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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 716, 18 January 1877, Page 2

Cambridge JTabmebs Club. —We understand that the meetin j wlrch. was to have been held on Taestta** evening did not come off, but. stmidj adjourntd to tha

yesterday in the Rotorua, in order to proceed to England by the mail steamer.

Tenders for the erocSion of a schoolhouse at the cross roads, near Te Awamutu, will be received by the School rommittee up to noon of Wednesday, the 31st inst.

Tenders for clearing, ploughing and harrowing 200 acr. s of fern land, n°ar Alexandra, wi'l be received till the 31st inst., - by Mr D Falconer or Mr J D HilL

Hamilton and Cambridge Road:— The 20th last, is the,, last day'on which tenders will be received by the Cambridge Bighway District Bord for gravelling about 80 ch|Ujg on the above road. ?*

Paterangi School Election.—A pub" lie meeting for the election of a School Committee for the Paterangi district was held on Saturday last, when Messrs Germann, Hume, Jack, Mackay aud Smith were duly elected.

The " Wellington Argus" of the 10th inst BJ.ys :—We h/ive received the following telegram which we publish for what it is worth :—" Greymouth, Jan 10. — Rangitoto swindle. Use your judgment in warning public.—J Russell, silver and gold miner."

Hohskb' Sorb Backs.—Writing to the Melbourne '■• Leader" on the subjoet ol a horse's sore back, "Bushman" says: — "I observe a correspondent inquires about a remedy for a horse's sore back, which he finds almost impossible to heal. I can recommend the following—Get blue or red gum leaves and boil down to a good strong i.ecoction ; then bathe the sore wLh the liquor, and apply the leaves as a poultice; this practice followed up for several times will be found effective in very bad cases."

Death op You so Duke. Last week, says our Auckland contemporary, we relerred to the fact that Mr Bainbridge of Mangere, had lo3t Young Duke one of the best draught entires in the province. Young Duke was full brother to Young Noblemm, who died abaut 18 months ago, and was also owned by Mr Bainbridge. Youn-» Duke was • bought after the death of Young Noblemm for £235, so that Mr. Bainbridge's loss between those two horsss is very heavy. Both animals died when about the same age—-5 years. A considerable difference of opinion existed as to the cause of Young Duke's death, Bovne attributing it to rheumatism, and others to inflaaimation. Mr Bainbridge, howerer, took the precaution of having the animal opened after death, and tho result of the exarain ation gave unmistakable evidence that the horse died of inflammation of the lungs.

A Road on Fire.—To set tli3 Thames 07. fire is considered a work of genius in t'de mother country. Here, however, it ie quite easy, even for an inr ecile, to set the Thames road on fire. During last wiek a portion of the Thames roai, between Te Aroha and the Waitoa, reclaimed swamp, on wbieh £SO) has been lately expended, by soinu? means caught fire and commenced to burn fiercely, but fortunately through tbe exertion of oue of the settlers, Mr Moon, the damage was prevented from spreading as freely as it otherwise wouljl have done. Mr. Moon caused the ditches on either side of the road to be danjmed up, and son got a sufficient auppljj of water to keep tbe fire from making] much headway, till fortunately at the end of the week the rain fell, and nature him in his work. But for the hindrance to its progress by dashing thje small supply of water from the ditches over the burning peat, the fire would have run the whole course of the reclaimed read before the rai.i fell, and there would now have b6en a canal, where the road, still remains. It is a serious matter, as we said the other day, to reflect upm the face that our Mercer and-Waikato railway is built for miles upon such a foundation, and will in suaiuier be daily exposed to the danger of ignition by sparks flying from the engine.

Yesterday was celebrated in Hamilton, at St Peter's Churcli, the marriage of Mr William. Gumming of Hamilton, to Miss Rhoda BjII. Bjth bride and bridegroom were so well knowi and so universally liked by all classes that there was a general movement of the inhabitants to the church, which was crowded ; Vaq District Court even adjourned for half an hour to enable bar, witnesses, and suitors to be present at the ceremony. What with the attendant on ladies fixing their bonnets\ at the last moment, and of crossing the liver m carriages by punt, the several carriages with the bride and her friends A*A not arrive at the Church till nearly eleven instead of ten o'clock. The marriage ceremony was performed by the Rev W Calder with impressive solemnity, assisted by the full choral services of Sb Peter's choir, the bride being given away by her cousin, Capt Dawson. Mr Kennedy Hill officiated as the bast man. Miss Steele and Miss Jolly acted as bridesmaids. After the ceremony a select circle of friends were entertained at a dejeuner a la fourchette given at the house of Capt Dawson, when after the usual toasts the happy pair donned their travelling dress and started in a.carriage and pair en route for Auckland. The towns!u,j was gay with bunting during the day. The Murderer Curtin.—Tbe "Star" i, :~<rf- .the 13th says :—" We learn that Curtin, now under sentence of ; Eden G-aol, expressed a wish to who accordingly visited him yearaPS^^* B <l__d,uring the iuetrview she manifested much soli!-ituiio~ for her unhappy brother, and has consented, in connection with a, few friends, to get up a petition to Government for a reprieve. This sister, tho ooly relative, wo understand, that Curtin has in the colony, has a very respectable appearance, and has all along shown a restless interest in the culprit's favour. We are informed by a citizen who knew the Curtin family in Clare, that Curtin's friends were small farmers, bearing'tbe stamp of respectability, and remarkable for habits of industry and steady progress. The depositions of Curtin's trial uave been forwarded to Wellington, and the matter of reprieve or execution remains with the representative of the Crown. A petition in favour of a reprieve now lies for signatuie at the office of Messrs Rees and Tyler." Late telegrams inform us that this petition has been numerously signed, but if ever th=i full penalty of the law was deserved it appears to be in the case of this most brutal, deliberate, and cruelly carried out murder. We may sympathise with tho Bister, but the teai s of the widow and the orphan cry aloud for vengeance, and the Bafety of society demands that men with such tiger-like instincts should be placed beyond the possibility of grati ying them on any future occasion.

Music in Presbyterian Churches.— The Presbyteriau Synod during its sitting in Dunedin last week, devoted a whole day to the discussion of this subject. The quest on of;' iustrunun : al music came up on a petition from the Oamaru Presbytery, praying the Synod to rescind its decision of last year on the subject, and-to eeni down an overture to the Presbyteries and Kirk sessions. The ultimate d<cision of the Synod wfs a rr ; ::)lut. ; o::, or ■ l.c motioi of tbe Rev. Mr

further declaring m» u " u T 1 " defiuite command is clamed for the use of musio in Chrislim worship, nor is such inusic to be regarded as an essential part of worship, but is merely permitted as an aid in sustainm? the voices of the congregation while engaged in the service of praise. LIEUTFNiNT-OOLONEL MOULE TO BE Promoted —The Dunedin *' Evening Star " has the following .—" 1 ieutenant--0010-.el Moule, who i* reported to be likely to receive the .appointment of Chief Commissioner- of. Police for the colony, has seen much service both in the Imperial and colonial forces. He is entirely a self-made man, and is remarkably proud of the fact that he entered the army at sevenpence a day, and is now receiving £7o3„a year. His administration of the Armed Constabulary is understood to have been "economical and satisfactory, and ho is an excellent office man. It was supposed lately that he wa3 about permanently to retire from the service, as when, in England last year he purchased, a small estate in Gloucestershire, and left Mrs Moule there on his return to the colony.

Messrs. Goldsb rough's Monthly ' Wool Circular of date December 28th has the following : —There has not bjen any material alteration in prices since our summa y of the 29th ult., but at the late sales Washed Fl ece has not been quite so Brm, and may be quoted a shade easier. Scoured Wooh hj ive remained stationary, and there is no alt ration in this description calling for notice. Greasy Wools have been well supported, the demand for America tending to maintain prices, more especially for average to superior descriptions. Purchases continue to be made on American account,' bub the supply of suitable lots is becoming more limited. Two ships have cleared for Boston during the month, and another ship, the Doretla,' will sal in a few dayi for the same port with ab tut 1500 bales, thus making a total of about 6500 bah s exported to fie United States direct. A vessel will probably bj laid oo to take about 1500 bales more if the required class of Wool comes forward for disposal; and no doubt quite this quantity of suitable lots will be available during the coming month, as large qu tntities have still to come in, and the warehouses continue well filled. The Wools now offering differ to some extent from those submitted earlier in the season, the bulk of the supply which remains available consisting chiefly of Washed Fleece from the Western portion of the colony, where the she;!r'ng is late, and of ordinary to average Greasy from the more remote Northern stations. The usual quantity offering is b iog supplemented by consignments from New South Wales via Sydney ; also from Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, aud New Zealand. A widely extende I field of operations is thus beiog opened out, ani it seems probable that Melbourne will ere long become the great Wool depflb for the Australian colonies. The extensive warehouse ace unmodation, the improved facilities for conducting the business, and, above all, the large selection of the best Wools available for sale at this port, have combined to attract buyers from the chief manufacturing centres of the world-to the auction sales here, and this concentration of the trade is rapidly becoming appreciated in the neighbouring colonies ; consequently consignments are gradually but surely being diverted in' this direction. Oyer 300,000 bales are annually shipped from this port, which is nearly half the entire yield of Australia, Tasmania, and New Zsaland j and these 300,000 bales include the largest proportion of the best Wool?. Tbe American buyers have not been slow to recognise this, and they have this seasou confined their operations almost exclusively to Mo bourne, being satisfied that here they get the clips best suite t to their requirements. This direct trade with America has now continued without intermission for six years, notwithstanding the almost prohibitory duties; aud if the proposed modifications in the tariff can be carried into effeo*, --/>. largglyindreauecl inaarcommawill result, as they can here get a first selection of the choicest flocks in Australia." The people op Kjribiriroa have

waited patiently for some redress in the matter of postal disabilities uuder whieh they lie from the preseut distribution of the mails. Three days in the week the coach passes through the township of Hamilton East, but on the other three the mails arrive by steamer and are landed on the We3t side the river lyihg there all night. The consequence is that while residents in the township on one sile the river receive their bnsiness letters in time to reply to them by the outgoing mail next morning, the mail for. the township on the other side th 9 river lies all night at tho Hamilton West office and the Hamilton East public gets its let'era some time next diy. Now, this is not as it should be. T le coavenience of the East township is of quite aa much importance to be studied as that of the West township, but where the one possesses a regular offic 3 and Btaff. the other has only the convenience of a branch offiae, for attending to which the postmaster receives £5 per annum. Surely the Postal department might afford to pay a decent salary to the postmaster of so important a township as Hamilton East, or Kirifeiriroa, as it is officially called—a salary which would make it worth his-osvhile to send a man down to the steamer |to receive the mail bags even aWnine o'clock at night, and to sort and to the public, at the office, as is the mail bags made up for the west side of the river. We cannot blame the .Hamilton East Postmaster that he does not do this, but rather the niggardliness of the Postal department or the inattention shown by it—wilful inattention considering how ofteu the m.tter has been complained of—to the public requirements. The matter is no light one. It [ is a posi ive business loss to hundreds of people living on the east side the river who thus loje a post. Lollypop Sweeps—The Melbourne " Herald" .writes : Visitors to the Victoria Arcade have been startled by the appearance of two men, dressed in a manner so fearful and wonderful as to attract general attention. The same men in the same costumes have occasionally been seen in the suburbs. Their dress consists of a loose suit and soft hat, with the addition of an umbrella carried open in all weathers the whoie being completely covered by small colored handbills. It seems that this is a mode Mr Henderson, of the Victotia Aroade, has adopted of advertising an American notion which he has just introduced to the Melbourne public. In theUni'ed States ths confectioners imp >rt a mild element of gambling into their business, They mak up a large number of packets of confections from which the' purchaser selects as he or she pleases. In a certain proportion of these are placed coins of different values, bo that some purchasers get their confections for nothing and others are cons d jrably in pocket, the majority of course getting nothing but tho lollies they purchase. Mr Henderson has adopted this plan, and with success apparently, He places coins of all values, from 3d to a sovereign, in his pre'eets, the smaller one 3 necessarily beiug greatly in preponderance. The vendor alleges that his parcels of lollies, which are sold for a shilling, contain full weight, and according to the present

from purchasing largely and selling expeditioualy, that enable him to offer the inducement of prizes to his customers. The police have been looking inlo the matte*, but so far, do not.appear to have diuoovered that any law i 9 brukan by the transaotioa.

The County Subsidies - Yesterday's "Herald" says :" A misreading of the Financial Arrangementß Act'of last session has led to considerable confudon of ideas among both members of road boards and sundry writers, who have discussed the question of subsidies to counties and road boards which are provided by that Act. We quoie in full the clause of the Act which provides for the payment of these subsidies:—'ln respect Co the subsidies mentioned in sub-section four, there shall be issued and paid during each financial year, in respect to all sums received by way of general rates during -the year ending on the 31st day of March previous thereto To each river board, a sum equal to the sum so received by such Bjard. (2) To each couaty council, a sum equal to one-half of the sum bo received by auch council, or equal to one-half of the total of the sums so received by all the road boards or parts of road boards within the county, wiiich ever of such two sums is the greater ; the subsidy payable to a county lying partly in one district and partly iu auolher shall be oharged against each district in the proportion of the areas of the parts of the county lying in each district. (3.) To each road' board, a sum equal, to one-half of the sum so received by each. But for the purpose of this section no aim shall be deemed to be received by any council or board in excess of the sum receivable on a rate of one shilling in pmad of the annual vilue of rateable • property. The word 'or,' which we have italicise! in the foregoing extract, appears to have misled many, who seem to imagine that this verbal conjunction implies an alter-n-tve very different f.om what the true iutenb and meaning of the clause, and the general practice of subsidy granting portent. It i 3 apparantly a prevalent belief that the use of the * or' gives to a county the right of receiving a subsidy equal to oue-half the amount of the road board rates raised within its boundary, even though the county couscil should, as the praise is, ' bang up' the Act, and resolve to levy no county rate. This is entirely a mistaken view. The Act [t .poses t'ie levying of a county rate before it shall be legal to pay a subsidyjto the couaty funds. It is.true it gives to the county council the right to secure a higher subsidy than it would be entitled to on ifca own county rates, should it happen that the rates raised by road boards wiihin its bouudary were greater than those raised by the cmaty itself. But it must be obvious from the terms of the clause, as well as from the principle on which subsidies are baaed, —that i<, on the rates levied and received,—that a rate must first be levied and collected by the county before its'treasury can legaly be entitled to obtain any subsidy from the General Government* We draw attention to the words which form the foundation of the choice of the County as to what basis it shall select for its subsidy whether that basis shall be its own rates or the rates of the road boards. These words are, * vv hiuhever of the two Bums are the greater." That is whether the sum received for Couaty rates, or the aggregate sum obtained from the road boards' rates is the largest amount. There are thus two Bums ; and unless the County shall levy a rate, there cannot be two sums from which to choose one as the basis of the subsidy to be asked for.

The Cottage of Content Hotel, "Victoria and Hobsou Streets, Auckland, W. B. Langbridge, Proprietor, having been Enlarged and Improved, affords unequalled Accommodation, and will be found a Really, Well-appointed, Firstclass Hotel.—[Advt.] Our fellow-settlers will 3oon be visiting Auckland and we advise them, before Oily Hall ircade. This is an establish 7" raenb conducted after the London style. By buying there you can procure all you require in the way of Clothing und Furniture. The good 3 are carefully packed and despatched without trouble to the purchaser. We see there the greatest display of goods in Auckland. Furniture for tue Drawing, Dining, Bedroom, and Kitchen ; Carpets, in iuvnense variety, from 8d to 7s 6cl per yard ; Floor Cloths, all widths; Bedding of every description, and Upholstery work. Holloway an I G-arlick have secured the services of Mr R Cranwell to superintend the furnishing department, and his long experience is a guarantee for good work. A nicely-assorted stock of Men's and Boys' Clothing, the latest fashions in Drapery and Millinery G-oods, Baby Ware and Underclothing. The proprietors sell at low prices to command a Cash Trade. Go to Holloway ami Garlijk's City Hall Drapery and Furniture Arcade (show rooms 16*6 feet long), Queen-street, Auckland.—[Adft.]