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Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 900, 30 March 1878, Page 2

Messrs J. D. and K. Hill will offer for salo to-day 80 acres of land at Karamu. The Hamilton Punt is 'to laid up for repair. Tenders for porforming the same will be received up till the 3rd April. A Quadbille party will be held in the old Town Hall, Hamilton East, on Monday evening. Lot 158, Hamilton West, containing one acre, wits sold by Messrs Cochrane and Son, at auction, for the sum of £12 10s. The Revd J. Smith preaches for the last time in Waikato" to-morrow, at Pukerimu, at 3 p.m., and at Te Awamutu at 6*30 p.m. A Gband Concebl? will he hold in Cambridge on the 22nd inst., in aid of the Wilding fund of the Catholic Church of that place. '■ Fbeb TempJ-ABS.—A Lodge., in connection with the above hody, will be held on • Tuesday evening next, in the Victoria Hall, Hamilton, . ■ Messrs Bbown and Sons, of Shortland Street, Auckland, are offering, for a short time, . pianoSj concertinas, and flutes at London prices. . A large assortment of popular music is offered at reduced prices. Mb Gweney will attend at the Newcastle Town Board office t6-day, from 10 a.m. tin noou and from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., to receive the rates due to the Ngaruawahia Township Highway Board. The Ohaupo Town Lands Sale of Mr R. Burke is fixed ior April the 6th, Saturday next, when Messrs J. D. and K. Hill will offer for sale 50 allotments of land, varying from a quarter acre to an aore each. Terms, half cash, balance at two years. The Bedfobdshibe Times says that in a recent case Vice-Chancellor Malins decided that a holder of shares in a limited liability company has an absolute right to transfer his shares to whom he pleaseSj and that the directors have no right whatever to inquire into tho object of such transfer. Ratepayebs whose rates are unpaid cannot be too often reminded that not only their names will be ommitted from the burgess roll for 1878-9, but that a loss aocrues to the borough for every pound of rates unpaid of an equal amount, unless the same be paid on or before to-day, the 30th inst.j the 31st falling on Sunday. Mb James Hume's Fubnitube Sale will take place at Hamilton on Monday. There is a long list of household goods, comprising all necessary furniture from the drawing room to the kitchen. The sale will be held, by -Messrs J. D. and KHill, at 2 p.m. on Monday, at Mr Hume's house, Victoria Street, near the cutting. We noticed in oui* last issue thatthe Hamilton dogs had commenced worrying Mr Charles Johnson's sheep. Yesterday, the same trio of dogs were caught in the act of killing Mr Johnson's geese. J hoy had bailed up the flock of geeso, and killed three, but were fortunately seen in time to prevent further damasre. It is commonly believed, even amongst horsey ' individuals, that the bone of a horse when broken will not knit, and the animal, when it meets with a broken limb, is shot. That such is not the case, or not always so, was evidenced the other day jn the case of aioal belonging to Mr Coleman oj: IJamilton East. The foal in question was found vith a broken leg (a case of simple fracturp) about three weeks ago, and the leg having been put into position, the^animaj was left, the owner 'intending to return, and put it out of its misery. But meantime thq little | thing had hopped away Into oovor, on three legs, and no more was seen of it till a day or two ago, when it was found that the bone had knitted, fortunately in tho proper position, and the foal appears to be none the worse. Ohaupo. — Visitors to Oliaiipo on Monday H0.4 1?4T g no * ear about accommodation •; _Sfr gurkjo's flfiiy hptel, although not quite iinished, is suflicieutly fap advanced to be available. The building has a very substantial look about it. Tho broad verandah, with its heavy pillars, adds very much to this effect. In front, on the ground floor,, are the bar and commercial rooms, and two or tliree other sitting rooms. In the upper floor, there w?d eight bed-rooms and a private sittingroom ' tftie .oeiUftgS; wainscotings. and mantelpieces are of vaw-isfejjd. Ifahikatea. This, with the tasteful patterns" of t^e wall-papers, gives the whole interior of the building a light and pleasing appearance. Mr Edwards, late proprietor of the hotel, feas goj; h>to his new and commodious sto*e'. Tfeg stggft appears to better advantage than it did in %> q]t\ shanty, aud, from the way the shelves arc packed Mr Edwards appears to be prepared for an increase in business, eonsequent on the opening of the Railway. I? is unsatisfactory to learn that some of our prijj£ipj£L $i e P s $, ptfldupers in Waikato are discontinuing the business, as they iind prices unsatisfactory, Cheese should be produced at a profit at from 6d. to 7d. per lb wholesale, and this price, taking into account the retail price charged to consumers, both by Auckland and Waikato storekeepers — in Waikato & in ls. per lb — should leave a fair -____.•#% for the producer. First rate cheese Is ' pjod^cod on numbers of our farms. During "His' Excellency's late visit to Hamilton he was so 'struck >viih the flavour of the cheese at the banquet that he took away with him, as something J>o cpuld not procure in Auckland, the t'^naln(ng half uncut. This cheese was manufactured by Jfj Crubbifis, of Ohaupo, yet wo learn that that gentlemen has discontinued cheese making", a very few of his cheeses being yet procurable at the store of Mr Martin of Hamilton. Selling PnEAS _nts Without a Licence. — At the meeting of the Acclimatisation Society, on Wednesday, Mr Russell drew i.i£ attention of tho meeting to the- fact that last sp^son a large number of those who took out" a -icpnse to shoot, shot a great many birds, and sold thsm to the dealers in town and Whotel-keepers. %} such an extent was this carried that no good bags were made last year, aud if /jQityetljing were not done to prevent this abijse, the Societ}' would soon bo under the necessity qi yp-introduciug the pheasant. A lengthy discussion ensued as to -what should be done under the circumstances. The Act was referred to, and it was generally considered that t:;e 18th clause gave the Sooiety ample power to put a stop to such a practice as that to which Mr Russell referred. It was ultimately agreed, on the motion of Mr Russell, Fccohded by Mr phamberlain, that the legal opinion of Mr Heskcth be obtained to sec if, in accordance with the J.Sfch clause, the Society had not the right tp wause every one who sold a pheasant to i tako -out a license tv sell us 'well as to j

The County Council at tho Thamo- s doos net seem to givo universal satisfac { faction to tho people governed. At crowded public meeting, in the Academy, of Music, Grahamstown, on Monday night,; Mr Conies moved, "Thai;, in the opinion of this meeting, the Borough raid County Councils have' been unnecessarily expending public money, and that fuller accounts should bo published for the information of ratepayers.' ' He said what ho wished to ascertain was the number of foremen of works or bosses on the roads being;, made, and whothor it was necessary that two or three or four County Councillors should accompany the Engineer everywhere at a guinea a day each. He should like to see a return of all moneys received by Councillors. When tho County system was introduced it was to lift us up to heaven almost. And what did he sec _' A number of men who had* never taken their coats off since they came to the field. The system of contracts in the field was this : If he tendered for a contract which, by the specifications, required the removal of 18 inches, say, of soil, he found that the successful man only removed two. He didn't think it fair j?lay. He simply wished for further accounts. After some discussion the resolution was carried. A Meeting of the Hamilton West School Committee takes place on Monday evening, when, amongst other business, is ! the consideration of a motion, notico of which was given at the meeting held immediately after the election of the j presont committee, to consider the j advisability of bringing into operation the j compulsory clauses of the Act. It was [ resolved at tho timo to give a months delay for any expression of public opinion, although tlie whole committee were unanimous in their approval of the motion. For general information we may state that the i)oth clause provides that the compulsory clauses of the Act shall oidy come into operation upon the vote of the majority of tho committee. By these clauses it is provided that the parent or guardian of every child not less than seven, nor more than thirteen years of age, shall, in case such child lives within the distance of two miles, measured according to the nearest road, from a public school within a school district, send such child to school for at least one half pf the period during which the school is usually open. There arc certain provisions for exemption. The 95th clause provides that, in case any committee ascertains that any child which ought to be attending Bchool is not doing so, the clerk or any member of the committee may give tho oarent or guardian of such child notice hi writing, stating that he is required to seud his child to a public school, and that failing to do so he will bo summoned before two Justices of the Peace to answer for such neglect. If any parent or guardian neglects to obey such order, he is liable to a penalty not exceeding 405., and the same proceedings may be taken week by week in the case of failure by such parent to comply with the order. The' Spabbow.— lt is but fair to give the devil his due. We have been loud in our denunciation of the house sparrow, but feel almost inclined to make him the amende honorable. Mr Firth has already done so. It is certainly a remarkable fact that during the" present summer we have been quite free from the caterpillar pest, and insect life generally is less abundant. Has the increase of the sparrow had to do with this ? or is it an exceptional peculiarity of the present season, apart altogether from sparrow influence:-' Another summer will test the question. Till then, while wc may suspend our judgment on the sparrow, it would be too soon to give him the credit of the change. Speaking of small birds, at the late meeting of the Acclimatisation Society Mr Firth is reported to have said:— "With regard to birds, I notice thafc reference is made in this report to complaints which had been made of the destruction that is sometimes , caused by tho small wild birds that have been introduced by the society. lam glad to find it stated that the outcry which, lias been raised against these birds is fast diminishing. An extensive series of I inquiries have led me to the conclusion that thp injury done by those birds is not to be compared to the benefits they confer upon tbo fanner by the great destruction of insect lifc which they cause. A. few years since many farmors thought that these birds caused a great deal of loss in the gram crop, without any compensating advantage. Opinion now appears to be preponderating iu the opposite direction, and that these birds did a great deal more good than they could do harm. I refer to the sparrows particularly. I believe it is true that if a small quantity of grain is sown in an isolated position a great deal qf injury inay be done to it by these small birds, But in large grain distrlots-^-such as Otahuhu, Papatoitoi, <V;c. — the damage they do is infinitessimally small as compared with the harm and damage which they prevent. It is admitted that while the harm they do is seen, the harm they prevent and the good they do is not seen. It has been owing iu a large measure to the inroads of insect life, specially the caterpiller, that the greatest damage has heeu done to growing crops. The destruction'of this pest has saved the farmer's crop in many plaoes."