The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1789, 22 December 1883, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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SATURDA Y. DEC. 22, JSS3. It has boon tho custom from time immemorial, as Christmas comos round, for tho conductors of newspapers to odor to their readers tho compliments of the season. It is a very good custom, and we should not like to soo it discontinued. There is something in the air of Christmas which, as it were, dissipates the noxious vapours which may have been gathering around our social and moral life during the year ; our hearts become susceptible of now impressions, and old feuds are softened, if they do not die out altogether. For those reasons, to say nothing of any higher ones, we would not willingly part with the institution of Christmas ; would not forego of our own free will and accord the pleasant reunions which it brings with it, its symbols of holly and mistletoe, even though wo have to accept artificial berries. Before another issue of this journal meets tho eye of our readers, Christmas will have come and gone, and wi j therefore take this, the only opportunity left to us, of sending forth our kindliest greetings to our friends. We are conscious of many f-hortcomings, but not of any wilful wickedness for which Aye require 1 absolution. In common, we doubt not, with many of our roiders, we could wish to see the holiday season ushered in with better weather. "We have been accustomed to associate Christmas in New Zealand with warm summer days ; but, unless a change quickly takes place, the 2oth of December will present more of the characteristics which it is wont to assume in !Kn»land. than it has hitherto boon known to possess in this colony. The bad weather has already gone far to clip the season of some of its hilarity. The longcontinued mm has interfered with the progress of the nun'eious works in "Waikato to such an extent, that money is not so plentiful this time of the year as it usually is. There cannot bo much fun without money : but there may be plenty of quiet happiness, and of this latter we hope our readers will have full measure.

The hon. the Native Minister .iiinoflin ILunilton last evening from To Awannitu. ]t is expected that lie will pioceed to Kawhiii to day, to moot Mr Rolleston and JMi McKonow, the fiiuveyoiGencial.

We \inderstand ttxat the Waotu native dispute will bo .attended to immediately aftoi Mi "liiyco hah fhiiihod hib business witli the- " king" natives.

Only a few civil cases were disposed of at the fitting of the R.M. (Joint, Hamilton, ye^tcid.iy.

The sale of the privileges of the Cainbudtfp Jockey (Jluh'.s New Year Meeting will take place on Monday next, at the auction m.ut of Mown Cl.uk and Clane at

C.'inibiidge. The services to lie held in the An^hc.in duel Roman Catholic chinches in W.ukato on Olnihtniti'3 J).iy aio notilicd in the usual column.

We are requested by the incumbunt to tli.it llowoi--, lieu tb and haniK tiro wantod on Monday to cany on the good old custom of adorning fS. iPolerV Clinrcl), H unilton, for the festival of the Incai'n.ition.

The Rev Humfrey Davis late of K. Thomas' Auckland, is evpoctecl to pi each at H. Voter*, Hamilton, to nioriow, both monnnpf and evening, and at IS. Stephens, Taniahcre, in the afternoon.

The new bridges between Ngaruawalna and Tau]nri aicnow cnm]ilctcd, and will be «ig) oat boon to the travelling public as the old stiuctmes were in .1 veiy doploi.ible condition and quite unsafe. Four of tlie five bridges between Huntly and Kanyniii aiealso lebmlfc and the Luge one over the Onetea Cieek Avill be commenocd innnichately after the Holiday^.

All claims, rights and privileges within the To Aioha gnldmimng district will bo piotected fiom Monday next until Thuibd.iy, the Sid day of Jaimaiy, for the Chri^tinaa holidays. The Evident Magistrate's and Wai den's office will be closed on the 24th, 2-">th and 2(ith Uecember, and on the Ist and 2nd January. The celebrated actress, Miss Pomcioy, supported by a stiong company specially selected by heiself, opens at the Auckland Opera Uouw on ]3o\ing nifjht in •Shakos-pcaro s master pieces and lcgitunato diama. Visitors to Auckland dinin^ the

holidays ha\ c a treat in store for them.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Waikato County Council called lor yestetday lapsed for want of- a quotum. The membeis piesent weie: Messrs Piirarose, Johnson, and S. iS. Graham. An apology was received from Mr T. Wells, dated from Te Aroba.

The popular game of cricket has found its way into the interior as far as Piitctcro. A club lias been started there, and on Satniday last a friendly contest took place between a number of surveyors' assistants and carpentei.s, a number of whom aie at present working at Lichficld. The survey men had an easy victory.

The Waikato route to the Hot Lakes is evidently coining into graitei favour with the tourist public. The journey overland seems to be coining more atti active, or at least as much so, aa that by the sea and via Tauranga. On Tuesday evening a number of people arrived at Cambridge en route for Rotoriui, to which place they proceeded on the following moininar.

A remarkable specimen of local industry has been on view at the shop of MY N. G. Lennox, stationer, Hamilton, for the last few clays, and may still be seen there. It takes the shape of a double-bass viol, standing about 7ft. high, which has been constructed by Mr R. H. Holloway, innsic teacher and bandmaster, of Hamilton. The instrument is made entirely of New Zealand woods, ,and is well worthy of inspection. , , ,

We omitted to insert; the following attestation which was '"attached ib Mr It. D. Stewarts statement in riiply to'Mr^G. F. Hosking, as read 'at the meeting 6i the Cambridge School I 'Committee i-^l' hereby certify that I have readi the above ' statement, and the, complaint' of Mr Hoskingj to which it is a , reply.' >> .Mr { Stewarts; t ment is |k,true accountio|> what 'took .place on the' occasion, referred to, and is correct , 'and r aocuyAte4rie^erY r .pa,rticular(-T(Signed), ( OTBAHK'HMfflnrf V y* fftii , /|!

As Any '<>f#'solffli^B>pf the Rev. J. Bruce (formeiiy v of Te, Awsftrmtu), were disappointed in :uo|^ttrin^hiin on Sunday $}Vening4ast, oWing tl) tfic Wet/weather, he && kjßffly acc4dad s to th^Vishes of the andic(m^ntedj|t(t remain over faimfchor when ho Mill preach in the t'morniiig^ at'^ratemiigi, j^ft'finorni at Te and evonifog.at^Kihikihi. It irf 'to bu np|>ed the Wolithsr will then be more favourable, in which case he will doubtless have a Un?e audience at each place. — (Coninnmicatcd.)

Our .Cambridge readers- will be glad to le.un that the Rev. &>. 11.^Dewsbury lias kindly consented to dolivei 1 a lecfcme on " Charles Dickon^ 1 ' at Cambridge in .ibmit thiee week-,' time. This man'h io])iit.ition as a loctiuor i^ sufficiently widi'sproad, and requires no cnumiiiudatinu on om pait; sutliciMt to My th.it till who, inteiKl lioannsr it.have a treat m store for them. The lectnic will bo in aid of the new Wosloy.ui cliuicli, which will shortly be completed.

Many residents of Waikato will u'giot to le.xrn that Di 0. l<\ (rold->bro', of Auckland, died on ThiUhday night, at his lesidence in Auckland. The deceased gentleman had beon ailing fen some conhidevablo time, and eventually sank under the effects of se\eial operations for dropsy, from which complaint he was suffering. l)r (roklsbio' was an old losident in this province, and .served in the Waikato war in his professional capacity, obtaining the New Zealand war medal. He was a native of North Wales.

The return cricket match between the civilians and constabulary will bo played at C.unbiidge to-day, when, if the weather bo fine,, an interesting contest may be expected. The constabulary bad it all their own way in the previous contest, but we have little doubt that to-day's match will be nime evenly contested. The following constitute the constabulary team :—: — Kit/patnck, Collins, Faiquharson, Moiecvoft, Mai tin, Chapman, Tius% Plaidy, Boyle, Haimona, M.illaul, aud («iey as an eineigoncy man. The civilian te.nn will be chosen from the following :— Stubbing (2), Cotton, Longbottom, C.ise, Simms, WIKOII, Wake, Sh.up, J'\)irest, Pilling, Hitclunan, anclMooie. Doubtless the attendance of the public on the giouncl will be fairly largo.

A correspondent forwards us the following: — The public aie cautioned against leccivnig into theii luui.ses a young ni.iu diessed in a blue soiye hint, low black, soft felt lut, and light-washing neck-tie. Ho is about 22 ytvus of ago, sft. Oin. in height, of light build, d.nk complexion, s]iyi)t moustache, no uliiskeis, ,iik-1 canies a blown leather ])oitmanteau and stick. He piofcssef> to bua icceutcomeitfioiu Jiomau Catholicism to Protestantism, and ha& boon jii tlii} Waikato about ten days, bvit was identified m Hamilton yestoiday as the notonous " Eogeis,' 1 who, in tlie n.imc of JJishop Cowie, imposed upon the people in the Ninth.

At Friday's meeting of the Auckland Cum n Lancia ]Jo<ud t]ie following business interesting to icadeis in the distnct was ti .unacted . — Tamsibeic. — The 'Vs-iKt.uii. Suiveyor ( Jenoial lepoited completion of sin vcy at Tainaheio, and it was :ij>ieo(l tonttui the land fur s.ilo as-, lecom-]iieiuk'd.--H([uatting on ;i Ivo.td. — A eoinpl.iint mid been made by Mi tfloano of ])eo])le squatting on a i oad in Waikato. Tlie niattei hud been lefenod io the ranger, who leeonnnended that no action be taken, as it was a piivnte grievance. Lt was a question of trespass or otherwise. — The Chahin.m snid it v.is a question foy the local authoiities to leniovc those people if they were tiospa->snig, and it was agieed to loply accoichn^ly.

The entertainment given by the teaching and pupils of tho Hamilton West >ScIu)ol od Wednesday night, and briefly noticed in our last issue, was one of the hot of the kind we have over witnessed. The p.iit hinging by the childien leflocts the utmost ciodit on Mr Bell, tho musical instiuctoi, and the teacheih, while the actnig of the juveniles in the cbai.ides is deceiving of all pi.ike. Mis and the Misses Abu lay coutubutcd several vocal selections, and in othi'i ways lvndeu'd valuable ser- \ ices, an hile the sti ing band played seveml selections in aaei y pleasing style. At the close of the cnteita,unnent the channian of the school committee, Mr Janice Hume, lefeuedm eulogistic terms to the effoits ])ut foi th by the headmaster, Mr Munay, Mis Miuiay, and the othei toacher.s, and on hi.s pioposition ,i heaity vote of thanks was ciccouled them. The amount lealisod in aid of the school funds was about JL'9.

The following special telegrams to tbo Pies-, Association dated London Deceinboi LSth, lflth, 20th, ha\e appealed m tlio Jloiald : — Tlic scientific expedition to New (luinea, under Mr. Powell, willexploie from the Ainberuclia liiver to the L<\msteiie Mountains, and aftei wards fiom Astiolobe Bay to Port Moiesby. — The f lo/on meat by the British Queen is realising fij'cl pea lb.— The nuinbei of Butihh tioops> in Egypt will.shoitly be mci eased to over ten thousand. — The successful floating of the Capo Lniin m ill help the New youth. Wales Loan, the prospects of which are now rapidly impioving. The Stock Exchange expect'; another Adelaide Loan of under a million shoitly. The Pall Mall Ci-a/.ctte says that the fedeiation of the colonies must eventually tend to maloriallj' nnpio\e the financial position of the sc\eial colonies. — It is lepoited thnt an Invincible P>iigade has been elected and despatched foi the jnirpose of avenging the conviction of Careys nimderev, O'Domiell. The police precautioiih foi the yuauliug of Haw.iulon Castle, the Picinior'h seat, have been hastilty i cue wed, and all the Irish quaiteis in London aie now clo.sely watched.

When on previous occasions we hayc loforred to the piactice of auclty to animals which prevails among natives, we ha\ c taken care to state that theie aic J'jiuope.uis v\ hoso acts of ciuelty in this lespect would continue very unfavoui ably with any of whichnath es had evei been guilty. In this, it would seem, we are not far out, considering tli at next court day at Cambridge one one of the mo&t ciuel acts which has been brought under our notice for some time past will be in\ estigated, a Euirpean figming in the capacity of defendant. Constable Ih'ennan noticed that a hoise that was being used by a man named Hoy was apparently not fit for the woik which he was being made to do. On examining him he found theunfoitunate animal to be in a frightful state of pain, through having to work with a shoulder which, all around, was one continuous sore. It seemed that it had been working with the shoulder in this state for a long time pa.st, and when the matter was detected thociuelowneijitseems, was taking a load to Oxford, over the bad roads between that place and Cambridge. The horse, we are told, was actually staggering with pain and exhaustion. A large number of natives from the interior and district settldihents gathered into Cambridge on Tuesday evening for the pmpose of attending the sitting of the Rathe Lands Court, announced to open there on the following moin-ing. As usual, in addition to those whose business with the couit is of an oithodox: character, , tbere may be noticed the usual group of familiar races or native hangers-on, who, . having disbursed their own inheritance, and arrived at a state of squalid poverty, vul-tuie-like follow in the train of the Land* Court, and feast upon the spoil of 'others whom they &cc inclined to. follow the .lead which they have set them. Sinco the Land . Court opened, Cambiidge once more presents an animated appearance, though the present occasion is nothing when compared to that of former courts. Once more the usual herd of semi-transparent horses are to be seen grazing on the many green places and along the verdant footpaths of the town, all carefully entangled in a veritable network of ropes and tethers. Occasionally the enchanting music of the-har-monious haka, as issuing from the precint's of the tap-room, falls upon the soul of the passer-by ; and here and there the contorted visage of some elderly female, in a state ( of semi-sobriety and temporary aberration, ' attracts the usual crowd of small .boys, who eagerly inquire for the object of | thd good dame's wrath, and being unable 1 to ascertain, await, in breathless expectation the denouement. Possibly nothing 1 affords more, entertainment to the native mind than the' very prevalent practice of. visi.ting the local stores', monopolising the 'timfi 1 6f> ihe shopmen; - and having asceitaiiied the; ' priceof everythiugwith inreach, pronouncing • ,the usual verdicfc J of,"Kanui' te iutu,'!i><aua strut off with as much self-possession ,$4 if they had spent altogether uncpn r scious of the string of a.nsfchemasiwKjic)i jfche indignant storekeeper (^relundusjy i 'pvo?' notuice?.' "It'inustl/pe^said/howeve^,' thafr^ ,the fown assuinVa^ deci^elAy^pr^fehcitdugi' aspeeVduring'tKe sitting, m» a lands,'.court,thatf'during;lhß^ri qe:6ftae'/sbuf4 ( p/esent\sittin^i)rbii4jS|s Jib^be turras^ually \