COMMENTS.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2002, 7 May 1885, Page 2

COMMENTS.

It will be seen by advertisement that Woodyeai'n lenowiu-d ciicus will .linear in the different W.uk.ito centios next week, cruiiiiiunciiig at Hamilton on Mourlay. Tlio ch c\v«, which li.i^ been Kro.itly entailed ■'liico tlio last \mt, proinHOs In lw .1 Kio.it huccc-o, :ui'l will (Jouhtlijhsljo tixtensiu-Iy ji.itroni-.i<l. Mr liinc, tlio .idwiiice tiKcnt, junod .it ilainilton yciturd<iy.

Another steamboat collision oc curnd <»n Monday nitflit, ihmi tin- island of Kuwait. ThoH.n. WulliiiKtou Mil mt»» the b.h. iVtuOiCKor, both bfloiitfiiiK to tlio Northci n Stcunilup < 'omp.itiy. Tlie l.itU-r win Kio.itly iiiiuiud, .md was iuii ashoio .it t!ic Kawnu, whum xlio n<»w Ikw m ■' d- l » goiouH [«Hiti'»?i. The WelliDKton unstained coiiHidcrAVjlc damage, but \v,n not rlis.ihli d. Ktforta nro being inadu to «et the Mc(!reffor oIF.

Acting under instructions from the Anieiican SecreUuy «>f St.ito, tlio Aineiican Consul at Auckland, (Mr (•amble) cauised one of thu paMionKern by the City of Sydney, named Theodore Cecil ]) Augier, ali.iH Walter H. Lennox Maxwell, to be arrested on ;i char(jo of murder at St. Loum. Tho pMHotiui w.is was bi ought up at the Police Com ton Tuenday and remanded. No paitiuilun of the murder aro to htuid.

A typographical error crept into our last ib-hjo which bad buttti br put ritfht. It was stated in a local that Mr \V«IN, Chan man of the Cambridge i)o ' in.llll JJoard, had introduced four golden cnbhxh into Lako To Kontu. Tliolnh wire of the specie* krioivn n« "c.irp, ho tween whirh and its dintftDt relative the era)), Jt n ncodleKi to Hay then; ik veiy little in common.

Captain Souter, who has for some yottrn roproHcnted thu Waikato Coal and Shipping Company a« then OambndKO ntfunt, lias now taken over the CninbndKo bUHincHH of tlie company on hi« own account. Captain Hmitor h an ontorprismg businenH mun of exteimivo oxjmthji»co wliomc poiaonul populaiity it \» iiwcllcbs to refer to. We have no doubt thai tlm wharf busincHH will continue to flourish under Uh f.fHcicnt cure.

The Government has handed ovei Boino important and valuable endowment* to the Ciunbndgo Town Hoard. Ahiohk the number uio two ucrca out «f the imliUi y reHorve with a hix ch.iin» fn>ntnK» ti> Vil t'uia-BtiPot. The n.ilo yaid Hit.-, upon which H the town ),'>dr<\ otlico .md tho h.ilc vaidn, h also «un<mg »l»o nuinix-r. Unt lx)anl iH in a portion to leino t\w«> endow monta for buildup |»«rpi>seM, and will Llnm bocnubled todonvo ivg<»od rcvonuo fiotn tliem. Our readers will regret to learn that Mr Th<minn Mucirnilano, of Aucklnnd, met w\th ft Rcrions accident on Tnrwiay. Ho wan doing somo businofla with tho IlcKidpnt Knßineor at thu AuckLmd wil way station, and <•» 8topi»»iB nenma Uio rnilw waH knocked down by tho c .w1 cntchor "f ft rw^»K tl!lin > 4 » u tft» l "»K r '" n-

The members of the Cambridge r,irli.imont.iiy Union luvc iimv cnjovcrl a piutty long nue-s from the .uduous duttt'i of puhtic.il life. Tho Wow .idjouinud mmip tin >nth.s ago, thn hntt of .Juno being fixed at tlio proM'fcMtion for the House to re isvunble foi th.« despatch <>f busmen. No doubt public businoM has vow aocumul.itcd, and tliero n wilticiunt on tl>e ordwi p.ipor t<. occupy the House for «mcml months. Fioia all accounts it is likely th.vtthu (lovcinmcnt, who we understand iiro prfp.iriiij? hoiuo important nipiwmretr, will c.ill the Housu toother on the d.iy nivjiu'd. Then" .u« »'>t waatuiff ludicitioim tint tho If.uiiiltou Jx'KisUtmo As-iociation will tn'in be in m'ssioji.

The usual fortnightly meeting ot tho I'robyteuan H»nd of Hope was hi 1(1 in thu Pie-.byteii.ui Church, Hamilton hast, on Tuesday la< There was a good «>.tt«ii dance of adult* and childicn, and the nuni bei on tlio roll wax repot tod to ho 103. Mi J. Cochiiino occupied the chmr. lh« i»l lowing programme wux gone through in ;i very cn-diUblo in.mnor :— Kr.uimif, .i.un> I»avH ; reading, K. Johtismi ; nscitition, Siman (Jnudm; reading, W. Andrew ; dialogue, T. Rothwcll and W. l'ntdwid; holu, Mms Strango ; reading, Cecelia L<: t*i<-MH- ; solo, Altsd Str.uiijo : locitation, Uhulkj Coombcs. Mr .1. Cochrano uddiiwe-l the meeting on the temperance cause. The Key. Mr Raeburn ulso addic^od tho meet ing on abttinuHCe fn»in btroug dunk. A h*w hviiiin w«io sung during the rvornng, •aid Mm Camj>bcll presided :«t tin* h:ir moniuin. Mi Kwhuin wisbd to wi n good attoiulaiuv ot m-nibei-, and fuend^ .it the hluo übbon jueoting on Tuesday evonine next.

It is pleasing to notice that the C.unbnd"o Town Hoard n about todnvotia littlo attention ami .1 few pounds to the internal impioveiiietit of the, 1 iibho H.ill. At the l.iht meeting <.f the board, attention was dt.iwn to the dilapidated condition of tho " sci'nic offsets" and it was was deoinod advHaUo tolin-vo noniotluns? done m tinmatter without delay. As an a^embly room tho Cambiidgi' ball «s I>V f.»r thu most dehcient in l>i»»t of accommodation of all tho other public balls in Waikato. It absolutely affords no intornal accommodation wbatevoi. Thorc aro no <lressutK rooms, no Huppor-niom accommodation, am! very little of .uiythiii(f eUa which tcniU to tho comfoit .uid convi-uienco of visitors. Last year thu lull receipts wore £•>> over and abo\ o tbc expenditure, l'crhatw tlin year it may not b<> mi much; but tho revenue is sufficient, nevertheless, to warrant the board in cairying ««t improvements of a protty liberal diameter.

A meeting of the parishioners of J S. Andu'w's Church, Cunbi »!(?«•, \\»h held ni the schoolroom mi Tnt-*d.iy o\cnin» List. There were about tlnrty pre-iont. iiicluduu; Bcvcral l.idi«-(. Aiclidcion Willis prewdi'd. Tho Chairman, tn opening the proceed nigH, siid ho waH happy to inform tliu \t.\.umK,ii«jn that an ainic.iblf .i^rct'iueiit h;wl Ix'cn couio tout connection w ith tht) font co\or butweonUio parties most intiT^tud, and that the matter w:w thurt h.ippilv Hottlwl. Tim stiitomont w.is r.-coived with ovidtnit sutisf.ujtimi. Sonic dwcussion cihum <>n a motion by >ir (iwynnoth to tho effect that tllO future Usu f>f tlio font oi-v^r «h»nld l>o left ill tlio kinds of tho Incumbent. An amendment w.w pmposed, Umviuk all mattern of church ornanipnUtion in tho haiulM of tho vcstiy and trustees of tho church. Tho amendment w.ih declared liwt, and the oriifinal motion carried. The Incumbent stated, in respect to the font cover, that he would abide by tho win!i <.f tho vuhtiy, and only use it on festival occasioim. KeHpect in« the Appointment of a new curate, a re*.lution wa« tinanimciuHly pa-ssod, That it >h »lf«<ir.il»l« tliat a» a^istiDitcierKynian Hhonld bo ai>point«d if the vuHtry can hco it« way to meet the addition.il expenditure.

Mr J A- Pond, Colonial Analyist, .nnvid in Watk.ito on Moiul.i}, on mi ..tlmal \wtt" tin* district, in uiiincctu.il witli tho cultivation of sugar-beet. Mr Pond was commissioned by tin; <k>\cii»mcnt to inspect thu tii.tl Clops "f l*vt in-own in W.uUto Uim year, and to make i complete test of thu loott, with a view to detei mining tlioir coinuieicuil\alm-. <••» 'IWday, accompanied by Mr W. A. (;i.J««ii, Mr Pond vwt»-il thu farms of M. vu-s Wheeler und S. H. Cialmm, where Uiu luttchuM of Iwetweio found to »>u in faulyifood condition. Although there wero numuious inmoH, the crops, which wore limited in arcu, looked quit« as \\c,U »h tho nmuKoldrt Blowing ul»ng»ide. Mr loud pointed out that tho imwh of roots were much too far apart. A hhimlkt »( "^ «J f vanouH hi/!t)H wore taken away by Mr 1 oncl, in order that an average tost tlmt might Ihiiiaflp. Subsequently Mr I'.nifl and Mi Ciaham visited Mr Lowih (3 >oill.s place .it Claudolands and took away tximo roots from there aNo. Mr O'Noills crop had been raised and "clamped. Mr Pond Holcct>'d a vory Urgo Bi/.ed root in oidcr to ascertain tho difference in sugar value between that and the ismallcr n>ots acknowlodged to bo suitable for the factory. Yesterday morning some roots grown by Mr («o«»- Kdgocumbe, atFrankton, worn selected. Thin cntj» piovnd to bo tho best growing crop vwited, though tho drill* weietoo wide apart in this case also. Mr Pond will be glad to rocoivn roots from any otliLM who have grown experimental uops in tliis district this season, as it 18 his desue to make the tost as full and complete as possible.

The bearing of the case P. IjCtiUOMli. v. O. U. BoMe, claim i^O, value of ji horio injured by defendant, and medical chaigert, wa« reunited at the K.M. Couit, Hamilton, <m Tuesday, boforo Mr Noithcroft. Mr Hay api»eured for the pl.mitilF and Mr O'Neill for defendant. Kudencn w;u led for tho dofenco cor lobujiitmtf tho ujrMon Riven by the doft'iidiint th.it when ho borrowed tho norso plaintiff* h.ui did not warn him. Co"", . liavius? addremed th« Iwrtch, liih W»rHhil» icsem-d hn judßnu-nt until tin* followiiiß day Yi'ttoid.iy uiorninK iudgment wiw m yen f»r tho defendant with coKts tl7 7# M. Mr Northcicift said h« based liih decision entirely upon tho law us it affected in ghyenee. H« could find no -authority for the contention advanced by Mr Hay Unit tho defendant, by riding plaintiff h horxe without tho pcnniHiiion of tho latter, wsih a trcipasHor. lie conoidorod that defendant h.id used all meaim in hi« powor to prevent tliu iiccidont, and that therefore he was not trinity of netfligenco. But ovon had it been proved that Boalo had been negligent he could m>t h*ve given a judKinent for tho full amount, aa there had been grosH i»«hKC'lico on the part of tho plaintiff in tho treatment of tho horne ufter thfi accident. He had consulted a number of woikt boarniif on Lh'J subject, fiom all of winch it wan elf ir that tho troatinent adopted wan wronff. Had the animal been Hkilfullv treated it might havo recovorcd. Mr Hay npuhod for a non nuit iiiHtead of a judgment for the defendant, in order that he mi^ht hn\o an opportunity for proving hi« c..nt(-ntion in respect of tho treMpjwß. Mr () N eill Haul lio had u<> obji'ction to ft non hint, an ho con Hideied it in this cane to be oqmvjluut to a jiirjifiiifiit for defeiKhinf. lfi« WorHhui accoidingly non Huited the plaintil! with coHts, as above.

Avy man can bo reformed except a reMr J. S Huckland'* iale* arc advertised i« an Mr"H (.'owner will tc\l at C-imliridfce, on Saturday, furniture, potatoes carrot*, poultry, *"a K'o'b^iSo Sheriff of Auckland, in the tmfter of the case Lewis and .Simpson v. I). IvlliuJ, appears elsewhere. A notirr by the Hautapu pound -keeper .ippoars in another column. . | 1 .-ntlt-rs are invifd for repairs to Mr J. I). Hill's home, H imilton I Mr C. K. Johnson has a fivo-roomed rottag* at Hamilton to let, with four .icres of land. i) Klhott has filed a ducl.ua'ion in bank'"lsl'/l S. Huckland lias rcceivi cl inductions from Mr C. H. Johnson, of Hamilton, to si-U on Wrdnc^dar, the 13th, tbc whole of his livery ''Yk-Mr'iWl'j Hunter and Co, will iell at tho CamWiilKc yards on ThuMday, Hth thw and four-jc.r-ot.l -.tprM, nearly boef, cattle, fat ,horp be ftr On Saturday, tho 10th tl.ry will iell -it Cambridge a lar^o number of uwful hor- cs "f all descriptions. AN AiAHAsrHK Ho\— Y.iunr RirU finding Ifcri r complexion ginwmti sallow, and their ikin bocominif rough or frw kly, rrv>rt to prrfnnw ointm.nt^ for a restoration of their bloom. AH ,urh should u«i- Ameriran Cos Hop Hitter-!, which will rector*- bloom to rheck-, whitenft,-. and beauty to their complexion. maUnr ricli blond R ooil health, and happy smiles. Read.