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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 828, 6 October 1877, Page 2

The report of the Hamilton R M Curt and the letter of " Sympathy" are held over to our next. Tenders pob Painting a house an<! stable in Hamilton East, aie oalled f*" by Mr Cumming. TbcK Kkv; Mil Evans, Presbyterian MiiJlsterJ:will jpierforuvservice to-morrow, at Cambridge in the morning, aud iu the ufternoon as Pukerimu. Tenders for the plotubing and harrowing twice of 150 aores of lai-d at Te A w,iinulu. will be received by Mr E Parnons, up to the 20 hinst. There was only one case at the R.M. Court Cambridge, yesterday, that oi Lawrence v. Stewart, claim £5 1-s f"' debt. Judgement lor pJaiutiff for am mpU;.t, and costs 13s KNOTTINGLY AND iEftOLITE, two we»l kuowu tiioroagbbreu maliious, the pri.peity of Major Walmulay, who is on his wuy with brood mares aud then progeny to Cambridge, wid travel the Waikato daring the eiisuL-g sea>ou. r The Waikato County Council are calling tor tenders for the form itiou of a road from Mr Coate'a farm to Galloway street, Hamilton Jtiasc the plans aud specifications may be seen at Mr Hurnas'e store, and.tenders muat be sent in bv 4 p m of Thursday the 18.h mat. Criokbi.—The annual mueting of thtCihkinroa Cricket Club wdl be held oi. Saturday evening next, at the Royal Hotel. The Z;ngari meeting, adjournoo trooi last Saturday, wid take plaoe nex*" Saturday evening, at Gwy.me's Hamilton Rotid. The annnal gen ral meeting of cue Mgarnawahia Cricket Club is calico for Saturday evemug also, at the Roya, Mail HoteJ, Ngaruawahia. The Battle of the Platform.—Town Board*, io t*«em«, are prepared to pu. public departments to in practical work. The following tel has been sent to Mr A Cox, at Wellington, by Mr tfdgcumoe, Chaitmau of tlso Newcastle I'own Board :—"Ti.e platform is erected but the train only stops comin., into the towubhip. Departing pas&eoj/ers have still to trudge out to the rtatio . The remedy is to shift the station building ouly 45 by 14V a mere shell. The Town Board will undertake the expense of removing it, Upverum ut euppiying thc. uck necessaty.. . Can you arrange with the Minister for Public Woi ks ?" A MsenNCt op tub Ranqtaohia Highway Boabd was held in Te Aw»rnutu on Friday last, when there was a full atten lance of the Trustees. The sum of £75 Is 5d Was passed, and paid by cheque for road works, instructions were given, on the' recommendation of tne Engineer, Mr G. T. Siodes, foi the receipt, on Saturday next, of tenders for the repair of several sections of road at Ohaupo, Te R»hu, Te A*amuta. and South Kihikihi. A resolution was passed to have the Dog Act patio torce inthe diutriot, and directions were to obtain the neoessary collars without loss of lime. Wb ttndbrstand that Mr Gould,~of Canterbury, has added to his previous purohwie of Mr Woodward's estate in the Piako, by the purchase of acres belonging to M»j»r George, and that the price ty r bepaid is £3 15-t per aoie. Not is ic %iaDfl in tho country districts that the pric*a. of land is rapidly rising. A day or two ago Mr W. Camming, of Hamilton East,- comple'ed sale of an acre lot in that towndhip for the sum of £2OO, which little more t>>an fift-en m-mtbs ago he pU'Chasisd for £~4 And it is only the other day that, iu Hamilton West the acre »dj.liidug the Post Offic . was lej-sed for a urm «.•■: 21 yeira, by ih<B'tucation Board, for the yearly rental of £42 10s. We regret to learn t'mt a severe accident occurred on Thursday to Mr Guruey ot l'e Awamutu. ; e was working on the road beiwesn Kihikihi and T>Awamutu, when he wca ru-hed by one of sjme cattle beinn dnv.'n alontf the road, and other injuries received, his nose whs turn off. Dr Wad dingt m was imnediatrly Lol. graphed for but being unable to leave a patient iu a

oriiicalatatcf for so'long a time, it was : ir ranged that Mr Grurney should come to thrt Doeor yeiterday at Hamilton Hu *ound was dressed,-bqit was"of w severe a aharaoter, the nose I tin* shattered und • ■arly torn awny, that Dr Waddingtou recouinioudod liiiremoval to the Provincial tlocpitul. He left yesterday for tfg*uawahia, :and go. s to Auckland by this morning's trarti. . ApOPI'ION OF THE COUNTIBS AOT. fber.l were sixcy three Counties om-ai need by- the Acs of last deusiou. but &* ■iix of these are by the second uchedu'e exempted, from the operation of the • Act, he actual number may be now properly stated at fifty-seven. From a return just furnished to the Home, it appea»a onat'of these fifty-seven Counties, thiriylive have accepted the Act in itaentifotv; wentj-two having elected to bang it up. The uames of the Counties in which the •nole of ihe provision* of the Act hive •eeu adopted are: Hokianga, Baj of Islands, Whangarei, Hobso i, Jttolney, Asternal a, Tuainwa, Waikato, ' AaoH- ; land, Taranaki, Patca, Cook, WairoV, Hawke's Bay, Wangaum, iUngitikei. Mmawatu, Waipawa, Huot, Kaikoura, >nller > luaapuhm, Cneviot, Grey, Waitnea iVebtland, Waitaki, Waik .uaiti, Waiuowto, Vincent, Lakes, Taieri, Bruce, 0 utha. • Tuapska, and Wal lace. * In Cheviot no Council was elected.

ACOIDBNT TO MR W CtTMMItfG.—We e.jrottoß.»y that a very naty accident which might, however, have turaed out ar more seriously, happened' to Mr W Uuraming on Wednesuay night last A ore* was toing on at tl.e Waikato brewery, and the drawing off pipe of the v%t co-taiuing the boiling wort became stopped up with hop leaves. Mr Camming ook out tue turnbott of tae tap to enable him to insert a stick f>r the purpose 01 the vent,.-" The boiling liquor, lowever, came quicker thau wa-> expected, t rcing the obstruction ou*, and spurting 4|iwa.ds with great force. Fortunate!' -v£r Cum oing stepped on one aide soon enough to save hi* face and head, and •night have escaped altogether, but taat in the attempt to insert the stopper, tue oiling liquor apreai itseli over his arm, and bis thumb was at the same time severely cut with so ne portion of the metal tap. The ac ilt and cat.»ere dressed m Thursday morning, and yesterday tue •nflamation had somewhat subsided, but otie injury is likely to be felt lor some little time.

The Native Meeting, at Tarapipi's SKTTLE&IBtiT, 04 C&6 PiakO liv r tX&i, 8 ys ■he ' Phamea Adve< titer,' beau brought to a coao'usioa rather unexpectedly, without .anything of moment atiaing oat of it. «boat four hua lied Thamts and Waikato natives were assembled' to discuss the .land question, and the desirability of oeutrahsiag those tribes entertaining strong Kiugito proclivities. Preparations Were made for a protracted meeting and in earotst discuabi.n of various matter.-, ■if interest 10 the natives ; bus ihe repre. eotativo of T*whiao, a ohi-f nam d Vgakoi, appears to have departed from uhe uauiti course of proue ure on such <>< casious by disclosing hn hand »oo soon Ins tea 1 of encouraging a debate by A'andoring from tie aahjuct iueutiei into .he realms, of fao.y, and allowing th. imaginations ti the ■ Maori debater* tn iot tor a f>-w days or a fow w«;eka, as the case might bo, aud th j .n leading up to the .uL>j-cL-matter of tha debato, Ngaku tppears to have made the mistake, on tbir* ouoasiun nf goi"g titraujhc to ihe subject da iatituatei even before the meo id. i.id f irly and cettainly be on i.ne cougra ulatory speechify iu« waso?c», hat Xawhiao had deputed tiim to luviti heui co leai'e dauraki and take up then abode within his territory--to sop surveying and celling «nd ieasiug ( ana jjia tue . ha 1-quan.ers ot bi*' faithful «'herents at K >pu*. This meeting w.tttuten led to be a contina-ttiou ot tutuieetiog hold in the King ooaui ry a month or two ago, nh<oh also terminated ratuer abruptly. The meeting of sa»t week was evidently convened tor a similar purpose, and to hold out a further' inducem nt in the shape of a Maori constitution aud Parliament at the hi <g's head quarters ; •at the bait did n<t take, and when told them in the uame of thtrCing 10 stop t>uiv.:yiug and selling lands, they politely toid hj m thuy would do wbat they like-"! with tneir own. Larg* quantities of food remained uncor.su ned •wing to the siiortmss of the proceed* mgs.