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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1030, 30 January 1879, Page 2

MIiSSRS ______ A-TD. Bi3nu;a3j.o's iijtuiv natiaiial Circus, appoared again in If anjUton last night, and -hut for the \nvge liienic to Taupiri would doubtless have had $ fuller house to welcome them. The performance was thoroughly enjoyed, however, hy thoso present. The trapozo and other athletic perfoi ! iq.aiioos were, as on the former occasion, a4mi_al)h>J TlfO company performs "at Ngaruawahia thi§ evening. Tub lowest tender received lor the harbor reclamation works at Auckland is that of Mr Bempsey, between £.6,000 and and £37,000. It has hGGn q^ppj/oyecl by the Minister for Public Works, The s.s. Hero, which arrived in Auckland ou Tuesday wight from Sydney, brought ovor the celebrated thoroughbred horse Musket for Messrs MaeiGau. £$ Cq. v and 51 head of pedigree cattle, 48 of whioh a??6 for Messrs Maclean & Co. The whole I were !and,ocJ. yesterday in excellent condition.. T_*jT_E_s Avili bo j?eceived hy the C%aij?» man of tl/.o liaugiaohia Board vintil 3 p.m. ou Saturday, BVjbrtjaiy 8, for gravelling the road from Devin's Gprij.ev to J^rewery Hill, Te Awamutu. Further particulars may be obtained on application to the Chairman cf the Board, Mr W. Sloane.J The Pakuranga Hunt Club have just received by the ship Clan Ferguson, a pure-bred harrier hitch and six whelps, a donation fruui Ml' «J.. MeUos}i Clurfc,

j William ilAitsir, writing with refereuco to lh. projootvd Cambridge and Rotorua I Rwd, says:— There are two htipus who have claim s to this road — Ngatirangiwewohc and Ngatitul-orohc. To il_ [the first-named] buloiig. the eastern cud, to the Tukorehc the western. The Tukorehc is a sub-tribe of Ngatiraukawa, and they arc Hauhaus., That hapu. reluctantly '.consented that the roud should be under the restriction imposed by thohV chief, Tawiiiao; but my de.siro Avas Used that the road should be surveyed and cut and levelled for tho convenience df"' both people— the pakehas and tho Mao.is. I will not, however, participate in the shortsighted doings of the Hauhaus, who still coutiuua to obstruct the works of t"'ie Government, which arc intended alike for the benefit of the two races in this colony, . and of those many visitors who may come from other parts of tho world to see New Zealand, aud to those especially who desire tb come to the Arawa district, to the waters which aro said to cure diseases. What I say is this, that in view of tho good to be done, should Tawhiao off or mc the sum of £.18,070, to be put in my pocket, as a bribo to stop the opening of .this road, I would iu nowise consent to take it. The result of his policy is this — that it would render both tho couutry and tho people barren of that which is good. My own most earnest wish is : — l . That all lands in this Island should be opened by road throughout. 2. That especially the roads in the Arawa country should be opened. 3. That roads should be opened through my own private land. I mean the land of my particular tribe,|^ho Ngatirangiwewehe. Since 1810,1 have continued to further the objects of the Church of Englaud, that is to say, the laws Avhich put down the old evil native customs. In 18-13 I entered into the service of the Queen's Government in Now Zealand. . In 18G1-5 I lifted the sword in defence of the Queen's laws. I joined tho Queen's Forces, and fought against the turbulent Maoris, and thence became a permanent officer of the Queen in this Island, and hence it is that my heart overflows with a desire to see roads opened everywhere. My work in this instance has been duly approved by the Native Minister, Mr Sheehan. I shall shortly return to Waikato, with a surveyor, to make a second examination of the proposed line of road. When this is dono a survey Avill be made, and wheu tbat is finished the road will bo made. This finishes my address to you, and I tun your obedient servant, Wiremu Maiue, Te Rangikaheke A New Potato Test.— The ' Timaru Herald ' states . that a very destructive potato post has mado its appearance in that district. It is a small white worm, about half-an-inch long, which dits into the tubers, causing them to rot in the field. Somo two or three acres of potatoos havo been destroyed in this way. A Just Magistrate.— At Christehureh, the other day, a boy named Thomas Wilson was sent to prison for -18 hours for stealing fruit, valued Gd. His father pleaded very hard for his son to bo lot off ; but, as fruit-stealing has become a very common offence, the Bench very properly sent the boy to prison, as above. The Wheat-Bubnino Case— Wo take the following from tho • Herald's ' Police roport : — Thomas Fidgett was brought up chargod with incendiarism under the Malicious Injury to Property Act, — to wit, burning seven stacks of corn, the property of Thomas Rogers, of Papatoitoi. After hearing some formal evidence, Detective Jeffrey asked for a remand, which was granted, till Tuesday, •Ith February, at 10 o'clock. A largo number of porsons wore present, evidently very anxious to hear the result of the examination. Great relief is experienced by 'tho settlers by the fact that the prisoner is under restraint. Detective Jeffrey is forging the links of evidence vory strongly together, and th__o would appear vory littlo doubt that tho ohargo will be sheeted home. ' Thames - Waikato Railway. — The ' Thames Advertiser,' of Friday, says : — Mr Brodio, County Chairman (in company Avith Mr Puckoy, Mr Beere, and the Native Committee), visited the proposod liue of railway yesterday as far as Kopu, and arranged for the fencing of the native tapus. The line, as jiointcd out by the natives and agreed to by them, is some distanoß from the County road, and Avill be a straight line to Kinkiri, thus avoiding tho many curves alongside tho main road. Most of the natives seem anxioas that the liue should be started as soon as possible, as they belieA'e that it Avill greatly enhance the value of their property. _ It seems strango that in saoh a short time the most deter mined opponents of openiug the district by roads should be amongst the first to lend a hand to have the railway put through, and nothing on theij.' part Avijl bo wanting to = have the work started without delay, Tiie first mooting of the ncwly-clectcd Hamilton West School Committee avus held iu the school-house on Tuesday .evening last. Present: Messrs Knox, Bdgcqunibe, Gwynnc, McLernbn, O'Noill, and Yoj}. Stuvrner. It Ayas propqsed. by Mr Knox, aud seQanded by .Mv Eclgccumbe, that Mr O'Neill bo Chairman". It Avas proposed by Mr G. Edgecumbo, and seconded by Mr Gwynne, that Mr Knox be Clerk and Treasurer. Both motions wero carried. It was agreed that the place Qf. meeting of the Committee should be at Messrs Whitakcr and O'Neill's office, and that regular meoth*.gs shoidd I o held on tho first Wednesday in each month, at 7.30 p.m. Tho mooting then adjourned. We have received a letter, signed Wm* Royimlds, iu Ayhioh the writer complains that he Ayas arrested i'qr q, qertain offence (tho report of which will bo fouhij. iii our polico news), and having settled tho ujattpr out of Court Avith the complainant, his case was still gone on Avith, and ho Avas fiued. Reynolds thinks ho had less than justice dcij.o huh.' Complainant, however, ijayii^g "fyaci. the niai*. arrested on a AvarKintj "was ;j.ot coiupotent to spttlo the matter, which was then Qttt qf 4is'lfani|s and in those of tho police, _itd there was no option but to proceed Avith the ease.. Reynolds Avishea to thank Father Golden, who paid the fine for him, and to state tl^t he fyag signed the pledge. He Avas in licjizor Viien ho ' coram iifceij. the offence to At'lucl*. he pjeadecj. gipityA " Tiie usual monthly mooting of the Rangiaohia Higlnvay Board Avas held iu To AAvamutu on Saturday last Tho principal business befoi-6 tho meeting Avas the ooijsideration of the means of building a i+6\y ijnd. su.b_tap r tial bridge across the Mangahoi at Te 4- v /amatu before the winter sots in, as the bid'strucforro is now considered unsafe for traffic, having b'eei}. built before European settlement, about 27 year3 ago. Even as far back as the y.aj/s 18,61-5, Avhen the Imperial troops . held Te _j.waiuutu, it iyas considered shaky, and by some it may be ronfenj-bered tliat a sentry Avas placed theroon to proyout horses being cantered pr even trotted over it, But siijice tlfose watchful times this bridge has' ufcqd. sqn*.c lfard knock§ and rough usage. Only a wefck 'or two since, somo machinery, weighing about !/!#(?& and a half tons, passod— for a Avoiidor — s#fejy oyer it. At the 1 ift _j.eetjng of tho Cambridge Tqwn Highway I^oard, Mi? IJqljert Kirkyvood gave notice that he would move tieyt njeeting that Clause 95 of the Public Works 4-ct, rplitiug to furze, &c , overhanging a public road, be enforced in tho township. Yesteuday, tho p.s. Delta took down % lar^e number ,o| exoarsioujbts to il^e

picnic, hold at Taupiri. Tbo day was not vory generally kept as a holiday in Waikato. tho public being pretty well wearied of the waste of tinio entailed by the number of public holidays kept at this, the busiest soason of tha year. Mr .Alfbed Booth's horse, "Irish Emigrant," lOst., was inadvertantly omitted in our list of entries for tho Waikato Turf Club's first day's Hurdlo Race. Mr Tanner, of Hamilton, narrowly escaped losing a valuable horse on Tuesday. The auimal, by somo mischance, foil into a deep well, but assistance was readily procured, and by the willing help of a number of volunteers, it was rcloased from its perilous position, little tho worse . for its trip to the lower regions. Thames Waikato - Raioavay. — The Grahamstown * Star,' of Monday, says, that in reply, to an urgent appeal from tho Mayor to commence works at Grahamstown a message was received from the Under Secretary for Public Works to the effect that "the plans arc read/, and that instructions havo this day been wired to Mr James Stewart, District Engineer, to call for tenders."