The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 694, 25 November 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Equal and exact justice to alt men, Oi * hatcver »tKte 01 persuasion, religious or political • # # • * Here ihall the Prcsi the People's right maintain, Unawed by influence and unbribed by gain.

SATVRUAY NOVEMBER. 25, 187G

Ouu usual leailing article is crowded out to make room for the Oliaupo Show report. We must, however, draw the readers attention to the impovtimt calogvdtn concerning the rise iv wool, published elsewhere.

The reriyal frrliug it spreading, but it himu't ret got down deep enough to effect arrears on newspaper books.

Cattmd. — Yetterday Mr Short, of Pater vigi, patted through Hatnilion foi up-cjuutry, with ■oma thirty head of •tore cattle and ootva.

Thk Countibs Act. — We Ihto been, we regret to say, uunble with tlie stuff at our command to get theoupy of the Countiei Act out till our next iieue.

Odd FEttiWi' Ball. --The Anniversary Ball last night was a groat niocesi. The night wm fine and Ihere was & fuli attendance, but owing to the lateness of ihe hour we hold otop a full report. "Man," said Victor Hugo, was the conundrum of the eighteenth century t woman if the conundrum ot tho nin toenlh century." We can't guest h-r ; but we'll never giro up — no, never! A travelling life insurance agent applied to a Texan to ' take out a policy ; ' but the Teian replid, "A fellow's hie i^o uncertain in this coiaaiuuuy, it ain't worth insuring."

Native Int«llioenoe.--W8 learn that the King and hu p*rty, now in tht Pir>>ugia r»ngei, tbia side the oonfooited b 'unwary liae, have commenced the regular occupation of the land preparing tor cultivation.

A Stoat Exhibit.— The head of our proof reader must b ire boon fall of the Ohaupo show on Wednesday night, fur ho admitted a most undoubted bull iiito a local paragraph of Thursday's paper, when announcing, in connection with Mr Bright*! fiiit cattle sale at. Cambridge, that the firtt Baturday of December would fall on a Tuesday. Pedigree or no pedigree, there was not. a bull at Ohaupj could match this one!

At thb R.M. Court, Cambkugi, yfi'erduj, Alfred Colvelle, charged bj James 'Bucklaud with stealing certain carpenters' tools, was sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment, and coiti £1 13s, and in default of payment 7 additional days The costs were paid, and Colvelle ■■ taking out bis fortnight ut S&ndeMOD's Hotel, Ngnruawahia. The >-ama prisoner was aleo charged with stealing £5 from a Maori. The evidence, however, was inconclusive

Fiako Lands. — The native meeting at Taip»n'» residence, Short.lan I, in refer* ence to the land* which are under negotiation for punhnse, was continued on Tut>a lay, Mr James Muckay, Purohnie Comniiuioner, b ing present. The sub— jeot under disciunon was merely of a tribal nature, and had reference to the boundaries of a large section of land between the Wuihou and Ptako rirers, the pure i»«e of which has been effected preparatory to survtiy and pasting them through the Naiire Lands Court,

Saxe of Waikato Properties— At Mr Tonka e»lo 01 VV Kirbj'a estate on Wednesday, aereral properties in Watkato were disposed of at tho following rate. Lot 162, 1 acre with cot tn go ofc Kthikihi sold for £22 10s to Mr T Abbott. Lot 271, one acre, lame district, for £8 15s to Mr Campbell ; allotment 268 at Ohaupo, 11 acres 1 rood 22 perches, lealisud £2 10» per Acre by Mr Elliott Meyer. Five allotment* at Ngarnavrahia — No 65, 1 acre 8 perohps, £25 R C Greenwood ; No 397 and 398, £8 each, Mr J Brown ; No 104, 10 acrei, Mr li llellftby, £10; No 361, Mr E 0 Greenwood, £13 10*.

To Day's Chickbt Match. — The Auckland " Herald " teems to havo got into a fog with regard to the composition of the Wuikato team which plays tho AGO to-day- It says : " Little i» known of the strength of the Wuikato team, bdjoud their baring the pick of the various districts, each of which poAseuoi talent enough for good matches" This it incorrect, for wit hout a singlo exception the Wnikato team is chosen from the Zin^ari Olub. We no'ice this because, (should it so h.ippjn that the Wuikatot shuuld come off victorious, there is no reason that any leaves should be stripped from their laurels ; and, if beaten, at they may well be by so ttroug a loam at their Auckland opponents, that all Waikato should not be involved in tho dsfoafc.

The Auckland C C Team, which came up yesterday to contest the palm with the Zingaris, are aj fine likely-looking boiiy of men, tj bo beaten by whom will bo no disgrace to tho looil team. Thoir names ure — Messrs R and (J Abraham, Buckland, Browning, tflackett, Cotton, Lynch, M -Lean, Pliilson, Wbituker, and Y.vt ■ W) un ent*.i<l that th« Zi.igari have p ovided in addition to (he marquee for ])lajei» ample tout aocumuiodation to." the ladiO3 and general pnb io We have rccvJiYed seveial lit' en from b.iahelors, asking us to point out to the lad if • h,w greatly thmr preicnce will encourage all true knigbit in their '• devoiri.'' If tho day 11 fine, thure will doubtlen b« * large inntter of the general publio on the ground, and nmongit them, let uu hope, a lull proportion of the gentler sex.

Thk Stjbsidirs to Koad Boards — A more uitiuitte permal of th*> Financial Arrangements Act Khowius thatnnf only will the one half of tlie£ for £ Milmily grauted fr m tho Land Fujkl of a district be p»i 1 to the County instead of the whole amount hfting j>iu<\ tj tiw ro*rt hoards, but, for five years after the pa«ging of tho Aot, the wame coin« will be pursu-d with tho £ f»r £ tubnidy ooming from the comoli<i»tml (unl. Thai, ins'eacl of the County receiving ten shilling*, and the road boards thirty shilhnKS for every £ of ratal receivable, the County will reooivn £1, and th« road boards the other pound. The aubiii'y from the Consolidated Fund U nrot oh&rjjeable with the maintenanc* of hospitals and charitable institutions within the district where that amount has been appropriated by the General Assembly.

Liabilities for Rates —The liability of landlord* and tenants for rates, under the Ratine Act, 1*76, it of general intereit. Where a home is let for any period le«i than six monthi, the owner shall ba deemrd the ououpicr, and ■hall be so entered on the valuation r<> 1, bee >rainu primarily liable for the rates. Hates due by an occupier, when unpaid for three month*, may also be recovered from the owner, who oaa afterwards sue his tenant for the amount, An occupier », however, liable in like manner for rates due and unpaid by the owner, up to, but not exceeding the valu© <<f his rent, from which he is empowered to deduct the xum paid by him in aatiifaotion of hit l«n Ilord's liability. Under the^e provisions, a woek'y, monthly or qua'terly tenant U exempted from legal responsibility for rate*. By private ag r eoment with his landlord, however, he may of course iliv<st himself of the proteotion afforded by the Act.

The bvfls op the Tub*.— lt ia a well kno*n fact (remnrks the Melbourne Herald) that most of the persons employed in the banks of thu colony who h ye within (he last fow years being c nvieted of stenliwg moneys belonging to th# banks have been brought to ruin by betting on horse ruces and gambling in other ways The v.irtous banks h 'ye begun to recognize the danger of a! 'owing thiir employees to gamble and ecem determined to prohibit it as far as tuny bo practicable. It in stated that the ot her d>iy a dialogue ot which the following it the substance, took place between the manager of ono of the banks in this city and one of the clerks: — Manager: "Is it true that you have won £500 by betting on jN<mesis?" Clerk: "Itn." Manager: "Then you have your ohoice of two courses ; furnish 10 me immediately an account of your debts, and your assets, or resign your position hei c." The clerk choose the alternative first inticateri, and the account showed a balunco in his favour of £500. The managor then addressed him thus : " You must now lod^e this £51)0 to your ciodit; and if it is again discovered that you bet or gamble in any shape or form, you will render yourself liable to immediate dismissal." Toe clerk lodged the £500 to his credit, ns required, and it is to be hoped will also carry out the final salutary ii junction vi his manager.

Tsi Destruction of th« bpirbows has been commenced on a wholesale scale in Auckland. As far as the sparrows are concerned, we are glad to bear it, for a greater peat and curie to the farmer and especially the gardner, wamevtr imported into the Colony than that bird, n t eyen exoeptiug the Scotch thistle, twitch grans, and the Education rate. If is time that the Acclimatisation Society came forward, ci ied peccaoi, and made amends for the error it liaa committed by organising sparrow clubs for the destruction of tins feathered v. main — otherwise we very muon fear that miny an innocent songoter will chare the fate of these grim and fruit rating taseals in their indiscriminate extermin ti^n by poison. Alluding to the matter, the " Herald" says :— " The poisoning of sparrows has been lately resorted to by several boys of the larrikin type, in the vicinity of Newton, and a large number of these little birds have eacriflcml their lives for what they considered to be wholesome food. Iho plan adopUd for the destruction of the sparrows is to ■ 'turate wheat or other gram in poisonous solutions, and then stabler it about where the birds are in the habit of frequenting. The grain is speedily devoured by the ravenous creatures, which in a few minutes afterwards expire. Although the experiment is, undoubtedly, an effectual one for decimating the spirrows, it i« nevertheless, a dangerous on**, nnd may therefore cause destruction to other birds nnd animals that are not intended to be victimised in this way. If the poisoned grain is scattered near a homestead domestic fouls and pigs may take a fancj to it, and get poisoned, and thus causo serious loss to their owners. If poison is to bo at nil administered to sparrows, it ought to be done in the most guarded manner possible."

A Ladt Frjekmahon. — There is an old M&Bonto tr*ditinn or story, to the effeot that the only lady who was ever made a Freemason was au inquisitive damsel who, anxious to bacome acquainted with the mystic rites and ce/emonies of the " Ancient Craft," concealed herself in the body of an old-fashioned clock in the lodge room, from which the obtained an excellent view of what w -nt on daring the initiation of a candidate- A few partiolea of dust. how«»er, offended her delicate noitrila, and oaused her to ane- ze, upon which she was dragged from her hiding-pUca by the indignant brethren, and, as she could not be allowed to leave the lodge free to divulge what »he haa ■eon, waa compelled to herself submit to the ceremony of initiation, and thus beoarae the first lady Freemason ever known. But we have now the au hority of tho ' Froomason ' itself for staging that thn ranks of that illustrious Order now i contains the name of one of the (rentier sex, in the person of a Countess Ha lich, who has been received as a Fre« m nun in an Hungarian lodge under the Grand Orient of Hungary, Tho countess, wo arti told, is a highly educated lady, was regularly proposed and seconded in open lodge, balloted for, and in. due.cour*e was duly initiated. The Grand Orient of Hungary, however, declared -the initiation to b* null and void on the ground that a woman is d'squalifiod from being a Freemason, and the cu> ions question now arise* whether, as the oountess was actually initiated, she can be refused admission to her lodge. How this delicate piint will be settlod by the Masonic • Iders it is impossible to s»y ; bat if the Grand Orient oan destroy bj any ediot of their own the valua of tho>dage, " Once a Mason, always » Mason," they will have performed a font that appears to be quite as difficult a performance as it would be for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. Or/ft fellow-settlers will soon be visiting Auckland and we advise them, before making any purchases, to walk into -the O.ty Hall Arcide. Thw nan establishment conducted after the London style By buying there jou can procu -c nil joi require in the way of Clothing and Furniture. the goods are carefully packed and dispatched without trouble to the purchaser. Wo see there tho grandost diaplny of gods in Auckland. Furniture f >r tho Druwing, Dining, Bedj room, and Kitchen ; Carpets, in imroeni* tarietj, from 8d to 7« 6d per yard ; Floor I Cloths, all widths ; Bedding of srery dcscniJtion, and Upholstery work.

Holloway an 1 Garlick have secured the serviws of Mr X Cranwell to supenntond thn furnishing dfpa^tmont, and Mb long experience is n, guarantee for good work. A nici'lv-a«orted »tock of Men'i ond Boys' Clothing, the lntost fushiODS in Drapery and Millinery (loods, B iby Ware and Undorclothing. The propi'ietori soil at. low prices to command a Cash Tradk. G-o to Holloway anl Garli k'n City Hall Drappry nnd Furniture Aroado (show rooms lfifi d'et long), Quecn-streetj Aucklanrl — [Ai>Vi\ ]

The Cottage of Content Horici,, Victotia »i)d Uobion Streets, Auckland, W. B. Lanobuidoe, Piopnetor, himog been Enlarged and l ui proved, afforilt untqtmlled Acootnniodation, and trill be found a Really, Well-appointed, Firrtwlast Hotel. — [ADvr ]