The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1621, 23 November 1882, Page 2

The Waikato Times AN D THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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THURSDAY, NOV. 23, 1882. a , , -

Home idea of the course which the Government intend to pursue in their future policy with the natives may be gathered from the fact that Judge JTcnton, with Mr Percy Smith, the Assistant-Surveyor General for the colony, has gone to Alexandra, to see the " King." Our Alexandra correspondent, in noting the arrival of these gentlemen, accompanied by Mr Edgecumbe, of I the Survey Department, states that J Tawhiao has gone to Kawhia, leaving Te Wheoro power of attorney to act on his behalf in all dealings with the Government. | What the exact nature of Mr Fenton's mission may be we have no means of knowing, but reasoning from the fact of Mr Bryce's repeated assurances that the natives wore in no way to be permitted to retard the progress of .'settlement, it may be inferred thatthe question of surveys will first ,b& .approached. It is difficult to foresee in what manner any overtures on tlnVsubject will be received by the natives ; Wahanui in this, regard appeal's to !«")e quite as determined asMtf Bryce, I ami it cannot be doubtedrthafcjlhe i had his way,,"surveying'and,'fcn^.selling and .. leasing of). 'land, would cease. The ; natives as a* rule,' however, are not of '.so conservative -ji turn of mind' as Wahanui, and' Bewi's action in applying ffor a Land 'Cours, at,, Kihikihi/ may,' be taken as a sign that the sections intend to agrees to I differ.,' 'ToWheoVoj'ifcdo'if^frihakiiidg^fe"

hoc meeiinffMsiiati^B^^ltb, see settlemenfc advancli^ Ana. his , appointment to tho pojjtfo^deputy for the u King" niay tft> regarded as a good otnen. Wo do not suspect that whatever comes, 1 ' 'any trouble is likely ariso , ' -which would necessitate the presence oi an armed force. Tho only tangible objection likely to be offered would be by Te Kooti and his outlawed confreres, who have the best of reasons for wishing to steer clear of European contact. But the Government by their Amnesty Act of last session have provided themselves with a means of disarming any opposition of this description : and no harm could possibly result from the bringing into operation the provisions of this measure. The crimes on account of which Te Kooti and others have so long remained perdu are widely different in their character from those for which Tuhi, Hiroki and Winiata have paid the last penalty, and no right thinking man's feelings would be outraged were the clemency of the Crown extended to the first named.

Owing to electrical disturbances in the atmosphere the telegraph wires, south were not in working order last night. Hence we have not received our u&ual budget of telegrams.

We learn that it is the intention of the native claimants to the Pukefcura ami Puahoe Blocks to proceed against Messrs Walker and Grice regarding the recent destruction of whares, &c.

Commander Edwin telegraphed to the Hamilton postmaster at 3.32 p.m. yesterday :— " Expect bad weather between south-east and east. Glass further fall, and innications of much rain after 12 hours."

The weather during the past few days lias been extremely hot, even to unpleasantness, with indications of thunder in the atmosphere. With the exception of the wheat crops, many of which, we are glad to say, are looking splendid, everything animate and inanimate would benefit by rain.

It is now almost definitely arranged to play thefa'rstcricketmatchof this season between Hamilton and Cambridge on the ground of the latter club on .St. Andrew's Day. The team representing the former club will be selected next Saturday after the afternoon practice.

We are pleased to hear that Mr Jackson Palmer, of Hamilton, has successfully passed the solicitors' general knowledge examination, which was held at the .Supreme (Joint, Auckland, in September last. Mr Palmer is articled to Mr F. A. Whitakcr, barrister and solicitor, Hamilton and Cambridge.

A telegram from Sydney states that the inquest on the bodies recovered from the Austral was concluded on Tuesday. The verdict ot the jury stated that the captain, mate, ciiief engineer, and ctupenter had committed a grave error in judgment in failing to take proper precautions for the safety of the vessel.

An accident which might have been attended with worse consequences, occurred to the Alexandra coach the other day. One of the seats was insecure, and wishing to pass another vehicle the driver put on too much steam, capsizing seat and passengers, the latter falling to the ground and with the seat on top. Luckily he escaped with a lew bruises, but such reckless driving should be discouraged. —(Occasional Correspondent.)

A Press Association telegram from Wellington on Tuesday states that: —The girl Annie Frecbody was surrendered to His Honor Mr Justice Richmond, in Chambers, this morning, by virtue of a wiit of Ikilh'ui, corpia, and afterwards handed over to the custody of her sister.—At a meeting of the Execative Council this morning, the case of Antonio Go&nell, recently found guilty and sentenced to death for murder near Normanby (Taranaki), was considered, and it was decided to commute the sentence to penal servitude for life.

The people of the South of France arc greatly impressed with the efficacy of the Kucalyptns Globulus, or blue gum tree, in fever and rheumatism, for which latter di&ease they wear branches laid over the affected part. "The manufacturers of Cannes," says a recent writer, use it largely in soaps and perfumes, and one prepaiation, a toilet vinegar, is the most exquisitely perfumed and' refreshing tiling of the kind I have e\ er met with. It seems a pity our chemists do not make more use of a tree which has many capabilities botii as a febrifuge and a healthy and refreshing perfume. The tiee grows luxuriantly all along the Riviera, and move paitioularly in the neighborhood of Cannes."'

About four o'clock on Tuesday evening last a crowd of natives and Muiopeans assembled in a paddock behind the constabulary barracks, at Cambridge, to witness a pugilistic contest between a half-caste and a pakeha Maori. It appears the combatants having had a few words in one of the local hotels, agreed to adjourn vith their seconds, to some peaceful retreat, where they could decide uninterruptedly who was best man. After a few compliments had been exchanged on either side, the donors being stimulated with such epithets as " Go it Pakeha !" and " Go it the other fellow !" victory was declared in favour of the pakeha. Much sympathy was expressed for the combatants, but no one interposed to separate them.

The hon. the Native Minister, accompanied by Mr T. W. Lewis, Undersecretary, and Mr Butler, Private Secretary, airived in Hamilton on Tuesday fiom Auckland. He was met at the junction by the Government waggon, and at once proceeded to Cambridge. Mr Bryce anived at Cambridge on Tuesday evening last and put up at the Duke of Cambridge Hotel. There were no public deputations, but several private interviews of no public importance. Mr Bryce, in company with Mr LeAvis, Under-Sccretary, drove out to the native settlement, Tawhare, Piako road, yesterday morning, returning a,gain in 1 the evening. He proceeds through to Rotorua to-day.

Mr J. E. Macdonald, Chief Judge ot the Native Lands Court, visited Cambridge on Tuesday, on business' connected with the Court. The same day he went to Kihikihi to see the chief Rewi, who returned to Cambridge with him. It is understood that Rewi intends putting a large block of land through the Lands Court, a sitting of which he is anxious to secure atlCihikibi. This is an; 'excellent sign. The action of Rewi, if followed,' as it is more than likely to be, by others of the natives, w,ill do more to settle the' long standing " difficulty " than any amount of diplomacy. Judge 1 Macdonald returned to Aitckland yesterday.' It will be seen'by our report; of 'the Native Lands Court yesterday that Rewi made an application for a Court;. The application was]adjoin;ned. 'i'

The Thames correspondent of the Herald writing on Tuesday^, says :—At a ■nieptihg' of; ''parties int'ereste'eVjii 'i\\e 'Ttiames'Va'lle^R'ailway to-nigh't 1 the at-: tides of association were read 1 dnd' Jrtp-(J rtp-( proved. , Mr Bitso was present and gavej a satisfactory e'xplan'atiori of his 1 ' relationship with the .capitalists in England,* and ' proffered his assistance to the directors in ( carrying ojxt^lipjpperations^pf^he company.; (He hearcUbo be}ie,ved4hei4in6 wp>ld ftJie^ai payableonerjand -^ouldj^bniniejid^itseji to hia principles. The following R^o^Frsteer;,(ch|.irj^a^}r 4f^es^sJ^shPl»w? l§^|"

■ —: q donald, and W. Browne. Mr RitsofvilP inspect the line to-morrow with anunper ot the directors. L I

The ''Morning/Adveijbiser*' speiking of thw Ardhbishdp of Canterbury in connection with his late severe illness. *ays : The full proportions ■of the work lie has done to maintain ,',uniotr in the Church 'and to extdnd 1 iffs finftu'enfce throughout the country are, as we lijive said, not yet perceptible, but even now it is hardly possible to over-estiminnte the sevvicos which the Archbishop has rendered to England and to the^Cliurch during the fourteen years of his primacy. Some idea of them may be formedJjy a comparison between the position in the nation of the Church **, in 1868 and its position in the nation now. We do not, of course, attribute to the Archbishop the honor which should Ibe attributed to the devoted priestd Mid generous laymen who have sought jnit the people in their hiding places md crowded the churches with them. But this noble movement would not liave prospered and maintained itself as it has done but for the tact, the judgment, tad the charity m ith which the Archbisjiop of Canterbury has guided the council of th(e Church. We trust Dr Tait maj be spared some years to continue the work he lias so well carried on, bnt if we, tmfortunately, must lose him, we hop* he will be succeeded by some man wlio is not only as devoted to the great Christian work as he is, but possesses the slime clear views and the same calm and cliaritable judgement.

The information contained in line following circular, received, from the Registrar of the School of Mines, BaHaarat, Victoria, may be usefhl to miiny in this district : — The council of the school invite the attention of steamusers throughout the colonies to the facilities now offered at this institution for obtaining an accurate and reliable teat for vacuum and steam pressuregauges. Instruments of the most approved construction, (mercurial column,) pronounced by competent engineers to be the only accurate and reliable test for these and similar appliances, have been obtained from makers to the Admirality, England, and placed in position within a tower (Jo feet in height, erected especially for their reception. The apparatus, capable of testing up to 3001b, or more if required, is now available for use_ of the public, on payment of the following fees, viz :—For testing one gauge, 7s 6d. For more than one, fis for each gauge tested. A certificate containing a record of the number, maker's name, and comparative readings with the meicurial column, will be issued with each gauge tested, and a corresponding register kept at the school for reference. If desired, a skilled workman will be employed to adjust and effect the necessary repairs, the charges for which will be additional to the fees for testing.

The famous sleeping girl of the Beaujon Hospital, avo learn from the English papers, has awoke at last, on the 73rd day after her long slumber began ; and the case has now pa&secl out of the hands of the mere purveyors of sensational paragraphs into those of the doctors. It appeals that the waiting on tltis occasion has not been sudden, but exceedingly slow, and that the use of the faculties as well as of the limbs has leturned by very gradual steps. The power of speech having been one of the latest to ieturn,it was necessary to communicate with the patient by means of signs, and it was only with much difficulty that the doctors could for a long time asceitain whether their conversation was heard by the sufferer. But as the sense of hearing lias from the first been pretty good, and as the others are by degrees returning, no doubt seems to be entertained that in a few days the usual health will be recovered. As for the causes of this malady— for a malady, no doubt, it has been— they are explained as hysteric in their character, and of a sort not by any means uncommon in the hospitals of France, where people seem to be moie hysterically inclined than in England. One of the most remarkable features in these long sleeps is the fact that they take from the sleeper all desk c for tood, for, during the whole time, however long, there is not only no opportunity for eating, but no sensible iujuiy to be tiaced to the want of food. The waste of tissue appears to be arrested for the time being ; and the sleeper, having no exercise, does not require to be fed, but dispenses with all nourishment just as dormice and other creatures that have a long winter sleep.

Mr Knutson, teacher of writing by a quick method in mv lessons, can be consulted at Mrs. Tidds boarding house, Hamilton.

Mr Knox will sell at the mart, Hamilton, on Saturday next, under bill of sale in the estate oi R. Harris, \ ahuble furniture, implements, di apery, &c, &c.

Mr James R. Wright, seed merchant, Te A^amutu, makes an announcement in another place in this issue.

An entertainment in aid of the funds of Christ's Church, Kihikilii, w ill be given in the Public Hall, on Friday, 20th December.

Tenders arc invited by the Auckland School Commissioners for the lease of education reserves in Hamilton East, town of Alexandra, and Kinkiriroa.'

Browne and Baxter, fashionable drossmake s, Taupiri, make an announcement in our ad\crtising columns, which is well worthy the attention of our readers.

Great changes are taking place in Ancleand, new business premises ot various kinds are rapidly improving the appearance of the cit> ; several firms .ire extending their premises, and the keen competitive spirit of the Old Country is now apparent amongst the city tradesmen ; the wholesale warehousemen, ironmongers, and banks, are extending their boundaries ; ;ind not the least important amongst the local industry establishments is the completion of a large concrete buildin? three storeys high, 7.'i tcct long, and fiO wide, erected in Lome-street ,as a cabinet factory for Messrs. Garlick and Cranwell, who have erected machinery with the latest improvements, enabling them to turn out their work economically and expeditiothsly. This firm are now giving up their drapery and clothing business in order to secure more space as show rooms for their furniture, and, to cftect a speedy clearance, have reduced to a very low piicc all their diapcry and clothing, winch will be sold (for cash only) for one month. This is a splendid opportunity for thrifty housewives not only to secure clothing but all kinds of Manchester and furnishing goods at rates that will pay to lay goods by till they are really wanted