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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1137, 9 October 1879, Page 2

As showing the extraordinary character of the age we live in, it will be seen, by our telegrams elsewhere, that the London 'Times,' of Monday last, published an article on the defeat of the New Zealand Ministry, which took place on the previous Fiiday nisrht, and we, in New Zealand, on the following Wednesday, are not only cognisant of the fact, but are able to give our readers, to-day, the purport of its comments. Those Hamilton dogs — pointer, setter, greyhound, and curs of low degree — have all a penchant for sheep worrying, which they ; seem to take to during the close season as a means of raising a little pleasurable excitement. A month or six weeks ago .vir Jolly, whom they generally' patronise, had a visit from them, and they killed several sheep and wounded others. This time they have changed their ground, and on Thursday night last visited the farm of Mr Uharles Johnson, where they killed two fine sheep, wounded four others, and left five others missing. Mr Johnson has very naturally placed poison about his farm, and wishes us to make the fact known. The Georgia Minstlels had a full house last night, at LoQnesne's Hall, Hamilton, those who heard them last week receiving a very favourable impression of their ability. They go on towards Auckland to-day, playing this evening at Otahuhu. They have had a very successful trip round the Waikato. Waitoa Contracts. — Tenders will be received by the Waitoa Highway Board, up t» Friday, 24th inst., for building two bridges, one over the Waitakururu Creek, and one near Morrin's western boundary ; also, for making a drain and sundry earth cuttings, drains and culverts. Particulars may be obtained from Mr T. G. Sandes, Engineer to the Board. Police Station, East Hamilton. — Tenders for the erection of a Police Station at Hamilton East, will be received at the Public Works Office, Wellington, I under the usual conditions, up to noon of ' Saturday, the Ist proximo. [ H4RTSS and Their Protection. — At tho meeting of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, hold on Monday, a petition was presented front tho f arraevs and settlers of the Thames and Auckland, asking that thoro might bo a close season for hares, between the Ist of September and the 3 1st March. —Mr Morrin, in presenting the petition, said that poachers go out ostensibly to shoot haros, bijt they kill pheasants and everything that comes in their way. Ho proposed H That the committee voooramond tho 910.10 season for

li'ire.-f, iiS ursred iu the petition Mr Hughes recommend that the motion be postponed for a month, to giro tho public an opportunity of expressing themselves on the subject. - fter a brief discussion it wa.-, ou Mr Morrin's motion, agreed that the secretary should forward the petition to the I Ton. tho Colonial Secretary whou he was appointed. Mb McLean axo Co.'s last importation of purebred stock are tho-so alluded' to by " Clydesdale" in the ' Town and Country Journal" of tho 28th September :—" Tho cattle I wrote about a week or two since as having gone to New Zealand consisted of 11 shorthorn cows and heifers and two Hereford cows and a bull, imported from England for Messrs. McLean and Co., of Auckland. As I before said, I was unfortunate enough to miss seeing them ; but I have a description of them from a friend who knows a- beast when he sees one, from which I gather tbat five of the Durhams aro regular plums, and the others about the usual ruu of what one genorally seGS imported here. Tho firm, of McLean and Co. have some rare bulls, and no doubt those English cows will turn out a good investment to improve the character of this already celebrated stud." The Govehnor's Opinion ox thb Late Division. — The Wellington correspondent of the Auckland 'Herald', wiring on Monday, says : — " After lunch Sir George Grey went over to Government House, and informed the Governor of what had taken place in the Honse. It^ was intended, I believe, that the official intimation should not be made till the amended Address was presented on Tuesday by the Speaker. liis Excellency, however, was not quite pleased with the treatment he had received, .and said that he had expected that he would have been informed as soon as possible after the vote was taken pf tho result, and that Ministers should have sent iu their resignations. The Premier then proceeded to make some explanation about the smallness of the vote calling for consideration by the party, when the Governor said, as he looked at it, Ministers had been beaten by eight, for that the votes of Ministers themselves could scarcely be counted. Thereupon Sir George Grey tendered his resignation, and with him all the Ministers go out of office. The Governor did not ask for any advice as to who he should send for, nor did he ask Sir George Grey if he could undertake to form a Ministry that would be acceptable to the majority of the 8 ouse. Sir George Grey did not volunteer any advice, and the interview terminated." The injury done to tha colony at home by such mismanagement of native affairs as has recently characterised the Government of New Zealand (for which, by the way, Mr Sheehan is scarcely responsible, his very acts and promises in native matters having been over-ruled by the late Premier), may be judged from the following home intelligence : — Reference was made in the House of Commons on August Bth to the danger of another native war in New Zealand. Mr J. Smith asked if it was true that preparations were being made to settle at oifCe and for ever the native difficulty. Sir M Hicks-Beach replied that he had received no communication on the subject, and should therefore infer that nothing very serious had taken place. He added that the news in the press was six weeks' old, and he hoped that had there been any apprehension of disturbance he would have been informed. A postcript of 23rd June, contained in a letter to hand from the " own correspondent" at Wellington of tho 'Standard,' gave the principal grounds for alarm, as the writer said: "I learn by telegraph that the settlers have percipitated matters by forcibly ejecting the native ploughmen. It is feared that hostilities are imminent," The ' Standard' followed up tho letter, by a loader commencing: — "It will be seen by a letter of our correspondent in New Zealand that the colony is on the edge of another native war." At a meeting of the shareholders of the Bank of New Zealand, Sir Charles Clifford took the opportunity to refer to the scare thus created by the 'Standard,' and pointed out that the area affected in New Zealand, was so small, compared with the rest of Now Zealand, as scarcely to be worth a thought. The Southern Island and the great centres of population in the country wfire not affected. The Rev. Robert Burrows will hold Divine Service at St. Peter's, Hamilton, on Sunday next, October 12, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m., the Rev. William Calder being on his way up from the South. What should have been done long since, has now been undertaken. Mr James Mackay, we leam, has left for the North. He is going to take charge of native matters at the Thames for a time, and to endeavour to capture Wepiha and Pakara. We regret to learn that scarletina has broken out in East Hamilton . The family of Mr Lovegrove, painter, has been attacked, and, in fear that it might spread, Mrs Lovegrove has closed her millinery and linen warehouse establishment until all danger of infection is past. Messrs Hunter and Nolan's next Ohaupo Cattle Sale takes place on the 16th inst., when, amongst other cattle, will be offered some well bred mixed stores, from Alexandra, yearling steers from Auckland, three-year-old steers, fat cattle, sheep, farm implements, kc A meeting was held at Huntley, on Monday evening, for the purpose of forming a Volunteer Corps, Mr Robert Ralph in the Chair. It was definitely arranged to form a corps, no less than forty-seven signaturet having been obtained. It was decided to communicate with Colonel Lyon, and it is to be hoped, ere long, Huntley will be able to produce a corps second to none in the colony. After the above meeting, a subscription list was started, for the purpose of getting up Christmas Sports," at Huntley, when over ten pounds was subscribed in as many minutes. The following story, from the Wellington Post, is too g'ood to be lost : — " Tho boys of Nelson College, upon the return of Mr Acton Adams for the city, addressed a letter to him, in which they refer to the fact of his having been once head boy of the college, adding that thoy ' watched with keen interest the late political crisis ' What follows i3 really so delicious that we must give it in full: 'Loyal to Nelson's interest, we of course are opponents of Sir George Grey. It was with great satisfaction that we heard of the defeat of his Ministry. When he appealed to the country, we hoped that your prediction, that the people would reject his followers, would prove correct. We all know your return for Nelson would be certain. It was with no small feeling of pride that we witnessed the return ior the second time of one who when at Nelson College distinguished himself as its leader. We almost felt it as our duo that to commemorate this event wc should have a longer vacation than usual at Michaelmas. We now beg to petition you to ask our Principal for this extra holiday, as wc feel that if asked for by yon, it cannot bo refused. We usually have four days, but wc think that under those Qircumstancc.., Ave should have this timo at least a week,' Anjoug tho names appended to the letter is Ifcrciijcs Robinson, presumably a son of Hifj Excellency the Governor. Whatever else may be said, it is plain that the lads have imbibed the tnio spirit of colonial politics iu turiiiug thoir principles, to their own particular advantage,"

The w^ewncockcno Rkvolvkb. — t a wedding iu South Carolina, an incident occurred aptly illustrating social life iu the United States. The bridegroom, who belonged to tho ' first Southern families,' took exception to the phraseology of tho officiating clergyman, and remarked, ' You shouldn't say those una whom tho Lord had jined together, but thom nns.' The preacher, who prided himself on the 'high-toned' quality of his language, quietly dropped his hand into tho pocket of his surplice and interpolated : ' You jist paddle your own canoe, young feller, or your tronble'll begin sunc enuff. I'm runnin' this toa party, I am — as I said afore — my beloved hearers thoso nns as the Lord — ' Just then tho bridegroom mado a motion towards his hip, but before he could draw, tho minister fired from his pocket, and the young man fell dead at his feet. Instantly the whole church was filled with blazing pistols. In loss than five seconds, the only person left alive was tho bride, who had ducked bchined the pulpit early in the action. The halfmarried female g-azed musingly around and rcmar • cd, as she started for homo, 'Those solf-cockinp: revolvers is playing the mischief round hero, and that's a fact.' — The ' San Francisco News Letter ' is responsible for the above. Novel. Way to Pot Down Butter. — One of the new things talked about at the late meeting of tho American Dairymen's Association was the preparing v of butter j for market in the following way, which we condense from the ' American Dairyman': — Stop churning as soon as it is apparent the butter is about to separate. Reduce the temperature to about 54 degs. or 55 degs., by pouring cold water in the chum. Agitate slowly until separation takes place, and the butter pellets are formed. Draw off the butter-mil/, and i pour in cold water till the butter floats. Stir a little, and draw off tho water. Pour in more water and repeat until the water is clear, the last time washing with saturated brine. Have a nice oak firken previously soaked, scalded, and tho pores of the wood filled with hot brine, aud afterwards cooled — ready for thn butter. Fill with butter, pouring on top enough saturated brine to cover. Set it in a cool sweet place. Bore a hole in the covei' and put it in, tighten the hoops, fill the firken full of brine and plug tight. Let it stand in a cool place. Keep full of brine. This butter will keep good and sweet any length of time. When any of it is wanted for use, open the firken and take out what is wanted, work it a little, and it is ready for the table. It can be salted to the taste, or what salt has been taken from the brine can be washed out. Any one can try this with butter intended for family use. Mb Norman Lockyer (says the ' Daily News') has realised the alchemist's dream, the transmutation of metals. In the presence of a small party of scientific men, Mr Lockyer, by the aid of a powerful voltaic current, violatisified copper withm a glass tube, dissolved the deposit formed within the tube in hydrochloric acid, and shewed, by means of the spestroscope that the solution contained no longer copper, but another metal, calcium, the base of ordinary lime. The experiment was repeated with other metals, and with corresponding results. Nickel was thus changed iato colbat, and calcium into strontium. All these bodies, as it is well known, have ever been regarded as elementary — that is, incapable of being resolved into any other components,or of being changed into one another. It is on this basis that all modern chemistry is founded, and, should Mr Lockyer's discovery bear the test of further trial, our entire system of chemistry will require revision. Tho further possibilities of the discovery it is difficult to limit. The great object of the old achemists was, of Bourse, to transmute base metals into gold, and so far as our knowledge goes there is no reason why copper should not be changed into gold as well as into calcium. Crown Lands. — We leam, by telegram, that the report on the Crown Lands Department, for the year ending 30th June last, has been printed, and that from the foundation of the colony, a total area of 14,0i4, 632 acres have been sold and reserved for publio purposes. Tho part sold realised £11,210,412. The report of the Commissioners from Auckland for the past year, states that the amount of land absolutely dispos°d of (9,933 acres) falls short of what was anticipated. This is owing to the withdrawal from the administration of the Land Board of the whole of the Waikato confiscated lands, the locking-tip for a considerable time of a large and valuable area of the Patutahi block as endowments for municipal purposes, the delay in the transference to the Board of the Waiharakeke aud Te Puke blocks, the non-completion of the surveys of the Aroha and Taramarama blocks, unanticipated delays which have taken place in carrying out certain road works, undertaken to give access to several tracts of surveyed land in tho Flokianga and Whangape districts. The area of Crown forest lands in the Auckland district is estimated at 1,330,600 acres. Of this area, it is estimated that fully 50,000 acres are covered with valuable kauri timber. Unlicensed timber cutting is much less frequent now than in former; years. The forests are believed to have suffered comparatively little from waste or fire during the past twelve months. Very Fak Gone. — During the honeymoon, bride and bridegroom had been sitting and sighing and talking poetry in the balcony for three hours, all of which time he had both of her hands clasped in his. Finally she broke forth — " Tommy, dearest, I want to ask you something." " Ask me a hundred — a thousand — a million things!" he exclaimed in reply. " Well, Tommy, I've got an awful cold in my head," she continued; "and, if I draw ono of my hands away to use my pocket-handkerchief, would you think it uukind of me ? Just once, Tommy, and then you may have my hand again.' ' A Spiit in the Cabinet ! Another Dissolxttion ! Women's Rights. — The ladies aro to reap the benefit this time — they are to be especially considered. The candidates soliciting their favor aro old and well-tried members of the trading community and have always kept faith with them, ab Mr Holloway has retired, the remaining members of the Firm have decided to invite the ladies en masse to benefit tbemse'ves by coining to Buy their N«w Dresses and other Drapery Goods at an Enormous Redaction. The New and Seasonable Goods are Just Opened, aud will positively be Sold without any profit, to enable the undersigned to raise sufficient money to cover the amount required to pay their late partner. Drapery, Millinery, lothing, Carpets, and Furnishing Goods all at a Heavy Reduction for Oue Month for Cash at time of Purchase. The undersigned thank the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Auckland Province for the liberal support accorded them iu the past, and assure their friends and the public that every effort shall be made to retain their favour... The Drapery portion of the Arcade has just undergone extensive alteration*, and is now much more roomy .and conyenicut for ladies than before. Wc undertake to Se}l the Cheapest Dress in towu. The new firin >vill murk thei}? Goods in plain figures. — Gaiu.ick Cjiax. wkli., Drapers, Clothiers, Cabinet-makers, and Upholsterers, City Hall Arcade, Queen?sti'cet, Auckland.