The Waikato Times. AND THAME5 VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1933, 25 November 1884, Page 2

The Waikato Times. AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Equal and exact justice tn all men, Of whatsoever state or persuasion, religious or political. Here shall the Pre«s the People's right maintain, Unawed by influence and unbribed by gain.

TUESDAY, NOV. 25, JBB4.

It is a pity, that the proposed j amendment of the rating clauses of the Town Districts and Counties Act did not find" its way into the statute book last session, lfc is,a t long time 1 to wait until the ae*y local 'go'vernraerit, bills ,>re passed (which"is~ not alfogettf&r certain)"

next session. And them is this possibility, that while the House might have made the proposed amendment in the present law, it is very probable that it will not favourably entertain the new laws which the Government has promised to bring down when the House reassembles. The Piako County Council in its present pecuniary embarrassments, will, we fear, be seriously inconvenienced by the delay. As the late attempt to strike a special rate resulted in such i discouraging failure, the council is not likely to make any further experiments until the law respecting what shall constitute a fair and equitable majority is slightly modified. But in the meantime some provision will have to be made to i meet pressing liabilities, and carry ;on the business of the county. As we pointed out to the ratepayers prior to the taking of the poll, the council will avail itself of the power *\uh whioh it is invested to alleviate its burden — the power of levying a general rate of three farthing it, rhe £, which will bring in about £3000. This repeated annually, until the present liability is cleared off, would soon bring the ratepayers to their senses, and teach them to roll up and support the council at the next poll, when the power to levy a special rate is wanted more as a matter of form than as a matter of fact. The delay will also be seriously felt by the Cambridge Town Board. The board has been anxiously waiting for some time for in alteration in the law relating to the levying of special rates as security for money proposed to be borrowed, that the work of impioving and enlarging the Public Hall and library buildings might be proceeded with without any further delay.

The concert and performance to he pi veil by the children of the Cambridge Public School has been postponed till Monday, the 15tb prox.

The Rev. Win. Ferguson, B A-, preached at both morning and evening service in Trinity Presbyterian Church. Cambiivlge, on Sunday. j The Rev. J. 0. Wilson, pastor of i the Cambt idge Baptist Tabernacle, held a j service at Tauiahore on Sunday, when there was a fairly large congregation. i The Waikato Brewery, under the new propi letaiy, has commenced operation?. The fir.st biow was made on Fiiday, and [ opeiations will now be cairied on regularly.

j The annual soiree in connection with the Cambridge Weht Wesleyan Chinch takes place to-morrow evening. Thrre will be an inteie-ting service of song after the .service, entitled " Jessica's First Prayer.''

The complimentary concert to Mr S. Meachem comes off at the Public Hall, Hamilton, this evening, and bids fair to be laigely attended. The piograinme, winch is far above the average in merit, has appeared in our columns.

The native Huiatahi, charged with breaking into the pound at Te Awamutu and stealing a, hut be, was brought befoie the Couit, yesterday. For the first eliaige ho was sentenced to three months' impiisonmenfc, «ihd on the latter he was committed for trial.

His Lordship Bishop Cowie will pay a visit to O.un bridge at the end of this week. He will hold a confirmation service at S. Andrew's on Sunday morning (S. Andiew's Day), and will aKo preach in the evening. The church choir have been holding special practices for the occasion.

The Rev. Gr. H. S. Walpole, incumbent »f S. Mary's, P.irnell, took both services at S, Pi'tor'h, Hamilton, on Sunday, and officiated at >S. Stephen's Tamahere, in the afternoon, Thorp weie largo congiegations at all the services, and the rov. gentleuiivn ])ieachedthiee eloquent sermons,

In another column will be found a teport of the Alexandra K.M. Court sitting on Fiiday. We have Riven the evidence in the Afaoii hot^e cases in full, not because any particularly important point was involved, but becauso it discloses borne peculiar phases* of native life. The " naive " avowal of cannibalism by one of the witne^o*! is extremely interesting.

The chairman of the Cambridge Town Board lias communicated with the T.imaliere Farmers' Clnb with the view of inducing that body to agree to a proposal that Mr Vaile, instead of delivering two lectures, one at T,unahere and one at Cambridge, should deliver one in the Cambiidgu Public Hall on Monday evening. The proposal will probably be acceded to.

The stewards of the Cambridge Jockey Club applied to Mr Hudson asking him to run a special train from Auckland to Cambridge on the occasion of the Can> bridge racofr, returning to Auckland the same evening. Mr Hudson has replied to the effect that ho will willingly accede to the request if the club guarantees him 80 passengeis at 18s 3d. It is questionable whether the club will afford the necessary guarantee.

I The Hamilton annual Boxing-day sports bid fair to be very successful this yeai\ A capital programme appears in our adveitising columns, and as those upopfes do j not clash with any others in the district, a large gatheu'ng of people may be expected. The following gentlemen have been appointed a committee to get in subsciiptions | and cany tlio affair through to a successful i«mio :— Messrs G. jjdgeumubo, Forrest, Birnlon, H. Biggs, (I. E. White, C. LcQuesne and Steveiib.

I An effort is being made at the present time to establish a regular .and moio evtenshe cattle sale at Cambridge. A number of the Battlers of that district, now that they have got direct railway communication, disapprove of the present idea of concentrating at Ohaupo, which for many years pait has been the recognised centre of the cattle sales of the Waikato district. They consider that as the major portion of the cattle bought and sold at Ohaupo are for and from the district of which Cambridge ia the proper centre, buyers and sellers should vo the whole way to Ohaupo to do their business. It is quite likely that the movement will take the form of a public meeting at an early date.

The following special messages to the Press Association, dated London, November 22nd and 23rd, have been published : — There is no alteration to report in the price of Australian or New Zealand wheat, but the market is improving. — At the wool sales good combing maintained its price, and in all other classos there is but little change. The number of bales cafca--logued was 00,000, of which 7000 were withdrawn, principally from the Cape. — The Cabinet and JJord Northbrook have disagreed in refereneo to Egyptian affairs.— France has decided to hold the- island of Formosa until the Chinese yield to their demands. Admiral Courbet reports an. other victoiy over the Chinese.

The Cambridge public are proi mised an entertaining, though perhaps unseemly exhibition in the shape of a " bucking " contest between Mr DArcy Hyland, the celebrated horse-breaker and trainer, and Mr N. 6. 1/utnsden, another gentleman of the same profession, Mr Lumsden's challenge appeared in Saturday's issue, and Mr Hylands reply accepting the same appears in to-day issue. The preside pf this interesting contest has already been ' published, and has created no small amount ' of interest in certain circles. The contestants meet afc iho Criterion Hotel this morning to make tils nscgssary arrangements, deposit money, an^ fix time and place. Both men are considered jsmjnent in their profession, and the evant prqnjisftg to bring togetiier a large gathering of speOr tators.

Concerning our Colonial loans Mr { V&iey gfcmvart writes to the Bay of Plenty ' Time* undep (fate London September 27th : —As we may expqcj; a vigorous policy under the regime of Sir Julws Vogel, it 13 satisfactory to learn that the tenders for £5,500,000 New' South Wales $ ipm" Qsni,", «fcock were opeh'ed at the Bahkf>f<EnglMJa.< Tfi6 uroliojjj;ions amounted to ' t ptmfimymfi from m*tif:flM (the I

minimum). Tenders afc.£93:l2» will receive about 55 per f cent. of "the amount' applied for. You may recollect' -that some months ago I suggested that New Zealand loans should bo floated nt 3|r per cent, instead of 5 and 4$ per cent., as heretofore. The saving of interest will be a grand stroke of financial policy for the colony. The Spring Meeting of the Onehunga Racing Ulub took place at To Papa on Saturday lust, and was a decided succoss. The Spring Hurdle Raco was won very cleverly by Mr Whiting's Azim ; the Novel Race fell to Across the Grass ; the Onehunga Spring Handicap to Mr J. Symes' Kalo, with Dressmaker second and Fishgirl third ; the Hack Race xvrr won by Little Nell ; the Selling Hurdle Race by Claude ; the Pony Race by Mignionetfce ; and the Steward's Handicap was a gift to Mr Robertsons Mitrailleuse, which event terminated the programme. The Onehunga Band was on the ground, and added much to the success of the meeting. The totalisafcor, as usual, was largely patronised, and the largest dividend paid was £9 12s on the Spring Handicap. The Rev- J. S. Hill concluded the services, at S. Andrew's, Cambridge, on Sunday last, both morning and evening. In the morning the rev. gentleman took his text from S. John viii, part of 12th verse : " I am the Light of the World," and delivered a very impressive sermon. In the evening he took his text from II Timothy, chap, ii, part of 3rd verse : "As n good soldier of Jesus Christ." There was an unusually large and representative congregation at each service. Collections were taken up morning and evening in aid of the church renovation fund, and a considerable amount was received. The Rev. Mr Hill addressed the children of the various Sunday-schools in S. Andrews' Church, on Sunday afternoon, when there was a large attendance of both children and guardians. The address was both instructive and interesting, and was listened to with great attention. A collection was taken' up in aid of the Melanesian Mission Fund. We are glad to notice that the few lines which we devoted to the matter of starting a Water Polo Club at Cambridge have had the desire effect, and that, as will be seen by advertisement in another column, a meeting of gentlemen concerned is called for Saturday next, at the Criterion Hotel. It is proposed that the club should bo formed immediately, and that a contest should be arranged for the evening of New Year's Day as an additional attraction to the holiday meeting of the Cambridge Jockey Club. The band will doubtless lend their valuable assistance on the occasion, and, altogether, the attraction of the afternoon promises to bring together a large gathering of spectators, and afford them a most enjoyable spectacle. The adveitisement states that the proceedings will be under the auspices of the Cambridge Domain Board, a guarantee, if one weie wanting, of the success that may be anticipated.

Mr James Alexander, the Australian Blondin, gave an exhibition of his skill at Hamilton on Saturday in the presence of a large concourse of people. The wire rope used was stretched across Victoria-street from Gwynne's Hotel to Mr Elliotts piemises, at a height of about twenty feet, and on this Mr Alexander pei formed some very meritoiious feat-*. He commenced by walking across, lying down on the rope, &c, and on his return proceeded to go through the same programme blindfold, and subsequently with his feet encased in baskets. After an interval the performer carried a youth across on his back. The youngster, who belongs to Hamilton, seemed to enjoy the novel excursion immensely, and when half across gave expression to his delight by waving a small flag which he carried in hid hand. To this succeeded some clever feats on the trapc/.e, and the performance was brought to a close with the " horse act," in winch one of the two riders of the extremely graceful quadruped fell off, fortunately sustaining no injury. During the progress of the performance collectors were busily at work, and by their contributions, no less than by their applause, the large audience gave evidence of their satisfaction. The performance was lepeated last night in the pi e»ence of a largo audience.

The following is a list of subscriptions to the Osborne Relief Fund, which we have been requested to acknowledge on behalf of the promoters :— John Arnold, £5; Wells and Soutter, £3 3s: Hallv Bros. £2 10 s ; Win. Moon, £2 2s; Lewis and Simpson, £2 2s ; Jas. Webber, £2 ; Thomas Freeman, £2 ; Wm. Russell, £2 ; Wm Kincaid, £1 Is ; F. Rose, £1 la : R. Kirkwood, £1 Is ;R. Morse, £1 ; R. W. Sargent, £1 ; Alfred J. Hughes, £1 ; Win, Jacklin, £1 ; F. A. Whitaker, £1; J. Shaip, £1; H. Gillett, £1; Young and Nixon, £1 j Wm. N. de L. Willis, £] ; Jas. Taylor, £1 ; Houghton and Sons, £1 ; John Wilson, £1 ; Cattr.ichael, £1; Maurice R. Keesmg, £1; James Black, SI; J, S. Bond, £1 ; R. S. Blake, £1 ; Robt. Fisher, £1 ; Wm. Semmens, 10s ; Little, 10s 6d ;J. Allwill, 10s 6d; C. H. Gilby, 10s; Hart Hicks, 10d ; Friend, 10s ; Edward Hewitt, 10s ; C. E., 10s ;W. K. Carter, 10s ; E. Y. X., 10s ; H. M. W, 10s ; John Gwynnetb, 10s ; John Longbottom, 10s ; Nemo, 10s ; Win. Smith, 10s; W. Williams, 10s; Win. Lovett, 10s ; R. W. Dyer, 10s ; G. Ncal, 10s ; J. B. S. Richardson, 10s ; Redgreave, 10s; Thomas Smith, 10s; Chas. Smith, 10s ; Havry Carter, 10s ; George Hamblin, 10s ; Cameron, 10s ; W, Fogarty, 10s ; P. Fogarfcy, 10s; Kidd, ilOs : H." Marshall, 10s ; Detective Doolan, 10s ; B. 0., ss; J. F. Fitzgerald, ss; Jas. Rivers, ss, Jos. McMillan, os ; Wm. Nolan, 5s ; L. Clare, ss; J. Pascoe, ss; T. Davis, ss; C. W. Farder, 5s ; H. Buckland, 5s : Friend, ss ; Friend, ss ; J. R., os ; Fretwell, ss ; J. Hltolun, 8s i Thos, H. Brown, 5s ; Henson, ss ; Meredith, os jO, Lovotfc, 5s ; 1?, Brown, 5s ; Jas. McComish, ss ; Fiiend, us \ Yatas, 5s ; Friend, 5s ; Norn de Query, 5s ; John Dods, 5s ; Friend, 5s ; J. M. Brown, ss ; J. M. G., 55 1 * ; Friend, ss ; Friend, ss ; Wm. T, Brgnnan, sa ; Mrs Nicholas, ss ; Geo. Dickinson, fis $ W, J. Hunter, 5s ; Friend, 3s ; J. K. Pierce, Ss ; 0, g, Mjfcphel, 2s 6d ; J. H., 2s fid ; J. G. Wilson, 2a (Id ; Friend, 2s 6d ; Hatt, 2s 6d ;W. A., 2s fid ; W. S., 2s Gd ; Howie, 2s 6d ; G. Walker, 2s Gd ; R. Corner, 2s (id ; Friend, 2.5. Collected by Mr Thninfts Simms at Oxford, £5 2s Gd. Received from M|> W, Reid one pair of blankets \ alued £1, Total, £75 7s Qd.