The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 629, 1 June 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Eg inland c\.ict justica to all men, Ol \viKitc%crit itaoi poisuasion, ruiigi ms or political * # # * * Hero «.lmHtlierj-ev>thcrr.ovLß'b jiglil maintain, Un.iwtil by lnfluuice ami unbnbud b> uj'im.

THURSDAY, JUNtil, IS7O.

The tenders for the construction of the Cambiidge Bridge arc at last called for liy the (juvermneni, and rau&t bo seat in by the 19th iiist. Wo congratulate the settlors of Cambridge and the upper couutiy beyond tlmt peitleniont, on tlie commencement of this long delayed but much needed wot k, the want ot which has been all the ii)oi e keenly folfc since the breaking down of the punt. And now that CH:iibud.;u h is bcL'ii provided for, what, we should like to know, is sping to bo dono in the tus.i of il.iiiiilfcm. Ibthe ncces->ity one whit the less urgent in the ca<e of the one district than in that of the other. Ngaruawuhia will h.»vo its budge, so too will Cambridge and Al* xandra, but why .should Hamilton b.' fcreated as a step-child. The truth is [ thufc there is more need for thus ! connecting either bank of the river at Hamilton than at any other pait of the district, and if the espouse is greater than at either Cambridge or Alex.tiulm, so too |is the necessity for the work. Independently of the fact pointed out by Mr Potter at the late depuration that the roads fiom all parts of thedistiicb centre in Hamilton, there 13 u Urge district, and one daily increasing in population, the Piako, looking to Hamilton as its cipit.il, that render.) the necessity for a bridge at the latter phuT all the more pressing. The chief traffic ot thodistnot, in fact, is there, yet there is nothing but a punt, and no matter how urgent the business, we have known on occasions vehicles tin I hois^men kept waiting from fifteen minutes to an hour till their turn came to get ferried across. If any proof were wanting of the amount of trail to which crosses the rivei at this point it would be found in the price lealised yesterday for the lease of the Ferry tolls for tho ensuing year. Last year the privilege of collecting tho tolls realised C1">1. or XI 2 5s per month ; this year the same tolls have been leased for £.T)0 or £.2.) 4s per month, showing that tlie traffic is not only \ery gro.it, but tit ill incr".isiiig. Thef.ictis, the requirements of th? dis tiiothave grown altogether beyond the) ponieniences afforded by a more ferry. Ayritjultui'al produce and other mateiijl are carr.ed across at consideiablo lo.vs of time, only a certain weight or balk being allowul to be conveyed at once, and in the case of cattle and sheep crossing great loss of time and inconvenience to all conccni"d and to passengers generally aio i-xpericnc d. If a bridge is necessary at all in W.iikat'j it is necessary there, and yol H.tmilton is just (he pl«vo« which is left to the last, and while Co-mbi'lu^o

is sarvcd <m the oue h:iud .and Alexandra on tUo other, Hamilton is sent empty away. We are t.>ld that tho time is fast coming when under tho abo'ition act the distinct will be enabled to undertake I.ivjjb woiks of this kind itself, but suiely what is sauce for the goose is sauce for tho yandcr, .mil tlie Set me rale would have applied m tho two other instinct-! referred to — we do not siv tint it should have been tipplied, far from it — but we do say that having done n simpln act of justice in tl ese tv.o CiiPC^, the Government should have acted consistently and done thosime in the case of Linmilbon. We have, howover, two members now instead of one, to (i^kt our battles in the Assembly, and the tidvocacy of the claims, not nuvely of Hamilton, but of tho W.iikato district, for u i fapecifio ;»rant for this purpose, will 7iot, we trust, be last sight of, nor fail for want I of pushing.

Thk Ngaruaw^hiv Hospital. — We nmloritand that Dr Carey, senior mediriil oflicrr of the coo nal forces, hm been appoiuLofi Resident Burgoon to \\\e Hospital to bo at once establish'^! at Ifaaruawfthia.

Tub AlrMBEn roa Waipa. -Amongst the passengers ) »-t night from Auckland was the member for W.up-i, Mr Alfred Cor, who after un absence of bouiu two uiontln in tWo South has returned homo for a short stay previous to his depar lire eirly thi* month to attend his parliamentary duties m Wellington. TiiKWmri IVuata Ukt»&b. — If something 13 not done to this kiructure, and beforo lony, we tha'l l)e )»aving an opportunity affordol to te-»t the liability of Highway trustees in the matter of injury done to man or boast through tho negle-t of necessary work. Part of the pliikm^ 11 gone and the approach fiom the Wgi.ruattahin or Hamilton side is open so that a hor.e mifiht inadvertently slip h'm foot into the aperture, break his own leg »nd throw his ri ler over tl.e ruling iuto tho crck, eit.ior drowning him or breaking his neck. There "m> a yaiiy of tno A C road forming close to Whit* Wliata nud eure'y they mia;ht bo worso cmplojol than in repairing what i* really >v dangfrous trap either to whneled viilncles or horsemen.

A Word of Kxplahtaiiov is necessary to thoso who read the leu.iu^ article on the nutivo question m our laat issuo, more t him one sent^nco of which must hnve appeared soinewh it owscuro to the re ider. The fact waj tb^ pro >f whi-n ien I was ninlaul, and in the lmrry of yoinsj to pro^s its abnotico was nob noiiced by tho piinler, wmil t!io mater was inserted wit lviut. correction T o consoquoncc was thnt in aildiiiou to n ho-t of mit-flpellin^s, letters stondins on tboii ln-ad-*, >nl otln»r vigaries of uncorro. tcrl pre»s matter *h>')i wnrli apppiinnl a« an\iom for ainusn/, sti 1 f r •kill, tvdnpt for ndept, meiio for under, an 1 av.nii'ly of others, aa tho ndvertijei'3 sjy, too uuuiimmui to tnciition. Tho primer even wont «o fir as to bn guilty of a cip\tal oirc-nce, in denying lo CiUline and Cincinnati tlio *>njoynn."ifc tf c.|Ut.al lpttera to their names Wo beg to apologise (o Sir George tJroy for Iha oniim'm in t'>o o.iso <-f C'atalinc. Cincinnati^ haa no ropre^t-nt.t'.ive th-ic wo know of to whom wo cun make a timi'ar amende.

Cattmc fcii Auckland. — Yesterday the rattle, some 55 ho id, belonging to Air JJu^viko, the intended leaving of wliioli for Auckluul was duly notiGed in our co(u:uds, pusioJ through Hamilton. We rfgret to say that lie', oiFtr made by U 3 to publish intending c maignmenle of stock to tlm Aucklund market*, and (ha dato of their leaving, is not forwarded to us for publication by the mnjoiity of etock nvrcra. In. sonic few inabancts it is, but iv Vho Rivater number of (usoj wo can only give the announcement, and not always then wlion the catllo nru actmlly on tlio roftd. It is a duty the settlor* owe— not only to themselves t.nt to their neighbours — to take the opportunity allbrded them of announcing their intention to send ?o many head of cuttle for such and such a day's market. By this means they would secure themselves and others from the loss of having the market overstocked with beef at any oae lime, and the consequent depreciation in tho value of tho cattle sold. Wa again givo notice that our local columns, in tho interest of the community, are open free to the announcement of the intention of stock owners to forward cattle at a particular time and for a particular market.

Waikaio AoaicULi'UßAii Association'. — The annnnl meeting of tho members of the Centrvl I Waikato Agricultural Assocnlion was held at Te Awamutu on Friday last, 26th insUnt. A number of subscribers fron tho surrounding districts were present, and Major Jackson occupied the ch.ur. Tho accounts for tho past year w i r« rend Mid passed, showing a balance in band of £19 19i 4d. It was proposed by Mr A Jlay, Ornkau, and B (conded by Mr E Hall, Te (tori, "That tliii Association be wound up, the objVct for which it naa established lining been now accomplished, by the inbUtut.ian of a Central Society, having for its ol ject the holding of au annual show r»t Ohiupn ; and thut iho balance in hand bo de?otpd to tin; following objects, tiz. : £10 l(h to tho Waikato Agricultural «nd Pastoral and i' 9 9* tjt'ie Te Awamutu Public Hall." Tho motion wis carried unanimously. Thii was all tho business, oud with a roto of tbauks to (he old officers of tho AswciiVion, aud a vote of ihank* to to the chairman, iho meeting separated. Skktici: — Next Sunday bams Wlntsundnj', there will bo a special service in Hfc Peter's, Hamilton, and tho ciioir will execute a iuinboi' of now iiieoes. Whitsuntide or WhitSunday h so called because on that d.»y those nowly-baplisod appeared nt ahurch m a white droii between Easter and Pentecost.

Salr at Ngabuawahia — Mr John Kuox will soli by auction to d.iy, without reserve, by order of Mr KitLt, at Ngavuawfihia, a quantity of variable Uoiwoliold furniture aad a useful sewing machine.