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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 811, 28 August 1877, Page 2

Prisce Arthur, it will haseeo, will remain for the' season m Waikato. Extension of Tihb r-^The time for receiving tenders for the erection of additions to a -hotel -at 'Cambridge, has been extended by the aichiteeofc, Mr I R Vialou We understand that Mr. Coates is the successful 1 tenderer for draining lately ■Advertised by the Waikato Swamp Company. Waikato Bee? toe Waikato.— Mr Kennedy Hill, will again off *r for sale a choice lot of fat beeves from the her 1 of tbe Mcsrs G-oodfellow. The sale will take place at the pound yard, Hamilton West, on Saturdny next. : ■-■.'■■ At the Police Court yesterday, Dr Waddington, 3.V., sat upon two inebri-7 ates. The one appeared md contributed 5s and casts to .the Groyarnment Treasury, and the other, daclining the honour of presentation 'to his Worship, ' forfeited his baih .; ' Stokes's Bridge. — The attention of the Hamilton Highway Board is called to the fact that the above bridge is sadly m need of repairs,' which, if done .at once, may not only prevent acoidefit, -but? will cost but a comparatively trilling sum, Dut if left muoh longer will c >use considerable expense and be the means of needlessly wasting the ratepayers' money. Dn Pollen and the removal ox Constabulary from Kihikihi.— Trie telegraph department has many sins to answer for caused by its transmutation- of word's, and one. of them is the obloquy which has baeo cabt undeservedly on Dr Pollen, who m the telegram was mentioned as-replying to Mr Cox's question concerning the removal of Waikato Constablary from , Kihikihi. The Minester who replied to Mr Oox. on that occasion was the Hon Mr Bowen, Oistriot Railway Biil. — Among other Parliamentary papers W« have reoeived a copy of the District' Railway Bill, and find that there was some misconception m the reading of the Bih m the precis telegraphed from Wellington The guarantee of seven per cent given by the Government is to be partly made up by the ratepayers of the district interested. That is, the ratepayers will provide five per cent of . the guarantee and the Government the remaining two per cent from the consolidated fund. The programme for the Auckland Summer Meeting, we learn from the *• Herald," has been' arranged. It is substantially a copy of that or last summer, but some alterations a-e made. The prize-money will be £150 greater than tbat of lasb year. £50 has bee. pat on tbe steeple-ch'se, aud a mares' produce Stakes of £150 bas bten substituted for a seling race of £50. The following is a list of stewards who are to carry out the Diogramme :— Messrs J Diiworth (president), ABucklaud (VP.), W I Taylor, X J Tay oi-, D Head, Captain Walmniey, W McL»»g'divT' Mornu. S Motrin, J -Bftuks, and James Russell 1

A Correspond bnt writiogto us from Te Awamutu says : 'The natives, when sober, are quite as quiet and inoffensive as tbey are among the friendly trjbeatrih lhe North, but while'they are encou|a£ed, as £t. present, -co get drunk m our frontier setsj§m4nts,'- there -will, of 'course,.' be ''great need foi&he of thpi-Con-stabulary, fdr^V would be insane to; leave ourlf settlements at their mercy when maddened Uy drink." 777- '"■.-. J: JEbb .NjbwJ iM.ksosio Ham.'.— ln our notice oftna Halllitaelf, %e\ were ■'misinformed with regard to the building of it. Mr Taylor of Hamilton, was the contractor only for the wood- work, the bricklaying and masonry being contracted f6f^and"j»Rrformed By Mr ' SteaamiiU, of .Hamilton East. The paintiug was done by Mr Lovegrove^ and reflects most .creditably^on his workmanship, especia ly the eniblamatio de^igos and teasai-ited pavement painted' on the reverse Bide of linoleum which- covered a large portion of the floor m the centre of the Had.

A. Committer Meeting of tho Wai. kato Turf Ciub, was held on Saturday night last, for the appointment of officers for the ourrent year. Mr W Steele occu-' pied the chair, Messrs Dyon, Parker, Georgti^Oarpenter, Walmesly, Storey, aiid Uuucinuu weie appointed stewards, and the Secretary wall instructed to ask Mr Parker to act as etarcer: Me-srs E B Cox, and F Pilling were appointed Clerks of tne Course, and the work of seeing the course itself put in* proper order for the' forthcoming-race meetings, was entrusted to a committee" of management, con aiating of Messrs W7MarCyn, 8 Steele,' and Kennedy Hill. .„'■'<'• LarrikinibM. - - Yesterday two boys namel At thur ? 'Mays and Taylor, of West Hamilton, 1 were arrested by the police on the charge of haring on Monday last wantonly broken dra*n tiles lying on the roadside, the property t f the Htmuton Highway Board. One buy, it is said, broke eleven and another three, and they then made a young r brother of Mays break one, m order, as he was present, to implicate him m the offence. The value pf the tilts is about £3. The boy«»_ will; -be brought up utthe Police Court this morning.- Larri inistn is too rite amongst tlie Hamilton youth. It war col) on Sunday even-ng last that a haystack belonging . to Mr Cox was wilfully injured; • WHMAWHATA SOCIAI IMPROVEMENT Society.-— A. J meeting of the Social Improvoinent Society was held at .the sohool :house,; Whata whata, at 7 p.m. on Saturday eveniag last. There w*s a full muster of members, when a President aad Secretary were elected, and arrange* ments made' for a setien of lectures and essays. The President will lecture upon I Social improvement on the first Saturday, I after which, other members will foil ay m their turn. The society has been started m the interests of Temperance, and so far, support has been unanimous The I eatrance f ae is fixed at 2s Qd} and many have b en placed on tbe roll as honorary members, who intend to take no active paifc. Visitors are' cordially invited to the meatin^e.

A Meeting- of the Hamilton contingent of. the Te Awamutu Cavalry Volunteers, wai held at Hamilton, on Saturday last. Sever new members were ballotted for and accepted. Mr F A. -Whitaker was nominated as Lieutenant m place' of Lieu tt nan t Cowan, resigned, and elected without any. opposition. A resolution was passed to the effect that •as the laud scrip grants to Volunteers had been withdrawn, which was equal m value to £6 per man yearly the Government should be memoralisad to raise the rate of pay of the members of the corps when on , parade to -20s per day. Tnis resolution was jmt tojthe meeting and > cVrriea7unaui:hoasly, with a request that Lantenant Whitaker should forward the same to the proper quarter on - their behalf.

The Auokland Agricultural aud Pas-' toral Association have, awarded the premium fpr tlie ,b .*st design of their buildings proposed to be erected at Ellersli*, to Mr T H White, architect, of Hamilton. Mr White's drawings are rem rfciblo for their simplicity of design and economical construction, apparently well suite-/ for the purposes required, and; would look exceedingly bold and effective m perspective. Mr White also s^ntin an alternative design treated m an Laltan st/feof architecture, with a httddsome facade 300fb iv length, the centre part of the erectiou forming bhe vestibule and offices, being sur-. mounted by a dome with lantern ab top, and at ear-li extrenity of- the facide are wings with pediments. We noticed that the arrangements for cattle, sheep, and horse pens were very good. The! refreshment roonf. beirig^val, the counter of the same shape, for meet' a. promenade. ' One hundred and sixty persons could take luncheon ab the counter without crowding, the refreshment staud being m the centre. y

Railway BiiiA—The ques ion of replacing the rails at '-'present m use ou the New Zealand railways "was mooted som* few weeks' ago m the . Assambly. Mr Kolleston asked the Minister of Pnblio Works, whether' it is- intended to make provision for the renewal of the rails now m use on the main lines of railway, and whether there is any report on the subject from tlie Engiheer-iu Chief? His object m putting this question was to ascertain whether the Governmeat were aware of the fact that the rails which had been put down on the mam lines of railway where of an exceedingly light character, and inadequate for the heavy amount of traffic ; whether they had received any report on the subject from their engineering staff ; ahd whether it was their intentions to see that the traffic on the railway did- not really come to a sbbp from the inefficiency of the rails upon it. 'Mr Ormond replied that the Government had nob received a report, but the Engeneer»in-Chief had oalle i attention to the subject, and recommended that a renewal fund should be provided. The Government consider td it was not necessary to have a renewal fund-r-that -the renewal of the rails would not require to be doae at any particular time, and should be provided for as the occasion arose out of the railway, receipts. We now learn that the rails laid on the Auokland and Newcastle line are too light to stand the wear and tear of the traffic, and that ordera have been issued to take them up and replace them with rails of ,50 lbs.