CAMBRIDGE DOMAIN BOARD.

Waikato Times, Volume XIX, Issue 1641, 11 January 1883, Page 3

CAMBRIDGE DOMAIN BOARD.

Tin; iiiiiuiii] meeting of tho Cambi ulge Domain lioaid was lioltl at the town board odice, Cambi idgo, on Monday owning last. Piesent: Mi T. Wells (channian), K. Ivirkwood, J. I. Campbell, ami Jno. Fishoi. Financial. — A .statement of the receipts and e\|jediture for the y< ,ir ending ,'51.->t Djcoinber. was subimttud. Tli" statement showed tho bank ovculr.ift to be £17 «"5s 4d. A statement of assets and linhilitics was also submitted. This bliowed a balance of assets o\er liabilities, all accounts being paid, or t!S.'5 l."is JKI. — On tlu> motion of Mr Campbell the statements as lead were adopted. Accounts. — Scvcial accounts weie psi^ed lor payment. l'*t,i.(T)oN orCn Mit.MAN.— Tlie business of tho year lia\mg been finislied, j\[i "Wells retned tiom tlie chair. On the motion of Mr Kislior, Mr Knkwood took i/liechaii. The election of an officer to (ill the \aeated position ww* tlii'ii |)rocee(lcd with. Mr Cunpbdl, ]n cMiipiimeiitdiy fpnn", pro[joso(J the iviippoiutmeut of ~SU' A\'ells. Consitlei in" the manuei in wlueli, not only the duties of tiie ofiuv, but the woik ot the hum! had been cai l led out foi the past yi'ii. he felt eveiy confidence in pioposmy Mi Wclis to the otlic. No otlu-i niemlKi of the boaid, lie felt as-mied, could oi would do\ote moie attention to the business connected with then domain lands. —Mi Wells was unanimously 10-nppomtcd. - In taking the chair, the uiaiiniau thanked the membein for the lionor con fenvd on him, .v, d ti listed that in the iuttuc. as in the paht, ln.s actions and «er vices would meet with theapprol)ation of all. Skcui # rui\. — Mr. l. P. Thomson was unaiiinioiibly le-appointed secietaiy for the ensuing yeai. Ki>('Ki.\t!on Kkm,r\ i:. -On the motion of Mr Kiiknood, it was resolved that lot Xo. 17, near Taylors place on tho Victoria road, be fenced in, and that tenders be called foi tho woik at an early .date. This was all the business.

Va .in English paper we loam that Mount Kttiti li.to for «>nio days been showing jurat ami iuci easing activity, emitting flashes of iiie and dense \olunio,s of smoke. EiiYL'iiAN' H.Msirs.— - Oiduury inhabiiamts ot the touns passes liib lite in .1 wimj/le and unifnim niaiuier. llufoie sunrisv" he loaves his couch, preforms the nun niiii,' ablutions enjoined by his leligion «uid it']tcKts his u.uly pi aver. To say his mormiic prayer alter sunrise is forbidden by tko ordinances of Ins religion, and to allow tJ'e sun to rise over one's slumbeiing head is regarded as prejudicial to health. He then diinks his cup of ■coilee, and smokes his pipe either at 9iome or in Hit public coftee-hottse. Hib breakfast, w Inch lie takes after the coffee or sometimes before it consists of the remain* of his meal of the previous evening' or of cakew ami milk , or for a trifle be pioeuiva from the market tho uer ready national dish ot ful, that if, stewed beans. He then engages in his avocations, buys, sells, ■writes, works, or moves about, all in the most comfortable, quiet and deliberate manner. " What is not done to day must ho done to-morrow "in Arabic, "to- morrow, if God please,", stands written on his forehead in large letters. There is really nothing for which the Egyptian mechanics can be said to be famous. The things m which they used to excel are rapidly being forgotten. The fine masonry of the older mosquse would be thrown awpy on tho architectural tastes of the present day, and hence the race of skilful masons is becoming extinct. The coloured glass which used to be made in great perfecifciou for window lamps, is the product of a, forgotten art, and most; of the glass and china used in Egypt— even the national coffee cups— are imported from Europe. The same fate has come to the turners, who used to make beautiful lattices window screens ; people now prefer glas&, and lattices bein^ no longer required, turners are forgetting how to make them, The potters do a good trade in ungla^ed porous vessels for cooling water, and the palm furnishes occupation to many hands. Egypt. is no longer famous for fine linen ; .e,\en its , cotton and woollen stuffs are coarse, and its silk of poor quantity. The , tanners, fyowever. have not forgotten f *CUfinfng in^uringnnorocco'-ieathety. and the love of ornament,, exljending. b,eyond r»ljnperB, eui^ports goldsmiths in,, all the mil foww.— Jtytftt.' '//,{ \ • ' ' > , / <■'&*! ft !- -w.,* 1. .. ' a.m,' ■'/ I