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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1090, 19 June 1879, Page 2

The "VVaikato Cavaley Volunteers are summoned to a parade at Te Awamutu, on Saturday morning next, -when they will be inspected by his Excellency, the Governor. We could have wished, for the convenience of the Cambridge and Hamilton troops, and for that of the public, who could, m such case, have gathered largely to take part m the days festivity, that it had been held m the more , central position of the Ohaupo racecourse. The members of the several corps and the public must, however, bow with a good grace to the decision which has, not without good reason, we believe, been arrived at, and we feel sure that on such an occasion, and especially at the present time, our Waikato Volunteers will take care that, m point of numbers, the muster shall be an imposing one ; m all other respects it cannot fail to be so, for not without deserving it, the Corps has gained tho credit of 'being the best mounted and disciplined body of Volunteer Cavalry to be found m these Colonies. 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 adoDting this very obviously necessary rule much iuconvenience and many mistakes would he avoided.-* It has been arranged, says the ' Herald,' that was to be a meeting with his Excellency the Governor and Ministers, during Tuesday f orenoo^. His Excellency is expected to remain m Auckland for about a fortnight, during which time he will visit the Waiwera, the Thames, and Waikato, The Bon. the Native Minister will leave for Wellington on the 19th. In reference to the paragraph which> we republished from the ' Herald,' on Tuesday, that a meeting of natives was, being held at Otaro, m consequence of some European, assisted by the Ngatihaua, forcing a private survey of the ManukuTutahi block, that paper, of Tuesday, publishes the following telegram, m contradiction, of tho report from a cor responden at Cambridge: — " Xour local on the Manuku-Tutahi survey is, I find, incorrect. I have seen the gentleman (who is now m Cambridge) who occupied that block some years ago, and he informs me that he has not attempted to survey, and so far as he is aware, no surveyor has been on the block, but that tho natives have been laying off tribal boundaries, which may account for the meeting mentioned by y»ur Kihikihi correspondent. He further states that he has no intention of perpetrating such 'an unwise proceeding at tho present time.' "

The • Sau Francisco News Letter' aays : The poultry-ranch proprietors m Watson - villo aro so plated at the successful manner m which ten brave young men throw eggs at a local editor that they have added a new Kiibdi vision to the usual classification of. thbir gallinaceous products. .The grocery "stores down there nowkoop 'fresh laid', 'yesterday's', 'alittle off', 'doubtful'/ 'stale', and 'editorial' ecygs. Watsonville newspaper men. never dream of going out now with proort clothes on, and even the printer's devil has his egg-suit. Now one understands what an editor moans when ho says that somebody or other received a perfect • ovation.' . ' Sale op Tiioiiougiibred Mahes. — Mr A . Buckland will offer for sale, to-morrow, at the Haymarket, Auckland, the thoroughbred mares Deception, Rosalie, All Steel, and J[onny Lirid. A Waiiuhapa paper "'says : — A man m Masterton was summoned the other day for £3, and great was his wrath. When his anger subsided, and reflection resumed its sway, he took" the summons round to everyone that owed him money, and said "Look here you must pay me, or I stall be sent up for 28 days." The creditors handed up their money, and before night our friend had collected over £30 on the strength of the £3 summons ; and his j last prayer before retiring to rest was for another summons to be served upon him. An Emergency Meeting of the Members of No." 21, Loyal Orange Lodge, will be held m the Lodge Room, Cambridge, on Friday evening next, when every member is requested to attend. Two men were out shooting near East Hamilton the other day, one had a license, the other haden't. A ranger approached, and the one that had a license ran away. The ranger was a good runner, and an exciting 1 race ensued over about a mile and a half of nice ploughed fields. At last the ranger got up to the runaway. " Now, sir, where's your license ? " It was produced. "Then why the' dickens did you run away ?" "Oh, I'm fond of exercise," answered the man ; " but don't you think you'd better ask ,my friend if he has one ?" , Tb Robe Ferry.— Tenders for working this ferry, from July 1, 1879, to July 1, 1880, will be received , by the Pirongia Highway District Board, on or before the 28th inst. Important Land Sale, Hamilton. — Mr ' John Knox will offer for sale, on Saturday, at noon, a very valuable acre m Victoria-street, adjoining the railway station. This piece of land, which has a frontage of two chains tb Victoria-street, and of five chains to the Frankton Station road, is one of the few pieces of land of 'such extent, and m such valuable position likely to come before the public by auction. Mr Knox will also offer, at the time, seme 80 acres of land m the County of Marsden, an excellent site for a township. The West Coast Railway^— The 'New Zealander,' which may be credited with more or less access to official sources of information, states that the Government have determined to push on the construction of the "West Coast railway without delay. This is a step . which -will meet with general approval throughout the country. A force of Armed Constabulary and volunteers, very little short of 1,000 men, is being rapidly distributed at various points between Wanganui and New Plymouth, and a considerable portion would be immediately available for employment m the work, which would be pushed forward under cover of armed pickets, sentries,and cavalry videtes. This plan would throw upon the nativea, who by last advices have retired to the bush and are dismayed at the formidable preparations which have followed their threats, the onus of attack, and the responsibility for its consequences. "We do not think, however, that the fanatics at Parahaka would risk a collision with a firm and resolute attitude on our side. In our telegrams to-day, there are some sensational reports of arming by the natives, to which we attach little importance. Periods of panic and apprehension are always fruitful of canards and exaggerated stories, when every black stump and cabbage-tree is likely to be metamorphosed by an excitable imagination into a Maori warrior. The heavily laden dray m the neighbourhood of Hawera, supposed to contain arras and ammunition, was probably an optical delusion. There is, however, one danger which must always be guarded against. For some time past the anxiety and disquietude of the settlers on the West Coast has been strained to tension point, which, now that reinforcements are pouring 1 m, has been followed as suddenly by exultation and confidence. In these rapid changes of temprainent there is danger, more especially m the impetuous and untrained, that the war fever may gain the ascendancy and excite to some act which would set the two races at each others throats. It will be well therefore for the Waihi and Patea settlers, who are described as burning to distinguish themselves to restrain their military ardour, and remember that : " War is toil and trouble. Honor but an empty bubble." The battle of the % 'spade and pickaxe is likely to win more enduring triumbh than that of the Snyder and Bayonet. !