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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 773, 31 May 1877, Page 2

:i Fhb Steamer Waikato we leum will malra the usual Thursday up trip to Cambridge, leaving there agaia oil'tiie Frilay morning. New Tb.vs.-t-We direct attention to the advertisement of Mr Aubin, of Alexandra, which appears in our fourth page, announcing the arrival by th > ' Hto ' on her lubl trip, of new and excellent teas. A Couple o1 ; Onions, white Spanish, have been forwarded to us by Mr Kobert Kirk wood, of Cambridge, as a specimen of what the soil in that district will do in the matter of onion growing. The weight of the two is 3lbs. The Te Awamutu Football Club had a • meeting last week, when several new members were enrolled. Mr Cooper was velected Captain, and W H Culpan Seoretary and Treasurer. It was resolved that the uniform shall be scat let stockings, and cap. Fat Cattle.—We have been requestedby Mr Gane, who passed through Hamilton, yesterday, wfth'-his fat cuttle, to state that there was a mistake in. the date, in the information forwarded to us, of the market for which they were intended. >They are for Mr Buckland's market of-the .<6bh, and not the Ist of June. ' AtnpoxYOirß,' a contributor to the kelson 'Times,'-says:— 'I know one or two persons in Kelson wko never read the newspapers. They say in duty boundr—believe them. But let one of these non-readers arrireby steamer and hii name being Begg appear in the passenger list as Bagg. Let this happen, and see if tk«b itfdiridaalia aot dow« on the paper office an hour after publication for m exp'.nnation arid correction.'

'Ptfßuo Woass Rancuaohia.—A meeting of cho Rangiaohia Rj*i Baard was h>ld. in Te Awatnufcu. oa Saturday laßt.Thore were nevea tenders received! for six ouctiiiga on the Kihlkihi aai. 2ty &wa~ imitu roads, That of Mr Tooiaas Power, being the lowesft for the whole wvm accepted at 6jJ per.cnbio yard for the fa'rst hdl, aud 7dfur the other Hve. Sale of Lakd.—We would draw abfcttUtioa to the silo to-morrow in Auckland, by Mr A Baeklaud, ot Mr Morris's farm at Pukete/kalf way between Hatnil too and Ngaru*wahia. The farm has biien substantially improved/ and if we ;uaay:jidge by the oropa produced this year., the land ici far above.:the average, •luteed, within the last week-or two Sir Martin's prop arty, Cambridge, unimproved fern land, has ohaugeJ hands at £6 par acre. Tri-weekly Mail to Raglan.—lt will be a great satisfaction to the people of Raglan and that district to learn, that as soon as the train runs to Ngaruawahia there will be a mail forwarded three days a week to Raglan. The mails will leave Raglan on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday ; and Ngaruawahia for RagIan on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings at 10 o'clock. Thus, it will be possible for the Waikato Times to give Raglan news of the preceding day, and for our Raglan subscribers to receive the TIMES regularly on the evening of the same day on which it is published.

Sir George Grey.—' We' aaya the 'Star,'—and we (Waikaxo Traxa) are inollaad to Ministry wi:i b<s at one whh the •Star' on thus point, for their chief strength i* Sir Oeorge Grey—- ' are glad to leant iiir George Grey's htaiba'i* ccqudly improving, and that he is dufeivwiued to be iii his piaoe in ParlacnejQtt next »u*uii<*a, in spite .of all obsfcaalea. One gentleman -who saw him lately, r o»me eway.,,Witli-the impression that tfir (Jrey was resolved to g<> to Wellington, even if he had to ue carried aboard ths "steamer." A NAXiva Aluium-a it about to be held shortly at Hikurangi, enj of those periodical meeting* wuieh the uatireo hold for talking over matters social, pjntical, and ra.igtons. it will, we-hoar, be liPgvly attended from ail pans. The uutivus, who hud bee a delayed rui.u, getaway da faasiav. Ths lmcivej about-Maungatautari, by the way, have had a ve y yoji cro.j of wheat this yo*r, aul «» now ut good prusai. flaojuaged by thu, aud chi ot a remaii4i.sii.ivo demani ejusedby the war m iuroye, they are preparing" to sow a la'.go biejkdih ot land tfltU whjat lor ma-j n^rvtjsfc.

Floods at Mercer -Judging from statu ul ihj Waikato river, *h.sa v *i eth high yegfce»day" d* as a.qy t mi during the rocuut i*i.iß, ifi.tv6ar m l.ko y h> have a lively time o{ a, bulcim tuo w#a!h«f tak<s up. We iu&JCu iut& On a&o.jiejn tuo swamp w<&4 x£siitj& t'h>bu At jtid-ler-s gara«n the piaais, which, a foiv d>yi» nj* loukei so proimfiiijg were eovtuel wila wiltr ftaoagh. to to 11 iat a dingy, jk j aqua ' p-.ra was neariy-up ..t j j<l> Ituiler'a kuelien dour. If the rioit iu water «kt/ald «wi»Huuo, th* liae will agaiu bc*A>od«d xnd iaipaßiabl.y except, us la«t year, by ike aid «f a iu which she Midway uffioe.-a wvsjad over a portion «f iho hnj. Bo luaou for carrying railway lmw ihrouak awatapa *hu& uuch ground «»• V even at' thj oast trf cut i ijjt. Bit for tao swamps the iroa iurte would ha ruutiu'g now to Oiiaupo.

Taa I&HXB .J)A**a %*OO9IS* Cxl. orrsu. S'arn'ttßi.—A uuetiag VM heid af. t*»yuritt'a hotal oa Tawday eveninf of tkose iu.erentel in the übave ssesp, to allot! iihe pr jua. dome ioactotm gentlem«n had babicriboi ten. ahidiagH previous to ioe iMii; inat.aud the «u----traiice cuoiiey and the utejuuti riiigei by the «iie «t t>a» several names as tkey V«r« drawn, to a mm of sboui £l%. ihe a«fc pad\ W lii, feil to Mr, M. Vf ILiiaino.id, *ig'it bwee, drawn by Mr.J Wood by Mr f A fl hitaktfp.. - The Ajaod •nil 'third pria -g, ttmouuting to M 9, 9 1, fell itmongit ties, Messrs K Mill, W M ilay, and A Uivynne, why each 7| brace, aud thesj gentlemen, inatead oi-ojutessing which two oi' the three btjoutdtfe..tt »ce»nd and third pria-i? reapeetiveiy, agreei to divide the ■spoil iqually ;bjtwj«h; slum.

AhTBBATIOX Off BAWK CKKejrriß.—Mill A. Moaea has brought u »de» the notice of the ' Aroailalj .Express* a aft ill bnt cunningly-deviled insicameut for the .'ptirposv of renderia,j t&e alteration of figures ia oaeqirt.-*, -proiaißsory notes, ike., imurac&ieable. Tins instrument was purchased by' Mr Moses ia tk ■> Canadian nanex of ths Sydutfy.skow for l?j &'l. Tha modus operandi is simplicity itself. Toe cheqm ijjing drawn, the left hand ooin.it obtaining the fibres- is placed; nader a etarnp ia th'o maohine, and a sasll handle preyed duwa ; upoa the ohiqus being withdrawn, it is f.ma.l that trh» figures at 6 covered lay, and appear -ander- a largo Hausbir of small eurfucea, wh-cj* defy, the ingenuity of thi .m'oct st.ilf.ul tor get to manipulate without immediate decectioj.

TOhata Wiuta i.x» Hi.atirpK Road. —There i* o i«\poftior:-»of tbe , .ab.)Ve rna 1 lying witiiin theljuriadiciion of the Sewcastle Board that requires. imineJiate attention. Wo refer to a eulvert, aerosa theroidjujt a* the oorner of. Mr Eothwell's f im. The attention of the'Stfe wo stle Board has more than once b en drawa to the matter by tint gentleman, and had tha Bo ml, remjmbrting the old alage that 'asutcli in time sives nine,' mended the cu vert before the damage had gone sj fur, ten shidings, or a pound at ino=t, would hare done then whit it will take £5 to do now; The wooden culvert is, in fact, carried away, and a chasm which it wouid take a good horse, when mounted, to jnmpj- now yawns across the road. The sooner this is seen to the better, as wheelei traffic is of course put a stop to, and Dr Waddington has his hands quite full eaou <li ofpitients to care to be telegraphed for to set the broken neck of some too yenturesorne night traveller. Tnjd-bibs to Hoadi.—The Chairman of the JJangiaohia Uighwav District tjivea notice under clause 98 of the Public Works Act, 1876 of intention to proceed against al. property-holders or occupiers of land m the district who allow'gorae to spread on the public roadabuttiug on their properties. The clauss of the Act is asfollows, and might with advantage be put in force elsewhere than x 'E»ngiaohi» : " 98,—1f any tree or hedge overhangs a road so as to injure it, or any gorse be allowed to spread from any hedge into any road so as to injure the same, the Board may, upon the certificate'of a competent surveyor, or of any two members of the Board .'after - together-viewing the place, that such .injury is 'being done, order the part--of such.trea so overhang-to-be removed, or such-hedge to-be lowered, or trimmed or such gorse to be grubbed up and removed, as they direct; and any; occupier of ths land in -which such tree or hedge it, who does not within one month after the receipt of such order ob«y the same, shall b* liable dro a penalty not exceeding five Qon&da for erery daj during whieh such order is not obeyed, and B further Bam equal te> ths cost incurred by the Board in removing suoh tree or lowering or l»imtni« A B uch hedge or grub- | btng up or renioying sjieh g~6'ise." I

Thr New Buiok BuimLvai in-'Hamil-ton are nukiug headway, but uos nearly bo fast as the coa tractor, Mr iVUs-iag , intended. This is owing, not to any Solay in getting material to the gi-ouud, or •want of labour, but simply ou account of the weather, the last tea days or_a foitnight having been nearly altogether lost.. But for this, the bank vrouJd hare been ready for the carpenters to coinmenoi laying the flooring joists, and Whytes new buildiugs would havebeen nearly as hiah aa the bank is now.

Sunday Niqht'3 Storm was- felt Beverly at Te Awarautu we: leuruV TuV old Volunteer in the old ffiedoubt, suocumbed to the violence of tne'-gaeV and several chains' of Were blown dewriia the township. The Muigapiko has overflowed its banks in several places, aud the approaches to .the-bridgea have ¥ itsn -almost impassable. At Alexandra the gale w*» even more furious, assume,' th\j form Hi a cyoloae. A toag ave*fe &t fines, leading te Dc Waddingtbu's house* was destroyed. Many of the trees, from twenty to thirty.*feet high, were cut thiough a) though with an axe, while the remainder, large and small, wei* nearly levelled to the ground. The wind turn the iroa ridge-boards from the roof, though heavily weighted with lead at tbe angled, carrying lead and all together over the roof, and into the gardea* Tin verandahs in-front of OlliverAs store and Asmris'B store, in the Alexandra township, were torn-away, and blown up the The Public .HaUJias received a severe wrench, and is slightly listed to leeward. Tbe A-uckland ~« Herald ' is weloome to copy, or werk up the above iufco.a paragraph of its own, but its will oply be acting in accordance with the rnlea of j )umalism in ackuowleding its authority. JPYom a perusal of yesterdays issue, we see it has still thia lesson to learn. -

1.0.G.T.—A social gathering of the miuabers and friends of the liow of Te Awamutu Lo'lg<v To Awamutu, took llacaou Fridayyiu the Public H.i.l, May' 25bh. Tea was on the table at half-past aix, aud about 120 pensjns assembled. A inauy more were unable to come, through the unsettled state of thvweaker. The was opined by the ningiug of a sui .able oJe by the members olohed in, regalia, after whi-jh, Justice W'aj do&e to th'o good'things provided. I'ha table) were cleared, aud.tne Breach uf Promise Case, J Jsardell v. PL'kwick,' Was 'performed by ths mun.trd. Tub ckar.icb« rs were taken by Mr L Wilson, as Pickwick,; M.r J Al.eo, Segt. Busfuz ; Mr U Segt. Snubbins; Mr S ¥ L g.n, PerSius; Mr Bouivoa, Winkle; Me" Simpson, fSioi Weiler; Mr ilnttou, Mrs S.rdell ; Mr Mr* Uluppins; xVr W Wd© i, Clerk; Ur Sanderson, Judge ; Mr A Norton, Mr Weikr. ih* ig g>e<tt amtsnu as and-

continuo-as app auao .from ih* audience. AfieiwarU the form* were chare 1 out

of she way, aud daneihg tttt counnet cjJ, and ke,t up nxtil four uext uur-nn^,

Th» B:r DatiiTßjujcb hv j is* concluded • visit te the VT-ukafcj district, his object h*vine, been to make a rv-.livision of the district into-three didtiuctc'i =ri»c9 Thl» his been arranged end Te Aa-ain' 11 Alexandra and Pafct-r .ngi including U.-u-a-pipi hare formed into »l.at will be called the district. Ohaupo, Pukerimu, anl Hauttpu will form the middle a dist.riel;. The ]o>»er .siiirial will inc ude Piako. -Hainiitun, ruawakia and Taupiri lh), Coa'm'ii'. ■, tho. whole tinea to form a Pmbytery. 0 ..mtti.ttees bare been appointed i>i tho t iot» to carry this . r angemeut into cff..>o ; Ihe aei'-i c» of-two more ministers' if L have to., be provided, nnl in souio instaa»d3, places of worship' erected. These i»r* giejt and important changs and wilt certainly fc-iX ihi efforts ail zjai of t!ie

Presbyt;jriii« bo ly in Waiiatr. W». h»vc no doub : , however, baf. th»t ihey-w.ll bj fmnd teMial to carrying lor the goo.l of the Church, the benufljial programme rfhieh Mr Bruce has aWetVhed ou; at tnc direction of the Auckland aud hom> Projbjteri s.

Ou&'Coxacox Ancestor, ;rHE Mu*clb. v —Acoordmg to Darwin, wo 'are all Mastelmen. Uariyle, ,-however, th'tik* -otherwise. A. London eorreap «nde.it who recsuily called oil ;A!r*oarlylj, writ H't.i follows :—«• Uarlyle ia now feeble through age, bnb bit memory ia marvellous, and th.e--i.oir of hi* miud i* unabated, lie says: 'So-called literacy and.-soi jutiti: classes in England now proud'y give themselves so protoplasm, origin «-f species, and the like, lo prove thifc Got did not bnild tire universe. Ihtve knotru tkree goner*tioni of-tho father, father, aud son; atheiass al.. The br-tlier if the presenv tamo is •natmral.et, a.qui it m»n'vrh> live* nut Ur fron kere, to.it raw that am >ng hi* {jraridfai bar's • fleets lis f<»an«l a sua! engraven iri'.k thu legend.: Omnia ex conchis (everything from a claun-.-he >) I I &*« tie naturalist not many months an, ; t >id him that I ka 1 real Lis -Origin- ofti/iecics aud thai be had by n-.j means smtli ci m -. that, rush were descended from m<mkey£, tbat-fea-l g*ue far toivitrdt pcrsuadi g mo that he and his so-called scumlific broth ea hud H'rougui *tha present gancraoion of Et.gUshnien Very n ar to uuhfceyav"