THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1884.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1877, 17 July 1884, Page 2

THURSDAY, JULY 17, 1884.

Several letters to the Editor are unavoidably held ovei. The Cambridge Domain Board unite-, tendei- for the dealing and fencing in of Lake To Koutu ieoei\e. Tendeis close on the 17th inst. Commander Edwin telegraphed at 11. -0 a.m. :— Expect bad w cither between east and noith-we-t ; glass fmthci fall, and \ciy heavy lain fall withm 10 limib fioni now. In our last issue the heading '• Cambiidge Domain Boaid" should have lead <- Cambudgo Town J3oaid," the pioceeding^ lepoi ted being those of the lattei and not the foimer body. The new head-master of the Cambridge Di^Uict 11 lgh School, Mi Stewart, ontei- upon Ins duties on the Ist ))io\. Mi Colhei, the tenipoiaiy niastei, chunift his tein> of otlice has gamed univeisal lespect and populanty. The Cambridge Skating Rink. staited in the e.uly p.ufc of the season, still continues to hold its weekly practices in the Public 1 [all. The meinbei list has been cmisideiably augmented of late, and the club now includes, in additon to the gentleinui member, so\eial lady pations. The usual monthly meeting of the Ccimbudge School Coinniittee was held at Cutenon Hotel on Monday e\ening last. The business of tl>c meeting included the election of a chaninan. Mi K. W. Saigent was un.inimo'isly elected to that position : for the leniainder of the teini. The other business was of a foimal chaiacter. Mr E. B. Walker and Mr Hamblin, in Mew of the contemplated nnpioveinents to the public lecieation iesei\e at Cum- ! bridge, ha\o generously ottered 100 pinus liisignus each towaids the woik. We believe theie aie many other equally generous settleis m the di-ti ict, who only need to be leinmdcd that such gifts aie acceptable to induce them to do likewise. The Cambridge Town Board will have to attend to the thoioughfaie at the Chinch of England corner. Since the constiuction of the mil way line, the tiaffic passing that way liao been veiy severe on the load at the corner, and in the couise of a few days, if not attended to, it piomiscs to be in an exceedingly bad state. The native school in the Waitetuna Valley, some timo ago established by Government still exists, indeed, it may be said to flourish. Theio are over twenty pupils, all of whom are more or less advanced in the .study of English, nguies, &c. The school is presided over by an efficient lady teacher, Mrs Hooper, who has brought her pupils, "ii very creditably. l)r. Hoopei is the natisc doctoi for the district, and holds his opponents next under Go\ eminent. There are at present about twelve fla\' nulls in full working older in the Raglan and Waitetuna districts. This leads the visitor to conclude that the flax industry in these districts ispiospeiing, and is thereby a source of considerable profit and employment to a large portion of the population of that isolated district. The operations of these mills e\tend over a considerable area of countiy, and the produce, for which there is generally a good maiket is sent by sea to Auckland. Miss Carry Nelson's Operetta Company, a popular and truly cnteitaining combination, will ghe a porfoi m.ince in LeQuesne's Hall to-night, when theie will be a change of programme. Doubtless, if the weather keeps fine, the entertainment will be laigely patronised. A dance is announced to conclude the progiamme. The company will appear at Cambridge tomorrow and Saturday evenings, when the public of that district may anticipate an unusual and entertaining treat. Mr F- A. Whitaker addressed the electors of Wai pa at the Public Hall, Hamilton, last night. Notwithstanding the inclemency of the weather, the hall was well filled by an appreciative audience. The chair was occupied by his Worship the Mayor. Mr Whitaker delivered an exhaustive speech, dealing with the events of the past five years, and was fiequently applauded. At the clous a vote of thanks to Mr Whitaker for his services to the district of Waipa, was, on the motion of Captain Steele, carried unanimously, amid great applause. A full, report of the speech will appear in next issue. A Kihikihi correspondent writes : — " Sir, — Mr Lake, who was well received by the electors at Kihikihi last night (Tuesday), has gained considerable ground in Kihikihi during the last week. During his stieech, and especially in answer to Mr Bllis'questioiiß, hewas frequenllya.* plauded. Aftei the meeting a number of gentlemen met and formed themselves into a committee to advance Mr Lake's candidature, being a man totally unconnected with land rings.'— Correspondent. " I notice in your issue iof-

the meeting of the Wnikato Electors on Saturday last. In that letter Dr Beile stites that he had written to an Elector to in ike the necessary arrangements foi the meeting Avho failed to cirry them out. I have to state th.it if Dr Beale is referring to me the statement is not correct. The lettei that Dv Beale .sent to me didrot request me to make any airangements for the meeting and had it done so I should most certainly h.ive declined.— l am, etc., A. Bach. To the Editor :-Sir,— l notice in your leport of Mai or Jackson's addiess at, Hamilton he states, "dm nig his candid.iture three years ago, he was in no way connected with native land transactions,"but he studiously refrains from saying what he actually did say at the time in his speeches. He spoke as follows : " That he never had any dealing* in native lands, cither directly or indirectly, and that he never intended to ha\e." As to the first xsseition that he "never had " I will have something ro say to him at the fiist public meetmgheandlcan meet at. Astothesecond tli.it he " never intended or would," hah he not proved himself inconsistent, to use a veiy mild term indeed. Since he has been c mnected, and is still, with the Auckland Native Lands Colonisation Company, of which he is a shareholder, and is he not woiking for the East Coast Company at the pi cent time? and which, perhaps, even oxteiuts to the present candidature for all we know. These things are remembered against Major Jackson by many, and is a subject of much comment.— l am, &c, ANH-LANObHAKK. The settlers of the Raglan district complain of the indifference with which their multitudinous wants in the matter of road communication, &c, aie treated. One settler at a recent political meeting characteiised the present load across, the langes as a meie biidle track, and a disgrace to the Government that constructed it. The same peison also asked if the candidate w ould be in favour of a bttter road being given the Raglan people. We do not think that the Raglan people have been so haidly dealt by as they make believe in the matter of public works. The present road to Kaglan, like ot.hci clay loads, is invariably bad in the winter season ; but m the sumu.er tune a butter road could not well be dosned, and tho.se who complain about it aie lucky to possess it. The Kaglan road belongs to a Mipcuoi class of mads when compaied. to the piospnt highway with which the people of Kilnkihi are connected with the outside woild, and that which loads across the swamp between Cambiidge and To Awainutu. Con*ideiingthe foim.ation of the country, Kaglan could not have a bcttei load than it at present possesses ; nor is it likely to have better overland roinnmnication until it is happy in the possession of a branch railway connecting it with Waikato. But when that nulway will be undei taken is a matter which cannot at the present time be even conjectured. Contentment is a viituc, and to bo \iituous theiefoie, foi at least some ycais to come, wo aio afi.ud, will have to be the lot of the Kaglan people. The following special messages to the Press Association, dated London, July 14th and 15th, have been published :— A Land Agency Company, whose base of operations will be at Peith, Western Austialia, is being foimed, with a capital of one million, Mi M.iuric" Lyons' Noi thoi n Teriitoiv Pastoial Company lias been abandoned.—The M.ioii lnenional complains of the nifiaction of the Tio.ity of Wmtangi.— The liquidator of the Onontal Bank will leccive claims until No\ ember 20. — It is e\)>ected that the Melbourne Harbour Tinst Loan will be floated at an aveiage of £lO!>.— In the Piny Council, the ca>-e of Chailcs A. (4oodch.il>, Commissioner of Railways in New South Wales, v. Toohey, of Sydney, was decided. The decision of the Sydney Commissioner was uphold, and the use of steam inotois in the street declaied to be legal.— Loid Ilosebery has withrhawn his motion on the leculiustos question. Eail (iianvillo and Loid Lyons aie pcisisting m theii fiiendly though uigent appeals to the Fiench sense of justice. The St. James' Gazette piaises the modeiation displayed [ in the minutes by Mi Alexiudia Stuait on the rccidniste question. The Kecidivmte Committee intend to examine M. Fciry, the Kionch Pienuei. The Times has published Mr Alexander Stuart's (Premier of New South Wales) and Loid Augustus Loftus' minutes on the lecidiviste question. —The Tunes states that the silence of Eail Dmby with leg.ml to the recichvi.sto question will strengthen the Austuilian feeling of sympathy with the mteiests of the colonists, and that it is a veij grave mistake to suppose it possible to ignoio oi siippiess the complaints against the lecidiviste scheme. The piopo.sed exchange of the Falkland Islands foi that of New Caledonia is consideied impracticable.— EailGianvillo stated in the Rouse of Louis that the Government vvould piobably ]>ioceed with the le distribution of seats m Novombei next, provided the Fianchise Reform Bill wan passed now.