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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 755, 19 April 1877, Page 2

Inspector, Broitam, we learn, will be removed to Christchurch, and his position ia. Auckland /Wilt be filled by Inspector Thomson. ' *, Tenders ;for clearing and ploughing a thousand of the the Swamp Company's property are called for by the' manager, Mr Reynolds. Thb TJeoArty Globe Vabietv Tkoxtplb will bo amongst us next week, commencing at Ngaruawahia on the 25th and 26th inst., and visiting the settlemonts of Hamilton and Cambridge m turn. Fat Cattle.— Mr Taylor, of Te Awamutu, will itarfc on Monday next, for Auckland, with 75 head of fat cattle, for Mr Buokland's Market of the 3rd of May. -.•-*• Ploughing. — Tenders for ploughing some 400 ecres of farm land are required by 'Mr Reynolds, the Manager of the Swamp Company, from whom particulars may be had. od" application. Tenders for the erection of a school-, teacher's .house at Alexandra will be received byMr.J Aubin.of that place, up to the afternoon of Tuesday the lat proximo. Thf Hon. Mrs Norton.— The mail bringaifitelligenceof the marriage of the Hon. Mlfc Nojrton,- 4he poetess, to Sir William Sterling* Maxwell. The bride's age is seventy and that of the bridegroom fiftynine. •' •'. s~ ' ; The ; Eebi? Bros, who are coming from the Thames to play at Hamilton East on Saturday-night next, are well spoken of by the-tocal press. They had a crowded house at- the Academy of Musio at G-ra-. hamstown on Monday last on the occasion, of then? benefit, and from the programme publialied m the " Advertiser," the entertainment' appears to be both an interesting snd a" varied one.

Baibd's New Buildings, Hamilton West.— Mr Meaaago, who has already commenced the building of the new Bank at Hamilton, is, we understand, the successful tenderer for the new brick buildings to be erected alongside, for Messrs i3aird and Co. There were four tenders cent m, arid when opened jesterday they wore found to be ai follows : — Mr Pearson, £2,228 103 ; Mr Kay, £2,097, and Mr. Message, £1,980 10s. The fourth was from Mr Edwardos of Alexandra, but was nob taken into con* sideratipn, being informal. 1? (ÜBUAWAHIA RESIDENT MAQISTBATE'S Coukt.j— Thsre was nothing of interest at the sitting of this Court on Monday last, before W. N. Searancke, Esq, R.M. An unfortunate named John Smith, who had taken a fancy to a keg of beer belonging to Mr firoomfield, placed on Lovell'e wharf, and had taken it away for quiet enjoyment, had been scarcely guarded euough m his manner of perform* ing the operation, and there was (sufficient evidence to enable the R.M. to give him a fortnight m Ngaruawahia Gaol, to consider whether it might not be advisable to join the order .of thel.O.G.T., and leave beer alone m future. The Ohabon of the Hamilton Perry gives notice m our advertising coluinus that he must have the obolus before he takes the passenger aboard ; and we further learn that people crossing musfc bring the nfecessary halfpenny oi- penny with them as ho will not undertake to give change, though he will willingly do so as long as he has it. This is from no want of civility on the part of the new lessee, but a very necessary precaution considering that he has to take some seventeen shillings m coppers each day before he touches a penny of profit. Of late it has become quite tke custom " to stick the fare up,'' and we have ourselves been across the punt on an entertainment night with a crowd of some twenty persons not one of whom we noticed ever thought of paying the ferryman who soarcely Jiked, even were he able, to stop the rush of well-dressed " ladies and gentlemen" who ' made for the bank as soon as the punt touched the landing Btage. Sabbath-breakin<j.— On Sunday afternoon last while people were wending their way to the various places of worship an irate father might liavo been seen leading a boy, with a fishing-rod m his hand, towards home. As the front gate closed behind father and son, the latter received several smart "cuffs" over the ears, while the parenb was heard to say, " Fish down at the punt right m sight of folks fgoih' to church, eh? you young rascal, and only a week after your father and mother jined the church. Take that — you wicked Sabbath- breaker— and m the futer if I ever catoh you disgraom' your parents by fishing for whitebait m Bight of church-goin 1 folks on Sunday forenoons;, when fish is thicker where folks oan't see you catch 'em, I'll break every bone m your contaminated crroaas, 1 , and the conscientious father, to awaken more feeling of respect m the mind of the son for the Sabbath, led him to an ou - house m. the back yard and made him sort small potatoes oat of the heap till supper-time.

District Ho3PiTAL3.—The following oommanioation from the Colonial Secretary's Offioe, Wellington, dated the 4ih instant, has been received by the President of the Thames Hospital :— " The Hon. Mr Whitaker has forwarded your letter of ,£he #th ult. to this department, and I am directed by the Colonel Secretary to inform you m reply that the Government recognise the necessity for maintaining hospitals throughout the colony, for which purpose arrangements of a definite nature will have to be made during the forthcoming session of Parliament, by handing them over to the control and management of the Borough and County Conoil on such terms as may be decided on. In the meantime there are no funds at the disposal of the Government out of which grants m aid of hospitals and other charitable institutions can be paid except those voted by Parliament last {Session, and chargeable upon grants to municipalities and Road Boards from the consolidated revenue and land fuud, and uuder Bection 4, sub-section 5, and Bection 13 of the Financial Arrangements Act, 1876. From these funds, then, and ultimately chargeable as above pointed out, the Government will continuo, for the current half-year ending on the 31st Juue next, the subsidy formerly paid to the hospital by the Provincial (Government of Auckland. A voucher m your favour for £250 for the year euded on the 31sb ultimo, has been prepared and sent to the Treasury for paymeufc.— I have, &c, G. S. Cooper."

The St. Peters Chubch Soibee at Hamilton is to come off on Wednesday evening next, so that, ia one sense at least it may all end m moonshine. In another sense, however, it is expected to do Borne thing more— namely, to provide a fund for the purchase of a new harmonium, which is much needed, for the church. The programme of the concert with which the evening's amusement is to conclude has been carefully arranged, and if i hart is not aimed at m the one direction, neither will vulgar comicality be brought into play m the

other. The happy medium will be struck between such songs as " The Arp m the Hair," and ''Tommy make room for jour Uncle." The rumour that Spirit manifestations will be evdked to give sen* sational piquancy to the entertainment, though not strictly rcorreot), U still, not without some foundation... " Old Uncle Ned " who, .lyrical history informs vU, went some time since to the place where, good Niggers go, will, it is said,; perform, invisible 1 accompaniments to: some, of the Christy. Minstrel glees- which' are m practise. This, at least, will be a novelty m Hamilton. Hamilton v Auckland.— The following conversation was overheard a day or two ago, m the neighbourhood of Victoria street :— j lat Lady— Oh ! what a duck of a sewing j machine, and a patent friction Taylor, too ; just like the darling I got from town the other day. Where.rftrf you get it? 2nd Lady — At Hammond's, m Hamilton. 1 Ist Lady — Oh I dear ! how could you be so foolish as to get one at such an expensive place. Why did'nt you send to town for one, as I did ? 2nd Lady— What did yours cost, "then ? Ist Lady— Only £6 6s ; fancy that 1 2nd Lady— Well, but, my dear, mine was only £5 15s, at Hammond's, with all the latest improvements. Ist Lady— Goodness, graoious me, and I paid freight as.. well. How sorry I. am I did not patronise local indnstry. For the future, Hammond is the man for me. — [Advt.]