PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 684, 2 November 1876, Page 2

PROROGATION OF PARLIAMENT.

Parliamentm cnt was prorogued on Tuesday afternoon, and yesterday Provincirtlt.nl censed to ex : st. The Session, however, did not close without u second brush between the obstructionist Upper Hoube and the Assembly. This fcinjo the cause of difference was on ammendments made, and tor a while adhered to by the Council, expunging 1 for the Waste Lands Administration Bill the clauses which permitted the purchase of lands on deferred payment, The Lower House stood firm, and the Upper yielded; The intelligence from Europe is alarming. The ratnouis of War acquire circumstance and authority, when we find that sensitive plant, capital, affected, and public securities going down. It is satisfactory to learn, howevei', that both the flax and wool markets are h'rm.

Masonic — T ie usual month'y meeting of members of Lvd b e B-.» lakea place to-might.

Cambridge Cavalry Voiunt.ehs — The member* of the above corpa arc warned to meet on Wednesday ueat, at 10 ».m, fir tin usuul half-yearly dull itudexrrjife,

Licensing Cou>-t. — The Q'iarte»J Uceuaioii Meeting lor thr M»ngu[nko»id Kftnginobfa dist iota will he held ou Tuesdiy, the sth proximo, at uoon, at the Court Hoihp, Alexaudra.

Th* Alfxanuba Conokrt.— The AL»x. andra Christy Minttreli will m.iko tln-i - | hr»t appeirauce, to-morrow evening, at the oonoert to bo held in the Public Hall Ataxanira. There will l>e, we ate info r m«d, a more than ordinary attnutivo programme, and tho whole will cjuolude with a dauce.

Auction Salxs are announced for both Aieiaidr* »ud Gambii'l^«\ On Sa'mday next. In the former in>ta ice Mr Kannedv Hill will offer for tale the stock, furniture, bar fi't'Qgs &«. of the Exobaoge Hot»-1, Alf xandra, and in the lattct, , Mr B izht \yill sell at the rosidonoe of Mr Tuoi|, who is ) r a»ioi{ the diatrict, th.H whole ot bis household farni* ture and effects.

HaMut<*n Cavalhy Thoop — There [ was a laruer mutter of men on tlie ooot*K>n of mcetfng f6r tli • second weeka drill, on the Zmpari Oiioket Ground ytjfterdny. Li»ufc Rutherford was in eli»ry« of tiie Corps ; Sergt-Maj r Frasir, as u*uil, aoting m Hrill-ln-tructor. Soma of the evolutions weie very correctly and w«'l executed, and witli a little ui<>rt* iaitruution, the cjrpn, though but recently forme I, will be a'<l« to t»ke p»rt vutb <redit to thtmeelven in the An >val Kevi«w of thi VVaikalo Cavalry, w I i h will bo held in a fow weeks titno.

KlltST' MOMUI.T f>ALK AT THE VW Cambudii: Yvrd3. — It will bo t-em> rom O'ir ad» 01 tiainy columns t'^at the tirnt monthly salo of Jive stoi k will t «k^ pl'iop in tliu n«w ya»d«, Cam'iri'l^e, ne¥t rii""»rlay. We must coiura uVu the C'^inbrnlg^ b tt'en on the o[t»iii<ig <-f the new nalc\arda, tbe ereutioa of which IB due t > the pnblic spirit and eDergy of tb>s^tt e^ in fie district and trust that the loc.il market will ba a "-utce s. We under stand that a great many eutnoi i>f stock have alteady lieeu cu.iiie.

Immigration Kktvrvs. — The re|»ort of the Seer. t»ry of lionrgrat'on i-ub m'tted <o Parliament, alfrws the follow ing to be the number of adults introduced into the colony from Junr, 1875, to tlie 31st of May 'ast ;-Ot»go, 4 179 ; Uanterhory, 3,1221; Anckland, 2,197; Wei Hngton. 2 061 ; Taranaki, 091 i ; Haw lie's B«v, 78S£ ; MHrlborod|b, 219; NH^on, 308; Westland, 448 i ; total, 14 077 adults, reuresentiog 16 612 h^ulb. Of t 1 c-<" 6 785 were English, 4,597 Irnh. 3 202 ScfctMi, 1,060 Wermam, 367 Dm-s, 23S I aliam, 149 S»vf<le\ 80 Norwegiaus, 11 French, »nd 123 other uatioualitinv, waking 16,612 «oi)li. The co«t of th'ir introrlnction or pas-a^e money, was £21? r S36. which onme out of 'he Colonial Government fundi, with the except-on of f2 085 pai > for assis c \ pa^sagfs bef>re Jeatinp, £1,968 m provisory note- for the tarn-, anl £103 cash for nomin. t d immigrants.

A Provincial Government Gazette An o ject which wil soon come to be look d upon at a relio of a pant age, wa* published on Monday. Wb Do'ic^ that jome three columns • { gpac* are taken up with the publica im of Sir George Grey'» le ten aad telegram of )*it month to tiie Seoretary of State *for the Co'q >ie». The document*, we perceive, ar>* printed, not at an ad vertiieinent, but at 'lie public expense. It i* somewhat hard that, the Colony having been held up to ridioule by the wiifcing of thesi let>r< and t-legr >r4-», the Province of AncklaDd shou'd be o«lltd upon to pay for pia iuft these precious dooum^nts on record. The remainder of 'he Gaz >tte c ntnim littlfl nf general interest, beyond th'S'*'ement of account of tie Provin!«« fir th* quarter c ding 30th Septemher Iwt. We .iotica tba 1 ; Mr W H M L>vell, of T''upiii, haft obtained a wholesale lioen under the Licencing t\.ot.

Walker's Commcrciil T'otel Mm,bo7ane cup is! rib tion of phizes — The drawing cirno off la»t> night. The following are the winning rartnbpn and the horse* dra-vn : — 4, AM'n *■; 7, Iri*ta Stew ; 8, E»p'd Bay ; 9, bibyl ; 13, Springbok. ; 14 T.irch'iiht , 18, ' The Deer ; 21, Fen d'Artifio* ; 25, Klectricity ; 41. Clifton ; 45, Emulation ; 55, Gloom ; 70, Glengarry ; 73, Vain H >pc : 86, ImpadercB ; 93, Onyx; 96, Fiehornnu ; 97. Sterl'ng; 99 MeiuUoions ; )12 M«c»r^gor; 116, V-Mo ; 122, Loquacity; U 7, Nap»leon; 140, Imp rial ; 142, D.lk<s ; 147, Sjark ; 148, E moro ; 163, Canterbury ; 104, Southfrn Crois; 166, Janitor; 168, BiseU ; I^9, Su'tin; 171 Xi c mat; 172 Gist; 173, Nuanxkirk; 176, VaUntia ; 179, Disneli ; 184. Venm ; 188, Bella; 189, Timo'hy ; 195, New Minster ; 197. Prid» of tin HilU.

Tub Waikato Aobic^tpral Sociktt's Exhibits. — As tome mts-appn*-b niion appeara to exist m to th« cU««es of stock for whioh pria • »ro to be offered by the Waikito Agricultural and Paatoi«l Association, ao advertised by poster* and otherwiie, we ha^o ventured to make thf following rxplauation. The clisiea fop pedigree o-tttle are, of onur c, as tb y prof'ss to bp, for cattle wiih pedi^re j A bull or ram, v, ho knows whobisg »udfather vros, will t»'-o the place dv« and bee >ming to him. But, tho mtrf plebi nn lUck »re uot excluded from eomp'ti i n »nOD;' tb*-ir pc« ra. Both in Shorthcrnfi und H>>refordi th» claaiea »re repratud f. r grade cttlft, <b t ii, caUle whnae bl<->od i* n t . 1' blu^, which a>e, in faot, not pure biud. This is done in tb« Auokhnul iHow lirt. Had the word*, *'Sho'tl oms, Ac, mini ns the 'a t," be^n printed id lager tyi-e, and p';us<d the same a* in 'hp ho so li«t, " Tli»rotif;btred lame na Ke;vy Draualit/'th*) m s ipprehenuiot) t *>tpr zes would only be giveu for r^digrte o ' f .le wiull not havo ar s»n. A< it has d >n« so, ho « ever, we tajca the t«rlie»t opportunity of setting ihe matter right.

NaHKOW FSOiPE FROH DROMTVIVG. — Yesterdiy nfdrnoon as the Huult in West acholan attending Mr Davii' High v chiol ou the East side of the nv.-r, came upon the punt to cross, one of their number wh> vu force little distance behinl ihe rent found wheu he retchel th" foot of the stairt that the punt was already moving off, thinking tob^et in time, ran rapidly dawn the inclined Jippioaoh. Arming at the edge ho found tlio punt too far awny, but unable to sop himself made as good a jump «s he could and lu< ki l^ for hi n, as he could not »wim, f II s» that when he ro*e again to lh> surface he was just wilhm rpaqh of tlio punt The punt man's afisigtant, th<n in charge of it wnp cqiul to tlie ofcapion, and araiching h s opporluni* j, caught h<> d of him by the ctrau of Ins school ba^ and landed him saf*]y, A passenger on the punt had already taken off !m coat expcc'ing thit the lad would not be so easily readied, but fortunately his cci vices wefc not called into requmiion.

S&RGHnM is a fine p'»nt for aniline cfttlle. November u the piopi-r moutb firsowiigit as greeu fetd. It tequue20lb« of Heed for an aero, if town brnad cm* ; but at it ia wiser to son- in dri'ls, htH of that quantity will •uffic-', which will be a raving, as the seed is la per Ib. •Sorghum gr w« well on rch soil well worked, and will at ai» a hei hh of 7 to 8 fret The yield of green food from an auo is astuu'shing, but oattle do not r»r»di!v mt i* at firit. In time they will tak e to it, abd beoonje to fond of it ai to leave icarooly a particle. When, during a Ary anmmer, tbe grau it scorched up it ii a fiuo tbing to have an acr« or two of sorghum or maiza, so at to give the milking cowa a cart load in the morning or evening. Captaining no much facobarine matter, tore hum ii fattening, and it ii qurstioned whether it ia ao good »• mtwze (or dairy itock— that ia to produce inilli. The advartage of lowing in drill* is, the •»nd oa» be worl«ed hetwotm by thetc'an. ti'r, which will aatiit the crop w.indnrfully during the dry weather. — 'Herald.'

Sibious Acoidbnt xj Kiunciai. — An aofiaonfof a rery serious and alarm, ing character occurred on Saturday to a man named George William*, at that time employed in unking & well for Mr Cowen Williams was down the sliaft, some 47 feet deep, and had just lent up the last bucket of •tuff, hariog atinck water, and in Ijib excitement forgot to properly cloie ihe Uookrto Which the handle of the bucket w'm fattened. The man at tho top no ihd'up the bucket, and j"ast at ha ■lopped tVs trindUss »ho loaded bucket fell to toe bottom. who ia in full pooieiiioh of h.i> mental faculties, ■aji he iaw the b'uckol coming, and at he ■tood to ono 4ide,thoue;ht of seizing his •pade to break file fall of the bucket, and •tooping to re'aoh it Wat struck on the back of tha neck. There if no wound, but hi the whole bodfy ia paraly'eJ 'from i lie middle of the nt-CK downwards, tha spiiml cord must hav>t bee i iijiired Ur Wa di 1 gt'oo hai'boer'in constant ntteud> ance on him, but hit cate'U beyoud hope. All. however, that ooul I be dorm to nssiat naturn hits beer tried The puvilysN i< complete, the Toluntary nervei derifing their power from the s ioul cord having curbed to act, iho^e ouly deriving their

power from tlic a-> the r orijiin-' iiud tin .ution i f ih" heart being in foiCJ. '1 be jnlient ran nut, by* tlio lood is iilinont lmin nlmtely »fii r cj 'nted as a foroun siib^litncp. nl' po«ir of 'litigation being gon> . Willimns sufft-r^ no pa n, but is gradually linking. He is a widowor, ft'irl hie cbildien me in England with the txceplion ot Ins eldest daughter who is on lur way out to the colony i j j >in her fulhor.

A Child Kij led and Eaten r.? R\ts — Tin' numlitr • f rats inhabiting tha rocky en-vies and cavernous pa ages at the "Umiuit of Pike'» Peak — says a correspondent of th- Pueblo 'Chieftum'— have recently bevOtnn formMab'« and dangc vur. 'J'Sew ai im.vs »re known to fetd upon a k nii of aaccharine gum that prru<latu through the pores of the rocks, apparently upheaved by some volcanic etion. Since the establishm nt of tbe Oi>ver»tnent. signal station on the summit ■ f fre Peak, at an a'titude (f nearlt 15,000 fe t, these aniimls have acquired a voraoi"U-< appetite for raw and uncooked incut, the scent of wh oi fo m* *o impart to them » firooi'y, rivalling the fi rce irss of ih j starved Siberian wolf The moat singular t ait in the character of these animals is that th< y are never net n in tbe daytime. When tue inoou pours dowD her queenly ligh". upon tbe summit, th -y may bo seen m counties? uunvirs tio piug ar> u d among tbe rojky I'ouldi-i stint crown tbe barren waste, a d in tbe warm summer mm tha thisy may be seen snimmi >q and nporti is» in the waters of the lake, v, t-ho.tdißtauce b low tho Peak and of a da k, cloudy n gltf, their trail in the water is maiked by a sparkling ligl.t, giviug the wafers of the lake a bright and silvry upp arance. A few days «ince Mr John T O'lCetfe, one o! the Government operators at the signal station upm th« Peak, returned to hi* post, tak'tig with him, uion a pack animal, a quarter of beef. ]t bein^ l»te in the afternoon, bis col'eague, Mr dob'lB immed 1 tely le'fc with thi pack anim il for the Spring*. Boon after dark, while Mr O'K"efe wji» engaged iv his office forwarding despatches to Denver and WaaM .gtou, he was st.r led by a loud scream from Mr« O'Keefe, who had ret red for tbe ni^ht to an a< 'joining b-droom, and Mho ca>ne ruthing into tbe office screaming : 'Tl © rats ! the ra*s !' Mr OKe f.-, with grot t pres n-jeof mitd, imm diately draw aroa> d his «ife a scroll of zi. c plat< ing, which prevented the an mils from climbing upon ber person, and although bin own pc son was almost literal!} covered with th m, he Miceeede I in en cjiing both of hi« leg* e»ch in a joint ol stove pipe, when be commenced a flare and d'sperate Htru.gh fur the pre erv < tion of life, re ug ..rtned with a heavj o*ne. Hundrn 1w re destroyed on ever\ •; c, while tl ey still seemed to pi nr will increasing nun bera from tbe bedroom tie d«or «>f which had been left open Tha ci tire ga rter of be< f was eaten ii Ins* than tive minutes, which seamed t< only sharpen their .ippetite for on attack up n Mr O'Keefe, whosn b n'i, fice, «nc Dei k were terribly lacerated. In 1. 1 midst of the warfare. Mrs OK ef< mansgf d to re <oh tbe office, from whul ■he tbr«w a coil of electric wire over bei husband ihit sprang outward and spreac it* 'f over the loom, then, grasping thi v«lve cf tbebatteiy, she piured all iti terrible power upon the wire. Iv a> instant the ro >tn was all ablaze witb tb< e'ectric light, and hundreds were klllec t^y the shuck, when the sudden appear ance 'i daylight, made such by thj oi ris at on of the he ml} -charged wire caunf-d them to take refu.e among 1 1< crevima aud caverns of tie mouut.nu, b) way of the bedroom window, thionel which they had f need their way. Bul tih< shditent part of tbis night sdveutun ti[>' u t'.e Peak is the destroying of then p 'ant ebi!<J, which Mrs O'Keefo thnuglit sb had made tecure by a heavy coveri< { •>f ' e>\ c otbing. But tL" rats had founr te r w&y t<> the infant ( nly iwo mo>i h obi), aid left nobiniJ el it but the eeloc ADd naked tknll D s Born and Amler ■>n hive j.«at n:tu ned to C"loral Sprin.s rom th' Penk. It was tlnu^hl at arst ih<t the lift arm of Sergeant 0 K'Wb wo ild h ye to be amputated, but they now believe it can be t>»*ed Bone Manuri. — At a recei t meetin; of the Cimbndge Farmrr'i Club a m^mbnr took ei'-pption to tho n«e of bon" du»t at not being rapid enough in it< effects for iwecdes nDri mangolds. Both 1 la ts, and c->pp'i 1 y ihe farmer req'iir* to he rapidly pushed a had in fheie'Hi^r sta^rfc i f gro*th. c up(*rpbo»pbatr of lime— bi>ne dubt d solved by sulphur c or niuria<i« acid—^ia tbe manure most fuTonred ut h^mr, applied at tbe riteol frooi llnvo to fl»o cwt ver acre and di*tri' u'ed in ih/> drill. Here, wbepe sup rnh>»!>')» p of lime may not be e»sil) |>io c irible the followinii method of treat tig bon san•iie ml 1 be applied 1 11 the b'• ter to b i f iuch bonedn«r, mvht be \Trr:b con-idering to render them i media'ely anil ble in their eff-cta us a njinutw for .^oiyig «w edes or miu^olds : — Mix the bonei, nf f er bre iking ttiem in a rough s'nge t? th a stono, hammer or o'd nxe, with wo >d s»ho§ pud slacked caustic lime, »U I kf»p tbe be>p well m'Xed ajid constantly moist. As in the preparation of I}p fur ni ir u aoturing soap, tbe alkaline c u b"<it»at< • in theasbet (such as carbonate of p.itassu) nre produced, by the action of caustic potass, attacking and quickly riufo'vin^ the nones. A puddled ditob, 6oiuef>*o "feet deep, is a Tery gtorf place to carry on the jpperation. Two tons of bones will require about an equ il weight o' unites six cwt caus'ic lime, and as inuuh water as will soak the whol). Macleans List of Pediqbre Stock.— A'writ r in tl c " Herald" Biys :—Accompanied hy apiiriite letter from E Maclean, E<q I have received a co,»y of tbe list of p-di'^r-esof tbe Penrose herds of purebred Sborlho'ns and II lefoids. I notice that thi* list is bonded " piivite' 1 list 1 f-upp )s« it is got up ar.d printed for private eircultition, and tbat it is i sued yearly. It is stated, ns a kind of preface, that the oatnloguo only comprises animals imported direct, fr 'm England and their olisprug. Messrs Maclean intim<te thut t'-.ey have also a numerous herd of pedigree Herefords bred in the colonies, besides grade and short podi^eee Shorthorns. As I propose at an early date to visit the es'abl^hment at Penjose, in order to have an opportunity of inspecting some of Maclean's grand and splendid nniru ds — for they must havesom,e — I shall toot enlarge upon, the subject at present. I would suggest, however, thut as they baT& a good many hulls to dispose of— all good, no doubt, but some vastly superior to others — they should give publicity, either by a printed Ijpb or ( by advertisement, o fthej prices tliey^aro wanting for tbeir stock It is probible tha' settlors in various localities migh' be inclined to co operate and purchase a bull amongst Lliotn, if they 'had any idea of the price. 1 throw out tbe suggestion beciuse I see nothing in tho '* private list" about prices, Bxccpt tbat it is intimated that pi-d gree bulls at Penroie Mould be allowed to serve \ limited nnmber of tows at three guineas sach. 'It may also b ■ observed tbat if »ome of the pure blood, to be found ao P- nroie, could be generally t diffubeJ imohgst the dairy stock in this province, here would be a very great improvement iH'octed in the course vf a lew years. But ivhilo the Made ins have high class pedigree bulls and bulf calves to sell, and while .hey would willingly noil them at less >ncesthan they would be Worth in Engand, tbev 'auticipatp, Vs Mr X Mac'ean nf irmi me, little enquiry fur thciii in (be a'6viuce.

\V^M\;s's Work. — If women hsk ir.cn for wml». retnniks Mi-< Emil} Faithful th y will get whist they li.ive alndja got — the kk 1 1 1 rl nun do not want to do Mi u selves. They will get har 1 work, rough wirk, coa se work, noorly pftid work, hopeW« work, all tlie cm t nb'iut lex norvvi' listandi c. But if th'j rea ly wmt to be independent, if they wnnt to make a linmo for thorn-elves, if they want to help others, let them be nei'herafrmd nor nshtmifd, but becfm with any honest labour ftf t «h ci they aro p«itl, and woik up. The difficulty with women is not •hat they are Hie, but that their bnbiis air so drsultorv, and their work so objectless. If the wretohed lit'le child's piny which women o»U " fanoy work" could at on<o be bio 1 ted out of the r exi<t"iice, it would bf< an inciloulablc bl ising. What wrttd be thought, of a man or grown boy who cou'd deliberately lit ', Hown day af er day »nd bo content to kill time, by working rii : culous little penwipers, be .d napkin rings, and ihe like, which no onr di earns of ever u«ng ? He ivould be con'i lered, and rightly, »§ either a fool or crazy. If women claim intel Uctual fqualitv with men they inn si b ■ ontent to b judged by ihe wne frtnud nri. At for work, tho niaj >rity bave nol b-gun to know what it moan*. I hey have tbouf^t of it as u nice sity fiom which they hipprl S'tine Mmc to esrape.