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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 821, 20 September 1877, Page 2

Fall m Bread. — In consequence of he wuueed pr;o«i of flmr, th- Auckland b ktre are Belling tue 2iD kiaf ai 4id« POIATOEB. — Both Mr C;*ley, of Pukeduiu, a».a Mr G. E. Clarke, of Cam ridge ( »i6 aavtsitißing potatoes d-dvered on any of the nvv.r eteamers at £3 10 j per tou. L O.L —The v ual muntniy m ittmg „1 the S"US tf'Ultr Loyal Uiange Lod^o will take place 0., Sacur.lay even. iu^j u«xt, fct tue Vwt«n« B »", itaauUon.

Ohuuck of England.— -The Rev W. N,. Willis, of Auckland, will lio'd service at Nearuawahia at 11 a.m , aud Hamilton at 6.30 pm. Mr Oalder will hold service at Wuatawhata at 4 p.m. next Sunday. }■( Fstate of Hugh Habkins, Black. smith. — Not cc appears m our advertis. ing columns 'that all debts due to Air Hugh Uarkins, late b|askstnith of HamiW ton, Have beim 'assigned JipiMr J; X.: McDonald, and mus>t be paUFto him. A Panorama illustrating life m the Arctio regions, und.cotioludiug wit a series of - views -representing the voyage of the steamer Fox, m command of Captain McOlintock, m sarcli of the remains of Franklin's Expedition, together with a desijriplivolectore, and nppropriatt) music, will be on. exhibition to-morrow evening m the O.ud Feilowa Hall, Cambridge. A lbttbr from " Pro Bono Publics " of the 17 ih mat baa beeu received', re* iterating his previous statements reaped- . mg r drunkenness, amongst natives at Alexandra. "We must, however, decline furi her correspondence on the subject, which has been sufficiently weJl ventilated.. Both bides have had their say m toe matter, and t; allow the discussion to dnf i to a matter of personal recrimination, w II n-ither be for the public iuterest nor t .at of the parties more immediately ootoe'ued. ■ •- . . Tub New Native Lands BiiiL.~A Poverty Bay settler writes, saying : — " 1/ the JNative Land Sales Suspension Bill becomes law it will almost ruin the Poverty Bay and Plenty districts. It will greatly enhance the value of all lands parsed through the Oouri. The preamble is; •-' untrue' ; it is not m- accordance 1 , "with the wishes aud feelings of the native • people, 'except those whose lands have gone thrbut-h the Caurt." I believe that the member for the Ettst Coast (Captain Morris) has been requested to' vote ugaihst the bill or resign. " The Obiokbt Season is now com* mending m- Waikato,- and we shall look for the regular hebdomadal reports of the practise aud scratch matches from' our various correspondents m the up-country districts. OuSiturday the Unite iU. Oiheld.its first practise for the season on the new cricket .round at H.mihoa. The Zuigan, winch wus more a Waikaro team than a Hamilton one, but was chiefly composed of- Hamilton players, hiving through so many belonging to i; toaring the district^ aitnost &t it wer.» come to a • natural death. We are not surp 1 Ued to find many of its foremost members on the .jist of the tinned Club, whicn promises id be a very strung one, there being no less than 33 playing members on the roll. At the late meeting a ively discussion took place on the adviaab ty of allowing youths under 18 years to j an the clun ou paying half fee?, a resolution to that tffeat bding ufter .vurda curne I. This will no doubt be aJvuiiiageous. to the youth ot Hamilton, as it will tend to smarten them up and keep tbeui out of mischief. Ik curious contrast wi h the paMent aocum ■latiou of a modest income fr Jin the sou* of the Paris market wouie < (atys a Paritt c >rr spouden ) is the einrm>us rate of pay accorded t • La Patti for tha singing with wnioh she enchains her almirers. It is, reported, to the great distress of the latu-r, that she will not sing iv this city next winter; the wilful diva a ill pay the indemnity of £4000 to ME-cu.iie.,. the manager of the Italian. Opeiahere, aud will thus give herself the pleasure of showing h^r independsnee, and asserting her. power of following up 'her own caprices v^-lt series EscudSec ■ right,' is said to have been he unsympathising remark of dignor Merelli, tnaua* ger of the Italian Op^ra at St. Petersburg, on learning the news ; when a manager treats with Lafatti he (should r ßUpuda.te for an i demuity of £.0,000 if she br'eakß her engage men i.' It is said that La Patti has set her heart on singing, during n»xt wiuter, iv Atnerioa wicn Nicoliui ; but the affiir is uot yet settled, aa the -American impresario hesitates ab ut giving ttie precious p.ir the price they de-. maud for the pleasure of singing together — viz, th* modest little honorarium of £600 per night, of which £400 for Julit, aud £200 for her Romeo! It is not BiirprHug, therefore, that a mih«ger hhoul.l hesitate to conclude a bargain so onerous. Obtaining Goods under Falsb Pbb. tbncbs.— Hugh Harking, blacksmith, of Hamilton, was on Monday arrented by Constable Haddock, on the above charge and brought before the .Resident Mains-tj-ate at Hamilton on Tuesday. It appears that Harkius, who was about clearing out Irom Hamilton^ had received from Mr F Gaudin, assiitant m Sir J Mardu's store, au order to make a fire grate, and thvt Reveral times he had applied to Mr G.iudin for goods on the strength of 'the firate being now finished.' Mr Gaudin had, however, expressed a wish to have the grate home first before paying fur it and declined trade on such terms. On Saturday night last, however, when Mr Martins store was crowded, Harkins came m, saying ' I left the grate at your house now, Mr Gaudin, so I suppose I can have the goods I want.' On this understanding he was allowed to receive goods to the price of the grate, twelve and sixpnee. Oo Mr Gaudin's return home, however, no grate gladdened, his eyes, and an aniiouß enquiry led to the unmUtakeble conclusion that' he had been 'bad.' Harkins. wa* on Tuesday sentenced to 7 days imprbonme'it with hard labour and payment of costs, or two days additional imprisonment. ■ A native CHIEF fi'dm Waikato, who holds laud under Crowu^rant, was askel iv Auckland, ttie other day wh*t. ha thought of the new Native Land Sale fcjuapuUttioii Act. He replied : — " I always was led to uiilorstmri that as lnng as I held land under Ma ri title it could not be nijpos duf ti> pukebas, and vve were repeatedly urged t> take cases into the Native Lands Court m order to procure Crown grants, wliieii the officurs of the G'Vernment assured us would ouuble u« to deal us. we liked wit!) our laurls. I have Crown grants with the n*me of tho Governor (u'gued to them, and do you mean to tell we that the Parliament can rub out the Governor's name ? I' thought it wa« like tittouiuv, which once made, cannot be mbbed out. I» the Governor's name is o good and ha« no mana [oower] lahailgo to Tawbiao [The Maoii Ki-ig] aud get him to sign the grmt. Perhaps when it bears hi* name m adtiit'oo to that of <he Governor, I may be ahle to sell my land or do what I like with it." Turkish Pashas. — In reply to a letter which appeared m the Melbourne ' Daily ' Telegraph,' requesting information aboui Sulieman Pashaj a" correspondent supplies the following bit of choice biography :— "Oa-tlemaine, 3rd Sep efuber. — Dear sir,— l can give 'Inquir r 1 th« information he asks for reUtive to the na ionality of Su ieman Pashi, as he happens to be a relative of my own, His real name ia Pat y alii van, and he was horn m the county of Alomghan. VVhen a yuuu,4 mm he enlist d m the 97* h hiigulanderd, aud soon rose to the rank of color-se/geant. During the Fenian exoitetneut he got involved m thttt footish incfteuienr, was arrest d, f and kept m prison to- seme tiaifi, but for wanfc of evidence w<ia never brought to trial In prmon ht^ maile the acquaintance of Jam s' Mv iag:,«»"Viher s idler prisoner} an i, oo tuo.r im ease 1 1 0 a p ism, eing d •*- --auMM tle.r i^iu c its, they got iujiOtae

Turkiah service This was through tbeia flaencc of O'EeiUy JBjsy,;| '4B, man, whose chequered career is ■<* knovr^. James Murtagh is now Mu|||ir Pash.a, uomtnanding^he Turkish •rnlps m AbU I may add that Sulieajan PSha ia still a Chri|6,»n, "and that.^eJobntribateX handsomely towards the support of ; ao ag^d ,. t in Ireland.— |j am, &c, JOHK^STTLUVAKi" \- '■ v' •■ : " ' ,-^f ; '%''-'' ' ■ '&* " 4£i EOOAL OPTiOK,— Mr Fot^ia speaking on the questiou of ooinpeusation to pub-licans-in-the event of shutting up -at houses throogh the action of , the measure, U rflpftrieii: tohaye said :4aJfoT,he ory had been got up .that if the proposals of the Bilbwere carried outi ; they aboald pay compensation to publicura who would noj otherwise be fairly riealt^with, If ithe proviuoos of the Billl were carried into effect, all he had wsay wa» th*t, he" would not hurt the hair of a publican*) head on any account i Why should the publoan receive compenaatioh ; Was it bec*uaf fh<j. Beach would r fuse to renew a license for his public-house which whs only granted for one year? Wou'd you pay a yearly tenant compensation f>r •jeoting him from a house which is yonr property ? Why, then, should the pub. lioau, whose hoate is olosed soifar as the sale of liqour is concerned, receive cum peneation ? It .besaii. there was an understanding always' that license') would be renewed; but he scarcely understood with whom such an uiuieratanding could be arrived- at. Certainly not with the thousands of p raons who tigned those petitions bfpro rhe House. Was it with the |iiK6i)aing/ Bench ?— be supposed the publicau o:>me to his ■ n It-r---standtng. The Bench would no doubt say, • You aw a j illy good fellow. Y«»ur license is *d, an^d if you «io not mis behave yourself you shall have it aga>n.' But there was no continuity ; no veate.i interest. The publican was sirip'y gran ted the privilege for a term, which he could make the most; f by filling hU pocket with the litest profit made in' the traffic. Ihere was no analogy between this class of person* and those who, posnbly, would be refiined gentl Imen, holding high official portions ii Eng'and, who ha<l received oompei>sa ion hecmse tbe latter held a life tenura of office. The Licensed Vicsoat'er bad "his compensation beforehand, beoauae be hv\ ben given ''a high monopoly, whioh enanl*d him to com money m the pursuit : f tra.ie What was' the itvesbment of publicans ? Simp'y month to mmth or week to. week., >He^* was ajways vi the Bame posi ion makiug a gigantic profit out of it -eoauN of the monopoly allowed him. It was not proposed to take away hiis. stock witli hii' ,iicenße. He could t-.ke it to tlie next towu: Neither to away his^house. It might besaii refu al to renew a license for a house would greatly [reduce its value, but it must be clearlj remembered the va'.upreviously sell upon bUoh i> house wad oaly gaiued by that very monopoly t<> which he had r allailed. It the publicans wou:d reduce the compensation question to pd'iciple, balance one account against another, as two men of business would do, on coming to a settlement, then he woald auree with th-m. He might m thii< connection quote the worda of a gentleman to whom he bad previously referred, and say to publicans 'You have filled our 'gaols, our lun&'io asylums, our almshouaei and penitentiaries: we have been taxed to support thousands m cons'' quince of your traffic Compensate us for this, and then we will talk about giving you compeDsxtion."