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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 908, 18 April 1878, Page 2

Mr H. H. Lusk has resigned his seat m the Assembly for Franklin. The Banks will be closed for the Easter holidays to-morrow, and reopen on Tuesday next. To-Mohrow being "Good Friday" Church services Avill be held at Te Awat rautu at 7 p.m., and at Alexandra at 11 a.in. Sergeant Sanderson, of Newcastle, has been appointed collector of the dog tax for the Town of Ngaruawahia Highway District. Catholic Services. — On next Sunday, "Easter Sunday," Father Golden will officiate at Cambridge at 7 30 am., and at Hamilton at 11 a.m. Piaxo School. — A. soiree and entertainment, m aid of the funds of the above school, Avill be held at the school-house, Morrinsville, on "Wednesday next. Mb T. H. "Webber, of Cambridge, cabinet-maker, upholsterer, and French polisher, is a candidate for a share of public patronage and support. Tenders for erecting a house of six rooms (labour, only) will be received by Mr D. Richardson, architect, Cambridge, up to the 27th inst. "Messrs. J. D. & K. Hill Avill hold a clearing Bale on Saturday of drapery, clothing, boots, etc., the stock-in-trade of J, Mflses, who will shortly remove into the new premises building for him. Timber License. — At the meeting p.f the Waikato Board, held m Auckland on Tuesday, Messrs Johnson and Hastie applied for a licence to cut timber m Te Rahu bush. It was agreed to refer the application to the local Highway Board. Tjje Hamilton Bbidqe Plans. — A public meeting has been called for this evening at 8 o clock, at f,he Court House, Hamilton, when the Government plans of the proposed br'dge Avill be exhibited, Avith a A'iew of enabling the burgesses to inspect and discuss them. At a meeting of the Hamilton East School Committee, held on Tuesday, it Avas resolved to bring the compulsory clauses of the Act into force on tho Ist of Juno nesfc. application of Mrs Field for an increase of salarjr as Bowing mistress was recommended to the Board by the Committee. For some little time past communication betAveen the King and the Premier has been interrupted, but tho native chief, 'c "WlieoiQ, has gone up to Auckland for the purpose of inatyfyjj ajrranig-e---mentrt for a meeting between Sir Goorgo Grey and the King, to come off possibly on the 30th, though the date is, 7f© believ^ us /et uncertain.

A Fatal Accident, avo regret to say, has occurred to the youngest child of Captain Beere, of Hamilton ).soinc three years of age). On Tuesday, it fell from tho verandah, and, thongh much shaken, at the time no serious apprehensions were entertained. Yesterday, however, more marked symptoms intervened, and medical assistance was called m, Avhcn it Avas found that the poor little thing was suffering from concussion of tho brain, and it geadually sank till towards night, Avhen it died. 5 " Locket, ono of the newly-imported thoroughbred mares brought out by Mr R. H. D. Fergusson on his return to Waikato, dropped a filly foal to Pero Gomez on Tuesday night. Locket is by Thunderbolt, out of Keepsake ; by Daniel O'Rourke, out of Hampton. Keepsake is one of the best bred marcs m the English Stud Book. Thunderbolt is by Stockwell. This makes the last of Mr Fergusson's three English mares that have foaled all right, viz., Dundee's Katie, Avhich dropped a broAvnoolbto Thunderbolt ; Lyra, which brought a chestnut colt to the Speaker ; and noAV Locket, Avho has pi csented a bay filly to Pero Gomez. Pero Gomez, himself, is by Weather Bit out of Weather Witch, and avoii the Derby, avc believe, m ISoU. Lfcii/oiss. — We lately heard of a ncAvly imported servant who having some lettuces lntudcd to hey to prepare for table, asked " should she boil them," but if they Avere anything like the sample of Button's white cross lettuce, grown by Mr Mason, of the Waikato Nursery, and forwarded on Saturday to this office, the girl ought to be forgiven the mistake. These were each as big as a large cabbage, but the outer leaves removed, the heart was delicate and white, and as succulent and sweet as the nicest epicure m salads need desire. They speak well for the seed from which they AA r ere raised, and for the skill of the grower, and doubtless if Mr Mason has saved the need or has any stock ■of it on hand, he will ■ have plenty of applicants. Good garden I seed, indeed, such as can safely be relied upon as true to its kind, or even as certain to germinate at all, should always command a market m Waikato m preference to the imported article. Cattle' Yard 3at Railway Stations. — A month ago or more the railway authorities promised to erect yards for sheep and cattle at the Hamilton Station, but nothing has been done m the "matter. This Avant is a serious inconvenience to the settlers of Waikato, and the present ia tho season when fat cattle m considerable numbers are sent to the Auckland market, and when settlers, if facilities were afforded thsm, could avail themselves of the high prices paid by Auckland dairymen for springing coavs. We really would recommend the railway authorities to pay attention to these matters. It is the neglect of such things th«at causes a line not to pay so Avell as it might. Government railways should be managed on the Same principal as any other business concern, that is, be made as attractive 1 and convenient to customers as possible. j If railway official salaries were made J dependent on «nd proportionate to the p.iying- state of a line Aye should see I a ' little more attention paid to such ' matters. * The Borough Council of Hamilton has added to its civic dignity the possession of a seal, and the Burgesses have paid £2o for the same. It may, therefore, not bo uninteresting to them to learn what they have got for their money. The seal, Avhich is an instrument that stamps or presses any paper subjected to it with a raised medallion some two inches m diameter, Avas furnished by Mr Alexander of Auckland, and the design, Aye believe, is his also. There is tho eternal fern tree, to bo seen m all New Zealand illuminations and designs, and m the distance is to be seen a river, whether the Waikato or Waipa wo cannot say, but the Burgesses having paid their money can take their choice. A snip m the offing and a Maori canoe m the distance are emblenatical of the then uid now of Waikato. So, too, are the tomaliawk and mere lying on the ground, with the wheat growing peacefully around and over them, Avhilo a loeomative coming at full speed is still further emblematical of the advancing flow of colonisation and settlement. The congregation of St. Peter's, Hamilton, met the Bishop m the Church on Monday evening after service for the discussion of several matters relating to the interests of the Church m Hamilton. His Lordship having opoucd the meeting with prayer, congratulated the congregation on their improved condition since he had met the people of the Church some three years ago. The handsome and commodious Church m Avhioh they were assembled, and which even now appeared as if it would aeon require enlarging 1 , tho fact that tho parish had to be subdivided, all showed the rapid advance of the Church m this part of Waikato. Ihia state of things he attributed m no small degree to the faithful and zealous work of the two ministers, and the faithful Avorking of the congregation with them. He was much pleased with the improA'ed conduct of the Church service and of the choir. The Bishop alluded feelingly to the loss the Church of Christ had received m the death of that eminent and pious man Bishop Selwyn, and trusted that Waikato, as one of the special fields of his labour, would be amongst the first to erect a memorial to his memory. The increased attendance of the Sunday School children was also commented upon, the services of Mrs Calder receiving a graceful acknowledgement from the Bishop. The Bishop hoped that the parish would soon see its way to provide an annual stipend of £200, and some accomodation for the grazing of the minister's horse. The consecration of the cemetry Avas to have taken place on Easter day, but could not proceed, as the land was not formally declared. He would however come to Hamilton at any ti-uo for this service. Mr Vialou asked if the Bishop would interest himself m obtaining from the hristian Knowledge Society tho donation of £50 to the Church building fund They had still an over draft at the bank of £150, for which one or two individuals were responsible, and he would like to see a loan of £150 from the Standing Cqmmittee arranged for, so as to clear off this overdraft. The Bishop said he had explained the position of the Hamilton Church to the Christian Knowledge Society, and expected almost immediately to have a satisfactory answer as to the payment of the donation, although, according to rule, tho Society neA r er handed the money over till the debt on the building Avas paid. Mr Danvers suggested that a Sunday School room should be Wit instead of having the School held m tho Church. The Bishop thought the Christian Knowledge Society would assist if a site were procured. It was explained that there was plenty of room on the Church reserve. The Italian Parliament has \-otcd, with a Jarge majority, the abolition of death as a punishment for crime ; an I it is now proposed that m future no murdcreers shall bo given up to the authorities of forpign couutries, under the extradition laws, unless a pledge bo given that the life of the criminal shall bo respected. It has been resolved that no persons shall be m future liable to aiTest and imprisonment for debt. This measure is by no means agreeable to the several chambers of com-

Tenders for some seventy chains of fencing, on the lands of Tuhikaraina, of Tamohere, a single ditch with bank and j scrub fence, will be received up to noon of Thursday, the 2oth inst. A He ward of Five Pounds is offered for information leading to the conviction of persons who have cnt and removed timber on lots 202 and 203, Te Rapa, without tho authority of the owner, Mr James Wallace. "I've got a new machine," said a Yankee pedlar, " for picking bones out of fishes'. Now I tell you, it's a little bit the darndest thing you ever did see. All you have to do is to sat it on a table, turn a crank, and tho fish flies rite down your throat, and the bones rite under the grate. Well, there was a country ' greenhorn ' got hold of it the other day, and he turned the crank the wrong way ; and I tell you the way the boues flew down his throat was awful. It stuck the feller so full of bones that he couldn't get his shirt off for a whole week.' ' Hereditary Vice and us Consequbxces. — Some time since, a certain cow, whose legal knowledge and judicial conscience should have taught her better, —after pillaging all tho vegetable gardens m Ngaruawahia,— -at last visited her owner's. She was at onoe handed over to Messrs Hedger and Latng, who soon stopped her little weakness for other people's cabbages. Unfortunately, she left behind her a heifer, who, for some time previous to her mother's decease, showed a tendency to follow m the steps of her worthy' dam. The heifer passed into the hands of a resident at Ngaruawahia, aud, since then, there have been ao many complaints that the owner handed her over, on Wednesday, to the local butcher, who certainly did not long delay m quartering her, to the great rejoicing of cabbage owners m JSTgaruawahra. A Monster Turnip, weighing 271bs, grown on the reclaimed swamp land of Messrs Cox and Williamson, may be seen at the office of this journal ; also, a small one, of the same kind, about half a pound m weight, whirh was sent with it, but why we cannot say, unless the large one is intended to represent what the swamp can produce having been taken m hand by capitalists, and the little one what it would have produced had it been cut up m hundred-acre sections, and taken up by settlers of small means. Perhaps, after all, the little turnip was allowed to accompany the larger one only on the same principle that a pretty girl often chooses as her intimate friend and campanion a very plain one — to act as a foil. ]he turnip is well Avorth looking at, however, as a sample of what Waikato swamp land, when reclaimed, will produce, for a crop of turnips secured, the rest all follows as a matter of course. The ' Wellington Evening Chronicle' records the introduction of female barbers as follows: — " Female . barbers have been introduced by Mr Beck, the proprietor of ' a hairdressing saloon m Cuba Street. ! This is a novelty at least. The employment of girls m the same capacity has been known m sister colonies with varying success, but avc think it is quite new to Now Zealand. Wherefore we may judge that Wellington is going ahead m small matters as well as great. There has been an immense run on the establishment since the ' new features' were introduced. Our representative visited the establishment. During his sojourn m the place no less than live devoted creatures submitted themselves to bo lathered by the fair creatures, aud scraped, though they hadn't as much hair on their face as would make a wig for a mosquito. It must be said that these barbers possessed charms of no ordinary degree, and the only wonder seemed to be that they could choose such an occupation for the display thereof. The wonder, to the rcportorial mind,' was not diminished as through a •window ho watched the frightful attempts made by a scorbutic youth to ogle tho pretty girl who- was smothering his distorted visage with soap,- after the most approved style. We have girls employed m all sorts of pursuits which not long ago wore the sole prerogative of men, and really why not have girls for barbers after all? Those who used to like getting their hair cut the old way say the new fashion is much the nicsst. The Treaty qf Peace —A telegram from Constantinople, bearing date March 6th, says: — The treaty bears the title "Preliminaries of Peace," and contains 29 articles. The opening articles relate to Montenegro, Servia., and Bulgaria. The indemnity ia fixed at 1,410,000,000 roubles, but 1,100,000,000 are covered by territorial cessions, Nothing is fixed concerning the terms and period of pnymeut of the 310,000,000. No guarantee is stipulated, nor is there any mention of Egyptian or Bulgarian tributes, or the Turkish fleet. The treaty simply states that Russia and Turkey shall agree subsequently about the payment. Phot remains m Bulgaria. Servia includes ' Sienitza, Novibazaar, and Uranja. Mon- | tenegro includ.es Autivari, Spuz, Podgoritza, and Niosics. All the Bulgarian fortresses are to be raised and the Turkish troops withdraAvn. A military road will bo established for Ottoman posts and telegraphs, and the passago of troops, which, however, must not make any considerable halt Avhile passing through the country. Mussulmans may return to ■< Bulgaria. Any property of "Mussulmans | who have not returned, which they left | undisposed of, will be sold after two I years for tho benefit of a widows' and orpho.ns' fund. Arrears of taxes m Bosnia and Herzegovina are to be remitted. The revenue until 1880 is to be applied to indemnity for tho sufferers by the insurrection, and provided for local needs. Austrian and Russian commissioners will arbitrate on all disputed claims. The navigation of the straits is declared free for merchant vessels during peace or war. Six divisions of Russian infantry and two of cavalry will occupy Bulgaria until the formation of the Bulgarian militia, the strength of which shall be fixed later by Russia and Turkey. The Russian army of oocupatibn will preserve its communication both through Roumania and the Blaok Soa. The expenses of Russian occupation are to be borne by Bulgaria. Uoumania is authorized to make her demands for indemnity direct to the Porte, and make a direct treaty. No indemnity is stipulated for Servia or Montenegro. Russian, Turkish, and Bulgarian Commissioners will determine the Bulgarian tribute. The reform programme of the Constantinople Conference will be applied to Bosnia and Herzegovina. An organization similar to that granted Crete m 1808 is stipulated for Thessaly and Epirus. No mention is made of Greece or Crete. Batoum, Ardahan, Kara, and Bayazid are ceded to Russia. #Erzeroum and Trebizond aro not mentioned, except that the Russians may embark at Ti'ebizond on their return home. Asiatic Turkey is to bo evacuated m six months. Tho evacuation of European Turkey is to begin immediately, and it is to bo completed Avithin three months. The European Danube Commission retains its former rights. The Porte undertakes the expense. The Porte undertakes tho expense of reestablishing navigation on the Danube, and indemnifying private losses, the amounts of Avhioh are to be deducted by tho Com. mission from sums it owes the Poj'te. Russia receives Dobriid-cha, to exchange it for Bessarabia. The question of a Tuvco-Peraian frontier shall ba speedily settled. The treaty is to be ratified within fifteen days, but its provisions become obligatory immediately. Nothing is said about a ratification by Congress, nor about the capitulations, nor of ft ulliaijw,