THURSDAY MAY 16, 1878.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 920, 16 May 1878, Page 2

THURSDAY MAY 16, 1878.

"^IpHURSDAY A damp lias been thrown on. the result of the late meeting at HikurAhgi. When the Premier's offer to the King was made known the public voice was loud in asking, " What are we in turn to receive for all these concessions ?j'A Then came the meeting betweou " Rewi and Ministers on the following Sunday. What look place at the Hikurangi meeting was done openly and in public, and, substantially, the. Press was able to report of its own knowledge what actually was said. Not so in the case of the meeting held in the house of Mr Rosa on Sunday. That was strictly a private meeting, and all the Press could furnish of the particulars was what was furnished to them from official sources. It M »9 W said that Pvewi donins the ' corrcevriew. of tho semi-

official report furni-med to tho ' Herald' — nay, we have been shown telegrams received by influential f jitters in Waikato from him deny'ingattogether that the question of fay construction or of selling :s of land contiguous to it was mooted, denying that he; M w ised to go to .Parliament,! tfpthat he was in any way mixedj i fbp or implicated in any arrange- * "fnont made between Tawhiao and Sir George Grey at Hikurangi. All arrangement in which Rewi and the Ngatimaniapoto chiefs neither take ;. VMb .nor - siiJbstS'n^ia^ly^-.CAnr , .cur is.^mnly; the play of Hamletwith the' part 3 of Hamlet; left o»ut! As yet, we are inclined to abstain 1 f romi ' criticism, or -in way,. ty hinder what in it§ ! integrity; as at first shown us, would „be an undoubted •blessing' to the ""colony and to both races alike. We are not of those who ask can. any good thing. come out of Nazareth 1 but would gladly welcome a.statesjnanlikje policy from whatever quarter it might come. At the same time we shall not take the gilt charm for the genuine coin, and itilljte can fairly test the mintage of that same coin we shall reserrs our criticism and comment.

♦ ■■ ■ , A sum pjr; £40,000 was Jvoted last session by the Assembly for distriamongst the County -In the Nolth^Rlandto Be expended i ;on ..roads, and very naturally the several, local bodies are anxious tp ' ! khoir in what manner the distribution igjto be; made, and when%The money is payable to the Counties, for distribution amongst the Road Boards within their bounds, where not required for County roads. In the case { df fWaipai however, the Counties Act' is not in- operation, "audx it r will- be" ftJr the Highway Boards to take the matter 'in hand and individually app'y for thfeir share of the grant. In the 6ne case, that of i'uhikaramea/ our! readers are aware, the; application has beeir made, and with such sucaeas that the response was a grant ~oT '£500 to assist in-making a road from the Hamilton Railway Station l to the Tuhikaramea Block. Oth^r Kbftd Boards need sucji aid, ; equally as much. As ' Ave pointed out the other day, ikare is no part of the Country having a better claim upon this grant than the pDrtion ,of ; the Delta lying along the eastern bank of the Waipa That the main road between Newcastle and Alexandra has remained so long a road only upon paper does not speak well for the paternal care of the Government in past years. A large tract of very excellent land between these two townships lies completely isolated from a market, and from the rest of the district, for \v*nt of this raad, and persons traveTtng between Alexandra and Newcastle must needs make a long detour by way of Hamilton. Now as there is no County ; Council to receive and distribute the share of this grant which should fall to the Waipa district, it would,, we think, be as well if the Boards interested made early application ,to know what they may expect, and when they may , expect it. It maybe that, like Tuhikaramea, they may receive immediate aid, but, even if the Government i» hot , f in a position to operate against the vote at the present moment, it is well thai they should' know, something definite about it.

We > have roceiyed an advertisement reflecting on the business integrity of a Waikato trader, but though' no name is mentioned, and we should be legally safe ' in inserting the same, we decline to profit by so doing. The general public would be sure to apply the remarks to half a dozen different traders, and a newspaper is not justified in assisting so mischevous and unjust, an aspersion on a particular class. If our would-be advertiser's complaint is well grounded, the police court, not the newspaper office, is the place for redress. Tenders for the erection of a dwelling house and shop in Cambridge will, he received by Mr D. Richardson, of that place until Saturday next. Pnu Cambridge Branch, of the Auckland Acclimatisatioii Society -will hold their regular quarterly meeting at the National Hotel, Cambridge, on Saturday evening next. The allotments offered by auction by Messrs J. D. and K. Hill on Tuesday, in Victoria. Street, Hamilton, were not sold, the highest, bid not reaching* the reserve price of £5 per foot. ? Messrs J. D. & K. Hill will sell, a* Hamilton, oh Saturday next, in the estate of Mr E. Message, a quantity of building material, ladders, barrows, benches, a quantity of puriri posts, and a milch cow. Cambridge Public Hall. — -A public meeting wiß be held in. the above hall, this evening, to receive the: report and financial statement of the building committee, and to elect a committee of management. . Messrs J; D. & K. Hill will sell on Saturday Mr Fitzroy Peacocke's library, consisting of a number of valuable books, and a quantity of goods of various descriptions, at the Jdart, Victoria Street, Hamilton. Sale Of Farm Stock, Cow in Calf, etc* —Mr John Knox will sell at East Hamilton, on Saturday, farm' implements and household furniture of Mr Kiddle, who is leaving the colony, also a good cow in calf. „.-■• The Bno'EUERS Herman, who. style themselves monarchs of mirth, music and mystery, appear in their American entertainme.nt, oh Friday arid Saturday next, at the' Commercial Hotel, Hamilton. Ventriloquism is one of the leading attractions in Mr Fred Herman s performances, and will be a novelty altogether to hundreds in Waikato. At the close of the Borough Council meeting at Hamilton, on Monday night, Messrs' L. O'Neill and Mr John Knox ?j membors oi the Hamilton school committee, attended at the Council Chambers, add represented to those members present the desirability of gravelling the roadway up to the school house and tho space around the school porch. Now that ihe wet weather has set in, the road is almost impassable for small children. Tho