The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1866, 21 June 1884, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Equal and exact justice to .i'l mon, Of uh.itsoe\cr sUte or persu-tsion, rclifioin or pohtir il Here -shall the Press the People's rißfh* miunUin, Un.iwcd by influence and unbnbed by gain.

SATURDAY, JUNE 21, 1884

Owing to the length of the financial statement, delivered yesterday and published in our columns to day, we hold over leading matter, letters Libra, Equity, and other items.

We would remind our readers that the English mail via San Franc\sco leaves Waikdto on Monday next June 23.

A telegram, dated London, June 18th, states that the frozen meat, ex steanieis Tongaiiro and Cuzco, is selling at 3d. ... , , __„ ,„

At midday yesterday Commander Edwin telegraphs :— "A further use in the class and frost to-night."

At the Resident Magistrate's Court. Cambridge, yesteid.iy, befoio Mr Northcroft and two native awsosboi, the case One T.iiri v. James Ransfield, claim, £7(>l.")s for the alleged wioiigfnl detention of a horse, wa-.he.ud. His Worship gave judgment for plaintiff. Thehoise to be ictiiined to plaintiff, and defendant to pay £33 1(K damages, and £22 10-, Gd cost, and, in the event of the lioi^e not being given up, the defendant to pay a further wnn <>f £30. The assault case on the sheriff Major Green was also hoard and dismissed. I 1 ull repoit m oui next.

The following Gazette notices, dated Wellington, Thursday, have been published :— lnspector Holdham to be Inspector of Sheep for Waikato and Taupo subdivision*, and Deputy Cattle Inspector iv and foi the cuttle districts in the colony, and Registrar of Brands for Waikato di-.-tiict; Mr Hugh G. S. Smith to bo Distuct Judge of the District Court at Waikato •and "Thames ; Mr Albert James Allom and Mr Thomas. Kirk to be clerks of the Pistiict Courts at the Thames and Hamilton lespectively.

At the fortnightly meeting of the Crown Lands Board, held .it Auckland on Thuisday, the following business relative to the Waikato distiict was transacted :— Taupiri. — An aj)})lication had been made by Mr White to seciue certain land adjoining In-, holding under the squaung-up clause.— The ranger repoi ted that the value of the land was £2 an acie. In this case the applicant appeared to have erected his homestead beyond hib boundary, and it was aeieed to have a htuvey made. — Raglan. — Mr T. B. Hill (for Thomas Mitchell) applied to lease certain land at Raglan. It appeared the land was a portion of the pilot station reserve, but the chairman said it was not likely to be required.— The application \v,h lefened to the Hon. the Minister of Lands.

j At the Hamilton Police Court ye:>terdav, befoie his Woiship the Mayor and Mr John Knox, J.P., Henry Weeks was chniged uith on the pro nous day assaulting one William Dethmer by iking him in the face. The prosecutor, who is the licensee of the Frankton Hotel, deposed that pi isoner came int.) his house on Thursday and asked for a glass of beer, which was furnished him. As he was going away without ])aying witness went to the bar door and asked foi the money, Weeks lcplied, telling him to go to a ceitain w.u-m place, at the same time .striking witness on the month with his fist. Prisonei denied everything. In answer to the bench, Sergt. McGovern said Weeks had been twice befoie the couit pieuously, and for some time he had been ;v peifect nuisance about the town. The bench inflicted a fine of £3 and costs, 12s, in default 14 days' impiisonment with haid laboui.

The authorities who have the Waipa-Raglan road under their control will have to take immediate steps to open up communication, as a very serious landslip has occurred near the lime kiln at the top of the range. Our informant, Mr Leane, came in yesterday to inform the mail contractor and postal office authorities of the impossibility of wheeled traffic using the road, so that other arrangements could be made for continuing the mail service. It is estimated that it will take two or three men fully a week to clear the obstruction sufficient to allow of the resumption of ordinary traffic. We also learn that numerous culverts are chocked, and the over-flow in consequence is doing much damage to the newly-formed portions of the road. We .should think that the employment of a surfaceman upon this road would be a great saving to the authorities, or the job might be let by contract to keep the road in order at so much per month for a term.

In our advertising columns appear-, the programme in full of Mr Ralph Hood's fhht grand evening conceit, and u ithmit a doubt i-> the most recherche and inteiestingone that has ever been presented to the Hamilton public. In it appear tho mines of Mrs Kilgour, who will sing •'Dicani Faces," and an aiia from Wallace's "Lniline," Miss Stephenson, who contubutes "Let we dream again," and takes pait in the e\er popular duet "The fairy wand," with Mr P. A. Edmiston. This gentleman al*o sings " The gauntlet " and Gatty's favourite ballad, "True till death.'" Mr S. R. Keesing, so favouiably known in the W.iikato and Auckland, will give " Will o' the wisp " and "The blacksmith." Miss Missen (pupil of Mr Ralph Hood) plays a pianoforte solo, and Mr Ralph Hood himself, who is without a doubt the most popular and talented pianist of Auckland, not only on account of his marvellous execution and brilliancy of touch, but for his sympathetic and expressive playing, gives "Erin," by Benedict, Gottschalkb "Last hope," Chopin's "Polonaise," Op. 47, Wehli's "Minnehaha," and a fantasia on "Trovatore." We feel confident that Mr Hood's enterprise in giving these concerts will be thoroughly successful.