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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 747, 31 March 1877, Page 2

Mr J. H. Edwards, of Alexandra notifies that haying eutered into business as a general builder and contractor he is prepared to draw up plans and specifi cations of buildings, works &c. Defaulting- Ratepayers to the several Highway Boards are warned that this is the last day of grace for the paymeot of their rates. By the time the threatened "Solicitors," ancl the Qoupfc hg,ve done with them the rates will oome somewhat heavy. Me Kennedy Hili, is advertised to hold an auction sale to-day at Mr Crosby's farm, Hamilton East, when about 40 head of cattle, a number of pigs, dray and harness, and a lease of the farm will be offend to the public. Te Akatt Riding Election. — |*rid^y next, the Gth of Apiil, is the day appointed for the nomination of oandidates for the seat, i» the Raglan County Council of the Riding of Te AkaiJ, The nomination takes place at the Gourfc House, at port Waikato. Tfl_E Fo^owinc is a list of the Counties m whioh v, has been resolved not to bring the third schedule of the Act jnto force : — Eden, Geral'iine, Piako, YVaim9a, Westland, Coyotnand.el, Mongonui, Clutha, Bruce, 'Whakata-jje, Wairarapa West, Manukau, Maniototo, Collingwood, Raglan, Marlborough, Selwyn, Amufi. The late accident at Gorton. — Our readers wiil be glad to learn that Miss Fergusson is slowly recovering f ron^ tbe veiy severe accident she met with last week, Wa learn thut two <>r three days ago not Only had (Consciousness of passing events returned, but that the young lady was able to recollect events previous to and c,onnee£§d with the sad affair. atholic Church Concert. — We would diaw the attention of the music loving portion of the commuuity to the programme of Monday night's entertainment, to be held ab Le Qoesne's Hall, Hamilton East, on behalf of the building fund of the New Catholic Church at that place. Tickets may be procured at the various Bfcores and hotel?, and it is hope 1

that tbe anxiety and trouble taken m , organising the affair by the worthy and i z pilous pastor, the Key Father Golden, will meet with a due appreciation and hearty response on the part of the genoral public. * B We regret to learn that the Rev. Mr Mandeno's health is still so precarious ' that there will be no afternoon servioe m the Te Awarautu Church on Sunday afternoon next. Cambridge Church Service.—T he Rev B. Y. Ashwell will perform Divine Service at St Andrew's Church at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Easter Day. Eastbr Services, — Speoial Easber services, as may be seen by advertisement, will be held at Hamilton, Cambridge, and Ngaruawahia, by the Rev W. Oalder; The Alert. — It will be seen that the owners of the steamer Alert have made a redaction m tbe oharge for freight, which ia now lowered to 30a per ton from iuck* land to Hamilton and Cambridge, and 25* to Ngaruawahia. «oon Fribay. — There was a large congregation at St Peters Church, Hamilton, yesterday morning, and again m the evening, when impressive discourses on the Passion and Crucifixion, were given by the Rev W Oalder. The altar was draped m blaok, having upon the pail a white crucifix with apropriate mottos. There was also a full attendance of the Sunday School children, notice that there would be Sunday Sohool yesterday afternoon having been given out from the pulpit m the morning. Selection of the Fittest, — A country gentleman had a little son who, having been early taken about to tbe stables and the kennels and initiated into their secrets, had become quite a baby expert m all matters pertaining thereto, and quite ready to give his opinion as to a horse or a litter of pups with as much serious certainty as though instead of being a child, he were an old and hardened sportsman and fancier. The country gentleman had the good fortune to be presented wiih twin daughters by his wife, and the boy, after his usual round among the animals, was taken to see these little creatures as tbey lay m their cradle, lhe child looked ab them gravely, pulled their legs, pinched their arms, opened their eyelids, and, after a momeut of refleotion,"pointiug to one of the two, Baid " Keep this one." Bottled Light. —Countless accidents as every one kno^vs, arise from the use of matches. To obtain light without the employment of them, and so without the danger of setting things on fire, an ingenious contrivance is now used by the watchmen of Paris m all magazines where explosive or inflammable materials are kept.. Any. ono may easily make trial of it. Take an oblong phial of the whitest and clearest glass, and put into it a piece of phosphorus about the size of a pea. Pour some olive oil, heated to the boiling point, upon the phosphorus ; fill the phial about one-third full; and then cork it tightly. To use this novel light, remove the cork, allow the air to enter the phial, and then recork it. The empty space m the phial will become luminous, and the light obtained will be equal to tbat of a lamp. When the light grows dim, its power can be increased by taking out the cork, and allowing a fresh supply of air to enter the phial. In winter it is sometimes necesary to heat the phial between the hands m order to iacrwaes the fluidity of the oil. The apparatus, thus prepared, may be used for six months.

Thb Thames Natives.— Our Ohinemuri correspondent sends intelligence of a piece of wilful mischief on the part of the natives of tbat place whioh deserves the censure of the Grovernment. The County Council have been improving the road between the Thames and Ohinemuri, and have had to pass through some of the wild, uncultivated wastes still m the hands of native owners. These people were not oonsulted, as ib was not thought that aay reasonable objection oould be raised to the work tending so much to benefit the land and improve the means of communication with Shortland. The natives see m this, however, an excellent, opportunity to " make a rise," as miners would Bay, out of the Government, and they commenced proceedings on Monday by felling trees across the new-made road, and tearing up some of the eartb and fascines. We are glad to learn, however, that the County Counoil do nob intend to humour these Native Office p*-ts. They intend to make the road passableas often as the natives obstruct it, aud for that purpose will keep the men employed ou the road instead of taking them off, and so gratifying the -wishes of tbe natives. Since our letter was written, we learu that yerterday Tukukino, the leader of the Kiriweras, waited upon Mr 0. F. Mitchell, at the Paeroa, and told him what had been done at Hikutaia, stating also that the objection was to tbe entire road from Shortland to Paeroa. The road between Paeroa and Mackaytown and Waitekauri they did not o!>jec{; to. Mr Mitchell told Tukukino that he regretted such action 'had been taken; tbat the road was an absolute necessity for all parties, and must be put through. This m no way affected the native view of the matter, and it it was ultimately agreed upon that as Mr Mitchell had to attend the Council to-day, he would consult hi 3 colleagues as to what should be done. In auy c tse, stop or no stop, a very large stridg has been made towards the very beat attainable rQajJ.— 'Thames Advertiser.'

Railway Red Tape.-— Judge Fenton told yesterday an anecdote of his travels on pubiio business which aptly illustrates what has been called the "cast iron" regulations of certain public departments. The learned Judge had to ho.d a District Court at Hamilton, Waikato, and proceeded .to the nearest railway atatiqn to to take his place for Mercer. But he had not the exact amount of the fare, and tue money-tukers ab the railway stations are authorised not "to give change." Here, perhaps, the question arises whether a Judge can plead ignorance of railway regulations auy more thauthe rest of hor Majesty's subject^, The money-taker m this ihstanc*! pointed'oiita house m the village of Newmarket where his Honor might get " change," and the Judge pro--1 ceeded to get the requisite division of bis , large money. But the train passed m the meantime, and left him? behind. What was the consequence ? His Honor could not hold his Court at Hamdbon on tlie day appointed, and the Court h^d to he adjourned to tjje nexb day. The serious aspect of tbia result is that the suitors and defendantshaving witnesses m waiting whona they may have brought froui a distance had to pay their travelling expences and hotel charges for two days instead ,of one. Then the Court m Auokland whioh was to have been held on his Houor's return l_ud to bo adjourned to another day. Here again suitors and defendents have to pay witnesses, &c., m m attendance the expenses of two days instead of on?. ELia Honor was particular m acquitting the railway ole'rli from blame, because ho piohibly carried out hia instructions Can hia Hnuor, sitting Injoro coiiqcientice, cay tli.-tc. he, iv.no respect contributed to t^e-I^ss and disappointment of suicors ? ' It ia perhaps a question of casuistry which his Honor alone has the neao?sary information to resolve. But m the publio jntrest it might bo as well if railway clerks ehoul \ be pernjitt ;d to relax the rulo, good cause been shown

either by the publio position or office or special ciroumstinces of the person who may prosont himself as a passenger without " tbe right change" " Herald." ZINOABI 0 C V. CAMBBIUaB CO.— The folo wing is the list of cricketers who < go to-diy to play for the Zingari at Cambridge :— E B Jox, 0 0 Wo»d, J Woo:l, Beacham, Forward, N R Cox, Danvera, Sandes, B Pillitig, O Cox, and Leighton. Dennes v. Johns. —This ca«e camo on for hearing; m the R^sidmfc Magistrate's Court on Thursday last. The claim was for £28. Mr Hesketh appeared for the plaintiff; Mr Tyler and Mr WV Thome for the defendant. The facts and arguments m this case havo been several times published iv detail. The claim was for a series of lime-light entertaiuments given m the Waikato. The evidenca at the former hearing was taken by consent, and nothing remained but that counsel should address the Court;. Mr Tyler was heard for the defendant, and Mr Hesketh for the plaintiff. Judgment hr full amount was given for plaintiff, with £6 14j co3ta. Racing. — The match which was to have taken place to-day m Hamilton ,batween McNeish and Regan is delayed m consequence of McNeish wishing to make Cambridge the place of running instead of Hamilton. Regan, it will be seen, yields the two yards start, but insists upon chosing his own ground, being t'le challenged party. Auckland Beeb at Auckland Phicbs.— Mr Robert Kirkvvood, we see, advertises Auckland beer on draught at tho National Hotel, Cambridge. Surely, with a local brewery iv nearly every township, our brewers should manage to keep the imported article out of the district. Mr J£irkwood also offers tlie ad^ ditional attraction of Auck and prices at his hotel, as well as Auckland beer. Easteb Monday will be observed as a holiday m all th* Waikato townships, where,except m the case of Hamilton West — whioh seems never to be able to string itself up to the mark of -inaugurating anything of the kind — there will be either athletic sports or an entertdnment followed by a dance m the evening. In Hamilton East we are to have both athletic sports and a concarfc and dance ; m Cambridge, athletic sports ; and at Te Awamutu, a concert followed by a dance m the Publio Hall, while Kihikihi goes m for a days' horse-racing. The kind of amusement known as a picnic seems not to flourish m Waikato. Elsewhere, with such a mer and commodious steamboats, we should scarcely hoar of Easter Monday passing over without a monster meeting of the inhabitants of the scattered township for the cominou enjoym-.-nc of such an occasion. Responsibility op Medical Men.— A rumour is prevalent to the effect that a well-known und long-established medical practitioner m Chris, church has been served with a notice of action for damages consequent upon alleged nogligen *c on his part, whereby a lady patient of his lost her lifo. The dam iges amount to no le=B a sum than £2,003. Considerable sensation has been pro luc 3d by the announcement of this suit, which, if brouiht before 1 a jury, cannot fail to disclose matters of a 1 peculiar interest. ' The Tic hbornb Claim ane. — Regard- ( m? Onslow's s atoment thut Arthur Orton ha 3 been discovered ia a lunatic ' asylum at Parrainatla, which was raaae with suoh a fburish of triimpjt-i iv ISng- . iand, and has gone the rounds of the Press, Mr J D 0 Jackson writes to the | Sydney lYl'orning Herald ' that, the lunatic m question "has-n-j marks or figures ; whatever tattooed upon either arm j : neither are his ears pierced," so that ho oannot possinly be the Arthur Orton of i wljom Mr Onslow has s«jnl a description. Air Onslow has stated that he knows the Rev. Mr Buckingham, who bored Orton's 1 ears, and Oa loivaisj describes tlie tattoo marks with great pirticularity. Tha , lunatic therefore musb be a frau:l. The Moanatairi c .ntinues to yield fully 03 muoh gold each day us heretofore^ The total weight o-' gold froai specimens alone, for Monday's and Tuesday's operations, amounts to 3,5600zi, • without the general . crushing, aud the specimens are said to contain 500ozi, which was broken out on Tuesday, and reserved along with a richer one brokon next day for exhibition. Regardiug the latter, our informant states that it weighs 1, 1510253, and tha assayer at the bank computes that ib contains 800>Z3 of gol j. These two specimen stones, therefore, represent over 1,2000zs of gold, m addition to tho 12 :wt of speuirnem broken out on Thuradaj', and another lQcwt hroksnoutyesterJay. The specimens haye accumulated so rapidly, that it is necessary tocleu* them away quioier thin heretofore, and we learn that the mmager will, iv future have three stampers at work upon this extraordinary rich stone.

It has been said that the reason why the late Arctic Expedition did not succeed m finding the North Pole was because those on the ' Discovery ' were not on the 'Alert,' and doubtless the crew of either vessel would have had a (n) ice job of ib toflnd out Ruge's barbels pole, m Hamilton, stuck up as it wns m bhe back lanes of that rising city. Mr Ruge, how. ever, on the principle that, as the mountain will nob come to Manomet, Mahomet must go to the mountain, has migrated to Victoria-street, and will doubtless fin I tho change to his advantage. -Formerly it was a case of oub of sight out of mini, bub now any one who elects will fiud no difficulty m making his way to the poll.

Jeweilery. — itiuei;g.ry yendora of jewe.lery visiting country districts, or their wares, are usually looked upon with suspicion. Such, however, cannot be the case with Mr Seymour Wells, of Auckland, who is now m Hamilton whh a very qhoico coll ction of firstcUss jewellery. We yesterday inspected the stock, which is 'well worth %v hour's looking over, for it is reilly good, and much of itjextremely|elegant and recherche, especially the plain silver and gol I $q\,*, and some alsj of the came.) designs, q-iite a new style of ornament. The goods are of English mauuf-icture, solid, and as the workmanship expended upon them will testify £b!ie surest of all signs) of fine gold. There are quite a numb ji* of s^Hsof brooobes an dearrings of plafn and ornamented gold with and without stones, lockers, chains, and a very great yariety of cuff an t shirt studs m both plain, worked, and oxidised gold. Perhaps,, however, the hand somest of all are the sets of silver jewellery, solid and plnia as well as of filagree work, and we should not forget to luention one or two ar'.iolej of bog oak m 'gold aud jet -settings. Tirade, it would scorn, is du'l m Auckland, or a jeweller of Mr Wells' standing would not lieed to force it by visiting tho country districts, However, m this cise'Uie opportunity is one' whiqh mauv wiil doubtless take advantage of. Fbesh and Hot and Ho s e wly Com g By — We are glad to see that the Auckland newspaper reading public? are kept w§ll suppliod with the very latest news by the enterprising morripgjouripil pijb : lished m thalboicy. 1 Iv itd iss'uj of Thuraday, March 29/ appears the following original editorial paragraph :—" Two men, within a few days of each other, have met their de-iths m Dunedin by having been "' rnu m >' by thg police as drunk, when really sufforihg, "not from liquor, hub .disease. Tho one was the pro~ pnetor of the Turkish Baths m Dunedin,

who died during tho night m the lock-up, as was proved by medical examination, frpm disease ot the brain ; the other, a carter, was delivering coals when lie fell down m a fl*;, and could not be aroused. Beyond the fact that be felkdown there) was nothing to the presuin^tton that he? lind been drinking, yet a'rif lioiir; or two afterwards he was taken to thelook up and treated as a ' dead drunk '; till morning. It was then fotoffd that hej was still unconscious, and hri'Was taken to the Hospital, where, m defimccj of croton oil, he never raited, but died. The. postmortem showed that death was the result of apoplexy. .-' * Ourious^things happen m journalism, as m other occupations, and one of tho<e is, that tha Editor of the Waikato Timbs should have written on the 19 th March, and pubhihedispn,. the following day an editorial paragraph,' word for word, the same as .{he/ pne above quoted. Alas ! alas 1 how are lhe mighty fallen, when our big , brother is reduced, we are sorry to say, to r ßyst'enXHtlcally ' crib from an up country paper. **"' f