The Waikato Times. THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1878.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 950, 25 July 1878, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

THURSDAY, JULY 25, 1878.

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The General Assembly meets for business to-morrow. The Government, which at the close of l*st session bad really a working minority but inanaed to managed to pull through the session owiDg to the unskilful manner in which the late Government party was bandied wi!l find themselves in a far cliff jrent

position now. They will find tlvmselve.s W:ll able to carry tlie measures before the country against issiblo future opposition that 'cm lie brought to bear against them. Speaking- from a purely party point oil view there is the weakest of all possible opp) -itrms to contend ■ against. The Atkinson clique is; ; hurly played oui-. Item command tlio support of but. a very small "section of the House. That ministry virtually died when it lost Sir Julius from its heal. It became a soulless body, and now stinks in the nostrils of the colonists. Reasonable men who supported it, arc now, .like Mr' Moor-, house,prepared to'stand aside andi efrainfroin party strife,and to give a fairsupport tomeasures which,eoiningfrom whom they may,.command the; public confUeneo and support. No ministry in New Zealand ever entere 1 upon what may properly be called' its ' first session' with -a stronger backaud under more favourabl<- auspices, . and. any opposition worth calling such will only be evoked by the defection of the Government itself from its own declared policy. To judge from Mr Stout's speech, lately delivered at Diinedin, this is hot likely' to be the case. His views are - emiuen tly practical, and -in full accord with public opinion. Let us hope under Much conditions, that the session to be entered upon to-morrow will be dissimilar to its predecessors in very many respects, that it will change wordy warfare and bitter party accusations for calm legislation and attention to the business necessities of the colony, and not after three months of bitter political strife, leave the real business of the session to be pitchforked into shape, ns best it may, by members who are prepared to pass anything before them in order to get away to their I homes as fast as possible.

THE PAKTJJEIANGA HOUNDS. Waikato Sportsmen will be pleased to hear that Mr J. S. Buck la mi lias made arrangements with the Pakuranga Hunt Club to allow their pack of hounds to visit our district about the first week in Aaigust, and to remain for a forth night. During that time there will be four or five meets in different parts of Waikato, which will afford excellent frport for all those who are fond of the chase, and the music of the hounds. As hares are plentiful at Cambridge, that will most likely be where the first meet of the hounds will take place, and afterwards in the vicinity of Te Awarimtu, where if hares cannot be turned out, a drag will be the order of the day. When and where the meets are to be will be duly advertised, so that one and all will have an opportunity of enjoying real spqi't, and as they will be the first genuine hunts in Waikato we have no doubt there will be good fields and we need not hesitate to say good sport. Several hard liders and good horses will be here with the hounds from Auckland, aud wn hope Waikato will not allow ' the Aucklanders to come and beat them at cross country work. We feel quite sure however, that the district will hold its own against all comers, though the Aucklanders will have the advantage of stable fed hordes, and not only hold its own agiiust, but pound them.