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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 753, 14 April 1877, Page 2

The Hon. Fredk. Whitaker, AttorneyU eneral, and Mr Thomas Russell, leave Auckland for Waikato on Monday. Removal oi Head Quarter, to Cambuidob. — We under. land -that the decision to remove . the head quarters of the Armed Constabulary iu Waikato nearer to the frontier is dual, and that, despite representation made, orders have beeu issued that the movement t>hall be effected before the 30th of June next. Cam biidge, we learn is the station whicb has been cuoseu, lt is stated that one of th* principal reasons; of tbe Deleuca Minister for insisting on this step in, thae it is believed tbat a smaller number of man stationed immediately on the spot will have a greater moral elfeot in checking Maori aggression, than a much larger force located out of sight and furtner away. Alexandra, it ia understood, will also receive a smdl detatchment. Hamilton Punt. —Tenders for renting the Punt at Hamilton wiil be received up to 6 p m. of to-day, also for gravelling various roads in the Hamilton West township, at per yard. Tensers for the erection of a store and dwelling hoU3e at Te A wamutu, plaus and specifications of whicb may be seen at the ateie of Mr "R LD Du'ffus, will be received up to Monday the 23rd inst. The Read Brothers, who have had a great run at tbe 1 hames and in other p.rts of the Province, intend visiting Hamilton, we hear, in tbe coarse of a week or ten days, when tbey will give Boveral of their varied and interesting 1 entertainments. Footrace. — We understand that a footrace of 100 yards between Robert Uttmg of Te Awamulu, winner of the 150, aud 500 yards races at Cambridge, and James Regan, of Hamilton, for £10. a. side, wdl take place in Hamilton pn Saturday, tbe 21st instant. The necessary preliminaries are to be made this evening at Gwyuues Hamilton HotelMa W B Langbridgb, formally pro" phetor of this journal, a.wil be seen by teferenee to our .el.legranu has resuscitated tbe Comet" (which had been horsewhipped off ibe stag.), under the name of the " Northern Advocate. " We wish him ' every success iu his new— we were more correct iu saying his old sphere. Ballance Sheet— Cambridge, Sports We have beeu requested to publish the followiug balance sheet of the recept. and expenditure in. connection with the sports held at Cambridge oh Easter' Monday. Receipts : Subscription on list, £25 Is 6 1 ; entries and gates, £16 0a 6d ; total,. £41 28. Expenditure : P/izev £34-; inci . dental expenses, advertising, &c,/ £o ; total; £39 10s, leaving a balance in hand of £1 12a. Dr Cowib, Bishop of Auckland, now in Waikato,.. will officiate to morrow 'at ; 'Stf 7 -Ahd're'w'-v Cambridge, taking both morning and evening services. Tliere will uTbO be a children's service at 2p in. It will be seen that the hour for holding the evening services at Hamilton •; aud iVgaruawabn. has* been altered from 7 p m to 6.30 p in, and will be continued 99 through, the winter. -I Hamilton Litsrauy Institute. — A meeting of the committee was held on Tuursuay nighty and the iihanoial affair* ot dristitut. gone into .Though not ia us prosperous u condition as it might be, the iiibULUte is in u perfectly solvent condition, ihe lunda, however, will uot allow of an increaßo of books, und i. was resolved toget :u'^ an eiuertainm.ut at an eany date.. tbe/(uuds ot ,whiou*_hali be eoieiy devoted to that purpose. The, Pakea-Maori Moffatt, who waa uot long ago turned but ot the King Country by order of Rewi has got into trouble, a warrant having beeu issued for his arrest by the Resident Magi, trate of. Wanganui. Moffatt is charged with .mauui'acturiug a kiud of . course guupowdor, resembling biastiug powder, but wanting the tiuisaiug glaze. The warrent baa b'eea entrusted to tiatives, who are hot sanguine of being able to arrest the accused, as he haa still mauy sympatbizsra among the Hauhaus who value his services. < ; Parliambntart Ambnitiis. .— They use etrong language iu the- LegislativeConncil of JS ew South Wales. Mr Docker, on a motion for Supply, said they had been told t>y; one of tbe promiuent members of the Opposition that if tbey (the present Ministers) were to' be succeeded by six of the blackest devils in hell, they .would be turned put and sunk down to the places vacated by tboße who succeeded them. Mr Buchanan, in the Legislative Assembly, speaking of the conduct of the late Premier, in asking ior Supply, said "Tc reminded him of a man who was going to be banged. Instead of being peuitent and sorry for his past misdeeds he signalized his last ao: by an attempt of tbe most c umsy ''description to pick the pocket of the exccutioneis." Mr McElbone a*id the la e Miuistry had stuck to tbe office " for the sake ot getting a couple of days' more pay," until they were " kicked out." New Zealand Coffee. Important Discoverv. — The berry of the well known native -hrub, known to the natives as Taupato, and to botanists as Copro--Bina baueriana, is likely to become a rival to the finest Mucba coffee. The discovery was accidentally made by M J C Crawford, of Wellington, who had some of the shrubs growiug for shelter purposes, Knowing that the coffee shrub, Lojftea Arabica, belouged to the same natural order of plants Cinchonacea as the Coprosina, it occurred to him to grind the berry of the latter after treating it in the some way as the coffee- berry or bean is treated. ' The result was 3. powder whichlproduced an infusion equal in richness of flavour and aroma t> thb fin ect coffee procurable iu Wellington The subject is now engaging the attention of a good many people iu various pare* of tbe oolony, and if the results generally obtained equal Mr Crawford's, tbe probability is that a new aud large trade will iu time be opened to New Zealand. The shrub grows in the colony luxuriantly, is quite handy, and bears berries in great abundance. Should the flavour of tjie infusibu of the powdered beiry be found to be generally equal to the coff e bean, m.chiaery will toon be adopted tyr stripping the hard kernel of he fleshy covering, an-i thus render the produce of the Taupato shrub available for export.*

Thk Turkish Army. — ! he » ' Ne w Free Press of Vienna, in a letter irom it. war corr spondent at Constantinople,^ states thj regular Turk sh force at 60l battalions ot infantry 183 spuadronsofcivalryf and 666 field guns. Estimating the effective strength of the battalions dt 600 , t men, . thie number of regular innuitry would '' , reach 30Q.000, and the horsemen 18,000, besides the artillery.. Turkey, ho says,canseton foot 692 battalions; of the norma,, strength of 1,000 men each, and rui»e ' five regiments of reserve artillery, each with sis batteries ; and those new levies will bring up the I'urkish force to 700,000 men and 872 Krupp guns, to which must be added all old 'soldiers/ and at least 20,000 Circassians.. The' FouuriATibNS of the new brick Bank premises ai| Hamilton have bee.i ■ dug but and yesterday"the first load of bricks were- brought upon the ground. Mr Booth of tjie Wai ja brickworks has the contract for supplying Mr M- ssage, the builder, with 160,000 for,, this job. some 40,000 haye just been, lauded ul, th« Hamilton wharf, and there are 80,000 more ready for shipment in Mr Booth's brickyards. jThe bricks are of a very superior quality. MOBE VULOAHIAK ATROCITIES.— To ask for that delightful song, "'Ti. the 'arp in the hair." To give bad chiinpag ie, which you can't afford, instead ol gooit bitter beer, which you cap,; To eat nuvte . butter with a kmfe. To <a,k of how y.m *' moved in ibe best society" at the p*aco you lasl came from. To torment horses with bearing- reins, for the sake of making them toss their heads and champ their bits.— Punch. ' . The JSbw Steamer Waipa was to have .taken up her ruhuing on the river between Mercer and Hamilton On Thursday, leuving Ngaruawahia on Wednesday ufternoon for the Mercer terniinu.. When near Taupiriri, one. of the eccentrio unks gave way. She returned uuder «.asy steam to NgaruaWikhia to have the damage repaired and wilt start again to take up her berth at Mercer. on Monday. The Fall iir Moanataiaries.— The following are the telegrams and letters which sent the prioe of scrip down in the Moana tain, mine in the early part of tbe week, though it will be seen in our last night's telegrams that they are up again to £12 lOd, having reached as low as £9 : — Moanataiari Gold .uiuiog Company. Thames, April 10, 1877.— Dear Sir — I beg to inform .you tnat this morning a la ge piece of _io 9 reel was undercut on the new run of g->ld, and the bJait brought sowt specimens, but upju working out the shaken ground, soft country was discovered, wbich has completely cut off the gold— ri fact, it hasjcau.od .a vory sudden change in this part of the reef, but I do not think it' extends westward over the old shot of gold, where there is still a good show. The . specimen stone from Auckland ha9 'been safely received, but is not yet crushed." 321 p in, April 10, 1877. " Soft ground has come across the roof of stope, and cut off the gold in new run, leaving prospeots on this run poor." '• 10 a m, April 11, 1877. 4owCapeoiu_ens from old ruu. Gold still sUowiug m the .face." . : ! : Rough on Highway Board Clerks* —It is (says Monday's ' Stur ') 6ur pain" ful duty to communicate to the clerks o^ highway . districts scattered throughou 1, the province, that they have severally rendered : them (elves liable- to a penalty of £100, recoverable summarily before any Justice bf tfie Peace. ; Under the Registra ion of Electors let, 1875, it is required that on the 3 1st day of March, or if'jtbafc day should Jail on a Sunday i on'the 30th, the clerk of every governing body shall, complete an .alphabetical list of all persons, males over 21 years, assessed apd having made payment of any rate struck by such governing body within the precediiig. year., This l.istj signed by the clerk, and., countersigned by the .Mayor-or. Chairman,; .oust be, forwarded to the Registration Officer for tile electoral district within 'which the municipality highway district, or other division of the colony is. situated, on pr before the. 7<h April. The l seventh of April now come and • gone, but, with the exepiion of the city lists, Mr Collins, the Rostration Offider, : has not received any of the returns required under this Act,and for the neglect of which a penalty of £10.), recoverable sum'maHlyj is provided. List year, it may be remembered, many oi the lists sent in under the Act were rej^cte I by the tteyising Officer, asinoouipleji'e and invalid,' until Mr i)evore, appeEing .as' couuufl for a number of ratepayers; established, the validity of .their claim* to be placed '6h 'tlie roll,'' the Act' in reality creating a new qualification, represented by tho payment of rates. This year, the whole ihing seems to have been hat, sight of by nearly everyone charged, under a heavy penalty, with -carrying- out the provisions of tha Act, and the consequences may be unpleasant.. * -The number. of votes registered iu the ordinary manner is unusually sr'narll. ' There appears to have been a comple.e apathy. in (he important duty 'of " 'registration, notwith stand ing the . general variety, -of .matters political, and repeated announcements in tbe Press. But when election excitement runs high, and one df the "free and: independent "discovers himself •viihcut'the franchise, may; he not visit his own iaches upon the head of the clerk upon whom, if a ratepayer; lie',' had u legal n£ht to rely for the pr servation of his electoral privileges! Should anyone feel di pjsed to take action, there is no loophole of escape from the terms of the penal clause. We have no doubt, however, that the .Registration Officer will be prepared to receive properly prepared and duly certified lists during the ensuing week. In compiling these returns, it is r. quisitc ihat the names of ratepayers shall b-.» classified alphabetically,- according to the electoral district' where the properties in respect ot which rates have been paid are situated, apd when a district is iu^two electorates;- separate lists, indicating the ratepayers iu eacn, must be compiled.