The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1772, 13 November 1883, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE

F(]ual md e\u t jiibtirc to all men, Ot ttliitsoc\ui st.itc 01 peisu.ision, religious or politic il. Here sli ill the Pi ess the Pooplo's riffle maintain, Un.nwil l)\ indue me .mil unbribcd by f, r .un.

TUESDAY, NOV. 2-1, ISS3.

Mr McGruther, one of the candidates f"i tlic \,ic,uicy i" the Alovuuha Town Bo.ud, h.is witlidiawn fuun the content.

Cavalry Instructor Carley passed tlnougl) Hamilton yesteuUy by tiaiu on Jus «,iy to W.uuku to piepaio tho ca\ahy ;il tbiit pl.ico for tho annual inspection to bo lit'ld on tho I.")tb niit.

We omitted to mention in our l.i-,t tli.it Mi It. F. S.uidcs pi evented a ciickct kill, to bo tin* innpcrty of the victoi-. at the m itch on I'nd.iy l.i^t.

There was a large attendance at the Auckland Slum on-Fiiday. We ha\e nothing to add to the imrticulais [of the o\hilnt-> .i-j gi\en on S.itnrclaj".

The following players will cora])om>, th<* ri.ujii]t»ii k'.un 111 the m.itch Cambiid^c \. J-I.xmilton, to be played on Sydney ttqu.ue, on H.itunUy next :— Fouust, Binfhm, Pe.u-on, JJimli 1 , Voii Stunner, Ste\ens, Ifollowjiy, Onneiod, ]swtn, Eilgecumbe, Knk. lMiicigencioh : Heddoii and Alluglit. T))o aD.'itcli Mill commence Jit 11 a.ni. '.lmvp.

The Church News says :— " The Rc\ H. .S. ]->.t\ ics Jjas been appointed by the Bishop to the ch.uge of the P.ieroa and JCitikati districts, in addition to that of Te Arolw, (mclndinp; and Waihou.) Mv UdviL's' head-qiuuters will be at Te Aioha.

The annual tea meeting in connectiou with the Cambridge Baptist Chinch .uiniveisaiy will take place in the tabernacle this evening. The Revs. A. Fairbiothei, Woolloy, and Cato (Nelbon), and other fi lend*, aie expected to address the meeting. A l.u^e attendance of members of the (jlnirch fiom till paits of the district

is expected. The sale of the privileges for the foithcoining meeting of the Cambridge Jockey Club will be hold by Messrs Chirk .infl Uiino, at their auction mart, Dukostieet, C.unbiidge, ;it 12 o'clock to-day. It is genetally expected tliat the privileges of this hPiisoii'h meeting will biiiig unusually high [;;ice&.

We are glad to notice that some of our muWx in Waikato are about to take up the tobacco gi owing experiment. In 1 espouse to om invitation of Thursday last, we h.ive received applications for seed for e^pei inienUl purposes, and we )io])e, for the sake of the industry, these experiments will be earned out on a caieful and studied basis. We have lieaid of some e\cellent plants gi own at Tapapa native settlement, which luue been made into a first-class

aiticic by the natives. The Hamilton mayoralty election vi)l come off on Wednesday, the 28th inst. Nominations unisfc be lodged with the returning ofh'cer, Mr Collins, before noon of Wednesday, the 21st. So far, "o candidiite hn> decl.u ed himself, though it it, generally known thai Mr Peat is coming out. Jt \* not impiubablo that the present Mayor, Mr Knox, ifttlior than there should )>D no ooufcest, will again come f inward. Mr P. Le (iu«.sne was waitbj on yesterday, v ill) the obieet of gettnig him to .stand, but Mr Le t^ueme pojiiive declined to i>e nonii-

The programme of the Thames .Tocl'oy Club iace» to be run au Boxing Day imd the day following will be found ndvuiti-.ed in another part of this issue. | The events me ten in number, and include .'tlmrdlo Kicts ni 'lOsova and a handicap of 80*>v.s on the fiitn't d:iy, and a handicap of loOsovk and a steeplechase of lOOsovs on the | .second day. There U Jikcly to be good competition, and the meeting should be attended with complete succebs. A meeting of the committee of the CauilnwSge Mutual Improvement Ahbociation will life held this evenjmg at the Courthouse for the purpose of ari-gwghig matters in connection with the .sesbiou of .the association nist closed. Home time ago % was j)i oposcd to give another woeial entertain.i//ent in connection with the imocintton, bat jiothing has aX yet been definitely decided jipon. This question will also be considered at to-night's meeting. All tho ij)ciiibuii> o£ tho connnittee are requested to attend.

Tlie need for additional crushing [Krtttsral Waioronfjoiitfrt ;s already beginning W be felt, " and it itv write our To Avoha contoniix>VQ./"j, "in the highest degree to know that the want will bo promptly supplied. Instruction)* have already be&n received from Auckland S»» pioceed with fclus survey of Bullock's water-race and battery site, and when this is completed a battery with forty head of stampers will be promptly ftt-eefced. This will enable all claims to go ahead without delay, and will alike bo of great service to claimlioldors, and a profit to the enterprising proprietors. Mr Crump is now engaged oh the survey, and tenders for construction will be called for as soon as possible.

The Earl and Countess of Rose- 1 berry were through passengers to Sydney' by the $.M.S, Zfoalandia on .Sunfyvy, ;i

During tho stay of the veHflol in port, the visitor* were the guests of the Mayor of Auckland, Mr «T. M. Clark, and dined with his Worship and Mrs Clark at Ki'imusu. Lord imd Lady Rosebeiry, wlio were driven round Auckland, and seemed greatly plUciMjd, will ietr.ru to Now Zealand shoitly, and visit tho Kotorua district. Baron Hubnor was a psissongci to Sydney in the Zoalandia, as also was the Hon. Fredei ick Whitaker, o\-l'rßii)i«r, who goes to attend the Annexation Conference.

We regret to hear that Mr Joseph Cochrane, Hamilton East, lost a. voiy valuable horw on Thursday evenitif,' last. Mr Cochiune, it wooins, Avas endiMvoumitf to catch the hot>o for the purl>oso of riding in to the borough council meeting, whon tlio nnhn.il tried to jimip a wattled fauco, nt.tkcd itself, .-Hid h.id to bo iliot in ciiiisoqiienoo. Mr Coclirain»'s abscucc from the council meeting if> thus evplamod.

A recent number of the New Zealand W.u- Ciy contains the following:— "A Freethinker find .in opponent to the Salvation Aimy went to ouo of our meetings to lidicule. A little lass gave her experience. In about three minutes it knocked him off Ins throne of freedom, put him under condemnation, made him tremble as a piisoner, and after bemj; in the condemned cell for a week, lie cried to (4od for meicy and got beautifully saved. Though he had smoked .seven ounces of tobacco a week for over forty-two years, he gave it up, and now for some tune has been wonderfully happy, and very useful in our ranks."

The following Specials "to the Pi ess Association, dated London, November 9th, have appeared in the Herald : — The Wellington-Manawatu Railway Company's debentures, which were purchased by a syndicate some time ago, nave now been placed upon the market, and all taken up.— xYs the Lord Mayor's hhow passed through the streets to-dnj', the new Lord Mayor, Mr It. N. Fowler, M.P., was hissed by the populace; while Alderman Hadley, who had been rejected in the election, although the senior alderman who lias not passed the chair, was loudly cheered. An Australian wool-trophy car, and another of New Zealand mutton formed part of the procession, and elicited loud cheers.— M. Forry\ statements are deemed re-assuring, m> fiir as New (iuinea is concerned, but oqui vocable as regards other possible Pacific annexation.

Evidently the athletic sports which took place on tho Cambridge Racecouise on Kiiday last were blessed with the presence of some of the light-fingered fraternity. During the trip of the jMta up the river with passenger* for the sports, the sum of £13 was abstracted from the apaitnient of one of the officer. The money was not missed until the passengers had been landed. The gentleman who lost the money, on discovering his loss, at once pioceedod to the scene of the sports and put the matter in tho hands of the police. Constable Dillon confronted the pei.son Mi-peeted, and the Litter volunteering, seaiched; but no trace of the wiping money was found. The next caxo which comes under notice was that in which Mr Kanell (junr.)of Kihikihi was the victim. Mr Farrell took off his clothes in the jockey-ioom of the (ti.uul Stand, leaving his watch in his pocket, and after joining in one of the athletic contests letuined to the room for his clothes, but found that his watch had disappc-.uod during his absence. The matter was lepoited to the police, but the missing article has not as yet been heai d of. Wo were not aware that our community was blessed with professional pickpockets, and we hope that by tho vigilance of the police the members of the fraternity who have so recently betrayed their pie'scnce will be brought to light befoie they are successful in perpetrating

any fmtfiin nets of a like nature. "Twenty thousand miners will bo at work on the To Aroha goldfielil within si\ months," cried Mr J. McCosh Cl.u k at tho banquet gi\ en to Mr Thomas Uussell prior to the latter gentleman's denature to England. It may be, and probably is collect, to assume that the guess is a trifle too sanguine, but the principle contained in the speakei's lemarks holds good, \i/.., that a \*ast mtlu\. of population will take place in the Thames Valley within a comparatively short space of time. We (Te Aroha News) venture to asseit, without fear of contradiction, that the yield of the mines during the past week has, ton for ton, never been sin passed in the colony in any crushing of geuei.vl diit. We do not expect, and can scarcely hope, than we shall e\er see the astounding yields of gold that the famous Hunt's '(■toldon Ciown, Long .Drive, Caledonian and Mo.iiMt.iiii ga\c to their fortunate klmioWcloi-3, Vmfc wo lui\u fcllOWll tll.lt qu.ut/ bioken fiom laigo and .solid leefs can liioduce neaily tlnee ounces to the ton, and this icsult is hard to beat. This fact alone should go a long way to veiify tho principle of Mr Clark'R remarks, but when standing on tho summit of the range and glancing at the enoimous tract of level and fertile country sti etching away to the horizon on either hand, we recognise the fact that the natural centre of this great tenitory ib the head of the navigation of the river, the present terminus of the railway, the Te Aroha assurance becomes doubly sure that a great futuie is befoiii us.