Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVII, Issue 1473, 10 December 1881, Page 2

Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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SATURDAY, DUG: 10 t "188l.

At the present juactureuJveK^mpsfcl men, whatever their opinion* oa, the. general question of -politics, may beare unanimous in the vie\y taken of

the action of the Native Minister, and the conduct of affairs by the Government, any utterances of Mr Bryce must be particularly welcome. Tho electors of Waitotara have done him the honor to elect him as their representative without opposition, and some idea of the estimation in which he is held on the coast may be gathered from the remarks of his seconder, Mr Bridge, who said :—": — " Mr Brycb's native policy was tho most prominent matter before them, and he was sure that any district would be proud to be represented by a member of the Government like Mr Bryce. If native affairs in the past had been managed with such firmness, discretion, and judgment as Mr Bryce had displayed, Maori troubles would not be such a factor in New Zealand politics as they unfortunately were. The sugar and blanket policy had caused the natives to look upon the settlers with contempt until very i recently. As representative for this district, Mr JbiiYCE entirely enjoyed the confidence of the \ electorate, and had there been any poll, he would have found that the confidence of the electors which he had always enjoyed was still reposed in him." Mr Bryce's reply, after his election, is characterised by that manliness and modesty which is habitual to him, but it is also of value for the assurances which it affords that the native difficulty is broken at last. Much remains to be done yet, and the new Parliament will have to address itself in earnest to the task of adjusting the many matters of detail which will arise in regard to the claims of the expelled natives for consideration, and there can be little doubt that the Government will be found anxious to mete out the strictest justice to the Maoris. The first great step having been taken the road will be clear of many of the difficulties which before obstructed it. Referring to the native question, Mr Bryce said; — "The position of the case on the Wesi Coast was this : — For a number of years past there had been a growing confederation, hostile to settlement in the larger sense — • hostile to the actual settlement of land, to the supremacy of the Queen, and to law and order in the district. There had been a constant danger to the country that hostilities might at any time break out, and this state of things became more and more intolerable. It was likely enough that in this district there were people who thought the Government had stooped to weakness in their long attempts to come to an arrangement with Te Whiti, but it must be conceded that the Government had exhaused every means to come to an understanding with that chief — and without success. He would not say that the Government had gone too far in so negotiating, but it would be admitted that they had gone as far as they could. They felt, however, that they were obeying the behest of the whole colony, when they determined to put an end to that state of thinos, and if the work could not be said to be completely done, the neck of the difficulty was broken. He was only carrying out the uniform policy of the Government when he said he had no inclination to talk about it. The waichword of Government had always been " work and not talk," and he was not inclined to boast about their policy. He did not court public praise or invite public biame, though he no doubt would receive both."

It will be seen by the returns published in another column that the following have been returned for the Auckland constituencies : — Auckland East, Sir George Grey ; Auckland West, Mr Dargaville ; Auckland North, Mr Peacock ; Parnell, Mr Moss 5 Eden, Mr Tole; Manukau, Sir GK M. O'Rorke; Wai tern *ta, Mr Hurst.

The Licensing Court for the district of Kirikiriroa will be held on the 17th inst.

A correspondent wires us from Lyttelfcon on Thursday :—": — " Mr H. P. Lance shipped to-day by the Arawa^a, the race-horsp-* Poeb and Envy filly for Auckland. The latter isentered for the Oup."

Tenders have now been called for the erection of a handsome building for the Colonial B*nk at Cambridge.

The three new shops at present in ooui'mg of erection in Duke-utreet for Mr Clements are approaching completion, and when finished they promise to adorn the part of the town in which they are situate.

About half-a-dozen noisy Maoris had a somewhat fruitless Nqabble in Daks atreeton Thursday QTeuintrlsst, apparently over a horse Having demonntrated their affection for each other in the usual way, which though pregnant with muoh talk and ezitement was wholly void of any- ! thing more serious, they were induced to separate before the officers of the law, were made cognizant of their whereabouts. „

The Hautapu and Cambridge Cricket Clubs will play a match to-day on the ground of the latter. Wiokett will be pitched -at 1 o'clock, when both' teams should be on the ground. The Cambridge team will be selected ■ from Messrs Cooper, Mackintosh, Douglat, Speed, Sheath, Shaw, Uare, Longbottom, Hitchman, Moore, Stuart, and Weatby.^ ■'■

The ladies interested in the forthcoming Anglican bazaar, which ii advertised elsewhere in our column*, are requested to meet in 8. Andrew's schoolroom, Cambridge, on ;next Thursday afternoon, at 3 o clock, to make arrangements (1) for conducting a rofreahmeat stall at the ba?a»r, and (2) for completing iome unfiriiiheH falain and fahey!w6rlc.''i l

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Titokowaru's tribtf.are (says the Patea Mail) trying to procure bail for liberating the chief from pnol, whore he must remain twelve months for using threatening language to settlers, unless bail be procured. 'flu bail was fixed at £250 for each*"bf' -'two 'sureties. Old Manaia and others .have been "trying to induce two Wttlers to offer the bail, but tire settlers / are not willing. As a young lady named Miss Boukuskie was riding ddwn Duke-street, Cimbridtre on Thursday U-*t on her w*y to Ohaupo, the horse' upon which she was riding shied at something in the road, and commenced "rearing, throwing the rider on tho roadway. With the exception of a slight injury to her knee, the young lady wns not much hurt, and the horse having been caught shewas able to proceed on her journey. As Mr E. B. Waiker's stockman was leading home a bull from Mr Buckland's sale at Cambridge, on Tuesday laat, and which he had tied behind a dray, the animal after crossing the Karapiro Bridge stumbled on the side of the bank and rolled down info the flat within a few feet of the river. Having hurt its back, the bull was unable to move, and was not relieved from its unfortunate position until the following day. It is however, not expected to recover. A cricket match between the English Eleven and twenty-two was concluded at Paramatta on Thursday, and resulted in a victory for the local team by five wickets. The Englishmen in their second innings only succeeded in putting together 65 runs. The Twenty-two went in, requiring 49 to win. They obtained the required number with the loss of sixteen wickets, and thus won the match by five wickets. The ground was rather lumpy, and the bowling of the Paramatta men was dead on the wicket. The children belonging to the Anglican Sunday-schools at Cambridge East and West and at Ohaupo will celebrate their annual fete on Mouday, the 2nd January next. Last year there was a certain amount of amalgamation with the schools belonging to other Christian bodies, the same day and place being agreed upon for the meeting. A similar arrangement has been suggested this year, but at present it appears unlikely that it can be carried out. In any case each school will as before make all their arrangements independently, including the collection of its own funds. Professor Tamburini, the celebiatcd Italian necromancer, appeared iv tlie Cambridge Public Hall on Wednesday and Thursday evenings last, and we regret to say was not favored with as lar^e an audience as the nature of the performance deserved. The entertainment of Wednesday night consisted of many good tricks of legerdemain and sleight-of-hand. Every item was well received, and the professor was loudly applauded at the accomplishment of each trick. On Thursday night the audience being somewhat larger, consisting principally of Maoris, a few new tricks were introduced, particularly the bird-cage trick, and the professor enlightened his audience by explaining the transformamation of water into ink and claret. The performance was announced to conclude with a dance, but as there was not a sufficiency of partners this part of the programme was permitted to fall through. The application of electricity to the purposes of surgery is in these days no new thing ; but a machine lately invented by Dr. Bonwill of Philadelphia is of such a startling character, that it may well be styled a novelty. The surgical engine invented by him, and generously placed at the disposal of his fellowcreatures without the protection of a patent, is intended for amputations, and operations generally where the removal of bone is required. It consists of a set of drills and circular saws, which, by suitable gearing, are revolved at a very high velocity. By the use of this apparatus, operations are performed very rapidly, and in a far neater manner than by the unaided hand. Already giving satisfaction in the United States, the novel contrivance may be said to be on its trial in London, for the inventor has presented one of the engines to S. Bartholomew's Hospital. We shall probably soon hear what our surgeons think of it. An entertainment of a norel and very entertaining character came off in the Volunteer Hall, Te Awamutu, on Thursday evening, in aid of the school funds. The programme consisted of vocal and instrumental selections by such wellknown amateurs as the Misses Mandeno, Allen, and Wainwright and others, assisted by the Te Awamutu Band, but the piece dp resiitancc wad a burlesque entitled " Blue Beared," the characters in which were sustained by the Misses Ada Tristram, Jenny Carley, Annie and Carrie Devin, Kate Avenell, and Miriam and Rebecca Lewis, all pupils of the school. To say that the young ladies acted well would be to say too little, the performance was simply excellent, and reflected the highest credit not only upon the performers themselves but also upon Mr Benge, the estimable headmaster of the school, who has been indefatigable in his efforts to make the whole affair a success. A special word of praise is also due the costumes. The farce" of the "Irish Tutor," which concluded the entertainment, was also very well put on the stage. The different characters were sustained by Misses Devin and Lewis, Messrs Benge, Empson, Bell, and Capt. Oapel After the entertainment, the hall wan cleared for a dance, which was kept up for several hours, excellent music being supplied by Mr Sibley. Altogether, the entertainment was a thorough success. The "London Times" of October I«t speaks thus of the improvement which is taking place in British trade :—: — ' The quarterly revenue return issued last evening an increase of £1,100,000 for the quarter) appears very opportunely to assist Parliamentary orators who may be about to discuss the state of trade. We are happy to add that its teaching, as was the case with the return for the June quarter, is of a nature to confute the perpetual assumption made by advocates of reciprocity that the trade of the country is at the present moment depressed. As we have frequently pointed out of late, no assumption could be more utterly opposed to the facts. The foreign trade of the country is increasing rapidly ; the traffic returns of the leading railway* and the bankers' clearing-house return* afford equally unequivocal evidence from week to week of the development of the Home trade. On all sides we hear of movement and activity, of whioh the advance in the prioea of iron and other metal manufactures within the last few weeki, and of the wages in »everal, trades, ii a con* spioubus wgh I.''Now1 .' 'Now we have to add to< all the other evidence that of the progress of the revenue as it may;' be dearly seen in the quarterly . return before an. The u/Hual weekly returns of revenue, ( if these had '>aen studied, might hav^ given the • fair-trader*' ' a notion of what hat coming ; bat if they have failed to learn the lesson gradafcllj, they imas^ n<m .take it in the lump. > In any^oaasj ['the 'fair-traders' do, the country generally will be «xre to attend to the facto. fTlfe moreaaeof %I'Mvetttte^ -it* W welland i» one of the4ate*t evidence*, j^hat appktpf improTooMnc taring Mt .in.-,

The ordinary sitting of the- District Court, Hamilton, will be postponed from Monday next to the following Monday, the I9th'inst. Owing to the Eev. Father Lucks's unavoidable detention in Auckland, there w^U be no services in the Roman Catholic .Churches at Alexandra and Ohaupo fcomorrpw.

Thursday being the polling-day fo* the Maoii candidates, a large number of natives came into Cambridge for the purpose of recording their votes in favor of their candidate. The polling took place at the Court-house, about 70 voters exercising their franchise. Only one of the number, however, voted for Mangakahia, all the others plumping for the popular candidate Major Te Wheoro. In the evening the voters wound up their holiday with a quiet apree

Messrs E. Porter and Co. have for sale a Dcering binder and harvester. Tenders are invited for new premises for the Colonial Bank, Cambridge. Tenders are invited up to the 27th for the office of engineer to the Waikato County. ! The Mangapiko Highway Board give notice of intention to alter a. certain road in the district. Mr H. Fitzgerald, commission agent, Cambridge, is prepared to act as agent at the Okoroire land sale. Messrs A. S. Shenefc and J. Hodgson ha\e been elected members of the Raglan County Council for the riding of Harapepe without opposition. A soiree in connection with Hamilton East School will be held in LeQuesne's Hall on December i6th, when a programme of songs and recitations will be gone through. A Young Men's Christian Fellowship Meeting will bo held in the Town Board rooms, Cambridge, to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock, and every Sunday afterwards. All young men are invited. Mr Thomas Kirk, Returning Officer, notifiesth.it the official declaration of the result of the poll will be made at the Court-house, Hamilton, on Tuesday, the 13th instant, at 12 o'clock noon.