Seve "al letters are crowded out.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1247, 26 June 1880, Page 2

Seve "al letters are crowded out.

Our fellow-townsmen in Hamilton will be glad to learn that Mr Gauclin returned by the late train last evening, after an absence of nine months in the old country. Mr Gaudin was met at the Railway Station by numerous friends, who cordially welcomed him back to Hamilton.

There was a fair muster at the parade of the Hamilton Rifle Corps last evening, no doubt owing to the capitation money being payable. There are 48 efficient and 28 non-efficient on the roll. Probably next year there will be a much larger number entitled to claim capitation.

There was every appearance of a storm brewing yesterday as soon as the Land Court was opened, and it did not take long to find vent. A rush was made for the Constabulary, who luckily were mustered in strong force and soon suppressed the most rebellious, but not before two or three of the A.O.s disappeared over the seats The Court was closed at once.

We desire to draw the attention of the Borough Council to the necessity for spending a few pounds od the pathway leading from the cutting near the Commercial Hotel to the School. A few loads of gravel would be the means of conferring a great boon on the schoolchildren, not to speak of others who use this road.

Year after year, portions of the foreshore of the river near Mr Calder"wood'e, on the south side of the Bridge, are washed away by the current, which sweeps round this point with considerable force, and the question of deviling some means for lessening the amount of the mischief thus done ought to be • eriously considered. A few willows planted at intervals would at once put a stop to the evil, and considering that to do this would!

only entail the cost of planting, which would be but. a very few shillings, it is a real pity that it is not dove.

Mrs James Gall, ..of Ngaruawahia, who, we undei>titnd, has been ailing for some time, was suddenly taken much wor-e on Thursday night. Yesterday Dr S indes wa-? telegraphed for.

The kerbing of the footpath has commenced in Victoria stieet, Cambridge, on the Bank of New Zetland ><ide, and no time should bo lost in doing the .same on the east side, whore the traffic id ten times as much and is consequently requiivd more. The recent r.sins have wa&hod the gravel and sand down the cutting 1 opposite the National Motel, choking the pipes, and the rain now pours its own wild course over the road, leaving from the bottom of the cutting to McCaan's shop a perfect quagmire.

The first of the two bridges on the Hamilton end of the HamiltonNg.uuawahia road, to the bad state of which we have frequently drawn attention, md for the reconstruction of which tenders were accepted the other d*y, is being put up. The temporary bridge lies to the river hide of the road. We would recommend travellers to keep iv tho centre of this temporary erection, as the planks are merely laid across and not bolted, and consequently might otherwise cant up. The timber for Hall's bridge ia also on the ground, we are glad to notice. We trust no time will be lost by the contractor, as Hall's bridge is particularly dangerous.

Large quantities of gum are being daily brought into Ngaruuwuhia by the natives, but is slow of sale. There are a good many natives still working on the east side of the Waikato, about two miles from Ngaruawahia.

J. Farrel, Esq., Secretary of the Te Awamutu Railway Celebration Committee has leqrested us to publish the following telegram received by him from the General Manager Railway Department :—: — ToJ. Farrell, Esq., Kihikihi.—On Julyist a spcci.il train leaves Auckland at 7*15 _ a.m., and reaches Te Awamutu at i'2s p.m. Single fares from .ill stations to Te Awamutu a\ailable until ne\t day for return. Ko free riding. The special returns at 5 p.m. (Signed) A. Y. Macdon \ld.

The Maori King, his three sons, and their Prime Minister, have been staying at Kopua, close to Raglan, for some days and returned to Kawhia yesterday. No political significance is attaohed to the visit, which it is stated was made in connection with the erection of a new flour mill at Kawhia.

The dwelling-house of Mr washer, •a settler, residing on the Ngartutwahia road at Pukete, w.is burned on Thursday ni'^ht. The fall particulars are not to hand.

The settlers in North Kirikiriroa district have applied to the Bo.ird of Education for a school for their district, and have subscribed £40 towards the cost of a suitable building 1 . Tiio Bo^-rd have agreed to open a school, and arranged for a site of two acres on the main road about half a mile from Mullions' Gully. Plans and specifications have been prepared for a school-house aud teacher's residence, and tenders will shortly bo invited. It is intended that there will be about sixty children on the books, with an average attendance of say forty. # Mr Thomas has been the prime m^ver in the matter, and to his exertions the settlers owe the establishment of the school.

Hare Teimana (Harry Symmons), the successful Maori pieader at the Land Court, was married on Tuesday to Pare Whakaororangi, of the Thames. The wedding was celebrated on Wednesday afternoon by the bridegroom giving a large dinner to his European and Maori friends ; between 30 and 40 sat down. The dinner, provided by host Raynes, of the National Hotel, might be described at great length by enumerating the numorous dishes, the variety of costly wines, luscious fruits and profusion of all kinds of season delicacies, surmounted by potshot' flowers, and surrounded by pakeha and Maori, presented a case of those" Monte Chiisto " scenes so vividly described by Dumas, that one almost forgot that he was of this earth till awakened from his reverie by the clatter of knife and fork. After the usual loyal toasts Mr Sheehau, who presided, gave the toast of the bride and bridegroom, which was responded to with ringing cheers from all sides of the room. The bridegroom expressed his gratitude for the very kind and handsome manner in which his own and his wife's health had been drunk, and said it gave him very great pleasure to see the pakeha and Maori sitting at one table and in one bond of friendship, and trusted the same good feeling might long exist between the two races. Arakatera occupied the vico-shnir. Messrs Howard, Russell, E. B. Walker, Williams, Bice, and Major Hay were guests.

The "No Confidence" debate drags its wpary length along, costing the country hundreds of pounds daily, utterly useless for any practical purposes and unworthy of the Colony.

The front area to the school touchers house at Taupiri has been increased to four acres.

Mr John Charles Davis of Cambridge ia gazetted a Licensed Native Interpreter.

Teneri Katokato,a Maori woman, was apprehended on Thursday afternoon for stealing a child's dress from the shop of Mr McVeagh's Cambridg. Constable Brennan had great difficulty in talciagthe woman into custody, from the interfcrance of a lot of natives. She was subsequently lodged in "durance vile," but aftanvards i*emanded until next Court day, bail being accepted herself in £20, and two sureties at £10 each.

P. Doran's Variety Troupe performed at the Public Hall, Cambridge, on Wednesday and Thursday, but not to such houses as the performance merits. Clog dances, Roman-rings, the trapeze, and other acrobatic fetes, each and all very cleverly executed. If a Ittle better inducement offers itself the troupe may stay till Monday.

We are glad to learn that arrangements are being made with Mr Culpan to take charge of the Hamilton Light Infanantry Volunteer Band. A letter has been received from him, which was read at the conclusion of the practice, on Thurday night, at the Odfellows' Hall, and from its tone we may expect to see that gentleman here in about six weeks. Notwithstanding- the drawbacks the band have had to contend with there is but one opinion among the members, and that is that they intend getting the best instriu tor in the district, who will, no doubt, do his utmost to bring the Hamilton band to the front.

The leases of the allotments which have been laid out on the Church Mission Property at Te Awamutu are being rapidly acquired, and no time ought to be lost by those diairous of obtaining good business sites in making application to the agent of the trustees Mr. Walton. The fact of the Mission having at length sub-divided this land and offering it on lease on comparatively long terms is calculated to materially advance the commercial property of the already thriving township. The growth of Te Awamutu has been seriously retarded through there being no ground available for business sites. It is calculated that the property will eventually return a revenue of several hundred pounds per annum, and it is to be i*egretted that this money instead of being an endowment to the local church, or even the Anglican body of New Zealand, will be taken out of the country for the support of foreign missions.

A correspondent in a letter published in this issue bring* to light a truly disgraceful state of things. It appears that some hoodlums, for the joke is too wantonly cruel to he prepetratfd by larrikins, have taken it into their heads that it is a very fine thing indeed to go down on to the bridge after midnight and rouse the toll-collector, who uuder the impression that his services were m requestion, came outside only to find lh.it his tormentors had decamped. MiDaley is already very much over-worked, being as he is constantly called out of bed at all hours of the night to attend to bona fide travellers, and the trick played upon him is therefore of a peculiarly agravating nature. We cannot find words to express the disgust with which we regard such an exhibition of "advanced lamkinism, the authors which would, we imagine, would only be amenable to a horse-whip.

A special meeting of the Cambridge Farmers' Club is called for this afternoon, at 3 o'clock, for the purpose of taking 1 into consideration the quo«tion of holding a ploughing match under the auspices of tho Club this season. We hope to see a full attendance of members. List year thb match fell thiou»h •simply through want of support, by th<> members, and unless a little more interest be taken an the matter, an institution of a most valuable nature will be lost again this season. We need not point to the members of the Club, how do*dr<iblo a pljughing nvitch is in many ways ; they are all fully aware of it, but we may ask them to come forward and afford something more thau a mere passive aquiescence if they de&ire to see such an object attained.

We regret to chronicle a most melancholy occurrence which happened in the Waipa River on Tuesday List. A maori named George who for some time past has been Avorking in the steamer trading betwpen Ngaruawahia and Alexandra, in descending- from a tree clipped and was staked, the stump eiiteiing at thejjabctomen and reaching almost to the shoulder. It took two hours to extract him from his awful position, and lie w.i-s taken by his Maori friends to Rii^Liu. We have been unable to ascertain whether the poor m.m still lives, but fear it is extremely doubtful.

0\ reference to our ad\crtiiing colnmns it will be seen that a special train will run between Auckland and To Awamutu. for which retuin tickets nil be issued .it single f.ires. Ihis ti.itn willle.i\o Auckland .it 7.1s a. m , and rciich fc Awamutu at 1.15 pm. Ihe tickets issued tot this ti.un will be available for next da}-'s return journey. A music \l and Hi-erau cntcitaintnent, 111 aid ol the liiudi tor the nnpuneniont ot the intetior o' the Te V warn u tu Public Hall, is announced for Ihuiod.i) oveninij, Ist \mo\uiio. Rohlrt I 1I 1 ' 1 rc.l'&son, Kscj., Chairman of UlO r.iot.ioioa Highway Di^trn t, notifies tint the annual meeting of ratepajeis will be held at the National Hotel, Cambridge, at 2 p.m. on 17th proximo ; also, that the tiustccs ot that Hii^'iw.ij Distnct purpose making- .1 rate of 7d in the £ for } ear ending 31st ilarch, 1881. Mi ssrs "\VIIII VKi-R and Siileh '.v aie authorised to collect all accounts owing to the estate of Robert Harris, of Hamilton. Tin. annual celebration of the 12th Julvwill take pi ice at Cambiidg-e. The R.e\. Hen; v liull will preach a sermon in tho Public iLill in the morning, and there will be a soiree in the esening.