JOTTING BY SCRISBLER.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 665, 24 August 1876, Page 2

JOTTING BY SCRISBLER.

Tn". Waikatn people, it seem«, are not going to let V)gel and Grey have all the tun to thtnselvp. A v\e.ilriiy and influential Mstth-r took me aside the other it.iy and drawinij a closely wr tten inanu-cnpt frum h's bican pockot handed it to me to mid. It wm headed "New Coiibtitution tor Wuikii'o." A lengthy preamb'e introduced the •uhj a, setting i'otlh that Voitel was run out and only lit ti> ga to England and pky at Agency hubiness for the Colo'i\, that pc >- pic had wnted two years for u sign from fjiev nad had given it upas it bad j ib, und thit it had in ron^equcu -c became necessary for pjich nectiou of the community to savo itself, without rcfe.eicc ti it* neighbour-. A separate touu/y or province was to be cic-a<ed, emumeneng at h line drawn f-oin W.uka'o Head* to Hrfuiaki^u.!/ mid running southwards to another lino Rtr-t< hm^ from Kawhia harbour to Taurangj. Tauranga, iUglan, Ka« h in and Waikito weic to bo ports bv winch alonoall dutiable goods consumed in tho district wens to enter, an'l a i cu>t<mis revenue was to be there collected, aid out of which, police, gaols, lunatic usy1 im.s, and o f her »>ece«ary institutions were to ho provide.!. N gotiaiions for th« opening of K.mhia harbour wore to be commence I with the Maori King by the lo*nl |>urliamint whith wu to be elected at a meeting of settlers con\en-d for that purpuie, up»« the pri'ici»l h of manhood sufirage, and rote bv ballot. Th«e negotiations, the writer of th" manuscript aopeared to think, must terminate sui'cei.»lully, for, »nya his fxtraordi - ary document, ' if the Nutive Office will only stand aside, friendly relations will soon bo eitablii-hed Wtw«eu the European settlers anl the Mjoiis, as mcd t<* b« the case in the old day* " Tu"re is, proceeded ih» wntor tlie nucleus of a force quit*- sufficient to protect us it necessary, and ulso to compel payment of tho necessary border diitied, already established in our cavalry corps wh eh could bo easily supp'emunted by a force of tt* c hundred lo«t raised in the various set lenient*. These and a hundred other matters were dealt w,th, and I »va- sadly reflecting ou the causes which had overthrown reason in a mind capable of exercising so much ingenuity, when looking up I found my friend hud gone. 1< a\ ing ttie raanu<<ript ii my bauds. Jf reason eier re asserts her dominion over his disordered imagination and ' c is again permitted to leave tho Whau and roam once more in unrestrained freedom amongHt hi» fellow men he oari p.ocure his paper on application at the offiue of the Waikato Times. 1 was in Auckland the other *day and thought to while away an hour by paving a visit to the skating link. T icre teemed to be lots of fun in it. It wa? pn-fectly fascinating to ace some btaid dignitary of the city uhdmg plmidly down the hall hand in hand with a blooming Taiuell beauty of gushing eighteeu. But the amu<fetnent w rery jirtc^iious, and the consequences of sitting

<1 '«n at ,m unexpected innmeut upon • kturi floor, are dd.didly unpiea»ant. Tho lartie* uemod to have a.l the best of it at t'wt. When such a catastrophe o enrred t'ley usually smiled blandly while being pulle 1 to their feet again by the attend-mt cataiier«. Not ko with the sterner sex. Tho •nock to the system, in most cases, produced a t^ht compression of the lips and a contraction of the muTcles, n hiVh told of st ong mental effort to uinceal the pain. I couldn't exactly loake it out at the ti.ne. It has been explained to me -.iuce. The whole scone at a nnk is cert'iimy exhilarating, and I should adrise your Waikato f.iends, .Mr Elitor, to set about organising one without delay. Himiltoa » going to the dogs, or rather for" them, with an impetuosity that nas rarely been equalled and n ver excelled many town of its s>ize in New Z 'aland The active and intelligent Police officer of the period ha* l.itel> been reading <q in the statute book about dogs wearing co lars. CulUrn and 4«gs dogs mul collars have burned themselves into his i-npressionnhle mind and croat, d an intense longing to "colla." eveiy dog he can get near. As long as ho confined himself to emigrn it's dogs and "such like vermin" dll went well, but when his frenzy prompted him to seise a J F« dogsuch • bow-wow has beea struck up all oTer the settlement that if Sir Julius Vogel him.«elf wanted a hearhjg he couldn't get it. Informations are the order of the day, and" the worthy constable himself is bow m receipt of "Victoria by the Graoe of God" twite in every hour from infuriated dog^y men who pro rl round pointing oul ttieir neighbour's curs and demanding their instant capture. This he refuses to cio as there is no more room at the dog house. He is then sumuM ned. Where it will all end I don't know, but I hare hidden ray little dog in the oven where ho will be safe so long as they don t fire up in my absence. Talking of dogs, I heir that there is emj chaiv c of a p ick of beagles being obtained fo. Wtukato to be kept at Te Awamutu. I hope the movement will meet with the support it deserve^, and that the dogs will all hare collars. — Via to k.