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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 786, 30 June 1877, Page 6 (Supplement)

.8^ Julius yogel has applied to the Govern- ™™« c W rims l 10 S *<? bec ome a director of the proposed BroomhaU l Special Settlement Association, but it is considered doubtful i£ the request will be granted.

The public' testimonial to Mr MacaiidreAv will be presented on the eve of Jus departure for Wellington. The Circassians, who have risen m Russian Trans-Caucasian provinces, have destroyed almost all' the : telegraph wires m their neighbourhood. French residents at Cairo and Alexandria have asked the government to station a frigate m an' Egyptian iport, because of the excitement of the Mussulman population. Robert Dale Owen is said to have much , modified his views on- 'Spiritualism, the cavity where, the bump pf caution on his head should behaving'rapidly filled up during the . past year or 'two. s . Mr H. Fielding, formerly editor of the Licensed Victuallers' Gazette, Cliristcliurch, lias been charged, under the name of Hiram Walter Patterson, with having, m 1873, embezzled, about £600/ belonging to the Darebin To\yn Council, of Victoria. The accused was remanded. ,. The Paris " Defense " publishes a letter from •■• the Polish , Count' Ladislas Plaster, denying that j>rep'aration has been made for ah insurrection. He says any such'movement now would only promote the views of the^ enemies of,. f Poland, Avhose; hour of deliverance Jias not yet arrived.; ;' Stephen -S Jones, editor of the Religious Philosophical journal of Chicago, was shot dead m h-is- office on<"the afternoon of the ' 15th by C. -Piltt; who alleged that Jones* had seduced liis Ayife. Ail" the parties arespiritualists. •:.■ : • '• A carter was charged' at the Police Court with threatening a tolMceeper, land m the , course of his- defence said he was' prepared, to take a "solid oath." Mr Hesketh asked the man for a 'definition, of ijlie term. Defendant: immediately turned 1 his eyes upwards, and putting his hailds together said, " To ' kiss 1 . the book and bless the Lord." The definition caused amusement m Court. ' / •■'••;, A correspondent of a southern contemporary says :-^-"It is a fact, although disputed and denied m the columns of tiie.NeAV Zea- : land " Times," that a domestic quarreJL'occurred at a recent Cabinet meeting, which very nearly-approached a break iip. We are informed' that the ground of dispute was the proposed Education Bill, with ■ regard to which the Ministry had previously done nothing beyond giving an instruction to the Solicitor-General to draft a suitable measure." . The " Otago Guardian " says it Avill be utterly impossible ito test Walker's pretensions sb : long as. the present system is pursued, as the audience are sure to choose some popular subject, on which the lecturer ' may have oftentimes discoursed, before. If aii independent Committee were appointed, empqwered to select a number of subjects differing widely from each other, and attend, prepared Avitha series of questions calculated to test the lecturer's knoAvledge of the subjects on which he had spoken, the truth Avould'sooh be out, for it is not likely that Mr .Walker is a specialist m many branches, though he may be well posted lip in' some, such as that of "The Creation." The London correspondent of the Christchurch Press writes: — '.'Mr Broomhall has recently returned from NeAv Zealand, Avhere,as you doubtless know, he has satisfactorily concluded the purchase of 150,000 acres of land for "a temperance settlement. The promoters "of the scheme have, I am told, every reason to be satisfied Avith the arrangements made, and the undertaking promises Avell. Mr Broomhall is about to deliver a series of lectures descriptive of the country, and his experiences m it, which I have no doubt will be largely attended, and be peculiarly interesting to those intending to emigrate. The Bishop of Lichiield, Avho, as tlie first Bishop' of NeAV Zealand, must be Avell known to you, is also delivering a series of lectures, m Avhich he touches on his Avell-knoAvn missionary ' efforts m Noav .Zealand. ' : ■■<.■,. • The question whether or not a racecourse can be .rated has lately been decided by the Privy Council on .an appeal by, the Mayor and Corporation /of Essendon, Victoria, against ; a decision by the Supreme Court. The , borough of Essendon had assessed the' Flemington racecourse ; as of ,the annual': value of £2500, and struck a rate 61 £125. The Committee of the Victoria •, Jockey Club appealed to the" General' Sessions,— on the ground that, the^raeecour&e . being Land Avas not subjecttojating, andsecondly, tha t ; the valuation Avas ,, excessive,, | The General Sessions supported the appeal, and the Supreme Court, on a svscial case 'stated, i confirmed the ;deqision, .The ,'Prtvy Council 'howeA^er,' liolds that the racecourse can be rated.. „■■. „;, ..; . . .■;,'•.,' .' The: Thames is about to lose its best cricketer, fobtbaU player, amateur theatrical, amateur vocalist, ■ &c, m tke person of Mr Wl W. Robinsonj who leaves for . Auckland after bhe end .of jtlie month. ;Mr Robinson is ,the nio^t' thorough athlete! and lover ; of old English' sport we have at the Thames, and oul- respective clnbs OAve their origin and yigour to his untiring exertions,: on. their behalf: We are : pleased therefore to learn hatthe amateur theatricals 1 of the Thames .m eluding cricketers, ■ ? kickists, " , and other friends, 1 intend fto' introduce an extra, act m the entertainment ; announced. for Miss Hunter 'sbehefit ou^Thursday evening w.hich Ayill consist- of awesentation. of a;, diamond , ring to Mr W; Wv Robinson, as a ,mark of esteem from i his Thames friends and ad-inirersw-^ApVERTISER ' N ■ . , : . . ; > Tlie" Wellington people (says the Wairarapa "Standard ") ■ appear to favour a Mihis'try, "'of A which, Mr Travers 'and Mr Gisborne 1 would be members ; but though -the substitution of those gentlemen ■ for Mr Whitaker and Mr Reid Would gratify Wellington, we question' Avhether it Avould prove 'equally as satisfactory to the tAvo extremities of the colony. Arid this is a pbiht Avhich it will lie Avell for Wellington to bear m mind. The conciliation of Auckland and Otago.Js.,a mat_ter;pf . more importance to^ Wellington than their having one or tmore members of itß OAVii'in i tlie\ Ministry. There is an admirable opportunity noAv i fifforded for accomplishing this object, but Aye doubt whether a; new ; Ministry Avould be more, likely to do tnis than the , one at present m; office. There is W knowing Avhat combinations ,niay be effected after Parliament meets on the 19tli July.