The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1711, 23 June 1883, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Notwithstanding all that Ims been said ami done in the matter, the resolutions that base been passed by the trustees, and the eonaltisions come to, and resolutions passed at public meetings, the matter of increasing the < amhndue Public Libiary accommodation s-till remsun-> m Pome. Appatently there are, many difficulties to be overcomo before any steps can l)e taken in the direction of spending £250 (or at least procuring that sum to spend, as the procurum and not the spending seems the difficulty) on increasing the hbraiy and reading loom accommodation. It will bo remembered tint at a public meeting held some iew weeks ago tin; Government, having, m Mitue of Cambridge becoming a town distuct, handed the building and site over to the local board of commissioners, a petition signed by a large number of householders was submitted, asking the town boaid to exeit itself in every possible way to advance tin 1 work which the library committee had undertaken. Now the town board was then, and has since then been in a somewhat awLwaid position financially, and though its mem ber.l were quite willing to accede to the prayer of the petition introduced at the public meeting, they weie not in a position to give practicil effect to their in dilution, not, judging from piescnt appearances, n it likely they will be for some considerable tiue to come. The difficulty could be easily got over if it weic possible to olfcr bj? .security the building and the site, for the levcnne, w Inch is daily increasuivr, ia sufficiently good to pay the inteiert on, and provide a sinking tund for a loan of £2.30, the required amount. Indeed, if this course weie possible we have little doubt die wot It would have been carried out long since. Hut neither the building nor the site can be given as security, nol' it) case of the present committee taking upon themselves to bonow the £250, can we gi\e them the tevenue of the institution to rely upon ; consequently they now stand in this position: If they proceed with the work by bon owing tho money on their own personal security, ut the end of their tcmi ot office they tuny be turned out with the liability remaining upon their shoulders, their succes&ots repudiating all responsibility— a situation certainly not the most deniable. The rnly means of solving the problem which presents itself to ti» is tor the public, the libiury committee, and the town boaid to arrange home special course amongst theuiieh es. ♦

The debate on tho Addics-in-Reply was lesumed in the House on Wednesday night by Mr Kuddon, w ho, in characteristic terms, said the Speech was .1 sham and a inuid, the perpetrators of which should he exposed and punished. Mr Lcvestam accounted for the absence ot any reference to the Canterbury East and West Coast line, by sajiug tlieie was no money to construct it. Tne money borrowed last session had been specifically appropriated, and could not be diverted without such a breach of faiHi aa would not be sanctioned by the other I'liatnber or the Governor, even if agreed to by the Hou.se. Mr Slitter's remarks weie diiccted against Mr Bathgate's statement about the depression among the industiial classes, and Mr Hutchinson, as an avow ed opponent of the Native policy, gracefully defended Mr Bryce's personal conduct, more particularly with respect to the unfounded and malicious charges brought forward by Mr Rusrfen. Mr J. McKenzie was dissatisfied with both the Pioperty-Tax and Railway Departments, and said so, while the burden of Mr Holmes' cry was the treatment the leader of the Opposition had received at the hands of Major Atkinson. He professed to be astonished that Ministers could ait quiet under the serious charges brought against them. If these charges were true, they deserved to be 41 hurled from their seats, covered with eternal infamy !" Mr Peaison raised a Inunh at the expense of Mr Holmes, and both this speaker and Mr M. W. Green defended the Government against the wholesale charges of the Opposition, clearly indicating that they would not be parties to any factious opposition such as disgraced the last sessiou. With such an accession of strength as the Government have gained, business ought to be pushed through espeditiously.

The death is announced of Bishop Colenso of Natal.

The adjourned annual meeting of the ratepayers of the Town of Ngaruawahia w ill be held at the board office on Monday next at noon.

With the exception of South Australia, all the colonies have announced their willingness to share in the expenses of the annexation of the New Hebrides.

The ceremony of installing the officers of Masonic Lodge Beta, Waikato, 450, 1.C., will take place in the lodge- | room, Hamilton East, on Monday next, |at 7.30 p.m. Visiting brethren are cordially invited to attend.

The Government inquiry into the past management of the Dunedin Gaol commenced, on Thursday. The evidence of former prisoners points to the existence of a state of thing* hardly to he credited. The enquiry is likely to last for some time. . „ , ,

The Lyell murder case was conI eluded *t fldwn mi yWSW&fM& .

I Th« jury returned a verdict uf manslaughter, nnrl the pl'iso'inr w.is sentenced to penal servitude for llfo. Mary Grammatitia was ac(]iiitted on the charge of being an accessory afUf the fact.

Sergt. Major Carley was a passenger to Waiukn by yesterday's tram. He goes to SUpOi intend the muutat cour.-e of tmiskotry of the cavalry troop at that place.

We have been requested to call th'j attention of our Roman Catholic readers to the alteration in the church services for to-morrow, necessitated by fie iml imposition of the Rev. Father Noboa, who is laid up in Auckland suffeiiug from a bad cold.

The choir of S. Andrew's, Cambridge, arc prcpaiing to give two concorts at an early date, one in aid of the improvements to the Sunday-school, ai.d the other in aid of the Tamahere chmcli building fund. They will be advertised when the dates are fixed. Wie woik lieginning the loth of July has been *l>oUcn ot as a suitable time.

The following is the list of tenders recoiled for the Oxford contract of the Thainea Valley Railway :— Mercer and Mat-diall, £12,998 4s ; Hunt and White, £17,522 8a 2d ; t>. Fallon, £18,148 48 ; Faughoy nnd Darrow, £19,069 lls 3.1; Brett and Miillingor, £19,720 10s ; W. G. Baaaett ; £'22,000. As we have Imsfure stated, tho tender ol Mcsrib Mcicer and Marshall was accepted.

At the Civil Sittings of the Supicme Ooilrt, Auckland, on Thursday, thd jury returned a verdict for plaintiffs in the case $\ W. Lally v. G. Edgecumbe, an action to I'ecover £150. sum advanced on mortgage on tlte Oddfellows' Hall Hamilton East, of which defendant was one of the trustees, and, consequently, one of the mortgagors.

The following is the balance-sheet of the mission services held last; week bv Rev. J. S. Hill and Mr Brackenrig": — Amount collected at lecture, £7 Os 6d ; expenses, £6 2s fld ; leaving a balance of ISs, with which the committee decided to purchase Sankey's time-books, to be used for future services,

The funeral of tho late Mr William Reid, compositor, which took place at Cufbiidge on Thursday last, was hugely attended. Mr R»itl was formerly engaged on the staff of tho Auckland JlcrnH ; sulisequently he occupied the position of foreman printer on tlv 1 Dilnediti Uoi'murf Herald^ and Was greatly estet'incd by his fellow tlftdesmoil.

The Te Awamutu CJioese Factory notify thnt in view of the proposed en largement of the factory, and in order lo pi event disappointment to intending stippluMs, tlio^o who are prepared to send milk thioiighout the ensuing sp.i^oii aro requested to cotiinmnicite in wilting with the secretary on or bofoie the 4th July next, stating the number of cows they intend to milk. The price is 3ld per gallon, subject to \aiiation accouling to the price ot cheese.

It is announced in our advertising columns that the distiirt hiyh schools of C.unbiidgt 1 and Hamilton Mill be opened on the 2nd July next. Pupils mu«*t be not loss tlinn ten year? of age, and must have passed the fourth standard in the district schools, or reached equivalent inbtruction. Thu masters will attend at i the behools rimini; tlie List weelc in June to enrol pupils. The fees are two guineas per qnaiter payable in advance.

Mr J. P. Campbell, of Cambridge, was entertained at a banquet by Mi" K. Hewitt in honour of his liein^ called to the b.ir of New Zealand in the Criterion Hotel, on Thursday evening last. There ttero about thirty gentlemen piescnt, including Judge MacdoiwJd. Mr I<\ A. Whitaker, and Mr J. Shoi'lun, M H R. The chair was occupied by Mr K. Hewitt, .mil the vice chair by Mr Whitaker. The spiead \v,»s a very creditable one, reflectinn great credit on the catering capabilities of the Criterion. '1 he usual toasts, including that of the gue-»t, having been disposed of, all of which were product!* c of considerable spoechityintj, a piojjramme of mn-ic brought a very pleasant evening to a close.

In another column it is announced that Messrs. T. G. Sande-s .uid C. I<\ Nappur liuvu entcrod into pirhieislup as ei\ d engineers and sitiveyors. Mr Nap* per'h large experience iv ilr.iinnjje Works — he having foi'fiw yen in bcuii cnjja'.'t'ii on the Chiistchuicli DiMinau'c Boat'l ;is assistant to Mr Napier Hull, C X— will undoulitcdly stand liim in gold st-ad in this distiiut, where "o imny Lugswamo3 liare yet to lie fli.uneil Jit It.alroadv olit.iltled a eolnidi-i ible iiwi^lit -nto this kind of Work, h ivliiu'only j'lifccdni pleted a drainage survey of til ■ it i\ti!i"i Estnto of tho lion. J \n\>'4 \V.lli nnsj i Mr Saiuics is too old a r«Nidciit ul Waikato to need any nilirodtiotioi). W'u cordially wish the new firm stiree^,

On Monday evening las 5 Arc^ticiicon Willis conducted tin- iH'ial ij >i 1 1 - t«rly service at Mr John lfirit 1-*1 -* Ixnii". Richmond, Waito.i, after which .1 mui'ting was held, when the subject of oj operating in obtaining an assistant (Anglican) minister for the Ctinluidgiparochial distiict was conn lei cl. it. was agieed that it was desiiabk it possible to have a monthly .Sunday seivice, nnd on condition thi-» could be piovidcd tlic settleis present yuainnteLd to contiibute £15 towards the new mini^tt'fs .stipend, and said they hoped to be able to make it £-'0. The following gentlemen were elected a committee: — Me^sis Herbert Burnett, John Hunt, Edwaid Miurnv, P. D. R. Smnle, and W. Wiight. The committee were requested to take into consideration the subject of obtaining a suitable site for a church.

In a recent telegram from Wellington it was Ktntetl that Mr A, B. YVught. of the Survey Office, had been instructed by the Government to proceed to T.mpo find make a plan of the Government Hot Springs. These were included in the Thcimal Springs I'ioelamntion. Many of them are excellent, though not equal to those of Ohinemutu. .So far as is known there is no intention to erect a sanatoiium thereat pusunt, but that the survey is being made probably with a view of leasing the springs by public competition. The Chief Surveyor, Mr Percy Smitn, is having a road made from the northern end of the Like along its margin to Murimoto, south of Ruapelm and Tongariro, and hopes by next summer to have the route practicable for vehicles between these, two points. From Murimoto access can be got to Wanganui by Field's track, and at no distant date it will be possible for tourists to travel from Wanganui to Triupo by coach. — .Y. '/. llcvaU.

A correspondent of the " Fielding Guardian" states that the shares in a dairy factory should be taken by: — (I). The farmers who intend to sell milk to the factjry, as they -will make about 50 per cent more out of their cows. — (2). The farmeis who do not intend to sell theirs, as they will get an earlier sale for their butter, and an increased denvind for good milk cows. — (3). The stoiekecpurs, who will be saved from being flooded with indifferent butter, which they do not know what to do with, — (4). The hankers and capitalists, as it is fair and sound investment. — (5). The working men, as the small farmers will make more mouey by attending their cows, than by competing in takinsy contracts, &c. —(6). Everybody who has any interest in the district, direct or indirect, as the farmers will make more money, and the value of land and the prosperity of the district will be increased more or less. _^__^____^_____

A notice re exchanging roads iv the Tamahere Road District appears elsewhere. Te Rei Pachua requests all persons having claims against him to render same at Cambridge within fourteen days, or they will not be recognised. Mr W. A. Graham notifies that he has ro-cntercd upon the gravel reserve on his land, and warns trespassers. We direct the attention of the musical public of Waikato to an advertisement in another column by Air Walker, Gore-street, Auckland (near, the railway station), agert for ttye,Smtyh American organs,, the Thuriuer and SJchraidt yiaribs, ' ' \ t „ f , - .

I' pi il .md ex irt jtniire to .ill men, Ur vili itMieu-r bt.ttc or persuasion, religious or poliiir.il. lfcro.sli.ill tlie l'ri".«tlu' People's ri(ili» m.iintain, Un,n\<d In inlituiKC ami unijrilxd by (;■"'> H A TURD AY, JOW'E 23, 18S3. COMMENTS.