POLITICAL.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 673, 12 September 1876, Page 2

POLITICAL.

The We'lin^ton press we precene have taken the same view of the disqualification difioulty «is ottrselvvs. Hiid have suar^PSted as tlio be^t w.r out of it tho p.tssin^ of an lucLiuni ficntion Act retrospective in its character. From our lash nights telegrams from Wellington, it will be this is the course the Government will adopt, and though the whole force of the Opposition will doubtless be bioughfc omiiust i the measure, there is no doufct but 4»h*t it will be carried^ From out* Auckland contemporaries we learu that the Locil Option Licensing Bill has been shelved in committee, and that an Amendment Ins been made in < the Juries Act by which three-fourths of a jury will iv civil cases carry a - Ttrdict. All sorts of rumours were afloat in Welling'on as to the serving of writs. It was Slid that Sir George Grey had caused writs to be served on each Member of thu Cabinet, and on Sir Julius Vogel for £3,500, but it is said those rumours are without foundation — and that even the reported serving of a writ for .£2OO on the Hon. John Hall, and the alleged resignation of his seat in the Executive are equally incorrect. It is at least a fact that he bus attended a meeting of the Cabinet since hia reported resignation.

Timbeb Salb Cambridge— vir John Knox will sell by auction on Saturday next, at the Wharf, Cambridge, at noon, 20,u0(> feet of general builung timber, and a quantity of ti-tree fire*eoJ.

Tui Hamilton Punt.— .Temlerr for repair* to be done to the punt approaches will be received bj the Chairman of the Hamilton West Town Board up to noon of Tlumday next.

Cattle Depasturing. — The Chairman of the Newcastle Dutriot Board q ra notice that persons intending to applj for depasturing liuemos mint send in I lie usual description with tlia fee within ono uiontn of the present date.

Hamilton District Highway Board. — A meeting of ratepayers of the above highway Diatriofc haa been c*lled for the 26th mst., to elect a trustee id the place of Mr Jouei, who has reaignoJ, *ud an auditor in the place of Mr Knox, aUo resigned.

Oiuupo Salrs. — Thoro will be an untisvaliy large supply of store Bloi;k at the Olianpo «*lt-s to-iUy. In nddition to the Uige herd already ad»orti»ed s smaller dvore of mixed stores poised through Hamilton yesterday, en route to Ohunpo,

Thk E^tirb hobsk Fkvk. — The •' Herald," of Saturday, on whit authority we know not, nty* that th» «l.ove horse, imported by Mr Feiguaiou, will be kept in Auoklaud for tome time, to recruit from the effects of the loug sea voyage, and then will probably be Bent to Canterbury.

Ihk County Boundaries. —In the AuetulWy, the motion for select com* mittens to tix tho bouudarios of the Comities iv each wUnd wu withdrawn, at the requeit of the Minuter for fubho Works, who aaid that tile Government would themselves dehae the houndaiie* of counliss, and be responsible for them.

Rikkino Skaths,— Mr Vialou of Ilamiltnr lias impurli-cl » uuml>.>r of paiis of rinkmg skates, k> that that difficulty in the way of starting a rink in tLuiiiton has bren overcjnitf. We learn too frotn thfl olllcer oommauding that wbon a olub is pr«|.mn'd to a»k for the u«o of a room, the Q-jmottium in the A C Barraokt will ho kindly plnccd at their dUponul Thu eoWo4 dWB/>ultv So 2 The only other difficulty will be for our Hamilton csiayi»tt on lha rink to keep their legs.

Mo!«STBR CAUUKtOWKB. — Mr R. N. Cox, of Hamilton, has kept his word, mther sooner tbau ho hinuelf expected, • we believe, in producing » caul flower Urge r tlian that grown by Mr Pirkius, at the Junction Hotel, nod referred to by the Auckland papers. That grown by Mr Cox, and *hicb it on exhibition at hu •hop 4 *to.d6y, weighed, after tiiramiug off ll^lba of laavn and stalk, 321b* net, aud is, for solidity of the flower and colour, a splendid specimen of thu kind of vegetable. It i« to be photographed by Mr Lowti, aud will, doubtless, remain for •omo time to come, tlio cbampiou cauliflower, not only of Waikato, but, of the Province.

iMfORTKD Q-BABB HEED 3. — Mr Millar of { P*t«r»ugi, it w ill^be leon, hat reroired a large consignment of now agricultural soda iv the Sam Mendel irom liolltiud. Tha Dutch oiorer» hilhorto imported byMr Millar from Kottertlum hare given very general latisfnctiOi. for taa last five year* and in Mr Wulker'g En-ay on grasses, read At the F-inner's Club at Cambridge, Mr Millars gra«i seeds aro mentioned as having been not onlj yery successful in their growth, but true to their kind. As will be seen by theadvortinenvnt . n tha third page of tho Times, Mr Millar bin . on hand a variety of aeeds likely to be required at the present season, and at 10 much care has been taken in importing them, no doubt our settler* will encourage the locjl enterpru* which hut been undertaken to meet a Very important local requirement. We TTNDIRiTAHD that Mr Langbridgo, formerly manager of this journal, during the lat» proprietorship of Lany bridge and Stlrer, i« about to leave the Wuikato digtnct »ltogeiher. Mr Langbrul^p'a health has been for tome time failing him, though we are glad to find that a Tiiit to the Hot Springs ha» considerably unproved it, and from hi» energetio and, business ljAbiU and hit long experience in nt-Wi-paper mniiHgement, we s >all not be at all surpiited to hoar before long of his having entered the field again as a m mbor of the fourth estnte. Mr Langbiili^e during a twelvemonths' resilience as manager nf the Tihkb has madt) many friends in Wa'kato, was always forward in prom tmg tho in tere.-ts of the duiriot, and r^adj in a*»nting any chiiritablo objuct bronchi (obis notice. We are gui c «uro fiat in wi-thing him succes j in Ids iuture Cireer, we do hti< express the general feel* ing ot the Wuikaio public.

Auckland Cattlb Show.— At th-» meeting of ihe omiuuttee of the Auck land Cattle Shuw, held o 1 Friday after* noou l»st, it was r solved that the (J*ttle Sh>w be he l 'l oo T&uraday, the 9ch of Novunbtir next, at Mr Backlanrt's «» o yarda, Keuiueia. It was alto resolved that a autn of £350 aliould be devoted to priz x, the tir«t piize in every oaae b^ing • m dal, giviny to the prize taker tbo option of taking itt valut; id money. Mr MnrrJD offered a golU medal, valued m £10, for th<» best rtm in the *htnv, ami the St(«lc Importntiou Compauy a uioiny r»rz< of £5 for tin hest yearling l>> Young P..rformer It n intend, tl t., arrange, if possible, with trie Mor icultural S ciety, for h-ldn^ ttu< Aucual £ii >w at the iam« t>m > aad pLoe.

Waikam TriiP CLtfn.-— At tbe Annual Meeting of the Waikato Tnrf Club, held in Hamilton Enst, on the l»t of August, tho meeting was a<.lj<>iirnrd to Ob mi pa, nfter the cattle salei to-day, in the hope that by takinp suck step, it would l>a more generally attended than was the ease on that occasion, when only some nine or tea member* wore present. The adjourned ineoiing will, ther<f»re, be held to day, immediately after the «a!e

Hasiilion and OnADPo Roat>. — The Roa<l from Hamilton to Ohaiipo is one of the m»iu roads of tho district, yet, in all Waikato there is not luch a clough of despond to bo fuiiad — no, not even betwce.u fla-niltoaiiMt «^d $teeJe'« bridge — »«• is to be' met With * 'couple or «o of niilti owt of Himilt*ifc'oaH&e*"T>!i»'ipo roali. On Tharjday liurp no less than three drays were all bogged at one and the same time, in certain of the vanoun holes witk which thiscjU-u^ porUon of the road i*. diversified. ■ Surely the Hamilton Dittriot if 1 -, unable to pat the entire length, of bud road into decent repair, might fMCipe »ud gravel the worst portions of »(;. A foot of slu«h makei heavy work for * team, but oartert and others are apt to think that the limitjof endurance hailraen 1 patted when they osra't keep the »x)e above the mud level, and some p )rtiun» of the ro id are eroa as bad ai this.

Waikito HCnt CX.OTI.— A preliminary meeting of gentlemen d«*irou» of forming a Hunt Olub in ths Waikato irai hold at the Central Hotel, To Anrawutu, on Saturday last. Mr R Cunningham was voted to the Ohair. Amongst thosj prosent were Mes*r« Parker. Poster, Storey, J R Rooh*, Tttjlor, W Rutherford, 'f Jfeal, Waters, H Koche, ' Wet nejr and Brunton. It w»s propose I by Air Kutherfond, seconded bj Mr Weal and oarr««il, " That a Coaimittee bs appointed to canruss the dittnel for Die ixirpuao of «btainin^ cup >ort to form a Waikato Hunt Club." The Ch nrman then read two tolcgranu from Hamilton, itating th it erery support would be giioi. from that district. The following gentlemen were then appointed a Ouniimr.t c to canvass the district. Messrs Qeo Edgcuuibi", Ngv ruawahu; F A Whitaker, Humiltou ; il Kirkwood, Cambridge 5 Jt Pnikor, PuKimno ; A K-iy, Orakau ; W Uutherford, To Awamutu ; W Hygimon, Alexandra ; E C Cox, Ohaupo. The entrance f c w.iw fixed at one guinea, and tho annual subscription at the same amount, and Mr Parker was requested to act aa secretary 10 tbe Ooinnatue. This was all the business, a rote of thanks himng been accorded to the Ckjirnian,tka meeting adjourned.

Fatal accident. Chixd scalded to death. — It was but a few months ajo we were called upon to record the destruction by fire of the house of Mr Sibley ot Te Awamutu. Another, and a severe in &- forlune ha*, our rendei fc will be sorry to learni befallen the family. Ifc appears that either on Saturday evening or Sunday morning, we did not; learn which, Mr Sibley'i little girl, who it about ten \eart of age wsi determined to iurprue her mother, who wa» out at the time, by hating the baby washed before her return, a task >he had often performed on previou* occasion!. The little girl tilled the tub from tho boiling kettlo, putting in, she B.iyo, cold water with it, and ielt the infant undreaied near the tub while she went into the next room for a towel. During tho interval, short as it waa, the htllo thing plunged both amid up to the elbows in the hut water, and though it, seemed to feel tho injury but Jiltle at the tune, neither crying nor comp.aiLPiig, the fhocli nai to tjreat that it died on Sund ly night. There was no medical man iv the "Ustrkt, but Dr Waddiugtun wan telegraphed to at tJamiltm, and telegraphed buck theremedie«to apply, & nu-sannger bein^ Sent for special meJicines from Mr bandos' Dispensary, at ilauultoi).

IIEMABKABLH ÜbICKKT SCORRB :— la a match recently played at Prince's Cricket Ground London, between Middlesex and the University of (Oxford, the remarkAble total of 1217 ruua was scored fur the lots of only 24 wickets la the first iunings of Middlesex 439 runs wire obtaiued, th« capUiu (Mr 1. D. Walkei) puttiug together 110 ; Burghes, the euly profenmotul in the match, 104 ; and Mr Turner 82. In their second tunings the county obtaiued 166 for the loss of four wickets, of which 76 were accredited to Mr C. J. Thjrntou. But the Oxford inmogs wag a startler. Th« last wicket dtd not fuJl till the sco»e had mounted to 612. The principal scores were, Mr Webb**, 98 ; Mr Heath and Mr Briggs, 71 each ; Mr Game, 141 ; aud Mr Boyle (not out), 07. Only one man failed to score in the niatoh, H nd Tae.ide him there were only t*o who did not jj«tiuto double figures. Tne match at this stage was drawn, of course much iv favour of tue University. The performances of tbo batsmen in this match have not often bcea eolipsed. Last year the Royal Engineer* at Chatham, scored 724, for the loss of eight wiokets, but the nearest ar 'coaches to the present le*t which we can find mention oi were in 1869 and in 1851, when two matches were played, iv wnich 1 136 runs were obtained for tbe loss of 21 tuckets, and 1139 ncored in all, reepeotivoly. In the present oase, the IL-1.7 run* were aotually obtained in about 17 houre, and tbe balls delivered were only 2210. The run-betting thus averaged 71 per hour.