The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1208, 25 March 1880, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1880.

There will be no ibsue of the Waikato Times on Tuesday next, in order to enable our staff to enjoy a holiday on Easter Monday. A leading article is crowded out by pressure of district news. A meeting, between Ngatimauiapoto and Ngatiraukawa, and the Taupo tribes, is being held at Otorohanga, at which Kewi, Te Heu Heu, and other leading chiefs are present. Our Travelling Reporter will accompany the Waikato Cavalry Volunteers on their trip to the Thames. ' It will be t-een from our telegrams last nisrbt from the West Coast, that the natives complain that Te Whiti's remarks are unrepresented, and that he ha« told them repeatedly that no blood will be fhed. We have always stated our disbelief in the hensational news sent by the Prercs correspondents notably by the Herald's '-wpecial," and this telegram affords further evidence of the correctness of our views as to Te Whiti's mind. O.v Monday, a very heavy thunderstorm passed over the upper portion of (the dicfrict, going 1 from Te Awamufcu to Cauibiidpre. At the forme?- filaee the rain il»hc, nclrd in «i pnjtfoot ronr-ufc for ,mW ti»K\ On Tti^'lay ;i Very iU*iu-f.

wind blew in the same cUreotion,.^bout S.E. to N,:W , raising to half a gfale in the Te Awewnutu disjtrif t, and doing* constderablo damage, several hay-rioks toeing blown ever. Yesterday, the weather was calmer. It is to be hoped that the Works Committe of the Council will see the necessity for complying -with the recommendation of their foreman of works, that a culvert should be constructed aci'oss Grey-street facing Bridge-street, Hamilton East. The work is a very necessary one, and if neglected the road will be impassable in winter, and considerable loss incurred. This culvert is needed to carry away the water that conies down Heaphy-terrace and the east side of Grey-street, the main thoroughfare of the east side of the borough. All that will be required will, we are assured on good authority, be about 70 feet of 12-inch piping, and a box and grating at the mouth of the culvert. The Council lias already the pipes in hand.

Gardner's CtUli.v, in East Hamilton, about which there has been so much contention in the Council' and out of it, has at last been taken in hand, and put in such condition that the town drainage is not likely to wash any more of the land away. The foreman of worka lias put into it some 300 lads of titree, but it has been ascertained that on the brow of the hill, and within Mr Gardner's own property, there are several springs from which there is a copious flow of water, and it therefore stands to reason that there will always be a certain washing away of soil and increasing the size of the gully, but the borough can acarcely be Held accountable for this. The continuation of the railway from Ohaupo to Te Awamutu is being rapidly pushed forward. Mr Fallon, the contractor, has had capital weather for the work, and has taken full advantage of it. He has likewise been fortunate in other respects. He had a wonderful stroke of good fortune while making a cutting near Te Mvamutu, in chancing upon a very fine seam of gravel with which he will be enabled to ballast the line, and which, if the material had been trucked from beyond Hamilton, which otherwise would havti been the case, would have cost at least an additional £'500 or £2000. Another couple of months will see the construction of this section of the railway 3omp}eted. The rails are now laid nearly the entire distance. The Church Mission Society have commenced cutting* up the mission property at Te Awamutu with sections of from to one-quarter of an acre each. Hitherto the great complaint of residents m the township has been the difficulty of obtaining' business sites, but this action of ohe Mission Property will prove beneficial to all parties, allowing 1 the town full room so expand and become what it has every eason to expect to be, the important oentro of a large and rich agricultural md pastoral community, and largely in creasing the income of the Society. We have more than once drawn attention to the dangerous state of the erajankment near Leslie's Bridge, on the Hamilton and Cambridge road. The most inexperienced can see that it never will ie practically useful and safe until it has been widened to nearly twice its present yidth. This can only be done at great jxpeusc, and it is a question whether, liter all, it would not be money thrown iway. This journal has pointed out that i better road, with a far easier gradient, aight be obtained by cutting round one )f the spurs to the left, and we are fortiied in this assertion by a statement, nade by a competent engineer, that jven now he could construct such a road for as little money as it would take to complete the present road, and keep it in repair for twelve months. The matter is one worth the consideration of the local autorities, as the road is the main thoroughfare of the Waikato district. Mk Bradly, for many years a resident in Waikato, and formerly agent for the Waikato Bteain Navigation Company, at Ngaruawahia, has taken up his residence *t Hamilton as agent for the company. Mr Bradley is well known to old settlers in Waikato, and will, no doubt, be as useful to the company in his new capacity as he will bo welcome as a resident to Hamilton. A bazaar and gift auotion in connection with the Wesley an Church, was held in the Public Hall, Te Awamutu, yeslerlay. The Hall was prettily decorated with evergreens and flowers, the stalls being a ranged on either side. There was a large collection of all kinds of articles of wearing apparel, antemacaaser work, fancy goods, &3., chiefly the work of the ladies of the congregation. There was also a very well supplied refreshment stall. The stalls wero prosided over by Mesdamea Cooper, Qualtraugh, Judkin«. Bridgman, and Misses Mandetio and Hewitt. The attendance, j especially towards the evening, was very large, and a good business appeared to be done at the various stalls, the result of which, doubtless, will be a large and much needed addition to the funds of the Church. During- the evening a gift auction was held of various articles of production contributed *y settlers, with good result. Mr W. Hunter kiudly undertook the duty of auctioneer. A special meeting of the Waipa County Council was held on Tuesday last, to consider what measures to adopt regarding the matter of the proposed punts at Whatawhata and Pukete. There were present, Messrs. H. Buttle, (Chairman) Wainwiight, Steele, Corboy and Hadfield. It was stated that the pnnt at Hamilton was very much out of repair, and that a large sum of money would have to be expended before it could be used at Whatawhata. The cost of removing it would be something like £50 and it would always be in need of repair. On the motion of Mr Wainwright, it was agreed to let the matter remain in abeyance for the present, in the meantime the present punt at Whatawhata to be repaired, and let by tender. With regard to the matter of a punt at Pukete, it was decided to communicate with the Waikato County Council, to see what assistance they would afford towards placing a boat at that place. The following comprises " The South Auckland District," under " The Diseased Cattle Act, 1871:— All that tract of country comprising the counties of Raglan, Waikato, Waipa, Piako, Tauranjra, Whakatane, Kawhia, West Taupo, and East Taupo, with such islands as may be adjacent thereto, and all cities and boroughs witbin the boundaries of the said counties. The road making through the Kihikihi hae apparently been stopped by the rain, which has filled up the ditches. The road, which in Rome places has only been half-formed, is in a very dangerous state, and should be attended to as soon as practicable. We might also direct the attention of tbe authorities to the necessity which exists for extending the bandrails on the bridge over the Mangaoi to the full length of the structure. The bridge over the Mangapiko stream at the Raogiaohia end of the swamp road ift in anything but a sound condition in parte, One or two of the planks are indee-d rotten, and should be replaced at once. The appwwohea al-o should bo improved. The road across the swamp is in fair condition, and a, portion near the Moanavale station is now being grafe^ed. Waikato County Counxiij Mketino,-*-ln i'on«p<jHPiior of to-morrow beinj? f,.oo<] fri«l»y, lh"' ordinary monthly

. .l«l j I .111 .p.. meeting of the Waikato County Council, v and thOßpeoiar meeting to oonflrtn the *opbrt of tftj£ Kirikiriroa Highway District Bofcra'*on the closing of a road through Captaiu Ruucimau's property, will bo postpoued until the following Frfday, at the usual hour. Ebiutum.— -Through an error in read ing, the telegram publiahed on Tuesday,regarding the defalcations of a teller of the Bank of New South Wales, appeared as coming from Fo*ton. Wo regret the error. Foxton is the name of the defaulting teller, and not that of the telegraph station.

Major Fred. Swindlby, at present Inspector in charge of Aimed Constabulary, at Tauranga, i8 spoken of as the probable buccessor to the late Major Stack, in charge of the Constabulary depot, Wellington. From Major Swindley't* va ied military experience .we questiou whether arbottdr choioo aould be made. Hea\ y floods have occurred in Hawke'a Bay. Railway traffic haa l>een suspended, but the railway bridges, though severely tried, have withstood the shock. Heavy floods are also reported from Wairarapa. The damage on the Seventy-mile Bushroad is estimated at £1000. The only loss of life is a Maori drowned at Waipawa. The Mangapiko District Board held their monthly meeting at Paterangi on -aturday March 2Qth the Trustees present being Messrs Krippner, Ligertwood and Maoky. The minutes of last meeting be* ing confirmed, the correspondence of the month was read and approved. Tenders were accepted for cutting down ttie Mangapiko Bridge Approaoh, G Me Callum at lB.*Bd|. per yard ; for ploughing and levelling remainder of Paterangi • tation Road, C. Mo Callum, at ss. 3d. per ohain. < ertain accounts were passed for payment. The only works authorized were a few repairs made necessary by the late heavy storms. The secretary wasdi* seated to engage a surveyor foe the Survey of the road through Mr C alders farm, and also to get the vhole of the ruads to be stopped, advertised as required by the Public Works Act. Mr Macky proposed that the secretary should write to the County Council and suggest that they use their influence to have the Bridge proposed to be erected at I c Bore, placed at the lower site (Mr Bossborough'tt) as that would require a shorter bridge and consequently co t lens to maintain, and also to call the attention of. the council to the state of the approach te the Mangapiko Bridge on the Alexandra side, consequent on there being no Town Board elected to see after it. This was agreed to. The state of the Finances was considered consequent on the welcome arrival of the Government subsidy and fears expr ssed that, we "ne'er should see its like again," which with the expected County Subsidy would safely carry out the year. A meeting of natives will we learn be held at Maketuatan early date. —The principal matter to be discussed will be advisability of memorialising Parliament to do away with the present system of Native representation, as the Natives of this part feel their interests would be better attended to if left entirely in the hands of the Europeans. They consider also that this district is practically unrepresented tb.9 larger population of Hawko's Bay enabling that district always to return its own man, thus monopolibing the representation. Another question to come up, for consideration is the desirability of appointing an executive commitee to confer with the Government regarding changes taking place in respect to officers, both Native and European. They anticipate that other Native officers may, like Major Kemp, be reraovd for interfering in land matters, and for other reasons, and they fear that such dismissals may tend co place those persons in antagonism to colonialinterebts.—Bay of Plenty Times. Mr Reader Wood, M.H.R., for Waitemata, is spoken of as the coming Auckland representative in the Cabinet. The Volunteer review here to be held on Easter Monday is likely to be the most successful ever witnessed on the Thames. The officers connected with the various companies are exerting themselves in every way to make the arrangements as completo as possible. The men are also showing a great interest in the affair, and the musters will probably be the largest seen for some time pa9k. The visit of the Waikato Cavulry is adding a great amount of interest to the review, and the Volunteers here are not forgetting the kind and hearty manner in which they were treated last year at Hamilton. The cavalry are expected here on Saturday afternoon. On arriving, His Worship the Mayor will welcome them on behalf of the Volunteers and citizens. On Sunday morning there will be a general chnrch parade of all the Volunteers. On Monday the companies will muster at 9.30 a.m., and march out to \ araru, where the review will be held, returning some time during the afternoon. In the evening th<* offi ers of the Thames Volunteers will entertain Colonel Lyon and the officers of the Waikato Cavalry at dinner, and the non-commissioned offioers will entertain their brethren-in-arma from Waikato. A number of ladies will accompany the Waikato C*valry, so that it is probable during the visit a ball or dance will be held. — [Thames Herald Correspondent.]

Divine Service will be hold at St. Andrew's, Cambridge, to-morrow, in the morning at n o'clock, and in the evening at 7. On Easter Day the Holy Communion will be administered at the Ohaupo service at 3.30 p.m. Tub banks in Waikato will be closed to-nior-row, Saturday, and Monday uext, for the Easter holidays. Tun trustees ot the Mangapiko District notify that they purpose {.topping certain roads. Mr. Kennedy Hit L will ofter at auction, uext Saturday, certain allotments in Hamilton and elsewhere. The Justices of the Pcaro in the Jury District j of Hamillon are requested to meet at the Court House on the and proximo, to revise the jury list. A meetivg of the ratepayers of the Taotaoroa Highway District is convened for 10th April, at half-past } o'clock in the afternoon, at the National Hotel, Cambridge. To facilitate closing of accounts the publishers of the " Waikato Hand Hook" request that all subscriptions be forwarded to them forthwith. Tenders arc invited for workiu^ the WhataFerry for the term of one year ending jist March, 1881. Wr refer our readers to a notice from the Church of England Sunday Schools relative to their feast on Easter Monday. We are glad to see that adults are invited to join in the trip. Mi.s&rs F. -\. Whitaker and John Sheehan intimate that they have entered into partnership as solicitors. The business of the firm will be conducted in Duke-street, Cambridge, and Victoria-street, Hamilton, Waikato. A NOTiCh of dissolution of partnership between Messrs Whitaker and O'Neill, solicitors, appear in our advertising 1 columns. Mr Lewis O'Neill, it will be seen, will in future act as Manager for the business of Messrs Whitaker and Sheehan at Hamilton, of which he will have the full control. Wi. observe that Messrs Whitaker and Sheehan are appointed agents for Waikato for the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company.

A Sunday school boy was asked by the superintendent if his father was a Christian. — ' Yes, sir', ho replied ' but he u not working at it much. ' The Glasgow Mail says a housemaid recently sought to recover her half year ,8 wages from her master in the Small Debt Court, on the ground that she had been unjustifiably dismissed because she would not consent to wear shoes instead of boots. The master contended that the*boots marked the carpets and waxcloth, and made a pattering noise. Sheriff Birnie sustained the defence, and held that the wearing of shoes was one of the reasonable things a housemaid would have to put up with. Philadelphia possesses the champiou WAdpgt young lady. Whim she h<tn«:.s OUt sbr'riptttfe 0?r £ho f;loth p « lim 1 ihe puts