The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 926, 30 May 1878, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Equal and exact justice to all men, Of whatever state oi 1 persuasion, religions "' or'ijolitical. '•-;: .:. . Here shall\the Press the. People's right maintain, . „ ;. , Unawecl by influence and unbribed ; by gain. , ~"!^E~SDATrMAYIo7VB7B. The : : practice of fgr vyardiug for suggestions draft i Bills of measures affecting the landed interest to Chairmen of County Qounciis.^nd Highway Boards before introducing them into the Assembly ""is an excellent one.. Several such have been received already ' arid' amongst them is ihe proposed yieyr .Fencing Bill, some little digest of whicln we purpose to place before our readers. The Bill sets out with the statement that its provisionsare not to apply to native lands, except such as, having passed through the Native Lands Court, are held under, memorial, of ownership or certificate of title issued by the said Court, ''and' are occupied by Europeaais. It also repeals the ordnance 'passed by the Governor aud Legislative- Council of ; New; Zealand m 1847, euttitted " An Ordinance to encourage thefe»icing of lami." "Tho Provincial fencing laws ' Einpowerihg Act, 1874," of the General Assembly, and amongst other Provincial Acts the " Fencing Act. Suspension Act, 1574, of the Province of Auckland?. |* In the interpretation clause the irc&d owner is made to include a tenant for any term liot less than* twelve years. Inspectors of fences, as many as are considered necessary, are to be appointed by County Councils m the various ridings of the County, to whom will be entrusted m great measure the working of tho Act. Clause G, provides that no Inspector shall act m any case m which he is interested, aud. any T ,two Inspectors before proceeding to determine any matter m connection with fence viewing must appoint a third Inspector, jto.act'as an umpire m case of dispute, wno'se decision •shall- be final. With respect to the duties of fence Inspectors we find them .described asfollows :ry ., Every question m relation to the maintenance, repair, mid cost of erecting fences, aud the desoripMon of forme '0 b-

[ erected m any particular locality shall, m any case of disagreement, bo referred to y^^SragPtCh»qf two indifferent Inspectors pP^sb^ r .v" l aoi' this Act, with ultimate) •ififtaie ' to, an umpire appointed by S^bvl|^tha^ if either party shall not hfiwjitisniLj Ayitli the determination of stfiptt ilnsmßaoivi of Fences, they shall he j er^led JJpJpply to a Resident Magistrate j or T)pujmpt)f Petty Sessions, m mannou heitijggp|uvitlt:d for the final hearing and tluj question m dispute. As m the old Acts repealed, dijoint expense of interested occupiers" or owners, and any occupior desir-;PM-Qf.^puttiug-up-BUch lence,,inußt ?gj7e..;cju<» notice; :in ithe?fot'ni of a acbxdaiei contained m "the Act, before lie can compel the adjoining ofcßupaiit- to' cohfcribwfce. to tbfe constructiou of such dividing -fence ; specifying the boundary to be fenced, a prqppsel, foKjEoncing the same, and also the '* description of fence proposed yto ,, b,e constructed. „ -Such, notice musfobe m; writing, or if the owner of the allotment or his address is not know d, by nob less than three insertions m a newspaper circulating in' the district. Next comes the question as to what fences shall be deemed ''.sufficient " for the purposes of the Act. A long scn'ediile is" attatched 7 to the Bill describing the several kinds of fencing which shall be deemed "sufficient." These vary for the different l > r i <>vinfeial <; 'l)isfcricts/but forJtKat of A%c]/lan(fare" KB follows :— •* f •?.' i; A5 stone walLnbMess: than. '4 feet G.< inches m height exclusive of the coping^ ;and*hot leas than 2 feet 6 inches m at the base. _ ep i- 'i. 1 ' Posts of ! Wo'd or iron ''standards ndo| more than 9 feet apart, or not more tha^gf 18 feet apart with ties or spreaders, Avith six wires of not less diameter and weight per ton than, the wire commonly known 1 , as No. r 8 wire, or.fiv.e , of, such wires and We rail of wood, bif'f&jii! of suphjf wires with two rails of wood." 1 * '' : 3.;:;Pos.ts^ orjvfroji^standards, with ditch "and bank .and three wires. ' 4. A post-and-three-rail fence.* 5. A post-and-twb-rail fence, with bank and ditch. 6. A bank arid brush fence, .«. feet high m all, and.dijtch bank to be planted with whitehbrh, • ' Osage ' orange, kangaroo acacia, or Vermont damson, planted . not more than 9 inches apart ; butthisyfence shall not be erected except by mutual consent. . . f 7. A bank faced or topped with stone 5 feet high with ditch. . •'■. j S. A double ditch and bank, the bank •tb.be 4 feet 6' inches 'wide*:at ba*e,;and built of five layers of sods of 8 inches £ach m height. ,On the top, of .bank 18 inches of brush, or' a post-ahii-brie-rail fence. Posts to be at least o feet, m ...length, and to be at least 18 finches' m height above top of bank. >'"* ii '*s ■-■-'■' , :. 9. A paling fence not le^a than. 5 feet hight with posts and 2 rails. 10, Any other description of fence -niiitually agreed upon •by the persons interested. - .. . - Rails shall not be longer than 9 feet, and shall be of good and substantial depth and thickness, and may be of, any of the following' woods: — Heart of kauri,, heart of rimu, tauekaha, totara, manuka^ kawaka, kowhai, puriri. rata, black mairi, pohutukawa, blue or red guih, or stringy bark. • > ■'■, r/k Posts shall be at least 7 feet m .length, of puriri, pohutukawa, blue or red gum; iron, bark or stringy., bark, heart, of totara, heart of kau'rij kawaka,. tanekaha^blaek r ; mairi, kpwhai, and niatai. . . „ '."■".■Ditches 11 shaU'lae\at : least' '3' feet wide at. 'top by Vieeti deep'. ?wr " ' ■';/■■ '■';' [;v \ *- ?i Where a "sufficient" fencehasbeen already erected ijpdpr repealed Acts it is.. wi. .nepessary that such fence | should, until its rerereqtion, be made a " sufficient "feiice iwithin the meaning of the Act, and m the case of dividing, fences, .any. fence ftgreed upon between they two. occupiers shall be deemed to be "sufficient fcr c|ll purposes of the Act, though not according to description m the schedule above - quoted; i; Sweetbriaiy and , gorse or furzo may not. be planted m a dividing fence without the consent of. the occupiers of theadjoining land, noi\ s ypon any fence abutting on any road, oi* public reserve, or Cro#n Lands without the consent 'first obtained' ot the authority haying; the control of such roads, reserves, or lauds, under a penalty Tiot exceeding ,£2O. In planting live fences on land abu feting on public reads the occupier of the •land is permitted ;to (Construct a protecting fence upon the road, provided . s uch fence does not extend more 'than five "feet upon the road and does not leave a less width of road than twenty-two feet, such protection ience to remain nob longer .Lhan sis year 3. We, had almost omitted to note that, m the matter of determining the " sufficienc} 7 " " of fences, Clause 1Q of, the _,Bill provides-:. ":Vi-.;?/.Vv;'iO'-:" Ii [ :., „ j That it shall ba lawful for the Comicil J of any County ; or incorporated ' Boroxigh, by resolution^to declare thd* the description of a sufficient fence m force within such County or- Borough, is no longer adapted to its requirements, and to adopt such another description, of a. sufficient fence m Schedule B as is m force within aiiy other part of the Colony. .And, therefrom, the description of * fence so adopted as aforesaid shall be a sufficient f cince within such? County or Borough. In the case of dividing or boundary fences, ;if within, two months m the case of; open land.and of s : x mdnths ill' that^of ■• bush land of • serving/ the notice, the giver and '\ receiypr;, of tiie, same do not enter into an agreement as. to- the nature and cost of the fence, and the mode ; and time of making it, the server of the notice may proceed with the work, and recover the half of the ! oost3 from the other party. Again, if, an agreement to fence being made between the two, either shall foi one monlh neglect to perform his purb of the v ag i r6emeat, the other party may at anytime within six months thereafter j make a fence of the description contained m the agreement, and recover tHe 1 half of the actual cost of making such fence. The •24 th- clause, prnvides that , the, maxiumn. price to be paid m inspect of one-half 'o^ ne actual ccist of erecting any '"'sufficient s '^ fencq shall i not : exceed twenty shilling^ per chain, but m no case more than half j the actual cost.

Tke ( Brur.e Herald' is rough on Mr Murray, M.TLK. It says he is drafting si bill imposing a duty on skimmed milk, and that the nature of his own eloquenue has suggested fcho'itle)^ PuiiE-BEED CATT^feTho celebrated tolegrum nmu Wellington intiinatea luSt the precise dato fixed upon for the meotiug' of Pavliament is the 9th July ?If u tM&^af6^fi%tißMSWrf6'ctfiEarliaiiSSaE^ is to meet . a , wook qarlier than jvas oxpectod. • : '" r . i /•'" **-& VAUfeJI >^AK^E££S^^MR^S£inm«(^^ O|seiirfd • | afe /^te^'Hamfl^a6V t | i ßt Scljopl Houl'e\i^q|D^sS^ye*wgWfft!r the con-' ductorship of Mr Culpan. The praeiiso o^unin^s ai« ft iixojl r fo| Friday, and ii^|fim'|ij^m||sborsMii¥ jMpefeo attend Torfy&^AasqsxsiQg.pjp., and -will be obsQfvgd (a^ thg^ jslgvei aj >Ohurches by sj)eciar'servicesj^t Haraiffion at 8 a.m', 1 jWheiuvtiie Hply Ifi .Gomjnunioii-, will be administered; anain tnc evonihg 1 at '7 p.m . ; and at Alexandra at 11 a.m. ; and at.Tc, AAvamu£u?at^p'.nv. ?vr as.-a'-.-' »r r '>■'■"§" ■*?' &ELT?-7JVBBi6x4imf:&is>Tj(}ii.-— • -Minos, Metals, and Arts 'ogives an account of a " sclf-lubricatiif^'pou^fiH By this invention it is said that .-the; •••'jfrifitioii attendant upon ■ plougiiiig ; the ' plough,! !>y\ nie'ang , b| af. .thin skin of •water or oil' maintain&tl' between' it and . tho soil, slips through v almost unconsciously." - f y . . t \J J ' V x ,, • ft ' t .^B^ppD^b^^^da^'Silgijt^laat at CbL'omandfei has ' been a' very s'e'yerd . one. ~\Yo learn that the Tokatea tramway was destroyed. Messrs Travis' s and B little's hou|es on $STok|ts fewere overwhelmed '^^^H^^ol ll c inmates had a 'j|sOTfcf '*'$!& wasne^^way. Many houses jtw^^iftfi'pded, and "fis|pe has been great *%Tiwi:—^^CaWfvhnry^MMMt refcrrifl^'to the, rjpc.enfc^CQntradictpx;y telegrams about" E,ewi; s says l— 'Hft^jijs'a- singular irony on civilisation m Ne^^ealand that colonists should have to go to an exsavage for corroboration'of the statements of their Ministers. It Is more a stonislung still t^iatj instead .of igiying the desired .corrpljiora'tioll, -the, savage should A^iveikhe statements 'th^ll-b direct." ■;^ XEtiNixivE Lamd v3oimT sat again at v o%>Tuesday,|but. shortly rose -0$ to Cknibiid^e, wheie it walreppened yesterday. Early on Tuesday': Maori and by night Hamll'tonJwhicH^ liad been all excitement and bustle jl or the pre^ ions few'days'j're^iijnied its Tvpnted quietude. t . Ip ., tondbn ' Lapcet ' . Bays '.—"Few. 'peoplo : lenow'tKe value of lemon-jiiiue.. A piece of lemon bound upon a' corn will cure it" m . a few' days; it should be renewednigbtand mprnjng.; A free use of lemon- juice and " sugar "•will always relievo'a/ cough. Most people feel poorly injthje/spring,' buti if. they jjypuld eat a lemon,, befpre,- breakfast every day for a week-^-with 'or without sujgar, as they like —they -would ' find If better than any j medicine . J 'i - r . ' ' • .' TE AWAMUTU A2TD R.ANGIAOIIIA KOAD .ustial 'mpnthiy meeting of the Kangiaohia^Higlnvay Board was held at Te Awamutu on Saturday last. Beyond ( tlie'. letting j ".oi y one or two fimall jobs, i 'which 'we're s indispensably necessary aud Avhich required but a trifling outlay, no further contracts wore entered into. The Board was ; chiefly - occupied ivith the examination of ~ the. Engineer's report on recent w.orks. and m receiving the accounts and bill's' for payment of several contractors' for numerous works m various partsof the district, which amounted to' i£>\pk 135 ; 3d,:-ancL Vhjich wois passed and fp'a'id/By s cheque 'at the meeting. « i ßSapebs /Ami BiOT>BBS.~The 'Canterbury Press '- Bays : — "It is intended to iijipdrt a string binder m, time for next season, m connection ' with;"the McCormick reaper and 'binder,' in' b'rder to shoiv that the binding with string cannot be carried out practically. It has been tried iii America, but failed, the cord? breaking, from the swelling after the sheaves are stooked,. jParmers who;, wish; to avail themselves of the reapers and binders must, therefore, use wire until something is devised to prevent the string breaking as described." Speaking of manhood sufFrage.ihe Hon. Mr. Ballanco, ,m his recent, address to his constituents J said :— " With regard to manhood suffrage, . the popular idea seemed to be that the privilege of voting was to bo extended to the very lowest classes— to the scum of , society, to loafers. Tliis -was ahnost a. mythical' class, -only the residue of a class, and it was a quesr, tion if the extension of the franchise should, be clenied on these grounds. He' ■was sure that it -was generally recognised that the present system, was. not worldug . satisfactorily. The Bill under tion of the Govenuncnt at present contained three privileges, existing m; the present franchise. ; The principal features of the proposed franchise, of which he could speak authoritatively, were leaser hold franchise, ratepayers' franchise^ undenvhich Maoris should be included with only a right to vote as long, as they retained their qualification, Ih&isehold francliise and residentnl fr.^iohise, m which the lodgers' franchise and miners' rights' francliise should be included. A« .residence of A three months m the colony he would hold should qualify a person', under the last mentioned. He wouldfurther hold to see the right of voting extended to" wonien." ''■■•'■