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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 770, 24 May 1877, Page 2

Tenders for 'clearing about 30 acres of fern land will be received by Mr Charles Johnson, of Hamilton West, up to Saturday next. L.O.L. — The usual monthly meeting of the William J.ohnson Lodge No. 21, will ba held, to-morrow evening, in the Odd Fellows Hall, Cambridge. A .Templab Convesazione will be held at tho Victoria Hall, Hamilton, this evening, to which both Free Templars and Good Templars are invited, Waikato Properties.— Mr R Arthur it will be Been will offer for sale, on Monday, the 4th 'proximo, 180 acres of land ia the south-west part of ,the Hinuera block, Waikato, and a town lot in Cambridge. SEPABATION OF TuHIKARAMEA FROM the Manoapiko Distrioi. — Yesterday's • Herald' states that the. Highway District of Mangapiko has been abolished, and two districts constituted, named tho Mangapiko and Tuhikaramea Highway Districts. Cambridge Church Concert. — In consequence of unforeseen circumstanoes, it liub been found necessary to postpone tho concert which was to have been held on Monday evening next, in Cambridge, in aid of the funds /or the building of the new Parsonage at that place. Notice of theday on which it jwill be held will be given in due course in a future issue. The Waikato Church Services as we lately announced will be found in to- I day's iasuo, as being more convenient for the public than when deferred to our issue of Saturday, which does not reach some parts of the district till after the service has been held. The Rev. David Brnce, we see, will preach at Piako on Sunday next, and tho Rev. Mr Wallace at Te Awainutu and Paterangi. Accident to the 'Delta.' — On Tuesday, just as the steamer 'Delta' was about to leave Mercer, it wub discovered that her screw wns benb. It was, of course, impossible to start under Ihe circumstances, and the steamer 'Waikato' was put upon her berth. Wo under* sland that the damage is not very serious, and will be repaired in about a week. Meantime tho portion of the trip, from Hamilton to Cambridge, will be omitted, while tho ' Waikato ' is doing the work.

Akothbb Horsh Accident.— A very sovore accident happened on Saturday to Mr Ryan, of Cambridge. Ho whs riding after bullocks when one stopped suddenly in front of his horse, which was going at full speed. Tho result of the collision was that Mr Ryan was violently thrown, sustaining ft severe fracture of ribs. When picked up he was insensible, and was carried to his house, where ho was attended by Dr Waddingtou, under whose skilful care he is progressing favourably.

New Zealand J.B.'b. — A; writer iiij. the ' Poverty Bay Standard '■ says : — " m is highly satisfactory to learn that 95 per cent, of the eleven hundred Justices of tho Poaco iu Now Zsaland can road, whilo 92 per cont. can road and write, although only> 18/per cent, can speL correctly. O the whole nuiubor, aocorUiag to the returns f'lrnubed, 800 Justices of tho Poaoe Bpell * drunkenne«' in Ahe' judgment book wi'h jne ' n ;' 280 spell it wild two ' k'a ;' 81. appear to consider one ' s 'at the end of ik) word sulßciont. One J.P. spells the word ''dhrunkinesa.' "

Tub Qttben's Birthday is to be kept up with duo honour in Hamilton. In the west township, the sporta will com* nienco at 11 o'clock, and be held in the main road, and as a considerable sum of money has been subscribed and a full programme of events with attractive prizes announced, there is likely to be a large amount of competition. Indeed, <^qring yesterday a large number of entries were received. la the evening a public ball will be held at Le Quesne'g Hall, Hamilton East, for which an excellent band has been provided, and when we state that the supper will be from the cuisine of the Royal Hotel, nothing more need'be Baid on that score. Already, we understand, a large number of tickets have been disposed of.

The Missing Bank Notes, lo3t on Monday, in the lobby of the Post Office, at Hamilton, have not yet been returned, but, curiously enough, about nine o'clock the next morning, a little boy picked up a £5 note outside the office, and within the. enclosure: The note had cettainly not. been lying there on Monday afternoon and night, or it would have been saturated with wet when found, whereas it was perfectly clean and dry. If the £5 note aforesaid was thrown there by the finder and appropriator of the parcel of notes', it was a clumsy attempt to divert suspicion as to the manner of the loss j if another note has been loat, it is curious that the owner has not been heard on the subject, for losers of bank notes are lively enough at such times. Moreover, five pound notes must be more plentiful in the district than we take it that they are, if they go careering about in this permiscuous way one day after another.

Babbits and Fjsbbet3.— Whioh is the worst pest, of the two is almost problematical when we read the following from the ' Herald': — " A vsry painful case occurred at Makimaki lately. As the circumstances are described in the Timaru ' Herald,' a child of Mr John Martin, aged eleven months, was left in its cot asleep, and the family, had not been absent long before they heard loud screams proceeding from it. Upon looking under the clothes they found a ferret lying on the child's face, and that it had bitten the right side of the head in a fearful, manner from the forehead to the chin, and was Bucking the blood. Dr Macinter, of Timaru, was sent for, and he reported that the eye was so much injure} that it was doubtful whether the sight could be preserved, and that the other injuries were of a very severe nature, rendering it probable that the little sufferer would be marked for life. In one place mortification has now Bet in, aggravating the case considerably. The ferret was one of two which had been in the habit of playing with Mr Martin's children.' The 'Poverty Bay' Herald' has the following: — By the next outgoing steamer the district will be deprived of the presence of Mr A E Whitaker, who for the past nine or ten months has been practising his profession of barrister and solicitor in Gis borne. We have no hesitation in saying that the majority of our readers will sincerely regret Mr Whituker's departure. Professionally he has already proved himself a worthy son of his father iu point of ability, whilst in a social poiut of view no ono could have been more popular. An ardent follower and promoter of every species of manly sport, in the. true sportsmanlike spirit — the pure love of sport; itself — his absence will leave a gap in this respect, which it will not be easy to fill. It is satisfactory to learn, however, that Mr Whitaker leaves this district with much bet'ter prospects before him in Auckland, the city of his birth, and wiih theße few words of leave-taking we heartly wish him every prosperity and happinesß in his new career. Mr Whitaker was entertained at dinner on Wednesday evening by a few of his personal friends.

The following items of Victorian gossip are from the amusing letters of ' Atticus ' in the ' Leader' :— The ladies of Melbourne have at last started a club. The married members, of whom a certain number aro admitted for the sake of playing propriety, are called cats, while the unmarried are known to each other by the name of kittens. Q-entlemen are rigorously excluded from membership, but periodically a chosen few, who must be pabsed unanimously by both oats and kittens, and who, it is 10 be presumed, must be therefore both eligible and nice, are given the right of entree. The favoured jyoutha pass by the name of pugs, and are privileged to wear the badge of membership — a silver ring. At all balls and gatherings, where the youth of both sexes meet for the purpose of dancing, it is incumbent on the pugs that they shall not engage themselves .to dance with strange ladies till the programmes of the cats and kittens are full. Neither shall any cat or kitten decline to engage herself to any pug for any dance that she has not promised. These, lam informed, are the leading principles of the club, the namo of whidh ia called appropriately enough the Kit-eat -Club.

A somewhat dissolute old gentleman, who was more remarkable for the length of time he had lived in the colony and sound judgment with respect to whisky tb.au for other virtues, called on a wealthy merchant of this oity last week (says the Sydney • Evening News '), and entreated, on account of auld lang syne, for a loan of £25. The opulent citizen leaned back in his comfortable arm-chair, placed his thumbs ia his waistcoat pockets, aud shook his head slowly from side to side. *My dear, sir,' quoth the wealthy merchant, 'I am grieved, but I cannot comply with your request. I am not bound to give my reasons, but you are welcome to them. I have a wife, my friend— l have a wife.' *Is that your reasons ?' asked tho dissolute colonist, ' because for the matter of that, I've had several.' 'Hear me out,' continued tho merchant. •My wife ia a source of great pride to me, but sho is also a source of great expenditure. She must have carriages, horses, a villa in the suburbs, boxe3 in the theatres, dresses from Worth, and many other trifles that mount up- A lady, you know, of such delicate refinement, such fashionable tendencies, must be humored aud, in shorb ' . ' Well, I don't know,' interrupted the needy one, who had been biting his naila during this oration, ' She U3eu't to be so partie'lar when she was washing for my mate and rao 011 Bendigo.' The Joan was not only granted, but to show hia regard for an ol<l friend in distress, tho 'wealthy merchant readily consented to pay his pas> sage to other shores.

The Fibst Day op Shooting has .been far from so successful a one as last year, owing probably to two reasons, tho coar?ouesa of the weather on Monday, and the fact that the threo weeks grace given to the pheasants by the Acclimatisation Society has not boon so religiously

observed as ib should have been, and the birds were therefore wilder bhan is usual on the first day of the season. The 1 Herald ' gives anything but a glowing desoripti&n of thq pleasures of sport ou the 21st inst. " JFrom early in the moming," it says, " tho ramfell in torrents, anl those who went after pheasants oh the first day of the season . growled at their bad luck. The utmost perseverance brought no luck. ■•• The birds would not rise." The dogs were next to useless, for there Was no scent, and they , hung about the sportsmen's heels in a dejected man* ner, intimating by their .whines their intense disgust at. the weather and the day's proceedings.".* la Waikntb we have heard of 110 really heavy bags, the largest made on Monday, that we have yet heard of being that of Mr ft W Hammond, ei^hb brace } Mr Kennedy Hill, Mr W McGregor Hay, and Mr Richard Gwynne each killing seven and a- half brace. There has not been, we believe, any general infringement of the close 'season in this . district ; still there have been some very, suspiciously-flavoured chickens served at many tables, we are told, dnring the early part of the month, but it would seem from the ' Star ' tuac Auckland has been pretty well and openly supplied. That paper lately alluding to this matter, said: "During the last fortnight, though pheasant shooting is strictly forbidden till the 21st inst, birds very much resembling that species of game have been mysteriously numerous in larders, and on private tables. What could they be? The ..; question on bein^ put generally elicited a reply of a more or less equivocal character. The fact of the birds being veritable pheasants, has at' last become so fully known that no more prevarication is attempted ! and now the answer is that they are * Taranaki pheasants.' Why 'Taranaki,' it may be asked ? Because at that happy place they started their shooting on the Ist inst, ind consequently it is no breach of the law to have or eat birds killed at New Plymouth. Bub it is wonderful the number of pheasants Taranaki is exporting into Auckland j ust now. More than ever were shot there before, we should say. A man was seen to rush from the side of the 'Wellington' when she arrived yesterday, and immediately afterwards it became known that he had fiftj dozen of pheasants from Taranaki. It is to be supposed they were from Taranaki if he said so, bub the singular fact remains that these pheasants were landed more quickly than any merchandise the 'Wellington' ever brought upbefore."

Hobabt Pasha. — The following is given by "Vanity Fair" as the true story about Captain the Hon A. 0, Hobart, better known as Hobarb Pasha:— In 1868 the Turkish Government requested the British Government to send them a naval officer of rank to ogaaiao their Navy ; and the Foreign Office graning their permission, the Admiralty was askod to find an admiral willing to go. There was little difficulty in finding one, the promised salary being something like £7000 per annum, and there was any amount of scrambling for the prize. Their Lordships took' such a long time considering the claims of the numerous applicants that the Turks became tired of waiting, and they accepted the services of Capt. The authorities at Whitehall selected Admiral Sir William Wiseman, Bart., K,0.8, who conducted the naval operations in the last New Zealand war, and informed the Turks of thsir choice. The latter declined the offer ' with thanks,' being already suited. Their Lordships, in great auger at losing such a piece of patronage, ordered Uapfc. Hobart home, and declared they shonld erase his name from the •Navyi' List' if he did not obey them. Naturally enough, that gallant officer did not see why be should give precedence to Sir William Wiseman, and he refused point blank to return to England. His name was therefore struck off the * Navy List.' Three years ago the injustice was recognised, and Capt. Hobart's name was replaced on the Ketired List ; and as he served nrith distinction in the Eussian w ar, it seems very unfair to deprive him of his retired pay, which ammounts to rather less than £500 per annum.

Educational — At the Central Board of Education, held on Friday last, a sum of £42 was granted for the removal and re- erection of cottages as a teacher's residence at Hamilton East, and a sum of £5 was also granted for outbuildings at Harupipi, and an application for a teacher's residence was referred to the Building Committee. In response to an application from Kihikihi, a sum of £47 was granted for lining the school-house and for making an addition to the teacher's residence. A memorial from the residents of Kirikiriroa to have their district constituted into a school district, was received, and referred to the Inspector. The appointment of a teacher at Whata Whata, and an application for a school building, were referred to the Inspector and to the Building Committee, A letter was read from the Kev David Bruce, asking for a re-allotment of the school churtfh serviceß in Central Waipa. It was resolved to instruct the School Committee to afford all^necessary accommodation to the Presbyterian denomination.