The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1786, 15 December 1883, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Jsfju.il and cxnrt justice to all men, Ot wli.itsncMT state or persuasion, religious or political. Mere shall the Press the People's rich' maintain, Unawed by influence and unhribcd by gain.

SATURDAY, DEC. Jo, 1883.

Some misapprehension appears to exist in regard to the position of the Hamilton pound. Many of the residents have inferred from the report ot the proceedings in the K.M. Court published in oar last issue, that there is no legal pound within the borough. This is a great mistake. All the necessary documents constituting the pound were handed in, but particular mention of them was omitted becanse it never occurred to us that the fact of the existence of a logal pound was a matter of doubt at all. It is true the poundkeeper has been guilty of dereliction of duty in the case under notice, and it is more than probable that poundkeepers all over the district have made similar errors of omission, but the stupidity of the poundkeeper in no way aliects the existence of the pound. We are afraid that impounding affairs have hitherto been conducted in a rather loose manner, the keeper of Hjb pound dealing with other people's cattle much in the same manner as he would utih his own, and not taking the proper steps to determine the ownership ; but it may be expected that in futtiit- a greater degree of care will be shown in tins regard.

Our Alexandra letter, Echoes fioni thu C.ifo, and sever d other items of impoitanee, are crowded out of this is-tue. The programme of the Hamilton West School conceit on Wednesday next appeals in another column. Entries for the Cambridge Jockey Club Now Year Meeting elo.se on Monday next. Large fields are expected. At the Ngaruawahia Police Court on Tuesday 11th inst, befcie Mr W. Duncan. .I.L\, James Cl.uk was fined .">■> and cost-* for being drunk and disorderly. The Hamilton High School and the Hamilton West School bioke up for the Cliiistnivs holidays yesteiday. The E.ist Sehottl will adjoin n on Friday next. The regular monthly meetings of the Taotaoioa and Cambridge Road B-iaids take place to-day at Cambridge, the fOl rasi at 11 o'clock, a.m., and the latter at 4 p.m. It will be noticed in another column that the engineers for the Waipa County Council draw tho attention of the public to the dangerous state of the Monavale and Mangapiko Swamp road. Professor Herbert's legerdemain eiiteitainnient, which iui to have been given in the Cambridge Public Hall last u\ uniug, has been postponed until next Friday. We are requested to state that honoi.uy memberh of the Counts Diamatic Club who leriuiie additional tickets for the enteitannnent on Tuesday next should apply to the lion, sec, Mi B. C. Mourner, Hamilton. The Rev. E. H Gulliver, Warden of S. .1 oh n's College, Auckland, will officiate at S. Andiew's. Cambridge, to-moiiou, morning and evening, and at Ohaupo in the afternoon. Aiehdeacon Willis will officiate at Moiiin.s\ille, Kichmond, and Matamata. A correspondent at Te Rahu, .signing himself "One of the Religion, ' writes asking us to explain the reason why the Roman Catholics (| f »'•> district "can never has e church service." Really we cannot say. We coun.sel our correspondent to w rite to liis bishop on the subject. The names of Mrs G-wynne and Miss Newell weie inadvertently omitted fioni the list of ladies who presided at the sale of woik on Wednesday, in aid of S. Peter'.s Church debt. This Is the more to bo regietted, as none aie more, leady to help in any and every good woik. We would draw the attention of our reader to the advertisement in refeience to the special trains and fares for the Christmas Holidays. The arrangements made appear very suitable and no doubt will be laigely taken achantageof during the coining festive sea«on. We are sorry to learn that Mr John Knox is too much indisposed to attend to business, and that he, has been confined to his hoiwe foi the past two days. It is announced in another column that consequent on his illness, Mr Knox s usual sale at the Hamilton Auction Malt will not be heJd to-day. The following tenders were received foi ((Iterations and extension of the Bank of New Zealand premises, Cambiidge, Waikato:— C. Rhodes, £10!K> ; Smith, £1087 ; Smith and Wooller, £108.') ; Rose and fcflark, £1043 ; Langley and Williams, £10T>; Siueardon, £!M)7 ; Caiter, £037. The tender of Mr Carter has been accepted. The Hamilton West School Committee, at a meeting held on Thursday evening, decided to record the committee s vote in favour of Mr J. W. Carr, one of the candidates for the vacancy in the Board of Education caused by the retirement of Mr R. Laishley, junr. The members present at the meeting weie : Messrs Hume (chairman) Scott and Bradley. Settlers throughout the Waikato speak cleploringly of this year's fruit ciop, which with very few exceptions is a miserable failure. In some places through the uncountable and unprecedented severity of the weathoi not only have the tiee» not borne fruit, but the very leaves have been blighted and the trees in some places altogether denuded. At the ordinary meeting of the Tamahere Rojkl Jioaid yesteiday, the business was chiefly of a loutine character, The engineers were instructed to call for tendei.s for the eaithwork over the culvert at Ciawfoid'b Gully This will be an extensive job, as .something like 10,000 yards of earth will be requhed. Accounts amounting to £250 weie passed for payment. Notwithstanding all our bad weather, we seem to be better off than .some parts of the country down South as regards our loads. The following paragraph is from a Southern Contemporary. Tt will take £3000 to repair damages caused by lecent floods to the main road a Waikouaiti, andabimilar .sum for other county loads. Whore would Waikato and Waipa b3 if they had this t>oi t of thing to contend with, We would remind the subscribers of the Cambridge Public Lilnary, "who are ■olicitous for the welfaie of that institution that it is e.ssential all subscriptions now due should be paid to the secretary, Mr John Dods early this month, in order to iecure as full abhaie of the, Goveriimont subsidy in aid of libraries as possible! The/ 1 amount of the subsidy will altogether depend upon the extent bf the. revenue, . the j former being distributed' iv proportion to the latter. . <*, t < ' . ' The hull, cargo, &Cj, of the s.s. Triumph were sold by'aiiction'at Auckland, Ons Thursday. ; The > hull ;wajs bought} by 'Messrs Frazeivand; .Tmnje , for -£2,1C'0, the cargo by M^^wWeswoodlor $30, audtti'e' refrigerating «machinei'y, ( lwhi*ch qo&t fcWOOr Mas purchased of the -freezing^ company by Mr Win. "Aitkhv *> The enquiry" 'R;a#r» n d : ctel||^Ml#, w

21st but. for the attendance of Mr E. Hsta keth, who in retained for Oaptain Brothefe|

Yesterday mmhig-.ift Mr> #> g| NorgfiSye v|iJjs passjlig ths!qtigh,Bome ti-tra land wf Caiilbrid^ej Wesl^ he.discoveVed xf <l little jpoy, aoout tso years* (if age, all|jiloni in fche^ti-tree, and 1 preaerifcing apythifagbufc' 4 a haffyy/appoarptfco. JOn goiijg gVer jto, npeak t()lwtn he 'raii away into a piece of swatnp, scivvtching himself in i)lacoi against pieces of ])roject'mg fci-tree. Mr Norgrovo having recovered him, brought him into Cambridge and gave him over tothe police, who looked after the youtog waif until his parents \vei,'e found' out. , Wheu found he was about a mile and a half from home, and not being able to spuak, could not give hih name nor tell where he came jEroin.

A special telegram to the Press Association dated London December 11th, states : — A programme of thirty matches has teen arranged for the Australian eleven. It includes matches with Oxford and Cambridge University, two with the Geutlem on of England, two with theNoith of England, three with All England at Manchester, Lords, and the Oval respectively, two- with the Players of England, one with the South of England, and thirteen agaitißt countyelevens. The county clubs of England, have unanimously requested the Marylebone Committee, to instruct the umpires in all county matches to strictly enforce law 10, which forbids throwing or jerking in bowling.

The concert in aid of the Cambridge District School Library, which cornea off on Monday evening next and promises to bo a thorough musical treat in e\eiy respect, if the piogiainnio, which appears in another column may be taken as a criterion. Doubtless the object of the entertainment will have as much to do w ith it-, success as will the excellence of the piogrannne, but where both features are Rood, the success is doubly assured. The names of those to take part comprise the best amateurs in the district, the juvenile contributions having been altogether done away with on this occasion. If%wyents wish to make the school library of their children a good one they can manifest their desire in no better way than by lolling up on Monday evening. The following regulations under the Inspection of Machinery Act, 1882, are gazetted :—": — " That from and after the fit-.-t day of January, 1884, all poiUbleb >ileis used solely in connection with threshing machinery, and all boiler-, used solely for boiling-down purposes, shall only be inspected once in every t\yo yeais, provided that to entitle such boilers to exemption from annual inspection they shall not be usei! for any purpose for any period exceedin* six calender months in any one year, and nothing herein shall restrict the inspection of any such boiler at any time if the Inspector shall see fit to do so for any alleged .sufficient aunts; provided further th.it this pro\iiion shall not ie-itrict or prohibit the inspection if the ceitific.itgranted in respect of any boilor of of such class xhall be for a le-<- period than two years." A general meeting of the Cambridge Ciicket Club was held at Kiikwo >d's Hotel on Wednesday evening, when tin unusual number of members were piesent. Mr H. E. Cotton occupied tho chair. The minutes of the last meeting being lv.ul, the selection of a, team to play in the Alexdra match to-day followed. Although not strictly the player*, chosen, as inoic than tin* usual \ iewsude-. and disappointments have buen mob w ith in getting the team together, still the following will doubtless tender ago >d account of theuisel\e->. Phi* toiini willc miprise Mes.si.-t Foirest, Collins, Cotton, FiUpatiick, Lon^bottom, M. Stubbing, Faiquharson, Moore, Tiuss, Haimona (eleventh man unccitain), who will stait in a coacli from Carter V at halfpast fi\e o'clock this morning. V.uious other topics in connection with the intei est of ci icket wei c discussed at the meeting, and several challenges ai ranged. We had the pleasure yesterday of inspecting the laige and vtuied stock of foods at the establishment of Mr N. G. i'3nno\, stationer, Hamilton, and moie p.u ticularly that poition which has been specially selected for the Christmas season. School committees and teaehein in search of suitable prizes cannot do bjttei than inspect Mr Lennox.'-* stoic, wheie they will find cheap literatuie of all kinds-, suitable to the age and undei standing of thcii pupils, such as yearly \olumes of the Boys' Own Paper, the Girls' Own Paper, Cliatterbi\-, Little Folks, with innumerable pic tine books. Seasonable goods in the shape of ladies' handbags, writing desks, musical instruments, &c, are ,also in stock, while theie is a. Luge assoitmeut <if libi.uy volumes of the best soit to select fioni. These goods can be got at Auckland prices, so that our readeis need not go out of the distiict, while anything not in stock can be at once piociued fiom the head cstabhshment in Auckland. We stiongly lecommend all those in search of Christinas novelties to pay a visit of inspection to Mi Lennox's shop. The following special messages to the Pi ess Association, dated London December 11th, ami 12th, 1 aye appeared in the Heiald -.—Tin 1 Maiquis of Lome, speaking at the Co'onial Institute, expressed a hope that the Australian colonies would federate, and 1 c insisted that England mu&t recognise the colonies as being the best judges of their own wants. He eulogised the activity of the Australian colonies in the matter of defences. Sir Alexander Gait .suggested th. t English diplomatists might devote some attention to improving the commercial lelations between the mother country ai d her colonies. His Royal Highness tl c Duke of Albany wo., present, and there \\ as a crowded audience. — Wheat shipments from Victoria to arrive have been sold at 455, and 44s !)d has been offered for 500 quarters of Adelaide.— Siguor Giuseppe Mario, the celebrated tenor, is dead, aged 75 yeais. — Mr Parnell has lefmed to coalesce with the Liberal party until they consent to abandon the police of coercion and emigration.—Application for shares in the Now Zealand Mortgage Company are in excess of the munbei open for allotment.— Tt is lepoited that a party of Koyal Engineers will be sent to fortify the town of Assouan, situated near the first cataract of the Nile, and guarding the approaches to Upper Egypt. The Egyptian gariison has abandoned Souakin, and a foice of 10,000 rebels is stated to be holding the passes of the Soudan.— The Times says the accomplishment of colonial federation will tend powei fully to reduce the difficulty which surrounds the larger questions of Impeiial fecleiation. The Titnaru Herald commenting on the Native Minister's success atKiliikihi so-ys : — Four years ago, such an event would have been regarded as a tremendous triumph of policy, and would assuredly have been celebrated by rejoicings and demonstrations — not to say debauchery — lasting for weeks and osting the public thousands of pounds. The Ministeis and their supporters would have been beside themselves with pride and joy ; and the newspapers would have been crannnel with excited accounts of the affair, , authorised reports, special correspondence, leading articles, and all the lest of it. Now. Mr' Bryce ha»s done the deed quietly by himself in Kewi's house at Kihikihi ; and it ha* been announced to the public in a Pie^s Association telegram of half a dozen line.-?. The papeis have, for the mostpa.it, tieated it as a matter of no special moment, as if ,itweie nothing moie thau liad been e\-* pected fiom Mr Bryee. The Lyttelton Times, however Mr Bryce's bitterest, most implacable, and most unscrupulous antagonist, has had the candour to point out briefly the value of the latest service rendered by that capable and high spirited Minister to the colony, and to acknowledge that the first great step to the real opening of the Waikato has been made." (Such a testimony coming from such a source is a very conspicuous compliment indeed to the Native Minister's power of overcoming political hostility by genuine merit and foice of character. But it "is scarcely a more, conspicuous compliment than the sileifce or apparent indifference of those who stood by Mr Bryce, in his hour of trial and trouble; and who never failed to do justice to his many'gi'eat and rare qualities as a public man. Those who respect and trust him most, are the least anxipus' to, crow with, vulgar ejation over a success • which they alw'aytf'predicted for him. The advent of Mr Langstone, M.R.C.V.S., to this district, for the pur-" poke of practising his profession, in so far as 'it pertains to the spaying of cattle,' 'shhilld bo the 'means' of ' conferring^ ah immense amount of benefit upon the 6tocW- "< raisers in this district, we might say in this, colony. To anyone who may not nave had* <.% PlW^J^y^^'^M'V 4 ,! 6 %?4eprecjation^in the ( value, of ; stock wjutih has .taken t place * during the/ fast* few ,years,< f 4fs\ t &faMnay'< Sftft* but Mttle common sense. It\must?^^eftlielesS' ;be admitted onfall /sides; that; We general^ fchar^te^f'theWotj4eX^k«nihSi%lon^ fMtj^dly^ro^

shaUbertainly have to wai^u longifMl^li^ foreVe sea such a deaitjTOl^re^uft^otne &>> pass. But why so ? !fi|>|jply ilfcHat *stockraisei'H will not aejl old c$ animals fromi2os to'3ss, blit the^ 1 Will, if>%h'ey can at allseed them, keep themj and ' Breed fronj thcnfcfWealt.aijd^worthleSs progetiy. While sucHa policy; is pursued,*the general quality of our cattle will iihpVove, and would evejrbb now of S'-woise desciiption if there was not at times imported amongst them well-bied nules. It is, however, impossible to get ov er the fact that there are in this district a large number of female cattle such as would catufe deterioration in -any herd, and it would be well if the principle 'now offered by Mr sLangstone forgetting' rid of them was generally adopted. It i.s a recognised opinion among dealers that a heifer or cow after being bpayed will prove fit for the butcher in a much .shorter spac3 of time than a bullock would, and that the beef is of an equal, if not a superior quality. Mr Langstom.', who has had twenty years' experience in this particular branch of his? profession, and who, during that term has operated upon nearly 200,000 head, is evidently well ver.sed on this subject, and we hope that our cattle-dealers will get all the information they can while they have the opportunity.