The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2098, 17 December 1885, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Kfju.il and exact justice to all men, Of whatsoever state 01 persuasion, religiouf o politic al. Here shall the Prom the People's n*ht maintain, Unawed by influence and unbribed by Kain.

THURSDAY, DEC. I7 t ISBS

Sir Julius Vogel's health ia re ported to be imprmmg.

In another column will be found tho handicaps for tho Matmiata jacos on Boxing Day.

The Piako County Council holds its mual monthly meeting at C.unbndge

tl)i< afternoon. A special train will run from Hamilton to Cambridge on Boxmsr D.iy, le.iv nig at 11.10 A.m. and returning at 7. l"> p. in.

Master James Cowan, son of Mr A. Cow.iii, of Kihikun, hv» successfully panned the Junior Ciwl Seivice evunination.

The Resident Magistrate at Oamaru, Mr If. W. Robitfon, hts been admitted m .1 barrister am) solicitor of tho Court of tho colony.

Supreme, Entries for the Hamilton Christmas Sjif.rtt close on .Saturday ntxt, tho l'rth, with the secretary, Hamilton, or Mr I{. E. Jvlhs, Auckland.

The natives at Cambridge have piocured a monkey, which affords them no end of entertainment. Tho^cillif'pakuh.i, ' out of compliment to tho Kur-jpoanis

We are pleased to notice that the popular Wflikato uwlwt, Mr W. M. Moore, ho» returned to Cunbrujp. Mr Moore n jrreutly unpiovcd m health by Ijm South.

trip Th« following tenders have been rrccnedl.y Mr O'Dt-a, arrh.tcct, for alteratu,n^ and n.Witions to the roiidrncp of Mr Lewis O'Neill, Claudolands.—D. l'Ahot, £75 lOi; H. Carter, £7(J 1(^.

Gold is reported to have been discoMTod m an artesian well at \Naipu, North of Auckland. A company h to bo formed for the puriwse of doterminiUK tho value of the discovery.

At the present time the Waikato ri\er is lower than it h.»s been for the last nu yei\M, at least ho mys » resident of Hamilton wli'i has resided near tho river

during that poriod. The proposed improvement to ths Cambrid(?o Public Hall nro nottobiwrnod cut at prcHcnt. Mr Richard-'on han estimated that the additions would cont U.JO, nnd tho board n not financially in a posi tmn to carry out tho work.

It is reported that the Defence Minister has d< cided to create a new police district connoting of the counties of Coromandel, Thames, Ohinemun, laurnnga, and Whakatane, and that Inspectur (;<»odall will tako charge of it.

HMS. Nelson, the flagship of Admiml Trvon, will arrne at Auckland on the 22nd. Tho admiral in at present at liiusell, where he id making ft survey of the port in connection with future defence woik*.

A meeting of the Hamilton L«»gJMlfttlVC AsHocmtion will bo held At ' J'abli* H»ll t«>-night. Jt is to b* hoj^cl

that there will be a laigo attendance of i.n.mb is, .>.-. tins will Ijc the last niivuiig but !>»•„ c»l tlie session. ;

The Government organ at Wellington intim.iteH that the (ii>\orninont ,iiilki| ate .v dissolution at the comm-Mice incut <if tho Kcssifin, and n nujtuity in the i. w Parliament, cro itcd by tlioir bold puMic */>rk* pilicy. The anniial fosfcival of S John'.s y.iml ij Soi»>'il Te Au.mi'itii will \vi hod in tin. i'T'omge fjinisiids "n t li o Hind m~t A- tliis will bo tho KM; mipoitiHiity thi Hc\. H. Piiiilijis will !u\eof ]ml)luly uu'ct nig tlio juri'luoniTs, holi.wmp; roiiijiiiMl ln> cli,»rj,'e, h" 1 liojies to m j o a 1 .rge uiiistiT of the frn lv!-. and p.ircnts <>f tho children.

A tender has been accepted for the nxi Ji deferred formation <>t Chipel street Th«s wotk will now l>o commenced foith with, and should bo completed in a fmt liiijiit or s>. Mr Ja». Forrest is the contractor, .md we Inve no doubt but that he will make ft good job of it.

Professor Black's lecture at Cambridge to inoirow night should he l»rgeFv attended by the farmers of the sui rounding districts as well as by the residents of the town. There will be no chargo foi admission. Tim is an opportunity which \eiy seldom offer*, and should not, theiefore, be neglected.

The entries for the Cambridge Athletic Spirts close to-iught. We In he\e a large number of c.unpetitois and others are coming fioni Auckland. The spoits committee should au.in&v with the business people of th" town .is to closing air.ingeni'¥nt i», as B >xmg Da\ will fall on Saturday.

At a meeting of the Auckland Haibour Board on Tuesday, it w.is decided to refuse tho Fro/.en Meat Company power to sublet any of their property on tho reclamation. The Mayor gave notice to move at next uieetmg that the boaid offer to ptnchase the suiphis land from the company at what it cost for reclamation, including engineei'rt and othei incidental chvrges and expenses.

The Cambridge Town Board have been trying to secure a portion of Mis Carnachan'b property at the cornel of Ch ipel-street and Queen stieet Weht, with the object of forming the street to its full width ."it the corner. They offeied Mrs Cutiaclian i!2O for wh.it they required, but Mrs Caimchin asks for £*>0. The bo.ud have now cmsulted Mr Y. A. Whitakei, thpu sulicitor, an to whether they cm take the coiner under the Public Woiks Act.

Mr A Isaacs, of Cambridge, has entered an action against th" Government for £'3000 on account of the telegraph post contract which he recently carried out. Mr Isaacs' origin il contract was fi»r (il^ miles betw een Taupo and Cainbt idge. The course of tin- line, it appeals, was altered, and th" distinct increased to 71i' milts. Mi E. He«keth has t«kui up the cisc for Mr Isaacs, and it will conic on for hen ing at the Supreme Court in March next.

We have received from Mr W. C Caitleton, of Fiankt in, and acknowledge with thanks, <i box of veiy choice strawberries, (.f the M ugueiite vanety, grown at his place on la:id br.iken up out of gra^s last May, and without manuio of any kind. Mr Ca-tleton says it may be taken us evidence of the cupabilit eH of Hamilton hoi! for tbo production of binall fruits, and very strong evidence it i->. The fruit in question not only looks but, ai> we can amply testify, tastes well.

The second performance of the Cambridge Dramatic Society has been abandoned foi the present, owing to the departure of Mi-s Parsons fioin the distuct. Miss Parhons will be greatly missed in Waikato in dranntic and other ciicle*, being ever leady to assist in all dpservms objects. During her brief st^y in the Waikato this young lady made many fiiend-, und her depaiture will be much regretted by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance.

The Native Land Court, which has hadtogne way in its oecunancy of the C.unbndge Public Hall to the Piesbytenan Ba/aar, adjourned on Tuc-day morning to the K.M. Ooiut-ho'H'\ Shoitly >fter the court was opened the room was- ciowded to almost --uffocat'on, and the atmospheie be coining stifling, the judges found it impossible to carry on. They accordingly adjnmned back to the Public Hall for the afternoon. They have now ai ranged to occupy the Oddfellows' Hall during the holding of the buaar.

The clerk of the Hamilton Road Board han received the following lettei from the Commissioner of Property Tax .—. — Welling'on, December 10th.—I haie this ! d.iy sent on to the Treasuiy a voucher for the payment to >on of £83 2s od, being an advance of 7") ppr cent, on account of subsidy under "The Local Bodies Finance Powers Act, 18i>.">," as show n hereunder :—: — Gf neral rates collectable 18S5 G, £221 Us; subsidy at £2 for £1 (half-year), £221 14s; less half payable to county cleik, £110 17s; advance of 7."> per cent, thereon, £S3 2s !)d.

The following special messages to the Pie<-s Association, d»t^d London, December 14th and 15th, hive been published :—The Queensland Government are urging the Home authouties to appoint MiJohn Douglas as High Commissioner for Xcw (Juuiea.—The fust ciicktt match of the se.ts'in will be Isolds v. Sheffield, and will be phyed on the 13th May.—Telegrams from Townsville announce the wreck of the Germui -tcaniship Papa. The ciew managed to escape in the ship's boat-), and landed at Tow ns\ llle.

A meeting of the shareholders of the Cambridge J.-m G'ompiny will be held at the Oddfellows' Hall this aftunoon, at J o'clock, when a full attendance is expected. Some highly important business will be brought forward. Mr Foster, one of the men who are to conduct the operations of the factory, haa arrived at Cambridge, and is already hard at work putting the factory in order. The company notifies that it will bo a, buyer of goosebeines on and aftei Saturday, the l'Jth inst., when it n intended to commence tinning opeiations. It is expected tint before long the balance of the shares will be taken up in the dis-

trier. The leading article in yesterday's Herald respecting tlio appointment of native l.ui'J (illicit »-c c munitioner* is piotty well liughed at l>> tho-iis in \V,tik,»to f.tuuiiai with the^e maiteM. The Herald condemn* the (Jmi'iuinent fur appointing the coinmihsioner'* before tlieio i-. auj wmk for tlifin to do, i.e., btfoie the land h.is p.vscd through the court. They seem to forget that it H the duty of cotrinisMonors to arrnnare with nativeH to have their l.uids adjudicated. Mr (Jrace; during hin recent viMt to T.Uipo, made the nece-*sniy ,n range ment with Uu» Natives there, and the court h in conaoquence now ga/ettcd for that place. It will therefoie bo seen that the work of tho comniivuoners has commenced Ion? frince.

The new sheep dip "ITicotina" h not apparently of any vnluo. Mr Oldham, Mieep inspector fur W.ukato, lias tued it on a flock of sheep infected with lice belonging to Mr Ilogeis, Olnupo road, and lus \»nivcd it to bo iiicthe.iciou-i. The Mxep weio dipped twice, and on Monday, three uwks after the second dip, they were inspected by Mr Oldh mi and found to bo .18 bid as 'jvir. Shecp-breedem should Le careful in th< lr fcdoction of a dip, and f.ike care that tho work h done properly. Miiiy owntMM in Waiknto nrc vrry lax in this rctpect, but in addition to rendering theinsehes lublr- to be proiecuted, they iiro not acting in then own interesU in neglecting to attend to tins very inipoitaat nutter.

An English authority states :—lt He"ins that the fnngn on the for<-head is really to disappear. Two or three different styles of hair-dres uii< have been introduced lately, and the lpadmg elegantes havo decreed that in front the hair hhall be brushed back, and rolled up ovci small pad in diadem shape. Such a maiked change, however, Heenis Hcarcely likely to becomo general all at once, and those ladies who as yet havo mado no (lifforenco in their fnngo will probably prefer to put it back by degrees, leaving a few curls at least to shado tho temples; for although tho hair rolled back from tho forehead suits Homo faces, it lsdeculedlynot so becoming to ttio majority (vs the frrigo. No ono now, however, weais tlia fri/igo nearly touching tho eyebrows ; in all csbos it ib much shorter, and exposes the greater pirt of tho forehead.

One of the most attractive bazaars tint ha«i c\or opened in Wiikato ih to be opened in tho Cambridge Public Hall to-day, in connection with Trinity Presbyterian Church. The ladies of the church have been working bird lor the past twelve inonthß, and have succeeded in accumulating a very valuable utock of ically useful, as well as ornamental articles. Nothing has l>een oyorlooked to sjcuro success in every dot.iil. E\eiythmg will be offered at prices to ensure a ready demand. Tho Colonial Secretary hat kindly given periniwion t«> use the art union 1 fj'stcn, without which it is almost imI jioasi'ola to carry on a basaar, fficf^ will

also be a lot of additional attractions in the w.iy of galvanic battorlo*, "air eruiw, I plnenological examination.-,, &c. S \enl mambois of the Choral Society ha\<« kindly cotnentod to a«sist. The b.izaai will tlo.se on Hiturdiiy night, when tho rommnder of \ the things will bo disposed of by auction. "Every political truth [rtmxrks Hoi'jy Geoijje] niuht be a moral iruth YYt vow c in accept the protects c tlio iry as v nioril tiuth'' A few months ago I found myfHf one night, with four other pi=en^eis, in tho smoking cac of <i l'onn•,\l\anh luiiit-»i! exprusa tiaiii tr,i\ellii>?r wost. Tho conxeisation, boginninjf with fast truing tin nod to fast hteaniers, and then to Custom house experiences One told how, coining finm Europe, with a ti link till'-d with indents for his wife, he had significantly ' nd to the Custom houso lii-ppi'tor (JetmleJ to examine his trunks that he was in a hnriy. ' How much of a huiry?' snid tho officer. 'Ten dollars woith of » Imnv,' was the reply. The officei took a quick look through the trunk and remarked, 'that's not much of a huri%' f.»i „11 this.' 'I went him ten more, 1 s.iid the story teller, 'and lie chalked the trunk.' Then another told how under similar circumstances he had placed a maßniricent meerschaum pipe so that it would lie the first thing seen on lifting the trunk lid, and, when the officer admired it, had told him it wts for him. The third .said ho simply put a greenbick conspicuously in the hrst article of luggage ; nnd the fourth told how his plan was to crumple up a nnte, and put it with his keys in the otticefs hand-." __^_____ — ______