THE HAMILTON BRIDGE LOAN.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 910, 23 April 1878, Page 2

THE HAMILTON BRIDGE LOAN.

day must ; ba.ye be?n exceedingly satisfactory to all Weir-wishers- of the progress Vuiid prosperity of Hamilton. Of the one hundred and thirteen burgesses who recorded, their vote4 onehundi?ed and seven -werjl. in favour of authorising ■„ the loan : . of £7,000 for the const ruetion of the bridge. That . less . than ' half the burgesses voted on ,the oceasipn was due, we believo^to the fact, that no one ..thought, there would be found even six men in Hamilton Svhd would vote against the raising of the necessary money for the construction of so ranch needed a work as the. bridge. ' : A. repots was in circulation yesterday, and^ believed, by tbiinyj that- the lonii'V,^uldVf4\i i ) tbr.on"gli\'becaase less thaa t.vvo-i birds of' th^*; burgesses 'voted. Sucli f is,.nqt ; tnß'case. The ! 11 3 id clause of the Act, says:~ "If the number of > votes : given for tho proposal ekeeeda! :'the' s nuiiiber g-i Vefi !/!xi\i>^iijf^fe it^\by one-fifth, or mtfre ujkvi 6neVfii'ih-of the latter, the resolution! in ; favour of. the; proposal shall be deeuied to be carried." Thus, it will be seen, the requirements of the-Acfchave-been-epajnUed with, and we hope' soon to see tlis .l)uil,ding of the '.bridge taken altogether'frbiißjtKe^rpgio^of talk a nd put into practical execution.

Tjonukrsj i'ov -«pliLting firewood are ■'■ Tiiicf 3oikSe "find. dntevtainihoti^atThiko in aid of the local school fuuda takes place to-nioiTOAV. . . »

, Tuk sum of £62 was taken yesterday, we arc informed, for tickets at the HamExtension. — TV>noticQ2hat for the construction iof Railway from OhaUp;^"! I ]^ B^wainutu— 6^ miles— are caUejd t tAe Children of St 'Peters ©3|urcbj will tuke their iwitil VicniojWffiiiy. Tho start will bo inMk#M^fnir and the place of rendevouz the township and No. 1

Bridge

Tneeting Will" be' holdTb-morrbw-'evehing at 7 p.m. sharp, in the Court-House Hamilton to elect two trustees for the ;4ibqye/^anapi.^ Couuqil meet at 7 p.m. in, the qamqi build-iiig,-<fib N&aUit'is -desirKblo Ithat/ those interested in the election should meet puiiotually at seven o'clock. : Aritopos of ! thei Hamilton ; bridge, thff; great flood in December 1870, reached to a height of four inches above the ground floor of Mr Caldcr wood's house. On Saturday "last, taking tliis ;as : the extreme height, Mr Calderwood took the levels of the house : floor and the rivQr at its present height, and found , a /clarence ' of 18ft. and a fraction. The ; fl66r of the bridge djt'oigned by tlie^ Government; is intended to be" SOftilibove the ordin'aryaiver level.

, Tjis only extra piece of excitement we heaid of yesterday— and ! that, we suppose, is an accompaniment to most local sports -^•wiis, adjotuiied :to?Hamilton East- (the police being 1 all on the West side the rivjer), • .-wiuu'e,; , a bounca,ble boy ;r . some twbivo stdiie Svei^ht,- was trailing- his coat oil the ground, and bragging that he could thrash any Hamilton man into a cocked hat ! A Hamilton lad, some two stone ]ighter,,took : him : up, and— polished Mm op. iufa bl-^ce jrf shakes !. ! 5 This littl^ afEaif^h6wover;"inßfeaa'6f "causing a lutch, oulyTadded to: tlie.-gener(tMi'armony;and enjoyment of the day's amusement. Tiie ''kiHikini s "' A26rtTA.tr ''Races "are advertised fpr ; the .29tlV|inst., .and- we muterstaiid that a" inorb Hhari ' usually attractive race meeting will be held on this occasion. The amount of the several stakes to be competed for is not yet published, but in a purely local race meeting ; such,; as ithis'; at ■,-^LUdkihir the rivalry ' of owners' is Hkel^^p piwo-^.* greater incentive to competition than any mere s^aEecouldipossiblpbe. ?3Ms"indeM has always been the case and has served, with those who can appreciate good sport, to make the annual Kihikihi meeting a groat dpal .more attractive than |many a more pretentious affair of the 1 same kind.

A WELiikriTcte writer;.. : wlibse "lette^ appears in the ' Ilawke's Bay Herald, indulges in proj)hecy after this somewhat paradoxical fashion:—" If 'is? positively aiid confidently asserted b'ymbmbers, who certainly should know, that the next session will .be,, longer than its predecessors, the fighting 'more severe, the quarrels! keojior,:- and the., rows -more disgracefu, than before. This is asserted, too, in the face of the fact .that the Opposition consists chiefly' of- tiie ' quietest: 'and 1 "most peaceable men in the House. Socially, next session will probably be duller' than its predecessors. The- Ministers are not likely to entertain. Ifliuch, and for other reasons . the ..season "will almost certainly be much quieter.""

Ai> -I (Mtliovs^ - i»ea.th.^— jau^ATistfaliari publication of a recent date contains the following account of a singular and fatal accident occasioned by the use of dynamite in fishing :— An old resident was lately killing fish with the villaihoiis compound, when, from a stray spark or accidental ciontact with" the smouldering brand that he /held in one hand, the fuse attached to the' charge of dynamite' ignited. 'While the unfortunate man was watching for 'a ' ; " school" of fish, the -'charge, which he had near; his breast, exploded, of. conrsg:blowr ing his hand, to pieces. On being cxajoined four .holes were found in his chefit,H-foj:;.,Tfhich .no account cquid ;be: givou. He was brought into the;hpspitaj, but gradually sank and expired. "Before his de'atii he stated that he had not lit his fuse, and he-thought some fragment of the brand had been driven iinto his chest. On making &2JOst mortem- examination of the body, it was /found' that he had- been killed (shot) by his ownfingers. The first and more or less of the second joints of his four fiugershad been: driven into his chest -with such force that they smashed some ribs, injured himi-intemally? to such an extent that he succumbed, i