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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 839, 1 November 1877, Page 2

Furniture Sals.— Mr X Hill will ael household furniture and effects m Argylestreet, Hamilton West, this afternoon, at two o'clock. The age of the young lady, Miss itz^erald, who gained second prize for butt' r, at the late Cambridge show, was atated by us at, fifteen, but should have been eighteen. The Rev.. Ma Evans, we are requested to state, will remain a week longer iv Waikato, and will preach on Sunday next ab Cambridge, at 11 a.m., and at Pukerimu at 3 p. m. The report of the match between the United «nd Kirikiriroa Cricket Clubs w s received too late for to-day's issuo, bub wiil appear m «mr next. Another match l etweeu the clubs will be pi «yed on the , 9th iuafcaut, Prince of Wales Birth Jay, I

Mb Kax.sßDY Hill wiil sell on Saturday, at the Hamilton Wyst found several haad of lat cattle, aud ,will hold hie regular Saturday's sale 'of furniture, provis.ous, &0.. at the new mart, Victoriastree:. , > . Piiosp«|tivb Official Ohangbs —It ia thought likely, ij-iy* the •Herald's' Suecial, th>t;if George Grey retains office, Sir tV JEi>^herbtjrt will vacate the Speakerahip and succeed Sir J. Vd*el as ! Agent-General. Had Mr Rjlleston "stood true to >ir George Grey, he would have been offered the opeakenihip, but as he has not, it will be offered to Mr O'Rorke. The next arrangement m prospective is that Mr McLean goes home, without emolument, as Commissioner to the Pans Exhibition, and Mr Bosven into the Upper House. The Cambridge Highway Boapd have appointed Air Harry Lamb Ranger, *ud rained the depastura^n and registration fee from the nominal h*lf-crowu to a sum of ten shilliugs. It. was found almost impossible, we belbve, to carry out the regulation of preventing the cattle from being at lar^o between sunset an d sunrise, anil so tiie plau haa been adopted of raising the fee, and thus making it worth collecting. At the same time, the possible .decrease ia the number of cattle at large, with a higher fee, will effect the same purpose, the cattle having more to eat will be less inclined to trespass. Communication by telegraph i would appear, was interrupted on Monday for some time, o wintj to the wires beia .• ■ down on the East Coast, where the wind ha 3 been excee.linglv high during the last few d ya. Theße inteiruptions have occurred very frequently during the winter, causing great imonveuience and loss. On several ays measures uavo had to bo refused at the Wellington and Auckland offices. The Government ought to look into the matLer, auci endeavour to provide a rem.-dy. The interruptions seem to oocu- betweeu Napier and Wellington, showing that m «ha. district, either the poles are of inferior quality, or that the line is exposed to exceptional and unnecessary risks from failing tiraes. Tne ' UeraM ' suggests thau if no Ouher way is found effecDive, the Gjvernmjuc mi^ut try the plan whicn, we believe, is coming iuto voguo iv somj p trts of America, and buy the wires m cue ground at au y P ar^ wnLh is much exposed co the wind. .But perhaps the most. efficieuG pl*u for maintaining constant c unaiiiiiicatiiou woul<l be to" connect the line between- Ciuj bridge or L'o Awainutu aud JNfew Piyinxuih which wouul give a new 'circuit.' I'ha li-io at present is f.vm Aucklan 1 to Mercer, thence to the I'nam si, and by the Hjjkst Coast o Napier. The No-C 'NF£D£nc i Mono v.— An Auckland memoet* wiring from Wellington to yester lay's 'ueraid' says or Tuesday night's debate : — Mr Fox m*de a tiery attack on Sir G. Givy,; aud mos< vividly described his weak pomes aud an ir (.comings durmg ohe term of Governorship of dhe uoiony. His language was biiihaut, and to the poiut, and on all sides was ackno viedgad as a mascet'-piece of thao able man. Ha was listened t<> wita marked attention. Every member was m ma place, aud the galleries were fi led co o verfl j wing . Mr Balance replied to Mr Pox m his usual tine ione of voice, and made a mosc excellent pjiut m demonstrating to the House chat the motion was merely an attempt of a ratuer contemptible amd to regain offije and pay. He quoted several authorities to piove tu<*o evoa if beaten oq the mocion, it would noc be incumbent cm Gie Minis- ! try to resign, as neither pnaciphs nor policy were involve i ia the question at issue, and his quotations seemed to meet tue approval ot the House." • MEEriNG of Creditors.— A first meeting of creditors m the bankrupt estate of Mr E Stewart was held m the Court House, Hamilton Wesi, on Tuesday last About 20 creditors were represented either personally or by proxy. Mr T C Hammond was elected Chairmau of the me -ting. Mr Hay, bankrupt's solicitor iead a statement of liabilities and assets' shewing: Unsecured creditors, £269---secured, £104 ; assets available for unse' cured creuitors, £8) ; but a lo n i» examination of the bankrupt: shewed "that the labilities were yrever than represented aud also reduced the assets to about £30* As several of the claims were for wages aud the Act allows one month's wages ia full as a first charge on the estate, it was found thore was nothing for the funeral creditors. Great dias.-ttiafao ion was expresifd, and ultimately Mr Jame3 Martin was appointed Creditors' Trustee, and requested to make a rigid examination into the bankrupt's affair.-, and report to a future meeting. Hamilton- West Cemeteey —At a meeting of the trustees of the Hamilton West Cemetery, held oq lueschy ovenine the financial position of the trust came under consideration. Tho trustees during the winter have been laying out and Dlanting the cemetery, and have incurred liabilities amounting to near'y £30. There iano provisiou made to defray hi* expense and the trustees have been endeavouring to collect by subscriptions, and tif'er doing all they could are nearly £20 m arrear. They have decided to hold a concert during tho moonlight m November, and to ask the assistance of the musical talent of the district, and the patronage of the public. The object is a laudable one. The grave levels all distinction of creed and denomination, and all Christians should meet on a ommon platform m the matter of beautifying the cemetery which is used by all alikef To assist the trustees should therefore be felt as a pleasure rather than a duty. The date of the concert will be duly advertised.