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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1018, 2 January 1879, Page 2

It is now generally believed, says' the "Wellington correspondent of the ' Herald,' that the visit of the Native Minister to the "Waikato m the. .commencement of next month, to meet Rowi, will bs the forerunner of a Native Lands Court being held at Cambridge about the beginning of February, when a number of small native cases, involving no matters of public policy, will be gone into, and memorials ef ownership ordered to issue to the different hujms and members of tribes. This is as it should be, as many instances of' loss and hardship have followed upon the postponements of 'Waikato Native Court sittings. Mr Hunter's Earm, close to Welling- . ton, consisting of 5,000 acres, was purchased, with all improvements, but not including \he stock, by Messrs Phillip Mueller, 'Andrew Young, and Jacob Joseph, for £GO,OOO. Education Reserves. — The Educatioii Reserves Act, 1877, provides for the apportionment, of education reserves m various parts of the colony for purposes of primary and secondary education. A ' Gazette,' recently published, contains amongst others the following divisions and apportments of education reserves m this district : — For' primary education m towns — Alexandra East : Lots 509, 273, 35G, and 78, containing altogether oa. lr. 24p ; Alexandra "West: The south portion of lot 318, containing 18a. Or. 32p.; Cambridge East: Lots 43, 68, and 5: containing 3a. lr. 20p. ; Cambridge West : Lots 145: and 23, containing 2a. ; Hamilton East : Lots 236, 303, 13G, each la. ; Hamilton West : Lots 138 and 56. each la.; Harapipi : Lot 33, la. ; Kihikihi: Lots 115 and 337, 3a. 3r.. 27p. ; Raglan : Lots 2, 3, 4, 5, G, 5 (?), containing 3a. Or. 16p. Of rural, lands, Waikato River : — Hautapu : Lots 98, eaat portion-— 223 and 224, containing 80a. lr. 2p. ; Horotiti , Lot 117, ooa. ; Raglan, Karioi: Lots 58a, 96, and 99 ; .containing :s43a, ;, J&rjJcirjcoA, west portion, 252a, .3 1a.; .Mangapiko : Lots 227, 220, !66, 168, and 310, containing 236a. 3r. 34p". ; Puhiu, west portion — 7.3, north portion — 77, containing 88a. lr. 21p. Tho-lands set apart for se'eond-

ary education are : — Town and -suburbs, Alexandra East: Lots 274 and 357, containing 2a. ; Alexandra West*} north portion : Lot 318, sa. f Kihikihi: Lot 388, la. ; Newcastle, town : Lota 653, (ioi, and 655 (area not -stated)., .Rural lands: — Hauttfpu, west .portion : Lot' 223, 35a. ; Horotiu : Lot 16), 18a''; Karioi : • Lots 59 »nl 59a., containing 200 a. '; . Kirikiriroa, oast p n-tioii, 2,02£ lOa^ ; .VJ augapiko : Lot 172, containing o'la., • t■" Wk hasten to .correct a misstatement which crept into a local* paragraph m. Tuesday's issue. Mr Jotift Loyclon, whose I visit to Waikato "was for the purpose of , establishing a business m the district, .mentioned to the writer of the paragraph I referred to- that liter. was "travelling m company with Messrs. Hunter and Nolan. : The facts of the case did not, we learn front Mr Hunter, such a state* men!:-. Mr Leydon was simply a passenger by the same train, not even m the same*carriage, with Messrs Hunter and N s qlan, and was m no 1 way poiineoted with "tno3o gentlemen. % Te.'< Akau Riding.— County 'Council honors are going begging-in the Raglan Council. At the recent nomination for •T^Akau Riding, no candidates were nv>miriated,'aud we are informed on good authority that there is no probability of .anyone coining forward for the vacant councillorship. Ex-Psiesx Chiuiquy. — As Father Chiniquy promise's New Zealand a visit, the following from a Sydney correspondent, to the " Dunedin Age," may interest 'our readers : — " I mentioned mmy last letter the appearance as a lecturer of a .Frsnch Canadian ex-priest, known as Father Chiuiquy. He has just returned from a tour northward, where he has been holding a fierce credal tournament Avith the Roman Catholics. He is again m the pulpit, from which he holds forth on the subject o.f auricular confession, and why he left the priesthood. The subject, as he puts it, has produced much discord and aggravation — not to speak of- showers of road metal, the latter accepted with the spirit of a martyr. I am sorry to say that so fear from I discountenancing his unwholesome revelationsj the .ministers of other churches have | egged, him on to "repeat them, and the consequence is ' the stirring-up of dissension, much better allowed to Bleep. He is not, ho \?evei\ .permitted to have it all his own way, for Joey Groughenheim, tho once popular actress, now Mrs Constable, has entered the arena on behalf of Catholic matrons and virgins, and follows close on the Chiniquy track. She assails him with all a woman's will, and what Fihe lacks m logic is eminently made up m heat. Both draw crowded houses, and gather m much coin.

A vjg ry pleasing memento of the esteem m which he is held was handed over to Mr Miles Leighton on Monday, on the last occasion of his driving Carter's coach between -Ohaupo and Alexandra, when Mr Hooper, of the latter place, on bebalf uf a number of friends, presented iVIr Leighton with a letter expressing their regret at his departure, and begging him to accept the accompanying handsome I i present of a case containing two mecr- j 1 schaum. . pipes, a cigar and cigarette- - holder, and a gold locket matchbox. The ( testimonial was well deserved, for Miles - Leighton is kho'wn as one of tho most attentive' and obliging coach*dr,iyers- on the road. The Piako Land Association are going on with di'ainage operations on a large scale. Contracts have been let to Mr Peter Rice for deepening the mam drain. ■'Tenders will shortly be called for. cutting a drain, six miles m length, on the boundary of Mr Morrin|s and the Association's land. - A Trotting Match for £50 a side came off, on Monday last, at Cambridge, between Mr Carter's Miss Wiflier and Mr Kerr's Paddy. The course was two miles along the Hamilton road, from Mr Gerran's corner. Paddy gave Miss Wiffler 160 yards start. Owners rode. The mare carrying 17 stone olbs, and Paddy 11 stone 71 b 3. The betting was 10 to 4 against Miss Wiffler. A good start was effected, but it was immediately seen that Paddy would never catch the mare, who won easily about 70 yards ahead. Much interest was elicited, and lots of money changed hands. A Cricket Match (single wicket) was played on Monday evening, between Mr A. Stubbing and Mr J. P. Campbell on one side, and Mr Robert Kirk wood and Reuben Barr on the other. The stakes were £» a side.' In the first inniags, Stubbing and -Campbell were bowled by Parr, and Kirk wood aud Parr won by two runs. There is, however, a dispute that the match was not completed, as only one innings a side was played.