THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1879.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1120, 28 August 1879, Page 2

THURSDAY, AUGUST 28, 1879.

Mb Whit___b and thb Thames Waikato Railway. — In answer to a question put to him, on Friday night, at the Panmure meeting, the late member for Waikato is reported to have said; — " It was proposed that there should be a. railway from the Waikato to the Thames. Some people thought if the line was taken as far as the Thames river, steamboats could oarry freights down the river to Grahamstown. I was member for the Waikato. A sum of £168,000 was put on the Estimates to make the railway from Hamilton to Te >roha. Sir George Grey, without considering the rights of the Waikato people, instead of commencing the wor* at Hamilton commenced it at Grahamstown. They were expending £17,000 for making a mile and a quarter of railway at Grahamstown. That sum would have oarried the line several miles at the other end. There was ground for just complaint on the part of the Waikato people, that the vote should be diverted m this . manner. No doubt, Sir George Grey was acting for the benefit of his constituents. They ought to be grateful to him. But the Waikato people had just ground of j complaint." j FIBE at Noabuawahia. — Limb's Mills were destroyed by fire, e-irly on Tuesday morning. The fire broke out m the engine-room, about 2 a.m., md m a couple ' of hours, the mill w<*s burned to the ground. The concrete gr *n-*ry escaped, as did nlso the house. The building w-is insured for £2,500. About £800 worth of bre idstuffs were destroyed. The cause of the fire is unknown. I The Maobi Commission, -appointed to j investig-te the right of the Colony to confiscate native Lnds, have met, and recommended the n -stives to forego nil illegal nets, nnd to f'pply, on certain grounds, to the Supreme Court, for redress, and, if necessiry, to Carry an appeal to the Privy Council. Borough Election — The election of three Councillors tor the Borough of Hamilton will tak& place on the llth September. Tuesday, the 2ad proximo has been appointed for the nomination of candidates, aud the polling if neces ary will take- plac* on the llth. ' Waipa Election. — Mr Whita_er addresses the electors, of Raglan to-night, of Wh.tawh.t_, to-morrow, and of Alexandra, on Sjturdny. Mr Cunninglum will be at Whatawhjt* on Friday, and at Haripepe, on Saturday. Mb T. Bell intends to open his singing class on the Tonic-sol-fa method, at Hamilton on Monday next if he shall have a -sufficient cumber lo commence with, Intending members will therefore sea the necessity of i-eodiog iv their names as requested m the advertisement e-se-where oa Saturday. Several have, we understand, joined tbe class, takiDg advantage of an opportunity which has not before been available of procuring efli i<ant instruction io music on such r-a-ooablo terms as tflcred, namely, ten shillings per quarte-.