WHATAWHATA.

Waikato Times, Volume XV, Issue 1311, 23 November 1880, Page 2

WHATAWHATA.

A mketix<j was hold on Wednesday evening ;it Kellow's Hotel, at which most of the settlers were present. Mr Bailey occupied the chair. Mr Day laid the result of his visit to Auckland before the meeting, and it appeared that there a^ as every chance of his winning the appeal case." He also stated what the cost would be if the case was lo.st. The following persons were thereupon appointed a committee to raise the nece&sary funds :—: — Messrs Corboy, Foxall, Crawford and Ba'ley. Mr Dawson propooed, and MiDay seconded a resolution "that another offer, accompanied by a demand for the books be made to the other side, to settle the matter if possible." This was carried. Mr Corboy then brought forward a resolution, which embodied a petition to Parliament, praying that an enquiry be made into the delay about the -£1200 grant, and also to liud out why so many petitions, resolutions, etc., in lefcrence u> this matter have been left unaiihwerad. At this point a ve.y wavrn discussion arose as to who should present the petition to the House, Mr Corboy and others arguing that if the Government h-ivc lighted v->, it i> not through them or their supporters that we shallot redress; Messrs Shepherd and Daw.son, on the other hand, contending th it any repi\e&eut<itinns made tn Parliament should bo made throuirh our proper lepre-jentative. It was ultimately settled by an amendment promwd by Mr Shepherd and seconded by Mr Day, th.tt a deputation of the Ways and Me ins Committee wait upon Mr Whi taker and request an explanation. With this amendment the resolution was carried. A further rcolution was uuimmou-*ly carried conrlemuinir the action of the Hamilton police in h aiding Jover the B>ard books to Mr Barton, after the Majrit.ti.ito had said in open Court that they .shonM not be given up, and beiore fie legal standing of either Board has been finally settled. Mr Maunders at this sfcaire addressed the meeting, blaming Mr Corboy and the members of the old Board for letting contracts without having the means te pay for them. Thi^ novel attack might have puzzled some people to answer, but Mr Corboy was equal to the occasion, papers, manuscripts, extracts, etc., being immediately produced to prove that the old Board were justified in going on with the works. — [Own Correspondent.]

The beauties of nature are made the object of contemplative study in Cheyenne, in the Far West. Two men recently put up five dollars each on a wager that one could hold a wasp in his hand longer than the other. The man who rubbed chloroform on his hand expected to win, but the other happened to know that male wasps don't sting, and got one of that sex. They sat and smiled at each other, while the crowd wondered, until the chloroform had evaporated, and then the fellow who used it, suddenly howled and let go his wasp . The other man got the money. Thoughtful Sentences. — He who finds pleasure in vice and pain in virtue is a novice both in the one and the other. The truths that we least wish to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know. The wise man does not speak of all he does, but he does nothing that cannot be spoken of. We inus 4 -. do quickly what there is no hurry fo I',1 ', to be able to do slowly what demands haste. What a pleasure it ia to give ! There would be no rich people if they were capable of feelinor this. Virtue does not srive talents, but it supplies their place. Talents neither give virtue nor supply the place of it. Whoever makes a great fuss about doing good does very little ; he who wishes to be seen and noticed when he his d.oipSf gQod wi^ not do it long ; he who thinks only of avoiding faults and roprouchea will never acquire virtues.