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Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 951, 27 July 1878, Page 2

At the inquest held on Thursday, on the body- of Margaret McGrreggor, who died suddenly at Pukerimu, a verdict of died from natural causes was returned. "VVhatawhata Febky. —Tenders for tlie performance of the Whatawhata ferry service for Bix months must, be sent in to the Chairman of the Newcastle District Board to-day. 1 KiHiiini Highway annual, meeting of ratepayers, takes plaice,/on., Monday, in the ! B(ihbolroom,. for the election of trustees and 6ther officers for, the ensuing year. Tenders for performing the offices of pouudkeeper and ranger at Alexandra will be received by the Chairman of the District Board up to Friday next, the 2nd proximo. A Clerical Ewtou occurs in our report of the Te Awamutu school nieeting held on Saturday last. The name of the Chairman, Mr C. " limes" was mistakenly printed as "James." Tenders for the works to be done on the road known.as Bell's Road, near Mr Hally'a mill, will be received by the Chairman of the Pukckura Highway Board up to noon of to-day. The Maori found the other day in excavating at the old redoubt above the ferry, in East Hamilton, were, on, Thursday, handed over by the police to the native chief Hargreaves, and were taken away by him for interment,

At tl 6 meeting of the Auckland Waste Land Board, held on Thursday, the Chief surveyor reported that the surveys at Te Awamutu and Oruiond were completed. 'I he former Was not dealt with, Mr Savage wrote, complaining of the natives interferring with his property at Raglan. It was a long letter, and it was agreed to refer the correspondence to the Hon. the Native Minister. £ Ihe increased fat; cattle .caused a rise in the price- of meat ainoiigst tlie;Cambridge, butchers, hafebroiight ; a new firm into' the field; Expert Swayjie & 06;?,; aundunce itt.iolousiness as butchers in Cambridge, and publish a price list' of meat, which will assure them a f lir share of public supintention' 4 iß"'to' keep only a firsfc-chiss .article, a, course, which will of itself'work*its way into public favour.

Important Sale of- Draught Stock.—,. •-Mdigl i ß"';Jrpr"'ana"K7 J offer for very valuable draught fillies, colts, and foals, at Dr Waddington's farm, Alex andra. s The stock, swas-reqehtly brought : aud is of a Very qualify Settlers' having; horses or cattle to, dispose of are invited *by tlie~auctioneei's to take the opportunity 6f NehdinglEhem to Alexandra on Tues•day .next... The, sale..of : Mr Draper's •effects commences at 11 a.m. snarp. Thu History op the Sea is the title of , , a work,- .which Mr D".. D; : Reed, who* is now caiiyasßing Waikato, is prepared to offer subscribers in some six weeks or two months ;time,T payment to be made on receipt of the work. There;are three classes of binding, but the work in each ease is equally well printed, and contains the same; illustrations/. We have gone carefully through the specimen copy, and Ipaii sayi that tHe matter is as interesting as ,the platesj which" is no little to say for >for it. .These latter are beautifully executed. The wMole work is well got up, handsomely bound, and contains a vast "amount of really-useful and interesting ;matter,>an(i it is. issued at a price which nothing but an immense sale could enable the pubb'shers to offer it at. Ranger for Hamilton Borough Applications for.the office of Ranger to the Borough of Hamilton will be. received until noon of Monday the Sth" August. ; The cattle-'depasturing fees are to be raised to 5s per head, and 20 per cent, of the fees will be offered to the Ranger as a salary. In the by-law regulating the depasturing of cattle, it will be seen that it is intended to prohibit the practice of allowing cattle and horses to wander, at large in the borough between sunset and sunrise, under the penalty of not more than £5. Now it will be the duty,' we presume,. of the ranger to see to this matter, but if his pay is to be based solely on the receipt of 20 per cent, of the depasturing fees, he is little likely to trouble himself in looking after wandering horses by night. It seems to us that if the Borough Council wish this portion, of the bye-law to be other than a dead letter, they should 5 have included in the salary of the Ranger a proportion,; say half or less, of alt the penalties recovered; for breaches of ihis portion of the bye-law. \

Tub annual of the ratepayers of the Waitoa Highway District took place as advertised oh the 20th inst. There were sixteen ratepayers present in person, and seven by proxy. Mr ; W. A. Murray, on being called to the chair, read the- notice calling the meeting, after *whic.li Mr "W. P. Chepinell, Chairman of the outgoing Board, read the annual report, tfcc, from which it appeared that the receipts from Ist April, 1877, to 31st March, 1878, were: —Balance from last year, £l4 17s 9d; rates, £369 lis Id; subscriptions, =£2o; Government subsidies, £621 6s lid.; share of County Fund, £125 10s; refund from Government of costs in the action of Bremner v. Aitken, for rates, £34 0s 7d; : total,-£1,1.83 6s Id. Expenditure:—New roads, £192 7s 3d; repairs, «tc, £2ll 0s 3d; tools, &c, £2 3s; salaries, £l9 17s : 6d; collecting rates, £l7 3s; sundries, including legal expeus3s, £97 18s lOd; total, £740 10s, leaving a balance in hand amounting to ■£M 4 16s vld. ;Since the 31st March, the Board have received from Government £-300 in aid of Thames road; £363 3s 3d from the County ftiud; £l3 19s 4d, rates; and £1,552 out of the l4o,oof)granted for rjads. They have expended about £6OO during the s ime time, but the new Board will be in funds to go on with the works in progress. Messrs C. Gould, W. P. Chepinell, J. Cochrane and J. "Walker are the Members of the new Board. Messrs C. McDonald and Cholmoudelßy were appointed Auditors and Fence Viewers.