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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 916, 7 May 1878, Page 2

The Ministerial Party, consisting of the Premier and the Native Minister, left AueWand yesterday morning', but Sir fjeorgc- Cfrpy feeling 1 unequal to the journey after fyis accent indisposition and sea voyage decided oj,\ taking stnatner at Newcastle instead of proceeding over land from Hamilton. The party arrived at Alexandra on Sunday evening, and went out to the "Whakairiro settlement yesterday, but were to return to Alexandra- last night, and proceed on h®rseback to-day tfi Hikurangi. On Sunday there was a large iuif \i%. into Hamilton of natives who had accompanied Sip Ccorge Grey and party by railway, and who havinc left Ministers to go on by steamer from Ngamawaliia, came on by special t/?ain to Hamilton. Many of them were fronj. I\}.Q "VVellington province, and were fine jLoolpifg fp/lows. On arrival at Hamilton they engaged a four-horse trap and two two-horse traps from Ben Edward s stables at the Hamilton Hotel, and went on to Cambridge. A Select Quadrille Party will bo he/d this evening m the Victoria Hall, Han^toft. Mjj EjXicujn>E ; f t f. Hamilton, has been appointed trustee hi the c'siiitd <jf Mr E. Message. The First Meeting op Creditors m the estate of John James Howe, blacksmith of Hamilton, will be held at the Goij.it House on Monday next, the 13th iif.s,t. Hahiltost By-Laws. — A special meeting of the Ccujic^ will be held at 8 p.m. to-morrow to confh'm the By-laws for the Borough published In tin ■\Vaikato Times of the 30th ult. ] TifE Entebtainmknt m aid of St. Andrew's GL^rch funds, Cambridge, will : take j>laco to-niprroy- Tea will be pro- . yided m the G-ymanasium oi t]jp A.C. ' barracks, after whicl'i the entertainment AviU come oft' iv the Public Hall. " Railway Fares : Retuuxbd 'Euptes — By an order m Council, published m the ' • Gazette ' of the 18th ultimo, previous ' rates, relative to empties, have been can- : uellcJ. and iv the case of returned empties, ; .oor|:iJi.od by consignees to have passed ' qv/iv \U\ Q i' u^» lv following are the [ regii^-li^s }flw iij. foj'f;e ; — Carriage must [ be pro-paid unles?.? t^eiq i>: an arrange- ' meut with the consignee to" the contLary. The folloAving ia the scale of charges for < the conveyance of empties to and from all stations: Not exceeding uO miles, Gd ■ per cwt.; 51 to 10:) miles, 9d ; 101 to IJO njilos. Is ; 151 to '2W miles, Is '.id; 201 to 2-30 wiij.us lufifl; 20l to 300 miles, ls!>d; 3 301 to 4()0 n^es, 'is; 401 to 500 miles, ' '2s (id. ThominiiaiimvejgliJjcKai'god for ! half a u\s-t. Miilimum «Uargc, tljrb.G' pc-i>ge ; m each case. Empfjos which havtr not passed oycv the line full, Oliws* A.

Texdebs for the ercc'ion of a shop and dwellmg houso m Cambridge Avill be received by Mr D. Richardson up to Saturday the 18th inst. At a meeting of the Pukekura Highway Board oil tho 4feh instant, .Uic folio tiring tenders were received and opened : — For gravelling the road, as per advertisement : John Bell, 22s per chain ; Henry Netroome, 30s ; Win. Taoker^ils ; J J. Meredith, 225 ; A . McKay, 2t* It ' was- proposed by Mr Gahe, and seconded by Mr Reynolds, " I hat th'e tender of J. Bell be accepted." 'Jhe motion Avas agreed to, and the tenderer, avlio Avas present, undertook to complete the Avork m six Aveeks from date. Accounts Avcre received and passed to- the amount of £23 Is. The folloAving is taken from last Saturdays issue of the 'Noav Zealand Sun : ' — Where Avill ho stop ?—1 ho GoA'emment lately permitted Tawhiao, the Maori King, to frank letters, telegrams, and so on. The first result of the privilege Avas seen m Wellington lately, m tho r.hapc of a bundle of dried eels addressed to Mr G. S. Cooper, Under Secretary, Avhich reached the delicatelynursed olfactory organ.? of that worldly official, duly franked " 0.P.5.0." We shall hear next of potted pakeha of the " vintage of 18G8 " being sent through the same official channel. The .' Morntxg Star ' Lodge op Free Templars held their meeting for the installation of officers, and tho following were installed by Bro, John G. Jackson, W.G.L.D. :— Bro. James G. Cook, W.'C.T.; Bro. John Davis, W .V.T.; Bro. 'Knox, AV.S.; Bro. AY. J. Ccllem, W.A.S.; Bro. John Cox, AY.C; Bro. F. Thompson, W.F.S.; Sis. Smith (sen.), W.T.; Bro. AY. Hyde, AY.M.; Sis. J^anny Roffey,AV.U.M.; Sis. Watts, W.R.H.S.; Sis. Adamson, W.L.H>\; Bro. R. Andrews, AV.I.G.; Bro. John Ridler, W.O.G. The Worthy Chief Templar has great pleasure m announcing the prosperity of this lodge both m funds and members. Ihey have made ten new members during the last fortnight, and kaA'c as many to make next meeting night. The Narrows Bbidge.— A mooting of the Bridge Committee was held on Saturday last, at GAvynne's Hotel, Hamilton, for the purpose of opening the tenders for the erection of tho bridge at the Narrows. There wore present Dr Waddington (chairman) and Messrs AY ' j Graham, S. Graham, J. Runciman, andS. Steole. Tenders for the erection of the i bridge were opened from tho following ! parties: namely, Messrs Fit/patrick and Gibson, £800 ; Messrs Simms and Gray , £702 ; and Mr John Breton, £750. Tho latter tender Avas accepted. --• It Avas further resolved that notice of the committee's acceptance of Mr Breton's toiidcr be forwarded to the Minister for Public Works, with a request that the £300 subsidy voted by the Assembly be paid to the credit of the Bridge Committee at the j Bank of New Zealand at Hamilton. A resolution Avas passed that Mr W. Breackell bo requested to undertake the position of Engineer to supervise the erection of tho bridge. A A r ote of thanks to the chairman brought the meeting bo a close. SIR WILLTAAt FITZrEOTERT, ' the Member for tho Upper Hutt, and Speaker of the Noav Zealand Assembly, met his constituents on Monday. He contradicted the report that he was about to assume the leadership of a new party m the Ho.ise. In reply to a question, Sir AYilliam said that while he VbelioA r ed m manhood suffrage, he did not belicA'O m " loaferhood " suffrage. It must also be remembered that not always those Avho cried out most for manhood suffrage were most liberal. The most horrid tyranny Avas sometimes perpetrated under these catchpenny cries of Liberalism. To a man who was a man m the proper sense of the term, he would allow him a A'otc, even if he Avcre only 18 But he objected to promiscuous manhood Suffrage. He failed to sec why Avonien should Jjfit U<ive votes. They Avero more entitled to A'otcs lu^ij. fho men, who, after voting, often Avent home and kicked their Avives. Being asked whether lie Avould support Sir George Grey, he said, <f While the question was most improper to one iv his position, he might speak hypothctically, as if he Avere a private member for the momout, and would say he Avould bind himself to follow no man. It Avas a A'icious principle to get candidates to pledge themselves to anybody. Circumstances changed, and men changed with them." Lively Times Ahead. — According to JJr R, 1\ Triill, the inhabitants of the earth Avill bo visited" with many calamities. Writing to the ' Philadelphia Star,' the Doctor says: — "We shall not have to Avait long for the appearance of the expected pestilences, for avc are approaching a A-ery pestilential period Jupiter, one thG4.sq.jj.fi times larger than the earth, rovolves round the si,n every twelve years ; Saturn, once m about thirty years ; Uranus, once m about 161 years. The perihelion of all these planets does not occur at tho same time for thousands of years. In the sixth century, and again m the sixteenth, the first three were coir f ci4c?itl7 m perihelion, and these Avere the most' peslilentiqi poficals m the Christian era. Iho perihelion periods of Jupiter and Saturn coincido with the extensive prevalence of plague, cholera, and other epidemics. But m future, from ca'cu uoav to 1885, avc ore to lm'c what has not occurred for eighteen hundred years, viz. : the nearest approach to the sun oi all fauj, qf the planets coincidently. The obvious deduction 'from tins fact and theory is, that the earth's temperature, and the changed condition of its atmosphere (consequent on the obstruction of tho usual amount of light and heat) will be increasingly unfavorable to life and health from this present time to 1880. From'lSSQ tq ]^i) i the adverse influences will he tho gvoiitfis't;,' atVi after that thoy Avill gradually diminish. Dr Knapp has shown, m a hisSoriciil paper to the ' Now York Medical Journal,' that all Avidcsyread pestilences for three hundred years past have occurred with the perihelia, or nearinir of the larger planets. At former perioctffi it has t,een noticed that tho near approach of ono or' moro of tho larger planets m tho solar system occasioned disturbances m the atmosphere, causing great heat and cold, droughts and rains', blights on the crops and fruits, and epidemic among human being, and epizotics among' animals. Scarcely hac the new s'ioj> built for Mr J. Moses gone up m Hamilton than we hear of new erections to take place. A large three-story brick store is to bo built at the comer of Victoria and Hood Stre«t for Mr N. R, Cox. This Avill bo a very handsome building and match for the bank building^ opposite, except that it 'will not be built square with the right angles foi-njed' by %e| junction o£ the two streets, but Avitk a circular sweep. ' I he new buil lings lately erected m Hamilton have giveu nat toAvn quits a busiues like and go-a! c id appcaran ;e ; nor is it alone an advan' c iv the matter of buildings that has been effected. With increased accomodation the stocks displayed m the neAV stores have been prop n'ticinatoly xtciulel fe >th mi n quantity and quality. c'<e '< Vanity Fair,? ' t>f tie old Avooden shantus near G Wynne's iiablcs, 'lkis, iv AVhytes new buildings, sprung iuto a bookselleis and fancy shop th.t would m live a figuvo m any colonial city, and McLernon's watel m ikers shop, from the Mine locality, iv the new brick building has developed into a very handsome and well shor. Mr McLernon hao n very "first-claes sto'ik o\ b:>th g M au i!

silver -watches on hand from the first manuf;ictor.s m England, a gre.'it variety of plate and jeAvelery, and clocks of all kinds, from the old family eight day dock, that would h;tve served Falstafr" instead of the buck basket to the last cheap yankeo notion, where you may get a combined eight day -cloak and alarum for a few shillingd. And amongst Mr McLernon's stock ia ono article W..11 worthy of notice — a cuckoo clock of modem artistic pattern (Swiss, we believe),, Tory prettily carvel, where our old friend, the cuckoo, comes out hourly and cries the hour. The ttjck altogether is a very extensive one, and — whether jewellery, whether plate, or clocks be the article sought for — tho purchaser m Waikato need go no further to obtain a firstclass article at a reasonable price. A Firh brake out about midnight on Sunday m the out-premises of Mr Peter Walker, some three miles from East Hamilton. Mr "Walker Avas awake at the time, though m bed, and at first thought from the reflection through the wihdoAv that the house Avas on fire. On jumping up it Avas found that the names came from the stables and out-buildings. All hands at once turned out, and Avitii some difficulty the animals were saved, pigs, cattle, and poultry. The damage is estimated at £170, and the buildings were insured to the extent of £12J m the National Insurance Company. Mb Ilroipim-EY Saxi>avitii, of Kar s » writes to the ' Daily News ' that he learn 8 that a company has been formed, m anticipation of the outbreak of hostilities between England and Russia, to buy fifteen small, heavily-armed cruisers, to play the part of the ' .Alahbainn.' He knows the man who ia at the head of it, who is remarkable both for his business ability and his animosity toAvards Great Britain. The regular mail steamers, it is anticipated, Avill be the chief victims of the privateering company. A meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council was held last evening ; present : the Mayor, and Crs. Gwynne, Hume, Potter, Gaudin, Dawson, Beale, and Coatcs. After the minutes had been confirmed and certain accounts read and passed, a motion (proposed by Cr. Hume and seconded by (Jr. Gwynne) was carried, Ors. Potter and Beale being the only dissentients, " That the motion carried at tho last meeting, ' that the minutes of the preceding meeting be not confirmed,' be expunged." A telegram was read from Wellington, m answer to a request for the specifications of the Bridge, stating that they could not bs sent till it was arranged •whether they Avere a'equircd for a traffic or combined railway alxd traffic bridge. The Council passe d a motion expressing its surprise at the receipt of such telegram after the Avhole matter had been arranged Avith Sir George Grey, and ordered that the motion Avith copy of the telegram should be at once forwarded to the Premier at Alexandra. A resolution was also earned that the Engineer (.vlr BreaokoU) should take the gradients, and perform such necossary work as shall enable him to indicate the site of the bridge, having m its choice due regard to economy and gradients. Her husband Avouldn't giA'O her the new bonnet she wanted, and she moped around the house. He heard her tell one of the neighbors that she was going to make believe she Avas crazy. Every night m her sleep (?) she would mutter: " New bonnet! ucav bonnet!" and then moaij. like a little boy Avith a Fourth of July hole m his hand. Mie left arsenic, and Paris green, and bed bug poison all over the house. One day she Avent out into the garden Avith a coal shovel, and dug a long hole resembling a grave. Then she ['.got a day's rations together, and hid m the cellar. 1 "When she pame up at night there Avas crape on thu dooi, ;iiid a note to t his raothcr-in-hiAv on the kitchen table. It said that he had gone AVest, as ho Aras tired of hanging 'round where there was a dead woman. When he came home m two days, after a cotton umbrella h« had forgotten, he found his Avii'c m tears and m bed. When she saw him, she clashed him 'round tho ears, and asked to bo forgiven. He promised not to go AVest, and she promised not to af-Jf fqr a ucav bonnet until the mortgage Avas paid off.. TiVen she planted the poison m tho grave, and filled it up. It Avas a A'lctory for him, but she's laying fop a chance to got square, and ho finds buttons oft his shirt, and has to eat cold victuals every day. She'll have that bonnet yet, or her name isn't Hannah.