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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 775, 5 June 1877, Page 2

Mr Noreis, of Cambridge ia advertising for haudg to elear laud, and t;ie Messrs Maclean for lubmr forcljariug and ploughing 1,000 acres of feru laud. Mb O LovaoaovE of Hamilton Saab is, we understand the sue Hiatal t«nd*re for the contract of pa., t-.g he Hau.i ton Court House.

Tenders for' painting the Wesleytn Ohurob, at Hamilton, will be received up to 4 p.m. to-morrow. Labour only is reqairpd, and *ke tenders will be received by Messrs Culpan and Hedgeoook.

L Meeting of all those interested in the -Presbyterian and Congregational Church at Te Awamatu, is couvened for Saturday aext, at 3 p.m. ia the Public Hail. Te Awamutu,

Thk Court severely : • Prisoner, this is not the first tine you have been here. Yoa have bsea convicted six times of vayrancy, twice of thi'ft, once of .' The prisoner.: ' Your honour, let's omit all these irrelevant details and come to bueinesa.'

Opening of thb Tfaw Catholic Church, Hamilxjk Jast.—We have been informed that the Very Rev Father Fynea, Y.ii., is te visit Hamilton this week, m ordpr to perform the ope <.ing ceremony of ths above Church, on next 3und»y, tho 10tb last.

Licbnsinq Courts sit to-day at rnawabia, wh"re, however, there are no n«w ipp'iaationß, aud on Thursday, at Hamilton, and on Friday, it C*m'md_.e A» the last mentioned place Mr Reuben Parr is the applicant fur a license for a new houßf, »i»d Mr J Wood's ufphcatioii for a lici nun fur the Nottingham Oast In, At Piatu, *ill he hj ard a';; Harniltoa. Sines Wii!i»jj tiie abi»Te we regrei to learn tl»»r- our vo tliy Resident Migis;rate, Mr h<»s ui« t with a som«wbftt sd'loua scoide.jt which may pre»". t hu aVeud-iice at t'o Li-eijß;im C .ris. u b h^l' at liam:l ton aad wine i in ««ct) c-bu Will nee Stanly have » r > b ■ adj • -iru<. ). Mr S -raucke oa- uuuouswio i l> s >ai»:ed his hack *<-v rel>, a.i v»aa yrsior *j s'ta!>.>t utub'w t ia y»- lh ipoßxib!e ho m.y be üblo 10 mule cake the j >urn'.-y by Tnunid»y We irnt tobo a"l« to auiiw«ncc iu oat un&h iiou« taat hs b so.

* IKK AT —YV*« regret to leari< th*t the ataole-* ami coach'}douse of Mr Ac* bin, nt Alexandra, have been ? urnt to the -rnui d. When the, tire wait there "was yet time "to m% ve tnn hu.'«y, but the hint was audoth-r content 1 the ba.Htug wore destroyel. . Thf "tatter w/atjiiirured ia. w»- bdiieve. With the biaw ZnaUud lueurancWijoui* pa* y. "■'."__ •'' :. i i

My.srßitT CKBEk . Brid»b is in m. very dang rotia xraie, wing t> a largA hole at ine approai-'i ou the Ohaupdjaido. We pautiwi travel'«oV. to arid the Highway Hoard should lose no liui- in reriueriug ,tl*e bri i-e ii. que fcion le-<8 thin some wayfarer is likely to Hud it by au bury him in i lie ugl\ orvk beuJalih. A wholesome wiuning ah >uld not- bo- despided f*A Wiusstlino Match for £5 a side c*me olf, on aVurday laat, in the (4 •remlueiii ptddook, betw-ten Q-raiiam a<id a half east* named DouglassThe day wai Hue, and there was a l*rge onouiae <f both JSarogeaas aid Via prs Uniiglas throw hi* uifth three times, . ad n wan not dilii-'alt for tWoso who : lt»d not a good view of the sport to tell whioh hal won, by th£ co.itinued and vooiforous cheering of the Maoris for their euawpion representative. ■'■•': •;■;;■•

lute Stkamkr Dpltv is quickly reptiriu!; damage aud -will, we learn be ready ior her her hj on Saturday, taking up her r»g«iar trips on Monday, aud running alternate days with tlie d'r VVaiKtii*. Woilufc re e <airint>: the shatc of pAo itV-row the pljßfuiiier hiiwk has been raided some ih'ree' iiaches aud v . the angle of the paddle wheal altered »o thit the water is thrown ouob the stern iudedof If it! TBis alteration it ia sud will apt/reeiaoiy iucieaue ; ihe speed of the Ves. el. ~ "

Thk Hamilton Ri«hway DisTßior' has given u-/Ciu«; ot its iutrennun tu sirue au eigbtpeuny rate, and Chat it wis I meet at -he Hamilton Ho'cel, on June, Saturday week next, tor the purpose of.declaring it. L'he rate will b. cimii pay»ui*i in one sum on tue jtlsi of July. As our reaiers are aware, tne stnaing of ii>gljway >ates bas, uudur •he uew Kati-ig Aot, 1870, passed out of the . hauds ot the racy pay era, at theii annual meetings,'into 'tha nouds 'of tue iliguway iioard L'iuatees; ; -

TmtNiNct (Jats to Account.—-Tin. ' Lorouto ifree I'rass'ijdfcajes ih'ifi *' Mansfield I«l n»d, in L .k« iij'rw, has ihjou bought' br a wan wuo iul«ii(lis to*touk' it witu, black uais, and kiU.-yiwir progeny fir their fur. lie wul- i«ed fcuaiu at tint on Uah o.ugut olf tie auoro by ruou wUo will uv« on tlie island ;. but niier the enterpr is well started lie will utilizu Che meat of the oats as food for die living cats." - Tan wise man who aaid there wa» new uiio>r lue suu was iioucciu.uuted WiCii Cue versatility ! ot tlioA.ui.riO u g.uitus. : lu would seeui from tut? abo*e iU,tt cue od story of the eats 18 to be put to practical account.

SimMCM. OF TUK EISOTOKAL RfiVldl Uouurs lo W uoid f>t cue Walk* to at Waip<» districts are -anuouuood iu o\. advertising uomuns fufi hoariug of «p peals, on tbe Zlsc auo'i£J.xd lust, reapdclively. A large oojeo.tiuua made by tha itoturuiug officer were recently published iu. our coiuiuua, » U d peraoua wuo 1 <uuJ their uaiues thereon ooj ibted to lor -indu(lici«utly described qualification or other eau,***, will do well to rom< uiuar tuat - the 'buii'esion or mistake as thi case may be can yet be remedied and their nahies'retained as votora ou Cue roil. ..Those, however, vho are able to suostantiate their claim• to have th« objection ov rraled by the iievisidn Uljioer di«;iautiy understand that iuey must attend "jidnj/uilly at the Court to o .taiu sue a reviiaui.

. ALkaunkd Juuukh.— A t.aillie d£ Glasgow Man untied for vuo- simplicity ot Dig wanner uu me j : <eiiuii". a youth wu charged before bun wifib abstracting a handkerchief from a gentleman's p.ioket. The uidiotinmt being ; r~ai, luo.iJ«tilie, addremiug me prisoner, remarked, ' L nae nae d"»ut ye ui i cue deed, for X had a handkerchief laeu 6.> to' uxy am poaob this vera week ' The sauie magisterial logician was onanoimr occasion seated on tne bench, when a ease of- serious assault was brougnt forward by in* pubuo prose oator. 8 ruck oy the powerful puraseol gy of .sue indictment, tiio baillie proceJdecl to say, * for this malicious crime ye are tiued nalf-a-guinea.' l'Jie assessor remarked th.*t the case uad not yes O-eu proven. ' Then,' said trie magistrate, 'we'll just uiak' the hue live shillings.*

Thb Wh ita wm vr a. Road akb tm& NaABVAWaHiA UitfT-tticr* Board.—We have received furtucr a (mpiaiutd of the great public mo >uvenie.-.ou caused by the cutting otf of Waatawhit* from Ha;uiltoh by the neglect of toe local Ditriot Highway Biiard in reference to the oulvert oarried away on the Hamilton side of Mr KoiuweU's ..farm, 'the road, fir want of this' culvert, ts rendered i>npassable lor and dangerous for nor«e:ui-n, ana the uhniiu a toss the roa I where ths-caivpr'-'-has btnii broU u, id becoming wi l- r w vj eaen raia. in Whitiitvttati aid Hamilton having tuisin> a<i with qmo?another, have now to go roun 1 by way of Ngaraiwahia, anl ad for ih'» want of an exiieidituro of Borne £6 sterling, which amoint, if the Board had only expended a fourth of the money in repaiript.' the culvert in fcimo. mighs now *b;e- t» say nothing of the incoaveuieuoo.

EDDCAiioNAIi.—At the meeting of the Board of Education, held on fcViday last, the appointment of C ilonel fctooke as teacher of the Alexaudr* school, and that of Mr Badford:/aB, t a< hjr of the Pukerimo achooir WerV confirmed. A sun of i' 9 was granted fej the Cambridge S hjol Committer, f>r effected to the s<m .ol prope.-ty, aud a sum of £8 was granted for ><.e Ngahinepouri schof)l- ; It was also agreed to app'y to the a'i immigrant cottage as a teacher's residence C Trespoadenco from Kihikihi w»s rei-eived as to whether a person over 17 yeirs of age can o'aim the right to• -irejeive instruction in a diatriot school. 3-lt was resolved that tha Board dewires that no obj-ction ou the score of age Should be allowed to prevent any young perg-m from attending school wh> m»y d<n»ire to do so. With respect to the Capitation Rate, a lettier wt.B received from tho G-bvernment, intimating that they did hot de-sire that the Capitation Kate should be levied.

The bre*<>h between Patti and the M»rq,iis" ])o Ca'ix, hor husband, *p. r*eara to i ava. bei a Very lively affair. In a 6 of j %l,>n>y. o*in te ' to Pattfi's intimacy with thrt youiitr K'nor Ficolini, ihe -Mft-qim r-u--h«d beh'iH the stage The Bound of .* vio'ent quarrel goju sttraoted all the world of the green-room grouped the door of the dres«mgroom. •. I h»v.. s irea »o jou, u nothing-*t-a11,.a n.b.dj, • grand tilleofnobility,' cried the ang-y hiuh-ind,- * and you have shaved like a * (aometh nj( not to be traiucrib-d for t tt r* pdit.*). 'There lake* he price r.f yur title,* aore»rapd a alirtll v-M-e in reply; a hail of jpwol-' .-•xe.s dni>..-l ri ! -nt!y <m the ground fullort'ii.giameili t:yoith*> heels of the >knil exo wi*tii> «, \nd i»m instsnb afterward*, tho B>nn I of a g:*|>, with an ac ecompaniimnt of Borea'ns and erira for liiilp. Theio «ns a g-ueral rush of everybody wil-hiu hearin-.; o thf nssiatanoe of Jahel, but the door lud been looked by

the infuriated Marquk .md the ZfcWws* only rescued by the breaking o,,en of the door. lne manager endeavoured -.o got him out, but he refused to,go, deKnn* he WM in a loodny belonging' to hm wife, and consequently to liun. but Juliet screamed no p fssteutiy, « Take hiin away, ftnfce'uim uway, heVno husband forme!' that the manager, taking alrantageof a rlmse in tharule'-'of the theatre that makes each absolute mistress of her übilthved at length to carry hun otf.

Dan» k ot Bo*h and Arrows.— J his una itne of cliiiar n hj,& louud aooslur victim in Miss Minnie tfioyd, the .daughter of Mr Floyd, a set. t'er near To Awamutu. JJcr little brother was playing with a bovr aud arrow whon the lat'er accidentally struck one of the eyes of hu sister, a fine httle ?irl of thirteen. The nail on the point of ike arrow h*d fortunately been broken, or-the consequencss might have been fatal. As it was, the bluut p iif 0 f the arrow entered th« right angle of the eye, pi'-rcing through the white of the eye-ball aad gmng exit to the aqueous matter with whu-h the ere is tilled. Misd bioyd is:perfeotJybliud»f the injured eve, aud i>r WadUmgioa, whu attauded iter, expresses very great doubt, we beueve, wjietner the sight will ever be restored, altaough ihe pupil of the eyo iiseii was not iijured.

**Hunnnnr East" sends us an onion to show that the soil of that township ur not tuferior to Uambrtuge. Tbougii perhaps, m better oouditou cuan either of the two it is uot so large by about four ouuees a» ita upoouutry rivals. Bac why Uoed 4, iaamilion Jfi.ac" OB.y seud one ouiou ? Why not eeud two, why no a dosju ? Was this one onion so uiucu •euo ? lit i»a ured people uiigh,. fiuoy so. VVe have uo doubt it w a iair aa upie of the lot, but, as oue swali.-w does uot make a sUuiin r; neituer, ooos ouo onion prove toe lertliity ot a iiscncc. We could grow aalf a dozja »u«u onioud wiun a few buckets ol riouly pr-parei soil in a toiu oase, an old old one—our reatlers may bet tueir battuui dollar we ai.buid rii.»i, empty id ot us ongiuai coubou s—on th root of a hue, out tint- Mould uot, prove theriuunes* ot the sh.ii-le ryof for oruioarj ur pu p«,.s. If the aainpks of oniona, poiato«?j, «0., seat tor ediiorai uotiud are lutuudcU to pr»ve and general oapao u.y of tiie growtu of a district, thoy •taouid ac ieaitt ream extent ol a kit,' or bettor s-dl a four busuol bag, (uarnag paMJ. Au edicor'a oun-oieucc< is Very acusiuve, au 1 ui« peaoe ot mmd, lest hu uu lad uuo error, ahouid oe *ll suou omea lutfouGrovertiule prtof tnat tbe pro lunfciou no. iced repredentu ouluvatiou ou au oruiuaiy not a fancy scale.

CANCJCLLWtt ilßompr {JTAiIPd.--Dar. 1114 ta<? recuut of a oaio, aiui-u v ■Nairn, m the A'apter it.Al. Court, m : aoiuewhat uovel point waa raised iu Oouueetiou witu uauoolling scamps. I'lio point arose ou au objection made by Mr Leo ((or tiie piaiutid). that cue stamp «u CUe by pi*iutili, amieu, waa uoc properly erased, itjihortevei. Appeared to be clear enough taab uuder the old euaccmeut if tuu •Camp upon (he receipt wad uoc cancelled by writing upoa 10 Che initials aud ua«.o oiiu. uernuu tue r«o«ipC, the duouuie '.i )oiild hot be put, iu evidence, by ht AoC ot 1673 proof tuat toe scamp wa»< i uxed at the time tuat the receipt Waa g»»eu ia sum-lent without oauo*l-

leu ; out the pe<aou the receipt, Udver; te'eas reiuaiua iiaole to the peuaity ij'i l»e hia uegljotiug to cHmCoI. cue •.Camp, lu the course of theiargiuWt M. iicetuaui) reMi«rHoU wuiou Mjii.j{ the readme u f h»law »« lt «t0 c r u* be nothing to prevent the stump uaeu over »,iu over Ale daeehaa (wiio appeared in the oaae of tho defeuoaud), »,iiantod the ditioulty aud added that it waa one lor which »t tu« had made uu proviatuM.

A Qjick Kujf.—A sale of horses took place in fans, and one lot was a 9 poor, broken-kneed a back as ever was sem anywhere. The horse was brougut forward, and the auctiooe :r, like moat of ais clabs, begau iau ling what De had to dinpoae of. ' Gentlemen,' said lie, * L have now tue pleasure to briug before your u »ticd a really thoroughi-ied auiaul an un doubted pur sany Wdi uuyone makß a bid of 3ulWt lor it V On-; 0 f the onlookers m*ue a tirm bid of 43f. * Heally, this is too bad An utf-jr of 45f for *uon au ammal is sinvdy ridiculous. Only ilia day before yesterday it did it* four kilometres i>i six minutes, and 45f is a 1 th<»t n otfere 1 for i I fcUve you all done au 45 ? Going for 45f—soiug lor thd in.au sua of 451°— tor the iatst time—gone!" The puror «r to -k the sorry brute away, and. *ra not long in a'Cortainiug tuat, unto d ot ita four kilometu in eix .nates, it could not do one kilometre q & a hour, be went back fa i usiy t< ne auctioneer an 1 asked hiui if 1 e did" ao t Bay toe hnrae bad done four * iioma tres iu air minute 1 'Most dociiediy,' «a*d the tuctioueer.' • \nd where nti. ht t'lis >va- \ *»ave come off!'asked thoir*teparohaaer. on .«»vourin*r Oi >tner hu ang>r. -«[ t a "»llway truck, wis the unabashedf 4? l/ Tub Stranded YmasL'>t Hkax,'* iii weather ba& heen ropi, tiou. i id fae wh le of the rvargo has bee t felv got out in. good eocdition from' sc \o mer iv.v.c Mc'rrego.*, </>nsig»ie> o Vf ■• L%mb 'i> Xgaruawahi , and >nich iient on si-co inside toe heads m Til i >d*y morning i->tt. The ""haontr lies igu and dry at 70 water, as iid the barge into which the car-jo wa removed. The tides are neap, and th -.refore though lig!i»eued, the a .hootter ia unable to :et off. Bhe could luve been tugged ofl by the Bluenose, but the master declined to give the price asked £so,and preferred ru lining the risk of a bio w not coming on before the tides maks again. Should it co ne on to blow from the N W before then, the Kate McGregor will have a likely time of it. The whole Jof the cargo is now ou", of her, one portion having already reached Mr Lamb at Ngaruswahia, and the remainder being sxfely houued in the Company'B sore, at.the heads. Neither consigners .nor insuranoe companies will, therefore, be tho losers. It is said that, during the unloading of the vessel, the Miorio engaged were miking heavy work of the big bags of wh-at, weighing 270 to 2So.bs each. They had to be carried down a plank from the schooner' 3 deck, some distance along the beach, and thon up a plauk i to the b*rge. Two Maori* tj a sack were m»aing heavy work of it, when Uapt Lin Isay said to one of his crew, a sh rt stiff b tilt man named Jim, ' Why, jo 1 could do more youwelf.' ' I guess 1 could,' was t.b>t quiet reply. 'B t you a bob you dmt carry a biu from the echoo er'9 deck int> the barge, rejoined the skipper, 'done,' said Ji'u, and he did it. Time was everything, and Mr Lamb, delighted at the new prospect of expeditious tr inahinment, offered a shilling for pvery bag thus carried. In a few hou--B, Jin had carried eighty, and earned bis £4.

A Mark's Nest Pjllrd with Eagles' Eqoi.—A poragnph hm been going the rounU of the New Zealand — we liu,vo souu it copied into nearly every

Soulhun exe>>a.ige which has reached us that Mr Dilworiu, ot Waitakerei, pest»r»d[_witU liivfks, bad imported eagles' v&£* :i f'roin Saa FrancUco, which wer<j lieitiii b&. uudi-r a hen, wiih the ol ject of turning out the young eagles t> prey upon the hawks. Now the atory ar>sß,in this way. ia oa the stuff jj the iuck-. lard ' Star' a gentleman nf Sporting pro-, aliviii-'s who is a perfect tenor at picking. up irif ( iruj-»t.on f»r his paper, and before wh ra it ia unsafe to utter anything in. the s tape of ne<*a 4 not iuiemle.l tor;publicai.iou.' To hiui euleroU a well known A.u ikbud ciliz.u, aud in answer to the quontion— * What news ?' replied, ' Oh, Py. the .way, Dilwprtii, wto . with hawka. has just received a consignmnt of eagles' e*gs from California.' 4 Where are they ?' exciauujd the now excited king of reporters* * LJp_ at so-and-so's house;'" was the T answer.' would Bij in a report of thePukuranga HuutOiub— * the scent (of a paragraph) lying hot.' Arrived at house, th t gentleman—a confederate - in .the hoax—expressed his sorrow that he could U'>t show him the eggs, as they hid'only , half-an-hour before been forwarded on to Mx .Dilworih'a place at Wuitakerei. • Sj the parug aphist returned to Wyndhamatreet, and. that evening appeared tne paragraph in question,- which has gone the r >und of the Press as a true and circumstantial fact of Mr Duworfch'a enterprise; The best of the jjkd'rein'aina to be told. Mr Dilwbrth himself, mad as a hatter, uoxt day interviewed'the reportoml stuff of the ' Star,' declaring that the paragraph in question had lost him the his farm which needed such a recourse as the importation of .eagles to keep down hawks.