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Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 955, 6 August 1878, Page 2

Applications irom persons willing to undertake the office of Secretary and Rate Collector for the Cambridge District Highway Board will be received until 4 p.m. of the 12th inst., by the Chairman, Captain Ruuciman. Tenders are invited hy the Mangapiko Highway Board for the performance of the duties of Collector and Secretary *to the Board. Applications will be received by Mr Maunder not later than Saturday next. . , '.;' ~.' / \.y •' ScnooL Entertainment.—A vocal and instrumental concert and general entertainment, un'der the patronage of the School Committee, will be held in the school-house, Hamilton East, on Tuesday evening, the 13th inst. The proceeds will be devoted to the children's Christmas funds. A Caution to Drunkards.—At the Police Court, Hamilton, yesterday, Robert Hill, a carpenter, a first-class tradesman, but.an incorragible drunkard, was lined 20s and costs, or seven days imprisonment for* drunkenness, and one month in Mount Eden Gaol, as a vagrant, having been thrice convicted of drunkenness within the year. .The example made in Hill's case should be a warning to others, some of whom make too frequent an appearance at the Court to charges of drunkenness. The Auckland Pastoral and Agricultural Association held a meeting on Friday, and decided that, as the association had been incorporated under the legislation of last session, the greatest efforts should be made to make the. next show, to be held in November, one of the best ever held m Auckland. We believe the committee are working with a will to effect that purpose,' and we hope they will succeed in their efforts. The New Scah"" Bill.—A meeting of Auckland members wan-held on Saturday, to consider the question of the Scabby Sheep Act in its bearing on the Auckland provincial district and the propriety of appointing inspectors ami .sub-inspectors. Et is proposed to have small districts, the salary for local inspectors to be £2O. The meeting appointed the following committee : —Messrs Hamlin, MoEarlaue, Douglas, and Williams to recommend certain boundaries, and bring up a report.

Fifteen good pick uiid shovel men are required at onoe, by Mr T. C Snides, of Hamilton.

Can a Man Leoai/ly Skix- hib \V oris. — In explanation of J}r W albs's queer (Question, of which h|%ave notice t-»-day, of Zeaa sell hjiljvwifo to anotHer, it Ifeulcl be|rpleutionpp[f says the ' Hejjld's' ]|Weuing|i|i. thatlßn Impfday, a|min nairi|d Rjbeks aetua&y u ■; to anpther man! Theater W?, formerly lived with' the womau, and during Ms absence from Wellington she had iu irried Roberts. learning this, assaulted,. fcheVoiiuin* and was nnecTlor so and afterwards Roberts agreed to spll her for £2 lUs, the cost of the marriage ceremony. : - The.- money,.^aa^paidby ; ;;tf ago,v and was drawn; up; aiid exebttted by' v tlie J husbarid:— "Wellington, Ist August, 1878.—1 hereby realise and sell out to Jack Jago, her original lover and colonial husband, all chiiin < nu; Roberts, piauifit ''-r.tr J6nes ? s Wellington / ; «aluW, v for : the sum ot £2 10s. —(Signed) Tuos. .John ; Rou;kj\s. Witnesses: James Mouhisey, : C. Win.v.'" The affair found its way into the papers, and to day Roberts published the following , advertisement:—" The amount of inonoy' which T received is true, but I did not sell my wife, as stated in the papers. The money received was on : 'hei? ■' behalf. I will ; have liiy wife at any time.—Apply to niei T. J. Robekts." Remarking on this, tlie ' Post' this evening says :—" This announcement is somewhat puzzling, and would lead one to believe that \lr Roberts's sale ©f liis wife was not what the' lawyers term a conveyance in fee simple, but that he merely executed au assignment for a period, determined at pleasure. Seriously speak- ' ing, however, the amount of-depravity which the whole, affair exhibits is absolul. ly disgusting ; and no words of coutcupt can be too strong for such despicable conduct. A man who could .sign such a document as we published yesterday, is not worthy of the name of man, while the announcement quoted above is, if possible, still more shameful. Dr Wallis may be perhaps joking, but it is considered in the House that the subject had better have been untouched by our legislators." A. fabmer having cattle trespassing upon his grass fields posted up the following :—" Notis--If any man's or woman's cows or oxen gets' in these hero otes*, his or her tale will be cut off, as the case may be. I ama Christian and pay ini taxes, but darn a man who lets his critters ran luse say I."

Saved by the Telephone.—The last feat accomplished-by Bell's telephone is the saving of a diver's life. According to a report made to the admiralty by Captain .Arthur, of her Majesty's ship Vernon, a diver engaged hi receiving some ballast suddenly fainted, arid called out, " Pull me up.'' . He did not signal -with liii rppe, but was heard through the telephone attached'to Ms lieliriet/abd was at once brought; to the surface. The man has recovered, and thanku the telephone for his restoration.

' CONCEBT ANU GrENEEAIi ENTERTAINMENT, Hamilton "West.—The first of a series of entertainments will take place on Friday evening next in the Court House. A very attractive pro* gramme has been prepared, arid it is hoped that the entertainment will be widely. patronised both by ;the children for whose : special amusement it is got up, as well as by their parents and friends. Children under fifteen will' tie admitted free, and the charge for adults Avill be one shilling only.

Animals Debtboyed on Railways. — On Friday, in the Legislative Council, the Government' agreed to furnish ti report showing the amount paidj as: "compensation for sheep and cattle destroyed on railways since 1870. The Winteb.—Tho fact that Pirongia has on several days lately been capped with snow accounts for the coldness of the westerly -winds in Waikato; ■ The ranges-rouhdjTauiaflga ar£a,tjthe present time covered with snow. In Canterbury the weather has been beyond the conception .of■'■ iAucklanders ..altjogether. ■ A Christbhutoii/p'ap'er, referring- --to-* 1 the West Coast road and coach travelling, says:—"The: mails^and.passengers have had to be packed ovei*j in many eases the latter undergoing great hardships, and some narrow -.escapes from Irostrbites have occurred. The track through the ranges has been through a wall of Bnow, a harrow road ; having been cut through it, and the show being some distance above the horses. Th.e Lakes v present a very pretty appearance, r beiifg entirely frozen over, and some good skating has been obtained on them. ; Last week, while coming over, Mr Power found a man lying on the snow, who had been out all night,, and .who- had a very narrow escape of his life. So far gone was he that he had to be strapped on to the packhorse and brought to the Cass, where he was rubbed with snow, and other means adopted to restore circulation. Some idea may be formed of the cold at the Cass when it is mentioned that at the hotel all the bottled beer was frozen, and to enable the landlord to procure supplies from the casks of draught beer, a pan of live coals was placed under the tap. At last, even this expedient failed, as the beer became frozen in the casks."

A meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council "was held last night; present, the Mayor (I.E. Vialou), and Cr,s Dawson, Potter, Hume, Cox, Beale, Coates, Gaudin and Gwynne. A letter was read from the Under Secretary of the Treasury, ordering that the £SOO paid by mistake to the'vborpugh, he. paid':oyer to the Tuhikaramea Highway Bqard, for whom it wag, intended* Applications for the office, .of •.Rjinger. for East Hamilton were .received from Messrs Faulkner, J. Mullibn, 0; Mullion, W. Downing and G. Vowles ; for "West Hamilton, from Messrs R. Land, H. McPherson, D. D. Hyde, and H. Hunter. An application for the situation of Clerk of Works was received from Mr Butterworth. A nuuiper of accounts were referred to the Finance Committee, and the Council went into committee to consider the appointment of rangers. Mr It. Land Avas appointed for West, and Mr Vowles for East Hamilton.

Parliamentary.—The following notices of motion are on the order paper for to-day:—Hon Mr Fox to ask the Native Minister, " Whether the Maori who assaulted and maltreated a woman at Opunaki about a year ago, and was rescued from the custody of the police (when being taken to prison) by a party of Maoris, has been re captured and brought to justice, and whether any proceedings have been taken against the Maoris who rescued him, and if not, whether the subject was brought under the notice of Titokowaru, Te'Whiti, or other influential chiefs on the "West Coast by the Native Minister at his late interview with them; also whether, if nothing has been done in the matter,' now that peaceful relations have been at last established, and the native race is no longer estranged,' the Government intend to take any further steps to make the Queen's writ run and vindicate the power of the law in the case referred to r"— Hon Mr I'ox.to ask the Government, " Whether they have, during the recede, taken any steps to secure the capture of Wiuiata, Avho, after killing a man near Onehuuga, escaped f roui custody, and is supposed to Ttave taken refuge among: the natives; and whether' jf he Jjas uct y«t been, brought

to trial, the Government is prepared to J;ake stops to that event.' lion. Mr Fox to move, " For the production of all correspondence between the •(Joyernm%t;;and any other person relative to imported to have been coinuiittedipby a number of Waikato natives almost immediately place; tlioji release -of the ringleaders by ordei*Ms 4 ai;m ? ag:sfcrate after they had been arreted by|the police, and any oommunica|jon received from Rewi to the effect that the policeman who had arrested the ringleaders should be removed from Waitara, as his life would otherwise be in danger.". Sutton-, to move, for " Copies of any reports from the Rosi •dent Magistrate at s Wairoa, Hawke's Bay, having reference to the refusal of natives at Mahia to allow a Resident Magistrate's Court to hear and determine acharge of .breaking a public pound, and any instructions issued to the Resident Magistrate thereon." Mr 'J homsou to ask thy Mitiister of Lauds, "Whether the Government intend this session to introduce a Bill relating to Endowments of Counties and Road