TE AWAMUTU GOSSIP.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2083, 12 November 1885, Page 2

TE AWAMUTU GOSSIP.

This> "town," financially speaking, as well a- the other villages in the " Valley of the Waipa," h.is been pretty lively lately. Alexandra, or inoro jorrectly writing Whatnvhatihoe, h.t» been honoured by a royal visit from the Queen of Karotonga, but lier kindness was damped to chilliness by tin; absence of royal etiquette displayed by the Maori monarch, who, whatever other courteous refinements he had absorlwd by his association with Home and Colonial Christendom, had not Acquired those axiotmc impressions that ara so dearly cherished by English-speaking pei>ple of the masculine persuasion, namely, chivalrous couitesy to all ladie*, irrespective of age, beauty, or colour. Perhaps his royal highness was influenced, either by iheumatism or domestic affection — purality of wives entails circumspection on the part of the " boss " of the harem, simply for the sake of hair and peace— or by that retiring or shirking disposition for which King Taw hiao has lately been remarkable. He ih either king of the Maoris or he ia not. If chiefs supplant him, Wahanui and Kt'wi for instance, patronised by a ministerial party, whose heads publicly profess, and piofcising powerfully attempt toi| inculcate atheistical or nazarenic principle! % that cloud because, there ia no brightness in theory, the laughing hoyden beauty of New Zealand, that maiden like ii now "Standing with reluctant feet Where the brook and riv«r meet, Maidenhood and childhood sweet." Then I nay, his royalty, barbaric royalty if you will, yet in my idea its very barbarism ptimps its divinity, in merely a tolerated condition, and Tavvhiao himself has nhown by his passive dissent— abtenea for instance from any encroaching' move* went towards the Maori, becau.se, otherwise powerless, his willingness to Euau- j like barter his, and his people's heritage fora mess of pottage. Hjs coldness, from from whatever cause arising, .shrivelled up the kindly intentions of the pacific queen, oven as Sheha'» was by the grandiloquence of Soloman, until she only retained a yearning desire that almost amounted to lust, to quit the cold formal land of the Maori for more congenial impressions of her own loved island homo, and although she *aid she would ever retain a kindly feeling for Maoiilvml, I mm moved to think she will piefcr doing so at a distance. The Native Minister has safely, that is barring the abrasions of a few promises cordially m.ide, run the guantlet through the length and breadth of this petitioning land, from Alexandra's rotten old bridge even unto the brand new one in course of construction over the Pimiu for Kihikihi. The only place that did not bore him and toll him for promises was quiet, sedate, self-reliant Te Awatnutu, and I am sure ha honours her for her apathy. The Cavalry Band reclined on the grass and awaited him, and as he approached welcomed him by playing, I think it was, "See the conquering hero comes." He was wOlw 01 thy the tune, for he is a, conqueror of fate by virtue of the position he now occupies. The cavalry nscoi ted him to the railway station, whence the train, salutjnife him with a " puff puff " and shriekin]^ whistle cirtii'd him away from the sight of tho people who loved him for his promises. The frightened horses in the buggy that "tooled him to the station, and tha cantering cavalry behind caused me to entertain tho foolish idea that he was re- — treating from a charge of cavalry j maybe he entertained the same idea, for he ignoied Te Awamutu, with all her franchised farmers, and passed by her rapidly. Business is dull and the inhabitant! thrifty. BILLT.

" Will the youngest girl in the room please rise," said a School Board Inspector in a rural district. Every female stood up, including the teacher. Mr W. i>. Evans, pianoforte and harmonium tuner and regulator, is now in Waikato. Mr John Knox will hold his usual sale of produce, &c , next Saturday at the mart. Mr R. \\\ Djer notifies in our advertising columns thai he has resumed legal practice in Cambridge. 1 notice from Mr J. Sperrey, Property-Ta* Commissioner, appears in our advertising columns. Ihe engineer of the Waipa County Council advertises tor tenders for enlarging a drain on the Hamilton- W'hatauhata Road. Ihe Waipa County Council intends, at a meeting to be held oa Wednesday, November | 2oth, tit make a general tate of §d in the £. Annnersiry services in connection with Trinitj Presbjtenan Church, Cambridge, ■will be held next Sundaj, and a soiree in the Public Hall on the following Wednesday. MrJ. S. Buckland will hold hi* next Cambridge Cattle Sale on Ihursday next. On the lolluvTing day h« will dispute of the pririlegei in connection with the Cambridge Jockey Club* Spring Meeting, in tho Public Hall, at (A o clock. W , Joseph Fischer, cheescmaker, of Pukerimu, ■■ h^s filed a petition to be adjudged a bankrupt, and the first meeting of creditors will be keJd in the Waikato Times Buildings on Tuesday, 17th November. WiLM-o >or Cu'rcamfv.— " I believe it to bt all wrons and c\cn wicked for clergymen or other public men to be led iiito giving tcstimomajs lo cjuack dociors or\ile stnfts called medicines but when j. really meritorious article is made up of common valuable remedies known to .VI, and that all phjMuans use and trust in d ul\ , wu should freely commend it. I therefore cheerfully and heartily commend Hop Hitters for the good they ha\o done me and my friends, firmly believing they have no equal tor family use. I will not be without them."— Rev.- — . Washington, D.C.U.S.A.