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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 836, 27 October 1877, Page 2

ThS first chapter of the sensational tale " Wife only m Name, " to be .continued from time to time, will be found m tn« fourth page ot to-day'a issue. Cricket. —Tne first match of the seaeon will be played to-day on the United C C ground, between the United C U and the Kirikiroa CO. As there has been a lar«eaccessionI ar«e accession of oricketing talent to those clubs, no doubt there will be a hard struggle for the victory. The following are the names of the United team:— Messrs tf R Cox, E B Cox, Taylor, Whitaker, Dowling, Hunt, Regan, Leighton, E Pilling, Belle, C C Wood. Stumps put m tt 12.30 and the fcrtfc ball Will be piqued at 1 sharp.

All hair pins 1 <ok ahko to man, But let a wife go on a visit and come home and find a hair pin near the door, and she can't, wait a minute to grow red m the face. A young man says that there may have been such a thing as real true love m old times, but that now the notion is entirely obsolete j and if you a*k a young lady nowadays to share your lob, she immediately wants to know how large that " lot" is. A 01X1281? of Connecticut, bsing unexpectedly called upon to address a Sunlay echo >1, rose to bus feet m some oufusion, und after several desperate but vain effb-ts to say something appreciate, hoarsely murmured, " Dear ohillren, never fool with powder." Mr Kennedy Hill will open his new auction mart to-day. There are a large quantity of goods of various descriptions to sell, and amongst them the effects of Major Gorge. On Monday tho sale of Mr Hume's farm stock and implements, and, later m tbe day, some 200 head of cattle, takes place at Ngaruawahia. Mb Hoseino, lioensed surveyor, who is at present engaged on G ivernmeuc i surveys lower down the river, is, it will be seen by advertisement elsewhere, prepared to undertake survey work of all kinds m tbe Waikato. Mr Hoaking has had considerable exoerienoe m his profession m New Zealand, and will, doubtless, reoeive a fair Bhare of public patronage. HOW A BBT WAS WON. — " I Will bet yOU a new bat," said a gentlemen friend, "that yon will come out of that chair before I ask you twice." "Done!' replied his fri-md. ''Come down," cried the other. " I will not," said his friea-i, with much obstinacj. •' Then stop till 1 ask yea a second time," said the other. Perceiving that he n^ver would be asked a second time, the gentleman m the chair caii.o down m a doubl ■ sense. Obtaining Goods Undsr False Prete«CßS. — Inhur Grnen was charged , before W N SearauCKe, Eiq., R.M, with having on tae 20 h inst, obtained money and gjods to the amount of £2 6s, frmn James Martiu, storekeeper, Hamilton, uiderfalse pretences towi , that, he Green, was a constable m the A. C. Force, and was going on a four days leave to Auckland. Toe prisouer pleaded not guilty. Sergeant Met Wera conducted the prosecution. 3?he charge was fully proved, and prisoner Kentenced to three months im- - prisonmeat m Monnt Eden Gaol. A serious accident, we are sorry to learn, happ-ned on Thursday evening after dark, to a young man man name i Parker, working for Mr Price of Hunilton. If- was "riding hqme frqm the o*tble Shpv, and Wh»U near Mr EtVon's place was thrown heavily from his home on to the road. He wa-i disco v red lying where hp fell by Mr Treewhselar, who was on horseba k. M<* T'eewbeelar, unable to assist him, favmr being insensible, stopped by him till Mr Vtaiou's conv-yauce cune aiong th<i road, iv which he was placed aud brought oa t > che ftoyai Hitel at ast Hamilton Mr i Tree vv bee ar. who tyad s tatted ahead, J had secure t tbje servic s qf D,c B,eale, »ho met the uof arcuate ' man at ft >y%l, ftye and at on -c attended to Ms injuries. Me Swasson, M.H.R., is reported by 'Hansard' to have thus discourasd on the diffic dt art of collecting subscriptions m regard of charitable institutions. He said;— " Let anyone undertake tbe unplesant task of collecting subscriptions. He will fiad th*6 there a'^e £uree seta of peopls. First, those who have nothiug. It is no use going to them. Than there are those who have something, and are witling to give to certain causes. Oue /fill give to a particular cause, to a particular person. I dare say there are a f«w qf us* who, if a good'-lqoking girl c line along and talked m a soothing way, would not give more wi hngly than to an ugly old man. Tnese are the sources the subscriptions arc to be got from Tnese are the means the Government are relying upon, and I do not think they are legitimate. There fs anether Jet of men who will nob give a farthing, baye tried some of them myself, and you' height as w to sucke a child on the brest or a stove Btajpu"e.'' Tj^B firefc Maypr ot when elected, gaught jit very hot from his municipal friends. 4- coor 4 la § '<?' *^ c local paper, they formed an irregular proaessioa be»ded by the Mayor, supported arm-in-arm by two of his most enthusiastic admirers, add paraded the town to the strains pf a brass band. At every hpsej whose prqpirißtor bad supported him, a halt was njaijfe, and jthe health of " che Mayor p duly" pledged. Ajb Mr Anchor's hotel, where the" <?re Brigade had rendezvoused, tbe men Jgrned out, manned their carriage, and pUoed (be Mayor upon it, he having donned " a red jacket aud a bras 3 helmet." The procession ftgfiu started, and at the theatre, another halt wag made, when the theatre was quickly packed to 'the door, and the Mayor and brigade took possession of the , sta^e. - His Worship once attain return«d i chants for the honour done him. The procession wan then re-formed, and soon reached tj^e Hotel (the Mayor's). All WSF& W?h§<l tiV WftVf »«$ ?fe am P a g ne became the Qfder pf the ingh«. ?he brigade then bad & practice oa the payor's buildings, with ladders und buckets ; at the conclusion of which, a " Ciibieau " by coloured fires, was imprevised 9 n *he top ot the hotel. The first Mayor of jjj£amara, clad ia his fireman's dress, was made Ji^e central figure, having the men cf the brigade grouped ea either side. "' ° ' A LeNDON correspondent writes .:— | Cardinal Manning's statement that drunkenness ia spreading among English •.vonoej^ q$ Vg\l 8$ men, has been aioce confirms I by numerouj English nows-pap-rs. Thus life jU a£ iss very . s-mrc ■■ ; and children imbibe. jth their earliest nourishment, the sub£|l§ p.QJspn which will ultimately destroy them. It I has been computed that there are iv tha ; rji^sd J^in^dom about soo/iUJ drunkards, while fche .d-aths from indulgence m iutoxicatiog liquor? ore estimated at 70,00 ' per annum m 'ha "mother c >untry. Lord Shaftesbury tells U9 that six-tenths of all the cises of insauity m Gre'a Britain and the United States are , traceable to this caust ; aud it has been ascertained, by competent s aticiaos. that the increase of crime m both countries is m the exsct ratio of the iu-creai-e m the consumption of fermented liquors. Professor Leoni Levi estj!rnate< the actual loss of productive ltbor by drunkenness m the United Kingdom tq ; be not lesd than £69 OUU,OJO por annum It is only tiecont^mpla-iou of 3uch facts as these that makes the intemperate utterances of gome total abstiuuors excusable. The Cockroach Utilised. -In Russia tne common cockroach (blatta oriental^) Is a favourite and popul .r remedy for dropsy. Dr P. Bogomo ow„ of .St. Petersburg, has lately examined iiseffectß m niae cases of Bight's disease, heart disease, and other afeptione, accompaa ed with severo dropsy, and m all the results was the same. There was an increase jq the secretions of the urine and perspira, tion, with rapid disappearance of oe lama and ulmj.it complete disappearance from the uaiiie of albumen and renal derivatives. The dose was five to ten gramsxf Eowdered cockroaches m the twentfour ' ours, but they were also administered as .

a tincture and as an mt'u-ioii. l\iese insects do nor., like canthirides (says the ' Boston Journal of Chemistry') produce any irritiut action on the kidneys,, Dr Bogoruolow has succeed id m extraoing from them a crystalline body, which he calls an ant.ihydropin, .and whi-jh is their active principle.— Pubic Health. The Acmk of Meanmbss. — Tim proverbia mean has found a rival. " M' t \ei" discovers vim t> the re>dr thus: — Swingate and Nip'ram nre wedthy squattoas m New South Wa'ej. Swinggate is m itntilmd, und Nip'em d thrifty dcohcnman, manages the station. The ffrm'i c eque tor £5 wa« presented by one of the station hand* lo a s orekeep -r to bo cashed. The cheque hid beon carried m the pocket and was a good deai worn Now the storekee er, kiio-vins» how?anny Nip'em waß, remarked to th» custo uer that; the cheque wasn't very lrgiblle, and Nip'em might not lunour it. Said t.h • man, "I dm't. cire abouj the cash at present, but I must have so ne tob icco ; a few shiUinfii worLh, and I'll leave th< cheque as security." This was done, and shortly after Nip'em c taring into the stere, wua shown the ch-que. 'Ie scanned it closely, said ho thought it was wron^, and finally suggested taking the opinion of his banker. JtLiving done so, the lattor said he was probably not legally l'able, but that it was a question of honour. *• Oh, is that all," said Xiit'em ; ' then I won't pay it." Returning to the stor keeper, he told him *:hat he wa3 noi liable. "Bnt," said he, "I don't want you <o lose — I'll give you for it the valu >f the tobacco you supplied." The store beekeeper stood out for more m -the owner's interest, but ulnmirely surrendered the cheque for 20. which Nip'em paid with his privatw cheque for tiia< amount, paying m ibe firm's £5 fh~qu; % to the credit of his own private account. A very pleasing bit of inteldgeuee r -aches this Colony from China, which is likely to improve tie value of our lead- , lug staple. The first shipment of wool from Australia had reached Shanghai, when arrangements were ac once made for the manufacture of woollen cloths, with tbe object, of opening up a new market for New Z>*lang ami Australian wools. Commenting on the^ news to -•and, the 'Duuadin Guardian' says ' This is a matter of the greatest interest to us. At one time we had to look forward to the prospect of America b•toming a competing market, and agaia to Germany opening up a new channel f>r t.he absorption of our wool clips ; but protection has barred the doors of tbt: American minulactu-era igainst us, and the cost of freight aud chirges at present rmder it impossible for us o do busiass •vith Continental firms. If, however, woollen manufacturi s oau be establish -d m China, we »hajl have t a j^rer mirk-t for our wqol, aqd the extremely low ra'e of wages for which Che sins of tbe 'Flowery Land' will wok, ensure tie success of the factories established <'ompeti<ion wdl improve the p ice ot wool, and the advance qf a peqay p-r pound, from any cause arising, means an additional quarter <>f a millioa sterling aided to tue wealth '>f our Colony m twelve months, and more than a milliou per annum to the Australasian Colonies Looked at m thin li^hfc, we have eve-y season cq hope i hit th<J Cheese may be enable! to establish ana develop woollen manufactures m thir midst. Tuey would find profitable labour tor many thousands of their population, as well as consume the greater portion, if not the whole, >>f our wool clip annually. RFPHRRiva to the late division, the 1 Qiago ty*\\y Times* writes . — L? whtt we be»r irom Wellington be truH, w-? certainly have some high-mi'idad honourable legislators, whose w >rd is quit • |as tfood as their boud. oie Norther hioldfields member wiio attendel the meetjinsjs of the Middle Party, whi.m re unite I jn Mr Lanninli'^ vYako. \J u»-i resolution benis; t ibjed, was Rar titulary vehement m denouncing what he termed the •bodacious' cmchict of the Governmen io Inving cq itinued tbe publi -ahion ' of'that offeasivo papjr in defia oe of the House. tie vigorously opposed a proposal to raioe a larger insue, and as-erted this was subject amply sufficient. While the debate was pr^ceediog he made up hi* mind to visi* his cjustituents, and accordiualy )<?{'s bi 8 . written 4 pair for Mr LarnachM motion |n tjh^ hands. He did not go, howevnr, and qn the mornpg of the division it was, noticed that an eminent ljonquratye bank direc or had a go'rifi lential i>if; ryieTV with him. It is, of oourse, impossible to say wha' took place, but wh n' the division came >hs member walked m the lobby with the Government, Next day he wrote to th.Vli Idle Party whips, sayiug he stilldesired to act. with them ; that nobody I had influenced Ins rote, but that hs conscience wo dd not allqw him. on th I \y ka Maori?' case, to yote against n Ministry whose explanations were so pert'ectiy satisfactory, Another member, this ti ie we are sorry to jay a Southern one, faithfully promised both parties early m the debate, and contracted a consider able number of loans from £10 downwards from members sn each side. An eloquent little no^e asking for an ? dyance of £5, addressed to a member of the Ministry, who has had some exp-rieace m th? matter of overdrafts, but is not suppose ' to fye gfVen to moner-leading out of pure pinjUn'hrq.y, changed Co be picked up. Tip MmUter denies the aojib impeachmeut oi hW°g J|? a 'f th^ m ? nev » hut the q f hßr party prajges l)ts generosity, 'and a Sunday pic/iic is said to h^ye Ijeen girried ou 1 on the strength of the loan. One of the brace of members m question was ' nobbled' by the Ministerial whips on Monday night, smu^led a : an early hour into the '.'sweating room,' ker/t well supplied with whiskey hot till the division bftll '»Ofi» then marehdd earofully inbo th.House by the Miuisierial'door, and c ireful ly conducted past the proper teller. It ie tb^us we are governed.'