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Waikato Times, Volume x, Issue 913, 30 April 1878, Page 2

Hamilton Contingent or Te Awamutu Volunteees.— The meeting of the members of this corps', called, 'for tomorrow evening, at the Commercial Hotel, Hamilton, will take place at. seven o'clock.. A full' muater— -not' only -of "the ' Old members of the corps, but of those who have lately agreed to join — is requested, as, after, election, they .will be enabled to take pait M the| business of -the meejnijr. i, .. A Special Meeting op the Bobough Council op Hamilton Avas held last night to hear objections, if any, to the Burgess list. No objections, however, had been lodged. 'Hie meeting, which was called for 7 o'clock, did not take place till nearly half past, two only of the Board, Crs. Potter and Gardner putting m an appearance before that time. Before the meeting opened Cr. Potter drew attention to tho want of seats provided by the Board for the use of the public, those present having either to stand or sit on the floor. The minutes of the proceeding meeting and of the Committee meeting. -/• of. Fjriday night were road^'Cr Potter " objected to the . conih^natipn. of the latter, inasmuch, as 1 notice/of , .the. motion.for r the appointment >of an. engineer, had .not been gl.yen7.and the avhole proceeding's' ais'^ to hia'appoinniciifc : were, . irregiiltti'. . .."Ci*.^ /Gardiner seconded': ..Qii the 'motion being" put, 'Crs. Gardiner,' PbtterV'aud I ,' voted' for it, and the Mayor aud Ci\ 'Gwyiruc against it. The'ininut'ds were therefore declared net tp ilie confirmed. '' !A. second' letter was % reeoiye'd ( f fpiii .' Mr .T. C. ' Hahiihond demanding' ''au. a'Jlcnbwiedgin'eiit of ! his , .right, .to ."vote.' * Tlie . acknowledgement wijsniade, and the. subject dropped.' The, lie\v, ' ''Bu'rg'css .'.' "' list ; •' was' certified ,to "... . and ' 'sighed. 1 ' ; v The following inotiori was proposed by Or-. Potter •■•:• — - " There being a large volunteer corps established m this district, it is essential that a Volunteer and Hall be built m this Borough, with reading room, library, and other accomodation suitable for the present and future progress of the -district;; .and- .-with a view, to., its being eoimneuee,d\' forthwith, the "Mayor ' :; be requested i ¥0 .'communicate, with thcGovemraent as to a site being set apart for such purposes,,, ainj a^grant m aid,, itsLgiypiu -to <6theif cUstrieta for .similar purposes.'/ riio"*"mouon. * was duly 'seconded •«-•'. and -'carried! unaniinbu'sly. Councillor /Potter gave notice ofmotion for- 'next fs'ittingp" That with a view to giving every facility to intending .-contractors, for the traffic bridge at.Hamilton r . tliis, .Council indicate 'the " site, of such' "bridge/ as', will .g/i ye the : ~ easiest grades on either *side the livoi'j and. secure<tlie present roads as approaches, to the sairie." ■■••-•>-■'.■•>. .-. .- : :

The Tk AwAarbru'CAVAi.R'v Volunteers' meet for drill at Te' Awamutu to-morrow.

Tiik first meeting of Mr Message's creditors" 1 will be held 'td-niorrbw, at the Court House, Hamilton.

Tenders ..ftn-ithp'ierectiou of a butcher's shop at Cambridge Avill be received by Mr I). Ptiuhardson, up to Saturday, the*;llth of May. : ii

Tenders for filling : up holos on" the Hukuuui road will be received by the TCuildriroa Highway Board,' till 3 p.m. .to-morrow.

The By-Ijaws 0f ... tho Borough of Hamilton, as framed. by tho Council, will be found m our advertising: columns of to-.day. .•'■■■-'.'['. . '■'. ■ .A V c. -Tnji. usual ...praofjico of the Hamilton ;phj>r^! SoQiety will; not take place this evening- 'as 'then/ is"' a special practise of St. Peter's Church Choir. .! Tite; R ajiilton , Bbidge. —At a committee meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council, held on Friday evenipg, Mr W. Breakell was appointed engineer to ; tho Rdard for the construction of the proposed bridge over . tlie Waikato River, at Hamilton. Two Goon Business Sites m Hamilton, almost the only two freehold sites .obtainable m Victoria Street,. will; be. offered for sale, by Messrs J. D. and K. Hill, on the JL4th^of vTJioy ,-are : . sections* of t ajlofcnient t : 80, between 'MissoiVs ? and MoGamglc'a , stores, and have" each a frontage of 30 feet to Victoria Street.

Captain Cellem, of tbe Delta, informs us that a fine bullock has fallen into a river j andL mus? die before many daya if not. -Another beast also was seen '^pi afrarbken leg one mile above Mr GilE.-; Cli^^'s place. Tlt^^Ajn^pGE FAI»rERS'« Cluti Avill hold ratfiir monthly moeting on next, instead of on th4^l_l.^^J^rwas at first intended. The reason of this alteration of date is, that the horse sale — to be hold m Cambridge the, llth jn'oxiinp— would necessarily desirous of attending m both places. B.JBSTING the Big Estates m Caxaba. „"T^J"he;:;i:Toronto^Globe,J ^;Qf,;;Janu^iy.:;'29.,': contains s tho ,followingv .telegram j from Winnipeg; of the'saihe" dale :—^ t? The^ill taxing all lands of proprietors holding inorc..thau ( GOO acres, j>ass,cd through a committee of -• tlie ' Tiegialatiti'e 'to-d|y. Residents are taxed ono cent per aaX'e; non-rcdideuts, including the Hobson Bay Company, five cents." Messrs ! «T. D. &'-'X. 5 ETill will offer for sale on Weduesday, the lOfch iustant, at

Hamilton/East, tho; wjhole of the live, and dead* stock of Mr F... Peacocke, Avho is leaving- the colony, consisting of ewes m lamb, draught and saddle horses, dairy stock, pigtf, and the usual implements of a farm. Also, tho whole of his household furniture, and a. quantity of hay, potatoes, carrots, etc. A luncheon will be provided. A Public Meeting-, of ; the ratepayers of the Cambridge Highway District is convenedfor Saturday next, to decide whether the stoppage of the road — duo notice of which, m accordance with the Act, has been published m this journal — shall be proceeded with or hot. The road starts from a. point., pn. .the, Waikato River, between lotfi loii and IQ3, parishf pf Hautapu, and fun! m a 'north- w6sterly direction, .'between 10t5.102^104,. 100j 100, 107, 108," ilO,"'ib'9A,' ill, 112, 113, 114, 114A; 115*116, and"ll3; / '•; \ 7/ : ' i <\ The Bridge Site. — A meeting of the burgesses of Hamilton was^ ; called by placard for yesterday evening, m the Victoria Hall. After waiting some three quarters of an hour, till a quarter to 7, a motion was made and seconded that the party Avho called. the meeting, should take the'- chair.'' 1 Nobody - responding- 1 and ; it boiug considered that thsft 'there was'Wt, at an^-rajje^ to represent an expression 'of piibhc ? opinibn, the meeting was allowed to lapse The object was to confirm, ilieresolution passed at the j .public. . meeting of April 4th, tbat the'ibridg'e- shoiild be built below- the Company's. Store. Mb Robt.'' McVeagh, of Cambridge, is determined to keep pace with the times, ard make his establishment -worthy the growing importance, of. Cambridge, which is making rapid strides. The Pantechnetheca will become the leading fashionable muihcry^establislimcnt m the toAvn when the ladies have once called and .inspected Mrs Mc V cagh's new and elegant' assortment m the milinery and dress-making department. \ Altogether MivMcVeagh's enterprise is worthy of a liberal patronage, and no doubt will -receive the encouragement it merits. ..... \ The Settlers .m: the Waipa district have a hard June of it for want of roads. The deputation which waited on Sir George Grey from Tuhikaramea, a few weeks ago, very tviitftf u!ly : 'told hhn. that scarce a settler could get with a dray from one part of that district to another without trespassing on his neighbor's lands. The same state of things prevails m the' Whatawhata district. A settler m Hamilton ..from there on Saturday last informed us that he was forcibly turned ;back oil the road by another settler whose land he was crossing, the regular line of road being impassable. This is a very disagreeable and embarrassing state of ■affairs. '■"'■'■ ■ '■' - - - i ■■ : ' .:.: ?!". ;.■/.

Troops .FROM India.— ln explanation of the': gr^at, preparations i made for. t^e transport" of troops fr'orh Bombay;-' we quote the following paragraph :-^" It is confidently stated that 45,000 troops are ready to .start from Bombay, at . short notice." . The telegram.- regarding the . prohibition of . exporting torpedoes from England, ; , is ;,. explained by. a regent telegram which points,, to. the, great value -wliieli- the War "Office 'and the Admiralty place on these nipderii,weapons of pffenoe: ;, — '/. The Elswiok Of^nwce^^orics. were recently ordered to." jmanjifactiire 100 ,torpedpes~fbr* the Goverhuieiiii ' with 1.11 possible speed. ... The order ..has been; .increased to 800." -

; Retiring- r - to 'the Upper -;'•; Thames obstructionists, the Grahamstowh Star of the 2oth--inst. aaysf : — "We learn -from Auckland -that tlie Hon. -the .Defence Minister has given instructions to have a full enquiry mfide into the. circumstances of the native "• outrage ;at Ohihenluri the other ! day (detailed m our > columns on Tuesday last), 1 in .wliich some hridge.4 and swamp crossings were destroyed; and the natives behaved! in a. generally bumptious manner. Mr Sheehan, we learn ji intends, if it is proved tHe- natives have -been m tlie wrong, to havp the principal offenders arrested. We are pleased to learn that the Native Minister is determined to deal firmly with the: obstructionists.- -He told some of them that-he would do : so, and that they must submit to the law. If a wholesome : example Were made of some of' these bounccable gentry,, we believe •that m a short time Europeans would not have :much to complain of, and these aggressive acts would ; . become less frequent."

" Brother Jonathan speaks like one of the family. After all blood is thicker than water. " Let .us now," says the 'New York Times,,' " briefly .. snmjup,the whole position.;.; •'".' . >„ .' ; iliissia- wiH.;not hesitate' to accept tlie gauntlet if thrown down by England, as victory has blinded lier to her own- state. 'Internally she is rotten to the core ; her finances are at the lowest ebb, while two thirds of her population are ripe for rebellion. England, on tlie other hand, is stronger than ever she was before : her people .are united, and T will respond to-a-calLto arms like one man. It will; be a -.sorry day for '■ the Bear when lie meets the Lion. .. ; . England- needs not the assistance of Austria; France, or 'any other nation, tp /drub Russia ; and: instead of there .beingairy foundation' for the statements . so of ten circulated, not only on the continent, but m England itself , that : the latter- is looked- upon with contempt, the: fact : is that every. eye m Europe is upon: her, and that her movements ; are watched with more interest than those of any other Power." : : .. ; _- •*: ... - . -!_■:.■;:.-•

Adltjdino to the destruction to the [road, party at the Thames, the .' Herald,' of Saturday, says :— " We understand that I communications passed yesterday between. Mr Shecban and Mi* Macandrew, Minister i. of Public, Works, with regard to t .the ! stoppage ' of '•tho • road party"' between Ohiuomim aiid Te'Aroha by a party oi .aimed '.nntiv.es.- ; Mr. Sheehan -has given the necessary .authority, so that the County Council may . with the work, and that, legal; steps may be taken m the -event of , any attempt to ob: truet. The leader of tho parly, it seems, was not 'I'ukukino, but Pakara roiha, son of tho lato Witpaiv.. .The ownership of tho block over which the road was. boinomade is, it seems, m dispute between two parties of natives, and this makes those men who have taken action the more sensitive as to anything which seems to bo an infraction of their, title. It-is the opinion of some who know tbe Thames natives well,* that the Native Minister could settle the matter by a visit to the

locality, but wo suppose he cannot spare time to go there until after the proposed visit to tho Uppor Waikato. The situation is rather an awkward one,., but one thing must be kept m mind, ite., that the settlement oi the countsp 1 canuot bo allowed to J^peyentedln^pfev. ujj^^s. We do 'ig|pfeol||tp tikoMe laud^^m.' those to ffpjoui |^belong^ and Wlare willing tggVay em: for tlfMand r^t-^d^ for a i-oa^nit^pi'ight-^v-a y bifcf-feen i populous dii^plf^must^e, ' mai|p ihedi| Tho Thames obstructionists liaA r c n8 syrn- I pathisers amongst the liingites., t fi& Ngakau says that the 'J hames people have I -sold.-.4and..'extensively',-'-4hat^-^iiro.peanß?| have settled m the district,, and. tha£ therefore the natives liavetlo'- right trf prevent the. making. of roads."

Ba-nk* op New'-Zea^\no-'Half-'X : eably MEET^c/^^Uitlj^ totp^i meeting which took place m Auckland on Thurs"day, Friday's Herald says :— " It may be regarded: ndfr'pnlyjas an^naj^san£cvent to tile shirehblddi'i3?hnniediM;ely?concerned iv the question of profis and loss, but also an an inm\lento£. some. interest- to deiso.dtors and tlia'publio'-ats-large-. The total figures displayed m the balance sheet Wlpeh presented, to . the sharehohlers reach to within a trifle of eleven millions sterling pn each .'side' of tlie account, and tll6y l exhibit n ji ; =steady .'and prdfitabfc expansi9n • of ''business : ill' : 'every ite:?" For the first time m, the. history of this institiiti6n,'.%eif6tEt"-'bper'ati6ns for the half-year are represented by^ eight and it is.a note worthy fact .that<only one other bank hrthe whole, of. tlie.Ausferalasian colonies has yet been able' to 're^dh tens of .mUlipns,. aud. ; tha,t. .one a bank, which has its balance; sheet swelled by vas't'Go vernment deposits. lii the present balance-sheet of theßaiikbf New Zealand there can be no casual inflation of- tbis nature, the public loans are almost,' if not entirely exhausted, and tbe figures; displayed;- are^^ v consequently a faurepresentation -of. -^ptSlnary banking bugiiiess. A brief glance.at the progress mi^e; •during:^ the past Wo years will suffice, show the juagiiitude. of the lDMsenjt;- operations .of -this instituJiioSi Two^ears ago the deposits, &c^mgunted to £4,249., 109; npW.thej reach the sum of £6,80 % 0;670-; : the ;;reservei fivhd", which was £180,000, is now £325,000; the-b^f -year's profits, which were then £08,44 T 6,' are now £82,067 ; while the coin and bullion has increased "during the two -years from 990,326 t0. £1,420,714. The; profits for the past half -year. have.^Oxtfegded 11 per cent.'upon the paid-yip capital, or at the rate, of 23 per^ccnt per annum. These facts show, m afmost significant manner thatqNew Zealanct'is rapidly -.increasing m wefdtn,V'that the trade, commerce, and various industries of the. colpnj' , are m a sound .and healthy;-.TOndition,"'wliilst;i^oi-e is abundantrevidenceiitd^prove-thatHhe saving power "of the -people, is'a&uming vast proportions." .-:■ ..-_- ;-*

.;' :The ■ Cambridge Comet;— .Mr ! Si % Lambert, P.lt.A.S^c writes as follows : — " Sir, your several reports announcing -the discovery of a . brilliant , cometj visible at mid-day, have i'dthei^ perplexed mW Its position was given as 40 -degrees west of the sun.. , .This, ; however, cannot be, otherwise the .comet 'must be Visible as a glorious object in* the morning' sky: It soon occuredio'nie that: the, splendour of Venusj had- been mistakenly assumed to be that" of "a comet.: . Just, at this time she shines with her greatest : brilliancy, and anyone possessing good eye-sight may see her on .a; clear day .up' to .two o'.clock m the afternoon. As a guide to your numerous readers, I append the f ollowing directions, which will enable them to iind the planet with comparative readiness :— She comes to the meridian of "• Auckland about Bh. 46min. morning, at which time her.- altitude is -nearly -..48' {degrees • 30^/} If any of your readers, will look at that time for the planet due north (west of magnetic north), and; a little more than half -way from the horizon to the zeneth, they will 1 aiot fail to find the planet, -which has, no doubt been the ..foundation of -'the Cany bridge' report." •si •*> ■•' --. -- y