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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 813, 1 September 1877, Page 2

Me S. Bei&hx will h>ld an auction sale today, at, Cambridge, of household furniture, &q., also a clearing out sale of fruit trees, forest trees, aud shrubs. Cavalry Volunteers. — Meetings of both the Te A.wamutu and the Cambridge Corps will be held this evening, the one at the National Hotel, Cambridge, and tne other m the Public Hall, To Awamutu. Tenders for clearing two thousand acres of land at Matamata are called for. Tenders must be sent m to Mr ML C Williams at the station. The Petition of the ratepayers of the Newcastle ttiding against the Rating Act, 1376, is, wa are informed, beins numerously signed, both at Newcastle and Whata whata. Thb Hamilton Saturday Sales take place as usual to-day. Mr Kennedy Hill is advertised to sell a number of f»t cattle at the Pound Yard, and Mr John Knox will bold a general sale at his old auction mart, Joseph's late store. That Harmonium. -r-Mr McLaurin has that harmouium safe m his possession, but it is stitl possible .for any one of the subscribers to draw forth a note from it. To do so, however, he must make application to either the Secretary or Treasurer of the Harmonium Committee not later than Tuesday next. Shoeing Contract.— Tenders are called for by the officer commanding the district for shoeing the horse 3of the Armei Constabulary, at Cambridge and Alexandra, for the ten months terminating on the 30th June, 1878. Tenders vril be received up to noou of the 6oh instant, and conditions and printed' forms of tender can be obtained at the Arnjid Constabulary offices at Cambridge and Alexandra. Catholic Chuech, Cambridge. — The plans ani specifications of the new Catholic Church to be erected &b Cambridge, whiuh have been lying for inspeotion during the past few days at the house of the Rev Father (Jolden, at Hamilton, will to.day, and until the Bth met, the last day on which tenders will be received, be open for inspection at the office of the Architect, Mr U Riohards m, of Cambridge. The Catholic body m Waikato are to be congratulated on their united and succassful efforts m providing church accommodation for the members of thrir church, a fact no doubt due m a great measure to the zeal and activity of their much respected pastor, Father Golden. It is not so lon^ ago that we noticed the building and opening of a neat and commodious Catholic Church at Ohaupo, and, more recently still, of tb.3 handsome building erected at Hamilton, and now a third is to be added for the use of the faithful m the Uambridge district.

Raglan Annital Cattle Salb.— The succtsa of last years cattle sales by Messrs Hill and Wallis was such as to encourage the projuotors to make them a permanent institution. Large pens and secure yards have been erected, and it is expected that a very large number of live stock will be forthcoming, and as everything is brought forward from long distances, with the intention of absolute sale, a targe attendance of settlers may be expected. We understand tbat tne next sale will probably take place at the end of the montb, particulars of whiuh vrill bo given m an early issue. A road With easy gradients, that could .vitb small outlay be made into a good dray roa 1, has^iow been laid out from V T hatawhatt» to Raglan, and as the sumoier weather dravvs on, we hope to se > an easy and regular commuaic tion established between Raglan and the Wa k.afco, from which latter' place the buj m at the Eaglaa fale? chiefly come.. \

A.RRBBT OF O'Cosnblii — Last nijsht Yelvertoo O'Gonnall was arrestoil at his own house, Hamilton Bast;, by the police, on a warrant charging him with bavin*? made a false deol tratioa to the Registrar at Auckland, m order to enable him to obtain a marriage tioonae, authorising his . marriage with Martha Mulluns. He was lodged-liis* night m the Jpok-np, and will be broutcht before the Court this morning, at IX o'oiook. • Thb last of the AC Foroe loft Hvnilton yesteirtUy in -the peraon of Sergt Scott, order'y olerk, and a small party of men who came down from Cambridge on Tuesday to assist m the removal of the offi :o furniture and other effacta belongto the Force still remaining at the Orderly Boom. The services of a barge oonld not be obtained 'till yesterday, or the remov il wo.uld have, taken place earlier. Sergeant Scitt himself proceeded yester. flay by coach- to bead-quarters at Cambridge, where we wish hi.n and the members of the force a« pleasant a tmo of it hs they hare had for some yea-s past m Hamilton, and cert «nly deaeri-cd to have, fora more orderly respec'able and wellbehaved body, officers and men, than the Armed Constabulary when m Hamilton were never quartered m the diatriot Death fhom Fbight.— The ' Queensland Times ' of a recant date says :— ' We regret to record the death of Miss M'Ltrm, a fine young woman, of nineteen years of age, and daughter of Mr D M'Laren, of th« Western Suburbs, Ipswich. If thtf information we have received Wcorreot (say 8 the 'Queensland Times') the i cause of the young womanja death ,Vas, {she result of that larrikinism whioli, hotwithstandiMg all that has been said on the subject, seem* to be on the increase m this town. It appears th*t when proceeding into town a few evenings' ago, and when passing along a lonely portion of the road, some youths with a mask on suddenly rushed out on the road before the poor girl. . The fright occasioned sttoh a shock to her nevrous system that she fainted, fell into a l>w fever a day or two afterwards, and gradually sank and died. Lunacy.— At the Hamilton Police Court, yesterday, George Tippen, of Hamilton Bast, was proved upon the evidence of Prs Carey and Waddington, to be a person of unsound mind, and was committed by the'' presiding magistrate, W N Searancke, Esq., B.M. to the Lunatio Asylum at the Whau. The unfortunate man has been affl cted for some time past, but until la<«'y has been considered harmless, and has been kept under control by his relatives; Of late, however, the malady has assumed a more violent form, one of the unfortunate mans notion* -bang that the Rev. Mr Davis had reo3ived a message from haaven ordering him to kill his mother and that as he would not do so. Mr Davis was intent on killing him. It became therefore necessity to place him under restraint, which' has be-n done on the infor. mation of his relative, Mr Charles Tippen.

Our Attention bas been drawn to |i pressing; want m Hamilton, neither more nor less than an evening school, at which boys and youths who are engaged at tradee or other work during the dny could fiud an opportunity of getting some little educition, or of repairing lost time and wasted opportunities. There ure many such apprentices and others who for a couple of hours three uights a week would gladly pay a weekly fee of a couple of ahil'ings, and anyone would think th<it there would be m that community some competent man who would be glad of adding to Uis income by such means. It would not be difficult to get together a class of ten or a dozen such joutks, which should be sufficient encouragement for the teacher. Many lads m the district had not many opportunities of obtaining much schooling during the earlier days of Waikat? settlement, and we believe it would be found that the numbar of these who would take ad rant ago of the opening of an evening school, three times a week, m. Hamilton would be greater even than we havd ata'ed. We dare cay Hn mil ton is not the only township m WaiKato wbere such a want ia felt, and what is npplicOle m its cue is so also m that of the other townships.

Adifocbrb, says the 9an Fr»Doiso> ' News Letter,' i% rapidly becoming a most useful substance, and there is no knowing where Advantages from it may end. A New Zealand far mar recently lost several fat sheep by drowning. The bodies lay for over a year at the bottom of a running stream, and on being taken up were found to be converted into a white, solid and noa-putr^scible substance very like war, and about the same weight as the day they fell into the water. This substance, he thought, must be alipocere, and ho was delighted to fiud that it ignited readily and gave as go >d a light as a candle. Since that time death has been busy on his ranch, and be lost two horses, his mother-in-law and several calves, But there waa no crave diggi-ig or monumental iucriptions. They all went into the creek and served to illuminate his lonely cabin during the following winter. The lesaou is a beautiful one and moat applicable to our virgin state. When the relent ess sickle of the deatroyingangel visits our country homes m the future and carries off some of the live shock, human or otherwise, put them, m the creek — if they're fat. You can go and look at the old man or old woman every day for a twelvemonth, and finally convert them into the finest kind of oaudlcs. Only don't adipouerify them if they're lean. It is a monotonous process, and they never bura well, bat are constantly spluttering and going out,

At thjc J?«bssytery Meeting, m Auckland, oa Tours lay kat, the call from St. James's Church, Thames, to the Rev S. J. Neill of the Waikato was taken under. consideration. Messrs Pattqrson and MoNab were present as a oommiasien from thfl Thames congregation to support the call. The Moderator having signified his readiness to hear what the commissioners had to say, they addressed the Presbytery m turn- They aaid the congregation had found it necessary io offer Mr Neill a stipend somewhat smaller m amount than that whioh bad been paid to Mr Hill, but they hoped soon to be m a position to raise it to the original standard. The Her S. J. Neill expressed his obligations to the Thames congregation for having selected him as their pastor, and expressed his willingness to acoept the call. The Bey j. Macky thought that though the severance of the ministerial tie was generally painful, both to the minister himself and to his congregation, they were trials vhioh m the nature of things were to be expected, and should, therefore, be borne with resignation, and. perhaps it was better that they should occasionally take plaoj. He would therefore move, ' That the connection between the Waikato charge aud the Rer S. J. N^ill be de. clirod as dissolved, and that the Rev T. Norrie be appoiated to proceed to Waikato on Sunday week to declare the oharge vacant. 1 The motion was seconded and agreed to. The Rev R Som-nerville proposed that the Revs Macnicol, Mouro, aud Macky be apprinteri a commission to proceed to the Thames on Wednesday, csept. 12, to uonduot the induction service of the Rev S J Neill ; Rev G B Mooro to preikcn, Hiv J Macky to indiiot and address the minister, and the Rev R F Macnicol to address the congregation.' Thq motion was UMnjmously agreed $Q,

Thr Hoene m Prinaes-street, Aacklani, consequent up>n the Bnding of Mrs Smith, s purse of gold, notes, and silver, is thus desoribefl by a correspondent who witnessed it .-"I stood out«df; v *he Northern Club on Monday afternoon, when 1 heari the n>ise of ■ ai^y voices, <« the noisy children just let loo m from, I school.' On looking towards the Supreme Court I observed a onMfd of forty »r fifty boyg, m a state of ftlgh etoite.ment, ■ 'Give me some, give .-fcie sfyne, wsre words frequently repeated. The orowd of juveniles reached PrinoeisroeJ* an«l into the shop of Mr ffatsweit^rusha.i three or four of the leader*, and went m wholesile for Prince of Wales jewels. Oa oomiaj^out there was a scramble, and one of the large panes of the grow s window was broken. Hurrahs rent the welkin, and into the confectioner s shop (Mr Oollison's} bolted several of the lads, •\ny plum cake, Mr.' 'Yes,' aud a formidable one of recent formation was placed before the urchins. 'Make me three shillings worth, and take it out of that,' said the speaker, at the same time flingin? a pound note on the counter. The confectioner wat suspicions of something wrong, and said he conld not give change- * Well tnen,' said the boy, ' take the note, and give me aß^ rn^uch cake as you can for the money. The tradesman did not see it, and refused the req acat. The crowd of happy youngsters were now joined by the boys of tit Paul « school, and the street was soon alive with an army of school-boys clamoring for a share of the proceeds of a lady's purse. Shb was young and fair, and a tear glistened m her eye as she laid her curly head on his shoulder and exclaimed, "0., George, 1 think if I found you did not love me I should die." "My darling,' he said, passing his hand gently round her dimp!»i chin, " I will always love you. Do you think I would marry you if I did not feel sure of it. In a few dajß. at the altar I shall vow to lore you all my life, and I will keep my vow.' A lovely kind of beatific happiness played for a moment likj sunshine on her lipa, and then she whispered, " Oh, George, I like to hear you talk like that, jou have been so good to me. You have given me a diamond locket and a gold watch and chain, and rings that an angel might wear outside ber gloves and not be ashamed, and if I thought that one day you'd be sorry you'd given me alPthese nice things and want them back again, I should break my heart." He held her gently against his manly breast, and ans*ered with a quavering voice. '•' Oh, my own darling, there ia nothing on earth that could happen that would make me want them back again." She sprang from his a-ms like a joyous deer, she shook bick- her sunny cu -Is, and with a whole poem m her hazal ey^s, reclaimed, 11 0' i, George, you have taken a load irom my hea t. I've come tosaj f can't marry you after all, bee mac I've s en somebody I like better, and I thought jou'd want your, presents baeli again.