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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 809, 23 August 1877, Page 2

Thb Rev W CALDEr, will hold divine service on Monday at Piako. .vThb'jßalli,— We have bean requested to state thab persons going to this evenings ball will be required to bring their tickets of admission with them. A meeting of the Hamilton contingent of the Te Awamutu Cavalry Volunteers will be held, in Hamilton, on Saturday, to elect and fill up the vacancy caused by the resignation of Lieut Cowan. Mutual Liie Ag3ociAT_o_T op Australasia. — Amongst the passengers ye.terday to Hamilton, was Dr Goldsbro, who will remain here today and tomorrow, for the purpose of examining those who wish to insure in the above Institution. Clearing Out Tkee Sale. —We would draw attention to.. x\lr John Knox's announcement of his clearing out Bale for this season of Mr Mason's trees und shrubs. Swamp Company's Wobks.— In reference to the advertisement calling for tenders for the performance of certain drainage works on the company's estate, it will be. seen thit the words have been added " Tenders for the above have been received ab per yard for tne whole or in part." The Waihau Steam Forwarding Company have, it will be seen, made arrangements for connecting the Upper Thames and Piako country by steam with Grahamstown. A steamer will now run regularly between Ohinemuri and Te Aroha, each way, weekly. Constable Foreman, from the Waikato arrived on Monday in' Auckland in charge of Ellen Lydia \yard, who, in default of bail, was committed to a six monthsresidence in Mount Eden for threatening the life of her husband, as reported in our last issue. Cambridge Club Room Commiitee. — At a, meeting of _h<» Cuo Room Committee, heid at Cambridge, on Tuesday, it wan resolved tbat Mr E B Walker point out to toe contractor the site tor the building, and inspect the foundation, when laid. The Secretary was also authorised to order the necessary gravel and sand to be carted for tbe concrete foundation. He then stated hhad written to the Town Hoard about, having the road made t . V . e 8 te, but h a received an answer 't<> I h. tjfeet, that no f .inds w^re available f.,r tin purpose. It was then re.o;vcd that som. ouc bd employed to make the road at oacc,

WE regret to notice in tbe obituary columns of the Grahamstown papers, ihe announcement of the death of Mr Charles Cox, Chemist, of Grahamstown, and brother of Mr N R Cox of Hamilton. IMe deceased gentleman, who wai much rejected at the Trainee, was a member •?llri e Lodges of • the QtW, aT.<Lw*s buried with full Masonic fea.? AcpiDßNr^of a somewhat severe oba/actei; <#ourrefr '*to Constable Smith, HJn Tuesday, (J t Catobridge" Some men of the A C Force 'we*e engaged in fitting the iron piping *-fef a pump in a well. Smith was. behSW; arid one of the V}? oe * pf piping (laying been given a couple of turn^' the thread broke, %nd the piece of -ttwtall^lvupon him, cutting his forehead badly, and seriously injuring his shoulder. Dr Waddington was at Te Awamutu, and was at once telegraphed for, and .arriving yesterday, dressed the wound. The injured man is doiog well. The Cattle Show Committee held a meeting on Tuesday, at the, National Uote), Cambridge,. After some cones pondauce from gentlemen who had been asked to ba judges had been iMad, it was; resolved to write or telegraph to some others requesting them to act as judges. Th-. Secretary wa. authorised to seud for 200. puriri posts for the pens, and each member of the oommittee was asked to bring a plan of proposed pens, to be considered at a meeting to be held on Tuesday next 28th inßt. Subscription lists were opened, and one given to each member of the oommittee. This was all the business. Hamilton. ; JSast Town Hall The notice of the intended a -ie of this building is being vigorously opposed by the ratepiyers. A petition to the Board is being numerously and inflneutiaily signed, protesting against the eale of the budding, on the grounds that it is a publio property, vested by the Government in the ratepayers, and that it is the only building that can be had free for publio meetings, whenever wanted, which, as the town progresses, will be of more frequent recurrence. The memorialists go on to say that if the money to be raised by the Bale ia needed for any public work, they would sooner sanction a special rate for such purpo3e than be deprived of the building. The Hamilton East Elopement.— Mr Mullions has been telegraphed for to Auckland, the young mm O'Connell and his daughter having been traced and the former arrested on the charge of stealing the boat. The young people had been stopping with iriends in Tuakau, and had gotie to Auckland, to endeavour to get married. A man named Cameron, however, thwarted them in this intention, and telegraphed ap to Mr Mullions, who left for Auckland On Tuesday, it is generally hoped, with the intention of giviug the necessary 'peVrmsgion to the young couple to get married. The charge of stealing the boat cannot, of coilrse, be sustained, and it is likely enough that, with the po sibility. of an action from O'Connell for false imprison ment, matters may be amicably arranged It will he seen by later telegraphic news that the prosecution fell through. Waikato Defence. --The resolutions of Saturday's meeting, telegraphed to Wellington, have not been with >ut their effect. Monday Evenings * Argus,' pub. lished in that city, referring to the meeting at Te Awamutu on Saturday, regarding the removal of the A.C. from Kihikiki, thinks there may he some occasion for anxiety because of the withdrawal from suoh a « central point of vantage on the frontier, offering excellent means for both defence aud communication.' It speaks of the removal of Maoris from several places to the King country, *by order of the King,' and it alludes to the exodus of the Waiuku Maoris, who, Mr Hamlin said, were ordered by. the King, to hpad-quarters. Mr Hamlin alsu s *y_, as I myself know, that the emissaries from Tawhiao to Waiuku made no secret of tbeir opinion thab trouble was brewing. It concludes its remarks thus :— * Tbe settlers are evidently iu earnest, and we believe this is no merely local cry for tbe establishment of men and the increase of expenditure, but the desire to secure the safety of an exposed and strategically valuable part of the coun'ry from possible eventualities. Such men as Major Jackson, formerly member for the Waikat , hold strong opinions on this subject, and the Government are making a great mistake in denuding the Defence Force in a most important part of the district, whioh now presents the not reassuring aspect of the gathering together of the tribes of the King. We _ugvje*t the matter be made the subject of a question put to Ministers, without notice, to-morrow.' A Concert in aid of the Funds of th© i East Hamilton Cemetery Committee was held last night, in Le Quesne's Hall, Hamilton East; The Hall was well filled, there being standing room and no more: The programme was an interesting one but where every one did so well it ivere almost iuvidious to particularize. We cannot,' however, pass over without praise, the songs in the first part 'Come iuto the garden Maud,' by Miss MacPhersoo, and Miss Hunt's ' Clariue,' both of which Were exceedingly well executed, and received the applause of the audience which they so well merited. The second part opened with a pianoforte fantasia the • Alpiue Horn,' bj Miss Craw cr i. This young lady plays with great btilliancy of execution, and with a due regard to time, and it is a pleasure to listen to her A very pleasing duet, sang by th. Misses Cox tho 'Fairy Serenade,' followed, and soon after the gem of the evening, ' Jessie's Dream,' was given by Mrs Dawson. The whole concluded with * God Save the Queen,' and the audience dispersed- after one of the most enjoyable musical treats that have of late been afforded to them. In a pecuniary point of view, the concert was equally successful, and great credit is due to the management for the manner in whioh the details, of arrangement were planned and carried out. A Youthful Jack Shephbbd made his appearance yesterday before the Resident Magistrate, Hamilton, charged with no less tban four burglaries committed during the past five or six days. The police in Hamilton, it seems, had received intimation tbat a lad named Edward Keighley, whose parents live on the Mangapiko Flat between Alexandra and Te Awamutu, and who was in the habit of running away a**d sleeping in the fern on account of ill-treatment received at home, had robbed Mr George Harper's house on Friday last in the middle of the day. It appears Mr George Harper left his house securely fastened, but on hia return found one of the windows open, a purse which had contained 16s emp y on the floor, and a pair of i trousers, drawers, hat and a knife mis?ing. A search in. the ti-trte near rorealed the iost drawera and a pair of old trousers, identified as belonging to the boy, who had donned those o! Mr Harper He was then traced to Roche's store, Te Awamutu, where on SatuiMay last at 10 a m he had bought, some bread and three tins of sardines, but his whereabouts w^s then lost, and he was supposed to be s-mowhere in the open country between A lexandra and Te Awamutu. i_ut it was ' not so. He hud made tracks for Hamilton. On receiviug jinform-uiou on Tuesday

of the breaking into of the f)r.,t of the three houses at Hamilton, Sergeant McGovern himsely instituted enquiries on the spot, and learned that a Strange lad had been seen near the house answering the descriptionof tCeighley. He, with his full force of men, laid theroselrea out to arrest the prisoner, taking different directions, and that same evening Keighley was pounced upon by Constable Murray coiled up in the sorub on the river bank; Groat credit is due tQ. the intelligence and activity of the Hamilton polios force forthe ; r quiok discernment in suspecting' the right party, and their promptitude in oa.ob.ing a youth of so daring a oharaoter a. t > rob three houses in a single-day. Keighley, though only twelve years oi age, is a stout built lad, looking more like fourteen or fifteen. As wi'l ba seen by our report, he pleaded guilty., and was sentenced to throe years at the Naval Training School, Auckland.