THE ALEXANDRA AND NGARUAWAHIA ROAD.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 663, 19 August 1876, Page 2

THE ALEXANDRA AND NGARUAWAHIA ROAD.

But a very small proportion of the ! borrowed millions have been ex jiendcd in reproductive works in the district of Waikato, and lest the Government should be at a 10-js where to make up for past laches in this matter, we shall take the present opportunity of urging upon them the desirability of oponing up the Waipa district with a good passable roadfroin Ngaruawahiato Alexun Ira The Waipa river district has been much neglected. In spiteof continued applications for assistance, from 1869 to the present tiaie, fhe Colonial Government has done nothing for it, and one of the finest agricultural portions of the Waikato is left dependent upon river traffic, not available up to a certain point at ono season of the year, and romafns an isolatod excrescence on the more fortunately situated reminders, whilst the Alexandra and native country beyond is left without a good direct road to the Delta, and highway towards Auckland. The letter of our Tuhikaramea correspondent, published on Tuesday, and the continued complaints of the Whata Whata settlers all tend to the same point. A large quantity of very valuable land is almost cut off, for all practical parposes of settlement, from tae rest of the district, and the township of Ngaruawahia deprived of the advantages of such back country and rural traffic as of right belongs to it. The consequence is that' settlement has long been at a standstill in the western portion of tho Waikato district, and a large extent of rich country still lies in a state of nature, which, under a more liberal Government expenditure, might have added to the material suUtantial wealth and taxbearing endurance of the Colony. Nor is it from any want of representation on the matter, as we have said, that the Government has done nothing for the Waipa district. Some two years ago, in consequence of the representations made by the inhabitants, the Minister for Public Works instructed the lato District Engineer, Mr W H Clarke, to report upon tho practicability of this very road. Mr Clarke reported to the Government that it would be useless to expend money on that part of the road commencing some five and a-half miles above Ngaruawahia, where tho road rui s over a succession of hills, and was further instructed by tho Department to lay out a new line. This he did just a year ago, and succeeded in getting a a very good line over level ground, commencing about four miles from Ngaruawuhia, and again joining the old road about half-a-mile from the Ohoto Creek. On this deviation one bridge, estimated to cost £80, and one large culvert, estimated to cost JE3O, would be required, but,' the maintaining No. 4 bridge, on the old road, abandoned, would be saved. The government, however, from that daj to this, have taken no steps, since the deviation »vas surveyed, to have it carried into effect, and this deviation would obviate the Only engineering difficulty that exists upon the whole twenty-eight miles

of road between Ngariuwuhu and Alexandra. There is an ugly cutl in™ at pivseut in the Maugajiiko lioatd district, near Tn llori, but no groat work after all. In the (iisfc H iniius bolouo-iiig- to the .Newcastle or Ngdruaw.ihi.i district, nuw bridges •T(j required at the O.iknwera, Ohote, Maungvipuki ka and Koromatua creeks, the estimated cost of which we find, on enquiry, raav be set down at £GO, £300, £150 and £100 respectively, or, ,£6lO altogether. This, with the cost of the culvert and bridge on the 'deviation above referred to, gives a sum of £720 for bridges in the Ngaruuwahia half of the road. There are aho some stiff cuttings, a few rather bad swamps to cross, and a good deal of formation required. A grant of £1000. made to the Newcastle Board for this object, would enable them, probably, to carry out their portion of the work. As regards the Alexandra half of the line of roid, there exists no greater difficulty in carrying out the whole of the work than is the case with the othor half, mid a similar grant made to the Manorapiko Board, or, some £2000 expended by the Government, in additiou to the local rates available, would make a fairly passable road from Ng.iruawahia to Alexandra.

ALREABT that which we saw foreshadowed as th« probable outcome of tbo opposition of the Auckland Memb'lB is a^siimuii; tnngible form and shape. Foiled in the first Attempt to secure even an irnta'lnjrnt of Justice for Auckland, a seciion of bcr members feen incli'A.l to follow Sir George Grey into a hlia-J and unreasoning opposition, whicli can result only in obstruction, not redrew of jj'ioran -es, and wll alien*' e the s<ym|>:.thy of morj moderate men. The special correipondent of the ' Herald,' tMegrapiing lrom Wellington, onThuradny.says 'iir Goorgo Grey will not acuppt nny comoromise, but; in«i*ts on •iemindin? all h« desires, an<l •*>« the Minit'ry will tuffer in the osti-natiou of the world for their ref isal. 1 A i'u for tha tstimatiou of the world! What will be the pr->o f inal isoie of cu^h a c mitts to Auckland ? Th-»t. ii the question It u not o its of raeu but principles. As we h ivo aaid on a former occ««i'>ii, wlipn once tho Auckland party baeg b i.'!it of this — wlieu it litC'tno* a quedion of men not ni'asur^ then fora oeitunty Hio camo will Huflbi'. VVe quits a«ree with the 1 Herald' whm, oini'iieiitinjr u^on its corrospondont's li'iter, it eayj, ' D lion 13 fh* on« (xrcaL end »it whit'h Hrery iru« lov«r of the prorinco will, in its pre-r>nt orisin, ami.' Tno fmthfalnes^ t>-i |>nuci|»le, imt the fealty t« a nmn mn-j , h j vt-vnr, be fchp bond of union. The q i<*»'io<i of 10-id'rship will be on« only of lit mom tj fCiomp!i-li a (ertain end. Th.> ciuae it in, wi? m'nt fl» ! it for, and nit as p«rtieani of thi« leader or of thtt. When onc-j the Auc<l»nd po'icv falls short of thi , it loiea all eymp-dhy from thinking m»n ; it bsosniLM not Uij policy of a people but ©f a pnity. Sinco writing thoitbore, a lata ttlegrnm informs gs that "Sir Gtoorge Grey ceases to be tha leader of Iho Auckland members.

The Homeward Mail.— M*ils for America, Unit id Kin^dou »ud G'oatinent of Europe will oloie at tho Hamilton Po«i Officn on S»fcor<hy inornia,', Aue. 2Sch at 6:30 * m.

OtIH PIIKO SUBSCRIBERS. — TllUTddiy's papeM for our Piuko fcubicribor* vroro seat at lix o'c ock >n I bit morning to meet the any whiih leu»es about that time, and wnre loft at th« punt, our nieisen^or having to return to Msist in g*t in* out t!it» paper. From some cau* v , they were not hande I over to Mr Wooll-y, and «c have therfore to apologise to our Piako friomla for thoir nontianiuiissiou on (his occa*ion.

Nbal's Curu,NG.— Yesterday the contractors commenced work in earnest in making thin brokon portion of Victoria etrcet, the highway through Hnmilton to AucL'iimi, possible, clearing out and lost night, will be a drawback to the easy deepening the tide dmirn or water cliannel*, aud throwing the soil on to the crown of tlio road. Tlis change in the woaih'r, Inwever, whijb »tt iv compiotion of the work,

BAIfK 0F Nkw ZBALIVD PItKMTSEB. — Tlio Taluuble iillotnent in Hamilton, at the corner of Victoria and Hood it rent*, which has beta s.-oured for the site of the Batik of New Zealand pi-emixes, his been frnced in, and u now being p'auiud bv Mr ifuson, nursei-jcaiii, of Hanultou. The site i» a very ooutr»l and ralimble one, and the new bank bu ldiug, when erected, will fill up a g>p m oue main street, whicli his for sum.'tami b»on an ojasore in these lutter d^>e of rapid iwprortment.

Mr Cox axd Separation. — Tho special reporter of the ' Ceo3» ' tell* us r.hat in fcWo House, on Tuasd'ij night, Mr Cox read telegrams from Alex-mJra, roquedtiu^ him to support Separation. He >uid t>ie main question discussad during the election wu Abolitioa and JSeparalion, on whicli he and tho unsuc?esslnl canii'la c vrava aj? eeA. Ho was ask«d at Alexandra if ho would support Sir Q-aoroe Grey, and lie said not on Separation or Prorincialinn. If bis constituents expectol him Co recant the opinioiu on which h« wm e.eetod, thej wero lui^tfckop ; bus he *ri>uld mp pjrb the rights o( Auokhuri when they were nearij i)ivotv»d, hut would not dwpoie of his vota tor the mere Bake of »yaip»tUy.

Abbotts Swas*.— We constantly hear the ci-j now-n-d iya ' Money is source' m Auckland. It must bo reon-urnix bo this oluss of grumbler* to le»rn that £2,000 of what ra*y be tanuod loou cj»h ha* been subscribed duriug tho last ei»lu ireeki to Abbotts ivfeep. Tie ualcbraced Melbourne boikuiaker aod rnce-horae owner, Mr J J Miller, ma U it one of lii» proudest bjadts tint ho could ruiie £2, DUO in eight weeks foi* a swoep » i t'n* Me'boarae Oup. Tlii* waj in •* citj nuiubjriu^ u«arly 2J0.000 inhabit ttiila. Hei-«, 1,1 a town one tenth the size of i.ho Victorian capital, Mr Abbjtt on\jfroyiu\)L>d the •nuo time in rai-ing a similar u uouut. When peapi a cau come tv tho iront in tlii* fashion ca»h for lusurioi emuut reallj bo vavj short in Auckland.

Auckland avd Poniu Railway VPnacs.— Ywterduy the lust of ilia oo*itruct parties who have been at work in the Rutiuhm Sw nip, ou the Railway drain*, haring conipluied their wort, c im» into the township. The lino from Hamilton to Ohaupo id now fiuishod as fir as the formation it concerned, and a start hus juit btan >i.ado by th* contractor* for putting m nil the necessary oulrert* along rlii* por-ion of the line, t\rrnty-«it iv number, which contract wi'l be completed by C.irwtmas next. Th» hue will then be readj to reouive ballast, &3, from Newcastle to Ohaupo, a dutancj of about twenty railfs, and we do liope that as soon as the purmanonl way id laid to the former place, tha work will bc>push"d on without any delay to the latter, where an extemiva cite Ji bdin^ prepared lor tho aiation. |

Thb JNi'Ri<PLorl>cur< Football Match: — ft if rxpi>rt»d that tins in it h between the Auckland find Cuircilnry teaoie, will <wnn off obmt thu iirst of September. The following h tho team selected to rop>v«cnt Auckhnil, but the oommiitee lcserve to ih'ni<olves the nglit o' making any ult^ra'ious, should they bo able to btrengiht-n tho team by duin; s>o. At pres-nt. ic stands tlius:— M sssra W Q-udneon, 0- Carter, W Woon, T ITenier8»n, C Thailand, (Auckland Club), W Jones. J Ma"knY (Ponsonbj), T Whevr^ll ('*rafioa), C Ducre, J NuUn (North Shoro*, X Cnx, N Hunt, J \7r. O 'l, (H.milton) W W Robinson. HSP ul (Tamns). Emergency men : J Gudgeon, II Mowbray, R DiHer, — Kjh-, and It Swanson. Of thej« only four were in th* ftf to 'in th,it went South "last, year; namely "ears Nolan, Carter, Gudgeon, aud Wooji.

HAMitTW Wist Town Board Election. — There nerer we c so mmy His putad Highway Board flections in W.iikatoas hive occurred this year, and novr we are likely to hear of another which thr>w« the Hamilton Hijhwuf District dispute! election into tin shade. It is current town talk thaf the Chairman of the Hamilton West Town .Board raiepa yen annual meeting, Capt Scholfield, vras nol a ratepayer, nor wu§ hn liable to be rated, a-id that the whole of the proceedings of tho lne-ting, the election of trustees, striking a rate, &c, were illegal. If this bu to the aoorer the matter is «et right, aid I;he proper legal course taken, the better. Some peop ewe hpar, have wished to keep tho mutter quiet, intending bj and bye to refuse pi>m^nt of the rate, but this exomption,cv« i cjuM it be accomplished, would ba tle>rly parchased bj muddy streets ani dangerous roa'is in the next winter.

Tn* 'Stak's IATB3T.— The lateit ulna, of the ' Stir 'to ' keep the g-ime nlivo ' h to attack the 'Cro»u' vehvmentlv upon it's lack of advertisements. Toe 'Star' mu?t always h.v»e a new ae-mt.ion or n gno r l qu rrel on hwJ, or its Ter'y exi*tencs it j KipnrHisod. It livet and fattens mthcr upon tli.' faults and frailli *•, tht> eccen-ti-icitu 1 * and m siortanos of tntnkind. or bv picking a quarrel witU ids ncighboura, which ijive* it an opeaing for th« peculiar etylo of polemical jmrnnlidtn, known in its columns as 'elating' it« adversary. Tb; 'Stir' in this initatco desires to gain a htile prestige by • n»»ging in a discussion wit,h n j)Urnal of tho st'indinjj of the 'Ofois,' ami proceeds to sho.v the rel r*n in the nhipe of a tmnt, as to the lcnines* of it* tdvariisinij columns. Of coups© it ii nofc the ficfc. The Vross' is at l^ast a< well adv*r*i<ed as it's morning contemporary, but tint does nob matter 'o the 'Stir.' A fi^ht. it must and will- hare bur w<» rci-T much doubt if tho 'Cross' will oblige it this lime.

Thk Skat op G-ovkrxmbnt. — Wln»n th it. owi of tlio ro«o1ution« of Sir George Grey, whic'i rclnteii to the retaining the *i<\t. of the Col mial Government ah Wellington came to a division, tha remilr. wa< n* fo'lowra :—: — Av^s 47 ; namolv, Messrs Andrew, Atkinson, Ra«<*iit, Bill nice, B >wen, Brnndou, BrfCf. Bunnev, Buoton. Carringten, C >r, Curtis. D>uglii3, Pilzroy, Gibb-i, H»PDnr, Qenry, Jlxik'tn>n, Hunrop, lliirsMioase, .Toli-iston, Ktanrdy. Keauv iEtnder*, McLean. Sir D JVlcLjnn QMoiirgouinry, Moorh msfl, Murav A.rnsley, Omionrt, Peipca, Pyke (tfllor), Kend, Q- R Reid, D Riclicrdsoa Eolleston, Russell, Sujimur (tcll-r). Sharp, iSta£Ford, Sr-rcna, r r*iwiii, Te'ohmikisiN Tribe, Vo^el, Wil iatns and Woolcoot. Noet 30 :—: — Jfcura U»rfi.*, Bowrta J 01 Bums (teller). Delatoar, Dii?nan, Fislier, 0-ro.v, ElftmUn, Hislop Joyce, Lumsden, L'i*k, Mac»ndrevr Maefarlnne, Murray, Nalte, O'R»rke, Re*,R c*, Eowe, Smifou, ShejUin, Shrimski, Sr mfc (teller), Swans m, Taktmaoni, Thomson, Tola, Toaks, Whitalccp, and W..od R G-.

Thi Young Man of th» Namb r* fttfppr. — In the good old day* of Sow Z'.ila'id, when the runs in tao Arquri dutnct w rs flr«t ta'ten up, pirties used to be formed to croas the mouu/ain ratios toward* Nelaon for mutual protection in tie event of a snow-storm. Upon one of tliMo expodttioss was Mr George Guppy rotiirnias; from hi* run. which w« unfortunately afflicted with icab. Naw Mr Guppy \rai very neat in his co*tume, jiutly y.iia of hif appparanco, and wai pirricularly pleased when jokingly addressed as Lori George. On this jwrney, one night, after Mr G- and hit Maori aervunt had rotirod to their tent by the camp fire, was orerhoard this colloquy: — Mr Q- — « What do they oall Mr Aobinaoa.' Tan 31 — 4 They call him Ready-monej Robinson.' And, after sune further pielimina-ioi — G- - « And what do they citl me?" Tdiui chuckled uiiJibly, but didn't reply. .G (iri3in>i'itn^lv)~'Cotne, come, what do thay call ma? Spe/ik my gool fellow. Don't they c»ll mo li):*d Georgo?' Tanjri— • Lm\ G-.-orijo bo Ai it ; they c>tli you Scabby Gup >y V An itu it ni^ht tho ouild of tlio foi-esc exch mue>l his mislei I * tonfc for the wida o:iuopy of heaTeu.

Ths Aux. Enguvu Ei,bvi^.— The 'Ballar.it M«r' say» :— ' Air Rennet, the •»g>ir. for Mr L llywliilij'* All E inland lean, has conis'ii Id'l iirriinonnnuis 'or a three cloys* in itch, io bc)p«y-jdon tho Ewtorn Ofttl, Bullai-at, botween the Englishmen, und 22 c iuketira of t"ho Billar.it district. Thp match willommenue on Monday, Ist JV.uirv, 1877. The All-Eni{J»ud Eloren will leive Sou'hhamptoa br the Si>|.t mber M il. and will bo m;lo!tc4 <r»in. tw> following: — Jupp, Green «r«o'l, .Southern, P.,o!flv, Chirlw.wd, A Shaw, Wild, Emmer't, Allcu, Kill, UUyutfc, Lo-krt-001, Morley, fJu-lowr, mi I 3 Ibir. Mr B -u-iett mfoi ins us it is uulikiljr that Loi'kvrood and Muivlt will comft onfc. Liliywhi-e will cip am the lenn, and, we learn, omnei out mitirrf.y on nia own responsibility. I'lie tk'am will play in Adelaide abo.it tde 15th November, and in Melhoume a we k uffor. Then Tionntiia will be Tttied, and matches platd in Hobertown and Launctut m. From Tustn inia buck' to Victoria on Boxing Day the eleven will puy on the E*§t \l«lbouino ground, A two days' match will o une ofT % «i 6 Geelong on the Fri Uyr »nd Saturday f >llowing and as lUted, BalUrat will be Tmtfd on New Ye.r's Diy. Th»n Ararat, Stawell, !13.«a h worth', Wan<aratta, Albnry aud Wn^a. Waxnn, will be risitod ii turn. Tne team will then p ocdod to Syduey and New Zealand, spandiug sevon weeks in tha latter country.'

A Shabp Racing Toick.— Alden B Sloo'twall, Siyi an American evoliaiigo, is ft» pacific a male us ever *cuttled u ateatnihip or cut a nilroal company's throat, nnd hia partner on th» fing i-h turf, Lord Dupplm is a most accomplished cardplat «r. Tbe talent of W»l -s'.raob aud th* P irk Glub combined has, as our mail ndrioet show, boon uliogetner too much for tli* Englijli ruci.j^ public iv tlio conteit for the fi^st of the grevt throe- jear old •vents, ihe I,OjO guineas. Oi-her flrnn lure before how traded on thoir reputation ; it rdinainod with. Lord Dupphn and his American p irtner to make fcheir bad nama prolltaDlo. Ha ring in Ka'eidcmcupo ahorse couitei sure to win but for Petraroh, they purchnsedPclraroh a§ if to guard their interests, an i at once creuted th» impression that, ihej would ' seruoh' or ' pull' tlio bel.ter colt, and let tho MCOnd tike the honours. As this did not, as it were, ' biar,' Petrarch sufficiently, they next ran an ostentatious (rial bdfoie all th» touts of Nfwrnurkrt,, wherein Petrarch was lgn^mtuouslj

beiten, and Droved far inferior to Jv^laidoscjpe. This sucoeoded. Ka'on'oaoope vvat mide the favourite, and Petrarch n.-ed.^l in the bettmj li^f s to '21 t.i one, j at whi*b odiU his owners bickml him. Oil the diiv of he r.i«o, ev.>n, tdey plac >d at ridfr fin unknown stable boy lo carr) out the fiction that ha • w.s mfc moin f ,'nnd niftkiii|{ tho runn ng throu^bout ho won with ndieuljua eiße.

ExrKinriNATicKY or Thistles mu)b RA&Y :— T'ie growth of thisUa, and the method of exterminating then h ive be -n to io3of-.cn Hisjimovl bj settlers. Thfl following is apiece of information on th> fubject which, if proved to he founded on fuot, will help to seUle tha difficulty. Tl»e Berlin corre.pondent of 'Land aud Wuter' writes . — ' Who ever knew of two plan a bemjs so inimical to one another as to Lilt the other hy a m<»ro touch ? This, howerer, seems ta he tue cisc when tape grnvs near the thistle. If a fi e i,| is infested by tbisHns, give it a turn of rape sued, and this plant will «lto<'ethar starre, suffocate, and chill tho thistle* o^ of exi-tence. A trial wm m»de wii h different varieties of rape see 1 m squaro plots, when it was found that the whole ground was full ofthistlei, und nobody believed the,' rape was hating n fair ruu. But it had, and a» tho rape grew the tliist es vanished, faded, turned prey, and dried up ns soon as the r.ipa leaves besja\ to touch them. Other trials were I hen nude in flour-pjtij and garden bedi, and the thistle always had to give in, and w^s altogether annihilated, whether old and fully developed or young aud tender.' j Tho above plan might bo tried during the present ee«aon, and tho r«ult~ in due lime fully reported to the Waikato Tim bs. If tho result obtained be the same as thane roport3d fr>m Germany, a discovtry of great practical value will have be.'n | made.

ScoTTßiwa iw Limbs. — In anawrr to a question as to ths best remedy (or souring} in la<nb«, ft writer in the 'Weekly Herald' says :— " T.R' is not, the only one win is logins' lambs This winter some f.irmprj hive lost a good many. Tue quantity of the ([-as* does not, apoear to mak» any difference, ai tho?e who have good feed are complaining about their lambs juit an mnch as those who*o padclocks are rather bare. It will be found, I think,} *bafc late lambs euff t the most.' Ai a rule lambi are more subject to diar rhoe* than ehoep. Sometimrt«» a change of ibod may prore advantageous. I curvd a young rain of scours last week, bv turning him into a paddock of ra )n and oats. Thore are, of coursr, receiits for mixtures to bi administered for the complaint in question, but it is little use bcginnin^to administer medicine so long a* thj Ciii»o eontmues, I» m o f opi ii >n that sheop fariuord will hay • to to* down it paddock, Bay of rape, mustard, and j oats early in tho sea ion, .-sp-ei^Uy c-jr i lamb*, so that they may huTe tb-j run o p it at thu commence'nent of winter. Th.it might lend to pro vent so gre;it a mortalit y atnonual those ani-n-iU. The fjilowia^ u tie allooiitbic treutrnmit f<>r icoars :—: — Prepared chalk, 1 oz ; opium, % dradsm, mix-td in a lulf-piiic popp.'r.mut water a tabb^po jui ul twice a-cl-ty. The homeeo^at'iio reins -iy is four drop* of arsenicuui or morcurtns every i ,iro or tliree hou;s.'

, B KJtrs Thli:ohams. — We noticed, in Wedues laj'a ,'ifonld,' a tule.jr<iphic account of the Alexaudra ini-etin.{ on Separation, which was credited to the people of Hamilton, aud in such a way at to make it appear that; meeting* had been held iin both placet also, that i,he alleged fact ot suoh meeting haring been held -it Hamilton was editorially noticed. Wa scarcely thought i,he matter worth noticj 1 at tlie time, bat, |see thatiicorresno ijdent in the ' Cross.' of the following day. writing from Mercer, under the siuaiture of Traveller, giv<w it the fo lown* i-outra-diction :— ' I perceive m the • Herald ' of | to-day a paragraph relating to cctaia j meetings reported to hare b^-en held in ! rarioui parU of tho province. It is theruin stated that a raee.'iug 'of electors w>is , hold at Hamilton, requesting Mr Oox to ; •upnort Sir George Grey's resolutions ' It would also seem fro.n Jthe tone of the ' piragriph that the pon e of Hamilton consi lertlu resolutions cU.c.l •Grey'i resolutions' as ' beiiu tho best b mis for tho future Gorcrnmenfc of New Zaaland. Now, sir, in the firjt plica no BU"h meotinfi; his benn held m Haioi ton either on the ni^hfc slated or on any other occasion. Next, tho peopb of Waikito g-nerally do not, I feel pretty suiv, ra^ard these resilution* at a durable baMS tor future govemi4enc. They look upon them as a Biiiall potion only of thi once^s.oQj which they are daler.nin d U) ootun fro n tliuSomli. Ihivehil iKjmsion to visit tin Wuikato, aid am just rammed, %,,d I lira certain the opini >n tnt'iv i< — let us tnke what wo c-in g.n now, but^iet it be dimincly undoratoo I thH tho arrin^'elnent n not fi ial. Tho pe-tylo nro -red tli if Mr Oox Ins vied :i<;niiist. their evidi-nt interests but fw-l'it fur more doep.y iv ref.'reiicd to t^e Lntl Fund rov.lutions t ! ian to these te>n')omrj •titiik-s now before ilia Uta-m Th principle which the Wnkato p-onlo w.li support to the Jutt is tlio ' Lind Fond of t ic colony for the peaplo of *;he colony.

Tna Ft'ioGiNa op Brnxt. — Tlw Tnr.in.iki Herald giv<«s the following account of the fi-st criminal flogsjmg admiuiste'el in tlio Gaol at New Ply. mouth," th.^ of Benny, lately convicted ol brutal axil mdeceiiD assault o i an old la'ly : — 'The Prisoner B<.'nny, pr -nous to hh i Jgjjin,' on Saturday last, was ex uuine 1 l).y l)r Liawaon, w .o, fimluig him a atro ig, ahli'-b.»diod man, co >sidured there wan nothing to warrant him staving the senlou ie of th« Court. According;- thj m»n was stripped, and, pleidmg in most piteous ti'rins for inerov, whjj fastened to th> flaggiug link, to reojiro hii punishment. There wero tw) men engaged for the work, one k to reliare tbe other, and aho'tly after seren o'elook a yell from the prisoner wai the fir-t intimation to outai Irrs tiiaS the punishment had cotninencfil. At the twan' ieih la»h the thotwt of one of rhe 'otts * parted from the itoik, and another had to he used to finish tin punish ment with The two inon divide J the flogging between the-n, each giring the pi-isjnor twentj-fipo lashes, and although they ware novices at the w irk, they curried the smt,eno« out thoroughly — perhipt, not in such a brutal mannor a* represonod by iome of ihe M^lbjume p tpe«, yet in suoh a way that the prt*mer vfill huva caiso to rnoe.ubor thu punishment till tho day of hit daafch. His back tvaa biuclc with wa cm, and ihei*e w<« so ue blood dra »n, whioh, at the oonolu.-ioa oi the pum-li'iienf-., wai dust.»d over with ' arrowroot." Tho prisoner is now in Ihe hospital, and will htve leisure to red-jcton the result of hU ernel and brut d treatment of an old and almost heloless Udy. We heir lut ilupunishoientof nhippin^ is t) be adopted here imfrai of imprisonment for boys who misbehave thennolros and are brought before the CWt. I will also be the puniihinont pivon tor any youngsters fo,iud gmlry of larr.kinisai, who will be sent to receive tueir dozjn lashes before breakfast."

Tub Waiiuto Timbs—Wo find the followiug i a • Hansard 'No 13. It does not appaar, though this motion was m*do ou tho 27tU ultimo, that Urn return has yet been offi.ially furmihed, although, as oar readers will remember wo mob the cburge at the time, bjr the pubhoation of returns as shoirn bj the lute proprieto.'a' books, not merely for '

IS/G but for the pivcnUng Iwelre months lo date :-' Mr hheelian' iv moving th« nntion stancJ.ng in hi* n nuj, would not oo C u|,y tha tnm of the Home for ant Kreit le^tli, but would make a <en obs«rTationt fir the purpose of .liowin* ti.-it the motion wm not brought forward withoit some cmsP. There were Uo wt*s , n , r ..ic'» ho mi^ht deal with » .eioltrion of this k.nd. U o m ,ght use it fJr the purpose of m ,kin» a p.riy speech on th« : strength of acom.eioiu. that might possibly .urn out to ba untrue, or ho might, im he intended to do, s.mp'y ihow that there w.i S 80 ., ie grol ini for the aeuon •J Oflk ; "• ««uM !«»,« fch e P ap ers , ,f produ'Hjii, to«h> w uh'ther or nit that ac-nu w.x» justified. For some time past, Auckland that re y l a , gd , UWIJ of moa Waikato Times by the Govar..m«it■uinso. in.>nHv,,nit,outol p ■o.jortioa to the services rer.de, cd. IhVe -urns of money were ma I to have been p.id Hot w much for the work done as for thi raiipor*. aff)rda,l by thar n-tr.psper. Thit waß the ohirqe.mide, and the production of tin return wo-ild either dissipate that chir^e or provo it. H.) would not take up Jhe^me of (ha Hoj-jo by ducu.amr tue qupsfcion at the present turn: he would wiit for the pnHaetion of f.e return, aud, if it was Buclj to justify lanher action b-msr taken in tha nmlto. he would take thai, further action. Motion made, aud question propose), 'for a return of all sums of mon^y paid from time to time t» the proprietors of the Waikato Tims 3 neir«piper during thu year 1876, auovrmg the date of each of such pnmenla, and specifying the nature of the aervii-ea rendored "for which each of those payments were mide.'— Sir D McLenn c .id the return would bo shorLly turnishod, when the honorable gentleDian would find (hat he had been labouring under a very pieM iniuAunrohausiou. Motion agreed to.' '