The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.
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xszuiMM/Ai', MTU HER o, 1882.
The prospectus of the Auckland Freezing Company (Limited), appears in our adveiti&ing columns to-day. Fiom tins intending shareholders will be able to glean the fullest information concerning the objects and intentions of the company. If the company succeeds in effecting all that it promises to do, and we have every reason for believing tli.it the calculations are based on solid ground, it will piove an important factor in the future progress and prosperity of this part of the colony.
Nothing of any importance has transpired at the Native Lands Court, Cambridge, since our last. The Court is still occupied in hearing succession claims.
Only one candidate, Mr Joseph Cochrane, was. nominated to i]ll the vacancy in the Hamilton Borough Council, caused by the retirement of Cr, Robson yesterday, and ho was accordingly declared duly elected.
We hasten to correct a printer's error in our issue of 3ul \mi, in rpforonce to the Te Awatnutu Cheese Ic.aotony. The price for the milk should havo boon 3id i(fc]jreepence halfpenny) instead of
Mr A. Bruce Sufctor, Eureka, has purchased from Mr A. llamsay, of Jiangiaohia, the well known pure shorthorn bull, Lord Stevenson (bred by Mr A. A. FantUanj), breeders of cattle in Waikato will be glat} £q know that this valuable animal is> thus tp l^e jrelq4u.ed in the district.
We learn that the Presbyterians of To Awanuitu contemplate holding a soil cc in aid of the church funds in fcUo Public Hall towards the end of the month, and from what we know of ontortivunnenta in that locality, we predict it will ha ft great success.
A Band of Hope Ijas been established in connection with fclje Hamilton Trinity Wesleyan Church Suiuiay-&«hoql. Theic arc .ibout foity members on the i oil, the ollicers being : president, Rev. •f. Dukes $ vj«e-nicsident, MrG. French ; secretary, Mr W. A, Gribhle; registrar, Mr N. K. Cox ; treasurer, Mr A, HaoU,
We regret to have to record the cjf/itli of Mr Edwin Stone, of Stone's F.iriti, W/J-ipa, fourth sou of Mr C. J. .Stone, of Auckland, which event took place on Sunday nighi, 7j]<* cause of death was Blight's disease of the kidneys, a coinnlqint from which the deceased had been suffering for some years. Mr Stone, who was Ql,ly g§ ycus of age, leaves a widow, (a daughter mC Mr F. Lark ins, Auckland), and two el»Hdm|.
To-night the programme of the Cambridge Mutual Improvement Society consists of two ess^yi* ; one on " Self Cultuiv," to be contributed by £,sut. Archer, R.N., and the other on (l Class Jjisfcincttons," to be contributed by Mr Dyer, These subjects should be very interesting, and we have no (foilbfc there will be a large attendance of members and visitors tlii& evening to hear them dij,cusso4,
The return football match 09. tweeu New South Wales and Auckland was played 011 ih« J)omam ground on Tuesday, and resulted aesjn in an easy victory fot 1 the liome team, by tinges goals and two tries fco o»e goal, or 18 points to 4. Tho play o» J/o^ «cles wa« remarkably good, the WaikftfcQ Mr Wood, being con»ii{cuou« ti»ro<*gJfo u s the »sLme, thoughhe was not in his usual, or his right position. In the second spell ha jw4 jtl>£, gQ9(I fortnue to kick a goal from the BcW.
*We have received from the Auckland ag6nt, Mr J. Ingram, the July number of Demorest's Monthly Magazine, the well-known, and universally popular American publication. The number before us is exceptionally good. The coloured frontispiece and the steel engrowings and wood-outs are executed in % tlie highest style of aut, while t!i^«letterpress is as usual" of excellence. Indeed, we know of no magazine which possesses equal attractions -with, JJiis,_ With the improvement in its appearance the price of the journal has been reduced to 15s per annum.
A service of song, entitled "The Fight of Faith," was given in the Trinity Wcsloyau Church, Hamilton, by the choir and friends assisting, on Tuesday night. There was only a moderate attendance, the inclement • weather, probably preventing many from attending. The narrative was read by the Rev. Mr Duke«, and the several items were well rendered by the choir, the different solos being very well sung by Miss Ticwheellar, Mesdames Dukes and Gleeson, and Mr Meachem. At the conclusion a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the choir and leader (Mr Meachem), and a wish was expressed that the service would be repeated.
A meeting of the building committee of the Tamahere Church was held at the Tamahere Hotel on Tuesday. Present : Archdeacon Willis, Messrs S. 8. Graham, Robertshaw, and Camp. The Archdeacon explained the terms offered by the General Trust Board relative to the loan of £150, also the amendment proposed to them by himself. It was resolved on the motion of Mr S. S. Graham that the proposed amendment beendorsed. Mr S. S. Graham uudertook to endeavour to get six names to submit to the board, and he was also deputed to act as chairman in the Archdeacon's absence. It was resolved that on the duplicate of the specifications being received the contract be signed by Mr Graham, as chairman, on behalf of the committee, and also by the conti actor. It was decided to call a meeting of the general committee for Tuesday, 17th hist., at 7.30 p.m., at the Tamahere Hotel.
A meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council was held on Tuesday night. Present : His Worship the Mayor, Crs. Peat, Yon Stunner, McDonald, Bradley, Jones and Gaudin. The offer of Mr Joseph Hinton to carry out the contract oi his late brother was accepted. A letter was read from Mr William C. Breakell, engineer for the Cook-street drainage, certifying that Mr J. Calderwood was entitled to 10s per day for each day lie was employed as inspector on the works. The letter wab referred back to Mr Breakell for particulars of the number of days Mr Calderwood was so employed. A report of the works committee on various small works in progress and completed, was received and adopted, and the council adjourned till this evening to allow of absent councillors being present to discuss the questions of drainage, and the dissolution of the borough.
At Tuesday's meeting of the Auckland Acclimatisation Society, the Secretary (Mr. Cheeseman) amionnced that the trout ova, which had been received from Otago, had been distributed as follows : — Waitakerei fish house, 6000; Paeroa, 3000 ; Raglan, 3000 ; Domain, 500 ; Waipu,soo.— Mr. Bull said that he had heard from Waipu that the result was satisfactory there.— The Secretary reported that the ova both at Waitakerei and the Domain had clone well, — Mr Hill said a misfortune had happened at Raglan. By the last mail he had a letter from Mr Wallis stating that he had taken ou t a large number dead, but that there were some more to hatch, It seemed that Mr Wallis had taken gravel from the sea beach and washed it, and no doubt this was the cause of the death of the fish. He (Mr Hill) had written to Mr Wallis icgarding this, and it was hoped that the remainder would be saved.
The quarterly meeting of the Hamilton wosieyan uircuit was Jield on Tuesday afternoeu, Oct. 2nd, in the Hamilton Trinity Wesleyan Church. The circuit minister, the Rev. J. Dukes, presided. There was rather a small attendance of office-bearers. A blight increase of members was reported, but the circuit stewards could not present a balancesheet as all the returns from other parts of the circuit were not sent in. An approximate estimate was made which showed a slight deficiency, and a meeting will be -held next week to make an effort to recjuge this, The Rev. T, Gr. Cavr, of Cambridge, was present at the meeting, he having come to propose a candidate for the Ministry, Mr B. Bothwell. The proposition was supported by the Rev. J. Dukes, and was unanimously carried. Mr B. Rothwell will present himself at the district meeting to be held in Auckland early next month. The Rev. J. Dukes received, a cordial invitation to remain another year. -After the meeting the members adjournod to tho schoolroom were an excellent spread awaited those who had been occupied at the quarterly meeting, and was greatly appreciated. A most hearty vote of thanks was accorded to the ladies who so kindly waited at the tables,-=(Gominunicated.)
The summonses nays now been issued in Mr b'antham's trespass prosecution. There are no less than sixtoen defendants, viz., Messrs J. S. Buckland, R. Kirkwood, E. Hewitt, W. K. Carter, J. Arnold, W. Moseley, J. Forrest, J. Allwill, H. E. Cotton, A. B. Stubbing, \Y. Moon, C. Hitchman, W. H. Turner, J. F. Edgar, J. Parker, and H. J. Paton. Thp plaintiff sues the defendants for having oi) the lotty day qf August last, with horses and dqgs, tjrqken anxj entprod eortain UmU Qf ins in the parish of Ifaufcapii, anc} (licl damage to the same, wherefore 1)0 Qfohx\n #15 Os (id, the auiounfc of damages alleged to have lieen done. This sum consists of damage to a plantation of trees, £13 Os Od • damage to thorn fences, £1 ; and damage to grass, £1. The case will be heard at the Ei^idefjt Magistrate's Court, Cambridge, to-inori'ow. iyfj; F. A. Whitaker has been retained by tlie piaintiff, q.nf| Mr Russel (Auckland) and Mr Hay for the defendants.
TJgfrvnthstanding all the reports that, have hqeit ourrqut respecting gold in the ranges of the. King country, very little has beon done in the way of pvospecting, owing to the jealousy of the natives. However, a half-caste, Mr James Thompson, who has considerable interest in the district, lately took up a well-known Thanjeg prospector (Mr Charles McLean), and the twos.pent some (Jays in the upper part of the \Vafp* Volley, ai}ij i" the Rangitoto Range, which towns y»e youthen) boundary of the valley. Specimens of coal wwo found near the river, in seams cropping out in various places. If this be so, or rather, if these indications lead to seams that can be wqrjfgd, and made to produce large quantities of co*}, Waipawill be the most fortunateagrieulturedistrififcin the colony, and may soon become the seat of manu.facturing industries. The Rangitoto R^uge has never hitherto been looked at for minerals— U)o quartz specinens hitherto procured having been qbtamed from Tuhua — a considerable disWIQQ away. However, we believe that Thompson and McLean were successful in obtaititng quartz specimens, and in washing excellent .prpfljecfcs in the creeks. The owners of all 'the land pver which T-Jjoinpjjon and McLean wpnt are wtfliijg that it shoui4 ))e onened an^ nre anxious to sec and deal with -the 'ifft^ye • Minuter a| tlie earliest opportunity. •~i£or(iial,
fnbe "ijWorth Otigo Tiroes" reports a disgbvery haifjbeen nfjaHfcb^*wen tiein %\jp OamaruNUstrictJjrluch mti the pr'csenf timolobkrris if it w&md 'iuffflut a " Borf&nza " on a' 'Small "spalo VK. the fortui>ate discoverer. While perambulating a certain part of the district ho found a munber of oyster shells lying in the clay and-driftrof |p-dri«Jtup'watcrcdTO&ife. The shells'had notlbe^n open|d b,y tli| action of the sea or^wMfciVßut" both VfiVfos Were .iJSUMiMcL^cJose^. together. . Xlio fimler brokeoneof theshellsopen, and dis-co \ercd what on a close scrutiny jjrpved! Jto be a pearl. A number were opened/ nnd, invariably with the same gratifyipg^.result as occured in the first instance. Two or three weeks ago a match-box hill of these treasures was brought to Oatnaru to a watchmaker and jeweller, who gave the finder a pretty good idea' of th'euT value. This led to the assertion on the part of the finder that he thought he could bring in enough to appreciably affect the price of pearls in the New Zealand market. Whether this can be done or not remains to be seen. The gentleman referred to however, keeps the information regarding the locality of the discovery to , himself.
The Thames correspondent of the Hern [tt Writing on Saturday says : — "Our local ironfounders, Messrs A. andG. Price, whose tender was accepted for supplying cylinders for the Waikato Railway bridge, completed their last casting yesterday, in the presence of a large number,of spectators. The time allowed by contract for the completion of the job was eight weeks, but before the necessary appliauces could be got ready three weeks of the time had passed, leaving only five weeks in which to make 60 castings, each weighing 29 cwt., making 20 cylinders 8 feet long, and giving a total length of 100 feet. As soon as everything was piepared, Messrs Pi ice Brotheis set to work with a will, and succeeded in turning out two castings eacli day, completing the job three days within the specified time. The first portions of the cylinders for the bridge came from England, but in consequence of the bed-rock of the river being found deeper than was at first anticipated, an additional supply was found necessary, hence the present contract. The edges of the English cylinders were, of course, neatly planned, but the Public Works Department, in calling for tenders did not make it imperative that the edges of the segments should be either turned or planned, no doubt thinking that there would be some difficulty in getting a machine to cope with such a huge piece of iron- work, but Messrs Price Brothers were equal to the occasion, and erected a frame-work and plane, which took the rough edges down as neatly as those of Home manufacture, and altogether have turned out the work in a manner which is creditable to the colonies, not to speak of a young town like the Thames. The contract, I believe, amounts to nearly £1400. A number of the castings arrived in Hamilton on Tuesday, and appear to be in every respect equal to those brought out from England.
The Land Corporation of Ireland, of which the object is to advance money to Irish landlords to enable them to maintain themselves against the Land League, and in certain cases to take over on lease and manage the properties and collect the rents, promises, it seems, to be a very considerable success. Of the £150,000 subscriptions proposed to be raised in the first instance, £146,000 is, it is stated, already subscribed. Lord Fitzwilliam has promised £3000 ; the Duke of Devonshire, £2000 ; the Duke of Abercovn, £1000; Lord Bith, £1500 ; Mr Kavanagli, £1500 ; Lord Londonderry, £1000 ; Lord Waterford, £2000 ; and numbers of others, sums varying from £100 to £500 each. The publicans of Melbourne, annoyed by recent efforts to lestraiu the number of publichouses made in the House by Mr James Munro, a well-known teetotaller, conceived the idea of punishing him by boycotting the notes of the new Federal Bank, of which he is Managing Director. In pursuance of this a number of placards — " Federal Bank notes not taken here, " — have been stuck up over the bars of most of the publics, and have led to several very amusing scenes— old topers suddenly discovering as they leave the bar that they have nothing but a Fedral Bank note in their pockets, others insisting that those notes are legal tender, and so on. The Chief Secretary has been asked in the Hou^e as to whether he will take any steps to suppress this new form of boycotting, and Mv Munro talks of an action at law. Alroady most of tho publichouses find that it does not pay to cut off their nose to spite their face, while the Federal Bank, which is (juite a new and previously little-hsard-of institution, has received a most effective advertisement.
A jjotice by the Cambridge poundkecpor appears in our advertising columns. Mr J. S. Bucklancl will soil at the residence of Mr James JJrown (on the Ohaupo road, about two miles from Hamilton), on Wednesday, the 11th of October mst., sheep and lambs, cows in milk, store cattle, draught stock and hack, waggon, diay, harness, implements, utensils, &c, &.c. Luncheon provided. Mi" J. how, photographer (late of Hamilton), 177, Quoen-itteot, Auckland, (opposito Mornn's), advertises pneo list for photographs takan by the latest methods. The notice is worthy of attention. Mr Allan William O'Neill, barrister and solicitor, has commenced the practice of his profession in Auckland, chambers, South British limldings, Queen-street. The pure-bred imported Clydesdale entire Sir Colin, the property ot Mr R. Lamb, Nfjaruaw.ihia, is advertised to travel the W.iikato distiict this season. His pedijjree will be found in advertisement. Mr .Sjqlqmon Hoinna is advertised to deljvcr a tempcrancn Jocturo at Hamilton, on lucsd-iy, the 10th, and ut Cambridge on W'cd^ nesd.iy, tho Hth inst. The imblic are invited to attend. Admission frcu. A pvotty villa tosidencc in Hamilton is to lot. Apply Mr Trowhcellar. Mr John Knox will sell at the Hamilton Auction Mart on Saturday, at 2 o'clock, furniture, sewing- machines, produce, &c, also drapery.
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