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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 794, 19 July 1877, Page 2

The second Session of the Sixth Parliament of .New Zealand, will ' be opened by the Governor this afternoon. Neither from the speech nor from the the address m reply need we expect much matter of interest nor room for comment. Governor's speeches defy criticism. Lite bags of wind well blown oat, they are so filled with verbiage and platitudes and well meaumg pointless phrases that there is nothing to catch hold of. .It is only when the Opposition, as it did last Session, imports a subject into the debate, that scope for discussion is afforded, and this our special /correspondent' 3eems to say will not be dune on this occasion. Sir George Grey, he says, will say little. We _ can 7 scarcely regret this, and if, as has bean said, the Treasurer's Budget will be before the House on Tuesday we may hope for a session that will be unique m the latter day Parliaments of tho Colocy, one of work, not talk. It will at lea3t be the fault of members, not of the Government, if it is not so. As will be seen we have engaged the services of a special correspondent to the Waikato Times, so that our readers may be kept, nutouiy well informed of passing events, bat of every change and shift m the political breeze whileithe session lasts. It is reported that several of the deer turned out at Te . Wheoro's place have been destroyed by dogs. . Mb .John Knox',B sale of the punt house, wire rope, &c, at .Ngaruaw'ahia, takes place to-morrow. •Mb V7vCßAia, plumber, of Auckland, has commenced business m Hamilton West. Tenders for clearing and forming 40 or 50 chaius of road will be received by the Taotaoroa Highway Board, up till noon of Saturday, the 28th inst. Hamilton Ferry.— To-morrow is the last day on which the Waikato County Council will receive tenders for tne "construction of a new stage for the east side of the above ferry. Creditors m BrisacndenV estate are required to prove, and send m their claims to the trustees, at tho oifice of Mcasrs Grant "and Morton on or before Monday next. ■Ti JKori Ferry. —Tenders are called for by the Chairman of the Pirongia Highway Board lor working the Te Kori ferry from Ist proximo to the 30th June, 1878. ana will bo received up to" the 28th inst. • Feve.— We understand that m consequence of the extraordinary success of Lord Chfden's stock during the last racing season, an offer, highly remunerative, has been forwarded to .New Zealand for the return ofFeve. by his late owner, ; Lord itoseborry. — 'Herald;' Hamilton Ministrels Entertainment.—This entertainment, the first attempt at which the other night, m the Victoria Hall, Hamilton West, was so very successful will take pluce to-morrow eveniug at Le Quesne's Hall, Hamilton East. The audience is likely to be a large and fashionable one. Sale of Furniture, Stook m Trade, &0. — An unreserved sale of goods aad effects the stock m trade of Mr C Yeith, Butcher, Hamilton West, will be held on Saturday next, by Mr John Knox. For further particulars we refer bur readers to our advertising columns. A P^roolimation declaring tho Conuty of Waikato, save and except the Cambridge North Township and Hamilton East Township Highway Districts, under the dog nuisance Act 1854 has been gazetted. The two High-.v-y Boards m question have, .it will oo seen, thus dragged their dog tax from out of the jaws of the County Council Football Accidents. — In noticing the late accidents at Cambridge and Alexandra, the Auckland « Star' says :— - In Auckland on Saturday, Mr Earl, broka his collar-bone while enjoying the pleasures of this delightful pastime. These accidents surely point to a considerable modification of the rules of the game. It has become a question whether the barbarous practices connected with football as now played should be abandoned or the game given Up altogether.' Who can beat it ? Mr G. W. Baker, of Lorain County, Ohio, writing m the ' Ohio Farmer,' says: — 'I have seven light Brahma heusi pure-bred, that, dur. ing tbe last VO d.ijs, have laid 290 eggs. What breed will beat this as wiuter layers? Light Brahmas havo no superior lor table use. I have a pair of light Brahma capons, 19 montha old, which weigh 28)bs. Cau anyone make a better showing than tho above as layers or for market. purposes with any other breed. — 'Agiioultural Gitzttte,'

L.O.L.— The Sons of Ulster will hold their usual monthly meeting at the Vrr ge r °° m ' Viofcor -a Hall, Hamilton • West, on Saturday evening next. The Wellington correspondent of the Lyttelton Timea ' writes : •So far as I can gather, there has been no attempt -made'yet towards forming an .Opposition, Wellington members deeming it useless ' to move until the members from other places come up. In the Civil Service, the hope of a change of Ministry is, I think, very strong, the whole tendency of the % present. administration being to make the officers feel that they are the personal servants, of Ministers, and liable to instaut dismissal if they give the least offence to a Minister, The attentiou of the House will probably be .called to some flagrant oases of this kind as soon as j the House meets.' ' •* Sticking up A Train. —They do things on a grand scale m America. In an American exchange of June 10th, we read j— * The out train on the Pennsylvania Railroad, due at Jersav City this morning, was boarded by a band of thieves, who robbed and nearly beat to death Thomas Downing, of new York. The conductor and brakemen who attempted to rescue Downing were driven away with revolvers, but suoceeded m looking the ruffians m a car and telegraphing the police at Jersey City to be ready at the depot. While the train was running 30 miles an hour three of the desperadoes escaped by jumping out of the windows. The fourth man was arrested. At an Adjourned Meeting of the Mercer Highway Board, held on Saturday evening, jjhe following gentlemen were elected, to represent the ratepayers : — Messrs Wells (chairman), Ridler, Nelson, E: Martin and Flannigan. Messrs Drake and Johnson were reelected auditors. During the past year, great attention^ has" been paid to* the wants of the district, the new pathway to the elegant sohoolhouse, and the improvements effected on the cart road leading to the Miranda, being especially worthy of notice. The retirement of Mr R. Margin from the Board was regretted, as his practical knowledge and his readiness to do his best for the community had secured the respect of all. It is proposed to apply for some two acres, with a' •dew to the laying oat of a oemetry. Hamilton East Cemetery. — The difficulty of getting to the Hamilton East cemetery has, we are glad to see, Tieen taken into consideration by the Hamilton East Town Board, and the road to it is about to be made practicable. This has again induced the .Cemetery Committee to put the cemetery itself into order; and an appeal to the public to place them m funds to do so will be shortly ( made m the form of an entertainment and concert, to be held m the Hamilton Hall, about the 20th' of next month. The furids thus obtained will be devoted to the improvement of the cemetery generally, not to any particular divinion of it, but for tho benefit of , Christians, Jews, Turks, infide's^and newspaper men alike. It is therefore to be expected that the assistance and co-operation of the2pubhc will ba general "also. Thames- Waikato Railway.-— A meeting of the committee previously appointed at the Thames m reference to the Thames Va.ley Railway, was held at Grahamstown on Monday evening, Dr Kilgour occupied the chair. It was stated that an offer. had been made by Mr T Morrin. to construct the line, provided a guarantee of 4& per cent, on the outlay be secured, but that owing to Mr Morrin's absence from Auckland the offer had not been definitely given m writing. After a lengthened discussion, during which it was stated that the Government had 15.1,000 acres of land m the Thames district, it was resolved, * That it be an instruction to the Bub-committee to draw up a memorial to the Government embodying all the statistics possible, with a request that the scheme b 9 put on the list of works to be done this session.' Dr Kilgour said they ought now to settle the length of the line. If it were taken from the head of the navigation there would be but 24 miles to construct. Mr Rovve said his feeling was dcci ledly m favour of asking for a line from the 'Ihames to (he Waikato— cither Cambridge or Hamilton —57 miles. Mr W J Speight moved. * That it bo an instruction to the subcommittee to ask that the line be constructed from Grahamstown to W«*ikato.' Carried. . BrjTTKR -MAKiNa.--John Stewart, Manchester, lowa, the recipient of a gold medal for the best 50 pound package of butter at Centennial display, describes his mode of making. His pans are 2ft wide by 4ft long and 14 inches deep. During warm weather they are set m vats of cool water m a room of S2 or 63 decrees, which raises the cream m 36 hours, when it is skimmed, In warm, muggy weather and thunder showers it is skimmed sooner. He considers it important to skim at ju3t the right time. His churning is done by. horse,-power m a rotating rectangular box churn, having neither float nor dasher inside. The churning is done upon tho first appearance of acidity, and is put into the churn at 58 to 65 degrees, according to the outBide temperature. Time of churning 30 to 45 minutes. Churning ceases as soon as butter comes and before it is gathered into a mass. The buttermilk -w then drawn off and clear cold brine put m, and the churn gently agitated till the brine and butter and buttermilk are all well mixed, when it is drawn off and more cold brine .is added, and the same process repeat id till the buttermilk- is all remove!, as.it will quickly be, without working the butter at all, and the butter left m fine hard granules or lumps, and m the best possible condition for receiving salt. The buttermilk being out the butter is seasoned with three-quarters of an ounce of salt ''to the pound, and set away till the next day, when it is worked and packed m tubs prepared by soaking m strong brine. The Stillborn Footbail Match between Auckland and the Frontier teams is thus alluded to m Thursday's ' Herald :—T he proposed football match between Auckland and the Waikato is, we hear, not to come off. In spite of all the efforts niada to » et a fair representative team to go to Hamilton', those who have had the trouble of getting up the match found themselves with only six - certainties,' many of those who had promised to play hiving prayed to be excused. It was therefore wisely determined to abandon tho match. On the whole, perhaps, it is as well that this has been brought about, aa the Waikato men would certainly no 1 ; have been able to play their strength, and therefore little oredit would have been attached to to the Auokland, players had they been victorious. Since this resolution was come to, a telegram has been received from Waikato, stating that a team could not be got from there for a month or^ two. Speaking of football, a gentleman who does not take so much interest m this branch of athletic sports as he does m some others, was a spectator of the match on Saturday Being asked wny he watched so intently, he replied that he . wa*- of a curious bent of mini, and wished to sco most things. He had never seen, ho said, either a priz'.fi^ht or a battle, but a-f he und^rsiood that football partook of the nature of bulb, ho was there lo see, m the hope of killing two birds with lb? one slope,