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Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 889, 5 March 1878, Page 2

Tkb Kiwi Flow* Mill's price list appears in our advertising column*.

Mb J. Low, photographer, of Hamilton, notifies that he will remain in Te Awamutu during the present week. Msssbs J. jutd B. C«lexav, of Hamilton East are adrertiiing for fifteen men accustomed to Swamp work. All persons having claims against the estate of G-eorge Mann, laborer, of Piako, are requested to prove them on or before the 11th mutant.

Mebabb. War. MoAbtkuh & Co. announce first arrival* of autumn samples and good* m all departments, and an extensive novelty in drosses.

Tsjtdbbs for scarifying abont fifty acres of ploughed land on Mr Hammond's late farm will be received by Mr Kennedy Hill up to the 9th iust. Mb J. Moass, of Hamilton, is now selling, previouH to removal into the new premise* building for him ia Victoria Street, a quantity of harberdashery and other soft goods, at ridiculously low prices.

Mb Robbbt Kiuzwood, late of the National Hotel, Cambridge, requests that all accounts be paid to Mr Hugh KirkWood beiore the loth March, and all accounts against him rendered to Mr H. Kirkwood by the same date. Oxxßarooi Pabmxam. Ho ningle tender having been received up to Tue»day last for the required additions to the Church of England parsonage, fresh onee will be received by the architect up to Friday the loth in»t. Salh of La wo (CaBCB81DO« awd Pxak-j). —Messrs J. D. & K. Hill will offer for sale, in the estate of George Mann, on Saturday week next, allotments 122 and and 128, Cambridge -./est, and an alletnmi i«d hotue ia J4vrri»*viUsv

Tiotoebs for' Burrounding the Club lioom, Cambridge, with a boarded fence* in accordance with specifications to be seen nb the Bank of New Zealand, Cambridge -.vill be received by the Cambridge Farmoi-'« Club up to noon of Saturday 16th inst. • ■•■■::■

Hamilton Spobts.—lt is determined to hold th* Annual Sporta ou'Eaater Monday, which fall* on the 22nd of April. Mr R. Gwynne has already -opened a subscription list headed by his Worship the Mayor, IR. Vialom,. E B q., with a subscription w five guineas. . : _ EmjQHTEKnfo Hr*. High Clmrch Parson: "I am sorry to see that yon have given up attending church, Mrs Mangles." Mrs M.: « Well, sir, I hainlt bin lately, yer see; Jand, for why, 'oos I is told as ow you has give up composites,, and tuk to Roman candles, and I are alius mortal afeerd o fireworks!" Ohaufo Cattlb Sjlxx.— ln addition to the large number of cattle previously advertised by Mr Buckland, for the cattle sale at Ohaupo, on the 12th instant, 40 head of store cattle from Whatawh»ta, 25 fat steers, and a number of useful horses have been since entered.

Ma*akata Rtdiho neglected to make a valuation list, as requested by .the Act, and the judge of the Assessment Court has, therefore, appointed Mr J. Hunt, as valuator, to make such list, which will be open for inspection at the house of Mr Dibble, at Xatamata, on March 13. Obi jections must be sent in to Mr Dibble's house by the 23rd instant, and the Assessment Court will ait at the same place on I the 3rd of April next, at noon. 1 Patktmm En>nra.--No valuation list , having been prepared for this riding, as required by the Act, W. N. Searanoke, Esq., judge of'the Assessment" Court, notifies the appointment of Mr John Hunt, of Taotaoroa, as valuator, and that the valuation list made by him shall be open for inspection at the house of Mr Vosper, of Paeroa, on the 12th instant, where all objections must be left by the 22nd instant, the Assessment Court to bo held at Ms Vosper's house on the 2nd April. It is a fact, perhaps not generally known, that there is a firm doing business in Ban Francisco, who purchase the thousands of dogs slaughtered by the poundmastier of that city,.or that may have been otherwise killed, for whioh they pay forty cents each. The carcasses are conveyed to their factory at San Francisco, where the skhos are removed and sold to the tanneries, the hair taken off and resold to plasterers, the hide tanned, made into gloves, and sold in the market. The denuded carcas is then thrown into a huge cauldron and boiled until the bones are easily separated from the flesh, when they are removed and sold to the sugar refineries, where they are ground and used to clarify engar. The The oil that rises to the surface of the boiling mass is skimmed off, and manufactured into cod-liver oil, and the remainder is used for the purpose of fattening hogs. Usblbss Daughters.—The poorest girls in the world are those who have never been taught to work. There are thousands of them. Rich parents have petted them. They have been taught to despise labour, and depend upon others for a living; consequently, they are utterly helpless. The most forlorn women belong to this class. It is manifestly the duty of parents to protect their daughters from sinking into this deplorable condition. They do them incalculable harm if they neglect this. Every daughter, no matter how circumstanced, should be instructed as to the proper method of earning an honest living. The rich, as well as the poor, require training in this respect. The wheel, cf fortuae rolls swiftly round; the rich are likely to become poor, and the poor rich. Well-to-do parents must educate thei» ctatfghtexs to work. Ho reform is more imperative than this. Bktdgb A 9 iom Naebows.—A meeting of the committee appointed for carrying out the ereotion of the bridge over the Waikato at the Narrows was held on afternoon at the Hamilton Hotel. Mr Lake acted aa chairman. The secretary, Mr Bunciman, laid qn the table the plans and specifications of the bridge as proponed by Mr Britain. Th» plan, selected from one of three, is that of a wooden arch bridge, a single apan of Hi feet. The abutments on either side of the river are a solid, natural, hard sandstone formation. The ends of the arch 1 (puriri) will thus have a solid foundation, i and will be bedded in cement into the , sandstone. It had been determined to ; call for tenders for the promotion of the I work, but to enable the committee to com- | inunicata with an engineer and to obtain further information respecting the plans the meetiug was adjourned for a week. On the motion of Mr Graham it was resolved that as Mr Buncimaa was going to town he should consult an engineer and obtain fuller information respecting the plans. The meeting was then adjourned. That powerful and vigorously conducted institution, the Union Bank of Australia, has resolved to add to its material resouroes by an inorease of capital, it has been determined at a meeting in London the resolutions at which have been telegraphed to Mr McMullen —that the paid up capital, which is now £1,250,000 shall be increased to £1,500,000 by a new issue of shares. These will be offered to existing proprietors in the proportion of one for every five now held. The issue price of the tea thousand new shares will be £SB, being £33 premium on £25 pain up per share. The colonial payments for the new shares will be by convenient instalments iip to June next. The oporation will increase the Bamc's resources by £580,000, of which £250,000 will go into capital account, and £330,000 will be added to reserve fund, which will reach the splendid total, of £760,000. The larger proportion of the shares of the Union Bank are held in England, and the substantial increase which will be made to the funds available for advauces in the colonies is particularly acceptable at this juncture. It tends to show the Bank's confidence in the future of the Australian group. ' Australasian insurance and Banking Record.

A Last Fbbhkusoi». Among the miscellaneous heroines is numbered the ladj Freemason whose entrance into the Order was so romantic; She had accidentally witnessed a portion of the Masonic ordeal, and on attempting to escape from the room, found the door guarded, and, with a shriek which roused the brethren, fainted. Their first care was to resuscitate Miss St. Leger without alarming the house, and then to endeavour ! to learn from her how much she had ; witnessed. She confessed the whole I truth, and, many of the members being j furiously enragod at the transaction, she ; was placed under guard of the tyler and : a member in the very room where she | had lain perdue. The members of the lodge reassembled, and deliberated as to : what, under the circumstances, waa to bt j done. -For two long hours the wretched ' girl listened to the angry discussion, and ; heard her death deliberately proposed and : seconded. It is said that she was only sayed from immediate death by the moring and earnest supplication of her younger brother. At length the good sense of some succeeded in calming ir some measure the irritated feelings of themajority, when, after much more had. btea said, and many things had beer, proposed, she was given the option oi submitting to the Kasonio ordeal to the extent she had witdesstd, and if shu resussd, the brethren were again to consult. Being waited upon to decide. Miss St. Leger, exhausted and terrified by the storminess and earnestness of the t debate, gladly and unhesitatingly accepted

Cahbbtdoe Sohool Election.—At a meeting of the householders held in the ■school house on Thursday last, the following gentlemen were unanimously elected a school committee for the ensuing year; namely, the Revd. W.N. Do L. Willis, Col. Lyon, the Revd. W. Evans, Major Wilson, and Messrs Camp, Houghton and Williams. The new committee held their first meeting at 6 p.m. the same day, whan Col. Lyon was elected chairman. The appointment of clerk and treasurer was postponed till next meeting, as was also the consideration of the desirability of bringing into force the compulsory clauses of the Act.

Fire at Owkhttkqv.—A large fire occurred at Onehunga on Sunday night, by which nine houses were destroyed. The fire broke out apparently at the back of Mr Archibald Somerviile's tea-mart and grocery store. This was the centre portion of a large building, owned by Mr 0. J. Stone. The other two shops were occupied by Mr M. H. Keesing, plumber, and Mr Mills, bootmaker. The portion of the building in which the fire originated was a shed at the back, whioh was used as a store, and the loft of whioh contained a quantity of hay. A crowd quickly collected, but there was no water, no appliances, nor, in fact, any means even of saving goods. Out of the three stores nothing was saved, and jilr iSomerville even lost his cash-oox and books. The fire then extended along Queenstreet,, aoross a passage of considerable width, and communicated with ivir .Longley's. Thjs wad a large, two-storey building. Mr Longley, with his wile and five children, resided in it, and were in their house when the fire occurred. From Longley s the fire spread, in the same direction, to Grigland s com and produce Btore—a small, detached building. The flames then took permanent hold ot a two-roomed house, across the occupied by Mrs JPiuiey and used as a lolly and fruit shop; then, of Mr Leahy's premises, a two-storey building, consisting of a shop and five rooms; and, then, snapped up Mr James JBurns's tworoomed cottage. A vacant space between that cottage and Mr James Norns's bakery and shop was not sufficient to save the latter. Besides the bakehouse, this building contained a shop and Jive rooms. A considerable aiuounc of tne furniture and effects were saved.

A Meeting of the Borough Council oi Hamilton was held iaat mgnt. The Mayor and Councillors focter, liardner, CJaudin, Uwynae, Uux, Dawoon, Uoates, Hume and JtJeale present. A letter iroui Mr 0. C vVooa, olaijuiuig- *no damages for injury done to uit> oy JN"eaie's cutting was road, auo ooixoopondenoe relative to baoK. icuc ox puuo revived oy the Waikato Gouuiiy uouuoa. An amplication for a slaugutor iiouao liuenne was received from 'i'liuo. clammy. At' application as workaig 0 veracw was receded from Joseph iiu.ii.ic>. Tno accounts of the two towndhipa were laid on the table and reaa, out em a portion of them were not audAtea, tneir luruiei - consideration was podtponed to meetmg. A stacemeut ui uie iioiougu accounts was read, showing assets &ia 'ids 4d. Cr. Potter proponed tnac cenddid, lor the erection of the bridge, be utnitja, giving premiums for the uem and second-best plans. The Mayor moved, as an amendment, That the Council delay a fortnight, longer the coiling tor competition oi-un-ings, to give tune xor the reoeipo of the Government plans. i'ne amendment was carried. Cr. Gaudm then moved that the necessary preliminary stepa, according to tne Act, De tanen to borrow the requisite sum for the erection of the bridge. Or. Potter moved a oounter resolution, that plans and specifications be first obtained. The amendment was loat by 2 to /, and Or. Gaudin's resolution earned, it was resolved to hold weekly, instead of fortnightly mee imgo. iha oounoil then heparaied. Ortmg to tne uiu-new of the hour, we hold ovei tne iu.il report.