The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1762, 20 October 1883, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Kqu.il uul en ict justice to all men, Ot whatsoever st.itc oi persuasion, rcliyious or politu .il Here sli ill tlie Picssthc People's rijjht maintnin, Uiiiuvcd b> influence «md iinl>iibcd by K>nn.

SATURDAY, OCT. 90, 1883. «.

Some pardonable surprise was expressed when it was found that the notice calling 1 for tenders for laying the permanent way of the WaikatoThames rail >\ay, as far as Piako, contained no reference to the Cambridge line. For out* own part we limit confess that we attaeheel no importance to the circumstance. In the face of the promises made by tJio Minister for Public Works, we did not dream that any delay in the completion of the- Cambridge railway ould take place. The whole of the necessary material has been lying at the Hamilton station ground for some months, and there sceiiied to be no reasonable excuse left for further procrastination. Moreover, the settlers of the Cambridge district, through the member for Waikato, hive taken care to impress upon the Minister the urgent need for completing the line before harvest time. It seems, however, that we have all been deceived, and that, through soino blundering in the Department, the contract will not be let for some months yet. We have gleaned this information from an unofficial source, but we have every reason to believe that it is reliable. The contractor for the Cambridge section will, of course, have to make use of that portion of the Thames line between Hamilton and the junction, and this, it seems, he will not bo able to do until that line has been taken over by the Government. Now the date for receiving tenders for the Eureka contract, as it is called, is the 23rd of next month : and at the earliest the work caanofc be commenced before December. In these circumstances the contract for the Cambridge line is not likely to be let for many months. It does not seem to have occurred to the Department that both jobs might have been lumped together and let as one, or, if our informant is right, to make some sort of arrangement by which both contracts might be carried on simultaneously. Such blundering as this is deplorable, and we can hardly find terms sufficiently strong in which to express our disgust. It is monstrous that the interests of an important community like Cambridge should be sacrificed through tlie cai'elessness of the officials in the Department. But we do not suppose those who are deeply interested in this matter will remain inactive ; prompt and determined action may yet effect a remedy, and this, we trust, will be taken. The history of the Cambridge railway is a history of neglect and delay on the one hand, and persistent agitation on the other, and its character is not likely to change until the trains start running.

A telegram in another column in- ! forms us that it is the intention of the hon. the Native Minister to visit Waikato shortly, to confer Avith Tawhiao, and also that some important change in the native policy ih believed to be imminent.

We are informed that two on «hree nasty holes exist in the floor of tho bridge ovor tho Tamahoro crock, on the HamiltonCambridge Road. Tho local body in charge of the structure should at once see to repairs of these faults.

In another column we print an extract from a telegram received yesterday from the Star's Wellington, correspondent, which will be read with interest. It relates , to the question of Auckland's representation in the Cabinet, The coryesponaeht petieyes;

that either Mr Peacock or Mr Hurst, but probably the former, will be offered a portfolio.

Weather permitting, there will be cricket practice on Sydney Square, Hamilton East, this afternoon. Members of the club are requested to attend.

Leslie's Hill, on t the HamiltonCambridge road, is rapidly getting into a state of disrepair, and ought to be looked to at once.

We are requested to state that the hour for commencing evening services at Trinity Presbyterian Church, Ca.nibiidge, has been alteied to 7 o'clock for the summer months.

I Mr W- H. Hales, the District Engineer, Public Works Department;' proceeded to Cambudge yesterday for th,e purgose of going tluough to Taupo with Mr '. B. Knorpp, G,E., on a tour of inspection of the contracts at present being cariied out by the Department, and to arrange a^ to fufcui'e work.s.

At the meeting of the Cambridge Road Board, which will be held to-day, the question of the proposed diainage scheme will be considered. Although home opposition to the scheme has been threatened, we believe that the gcneial opinion of tho->e mostly affected is favoiuable to the c«utying out of the work, provided it can be clone at a reasonable cost.

The French agression in Tonquin is likely, as lias been repeatedly piedicted, to lead to serious trouble. The ultimate result will piobiibly be a war with Ohiiw, to the injury of all Euiopeau trade with that vast Em piie. Our latest cable message informs us> that the Chinese intend to "block" Canton, whatevei that may mean.

We understand that it is contemplated by the Boaid of Education to remove the Hautapu school from its piesent position to a site on the railway line near Fen Court. We do not suppose the residents of the inipoit.uib distiict of Hautapu .no awaie of this ; but the .sooner they awake to the fact, the butter for their own inteiests. Such a pioceeding as that determined on by the boai d ib not likely to go unchallenged.

The members of the Hamilton Bianch of the H.A.C.B. Society celebrated their thiid anniversary by a lull at the Oddfellows' Hall on Thursday evening. The airaiigeinrnbs mcio most pei feet, and tho atfaii passed off most .successfully. About 00 couples wore piesent, and dancing was Kept up until about 4 o'clock yesteulay moiiiiug. Mi Hollow ay'n band fuimshed the nuiiic, and gave the gieate^t hatisf action.

The Wellington correspondent of the Herald, telo<jiaphni£ on Tlnutl.iv, says: — t understand that Mr J3ivcim\ill k'.ivo shoitly foi W.ukato, .uid Mill oonfei witli 'J\iuln.n) .wid 'W.ihcunu <>n v.uioui qtioitKiii-. lolativo to tlio o[)uning up and xuttUiniunfc of the cumitiy. J lu\u hvwih to huliovc that sonic im]>mtant new dc- \( i loj)inont ot policy in icy.ud to native attain is unbuilding.

In another part of this issue will })(■ found the full pio^i.umue of the conceit to bo yi\on at the Oddfellows' Hall, If.uiulton, on TuomLi} next, 111 .ud of tho fumta of >S. Maiy's Catholic Chinch. Amongst the list of poifoiineis aie sovrial well-known lady amateuis from Auckland, ,u well as many of tho local f<n (unites, Tho Hamilton Sfci mg' J3<utd .uid tlie Choi.il Society w ill .ilso assist. Tho conceit ptoinisos to bo .in excellent one, and w o have no doubt it will ha laigely patronised. The entertainment w ill conclude with .i dance.

We have received from Messrs Sander iincl Co., cheniiht^, Victona-stieet, Hamilton, a number of specimen Christmas cauls of Now Zealand flowers. They coniI pnse llhi^tiatiunb of the pohutukiiw.i, manuka, clom.iti'?, lat.i, kowluu, <uicl •ike .ike, and .no beautifully got up, both in diMgn and woikniiuiship. Tliu cauls .ire fiom chewing.-) by Mi*-) Auniji, of Auckl.vnd, and Iki\o hoen lepiothicod by nioaii^ of tlio cluomo-htliojfi.ii'liGr'^ art Nothing could lie inoic Mutable foi sending to fnenck in the old countiy.

The following specials to the Pioss Association, dated London Oct 17th, have been published in the N.Z. Hoi.ild :—: — Geneial M.iclvoi, Lite of the Senian aimy, who foi some time past has been actively engaged, in oiganising a qua.si-nnlitaiy e\])edition to New Guinea, states that tho sub-iUiptions towaids dofiaymg the cost of it amount to WO,OOO, and that applications f1 om .100 who ai e willing to join ha\e been lecened. — Mi (Joatts Tinttci, m a lettei to. The Tinier, wains the public of the dangei in accepting tho scheme of (icueial MocLvoi fi>i tho settloinent of Now (xuine.i. — Tho Due Do Fenian Xiunv, S]);inish x\.inl)ii.ihadt)i lit Paiif-, who ies)j{ii(}d, has ■\\ithdiawn hi^> iesiv nation.

One result of the Europeanising pioeess th.it is going on in Japan, will, says the Tunain 1-Jei.ild, piolubly bo the discoveiy >intl publication of lehgious .uid political lecouls of immense antiquity. It has been aMxntamed that the templts in Japan, .some of winch aie said to be thousands of yeais old, contain documents, if wo may call them so, of extraoi dinai v htciaiy and Muuntific internet, 'i^icio is, of coulee, <i gioat dithculty in gaining .vccci'- to thco tmasuic>j ; but the untjor cl.'is-i of .];ii>anu>o li.uu takun to visiting l'jiuopo 01 having tliou sons educated thoie, this difficulty has been considi'iablydiimni.shcd, iwakmaToiuoiui, one of the Ministeis of the Empeioi of Jajian, recently had an accmato photogniph t.ikon of a pnliii leaf wnttcn all o\ci m tSanskut, which had been in the temple of Hoim/.i for neaily ]300 yeart>. How old it -wai when it was placed there is not stated ; but it is the most ancient ttansknt nianusciipt known to be in existence. Iwakuia Toinomi, Mho had been in Hugland and had a son at (Kfoid, .sent the photograph to Fiofessei Max Mullei, and it is to be copied in autotype and published. Wo wonder what the writing i,s all about, and wo hope a translation of it will also be published. It makes us Bntons feel lather small to lefioct that the Japanese ueic a highly chih/sed and eminently ichgious people, at a period when we weie painted bawujes.

As we anticipated, says the N.Z Hor.ild, tho claim put in by MLss Neavo to tho Costley estate appeals to have been m.idc under ;i Misapprehension. The letters received by the executors are in tho natuic of inqiuiies. They aie fiom a .solicitor, Imt ho appeals to be under the apprehension that the claim of his client arises from tho inability of the deceased to give hi* propcity foi the purposes of maiutamI ing "leligiou.s or charitable objects," being baaed by the Mortmain Act (!) (Jeorgo 11., c. 3(5). The Act m England provides that no .such '"gifts" sluill be lawful evcept made by deed indented twelve months before tho death of the pei.son making it, and the deed must be em oiled in the Couit of Chancery. The substance and form of the devi&e in the case of the late Mr Costley are very different. The property ib left by will to trustees to lie sold (that is, turned into money) with instructions to disti ibute the money in the manner presenbed by the will of the testator. The trustees have complied with the will and turned the estate into money. There have been two claimants to the Costley estate, and it is remarkable that both claims have been made by solicitous for their clients under the .same misappiehension, viz., that the devise was barred by the " Statute of Mortmain. ' The executois will have little difficulty in explaining to the claimants the true state of the case, and so end the pretentious of all claimants whatever.

Mr C. F. Nappcr inserts a notice in cur advertisement columns interesting to owners of dogs. Creditors in the assigned estate of Ihomas Not ris, i'l'aotaoroa, must send in their proofs of debt to Mr J. L. Soutter, Cambridge, before the 31st mst. Messrs Mercer and Marshall, contractors for the Oxford section Rotorua railway, announce that they .ire prepared to sub-let portions of the same. They also advertise for navvies at Ss per day. The subjects of the sermons at the "Wesleyan Church, Cambridge, to-morrow, are : — Morning, " Christianity v. Heathenism;" evening, "No del.iy." At Trinity Wes'.cyan Church, Hamilton, MrJ. C. Brown will conduct the morning, and the Rev. J. Dukes the evening service. The subject for the evening sermon will be " The Door into the Kingdom." Mr Geo. Aldridg-e will conduct divine service as usual at Le Qucsnc's Hal), Hamilton East, to-morrow morning and evening. The subject for the evening lecture will bo " A review of the R.er Mr Dukes' sermon on ' Destruction."' You will do well to furnish your house from Garlick and Cranwell's, They have now the most complete Furnishing Warehouse in Auckland, furnitute to suit all classes, good strong, and cheap. They have Tapestry Carpets :rom 2s 3d per yard, Brussels from 3s lid per yard,- Linoleum from' 3s Od to ss, Oil CUths from is Od to 4s Cd per yard, good 12 feet wide Oil Cloths at 3s 6d per yard. Immense assortment of Iron Bedsteads from Infants' Cots to 6 feet wide half-tester Bedsteads. Double iron Bedrteads from 255. 480 Bedsteads in stock to select from. Beddings of all kinds and sizes kept in readiness. Dining,- Sitting, Drawing-room FFurr r .niture, and "and a large assortment of Manchester iare 'Furnishing Goods, including / a.' lot of , Cndtonnes. Book Catalogues xsent freMo intending t purchasers, "Qarlick and > QranweU, ; 'eUyEfaU,AicaabrQueen-6t>reet t Au9W»n<i^ , -