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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 717, 20 January 1877, Page 2

To OoBBBSPONDENrs. — "Kihtkihi! Headquarters " m our next. A man who had been married twice to ladies both named Catherine, advised his : friends agaics taking dupli-kales. SLA.NDBE AND if LA.TTBRY. — Biogen 68 beiug.onca aßkedjtlie.bite of which beast was worsh, recked— *' If ynu mean of wild beasts, 'tis the slanderer; if of tame, theflitfctrer." '. : ** My boy," said a solemn, visaged -evan- : gelist to a. lad who had just emerged from a hair-pulling match with another boy, "do you expect t-o rove hereafter m a land of pure delight f" ■" No," . said the lad^ « 4 rve busted another button off my ! trousers, and I expect to get licked for it." ; WHASGAiPE EIDIN&— Oor/KTT RAGIAN. j — It will be seen that (ha 27th instant is the day notified for receiving the nominations of candidates for the above tiding, and the 31st instant for the j election should a poll be necessary-. ' Thb Union Bank, it is notified m our advertising columns, opens business at Hamilton, on the Ist February, m the ■ premises now occupied by the .National Bank. Booths and Stalis at W^ 24^ 10 Eaces. — The privileges of erecting two publican's booths and one refreshment stall at the race course, Ohaupo Flat, on the 7th and Bth of February will be sold by Mr Kennedy Hill at 2 p m, on Wednesday the 24th inst, at Hamilton West. A gentleman, B*ys yesterday's "Herald," who came down from Hamilton yesterday, has brought with him a specimen of fruit-growing, which does credit to Waikato. It is a branch of a ; p'.umtiee, 25 inohes m lenglh, on which ; are 108 plums. The specimen is to be exhibited at Mr Brewin's. The tree was . grown by Mr Q-wjcne, of the Hamilton Hotel.

The Complete Angler.— They went fishing. She looked languidly at him and said, "I wish the fish would bite at your hook. If I was a fish I would."— Punch. I Ba.oe Bam..— We understand that the '• stewards of the Waikato races about to come off on the 7th arid Bth proximo, intend giving a. race ball, at Hamilton to the subscribers to the Waikato Turf Club and their lady friends. . School Committee Elections.— Th« meeting for the election -of School Com- , mitreeswill take place at R*ngiaohia this afternoon at 2 o'clock, and at Ngaruawahia on Monday at 7 p m. ; Up is a Balloon Boys I— Commander ' Cheque, R.N., an old Arctio sailor, hasstated In a lecture, at Turibridge Wells, ; that he is prepared to proseed to the fur- i theat extremity nortk possible by vessel, and then by ballooning be would s»rmount the ice difficulty. Thb Kjhikihe Sunday Sohooil children, were on the 2nd inst, treated to a picnic by Mr Short, The day was fine and over a hundred children were present, besides many of their relatives and friends. 'Abundance of "refreshments had kindly 1 been provided by Mr Short m the shape of cake, gingerbeer, raspberry syrup, tea, &c, to which the children heartily applied themselves wheatirad with play. Bounders, the Jolly Millar, ! French and English Tig, and other games being generally indulged m; Frizes also were given for racing and jumping. The affair was a great success, and before; separating m the evening the children ' gave three hearty -cheers for their gener* ous host. : .' "''■■. ...-'■ Thb Nativb iktbri-bbence at Aletdra. — -A correspondent writing to us from Alexandra on Thursday respecting the ; turning off of the surveyors from the land ; purchased from Mrs Morgan by Mr Smith ' furnishes us with the following further particulars a — " When' the surveyors started the work, Ie Ngakau came down "with some ot her natives and ordered them to desist, as Mrs M-org-in kid bo rigfat to dispose of the land, it not being hers, but her children's, the land being intended by them lor her to hold m trust on the children* bi'haif only, and she hud no businesstoseli it. The surveyors hare knocked off and are waiting instruction?. How the aiatter will cud it is hard to any, as I am informed the Eingites are determined to prevent the occupation. The surveyor asked him to allow them to go and 'find the cornor pegs of the lot, but Te Ngakau refused and pointed out the spot where; Todd was shot, reminding them that he lost ' his life inside the confiscated boundary, and they had better return with him at once which they did" The Newly Imported Sheep,— Now that every shipment of either seeep cattle or pigs which comes to hand from Europe, is likely to be the last, the matter becomes of greater interest. The stock imported m the Glenlora, which arrived m Auckland on Wednesday, consisted of Lincoln and Cots wold sheep, Bixteeu rams and fifcy -eight ewes. They are m excellent condition. The " Herald" says that two of the rann of the Cotswoid clasB — a breed not very popular m this district — are consigned to Mr Canning, of Hawke's Bay, and are well worthy of inaction by those interested m sheepfarming. Several Lincoln rams are to tbe order of Mr Qt S Graham, but ths bulk are the property of Mr Melville Smith, who has so long been favourably known as an importer of pure bred stock. Among the animals is a fine Durham boar, the first of its breed introduced into i thia district. It is, indeed, a fine animal. . Cambridge Farmers' Ctus. — The. ordinary monthly meeting of this ■club ' was held at the National Hotel on Tuesday last, the 46th instant. ' Present : M»Jir Wilson $ Messrs Clark, Parker, James Runciinun, John Runciman, K. Reynolds, Parr, B Fergusson, and Buttle. Mr Parker was voted to the chair. The • •p. inutes hnving been duly read aud con-j Grmed, Mr James Runciman prop >sed ihit Mr Hume, 0$ Hamilton, be a iuem- : ber of the Club, which was seconded by •• Mr X Reynolds, and on a ballot being taken, Mr Hume was decbred unanim usly elected. The next business, m accordance with the rules o£ the club, should have been the essay, but Mr James Runciman, m view of the small atteudaice, moved that the meeting be postponed till Tuesday, the 30th instant. Owi) g to the sale at Ohaupo on that day many of the members who would be interested m the discussion 0.1 Scab m Sheep were ab&ent. Mr Clark seconded, saying that as thr 30th was the date of Mr Buck land's sale m Cambridge there would be no doubt a large' attendance, judging from the last sale, which was ulso h«. ld on the same day as one of their meetings. The motion having been carried, the meeting a jjourned. ' PfiAOH Stealing — Our readers will remember that last year Mr Graham had his peaches stolen by the sack full at a time, and this year he is cautioning per- : sons againat doing the same thing uuder i penalty of prosecution. The worst is m this matter of peach stealing, not only is the fruit token away but the trees themselves are broken afeowt and seriously injured. The complaint is a vety general ! one, and it is tiaae that some one or other • from the gangs of young larrikins who go about, not merely taking a few peaches, which none would grudge them, but wantonly wasting ten times the quantity of fruit they eat-, an! deatroyjng the trees into the bargaaia, when taken red- ' handed m the act were either thoroughly well flagged or banded over to the constable. . ! The Hamilton Punt. — The want of bridge at Hamilton, was never more i clearly shown than on Wednesday, when a wedding patty, a flock of sheep, a number of cattle, and some Maoris obJ horseback were all claimants to orose. ■ Some little squabbling ensued, the Maoris taking possession of the punt to the exclusion of one of the wedding oarrages, bat the fey e-standers promptly interfered, and led the Maori s horses off the punt, and allowed the carriage to pass. It was late m the day v however, before the press of sheep and cattle were over,, the punt being occosianally 'claimed by th-e passengers, and then by the drivers for a draft of their stock.' And this is an inconvenience which is continually occur* ring. We are told that it will not be long before the bridge construction is undertaken, that the money is available ; bat we wotild a great deal rather see the preliminary work commenced than hear ; all this. One pile driven would be worth - all these promises. Perhaps the Connty Councils interested will move m the matter. Tbe Broomhall Speculation.— The following are the specific terms, as agreed upon by the Auckland Waste Land, Board, on which Mr Broomhall is to have the Thames Land :— " That 50,000 acreß of 62,552 comprised m the Te Aroha block should be sold to Mr Broomhall, subject to the extinguishment of the native title, and to the reservation of such lands aa might be deemed necessary for native purposes ; such reservation, however, not to diminish the area of the 50,<D00 acres before . stated. That the ' land should be sold to Mr Broomhall ab the rate of 10a per acre, the amount of the purchase, £25,000 m cash, to be paid to the Agent-General m London, within a month after the receipt; by him of a plan of the 50,000 acreß, having all the

native reserves dtfiped upon it. That Mr BroomhaU Bbould settle upon the land €66 adult immigrants, of 18 years or upwards {two persons of 18 years of age to be counted as one adult), and that he should erect no fewer than 166 houses, of a minimum value of £60, each inclusive of buildings to be used as churches, chapel?, schools, mechanioa' institutes, or stores. Thit he should reserve land for recreative, municipal, educational and religious purposes, placing the same on trust. That one 'fifth of the total area of 50,000 acres should be put under cul ivatioD, one acre of drained swamp to be reckoned as equal to the same extent of cultivated ground. That all these conditions should be fulfilled on or before the Ist day of January, 1883, and that, as a guarantee for this, Mr Broomhall should deposit with the Agent* General £12,500 m New Zealand 4£ per cent, bonds with coupons attached. That on receipt by the Agent-Geneial of the above-mentioned purchase money and deposit, he should inform the New Zealand Government by telegraph of such fact, whereupon a Crown Grant, reserving precious metals, and containing the usual covenants to Jay out roads, should be prepared m Mrßruomhall's name, and delivered on his account to the manager of the Bank of New Zealand m Auckland." FROOB.— -We are informed that Mr 3 X McDonald who has just returned from Raglan, brought with him to Hamilton some twenty frogs from Raupuke which be has liberated m the^end of the Piafeo , Swamp near Hamil'on, and which will • -doubtless increase and multiply after the the manner of frogs, arid croak exceedingly. To other than the classical scholar the "«horus of frogs" is any thing but interesting, nevertheless if the noise of them •is unpleusant they ore useful c itturs m m their way, purif ing the water and destroying the l&rv« of mu?(|uito3. We - are informed that since they have h?en acclimatised at Ruapuke, m usqM.it os, ; •which, till then,,, were most troublesome, have now almost disappeared. A Good Preparatory School for young children con luctbd by a trained; teacher is a very great want ia most : country settlements, and one which is much felt m H&mi.ton. Hamilton East is fortunate m having attracted the enterpris ) of a lady who has had the ad- I vantage of graduating m one of the largest training colleges at Home, and who brings high testimonials, not merely dc her own -.\ proficiency but of her special aptitude for > teaching, and of poasessiug one of the chief attribute! of a successful teacher, that of being a good diciplinacian. The \ testimonial whioh we have seen, furnid- ' hed to Mies Fobes, a teacher m the ; Princes Field Board School Leeds, by ; the (President of the Leeds School Board, i vouches for this much, and we therefore -•congratulate the parents of children iv Hamilton on the opportunity afforded them by Miss Forbes, who, as will be ! Beeu by adverit eoaeub, opens school onMonday m Warwick Cottage, Hamilton East. District Court Report. — A mistake ■ occurs m our report of the d©g- poisoning case, which would not, however, confuse anyone continuing to read, oh. The case is headed Selby v Runciman, instead of Runciman v Selby. Another and more important error is made by the substitution of the word with for toithout m one line, and without for with m the next line where the counsel for plaintiff is made to say " that a farmer could not keep she^p 'with* a sheep dog, or work a sheep dog ' without ' a string around its neck," Counsel argued that it would be impossible to keep sheep without a dog, or to woik a sheep dog with a string around its neck, and therefore if such sheep dog could not be kopt and worked without fear of poisoning, and it was : necessary to use such dog to enjj jy the full use of a farm, defendant m perilling plaintiff's dog was interfering with rights i of property enjoyable by plain&iJf.