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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 808, 21 August 1877, Page 2

J ate Publio Meeting, Hamilton. Resertes, Education, Eailwav, Bkidge.— The resolutions passed at the public meeting held immediately after the ratepayers annual meeting at Gwynne's Hotel, on the 30th ultimo were duly transmitted to the Repre* sentative for the district, at Wellington, Mr A Cox. A reply has been received from that gentleman stating that he .will represent the views expressed on the one relative to the election of members of Education Board, when the clause iu the Education Bill relating to that matter domes on for discussion iu the tlouao. The resolution respecting the vestiug of reserves in local bodieshaß, he pointed out, already been referred to in the Legislative Council j and the Government have promised to deal with them, as proposed by the btainiLon meeting, in the waste Lands Bill about to be submitted to the House of .Representatives. la respect to the construction of a railway from the Thames to Waikato, Mr Cox refers to the announcement already made by the Government, that it does not see its. way to construct such works, but points to the District Railways Bill already referred to in our leading article of today, the provisions of which were not then known in Wellington. Of the Bridge over the Waikato, however, he gives better cheer. That is to be provided for on the Estimates. It will remain with the House, however, to sanction the vote or not. This question of site remains in situ quo,- we may say out of sight. The p.s. Delta it will be seen, is laid up for a few days for repair. Mr W. G. Collins has been ap. pointed Hanger for the Cambridge North Township Highway District. Cheap Enough to Eat.— Mr G. E. Clark advertises a first-class pototo, put on board any of the river steamers, at seventy shillings per ton. Mb Jajjes Eidlbb, of the Railway Hotel, Mercer, has provided special accommodation for the travelling publio, having refreshments ready immediately on the arrival of each train at Mercer. Cambridge Farmers Cuts.— Meetings of the Cattle Show and Club Room Commirt*e3 com* off td-riay, an 1 the usual ni'inihly meeting of memb«rg of the Cambridge Farmers -Club will be held this evening. Hamilton East Cemetery C norbt. — We would remind tho-eiufcerestdd t »at ♦be entertainment, in »n1 of the fun s for the improvement and laving out of tb Hamilton East Cemetery, <*ii| c <>uv! off to-morrow night iu the H-nnlit-m flail. The programme appear* elsewhere, '

Messrs J Gilmonb & Co of Nganuwahia, give nofcioe that they have now on hand the, beat stock of boots ever yet introduced into tho Waikato. " Masonic FkOTital.— The ceremony of opening the new Masonic Hall a Hamilton will take place^on Thursday next, P.&.M. Bro Pierce from Auckland being expected up to preside on the occasion.. The Lodge will meet at noon, 'and thb Masonic portion of ; the ceremony concluded, will march in regalia to St Peter's Church, where Brother the Rev W Calder will hold a special service at 3. p.m. The day's proceedings will terminate with a ball in the evening at Walker's Commercial Hot*!. Oua Piakq Subscribers have, for some time, been complaining of the impossibility of petting the Times regularly in that district, but now thatMr Harp, who has purchased the good will and oarryiug plant of Mr 0. Woolley, inteuda runuing regularly* turee times a week, on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, from Hamilton to the Piako, they will be able to receive each copy of .this paper the day it is issued. Parties at Piako wishiug to eubacribe to the Waikato Timkb may now send in their orders for the paper, with the full Certainty of receiviug each ' copy on the day of issue, Ii? the following description of apparatus could be in som^tnanner fixed to the saddle, riding would be made both safe and easy. The French papers describe an invention for driving hjrses by electricity. The coachman is to have under his seat on electro-magnetic apparatus, wbich he works by a little handle. One wire is carried through the rein to tbe bit and carried to the crupper, so that a current once set up goes the entire length of the animal along the spine. A Budden shook will, we are assured, stop the mo3t violent runaway or the most oostihaie jibber. The creature, however strong and vicious, is ' transformed into a sort of inoffensive horse of wood, with toe feet firmly nailed to tbe grouud.' Curiously enough, the opposite effect may be produced by a succession of small shocks. Under the influence of these the veriest screw can be endowed with a v gor and fire iudescribable. The Ngabuawahia Railway Petition praying the Government itself ei her to construct the line :bet ween the Waikato and the Thames or to assist those wdling to do so, which is as follows, is being numerously signed:— "To the Hm - rable the Honse of Representative* of tie colony of .New Zeatand in Parliament Assembled. The petition of the undersigned settlers hi the town of Ngaruawahia and the Newoastle Highway District, in the County of Waipa, humbly sheweth : That the distance between the Upper Waikalo and the lhames is little more than 50 miles, but from the absence o direct communication between the tw:> diatrlots the produce of Waikato ia virtually excluded from the large consuming roarkei of the Thames, whilst at the same time tbetimbai* at she Thames cannot be conveyed to Waikato. That a railway between the two distriots would not only remedy this, but would materially benefit the intervening country, ae Ohinemuri, Piako, &c, That there are no engineering difficulties to be overcome. That if the Government are not prepared to undertake the work, it can be done by private enterprise under certain con i--tioia. Your petitioners therefore piay that your Honourable House will authorise the construction of a line of railway to connect the Upper Waikato with the Thames district, either as a public worl or by Bupporc afforded to private enterprize. And your petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray. Sir George Grey on Local Option, — The following remarks were made by Sir George Grey in the debate on the second reading of the Local Option Bill ; Every one would desire to see the Local Option principle established, and the cause for which Mr Fox is striving nobly. But I differ from Mr Fox in some respects. I have carefully considered the subject of compensation, and every argu> gument ÜBed against it. To. my nnud one great argument why it should be granted is that the Government has for many years used publicans as public officers for collection of the revenue They have required them to pay large license fees, build houses of a certain size, provide certain accommodation for the public ; and recognised houses occupied by them, in which spirits were sold and other commodities which pay heavy duty, so that tbe publieans really collect that duty for the State. Houses are kept as a convenience for considerable tracks of country. They have forced these men to provide stabling and horse accommodation for travellers. They having committed no offence, no crime, I don't think you can justly take from them that in which their capital has been invested. The more I think on this, the more satisfied I am in my m:nd that fair couponBation should be given them. Even if it is a doubtful question, we ought, as far as possible, gi/e them the benefit of the doubt. Perhaps there are publicans w'lO deserve no consideration whatever, but no man can have travelled throughout the world, and visited hotels— perhaps stopped a long period of time in them — without knowing honest, nay estimable families who keep establishments ot the kind. Many of them entertain and support persons who fall sick, and get no payment — people wno have been nursed like myself, with the greatest kindness ; and, sir, I could not find it in myheart to think of cutting off the livelihood from them without compensation for their loss. My honorable friend, who wishes to perform a great act, merely for the benefit of his fellow meu, must see that to perform that act at the expense of injury and injustice towards any class would be wrong. Whilst I support the second reading of this BJI, and in committee will endeavour to strike out imperfections in it, I cannot bring my mind to refuse compensation to . persons entitled to it. With these reservations I wi[l support the second reading. The Losg op the Schooner Echo. — The sohooaer Echo bound from Ra o lan to Onehunga was totally wrecked on Saturday morning on the bar at Raglan, as will be seen in the telegram published elsewhere. The company on board consisted of five all told, Captain Co well, Mr Fisher,. Simmonds Jackson, and two natives. On leaving the harbour the wind was exceedingly light, and on getting to the bar it was fpund inv ossible to make headway owing to the heavy swell from seaward. While in the main channel the schooner broached to and surged across the bank into tbe ' boat '' channel. Here every attempt was made to save the vessel, which was but about two hundr.d yards fro ji the shore, tut from the heavy swell and surf it became •> ptrent thit the vessel eould not. hoki together loo*. The captain sav.-d himadi by swimming, the two natives hdl on to •» hatch, uud by that m»nnn tvao saved the.nhelvea, but two man, Jnoksou uni Fisher .were unable to get hot* oi anything and were drowned, their bniies had not been found up to SiMdaj evening, but tho vessel had already broken up.