The Waikato Times. AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1902, 13 September 1884, Page 2

The Waikato Times. AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Equal and evict justice to a'l men, Ot \\h itsoc\er state or persuasion, religious or politic il Here shall the Press the People's ns^lif maintain, Unawcd by influence and unbnbcd by gam.

SATURDAY, SEPT. 13, 188 %

Tuc course of action which the Government has seen fit to puisuc in regard to the North Island Trunk Railway has not met with the approval of the Northern members. Wo are not at all surprised at this. Tt is not, perhaps, right to say that the Government in refeningr the matter to a committee is seeking to shiik a responsibility, though Ministers ought to be competent enough to deal with it themselves ]Jut having determined upon this course, they should have b^en careful to select a thoroughly impartial committee. Of the two route? proposed, i', is well known that Auckland and Taranaki favour the Stratfoid line, while Wanganui, Wellington, and, presumably, Napier also, incline to the Marton route. To give either of these parties a prepondeiencc on the committee may be claimed to amount to an admission that the Government itself is in favour of the line which f-uoli party advocates. Whether this be the eas fi or not, it is a fact that a large majority of the committee nominated by the Premier were known to have Marton proclivities. If any weight is to be attached to the (ommittee's recommendations — if, in other w ords, the direction of the line is to be determined by the report of this bod/, it is quite clear that tho nominees of the Go\ eminent would have given Stratford a back seat. This, however, was a condition of things hardly likely to be tolerated, c ither by the friends of the Stratford route, or those of fair play. Major Atkinson moved in the direction of getting the composition of the committee changed. We are glad to see that the member for Waipa, notwithstanding that he lias expressed himself in favour of the Marton route, has energetically seconded the late Premier. Mr Lake has succeeded in getting a committee composed of Southern members only, the presumption being that they would approach the subject in a judicial spirit, free from prejudice of any kind, and give their decision according to the evidence before them. At first it looked as though the Government intended to stick to its original proposal, though it was intimated that the question would not be regarded as a party one. However, when Mr Lake moved his amendment last night Sir Julius Yogel, on behalf of the Government, accepted it, and so saved any further trouble. What ever fate may be in store for the railway it may fairly be taken for granted that ihe best route will be adopted.

A concert in aid of the library of the H.imiltou Ea^t (School, will be held in the Oddfellows' Hall on Tuesday, the 23rd hibtimt. The first annual meeting of the Waikato Rowing Club, will be held at Gywnne's Hotel, Hamilton, on Monday evening next at 7.30 p.m.

We beg to remind all cricketers that the annual meeting of the Hamilton Cricket Club, adjruu-nud fiorn last Saturday, will be held thi.s evening at 7.30 at the Royal Hotel. All interested are requested to attend.

The borough workmen are engaged sotting the water tiougli at the Hamilton bi irlge rif^hfc fur Hummer. The old pipe was tlioUod, thiough thoro being too gieat a bond near the spring.

The swamp road between Cambridge nnd Jlotoiangi i* again open for fci.ifiie, Tljp npcossary lop.niib lia\o bern (■(iVctod to tlio liridgo, which got dis| 1 iced thnmgli Uio falling i» of fcho a fi?\vr dayri ncjo.

The following Waikato pupils lu\ c boon successful in obtaining District Scholarships :— W. S. Trobp, Patoranffi ; iVapier jMui ray, Hamilton West. Particular* ju to the number of mark". &c, will be found in otu 1 Auoklnnd correspondent's tiilegrani,

A poll under the Roads and Biidges Construction Act was taken yesterday at Mr Barugh's residence, Tamaliere, re the borrowing of £3325 12s for main road woiks, when 25 votes, representing £40,100 in value, were registered in favour of the proposal, and none ag.iinst it.

An effort is being made to establish a Parliamentary Union in Hamilton. A meeting of those interested in the matter is called for Tuesday evening next at the Public Hall. A Luge number of intending inembeis have given m their names to the pronioters .and it is hoped there will bo a good attendance at the meeting on Tuesday evening.

A correspondent writes: -On Thursday evening last a meeting was held in the Wcslej.m Church, Kilukun, for the purpose of form ing a Band of Hope, when the following officers were elected :— He v Mr Ilutson, President J. Storey, Secretary and Tieiisurer ; Mes.stsEdwaid and George Bridgman, and Mr Gill, Committee. The names of 18 children were enrolled as mombei s. Various hymns were sung and piayer was offered by the Rev. Mr Hutson, after which the meeting, which was well attended, biokeup.

At the Supreme Court, Auckland, on Thuisday, an application for the discharge of Lionel Phillips, a bankrupt, was refused. The evidence showed that Phillips had only been in business twelve months, that he started without capital, and that at the end of that tune was £1200 to the bad. The books had been carelessly kept, and half the amount of the deficiency could not be accounted for. His Honour, Mr. Justice (.Tillies, characterised, the case as a \eiy flagrant one.

The trout ova received by Mr Gelling on the 3id hist, ate now hatching out finely. The piopoition of live fi&h to the o\a it, e\pccted to be very large, as. the latter weie lecened in very fie&h condition. Mr Gelling is daily expecting a consignment of peich ova fiom the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society, and has reserved one of hib hatching bo\es for them. A few of last yeai'h tiout &till remain at the hatching house. These arc now neaily bix mcheb long, and Mr Gelling intends to make a pond for their special use.

Among the advertisements of Sunday services for to-morrow we notice one announcing a slight depai hire from the oidinaiy loutinc in S. Peter's Church, Hamilton, \i/., the substitution of an epitome of Fiofossnr G"dct's lecture on the " Jvcsuiiectnm of Chitst" for tho evening service. Tim lectuio is the fh\st of a seiies dehveiedby the piofessor in leply to attacks upon the Olnibtun faith made by able Rationalistic lectmeis in Neuch.Uel, the town wheio he was h\ing. It is sufficient commendation of tlie>e lectuies to that Piofessoi Godot is well known all over Euiope as one of the ablest and most trustwoithy of living Biblical bcholaia.

As complaints have been made that no public pound is available in Hamilton, on enquiry we find that though the council has adveitised foi a poundIceener, no applications woie made, because the pound-yaid is so badly situated. The council i-5 now lomoving the mateiials with a Mew to eiect the pound at the back of the "NVaikato County Council Chamber, and tendeis ha\o been called for the woik, specifications for which the cleik has now prepaied. The site is diy, being sandy; theio i-» a good of water on the spot, and tlieie will be little difficulty in getting a poundkeeper, as the new site is conveniently situated. Approaches are to be made by joining the fences on both «ides of the stieet, and cattle once turned down the road must enter the gate.

We do not think that the Cambridge School Committee will experience any tumble in seeming the necessaiy number of pupils with which to le-opcn the High School. The patents as a mle aie paiticulaily an\iou-> that the school should be lc-staited that then- childien may be able to recene a sufficiently high class education without ha\ ing to go to Auckland, where the young people cannot always be undei then immediate caie and attention. The advantages- of a High School in the distuct .ue too ti])paient to lequiie to be particulansed here, and paieiits cannot fail to lecogmse them. The piesent teaching staff of the Cimbiidge school is consideied veiy efficient, though possibly not up to the waik nujneiically, and tho High School cannot fail to piosper under the able adniinistialion of Mi Stewait, the head master, and Miss Fnestley, hib qualified I abbiitant.

The Auckland clubs send up a football te.im to Waik.ito to play against tlic loc.il men at Hamilton on Satuiday, the mst. Auckland coloius being blue and white 1 ing-, it lias boon settled that "Waikato shall play m led stockings as usual, and any jeisey except blue and white or black and white iin<j-, but if possible all white w ltli the led stockings is piefoned. Kick oil will be at 3.15 p.m., and the game will be played in two spells of 4"5 minutes. The following playeis have been selected to do battle for W.ukato . — Bannantuie, L, Cainachan, "W. Cainachan, Haidy, Jj win, Julian, Kallen der, Midland, Marshall, Odluni, Pilling, Ring, Sullivan, and Yon Sim mer, leaving the othci plavei to be chosen fiuui Venty, (Jubble, Allnght, or Monissy. The teair is a heavy one, and with such forwaids as liwin, Kallendei, 13annantync, CainachaJi, Sullivan and Odium, ought to hold their own against the visitors, who, ho\vc\er, are sure to be all theie behind tl 8 sciunis. The visitois will be dined after the match, and piobably will pay their \isit to Cambiidge the day following.

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Taiuahcie Road Boaid took place vcsteiday afternoon at Wai tie, when all the meinbcis weie present. The usual loutine bn-jineis was gone thiough, and tender weie opened foi contiacts on the Cential (main) mad and on the Junction road. The following tenders were leceived for the foinier :— Ryan and Cainachan, tinibei, 23s per 100 foot, formation and drain, 13& Gd per chain, cuttings, Sd pei yard (accepted) ; J. Coorr.bes, timber, 2Ss, formation, 20s, cuttings, Is ; Cassidy, timber, 27s foimation, 22s lOd, cuttings, !Hd. For the Junction road work the tenders weie : — T. Cowley, formation, 5& l)cr chain, pipes, 22& (accepted) ; Cassidy, formation, 5s lid, pipes, 22s ; Cnckett, foim ition, 7-5, pipes, 33s ; Kay and Miller, formation, 7t>, pipes 1 , 35s ; Crouch, formation, 7s (id, pipes, 20s ; Jas. Hamilton, foimation, 9s Gd ; J. Coombes, formation, 9b Od, pipes, GGS ; Ryan and Carnachan, formation, ( .U Gd. A number of accounts weie pasbed for payment.

Mr A. Connolly delivered a lcctuie on "Ireland: Past, Present and Futuie,"at the Oddfellows' Hall, Plaiml ton, on Thuisday. There was a moderate attendance, and the chair was occupied by Mr W. dimming. The lecturer commenced by giving a graphic account of the eaily history of Ireland, dealing with the go\ eminent of the country and the internecine wars. Coming down to the clo^e of the last century, the lecturer referred to the liish patuot Emmett and others who took pai tin that unfoitunate struggle for national independence. liefeience was also made to the decay of the Irish linen industries, which the lecturer traced to the policy of England, instigated by the manufacturing class. The great Liberator also came in for a share of attention. Speaking of more recent times, Mr Connolly deploied the excesses committed by some of his misguided countrymen, and said it would take years to undo the mischief wrought by the dastardly murderers of Lord Frederick Cavendish. The moral drawn from the story was that Ireland ought to be permitted to govern herself, and to make laws in a parliament of her own, subject to the Imperial authority. This, together with a radical change in the land laws, would bring back prosperity to Ireland. At the close of the lecture, Mr Connolly announced that he had been appointed to organise in Hamilton a branch of the Irish National League, established in Auckland by Mr J. E. Redmond, M.P. On the motion of Mr T. C. Hammond, seconded by Mr Johnson, a vote of thanks was accorded Mr Connolly for his interesting lecture, and the proceedings terminated with the usual compliment to the chair. '

The following special messages to the Pi e&b Association, dated London, September lOfch and 11th, have been published : — It is expected that tho answer from tha lUitkh Association iv leferencc to tho mvi. tation to visit Melbourne will be posted in Canada, wheie they held their lecent pitt-ine^.-—The liio which broke out clo&c to the ref t igerator on boaul the Oiiuit steamer X/Usitania in the Indian Ocean lasted for srven hcniF-', and 250 cai cases of frozen mutton, which wore injuied, had to be iettisoncd.--An iinpiosMon piovniji in financial circles that tho New South Wales loon was issued at three and a half percent, --The, holders of three quarters of a million of Now Zealand flvo per cent, bonds, having refused to agiee with the vepenfc sehome for the conversion of the bonds will bo paid cflf in January,— Denis Dugan, the rescuer of a. number 91 Xusti political yvisonerj} \vh,Q

escaped from lYeemantle, Western Australia, by the American whaler Catapa, on April, 1875, haa died m Dublin.— The Times circulates a statement to the effect that the Russian fleet had sailed from a Russian port with, it is believed hostile designs on China. — The Western Australian Timber Company have purchased in Liverpool the vessel Ironmaster for £30,000. This company chive also offered M. De Lessepa a supply of jarrah piles for use in the Panama canal works. — M. M. s. Nelson will be detained on the Australian station as the flagship of the admiral. The troopship Tamur will in October convey a fresh crew to Sydney to relieve the present ciew of the NeLon. — One thousand persons have been arrested at Warsaw as suspects: —The frozen meat trade by the steamer Rnapebu has arrived in excellent condition. — At a Forestry Exhibition held in Edinburgh, Austialia was awaided one silver medal and a diploma. New Zealand was also awarded one bronze medal and three honourable mentions. — E.ul ])ufferin, 13iitit.li Ambassador in Tiukey, and who succeeds the Marquis of Ripon as Governor-General of India, will leave Steamboul on Tue&day next.

Sir George Grey's Legal Practitioners Bill, the object of which was to do away with the general knowledge examination, was thrown out onThuisdaymoinmg. Mi Stout opposed the bill on the grounds that it would have the effect of discouraging higher education. He claimed that a knowledge of Latin was necessary in order to understand Roman law. Mr Moss supported the bill, and took upon himself to say that not one legal gentleman in the House could stand the examination lequncd of a schoolboy in Latin. He said the Law had become a species of trades union, find that should be discouraged. Mr Seddon coincided with Mr Moss. In the Warden's Courts non-professional men were allowed to appear, but they were debnticd fioni the K.M. Coiiitt-, though the issues dealt with by the former were often more important. Mr Joyce said they appointed justices and magistiates to administer the laws, and yet they hesitated to make men in a moie favouied position practice the law. In replying, Sir George Giey contended that a knowledge of Latin and the study of the Roman law was not only unnecessary, but positively pernicious. Not until that idea was abandoned would they get quit of the legal jaigon to which they were subjected. If it was necessary for a lawyer to know Roman law, then what about meinbeis of Paihamcnt — thooe who weic called upon to make the laws? They weie not requited to know anything about Roman law or Latin. The motion was then put for the second reading -.—Ayes, 24, noes, 25. The following 1-5 the division list : — Ayes, 24 : Ballance, Barron, Be\ an, Brown, W. P. Buckland, Cowan, Goie, (hey, Hatch, Locke, Mr J. S. Mackenzie, Aloss, P. O'Callaghan, Peaison, Ppic, Rees, G. I<\ Richardson, Seddon, Smith, Taiaroa, T. Thompson, J. W. Thomson, Tole, Wakefield. Noes', 25 : Bryce, Conolly, Pitzheibeit, Ganick, Gillies, Gugg, Hamhn, H. Hurt-t, Hobbs, Hursthouse, Lake, Lance, McAithur, McMillan, Mentieth, Moat, Newman, Peacock, Rolleston, Samuel, Shepheid, W. 1). Stewait, Stout, Sutter, Tumble. P.iiis, Por : Macandiow, Duncan, Daigaville, Cadman, O'Conner, Joyce, Pyke, Montgomei}', Biadshaw, White, W. J. Stewaid, Levestam, Tuinbull. Against: Atkinson, Moms, Johnson, Ross, Beetham. W. .1. Hurit, Biuce, Wilson, Buchanan, Haiper, Larnach, Pulton, Dod c on