RAGLAN AND WAIPA ROAD.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 666, 19 September 1876, Page 2

RAGLAN AND WAIPA ROAD.

Ik the debate on Mr Sheehan's motion re the Road Works of Auckland, the Member for Waipa, Mr Cox, after suggesting an amendment, by inserting after " North," the word " South," or going further, by asserting that throughout the whole Province of Auckland it wus expedient to provide further funds for roads and bridges, went on to state that he intended to bring forward a motion in respect to a local question affecting the Raglan Road, in the district he represented, and, that he was rather pleased at having this opportunity of advertising 1 his intention. He would then show that a work which was proposed in 1871, which had been promised and hrfd beva almost undertaken as part of (he great scheme of public works, hnd not yet been commenced. Mr Cox having travelled tb« road himself when it was not quite so bad as it is at present, will, no doubt, us* every endeavour in hi* power to have this work performed, without any loss of time. Honor, able members who have good roads in their districts, can scarcely imagine what a drawback the want of one is to the advancement of this part of the Wnikato District. We are not exaggerating the condition of this so called road when wo state that at the present time the wayfarer has literally to wade through not mud, but deep slush, for two and three miles together. We earnestly trust that Mr Cox will saccf ed in conferring the boon on hit constituents of causing a road to be constructed from the Waipa to Raglan. Should he succeed, he will be entitled t) the grateful thanks of the setters, mote especially of those residing on tha Waipa and at Rngplan, as no doubt the opening 1 of this road would not only promote Hie advancement of the Riiglan district, but, also of all the Waikato. With this road completed, Raglan, would become a great accession to Waikuto. Without if, it is uMeily impossible for it either to assist in the adranoenfent of Waikuto, or to derive any Advantage from its. juxta position tv this fertile district.

CaMMUDO LITIBAtT fcOOIKTY. — A, l*etar« on th« K»~tern Qanttion will b« 4*liv»r«d thfo •▼•ninjin th«Sobool-rcom, Cunbridga.."

Caih timit* Cwtott. — We would draw iittantton to ih*" low li»t of price* in »nolh»r ealnmn for atl ior'l <f clothmg nnd <ther go id* n tulo ac Mr (J»ru»ou»n'« ■tore, Cambridge.

Maiokio Ham, Hamilton.— Tod«y it tbe lost on whwh tender* for the building % xinaonio Hall of biick ut Etor H»milton, (l*bour only,) will ba rcc ivoi by tlir ohiurman of tbe Bu-dmg Comtnit«f, Mr Cumii i-»ici

Political Mkktimj.— Th« mooting cnlle<i by tb« Chairman of the Hamilton East To*r«h'P Board, at tha ivqti st of ■everal to enable rhe settlen toetpret|a'i opinion, .upon the political a*p»ct oJllhe co^nry will tA«*pi fca thii ■fternooA in the Town Hall, Eatt Hainitton^ jfe^two o'c ock tharp.

The ¥ ot*ak&a • J$W»Nq ,if . ©ter. Tbtrc w*s a large gathering of nafctvtt to uk« pare in the cer«moDy of the opnoing of the uew T»rj»« Chorftt tkewy, tocm* pained by the o»n»l amount of eating and drinking. Tawhiao bat left Aotoroi for the MaongaUntan mettintj, vrheri tie wu expected y t-rday. The night before h^ wit a 1 Aratitaba, on th« Qth«l ■id« of the monnUin.

T* Aw*muto Racks.- Ouf Te Awa. m'itu fnendi »ra Belting an example te Waikato gaoarally in making earlj pr«p«r»tioni fo- «h^ «pring '»«• m»ptiog» ▲it tho.e interested in mmktnit tie T« Awamuta r»ce» », •uoeeti, *r« mviied tt meet, on Fnd»y »fternooo D«xt, *t thr« o'clock, (by »n error ia our iMt, we «t«te<3 8 p m ) to m»ke iht mofM^ry »rr»age-in-ntß for carrying out th» Aauual Ras^ which will be held, on tku ocomwd, 10 Mr White's p»ddook.

Thr Hamilton Cavalry Cobp Drill. — Punch'i famous Broik Green Volunteer Jim found hi« counterpart in Hamilton. The C»T»lrj corps o,i «aturdaj wai reprinted OJ on» Volunteer only who came all thn way from Oliaupo, but unlike the tradiiionarr Volunteer aforesaid, who • ent through hs goose-gt-p in loliUrj dignity, our Hamilton Volunteer cintered bom* »g-un not a little diguste I with the want of • c» f rr> do corps' on th» p»rt of his comradei, wliich left liim to a • tite a Ifi.e' wi h hi* drill iuttruotor.

EcLirs* o* th* Svs.— Th* wt»th«i waa not fvrorabie fur ob««rviug tat. part al eclipse of the sun, which took plaoe yeaterday moroiug between 8 a.m. and.-) 0 a.m. Nev«rtbe>M% Mreral took a gUan and «nde«voiue<l to make is out, liut, we heard < ( only on* person iv Hamilton who mad* k succetiful ohmrva lion, and h« tcok, not on« Imt several glauea, and »rers that he u« mor« than onesan, and that the eo)ij'«a wa« "mu'ab p'coollar." It certainly was in it* «ffeot», a* th* gentleman afore^ul, after baviitg made tb* obterratioo, appeared to low both the at* of hi* lego au.l hi* itpeecb.

Rin kino.— Really, tome of tboM who hare goue into mixing with a seat, ar« •iBcotuiu)j quiio proficient iv the art. Ou Saturday afternoon, toe gjmiianam w»« largely frequented, eeveral ladies making a first eaiay upon the whoela, aoii uum«r. ous onlookers beiog prewnt throughout the day. We uad<tr»taud it is intended to aft aaide the buildtug Vtt • ooupJt of hoar* in the afternoon, three d«ys in the week, for l»>liei only, si» us to enable them t > obtnin a certain amouut of pro< Bciency before performing iv public.

Hamilton West Chcctrry — A. special meeting of the Hamilton West Cemetery Committee wu held on Weine.-,day «veo> ing, 13th September, to rotsire a tracing of a plan of the Cemetery. - After care, ful consideration given to the detail* •hewn on the tracing, Mr Knot propoat d, aad Mr Taylor »eoon<l«>d — "That th« plan by Mr W. H. Clarke, C.E, be adopted, and, that an eoUrged record - plan of th« ground be prepared, ami the ({round pegged out for futpre improve- j ment, with u little delay at pouible." The resolution waa carried, and a rote of tbanki to the Chairman terminated th» proceeding!.

Thx Wcathui —Whether tbe weather wm pot out of time or no by the eclipse of yesterday, we cannot say, but, the latter wm certainly heralded in by a sue cession of aa severv tbuoderstonnv as could well be imagined. On Sunday moroing, shortly bofore Cburoh time, flash and p«al MMSoneded «aoa other in vivi-1 distinctness and load detonation, but, of the two storm*, that of Sunday night, or, perhaps, yesterday morning, was the most severe, scarcely an ap. preciable interval between tbe rivid glare of the lightning and the crath which aooompanidd it being felt. Yesterday— 'o burrow tbe phraseology of • Western Editor — after several introductory days of a rooit arid deatication, the vapoury captains marshalled their waterjr hosts, and p<>uret out upon noorohing humanity and tbe gradually btojning iooineratcd vegetation rf our horticultural and agrarian enclosures a oopious supply of aqua pluvialu — in two words — it raiued

The All Eitglaxd Blbvck. — The ' Australasian' famuhe* at with the following extract from a lettar received by Mr Banuett from Lilly white, respectiug the cricketing team aboat to Tint these colonies : — It is dat«d Wrstertoo, near Chichester, July 6 : " You cau make youraelf perfectly easy on the More of Q-. F. Grace* team coming oat this year. He baa givt-a up the idea ; at least h« told me so only last week. He cannot g»t a lot together. Boath«rton, Pool-y, Jupp, Cbarlwuod, Seiby, GreenwooJ, ttromett, Ulyntt, Hill, myself; and, I am r«ry plea«*-d to say, A,Ursd. Shaw ha* at last promisad to come. Thia makea vhren liookwood hat promi«eii to decide a«zt week, bat I don't think he will come ; but by oar next mail I ahall know the twelfth mao, who I think will |b« Armitag*— a good bat, and a wonderful pood und«rh»nd alow bowler, which will b« ■omatbing u«w from !a«t lot. Tb» «levantb that I have m"ntion«-d will *tiok to me like wax I don't tbluk they woald com* oat for £500 esob, with th« reoolffctioa of the last trip still fra*h in tha r memorj, undar O. F. It woald be about ttit) sama tbmg ov«r again."

Th« fARTY WaHFARI IK THX AMMtBLT.— It is with no little pleasure we cc* see that the Auckland " Herald," having entered upon a nobler and «i«er part, boldly ma<ntaine tbe umi, ani prrstTarea in the path of duty. Had the uokia id opposition praaa eought to |>vide mistaken popular opinion itt the first io*trad of pandering to, md exaggerating it, the preaent oond tion ol partite in the A.««embly, whch th« " tirrald " has now to deplore, w<jql<l not h-ve been oa led into exiatonce. Afmr quoting a pasaxge from one of E'lmumi UtirWa apeeobtut, to ahow that conatttntional rtifom caimot be effected ami-i th« elemenia of party atrife, but, only under oatin, will conaidm-d, dolibcrate, and thoughtful attention, the " Hnrald " appropriately con<lemaa ibo action of too many m the H>u«e who it «aya :— "They believe that a constitution can be framed during the turmoil of a koen party ffght, aod with an eve^ eol^-ly t<> retM't a party m«j<>rify. la thitf (he confiance of wi«<i«jn or the buldneM of igiorauoe? Th^y will have wrttfn a new pagt in poli'ioal hittory if they »nco»«d. Unhappily if ' they fit), the

P'uhlty »itl ftn uot on tfienndV'-.s, wut on the oountry whose futur* they will have darkened by ttnfe »nd discord irhioh lean •gotium, and a mor« •araeiC daaira for the pubiio gdoi would «o easily avoids"

BriAnKO aoatjtst Tiirr —At the pre*< nt moment, wlte* n section of -our representative have indulged in the hbbrt Uotics— n >t wiih the houourab c object in view of Mr De Cosmos but. simply as disappointed obstruc ioi'ists— the following mny not bj uninteresting to our readers :— " Toe longest speech, on record ia .btJiered (*ay* the ' Bos 'on PiJot') to hire been, that m«de by Mr Da Gorans, in the Legislature, of British* Cdlumbtu/ when » /mentor*". war :^M»airt^ 'irhqje. passage would take Irjift/.a great many nettleri I heir lands? 0* Cosmos, was in a , lipgeless minority. ..The . job fcad been ! held baol • ttfl^he »\a of Jjjtf close. oHhe «etiion ; ..d unlet* I*gr«f>ttiun"wM taken before u ton of.» aiyq day the aot 'of «:onfifcit m woufJ^fL * d''.j*Wt6r^ |h«.axpji|tion of the limiutioi JMiQosmof got the ft)or about ten a m, and b«gan •' litUe. for- th« 1 . V Bill c-.uld be PHSrjO^^U^^iag*.' Oqb ooJock came, and,!),} Cpsmii' w/is still spe»kini{ — hadn't iriore than entered upon h s ■übject. * Twa?o'd«»»lt-*he was Miymg 'in the teoond pkoe.' Thr«t oV)lock — h* produced « <ear«iM>*«ile.of «*4<Wss, a»d insisted on reading. Tim m ijmcj ' began to hav# a snspsdon of .(Ji« ti*uth — he was goin^j to speak till next' nojn and kill the Bill. ■ ;«rWle rhey mate merry orer it, but,* it ! dam<j on to da«k, they began to get alaimed They tried interruptious, bat soon abondone.l them, beciuseeaoh oue afforded him a chance to digress *ncf gain i^lio. They tried, to *bout him down, "but tbat gut-j him breathing spac, acd, Rn^lly^ they « (tied down to, iratch, tU« combat between streoifth of will and weakhVe* of body They flare him, no morcy. $Io adpuru-»-nt for dioner; afi chance to ilo'in.jre tn»n wet hm lip* with wat.r, no wandering from bis subject, no sitting down. Twilight darkened i the g<u was lit ; members slippad'oull to dinner in relays, and returned to thep tn squad*, but D.c Connos went on. 'JJhe Speaker, to whom he wiuadiiretiiQgbtfziaelf, was alternately di.»mg, snoring, and trjing to look, wide a*aka. Tq« day duwned, and the | m.ij »rtty slipped out in squads to wash and bmkf«ut, and "thd speaker still held on. 11.1 1. can nut be »iitf that it was a rerj logical, e.oquent,pr sustained speech, lnere were Uigrossions in it, repetitions alsa. But still toe ap«ak*r »ept on. and, at last noon came fo a baffled majority, livid with rage and impotence, and a single man, who wus triumphant, though his Toic* had sun,^ to a huiky vhis -er, His ejes were aimosl s!»ut f and were bleared and bloodshot," his leg* tottarad under hiuu.and bis bake i lip* were cracked and Mnoarrd with Mood. De Coam.>s hud spoken twentj-six hours, ansl saved the settlers their land {

A CoBBUPOKDfNf writing froraWhUa What* »ski :— '• Whori ar« our Mwri d otori, our Maori magistrate*, aiietsori, parum, *nd general agent* ? Wliere are thoj, I ■•/, while Maoru are djing under their very no«e* for want of m lutle c*r« and attention. Within the lait few months Btveral Maori*, young und old, hare died through nothing but neglect *nd starvation, l'he last o-w tuat died was an old man, a week ago: narration an i getting burnt, no doctor, no attention. Whui did, U matter, he wag only a friendly. Jhere it now lying in a hut in Whata Whtia a younggirl of 16 iuffering from itrere rtieum^tism, in an (.pen whare, no mediiiuu, no food. Without doubt ahe will die in a few days, and we are Chruiinns ! I will go back to the last great flood, when the Wbuta WWa n»tiye» loit therr crops, their hut», trerj. tiling in fact. Ihey »ppfl»lcd,, and with justice, to tbe Governinen'. for help. A tew potatoes, that wosold do, but they got nothing. Yet those natures are, and hurt been friendly from the very fir«t. Thty hav# , lirad upon and culu▼ated their land. Thej are alwaji readj to atsiit th»ir white neighbour* i^ getting cropi, ate, and are at fjr a* poaaible gool ■ettlert, and tfa«j aro poorer Vlian the poorest Hauhau that goes walking up and down the King country, living on our flour and »uitar, and clothed in our clothes, which if given to nitives line theteat Whata What*, who hare lived bj our lawf would muke men of them, and halp to lift them from the Mate tb«r are in — a ilate mare degraded than they ever knew before tha war."

Ths iatx ciiic or Sixddbk Dkatb at Cambridge. —lt is tome few mooiba now •moe tne benevolently disposed in Waikato wen called upon to ooutrtbute to th« anpport of th» widow and the orphan rendeied desolate by the sadden wuhdrawil of the l>rea<i winner < f ih« family, and tbe out which now presents itself to ua all, ii one of peculiar and melancholy interest. A young man of excellent chtraoter, of temperate habits, bat afflicted with hf art diaease, under tie excitement occasioned by aasistiog in the extinguishing of fire whioh broke out in his huuue, is carried away in an exhausted condition, and rapidly sinking, j d<e* witbin a feyf hours. William tibaw, who thua »et with his death at Cam* bridge, on Thursday morning last, waa a •Kip wright by trad*, and was sent up with otber immigrants some few months ago to Cambridge with li<a wife ou4 child. Why th« i'dimi rattou officer »«nt • ship, wright a«ayfrdbv a port- to- ai inland town in search of work it one of those inscrutable ideas only to be understood by tbe nffionk) mind. Certain it is that b« could find do work at bis trad*, but, induatrioas and ener^etio, he entered upon work far too hard for him, a swamp contract, which h« w<a obliged to leave, on account of his health. Being an mt#'lijj«nt m»n, h« found employment with Mr MernoU, ator«ke«ptr, up to the time of hit death, wjjon he was suffering ■ev<-]y from h«art-dise*ae. Shaw waa for yeara a Good Tompiar, and a steady and mduotrious man, and has left a wife an infant eighteen month* old entirely unprovided for, while tbe widow wilt soon hare a second infant on her ban Js Tne oase » a rery pitiable one, and already the people of Cambridge, after defraying tba coat of the fuoeral, have oommenced a snbsonp'ioa list for the wi<low. This hae b*en neaeroualy •übscribed to l>y many, but we caattot help thinking that an oooaaion baa arrived whin the Good Templars of Waikato as a body may ahow of what stuff tUey are made. Here it a member of the or i»r, a-i •xemp'ary m> mber t<*o by all account-, •ties leaving a wif« and children am<mg atrangera totally unprovi-Ud fur. Tie oa«e ta on> they are fairly oailed upon to nvet, and we -hive no doubt th«j will do so, Two out of three of tht> hotel i K«*iper« of Cavbridge have sub%cril>od and act d lib#r»liy. Shall the brtthit-Q and suters of the same oider as the deceased do leas ? \ small sum fiom each, a suhsoription, perbap«, from tn<> Lodges added to the amount the general pubim nay giv<*, will >>c fvlt by uoouti but will otieer th« widow ia h*r iouttline^ and mali« ia>oth >he path of a»>otatti<in wbak ties btfore h«r and her f*tUerl«»» Uitle Ques. We shall b« happy -to" reotire •Huaurfptions, aud adUDowledgti them In the TIMEd oa bvbalf of Mrt Shaw.- *

IHE HoS W FOX AND tHE- IBIT *JB Wa*O\nui — We have had many inquiries tine» jrir Fox wnt pnt up f»r"\YanK»nui»nl ii liktljto be recnme 1 inopp<>«ed whet her or no b« i« in the Colony. H« i« not, bat u will b« Man by telegram t-lirfwhero, it liUjrfioon to HI to. Our 0 irn<"t hopo u that^r Fo< * veteran in N»w Zo*l»ftd poli io», h fo ciblo an I eloquent debate^ in the H<nn», unrl 4 power to th* p»utp he advocates nuty jet put in nn appearanoe before the and of the seoibn.

KlliriKtlOA HIOKVTiT DriTBICT Botobiuiri.— The amenied boundarie* of the abort dirtriotr, iv they app« ir in the ' Gazette' of Friday last, arc a* fol lotwa :— • B&undel toward i the north•act bj the Waikato confiscated boundary line from fchaplio© of in interaeortoa by tß»**Stang»wara rivWto a right line being the produbti.m ' ib » north-eaaUrlj dirto1 iion of the 'eoiith-eafterti boundary of allotme.it,iNo 274 of the Pari«h of Kinkiriroa; toirardi the routb-eut by th« right line if. >re!>»id, by the •ou'h-eMtern J}Ofridary|bf^'anqimeDt No 274 of the?ari«h of jKirilyHi«iUfpyHnd; the mau-A 4hg of abroad >00 l\nki w|d«; , n d : thl-j •outh«ea*fn bpfindiry of ttlotmknt'lfo'! 97# t alMJbf ttivbariibbf Ktrikirtoa aforr- : .«u4 tp.flf. tt|H.h*r«iir«trV.aW<htii6e by .thatrir'aito the Wiikato«#*#«. t^JwaAtttho aodtii'-Wetb >y tli»"W£f(taW' ; rivW-' aforemid to it* oonflueho* With 1 tltii Man" gawara rirer aforeui ) ; *bd to.ward« lh« north west by the | •oid ti> ths place of it» iiieeri'«ti(»a[ Obtfoe "Wailcato oonfiaoAtion booodavy ln»*tn* mentioned, tho plao* of oomo»»tioiaj»iit» UKolunre of «» mnch of tRo hmdf 1 and roada or itreeU aa ara-cdntpriaed within the bound iriM of (he Uatzriltoa 'Edit TowMlup Highway J>ntricf. ■ - •