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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 799, 31 July 1877, Page 2

The Railway to Newo stlk,'will not, as was expected, bo opened to-morrow. Certain works upon it have to ba completed which cannot be Jdone under ten 'daj's or a fortnight, and probably it will be the uiiddle"of August before the line will bo open for traflif. The Tkndehs. pob the Carriage oi Manures for the membars of the Cambridge Farmers" Club must be sent in by n;on of to-day. Wb ali, knew him.—There was a clever boy who said-that, he likud a.' good rainy day ; 100 rainy to go to school, «»nd jusi< about-rainy enough to go fishing.' •A La Jrossb match, A C Force v. Settlers, will bd. played or Wednesday nest hi the Government paddock, Alexandra. Play to commence at Hwo -o'clock'p.Yr. ; : 'f a '.';_ - /-. - \ Tkaohek's BEsiDErc'B, Hauajpipj Tebdersfor the • erection- of this building will bj received by the chairman of the committee Mr EG MoM inn, until Saturday nexr. The Tbmpiar Minstrels of Hamilton, w'il appear this evening at the Victoria Hall, .the'performance being given in aid of the <"nnds of >ha Good Templar Band. Tiie evening's entertainment will be conceded'with a dance.

ONiS thousand .AGUE LEiSB.—-Tenders for the louse of Ihe Hauraki or Paretata Peninsuh at .Raglan, wiil bb received up' up to Saliud-ty next. Particulars will bo seen-in our adrertising columns; also for the'.lease of 20,000 a eves'lying between the Waipa and Raglan Harbour. Mi» T Miixaii of-P.if erangi will receive a large;co:.signment of ,'Maogol.l, Carrot, cabbige, tttinip and other vcgrtablo by the Columbus and will take oruer3 for the supply of the same on arrival. .Mr Millar's segd 3 aro wed known throughout Waikato, as not only be:n.< fivsh and good, but true to sort, and what is more, for b ing so quickly ao'd or rather bespoken, thatitjhasto be a question, of first come first served, and the last are' sent empty away.

Cambridge Farmers* Club-house.— A special meeting of the members of the club wns held on Thurs Jay flight last, when the Beviral tenders received for tho paction of the new club-house were opened and considered. ,It has been decided to aoo-ept the lowest tender, that of Mr-James, at £615. The new building, to jadge by the plans,'will' be a very handsome one, arid wish extras, &c, will probably nob cost the club much less than bofcween £BOO aid £9OO. The increasing prosperity and assured position of the club, however, fiiily warrant snoh an outlay, whi'e the fact speaks well for the general and solid advancement of the district. .

Fibe near Hamilton.—The danger of using woodoii chtmueys was exemp'i fiel the other day, on the farm some little time since purchased by Mr Glover, from. Mr Mand.rj, tha hou?c in this case, fortunately, was not a valuable one, still it is'by no m-ans'desirable to have the roof ..burned head in auy.-case'.'. ,u / iider.<tarid, used by the' men. .employed Mr Glover, and at dinner titno one of ttein was frying meat, and using. tor> much dried titive in the operation, the blr.zs caused epailts to betwe.:n the woodwork, which afterwards, broke out in?o flames when the unn had left the house, and everything wa9 consumed. Cleopatra's drink of a pearl dissolvod in vinegar was scarcely more costly than that noonday meal of steak.

The Ac+ENT-G-ENERAisaip. The last oflioial tie whicli binds Sir Julius Vojjel to New Zealand has been, or will soon be severed. Tho Agent-Generalship was conferred upon him for a limited ' period, which "expires at'tlfe close of the present eea*ion, and Air 'Stafford's visit to England lias been taken advantage of to secure the services of a colonist possessing at the same time position ability and experience. The certainty of Mr Stafford's departure from the colony thus puts .out of the question the possibility cf his strengthening the Government as a coar'j'itor, or,weakening Lheir hold of office as the possible leader of an Opposition policy, eithjr of which contingencies have been discussed, so peculiar is the position.whioh he holds l.etwecn either political extreme. And what about SirjJ alius Voge! ? We are told that his health is fully restored, and it is whispered that he yet enter th-j arena of New Zealand polities. Servant gihlism—No book more true to Jife—that is servant girl life—was ever written, says the Wellington •Argil?,' than a book called 'The Greatest Plagues of Life.' The peculiarities dUineatcd show what employers of this kind of libor have a*, times to put up with. .But a great many more peculinraties might be pointed out with regard to Colonial servantgrrlism than are referrad to ia the « Greatest Plagues of We.' Ag times we have had oscasiou to mention freaks both strange aud ludicrous The predominant features, of Wellington 'plagues' are'independency, •slummickims*,' impudence, and .laziness."' It: may not be uuint. renting 10. give an.instance where thf first and third of those charactertxticß were combined. A day or two ago a lady a.: rertised for a general servant. The day uffer r,he adv rtisemont appeared a«d while the l«dy was walking down lh<> street, , a fiuile attired in the pmk of fashion, accosted her and eai-1 : " Mr —, I presume ?" " Yes," replied tu lady. Patting her hand oat to the ladv, the -stranger said : " Glad to s-ee you ; ydu are advertising for a servant, do y >u / think 111 suit.!' Qn bgjpg asked W

qualifications by the astonish d lady, the fancy dressed slavey gave rlic 1 desirod iiifor. m.ition, an I then said hau»htilj : "But I wish you to distinctly understand, Mrs ~—. that ' wherever' laml nm 'my own' mi.tress. 1 go out ovo-ry afternoon when I like, and come in ■wh-.-n I feel inclinod ; I neverdo .any work on Sundays after 10 o'clock in the moruinsf, a,ud I dine wi«:h the master and mistress. Wash: ing I could not : think of doing, and sp'rufr' bi.ugl or 1 d joking THo J noi~ Much;'"' cure about." After delivering %c,r«Jlf : bf fell is neat little speech,-and ;st;al>iag thut Buenever to»k less.,-than 25s ,per jmy j lady servant requested to. be informed du-ing the day if she woujd suit, as she was anxious to have the place.' The lady under the oireunistnncos, could not keep the applicant in suspense, aud told her she would do that a carriage would be sent for in the afternoon, and th.it her (the Kdy's) bei«b suite of apartments should bo placed- at hor'disposal. Then, wishing her friend " Good day," tha lady hailed a cab. Th 3; applicant is still waiting for the carriage 10 stop at her Jodgiugs. Wellington is r full of servant girls of tha elass allnied to. Indeed, it is often difficult, to dU iaguish by appearances between, mistress and maid. [4 difficulty experienced very largely in all colonial society.] Hamilton West HiGjiway Tows Board Annual Meetiso-. A large numberof ratepayers were present at the annual, meeting hold; last night in the oidiard.room of thei Hamilton Hotel. Mr / Keunedy . Hill occupied the chair.' "The accounts for 1 -the'■past ye"ar and balance .sheet .were read arid adopted, and the following officers were aopointed for the current year. Trustees, Messrs.-J K McDonald, flume, G Wynne, Vial -u, and Gaudin. Messrs K fldl and T 0 tlammoud auditors ; and Messrs Ridler and W Jones, fence viewers. A resolution wa* passed condemning the of the Bating Act which leaves the Btriking the rate to the Board. Votes of thanks to the outgoing Trustees and : tbo. Chairman terminated the proceedings. After tha meeting a public meeting of the inhabitants generally was lie I'd, Mr Hume in the chair, when the several subjects of the constitution of the Education Board, toe vesting, the Town Board Reserves, •the Waika:o Thames Railway, and the Wiikiito Bridge .were, discussed. A resolution -was passed affirmiag the desirability of making the Central Education Board elective ; also,"" That thh meeting is of opinion that, the puhlic reserves of the Tovvnship be- handed over to the trustees ; of the Township Highway -Board,-arid that the; Member for Waipa be instructed t<> bring the matter before - tha Assembly"; "That the trustees be requested to take steps for havirig Baitifltfth constituted a borough." And with respect to the railway, it *as resolved " That tiifs meeting instruct the Board to prepare a pebitition urging on tlia -Government the necessity for undertaking the conatrnetion of i t'ie Thames- Waikato Railway." Great dissatisfaction was expressed at thp ntkd-ctof tha Government in not continuing chiKaipara andPuoiu Railway southwards towards Te Awamulu.and at thei =at entini paid to the requests .of the pubfc for a trail o brldje at Hamilton.