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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 925, 28 May 1878, Page 2

... ,, { TT--T :■:/;..;■;-" f '•?; Messrs Hunter & Nolan -wjill hold 'their regular monthly sale of stook at the Ohanpo Yards on Thursday next.! TnE CIIORAL , SoOIETX'SIiPBAOIffCE will be held in the Wesleyan Chapel; Hamilton, on Tuesday'evening iat the usual hour;-" ■' j Tenders for the erection of a -jstore afc Hainilton'-'Easfc 1, labour onlyj ;will'tie' received till noon to-day, by MJr T. H. T^lutq, architect. I ■•.*.' •■ v ■ '.{,• -:i {':>'.. j ; We regret to learn, that the accident -which befel Mr Erew,' ■tlirough ■ the fall from his hprserthe other day, resulted in the breaking of the" small bone of the leg, and it therefo.e will be some five or six 'week's before that gentleman will be about again.' The Nomination op Auditors for the Borough of Hamilton took place on Saturday. The names of four candidates' were duly proposed —namely, Messrs T.-0. Hammond, Greorge Edgeoumbe, T. H. W. Morris, and Andrew Primrose. The election by the ratepayers, by ballot, takes place at the Council Chambers on Saturday next. The poll ; will open at 9 a.m., and close at 6 p.m. 6£tnat day. Tenders for some important works in the construction- of. bridges are! called for by the Chairman of the Waitba Highway Board. These include over the Piako,. Waitoa, ■and.Waiicarakaka rivers... One of the bridges is ..a" jjatjge one. '"Particulars may be obtained on application to Mr T. GL Sandes, Hamilton, or at, the Nottingham Castle Hotel,Piako. The Okatjbia Applicati6j«-. —The statement o made in the 'Herald's.' report of the proceedings at tHe Land Court at Hamilton on Saturday/that' the 1 Okauria application, would' nof u 'be ■' proceeded with during thV presentsitting of the Court is incorrect* I ',i^TJiis aftplica'tion has simply been put at^the"'bottom of®the list to allow time for ,the arrival of important 'witnessses'. r '*' .', ,;'''."; ; -Persons,abouti tO;plaiit, and the/season foi' .• planing. ,'forcist,..; ornamental, and fruit trees is just coirunqneihg l, would dp well to, ,the, catalbgue and price list of our Viop*V;rnurseryman, Mr George Mason, </f thc^VaikatoVNursery, Hamilton, which-appears in' t> bur advertising columns. Many-'.'treesT".are 'lost when ibrpught from" a,;distance, .but these are delivered, with 'a goOdbolTof earth about the.A'optsio aU.'parfs of ,'pQ. district direct from the nursery.'- "^^-.V It iB now a fortnight ago since some few members of the Borough Council, after tlieir last meeting- had dissolved, a/deputation fr.ointhe Hamilton West School Committee tj^.ai; the approaches ito the School Hpuse shbiiid be gravelled; yet nothing has been; dqne in the matter. •The ground > around the.East Hamilton School is ,in,the same sloppy condition. A work of this'kind would very generally .conduce to the benefit. of the Burgesses, as there are;spores,of families the comfort of whose children depends upon a trifling matter of this-kind being attended to. Last night, it wiU be" seen, Cr. Cox drew attention to the neglect, and the Council promised to mend their ways, in this ! ' matter-attteast:; }Jl-/. >. * & . ■ , . , • . „, _„ ■ '■' %- ■ To Render 1 • Boots "•Waterproof.—r\ Tlic winter and the shooting season coming on, the following recipes may be considered useful:—Drying oil, 1 pint; yellow wax, 2ozs; tmpentine, 2ozs.! Burginidy pitch, lbz.. Melt them over a slow fire,;.and add a few ■>■ '-drachms of essential oil of-lavender or thyme. Brush thej'bbbtg with tliis in the suii, or at a fchb'rt distance from, the ■fire;; the application to be repeated as often :is the boots become diy, until they are fully saturated, i This is the-method recommended by "Col. ■ Hawker.; -■ The late Di- Harward Tecoiiimerided the : following process: — For' new boots; take -y-lb. of been', wax, ; 7 A lb. of- rosinj and the. same quantity bf mutton suet' or tallow. Boil them together, and annoiht the boots well 5 with the preparation lukewarm. Should the' boots liavobeenworn, substitute beef snot in the place of the; mutton or tallow. At a meeting of the Borough, Council held yesterday evening, present the Mayor, in the Chair, and Crs. Cdx, GrWynne, Gaudin, Beale, and Potter, applications for slaughterhouse licenses were taken into, consideration, and it was resolved to renew existing' licenses within the prescribed limits' so long as no complaints of them .as nuisances were received. Sundry accounts / wore received, pawed, and ordered to be.'paid. The cash balance at the. present time was stated to be £'M 7s Bd. Attention was drawn by Cr Cox to the non-performance of the gravellingabout the Hamilton Schools promised at last mceecing to a deputation from the school committee. The Mayor annouuocd that tlie Borough's share of the Waipa County subsidy h:id been received. With reference to the discrepancy in the published accounts of the • Borough alluded to iu the auditor's note, it was resolved to leave the matter to the investigation of the Finance Committee. The Engineer's report on the bridgo was

road, showiii"- that the upproach by Whavf-stvoet avus impraofcioablc and recommending the bridge to he. built at Webber's corner, the approaches at this point showing grades 1 in 30ft. on either side the river, in|g&ad of 1 in 18ft. as at WJiajfrsfcreefc. and advice of IpFHE (^^OSITIOI^|iEADEII&IP. — ". Maj6l' -^wchisonW ! a cojm&spon&ilnfc tells J&io 'ISiuvke^Sßay Iprald,' IpvJll i^t'-'be leaQbrf^^ie 6^^^ition,jMiv iiMM W. . FifczhW^orfc dco/^pt tako^K- AJTr^Htollca- >- ton will perhaps be taken on trial." The Wellington correspondent of the same paper „say^jnn"A l Uttle..wJhLi]fl.^g^t,^p a hinted, and now is everj T whore assei-ted^ that Sir William Fit'zhe,ybert is anxious tqbe leader of the Opposition and Premier ~of the Colony .-^t-Kaa long- beeh^belie vetU *h§ro4h|^ SrP» Wijy^ftjis'fltnxious t.o;bef Premier-: ? fle haaJb^eii Sinperintqndent, Colonial Treasurer, is and has ; b^eiul^Puored by ps.s Sovereign: If he y'cdi4d|bj^einier,Jiii&flarabiiaon would be ' s itisfied." Y Vari6ua WbmbeK of Par|iameut think the Opposition cannot do; better tKdnJchToosahimpas" ;tlfeir leader. Under 'tlid"'banner'oi*n:o I> 6no~'elf?e coixld they-have-so good a chance, for Sir William' would many ■; members wlife fdr several reasons could ..not and would not follow sMajpi:; A^kinson.j .Thj?pe Tuihours about Siiv^^ilßgm.-./s(jein\ -well founded. Of course fie is" £06' Svily a maii^and too veteran fs a., fto commit himself jiist ■"yeftV If" the 'Opppsitioli choose him, and he ia- well supported, he Svill s l6ad/them." , His'gi'eiat supporter, Mr B unny , openly declare^ he has : a certain majority." ' i 'The twenty-ninth' annual report of the Australian Mutual Provident." Society has been issued.,; amongst the members. It is of a very favorable character. During the twelve months ending the Slst JJDecembex, 1877,.]|here wore received 7474 Sproposais" for«fjj3iims amounting to r ofJ^{oh 2324 were declined, Swith(kawhY'6r ; ;ii^| completed, amounting |to „;|2985,030, 5150 j>roposals fSccepted and cpiiipleted, assuring a sum ]of- .fljSSOjOTO^pyrhe * ,new ;^premiums famount to £71^205 ,17if. Sjp^bf which 3,5465>58 ']tidt> rcpresents'^single pay'ments.fel*l)uruig the year claims itnder f 23i' life^' policies;' by of 197 , menabers, had aris§it^* aaiounting to £117,434 4s 3d, including £10,309 4s 3d fpi; bonus additions, Seven endowment assurances^ «also raa|ured, amoimting to 9s^ Id, inclviauig £448 9s, Id [for. additions. vTtfe accumiilated fund now stands at £2j2§,9,892 2s, showing *an increase of £308,12(|i9s Bd, the balance of i receipts -over disbursements during the ye'ar. Up to the end of : last year thero ■have been issued 40,105 policies, assuring £15,394,121, of which 9630 have been, issued, 4O,'io£:',policics, assuring £15,394, 121, of whicli 9630 have been discontinued, leaving 30,475 existing policies, assuring £11,741,954. I'he annual income on these is : Prom premiums, £405,043 14s lid: from . interestV £129,009 9s -lid; making the total annual revenue of the . society, £534,053 4s lod.- ; ' Russian j Losses Dueing^ the Wab. — ; Official returns .state that the Russian losses in killed and wounded during tho late war ampunted'io 89,304 .officers and ; men. ; ' Among these ; were iO generals killed, and 11 wounded; 1 Prince of the Imperial family, and! 34 members of the higher nobility of Russia fell on tho field of battle'. Of the wounded, 36,824 arc already perfectly recovered, and 10,000 more will, it is expected, be able, to leave the hospitals during the next few weeks. 121 men were prisoners in tho hands of the Turks . when the armistice was concluded. The proportion of killed and wounded to the total number engaged was very large^ one out of every six men who Went, , into, action being either injured or left dead on the field of battle. In the great actions of the FrancoGerman war, the proportion of killed aud wounded to men engaged was nearly the same — being one-sixth in the battles of Worth -and. Spiojiern,' and one-eighth in thV battle bf JVfonville 'or Mars-la-Tour. At,- G-ravelotte, • the , proportion was only one-eleventh, and at Wissemberg onetwelfth. In some of the earlier battles of the present century, however," the losses were far heavier in proportion to the number engaged — amounting to onethird of the entire forces engaged ! at Salamancay Borjodina, and i^ylau, to onefourth at Marengo, and tpvpno-fifth at Friodland. , Further v , the returns show that one out of every eleven wounded men received into the Russian hospitals died f ram the effects of the injuries received. During the whole campaign, it -is? added, only t>yo men wore punished with doatli— one for the 'crime of desertion, tho other for robbery accompanied with "violence. On the other hand, 20,0.00 rewards were given in the form of decorations, promotions, and awards of money. The Bth Corps, which so long held .and defended the Shipka Pass re-: 'ceived. the greatest proportion.