The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1677, 5 April 1883, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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Til ZTRSDA V, APRIL 5t5 t 18S3.

The people of Hamilton and the surrounding districts are to be congratulated on the fact that at length they have within their reach a boon which they have long striven for in [ vain. The establishment of a district high school offers ,many and great advantages, which we trust parents will not be' slow to avail themselves of. At present it. is not possible for people of slender means to procure anything , like an advanced education for their children. Such an education can only be obtained in Auckland^ and to, send boys or-girls there, means considerable expense, more, indeed, than the .majority of people, however much' they may value the blessings of education, are disposed, or even able to afford. We are even worse of in respect to higher education tlian formerly, because there did exist at. one timo one or two fairly good private grammar and classical schools. These have been closed by the public schools, established under the Education Act, which, while they have been productive of immeasurable good, 1 have, nevertheless, failed to, prove an efficient substitute for that which they displaced.:, The establishment of a high school will mean a return, in a .vastly iijSprqved*£qrm, pi those" advantages 'of education which 'the young; have .been" deprived jo? Jso long. 1 Although certain details nave to be settled, it ,m,ay -be [taken for granted' that the school -will Jbe an accomplished "fact before ''the lapse of' rattiiy 1 'inoiiths. (I'A'"suffi- ' cient number of pupils to. make r 3 the institution ' selfcsuppbrtirig will ' be fprltticQming, andaq soon as fis''Advantages are fully,,^pparent, w|e,,iex- ( pect its revenue will far exceed the penditure. 'Meantime, tit ( will be (J( „)fe|l relax 1 no' ; effprp; to 'comply} with the conditions lmpp^d b.y ,$ie t board. And while -we thus - take •lfeaverto /cbngfratultite. ! parents|on 'thtf l * 'circumstance j» 'un^le^' • nUic^ roust not^fdter^f^iv. '-1111 11 'i 'i v'< vvsK' -S -it's > l ),,)ji , i J

cate to whom tlfe Jspeoml 6&di# of .procuring, the scligbH^dul. 'i h« ; nr^QtK^Kj'inaji ifratho^^amilton Wrat Scnpol OomrpitteeM^s ' been th iOhisiraftter, and a vl^#i', had the hpwty support of yfts^-fullow committeemen, it is to his untiring nlForts that we owe so satisfactory a result. {is-j '^l^ays pleasant *|» iwarcl praise, hut ij is dqublv agifee■ible tt) liavetorecognisc'eira«}a;vourB in no noble a cause as that of education.

The latei i raiiis $ay t e > had* rthe usnal effect on' 'the mburitnin 'road to' Raglan. Several landslips have taken place,- and it requires a'considerable amount of caution to pilot vehicles safely over. The Maugakowhai bridge also requires attention. The Board of Reviewers under the Property Assessment Act, sat at Cambridge yesterday. Owing to the absence of the assessor all the objections lodged were allowed; ' The Court will ■ sit at Hamilton to-day. ' ' It is the intention of the Roman Catholics of Cambridge to hold a bazaar, m order to wipe out the debt on the church, in the course of a few months' time. A number ,of ladies have already started work, and we have little doubt success will attend their efforts. The general synod of the Church of England opened at Napier on Tuesday. The afternoon was devoted to a long address by the Primate, the most noticeable feature of which was a strong condemnation of the Deceased Wife's (Sister Mar-riage-Act, of the marriage of divorced persons, especially the guilty parties, and of secular State education. The Hineraoa having teen detained in Wellington by bad weather, his Excellency the Governor did not leave on Tuesday as anticipated. He telegraphed to the Premier, who ia in Auckland, that he would leave ypsterday afternoon, arriving at the Mauukau this evening. The public reception will take place at the railway station to-morrow morning. Another of the old identities of Hamilton, connecting the present with the past —the constabulary stable at the west end of the traffic bridge—will soon be no more. Its condition has been getting worse and worse, until lately it had become very dilapidated, so it was determined to take it down and re-erect it at the rear of the police barracks, where; in a less pretentious form, it; will be of more service. Much interest has been manifested by the public of 'the Cambridge district in the trial of .Mr E. B. Walker and party for the Ngatikauwhata ejectment, or forcible entry case. It was generally expected that the Giand Jury would not find a true bill against the accused, ai.d that they were certain to find a true bill against Wakatutu for -perjury. Consequently, it will be seen that the result was just the reverse of what was antici 7 pa ted. In the early part of the year, it will be remembered, a meeting of Masons interested in the formation of a lodge was held at Cambridge, when it was decided by those present to apply for a charter under the English constitution. We learn that the prayer of the petition has been recommended by the Piince of Wales Lodge, Auckland, to the District Grand Lodge, (E.C.) aud will, there is litjtle doubt, be acceded to. , At a meeting of the Hamilton West School Committee held on Tuesday, a letter waa read from the Board of Education, stating that with reference to previous correspondence on the subject of appointing an .assistant master, it was proposed to remove Miss Leecli (who was sent as a temporary assistant) and to appoint Mr Joseph H. Wilson, certificated teacher, (U 3) now employed as an assistant at one of the Auckland school?, in her stead. Mr Wilson,, the letter further stated, is a young man and well educated and has a " considerable acquaintance with the public school 1 system." Tt was agreed to accept the appointment. The Ash.bur.ton Mail, referring to the visit made the other day to the newly erected Asliburton Woollen ■ Factoy, says : " Several Gentleman who had inspected the Kaiapoi arid Mosgiel factories, assured us that no cbmparsion> could be drawn between the two institutions and the one at Ashburton, now rapidly approaching completion —it is more substantial, and better "designed. The machinery was also inspected, the unanimous opinion being expressed, that the company have secured a great bar-, gain in the plant they lately purchased." Sydney Taiwhanga and about eighty-lour Ngapuhis, arrived in Auckland by the s.s. Wairarapa, from Russell on Tuesday. They are (according to the Jtera/dJ, going to Wanganui in connection with the' native meeting convened there in respect to Sydney's second mission to England with another petition to the' Queen, signed by the tribes, respecting alleged breaches of the Treaty of Wai-, tangi. The Ngapuhi tribes have already collected £100 towards that object. The chief selected as Sydney's colleague in, the mission is from Ohaeawai, named' Mita, Penetaui.

Tne, juvenile population of Hamilton were provided with' a cheap 1 exhibition yesterday, in the shape ,qf four lively young emeus, which arrived by the train on their way to Messrs Morrin, and Studliolme's Lockert^ estate. ' The; birds, which are about two years old,| were captured on the Motutapu island a, few days ago by Mr W. Payne, who accompanied them up here. They, were Housed in a laff»e crate, and,.only one^of the number appeared,to be at 'all' dis-,' jessed by the railway journey. Mr| Payne also had in his charge two valuable merino rams, bound for the same place. These arrived from Napier by the pouri on Monday. ,

By the s.s Manapouri, which, arrived on Monday afternoon, " Captain"| Ted wright and " Lieutenant" ''Johnnie( ,B,pwerman,. ,-of- the 7 Salvatioja Army, 1 , arrived in Auckland." -UTKSy intend to begin their work without delay .^ Captain, Wright has recently arrived -from Britain; and has reached Auckland by way of the' South. He is a I comparatively young man. Lieutenant Bdwer'ma*h came from! from Britain about eighteen months ago, and / has since, then been working in different parts of Australia. 1 He joined Captain Wright as'he was on his way to! New Zealand. He is older and potj, so tall as his superior officer. , No particular plan of operations has ,yet been deoided upon.—Herald. ' n .'' ' j The second session, of the 1 CCarm -r bridge Mutual Improvement "Association will' commence this evening' afc ''the courthouse, Cambridge, 'at half-past seven o'plock. The associati6ti'npw mini} b'ers nearly forty members,' and, judging from the attendance of visitors,,during the past session, the' meeting's may' b* 'considered,,,very popular,'as , well'Va^ instructive" and entertaining* 'V.'Tb.f business of to-night's meeting 1 will consist of the election of a committee,'abfi as much of the success of the,association depends onits officers', it'urtd'be hoped a. fadißi'oto.forisigfife £HlU~bfi£ e^eicisVd 19 \ theicneleißtion, , 'This 'evening's,meeting ,wjll'be c,oi\fined to .members only, r> ~ v ! * trial'levels' r of tne Rukuhia swamp are nowthearly completed, as fair as the,,field .work, {is -She' 'soundings show an average'depth of from SOto^O^feetrJ'A^forge^pdftibn of the swamp is capable of being drained to'the 'bottom by (SvifyKSf Stokes! gull^Jthfe 1 other principaloutlets ton v tha,;westvs'idfe toeing '-'fladfield's j oreek.-'anfl'-* Heather's creek. On the east side Wsjnall larea/cfan ,be taken to the Kiwi.mill/Vnd, a portion '^W^Hkmmpn^'^tl'WKiitKt Untyupo;ena ioi tne'swMinp! appeamiorigr-;

creek, near the olsfjvaeecourse. Over fifty miles levels rfsm soundings have been takoiftto arri^^afjitjjese^esifjls, but' no conch^piß^n bi^drrivbffli ISri'Tega^w t."» the wjra (Iflfins iS? ; il t!«| plans and, Monday, Mr Justice Richmond said j— You are^ aware, gentlemen, that some strenuous efforts have bonn made to improve our civi} procedure, but as>ypb our lawmakers scent to j. Have l^ft emminft jEiwruntouehedjj No' doubt our iiegisfattfre has been awaiting the result of the impending changes in England, and if j those changes arc found to remove the blots which have been brought into notice svei shall nrobajily followr suit.* i Gentlein&n ye)HOme,tiiiies have, {mapy,';oi us,, a hard word to say of the lawyersi but a^ _one^of them— l _ identify myself M'ith 'thenv— l "say Yhat anything' to ' be expected in the way of law reform must, be looked 'for from them. Our zeal may not be according to our knowledge, but it is quite'plain, from recent doings, that it is the earnest desire of the legal profession to simplify legal procedure. As for civil procedure, a great attempt , has been made in that direction, and its success remains to' rf be. seen ; and there is very little doubt that criminal procedure reform will soon follow. We are still troubled! some > difficulties,' as for example with the distinction between larceny .and embezzlement, a 1 distinction which is sometimes difficult for lawyers to understand. Such relics of ancient pj-oceduje will very soon, no'^loubt.' be swept away, and we shall have something more rational also. I hopo to see the law of, indictment made more reasonable than now. ' i