writing on Monday morning lait the fint dray load of matwial came down to the allotment on which the Victoria Sail and other building are erected, and by mid-day yeiterday the houw wm up, thofurnitur* wa» carted home, and the family took poiMirion

Monstki Watmmilok.— We hare on iev«rai occasions of Ist* chronicled »ome wonderful productioni of our toil, »nd wo haw now to notice another vegetable monitroiity in the «hape of a watermelon. The melon in question wm grown by Mr D Hyde, and weighed 231bi ; wm perfectly lound Mid of excellent flaTOur. Who will ■ay our soil is not fertile after the many instances we hare given within the pait few woeki to the contrary ? _.

Thi Good Tmcpiab Ahnitirsiuy. — in« rery great success in erery way of Tuesday night's celebration of the anniversary of Good Templary must bo exceedingly gratifying to all members of the Order not only in Hamilton but throughout tke Waikato district generally. Both on the stag* and amongit the audience there wu a full number of those in no way conneotod witt the Institution, but who were led to afford it their active and moral support on suoh an occasion from sympathy with a moT«m«nt that hai already «ffeoted much goed, ud has a high and lofty misiion to perform— the disoourtgement o one of the greate»t, perhaps the greatest eTil society hat to contend with in the present day— the drinking habitt of the working classes. Thai Good Templsry has been eminently ouooeisfu! in this since its short estabfiihaent in the Waikato is a fact which many • one who hai reaped the benefit of an altered life could grate fully testify, while many a family hat learned te bleu the day that iti head first entered a G-ood Templar Lodgt. We were glad to see on the occasion of Tuesday not only so many of those unconnected with the Order, but very many oi the upper class of society taking part in tni proceedings, and could wish that some of them would, for examples' lake and for the sake of • good cause, go a step farther and become active members df the Order. Tuesday might, however, shows that public feeling has adranced i step in tho right direction, and it is rery certain that Good Templary was never in better repot* in the Waikato than it is at. the present moment.

Wamtis aHcbmtai.— The importunate widow gained her end at last, and it certainly shall ■ot be said, if a pnblio hospital remain* unproTided in Waikato that it waa owing to the neglect or apathy of the local prei*. X oai* ha> jmt occurred in the Piako diitrict which clearly exemplifies the neoessityrffor a > hospital. A man belonging to Mr Goates* swamp party, has bean struk down bj theferer, and but for the kindness of a settler who allowed the man to be removed to his home and there tended, mutt have been left to struggle with the disiaie in a bush tent. It is not every one so stricken who will so easily meet with a good Samaritan as this man has done, cor oould any stttler be blamsd if greatly *s he commiserated such a case, ke refuted to admit a ferer patient into bis family nor, perhaps, if a resident of a township, would he, if willing to run the risk to his family, be warranted in doing io,Jwhere tke aot might endanger the safety of his neighbours. 'It is not onlyinthecaseofaooidenti happening to work•ing men without homes of their own, and these oases are freqdently occurring, or of aooidents generally, that a hospital is needed, but in that of Tory many cases of illness. There haTe been a fearful number of f«Ter eases in Waikato, during the present summer and several of them hare terminated fatally. Heaven knows how the poor, who have been theohief sufferers, hare struggled through their troubles, but we are within the mark when we say, tbat with a well conducted public hospital in the district, lost of life might have been saTed store than once. -It is not to be suppoied tbat with the means at their duposal they would be able to oommand the un•unremitting mtdioal attention, the carelul nnr* sing, the comforts and eTen -luxuries which are necessary, exoept in the case of the very strongest constitution to ensure oonralesance, and whioh alone they cool& obtain at inmates of a publlo hospital. We' are weary and heartsiok of urging the claims of the people, and especially of the working elawes-of this widely-eoastered district, to the establishment of a public hospital in their midst, but disheartening as the task is, we shall not cease it, till' our efforts hare been crowned with success.