AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2073, 20 October 1885, Page 2

AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Kqual and exact justice to all men, Ot whatsoever state or pcnuasion, religious or politic.it, Herr th^ll the PreH the FcopJc'* ritfht maintain. Un^wed by influence and untinbed by gain.

TUESDAY, OCT. 20, 18S.~,

Hamilton cricketers are requested to roll up this afternoon on .Sydney .Square. There will be no meeting of the Hamilton Legirtlatno Association this even ing, the counter attraction of the cirius being too great The scholarships and standard certificates will bo presented at the Hamilton West school this afternoon, at 2.4 r > o'clock. Parents and others interested are invited to attend. The Pakuranga hounds left Cambridge for home by yesterday morning's train. The huntsman, Mr iirown, and the whip, Mr <!<>odinan, with their hows, tt»ok their departure by the name train. The Howarde Comedy Company gavo a performance in the Cambiidge Public Hall, on Saturday evening. Tho attendance was not m> huge at might have been expected. The same company ftp j>eared at Cambridge again last night. The committee of the Hamilton Choral Society request a full attendance of member* at tho rehearsal on Wednesday evening ne\t, when the progi.imme for the carol festival at Chii-.tm,is will bo nnb_ nutted, l'ractice will commence «it 7. i~> nhnrp. The Rev. J. S. Boyd will be inducted to the (.haig>> "f tho Hamilton Presbyterian Church at 3 p.m., on Thursday, by the Rev. K. Somerville, A. C.mick, and 15. HhUoh. l<'i iends arc in vitcd. The M»ireo and cojicert will Uke place in the evening. Tea will be on the ÜbloH, ,it the OddfoiioW H; 11, at 6 p in. To-morrow evening tle Rev. H R. .Dewsbury will delncr his highly interesting lecture in the Cambridge Public Hall on "Thomas JJ-ilungtoii, hut and last Baron Macaulay." Mr Dov.sbury's ieputation as a lecturer i . too well-known to icquire any special mention on our part, and bin previous Micce-'-.M in this resjwet iwwuio us in anticiiiatiiiK a ciowdpd liouhc for to-moriow night. Tho proccedn are m aid of the funds of S. Paul's Weuleyan C'hurcli. The following special messages to the PreiH AsHocmtion, dated London, October ](>th and 17th, have been pub lwhed :— The frozen meat from Sydney by thetteanier Potoni i» sellini? at 3 [d per lb —The wheat market ih dull, the laHt advance being barely maintained. Foreign marked are lower. No Australian sales have taken place.— The London Chambei of Commerco dinapproveH of the attitude of Adelaide in refeienco to the imposition of a manufacturer*' tariff, considejing that such a tariff would imperil federation. The statement of receipts and expenditure of tho Piako County Council for the half-year ending UOtb September will be found elsewhere in this lhsue. The tramway receipts for the six months amount to i»»57 15s 7d ; pnblicau'i licensed represent an income of ±1200 Us ; gold revenue, €2'J!» lis 'Jd ; and gold duty, £I!M> 5s sd. Auctioneers' licenaen only amount to £10, whilst dog registration fee* represent the handsome little sum of £40 sm. The item cash in hand, is rcprencnted by the figures II V.l* lid. The balance due tho Bank of New Zealand in the modest sum of £(>7OK 2s 2d. I» the way of expenditure, the tramway tojm the Iwt with JUBG3 Kin 4d, and the it«ni of interest comes next with £303 1* sd, The next balance-sheet of tho council promueH t» be more encouraging. The Wtikato Hunt Steeplechase Meeting held at Cambridge on .Saturday wa» a great success. Thorowaro over .")00 people on the course. The idea of winding np the hunting season in Waikato with a jueetintf of thie nature w*s welj conceived,

and tho tuccess which attended Saturday's reunion proved beyond doubt th.it it was universally popular. It h.is been suggested that a Hunt Steeplechase meeting should bo held annually in VVaikato at tho close of the hunting season, and the proposal will doubtless receive tho consideration which its niiportence merits. Tho Stewards particul.u ly the sccretaty, are entitled to credit for the manner m which the meeting was carried out. We would again draw the attention of those intetested to the meeting of the sh irehoklcis of the Cambudgo Chee-e ,md H.icoti Factoiy, called for rinu--d.iv ■tfteiuorin. The meeting ban been called for tho purpose of coiisideitng thu mattci of milk supply to the factory. Suppliers have been betraying such indifference 111 the wclf.ue of the factory that the outlook is far from cncourairmg. The m.unger has been prepared to commence cheese making operations for several weeks past, but strange to say the supply offered .still falls short of the fixed niininiuin, 150 | gallons. This mcaiiK a considerable loss to the sh ireholdors, and unless something is done immediately tho welfare of the factoiy will be \ery greatly jeopansed. Her Majesty the Queen, or rather one of the (pu'i'iis (for then- are tlnee) of R.wotonga, was a passeugei to Waikato by train yesterday, accompanied by the members of her mi it". Om Ale\andia unrespondent notifies the arrival of tho |iarty at that settlement. The queen will visit Tawhiao at Ins settlement to-day, provided the " king" is at homo. That high and mighty potentate has been visiting the chief Hohaia, at Hukanui, for the past few days, holding a tangi in memory of Holuia's sister, who died recently at Wli.itiwhatihoe ; but, according to our correspondent, he was expected home last night. We presume tho object of the queen's visit is pmely of a friendly character, and that she does not look forward to opening up diplomatic relations with the Maon "king." Now that the November holidays ate approaching, and the Waikato public an- looking foiw.ud to .1 bnuf sojourn with then fi lends in the nietiopolis, or vice \cisi, t,li«" announcement of some hbeial aiiatigeineut on tin- J»ail of tho Railway Dt p.utmcnt is duly lookid foiu.ud to. Hithoto the depaitment by tho unw.ii 1 inti (I stinginess in then concessions li.i\e pi act ically vetoed thi-, indulgi nee, the un reasonableness of their holiday fates de b'uiing the wot king man and his family fiom taking advantage of them. Dm nig the coining holidays the woiKing public at both ends should receive cveiy oncouiagoment to t.vke ivn ontmg. ltetui n tickets at coiihidei ably teduced rdte«— not the eveiyd.vy late and a-quaiter business -extending over three or four days should lie issued. Unless some such concession is made, the culveitising of so-called holiday excursions is nothing shoit of a cruel niockt ly. We learn from a gentleman who, by the courtesy of the contractor, Mr l<\illon, was enabled one day last week to travel cner the lino now in piocess of construction between Moinnsvillo andOxfoid, that he was veiy favmuably nnpiesspd with the country thiongh which the line pa-w. Ho remarked the stiaight course of the line itself, and the absence of thoso unaccountable curves which, towards Auckland, arc so numerous. The cmintiy around is generally level, of uniform good quality, and unbioken, either by gullies or those dieaiy swamps so noticeable in other paits of the distnct. The line foi home miles runs through that poition of the Mat.miata estate aheady bi ought undei cultivation, and to pass for miles thtough a well grassed cmintiy, after the dieary journey from Mercei, could not fad to be leinarkod, and would bo suit to commend itself to intending settlers. In the wake of easy communication by lad, we may confidently look for a considoiable amount of settlement in this pait of the countiy, where the propuetofs of the Waitoa, M.itarnata, and I'atetere estates offer facilities for every class of settlers. At the meeting of the Auckland Board of Education on Friday last, the following tendeis vveio received for enlargement of the Camlnidge Went School : Moss and Wright, £2KO 17s «»d ;W. Frankham, t-2'r>; W. Hogan, fi!W ; W. K. Doyle, tJW: H. Carter, K317 ; U. Worthington, £•;««; K. Mills, 13)3; (!. Smerdon, £387. Tho tender of Mehsrs Moss and Wright was accented. Mr Lviko moved, "That the new scholarship regulations framed in accordance with the report, be adopted by the Uoatd, and that they bo submitted for the approval of the Minister of Education." —Mr Clark moved as an amendment, "That the marks assigned for arithmetic should bo 300 instead of 100, and that the marka for algebra be increased from 300 to 400." Ho H.iid ho w.ih led to adopt this course because he had learned that the scholars fiom the pumary schools who pro Hcnted themselves f»i the junior scholarship examination were generally well prepaied in that subject, and that it would 1)0 better to assign more marks to algebra, m order to induce them to devote attention to that subject. — With this amendment the motion was unanimously carried.— Messrs Luke, O'Sullivan, and Sloinan weie appointed a committee to prescribe tho books for the next examination — After some discu«siwn as to tho amount of funds available, it was resolvnl, "That tho number to be gi anted bo three senior and six junior nchohu ships."