TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1878.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 1000, 19 November 1878, Page 2

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1878.

It is satisfactory; to fia'd that the Government are not only pushing, on the Raglan and Waipa road so as to connect the Raglan settlement, with Waikato, but , have also pr;dered the continuation of the road southwards from Rdglan to Kawhia to be commenced. From Rag-lan 'to ,Matakataka on the Aotea harbour there is considerable stretch of Government land which will by means of this road be opened and rendered available for t seUlenient. Native labor will be employed upon the undertaking, the carrying ;QU,t. of j the necessary arrangements having been entrusted to the Native Cqinmisqioner at Raglan, Mri Bush, The, opening up of the country west and South of the Waipa will fee a great boon to the Europeans not merely of Raglan but of Waikato also, and this further continuation of the road right up to native territory will all help to bring Maori and, European together and improve the: friendly relations between' them. Before long we shall see that enterprising" coach proprietor, Mr Carter running the mail between Raglan and Hamilton, through Whatawhata, three times a week enabling travellers to visit Raglan by coach, returning the next day. .

It was rightly remarked by Mr G. E. Clark, m proposing the health of the " Judges " at the dinner given afc the late Cambridge Show, fchat — " For the successful carrying-out of • " a Show of : that kind, the next. " requirement of importance to good"stock was good judges." , Mr Clarke, howevei, could have little expected that the force of his remark would be so soon felt. Yet, such has been the case m the cattle department especially of the late Show; at Ellerslie,- and. m the columns of the Auckland pap'srs, even now, are to befound reiterated charges against the judges ; of iheompetehcy or partiality.' This is almost sure to be the case where local men are chosen for the office. No man is a prophet in^liis own' country, while on the contrary the proverb omne,.ignotum , pro magnified holds goods m this, as m any other instance, and the dicbum of a stranger is less likely to be questioned. Suspicion of favoritism, or,, at least, of prejudice and biassed judgement, will assuredly creep m when' the' Judges are purely local men 1 , and the only cure for this is, to obtain the services of gentlemen as Judges, who, as strangers to the district, .■ have- no previous acquaintance with the cattle to' be judged, and little with their owners. The Auckland Cattle Show is now n thing of the past, and sufficient lime has elapsed to. allow anything like feeling to have cooled m alluding to th every remarkable decisions given by the judges m the several classes. On all sides, it seems to be allowed that, more dissatisfaction . has been expressed at the awards made m the cattle class generally than is, happily, the case at most shows, and a notable instance of this was to be found m the case of the bull - calf Lord Stephenson, which was awarded fhsfc and champion prize at the .Cambridge Show, and was undoubtedly the best bull-calf upon the ground at Ellerlie. No better proof of this, can be needed fchau the fact that one of the owners of the animal taking first prize not merely acknowledged as much, but further said that he would : give two such eah'eg for the ono exhibited by Mr Pel or. Widker, which not only did not take second \my*, but was not ! even commended., That e^r.essicms I a: dissatisfaction had been pvv-ttf tvedp braited about upon the day of

the show is apjiaicut from the clepreciitory remarks rnarlc by one of the Judges at tho dinner ; but the |pL®ission thai; is made as au excuse 'isT'tKe Very gravamen of the ode nee. r^Thero may have been complaints," >h&jj|&id, " but I feel assured Uv»l thel^idgos have done their best. If AVo|^Havo erred, it was from tho hejitt, not from the, head." It was jjj.lfifc this erring from the heart that the public complain of. lucompete ncy is almost more excusable than favoritism, or ei'i'ing from the heart. Large expeiienee and strict impartiality. aiJ d freedom from bias are indespensible m the •, .choice -. of Judges, and/ to secure these very necessary qualifications 'the committees ; of our agriciiUurfc.l exhibitions^ 'must : ; 'gi& outside ithe Province id their selection of judges, and ho arrange that,i. m judging -not merely cattle, but every other kind' of.Qxhibit.,, ,the-;.o\vnersh,ipi: shall be. as carefully Veiled as' possible; \

Specifications and Plans of work to be done m the Kirikiriroa Highway TMstviot can be' seen on and after to-day on a£pli T cation to Mr W. 0. Breakell,' and' tender's Avill be received 1 by the Chairman 6f| thn Board up to noon of "Wednesday, thoj 4th proximo. The works consist of a bridge over the lagoon near Taupiri, a bridge over the 'drain, at Grey's Swamp, two bridges on the Newcastle and East Hamilton river road, gravelling a mile of: the Hokonui road, and the ' making a drain and re-forming,that.portiOii of the Hamilton and. Taupiri\ro'ad between MulUons' Gully and Thomas' Farm. < '' ' Hamilton: Mayobal Election. —iThe nomination of candidates for the office ol Mayor, for the borough of 'Hamilton, fake's place 'to-day. .• ' '' ' ' . I The Waikato • Champion BuLL.-r-Hr Peter Walker, of; Hamilton, writes as follows, to the 'Herald,' of Nov. 14th: — " Sir,^-I was much disappointed yesterday to find that, 'contrary to general expectation, the, judges, of cattle were, two'ou't' three, [ Auckland men. I exhibitecli m class oOa young bull, bred m Wsdkato, which the .leading Auckland breeders have' pronounced 'most unanimously upon, and which Messrs McHardy and Heslipj;' Southern breeders, thought worthy 'not lonly of i champion prize at Cambridge, but a credit to any show ground m jthe world.;'. . ../"." This recalls' 'tojmy memory an ejjisode m the judging! of .cattle to-day, which, though at the lame I ' thought ' beneath notice, is, perhaps, after all, worth mentioning. • I :allude to the Ayrshire bull. It; was looked: at, by the, judges, one of , whom called out, " Take him away at once," refusing any award. On hearing this, one of 'the stewards expostulated, and, as the beast was being led out, actually , ran after jthe man r and, as it subsequently turne.d out, gaye the Ayrshire bull a, prize without the judge's consent. I ask how many times did a steward interfere m. this, manner ? .To show that there ,has b'eeh no prejudice or underhand work m giving or noc giving awards to cattle, will ithe judges do me the 'favour to «tato their* reasons for entirely ig-noring the Waikato champion bull at the Auckland Show of 1878 ?. I amf urther prepared to leave ithe exhibitors m that class to say if : he ("Lord Stepenson") was not more entitled to the first prize than the bull "that gained it. — I am, &c, Peter Walker, Nov. 14. Waikato Turf Clttb Race Piovileges. — Messrs J. D. and K. Hill sold by aiiction, on Saturday, the racecourse privileges at the coming spring meeting of the Waikato Turf Club, as follows :— Grand. Stand,; W. Walker, £20; temperance booth, Mrs Vowless, £5 10s; gates, T. C. Hammond,. £30; cards, Kerr, £6. Thatoheb, who used to delight the public of Auckland with his clever songs, has died at Shanghai. The Hamilton Contingent Te Awamutu Cavalry Volunteers meet for half-yearly exercise and drill on Thursday morning at ten o'clock. ' ■ The programme of the Cambridge ■annual races, which will be held on NewYear's Day m Mr A. A. Fanfcham's paddocks, at Cambridge, -yriM be found m another: column. Mr Wai. Reid will open the West ifind House, at the corner of Queen-street and Taupiri road, Cambridge, on Friday iiaxt, with a hew arid choice assortment of drapery;, milinery, clothing, groceries, and general stores. The timetable of Mr Mofflin's coaches, running from the Commercial Hotel to meet the trains at the Hamilton s.ation, and general business advertisement, will be found m our advertising columns. Thk Hamilton Bazaar. • — We are requested by the Ladies Committee to draw attention to the coming bazaar at Hamilton^ and" to ask that donations be sent iii by next Monday, m order that they may be. classed and placed. As it is likely that all the space will be fully occupied, parties forwarding early ay ill ■be best represented. It is, also, contemplated to have a bee of the artisans of Hamilton on Thursday afternoon to erect the building m which the bazaar will be held. The timber will then be on the ground, and. the building will require to be finished by Ssiturday. The carpenters and joiners are, therefore, respectfully invited to give a few hour.?' time on Thursday afternoon or Friday. They will only require to bring saw and hammer—all other necessaries will be provided on -the 'ground.- • : Notice of striking a special rate of one shilling m the £ on the rateable property of the borough of Hamilton, as -part security for the £7000 to be borrowed for the. construction of the traffic bridge over the Waikato at Hamilton, appears m our advertising columns. This course has been rendered necessary by the circumstance that the rents and tolls of the bridge are not of themselves a sufficiently real security on which to raise money. It is, therefore, proposed to strike the above rate, as an additional security to that afforded by the rents and tolls of the bridge, though,' m all probability, the burgesses will never be called upon to pay it. Piako Races. — A meeting of those interested m getting-up the races annually held at Piako is called for Saturday evening next at Wood's Nottingham Castle Hotel. Hamilton Annual Spouts. — A numerously attended meeting of those interested m getting up the Annual Sports. at East Hamilton, on Boxing Day, was held yesterday evening, at the Royal Hotel. Mr R. Harris occupied the chair. TJip following gentlemen were appointed a working committee, for making the jiecessaiy arrangements^ and drawing up fc pi'Ggvaijj.i^ .of events, vi/i., Messrs Coombes, Williamson, Tcp.Y^ u > Field, and Harris. A subscription ii.st v*as di.'awn up, and some £20 subscribed during this course of the evening. TENDERa for gravelling road near Selby's, Campbell's, and Allwill'd places, for the Cambridge District Highway Board, will be received up to Friday next, byMf&iwill. ■ '

[ Hot alum water is a recent suggestion as an irusccticido It Avill destroy red and black ants, cockroaches, sjridors, chinch biiiys, aud all the crawling pests which infost our houses. Take 2lbs of alum, and dissolve it m twjp or threo quarts of boiling water; let it.Sbaud on the ike till the ahiuv disappca^lln^ then^appljpit with .amragh^ while nlaiiy boiU^'-hot, tb evoijj|ppnitj|flnd ci.'e&oe| m yM.y' closet, bedtfra|i|i, p^t|.y sh|f|ds, arictg £he-.^ike. Brush; ,the 'cre vices m; the floor of, * the slurfcmgvoil:)in ; op boards, if you' suspfjot' that they*harbor vermin. If, m Avllitfewashing a coiling, plenty of alum is added to the lime, ifc will also eerve to keep insects afc a distance. Cockroaches^will flee the paint which has been washed m cool alum water.' Sugar barrels and boxes can be freed from ants by drawing a chalk mark j usfc around the edge of tho top of them. „ The niark must be unbroken, or 'they will creep over it. A continuous chalk mark, half an inch m fv-idth, will set ; x - their' ' depredations at naught. • ,' ' A,- meeting of tho Hangiaohia Highway Board was held m Te Awamutu, on ; Saturday last, when the following tenders ' were 1 received f or works recently advortised for off the Te, Awamutu and Kihikihi road : — R. Patterson, 4 hill cuttings, at (jkl per yard; C. Temple, 3 hill cuttings, B y-d per yard; T. Power, earthworks j £3 4s, and other works £l 10s; J. Kennedy, ploughing, levelling and harrowing, full width, 3s 4d per chain, and other works £2 ; W. Stuart, ploughing, levelling, and harrowing, half-chain wide, 2s 3d per chain. TendersV will be invited next week for further works on the Te Awainutu-Ohaupo road, so as to finish up and complete this line early m tho summer, m anticipation of increased .wheeled traffic m tho winter, consequent upon ..the railway /works being carried on m the neighbourhood. The sum of £74 13s-7cl.was passed, and paict by cheque at 'tho meeting. , As showing the demand for- labour m the South, it may. be mentioned that on , the arrival of the ship Hydaspes, at Port Lyttelton, on , Wednesday, the single women were readily engaged tnat day. All the families and single men suitable for farms and stations were readily engaged. The next ship, the Opawa, which' sailed on September 7, brings for Lyttelton 160 souls, m addition to 122 to be landed at Timaru. At the IWaste Lands Board . meeting Ifcld on Thursday m Auckland, thei;e were several applications for land for special settlement. Mr Priohard was art applicant, again, for 50,000 of Waikatd*lands, and,' like Broomhall, wanted easier" 'terms. There was also an application from Australia.' To One and all, the Boaid made reply that it had no power to «et land . aparj; for special settlement. A letter was received from the Minister of Lands, advising the Board of the abandonment of' Bi'tidmhaHV scheme, and recommending that the land should be law off m, alternate sections of immediate fand de-ferred-payment blocks. — Mr Firth said, as a member of that Board, he did not concur m the wisdom of the Legislature m this matter. One-third of the land was mountain, and hardly fit for cultivation, at all; another third was swamp 'upon which small settlers could make but little impression, as it would require some comprehensive scheme of drairiage, aud only a third 1 of the block was available for immediate settlement. : A deputation waited on Colonel Whitmore, wlien m Christchurch on Thursday, on the subject of the defence of Lyttleton. The Colonel said the guns would be out by the end of : the year. He scouted the idea of any attack m a New Zealand port, and said that if even such did take place, the would soon get used to it. . A ctrculab has been issued to the Education Board from the Minister of Education, stating that the Government would pay capitation en all children attending schools, whether they were above or below the age specified m the act. The appointment of Miss Claude, as teacher of sewing at the Hautapu School, has been, approved by the Education Board. Tenders for the erection of a fourroomed house at Tamahere, for Mr C. 0. Wood, will be received by the architect, Mr T. H. White, up to noon of Saturday next. Sydney Souaee, Hamilton. — 3?ender s for fencing m Sydney Square with puriri posts and No. 4 wire, and supplying gates, will be received by the Hamilton Borough Council, until' noon of Monday, the 25 th instant ; also for levelling the ground and fiUino 1 m holes. The sale on Saturday of the old Hamilton East Town Hall" by Messrs J. D. & K. Hill, the proceeds of which will be applied towards this work, realised £21 10.. The late narrow escapes from accident on the Waikato and Auckland line have j caused some little uneasiness m the public mind, and it would add not a little to the general confidence if some more stringent supervision than is now available were provided. The amount of traffic and number of trains running on the line, would point to the necessity of the appointment of a traffic inspector. Trucks, we are informed, are constantly standing on sidings, aud there is not that supervision of the men which, on any line, and especially m the case of single rails, ia absolutely necessary for the public safety. Another improvement would be effected, if it were arranged that the 4.15 train from Auckland should meet the goods train at Huntiey, insted of at Ohinewai. Another requirement Avhich the increasing traffic has called forth is that of a ladies' waiting-room at Mercer. Tenders for ploughing and harrowing 2,000 acres of land, and for twice ploughing 1,000 acres of land at Matamata, will be rccaived by Mr J. G. Firth, up to the 28th inst. The ploughs used must be double-furrow ploughs. Extensive Works m the Tuhikaramea district are to be at once undertaken. An advertisement appears in..' another column, calling for tenders for twelve different sections of work, plans and specifications of which may be seen on application either to the Chairman, MiLang, or to the Engineer, Mr W. C. Breakell. The Whatawhata live stock sale' of Mr J. S. Buekland takes place at the cattle yards, Whatawhata, to-day. Mr John Knox will offer for sale on Saturday next, on the premises, the store aud out-buildings formerly occupied by Mr Longbottom. The buildings will be sold without reserve, and must be removed within seven days from the date of sale. Messrs Hunter & Nolan held their next Cambridge cattle sale on Thursday, the 21st instant. Kihikihi District School. — For two months past, there has been no schoolmaster at the Kihikihi District School, and though application has buen mado to the Board of Education for the appoint-" ment of one, the only reason that has been given for the delay is, that the . late teacher, Mr Burns, has not sent m his resignation m due form. That, for such a reason, a country school should have been left for two months, at this season of tlic year too, without a master, does noL speak well for the management of such matters by the Board of Education. Are the children of the Kihikihi district to remain miedi+cnfyd till ollipiitl .etiquette is A'indicated. J.t : so, Uio sooner llib Board puts Uie niiit.tor m train, so that this educational deadlock can be brought with all clue form and ceremony to an end, the better for its credit and for the Kihikihi children. i

Ngaruawaiiia Library. — A meeting of tho subscribers to tho above institution will bo held afc the Delta Hotel this ovening, at half-past seven o'clock, to elect trustees m whom to vest the library site. Immediately: afterwards, a public meeting will bo held^to consider the advisability of building r|ttcling-roonis, &o. , Tenders for completion of sAotion No. 2, Cambridge and Piako iroadj'must be sent mon pr before Friday next to' Mr All will of Cambrid|e. "- • \ : ,': > : - i '. ' ■,