ECHOES FROM THE CAFE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1660, 24 February 1883, Page 2

ECHOES FROM THE CAFE .

,1 x>o,uot Jjiiow what it is like in Waikato, , but the weather in and a round AiicU&nd ,is, and lias been, .close, and-oppressive to an (almost unbearable, degree^ All day long and 'all night .through we have hud nothing but ."melting, moments,"., ami out population is gradually ,bufc surely fading away — evaporating, ,in tlie shape of perspiration. Usually at this time of the year -we, 'have, hot days, but cool nights. This summer^ however, the nights seem almost as hot as the days, and everyone seems to be in a perpetual vapour bath. ' .Some folks are wicked enough to hazard the opinion that anyone who dies now and goes to a ( place which shall be nameless (it rhymes with bell), will find it necessary to follow the example of the soldiers of whom Mark Twain tells in 'the "Innocents at Home," 'who 'were quartered' in such a hot place that when they died they found it incumbent on them to telegraph back for their blankets. ' If the' "Echoes" do not appear 4 next week you need , not think that i"! have "• /'.struck," k biitr you may know that I have> faded away' in. 'these "melting moments." , i ' - i "'i '^ '' . ' By. the.. way, do > you know the story called \ ( Melting Moments." One cold winter's day a, man who ikept a grocery, and 'who had been out for a! few minutes, returned justin/timeto seeTa neighbour steal a pound of butter and put it in his I hat, i which iho put ion his- head.' ■ Theigrocer i .stepped into; the ' store, shook hand's with him and asked bin*: to walk into the sitting-room at the book of thestore andjtaive, a,glapa, ,o|< 'grog. Theweather being cold, th.c offer was two good to be refused. The two went into the room, w-heve- a roaring fire was bja^ng on the hearth, £ho,gi<ocejv giving his friend a seat as, (near the firef as possible. He put on the kettle, and as soouvasjitjtymed made tjvo- 'glasses of grog. 1 hot and strong, giving "onjrlJ!Ji*w triend and taking the other himself, By th 6 timethi 'grog was ready, the heat of the firt><had .calised the butter to melt, and it slowly trickled down -the 1 face of the thief. As'he moptfea'fhjg face with his handkerchief/ the' grocer ren&rked that he seemed hot, and advised fcfca to» takeoff his hat. He said Ue. felt too col'j so the grocer threw anothey pine lo" n .\ wmtw m% *&s%&*&& and the butter simply poured d OW n tha Mtofl ret i the* /. WeMecl U t\M ' . The for' I 'nimT / - scr-he'Urkiik It'^aiid Him to stay, and. wwwl his own seat, so flrei 'A '^eJ i^ie%. enjoyficli ihfs j &j fand 'te Wife* -fflhw^KWfr: hisf.iteiehbbnr. iffi?^ o^the W I«^;th^Uh^%riiti1 «^;th^Uh^%riitir VY V a^ a£ WeJted-he xx»e and allowed the culm-it, to. go awayncalml^ Wrarf^mg^S? « ]J B ri?i!f& l ' t lOftbutter]?'— 'f)f hw r>. ■'Uil^,^n-tl>/" "S^^^^W^^iftw 1 oa.

supported \>y tho teetotallers. They really seemed to cooWHeMt by the way in which they mismanaged matters. Had they followed the example of the licensed victuallers. and brought forward moderate men, pledged to support 'eleven o'clock licenses, I believe that they would have' l>een viptoripnß all a^bnc the line. Instead of doing ihat, theyWnglit forward men of extreme views, pledged to vote forteii o'clock licenses. The public do not like those extreme men, and they thought'teno'cldbk was too [early an hour, so the candidates supported by the teetotallers were, with few exception, defeated. My own opinion is that most of the hotels should be closed at eleven o'clock, the exceptions being such as the Star, Albert, Commercial, &c.'| Which are essentially travellers' hotels, and' which might be allowed to remain 'open till midnight. From conversations I have had with a number of commissioners elected on Monday I am disposed to believe that some such arrangements* 1 as I have indicated will be made. There can bo no doubt but that eleven o'clock is quite late enough' for what I may term •• the drinking shops" to be open, and if they are compelled to close at that hour I believe it will have a beneficial effect on the public morality. On Monday another event took place which was of infinitely greater importance tfb&U tho elections of- tho licensing commissioners. I allude to the first meeting oi the council of the Auckland University College. For some years the youths of Christchurch and Dunedin have had offered to them all the advantages of University training, while the youths of Auckland have had merely the opportunity of attending affiliated institutions, such' as the Auckland College and Grammar School, and the Church of Knglanrl Grammar .School. The result lias been that sucli ot our boys as wished to obtain degrees had to enter upon a special course of stiuly, in addition to the ordinary curricum of the school they attended, withouvnaving the advantage of the lectures of the l'lotessois enjoyed by the boys of Christclnuch and Dunedin. The General Assembly, during its last session, determined to put our youth on an equality with their Southern miij'mt,, and so made liberal provision for tho establishment and maintenance of a University College at Auckland. The council of the University College held its first meeting on Monday, four Piofessors have been appointed at Home, and will soon be on their way hither, and so we have every reason to believe that, ere many months have elapsed, our University College will be in fair wot king order, and I have no doubt that the results will be satisfactory. Judging by his telegram to the Native Minister, Mr Whiteley King, editor of the MitUuiKi EusujUy must be a distinguished ornament of the " fouith estate," and a loyal and peaceable citizen. Of couise, Mr King has the same right as anyone ■else to ill iticise the public actions of a .Minister of the Crown, but neither he jior any other man has the right to use such opprobrious language as i 3 contained in liis telegram to Mr Bryce. I <|iritc agree with him in condemning the Poverty Bay massacre, of which Te Kooti and his followeis were guilty, but he ought to remember that it was the action of a hoidc ot sem,-"jarbarians, who suffered a previous wrong, and> however repulsive the killing of helpless men, women and children was, it was quite in accordance with the mlcs of Maoii waifaic. Te Kooti and his followers did pi ecisely what they supposed the Kuiopeans would have done to them had they had the oppoitunity, and I firmly believe that, almost without exception, the people of New Zealand will approve ot the action of Mr JJryce in extending pardon to Te Kooti. Should Mr King carry out his tin eat to avenge himself on the perpeti.itois of the White Cliffs massacre, lie will certainly find himself arrested for murder, tried and condemned by a jury of his countrymen, and, in all probability, han«.e I by the neck until lie is dead, aid may the Lord have mercy on his soul. it The revelations made at the trial of those accused of the nun dors of Lord Frederick Cavendish and Mvßuiko prove what has often been acserte 1 —that the Irish Land League is mainly responsible for the terrible murders winch have been committed in Ireland. I wonder what Mr Redmond will have to say on the subject, and whether, after those revolutions, there will bo found men in the colonies willing to contribute to the funds of the Land League. For the sake of the honour of our fellow-colonists, I hope that Mr Redmond will icceive such a reception, should lie come to New Zealand, as will prove that no one in this colony sympathises with murders. St. Munco.

The Waikato Land Association invite | tenders for dcopi tiing about tuiTTmlc!. ol drains. Mr K. W. Lamplugh, Camlnidye, has a five loomed house to let. Special attention is directed to Mr J. Pluses' advertisement regarding 1» Is» Cambridge Mr Whytock will preach in the Oddji'llous' Hall, Cambridge, to-morrow morning, and it Cmibridgu West m tlic c-xoiung. Mr John Khok will &ell at the Hamilton Atu tion Mart to-d.i>, turiiiturc, produce, potatouk, lruit, tom.itoes, U>\\\», etc., :it 2 p.m Me-shiss W. -T. Hunter and (Jo. will sell .it thi" Oh.iupo V.inK on March lit, 100 wellbred t.ittle Irom Manjj.it.inKa. A bpecial nieetiiif; of the Hamilton Ro.id Hoard will be held on Wednosd.iy next to make a speci.il rate of .',d t(» meet charges on £<i~>o granted under Jioadi. Construction Act. Mi 1 Henry Norgrove notifies that he is le.iMtig Cambridge, and mpiestb that .ill accounts owing be paid to him or his brother, J)aniel Norgrove, by the end of the pichent month: otherwise, they will be handed to a solicitor tor reco\ery.