ALEXANDRA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 2013, 2 June 1885, Page 2

ALEXANDRA.

\\'i\ 1 1 1: ha- faiilj sit in upon ii-, .md last week was deculedU wt_t, cold, nniddv, and unpleasant. Jii—iiß'-s I- dull, .md people geneiallv .uc out nf suit-. The contr.u tois fen the drain. ige of Kingstieet aie m.iK my hradwav w it)i tli'-u work, hut that {tuition nf it near Slo.tnr's coiner wheie tin" ihaina^e jupi -. ci >-s t!n> i>id iequnes to bo cuiud with ti tin 1 , .is, ,>t plOsCllt tlllTC is llot'll't',' t I Ci.t'l till" plpt's hut the soft mullock out <if the swamp, which makes it decide llv iiiiplea-.int, not to si\ d.ingi'ii',!-, foi t!i • • on hus hick. This should hj -o'li t-» at o>)e v ;theie iplenty of iiuitoii.il clo-elv ad| 'ccii*. Mi F.iiibuin, siu\,-\oi, his bj-jii cmgaged this last week o iiuphting the siiivey of the load fi mu Wh itiw h itih'>e budge to the eniistabiilaih l.iad noil, at lli'vuiangi amlKawhia. Tin f >mi itimi will bj done by native 1 about. The new i;iih\a> time-t ible which conies into force to da> u ill be gieatly welcomed here, a* all will Ik- able 111 1 get tlieii letteis deliveied the > sine day . which has not been the case for so n>, tune past. Tlio-j n-injj the railway also lejoiee, tlu 1 joiunev fn>!ii Te Awamutu lu-ie in the ]>iss':i^ v v \t>liiulc on adnik wet night, with a i»o i.l cliancj of .a capsize in the mud, now being not to be apprehended. The new- tint Mr Williau Slo.vne was leaving To Aw.unutu and the distuct, was received here with uui\eisal leprret. Prior to his coin-niL-nciti},' l.u-s'ne.s< in T« Au.iiiiutu, Mr Sloane w.v«« the most energetic .settler in Ale\.mdi,i, and did much for it. To him, us chairman of the Alexandra. Highway Board, we jire indebted fur the fnniiiitiou of its streets and for ninny local benefit*. <>n his lenv ing us for Te Aw.unutu, all felt we had lost tho best of fiiend«. Many would have liked to have been piesent lit the faiev\ojl dinner to him at Kihikihi, but for the distance and the .season of tlm year. In spirit, however, they weie piesent, and uoulieie has he moie sinceic well-w ishes for him and family, than his old friends in Alevandra. Sergoaut (iillies, who is also leaving the distuct, is geneially regretted. His *toiling honesty, and the fair and inqniti.d nianiiei he did his duty commended him to all. Fiom hi.s intimate knowledge of the district- and its inhabitants, his services the (lov eminent will find it difficult, if indeed possible to lepl.ice. The Waiju County Council appear to be inclined to evade If not repudiate their liability for tho repairs of the Ale\andr.i budge, which connects the east and west sides of the settlement. The disgracefully dilapidated state of the bridge has been made know u and wntten about ad nauseam, but nothing yet has been done. If not l.'paned, the settleis on that side will be i/Jinploti ly shut in fiom all outside communication, and the supply of tiiewood for the township stopped, (juitc a seiions accident happened on the hiidge last week to a native lad. While liding over it his how fell thiough the lotten pi inking. The lidei's.uin was veiv sciioiislv hint, if not bioken, which his fuends (jeclaied it was, and his face badly cut and much biuispd. The hoise, also, was badly ctippled. Mr Hdlanco when here promised i'loo tow .uds its lepair, and the work sliould have been done eie this. If the council waits until the stiuctuie is eauied away, the da-nige. to the two budges at Te Koie and Wh.it.ivv hat.i which would be likely to ensue should such a thing occur would add considerably to their liability and expense.. Tawhiao has not yet letuined fiom Te Aloha, but is expected to turn up heie any time. The Xgatunaniopoto natives aie. now collecting food at TV Kuiti, Taw hiao's old settlement, foi a meeting. It is s.ud they want him to letiiin and live there. (Own Correspondent, Ist June)

TiiK.lOton hammer with which Kiupp belli boms his laige steel blocks bears the name "Our Frit/." Its stroke, cm the 1000 ton anvil, although the latter vests on a chabotte of upward of 100 square feet in Bi/e, and is surrounded by water, causes a deafening noise, and a concussion resembling an eaithquakc, the hammer bears the inscription—" Fritz, let fly." This inscription has the following history; When, in 1877, the Emp«ror William visited the works at Essen, this steam hammer attracted his attention. Alfred Krupp, the father of the present head of the firm, presented to the Emperor the machinist, Frit/, who, lie said, handled the hammer with such nicety and precision an not to injure or even touch an object placed in the centre of the block. The Emperor at once put his diamond studded watcli on the spot indicated, and beckoned to the machinist to set the hammer in motion. Master Fritz hesitated out of consideiation for the precious object, but Mr Krupp urged him on by flying — " Frit/, let fly." Down came the haininci, and the watch remained perfectly untouched. The Emperor gave it to the machinist as a souvenir. Mr Krupp added 1000 marks to the handsome present, and caused the abo\o words to be inscribed on the hammer. All rates due to the M.mgapiko Ko.id Board must be pud by the "Jlith June, in order to sa\o further expense. A notice from the Cambridge poundkecper appears elsewhere. Mr James Calderwood, junr., and Co., having taken over Darton's Commercial Hotel Stables, notify to the public that they will tun a 'bus to meet all trains to and from Haniiltgu.