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Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 964, 27 August 1878, Page 2

Mr .A. Buj;u,a.nd will sell, at the on Friday,: lot 66,- of |EiriMnrdri; ■ cbritaiiJiiig 50 abres, at ihe 'up^et'price df £4O. ••" • <-ju-? n-A'>

Borough Cottnoil. —The ■. election 4 of three' : CDu'ucilldrs for the' Borough of iniplace of Crs. v»nd Potter,; who.{retire, will take place on the 12th -eptember. The nbuiinaitioVic'takes :place .on-Monday next;-the 2nd proximo... <■; .< ,; , - ' Thk Anxual vM&etino 6f''th© Waikato Turf Club* wM-held- last* night, at"' ! Hamilton;<>;The ! report and balance sheet were Tead and-adopted. A full report will appear in our next.

At the meeting of the Auckland Board of Education held ori Friday lasX&n extra £4 was. allowed on'tyti'Soiiti&dvHoT the alteration of the site' of the chimney of the Alexandra school. An application from Ngaruawahia for "a teacher's residence, well, and pump, was received, and it was agreed to recommend the request tojthe favorable notice of the Government. At present,'the teacher' lives hr a rented house. .A recommendation from the: Cambridge School Committee—that the assistant teacher should receive £lO per annum extra —was agreed, to, on the condition fchal;Bhe.Tindertook the duties bi>. 'sewing mistress. The following is the account of what transpired in reference to the stoppage, of further ereotion of , school buildings:—A letter wW 1 receivedifrom the office of the Minister of Education, recommending; the Board not to incur expenses in the ereotion of school buildon the of the propqsed vote.. The- amounts' '-returned sy ; the various Boards for their, was in excess, of the amount availably, and-they would have : to'' be -* "The letter recommended; the : strictest economy, andalso asked for a return of the cost of plans." prepared. The ! Chairman said this return, was- in course -of- and, in respectofsohool.buildingiSvthe Board had been restricting expenses as far as possible. . HAMiiTOfr .West ?chcol Alterations. tender of Mr' David Elliott, for making alterations to the school-house and teacher's residence at West Hamilton, has been accepted by the Board. The amount of the. contract is £245. Volunteer Hall ?oe Hamilton.—We understand that the grant of a site for a Volunteer Hall, somewhere between the Church" and the old Bank of New Zealand, in Victoria-street, has been promised by the Government.

Mb P. Bond's sale of live and dead stock at Te Baku takes place on Friday next, when Messrs Hunter and Nolan will sell some valuable sheep, cattle, and. horses, farm implements, &c.

-MessrsJHunteb ANn JSoian'.s Ohaupo cattle^alejfekes,place on ;Tsursday next.

Tkndebs for the erection of a Presbyterian Manse, at Te Awjimutu will be reT. nooii t*6-m'orroV. • - ' J *■ ' • - ; v*

and Road Boards.- is > pubUshed l ~.,ih. yestorday's 'Herald.' Mr McMurdo, Government Insurance Agent, Recovered £6O damages yesterday, against the Parriell Borongh CpuncU, on account of injuries received through alieap of scoria 'being leftUn the public road—St; Stephen's Road, Pavnell. He was riding home after dark, on the 27th of May, when; hinThorse stumbled over this heap, and fell' with :his rider. The horse, a valuable, one (worth between £3O and £4O), broke; has kliees, and the rider sprained his ankle, at the same time sufering other injurier, severe though dangerous. There was a doctor's bill °of 10 guhieas to be paid by Mr McMurdo also the fee of a veterinary surgeon (Mr Kinloch), for examining the horse,;which was depreciated in value at least one-half in consequence of bis knees being broken! thai there was no such had three or : f|ur to one witness,; blgh as thejilknee," according to" \ gipther'witness, scoria was por'ss&. of ia arid «!#* is the. ordinary s onthis point was .absplute.;^swoi^p^utaf : only reconcile the" two Btatementslsj>Bn thehypotbesis, that there were two heaps in the road oneiof which had been spread and the other: left could be no doubt as to the facte in evidence and he gave■ judgment for the plaintiff for the full amount. The interest of the pubbc in a matter of this kind is that Corporations, Highway Boards, and similar bodies have a direct duty imposed upon them in providing security for the public safety. They, may not be negligent in the ordinary sense dithe term, butemission to provide ;for the safety of Her Majesty's lieges will of itself be regarded as negligence. The only protection for the public m matteraof thin kind is the' ngorpus-interpretatwn- 0 f the law. It ; mayJbe,hardjn any .paHfejilar.case, even in this case; nevertheless; public safety is a matter paramount, and Corporations will if thev be not duly, mindful of it. {

fpp Hamilton , Station Road —The state of the>oad between Hamijton and the : railway station has again become something outrageous.:: time it is not the Borough whiph is, tot blame, but the Hamilton Highway District Board. The Borough portion of the road itf passably good, not so that portion which belongs: tothe road district from the station across.to-the corner by Mr cumbes house. Originally the portion of this road to be metalled was laid off far too narrow, arid' now it requires reforming to make anything like a good pisce of work at all. If drains were cut, the water, webeUeve,<Tnight tie-led away into the swamp, and then a properly formed road; with serviceable water tables on. either side might possibly be kept in decent repair, despite the heavy traffic. : The real remedy, however, is the bringing of the Railway into Hamilton. The iwhple.-ti.affiq, the jborough, but of the district, "focussett on this piece of road, is >a burden,, almost beyond the means of the ratepayers. The keeping the road open at all durinsr the preseiit winter has absorbed by far tqo -laro-e a proportion of the borough funds. Something, however, must be clone at once by the Hamilton District Board to thei*.ooHin»v * . f

Mr J. S. 'BTTOKr.AND's Cambridge Cattle ! Sale takes place to-day. I meeting Q f the membe £ of the Hope; of W£ikal> Lodge will be held in the Viotoria »iall, Hamilton West, on Thursday evening.next. j £f> Petbu'b Sunday Sohooli. —. The bazaar arid gift auction, mi [aid, of the St. held in f ;H»V^j*4 aurin © l tne Clpdry