The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 698, 5 December 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

TUESDAY DECEMBER 5, 1876.

Equal and exact justice to all men, Ot whatever state or persuasion, religiom or political • • • • # Here shall the Presi the People's right maintain, Unavccl by influence and unbribed by gain.

The manner in which intelligence concerning the formation of ridings and the allotment of members has found its way into the public press is certainly most unsatisfactory. The statements published by the " Cross" and " Herald" a week ago were notably wrong-. On (Saturday we published, for what it was worth, an extract given by the " Star" of Thursday, purporting to be a telegraphic report of a portion of a New Zealand "Gazette" issued in Wellington. We then expressed an opinion that there was still incorrectness in the particulars given, for it seemed to us manifestly unfair, nay altogether absurd, that while, in thecaseofWaikato Connty, Cambridge and Hamilton had only two members each, Tamahere should have an equal numbez\ That there vas some mistake — as we still now cannot but think — we felt certain and telegraphed at midday yesterday to Wellington for a verbatim extract of the " Gazette, said to have been published last Wednesday, as far as it referred to our four local connties and ridings. As ill-fortune would have it, our efforts have been fruitless, for, during yesterday afternoon a storm occurred and the telegraph wires were damaged between here and Auckland, so that even our usual Anckland evening telegrams did not come to hand. Meetings of the ratepayers of both Cambridge Highway Board and the Cambridge North Town Board have been called by the respective Chairmen of the districts, to consider the matter, today and we can well believe what we hear, that a very strong feelingexists in Cambridge that Tamahere, with less than a score of settlers, should have aa large a voice in the Council elections as the more popnlous district of Cambridge. The blunder, if made by the Government, is inexplicable —if simply a clerical error of the telegraph department, or carelessness on the part of the telegraphing agent of the Star — from which paper it appears to have been copied into Saturday's • Herald ' — most inopportune. The Colony stands committed to a new system of local Government, and it was exceedingly desirable that the local authorities — for. in any case, the elections for County Councils m.ist take place — should have worked with a will in endeavouring to carry it out successfully and satisfactorily, and not have, in this case or in that, put the local Government j of the Colony into disarray by declining to take upon themselves the working of the Act in its entirety. Nothing, however, can be more calculated to produce such a feeling of discontent than the case of an important district, such hh Cambridge, Hading itself so unfairly represented as it would be, if the numbers pablished in the Auckland papers were the correct ones. That they are so, we cannot believe, and trust that we may receive an answer to our tel«gram, sent yesterday to Wellington, in time to-day to wire the information to Cambridge, whatever it Tiuy be, before the meeting- ijikes place.

INIEKPKOVKNCIAL PIQEO.V AIaTOH.— The meodnif of those interes td iv the shooting-off u called for to-morrow even•ngateiwynne'B Hamilton lloteL

Sir Donald McLcan.— We understand from a private source thit the health of Sir Donald McLean continues Bt<a ily to imjrove, anl that ainoo his removal from to Napier he is considerably stronger.

Ngaruvwihia Annual Sports. — Those interested in getting up the usual annual sports at thii place are invited to attend a meeting, to be held thii eveuing, »t the Delta Hotel, for the purpose of taking the matter into consideration.

The San Fkancisco Mail Stkamkr Zekia.\Dl\ arrived in Auckland with the English ni.nl on Sunday. Amongst the passengers were the Eon W Fox and Mrs Fox, who landed in Auckland, but re-em-barked the same afternoou for Wellington.

Blackbirds, a.iyathe N Z ' Heiald' aro proving great nuisanc s to tne strawberry cr >pa, especially in the Epsom and Remuera districts. We hear from all quarters of the ravages pt-rpe rated by birds on the different kinds of fruits, »ud it would seem that our t>ettleis will soon have to take counsel together as to how they can mitigate the evil.

At a nesting of the Pukekura Highway Board held on the 2nd December, seven tenders were opened for cay ing swamp road, as per ndvertistnent. Air Kennedy's Tender, lljd being the lowoat, was aceepkd. The amounts of the other tenders ranged from Is 2d t j 2s 9d. The work is to be completed ou or before the 28th of February, 1877.

DINNBR TO Mr GLENDE<JNINO — A complimentary dinner to Mr G!end«uning was given last night by the people ot N'aruanahia, on the oocaiion of lhat gentleman leaving the dwtriet, where, during the time he has resided there in charge of the works on the railway bridge, lie has gained the esteem and respect of a large circle of acquaintances.

Thb European Intelligence whicl has beea j sliced to vi dunug anoihei luoid interval of the cable, oertaiulji breathes more explicitly of coming wat than any previous news we have received. There is a great crisis evidently at hand, iudeed as much is said by Bismarck, and the answer of the Emperor of Russia, "hoping for peace,' luoki ominously ill for his expectation of the manner in which bis ultimatum will be received by the Great Powers.

A Swekt Thing in Bull Dogs. — A Farmer rending new Newcajtle, U 8, recently discovered a number of boys helping themselven to apples in his orchard. He immediately unloosed a ball dog and let the brute after the boys. The savage animal cought one o the youths by the throat, and, in a moment, tore out the boy'i wind-pipe and severed the juga'ar rein, cauaing death in a very iaw minutes. The farmer has been put on trial for wilful murder, and narrowly eaoaped bein< lynched ai he was conveyed to the town gaol.

Deepening the color of Flowers. — The following experiments are verj simple and easly effected : An interesting accouut of the effects of charcoal on unhealthy plants appears in the* " Revue Horticole." A fine r>se bush, full ol buds, having given small inaignificanl flowers, the tup of the pot around the bush was filled to the depth of half an inch with finely pulverised charcoal. In a few days the roses assumed a beautiful r d color, and were mostjbrilliant and lively. A pot of petunias was similarly treated, and all ot the pale iudehmte colored ones became of a bright red ot lilac ; the white potuniaa were variegated with beautiful ted stripes ; and tho lilac petunias became a fine dark blue. Iron tilings have a somewhat similar effect.

The Hay Season is just about commeucmg m the nei^bbornood of Hamilton. The grass looks well generally, and there will be soino heavy crops, especially in the dutnots higher up, Cambridge, Pukerimu, Te Awamutu, and elsewhere. As showing, however, what the land in the neighborhood even of Hamilton can do, we may allude to a crop of grass which wo recently walked over, on the farm of Mr Coleman, about four miles from Hamilton East, on tho Hamilton and Taupiri road. The land was new, having only been cleared from tall ti-tree-aud broken up last summer, and sowed down to grais last April. The seed used was with cow grass or red clover, and r> c grass a little trofoil, and at the present time, for the threatening neither of yesterday has doubtless prevented its being cut, though ready for he scythe, it will well repay a visit. It i» a matted mass of waving grasHis, and though not much higher than a man's knae, will, from its closeness, cut a \ery heavy swathe. The more interretting part of the matter, beyond showing what our Waikato land will do, even outside the crack diatricts abore mentioned, is, that the whole of the field, some 16 acres, is not all the tame quality of crop. A portion of it received a more thorough working than the rest, and this, the largest half of the field, is that where the grass is so exceptionally heavy, shewing the advant-igu to the farmer of cultivating thoroughly, even if he cultivates lest ground.

Ckickkt, — So many matches of lute amongst the men havo produced a spilt of emulation betwe u the juvenile players, and on Saturday the boys of the Key. H S Davis High hchoo), Hamilton E»»fc, met the boya of the Hamilton Went District School, ou the Ziugari ground. There was considerable rivalry between thene two elevens Ja-^t season, the West side-aoaool proving the victors on more than one oocanion. This time, however, the High School boyg carried off their bats with Byiag colour*. Having won the toss, tlioy put their adversaries in. The West school boys scored 72, and the High School went in and made 107. In their second innings, Hamilton West was good for 39, but their o^ponouts having put in two <of tbeir best players, scored the wanting five and carried out their bata, winning the game with all the wickets of their second innings to go down. Torpedos. — Some attention has of late been excited by the trial on the Thimes of two or three remakably swift steam launched, which are supposed to be torpedo boats, constructtd by contract for some foreign Power — laid to be Austria. IJuy are not much longer than an eight-oared .galley, very narrow, and low in the water, and they make scarcely any noise when in motion. Their speed is exiraordiuary, one of thjm having exceeded twenty four miles an hour, and it is rnmored that llieir makers have undertaken to increatc that speed to thirty miles. The service these boats aro defined for in to carry torpedo* a among an enemy's fleet, running in and droppiug one along»ide the ship, and rapid lj getting out of harm's way before the explosion or the more hazardous operation of holding the torpedo outrigged on the top of a pole against the i neuiy'a hull and firing while alongside. thvr» ar» no torp do boats of this clas» in the ftnghsh navy.

Human VAMPisiBS.-The "Albany Argus' give* the following : _" Blood drinking lias become quite popular of late years, and ninny invalids doily visit the abluto « of New York for th,. purpose of drinlin? th.j warm blood ol th ox. It is a fact, not so genera'ly known, however that this appetite for bloo-1 increan-s upon those who indulge in it. Women who at first quaff with repignancs and some horror a wmegl iss of th • warm crimson gore, gradually ucquiio a cravino for it, and take down a tumblerfull with evident reliih. Parlies undo.- this spe.l almost invariably manifeit a desire to try the eff cts of hmnan blood. Two cases of this kind have been reported in New I York. A young lady belonging to a respectable family suffered in health while devoting h.-isolf to her academical studies. Her medical attendant, who vouches for the truth of the story, suggested blooddrinking. Permission and the necessary privacy was secured at the abattoirs Salutary effects were uot long in following. The pallor left h r cheek, her frame became more robust, and m 10 months she gained 15 lbs in weight. From havinhem a pale uninte' eating looking girf she developed radiant beautj, and she married the young assistant of the me.lical adviser who had saved her life. Well acquainted with the means by which she had been res ored, her husband encouraged her curiosity respecting the effects of various kinds of blood ; and probably quite as much for the purpose of his own piofoisional information as for the gra'i iication of her own wish, he opened a small artery m his leg and permuted her to suck the vital tide. An inordinate mania for her husband's blood forthwith supervened. Hegraiified her craving again and as,<ain, until d squat for her became the predominant feeling of his mind ; and after he had done himself a great amount of physical injury, h? bide h«r a final farewell and sailed for Peru. The writ hed yonnu' wi'e now liei(so does the paragraph, we take it ) on a sick bed, and live* almost entirely on blood oiou<Wit her from an abittoir. «he is a monomaniac on tnesu'ject, and, had she the opportunity, would undoubtedly become a vammro md S.uic.uet perpetually on human blood. lh* other was that of a woman of -25, tbroateneJ with a decline. By the advice of a pby-iman, she took, four times a d ly, a table-spoonful of cod-liver oil mixed in a win.'-glassful of blood. The woman was restored to health, out when she left offtbß ood-liveroil she continued taking th 3 dose of bio id. At this time her husband met with an accident on the railway, and by this means hm wifa got a taste of his blood. From that time she became irresistibly impelled to repeat the taite, and absolute re«traint had to be reiorfed to to stop her. She was brutalised bj her unnatural indulgence.

Kinking has gone out as quickly »nd »s suddenly at home at here. The London correspondent of the "Lyfctleton Timea"writing to that journal on the 29th September, says :— Many reasons are ad duced to account for the sudden decay of a fashion which but a short time ago sent the whole country wildly careering on wheels. Some say th»t dislocation, and compound fracture were not found conducive to the health and spirits ; others, that the mothers complained that tha incidental exigencies of the pastime, suoh as the male boot suddenly obtruding itielf into the female pocket, or a wild struggle on the asphalte, did not bring the men to the point as they (the motberg) had been led to believe would be the case, and consi quently look upon rinks as delusions and taaret. There is uo doubt about it, the men have been shamefully , supine and backward. I myself saw a young lady at Brighton day day after day, week after week, drag a young m«n about the asph»lte, fall upon him sit npon, stamp upon him,j and yet that fritid young man has the cool impu. drnce to walk about single and unengaged The above reasons miy certainly have something to s»y to the the decline, and I may almost a.id fall, of the rinkiug empire ; but the maiu cause is that wo have overdone the thing. At first large fortunes were made by skating rinks with Monte-Chriato-like rapidity, and every, one wanted] to do; likewise. The consequence is we have n«w nearly as many rinks aa nnkers. i i

Sir Georok Grey and thh Thami> Waikaio Katlwat.— Tho ' N Z Times referring to Sir George Grey's speech at the Thames, sajs :— " Whilst in Wolling ton ho professed to have as hii dearest object the obliteration ol local interest: and the forwarding of the general good of humauity. But it now scecus that J.i« whole aim last session wni the Th lines and Waikato .Railway. In speaking ol thi9, he did so m a manner which we can only term lhe quintessence of subterfuge He brought in a bill apparently to effect his purpose, and because the Snooker docided that be liad not, in doing so, conformed to law, he now allege* that obstructions were thrown in his way, Tue real fact is, and we tell it plainly to this gentlema-i, who Ins grown grey in the^e practices, thnt ho never thought h s bill would become law 5 that it was brought in as an eltutionerri'ig trick to sTye the purpose that he lias now disclosed ; and that on more than one night when this and other measures of his came on for discussion, ho himself moved that their consideration should be postponed. We do not blame the Thames people for swallowing the gilded pill he offered them. The 'I hames- Waikato railway is an earnest object with them, »nd he took an attiou in Parliament whic'i he might afterwards be able to make appear as°an effort towards accomplishing what they desired. But we may tell them plainly that he meroiy worked in order to gull them, as he now thinks ho has done, and that he has not obtained for them a single substantial benefit, such as the many for which they have to thank Mr Rowe, but it is further on that Sir Georgo Grey's duplicity beenme more apparent. Hp coolly states that it was owing to hti representations that a liberal provision was made for education, forgnols, a\id lunatic asylums in the North Island. What are the facts 7 The Colonial Treasurer made his estimates for Auckland on the previous year's estimates of the Provincial Government. He had to do this becauso Sir George Grey declined to furnish him with information. Sir George, in the House, endeavoured to make a point by challenging these estimate!, but was answered by Mojor Atkinson with the simple fact we hate ttated. Then when the information was dragged out of him, and his double dealing was exposed, he gave the information upon whioh the provision* for which he now claims credit were most willingly made. We have merely alluded to t»ir George's utterances on points concerning which he, apparently, wilfully endeavoured to mislead his constituents."

Tub Drawing-boom Entertainmet given by the Entertainment Committee, on Friday evening, would doubtless have been better attended had the nature of it been more generally known to the public before hand. A* it was, the front seats wure well filled, though the back of tbe hall was nearly empty. In other respects, however, the uff.nr was a success, going smoothly on to the finish, and reflects most cieditabiy on the gentlemm on whom fell the work of getting up the pro gramme and earning it out to the end. The curtain rose upon a family group consisting of Mrs McPlierson, Mrs A Cox) iVJr Cox, and Mr Ot Oox, assisted by Mr Ueale as double buss, the other inatru-

meats being piano, fluto, and violin. The wlncli was brilliantly executed, was from tho " Barber of Senile." The applause at the conclusion of the piece was loud and prolonee I and most deserrediy bo. Wtien this had subsided the Rev W Cilder c ,ma forward and read a u Caudle lecture" pretending to throw | into it un amount of praciicul knowledge of tho situation, which, as vet no one will i gire him credit for having experienced. Hie next mace wa§ a glee " Swert is the hour of Rest," a very be-mtiful piece o f music when sung in much slower time than on Friday evening. In other respects the p-ece was well rende ed, the voices harmonised and kept time together, though tbat time was seme of the fastest A. song from Mr Macintosh, tho " Arab Ste.'d," followed, which was well receired, as indeed it deserved to be. A duet, olarionet and piano, by Mr and Mrs Macintosh, followed, which was really a musical gem, and was loudly encored. A Frenoh song from Mrs Wood was given, with that lady't usual goo.l taste and finished execution and was followed by a duet by Mrs Cox and Mrs Dawson, " Tell me where do fairies dwell,", a very telling piece, admirably saug. A selection from "Lucrezia Borgia," by Mm 0. C. Wood, was highly appreciated. A reading by Col. Lyon followel, and then a song from Mr WiUoughby, "The Sexton," which well suited his rich bass voice. The Grlee Chorua again appeared upon the stage and save •• The iUls of St Michael's Tower," with very excellent effect. Miss Crawford then sat down to the piano, and gave a selection from "The Barber of Seville. 1 We cannot apeak too highly of this young ladj's style and finieh, and the audience marked, by their plaudits, their high appreciation of her efforts. A song from Miss Corbett followed Robins JKeurn," sung with a very pleasing expression, aod with a aweit and somewhat full contralto voice. The gem of the evening, however, as f*r as the «m«siug was concerned, was the song which followed, "The Echo," by Mrs Daw 00, to the flute accompaniment of Mr Oox. Ihe character of the music gave full opportunity for the play of the artistic management of her voice which this lady pos=.«es, and the soft Je t bell-like clearness of her noUs in some portions of it rendered the song most effective The performance concluded with an operatic comedy, LBD,i» which the several parts of the money lender, and thetwo "loviers" were sustained by Mr R Waitt and the brothers E and Gr Cox; the latter makine up a saucy good locking girl. Mr Waitt was a capital get up, and acted hit part very cleverly, indeed, all three acquitted themselves m good style and the piece was a complete success Wo must not omit to mention that the glees were cot up and conducted under the superintendence of Sergt Macintosh, to whose caro is due the more than usual excellence of the time kept by those who took part in them, a compliment we have not always been able to pay them on previous occasions

mu f, ( S AK T °* Wae in EukopeThe "limes" :— The English fleet is watching the Bosphorus now, and intench to remain there until the storm clouds blow away from tho most coreted naval station in the world. The scheme of Rusuan troops marchiag to Bulgaria is a masterpiece of boldness and audacity Bulgaria is the key of Turkey, Should the Government efthe Czar insist on the proposition, it will l ay ifc.olf op n to the darkest suspicion. jJ TeiT country in Europe would say that Us ardent championship of the Cfariattan .übjVts of the Porte was a cover for designs of conquest, and dream* of Panslavism would spread general alarm. ' A special despatch from Berlin to the "Timot" .ays that the lluasian army is said to be ready for immediate concentration. The caralry and field nrtillerj are now on a war footing and the infantry are res'iy to inarch. Ine lelegraphV correspondent at Constantinople represent! that a strong war spirit is manifested by the popula c. The commenLement of hostilities with Kussia would be welcome to the Mussulmans, and is considered bv t.h.m !,„,„,>;, i ui_

Extraordinary produ#b p,t >ji one pound k OF PoTAroi.s.-AJest,rs Hoover and Co., of London, in tho "Gjrdner'a Guide " say—" Owing to the extraordinary repoit that reached ua from America of the great weights that could be produced from a •ingle pound each of two new American aorta of potatoes, the bnowflake 1 and ' Eureka,' we offered last spring through the public papera a premium of fifty gunfa* for th« greateat weights that could be grown. It seemed to require some testing under ' our own eyea to rid them of the wonderment from which it waa difficult to divide them and hence we believe thatjthecompetifcidou which our pr, mmm give rise to hat brought out the fact of the greatest ink rest to cultivators, and which will probably materially alter the old system «f {< -tat-i planting. Nienty-jight competitors entered the lists, »ud although the season did its worst to defeat our olyeofc, the display of produce at the Koyal Horticultural {Gardona on the 10th November waa a great anrpriae to the majority of thoae who beheld it. The largest weight exhibited of e»oh aort waa Mr Pink, gardner to Lord Sonds, *averaham, who had in sound condition of Jiureka 6471b. and Snowflake, 37241b 'each raiaed from a single pound of tubera.'" The following is one of the reports out of ae-eral :— Little Sioux Harnaon Co., la. Oct. 4, '75. Gave my order to B X Bli^a and Sona for one pound each of Snowflake and Eureka potatoes March 29th, 1875. Planted thorn aide by side, May the 10th 1875 tut them very fine, so »■ to make from two to nine lulls from eaoh eye, or what I should call a group of .mall eves. Ploughed the fe r,uuu fourteen inches deep ; thoroughly pulv.n-ed it ; with harrow marks each way about f< ur f«>pt apart aud li c mc es de.p • then dropped those amall f eta m tho crosses covered about one inch wiUi soil. I then made the following compost :— Decomposing hen manure, three parts ; common salt one part ; unie ohed wood awhea, five parls Ol this compoat. I placed a large handful in each hill. 1 then covered two mohes moro with the soil. The young sprouts were quite weak when they appeared, but as soon as they began to take root they began, to develop, and late in the season they were the" atrongeat vines I evor saw grow. When the vines wer* about four inches high, I thoroughly loosened the ground around them ; next. 1 cultivated each way with double shovel plough ; when th* vines were eight to ten inches high, I hilled them up ao as nearly to covtr the topa ; this forced out aide sprouta all through the hill : when these were some six inches above the ground, 1 gave about four inche* T^uS 1 V" '' let fchem sUad th en until the buds began to burst for bloom. 1 then made » high broad hill, leaving it flat at the top ; I used all the dirt b 9 . twe*n the rows as deap as it was ploughed ; (did not dfaturb the grouud any more only to keep the weeda out of the way : after blooming, made a compost of unleached aahea, four parts : aalfc, one part ; aprinkled thia on the hill— one hamlfull to eaoh. No other manure used

The Coi-tagi of Content Hotel, Vurtoria B nd Hobson Streets, Auckland, W. B . Langbridgb, Proprietor, having bton Enluged and Improved, affords unequalled Accommodation, and will be fouud a Keally, Well-appointed, P.rttclass Hotel.— [ADvr.]

Our fellow-settlers will soon be visiting Auckland and wro advise them, before making any purchaaea, to walk into the City Hall V-cade. This is -vi e tab'i«h- eraenfc conducted after the Londou style By buying there you cm produce all you require in the way of Clothing nnd Furniture. The goods are carefully packed and despatched without trouble to the purchaser. We see there the grandest displny of go ids in Aackland. Furniture for the Drawing, Dinino, Bedroom, and Kitchen ; i nrpets, in immense variety, from 8d to 7s 6d per yard ; Floor Cloths, all widths; Bedding of erery description, and Upholstery work. Holloway an 1 Garlick have secured the services of Mr R Cranwell to superintend the turmshing department, and his long experience is a guarantee for good work A nicely-aswted stock of Men's and Boys Clothing, the latest fashions in Drapery and Millinery Goods, Baby Ware and Underclothing. The propnetors sell at, low prices to command a Cash Tbade. Go to Holloway and Garlic's City Hall Drapery and Furniture Arcade (show rooms 166 feet lone) Queen-street, Auckland [Advt.]