The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1713, 28 June 1883, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Equal and evict justice to .ill nu-n, Of wlut'.oMcr state or persit.iMon, religions or political. Hero sh.ill the IVss the People's urli* miiintain, Un.iwi'd bv inllui-nti 1 .mil unliiibeil by <r un.

THURSDAY, JUNE 28 % 18SJ.

Owing to the length of the Financial Statement delivered in the House last night, A\e aic compelled to hold over a quantity of local matter of interest. The mn.iindcr ot the statement will be published in our Saturday's issue

To-morrow being S. Peter's Day, there will be service in S. L'etei's Church, Hamilton, at 7 o'clock in the evening. 'L'he usual choir piactice will be lichl immediately after the service. We would draw the attention of

the Inspector ot iNiiis.uices, Uunmilge, to the objectionable and liltliy condition of the comet of Duke btreut, from which a number ot Maoii whares have lately been retnox od.

A portion of the swamp road near Mouavalo is at the present time in a veiy dangerous state for traffic, owinu; to a collapse in one of the drains. Attention is drawn to the matter by advertisement.

A culvert has been washed away on the Victoria Road, making the road iinpassalle for wheeled traffic-, anrl dangerous for equestrian traffic. A large eul\ crt has also been washed away on the Cambridge- Feu Court road.

The members for Waipa and Thames, Messrs Whitaker and .Sheehan, who weie prevented by business before the Land Court at Cambridge, from going to Wellington in tune for the opening of Parliament, will leave the Manukau on Sunday, to attend to their Parliamentary duties at the Empire City.

The members of the old Hamilton Choi al Socety met last night and decided to lesume practice. The old membcM were T ,vull represented, and from the spnit evinced it is anticipated that a concert will shortly lesult from their action. AVt- understand that Mr Bell's stiin<j band -will be incorporated with the Society, and tint, will be a great orchestral addition.

A native named Natana, from Tapana, will be brought before the Kcsident Magistrate's Court, at Cambridge, to day, charged with leaving a dead hoi&c lyiim cm the public road near Oxfoul, on the 9th inst., whereby ho created a, nnisiince. It appears lie was riding along the road when, from excessive riding, his hoise foil dead under him.

For the sitting of the Cambridge Resident Magistrate Com t to-morrow a long list of cases, numbering twenty-five, has been sub down for hearing, only two of winch are criminal, the others being actions at rising out of debt and other business transactions. This is a rathur long programme for a district like Cambridge to grit together in about fourteen days.

The greater part of the time of the R.M. Court at Hamilton yesterday was occupied with a trumpet y charge preferred by some natives against Mr H, Keir, of using offensive and abusive language. Mr Hay ,-ippearcd for the plaintiffs, and Mr O'Neill for the defendant. After hearing the evidence, Mr Northoroft dismissed the case with costs. A few unimportant civil cases were also disposed of. Travellers whose business takes t.lipin nlnncr the Waikito-Te Aroha road

will be pleased to notice that Mr W. K. Carter, the enterprising coach proprietor of Waikato, has taken the commodious stables of Mr S. W. Buck, at the Phceuix Hotel, Momnsville. Many of our readers who have been on a visit to the Piako district have experie»e»4 the comfort and convenience, which not only tj»p stables, but Mr Buck's hostelry generally atforjdfc aiul now that the stabling concern is to he conducted by Mr Carter we feel assured that the comforts of the past will continue bo be experienced in ifj.e future. Dunne the fitting of the VaAAva

Lands Court at Cambridge in April, 1881, a Maori riofc took place in that town, in suppressing which the police got rather roughly handled. Summonses for obstructing the police in the execution of their duty were issued against a few of the natives, but one of the number, Wiremu Te Riu, did not respond to the call, and has since carefully evaded the police, JJo \ isited Cambridge, however, the other 4fay t find before he was many miuufces i» tbe f&w n was pounced upon by the vigilwad Bfiei^n, He will be brought up at the K.ty. fifftfPt to-day, and dealt with on the .charge ffpigfaftlly preferred against him.

A correspondent at Kihikihi gends us the' foltowing :— Professor Herbert has met with immense success tt Kihikihi and Alexandra. Numbers of people are crowding round daily, requegt-' iug him to give another performance in each of .thpse places; which he haa A c,om s^nt^sd ,to do »fterj jus .appeftr^nce i 4 ,T<?

Awamutu, .Hamilton, and Cambridge. All who liavo lecn his performance are left in a state of bewildered astonishment. Hia cool, deliberate actions prove him' to be thoroughly master of his profession. Holding i up, his hand in the midst of the audience he throws a small cloth over it,^ the size of a common handkci chief, under which may be observed something increasing in size. On withdrawing the cloth there appears a glass bowl full of water, the bowl being equal in eircumfcietice to a Lirge dinner plate. Thero aro many other equally astonishing fe.its, such as mixing up the ingredients and apparently cooking a cake in a gentleman's h.tt, the " talking coins," &c., &c, all assisting to fill the mind with wonder. All who have witnessed Ins performance seem to be anxious to see him again. The professor appears in Te Awamutn on Friday next, thn 20th inst.

An entertainment in connection with S. Peter's Sunday School took place in the Public Hall, Hamilton West, on Tuesday evening. There was a large attendance of children and their friends, and the former, at any rate, were highly gratified with the amusement provided for them. The programme consisted of vocal, instrumental, and literary performances by the pupils of the school, nssisted by a few tnown-up friends, and concluded with a magic lantern exhibition, which latter was not, unfortunately, owing to various causes, a great success. The pianoforte playing of some of the young people was remarkably good, and was the theme of much favourable comment. The dramatic sketch of "King Alfred the Great " was performed in a manner most creditable to the children and their teachers, and the same degree of praise may be extended to the recitations and the singing. During an interval refreshments were handed round, and this part of the proceedings was not by any means the least interesting. From a financial point of view the entertainment was equally successful ; the sum taken at the door amounted to something over £5, paid of cotiree by non-members of the Sunday School. The pupils were admitted free. It is a pity entertainments of this kind are not more frequent.

Or. Runciraan justly compiamea at the last monthly meeting of the Waiknto County Council of the almost insufferable nuisance which unregistered Maori dogs were in the Tamahere riding. At the native settlement in the riding these hideous looking and diseased enrs abound in large numbers, and like the wolves of the forest issue forth during the night in search of their prey, which usually takei the shape ot sheep and lambs.* We think the fact that these canine marauders .ire unregistered .sufficiently warrants the officers of the law making an onslaught on the settlements K-ferred to, and exterminating every uncollared mongrel in the place. The suggestion given effect to at the meeting of the council, to engage the services of the native policemen for the work of compelling the registration of all native dogs, or by way of option their destiuction, is indeed a capital one, and we do not sec why the dusky officeis should not be able to effect the much desired remedy. There ate at present in Cambridge, without exaggeration, an army of mangy, hideous curs, numbering several hundreds, none of which, so far as we can learn, are registered. The skin diseases which Maori dogs intioduce into Euiopean townships are often transmitted to some of the best dons in the place. When natives can afford to disburse large sums of money in drink and other luxuries we fail to see why, like their less fortunate European neighbours, they should not be made pay their dog tax. In the Legislative Council on Tuesday the business was of an uninteresting cliatacter. In the House, Mr Bryce presented a petition from the Ngtitimaniapoto tribe, YVahanui and otiieis, praying that a less expensive method of ascertainine the title to native lands be substituted for the present. The petition was ordered to be printed. Sevna! private bill were intioduoed, and read a first time. Before calling on Sir G. Grey to move for leave to introduce a bill to repeal, in so far as it relates to the colony of New Zealand, an act of the Impoiial Parliament (20 and '21 Vie. Cap. ,33) intituled an act to amend the act for granting a representative constitution to the colony of New Zealand, the Speaker doubted whether the House had the power to repeal a Statute of the Imperial Parliament. Sir George Grey said the Statute gave them the pow er to alter their constitution. Major Atkinson hoppd after what the Speaker had said the bill would be withdrawn. Messifl Montgomery and Shephard spoke in support of the bill, on the ground that it would have more effect than a simple resolution of the House. The House divided on Sir Geoige Grey's motion : Ayes, 38 ; noes, 34. The Government voted with the noes. The bill was then read a first time. The object of ,the bill is to remove any obstacles in the way of the abolition of the Legislative Council. The debate on the motion for the second reading of the Bankruptcy Bill was adjourned, to enable the Government to consider the probable effect of certain amendments. The Fisheries Bill was read a second time and committed, and the Universities Act, 1874, Amendment Bill, was read a second time. The House adjourned at 33 minutes past tv elve.

" It is rather a strange sight to see the name of Boriapaiteoiid lawyer* Mirn," H,-.ys a Bull iinnre letter on the Philadelphia Ttmc-> " yer ' Charles J. Botiaparfc, attor-ncy-at-l.iw,' may be read any day on fi St. Paul street law office. Although the grandson of Jerome Bonaparte, King of Westphnlia v nnd pr.md-nephew of the great Napoleon. Mrßonnparto isa staunch Republican, fully appreciating the advantages which this great Rupublic offers over the pffete monarchies of Europe. He is devoted to bis profession, which, by the way, was that of his great- grandfather and namesake, Charles Bonaparte, advocite, of Corsicm."

Important Te Aioha goldniining notices appear elsewhere. Professor Herbert will appear at Te Awamiitu on Friday, the 29th inst. The annual meeting of the subscribers of the Hamilton Ladies Benevolent Society will be held at the P«bJ}c Hall on Wednesday, the 11th lulynext. Messrs Clark and Gane will sell by at their mart, Cambridge, on Wednnsday filly 4th, the household furniture and effects, of ifr Wratt, who is leaving the district. Nr J. Knox will sell at the Hamilton Auction Mart, on baturday, fruit and ornamental trees, furniture, piano, fencing wire, oats, fowls Nominations of candidates to fill the vacancy in the representation of Taotaoroa in the Piako County Council will be received at Gorton at noon on Saturday, the 7th July next. The poll (if necessary) will be taken at the same place on 'I hursday, the 12th July. In another column Mr J. S. Milne, the late popular host of the Commercial Hotel, Hamilton, announces that he has taken the Hobson Hotel, corner of Victoria and Hobsonstrcets, Auckland, where he will doubtless be «la 4 pf) yj/elcome all old friends. Rats AJjfJ? Mfg^.—lf you wish to detroy them get a paefcej f)i tfi^L's Magic Vkrmin KiLMiR in packets, 6d, 9d, aod J.s,j.o bp obtained of all storekeepers, or from T. B. Hilj. py/tycjosing an extra stamp. Y#u will do well to furnish your house from Qartfcfe and Cranwcll's. They have now the most cpsftifitp furnishing Warehouse in Auckland, turnitufie <# sujjt 3JI classes, good strong, and cheap. They hay,e 'fcpjjsfry Carpets from 2s 3d per yard, Brussels frpm $s Ud per .ynr4. Linoleum from 3s 9d to ss, Oil Cloth* from ] s fid to 4s fid per yard, good 12 feet wide Oil Cloths at. 3s Gd per yard. Immense assortment of Iron Bedsteads from Infants' Cots to 5 feet wide half-tester Bedstead*, Double iron Bedsteads from 255. 480 Bedsteads in stork to select trom. Beddings of all kinds and sizes kept in readiness. Dining, Sitting, Drawing-room Furniture, and and a large assortment of Manchester and Furnishing Goods, including a lot of Cretonnes. Book Catalogues sent free to intending purchasers. Garlirk and Cranwell, City Hall Arcade, Queen-street, Auckland. ilp jClappertox, of Greenock, who s^'ious injuries in the Pcnnilee collision o.n tlio Caledonian railway in 'SepWnber, 1880, nao b ( een awarded £5250 dauif gea, as yell as all expenses, i The case has been referred to' arbitra-,/ tion,, This is believed to be the largest' , sniT) that has .ever typa j\wardedHiniScot;, Jautl in a p*ae 9? th.i« d?Boription,,^j i 1 '•»/ ]