The Waikato Times. TUESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 1878.

Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 883, 19 February 1878, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

TUESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 1878.

Equal and exact justice to all men, Uf whatever state or persuasion, religious or political. .. ■ ».'.'•• • i\ * • Here shall the Press the Pboplb's right maintain/ " r - '• Unawed by influence and unbribed by gain.

Cakbbidob Fabxebb' Clot—Our correspondent was too late for the mail with his.report of Saturday's meeting, and wires us yesterday that he sent it by hand, but it was not received by us up to the time of going to press this morning. A r*xa of llamas hate been' imported by Mr Locke to Poverty Bay, and will be turned out on his station at Waikohu. MHBS&B HtJKTBB A3KD N«X*B will hold their regular monthly sale of cattle, at Cambridge, on Thursday next, when amongst other stock they will offer some well bred brawns.

Mb A. Cba-wfobd gives notice that all debts due to him, at the Piako titiore, must be paid by the 20th instant, or they will be handed over to a solicitor for recovery* TwMrnr Mx&aa o» Fbwgixo. —Mr Mo Leodof theTe Akau statian, Raglan, is advertising for tenders for the erection of twenty miles of fencing, in sections of two miles and upwards. Particulars may be learned from Mr tacLeod, and the tenders must be sent in by the 28th inst.

Tub Samara for the WaUcato Tur 1 Club races took plaoe on Saturday after" noon at Gwynnes Hotel. The following were the amounts paid over: Mr W. Martyn, £140; Mr Crowther, £7O; Mr BuoUand, £37; Mr Hammond, £3O; Mr Owen McGee, £2O; Mr Edgar, £2O; Mr Lennard, £l6; Mr Walters, £10; Mr A. Kay, £lO Mr Kirkwood, £6; Maori race £6. , Bbiohax You»o will be sold on Thursday the 2tith inst., at Cambridge, by Mr Buokland,not.him late of Salt Lake, now of another lake, but the well known short horn bull, lately the property of James Buckland, Esq. Like his great prototype he has' been muchly married, and his progeny is legion, and should he be purchased for the district many goodly heifers in Waikato will doubtless be sealed unto him.

MaR. W. Hajmoicd's sale of furniture, stock, &c, by viessrs. J. D. and K. Hill, will, we would remind our readers, take place to-morrow. Luncheon will be provided, and there will doubtless be a large attendance on account of the variety and number of . the articles for sale. The sheep are well bred and exceedingly valuable' stock, and the pigs are a specialty, affording an opportunity not often to be met with either by the breeder tt butcher ei obtaiaingrteckof thatclaet.

A MaobiWoxam named Mikipo, from Alexandra* .-was arrested ou Saturday •night at *Ngaruawaihia for Btealiug two parachutes from the store of Messrs Fitzpatrio: and Davies, the paraohutes ■were found upon her, as were- also a carpenter's brace and three bits supposed [to hare been, stolen. She accounted for | them by saying that she bought thenv from Mr Gage of Whatawhata for 16a, but when told by the constable that he would go up and make enquiries, she changed her story, and said she found them under some gum trees at Mr Stone's farm. An owner is wanted for latter artioles by the Ngaruawaihia polioe. . A warm* of the Hamilton Borough Council was held last night/ but owing to the late hour at which it took plaoe, we are compelled to hold orer the report until our next. The minutes of the first meeting were confirmed on £ resolution by five to three. Councillor Potter then entered a protest against such portions of the minutes as referred to giving, the bank account to the Bank of New Zealand, the other principal business was the application by Mr rotter for a license to erect a slaughter house at the Butte, Hamilton East which was granted by the Council on condition that he oonf ormed to such bye-laws as might be afterwards framed by the Council. ' BwrKBBTMO to the alienation of the Crown lands of the colony of New South Wales, Mr. Farnell, in a recent speech, said:—" The whole area of. New South Wales was 206,999,680-aorw; we had mallee -scrub, inaccessible mountain ranges, and swamp lands unfit for settlement to the extent of 77,624,880 acres; and if we deducted from the difference (129,374,800 aores) the area which had been alienated should see that we had only 111,164,004 acres available for all purposes., According to the rate we had been selling land, the whole of that wouid be alienated in 44 years, less than the life of a single individual. Although the colony has in late years increased its population with great rapidity, it is dear that this increase bears no proportion to the rate of land alienation." Tax Oovbbkok akb thb Btjix.—Sir William Stawell (says 'Atticus' in the 'Leader') had a chance last week of again holding the reins of office in a critical period of our history. His Excellency Sir George Bowen visited the National Agricultural Show Grounds for the purpose of formally opening the show. In the, course of his tour oi inspection round the yard he oame to the place where the prize animals were exhibited. One particular bull excited his admiration to such an extent that he could not refrain from poking it in the ribs. The bull, instead of being flattered by this mark of attention, resented it, and his fastenings having by some negligence been allowed to come undone, he backed out of his stall and made for his Excellency. A most exciting chase resulted, which filled the minds of the spectators with horror and dismay. The infuriated beast frequently had his horns within an inoh or two of the vice-regal back, and nothing but a series of dexterous turnings and wenohings saved Sir George from umtdmy fate. If that bull hgd had waynght have changed the politi sitVibtori'B Thb Mblbobxe Lkadeb accounts for the. continued stoppage of the telegraph, wires by ascribing the. cause to tpe' interference of the natives. It says:— ■ " The wild blacks have now overcome all the superstitious feelings they once held in regard to the telegraph lines.and posts, and are now appreciating the'fact that the wire may be utilised for fishing and hunting purposes, whilst the insulator may be converted into ornaments for their persons. If such is the case, the maintenance of the trans-continental service will soon become a matter of very considerable difficulty, if not of personal danger, to the small bands of line repairers stationed at isolated points. Again, we have another and a strong argument in favour of the immediate necessity of adopting an alternating land as well as cable service, u our telegraphic communication with the outside world is to be kept up with any regard to regularity. Western Australia as well as Queensland, possesses the necessary adjuncts for a new telegraphic route. The. question to decide is, whhh will best serve the interests of the Australian as a whole ? "

A Nawvjs, named Hauri, was brought up, yesterday morning, before Major Mair, 8.M., at Alexandra, charged with stealing a horse, the property of Mr Sibley, of Te Awamutu. In the absence of the prosecutor and witnesses, the ease was remanded until Wednesday next. The prisoner, on his apprehension at Te Rahau, made a desperate resistance. to the constable who arrested him. Hauri has been "wanted" by the police for some time, as it was he who stole the pigs from Mr Fergusson, of Whatawhata, some time since, and for which offence he escaped capture by swimming the Waipa River. A half-caste lad was, however, captured, and suffered as his accomplice. Hauri comes from an amiable family, and no doubt it would have gone hard with the constable had assistance not been rendered him in the niok of time.- As instancing the amiable qualities of Hauri's family, we give the following: One of his brothers, while reaping wheat at Waitoma, some time ago, quarrelled with paterfamalias. and attacked him with an axe. Three timeß he attempted to cut down his father—an old and tough warriors—and was foiled, when the old gentleman, who had a reaping hook in his hand (remarking, in an explanatory tone: "He will have it!") coolly and deliberately ripped his son open, killing him on the spot. From this event, there arose a belief that the late chief, .Takerei te Rau, has been bewitched.' The land, where this horrible murder was perpetrated, has since the occurrence, become " tapu," on account of the blood spilled there. "However, Takerei, some time before his death, broke the " tapu," and cultivated on the spot. Many of his people believe now that, by doing so, he caused his death.