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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1070, 3 May 1879, Page 2

Messed J. D. & K. Hill will sell, to-day, a quantity of produce, bacon, pigs, &c, also some ffood horses. Caution to Housekeepees. — The other evening, or rather early in the night, an impudent robbery was committed on the premises of MrO. 0. WoOdj-in the suburbs of Hamilton. A boiled leg of mutton and a hind-quarter of mutton were stolen from the moat safe outside and adjoining the house. It is a pity Mr Wood could not have, furnished the thief with caper sauce, in the shape of No. 3 shot, to his boiled mutton. ' Messes Fisube ;& Co., bntbhers, of Auckland, are purchasers of pheasants, cocks only. , Waikato County Council.— A special meeting of the above Council was held at 11 a.m yesterday. Present ; Councillors | Steele (chairman) Walker, Henry, Kirkwood and Martyn. The treasurer, laid the accounts for the twelve months ended 31 March last, on the table showing total receipts from all sources on the general .account £449 7 lis 3d, and the expenditure £4374 7d Id, leaving a balance cash in the. Bank of £123 4s 2d. The separate account on which an expenditure has been made showena balance credit of £87 10s 2d. Tho accounts having been certified as correct by the District auditor were signed by the chairman, and a copy ordered to be forwarded to the Government. This concluded the special business, and the. meeting was closed. The ordinary business was then proceeded . with, accounts amounting to £51 6d were passed and ordered to be paid. )he acceptance of tenders for painting the/Cambridge bridge, and moving the Counc'l Chamber, were postponed until funds increase; £50 was granted to Cambridge Highway Board to be expended in reducing graduntof the hill near Leslies bridge, 'the chairman of the Cambridge Highway District sent a letter in reference to Waikato ihames railway, It appears that the line where it passes through the Piako Swamp, is beiii^ surveyed or pegged out not on the rortd-inade by the Council for the 'purpose, but, along side of it. Captain Runcinian is Under the impression that the proceeding is not a w ise one and the clerk was instructed to write to Mr Stewart on the subject as well as to Mr Wm. Graham urging him to commence the trial survey of the Cambridge I r inch line. r l he full report will appear iu our next. The best, indeed the only decent bag of the season that we have heard of is that of Mr W. Magregor Hay, who secured 9£ brace. The sweepstake pigeon match at Cam- ! bridge comes off ti -day, in a paddock near the National Matel. The Hamilton Borough Council has agreed to gravel the pathway along the east side Victoria street, beyoad the Council Chambers to Deegan's, provided the property owners on either side form it. This they are ready to do, but it so happens that the said pathway is overgrown with heavy furze bushes. This, too, on the path abutting on their own land they are also willing to clear. What however they think somewhat* hard is, that the few who have the whole work to do, not only of forming their own Share of the footpath, but that of absentee owners, here and there along its length, , who cannot bd got at, should also be compelled' to clear the furze off the portion of these gentry as well. They ask that the Council shall put the Public Works Act in force, and compel these absentee owners clear the furze, and failing their doing so, that the Council perform the work, and hold the land tiable for payment. The request seems - only reasonable. The Herald Correspondent wiring from the Native Meeting on Wednesday says : " There is his point which has not very often been dcaltjj with, and on whish I may say a few words now. The, effect of the Avar upon the Waikatos was thoroughly to convince them that thoy could not fight the Europeans. Our losses Averc great, and. many of the Auck land settlors had to mourn friends slain, but there was not a man amongst the Waikatos but lost near relatives. 3ofore the war tho Waikatos thought that /when all their tribes were ': united they could stand against' anything. They talked like children of how they could drive the soldiers with their tomahawkas, but when they saAV they could not stand before us, that we crushed them by numbers and by superior weapons, they, in their own minds, threw, up the sponge. After Orakau they had time to think, and come to the conclusion never tc fight again. All the subsequent alarms on our side in Waikato Avere needless panics. When an isolated murder took place such as that of Todd or Sullivan, TaAvhiao kept the murderers, but was displeased at the act. Me Edwaed Hammond of Auckland, who is at Cambridge, for the sitting of the Native Lands Court, has kindly consented to deliver his lecture on the Maori people, their customs, traditions, and legends for the benefit of the St. Andrew's Sunday school fund. JThe lecture has been much appreciated elsewhere, and as the charge for admission is only one shilling, and these will be good moonlight nights, it is hoped there will be a large attendance. The lecture is advertised for Wednesday next, at 8 p.m. in the Cambridge Public Hall. There will be musical selections thoughout the evening. A special meeting of the Hamilton contingent of. Te , Awamutu cavalry Volunteers is called for this evening, at the Commercial Hotel to propose new members and transact other business. The English Opera Company open at Le Quesnes Hall, on Monday night, playing again on Tuesday evening, and Wednesday at the same place, and on Thursday at Cambridge. Maritana is the Opera fixed upon for Monday evening and as we have not ourselves had an opportunity of forming a personal opinion on the merits of the company, we give the f olloAving from the Thames papers, at \ which place they have been lately ployrag, as to the . performtnee of Mari- . tana, The Star,of the 28th inst, says :— " Maritana was a decided success. After the opening chorus, which exhibited the power of the company in this direction, Miss Wangenheim, as the gitana, sang theromanza. "It was a knight," and her finished cantation of the same at once placed her en rapport with the audience. Her voice is clear and bell like— thrilling the listener — -while its high state of •training can at once be perceived. The "Angclus," sang by Maritana, and the chorus, in a devotional attitude, was Avell rendered. In her duet Avith Don Jos3 (Mr Browning), "Of fairy wand had I the power." completely carried the audience away, and a rapturous burst cf applause folio sved the end of the song. By many the aria, "Scenes that are brightest^' is considered, the. g^m of tl*e

opera. In its rendition the priina donna [ was vory successful, notwithstanding that the orchestra pitched the song too loud for.her voice. Her singing in the duett "Sainted Mother" with Lazarillo was, perhaps, her greatest success, as, besides her exquisite singing, she imparted so much fervour into the piece that its beautiful jjstrains took the audience by *Btorm, and a hearty, simultaneous encore was the result, Miss Wangenheim kindly responded tq K several encores. The oth>r lady cantatrice it falls to 'our lot to notice is Mrs Charles Florence, w;hp filled the role of Lazarflla. In her first solo, i the' plaintive aria " Alasthesq Chimes,'' she received unmistakeable signs of having created a favorable impression. Her contralto voice' is full and rich,' and we predict she will be a great favorite ore she quits our shores. Her singing in the duett ' "Sainted Mother" was excellent. The part of the.hero of the piece— the rollicking devil me-care* Don Cresar de Bazan— was ably filled by Mr Charles Florence, whose acquaintance' we Jhad the p'easure of making whilst here two years ago with Shnonsen's Opera Troupe ; his tenor voice is as pleasing as ever, and his rendition of " Oh, Maritana !" "Yes; let me like a soldier fall," and " There is a flower that blooK«eth," . completely brought down the house. Mr Florence can act as well as sing, and his spirited acting of the part will not easily be forgotten. The baaso part — Don Jose — was well filled by Mr Browning, who pleased the audience by his singing of " In happy moments," His singing in the duett with Maritana. "Of Fairy •Wand" in the first act was exceedingly well received Mr JtLodson, as the King of Spain, created a favorable impression. The minor characters were well filled, and the action of this piece was not marred by the mistake of some green supernumerary, as it is not unfrequenfcly done in some of the best companies. All the principal members of the compaay wero encored. Every member of the company was efficient, and we have ■ much pleasure in recording our verdict in favour of the company The' orchestra conducted by Professor Hughes though rather small, is a very efficient one. " Native Lands Court. — The Court opened at 10 a.m., on Thursday May Ist at the Public Hall Cambridge, before;Judge 1 Monroe . A bout fifty Natives wore present The Judge having explained to Natives, that in> consequence of the meeting at Kopua, business could not be then carried on, adjourned the Court for a week.