The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1759, 13 October 1883, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Equal and o\.ict justice to .ill men, Of whatsoever st.ite or persuasion, religious or political. Here shall the Press the People's ritjhf maintain, Unawed by influence and unbribed by Rain.

SATURDAY, OCT. 13, ISSJ.

Owing to the fresh in the Waihou river, the Te Aroha coach wab delayed nearly two hours on Thursday morning at the punt. In consequence of this tho co.ich did not anive in Hamilton until about 5 p.m., and the moils therefore, did not go through to Auckland. This in another proof of the unsiutableness of the picseut time-table, with whicli the Te Aroha people are gieatly dissatisfied. A daily mail is sadly needed, and the Postal authoiities .should lose no time in ace "ding to the wishes of those concerned. Te Aroha is rapidly rising in importance, and the piesent tii- weekly mail service is altogethei inadequate to the public need. We trust, also, that no unnecessary delay will take place in the completion of the lailway between W.tikato and the goldfield. Jt will be seen from a telegram in another column, that Mr Peacock, M.H.R. for Auckland Noith, has received a communication from the Minister for Public Works, .stating that tendeit. for laying the permanent way of the Hiuniltou-Moiiinsville section aie to be invited at once. The formation of thih section was finished a considerable time ago, and there is really no excuse for any fuither delay.

Considering the many disappointments which the Cambridge district public have experienced in the matter of the Cambridge railway, the encouraging telegiam from the Minister of Public Work*, which we published in our last Issue, has not been ineffectual in assuring them of the sincerity of the Government this time. When people are disappointed a number of times m (succession they aie generally very hard to convince when confronted with the reality. And it cannot be denied that the Cambridge people foi some yeaits past have encountered disappointments out of number in this, matter, which is s>o immediately identified with the welfare and progress of their district. We bincerely hope that the Public Works Department will exert itself to have the line completed and open for traffic before the coming harvest.

We are glad to notice that the Cambridge Town Board have not ignored the few remarks which were offered in a previous issue regarding the improper performance of the rangers duties. Hitherto it has not been very safe to ride down through the town of a dark evening, as cowh in large numbers were always lying at intervals along the street, and over which equestrians were often wont to ride.

The usual weekly meeting of the Cambridge West branch of the Blue Kibbon Army will ,bo held on Monday evening next.

Nothing has as yet been heard of the missing man Spicer. The police at Cambridge nave dragged the river without avail.

The Rev H. R. Dewsbury, we understand, will deliver a lecture on " Charles Dickens," at Cambridge, at an early date. The proceeds will be innid,of s the now Wesleyan Church Building iEjuud. "

A soiree and ball, in connection with the Hamilton Branch of the H.A.C.B. Society, will be held .in the Oddfellows' Hall, Hamilton East, on Thursday night.

Tuesday next, the 16th inst., being the 22nd anniversary of the opening of the Bank of New Zealand, will be observed as a special holiday »by alji the offices of the bank in New Zealand.

A social tea meeting in connection with the Blue Ribbon Army will be held at the mission-room, Cambridge, , sVest, on Monday evening ,next. be delivered by 'ministers and others, and an interesting programme iA promised.

The weather for the past week has been Avet and stormy, and thoroughly unseasonable- On Thursday there were heavy hail storms, ' 'which appear to have been pretty general all over the province. A few weeks ago the weather, was fine and genial, but now we seem to c have lapsed mto winter again. Feed is scarce.everywhere, and the stock are experiencing a very hard time. ( _

The Board of Education, have agreed with the Cambridge School Committee to. dispose of the teacher's old residence by auction, and td have £he same "re- j moved, from* its present site /adjoining .the t school. The proceeds of the sale are to be dev,oted,J!Ojlevell)flg and, fencing the newv play T groujid fpfthe girk attending, the ( High School. ' The new play-ground ,)vi^ übe u be entirely distinct from the present one.

, : The f ejpQtimeAt case,; ySfalke^and &Hep, against" %c , native claimants .of „the, PukeTcuratands^'will cpmfy oil , jEpr', hpariug., at the Supreme Court, at "Auckland, on Tuesday next. T Mr^A^exaqder McDonald j arrived ii} p^milpo.nion^rhursday, 4nd was <c;ateone, andthodecmonjjjfpthe court vnJl ■ )io looked for with:ihflchintere§t. ti , f -,^. tlT

gravelling transaction havaJjeeu kujylSlglH, 'gageq^but have not GQauoffi*SMyJSttjKnSfo} conclusion. At the instlgle of toieSMayoji, the gravel has been megplred gfita>Me33rB> Sandes^and I^apflgr, andjEf^undlro bQ^43^: yard^'? It titm- p& remenibereo^jchat 1 iforeman of wre works, atjlfe req&e|t of rf the chai^a|an of ) the f works ' yomialfc|ee c (Mr, Peat)J'^igned a votipher fbr'^'Gl^ $Wd^Vthe ( amount clainlcd for by ,thfe< coutradtor/Mrl T.-.T A 6»es. V £' ' V *'$&£*''

The date of the coming Catholic concert at Cambridge has been fixed for Tuesday, 30th inst. As usual the entertainment promises tobe a thorough musical ' tifeat, the services fof [several lady and gentlemen amateurs from Auckland having been secured. The chair will be occupied by Col. Lyon* who has likewise promised to contribute to the evening's entertainment.

,The Cambridge Cricket Club contemplate challenging Te Aroha to a match at an early date. The other district matches will also be arranged for at the next meeting- ,of the committee. It has been suggested that an awning be , provided for the lady > poition of the spectators who grace the pioceedingo with their piesence, at all contests during the season. The suggestion is a good one, and we hope will be given effect to.

" Anti-Nuisance " writes :— Dear Mi* Editor.— l see by your report of the last meeting of the Cambridge Town Board that the Inspector of Nuisances has been requested to take action against Mr Murphy for pig nuisance in Brewery-street. Might I also suggest to that very observant body that they request the same officer to take steps towards the abolition of that scene of nuihanceh in the vei y centre of the town, and directly opposite the Criterion Hotel.

Dairy farmers will have an excellent opportunity of procuring well-bred milch cows at Mr J. S. Bucklaud's sale at the Matamata estate on Thursday next. These cows were selected by Mr Fh th with a view to commencing cheese-making. Owing to circumstances, he has been unable to commence operations this season ; hence the bale. At the same time and place, a Luge quantity of useful farm machinery, paifciculars of which aie published in our advertising columns, will be offeied for sale.

Regarding the murder of Carey, there seems to bo a consideiable amount of rivalry in the United States as to the city from which O'Donnell, the murderer of Caiey, had the honour to belong, and from which he was despatched. A telegram d.ited " Kansas City, August 3rd," says : — The belief is cm vent among Irishmen here that O'Donnoll, who killed James Carey at Port Elizabeth hist Monday, is identical with Captain Thomas Phelan of that city. Phelan left here for Dublin about two months ago, possibly to look after a legacy left him by some distant relative. But little is know of his subsequent movements, except that he arrived in Dublin during the progress of the Phoenix Paik muidei tiial. The descuption ghen of O'Donnell by the Capetown correspondent tallies exactly with that of Phelan, being six feet tall, 45 yeai 5 of age, dark hair, black eyes, and with slight paralysis of one hand. Phelan has lesided in this city about 25 yean, taken an active part in local politic-, and been known ab an avowed Nationalist, and a man of lemaik.ible com ago, and withal an expert with a 1 ifle or pistol. He has given some public exhibitions in th.it direction. He received the wound in the hand spoken of on one of these occasions. He served as a Union soldier during the war, being Captain of a company from thih country. The matter, although talked of among Phelan's friends, has been kept very quiet, and nothing of their suspicions has yet appeared in the new.-papeia. An intimate fxiend said to-night that while he had no actual iufoimation, yet he felt confident that Phelan was the man wh-> killed Carey. He stated that it was understood before Phelan left that he should tiavel under the name of O'Donnell."

The following "specials" to the Prebb Association dated London October lOfch and 11th liave appeared in the N. Z. Herald: — The Aboiigincb Piotection Society have directed the attention of Lord Djiby to the recent cruise of the labour vessel Fanny, and to the chaige^ made by Mr M. E. Morrison, the explorer, of the revolting tieatment to which the native women of Polynesia have been bubjected, and Loi d Dei by has requested the Governments of (Queensland and Fiii to leport upon the matter. —Speaking at a luncheun nu b >aid the bteauici M Manga, >Sn Chatles Lilley, Chief Justice of (JueiMisland, WiVinily condemned the apathy of Lord Dei by with ie->pect to the annexation of New Guinea. —A body of .Roumanian soldiers seized an Ausbiian barracks on the fiontier. Tlie Austrian's, however, lecaptuiedthe position, after making sixty ptihoneiK.—The Times states that Sir H. B. W. Brand, G.C.8., is about to retire from the Spe.ikership of the House of Commons.

A Manufacturers' Association has been foiniud in Dunedin. The objects of tho association aie :—l.: — 1. Encouraging the development of the natural resources of New Zealand, and diffusing information theieon. 2. Fostering New Zealand nianufactiues, and developing industries so as to afford mci eased and steadier employment of labour. 3. Obtaining the removal of revenue duties fiom raw niatoiial, and also fiom goods which cannot be profitably made in this colony, and placing moderate duties upon all articles that can be so made, that aie now admitted. 4. Discoui aging the suicidal policy of purchasing out of the colony, whether by Govei nment oi by municipal,' or other bodies, goods which can be advantageously produced in New Zealand. /). Keeping before the Government the advantage of giving their woik to firms piovidedwith suitable plant, instead of expending revenue in adding to the Government workshops and machinery, theieby needlessly increasing the present heavy burdens, of the taxpayers, and hindering the due development of trade, a cour.se which tends to the continuance of the present commercial depression. (

'■ Not since 1815," says the Journal disDebats, '" has the feelmg between England and France been so embittered at it is now." Of the rampant Anglophobia the following extract*! from an article in the Evenement is a fair hpecimen :—": —" It would be too much to expect that the sour, restless, and tyrannical people, who cannot boast an army of 50,000 soldieis, but who believe that 'they can do just as they please in the world because they possess the largest number of vessels and sailors, .would leave .Suez in the hands of a French company, while they hold grip, of Gibraltar and Vden. England will not' consent to be the generous and enlightened associate of M. de Lesseps and Mr (Gladstone in the work of developing and perfecting our Suez enterprise. From the point of view of civilisation m generall, this miscarriage of the most glorious enterprise ever undertaken for the present and future union of two nations cannot be too,much deplored. The accord would liayet e'ffacad vmf>re' than one cause 6f resentment and dispute. Its rejection will rekindle. , sooner or later, quariels which are-the legacy of ages, and which the chivalrous magnanimity and lofty policy of France have done iso much to extinguish." ' '

A notice by the Ngaruawahiapoundkeeper ap-, pears in another column.' " Messrs Douglas, Taroaherc, advertise a stray dog: on their property* t i • The Rangi.iohia Road Board notifies that it proposes to close certain roads and open others in the parish of Puniu. The general' manager 'of the New Zealand, railways invites tenders ' for the supply of 'coal and coke. ''■ ' ' "< Mr Joseph Moses, > New Zealand Tweed Company, Auckland, advertises thajibo is prepared ti> let a most convenient' shop'and dwelling, next ihe Bank of New Zealand, Cambridge. Atthe~WcstevanGhurch,Cambridge,to-morrowj the Rev H. lR'. Dowsbury will preach 'in the morning on t ',' Qis^jpleship and its conditions,." Mrßownian will preach in the^evening. At the Trinity Wesleyan Church, Hamilton, to-morrow, the Rev J. Dukes will preach in i the, morning ,on „"'The secret of true blessedness," and in the evening on " Does ' destruction' mean extinction of being ?" The particular attention of heads of families and the pablic gencrally-is directed to the new advertisement of Mr T^Jtl £. Jl^trick, Kaiapoi House, Hamilton^ 7 eit. ; An!( interesting price list is published. "'"'"4i^*"<i*; ',;- Mr J. S. Bucklarfd o fvllrsell'2od"cows l farming implements,; &c., at Matamata, ; jon ..Thursdayc next.' 'He has for private sale six ( Herejord bunsf and two pure 'shorthorn nulls; bred by air A.'Al Fantham. Messrs Sandes and Nipper, C.E., engineers to the- WJiitoa^{Roa4n ( Board', invUe.i^n^-W^'ift'r building a bridge at Shaftesbury, and for drain and ' road {formation pn' 'the 'deferred pajjrient l lands/ Te'Arphsi.Wcst. , .>i „( f ■..,., ttJ „, «.„ 'fh^feuM'servia^'Hvlll be' conducted byiMr s AWs^dgej.'at Li; GJuesne'^ . Hall,, HimU.ton^ t(>-t morrow. Thesubject for.the evening. lecture is :. " Israel's time of trouble and deliverance.",!^ I^"'

Ttogj&KKKURA DIFFICULTY. recent issue we referred to the fact fchat/'imce tho writs (.about twenty in num^' ffib) ha&been served on tho iffifijVes Horn Puao, Sdipa te Wliata and party/ oFNgagf K^wtfsfta, now squatting on tne.Eiikekinp &%& Pplioe Blocks, of which Messrs Grieve and Be'uJ'are the lessees, an attempt ..beirfgijnade by both parties to^^ffect^fifi ; anucable settlement of the case it should come before the Supreme Court. Every attempt at settlement has, however, been ineffectual, and the cabe will now come -qn forbearing before Jtidg^Gillies, at Auckland, on Tuesday (Jiext. F The /pleas to the writs have alreadyjbsdri filed bv t no s°l'«itor for the defence, Mr W. M. Hay. Mr E. Hesketh will represent Messrs E. B. Walker and party. All tho witnesses and others concerned will go down to Auckland by this morning's train^ , , v