The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 695, 28 November 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 28, 1876.

Equal and exact jusJce to all men, Ot whatever state ot persuasion, religious o.* political • • • « « Here thall the Presi the People's right maintain, Unawed by influence and unbribcd by paiu.

Mr Ormond, it will be seen, afc the public dinner given to him at Napier, has slightly lifted a coiner of the veil which hide's the mysteries of the cabinet from the vular gaze. Wh it Mr Ormond then said comes of course from him with the imprimatur of official authenticity. From Mr Ormond it is first made publicly known, as was ii deed privately known to many, that on Sir Julius Vogel's retirement, the Premiership was first offered to Mr Stafford. Though Mr Ormond stated his intentiou of shortly proceeding to Wellington to take part in the government of the Colony, he did not state the office it was arranged that he should hold. Our Auckland contemporaries, and others, in the absence of direct information on this point have been providing a portfoliofor Mr Ormond, namely that of Native Minister. No\t we have grave reasons to doubt the correctness of these vaticinations, and chiefly that in the appointment of Mr Ormonil, the Government would be but continuing ' the present policy of the native office in its entirety. For this reason wo are inclined todoubtthatthe portfolio of Native Minister will be offered to Mr Ormond, and should it be so intended, we cannot but think the Gorernuient will act wisely in reconsidering their determination. That Sir Donald McLean is so seriously illas to render it impossible for him, under any circumstances, to continue to hold office, there is, we fear, little reason to doubt, but we are scarcely inclined to attach the same importance to his enforced retirement as that published recently in a southern journal, whose Wellington correspondent thus telegraphs: — "Sir Donald McLean is more ill than the outside public imagine. Maoris consider, as wired by me, that it is bighly improbable he will again reoover strength. In consequence of bis having been unable to attend to native affairs, they have all goue wiong. Troubles in Maoridom are thickening fast ; arms are being imported in all free harbours from Sydney and other places. Mohau, Kawhia, Aotea, and Moffat are employed in manufacturing gunpowder north ol Tokanui and west of Taupo. The Ngatika-Hunguuu will call a general meeting in December or January, to determine upon the future course of native action. The Ng.itiporou, Arawa, and Waiwere Jiro more pouri than ever. They say they will never draw the sword in a white man's defence again. The Ngatimuniopoto will not allow any ' Tangata Hhu' to settle at Mokau. All these complications depend on the health of ciir Donald McLean. Should Mr Ormond take Sir Donald McLeans j

place, the verdict of Maoridom will be ' # Hea te maia te pakeha he a te moliia ihia. 1 What power has he 1 What clops he know t Malcontents (Prtkeha-M'toria) aye sowing discontent and sedition bioadoast through the whole of the tribea, and designedly. AH bangs at the preHont time on tho health of SirDon.ild McLean. Should he unfoitunately die, it is mort than poißih'e that every settler west of the Waikato River will have to seek frosh quarters. At a glance it; will be seen what cost to the South Island this means. For ye» rs p^st Tawhiao has been concentrating r.mnd Te Kuiti the whole of the discontented and able men of many hapus. It is not too mnch to say that the peace of the colony depends on the health of Sir Donald McLean." We have before now pointed out the satisfactory results of the system which has allowed not the mere sel- ! tlement of Waikato, but permitted that settlement to strengthen and solidify until hucli a contingency as that predicted for the settlers west of the Waikato river is simply an absurdity, bat we are equally aware of the fact that that portion of tbe present system v Inch prevents the free sale and purchase of lands between tbe native owner and the European would-be purchaser, is aa distasteful to the one as to the other, and to that part of tao policy, Mr Ormond, we fear, from his kaown antecedents, would be firmly wedded. For this reason then, we are inclined to think, thiib whatever office Mr Ormond may hold in connection with the present cabinet it will not be that of Native Minister.

Thi Countibs Act, too U c for our isiue of Saturday lut, will be received by our tubaoribe/i with to-cUyS i»sue. la a v-ry short time we irav expect the electiout will be upon us, and it therefore behoves every person entitle 1 to exeroiee a vote to fully grasp the importance and bearmgi of the Act, for whatever may be the after decisions of the seveial County Counoils aa to the extent to which tho Act shall be worked by them, the introduction uf ih") connty ••ystem *u 1 proceel a« a matter of course aiidjthe e'ectious be held Little practi cally c*n, of course, be doua in the matcer by the electors until the proclamation declaring the number and area of ridings in a. county, a id the number of mmben alloted to eaoh ri iiog is isisu o d. Meantime, it will be well for all concerned to thoroughly master the Act, its intentions, its provisions »Dd its bearing!!, and for tins reason we have iasued a copy of it with each number of thn Times as ea ly as posMble. £ince the above was in type tbo " Herald," we see, giTos a list of the ridings, into which eleren of the counties in tho Protince of Auckland hare been divided, but how the information was obtained our contemporary does not state. Evidently the proclamation has not been is»ued, or it would have said as much. The four counties which com* priae th'S diitrict are uid to hi divided thui : - Waikato County : 7 members : 4 ridings — Cambridge Highway District, Cambridge TWnihip, aud Tamahere Highway District Waipa Countj : 9 members ; 5 ridings — Newcastle, Hamilton, Mongapsko North and South, Ranjaowhia, and Pukekura. Piako County : 8 membarc. Ri Jingi — Wftitoa, Mata'nata, Taotaoroa, and Patetere. Raglan County : 6 members ; 6 ridingi — On-whero, Tuakau, Karioi, Pirongia, and Whang'ipe. There it evidently a mistake in the case of both Waikato and Raglan, as only three of the alleged four ridings are mentioned in the one instance, and five instead of six in the ot'icr.

Ths Hamilton Fatrrtainment Committee will give on .>f their uiual enter. Uinments on Friday c7i-uiug next. Mr Joiiv Knok has » sale of household furuitmu this »ft«rnooD, opposite the Bauk of New Zonland, Humilton.

Thi Hau-yearly Parade and Review of the Te Awarautu troop has, it will bo ?e*n. been postponed from the 2nd to the 9th December. Thi? Agricultural draught borses were by mistake omitted frjm notice in the list of pnz^» awnrdecl at the Show on Thumday last. Tho Ist ptize wm taken by Mr McNi< 01, of Ohaupo ; Ihe 2nd prize by Air W J Taylor, of Te Awamutu.

Auckland Racks. — Wo would remind owners of h)rse» hit the acceptances for the Auckland Racing Clal) Handicap, Auckland Cap, and uoruinations for tl.e Steeplechase, must be nude on or before Friday next, D«-c. lot, to the Secretary, Mr Percival, Shortlaod-strjet.

Fat Cattle tor Auckland — Yesterday Mr Storey, of Te A^aoiutu, started ■ome 45 head of fine beeves for the Auckland market of the 7th proximo. They will paw through Hamilton in all probability about 7 or 8 o'oloolt this morning, and we are told are well worth teeing.

Thb Lebtuam Rsiiiib Fuvd. — At a meeting h«ld on Thursday eTening in Hamilton Easf, it wa» resolved to give a rarietj enterlaimn 'nt and concrt, in the ooursi) of a fortnight, in aid of the fund* now beini» raised 'or the widow and family of the late Mr Leatham, killed by lightening at Pokeno.

Lovbrs ov Good Sikoing will regret to notice the withdrawal of the adrer moment announcing the appearano* ot JJr and Mr* Col ten ill (Ittbella Oarandiui) at Hamilton, on the 6th pnximo. Tluir agent telegraphs hit rfgret that their immediate departure for the South prevent* their »i iting Waikato at proposed .

T«u Latb Fatal Case oi Drowning. Au inquest was held yea'eniayat >garuawahia on th* body of tt<e uufortunace man, \V. JN'elion, who w»» drowned iv ihn Waiknto rivtrdurmg the wet-It beforo last, by falling (rum the ■teanw J.lert into the river about three miles aHovtN .aruaw ahia. The j ur j retu red a verdict of acci'leatally drowaod, adding 'y vny of rider, that the tteamer waa not •uffi ieutly equipped with m«am for mving 1 fr.

OOSTIUO>OR'B Sif.B, NaARUAWAIIIA — W>> would r.niind llnse iatfcated tint ihenaleof the phut lately usad by tWe 'Tul^e c mtraotor wll bo 8 ild by Air Kenuedy UiH on Thursrtay next at Nn>iruiwahi*. U will also be teen that n quantity of goods I) 'longing to Mr Ol nd inning will ho iolcl imraedia'elj a!tor the ua'e of Vfr Taylors plant.

Biixiatu». — Lo»erJ of this name in H ttniiton were ti"e>»'Hcl *o b novelty in tin gime at tho Ooinm«r ial Hotel on S>itui"liy nijilit. /* e^ntleimn from Auckland gave Mr Mis^ei, one of our heit locil players, 800 in'lOOO.h? p'ajing with hm flngers ag tinst Air Missen'« cue Some of hit cannons wore marrcllom, •howing flurprisiaK nccurioy in the judgment of tnglet and side. The ga<ne at the finish stood 1000 to 973, Mr Hi**eu losing by 22 piints. <

The Ngarpawahia Bridge, we learn, will be opened Almost immediately. A toll will be enforced, bat it will, we •mderstand, ba considerably lighter than the preient ferry charges. When the bridge is opened, the Hamilton Town Board will, it U to be hopei, loss no time in applying for and removing the large a id •afely c instructed puut at Ngaruawahik to Hamilton, to replace the p-esent oraey ■tructure in me there, and that before acoident to life and property occur*.

Horsk's Sori Back.— Writing to the Melbourne 'L-ader' oa the «übjeet of a horab'i lore back, " Bushman " layi :— ** I observe a corresp indent inquires ahout a remedy for » horse's §ore hack, wuich he tiuda almost impossible to beat, I cnn renommend the following : — Get b'ue or red gum leaver and boil down to a gooditrong d^coc.ion ; then bathe the aoret wth the liquor, an I apply the leavea m a poultice ; tbia pr*ctice followed up fur several times will bo found effective in very bad caaea."

A Live Mui.— The " Rangitikei Advocate" BtfcUa that og Wednesday, the 8 h two men, white at work in the Purekaretu Block, caw a young bird about four and a- ha f feet high, with % long hooked bill and rtrj imuU wingi. The men gure chuse to tt, but it got away, laafing footprints on the soft mud which ihowed that the feet were piuiiallj vrebbed, and that each toe vrtu over twelve inches in length.

Thi Cambridge Mails.— We lately noticed the tail, that; a favorable answer to a memorial from Oa tibndge, aikini; that the Cambridge portion of the Auokland mail amviug tn- weekly in Hamilton ihould be forwarded on the tame night to Ctmpridgo, had been received in reply. We now learn that too Postal authori iei have made arrangements witli the contractor who ca< riet tho mail that a coaob shall run ruh.t through to Cambridge the same night, and tbat on and nfter the Ist of December next, the up mail for Auckland will be closed an hour later than at present.

The Maori (*rievancs — The cause of the present darkness ol the henris of the Kmgites towards I ha Pdkcba appears to be tlie refusal of the Government to ive up ttie A aikato. According to "To Wanangt," at the meeting of the Natire Minuter and Tawhiao oa tlio 25th, 261h, aud 27th of Muroli last, Tawhiao a parting words wi h the Minister were .—. — " Mj word to you is — onue is on'y one larpp thing, my thumb and my muscles By my thumb I mean Wuikiio, and by my muscles the graves of tha dead in Wuikato. You now know what Tawhuj means."

SATURDiy'a Cricket Match, as we expected it would, resulted iv an esuty victory for the Auckland team. The •ocount of the match, furuished by one of our beit Waikato onuketers, who w« only a spectator, and not a participator in the game oa Saturday, will be found in another column. The result should be highly satisfactory to both teams — to t h *uokl«tnd C.C. in coming off the victors, and to the Zingan's in having bad the opportunity atfordel th-in of expenencmg a now •eutation— that of beins? beaten. We be-ir of anoiher matoh in contemplation, to be played on the 30 u iuat., St. Day, Letween an e'even of the Zn'gari aud an eleven of the Ngaruawahia and United Amalgamated teams.

Th* All-England Eleven.— lt imy be interesting to our cricketers to learn how far the last Ml England Eleven were bU cessful in their tour through the Australian Colonies. The first match was played at Melbourne on "he 2-U.h, 27th, anri 29 h December, 1873, against IS of Victoria, and resulted in the Vi-toriftis winning by one innings and 21 runs The second match was plavod in Sydney on the 24th, 26 h, and 27th January, 1874 HganiBt 18 of Now South Wales 1 he eighteen won by 2 runs and 8 wickets. The third mutoh was pi tyed at B ithunt on the 31st Jiuuary, and 2nd and 3rd February, against 22 of Bathurst, the Kleven winning by 2 runs and 7 wiekels. On returning to Sydney the Eleven pluyed a united fifteen of New Wales and Victoria, beating them by 218 runs. This match was played on the st.li, 6th, «nd 7th February. The Eleven then went back to Melbourne, and played 15 of Victoria on the 19th, 20tl>, and 2Lst of February. This resulted in the victory of the Eleven by 2 rum and 6 wickets, lhe Eleven next visited Tasmania on the 2'iih, 27th, and 28th February, and playo'l 22 of L.iunceston beating them in one innings, witti 32 runs to spare. The Mevtn returned to Melbourne, and played 18 of Victoria on the 12. h, 13<h, and 14th March. This match resuLed in a draw in favour of the Eleven, rain coming down on the third day, and pre>enting the game beiiiij pluyed out. Other m itches were played at the inland town* of Victoria, but the above are the most important contests.

Sugar Rbr c job pigs.— The properties of Ibe sugar beet Appear to be eminently of a fattening nature. T. c " Rural American" gives an account of what it will tio in the c >se of pigi. It is said that an experiment wm recently made in Now Hampshire upon a Suffolk pig, wherein sugar beets were largely employed in fattening. The animal wat about a year old, and the feeding on boiled sugar beets, tops, and roots, began on the 16th August, aud was continued three times a day unti' the first of October, aftrr which ground leed was given, consisting of two parts of corn and one of oate, three times a day, till lite animal was ilau^htereJ, the weul being mixed with cold water. The result was, on the lfi^h August, when the sugar beet fee ling was begun, that the weight was 3601b5; Ist S-pt, 390; Ist Oot, 450 ib s; lit Nor. 520 bs. This is the tubatiince of tho statement given, by which wi- perceive that the increase tho last ot August, when fed on b >iled sugar beeti, was at the rate of 21 bs per day. The same rate of increase on tho iumo food continued through 8 ptember.

Cboup and Sob* Throats. — Ai coughs and homse thro its are yerj pivvu'e it atnongat children at the present time, the following letter, addressed to the '• Herald," may nut b© uninteresting lo our readers: — "Hufing seen f.e»eral limes in your paper vnrious recipes for the treatment of cioup, I beg leave to mention a succrsslul und simple cure winch an acquaintance toid me he had in his own familj. He had a danghtrr so bad tb»t h» did not txpect h»r to lir». Tht

doctor who iittended lier wanted more skil 1 , and went away himseli f>r another doctor. Before th^y arrived she got fl imethiig easier. After consulting together, they tod htm that fca>»y did not think iho was at th»t extremity for ''utting the winiupp, but recommended an ice !otion round the throat. He went and cot got tome ice, pounded it small, ani put it ia a bladder, with a little salt among t, and then i>U5 it aroun I her throat. In ten minute* she got relie r . Now, when any of my children hare a sore throat or are cr>upel, thfy cry to their mo'her to i bring a wet towel and put round their throat, and it gives them relief. Did the j towel or c'oth in cold water and pub it round the throat, aui a dry one abore it. Thb witness was not thought to be a reliib'e one, *n<) the following characteristic dmlo2Ue took place between the counsel and the back fallow. Mickey, — Mr Lamont, : ' You wou d'nt tell a li P' Mic'tey : 'No, me no te>l h m li«. Mr Lamont: ' Not for a nobbier?' Mickey : No, not for a nobler ' Mr Lamont : ' Two nobblers?' Mickey s ' No' (emphatically ) Mr Lmnmt: 'TNi-re nobbier* ? Mickey: 'No! no!' (with great empliasn). Mr Lamont : ' One bottle ?' Mickey : ' No,' (toe emphaits all gone) Mr tjtimont : 'Fortvro botiles P-'now^ roind, f>r two bottles?' Mickey : ' Yes; me tink I tell him lie for two boitle.' Amidst considerable merriment, the witness was ordered to stand down.

Thk Anniversary Ball given by the O'id Fellows, in thy East Hamilton Hall, 01 Friday muht la»t, wa* a, mo«t u«quahßtd success, tno only drawback Dting that the hall beintf fully taken up with the dancing, the supper had to be held in a room ouly large enough for half the company to sit down at onoe, and the plan of letting tbe indies »it down to •upper first had to be resorted to. Tbe excnlle me • f the supper, however, in good measure made up for this drawback. The floor ot tie Hall was occup.ed by none twenty-five to thirty couples, and dancing was kept up with great spirit till early morning. Onder the circumstance*, there were no speeches made at the supoer in reference to the affairs of ttie Loyal Hamilton Lodge, but w<i learn that though its memb m have of late been very much scattered throughout the Colony, it is gradually guniDg strength, aud is financially m a uouod condition, having some £70 of funds invested at interest. We understand that Dr Waddington has been appointed medical attendant to members of the Lodge. Th« T« Aroma Block — Refei ring to the natire meeting now being held at Shortland, the "Thames Advertwer" Hays: — "The present meeting of Mr Mack ay and tbe native) will pUce in the possession of the Government the whole of th« lands in ' lie Coromati'lel and I'hames Counties, aid a portion of Piako, except'iig thi necestary reserves require ) for native purposet. Consent has been obtained from Te Hira and Te Monanui to the sale of the Te Aroha block of 60,000 acre\ and the only delay to tho completion of the purchase ii a dispute between Te Hira and Te Karauni, as to the ownership of a small portion of the block. In regard to the extension of the t Jrgraph wires to Ohmemuri sonn conoegions have al?o been made. Thu i» the business upon wxich Mr Puokey bas for some time past been engaged, and he has re eirei every ] omble assistance from Mr Mackay. Tukukino, of Kamata, will not consent to allow thu wire to be taken through Komata, but the general ■issfnt «f the natives has been obtained to a scheme which, although uot to desirable as that originally proposal, tuny, and doubtless will, answer all th* purposes require!.

Thd Pokeno postal service — We are lomewhut surprised in these days of progressive iropraTenrmt., to find the Government withdrawing poital or other contenieiices which have been hitherto enjoyed by any particular diit net, though it might possibly be the case that the uoit of the paiticular berries was not recouped by the additional rev* >ue received fr.»m it. These ure not purely commercial matters to be c»ni"d on only wnen the balance of £ s d ii in farour of the department, nnd especially so in that of the Post Office. It 18 tlwefoie with regret we learn that it in the intention at the Government at the cloio of the present year to do away with the m.ilho.vice between Drury and Pokeno, and this, although the presint mail oirriir off> red to do tiie work daily for the came rate a* it is now dono tn-we*kly Tha lettlers too will be guff rors in another direction. The mail suosidj enables a but to run between the two places, and in all probabi ity the conveyance will be withdrawn.

Mr Bboiaifiamj's visit to tub WaiEATO — During his visit to this district hst week, Mr Broomball visited the Wungape Lake, w'<ere ho discovered close to the water'a edge a fine outcrop of coal, and a deposit of pink anJ w ute clay which he believPi to bo excellently a'apted for the m mufacture of pottory Lie has taken down a sample of it to Anclel>nd for analysis, Mr Broomhall next vmted the coUminos and ineppctod the workings. Thence he travelled across iho country in a westerly irecti<n, ot»ji> q for a night at Mr Sinclair's house, near Churchill. Next day Mr Broonah'ill, HOJompmied by Mr Sinclair »nd Mr Palmer, with the permission of the Government, struck across the c mntry towards the West Coast. They ha<l been told by Maoris familiar with the district that it would be impossible to penetrale the country by that route. However the party were not te be daterr'd by nny ordinary difficulties, so they proceeded on their journey, one efliitlcman carrying a billhook, aud aDoiher* lomihiwk with which they cut their way through the tangled bush, and succvedod in penetrating from the Waikato River neirly to the We^t Coast. tie inspected the Rauwarnru Block, which is confiscated land, on the west bank of the Waikato, about midway between Raglan and Wiikato Heads The country here is of a liine-stono nature, and there is a great de <1 of land excellently adapted for settlement. The topography is slightly undulating, with pre'ty fern openings in tho bum, and s»me picturesque scenery wherever a view can be obtained. The koromiko plant, and the t upikihi abounds in parts of the block The area of the block is a little under 100,000 ncres. Ocit fellow-settlen will «oon be visiting Aucklan 1 and we advise them, before making any purchases, to walk into the City Hall Arc ide This is an establish ment c inducted after the London style By buying there you can procu c ail you require in the way of Clothing and Furniture. The goods are carefully packed and dispatched without trouble to the purchaser. We tee there th« Grandest display of go ids in Auckland. Furniture £>r the Drawing, Dining, Bodroom, and Kiichen ; Carpets, in imnense »aiiety, from 8d to 7s 6d ocr yard ; Floor Cloths, all widths ; Bedding of every description, and UphoUtery work. H»l oway an I Garlick have secured the servici s of Mr R Cranwell to superintend the furnishing department, and his long experience is a guarantee for good work, A nicely-assorted stook of Men's and Boys' Clothing, thu latest fashions in Drapery and Millinery Goods, Baby Ware and Underclothing. The proprie lon sell at low prices to command a CiSH Tbadi. Go to Uolloiray and Garli k's City Ball Drapery and Furniture Aroade (show rooms 166 feet long), Q'leen-itreet, .Auckland — [Adtt.]

The Cornoa o* Ccmetfr Hotel, Victoiiiand Hobso i Streets, AuckUnd, W. B. Lanobridob, Proprietor, having boen Enlarged and I nproved, affor-lB unequalled A(;oom nodation, ond will be fmind ft Really, Well-app nnted, Fir«tCluss Hotel.— [Advt]