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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1038, 18 February 1879, Page 2

A letter was read last night, at the ' Borough Counoil, from Mr Pearce, of the Commercial Hotel, saying that he had done all m his power, regardless of oost, m the matter of drains m and through his premises, and asking the Council to assist m ta-ing away the surface water, which was an annoyanoe to the public. It was proposed to refer the mattor to the Inspector of Nuisances, but the Inspector stated he had no power to act, never having reoaived a proper authority to do so. The Engineer was requested to report on the best and cheapest method of remedying the evil. The protest against Mr Walters' Yatterina Colt which had been entered — that, as a two-year old, he was ineligible to run for the Maiden Stakes— has been sustained by the Stewards. Nevertheless, if it is a fact that the Waikato races are, as they profess to be, run under Victoria Raoing Club Rules, how comes it that at the Geelong races — run under the same rules — two-year-olds run for the Maiden Plate, and that two-year-olds have started m every such race since 1871, as may be seen by reference to tho files of the • Australasian ' ? We regret to learn that illness is very | prevalent among the children m East ! Hamilton, and that more than a dozen attending the school have been laid up ■with soarletina, though m no caso has the attack been a severe one. It would, however, be; as well perhaps if the school were temporarily closed, as the assembling of children together cannot but tend to still further spread the disoaso amongst them. Piako Races.— We would draw attention to the full programme of these races to be found m our advertising columns. There are eight events, and for the Piako Cup the stakes are 20sovs., added to a handsome Bilver gilt cap, which was for some littlo time since on view at Mr McLernon's, jeweller, of Hamilton. A pisfeon match will ta'*e place m Mr Wood's paddock, at the Nottingham Castle Hotel, the day after the races. Slaughterhouse Fe«s. —At tho Borough Council meeting last night, a letter was received from the UnderSecretary, A. M. Smith, drawing attention to the fact that certain clauses m the by-laws relating to slaughterhouses were surplusage, being provided for m the Act, and that Clauao 13 cannot empower the Gounos to reoeive fees for cattle slaughtered iv private slaughterhouses— that they gimply oan draw the license fees. Or. Potter recommended as necessary to prevent the oattle and sheep stealing whioh was going on, the abolishment of private slaughterhouses, and the establishment of a public elaughterhouse under the control of the Council. They had been acting illegally m taking slaughtering foes, and had tailed m affording th 6 protection to the public which they ought to have done, It was resolved to take legal advice m the revision pf tl*e bylaws. We have been requested by Mr Rutherford, to contradiot the report, that a match hid been arraugod between Mr Kirk wood's loafer and Mr W. S. Rutherford's Sportsman. Messes Httntbe and Nolan hold their next cattle sale at Ohaupo on Thursday, when they will offer some 66 head of young cattle from Auckland, principally steers from 1 to 2\ years years old. There will also be a large supply of really fine beevos. The ' Free Press,' published m Auckland, as the exponent of Protestantism, expired m Wyndham street, on Saturday last. Tlva * Free Press' scoured a large subscription list, but the vital fluid, whioh advertisements alone can supply, circulated so languidly through its columns, tkajt it has died of atrophy. Yet, it died with a bold front and a composed countenance, and was worthy of a better fate. The contractor has now nearly completed the drivinsr of the second tier of piles for tho foundation of the Hamilton bridge. The same resistance as m the first tier is met with. There will be a third and last tier driven on the edge of the shore, on the west side, and this done, and the transverse beams laid, the work of the superstructure will rapidly proceed. Much of this lies shaped and pieced alongside, ready for erection, when once the foundation is secured. ■ The ceremony of turning the first sod of the Waikato-Thames Railway, at the Waikato end of the line, will have to be deferred nntd some time m March next. The Mayor of Hamilton has received a telegram from Sir George Grey, regretting that his engagements will not allow him to visit Waikato till he necossarily does so m. March next, to attend the great native meeting, but that if that date will suit tho peoplo of Hamilton, ho will be happy then to undertake the ceremony. A laege number of objections to the rarious valuation lists have been received, but very many of them, we understand, ai*o informal, and will not bo entertained. This BOrves tho would b G objectors right!/. In our issue of the 4th JTisi., wo

took the troublo to writo an article, pointing out tho course to be taken, and oven reprinting the schedule of the Rating Act, which prescribes the form m which suoh objections must bo recorded. Yofc, despite all this, informal objections, have been sent m. SnrCE the two days holidays, afc the race time, given by Mr Fallon to his men, work has been vigorously recommenced on tho extension of tho railway from Ohaupo towards To Awamutu. Platolaying has been carried out on a portion of the line, and the next work will be tho running of ballast engines along tho way, and its permansnt formation. The opening of this oxtension is anxiously looked forward to m Waikato, for the eight or nine miles of line carried on from Ohaupo will tap one of the most fertile districts m Waikato. A snoitr time since, we drew attention to tho dangerous' practice pursued by certain boys, m Hamilton, of lighting fires m the fern aud scrub m tho outskirts of the town. On Sunday last three boys, whose names are known, Lighted a fire m the scrub, m contiguity to the farm of i Mr Charlos Johnston, and it was only with great difficulty that a stack of hay, of the value of £45 or £50, was saved from destruction. The Auckland Magistrates lately struck terror into the Auckland boys, who make a practice of orchard robbing, by sentencing one to six weeks, and five others to a fortnight's i imprisonment. We should like to see 1 some of these juvenile fire raisers introduced to the Hamilton Bench. Southern Chops and Southern Prices. —The weather m Canterbury, we learn, ! is splendid for harvesting, and the bulk of the crops are secured against damage by rain. Money being scarce, there are no speculative transactions to record m the grain market. Millers are acting with extreme caution m their operations. New wheat is selling at 3s to 3s 3d ; flour, £8 10s, new ; old flour, £9 ; oats, 2s 6d to 2s 9d; barley, 4s 6d to 6s; cheese, 8d; butter, lid, 11 £d to Is ; hams and bacon, Bgd. At Oamaru, by latest dates, we find that nothing is doing m tho grain market. The first instalment of new whoat has arrived, but nothing is doing. Wheat is dull, a line of new has been plaoed at 3s m store for Auckland ; flour, £9 10s to £10. Cambridge and Rotorua Road — The Ohinimutu Correspondent of the ' Bay of Plenty Times,' says • —The proposod new line of road from Ohinemutu to Cambridge is a topic of general interest here, and it would apper that the Government is energetically pressing the matter, Captain Simpson, Engineer, having travelled through by way of Cambridge, selpcting one of the five roads from Waikato to this district. The line approved of by Mr Simpson ia from Cambridge to the open country kno svn as Ta Papa, then through the bush, terminating about two miles from the present Tauranga Road, and joining it about two miles below the settlement known as Te Awahou, six miles from Ohinemutu. Many of the Maoris coneider that the terminus of this proposed road should be at Waefceti, only four miles from our own settlement. It is needless now to comment upon the immense advantage of this important short-cut to our land of wonders ; suffice it to say that, with the assistance of a little bit of railway over a comparatively level run, the distance between hero and Auckland will be got over m one day. A Hoodlum Graduate. — Tho ' Arizona Citizen' says: — The robber killed at Tucson last week was evidently one of the -worst renegades ever m Arizona. We hope to be able to get a brief biography of this character soon. He is from San Francisco — a Kearneyite — and it is stated that he, with a few other boy hoodlums, lived seven years m an old' boiler — until the aperture used as an entaance would no longer admit them. He claims to have robbed nine coaches ; says he killed his first man when only fifteen years of age, and that at one time, when closely pursued by detectives m New Mexico, he made a fight and killed seven, the entire party. He could shoot effectively with two revolvers simultaneously, and equally well with either hand. He had a plan to rob the Depository m Tucson during business hours, by simply presenting the clerk with a sack, and then with cocked pistols produce greenbacks or death His accomplice, however, was unwilling to hold his horse at the door. He was to rob the stage the day following the one on which he w<ts killed; then go into Tucson, call on Messrs Shibell and 'Mitner, kill each m his own door, and then go to Santa Fe, New Mexico, and rob the btynks. Th. Land of the Fuee.— The San Francisco correspondent of the Dunedin ' Times ' writes a6 follows : — " I need not shoe-* your readers by any recital of crimes, this month, although I have only too much material at hand. Men and women appear to have given themselves wholly over to the devil. The cool way m which murder is planned— tfye cruel mode of execution— and the paltry excuse or consideration urged m defense, wonld astound anyone not accustomed to suoh details. In this respect, American society i-i certainly retrograding at a rapid pace, j 'he other day, a mob of cattle-herders m Nebraska had a difficulty with two I farmers. They attempted to arrest the ! farmers as oattle-thieves, and m tho fight i one man was shot. It was a fight for life for the unhappy farmers. They were taken by the ahovviS, captured by a band of masked men, bound to a tree, and burned to death— lndian fashion. And now their perfect innocence has been established ! This is a sample. Details are not wanting to make other coldblooded murders aiid lynching vie with even this atrocity. 3ut I forbear. ' The Thames Scottish Battalion of Volunteers propose to visit the Waikato at Easter, and drill with the Waikato Cavalry. At least, so says the ' Grahamstown Star,' of a late date, m a report of a meeting uf the Scottish Volunteers. _ Our Waikato Cavalry have S> week's drill m May, and would afford a right hearty welcome to the Thames Scottish- The ' Star,' reporting the meeting referred to, Bays: __« The desirability of going m for a trip to Waikato at Easter, and having a day or two of drill with the splendid Cavalry Corps of Waikato was discussed, and seemed to be favorably received. It was adjourned tu| next meeting."