The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2094, 8 December 1885, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Fqurtl and exact justice to ill men, Of wha'<iop\cr state or persuasion, religious o pt'ltital Here sh.Wl thr Press the Peonle's ji,'ht miintain, UnawP'l kv mflui-nrc and unbnbed by gum.

TUESDAY, DEC. 8, 1885

The programme of the Cambridge Boxing Day sports appears in another column.

A well attended meeting of the Cambridge district; public in connection with the proposed horticultural show was held at Cambridge last night.

The Rev. J. 8. Boyd will re-deliver his second lecture on " Apostolic Succession " in the Piesbytorihn Church on Thursday cfening next.

A report has been recently circulating in Cambridgo that Mr Koesmg, solicitor, is leaving the dutrict at the end of the year. Wo are asked to state that this is not the case.

Judge OBrien arrived in Cambridge by last night's train, and will opon the Lftnd Court there this morning. He will be assisted by Judge Gill, who goes up to Cambridge to-day.

A fire broke out in High street, Auckland, on Saturday night and resulted in the almost complete destructiou of Mr Mackio's carriage factory. The damage is estimah dat about £1200. Mr Mackie was uninsured.

The rain has been very welcome to the dairy farmers, and especially to tho factory suppliers. The amount of milk now received at tho Wa'kato factory is close upon 1000 gallons.

The Native Land Court will open at Cnmbridgo to-day for a short sitting. The business consists mainly of succession and subdivision cases in a large number of blocks which have already passed through the court. The sitting nt expected to last a fortnight.

It is likely that the libel case, J. M. Frazer v. certain natives, set down for hearing at Cambridge on Friday, will be adjourned tor soino days. Mr Hay will represent Mr Frazer and Mr F. A. Whitaker the native*. The following will compose the cricket team to play Whatanh-iU at Hamilton on Saturday next., the 12th inst.— Messrs Barton, Bindon, Browning, Byjrravo, Connolly, Kdgecuu be, Foirest, Kirk, Mclntosh, Primrose, Stevens and Wood. Play will commence at 11.30 a.m.

The men under Mr D Murphy are not likely to be much longer engaged on the Cambridge-Waotu road. The improvements which they havo effected are of a permanent character, and should keep tr road in good repair for traffic for souie tin > to come. The llotorua road uin really c cellcnt condition.

Some of the local bodies iv Wjuka.tr> aro looking f'HWard to a vi«v i«- t from tho Minister for Public Work^. Them are several things throughout t'.o country which they ft^e anxious to briiij/ under liim notice. It will bo time enough to enumerate them whon tho honourable gentleman comes amonc-t us.

Mr H. P. McPhorson writes:— In your last issue it is stated that the sixth anniversary of tho Hamilton Wealeyan Sunday school was to bo held. I have to ■tate that your informant must be mistaken in the date, ns it is over sixtoen years since the school was opened by Mr Tanfield, our l»te postmaster.

It is tha intention of Messrs W J. Hunter ond Co. to hold a horse Hale at the Commercial Hotel utiblfs, Hamilton, one*» a month on a Wednesday. It in thought that from its central iwii|{ion m regard to the railways a «alo at Hamilton would meet tho requirements of a large number of people.

We notictd *n advertisement in A Oamaru na|«r a few days ago of a " great ■ale of cattle." Totting up the various lots wo found that the " great" aale consisted of 120 head! What would Otagans call the numerically respectable sales we have at Ohaupo? At Hunter'i last sale, o»or 1200 head of cattle were disposed of. The cattle were sold by the old method, but frer» got through with remarkable rapidity.

Messrs E. Johns, W. Skeates. and K. O. Shephard are candidates fur the v icancy in the Newcastle Road Board. The poll will be taken on the 12th inst.

Quite a number of contracts in :he way of street formation aro now on ■ und in Cambridge. At its meeting this tfteinoon, the Cambiidgc Town Board will -.•ceive tenders for no less than five itferent work*. Among theso aro the for.itiou of Chapel street, and the re-forma-•n of the Victoria road

The offer of Messrs Goslin and ■ 'inter to work the Cambridge Jam Factmy < too high td bo entertained. It mi^hfc pny fiem h ind Homely but would not piy tho ■ landholders who will no doubt claim to be •oiisidered. The matter will bo considered >t a meeting of tho directors to bo held shortly, ft is not likely therefore that any thing will be done towards starting the f tctory thin season.

At a meeting of the Hamilton Domain Boird held List night, the applica tion of the Spoits Committee to obtain the i light of making a chargo fm admission to Sydney Square on Monday, December _\Sth, the day for holding the annual Chnstmas spints, was granted. Two weeks .iotice will now have to bo given, provided for undei the Public Reserves Act Ainendnent Act, passed 1 »st session. An amendicnt, moved by Mr Kno\, that the appli- | uition be not granted, was lost, the mover, I the Mayor, and Mr Frear voting for it.

! We understand that strong opposition will be offeied at thenoxt meeting of the Piako Council to the proposed re 1 duction in the tramway tariff. It in pointed out that by reducing tho charges the revenue would again fall short of the expenditure, and that, consequently, tho council would bo induced to lease the tramway to some private individual, who might not work it in the interest of the field.

The usual monthly meeting of the Cambridge Town Board will be held this afternoon, when a lot of business will be disposed of. Permission to the sports committee to charge an admission fee to the Government paddock of Is a head is likely to be granted without any opposition. Tho proposal to enlarge the accommodation of the public hall will also be gone into. As there are few public hulls in the province paying better than thvs one, and as there are few where the public accommodation is no limited the board should have no hesitation in consenting to tho necessary ex-

penditure. The monthly meeting of the Hamilton Road Board was held at the office of the boat don Saturday last. The Chairman and Messrs Ridler and Way were present. Mr F. Peacocke wiuted on the board with a request that a portion of the new road to Col. do Quincey s near the cntting on Vmson's farm, which he ntated became very bad for carting in wet weather, should be formed. Ho offered to pay a portion of the expense The Board agreed to have the work done, and to call for tenders at once. Mr R. JJullicar's account for work done on the road through Stokes bush was held over, pending Mr Exelby's report thereon.

The following special messages to the Press Association, dated London, Dec sth and 6th, have been published :— Ita'y.h.H annexed Massowah, an Egyptian t. ipu.t i.i tho Red Sea.—Two men, named McCardy and (ireer, who absconded from Melbourne after einboz/lincr money from their employers, have been airested at Banbridge, County Down, Ireland.—The Economist, referring to the Australian raihv i s, comments on the unpaying character ut the New South Wales and Victorian lines.—The wool sales close with good wools at, one halfpenny to a penny above the September iates. The quality of the new clip up to the present has not impioved. One hundred and thirty two thousand bales ha\e been sold, nearly half of which is for export, nineteen thousand bales being reserved.

Many of our readers (says the Herald) especially thoßO who have been travellers by railway, will hear with great regret of the death of Mr John Frodk. Stewart, tho well-known railway guard. He expired on Saturday afternoon at his residence, Fox-street, Parnell, after a brief illness of three days, the cause of death being inflammation of tho bowels, which lesulted in mortification. Mr Stewart had made himself .% universal favourite. His genial manner .and obliging disposition won for him tho warm regard of all with whom he came in contact, and his face will bo missed by large numbers of tho travelling public, as well as by the officers of the department, by all of whom, from the lowest to the highest, he was held in the greatest esteem. Mr Stewart was 50 years of age, and was one of the first guards appointed on the Auckland railways. The funeral will leave Ins late residence at three o'clock this afternoon.

Concerning the question of prospecting in tho King Country, tho native agent at Alexandra has sent the following telegram to the Government: — "The Kawliia Native Committee has done some good work during their sittings just finished apart from their fixing the price for timber, about which there may bo differences of opinion. They have passed a, resolution to the effect that the whole countiy shall be thrown open to prospecting, and that the Government be asked to find some qualified and respectable Europeans to do the prospecting in company with natives, to be chosen by the committee. Should gold be discovered the Government are to make arrangements with the committeo about opening the field. Mr Onnsby, the Chairman, will at once set about making arrangements as to who are to be the native companions of the prospectors, and will then with the Government set about furnishing tho Europeans. After tho resolution was passed by the committee, it was read to both Wananui and Taonui, who wero in the settlement, and they did not dissent. Another proposition was to put the whole block through tho Native Land Court, but that was lost on the voting. An amendment was carried, however, that the committee investigate the title. Subsequently, Mr Ormsby proposed and earned a resolution to tho following effect .—'That in order to test the feeling of the people regarding th«s proposal that the committee shall investigate the title, a largo meeting shall be called, and the request made publicly to the people th'it they shall allow their claims to be settled by the committee, mid if they refuse to do so that the committee will no longer consider it advisable to oppose the Native Land Court dealing with the native land title within the tribal boundaries.' "

A meeting of the directors of the Cambridge Dairy Produce and Bacon Factory was held on Friday evening when several matters in connection with the factory were considered at some length. A on eular from Sydney showing the market prico obtainable for good cheese in that country was Ind on tho tablo. From this it appeared that a first-class consignment fiom New Zealand would fetch about lOd or Is a pound. It was decided to see what arrangements could be made to take advan- | tage of the Sydney market. The manager repurted that the milk supply was keeping up uiio- pectodly well. It was thought that next year the supply would be fully up to the working capacity of the factory, ns it was |)OBsibln that some arrangement would be made with the Auckland Ari icultiital Company tor tho milking of some of their cows ; also with other individuals who did not at present supply. Tho buiter making plant would bo in working order by March m xt, and so soon ns tho milk supply fell short fur cheese making the manager could then tur'i his attention to butter making, «■ id thus keep tho factory working all the ear round. As additional labour was ■ quired, it wa« decided to increase the ■ i mager's salary to £200, he to find the > c-oxMary labour. The f vetory mat present [• ding 112 pigs, tho whole of which have b"rn purchased within tho past month, The profit realised on the pigs last year has f.o encouraging :w to induce tho drrecton to go in largely in future for tins lino. A very successful year is now anticipated. The anniversary services in connection with Trinity Wesleyan Sundayschool wore held in the rumen, at Hamilton, on Sunday last. Service commenced at the usual hour in the rimming, and the Key. J. Dellow addiesned lvi romarku more paitiuilmly to the children, of whom a large number occupied tho fiont beats. Taking for his text Proverbs iv., 7, the rev. gentleman preached an interesting and instructive sermon, and urged his homers to strive to get wisdom, but, with all their getting, to get understanding. In tho afternoon, at 3 o'clock good sound advice and instruction was again delivered from the pulpit, and it was quite evidont that Mr Dellow possesses in no mean degree the power of captivating th* attention of children. In the evening, at tho 7 o'clock service, Mr Dellow based his remark* upon Deuteronomy vi., 7, and in plain and for/sibln language he set forth tho duty of parents and teachers with regard to their children. T&e groat men of the future were to to found Atvnng the youth of today, with natures at plastic ai clfiy in tha hands of the potter, and tho responsibility

roatinpf upon the shoulders of parent* and teacher-* was great, and one from which they could not shrink. The attendance, except at the evening service, wai not large. At each Hervice special hymns were rendered by the children belonging to -tho Sunday-school, who made a choir of about seventy voices, under the leadership of Mr Meachem, and thrir bright and really good "inging was generally commented upon. An ndverti^oment in another column notifies th.it tho anniveis.iry is to be further celebrated by a tea and public meeting to night, at which there will doubtless be a good attendance.

The Coptic has left Auckland on her return trip but not with the largo c ihaignment which it was the intention of tho New Zealand Frozen Meat Company to «end by hor. The company had 3000 Limbs prepared for shipment, but it appears that after putting 9.i0 in the freezing chamber tho stevedore, Captain McKenzie, noticed that smne of the carcases were not hrmly frozen. The manager of the comp.iny alleged that tho meat was in good order and that the only objection that could beraned would be to the fact that the Limbs had been fnuen with tho kidneys In them, and with their feet on, at it is usual to prepare them for ordinary trade purposes. The officials of the ship declined to be made answerable for their safe arrival at London. Tho insurance authorties declined to take any responsibility if the lambs were sent home in the state represented. Tho company took re-dehvery of the lot and all the lambs wero discharged again. A part shipment of frozen mutton wai taken in place of the lambs.

The Wellington correspondent of onr Auckland morning contemporary wires on Saturday :—The Hon. Mr Ballance has recehed to-day from Mr Wilkinson, Government Agent in Waikato, a telegram relating to the 400,000 acres of land at Rangitoto alleged to be given to Potatau and the W.ukatoi. From the Chief Hitire Paerata, who called upon me yesterday evening, I have obtained the following particulars regarding the manifesto about the 400,000 acres in the Kinsr Country. In the beginning of last month, a meeting of Tawhiao's supporters was held at Mangaorongn, at which Major Te Wheoro and others were present. At that meeting some of the membrrd of a hapu called Ngatimatakore (Hopa te Rangianini's hapu) stood up and handed over to Tawhiao the land in the Wai pa Valley, which they claimed to own, including Mangaorongo, and Raid to extend to Rangitoto. The report of the meeting which appeared in the newspapers estimated the area at 400,000 acres. A document was signed by nil those who were willing to give the and up. Considerable political capital has been made out of the transaction by Te Wheoro and others. The matter having come to the ears of four confederate tribes, Ng.itimaniapoto, Ngatiraukawa, Ngatituwharetoa, and Whanganui (to the first two of which the Ngatimatakere are closely allied), they or some of them have written a letter or manifesto ignoring the whole transaction and stating that Ngatimatnkore have no power to alienate their land without consent of the four tribes, and intimating that if they had tho power the land owned by them does not amount to anything like 400,000 acres. The letter is signed by 24 chiefs and members of the above-mentioned tribes.

A meeting of the Waitetuna School Committee was held in the «ohool-room on Saturday, the sth inst. Present: Messrs W. H. Wallis, J.P., (in the chair), Robertson, Wilson, Moon, Harsant and McDonald. The circular from the Board of Education of 25th November, informing the committee of the intention to make the school a half time one, having been read by the chairman, an animated discussion ensued as to the necessity of reducing the salaries of inspectors and Hub-inspectors. It was unanimously resolved on the motion of J. K. McDonald, as follows:—" That after reading the circular of 25th November, sent by "Board of Education," the committee enters a strong protest against tne proposed change from a full to a half time school, as this committee is of opinion that the children's studies will be so interrupted an to be practically useless for educational purpose, a matter of grant importance which had been entirely overlooked by the Board of Education in the circular referred too." It was also unanimously resolved that a meeting of the Raglan, Ruapuke, Te Mata, and Waitetuna committees be held at Te Mata, on Monday, 2lst inst., nt 2 p.m., to consider the proposed alteration and take combined action. As showing the utter absurdity of limiting the ago for competition for junior scholarships to 13 years, a letter from Mr Rice, secretary to the board, was read in reply to a query sent as to the acre when the rith standard was passed, in which it was distinctly stated that tho average ago was in ISS2, 15 years ; 1853, 15 years ; 1883, 1-H years. A stronger condemnatory comment on the recent " Regulations for the establishment of scholarships " (which have been approved by the Minister of Education notwithstanding the strenuous opposition of the Hamilton West School Committee and others) thin the above quoted statistics could not bo made. A few children may be preternaturftlly forced mentally and so obtain them, but the subsequent collapse of the major part both mental and physical in sad to contemplate.—(Correspondent.)