The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 679, 21 October 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

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S.lTl )!!> 1 >' OCTOBER 21, 1870

IS TUB ABOLITION AC I 1I 1 ULTRA VIKES. However much the Legislative Council may prevail in emascula'ing the Counties Bill, the virility of the Abolition Act has been placed bexotid a doubt by the telegram we publish below from the Secretary of State for the Colonies, Earl Carnarvon. The reply is pithy and to the point. The Secretary of State in the shoit preamble which introcluces liia decision, shows that he has fully com pi ehonded the position as repre <ented by the two Snpcrintentendeutp, and then distinctly states that t 1 © Act was duly allowed on advice of Liw Officers, '' and cmnot be disallowed." This is conclusive enough, and should be an answer to to those who have relied on "an appeal to the Imperial authorities." They have chosen their arbitrators, and placed their case before them, and in all good faith they ai-e bound to abide by the judgment, however adverse it may be. [Copy of Telegram from R ; glit Hon. Ea'l C«rnarvon to ?.I >iqi it Koiinanby, Go- . vernor of New Zjilvkl ]

Loud. 111 OcfcoW 16. E »v* received t>l-^raj> fr >m Sup rinttndentt Micamlrev? <nd Or y complaining of enforcßoc.it of Pu.viucial Abolition Act ygunat strong feeling of ProTinots, «.nd mgiug reference to l^aw Officers and disallow aucs ; also stating diiturbancfs imminent. You may nply, Act was duly alloMe<i on »H vice of Law Officers, and cannot be disallowed. I trust no real tisk of unconstitu iir.al disturb mces, aud I have full confidence in your judgment — CARNARVON.

Our Wellington telegrams announce that a Rabbits Nuisance Bill has b on read a third time in the Assembly, but »3 we have not a dr.ift of the Bill iv question, ire may be excused if we confess that we do cot understand how rabbits can bo exterminated by Act of Parliament. The Jackdaw in the Ingoldsby Legends, who stole tao ring of the Cardinal Lord Arch1 bishop of" "Rh'im3,",,when the thief wa, cursed with bell, book *nd candle, is suit! to havo lost hi-> feathers and to have pined awny toamiseiable condition tiil he hud the good sense to mike restitution of the stolen property, but all the fulininations and vituperations of a House of Isspm. bly, of even eiyhty-eight Wakelield power rtould, we fear, be found guile unequal to nil ctiug tlio appetite of a bingle rabbit in the colony. That the rabbit nuisauce exists to on alarming extent in some parts of tho colony, and is gro^tiy on the increase, there is little doubt. in this district, even, complaints ore beginning to be heard on all sides, and tho eril is one, such is tho fecundity of the rabbit in these colonies, that increases like the price of the nuils in the wellknown arithmetical puzzle of tho horse* shoo. But the remedy lies not in acts of Parliament, but in Ihe rigorous action of the settler* themselves. If tfrubs and caterpillars become a nuiaonce we import insectivorous birds. There is throughout nuture a compensating balance always to be made use of, and if rabbits threilen to get beyond us we must bring their natural enemies to bear against them, and none is more suitable for tiie purpose than the ferret. Those little anirnala are surely procurable in a plaoe liko Auokland, and if not could and should bo specially imported, and would soon check the undue spread of rabbits. Occupiers of ground would bo glad to pay a bonus on to many head killed, md a professional warrener besides "oind easily dispose of his bag to advanUge as an article of food in the townships. We hear of nbbds being scarcely saleable in Auckland at iv shilling a pair, and not even saleable down South at a fourth of that mm, and we hear of farm rs complaining th it they are getting far too numerous in the district^ yet rabbits offered far sale fjr table we hare not seen. We can quite understand that on the runs down Sou h they have increased to such an extent a* to be hatd to get rid of in any way, but it will be their own iault on the part of our Wai kato settlers if they let them get so far ahead in this part of the country. Indeed from tho parliamentary report we find this view of the case borne out. The evidence goes to show that the rabbit nuisance is only counted as such by tho | large run holders. The settlers, it wa stated, could cope with the nuisance, and did do so. The Commission went so far as to ask the House not to legislate on the matter, but to leire run holders, to dual with tho nuisance which never would have existed, but for the fict of the run holders having larger tracts of land in their possession than they could manage.

Illness at j iik Thames. — We regret to learn that much sickneu prevail! amougit children at ttie Thames, the ailments chiefly taking the form of chett and luug diteaiea, aritiug from the ch»ngeable weather of the patt few w»itkt.

Wkeokage •till continues to be thrown up at Kagtau, and on the ceatt Hoc ia • c viciniiy, out nothing which would serve to ldtDtify the lost vessel Las at yet been Uncovered. It is believed by the ttttlert that ihe wreckige is that of a large ship, prolably the La Hogue. Educational. — At the mooting of tho Ceutral Jiuard ou Thursday )a*t, the tie fur the Kaugmn lohool recoinmeudud by tho Commissioner* was »pproved. A sum of £100 was gr»uted iv aid of the Mi rcer hohuol-boU'e. The apimiulment of Mis Lta»e 08 asiiaUut teaulur, m place of Mrs Ashwell, at Uaml nd^o, was ratified. Tiie u o of the I u.Aic Jlall at le awuuiu'u, fora school, .-vt tl.e rvntof £15 pir iiiuum, wav authuiind, and it was ducidtd to make a graut of £10 to the Kihn tin G'Miinnwi >ncr, to^md. fuiioiug, without cm\i\ us jjut Jiuly t>. t .».h • L to it,

Til . m i'i-1 r lmi Nris-uel o u hjmWx \vi h tn-ili\.s liM I.^1 .^ tv tuns tie nsiul hujuul ot li^'i an I l 8 vnctivo reaci g, tile'} of thi illmg iutorc't by land »nd ic*, love, murder, and suicide.

X M Corar, Hamilton - There whs only urn; cm 1 utlka Ki9idt»»t Magistrate's Court llinuiton, 0:1 JL'liumliy, that of Le Que»no v llitn Moln wlio in niH«f>r to 1 jmljm nt stiinmoi s f >r a dtbt of £2 los <il \\ A3 ordurod to p iy £1 a mon 1 h.

A NtW WK9SLKYV.N CnAPEL will he opened on SuncUy at To Aw«imitu and oa Toefdiy next a musical entertainment will be given 111 the Public Hal in aid of the building fund. The seivices on Sunday will le taken by the Rev. Mr M*udeno, and the Key, Mr Be (ry.

Tin: iJffiiSLATivE Council, saya tbo Wtlling'cn Uoreipondent of the "Cross," 13 hourly growiog inti impoitanca, as they c ntiuue to demolish tho Countiot and Harbour Board bill*. Tho Kquence next wetk is ceitaiu to be » series of negotialions and concessions. In the meantime the repre eut<«tives look on with bat«d breath, some ready to declare that class mibO'ity shall no loDger role.

Precocious Youths. — TUus talks an old firmer übout Ilia boys : " Prom six teen to twenty tht*y more thun f did ; til twonty-flve they knew as much ; at thirty they were wiring to hear what I hid to any ; at thirty-five they a-ked my aJvico ; nnd T think when they get to be forty they w^ll ncknow'ed/n that the o'd man do ■ know tonut nog."

Stiunoe, if True. — The own correspondent of the HaivJccs Bay HerM, writing from WVllingtou, «ays : — ' It is » curious cow.cidonco that C. E. Hamilton was arrette I by Inspector Mallard, flaughton'a own name, I oforo h» was unfnicke'l and expnlled from the fe'vi'e (he was * chaplain in the Koynl Navy), was Mallnrtl. It is rutnourod iliat the luspeutor is hU half-brother."

The Lambing- Season ha» not turnel ont so productive, iv torn • paita if Waikato at leant, as at tl c oarly latnliin^ it \v.n expi c'e I to have done. The percentage of lambi dropper! was morn tbao orJiiiAnly large, twins being the rule and not the exception on very many of the well gr&sied fjrraes about Obaupn, Te Awsmiitu and Cambiilge, and trip'ets were far from nnco'nmon. The severe w either which set in loon after th« eitly lambing neason hat done much, we leara, to n duoe the average, which ia, nevertheless, we are glad to say, a fair oie.

Hot on Hi 3 Worship.— A. ce-taio pompous ju'lgo fined several lawytr-i ten dollars each for conttmpt of court. After they had paid their fiuet a Btcadjiroing olil at'om^y walked gravely up to the bench and laid down a ten do lar htl 1 . " What in that for? 1 ' inquired the judi/e. 11 For contempt, your Honor," " 1 bavo pot fined yol for contempt." "I know tint," taul Uio attorney, "hut I want you to understand that; I cherish a secret contempt for thw conrt nil th« time. »ad t *m quit© willing to pay for it."

The Waipa Lasd Petition. — A correspondent writing v* fr -m Auten say* :— Mr McMinn was At the liifce RigUn cattle »ales, aid no*rly all Raglan willingly put tfie'r signatures to the petition to the House <>f Auembly against the ftfi'emeaf. <>f VVaikn'-.o lanns by ex-rebelp. What wi'l the QieAt Sir Donald McLean »»y to tbi', R«-»My till wo saw bis remarks as publUhcd from "flamard" in your piper no me here ever believed that th < Native Minister would bo so in3ane as ieriou«ly to entertain the idea, much less to publicly announce hi* intention of putting it into practice.

Bom \n Catholic Chuhch Ohaupo — T iO Roman Catholics of the Ohiupo Bis- j trict will learn with much pleasure that the Church receitly erected by them, is now free from debt. Liab week Mr J. McCabe brought to its funds the handsome sum of £32, which he r.iised by iubscription at the Thames. Tlii turn together with nearly £20 lemaining oa hand ia found to be sufficient for the liquidation of the debt. The gentleman who exerted himself so much du> ing his recent visit to the Thames, and the people who so generoui'y contributed at his call, have done a valuable service to the Uuurch of Ohaupo, »nl deserve well of the people of that district. The liquidation of the debt (is a sour.:o of much satisfaction to the Rev. Jb'athor Uolden aud bit committee.

Tub Following Tbndbrs for improve men's ia Coflinqwood itreet were received by the Hamilton Wett Town Bimdl : — Measra Jove», catting lOid per y»rd, formation 5s per chain, gravelling £1 7a Hid perch.iin ; Kennedy, citting 111 I per yard, gravelling 19j per chain, formation 4> per chain ; Quin, cutting Is 41 per yard, forming 9a per chain, travel lii)|» £1 3a lOd per chain ; McPlterson, cutting B<l pnr \ anl, forming 7» per chain, gravelling; £1 3s ; o<?g»n, cutting Is |>er vrrl, forming 5s Gl pu* chain, gravollinu; 203 ; Ftmton, oiittniß 8 1 per yard, forming 4s per ch-i", gravelling £1 2<(5l ; L^ud, cutting la per y»rrl, gravelling 19i lid per chnin, foining Sa The B(^*rd accepted the tender of Mr J. Hinfcm at the above piioea.

Breadstuff^.— Wo exhuob the following infomvtion from Me3«ri Royse. Steed, aud Co '# Canterbury ciroular of Wednesday last :—": — " Breadstuff;! have eti'A'Uy risen dining the past mmtli owing merely to the undoubted p^u^ity of s oolts. Nlill^vs find gro»t difficulty io keeping their mills a(; work half-time, and ttiA two principal grain merchants have simply sold out. It it now quite evident that fir to much wheat was ■hipped to England, and it is more to be regretted, as all the home thipments will leave ?a heavy lost. Several talea have recently ben made at 5s 21 to 5) 3d f.o b., but kupplias are now very nearly exautted.

The Hamilton Entertainment on behalf of ihe bhaw Belief Fun<i. whioh took place at the Hamilton Hall, on Tburday night, was a great succeii. The large room was well filled, and a sum of about £18 altogether was re&lued by the sale of tiokets. Tho chief feature of tho entertainment was the per ormanoe of the Lumbago Minstrels. The aioging was decidedly good, the roioea harmonising well together, and gome of them being of mure than ordinary power and sweetbesi I hough tho varied programme wa« of considerable leng'h, the audiercs was Amused throughout', and about midnight, the forms having beoa cleared away, dancing wn kept up with great ipirit till far into the morning.

Firfs at tiik TnAMHS.— Thore have beau two alaiius of tire nt Grolmnatown during the present wtok, ouo of which wna near proving fatal to a lad named Tut ley, about 1 5 year* of age. Constable N. Scott, on duty in P«dleu-»trepfc, felt a strong smell of turning clothe*, and aftur iome difficulty m miming up the .scout, he detected thot it proceeded from Mr Knight's LutuLet'u kicked violently, and succeeded ' '^,n awakening yjung Tetley jus 1 '- m time to save hii life. Tho bed on which the Ud lay wai marly burnt to a cinde r , aud th*Bhirfc wliioh be woro w«n on lire. His linir Wiis Hinge 1, mil v«t uu t > the t tnu iic WA.I .tw.ikt.iiud by ihi j coaatuLlo he \\a»

Vp.dc kf>s < f Siu n-'Mi'Nr. — As an evidenc (if the pro^re'-sof i-etfclen eutin W.uka^o, the hiisfcjiesa of the buiMing tialf, luth in our towriHhip and country dittr eta may be alduc-d. In our adtertising columns, ten<l- ra for hutHiog are conti tl»lly appta'in</, and tin local S eun Navigation Company has fuuri'l it woith wh le to e -ter inio permauent arrnue neuts fur t.e supply of kauri timber fom the Kupara. The amuuut of buildings going o >, though in Hami'. ton several of the new buildings erected aud in coarse of erection are of brick, has very naturally induced a slight rise in carpenters \va_e*, and, we are, therefore, not bur ris d to learn tb.it several Auckland woikmca of this trade have left the less healthy field of competition in the city, for thia dutrict during the lant (en- days.

Opposition Tactics.— A correspondent telegraphing from Wellington, on Thursday, >ays :— "The estimate! are before tbe House, ai.d if members Would only act and vote, instead of talking what they kuow to be bosb, & large redaction might bo made. A few members roiembling the member for Newion would be a great gain. Ti c time of the country has from the beginning of the session beeu devoted to apeecb'naking, and even now in commilfce it ii beiug continued, and, contrary to u val custom, al saidinoomm ttee is to be printed in "Hansard." It really appears that much of the talking is with the view of gutting it in " Barnard." Itii quite clear to my mind (bat, if the Government am were 1 all the charges br< u^ht against them, the aeiaion woul.l la»t for years. The Government do not poises* hctlf the talking and streaming ability of the Opposition, and seem to ba adop ing a wise course in keeping silent. Neverthele s, ai o her halt day has been lost in worthless twaddle and recrimination and talking against time.

Tnß CHWSICHT/ItCH SKATIVG BIfTK to which we liteiy alluded, and which u to be opened on the lit of Hoy. mber, is being rapidly proceeded with. We learn fr >m the Licensed Victuallers Gazette th it : " The foundations for tie walls are completed aud tbe plates laid The preparations for tbe erection of tin wood* work in connect on with the side* *nd roof are npidly b*mg go>ie on with. The w'oole willbeo.)\e'el with corrugated iron. 'J he spaa of tbe roof is sixty-six feet, a id the height of the aides fifteen feet It it contemplated to light the li ik by stars from tha centre. The ci* to be a promenade, eight feab in width, running the whole length (ICS feet) There will be separate retiring looms for ladies and gunti<mau. Two hundred pairs of rollers a>e ordered, and will be hi-re in time for the opening." The RiGLAN C\ttuj Svlk — A correspondent, writing in from Italian, says : " tb* new ctttle «dle bv Me«r»T. B. Kill and W H Wallace, a'fc the Okete FalU, held o 1 i hurad-ty last, wnn mo^tsnccessful ' for a first attempt, and though th<? prices « ere rather lower rhan tno&t of the owner* looked for, they may bi congratulated on doing their beat to as i-t m making the first sale a si cce^s, which, taking all things into conoid era t on, we may cerlaioly consider it to have been. The luncheon that took place in the middle of the day somewhat retarded the proceedings. Tlit re we c luauy la lie < present who did their best to keap all in Kood humour, and bo help cany out this progressive movement, whi h we tius^, eventmliy, will become an important institution in the duttict, and a uterus of br'nginu ab>ut easy comni'innafion bptwein the Italian aud. W»ikato dis'ricts.

I NGAHINIPOOBI School Requirements — Wo would draw the at ention of the Central Board of Elucition in Auckland to the a lucttional wants of the N'^abinipouri district where a nmnbir of oettlers with yonu<» families are located, aad >he W"ant of a school u Rfrinnnly felb. The le-t»r of our Nfjahinipo" 1 ! corrp»| oiflput, which we published on T .ur^Uy, • h ws that tha pa lo of th" district li»io been 110 w*v behiud h»nd in doing their pirt towards the eitabli^hme'it of a sohol. A huildiug ha« been erected by them, at p'ese' t used an a place worship, towar !a the coat of which the settlers contribute). either in money or labour, a turn of £18 having been oollected for proviliug material, and the necessary labour found by otherp. Surely, when the people of a district show themselves co anxious for assistance, and practically worthy of re- ■ ceiviug i f , the question of "what at&is'ance the Boa d may give to fit the building np and eitibltsh n s.hool" should not "r main uiiknown."

A Maw Killed by a Mocsb. — A.n extraordinary occurrence was b ought to light at, an inquest held r. contlv on the body of a mnn in South London In a work-room where many young g,rU were at work, a mouse suddenly m.de its appearance on a table, causing of course, considerable commotion aud a q n<*ral stampede. The intruder was «cized, however, bv a you'ig man who wa3 p' l*"sent, but (he niouie slipprd out of hi' liund, and runnii'g up his sleeve came out be 'ween 1 u wjistcoat a> d shirt at die bick. The unfortunate man hud hia mouth open, a id the tronse, ou the look out for some "place of concealment, entered (he man's miutfa, and hu, in his fright and surprise, swallowed it. That a mouse can <xist for a conpiderubta time without much air whs unfortua'eiy found to be a fact in the pros >nt instance, for the mouse began to tear aid bite inside the man's tliront and chest, and fie result was fiiat the unfortunate fellow died in a little while in horrible ag. n.v. A. TerJict of " accideatal death " was returned.

J-pmrnuHSM exposed —The spiritualists of Sydney li.iv<s suffered a terribl* sell. The ' Echo' relat<§ thit since the seance thut was held to asoirtiin the result of the bo t race between Tr.ckefc and Sadler, s ores of people bare sat around tables until their arms ached and they themselves felt ridiculous, trying to get s >me communication from tie spirit world (o allay the universal anxiety respecting tin* fftto of the newly-won charap onship, a*id in several instances the table tipped Trickott as the winner in the match with Lamsden. But the mast explicit communicalion was one received through the planchelte on Saturday night, the 26th ult., when a spirit announced himself at James Hanson, boatswain of the fiigate Wusp, one of the fleet under Sir Hyde Parker, witn Nelson second in couitnnnd, at the bit lie of Copenhagen in 180 L The Wasp — according to Hanson —^ot ashore in the Great Belt at tbs time when the Danish Sect was defeated, and he wi'h others died in the battle. I bis old naval hero w is interrogated as to his knowledge respecting the boat, race, md ho very eivily wrote to say that bo did not himself know what the tesult whs, but he thought he could asceitain. He left the planohette for a few minutes, and then returning, the pencil wiote in a clear and vigorous style of handwriiiug, "I»ra tod Tiicltctt won easily by ten 1 lengths." Iho te'ejjnm which was received in Sydney the following Monduj, to the eff< ct that the lna'ch had fallen through, proved rather trjing to the believer* in spiritualism.

A NEW PL*.- T TOR CATTLE FEEDING — Wo aio uot aware, nor do wo suppose it likely, that the plaut refnre<i to below h to be obtained in the colony, but if the Acclimatisatiou Society were moved in the matter, and w think the loo»l branch at Cambridge niii'h 1 ; \ c-y properly I uaderlakc to .uijvo it, au.uelh u > lab'ht

l>e (oi at onco in th ■ in' o uct ia i i to u efHl a plant into th* dnti c\ We take the following f <ni ti JSiiiojicun Vail: — "Some attui 01 lai recently b«n (hroc'cl toabura^ini'e^ns plint- « « ally to tbo common corn f rcy— f.jr ts< tenaivi; culiivati m at a f>> 'dor plant. It is known as the C&uciaian prickly cnnfrcv, and is the Symohjtnm asj errnnum of botanists. Tli- u the plant 13 (■ poken iff as a novelty f>r c.ittle feeding, i»o uniptab hty for such has teen known for sumo years, and »n Analysis Ins been made by Pro. Voelcker. It was introduced to G' eat Britain from the Caucasus at the early part of the pieient century, more as an ornamental plant, on itecounj of its bold :oliage and light blue 11 wf>-°, than for any rueful purpose. The rtcuuumcadatioa of agrioul uralitts mm« f'-w ytars since to grow it extensively as a I gr« en fodder plai.t waa not at th* tinw followed up, and vow that ihe plant l>av ootne lieforo the agiic ilturist aaain, and that crowns and rout cuttirg3 suitable for planting are actually adveriiaed at 5i per 1000, it i 3 to be hoped that it may have a fair tiiil. Th a partio ilar apt ces of coi - f rey is described as bein j specially mlapio.l for tho feeding and fitfening <f ►took, and for iocrta ing tl c yield of milk in cows. Its grow h is more rapid an t luxur ant than any other green soiling plat t, producing m a given spare alargsr yield than any otlur crop. Gno >r*ss laa<l yiel 's 8 tons cf grass to the acre cut gretn, lunra 40, rya giass 50, vetches 20, while oorufrey {.ivf s from 80 to 120 ton* ; whether this return Bh<uld lv similar on all soils can o i'y be authenti cat'd by continufd caltivation an>l expermeut. It is, however, a. de>p rcot>d plan% a '"l is to a certain extant independent of we* hor and chrnace, for in the driest anl hottest aei^oai ifc ha<j be-n known to aiiord several beavy cuttings when most other vegitation i» burnt up oc infferi -q from dnmadt. Other ad- ] v^utagt'S »ie thvo it > ompe ear.ier t lan any othft- crop, acd la3ts longer, frequently affording forage until it ;s; s cit down by tverofro » Above and around | the rout s em itrc vhoots or suckers which can bj taken off for phn>iug and t-hc roots sub-divided, so that tha phnfc can he cuuceisfully and easily propaga'ed. Tho p anting may be ma'lo at a'l seasons exoept during frosts. ltd cultivation is uiinple andjnotco'tly. Tne Brtiundxhou'd l>e plou f o I six or eight n ches deep ana then manured. The cutting >h>u!d then be plinted like potatoes set auoufc three fe apart. Iv winter the ro ils <-honld he well drdsifd with ordinary manure or rewargp. Bosidts its u*o as a green food, When dried into bay it forms an < xcslleut fond for horses, cattle, sheep, pig*, &c. '1 re juice i.f tlie plant contvn* a quantity of and mucilage, but very little t-u^ar.

Tub NatiVb Department. — There was a hot stru^g'e in Ibe house, in pacing the native department vote, to cut it down, but after a lon-i due ission (he vote was pisard. MrShtekin made a fierce attacu upon tbs Naive Mmist -r and his dep rtment j»i'ni>ra.ly. Ha said the Native Minuter demoralised the ruiive« with rum, and was responsible for (he Waitnra war, and, therefore, indirectly for all the subsequent wan ; lb.it a lnrge roajjrity of nntives dosired nothing bet, ter than to be rid of him and Ins ofllivrsaiid no man trafficked more largely in native lands, or iuti<le taoio money out of ■ hem, th.vi Sir Donald McLean did. Ihe hon gen li'inun guve a minu'o history of (he number of iho native lmd transartniis at tf uwko's JJny, te sii«w lliit Ihe I'rou ciul und Genciul Cra^oinuiont olliccrs, and even air Donald McLean himself, wore guilty of d'lbb'ing in native land specu ati ms. He believed it w>;uld lute b-en beVer to have ha I no Aiitire Oepartment &fc all. Tee lion C G JJoueu d<ftn'leirfu-Do »ald JEcLeiii, dtpr cit'nj* sucli an attack up n the Xitivc ilutijter, wlii'e ha vras ab etc (nun tli.j Uousj j through illness Ho pointed oit how i careful ihe Cjminitlej onj;lil to bo in ucL'ipunj Mr iSlicuhni'a ctateinent, whj was the paid udroc.ito ot a »o lion of tin- | tiv(S at llaw»e's Bay, who ex hid a >d gay an "ex put to" statement, putting his o«n case in t ho best p>ssibb light, lie al;o jsaililut niiio-tei.lh » of 8 r Doo>nd Me Lcan'd I tnda was bough Lett > eruueo: iroui Ihe Govuinmeut or at a f.iir and open competition r.t pubJicauct.on. Mr H.mtei 1 explainvd ho>v impossible it was for tiif Donald McLean to h.iru aujlhiug to do wit li the Wmtar* jvrfr, he ben,' dangeiously ill at tbo litno ut Mohaka, in li wke< Bay.

Tub Uaglan Cattle saie sfcond day. — From a lorrea^ondent at IJu^lm we le ii'n that on L'Yiduy morning the sale was resume I, when with the exception of übouG hivlf a di zen all tha cattle tbut were entered wore cold, the owners both huvope>m and Afuoii lowering their prices. The sheep were sold for a low piicj ontLlciing tlio quality, but lh»y were gene* rally in low condition. The }earlings all lold at extreme rates as indeed the; have dojie every where lately, an inducement to breeders to turn llnir joung stock into inorey at once. Beef fetched low pnc?s not ivaohuig 20a per 100. Dj. Most of tlio cuttle sol't came over the ranges 10 ! Waikat's and, fioin what no hear, will certainly induce those who tea thuin and .want cattle to vi-til Me-s » Hill and Walhs's fu ur3 s les at the Ohete Falls, for i. seiini that there will be another before long 'L'ho settlers, boih Eur peau and Maori »w faid tp have Dcea so woll pleused with the ti<*at sale, that it is talked ot putting up permanent yards with a good gracs paddoik tittucnod. At thu close of the sale on Knd ly ths auctioneer thanked boih bu_yeis a.d tollers fur tlio support tluy haclgmn to the m>w undertaking and asauied ihem ill it u thi«, as well ai any oti.ei 1 piogreasiro movement it only wanted unity to eusuro buccess.

TIIE BEITLEMKNI' 01 NATIVJtSO.V WaiK4.TO LAN Da. — ALudiug to the petition oftheWuipa anil Jlaglan settlers to ths Ass.sii.bly, tho "Auckland Star" siys it shows bow utterly at raiianco vrith fact was the statement of tho Native Miinler that only s suiull sec tou of the settlers of Waikato n ere opposed to the proposal to locate large bodies of returned lebols in proximity to European settler*. Tho desirability of natives as near neighbours 1 lus boon forcibly illustrated on the East Coast, where they Icopt largo ilucks of sheep dantzeroimly infected ..with scab, to the wholesale deduction of the let'ler's •heep. The Scab Act was practically inoperative, as auj attempt to oaforce its provisions was resulted, and threats were mcd which no Sheep Inspector in hh oeniet would dare disregard. In other district! the proximity of natiroa hat been a fruitful source oi bickerings, quarrel', immorality and crime.

BILI-lAEDi, K.OBEBTB V WesTON. — The much on Wednesday ni^ht was a closely consisted one, Mr VV Weiton receiving 500 out of 1000 point*. It was tho most interesting ot the three yet played ia Auckland. Roberts himself made no remark* ably krgo breaks, scored fairly, his last being 91, 67, 66, 52, 41, 72, aud 50 We*ton played u yery pretty game throughout and in any other ompuny than tbe champion would have bee i co isideied a wonder, The players' more than one. paved each -other towards the close of tbe gnme, and wJien the game ■was called nt 091 nil, ths cicifcfment bei am* very great. Weston took the cue and BLorod 7, nearly getting »hil>ist two rcquiicd lo muke up tuo iOuO by u taunoa, Ins own ba'l j itt siitp|jinii ly Hie jaw* of iho pocket, li-.i\ iii^oiil^- a d Hie lit stiokc, wlucli ho .luJ oiily f a'cd m

by ihe Tiieivsr trifle, leiring an opening f.ip the " Jnwiicible," who took ad van 'ape of it, nnd score 1 ont with a break of 9, at 10f>0. tlie terrain i ion being maiked by cnihu-jia>tic a-iplause : a more closely contested g nno bei-ier jmpossi^'e. In a second game with Mr Weaton last night tlie Bfinip o Ids b»mg »iren, tho re3i.lb wxs in favour of WeHon. UiU is fie last gitno llobei ts plays in tho Colony as he ha<i gone south to meet tlie flingareoin* en route for Australia. By «it nights Auckland pipors wo find that Wejton had the be*t of it throughout, Towavda fie close, ihe ga-i c was declared Rjherts 700. Weston 870 A few more strok.s made Wes on 900. and the next marking was— Robert*., 802 ; Weston, 904. Three bivaLs brought Roberta up to 8(38. Wo;.lon being 940, now went in and and made a clean run lor the gam», finiahi' q with, in unfinished broak of 60, thus beating RobL-rts by 132