Untitled

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 995, 7 November 1878, Page 2

Although there are 150 electors in the Pukekura Riding, but one elector was present at the Pukerimu School-house on Monday, on the occasion of the nomination of Councillors — the sitting member, Mr Fisher. No nominations were received. It has been resolved by the Cambridge School Committee to at once bring the oompulsory clauses of the Education Act into force. Thb Cambridge Annual Races are announced for New Year's Day in Mr A. A. Fantham'e paddocks. Thr Auckland Show— Railway Fares. — A notice appears elsewhere with reference to the issue of return tickets by the Waikato-Auckland Railway during tho Cattle Show week. As an illustration of the profitable character of the formation of special settlements, the Hon. Mr Fox stated in I the House of Representatives that Mr Vesey Stewart had netted between £10,000 and £20,000 as recompense for his labours in connection with Katikati. The following were the tenders received by Mr T. H. White for the n ( ew brick building to be erected for Mr N. R. Cox, at the corner of Victoria and Hoodstreets, Hamilton West:— Robert Kay, £3,098 ; M. T. Taylor, £2,298 ; William Price, £2,849; and John Thorp, £2,577. At a meeting of the Pukekura Highway Board, held on Monday, the following tenders, for clearing and forming the swamp road near the saw-mills, were epened:— For No. 1 section, at per chain, Rysdale & Cooke, 7s lOd ; R. Norrißh, 7s; Thos. Cowley, 6s 4|d.— For No. 2 section, at per chain, Rysdale & Cook, 8s 3d ; R. Norrißh, 7s 6d; Thos. Cowley, 6h 4£d. The tenders of Mr Cowley for both sections were accepted on the motion of Mr Gane seconded by Mr Hicks— the whole of the work to be finished, according to specification within four months. The Scorctary was instructed to call for tenders for the construction of the main road from Howie's Corner to the Pukerimu School-houae ; also,' for works on the swamp road.

The Ngaruawiihia and Hamilton Court I reports are^held ovor to our next, us is also the full report of the business at the meeting of the Cambridge Farmers' Club held on Monday night, and tho letters of E. Fitzpatrick, " Iwo of a trade never a^ree," and " Loafer." Meetings of the two Waikato lodges take, place— of the one at Hamilton to-nightyand of the other at Cambridgo to-morros^night. , . The travelling ageat of the Mutual Provident Assurance Association — »ir Fraser— and Dr Watlmg, are now in Waikato, prepared to take the liven of the settlers. The Mutual Provident is, beyond all doubt, the strongest and soundest insurance company in existence, and its members, as the name denotes, share pro rat a the large profits of the concern. Mr Fraser, who went up to Cambridge yesterday, will virit the various settlements in turn. The late Captain Goldsmith was buried at Grahamstown on Tuesday. The funeral was numerously and respectably attended. An affidavit made, by Dr Payne, the medical man who examined the girl McGregor, was read at the grave, tending to exculpate the deceased from the disgraceful charge, the consequences of which, it was alleged, had driven him to commit suicide. Me Treewhellar has, it will be seen, still further reduced the price of his bread. When he notified, on Saturday, in our advertising columns, that in future bread would be sold over the counter at a halfpenny the 21b loaf less than it would be sold when booked and delivered, Mr Treewhellar informs us he simply recognised a very \ just principle, that such purchasers were entitled to a consideraas entailing no risk of bad debts, and no extra expense in delivery, and that he had no intention of cutting under in the trade. Others in the trade, however, he states, 1 went quitely round to his customers and informed them that they would deliver bread at the same price as he would sell it over the counter, and for credit. If they can do so, Mr Treewhellar says he can do the same. So the counter price is to be applied to ordinary customers, and the price of bread weighed over the counter, to cash customers, will be 3£d per 2lb loaf. The next reform in prices that should come, is that of the price of meat. Good fore-quarters of mutton are, for instance, selling now in Auckland by retail at 2^d per lb. Mb John Knox will offer for sale, on Saturday, without reserve, at the Wharf Store, Hamilton, a quantity of furniture, double-barrel gun, choice collection of books and drapery. Onk of the Hamilton School Entertainments comes off to-morrow evening in the Hamilton Hall. A varied programme of song, reading, and recitation, haß been prepared for the occasion. The object is to provide a fund for the Hamilton East School Christmas prizes. 1.0.0.F., M.U.— A special meeting of the Loyal Hamilton Lodge will be held at the Royal Hotel on Saturday evening. The light wines of Australia, if brought into more general use, would assist greatly in the cause of temperance, and form a pleasant summer drink Their price alone stands in the way of their more general consumption. Mr Pearce, of the Commercial Hotel, Hamilton, has taken a step in the right direction. He has laid in a considerable stosk of these wines in bulk, and advertises them for sale at sixpence the tumbler. Tenders, which must be sent in by Saturday, for a quantity of road formation are cal'ed for by the Rangiaohia ttoad Board. AlMongst the passengers, yesterday, from Auckland to Hamilton, was Mr C. Heatley, of the Public Works Department, who went on by coach to Cambridge, to take charge of the working party about to be employed on the construction of the Taupo Road. Riding Emotions. — There was no second candidate for the Hamilton Riding" yesterday, and Mr Samuel Steele was declared duly elected. The same absence from opposition occurred at Cambridge, and Messrs Robert Kirk wood, R. H. D. Fergusson, and William Martyn were declared the three Councillors for that Riding. There will be contested elections at both Kirikiriroa and Rangiriri, Messrs Gall, F. Johnson, and /Henry being in the field for the one seat in the latter riding, and Messrs J. B. Whyte, Cumming, P. Walker and Capt. Steele for the three seats for Kirikiriroa. We notice that tenders are calledfor by the Waikato County Council for certain works to be done in the Rangiriri Riding. We are informed that most of these are very necessary for opening up the back roads in the district, and they will, when finished, materially assist the settlement of a good stretch of country hitherto much neglected and little thought of, owing to its inaccessibility. Some disappointment will be felt that Miss Amy fchertfin ;will not be able to visit Waikato during her visit to New Zealand. A gentleman in this district placed himself in communication with Miss Sherwin with the idea of inducing her to give an entertainment in the district, but unfortunately too late, the reply being that engagements entered into rendered it impossible to comply with the request. An emergency meeting of the Hamilton Contingent Waikato Cavalry Volunteers will be held in Pearce's Commercial Hotel, Hamilton, on Saturday evening next. The concert held at Huntley, in celebration of the opening of the new district school-house, on Friday last, was a great success. Over a hundred persons were present. Some of the songs were well rendored, and the audience showed their great appreciation of the efforts of the performers by their repeated encores. The thanks of the Tommittee were tendered to Mr T. H. White for his valuable assistance. Te Awamutu Public Hall. — A meeting of Volunteers and subscribers to the Public Hall waa held in the Hall, Te Awamutu, on Tuesday afternoon. Mr H. Roche having been voted to the chair, explained that the meeting was called to elect new trustees, in the room of those who had left the district. A proper title, he said, had never been obtained for the site, and it was desirable to appoint trustees, in whom the property might be rested. He called upon the Treasurer, Mr Mandeno, to read a statement of the accounts for the past year. The accounts were r«ad as follows : — Debit balance at close of last year, £1 14s 4d ; interest on loan, £8 10s 4d; Insurance, £3 10s; advertising, £1 19s 3d; in reduction of loan, £100; new locks on doors, &c, £1 7s Gd; postage and stationery, 7s 8d; new lamps, £(i 18s 6d ; total expenditnee, £124 7s 7d. Receipts: By proceeds of Bazaar, £97 Is 8d; hire of Hall for School, £15 ; hire of Hall for other purposes, £5 10s ; proceeds of entertainment, £6 18s 6d ; total receipts, £124 10s 2d. Balance in hand, 2s 7d. Mr Rutherford said a piano had been secured for the Hall, at a cost of £40. Something over £30 had been raised, but this was distinct from the Hall funds. Mr Jas. Taylor then proposed, and Mr Goodwin seconded, " That fire trustees be appointed, namely, Messrs Rutherford, Westney, Roche, Bruce, and Mandeno." This resolution was carried, as also was a motion proposed by Mr Rutherford, and seconded Vy Mr Wilkinson, " That Mr Gresham and Mr Weatherill be appointed Auditors," <

Hamilton Bazaar.— Bees will bo held on Tuesdays and Thursdays till tlwda of tho Bazaar. The holder of Calamia in the first Auckland speculation on the evont was Mr Kelly, an express-driver, who receives • 700. The winner of the other £700 in the second two thousand pounds sweep was a Maori at the Bay of Islands. "The holders of, the second horse;. worthi|s4oo^ wore respoctijelviMiss Susan Johnson, of! the Bay of Islands* find the manager of a ■ large clothing 1 ' .'...•: Messes Peek & Son, of Cambridge,"* have -commenced business as carpenters and builders. Mr Palmer, who arrived in Waikato on Tuesday, and proceeded yesterday to Whatawhata, has received instructions from the Government to lay off the proposed road from the Hamilton railway j station to the Waipa river, to connect with the main road to Raglan, now being constructed. The Raglan road itself — a distance of some twenty-five miles to the Waipa — will be completed before tho end of the summer, and, when the road to meet it is made, the Waipa river bridged, and a good road, made over the aix miles between Hamilton and "Whatawhata, we may expect to see daily, or at least tri-weekly, coaches running between Hamilton and the township of Hagrlan. The latter will become a favorite place of resort for the families of Waikato settlers during the summer months, and indeed a fashionable wateringpi ace for the people of Auckland. Already — since the commencement of the Kaglan and Waipa road— property in Raglan has doubled, in value.. There is much good agricultural land in the district, but, perfectly isolated as it has been from Itlie rest of the colony, it has been almost unmarketable, or only so at a far less price than it will realise with a good road connecting it with Waikato and the railway.