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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 715, 16 January 1877, Page 2

Triokbtt has offered to row Hush on the Parramatta River, m three months' time for £208 a aide. # Obote Bkidgb.— The time for receiving temdera for this work has been extended to the 23rd instant. Thb Ta Avtamittcj Dea.ma.tic Com. pany we understand, intend giving another of their popular entertainments about the full of the moon. Bbbf fob AAucklam). — Mr Riohard Seccombe, of Alexandra, will, we uuderstand, forward to Auckland for the Auckland market of the 8h Feb., from 40 to §0 head of large steers ToWi* OF NGABUAWAHIA HIGHWY District. — A meeting of the ratepayers of the above district, will be held on the 31st instant, to elect two trustees m the place of Messrs Salmon, and Hubert, whose Beats are vacated through nonattendance. Mb Millab's Gbass Seeds.— -An error appears m Mr Millar's advertisement of imported grasss seeds for Bale. The word rye grass ha\iug been substituted for rib grass. These seeds, which have been selected m Polland, with great care, are expec ed to arrive shortly, the vessels Looh Urr, and Glenlora, m which they were shipped being now nearly due. Limb, says a Southern contemporary, is of most value on rich, old soils, its effects being to unlock and release fertility already m the soil, but inactive and insoluble. Hence upon poor soils it may sometimes do more harm than good, but used upen rich, old garden aoilv its use occasionally will produce astonishing resulty. Law op Landlord and Tenant— The 1 Westport Times ' tells us that the Resident Magistrate at Reefton, the other day, ruled that a tenant who, m the absence of any agre«ment, paid 4 Par3ia mentary taxes,' was entitled to deduct the amount from his rent. In this case the payment of a Road Board rate waa the question at issue, and the Magistrate gave a judgment for the tenant. Last Night Mr Storey arrived from Auckland, to take charge of the Telegraph and Poat- office, at Hamilton West during the temporary absence of Mr Taylor who is leaving for a six weeks trip to Sydney. We wish Mr Taylor a plea ant voyage, and oan assure him of a welcome return and trust that the Hamilton public may find in'his locum tenens as couiteous, and obliging an official as Mr Taylor has ever shown himself to be. iEGLES m the Austaksian tells of some ourious answers recently given by children m the Victorian State Schools There is m this colony an ex-Inspector of Denominational Sohools m New South Wales, to whom I heard a singular answer returned. He had asked a child "what did Adam and Eve do when visited m the Garden of Eden by their Creator after their fall?" To which the answer was promptly retured, "Please, sir, they planted themselves m the bush and gammoned they couldn'b hear." Martin Cubtin, the condemned murderer, saya the 'Herald,' m anticipation of sentence of death being pas?ed on him, on the 23rd december last duly conveyed his property and worldly effects to his sister— Mrs Elizabeth Kenny. Had such a course not been pursued, the belongings of the prisoner would have been forfeited to the Crown, as m the eye of the law a person upon whom the sentence of death has been pronounced is to all intenta and purposes a dead man. The property comprises 126 acres, but some time ago was mortgaged to Messrs William Hunter and Joseph Newman for £40. Messrs Dignan and Armstrong prepared the conveyances, and are at present acting as the legal advisers of Mrs Kenny. A petition praying for a reprieve or commutation of Curtin's sentence is now lying at the office of Messrs Rees and Tyler, awaiting signatures. Not a few names have already been secured, and it is rumoured that m a day or two the matter will be brought more prominently before the pubic.

Furniture Sale.— We would draw attention to Mr J Knox's sale'of Mr Skinner's household furniture at Ngaruawabia to-morrow. The Ohaupo Cattle Sale and sheep fair takes place to-day, and will be the most important affair of the kind held ia Waikato for some time past, not only on acoount of the large number of animals offered for sale,: but of thtdr superior quality. The meeting of the Cambridge Jb armors' CJub will take place tbis evening, also, at the usual time and place, the National Hotel, Cambridge. p.. The Piako as a Grazisg DisTRiCT;— Mr Banks, offQ-'raHanistown, on his return via Hapiilton, after a week's visit to the Piako district, speaks most highly of ■■ it as a grazing country. Tiere ?; is. much good grass, and tfce cattle are y| splendidcondition. He has bought some three or four hundred head of fat oxen for the firm of Messrs Fisher and Go, and m addition 350 head fed. by Mr W James Taylpjr pn his farms ait the Piako. These latter are Tifpte ifflS lot- of cattle, and will be at once forwarded overland to the Thames market. Waikato District Court. — The Distriot Court will Bit at Hamilton tomorrow. There are sixcasea for hearing, but only one of any general interest, that of Runciman v Selby, a jury ."'case, m which plaintiff sues defendant for £50, value of a dog alleged to have been destroyed by getting at poison .jon defendants land. Mi* Hay, who has retained Messrs Whitaker and O'Neil, is for the prosecution, and Mr J B Russell, of Auckland, who arrived m Hamilton last night, is for the defence. The follo^agTare the other cases, Harris v Mackay; ' Jfc ; Harwood v Mason j Hewett'v Lloyd j Lamb v Wells ; and National Bank v Livingstone. ■•■-.. , Ministbbiai. Movements.— It would seem that there is to bo a general meeting of the New Zealand Cabinet m Auckland during the present week. Mijor Atkinson, the Premier, had left Wellington on Friday eveaiugj Me Ormond was expected up by the flinemoa along with His Excellency the Governor, arid Mr Q-eprge McLean was. expected to put m an appearance at Auckland on liis way to join the postal conference at Sjdney. Mr Whitaker and Dr Pollen are already m Auckland. - Whether there is any special political reason for holding this meeting m Auokland is not known, or whether it is merely so held for the convenience of the Ministers now m Auckland, is not even guessed at by our Auckland contemporaries. ; Several Highway Distrtot Boards have published notifications of the valuation lists of their respective districts being open for. inspection, and of the oourse to be pursued by objectors. This will be requisite m the case of every Highway or Distriot Board. The rating Act, 1876, provides that such list having been sigued and sent m by the Valuer, by the 15th of January, the notification of the place where it is deposited for inspection shall -be published once m oaoh week, between the date of tie 15ih January and 15 th February, m the form of the 3rd aohedule of the Aot. And further, by clause 12 it is provided, that ' aolioe of any valuation made by any valuer shall be given m the form of the 3rd schedule to every person whose name appears m the valuation list.' Auckland and Puniu Railway.-— A meeting was held m the Public Hall at Te Awamubu on Saturday, 13th inst. Mr Kay proposed, and Mr Parsons sec nded, that Mr Mandeno take the chair. Mr Mandeno read the advertisement from the Waikato Times, calling the meeting, and remarked that it was very necessary to urge upon the Government tbe completion of the line. Since last meeting, little or no work had apparently been done at tbia end, and he would suggest that a deputation be formed to wait upon the Hon Mr Whhaker, m Auckland. Mr Hay proposed, and Mr Parsons seconded, that the following gentlemen : , — Major Jackson, Messrs C Storey and R Parker, with power to add to their ndniber, form a deputation to wait upon jihe Honorable Mr Whitaker, for the purpose | of urging on the Government the necessity of pushing on the railway without delay. The above proposition was carried unanimously. After a vote of thanks to . the Chairman, and to the Times for warmly advooating their cause, the meeting separated. Salmon and Tjrout Protection. The following draft of a warrant, having for its object the protection of salmon and trout, has besn S3nt to the chairmen of the various Acclimatisation Socilies for their consideration, before adviairg its issue by his Excellency the Governor : —1. No person, excepting as hereafter provided, shall fish for salmon or salmon trout m any part of the colony, or use any^ net or other engine, instrument, or device, fo:taking fish m any river or stream m which young salmon or salmon trout or salmon fry or spawn, or salmon trout fry or spawn are placed or disposed, 2. No person, exoepting as hereinafter provided, shall have m his possession any : silmon or salmon trout. 3. All nets or other engines, instruments or devices whatever, used contrary to the provisions of these regulations, shall be seized, forfeited, destroyed, or removed, as the case may require. 4. The penalty for every offence against the above regulations shall be a sum not exoeeding £100. Nothing m these regulations shall be held to be applicable to any Acclimatisation Society or their officers, or agents^ or to any other body, or persons . m charge of iish breeding experiments. A correspondent writing from Alexandra points out, that if the A O Force are to be removed towards lie frontier at all, it is to that settlement they should be sent which is really the key to the King country frcin this side, and where there is ample accommodation existing for them, but at the same time he deprecates their removal at all, as likely to unnecessarily excite feelings of suspicion and jealousy m the minds of the natives as to otir intentions. "There, is, too," he says, "not the slightest reason to doubt but that the natives here at least, whatever may be the case on the East Coast— are far more afraid of anything occurring which may lead to war than we ourselves are. The consternation caused by the reported murder by natives of a European on the Taupo roid, which report was fully credited beyond the frontier, fully shows this. Besides all this, they have not only gone heavily into cropping this yeat but are making even greater preparations for doing so m the next season. THe harvest this year is so good, that Rewi has been' encouraged to extend the cultivations largely, and all along the frontier line wherever the soil is suitable, large quantities of ground have been marked out, and orders have been issued to prepare it for the cultivation of crops next year. This work was to have been proceeded with as soon as the vrork of getting m theharves, whioh has now commenced, was completed. Oats and wheat have bolh been commenced upon, and are both a heavy crop, and the former will be a much cleaner sample than that of last year. Folks here are curious to sec if the reported Cabinet meeting, to take place shortly m Auckland, has anything to do with, or will throw any light on this last military order."

The Leatham Concert last night was a fair success m all points of view, though the dirtiness of the' weather.no doubt kept liiany from attending who would otherwise hare been present. Still, as many tickets were sold during Saturday and yesterday, the funds will not, we dure say, be found to have been much affected from such cause. The entertainment was not of the. same class as the previous one, lacking the attraction of operatic burlesque, but the various songs and instrumental pieoes of which the programme consisted were many of them very nicely rendered, and well received by the audience, more especially the pieoes performed by the Orpheus G-lee Club, whose assistance did much to render the performance attractive and successful, t _ 'Pboposbd Native Meeting*:— Some time-Binoe we published the programme of a proposed native meeting at Waitara as the most fitting place, where the war began, to cement the renewed good feeling of the two raoes. The * Herald ' of Friday, we see, revives the report, which probably has arisen from the following curious letter which lately appeared m the • Wananga ' :— ■• O, ye Maori tribes and the Government of New Zealand, hearken to this notice of the meeting of the chiefs of Tuwharetoa, which we have held this month for the purpose of deciding all matters respecting the great meeting of all the people inhabiting these islands — both Pakeha and Maori. The place of the meeting is Takanu Taupo, and the year 1878. JBut if we can procure what we require m sufficient time, the meeting will be held m 1877. Of this matter we will give further notice. The three tribes of the people— the Kingites, the Europeans; and Queenite Maoris— will be invited to attend. — Enough. From the Central Committee of Tuwharetoa, at Te Aupouri ' Alii that Ghttebs is not Goed.— The truth of this old proverb was literally demonstrated m the Magistrate's Court, Wan^anui, on Thursday. Fourteen pairs of earrings, said to be gold, and all more oe less enriched with brilliant and apparently precious stones, a pencil case said to bo gold also, and 36 shirt studs, were produced as stolen property, and spoken of as being at least worth £5. The Magistrate suggested m a sceptical tone that the jewellery might be brummagem, but at this Inspector Fox shook his head dissenlingly. Mr Chapman Jacobs, of the Athenreum Buildings, was then sent for, and after examining all the abovenamed articles, he said that they might be worth, about 30s, but not more. It would therefore seem that young men who, to use a Shakespearian phrase, are m the habit of loading their she's with knaokß, are, according to professional valuation, also m the habit of paving as much for one paltry gewgaw as a dozen Buch are m reality worth, for earrings such as those exhibited m the Court on Thursday are generally Bold at £2 or 30a a pair. Tiobbobne again. — The following letter has been addressed by Mr Guildford Onslow to Mr Edward Foster, of Leedß, an ardent believer m the unfortunate gentleman now languishing m Dartmoor : — "Ropley, Hants, October, 1870. Dear Foster, — I hasten to convey to you the glorious news that my own agent, Mr William Lock, of Melbourne, has wired to me to-dny (Saturday) by submarine telegraph : ' Arthur Orton is found alive. Previous letters prove this correct. The telegram cost Lock £5. I have also found a suruvor of the 'Bella,' with doouments to prove all. My reward of £2300 found Orton, and my reward of £50 found the survivor. Tichborne will be a free man m less than six months. Hurrah ! 1 don't know what t.> Bay about publishing it, but it is true enough. What will the wiseacres, rogues, and ruffians say now f— Yours, G-. Onslow.'" The Mr William Look referred to by Mr Onslow is said to b 3 the solicitor who defended' both Orton and Tichborne for horse stealing, and was successful m obtainiug their acquittal. Stjnstbokbat jhb Thames.—Testerday's ' Thames Advertiser' has the following :— " A young girl, about 17 or 18 yeare of age, received a sunstroke on Monday, from the effects of which she has not yet recovered. She is the daughter of Mr Carroll Smith, baker. She waa bathing m thj Rauwaeranga River when she first felt the dizziness which indicated the sunstroke, and she returned home. She complained, but. no notice was taken of her state for some time, aad she became insensible. Dr O'Flaherty was Bent for, and was most assi iaous m his attentions. At first little hopes were entert ined of the girl's recovery, but she was gradually brought round to consciousness, and up to last evening the symptoms were favourable. There was then a slight relapse ; but, although the girl has now recovered to a very considerable extent, it cannot be said that she is yet out of danger.' 1 No doubt the fact of bathing at the time mitigated the severity of the stroke. The proper treatnv nfc m cases of sunstroke till medical assistance can be secured is to place the patient m a silting posture against a wall and pour cold water over head and down his baok. The Liability of Husbands. —The learned judge of the Swansea County Court, the "Cardiff Times" Bays recently, gave an important decision iv a case tried before him involving the much vexed question as to the liability of. husbands tor debts contracted by their wive 3. Robert Jones sued John Thomas for the value of goods supplied to Thomas' wife, but the defendant repudiated his liability on the ground that his wife having been ' advertised,' as he described, he was not responsible for . her debts should the tradesmen persist m giving her credit without his permission being obtained. His Honor's decision was entirely, m favour of this view. In giving judgement for the defendant, the learned judge observed that although a man's wife 11 might buy everything necessary for her household, the husband was master of his own puree, and could revoke his wife's authority at any time." This, it also appears, can be done by a mere verbal communication to the wife of the husband's resolution, without any advertising at all, the husband having " only to take the trouble to revoke his wife's authority to pledge his credit," by simply " using his tongue." This is somewhat important information for men afflicted, as Borne unhappily are, with reckless, expensive, or intemperate wives, and it may be taken as a much-needed caution to not a few dealers who tempt wives to incur heavy responsibilities without the knowledge of their husbands. The Califobnian Saimon.— As some little disatisfaotion has been felt at the statements made that the Californian salmon, the kind imported into New Zealand, affords little sport, and is not so edible a fish as the Sabno salar of English and Scotch rivers, it may be interesting to know that this is not altogether the oase, and that there was really no choice m tbe matter. We publish below an extract from a letter received last mail by a gentleman m Auckland from Professor Baird of Amerioa. That gentleman writes.— "lt seems a little Bfrange to me that any one supposes the va'ue of the Californian salmon depends upon the extent to which it affords sport for the angler; as the efforts of a U.C Commißßion has been directed to the solving of the problem of a cheap food supply for the masses especially were I

other varitiea of food are not easily procurable. The incidental amtnuaement furnished m the capture, is a trifling matter, m an economical point of view. The real question seems to me to be whether you shall have for Australia Californian salmon, or no salmon at all. as it is pretty well settled that the Salmo talar will not thrive at the Antipodes. Otherwise, there would be no difficulty m having both, kinds m rivers at the Bame date ; still less, m having them at different dates. It is well-known that the salmon does not feed injthe rivers, but derives it* sustenance from the ocean, and therefore a doz^n species might come together without any interference with each other. lam happy to say, however, that there is as much sport with the Californian Balmon as any other species. It does not take the fly quite so readily, but is caught with grasshoppers, salmon roe, and some other artificial bait. I am assured by those familiar with both species that there is more sport with the Californian salmon than its oongener, and, indeed, is more generally catohable, as m maay streams m our country, abounding with the Salmo salar, it is impossible to take them, the difference m different waters being very marked. An Enobmous Bullock. —Taking up a recent issue of the 'Australasian,' a few weeks ago, we there find the Editor, or some one through him, asking for information as to the greatest weight a bullock m New Zealand has been known to arrive at. We had some recollections of having once chronicled the siza of some suoh monßter, but only yesterday met with it m turning over tde old files of this ournal m the issue of the Waikato Times of the 2nd of March last. Aa its publication will not only afford an answer to the question of our big Australian brother,' but may prove intereitii g to any one who did not read it at the time we reproduce the paragraph :-•-" Wanganui has the credit df, : . raising the heaviest ox ever br«i m the c colonies, one and-three-quarter tons of beef m a single skin. Quite a sensation was created on the Queen's Wharf (says the ' Wellington Post') by the arrival and landing of the big bullock ' Prodigious ' from Wanganui m the steamer Man awatu. The work of getting it a hore was no easy one, and was rather badly managed, as the pressure of the ropes on the body of the animal caused it much pain, but ultimately the huge monster waa hoisted up. Proper slings ought to have been used instead of an ordinary rope. For general length, breadth, depth and massiveness, 'Prodigious' beats all the bullocks we ever came across. Ea has been purchased for £120 by Mr Murdo M'Lean, who has brought him down here for purposes of exhibition. 'Prodigious' turns the Boale at 33,948 lbs, or 35 6wt and one quarter. Can any of our stock-raisers beat that? The following are his measurements :— Height, 6ft lin } length, life 9m ; girth. Bft lOin j at belly, 10ft llin ; hooka, 2ft l£in j arm, 3ft ; width across loins, 2tt llin } yoke, 7U. Bin. His age iB eight years, and it is not likely that a larger framed or heavier beast was ever produced south of the Line.