The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1275, 31 August 1880, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Equal and exact justice to all men, Of \vhate\or state of persuasion, religious or political. Here shall the Press the People's ritjht maintain Una wed by influence and unbribed by gain.

TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1880.

A leading article and Echoes from the CafC are unavoidably held over. it will be seen toy our last night's Wellington -telegrams that Parliament will to-day be prorogued.

His Grace Archbishop Steins, S.J., performed the ceremony of consecrating" the Kihikihi Church on Sunday. The Archbishop was assisted by the Rev. Father Walter Macdonald and the Rev. Father Golden Notwithstanding .the inclemency of the wdaiber. a large number were present. A full report of the proceedings will be found in auother column.

The Union Bank of Australia. Limited, through their directors have issued their forty-second annual report, presenting to the proprietors the first balance-sheet of the bank ginee ifcs incorporation, as a limited 1 ' liability company, The balance-sheet accompanying the re» port fihows a net amount of profit of £125,191 7» 4d available for division after amply providing for all bad and doubtful debts. Of this sum £120,000 will beabBorbed in paying a dividend and bonus of together equal to a rate of 16 per cent, per annum, a reault which musfc be highly satisfactory to the shareholders, and which, from the report, they have enjoyed for eleven previous half-years. The assets of fchq bank reach the very high, ftenreg of £11, 161,452 Is 3d, and the reseryefu»(llo £846,500. In speaking of the colonies the report shoves that advices e<?nfcinue safcjfjfactory, and that,

with g» bettM jn'iccaKgling fp^wooliHt uannf^rail JjJfcperialllfiffect dm

Messrs^ Hunt aM White wiJ finish their contract of the first section of the Thames line in about thrco weeks. The late showery weaiheFVfitQ fcgaiqpt doing much to earthwork} btit the rencing in of the line and the main ro.id to Hukunui will be soon completed, as the requisite material is now upon the ground arid • the sub-contractor (Mr Henry Thomas) has a number of men employed to push this part of the work forwaid.

Messrs. Livingstone and Booth completed their contract (No 2 section) on the- Whatawhata - Hamilton -road,- •on Saturday. The third , flection under Messrs B. and J. Coleman 181 8 contract will be furnished, if the weather is at all favorable, withiri the nionth of September. A considerable body of men arc employed upon tbi^ portion of fche.-rpad, some 22 in number) undey the dlrepfcion ;o£ ]\lr S. Coombes.

v Commend us to Auckland newspapers for Waikato news ! This is what Wyndham-streefc says: — " Mr Gorton,' of Cambridge, says his thoroughbred imported mare Katie has foaled a fine filly to Feve."

Captain Turner is being much retarded in the survey of the bridle track from Tauranga to the Waihou, across the range, by bad weather. He is falling down on this aide the range at a very easy gradient, and if able to continue it' a good line will be obtained.

The team to represent the Hamilton Contingent at the forthcoming 1 Waikato Cavalry Sweepstakes Match, to be held at Te Awamutu, on Saturday, 11th September, was chosen on Saturday last. The following are the names :— Lieuter>ant . Johnson, Sub -Lieutenant Hunt, Sergeant- ! Major Seddon, Sergeant Ridler, Troopers Young and Ellison.

There is much uneasiness in Cambridge in regard to the Cambridge railway. Tb.9 contradictory telegrams received from Sir George Grey and Mr Whyte are calculated to lead astray.

A large number of Town and suburban lots in different parts of the district will be offered for sale at the Lands Office on the 16th inst. Intending purchasers may save time and expenses, as on reference to our advertising columns they will see that Messrs Hammond and Byron specially undertake these commissions, and both members of the fhm are well-known throughout the district.

• The contractors on the Raglan and Waipa road, "the debateable ground " between Ngaruawahia and Whatawhata, have great cause for complaint. Their jobs are all but finished, and as yet they have been unable to get any payments on account of their work, although holding certificates from the Engineer. It must be due to the dispute as to which Board is legally elected that the Government are keeping back the £1200 grant. For the sake of the contractors and the business people who have been supplying them, it would be well to see the matter settled, so that innocent people should not be the greatest suffeiers as appears to be the case here.

"Atlas " in the iforMa&ya .-—There arc signs and rumours that the Prince of Wales will again require the services of H.M.B. Ser.apis. This time the visit will be paid to the Melbourne Exhibit'OD and to the Antipodes generally.

We regret to have to record the loss of a fine foal of Perfumes by Musket which died last week. Its leg was bro en at its birth and though it lived three days, mortification had set in and it succunbed. Mr. McGee has been exceptionally unfortunate of late ; it is not long since he Tost Pacific ; aira nc— w-rtt—^m»— «»© sympathy of sportsmen in Waikato.

It is contemplated to hold a grand review in Auckland on the Pnnue of "Wales Birthday, in conjunction with the Thames and Waikato Volunteers, and to ensure the success of the undertaking 1 circulars have been issued calling a parade of the whole of the Auckland Rifle Battalion to take info consideration the best means of carrying out the review. It i8 to be hoped that the Hamilton Light Infantry Corps will be able to take part, and every effort ought to be made by the officei-s to procure the long-looked for uniform, as it is pretty freely expressed by the men that if something is no 1 ; done soon the corps will fall through. Surely the Government might stretch a point and see that this ooi-pg, which has be?n in existence for more than 12 months, be provided with the necessary outfit.

It seemed impossible that a photographer could have hit upon any novelty, but Mr. Samuel Walker of 230 Regentstreet has accomplished the feat. His sitters do not come to him, but arc taken 'at home,' in their own house, which is an obvious saving of trouble and an advantage in many ways. The specimens which I have seen of Mr. Irving, Miss Ellen Terry, Mr. Robert Browning, &c, are very creditable, and have a good deal of the quality of engraving about them. — Atlas,

Here are two good stories of 'Irish di-tiess.' A landlord in the County Westmeath has a tenant who refused the other day to pay his rent, anounting annually to some £4<30, pleading inability to do so from the bad times. The landlord sent a courteous but firm letter to fay that ho must take steps to make him pay. A few d^ys after, the tenant appealed at the London residence of the landlord, and offered to give him ■C 12,000 for the fee simple of the farm ! A landlord in Ireland the other day had some fai bullocks for sale, and one of his tenants came, and bccanic the purchaser, and paid for the cattle down — ready money— in sovereigns I Tha landlord, ongoing out, &aw the tenant's, cart standing at the door, into which ho was getting to drive away, and remarked some large full sacks in the cart. ' What have you got there in the sacks ?' ' Sure yerhonner, it's the Relief male' (meal).

Mr Walters notifies tb.it bis thoroughbred hoise Hippocampus will stand in the district foi this season, A musical and littFiuy onterf-ainnicnt, in aid of the Trinity Presbyterian Church Sunday-school funds, takes place to-morrow evening in the Public Hall, Cambridge. Mr J. S. Buckland holds a large cattle sale at Cambridge next Tuesday. A poll for the return of three Councillor'; for the Hamilton Borough Council will be taken on Thursday, 9th September. Charles Kay, bricklayer, of Hamilton, has filod his schedule ; first meeting of his creditors will be held on Monday aext, Mr Isaac Coates has for sale farm Produce grown by himself. Mr Henry Chitty announces that Kent House will close from to-monow at noon till Monday. 'I he new Pure Cash System now being initiated by G. and C. will certainly pro\c a benefit to the pijblLc. Jt has been a great success in Sydney and Melbourne, and when strictly carried out the customer who buys *l ■%" establishment wheie the goods are marked low to en^re a rapid sale must be a great gainer. G. and C. sell tiioir drapLry millinary, and clothing at such prices for cash as gives the buyer tho advantages of a shareholder in a co-operative society, without the risk of being cdllod upon to bdaraportionofthc loss should the year's business prove "unsatisfactory. G.irlick and CranwdJ wtjl 41m to retain the confidence which the public have hitherto shown them, and arc determined to give the purp cash system a fair trial ; whether thoy gain or lose the ftrst year. Country buyers on remitting cash with OFder vi\\\ be supplied with goods at co-operative prices j Justine same as though they made a personal selection. Furnishing goods, such as carpets, fjoor cloths, bedsteads, bedding, and general house iurniturc, the Lngcst portion of wtuch is turned out at c>i»r own factory, \\}]] he marked at the )oncst rcnfuncrathG prices, iwul a discowni of five per rent. wiJJ be a))o\vcd to tlitjse who pay at tl,<s t) mv of pvre.h9.se, G. &C. )?ai^jt^ refused the <s««rs i^uc qf their stock during their htQ cash sale, the {yfGA^fit stock is sew anb c^eA^ly uoiJGHT. An inspoe'tioH it, incited.— Garlick And Cranwell, City Hall Furnishing- Arcgde, Queenstreet, Aiukland.