The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1747, 15 September 1883, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Ivpi il uul c\ u t ju ,'v <• to .ill "ion, Ol \vhitM>e\oi st ito or |io.a.i isuin, religious or ])t)i,ii( il rTcio-,1) ill tin' I'.i-^tli? fVople's n-rii' nmnt.iin, Un.i\\( il b\ ii.H u nt-o iml ii'ibnhoil h\ 'j; mi SATURDAY, SEP/'. U, 18S3.

The nexb sitting of the District Com t will commence at Hamilton on Monday ne\t. We are informed by the Postal Di'|>aitni'JMt tint i futiue lettei-s liom Hamilton to Kinknnua, being within the letter can id's delivery, will bo chaiged only 0110 penny. At Cambiidgc it is difiuent, .is th > delnciy is only on one side of the met. A meeting of thosa interested in the loimation of the Waikato llowing Club \Mil be held .it «'\v\ nno's Hotel, Hamilton, at 7 30 o'clock thu evening Tt is paitienl,iil> ic(juc-.ted tli.it all those who aie do&iioiis ot joining should attend. Messrs E. Pitzpatrick, G F. Diciwson, E K. Lain;;, C. Simmdh.ig, .aid D. Coombcs weie nominated yesteid.iy ;i^> immbi-is of the Xguaiawahia Town Jjoanl, and tin- number nominated not being in excess of the number leipuied, lh<'y weie duly elected. The football match between Alexaudia and Cambiidge Mill be played at Cambudtit' tins, afu-iuoon. The contest pionn-ies to be an uiteiosting oik 5 , and the gioui.d is. now 111 good condition. A hii^e numbei ot on-lookfis aie expected to b(i pu'sent. Tne uniting tvam will be (Mitelt.llllod.it the Duke ot Cambiidge Hotel by the loial team in the evening. " Moony ite" writes to the Editm .—". — " The new 11,0011 by Lett's Diaiy and by AncUl.ind pap< lis both being coiicci dues not appear a l.m explanation, as New 'A -aland ti.'ic is nboab \'l houis lx-foie lCngl.md'h time, so how can it be tint Kngland s new moon is, on a Saturday and jNcw Zeal aid s> new moon on a iSund.iy. ' The Secretary of the Auckland li'itiby Dii'o 1 Football Association has uiiilcnto st> tli.it no ■ uckland U.im will be able to como up to Wukato tins season. E!loits aie now baiug made to get up.i matu'i l)ftwi'on the Ai'mfd Coni slabulaiy and tho enilians. It will be remembered that on the occasion of a liie ;it Mi Whitaker'a iesidenco, ClaudeLinds some few months ago, the sei vices of Mr J> McNicol woie suitably iccoL'iiiscd by the Colonial Insurance Uompinv^for his successful extortions in sa\ mg the property from destiuction bj' fiie, We hear steps have been taken to get a donation from the same office (w hose interests wore largely afc stake at the fiic on Tuesday night) for the .stafF of The Waikato Times, who weie liistiumental in preventing the spread of the fiie to the piinting oflioe, although this building, owing to the diiection of the wiinl, Mas not m sucii imminent peril as the Union Bank. The Union Insurance Company, Me nndetstand, has the ink on the bank, as mcII ;«s that on the properties on the opposite side of the road, amounting together to about £1400. The roofs of these buiUlmtrs Mere se\eial times on fiie. It would he a gracious act, on the put of this, company if they pl.iCLd a su<n, say £30, in the hands of the local agent, to be distiibuted amongst those who Merc foremost in their sei sues, whose appi re I must have sulfu-jd severely in their wcll-dnocted efFoits. Many hundicdsof pounds A\oith of piopeity was. sa\ed by the plucky way the dilFeient woikeis stuck to their posts, and by the judgment displayed in the use of the N.Z. Insurance Oompiuy's hand engine. We are glad to see, Nature says, that theie ib at last some prospect of the immediate publication of Mr W. Colenso's Maoii-English Lexicon, Which was submitted to the New Zealand Go\ ornment neaily eight yeais ago, A specimen sheet of twenty folio pages has lecently been printed and presented to both Houses of the Geneial Assembly by command of the executhe authoiities. From this fepacimen it is evident that the work is of an encyclopaedic character, embodj ing a vast amount of information collected from original sources on the languages, ct'/nology, traditions, religions, habits, and customs of the Polynesian races. The plan is at ouce simple and comprehensive. The various meanings of each word are first given in Luge type, and each meauiug is then illustrated by one or more passage iv small typo from the native poems, myths, legends, proverbs and colloquial usage. Thus neaily four pages are devoted to the different significations and grammatical applications of the single word ff, which plays such an important pai tin all the I'olyncbian dialects. To the particle afn as many as thirty distinct meanings are assigned, a»cl these meanings are illustrated by no less than seventy-two quotations ftom the various souices abose indicated. In some eases the quotations are Englished, and it would ccitainly be satisfactory if this could be done unifoimly, In the English-Maori part the same plan is adhered to, only Irere quotations illustrating the different senses of the Englisli words are omitted as unnecessary. Should the woik be can led out on these line 3 it will enable the student to wait somewhat more patiently for the appearance of Mr Wliitnee's long-promised Compaiative Dictionary of the Polynesian Languages. Hurriedly written as <w>as our a.ccouut of the fire yijiph destroyed the billiard saloon in Victoria-street, Hamilton, on Wednearlny nightlasfc, there is very little to add. rr l Ilie1 lie fire is supposed to have originated in the fire-place in the lean-to, as the flames wben first observed were coming through tj»a roof immediately above. Nothing shorts <?f a. miracle 'kp : parently saved the Uiiiofa -Bftiifc' biding,' which - was 'only'- separated/-;- I'lfifog^ the. Milliard P^^^^§

the almost heroic endeavours of those whp worked the .force -pump below and those \vho * laboured on the roof were crowned; with success. No one supposed the bank would be saved, and every article of furnitu 10 was removed to a place of snfety. The block of buildings on the other sidu of the street, belonging to. Mr James H'irper, and occcpied by Messrs Hatrick, Qualtrongh and White, and Mr Hammond were in danger several time ns also were the stablee attached to the Hamilton Hotel, but the ready assistance of those present prevented the spiead of the fiie in this direction It was a most fortunate circumstance that there was but little wind, whip a plentiful supply of water was to hand. Amongst those most deserving of piaise for their efforts to con ft me the lavnges of the fire to the building in which it moke out we may be permitted to menti'>n the names of Mussis Burnand and E. Pilling, who woiked at the foice-pump incessantly, as long as the danger lasted, Mcssib H. H. Mctcalfe, Wilson and Dods who at considerable risk renamed on the roof of the Union Bank building until the services were no longer requited, and Mi C. Dcluvcts, who with conspicuous coinage, and at great risk, saved the paling fence between the two buildings, and so protected those who were engiged in the pumping opeiatious. Theie weie many otheis whose pluck and determination was apparent, but none will grudge the praise bestowed upon those named above. The billiard-room, formerly occupied as a stoic by Mr J. Martin, was rented by Mrs Gwyniie from the Church Missionary Society, and was, we believe, insured tor about 1200. The billiardtable and furnituie were insured for .-£l3O in the London and Lancashiie office ; the Union Bank building was insured in the Union Office for £900, and Mr -'Harper's block in the same office for £500. The damage done to the former is considerable. The weather boarding is much charred, and in places burned through. The windows on tho side nest the fire wcie of course smashed, while the fuini ture &c. was damaged by removal. ITar pel's buildings sufteied veiy little damage. Th 3 following extract from the listlettei of tbuSt.u\ London C'oiiospoiidentwill be lead with inteiest in this distiict :— I have just he.nd a most estraoidinaiy story, which it will be impossible to investigate fully this mail, but which I shall send lull puticulars of via 'Eiisco. On Tuesday last a man named Lowgiove called on Messrs W. Ashby and Co., the New Zealmd agents, for advice. Ho says he is a fanner horn Hamilton (Waikato), and that lie came home in respond to an advcitiscmcub in the Auckland Stai, which a\ened that lie was the hen to the Dei w cutw ater estate, and had only to prove his identity in England in ordci to bo placed in immediate possession of about £100,000. With what exultation the man sold up Ins comfortable homestead, and took passages (amidst \>e;uticsb good wishes foi the Old Countiy, I daicsay the Hamilton folks could tell. His joy, howcei, was blunt-lived. The whole thing is a ho.ix. It seems Lovegio\Vs mamma pined to see Ihji* ofT&ni ing, and m older to tempi him to come home she boldly adopted the expedient of send ing bogus advertisements to the Star. Lo\ogtovo is now l timed and penniless, his estimable mother's purse being by no means equal to her maternal yearning*. Lovegrove vows vengeance against the Star, but of com so tl'at is nonsense. I have only lieaid the bate outline of fie story and shall know moie presently.