The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2086, 19 November 1885, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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THURSDAY, NOV. 1% 1885

Tin- burgesses of Hamilton are to lio <ongr<itulated in having secured tlni services of Mr William Austi.ili i Graham as mayor for a si'umil torm. Mr Graham's unopposed return is evidence that the people of Hamilton aro wanting noithcr in gratitude nor in wisdom. Tlio mayor has not only worked hard in tho interests of the borough dining tho past year, Imt ho has workt d mothodically, and in aci 01 danco with a set plan, and important results are bound to follow. Mr Graham, is, howover, not a man ot mere lof'il viows. It is not the a\ clfaro of Hamilton alono that lie woks to advance. Hit. ideas are unit h too wido for that. His object is, .mil has boon for many years, to deinonsd.ite tho claims of tho Wnik.ilo to a fuller recognition of its, lii^lit to bo logardod a«t something moie than si lnoio stibuib of Auckland, an appanage of Queen-street. Jfc desires to sweep away the last \ csti^fs of the old provincial in- < iilki ■, I \v, rei utilises th.it tho time li.is < ome, n.iy, that it cninc long ago, whin W'.iilcato should have a little jnotc control ov< i- its own internal all.' us. 'I'll, it Hamilton will reap ad\,uii.ijy -i in thcconsuniin.ition of Mr (Ji.iii.iid'-, pLunis not to bo doubted •when its centi'al position is taken into .iwourit. It is quite natural, I hen I'd it, th.it the people of tho boruu^h should ;;i\e their hoarty hupjictit to the ni.tvoi", <iuito natural tln( flif-y should uiwmimously elect him to the position of chief magisti.ile for .i vcond ye.ir.

Tin. following ottraordinary para£i.iph appaiied in the Auckland SUr ot Tuesday :: — tv On Wednesday owning last, as Professor and Mrs Tjdith O'< Jorman Auffray ("the Escaped Snn") wcvp roturning from the hall at Hamilton after the lecture, they were stoned by an excitjil.l. inol), find snnio hottios were fciti.i'-lud .gainst th« '-ido of the

omnibus. Foitunatoly, neither Professor noi' Mis Aull'i.iy was hint." Af ilsohood generally tiiueN quickly, hut in this t,,ise it has taken a v> hole week to eo\er eighty four miles or thi'i(Ml)t)iits. By the way, it is a little odd th. it a carefully conducted paper like the Star should ha\ c lout .in I'll 1 to a cock-and-bull story of this kind. Had it been true it must have reached Auckland within twenty-four hours, were it onl\ through the medium of The Waikato Tunes. "Wo trust our eontemporiry, Jitter being so giossly duped, will sift the mattei to the bottom, and fitly reward the kindly intentioued liulnidual, whoever he may 1)0, who invented the, story. The people of Hamilton ha\e their faults and failings like other people, but no sett ion of them has }et discoveied .s\niptoms of the superior blackguardism imputed to theme. Xoithcr are they so wanting in sensitiveness as to contemplate with unmixed delight the publication of this slander throughout the colony. That is why we take the trouble to lofer to the subject. The falsehood belongs to that dangerous class which contains a particle of ti nth. It is not like, the be that is all a lie, though it run tie met and nailed dowu. It seems that when Professor -wo did not know lie was a piofessor before -An ftr.iy and his -wife were leturning from the Oddfellow's Hall, sonic one, probably a youth with more spirit than sense, threw a stone at the, omnibus, striking the wood work of the vehicle and doing no damage, ft could not have been a big stone, whops rr throw it, since there are none in this part of the country — but of course wcha\e bricks, and the missile may hsi\c belonged to that family. Uut be that as it may, only ove stone (or brick as the case may bo) was thrown ami nobody was killed. " Professor " Auftray himself gave us the information on his return from Hamilton East, and lie added " I don't think the chcumstanee is worth mentioning. " We <[iiite agreed with him, and hoard nothing more about the matter until we were confronted with the ndiculous paragifph quoted ;it the beginning of this article. Unchaiitable people might hint that the whole thing is simply an ad\eitisin« dodge. "Wo do not wish to appear uncharitable, and shall not insinuate anything of the kind. JUifc we are fompelled to piotcst that the people of .Hamilton are not a set of scoundrels and hoodlums. On the contrary they aie a \eiy icspectable and estimable community, as communities go.

The supply of milk at the Caraliiidiri! factory mi Monday «a> 170 tf.illon-. Tlio nuui 11-,' l'",I 1 -,' 1 '", Mi (Jrnifjc Watt, c\jmct- .1 fl.'iily ripply i)f i>oo;,mlli>ii-> about the cnil of tliu month.

There are now seventy-five head of cattlo legisteiul on tlm (' imbndge town run, which .it .1 fee of "h per head i<>pie seats tin income to tin- ho.ud from tin-. souicc of nearly t'2o. This to Mime extent should make up foi the lo,s on tho loc.il pound.

In this issue we print the first of a *cues of " Note* on f.innprs iind fanning," written speci illy foi tl»i-> journal by a gentleman will fitted by taste and ti .lining for the t.i->k. We commend tho aitides to the attention of run nguculturnl lcadei*. Thay will be published weekly.

Mr Livingstone, contractor for the Mortuis\ille-Te Aioh.i line, expect* to get finished in about tinee weeks. His contiact fni the station giound at Te Aioha lias been accepted and he left by ti.iin yestoi(i.iy with plans <\,c., foi nuking .1 it.nt upon this job. Theio will be nothing to jnevent the ti.un limning to Te Aioh.i before Christina--.

The Rita-Radcliff entertainment, .id\Piti-"'d for Hamilton on Tuesday night was postponed, and Madame Kita and Mi Ktidclifi will appear at Cnnbiulge to night and .it Hamilton to-moiiow night. We need adc 1 nothing to wlut we ha\« alreidy sud cmcerning the qualifications of the>e \w>rld-ienowned artiste*. We'ha\e no doubt they will bo well pationisud.

On Tuesday night Miss Moss, of Oambudge, whilst out ndmg met with a -evcio accident was near the cemetciy and the evening ti.un when parsing fiightened liii hoise. Sho was thrown, and in addition to other injuues had her right aim fiactuied below the elbow. Mr Taylor kindly dio\e theinjuied lady home, and Dr Waddmgton at once attenilod and reduced the fiactuie. Mi^s Mo-,-, w now l)iogres-sing favourably.

A meeting of the creditors of Joseph Kiscbei, checseninker, Puketnnu, was called for Tuesday mnining, at the office of the Deputy Othci.il Assignee, Hamilton, and jidjourned for want of a quorum, until [yesterday when, failing the .ittendance of creditors, the meeting was adjourned sine die. The liabilities amount to t'l7o, seemed (North New Zealand Cooperati\e Assocntion, bill of salt on cheese), .niri £I'HI N-. 'Id niwrciired. The assets consist of furnitnie, tools and horse \ alucd at illl, and chec»e, a doubtful asset, £r».

A Choral Society has been started at Cambiidge, and, judging by the largo and ltpicsentatnc attendance at the meeting on Tuesday evening, we may safely an ticipate for it n successful cueci. Mi T. Haitly has been appointed lioiioiaiy conductor, and the society is to be congiatu lated on securing the services of a gentle man of hi* rare musical talent. The first practice takes pl.ice on Tuesd.ij evening next nt the Public Hall, when tin rubers are requested to bring any copies of Bishop's oi Hcioipy's glees that they may hate.

A man named Alfred Symons was bionght up .it the Cambiidge R.M. Court yesteiday, befoio M^ajor Wilson and Mi Thus. Wells, J.P., cbaiged with steal nig a wati i pioof coat, tho piojjeity of Jos. Lmro, of Woodville, Hawkesßay. The accu-nd, it appe irs, had xtolon the coat dining a bnef stay at Woodville, and had then cleared out. He was anestcd by Constable Mieniian at Waotu, and brought to Cambiidge. Aftfr bnaiing the particulais the bench lemanded him to Wood Vllle.

Beferring to the prosecution of Mr Stead, the editor of tho Pall Mall Gazette, this Han Fiancisco Xews Letter says :—": —" It has V)pcii claimed by somr* that in tins mutter Mr Stead has, while fuithenng a good purpo-e, been puilty, in a technical «»'jhp, of a crnno, Jinfl that, consequently, those who have sat in judgment upon him had no other recourse but to hold him foi trial. This is a glaring and hclf-apparent enor. In the actn of which he is accused there is an entire absence of n criminal intent, and, in a technical ionse, the intent i.s tho very essence of nil crimo. It i^ clear, therefore, tjmt Mr Stead is, in thi3 persecution, a \ictim of tlioJio aristocmtic, lecherous ruffians whose crimes against .society and good morulfl he oxpoflcd. and that the iidminintr.ition of law in (lie.it Isiitain is nubjeet to the direct and baneful influences of thfho human bc.ists."

Yes ! It is coitainly true. Ask any of yonr friends who have pun hasid then-. G irlick and Cramvcll have numerous unasked for and very fas'our.iblc rommcnd.ition"! from country cuitomcrs »n their excellent packing of luirnitiire, Crockery, and Glass, &c. Ladies any gentlemen about to furnish should remember that Garlick and Cranncll's is tub Cheap Furnishing Warehouse of Aurkland. Furniture to suit all classci ; also Carpet*, Floor Cloths and all House Necessaries. If your new home is nearly finished, or, you are going to get married, visit Garlick and Crinwefl, Queeti-str^t and Lcirnp-street, Auckland. Intending purchasers can have a catalogue (en free.