Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1349, 22 February 1881, Page 2

Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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TUESDAY, FEB. 22, 1881. «. Reflections, in no measured terms, have been thi'own upon the Government in connection with the expenditure at present going on in Caranaki. The implication is, that it is done at the instigation of the Hon. the Colonial Treasurer, who happens to hail from that part of the colony. For some time past the amount disbursed in that direction has of necessity been heavy. In common with the general policy of retrenchment, however, important savings are being effected. The number of Armed Constabulary has been reduced by 230 men. The expenditure upon them has fallen from £9000 in May to £0000 in i\ovember. For the nine months ended December, £69,000 had been spent on the Constabulary, and the rate of that expenditure may be put down at about £75,000 per annum. Then there is the expenditure out of loan upon roads and bridges. Last session the amount voted for this purpose t:> Patea and Taranaki was £45,816. Up to the end of the year, only £16,541 of that money had been expended, and about £6000 of the sum appropriated to the district for roads to open up lands before sale ; so that, altogether, the expenditure upon roads, &c, for the year may be put down at about £30,000. "Now," writes a contemporary, "had it been true that the native policy of the Government was framed with the sole object of spending money, does it not appear -.omewhat inconsistent on their part to cut that expenditure down in all lirections ? Men so devoid of principle as they have been represented to be would have spent all they jould lay their hands upon. Instead )f that, they have been economising in all directions, and the Minister in charge of the department has actually resigned through sheer despair of speedily bringing the expenditure to i close."

At the R.M. Court, Te Awamutu, he i uaine^s vag of au uuiinpoi't<u!t 1 iture.

Mr Oooinbes has completed his ■ ntwioton the Cambridge- otorua road, ti\t theie ate btill aboub 100 men employed ou other parts.

A large number of Maoris have congregated at Tokanui to hold a tangi nver a ntother of the well-known native, Mokana, who died on Friday last.

Messrs W- J. Hunter & Go., wishes v*« t<* 'innounce that in future t.hey will hold tlieir usual horse sale at Cambridge on the first Mtturday in each month.

A special meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council was called for \n»t mght to consider the question of painting the hridu-e. but the matter was further deferred nntil Friday.

The Swamp road betwaen Cambridge and Te Awamutu is on the whole in pretty fair order, though attention should be paid to certain parts before any wet weather sets in.

The vestry of S. Andrew's Church, Cambridge, ai - e getting up a gift auction in aid ot the building fund of the new church, the concrete foundations of which have been begun.

The Assessment Courts for the District of Kirikiriroa and Tamahere will be held to-day, before H. W. Northcroffc, Esq., Judge. The former will be held at the residence of Mr F. A. Whi taker, at 10 a.m., and the latter at the residence of Mr C. 0. Wood. . .

The Native Lands Court at Cambridge, was occupied at its sitting 1 yesterday adjudicating upon succession and subdivision cases, no other business having been gone into.

The funeral of Mr Kerr, a member of the Armed » onetabujbry, who died at Cambridge, took place yesterday afternoon. The cortege, headed by a firing party of the A.C. Force, also comprised members of the Or inge Lodge, of which order deceased was c, respected .member.

The members Qf the Royal Commission, Messrs, Brookfield and Kemp, sat at the Te Awamutii Courfc-h^use yesterday roovainsr for the purpose of takinsr the evidence of Rewi, but as that chief had gone to Hikurangi, the 'Coarfc4iad •to be adjoin ned. - ' '

, An accident happened on Friday lp.-t to the eHe-t^onof^Mr Thoroa* JpUy, ■ JYanktdn. He was riding a horie ovejr a tenoe, when the Sfaimal' tripped throwing' hie rijder ou his face, the concussion kqoeking oyt B§yer^,l of tho lads front teeth, , , ' it%

At itie KM. Court Alexandra, on -before H. W". Noithorott, Esq., R.M., acaw of as'-ualt, Jocelyn v Q»ra>nnB,j?ay, wat haard. Ihe evidence was of a sompwh.it conflictinuf nature and His YVoiship clismis-ed the case.

The Waikato County Council have .given the necessary authority to the Cam-, 1 bridge Highway Board to erect a poutfcl, on the gravel reserve at Tamahere, on the. property of the Messrs Graham. Mr Goodman lias been appointed poundkeeper.

We beg to inform those who have experimented In the g'lowth of sugar beet and who are purposing sending samples down to Mr Pond for an ilybi- 1 , that the ne< ess try priutcd forms can be had ori; application to this office.

Great progress is being made with the hObCl in course of erection tor Mi B. ' Montague at the new township of Windsor, ut Okoroiri, midway between Cambridge and the Lakes. The hotel when completed will be a very fine building, and , will besides be n source of comfort aud convenience to traveller* and tourists.

Messrs Maunder 1 Brothers finished the last ot the Wi%ihou biidgeb on the Rotorua road on Thursday last. This is over the Waimalcarhi river. It is 141 feet long, and has proved a most expensive job, the timber having to be carted 30 railea over a wretchedly bad road. Eight horses were kept in constant em- , loyment for four months, hauling timber i for the Messrs Maunders* constiviots.

A Pigeon Match came off on Saturday aiteruooii in Mr James' p.iddock, tt Frankton for a sweep of a£. There were only four competitors who wtre allowed six birds each. The following iro the score*; — Mr X Kill, 2, 2, 2, 0, 2, I— total 10 ; Mr W. M. Hay, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 2— total 6 ; Mr F. G<tudin, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, o— total 0; Mr Cu^-sen, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0--total 0. Mr K. Hill was thus the vrinuer.

A cottage at Frankton, occupied by a man named Burke, was burned clown on Sunday morning. Burke went away in the morning to church, and on returning at dinner tune found his cottage reduced to a heap of ashes. It is supposed that the chimney, which Avas of slabs, first caught fire, some embers having been left burning in the fireplace.

The settling up in connection with the Waikato Turf Club's Summer Meeting came off on Saturdaj 1 - morning at j Gwynne's Hotel. It will be seen by the following that the stakes were pretty well divided. Mr M. Gallagher received £33 ; Mr J. Lennard, t240 ; Mr J. Hunt, £128; Mr D. White, £35; Mr J. Gallagher, £50 ; Mr W. S. Rutherford, £5 ; vi rJ. Horsfall, £50 ; Mr G. Wilkinson, £15.

In view of the large sum of money winch has this year been deducted from the subsidies to local bodies, in the case of the Waikato County, nearly two-thirds of the whole amount, for hospitals and charitable aid, the Council are about to make application to the Government to make application to the Government to have the various hospital reserves in the County temporarily vested in that body, as some compensation for the drain now made upon their resources. The idea is a good one, and we trust the Council will secure the co-operation of other bodies in vai ious pat fes of the colony to assist in pressing what seems to us a very reasonable demand.

The annual ball, under the auspices of the Waikato I'urf Club, was held at the Oddfellows' Hall, Hamilton East, last night. The hall was prettily decorated with evergreens and banners, and the music, under the direction of M. Calon, was excellent. The refreshments were provided by Mr Black. Although the attendance was only moderate, all piesent seemed to enjoy themselves thoroughly.

Mr R. Kirkwood, Cambridge, in the course of a tew week*, will h.ivo at the disposal of commercials -md the travelling public au adjunct to hit hotfl, enjoying fho quiet aud comfort of a private re»idcncp. The building contains 14 roomx, vow in course of erection on the opposite 4de of Duke-street to the hotel, and some way back off the btreefc will conbi-<t of dining-room 34 x 15, private sittingrooms, bath-rooms Sec.

A special meeting of the Hamilton Dom mi oird was held at the Council Chambers last night, when there were piei-ent Messrs Xi ox chairman), Vmlou, Peat, Tippiu, Pi ice, joues, and McG-an igle The following tenders were openedforrlia'n m ikm.? rind road forming : G. Vowle-s, 20s per ohain ; Goodwin. Hi lid per chaiu (both informal) ; H. Tanner (lump sum), £57 268 83; Henderson and King (lump mm), £48 3s 61. The totter ten let* was accepted. his was the only business of importance.

We have had the pleasure of inspecting ac Mr McLernon'seitribli-hmenfc, amilt«»n, a very choice and handsome rissortment of silver jewellery, jusfc received from England, comprising brooches, lockets, and ear-rings of the latest fashionable design, square and heavy bracelets, studs, &c. We were also shown several exquisite gem engagement lings, and some very handsome gold and silver watches, which latter Mr McLernon makes a speciality. Mr McLernon has to arrive a number of pianos by the best makers, which may be expected in about a month, and will be on sale for cash or on the deferred payment system.

An impromptu concert is to "be held at Cambridge on Thursday next on behalf of the building fund of the new Anglican Church. Several friends making a temporary sojourn there, have kindly volunteered their assistance and though the time is short.there is every reason to believe the concert will be an exceptionally good one.

The list of medical practitioners who are regiatered under the provisions of "The Medical Practitioners Act, 1869," apuears in the gazette. The list numbers 353 names, but of the persons enumerated 48 are mentioned as having left the Colony. The list is only approximately correct in defining the places of residence of these medical men, and in such respect needy revision. ■ ■ >

Our Cambridge correspondent "writes : — "An. agreeable change has taken place in the weather. Yesterday (Sunday) afternoon it became dull and lowering— a sure precursoi'y of rain. A smi^rt shower came on, which lasted only a few minutes in the first instance. Later in the evening the rain again set in, and about bed-time it rained heavily for a time. To some of our dusky sheltered under canvas, the circumstance was rather in-, opportune ; still they do not appear to have Suffered material damage from the exposure— otherwise, nothing could have been more opportune. The town was in *■ imminent danger of being surfeited with dust-storms, and wells and water-tanks were getting very low. ' The rain supply, although not great, has had the effect of allaying the one and, to some small extent, replenishing the other. In cooling an over-heated atmosphere, . it has lj ewise been attended With beneficial eftebts. Our only hope is that there is yet more of the rain^to- follow, .and.vbhat it will, 'come soon." ,\- (> Q r< ■* : i Y

The disgraceful scene ; recently enacted, at luvercarjjiU is. alluded to by -the Canterbury Fress an* follows :— *' It is" on the whnlft, unquestionably .aioHt vr black^aardly bv\Mn«i}it JtKiit l ,SaB,jy'eCi»p-"' ouredjin Ne'w'ZvaWa VoliHa 11 TheW ( ii l ]i\x>Ta.\)MJipMmsJo rejleeniitfrd^ll moqfl^i toay o! lowuess, The occaUoa' of ;tU$-l

Mui>tersgy|ait to; lu'vprcargrll called < for no di^)lay"W;fcclii)^ of an^kind. -l?hey' weienot simnwng'the cd|intry >y;ith a view to excitiote-tiib popuiafe-inmd in, any' dirccfcion. TiiiiV can -carcoiy bu B<iitl to have hpen travelling' on politioal bu&iness at all."

Perhaps^ ;t?rit;es r tJie '/Australasian" tlie joke or this cooked pptabo is mote obvious to us iteie where we are beyond all appiehenvions connected with the subject, but it does seem very ludicrous" to observo the amount of tioublc and ingenuity that has I een spent in r New Zealand to interpret the reply "given by Te Whiti, the Maori prophet, to Captain Knolly.H, tlia Governor's iiide-de-camp, who was recently sent to him with a friendly message from his Excellency. Tfi Wbiti, likQ Other prophets f makes veryfree use of alluhions and metaphor, so that h.in announcements have an ultra-oracular character. But on this occasion hii obscui ity aud mybtery became more profound or unmeaning thau ever. All the reply that he would return to the Qovernor was "The potato isoooked." As 'all that Te Whiti says is ci edited with a great deal of meaning lurking at the bottom of what occa-ionally appears incoherence nnd absurdity, it w.is generally considered that this reply had some special signififfoance ; but what was the question, ble journalist 1 ? have emulated each other in puttiug elaborate and expansive interpretations It is, nn d<mbt, a great misfortune that it should matter to anybody what a mad Maori means when he utters a piec« of symbolic nonsense. But it is a question whether a £ood deal too much is made of this old humbug. There is reason to believe that the teaching of events is leading his own people to suspect the imposture which dictates tho-^e Hpeechea of figuiative absiudity which contain predictions which are constantly being refuted. It oeitainly would aid this wholesome process if the natives saw that his tumid and me mindless utterances were treated with the indifference and contempt which they merit.

The statistics published respecting the Civil Service examinations lit Id. in December show that, out of 87 junior candidates, 36 passed and 51 failed. With regard to those who failed, it appear* that the most general cause of the disaster was their deficient knowledge in History. Sucking Civil servants apparently refuse to grapple with dates or to entertain general views on events to be numbered with the past. Of the senior candidates, 13 passed and 23 failed. As has been the case for several years, Nelson carries off the honours, 7 out of the 13 nenior candidates, and 12 out of the 36 junior, being Nelson boys. A contemporary writes : We have before remarked this is not attributable to the larger mental qualifications ot the Nelson boys at large, but biinply to the fact that the Civil Service is not in favour with parents I and where other openings exist for their j children they are not anxious to enier them for the Civil Service Stakes. Indeed, judging from the way in which these examinations have of late run, our Civil Service of the future will be composed almost entirely of Nelson men. It is generally believed th.it suc^i are eminently adapted for the ' ' Government stroke. " If the Inks in Nelson do indeed, as stated, lean against the posts when they tang, the place is evidently a charming 1 niirseiy for our various departments. An easy-tromg tempei ament, and as total an indifference as possible to lO per cent, reductions, may be expected from mdi,- , viduals brought up in Sleepy Hollow.

The periodical canards, re Sir Geo. Grey, one of */liii;h 1-, ju^t now on the tapis, is dealt with by a §outhf>rn contemperary as follows : — "The state of Sir Georsre Grey s health becomes peiiodicjlly a Mibject for numerous paragraphs and telegrams, and that injured leg of his takes its annual walk round as regu?arly as possible. The public interest having thus been excited m hia movements, the inevitable political tour it announced, and we are informed specifically of what his " trump card " is to be next session. Even the most confidential cominunic-itions between Sir George Grey and the Govermr, during a private visit of friendship, are njt respected, but are published as unrehervediy as the news of a testimonial being presented to the '.toker of a ferry boat, or any other oidinary copic of conversation in the publio-hon->es. The next day they are telegraphed all over the colony, and are afterwards commented on in the newspapers as fieely as if they were quite proper subjects for criticism."

A correspondent writing to the Daily Tunes na.y-> th.it a "iraple preventive of the ravageß of linnets, and sparrows "is to sow the portions of a paddock nearest the fences, say about a chain, with bearded or horned wheat. The spikes act as fixed bayonets, and not a bird, of the smaller kinds at any rate, will venture to touch them, and, a« you/ agricultural readeis are aware, it is around the edges where the mischief is done, I had no idea until yesterday, that bearded wheat was grown in the colony, or I would have m.ide the suggestion earlier ; but a gentleman with whom I was travelling, informs mo that he is this year growing it, and so it is no doubt easily to be procured. By adopting this plan," by keeping the fences properly trimmed, and attending to the eaves of the buildings, these birds may be prevented from becoming a nuisance, and perform in diminished numbers those functions which Nature assigns to them — keeping in check the insect tribes, which in many of the unhappy Western States of America play such irremediable havoc " The total loss of sheep in the United Kingdom by fluke this last spring is put down at 2,889,000, and the deficiency in the lamb crop and of lambs at 2,400,000.

Mr J. S. Buokland's next Cambridge Cattle Sale will be held on Tuesday next. Mr L. La Trobe is appointed Registrar of Dogs for the Wairoa and Raglan Road Districts. Messrs H. E. Cotton and Co., Cambridge, intend starting a Waifcato Rcgister,for both buyer and seller on or about the ist of March. ■ A concert will be will in the Public Hall, Cambridge, on Thursday next, in aid of the fund of the new Anglican Church. J. Sperrey, Esq., Commissioner of Property Assessment Act, notifies that the first instalment' of the property-tax for the year commencing ist April, 188b, will be payable on the Btta March. ' ' "" Mr W. H. Kelly, late contractor for the Hamilton tramway, announces that he has started an agency for carrying goods from the station. All debts due to Mr J. X.' Pierce', Alexandra, must be paid forthwith 1 to Mr N. T. Maunder. ' . The new pure cash system now being initiated by G. and C. will certainly prove •a benefit to % the public. It has been a great 'success* ( in Sydney and Melbourne, and when '•strictly 'carried 'out the customer wio buys at an establishment where the foods are marked low to ensure a rapid sale must . c a great gainer. G. and C. sell their drapery millinary, and clothing at such prices for cash aY , gives the buyer "the advantages of a shareholder Mn a co-operative society, without the risk of being called upon to bear a portiQn of the loss should the year's j business prove unsatisfactory. Garlick and Cranwall wUI aim to, retain, the confiden.ee , which the public have'hithertd shown them, and ' are determined to give the pure cash system a fair 9 . trial ; whether they gain or Iqse the first year. Country buyers on'remitting cash With: ofdef will _be supplied cwith. goods at co-operative prices ; < just^the sambas though they made a personal se-, lection, .!' J?urnishing goods, "such as carpets," floor cloths, Bedsteads, .be'ddteg I,'aii'd1 ,' aii'd 'general house furniture, 'tk& lirg«»t .portion of which is ' turned ont a^jiWmu&P'? 11 ?' will bemArk^d at : l thojowest remuneranye pnees, and'a discount ot five pei* c(snt,jwill M allbtfed fo tßie'^ho pay af . the time of»purcb£ie. -'O^ «t XDihavini? reiilWedK ' ffie entire, value^of^heirjftpck' during! thelt;lato> fcash sale, ij nbw 4 ajjd SFRASW' bought. An inspection \a invited, — Garlick and" vCxiUSWßi£J;;GityHallFUrni4hingAr(!:adfe r Qu>cn. i; | itreet, Auckland. <■>*>.» 'S. U \a\