The Waikato times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. SATURDAY DEC. 9, 1882.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1628, 9 December 1882, Page 2

The Waikato times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

SA TURD AY DEC . 9, 1882.

Equal and exact justice to. ilj men, >,; ; ' , Ot wluitiobvcr'it.itc or persuasion, religious or political. Here shall the Press the People's right maintain,, Un/iwed by influence ;indunuribed by gain.

The dual system of local self-gorern-ment by county councils and road boards lias never been a very popular,,qn^ jii this^ part of , the v colcmy at any rate, and from time to time demonstrations hostile to the counties, have been ma^lo by, the ratepayers. The old road boards have become established, as most venerable institutionsdowhen there is any good in them, in the' affections of the p«oplo, while the new comers t have scarcely managed to obtain a foothold. ,: The dislike of tho latter has naturally become more pronounced since the subsidies ceased, and from being regarded in the light of toler r able distributing bodies, county councils are.) how considered to be merely astdass excrcaccnscs, not serviceable even as ornaments. But the most obstinate unbelievers t in the county system as it is at' present worked will not contend tlut the road boards are capable of providing the whole machinery of local government. ' Jt is' admitted on all hands that some bigger power, exercising jurisdiction over a 1 wider area of country than a road board could efficiently overlook, is necessary, but it has long been a matter in dispute how this superior authority should be constituted. The new Boad Boards Act of last session, which supersedes the army of acts and ordinances, general and provincial, dealing with this subject, confines the operations of the boards to district roads, leaving main roads (which we take to be synonymous with "county "roads, though there is some slight confusion upon this point) to be constructed and maintained by the county councils. It will thus be seen that under this new measure the- antagonism between the boards and the councils is likely to be intensified. In the South Island it has long been the practice to separate the duties of the two, and though we are not prepared to say that the greatest harmony always existed, it is certain that the counties enjoyed an equal share of public esteem with the road districts. In that portion of the colony the councils have, with scarcely an exception, levied rates, so that the division of authority was more natural than it ever has been with us. Here, however, there appears to exist a decided objection to the county' councils creating a revenue in this way, for what > reason we are somewhat at a loss to conceive. If it be necessary that county councils in some form or other should exist (whlbh it may be assumed, is generally admitted) then it is equally necessary that these bodies should be provided with money, and in what manner could funds be raised better-than by levying a rate 1 Relieved of the burden of the main roads in .future, the road board rate need not he nearly so hi£n as heretofore, so that after all the total amount of both district and county rates would, not probably exceed the present amount of the former. Regarding the possibility of any conflict arising between the council and boards, we will quote what, seems to be .the most valuable clause in the Counties Act Amendment, 1882, viz, clause, 37, which reads as follows :— -" In any County which is wholly dividedihto road districts and town districts, or wholly into road districts, the Council of such Cjpuntyj, may , P^ 8 . a specjal order; upon petition, 'to'.', the effect that the Chairmen of jtjhe Road Boards and Town Boards; fcne districts of which are situated within. such County, ; shall'be ,QqiJ^llpis !<>f the County ;then and jnsuchcase the membersof the Council in office at the time of such, special order coming intOi , force, shall cease, tp, .hold office; and thereafter, notwithstanding the provisions of the said Act '-"(Counties* Act- 187#)iW to elections, number of and ' ridings}' runtilh sitehi special order W revolted', 1 iliO' Chairmen for the time being, of „,*&<&' .'l?? d Boards, ojfliJTpjrjft |W{iWffl,'^ Councillors of the said County, and if their number be six or more, shall form the Council* tof the County," Whew >he, number fpf to make up the ; xequu^&^uyftp/^ but W^So'ad* 'Boards tAcfc , oo crs every i^ffite^*tyso^* of foboards, (i. /WJse^pr^yisioij/^^Q^

adoption of the machinery here re^ fprrod on the pnjraof the Counties °* 1 ftn d»Vnikato would suros will bring most people round to our way of thinking.

I Pressure 0/ outadvertising spse it necessitates osr Holding oje^ '^Kujfoe^ From the Cafe,' 1 ami a large amount of other mutter. Tke Right Rev. Bishop Cowie will preach at Ohuupo and Cambridge [(West ,to-Ingtov inqmiing.aiujfiSfteriipon,] ' riopoeti Aty) There" Wiirbfej n< fconfirinjii tiou service at S. Andrew's, Cambridge, in J y,enmg^ < hp ! ,BishopAv4ll ! yi^it ( Ta#aov roa and Matamata on Monday, and Rich* « mpnd on W^dnesdjiy.r r » • yy v r< 1 some time past a, resident of Auckland, lias boon appointed' District Judge and Resident Magistrate, vice Mr J. E. Macdonald, recehtly^aptfojiited Chief Judge of the, l^at{^BfSrarf«|^urt. A me^ilalf^Mt.at Mr; Ellis's hoifae, Taotaoroa, 'on Monday ,ne^tJ| to jbakejihe n.ecessar.y steps- towards establishing a school. The meeting <w|U i be held immediately^ ajtysr^the service held by Bishop Cowie, which commences at 2 p.m. Mr $tilner, Stephen, whpfhas Obtained so much fame on of his extraordinary gifts of healing, ,is at present on a, visit ,to ttys colony. He will make" a short stay in Auckland on his return from Napier, jvliither he has gone to visit a relative. . , . ..! ft,,,,f t, ,, , The Cambridge and Alexandra cricket match will be played to-day on the ground of the former club. The Cambridge team will in all probability be Messrs Cotton (captain), ' Moore, Stubbiiig (2), Douglas, < Longbottom, Bnller, Garland, Peck, Sharp, and Pearson. , , An- entertainment will be given by the children of tlie Hamilton West School on Monday, the 18th inst.. .it the Public Hall, in aid of the school library. As the establishment of a school library has been spoken of for some timu.past, we hope all who, are i interested ]in the mover ment will patronise the .coming, entertainment... , . ". „ . ■ , t , ( - It will be seen from the i programme of the Oxtordi races, which appears in, eo'umn, that all who have made up their minds to spend Boxing D,ay at Oxford/willl] tyi^e a igood days racing. For a country meeting tlie prizes arevqry fajiyflnd, should ,other circumstances be , favom able they should draw big fields. , . , < The splendid business premises erected by Mossra .Lewis and Simpsdn', near the National Hotel, Cambridge,' and which form one of tli« fflajt uupoji&k buildings in that important centre *i ot trade, will be opened 'to-day' with a large and .varied show of goods, imported direct. The premises 1 , winch will well repay inspection, we shall notice •at greater length in an caily issue. "We ate pleased to learn that Mr Tom Wallnutt, whocmet with an accident near Humilton in July' last, and who has since been in ttfei ndVpitil, underwent a successful operation f n few days ago. The operation cqnsisted of the removal of a piecu of deceased* bone from 'the injured limb. It is now expected that the unfortunate young man^wilL rapidly recover from the 'effects 6f his' accident. The observations of the transit of Menus throughout the, world, are reported to have been, generally , speaking, most successful. In Auckland the conditions were extremely favourable, aijd the American party, under Mr Edwin Smith, were enabled to do good service. The results will not be • known for some time, but it is satisfactory to know that the only opportunity left to this or the next few generations of profiting by the knowledge afforded by the trans' t has not been lost. We are glad to learn that the case the case of typhoid fever , referred to in last issue as having appeared in Hamiltona turns out to be an attack of tlysentry.' The cause iwhich led to the more Harmless complaint, namely , T bad water, may at any r inoment produce the other, and the sooner some means are adopted with a ' vi'ewV to seething the bettor drainage of the borough, the better it will be for all concerned. * The patient presumed to be down With the fever was Mr Davy, Mr John Knoxs storeman. ■ ' ' ' ; i; '* The ceremony of laying the foundation block of the Tamahere Church was performed yesterday afternoon by the Right Rev. the Bishop of Auckland, l.»r. Cowie, assisted" by the Yen. Archdeacon Willis, th«s Rev. H. S. Davis, and the Rev R. O'C. Biggs, incumbent 'of S. Peter's, Hamilton. Theip were about 100 persons picsent, 1 and tlie ' ceremony ' was ' a 'most pleasing one. The offertory amounted to nearly '.£l(l. In the evening there 1 wAs a soiree and concert ' in iho Huutapu Church, and a most enjoyable evening was spen^. An extended^ report pf f ,tl^c day's proceedings is In tjfp'e/'bu'fc is 1 Mlavoidably crowded 'out of this issue. We are glad to welcome, bacfc on a short visit to this district, our old friend Air Kennedy Hill, who has lately been making a tour of the Australian colonies and New Zealand, on busjness in connection with tjhq Auckland. Native Lands Colonisation. Company. He has been moat, successful at .every, place he visited, having placed a large number of shares hi ( Sydnpy , Melbourne,,' and ' elsewhere, aim secured the ' active^ ( co ; ppera' tion of some of the most "prominent 'men in those capitals. Mr Hill is -at present engaged in making valuations under the Property 'Assesm'Cnt Act, arid 'In* will p*te«i^& S u about ing :— "ln your report of $h6procecdiiigs in the Native Lands Couf ton Saturday you ought to have mentioned, ,in relation to the discrepancy Jn the.i djsqription, of boundaries, tbat'Dr BuUer •tendered at the same time tlie tracing upon which the lino was correctly: shown, and stated ,thafc the description' (afterwards- found to be. erroneous) was " supplied •, to him by a skilled surveyor., Tlie "Court said 'that fch§ arror\i'as manifestly accidental, and that J)r. BuUar was in no sense "respori : ; slblpforit," t \ \ ", '. ,;., > Mr J. C. Pirth. tliat spirit of ,pluck and '"epterpris,^ characterised Jjim.diiring His lqng ; career, in New Zealand, , is about to add cheeseuip&jng.fco the other imlustrtesliow being carried on „as' iA.cc'ompaftied By Oapto'Runciman, Mr Firth /paid'^a ' visit < to'Te''AwSttiutU" | {i ( aay ( or 'twp';agb and succepfJea"iii l j)urc i h'asiiig t 'the 1 'plant' ordered by Capt. "Runchnan in America for the Te AWamutu' .factory;' 1 'which on inata. { u\vnper^taj^l, v th^Mr T Firth c also.refiuiaed the sinn of money: voted f by. tb> k^ky tpw^, fl6OO/f 1600 /' 0 ! y^) Rvnc^maft's lnjssi^-^ljQtt); ty% , t Mr, Joihn'TF^^V M, v9Wk striet/'AHrdkla^Wi^es'tapurlAulßklatfd morning(K9afeHPpr^ryirfflr^arding details of ari ■elaboratolplari'ior'strcngthcning the ["Hamilton Railway s ßridge. 'Which ho pre-, ' diflt««will; * '4 carfiecV,ott>f oh-rtlie 'origtol

, tmiiac^Miein to settle say llflffcauHncJaESi | he skK, they will be\ jjlffiffi'^Sffflpfehe I erpendicular about 8 fqjj§4 i^ffre.^ or-^ Mr C It- Johnson, the enterprising lesseo of the Hamilton Hotel -Livery Stables, x starred for Kaplan yes? drinta,Md first j&oaeh Wl, four th/t has overfcrojfeBcil!the|n'ipiyitaypi. X H| had a fair nulriber of passengers and' a largo quantity of luggage, principally stores for Raglan residents, an earnest of the trade which would speedily spring up between tho r two-nlacesiwerc a regular I :c|ieh qtyjfti j (>]ffo^[ being made by the Raglan folk to induce Mr button to give up the horse mail conhas been subscribed for the .purpose, wfucnT f'f tfoat to:ss^fte]nS4teiVb.y residents in the Whatawhata and Hamil1 to-day. ; [<„iujl It will be remembered that Mr Bvyce, when at, Whatiw^iatihoe, intimated to the |'|iri g J)i thaf he would 1 use 1 *h|s influence with the N'gatimaniapoto to get tliem to give apdrtiou of. their laridto the Waikatos. Under the impression that fche,//pfiW l bad,BaHl[ t|iiB,,^ranjt was ,^,'be inadc, Rewi wrote to that journal requesting ihe inseftion'of the' follbwiiig letter • — "Ko the 'Kditbr' of the HeraUU-Salui tutions ! Some time!, since we saw a statement in your newspaper to the effect that the Nfcatimaniapoto had consented to; .give, landi <to ithe Waikatos. This is our word, that of Ngatimaniapoto, that we will not consent 'to give land to the Waikatos. , This . decision , has , been setfclea'by v's, and la'ttnalterable.— From 'tiic whole of NgJvtinianiapotQ. Mangaof ongo, Nov. 29, 1882. w ,Thq editor appends the following note :— " We do not think that any such statement Jias ever appeared in our columns, and for this reason, that no one could saywha.t the NgatiiUaniapoto would d,Q. ,The matter was one entirely of speculation. ' The above letter must showt the "Waikatos their position, and what they have to expect from Xgatimaniapoto. It ought to make them move anxious than ever to embrace the offers made by,M^ and $o &ec,ure land for themselves, which they can live upon with easy minds, 1 as it ia the land of their ancestor^. , „ , „, > > •