The Waikato Times. TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1879.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1122, 2 September 1879, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 1879.

Equal and exaot justice to all men, Of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political. Hero shall. the Press the People's right maintaiu, Unawed by influence and tmbribed by gain.

Waipa Electiox. — Mr F. A. Whitaker addressed the electors at Hamilton last night, and wns very favourably received. Mr Potter occupied the chair. At the close' of a long and eloquent speech, m which Mr Whitaker was frequently interrupted; by continued cheering, Mr Vialou proposed, and Mr Pc »t seconded, a vote of thanks to the candidate. Mr Cook then proposed' an amendment, and Mr Mays seconded, " that an entire vote of confidence be accorded." Mr Morris pointed out that it would be but fair, as thoy h«d not heard all the candidates, that the meeting should give a vote of thanks only. Mr Knox spoke m favour of the amendment, and m deference to the wish of the meeting, it was resolved that, "as Mr Cunningham had yet to address them on Wednesday the amendment be withdrawn," and the vote of thanks was carried unanimously. Three hearty cheers were given for Mr Whitaker before the meeting Seperated. We are necessarily compelled to hold over the report of the meeting until our next issue, when, as we have done m the case of other candidates, we shall give his speech as fully as possible, and leave him m the hands of the electors. Mr Cunningham appears at Hamilton on Wednesday evening.

BonouaH Council Elections.— ln the excitement of the Assembly elections, those to replace the annual retirement of three members from the Hamilton Borough Council have been forgotten bymany. The nomination of candidates for the three seats, vacated by Councillors Gwynne, Gardiner, and Gaudin, will take place to-day. We understand that nominations were sent m yesterday of Messrs Vialou, Peat, and McLernon. We have been requested, on behalf of the Band of the Hamilton Light Infantry, to correct some, at least, of the inaccuracies of a paragraph, which has been f urnishnd to an Auckland paper without authority for the statement contained m it. It had not been decided that the members of the infantry corps (the captain's name is not O'Neil, by the way, but Dawson) will march' through the town on Wednesday evening. It was possible they might do so, but that depended on contingencies, and they were simply requested to muster on that evening. The paragraph then, proceeds to give 'the members of the band, but incorrectly. They are as follows : — James SiramS, bandmaster, no special instrument, but will play any instrument, if required; Henry, first clarionette ; George Williams, first cornet (silver) ; Allen, second ditto ; -J. W. Sutliffe, third ditto ; Locke, fourth ditto; Barker, second clarionette; Peacock, trombone ; John Edgecumbe, bombardon; Wright, baritone; Vincent, bombardon ; C. McKenzie, baritone ; Small, euphonium ; T. A. Bell, tenor horn ; Philip Munro, big drum ; Robert Gwynne, cymbals. The Waikato Election. — Mr J. B. White met the electors of Rangiriri, Waerangi, &c, on Thursday. Mr White was most attentively listened to, and gave satisfactory answers to the numerous question asked. A vote of confidence was asked for-, by Mr D. Bruce, and seconded by Mr J. Gall. This was unanimously responded to. A vote of thanks to the Chairman, Mr Sherley, closed the proceedings. At Huntley, Mr J. P. Campbell was attentively listened to, and received a vote of confidence, as an amendment to the vote of thanks, at first proposed. Sttodhn Death at Cajlbbidoe. — Between three and four o'clock on Sunday last, William Kerr, Mr R. K. Carter's coachman, who has been driving the Cambridge coach, was out riding, when j he suddenly pulled up his horse and fell to the ground. Young Willie Carter, who was riding with him, immediately galloped off for Dr Waddington, whose house was not many hundred yards from the spot, and who was there m less than five minutes after the unfortunate man fell, but only just m time to see him breathe his last. He was carried into the house of Mr Robert Kerr (his brother), where the doctor pronounced life to be extinct, and the cause of death to be heart disease, from which malady, it is stated, deceased had been suffering for some time. He leaves a wife and young child. Much sympathy is felt for his family and relatives, as he was a steady, industrious, and obliging young man. Exteaoedinary Escape pboji Fiee. — About four o'clock yesterday afternoon,, a most extraordinary escape from fire occurred, at the residence of MrFantham, Gwynne Land, near Cambridge. Some friends who were spending the day, had their attention attracted, by a scream, and on looking round, from the front, where they were standing, saw a large volume of smcke and five, on the rear of the hou3e, and, rushing to the place, found a loan- to enveloped m flames, Mrs Funtham, with great presence of mind, gave tho alarm to Mr JPantham and the workmen, a. short distance from the house, while the visitors and servant girl kept beating down the increasing flames, which had obtained a hold on the dairy, and threatened the main building. Thoy were successful in' keeping the fire m check until assist nee arrived, but had it not been for the exertions used, or hai a strong wind been blowing, m nil probibility the dwelling-houso and homosteul would h-ive been destroyed. The firj originated through children playing with matches.

No 9, Sons of Ulster, L. O. L.— Tho usual monthly meeting will be held on Thursday evening m the Victoria Hall, Hamilton, when the business will consist of a R. A. P. Lecture.

An alteration of Sunday telegraph hours has been made throughout the Colony. Hitherto, tho telegraph offices were open from 10 a.m. to 10.30 a.m., and again from o p.m. till 5.30 p.m., for the transmission of messages. In future, they will open only m the afternoon* at tho same hour as before, 5 p.m., closing at 5.30 p.m.