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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1084, 5 June 1879, Page 2

We received no telegrams from Auckland last night, and as there was no interruption of the line take it for granted that there was nothing worth telegraphing. The position of affairs, therefore, at Taranaki will, up to latest dates, remain as depicted m our telegrams of Tuesday ia another column. We must again and pointedly remind our readers, and especially advertisers, that Business Letters and Advertisements must be addressed to the Manager, Literary Matters to the Editor of this journal. By adopting this very obviously necesdary rule much inconvenience and many mistakes would be avoided. i Ik the House of Lords, on the night of the 28th March, Lord Huntley suggested that an enquiry should be made into the depression of commerce and agriculture. Lord' Beaconsfield acknowledged that the depression of the agricultural interest was unprecedented, but the depression was anticipated when protection was abolished. It was estimated that the public wealth had diminished £80,000,000, and the area of land under cultivation had diminished 1,000,000 acres. English industry and commerce, however, kept well on a level with those of foreign countries. They suffered only from low prices, the cause of which was partly, the depreciation of silver. Lord Beaconsfield believed the inquiry suggested would be without results, but possibly an inquiry as to the change m value of the precious metals and its effect on English industry might hereafter be desirable. A WAKNESTQ TO EEOKLESS BOROUGHS. — The beautiful city of Elizabeth, m the State of New Jersey, United States, declared itself bankrupt on February 1, having failed to provide for the payment of bonds which arrived at maturity. It is said that the amount owing m wages to laboring men was, so far back as October 1 , 60,000 while policemen, schoolteachers, and all officials employed under the municipal administration have not had their salaries paid for many months. The distress among these classes of persons is very great since their tradespeople have refused to supply them any longer on credit with the necessaries of me. It was expected that the supply of gas for the city would be cut off, and that the public schools, m which there are about 7000 children, must be closed. A baker's cart fall of drapery-goods backed into the Waikato River on Monday last, at the Wangamarino junction. The loss will be a severe one to the owner. The horse was drowned, and about £80 worth of goods destroyed. The goods were the property of a travelling hawker. Gun accident. — A boy named Fox, living on the Kaiapoi Island, while playing with an old flint-l©ck gun on Saturday afternoon, met with a serious accident, j He loaded the weapon and allowed the muzzle to get filled with the clay. When the boy fired, the gun burst and the breach was driven clean through his thigh, carrying away a piece of the bone. Amputation will probably be necessary. The ' Church Gazette ' states that the Rev R. S. Hassard, late incumbent of St. Matthew's parish, Auckland, has been nominated by the Merchant Taylors' Company to the new vicarage of the Holy Trinity Church, Dalston. The church has been- built with funds obtained by the sale of the site of one of the old city churches. There is no parsonage hous«? and the stipend is at present only £150. The Pebjuby Case.— The Resident Magistrate's Court, at Hamilton, sat again on Tuesday, m the case of Perjury preferred against Lo Seur. The evidence taken m this case was very voluminous. Thompson and Dunn had been proceeded' against, at Ngaruawahia, and discharged, having been accused of setting fire to a house at Karakarilri, the property of the Rev. Abraham Barton, a .native. The only evidence against Thompson and Dunn, on that occasion, was Le Seur's, who swore distinctly to having seen them at three m the morning, run down from the building which was set on fire, to a canoe, and gave other evidence tending to connect the accused with the crime. The Resident Magistrate, without hearing evidence for the defence, discharged Thompson and Dunn, and ordered Lo Seur into custody, for jper jury. In the. case, on Monday and Tuesday, against Le Seur, it was proved, on the evidence of one, Cobley, that Dunn slept m the same hut with him, and was m bed all the night of the fire, from 11 p.m. till morning. Other evidence besides the sworn testimony of Dunn and Thompson, also went to show that they were "at home that night. The prisoner was fully committed for trial. , At the recent meeting of the members of the Church of England, held at Ngaruawahia, it was shown that the Church of the Holy Trinity was m debt some £30, and the desirability of holding a Gift Auction was proposed and approved. An appeal is made to churchmen generally and others throughout Waikato, for assistance m the object contemplated. Mr W. Burnett, of Ngaruawahia, is the honorary secretary of the Gift Auction Committee, and is prepared to receive any kind of goods or produce. These will be stored until the date of the Gift Auction, to be shortly announced, and will be made the most of by some of our local auctioneers. Those who do not care.to give or cannot afford money contributions, can certainly find something to send, from a bag of potatoes, or a cheese, to a load of hay, or some fancy article or other kind of goods, anything, indeed, that will sell, aHd what is there will not sell on such an occasion. > At a dinneb given to Rewi and the Native Minister, by Te Wheoro, at the Royal Mail Hotel, Auckland, on Tuesday, Rewi, m proposing the health of the " Governor and Ministers," is reported to have said: — " He had come to Auokland for the purpose of seeing them, and he hoped that he would go back to Waikato with some living words. It was only now a matter of negotiation. The word spoken by Tawhiao, that there should be no more fighting, was the word of the whole people. The only question now was, whether the people sheuld live apart or become one with tho Europeans. Rewi then addressed the Ngapuhi and Rarawa, from the North, thanking them for their presence at tb,e Kopua meeting, and $ay-

ing that their presence there helped to enable them to ascertain the feeling of the people of the North Island. There were two things which he wished to see done. First, he would like to see the Parliament brought back to Auckland. Auckland was the centre of the Maori people, and. all the trouble that arose could best be settled from that centre. Secondly, he felt grieved to see the Europeans making all these fine arrangements, reclaiming land from the sea, and building 1 fine houses, but making no provision for the Maori people who came to Auckland. In the old days, when he used to come to Auckland, the Maoris had, their own piece of land as a market-place ; but since they had been driven from post to pillar, and now they had no resting place for the soles of their feet. The Europeans should remember that the men who were thus ejected were formerly the owners of the entire soil ; and, although they (the Europeans) were the more enlightened, and had become the stronger people, those very facts should induce them to pursue a more friendly course towards their weaker brethren. Before ho loft Auckland, he intended to go down and point out a place m the new reclamation for the railway, where he thought the Maoris should be allowed to land and bring produce to Auckland." , The Hamilton Borough Council having altered tho levels at first fixed upon for the Bridge approaches, ' advertise new levels m our issue of to-day, Mb Lb Quebne, storekeeper, of East Hamilton, advertises a clearing-out sale of goods consequent on his retiring from business, with a great reduction m prices and liberal discount. He also offers for lease the Waikato Hotel, a new building erected on the site of the late store. The Governor's visit to Taranaki is understood, says Monday's * Wellington Post,' to be semi-official, the general object being to exercise a favorable influence ,oyer the natives, especially m the direction of cementing the bonds between Europeans and friendly natives, so as to secure their alliance, if such should be necessary. No interview with Te Whiti would be sought on the part either of the Governor or Ministers ; but if Te Whiti desires to wait upon them during their stay m Taranaki, and state his oase to them m persen, every facility will be offered him for doing so. A Court was held by the Revising Officer. J. M. Alexander, Esq., at the Court-house, Hamilton, for the purpose of revising the lists of new applications to be placed on the Waikato and Waipa Electoral Districts. That of Waikato was held on Tuesday, when the following names were struck oft 3 : — Henry Asher, J. Browne, Jas. Cochrane, Fredrick Cox, John Gilmour, Charles Hinton, Henry Hinton, A Isaacs, Hugh Kirkwood, Dan Murphy. Frank O'Neal, A. B. Paton, C. J. Paton, H. J. Paton, H Rea, John Redgrave, Edwin Powel, Samuel Seddon, J. B. Smith, W. Spargo, W. Stevens, W. Stevens, W. Taylor, A. A. Wallace, John Williams, and John Wright. The Court for revising the Waipa applications was held yesterday, when the following names were struck off: — J. Allen, J. Bosanko, R. Bosanko, A. Bridgeman, H. Bridgeman, S. Bromfield, J. C. Browne, A. Calder, D. Carson, A. Crawford, A. Dewar, D. Donovan, J. N. Gibson, A. Gilmour, Rawri Hikata, H. G. Hunt, W. Johns, W. Johns, C. P. Jacks, W. King, N. R. King,R. Lamb,2S. R. Laing, H Matengi, P. Macdonald J. McNicol, W. Matekura, J. Mitchell, W. Mylrea, W. Nera, J. Nathrass, W. Ngaweke, W. Ngohi, John Niccol, K. Patawhira, R. Patterson, W.- Price, H. Quick, G. Ramsey, H. Ramsey, Jas. Ramsey, W. Ramsey, G. L. Scott T. J. Sidwell J. S. Smith, W. Starral, W. Te Tahi, H. Turengerenge, W, Vant, R. Viggins, H. Waka, A. A. Wallace, and H. Wiloughby. These were all new .applications, and were dissallowed ; some because they ' were informal, and others because the i qualification was not sufficiently des- ' cribed. Some of the above names, however, are upon the old roll, and m such cases, though the new application has has been disallowed, the applicants names are still upon the old roll, and their right as electors holds good. I EXTRAOBDINABY YIELD OF MANGOLD Wubtzeii. — The ' Times ' of November ! , 25th last, contains the report of a root show held at Reading. Nearly 1300 entries were m competition for the prizes, amounting to £300, including specimens contributed by tho Queen, Prince of Wales, and several of the nobility and gentry. 'The report of the event is chiefly notable for the following observations which occur therein : — " One of the most remarkable exhibits is a collection of several hundred roots grown on the Reading Sewage Farm this year, and drawn f rdm a crop of 50 acres. Finer specimens have seldom been seen, and the whole crop is the heaviest field crop on record, as the following rates will show : Sutton's mammoth long red, 110 tons per acre on seven acres ; Sutton's golden tankard, 88 tons per acre ; Sutton's Berks prize yellow globe, 77 tons per acre; and Sutton's yellow intermediate, 77 tons." The storekeepers of East Hamilton desirous of introducing earlier hours of closing, have signified their intention of closing at 7 p.m., except on Saturdays, when stores will be shut up at 9 o'clock. To Sons op Anak.— Thirty able bodied men of good character are wanted for the A.C. Foroe, but they must not be under sft. lOin. m height. Applications must be made at the District Office, Cambridge, at noon on Tuesday, the 10th inst. A meeting of the Hamilton West School Committee was held yesterday evening, at which all the members were present. A letter Was read from the Education Board, acquiescing m the recommendation of tho sureties proposed by the contractor for additions to the building, and m the committee's suggestion that the school be closed for a fortnight, to enable the contractor to proceed with his work, such fortnight to take the place of the usual midwinter holdays. It was stated by the Secretary, that he had again applied for the balance of £2 19s 4d, part of the capitation money for contingencies due for the last September quarter, but that the Education Board had not even replied to the letter. A meeting of the Kirikiriroa Highway Board was held yesterday, when it was resolved that, owing to the extensive nature of the works that had been carried on during the last year, which had cast the Board, like other Waikato district board, m debt, that a meeting should be held previous to the election of new trustees, to prepare a full financial statement. A request was made to the Government, to put up a first-class crossing, with cattle yards, where the main road crosses the Railway line at the j Taupiri station. It was also resolved to strike a rate of one shilling m the £. Contingent op A.C. for Taeanaki. — On Tuesday a party of five men of the A.C. Force arrived m Hamilton from Cambridge m command of a noncommissioned officer named Blake, who gave it out that the party was en route for Taranaki, and that twenty more of the Force were to follow next day. They had, however, really boen sent to the Alexandra station and left Hamilton by the night train for Ohaupo. Whilst there on Tuesday an orderly arrivad from Cambridge ordering them back to that station. To-day twenty-five men of the Force, two Sergeants and Sub-Inspector Newall leave on route for Taranaki,

The Peoposbd Loan.— The Wellington * Post' of Monday says a rumour was afloat to-day that the Government are making all necessary preparations m regard jto the proposed now loan with a view of bringing i down a proposal within a week after the meeting of Parliament. Probably m this case " the wish is father to the thought," for we believe we are correct m saying that no final deoision has yet been arrived at on this important question. That a now loan will be proposed may be regarded as certain, that its amount will be £3,000,000 is probable for the reasons which we have previously explained. Bnt we have good grounds for believing that the question as to the precise amount of I the new loan will be left an open one until nearly the last moment, and that its ultimate determination will be, and necessarily must be materially influenced i by the course of eventsin various directions I during the next few weeks. The Rev. H. Bull will deliver a lecture on "American Experiences*" m the Wesleyan Chapel, this evening, when musical selections will be given by the Hamilton Choral Society.