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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1081, 29 May 1879, Page 2

We must again and pointedly remind bur readers, and especially advertisers, that Business Advertisements must be addressed to. me Manager, Literary Matters to the Editor of this journal. By adopting this veiy obviously necessary rule much inconvenience and many mistakes would bo avoided. We regret to say that work, as yet, is not proceeding on the Hamilton and Whatawhata Road to conneot with the Raglan and. Waipa Road, already completed. We understand that the reason of delay is the unwillingness of the Maoris to proceed with* the hew work until the labor done on the' old one is paid for, and that m some cases as much as three months' arrears of wages has been allowed to accrue. A meeting of the members of the Waip'a County Council will be held on the 10th proximo, for the 1 purpose of 'confirming the resolution passed at the special I meeting of the 14th inst., adopting a set pf by-laws for regulating the proceedings of theConncil. .' . . A meeting of the ratepayers of the Kirikiriroa Highway District will be held on the 4th of June,, at the Royal Hotel, for "the purpose of electing two Auditors. A serious accident happened yester- , day, to a boy named Charley, m the employment of Mr Edward Lake, of Ohaupo. That gentleman had sent the boy m, on horseback, to the post at Ohaupo, -for letters, a distance of a couple of miles, and, about an .hour afterwards, the horso returning riderless, Mr Lake himself started along the road, to ascertain if any. accident had occurred. Going along, he found the boy lying senseless m the road, and finding it useless to attempt to restore him to consciousness, sent him on at once to Hamilton, m a trap, that he might obtain the. skilful attendance of either Dr Waddington or Dr Carey, at •that place.* He was brought to Dr Waddington, who found no fracture of the skull, but severe concussion of the brain. As the lad is still insensible,' the cause of the accident is not ascertainable. There was a large attendance yesterday at Major Jackson's sale, at Te Awamutu. The stock and implements realised high prices. The Rev H. S. Davies will hold service at JbLoly Trinity, Ngaruawahia, on Sunday morning. One of the prettiest sights m th» chief street of Hamilton, is undoubtedly • tho shop window of Mr McLernon. No such exhibition of plate and Jewellery is to be seen m any but the first-class shops of the principle centres of population as that which Mr McLernon exhibits m Waikato. It is not so much the handsomness and costliness of the goods as the exquisite taste of design and excellent workmanship which are the characteristics of Mr McLernon's selections. The stock is a very, large one, not only of choice articles of plate, but of really good and elegant jewellery, and will well repay a visit. That such a stock should be maintained, and from time to time replenished, speaks well for the wealth of the district. Newspapeb Compliments are not confined to the American and Colonial Press. Certain London Editors do not seem to fraternise with the utmost affection. Thus the 'Whitehall Review,' upon the death of the Princess Alice, said m rather a stately way : "It is our mournful duty to convey to the Queen the respectful and sincere condolence of that section of the community more intimately connected with the Court and its surroundings than any other portion of Her. Majesty's subjects." Upon this, ' The London World ' newspaper, rising us savagely, says that the proprietor of ' The Whitehall Review ' is an egg merchant, named Peacock, of the firm of Merdin and Peacock, Wellsstreet ;»that the editor is an ex-reporter of * The Morning Post,' and was formerly the sub-sub-editor of a third-rate country newspaper. And he wants to know, does this sub-acidulous critic, " how this tradesman and his young man are more intimately connected with the Court and its surroundings than any other portion of Her Majesty's subjects"— unless — mark the fine irony !— " the one purveys .the butter for the royal household, and the other the paper m which the butter is wrapped !" And so, with a withering allusion to il rampant idiocy and sickening flunkeydom," he leaves his pin sticking m the side of a contemporary and a brother ! An intelligent farmer m Des Moines County has invented a henophone, on the principle of the telephone, by which one old^ reliable hen, occupying a central position, sits on all the nests about the establishment, leaving other fowls free to l a 7 e £gs, scratch and cackle. As fast as a new nest contains the full compliment of eggs, it is connected with the central office by a copper wire, and the business is settled. The only trouble with the machine is that it sits so hard it hatches out the porcelain nest eggs along with the othtrs, so that one chick m every nest is bom with glass eyes, and the farmer has to buy and train a . dog: to lead it round. This makes it expensive. — Boston paper. ' Tenders for renting 1 the farm at Manarare, known as "Dunckley," containing 180 acres, Must be sent m to Mr Alfred Buckland, before 11 o'clock tomorrow. ' ' Wheat Manure. — Mr A. Buckland, we see, is advertising a manure specially adapted, for the growth of wheat, and will offer for sale, at the Haymarket, tomorrow, one hundred tons of Mexican guano. Sale oy Horsk Stock. — We would again remind our readers, that the valuable selection of horse stock made by Mr Gr. Kirkwood, and just arrived from Wanganui, consisting of first-class hunting 1 , draught and coaching horses, will be offered for sale to-morrow, by Mr A. Buckland, at the Haymarket, Auckland- . The need of the Government at once taking action to fence the railway lines m New Zealand, was nearly receiving a forcible exemplification the other day, at Halcombe, m the Provincial district of Wellington. . The { Wanganui TTerald ' related that while the train was travelling along about three miles the other side of Halcombe, on' Saturday, a cow got on tho line. The speed was at once slackened and the whistle blown, but the cow started off m front of the train, along the line, and could not be induced to quit it. The chase lasted for about a mile, when a bridge was reached, which the cow endeavoured to cross, but slipped between the sleepers, and there stuck. There was nothing for it but the passengers getting out, and helping to remove the cow from her uncomfortable position. They all worked with a will, one individual, however, being so energetic at the tail, that it at last gave way, and he went head over heels into the creek below. The cow at last slipped through the bridge, and was laßt seen going down the stream, but evidently seriously hurt. Had the engine caught the cow m the position it was m, nothing could have prevent a serious $coident.

VICIOBIA.-BTBEET FOOTPATH, HAMILTON.—It has been proposed to relieve the Key. Mr Calder from the expense of forming the footpath along the parsonage frontage, by a « footpath or digging bee." I wo carts and teams have been promised, and m two, instances, parishioneers who are not quite up to a days work with the spade themselves', have promised to provide substitutes. More labour is, however required, and a few piok and shovel volunteers will find a ready welcome tomorrow morning, at eight o'clock, if they will put m an appearance on the spot. Tr . M . B .k- Ballin, of the Alpha Hotel, luhikihi, announces that he < has commenced business, and that visitors will meet with comfortable accommodation. The members of the Hamilton Contingent are warned for inspection parade this morning- at 10 o'clock, fully equipped. Every member is specially requested to attend. .Sword drill will take place on on Saturday next, a 4 p.m., and the carbine match on the morning of that day at 9 o'clock. A meeting of the Ball .Committee will be held on Thursday evening, and the ordinary monthly meeting, on. Saturday evening, both at the Commercial Hotel. The nomination of candidates for the seat iv.the . Waikato Borough Council, ■rendered vacant by thfe resignation of Or! N. R. Cox, and for two Auditors for the current year, took place on Tuesday. There , was only one candidate for the seat m the Council, Mr J. K. McDonald, and only two nominations for the auditorship, those of Messrs. George Edgecumbe and Thomas Henry Morris, consequently there will be no contest m either case. In accordance with the terms of the Act, the Returning Officer will declare these gentlemen duly elected on the 2nd prox., the day on which the polling, had it been necessary, would have taken place.