THE POLITICAL POSITION.

Waikato Times, Issue 638, 22 June 1876, Page 2

THE POLITICAL POSITION.

As will ho scon by the tcl^rnim of our special Importer, forwarilfid fioni 'Wellington yc^'or l.v', at 0. 50 p.m., it lias b.-eu agreed to postpone the fui'tliur coiisi lorsiiionof tho PiaicoqaoHfion until to-morrov. Tbo Ifousc w.»a (o moot yo^terllay owning, for thu onliiiiiry transaction of business, ;it half-pa >t FC\eu o'clock.

Hamilton and Cavbmdgk R.M. Courts. — Wo would remind thoasj interested thnt tho usual foihiightly silttug of these Conrts tulces place to-day tiud to-morrow rebpectivcly.

Ngakuavtaiiu Fsuar Seuvice. — Mr John Knox will sell by auction to-day, at 2 o'clock at Ugaruawahui, by order of lha Town Board, the Ichso of tbe fen y sorvico at thai plase.

Tat CiiriiE Ton Auckland — Wo undpratand tbnt (Japl lluvcnntin lutcnris wtarlinr; no\t wpA from Cnnibrulgo wit'i '10 head of boef far 2\\v Buck laud's sale of tho 6th July.

Hamilton Ciiirßon Bcii/dixo Co-umittbh;' — A meeting of fclio aboro Comimttco we.3 called for Tuesday overling, but at only one member, (Mr Coates), bt^ulcs tho clergyman, put m ail appearance, no business nai prococded with.

CAMmiißGi! Salt? Yauds. — Tenders for tteh c erection of the public siloyurds, to bo eivcfed a 1 Ciunbridgo, tho contractor to find all mntirial, will be received by Mr Charles Tuck, tho (Jhairnmn of thp Town Bouid, up to Monday next, the 26th ins'.unt.

East Hamilton Towimiip ITronwAT Di3tbict.—The annual m-olnig of rati*p'iyora of tho abore district will be hold at the Kojul Holol, East Hamilton, at two o't^ock on Saturday afternoon, tlu Bth of Julj, when a statement of accounts will bo brought forwnrtl, a rato struck, auil the olcclion of trustees bo proceeded With.

St. Jons'a Day. — Suturd'iv nest ,a St. John's Day, the great anniversary of the Masoniu Ciaft. Tho Lodge Beta will imv-t>r, aecoulini? to usual custom, ut the Lorlgo room, Ko_vnl Hotel, tliwnilton Jiliist, nt High Noon. On the same day, at Wellington, tho poroinony -vt ill tatto plnce of installing Bi other Sir Do-iald McLean as District Grand llajtcr of the Enyliah Constitution in tiew Zealand.

SnwiNa MAcnrsrug. — Wo sao by ntiTerfsomcut, iii another column, that Mr Unmrooml lias commenced selling Wheeler aud Wilson's Sowing Machines, in the Waikatp, on the monthly payment system. By this ineana, fuuiiliea aro onabled to obtain a first-class machine, without fceliDg nny straiu upon their resouroas. Mr Hammond has boon, and is still, very successful iv tho sale of I* avail j Bibles and oilier works, on this system, nud wo wish him every success in hid now ageucy, and ctn certainly recommend all families in waut of a really good machiuo to visit his emporium, iv Victoriabtroct.

AcciiMATl3i?ioN.— At tks meeting of Ul3 Society held in Auckland on Monday, a Jon^ dismission took placo aa to the rolatiyo merits of tho English and Oul'fornian salmon, and it was resolred to proceed with tho importation of tho ova of (he latter, and to establish regular broftdhig ponds near Auckland at Swnnson's deck, so as to be »blo to liberate good nizod fisu mstcad of inero ova ia rivers euch as the Wuikato and tributary streams where tho ovn have flo much to contend with in tho shape of heavy frcilios and eels. It wus aho reiolvei to send a number of tho silvei pheasants at present in confinment in tho Domaiugcudens to be liberated in the r u^lvito.

The Apprchchi's to tub Hamilton" Punt, j —We drew attention the ot! or day to tho ttate of tho road between tho W S N Company's storo nnd tho woody. orL. approach on tho eaat sido tlio river, but our attention has been drawn to a ntill moie import nit mittoi', — tho state of the woodwork approach itself on that sido of the river. It is in a most, dangerous condition, and may givo way at any nioMf-nt \ilnn u more than ordinary heavy couvcv'ucd i-> cioasmg it, and he tlio caiuo ol very tciious uiidthauco to life a'uil

pioporty. BoLh approaches to the punt need looking to, buf moio especially the one on the e,i:t side, tho water having fretted away the toil from under tho larjje benm on which the structure rest", an 1 tho whole wuight depending upon one or two small pieces of not Tery Bound timber utterly . inn Jequate to bear the strain upon them.

Ilui DB Mursea. — This celebrated vocalist, -whoio equal at the prosont m^unnt is not to be foun<i oruongsfc professional aingerd, will positively appear ut the Cunral full, Auckl.md, on Tuesday next, beinj; the oponing night of a shoit season. Wo learn from the Auckland pupors tliat thoro is quite a flutter of excitement in tho. Auckland musical world, and that tickets are being eagerly sought for. Thorn will bo very ninny doubtless in Waikato who would filadly visit. AucLknd /r>p the purpose ot hear, n« her, if oidmaiy faciliti'-s were iiQ'orded for elto'ipui ns{ t'if co-t o( travelling. Wo would eu/gest that joino .urui^einent could bo cimo to between the 1 uLu.iy iiutiioritir: aud tlio \V S N Company for tin* lt^ue of tlirough roiura'tukfta ut as rcasonul)!l! a i"ito in possible, givin<» one dny clear in town. Tliis would not only bu of groat oonvenienue lo scores of persons in Watkitoo, but add cnn«idor-ibly to the tr.ilhc returns of both railway and slc'im beat company. The prices of admission to tho Choral Hall vary from levon and | sixpence to lmlf-a-crown for a singe ticket.

A Skating Rink yon TlAim-Tox. - The Av<klanilerj, wo sec, are {jotting their skating rink at thi« Ci y Jiall, and why shonld not we at Hamilton follow their example. Tn sun nierour young men 1 aka the extra fat off their fraraei in >-tho cricket ft* ell, aud in winter tho epidermis from their shins at tho exciting garao of football, but tliero aro scores amongst us who play at neither one nor the other, but who have at. 1 a 'joyful iceollootion of tho exploits of ou>* oarlisr d»js upon tie good eolid honest ice at liome, and to those latfor a skaling rink would afford a cnpital opportui ry f>r thd e-nj >yraent of a healthful and pie isur:o, c exercise, and one, cxcuptiuy from falls on tnc bick of tho hfad, unattended with diin^'nr Manied mun could, however, borrow t'lon- wiv< s th gnoiu, and by wearing thorn we 1 buck ore • tho ojcip.Wal boue insuie against any sorious disutor. To be sorioud, howoTor, wo a^s no reason why tho peopiG of ifamilton bhould not hare a BkaUu^j rink of their own. An asphalt, floor is not newlod, but a Biinply bo.irded o.ie, an I -wo l.t. ye no doubc, now that thc>ro U p cut) of apaio room in the A 0 r.irr.vcks, and likely to be moro, that an apnhoitiou for such pur| 030 would bo aeco led to. Tho elates thorn-si-lves .iro oaaily pnxurab'e in Auckliuid, md at a reasonable cost — some ten or tweho shillings V\'o tluow out the suyicestion as whn-ti in»y lci'l to the fonnutiqn of »skiLin^' club, tho rink il«elt as atitod abuTo Mill not, wo behove, bo a mater of diuloulty.

llwnr/roN Fust— lt, is evidently timo that some instructions wero given to the juinl-koopor a? to fie piirform mco of tin du'y, iui while at oi\« time, on Tuesday week, lie was so f ir iK^lcetfuL of it as to \eiy nearly cau-o a thrums catastrophe by over loading tliu feriy, — ho now soomi to hu\e gouo to tlio ot.lier extremo, anl to bo inciiuo ' tj put the public to serious '.-.nil unnecessary iu2ou >r euienco by causing poop ! e to wiit whore there is no oceaciou to do ej. A bu;gj llie otlicr day having taken up potition, a single horsoinau was not allowed to cro»s over at the s imo ti uc, but made to wait. Again, a la'ly on a v quiet liit.e pouy, huvin^ ontorod ou tho punt, a cordage i>»s kopt waiting until sho bad croS3»rl. Is'ow there waT* ijlcnty of room in eithor cai-o ftr both, without the aliglitist risk, as tho aaldlo hoiao could have itood be»ide tho carriif?e, a rorj different state of thmga to thut of Tuosduy week, where two horees were stood bcaido the carriaj>» and a horso crosawayi behind it, and tho wheels of the carriage left nnohouke I, bo thnt it could back upon tho horso m roar. Whilst the puntman takes G»ro that ho does not fall int') a similar error m future, which migt.t lcaro blin open to a trial for manslaughter, thore ii no m>od tha' he should mako tho trrtSu accoinruodution, madoquato as it is, still m->ro incoriTcmcnt by lalling into tho oLher extreme. Mr Lmd, the late lcß^ee, ustd his jud^msnt in sucli cases, accoidiug to tho oharrtotor of the horsn, and garo general sitidfjction to tha public. Wo recomnipud iho maiLer lo tho notice of tlio loc;il authoiitie3, aj requiring their interference in the public n.terea^.

Mb Caklbtox os Sir Gbougb Giiey Tho following letter appears from Mr Carlebou, re Sir Goor^o Greg's lottcr io Earl Carnarvon. " Sir, — 1 ha I thaught mjsolf incapable of being Burpridod any longer rvt anything in Now Zealand, but must ooufesa myself iairly takoti aback by Sir Georgo Grey's astonishing letter to L)rd Carnarvon, coveying hia apprehension that opposition to the Ministry might ihvolvo the cannonading of tho city of Aucklnnl by tho in«n-of-war in tho haibour, and oarnostly requesting his liordib/p to send ' a telegraphic ni3*sa£;o to tho Governor, which will dispol all appiehcnsiou of Jlftr Majesty's forces boinq usad for such a purpose." Is hs on his waj to tho Lunatic A^vlumn, that ho should co expo 3" himeolf to ridicule ? He bo'ievcs, too, that the poojdo of Auckland have beon warnod of thi3 by 'the iupportors «f tho MLniatry.' As one of tho most prominent tapportera of the Ministiy in tho mntttr of abolition of the provinces, I may take this to myself. I am charged, by implication, with hnwni; nmdo an ass of myself. lam obliged for the compliment, but cannot accept. My first intention was, for tho fun of it, to write to the fc>e -rotary of State myself, with all formalities, having ns good a right to do co m Sir George, and poisibly with a bolwr ch:iuc of being listened to, — assuring Lord Carnarvon of my own i.inocjnco, and of tb/\t'Of all my acquaintances ; but, on sejond thought, I feared being involved with tho ri.licule thit must attond tho serious treatment of anch a yarn. Yot, setting banter apart, it i« hard upjn tho pooplo of Auckland that ono of their ctosen men should lhuB oxpoao thoai to tho dorieion of tho reßt of alio colony.

Alluotd Cattle Steai,tn&. —Mr Goorgo Ocvin, a lopfdablo sottlor of Waiuku, was on Monday last arrested at Ohaupo under somewhat extraordinary circumstances by Dotective Uoolan ut the instance of tJio Waiuku authorities. Mr Gc\in at the time of his arrest was at, Oh-ui'O, whero J.o had arrived to marry a daughter of a well-known settlor, Mr Harper, formerly proprietor of the Hamilton Hotel, and at tha time of his arrest the 'Eev Mr Scott, w«a on his way to Oliaupo to celebrate the wedding. Mr Cro\iu was brought bofore Col Lyoa and Captain Steele, Justices of Hamilton, and remanded to Waiuku. Isail (which was immediately forthcoming) was allowed, the accusod himself being oonud over in a eutn of £200, with two sureties of £100 each. We aro happy to say that tho untoward occurrence, whateyer ' littto damp it may havo thrown over tho marriage- fostivities, wq3 not allowed to stand in tho way of tho ampieioui evont itself, and that tho Eov -Mr Scott'a sprvicci, tvero put into icquisilion. Tho mtrriflga took place yostorday. Mr Gcvin is a man of such .well-known respectability and high character that it is to bo regretted that such an extreme iourao slionld h.ive been resorted to, tho so-called theft being neither morcnor loss than an open determination to bti< k to the pabsession of an animal which ho really believed to bo hii own, and which tho prosecutor believt-d on tho other hind to belong to himself. It n clearly a case of mistikcu identity, on tho eettl raenl of-iw lich unfortunate1) tho cow ifcsolf cannot bo put into the witness boT, and one which, wo shoulJ liuto thought, might lvive been more filiingly «ettled by a cml actiouthan by -a criminal information.

Tub Waikato Bribge. — A. correspondent writes to us 1.. reference to the scjiiu on tin punt at Hamilton on Tuesday week, and asks " if nothing is going to be dono to urga upon tho Q-overnm nit tLo necessity of pro riding moro suitablo accommodation for crossing tho river at tlio Hamilton township, which is the central point of nitcr-Waik ifo traiHe." .We can only uay that us yet, vciy little or nothing lias been dono by tho people of the district in this matter. Tho uttjntun of th.i Defence Minister was cilled" to tho desirability of the work during hia recant visit to Hamilton, but the reply was eminently uujiiliaf.\etory--tiUdt luo people woull soon, o ider tbo new lotul Goyornment Uill, be iv o.

position to undarfako tho work themselves. Now what wo maintain is this, th.it tho peopte of tho district may fairly claim, that the building of a central bridge in Wuikato is part and parcel of tho scheme of those larger publio works to ho undertaken by the ChTcrnmeut of the Colony from the borroweJ millions for which tho Kinds and settleis ol VVaikato will be long liable after tho less permanently located inhabitants of othrr disliicte, which have been even moic benefited by thorn, will have ceased to be so. Of all the important districts in the Colony, Waikato has received perhaps tho least share of such expenditure. Districts of far less consequence in tho South have their railways open and in -working order, while ours is aii et unfinished, and, at the r.ito il proceeds, likely to remain so for a long timo yet to come. 'Bat the W.i.kato bridge at linniilton is not a mcro local work, but must for ypa-3 to come, till Ihe ridway can bo extended beyond the frontier southwards, be part of tho ni.dn tn;nk line of road connecting Auckland v> i tih Napier and with the lake country and the Thames and Piako district with Waikato. !lt ia ..therefore a work which fairly and legitimately should be undertaken by tho Colonial Government, and not m Sir Donald 'McLoan proposed, bo Ufc as .1 legacy of the Colonial Government to tbe Waikato peoplunlong with the new local form of government. It is not, however, to bo supposed that the Government will, of their own aocord look upun it in this light, however much they might by proper toprosentation bo induced to do so, and therefore wo would suggest to tlio«c interested ia the building of a bridge at Hamilton the dwirabihry of moving it onco in tho •-natter, whilo the House is in session. -We should not forget the -parablo of Uio importunato widow. There is certainly but a very slight cross of .that lady's breed apparent in the present population of "Waikato-