ALEXANDRA.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 1009, 10 December 1878, Page 2

ALEXANDRA.

December 0, 1878. Last week was another dull one m this township, but few natives putting m an appearance. A large number of them, °S I ? l ,ii h ¥» 4 ißfcriot » slre away at Kawhia with Tawhiao, from whence they proceed to Raglan, to open the new house erected there for him. Major To Wheoro is off from here, also, to take part m the proceedings. *

The news telegraphed from New Plymouth, that th c Hon the Nafc f^ Minister will come here shortly and, accompanied by Rewi, ; make a flyinsurvey for the extension of the Railway into the King country is, I think, too good news to be true, as the natives hereabouts ridicule the idea of such a thing happening. They say trouble will arise if any survey is attempted, at least before their great meeting, m March next.

e . re M W ? s a Iar ff e number of natives at Kaipiha last week, to attend the funeral of Rahora, the wife o f Poter Turner • several of Tawhiao's relatives and children we re present. Our clergyman, the Rev. L.C.Brady, was very nearly losing his well-known and valuable chestnut horse last week. The animal was m the church aero whilst Mr Brady was engaged m his duties. His business dono, lie missed his horse, and, seeiuu 1 one of the rails down, thought his horse had cleared out for home. Not finding him, three days after, wards, Mr .Brady went to examine a well iv the vhinity of the church, which was covered over with some old timber, and there lie saw that his horse had fallen through, but was alive at the bottom. Plouty of volunten-s were soon found, who dug a trench down to the horse H feet deep The auimal walked out, bei»<* very little hurt by the long immeisi. n, to the great yj ( ,f his vucr ._ Ov tt

SScßswssss went into the ark.

Evading the Law. — The Dunedm 1 Star' has a story, quite American m its character, of a little incident that occurred m Wellington. It says:— An ingenious device for evading the licensing laws is reported. A speculator m public houses recently built an hotel upon the outskirts of the city, but could not get a license ; but he afterwards built a ooncert hall some distance from the hotel, but on the road to it. Then he had a lot of tickets printed marked " back seats Gd, and so on. No concert was ever given m the hall, but yet there was a curious demand for tickets. On the other hand no liquor was ever sold at the hotel, but a large quantity was coßßumed there. The explanation is simple. When a man presented himse f thereat and demanded refreshment, our speculator, with sorrowful visage, remarked that he was not licensed. The visitor joined him m the regret, and asked how the concert hall was getting on, incidentally remarking that he had a front seat ticket for tho concert, which he casually produced. At the sight of the concert ticket, our speculator's heart opened, and he effusively offered refreshments gratis to the visitor. Singularly enough the holders of back seat tickets only got one drink, but those who invested m a reserved seat got five drinks. Then the visitor forgot the concert ticket, which he left upon the counter, and of course the generous dispenser of gratuitous refreshment did not think it worth his while to return it to him.

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