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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 781, 3 July 1877, Page 2

The Taotaoroa Ratbpayeks of the Taolaoroa Hiij!iway District Board trill meet on the- 14ih inst at Cambridge to puss accounts, &c, and tp elect trustees and other officers. The KiRiKmtEOA Highway District Boards annual meeting is called for Monday the I6th iuat, at the Eoyil Hotel, a*; 3 pm. THB WAIPA CONSTITUENCY. —Wo Would remind the electors that their repressntatire, Mr Cox will meet them to'inorrow evening, iu the public Hall, Je Awauiutu.

Hymns Ancient and Modern.—Mr R. F Sandes requests U3 to state that he has received a large stock of these new hymn-books required fov the congregation and choir of St Peter'a Church, Hamilton.—[Advertisement] Masonic.—A. new chapter the first formed in New Zealand ia the Prince Rose Croix degree, under the Grand Orient of Egypt, was inaugurated on Tuesday night last, at. the Masonic Hotel, Auckland, Brother M Nicol, M.W.M.P., president. Fifteen candi dateß were obligated and received' the secrets of the high degree.

Mr A. Crawford, of Piako, whose application for a license for the Piuko Hotel was refused, has, it will be seen, determined to open the late hostelry as a Temperance Hotel, and draws tho attention of the pubiioto the extensive alterations and improvements which are now complete with every comfort and accommodation for travellers. Mr Crawford will also keep on the store in connection with the boarding-house. The Waikato Swamp Company through their Engineer, Mr Breakell, are advertising for tenders for the construction of mnin outlet drains and other works on the Company's property, m a* the Mangawata. Tenders will be received .by Mr Reynolds, the Manager, at the Eureka Station, up to the I3th inst at noon, and plaus and specifications may be seen to-morrow nnd after, and further information obtained from Mr Breakell. The Waitoa Highway Board has cancelled meeting called for the 7th inst, and the notice of nomination under the Regulation of' Local Elections Act, 1876, which had been appointed for Saturday next, and in lieu thereof, has called a meeting of ratepayers for the 28th inst, to elect trustees, auditors an 1 fence-viewers, receive the anuual accounts and balance sheet, and auditors' report. The intention of holding the election of trustees under the regulation of Local Elections Act, was found to be premature the Act not having been brought into operation in the district. The Cattle Piagtok.—The restriction on importation of cattle f;*om the United Eiingdom was placed none too soon by the New Zealand Legishv ion, if we may judge from the following extr-nct which appears in the letter of the London correrpondent of the " Littleton Times" of » late date.—" The American meat continues to be imported in large quantities. In fact, the import is rap:.dly increasing, and tbere is no doubt thnt the trade is now regularly established. This is especially opportune, aB the c.ittle plague has broken out in eeveral c Istricts with a virulence necessitating the most stringent

measures. Numerous .animals arc being slaughtered and buried, the transit of cattle stopped, and all oatitle fairs and 1 , markets in tho infectbd districts forbidden. Unfortnately tho rinderpest; is a. disease hard to stamp out, and this break • o'/t may be only.the commencement of a visitation such as we 'Underwent ■ some years ago. Under these circumstances it is somewhat re-assuring to regard the establishment of- this new trade which has so providentially sprung up. 1 hare fasted - American meat, and car! testify to to its capital quality and condition. The Hamilton East Onaisxr MinSTKBts gave a variety entertainment in the Viotoria Hall, on Friday, evening last, for tho benefit of I lie' There was a full house and the performance would not have disgraced Auckland. One and all did their best to p ease. Tho repartees of • Bones"' and ' Sambo,' and I tho excellent sonps of Johnson, particularly ' Hi 3 farewell to his suit .of clothes,' ' Tho poor new chum,' and "' Tho Irish schoolmaster,' fairly brought down the house. The p3rformahce.wound up ,with the side-splitting farce of ' Wanted a waiter.''- The acting of ..Messrs Woodward, Peacocke, arid Pearson was far above the average of amateurs.-"-The whole concluded with' a seleot quadrille party. ] Educatioihl.—-At the meeting of the Central Board of Education-.on Friday, an application for two immigrants' cottages at Cambridge was referred to the . Inspector. A sum of £7 15s was granted to the Hamilton East School Committee for out buildings. An application for the appointment of a female for Hamilton West wasjeferred .to the Inspector. The usip of ".'t'fie 4 *' Hautapu school-room for Presbyterian and Wesleyan services was sanctioned, su ject to regulations. A sum of £35 the improvement of the*- cottage now used as a teaoher's house at. Waitoa was granted, and in reference to' an application from the Rangirirr Sohool Committee recommending application to Government for Bchool resesye; the Secretary was instructed to inform the committee that a site had already been cquire.d for a school building for this istrict "

Interesting Discovbby op a Moa Skeleton.—"The 'Herald' of Saturday says :" A very interesting discovery of the skeleton of '-a moa is reported to have taken place on Mr McTier's farm in the Awitu district. Mr McTier had some men employed draining a swamp on his farm, and, on Tuesday week, they found, at a depth of four fdet from the sutfaee, a number of large bones, which they a f , first to be those of a bullock. Upon the matter bviug reported to Mr MoTier, he exapaiaed the bono?, and identified them as being those of a moa. A careful search was then made for the remainder of the skeleton, and we are inf.>rmed that the whole of them, with the exception of one or-two small ones, have b"c.en found. Mr McTier intends to send jthe skeleton to the Museum at Auckland; and if oar informant is correct, it will probably prove Jbo be the moat oompl to skeleton of :1m extiuct monster that has ever bo.-ai found in the North Island."

Appearances were against him a well-known newspaper reporter in San Francisco (says th* 'News Letter') lately came into possession of a 20dols. gold piece., It matters little where he got it or how, but he had it. ' Twss his, and perhaps it had Iv.en slave to thousands,, and he took it into a broker's Office to chanee it into silver. The clerk, knowing his customer was a reporter, merely shook his-head, and remarking that he did not care to get into trouble, declined to change it. The saddened joumaiist thought of his restaurant, where he owed six dollars, and tendered the double' eagle to the proprietor in payment of his bill. To hia surprise the man of mutton shook his head and pushed the gold piece baok with an observation about its being unnecessary for him to liquidate his indebtedness. Then he got mad and tendered it to the bar. keeper for a drink, and the whisky dispenser Bighed and shovel it back at him with a look of pity. Finally he sought out a friend, aud begged him to convert the obnoxious oaitwheel into silver and keep,the discount. The friend shook his head doubtfully, but slowiy cashed the money, and as he leaned over the counter he whispered, 'Say, old man, I don't.want to ask any questions, only it is evident you bave money, and is is also kuown that you write' for a daily paper. If you have been accepting any bribes from contractors, or doing anything crooked, don't let on that you changed your gold here, because public confidence is a little shaken just' now, and your being seen with SOdols. would not strengthen it.

The Fihst Pkosboution under the Public Works Act, 1876, in this. district at least, was heard yesterday, in the Resident Magistrate's Court, Hamilton, wJenamau was fined.five shillings for being drunk, while in charge of a horse and dray upon the public road. The penalty on this occasion was fixed at the merely nominal sum of five shillings, the pi ice of an orthodox drunk, but it is well that it should be generally known that the Act in such cases contemplates a much heavier penalty, the Court being empowered to inflict a fine of not more than £5, or, at its discretion, to imprison the defendant, without option of a fine, for any p9riod not exceeding fourteen days, with or without bard labour. This power is given under the 100 th clause of the Act, but clause 99, wljioh fixes penalties for offences on roads, embraces a number of con. tingencies, which we shall take the present opportunity of referring to, lest any amongst us may u'nwittiugly fall into the hinds of the police. A penalty not exceeding £5 may be inflicted for "any of the following offences upon a road :—for riding or driving furiously ; riding or driving on a footpath constructed for foot-pissengers • only ; tethering any animal so that it may be upon a road ; driving any entire or furious animal lose j playing games to the annoyance of passengers ; pitching any booth, tent or ftill; making any fire without written authority from the Board; discharging any firearm or firework on the road, or within fifty feet from either side of it; unlawfully obstructing the free passage ; driving a vehicle, sitting therson, without reins; sleeping when driving so a3 to leave the animal-without proper guidance ; leaving such vehicle so that the animal drawing it is out of control; passiog on the wrong side of the road, or loading the vehicle so that the projecting load endangers passers by or other vehicles. For all these offences, a person is liable to a penalty not exceeding £5. A Nice Little Box - .—A Brownsville young man (says the Grrand Kapide 'Democrat') callel on his intended the other evening, and while waiting for her to make ber appearance he struck up a conversation, with his prospective brother-in-law. After a while the boy asked : • Does galvanised niggera know much f ' I really can't say,' answered the amused young man : and silence reigned for a f»w moments, when the boy again resumed : 1 Kin you play checkers with your nose ?' ' No, I have not acquired that accomplishment.' 'Well, you'd better learn; yon hear me P' • Why ?' ' 'Cause Sis says that yer don't know as much as a galvanised nigger, but yer dad's got lots- of stamps, and she'll marry you anyhow, and

she said when she got aholt the old mau'j sugar she was goin' to all the Fourth of July. au' ice-cream gumeuoks j and let you stay at home to play checkers with that ,holly-hog nosi of yourn;!- And when 'Sis' got her hair banged and cimo in she found the parlour deserted by all Baye her bro.thor, who was innocently tying the tails of two kittens together, and singiDg.

Wb have often been asked, says the * Wa'nganui 'Herald,' what is tlie greatest distance that a cricket ball.can be proved to'have been thrown, Tho palm we believe rests with a Brisbano blackfellow who threw a 5£ ounce ball 141 yards, beirg 20 • yards farther than any other man his baeu known to do it either bofore or since.

Eoolinq with A Wife.—One of the men employed in Danebury factory has a wife whowill easily turn the beam at two hundred. He on the o'ontrary, is a" very slight build, but possessing spirit. Some.one left a pair of boxing, gloves in the factory articles which took a strong hold upon the attention of our friend. When alone, ond uuobserved, he would don the gloves, and square off scientifically at an imaginary opponent, and get in Bome licks at times which showed surprising agility on his part, and must have been the oause. of much gratitude to the' opponent to think that he was imaginary. The other noon his wife came to the shojj with his dinner, the usual carrier of the meal being off duty for that day. She sit with him until he finished _ the meal, and then an idea struck him. H? got the gloves and put them on and asked her to off at him; Imaginary opponents although perfectly safe, become tedious after a time. He now wanted a change, but ho hatdely cared to risk himself before one of his own sex. Besides, he wanted the oompanion of his bosom to witness his iutrepedity. So he danoed around her> and said, * Put up your hand Maria.' ' Ob, go away with such foolishness,' Bke replied. 'Put up your fins, I say, or i'U go for you he playfully mentioned, as he daucod before her and made feints of smashing in her.entire front. 'Why don't you go away ?' she said, pettishly; 'you'll hit me in the face with thain things if you don,t be careful.' 'Then put up your fists, Hko J do, and I won't touch you,'he kindly explained. 'Try, to hit me. Come, do Maria,' he urged. Then he danced about more violently, threw his head back, and then to one side, squinting out of bis eyes in a purely scientific manner, and making movements with tho ponderous gloves which looked towards her complete: demolisbment. Finally one, of the feints went a trifle too,-iai\ »nd touched her on the nose. This aroused her ire, and in"a flash she let drive, taking him unexp»otedly oh the chin, and driving him backwards into a kettle of water. Almost as quick as her anger came, it- went again, and with a cry of horror she rushed to his aid, and snatched him from his perilous positio*. Bolstered up in b«.d, and encased with cotton and sweat oil, he Dow formi a majjstic monument, of misplaced confidence.—DANßPiqr Ke\Y3.