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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 761, 3 May 1877, Page 2

The OnAirro Sales take place on Tuesday next, the Bth in3t, when Mr A JJuckland will offer 200 head of caltlo--mostly Iwo-year-oids — and four .working 'horses. First Blood.— The name of tho first kTurlco-Kussian engagement is, it seems, not Baitoura, but Baitoun, and the Russians, not the Turks, were routed ltfsiug 800 men. " i v Tub Tb Awamutu DRAikmo .'Company will give a performance m the Public Hall, To Awamutu, on Monday evening next, the cast of which will appear io our next. Tjte Eeed ' Bnos, we need scarcely remind our readers, return to Hamilton, bofore leaving Waikito, for the express purpose of giving two performances m gymnasium, the first of which' will take place to- morrow evening. - Inoobbighblb— Quite. — A certain divine, who wa9 m the habit of being late, and for whom on this occasion a special: messenger had been sent, ga/e for his text, " Q-o again saven limrs." ' ; Cambridge is very naturally desirous 1 of opening up coimnunieation with tha Piako, and with this object a- meeting has been called for Saturday afternoon next, at the National Hotel, Cambridge, to: tuke measures for proceeding with the work of opening a road from that township to Piako. ■ '':, Prom Pokbrimit we learn that a large; number of Waikato fed cuttle- are being regularly sent to'Graliamstown now, m Bteado.t ; as formerly to Auckland;- Some .forty: eight head wei-e last week. sent there by Messrs Caley and (Jane, and another: lurge mob by Mr Reynolds ; indeed the Thames Market, at tha present timo, is consuming quite as much Waikato beef as is the Auckland one. Piako Chuboh Services.— -The Eev Mr Calder goes out to Piako to-day and will . hold a meeting at the schoolhouse on Saturday of all those settlors ; desirous of organising a regular Church service m; that, district. The Key gentleman will hold divine service on the following day at 11 a m. Hamilton West Birthday Sports. — It seems that after all they are to have, a^ days' sports m Hamiltou West, on the Queen's Birthday. The matter has again been taken actively m hand, and m the course of Tuesday and yesterday a sum :of over £30 i a subscriptions was collected. It is int nded shortly to call a meeting of subscribers to elect a committee and arrange the programme. Preparations for the removal of the head, quarters of the Armed Contabulary Force m Waikato nearer to the frontier are m active progress. The large iron store m the Barrack Green lias been cleared of its contents which have been stored m the barrack-room opposite the gymnasium. The store ilself can be easily taken down and removed, but whether its destination will be Cambridge or Alexandra has not yet been decided. Another Vegetable Monster ha 9 found its way to this office, m the shape of a Sweede turnip grown by Mr It Seccombe of Alexandra.' That gentlemen has selected it from his field as a specimen of what Alexandra can do m the matter of root-producin g. It measures 27iin. m circumference, and weighs 27 Jibs. , snd is just s£in. m girth and s£lb< m weight, the: bigger turnip than tha one the Auckland papers were making a fuss about last week; To those curious in' such matters it is well worth looking at. The Ngabttawahca Murdeber. — The Sheriff, , we . understand, has received a communication from Wellington relating to the condemned prisoner To Pati. It doos not fix the date of execution, nor even indicate whether the sentence of the law will be carried into effect. It simply states that no decisioa can be come to during the stay of his Excellency m the Southern provinces. The exercise of the prerogative of mercy is a matter which devolves wholly upon the Governor, and it cannot be known what is' the pleasure of the Crown m the matter until . his Excellency returns to Wellington. Ohattpo Church Matter*. — A meeting of members of tbe Church of England was held at Ohnupo on Tuasday afternoon, May Ist, to meet the Bi.-hop, who was on his return from Alexaudra. At the meeting, it was unanimously resolved : — l. To guarantee the contribution asked by the Bishop from the congregation, towards the stipend of the visiting clergyman ; 2. •to raise a fund forthwith for the erection of a Church at Ohaupo j the following gentlemen being appointed a Buildiug. Committee, to collect subscription, viz : Messrs Lake, Gubbius, Turner, Kusab, 13 Cox, and Metiers, Mr Lake accepting the office of Secretary and Treasurer. Ngarttawahta. — A meeting of members of the Church of Jflnglaud was held m this settlement on ,Werlne*day afternoon, May 2 ud, at 3 o'clock, when the Bishop cunferred with tho cougregatiou. of Trinity Church, on several matters of importance to them. It was unanimously resolved that the congregation could not, at present, comply wilh tbe Bishop's request to add travelling allowance to their contribution towards the stipend of the visiting clergyman, and that a site should be obtained as soon- as possible for the erection of a parsonage. It was the opinion of the meeting that a clergyman eb.ou.ld be appointed to reside at Ngaruawahia, and that an endowment fund should be begun forthwith,- for the maintenance of a resident Minister. A! New SeAm oe Coal has been discovered at the Coal Mines below Ngaruawahia, which promises to be of great importance and value to the district. In prospecting, a new seam of coal altogether has been discovered underlying the one hitherto worked some three feet, and divided from it by a layer of rock and fireclay. The new seam is not so thick as the old one being 13 feet through, but the coal m of a far superior quality, very hard : and bright, and suitable for all purposes. It is said to closely resemble the Grey river coal, the best yet found m th Colony. The new seam will be as easily worked as the old one. Jhe importance of this discovery to this district can hardly be overestimated, not only for itself, but aB evideucing the untold wealth m mineral resources which yot await development. Concert at Taupiri.— The concert a' Taupiri, m aid of the erection of the' Eoman Catholic Church lately built m that rising township, was well attended, and proved a great success. The performers, who consisted solely of amateurs, • did their best to give pleasure and amuse the audience, and, judging from the repeated encores, not without effect. After a piece rendered upon the pianoforte, several songs and duets were given, and also two instrumental duets trom piano and violin, the concert terminating with ' God Save tho Queen ' Votes of thauks were passed to the Chairman, Father Golden, and also to Mr Fallon, for his great assistance to tho success of the concert, by allowing a special train to run between Ngaruawahia and Taupiri. A large number of the audience stayed after the concert, and clanciug was indulged m and kept up with spirit till half-past live the next morning, the last tram leaving Taupiri about six o'clock, with the r«---j mainder of the people from Ngaruawahift,

Mn 0- Lovkghiovjs, of Hamilton East, gives notice, it will be seen, that he is prepared to undertake business either us a Ivouse, sign, decorative paiuter>-or paperhanger. : . : iSPEOiMKNS of Western oratory are rather " overdone^;" but here is .'a bit, given by trusty authority aa; authentic, .which will well bear reprinting :. " Whar is Europe, without America ! Nowhar 1 Whar is England ?.'. Nowhar] They call England the mistress of the>ea, bub what makes the sea ? The Mississippi makes it! All we're got to do is to turn the Mississippi into the'Mnmmoth Cave.iti i the English navy will be floundering m the mud !" A Bra.w Pbbaohbr. — A Scotch wife .on her return homefrornkirkjdeclared the ■ sermon she had just been listening to was the finest: discourse she bad ever heard.. " What was it about ?" inquired a friend. " How should I ken ?" rejoined the lady. "But what was the subject?" pursued the friend. "I'm no sure," replied the gudewife. "But what was the text, and did he divide it P" still pursued her friend.; "Ididnamind the text," answered the; lady, "but, oh; it was a grand discourse,: the best I aver heard ; for first he dang' with this han', and then he dang with, that han', and 1 then he stampit wi' this foot, and then he stampit wi.': tliat foot ; and aboon a' he swat inaist vicious. Buried Alive;— From the • Hawkes Bay Herald ' we learn of .3^ instance, which to take thestory as it is told, can be no other than, that of a man buried '• alive, ; when m .a Jbrahce. : That" journal says: — <{ A leading native at Waihirere pa, named Auanii*} was recounting some of bis Cnathain 'lsland experience to a circle of listeners, when he suddenly dropped asleep. They awakened him and heard the rest of the adventure, and a^ain he dropped asleep, but they could uob awake him this lime. He was honored with, a tangi, and buried next day, but the natives affirm that he neither lost color nor got bold from the time of his supposed death till he was buried." A Good Certificate.— Says a funny paragrapher m a West Coast paper : — ".Somo years ago when the only road to tibkitika was the beach, a friend of mine was escorting a newly-arrived female immigrant from Hokitika to Greymouth, where she had got a situation. While crossing the Teremakau, by some accident a curpet bag belonging to her fell into the river and Wasoarried away j this bag consained, amongst other things, the girl's certificate of character, and she was inconsolable at the loss of her creden-. tials, but my friend soothed her by'saying he would put it all right, which ho did by writing hen. :the following certificate : — 'This is' to certify that Bridget Flanagan lost her character while crossing the Teremakau with" me, Patrick Ryan.' ■She' was'quite Satisfied, but I don't know whether she * has had occasion . to make use of this novel certificate." Tub Wab m the East is forcing itself upon our notice m. the continued rise of flour, .which has again risen 20s the ton since our last issue. " Nor is this to be. wondered at. when, we find that wheat has risen 25 per cent, m the English market, Now Zealand wheat realising 68a per quarter or 8s 6d per bushel. The ' Herald,' m its commercial article on Tuesday, says that "from circulars lately received from Adelaide it is evident that the surplus grain for export is not so large as was at first, anticipated, and, according to recent statistics, not more than 70,000 tons are available. A private circular states that only four months of the year are past, and fully 40,000 tons are already shipped, and of the remainder the millers have bought one-half, the farmera holding the balance. New South Wales, Victoria, ; Queensland, and the Cape of Good Hope require as much more as there is m stock, and holders, aware of this, are asking high, prices, the latest quotation being Ts per bushel. The anticipated scarcity of grain m that market is such that within the past few weeks large shipments from, the South have been made to Adeleide, with an intention of mixing it with their own. Hence we may look forward shortly to shioinenfca of flour from that market being inferior to what has hitherto been the c ise. Englibh telegrams state that the advance m the wheat market during the month of. April is fully 25 per cent, a very considerable increase." Elsewhere the same jousaal, alluding to Lhe rise, thinks that '• with the prospects of war, and the cutting off of supplies from the Russian and Turkish ports, it is quite possible that the value of this staple article may be still further enhanced. At. least for a time this high price may last,, but with the abundance of grain stored at the port of San Fradcisooready for shipment, and with the large number of vessels there — some 80,000 to 100,000 tons — ready for cargo, iha supplies cannot long be greatly limited m British markets." Although the price of flour is rising, it is satisfactory to housekeepers, m "Waikato at. least, that the price of potatoes keeps low. Q-ood sound potatoes were lately pold by Mr Knox m Hamilton at £2 per ton. , Turkish Wives.— On married life m Turkey, a writer m the 'Daily News' says : — " Having obtained a wife, it is worth while to inquire how a Turk treats her. lam not aware that she has much to complain of generally from the personal ill-treatment of her husband. I should think, as a rule, that the Turk is a fair huabaud. The Turk, m ordinary life, is not unkind or cruel. The wife's mis fortunes arise from her position. Ag husband and wife se9 little of each other, they are not specially given to quarreling. But sbe is a woman, possibly purchased outright in' the slave market, for it is a pure illusion to suppose that th'e slave trade m Turkey has been abolished, and being a woman she bears about her on every hand the marks of degradation. It is her duty to wait on her nusbind, if he is poor, at meals. Her accommodation m the house is inferior to h'u. In all things she is his slave. If the wife is the daughter of a wealthy man, her lot is not a hard one. As the law regards marriage merely as •* partnership- she keeps her own property, and the husband has to be on his good behaviour to obtain a share of it. If she is of poor origin, she can hardly ba said to have any rights. On two or three occasions it has been my lot to travel m the steamers of the Austrian Lloyd's wlien we have had a harem on board. In ea:h case the husband was m the saloon with the rest of us, living well and sleeping m a oomfortable cabin. The poor)women were penned up as deck pissengers, living on wretched food which they had brought with them. Only a few weeks ago I travelled m a Bteamer carrying a harem where there were probably twenty women, wives and slaves, who were shivering under canvas which was quite insufficient to keep out th-j pelting rain. I know that it is a thing, almos unknown for a harem to have cabins taken for it. The husband takes care of himself, has, perhaps, as I remember seeing, unlimited champagne, and leaves his women huddled together on deck to take care of themselves. 1 do not think it would be fair to charge the Turk with cruelty for thus treating his women. An Englishman does not. usually take a firat-class cabin for his servants, and the Turk with no more illwill, or intention of harshness, than an Eng ishman who sends his servant thirdclass, will take the cheapest method of trausport for his wife."

Raqijan and Waikato Road. — We pnbliah elsewhere sooio account of the Bishops trip to Raglan. From the comments of our con6ributor>.it wouH seem? that the Raglau people", are aware of neither fact, namely : that ;this journal has been persistently urging ou the Government the rieUtßaity- ;of constructing the Raglau and Waipa road, and that such agitation ha 3 at Ia3 t t""beeh 'crownod ■with succ?sj. \Lt would (we. admit; Have been far 'more, satißfaoWrly had the /lino of road~ formed' by'Mr- Palmer, leading direct into Waikato, been passable for wheeled traffic, but, as wo stated when we annoHnoed m our last iseua that the track would be .commenced forthwith, .it, will scarcely be possible when such track is made, to miss finding a line of road sui* table for wheeled traffic into Waikato if such ...really exists. _■ The line leading out at the Coat Mines i will be held m abeyance, as we then stated. Undoubtedly the requirements of . both Raglan and Waikato deistricts need that a road pas-: sable for wheeled traffic should bj found. Were this so, we. should. Boon- have a coach running . between the' Waikato' settlements and Raglan daily, and c^r-' tainly, m. the summer months, for num-' bera. of our Waikato settlejs., would 6end ; their families for a week or fortnight's bathing and change of air to Raglan, while, the Waikato would afford a large and regular market for Raglau fish.