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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 805, 14 August 1877, Page 2

Ow-ikg to pressure oa our space, tho letters of "Mr It. Neil," "HiaPakeha Frieud," "Farmer/' our Whatawhata correspondent and other matter* of local interest are unavoidably held over. Clover and Grass-seeds. —Mr R. H. Wood ard ha» for aalo a small consign, menfc of Garter aad 0 >.'a olovec and grass aoeda. Pbofe33ok Hunmcke and Madame Stella appear at Le Quesne's Hull, Hamilton East to-morrow and Thursday nig lit. Tendee3 for the erection of additions to the store of Mr EL Harris, of Hamilton East, will be received up to nooo of Saturday next. PLOUGHING AND HARROWING, MATAmat a. — Elsewhere will be seen the con.ditions for ploughing and harrowing tbe 2000 acres at Matauuta, tenders in respect to which are called for by Mr J. 0. Firth. Tub Swamp Company are entering upou drainage worm oa au extensive scale. Tenders are called for the con* etruction of about 7 tevoa milea of drains between Blaokmore's dullj und the Eureka Station, and must be sent in to Mr Keyuolds before noon of Saturday, tbe 25th ii^et. Thb aibxandra Harmonium, after having set chu teeth of two up-uouiury ae..tluiueuts oa the edge with us inhar monius oborda, is about to give furtU a series of notes far choicer than any musical ouub. Mr V. .Roberts will play tue well known air, ' I kuotv a bank," and, what is more, give a cheque upon it to such of hia andiauco as were subscribers to the harmonium.

Cattle Fair at Papakttra.— Messrs Hunter and Nol*ri will hold a cattle fair »t Papakura, oa the 3rd of October, when it is expected fall 800 head will be catalogued. Intending sellers are requested to forward particulars of stock at an"early date. The -oof respondent of the *B\y of Plenty Time* • gives the following as the last requeat of a certain Maori ohie lately deceased :- " Your Ohinematu correspondent when relating an acoount of jLemae.u Te Ainohau's last moments' omitted to state one of His dying requests* which was that his head should be preserved, and placed in Tama Te Kapua, the caryed house.at.Ohinemutu, that his boly shou'.d be divided into tliree parts ; one leg to be given to Ngatipikiao, the oth>r to Tuhourangi, and the trunk to Ngatirangiwewehi, he kai ma ratou,to be eaten by them ; that as he had been their do (object of dislike) when alive, they might partake of his remains when dead ; or if thiß.wa3 not done, to bury his body by the side of the Ifgdwa tiihunga Jcai (boiling spring used for cooking), with a poat over it, that they might hangon it their baskets containing the food to be coked m'the ngawa." _Thamks and Waikato ; Railway.— We fiud, from the second number of • Hansard, 1 that on the 27th ult., in the House of Representatives, in reply to a question from Sir George Grey, whether Government intended to oau-e a railroad to be constructed from Grahamstown to the Waikato river, the Hon. Mr Ormond said:— "The survey of this line of railway was in oourße of being carried out. It was expected to have been completed in time for the informatidn to have been available- to the House dnring the present session, but the surveyors had recently been so much retarded by wet weather in the country through which the survey extended, that it would not be completed before two or three months. In reply to the question as to whether the Government meant to carry out this line, he might say -that thair intention was to press on the completion of the present main trunk, line from Auckland to Wai* Itaco, and they would not, therefore, be in a position this year to propose a vote for the line from the Thames to the Waikato. As he said a few daya ago, the Government intended to bring down a District and Branch Railways Bill, under which a line such- as this might very properly be constructed. A MATBitfoNiAii Agent writes us from Auckland asking us to advertise the shabby conduct of a Waikato resident for whom; he had negotiated a wife. HaviDg secured the prize, our newly made local benedict refused to pay the stipulated fee of £10 to the agout who bad procured him so much domestic happiness. We muat,' however, refuse, insertion to the advertisement out of consideration to the feelings of the lady. It would appear from pur c letter that the oandjdate for matrimony, to quote his word's, "came to my office aad told me that, knowing I" had found wives for several settlers, he had determined to place himself in my hands, making the stipulation, that the young woman, whoever she might be, was to go first as his housekeeper, aod then, if after a time they found that their ideas, tastes, and inclinations coincided, he would marry hcr.^ In that rase he would give me £10, but in the event of it resolving itself merely in the girl remaining as housekeeper, then he would give ine a lesser sum to cover, any trouble or expense he mi o ht be at. Well, after a very great amount of trouble, I succeeded in obtaining the consent of a truly respeotable girl to correspond with him on her behalf, the upahot* was that came down, interviewed the girl, who iutroducedhim to her parents (respectable tradespeople m Auckland), and took her away and married her. Finding such to be the case, I wrote to reminding him of his promise, at the same time telling him that it was solely on account of having known him so long, and believing him to be a man of honour, that I had not Insisted on payment beforehand, as I hive done in numerous other cases. To this letter he gave no answer. I then put. the matter, inta ; a solicitor's hands, who wrote him a lotter, to which replied. tbas the law forbids any man to 'sue for payment for getting any person a wile, which, when Mr had well looked into it, he found to be correct. I havo therefore had all th e trouble o getting a wife without one farthing of recompense, but have had to pay Mr — — bis legal expenses as well !" It is far more m uter of regret, we think, that the law cannot reach the agent.