The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XVIII, Issue 1493, 28 January 1882, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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SATURDAY, JAN. 28, 1882.

« The event to come oft 1 on Tuesday next on the Cambridge l-acecourse is without doubt, and naturally enough, absorbing a very large amount of public attention. For the first time in the history of the Waikato an English cricket team is coming here to try conclusions with the youth of our district, and the community seems willing to put aside all business considerations in order to witness what, under all skies, is essentially the English national game. We are pleased that it is so, as much, perhaps, because it is a recognition of one of the many links which bind us to the mother country, as because it discovers in the older members of the community a genuine sympathy with the- concerns of the rising generation. All over the district a spirit of the most undisguised heartiness lias been manifested in the endeavor to secure that the match shall be a success in a financial, no less than a sporting sense, and nothing could be more gratifyj ing to the members of the cricket association than the support which they have received from all, and indeed from most unexpected quarters. No sooner had it become known that the efforts of those who wished the match played upon Waikato ground had borne fruit, than offers of substantial assistance were at once forthcoming, and we are assured that, had it been necessary, the whole amount required to defray expenses could have been got in subscriptions. A. better, because a more comprehensive >plan Has, however, been devised, -'byy which the liabilities to be mourre'^can ;be , fujly* uiet,;#nd the promoters, will be ( "Able' to reflect witjh-prijie $(pon L tKeir,/ exertions. ,^ It;, is .anticipated, , that the attendance on the racecourse >

will far transcend anything ever witnessed before. The association have been at great pains to provide adequate means for enabling visitors to reach the ground, and we confidently hope, nay, we expect to see each portion of the district well represented. The. tradespeople in each of the principal centres of population have willingly fallen in with the suggestion to make the day a public holiday, so that no barrier is interposed against allowing all sections of the community to be present. Of the match itself, we need say no more than repeat Avhat has already been said, namely, that it will be an exhibition of good cricket. Perhaps it is to much to hope that our gallant representatives may carry away the honors, but that they will make a noble struggle we have little doubt.

The new premises foiCthe Colonial Bank, at Cambridge, are at present in course of erection.

Mr Baker, whose tender was accepted for the additions to the Cambridge Public Hall, has withdrawn, and tenders will consequently have to be again invited.

The Cambridge Brass Band have declined to play at the cricket match on Tuesday, owing to several of their leading players being absent in town.

The Gteelong Gold Cup, which was run for on Thursday, was won by Guinea; Wren, second ; Commotion, third. Time, 3min. 3(isecs.

The next sitting of the District Couifc at Hamilton, which was to have commenced on Tuesday next, has been adjourned till Monday, Oth of February, prox. j

The members of the team selected to play the Englishmen next Tuesday, are requested to meet for practice on Sydney Square, Hamilton, to-day at 2 p.m.

The weather during the last two days has greatly improved, and should it continue as at present for a week or so the fanners will be enabled to get their crops safely harvested, a state of things greatly to be desired.

Mr Booth, the contractor for improving the western approach to the Hamilton traffic bridge, commenced work yesterday. The improvements contemplate 1 will he considerable, and should secti iei c tliu approach for many years.

The Te Aroha correspondent of the Adierttscr (I'haines) writes: — When what is known as Butler's swamp road contract is finished we shall have through coach communication from Waikato to the Thames. The county authorities should see that this missing link is found; it has been too long wanting.

The late flood caused considerable da mage at Mercer. A correspondent informs us that nearly all the gardens in the settlement were inundated and the produce destroyed. Much injury was also done to the roads in the neighborI hood.

The cricket match All England v. Wellington concluded on Thursday, and resulted in a draw. The Englishmen made 222 in their innings. Wellington in the first innings scored 80, and in the second put together 54 for the loss of ten wickets.

The annual meeting of the members of the Cambridge Public Library is called for Monday evening next, at 8. o'clock. The object of the meeting will be to elect a new committee, and consider matters of finance connected with the institution.

It has been decided to call a public meeting to consider the matter of where the Cambridge railway station is to be sitxxated. No doubt the proceedings will be lively, as there is a great difference of opinion on the matter.

The children attending S. Peter's Church Simday-3chool, East and West Hamilton, will be entertained in the new Volunteer Htill, on Wednesday evening next at a tea meeting and entertainment of songs, recitations, magic lantern, exhibitions, &c. Tea will be in the tables at 5.30. and the public will be admitted at 7 o'clock.

Latest Auckland market quotations are as follow : — Flax, per ton, £19 to £20 10s; tow, do., £7 to £9 ; bonedust, Sydney, £6 to £8, according to quality ; Auckland, £7 to £8 10 a ; Peruvian guano, £17 to £18; Huon guano, small lots, £5 to £6, bags included ; boneflour, £8 to £9 10s.

We would remind the householders of Cambridge that the petition to be forwarded to the Governor, applying to have the town brought under the Town Districts Act, is lying at the Town Board office, awaiting their signatures. Those who are anxious to have the act brought into force should at once have their names attached to the petition.

A correspondent writing from Huntley says : — The teacher's residence a fine building containing five rooms and all necessary outbuildings, is almost completed, and will be a great boon to the teacher. The increase in the number of scholars attending the school has made an addition to the teaching staff necessary. Mr Ross, of Auckland, has been appointed assistant teacher, and entered on his duties on Wednesday last.

The street improvements which have lately been carried out at Cambridge, as well as the various works in course of progress, which are being effected by the board, impart to the town a very pleasing appearance, Brewerystreet, which up to a few weeks ago was anything but a safe thoroughfare, has been formed on a level with Victoriastreet and Duke-street. Alpha-street is in course of formation, and promises to be a very serviceable roadway. Greystreet and Queen-street East have also been formed. It is expected that Chapelstreet will come under the notice of the board next, as the construction of this street is very desirable.

Had the early settlers, when first located in Waikato, only planted a few fruit trees in their several holdings, and had these been pear trees similar to those at present to be seen in full bearing in Mr Samuel Teas's acre, Hamilton East, what a yearly income would now be enjoyed. The trees referred to, the Summer bon Cretin, are now about sixteen years' old, and although planted a good twenty feet apart, the brashes interlace (a hint to parties for future planting). Mr Teas states that these trees 1 ' bore a much larger crop last year, and, at a low estimate, they carry at least £10 at the present time, allowing this crop to realise threepence per pound; an acre in similar bearing would return over £300. -

Mr A. Clements is about to enter au action against, the Cambridge Town Board for . the • damage done ,to his property, the' -Masonic Hotel, ""by ,~ , the board lowering the path- in front. . The : building afrpresent jatands; abojat^twoj,\orv three feet froni the l<sw}\ ing of it will .cost- not less tnin -£200,^ withj thy^iaa^get%hi|lii|lihe\ Btnicture f is^ ceHam r '|oV I suBta|^xjtfirpti^ J i shifting. tl MesBrB^4%.; (H^Dfl%n)',^ s

Bright, valuators, were engaged on' Thursday last estimating the damage. Legal proceedings will be instituted immediately.

Mr Livingstone, contractor? met With a somewhat serious mishap yesterday. While near his camp at Waitoa, he was thrown from his horse, and sustained severe injuries to his right leg. He came into Hamilton in the evening, and is getting on well under the skilful care of Dr. Beale.

We are desired to intimate to the players selected to form the team to play against the English cricketers, that they are expected to appear on the ground on Tuesday in white costume, with Turkey red sash.

The members of the Hamilton Band, upon their return from the AllEngland Eleven cricket match on Tuesday next, will hold a select quadrille party in the Hamilton Public and Volunteer Hall. The dance, which will commence at half-past 8 o'clock, will be under the patronage of the cricketing teams, and in aid of the band fund. As the day will be observed as a public holiday, we hope to see the efforts of the band well patronised.

In the R.M. Court, Cambridge, yesterday, Thomas Hoy, charged with a breach of the Slaughter-house Act, was fiued £2 Ba. Clews v. Greenwood, defendant charged with assault with a riding whip. Mr Dyer for complainant and Mr Beale for defence. Offence admitted, under provocation. Fined 2s and costs, McCall v. Hamlin, assault by presenting a loaded gun. Case dismissed. A large list of civil cases was also disposed of.

Our Cambridge correspondent wired last uight : — Business people have agreed to observe Tuesday as a public holiday.— Members of the Armed Constabulary fired for the district prizes at the targeb grounds yesterday ( Thursday). The weather was in every respect favorable for the contest. The following is the result : — Foot portion : Thomas White, Ist prize ; Patrick Fitzpalrick, 2nd ; Win. Ricbdale, 3rd. Mounted portion : John Shanaghan, Ist; Edwin Carry, 2nd.

A meeting of the Pukekura Highway Board was held at the residence of Mr R. Fisher, on Wednesday, when there were present : — Messrs Lake (chairman), R. Fisher, J. Grice, W. Scott and E. Allen. It was resolved (1) to call for tenders for claying about 70 chains on the swamp road, near Rotorangi, Mr Grice to superintend the work ; (2) to invite tenders for clearing, ploughing and harrowing Pukekura redoubt road; (3) that Messrs Fisher and Allen be empowered to expend a sum not exceeding £25 in Cambridge West ; (4) that Mr Grice be authorised to get bridge at Howie's creek repaired as soon as possible ; (5) that Mr Allen be deputed to see to repairs to bank near Cambridge bridge. Accounts amounting to £58 15s 6d were passed for payment, and the Board adjourned till the 9th February.

Judging from the way in which our proposal re a recreation ground for j Cambridge has been taken up and approved of by many of the Cambridge I public, we would recommend the board to give it a little consideration at their next meeting. Cambridge has now arrived at that stage of maturity which makes a public recreation ground almost indispensable, and as the board is now in receipt of ample revenue, there is nothing to prevent them from proceeding with the work at once. We do not lose sight of the fact that at present, were the work we advocate entered upon, the necessary money would have to be raised by loan or overdraft, upon which a heavy interest would be charged ; but so that the work might be finished for next summed, a few pounds by way of interest •would not be lost. No funds will be at the disposal of the board until August next, when the winter season will have set in.

Much dissatisfaction has been expressed by the natives concerned in the Oxford murder case at the repeated adjournments of the R.M. Court, to their great inconvenience. The case has already been adjourned twice, through the magistrate being in some other part of the district. The case will again be called on on Monday next, when it will be further adjourned to the following Monday. The natives are at present engaged in getting in their crops, and by having to come to Cambridge for two or three days in the week they are not only inconvenienced, but are at a considerable loss. We hope some steps will be taken in accordance with the application of Messrs Beale and Dyer on Monday last, to have the natives informed that their presence will not be required on the coming Monday. Charles Hitchman, who gave evidence on behalf of Mikaere at the inquest, at Oxford, has been missing since his return from Auckland, and the police are consequently unable to serve him with a subpoena to attend the Court. Hitchman left Cambridge near a fortnight ago, and has not since been heard of.

The annual meeting of the members of the Anglican Church and congregation, at Cambridge, is advertised to be held on Tuesday evening next, in the Sunday-school-room. The business of the meeting will be to receive the report and accounts for the previous year, to fix the amount of the contribution to the minister's stipend, to appoint churchwardens, to fix the number of the vestry and elect vestrymen, to elect auditors, and to consider any questions of general interest affecting tbo parish which may be brought before it. We have been requested to say that the meeting will be opeu to all the members of the congregation, including the ladies, whose presence is earnestly desired. , The annual meeting of the Ohaupo Anglican Church ., will be held after service next Sunday.

Referring to the Rev Mr Brace's n«w undertaking, the Patea'JfirtZ says :—: — " He may succeed, but is more likely to fail, if common, experience goes for anythiDg. Clergymen are generally impracticable editors. It is one of the oddest things in life that any one can edit a newspaper better than the person who does eqit it. You find that opinion everywhere. When Charles Dickens started the Daily News in London, the expectation was great. He was then the most popular, most entertaining, and apparently most versatile writer of the age. He edited the new paper a few Weeks, and then confessed to his most intimate friends that it was a failure — that he could write a novel, or make a brilliant speech at a banquet, or govern a kingdom, but he could not edit a newspaper with success, He had the sense to give it up, and by doing so ' he saved hinuelf from being lost in that grave of genius— the newspaper press." - -

At the R.M. Court, Hamilton,, on Thursday, before Mr Northcroft, R.M., the first charge of obtaining money under false pretences, preferred^by E. against T. C. Hammond, was dismissed?; Mr Hay,ifor the.prosecution, madean|application under Sec. 3' of the Vexatious' Indictments jActilB7O,\=>tb (sends the; case ,granted»i/iA?" second „charge-iof .obtain-* MaaigaDMWay^^iWnghtiyaad

Dickenson was heard, from which it appeared that there had been disputes as to accounts between the parties; that Hammond had told Manigan not to pay the money to Wayte; that after a long lapse of time Hammond's solicitors had demanded the money on his behalf, and that after a further lapse Madigan had paid the money on receiving an indemnity from Hammond, who stated that he intended to make it a test case. The informant (Wayte) deposed that at the time the debt was incurred, the business formerly carried on by Hammond was his property, he having acquired it under a bill of sale and power of attorney. The evidence, as in the previous case, traversed the whole of the business transactions between the parties. After the prosecution closed the case was adjourned till this morning.

The s.s. Rotorua, having the English cdcketers on board, left Wellington at 5.30 o'clock last evening, and may be expected to arrive in Auckland about mid-day on Monday. Two delegates from the Waikato Cricket Association proceed to Auckland to-day, and will act as guides to the visitors, who will reach Hamilton by special train on Monday night. On Tuesday morning they will be conveyed to the racecourse in a coach and four, generously placed at the disSosal of the association by Mr W. K. arfcer, of Cambridge. The arrangements in connection with the pitch have been placed in able hands, Mr Forrest, the well-known landscape gardener, having been engaged for the last day or two at the work. A good fielding ground has also been prepared around the pitch, which, aa already stated, will be in the grand stand paddock. To-day Messrs Cotton and Co. will sell at their rooms, Cambridge, the gate and booth privileges, and, as there is little doubt of the gathering being one of the largest ever seen in the district, they should command keen competition. In another column it will be seen by the price paid for the privileges in Auckland how popular the exhibition is in that place, and we have no reason for supposing that it will be less popular in Waikato ; indeed, from its rarity, it might be infeiTed that the interest felt here in such a contest will be greater. Advertisements in another column give all the desired information regarding the steamer and train arrangements, and we have only to add a sincere wish for fine weather,

The Education Board invite tenders for additions to the teacher's house at Paterangi. I The Pukekura Highway Board invite tenders for certain works. - The Cambridge Highway Board invite tenders for a culvert at kwen's Hill. Messrs W. J. Hunter & Co. will hold | their Ohaupo sheep fair on Thnrsday next, when 200 large framed crossbred wethers from Napier will be offerrcd. A grand vocal and instrumental concert will be held at the Ohaupo school-room on Friday next, to conclude with a dance. The Waikato Turf Club's racecourse privileges arc advertised to be sold on Saturday, February nth. i Acceptances and general entries for the Wdikato Turf Club's summer meeting will be received on Friday, February 10th. Mr K. McDonald notifies the postponement of the opening of his new premises to Wednesday, February ist. Mr J. >S. Buckland will sell, at the Cambridge Yards, on Tuesday, Feb. 7th, prime fat cattle, stores, dairy cows, sheep, hoises, &c. The Thames Valley-Rotorua Railway Company offer a premium of £500 to anyone who can point out a shorter route between Okoroiri and Rotorua as compared with that via Kokoko. Certain conditions are attached. 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 who buyb at an establishment where the goods are marked low to ensure a rapid sale must be a treat gainer. G. and C. sell their drapery, millinery, and clothing at such prices for cash as gives the buyer the advantages of a shareholder in a co-operative society, without the risk of being called upon to bear a portion of the loss should the j car's business prove unsatisfactory. Garlick and C ran well will aim to retain the confidence which the public have hitherto shown them, and are determined to give the pure cash system a fair trial ; whether they gain or lose the first year Country buyers on remitting cash with order will be supplied with goods at co-operatve prices ; just the same as though they made a personal selection. Furnishing goods, such as carpets, floor cloths, bedsteads, beading and general house furniture, the largest portion of which is turned out at our own factory, willbe marked at the lowest remunerative prices, and a discount of five pet cent, will be allowed to those who pay ;it the time of purchase. G. and C. having realised the entire value of their stock duiing their late cash sale, the present stock is new and cheaply bought.— An inspection invited.— Garlick and Cranwell, City Hall Furnishing Arcade Queen ttrcct, Auckland.