A Day's Holiday. Last Night.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1727, 31 July 1883, Page 2

A Day's Holiday. Last Night.

To-day being a close Parliamentary holiday, there was a special train tor the conveyance of members and their friends to and from the Wairarnpa. Upwards of 200 persons availed themselves of the trip. The result is no business has been done, and even the lobbies have been for the most part deserted.

South Island Native Claims. A deputation consisting of Messrs Whitaker, Whyte, and hon. Jas. Wilson, waited upon the Minister of Lands to urge that he consult with the Treasurer on the subject of the long pending South Island Land Claim, again to be brought up under different auspices. Arrangements are being made with the consent of the Government to have a special case stated for the decision of the Supreme Court judges, with the ultimate object of getting the matter appealed to the Privy Council. Mr Sheehan has undertaken to proceed Home in charge of the case before the Privy Council, and in the event of the application for appeal succeeding, he will leave for England the latttr end of September. In no ciicum&tances will his stay at Home be prolonged beyond the next sitting of the Assembly, so that his Parliamentary duties will not be interfered with.

Native Land Courts. The sittings of the Native Land Courts are now being fixed. The Cambridge couit was stated to be nominally adjourned to the 2nd October, but I am given to understand it is not at all likely to come on. Should additional judges be appointed it may be held within the next few months at Kihikihi or Alexandra, but in view of irregularities perpetrated at Cambridge it is not desirable to have it again resumed in that place.

The Proparty Tax. To-morrow the 2nd reading of the Property Tax Act is set down as the first order of the day. In the debate a number of side issues will be started, amongst others Mr Montgomery's motion for the repeal of the law, and anamendmentthat a Lind tax be substituted in lieu thereof. The debate will be a long one ; it is expected to extend over the week, and as Government have signified their intention of taking the amendment as a Ministerial question, no other business will be gone on with until the whole question is disposed of. The bill itself proposes to increase the tax to a half-penny in the £ as foreshadowed by the Financial Statement.

The Governor's Ball. In the absence of anything more important, the following light fantastic topic may interest some of your readers. A Governor's ball, the grand event of the season, took place at Government House on Saturday evening. It was a large and gay assemblage, the title of " belle of the ball" (whatever that means) being by general consent accorded to n lady lately residing temporarily in Cambridge, Mrs John Sheehan.

Te Aroha gold mining notices appear in another rolnmn. Mr A. Buckland will sell at the Haymarket on Monday next, 24 superior draught horses from Waitara. Tenders are invited by the Public Works Department for station buildings at Waitakerei. The Mystery Creek road, Pukerimu, is closed, as the bridge is danjjerous. Crosbies bridge, Kirikiriroa, is unsafe for traffic, and the public arc cautioned. Notice of the intention to make a special rate under Roads and Undoes Act in the the Pukekera Road District is given elsewhere. Mr Pistrucci has been appointed treasurer and engineer to the Alexandra Town Hoard. William Sanderson, of Hamilton, labourer, has filed his schedule. First meeting of creditors Tuesday, 7th August. Mr J. S. Bnckland will sell at Cambridge on Saturday next, 25 horses of various classes, harness, saddlery, whips, &c, Sec. On Tuesday next he will sell at the Cambridge Yards prime fat cattle, fat sheep, dairy cows, empty cows, &c, &c. Also 800 fat wethers. His next regular Ohaupo live stock sale will take plice on the 14th August. Mr John Knox announces that he will hold his second annual sale of trees and shrubs from the nursery of Mr Hay, Auckland, on Saturday next. Ho wilJ also sell a handsome dog-cart, furniture, produce, fowls, and a useful horse. On the 18th August he will offer seven cases of drapery. The Parcels System.— Great reduction in Sewing machines. Prices, carriage paid with all extras : Home Shuttle, L 2 16s ; Wertheim, L 4 ; White, L 3 10s ; Singer, L 5 2s ; Frister aud Koosman, L 4 10s— with cover, L 5 ; Knitting Machines, L 7 ; Howe, L 3 ; Standard, Toaes, &c, Kilting Machines.— D. S. Chambers, Queen and Foit Streets, Auckland. No canvassers. Caih or deferred. Repairs to all machines. She had an intellectual look, and, as she came up the street talking with her companion, the strolling passer-by said to himself, " She is discussing Carlyle, or quoting Tennyson." And, as she came nearer, her face brightened with a new animation, and she was heard to say, " Yes, just a yard and three-quarters in the train," When a noble Admiral of the White, well-known for his gallant spirit, his gentlemanly manners, and real goodness of heart, was introduced to William IV. to return thanks for his promotion, the cheerful and affable monarch, looking at his hair, which was almost as white as /thenewly-fallen snow, jocosely exclaimed, " White at the main, Admiral ! white at the main !" Lord Ashburnham was obliged to sell hi« father's library because, his house being six miles. from an inn, savants who came to study among its treasures found .themselves so comfortable that they imposed on the good nature of his hospitality! past bearing'; it wa_s borne, however for Jse.yer.ftl years, j^4i,*t ilwstj-came ;to this