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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 911, 25 April 1878, Page 2

The Tuhikaramea Bighway District Board announce the i 1 intention of striking a rate, on the 11th proximo, of Is. m the £ for the year ending March 31, 1879. !■ Tenders for gravelling" and claying about 3.0 phainsjQf road .will be -received •fby .the .Piikekurji HighVay Board- up 'to the 3rd proximo. - * * * • • Tenders,- ; for labour only, will be recoiyccLby Mr Richardson, at, Cambridge, up 'to Saturday next, for the erection of a? house .of six rooms: , ....'-..■...-, „ . : ■■] Mr Edward Message, builder and.' contractor, of Hamilton, has declared his r inability to' meet his engagements with Ms creditors. The first meeting 'of creditors is fixed for Wednesday next, the Ist;^prdxini6i ? }.y-.' ■■"£•, ,?; -„'. ~\ £'g~ ! Messes J. 1). & E; Hill wilP sell at theuv^mar^Victori^Btreet^^Hainilton, :on Saturday next, a~' quantity* of v drapery, etc., m the bankrupt estate of J. Gage, and a perambulator and sausage machine, and other domestic utensils of .various descriptions, -including I Some patent tarpaulings, 12 x 16. ; Messrs Hunter and Nolan's Ohaupo Cattle Sale takes place to-day. The. stock to be offered , includes, fat . cattle, dairy cows, and : ;stores, sheep, pigs, and the cattle ; and horses m the insolvent estate of, John Gage, of Whatawhata. j Mr R. B. Mason has stepped m and .filled up. a want now : some little time experienced m Hamilton, biit which, with a train leaving Auckland regularly dach morning^ and arriving m Hamilton midday, ought not to be felt, that of a good supply of fresh fish. : -\'a .■> • Exchange op Pvtlpits. — On Sunday: next the Rev Li 0. Brady will officiate m St.rjAndrew's Chorch, Cambridge," at 11 a.m., on Sunday next, and at Ohaupo m the afternoon .at, 3 o'clock.;. The Rev W. N. de L. WiUis wnlcbhducttiie s'ervipe at St. Jolin's, Te Awamutu, at 11 a.m., and at St. Saviour's, Alexandra, m the evening at 7 o'clock. Land may be -bought . . and houses erected on freehold property on ; tlie ! Building Society's prinnples on application to Messrs J. D. & K. Hill, of Hamilton. A person 'having a freeholds, allot-: ment may have a house built foiPhim, the cost of Avhich he will repay by weekly ■installments, m the.shape pf. rent,.covering principal and interest till the amount is cleared pff. ....," Bridge .over „t he. — Tfie- ; time for receiving tenders .for., the con-' struction of the above bridge is drawing to a close, Saturday week, the 4th proximo, being the day fixed for receiving them. " They" are" to-be sent' to Box 10;' Hamilton Post Office^ addressed to Dr Wcaddington/ Chairman of the Bridge -Cdttittri'tteeV : r' . ' The. Members of the. W^aycato Volunteer Cavalry ,ar.e notified that the halfyearly; driUfqiv;^ Te iV"wamiitu troop will commence on the Ist of .May! and that.'for.th^e. Hamilton contingent . of the same ti'odp on Tuesday, the 9th proximo. Membe,rs.<wiH paradp with ail arms and accoutrements. As our readers' are! aware,--a sum' of 'fifteen shillings per day, for forage expenses, «fee., will b,e 'paid to all ( member 3 of ifche troops attending the half--yearly dtflL' ',,;■.;; ' "J ]. \-' ''v,V, :.. : Inj riefcurning; thanks i 0r .... his flection 'Mr Tui-übiill, the newlyrelected member foivTimaru,;.gaid he v wasj'pf ; ppinion that a ; re-distribution of the " burdens of the country was absolutejly necessary, and he was prepared to advocate'that j)roperty should bear a .share of ,it. r " '. Ho would not : support.' manhood siiffragQ';Untii it had :beeu tried to place on; property its proper share ;of .the 'burden of .the taxation of the country. . If.,tJiat .were refused; lie would, then be willing ■ to ; extend 'tjhe franchise^ and give the people the power of compelling: the property; to be taxed. A CoRRESi'ONDEHTof the 'Southern Plantation ' writes as follows about the power of a well-known plant ; — "-I have discovered a remedy;. for. pulmonary consumption. It has cured a number of cases after bleeding at the lungs had commenced, and the hectic flush was on the cheek. I have tried this remedy . to my own satisfaction, and have thought thaVphilatttliropy -requii-ed^hatl should let if be fob W& fHe: (world? ? It if f the . common mullen leaves, steeped strong and sweetened with sugar, and drunk finely, The leaves should be gathered before the ond of July, if convenient. The leaves of oid^oi-' y.oung plants are, good, dried inethe shade, and kept'in clean paper bags. The. medicine must be continued .front three ■• ,to ., six months, a^tding to the ; stage _of ,-sthe disease. It is very good for the blood ' vessels, strengthens- -and builds up :the [system,, inakes'good blood, ami removes inflanuifcidii of the lungs, .-,-. ,lt is .the wish of the writer that eyeiy -; periodical; should publish this pprnedy for, the. benefit of the ; human family;'? ' ; . :: -. - ■■,■.■, ' T : "l % terrible TbßNApo,*whioh' was four hundred yards r in .width j: swept ; through' v Casey Opijuty, J£entucky, on Marckr3/ ioift#'i»i*'clji damage.. The whole family of ' Vincent ' Wesley,. ; weapi. Rich Hill, consisting of himself, his wife, two grown daughters, two boys named « Sloan (nephews), and Wm. Saylor, a, neighbour stopping at his house, were killed out- • right. Another mari, ; pamed Richardsonj Jia4 a collar-bone badly crushed.;, Mi-a Wesley's b,Q.tjy was blown four hundi-ed yards, ; and her .. cj.otijiif g entirely stripped off. . The two daugi^ters >yerjs caiTied fifty yards, and found ' locked 'iu'each other's aims. Tlie father and one nephew wei?e much mangled. All must have beon kijled by the first blow of tlie tempest, %c jewelling) stables, 1 • and outhouses, were biow^ eiitii-ely away, the logs being scattered for njiuiy yards;- In thb .vicinity of Mount Olive, Mrs Morgan was lulled, and the dwelling and outhouses vi E. Ployd Avei*6 completely swept away, and tUe ; timbers scattered m every direction. In tho viiligfl pf Mount Olive, seyeraji Rouses were']?b^i W*J, «" d the re-

mainder otherwise injured. Fences wrro I carried off along tho whole course of tho tornado, tho post and rail fences being drawn out, torn into splinters, and utterly destroyed. Large trees wore twisted from the roots, and carried hundrods of yards?. Considerable numbers of horses, cattle, and other stock were killed. Probablo loss, 50,000 dollars. ||l TIIK AN|rf|jJJ PLOtr^^^MATC^iUj connec^of||prj|Kkthe Caiic lipidgVEqcrp&rsV Club, wiKbe''he]|j|bn Tin mlay, tnffi itbT July, afjfaj plaepto bo ||vcrtis|(i^6n a, future dlijq 1 . i|||ist of • iltf} eyentljarid oil the i)riz^Ho,^^warde^Mppearß(iii our;, advertising 6f/ to-day^' and? champion and additional prizes, as the funds may allow, will bo notified from :time- tQ_4ime. ar ,Last. >> ye^ prizes were given by "innividuai~Tnembers of the community}* and doubtless a similar, liberality will be shown by many on tills Af OBtCEEtpitA^B, 3!a^§e<rv." Single, was- played *at '"Cambridge « on Easter Monday. At the start tho betting was m favour; of =the >team of- ; bachelors, but the mail-iedanen jfrM in-;fisr|t,t|id"- made 87 runs. : r TKe fowling-" hi l Stubbing and Clare for^tlie bachelors was not up to thoii\Hsuyi>ftj3l§.--fThT^£a^rielbrs were all out f or'"2'f runs. "The BowmTg^of Mackin-. tosh and , Stuart,^as^yery effective, and the b'acheWr team" Had' a "run '-of all They were so- ashamed of themselves wlvenithe : BQ,atch,^vaa ) over that £ :they made away withjthe scoring book : bq ihat their disgrace should not be publishea. Moreover, and. ; what , was a. more legitimate procedure, many of them" expressed a determination to get married before the next match comes off. i THoservvho did not make any-score at all, went off at once m search of eligible damsels. The r return \ match will' ;be , played on the Queen's ;Birthdayj .when -the tables may be ijurned..:. , ; Fires have of late become ; quite an institution m Auckland, and are of such frequent .repetition. tKat the chronicling them»is u inatter'6f mere interest, .^ff-'la^we learn^of^iS dne m the Karan'lload, AucklaJi^j U1 a block of: .buiidrugfl; facing the : :.T€isute nce of Mr L. >]b: "Nathan. The people m the Queen's |S6tei (one of the builtoiga-iburiie^jverG ■-just i roused up m time to ~escapei>'This time _ the fire-seems to have originated m an old.^ed m, the. rear, probably used by somd. vagrant,- one of wlionf^iiad been driven out by Constable*jA;Bfams m $ie early part of the night, and probably returned and fired the ~:§lied, either by accident or wilfully. A. good deal of f urniturtfwas saved m the; Queen' s Hotel, ajid m -the hqu^s" of .Mr Dean, Miss Lumsdeiff, and another? i Two of the - ; houses ;; destroyed^ belonged, to Mr Caley, vbf Pukerimu, .and were insured by him for-;:£$ 00. About ■' £3 ;500 worth of property is supposed to have beetf destroyed. . A ChaegE;OP Laeokny against^a boy of about twelve -years-; of. ag^,;nafeed Bartholomew Cropp, was enquired into, before the R.M.- at Ngaruawahia, on tho 23rd instant.'" It appears that m March last a siim of money , : m notes and silver, amounting to- £5 Bs, had- beeii stolen from the whare of Mr James Gibson, situated m the wild yet I'omantic. shades of the Taupiri Bush," while the ' occupant was engaged at his daily calling; : At the time of tho theft, no trace or clue by which to identify the culprit could be found, and the matter lfiy quiet, and to all appearance was likely ! to remain so, until last Saturday, when- the boy above named unexpectedly appeared m tho 'township, aud expressed a desire of investing some funds of which he had become possessed m- a watch.' At the time, Constable Hobson happened. to be on his daily peregrinations, and, hearing of the boy's need, of. a '' tiqker," bethought, him of the loss of the owner of the untenariteJ whare m the Taupiri Bush, and greeted^ the little stranger with loving looks and tender enquiries; -wliich resulted m all the money, with the exception of three shillings, being ..recovered. The boy, by way of change, will retire from such vanities as hunting watches for three years, for the purpose of" studying navigation at Kohi.maramara.r j-z : • -> I > '■" ' : Dueb • Stbeet"; * Oambbidge, ■ presents nowq. u^ e ,«:tpwiilike aspect,. A handboms new shop has just been built by Mr Camp, m which he carries on his combined ■business of tailor, bookseller, and hairdresser. Mr Hally- is building another shop, next his store, which will be occupied by Mr Hollowfiy, baker and confectioner. Mr Keesing's, store, is also a large and handsome building^ Mr R. McVeagh has turned his butchers shop into a heat little store. Mr Houghton" has built a veranda to his store, and put m new large windows. The shops attached to the Masonic Hotel are now finished,; and will no doubt soon find tenants. Thero are now uo less than eight storekeepers m the town-hip. This speaks well for the trade of the district. Most of them have been replenishing, their stock, . expecting : to do a good business with the natives if the £ancl .Court, sits m Cambridge. There ha.ye been a number of natives m the' settlement for tlie last fortnight, and all agree, m wanting the Land Court to be held here, . Tjuey.dp not like the idea of going to ■' Hamilton. People are complaining of want of water.. , All the tanis are run out, land many wells [are dry. A great' quantity of water has to be carted up from the river. ..... The Monstee Cibcus and Thievew.— A Wellington telegram; in to-days issue cautions Auckland visitors to the circus against a number of pickpockets, who, finding the crowd at the monster show .favour their nefarious business., are following it from town to " towii> The Wellington ' Post,' alluding to' the same tiling, says :— <' We would caution those, who go to the circus to leave any valuables at home, and to take only sufficient money to pay for their tickets. Several cases of pocket pickiug- hareheea reported to the police. Purses are the spoil 'fnibisfr: favoured^ by the light-fiugered frateriiity, but they do not disdain any article's^ of jewellery which may fall m their way.. One gentlemen, on Saturday ,evening, lost a gold watch and chain, which he ; values at £50* arid a necklet and locket were detached from the n'edk of a lady., without, her knowledge. The large crowds wliich collect at the ticket booths and entrances are specially favorable to the operations of pickpockets, and' those Avith a natural inclination for fingering other peoples property hayei fully realised this fact at each town at which the circus has stopped., lia,st ; night, as a well known local medico was obtaining his ticket, he felt a hand m his pockety He tried, to grasp it, but the ".tln'ef was,, tqq ;q\\ick for him, and got away m the crowd.' The doctor saw the man's dress, b,ut not his face, fpr as soon as he fouij.d he had been discovered he pift ; his ha^ds ; bef QF e his . face. At Dunedin one man lost 4&50 m bank" notes, and. at Chx'istohurch other thefts .were repprded. Probably some 'professionals' have made it their business to follow the circus from town to town, and certainly they have struck a rich' field for the exercise of their predatory proclivities." . •T-Ip; 7Ne.w Yqrk Daily Graphic ? closes an avtiole'on » future Eq.nisliment " with tho following suggestions :— " Witlioi+t entering into the controversy about eternal punishment, which agitates the Congregationalists, it may be proper to remark that, as far as wo have seen, liberal theology has not yet supplied the woiM with any motive to righteousness equally as strong as J,he one it denies. Leaving out every other odrisidor-atujn, there can. be no question that a place of

I ternal torments prepared for the wicked Ava.s a strong incentive to morality m tho past. Ordinary men can appreciate it. [ The Puritans moulded — nay nurtured — on ' this bolief , were nn honest, sober, and God fearing folk. They Averc hard and stem m dealing with offenders, but they were not open t^J;h|»ohargc of plundering the widow and orjih^n, of violating trusts, of .cominittinj^ pejjjuiy, and of all the many >T^jpfi..':pur present lifo iuifortuf|ftJsely 'totthe knowledge of ■ us till. r It is, doubties3/;a pretty theory that looks "jipon crim^-arfi-its own punishment, but man haj^ript become civilised enough to fallowSiti; ; {o be experimented with by any community. "A hell is a very ugly con^ ception, but it had its uses. It made human life on this planet better than it ■> havo been. . And the world would do well to enquire whether a -greatf deaL^fKourUaxity is not due to the decay of the belief without substituting "s^methiiig*''e"(|tially as^Veprehensive m its stead." i. ;•■' ■'. 1 'J : ' .-■ St. Peter's Sunday School Feast, Hamilton. — The last day of the drougth, and the clerk ot] the weather could , hardly wait till the children got home,' was that chosen for the annual picnic of the small folks at Hamilton. At . % ,p,m. the children mustered at the and ' inarched dbwn to Mr Fulcham's; paddocks, on the HamiltonNewcastle road, where swings and other means of were rigged up for their enjoyment; The Revd Mr Calder and the ; Sunday School teachers and others' were zealous m providing for the amusement of the crowd of children gathered together. That Hamilton -will be an important place some day must be clear to any one who saw the muster of small fiy collected on Tuesday m Mr F^lcham's paddocks. Another decade, and these youngsters will bo the mothers and fathers of the next generation of Hamiltoriians. There they were, scorces upon scores of little active neat looking intelligent, children, every one, no doubt,well up m his : and her catechism, and certainly quite .wide awake , to the advantage of putting the best leg forward for the sixpences arid threepenny bits, bags of marbles and lollies, which were liberally furnished for the first three at ihe post m successive races. The amusements were kept up till •i o'clock, when the whole assemblage, visitors and all, were marched back to the parsonage, where an aniple tea of cake, sweets, buns, milk, &c, had been provided by Mrs Calder. Whether good digestion waited on appetite we cannot say, but certainly good appetite waited on the ; afternoqn's racing, ana piles of cake and other eatables melted away before the onslaught of juvenile Hairiiltoni .We congratulate Mr and Mrs Oalder on the success of the affair, which must have been most satisf actoiy to them, not only as affording an enjoyable holiday to the children, but as an expression of the congregation generally of their appreciation of the energy and zeal which niarFthe conduct of our worthy parson and his excellent wife m parish matters. The Cambridge Comet. — Tuesdays 'Star' has the following: — '"About ten days ago we published a oopy of a telegram sent from Cambridge to the survey office respecting the discovery of a comet. The discoverers thereof, Messrs Cook (surveyer) and Williams, were so far satisfied with the correctness of their observations as to go to the trouble and expense of telegraphing, full particulars. 'Ihe comet has been seen by the abovementioned gentlemen at high noon, hut unfortunately since the date of their first observation of this unexpected astrouo-. mical visitor, the sky has been so overcast as to preclude all possibility of being seen by the Auckland people. The Cambridge gazers have either better eyes, arc more experienced m following this heavenly traveller as he performs his daily task, and whirls through' the canopy of space, or. else they have had a clearer atmosphere and less cloudy sky; for on Tlrarsday another telegram was forwarded to the survey office by Mr Williams, stating - not only that the comet had again been seen, but describing its position, which was within some 40 degreos of the sun, so that for some days the comet will bo rendered invisible by the bright, dazzling light of the former. Ihe comet is stated to be travelling very fast, and is expected to emerge from the present effulgent rays of the sun into an atmosphere which will' allow of the public of Auckland seeing it with the naked eye. We 'publish this information m good, faith as it has been received. There are some who, sceptical „ as Thomas, doubt there is such a comet to be seen from Cambridge or any other place, and suggest the probability of its having b«en seen through a glass, darkly (wine glass), or through an upturned bottle, after previously having turned the contents of the latter inwards or into their own sole (er) systems ; but believing that this new '■ Cambridge comet is a realitjr, thoie who profess to have seen it say : — 'Does it not satisfactorily explain the reason of the present drought V Having thus given both sides of the question, we will wait calmly the issue, and shall be happy to receive tidings from the first person who discovers the re-appearance of the celestial . traveller. It is spoken of as being next visible after sunset, so that it is merely a question of a little time and a ; clear ; skyj and then, as Mr French say.s, ' What.harm to look and judge for yoiu--selyes?'". ..'.".