The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2099, 19 December 1885, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

J'-qtui and exact justice to nil men, Ol w h it soc\ lt st.itf or persuasion, religious o politr nl Horr <;hill tli<^ I'rr<s tho People's right m.nntain, Un.iwod ti> influence md unbrihod by gun

SATURDAY, DEC. 19, 188.1

_ .*. — The various sports advertisements will bo found on the fourth column of tllH ISnUO.

The Hamilton West School broke up foi tho Clm-.tm.is hohd.vys on Tlmr>> without demonstration of any kind.

The takings of the Presbyterian Bazaar, C.inibiiflgo, chump ThHr-.d.iy.iftei-noon »tiii)Uiitud to £!<>">.

Professor Black lectured to a good audioncp at Cvmhri'l^o last ni^'ht. The subject »(ii ''Agricultural Ghemiitry."

The usual service at Taotaoroa to-morrow is unavoidably postponed, owing to Archdeacon Willis's absence at Matairuta.

The first parcel of fruit for the Cambridge Jam Fact'>iy has been bought ami paid for. The uidn>.ti y nuy now be Baid to bo pretty well under way.

Messrs W. J Hunter and Co. yill inaugurate their hwio >.iles at Hamilton <m Wednesday next. The -.ale will bo held in the .y.ud-> attached to Barton's Commercial Hotel.

Mr Vereker-Bindon has received a telegram from Mr Clipc->otnnn, lpgn'tting that it will not be jn.icticahle fur an Auckland cricket team to wit Waikato during the holidays.

The adjourned meeting of the ILunilton Licensing Committee to deteimine an applicttion fora transfer of the license of the Waikato Hotel, will bo held at noon to day.

The Rev. E. H. Gulliver will be the preacher at S. Andrew's, C.iml>ridgi>, to morrow. There will be :i children's service tit half past three o'clock, at wind) Mr Gullner will gi\e an address.

The annual examination of teacher* for certificates commenced on Thursday nt the Hamilton Went .School, and will List until the 24tl\ nibt. Mr \V. Fidler, Inspector of Schools, is acting as hupenisor.

At a meeting of the Cambridge Spin ts Committee on Thui-d.iy, it wm agreed that all subsci ib n rs to the funds of one guinea receive a family ticket ; all sub ncrihers of half a guinea two tickets, and of five shilling* one ticket.

The mail steamer Alameda, which made a remarkably fnit passage from San Francisco t<> Auckland, hm* made the quickest tiip on lecord between the latter place and Sydney, uheie she arrived on Thursday ni^ht.

Notes on Farmers and Farming, No. 4, and items of in.ul news, will be found in the fourth page of this issue. A considerable quantity of matter of local and tfonpr.il mteieNt, a leading article, itc, is crowded oat by pieshure of adveitiseinents.

Mr T. G Sandes met with a rather painful accident yesterd.iy, winch is lik«ly to incapacitate him for some d.iy>. Hi 1 was dismounting from his horse in the y.ird of the Hamilton Hotel yesteulay afternoon, ■uhpn ho stepped in a hole, turning his foot, And hpramintf hu light ankle.

The Cambridge Lawn Tennis Clnb havo received a challenge from the Parnell Club to jilay at Cambridge during the Christmas holidays. The Parnell men, however, want their cxponsefi, and it is not likely therefore that the match w ill come off.

The Piako County Council, which for some yean past h.»s beon stiUßghng along in a st.ite of rigid nn|)i l cunif>sity lias at last been nblo to declare its emnncipation. At Tliuisil,iy% meeting the cleik boldly aniiouncud that the council and the bank had squared accounts, and that nil accounts would be paid fortliw ith.

Constable Abrams, who figured h<> prominently in tho native ejectment c<«e «it Kotoina, lian )>oeii iei»o\ed to T.mr.uiga, «in<i a c«>iiHt.ibl(j fioin th.it district hits tiiken hirt pl.ico. Hi-* action in that ewe was ill-advised, and it has no doubt been felt th.it his piesrnco would only be a source of irritation to the natives, who as a rule arc very law-abiding.

A report was in circulation last week that a man was found dead in the buih bftwrcn Cainbiirlge and Rotom.a It appe.irHth.it a piuty < >f men were going to the Hot Lakes and got off the tnick, one of them being lost. Sonic natiM'H went to look foi him, and not finding him leported h« w.us dead. Soint» KuiojHians tlion went in hut tho man turned up all light, thus rulioving the anxiety of hih fi lends.

It has been decided that the chairman of the Wiuk.ito Oountd Council, accompanied by tho engmcor, shall nmke a. tour through tlio Rnnginn outlying distnct, wi tli a viexv to dett'rmininff what works arc noci wary during the ensuing year. The «dmini«trati<»n <»f country funds in H.mgiriii hrts never quite fntisfactory and the plan now proposed should result in much good.

The application of the Te Aroha mine managers for a reduction of tbf freight on tlio Aroha trninway lias not boon favourably entertained by the Piako Council. Mr Murphy, the member for Te Arf)ha, Ktrcnuoußly opposed the reduction, on tho ground that while it would not do any good to tho miners or tho mining industry, it would simply mean a lost to the county, which would have to be ni3t by the ratepayers, and thus tend to put

the tr.umviiy into the hands of private individual-. This he would never consent to.

Messrs Hunter and Nolan held a sale of wool at tho Durham Yard*, Auckland, on Thursday, the pccond wool sale of tho season, when 200 bales weie submitted, and all the lots, with ono or two excrptmns \\ ere disposed of. Tho Herald ropmts :— The wool was on the whole, of moderate rjmlity. Tho buyers st.ito that, taking into consideration the quaiity of the wool, tho pi ice yesterday was about an eighth higliei than that realised at Hunter and Nolan'ii List sale.

Mr Browning's house at Tau wh.iro, which li.vs just b-en completed, ione of the picttii'st cinntiy residences in the rlisti ict. The house, which cotitf^u I.ibnut ton loonmand i> titled with allmodiTii appliances and c'liivcmenceM, is m the classic style of niclutccturn, and \v.is> biult fiom plans drawn by, and under the personal Mipei vision of Mr J. O'De.i, the well known architect, who has $ji\en the utmost satisfaction to Mr Browning. Tho con tiact was carried out most efficiently by Mr H. Carter, builder, of C.vmbri <lge.

The concluding match between the Hamilton and Cambridge Lawn Tennis Clubs will be played on the court of tho Utter tins afternoon. The Cambridge) players will bp paired .is follows: — Meiira Hunt and Srddon, Messrs Thomson and Stubbing, and Messrs FiUgoi.ild and Edgar. The Hamilton team will bo dnided thus :— Messrs Hay and Gavin, Messrs Smith nnd Wood, and Messrs Walnutt and Yon Stunner. Play will commence at 3 p.m. sharp.

The question of education crept up homewhat inadvertently at Thursday's meeting of the Piako County Council. Mr J. C. Firth made a few remarks on the free and compulsory ay-item, and the tendency to over-educate the rising genernsion. liy-and bye wo would have a nation of scholars who would be abo\e labour. He considered that any education boyond reading, writing, and a little authinctic, ought to be paid for by the individu.a||ftho desired it. Mr Chepmoll w.ih of the* same opinion.

In the advertisement of the holiday "tram arrangement-, in last isMie, a mistake <if Homo unnoitanco occinred, winch wg hasten to coneet. It was stated that mi l>oceinb.T '3»th, .Tanuaiy 1 and 2. tho A.Y> ;\ni. ti nn fnrni Anc'd md would not dojMit until ') j'.in.. and that on " Dccemlier 2-ltli," it would be c\ti-ii'Jefl fioni MejCi'r to Te Aw.nmitn, and Cun hiigo. Tli<» date should he 2lith, Jio\in« Day, not the 24th. It will tliu-. bo that those desiious of seeing tho Boxing Day l.ico-. at Kllcr-lie, can go down and l etui n home to Waikato the samed.iv

A meeting of the Waikato County Council \\.i-« lie Id yo-tcid iy for the puipo-e of coiiMdeuiiK wlut form tin 1 encul.ir m the Ho-.pil.iK .itul (Jli.iutablo Vid Act should take. Thcio wcic pn'-eut (Jrs. Prinmiic (rh.uiman)i I>-imj?l>, Kuncim.in, S 'ddon, Cralmtn '>»d J{icl).ud-on. Mr W. A. (Ji.ili.nn, Mayor of liimilton, and Mi X Like, M H. R , were .IUO ]iie-,ent. A \»n^ ch>ui'sion on-iu'd, th.» penor.il o|union bumg that tlio two institutions -hould not li.ue boon coupled. A di.ift circul.u to adopted, winch in duo coui-,0 will be foiw.irdcd to tho various county councils in tho colony.

We are very glad to hear that in various parts of the district the peach tiee-t :ue giving pubst.inti.il promise of leturnini? to their old condition of fuutful ness. Many tree-* thin Reason are boring amazingly will, and ho far theio is no appearance of t;uni or decay on the dint Those win) remember the old seasons of plenty, the d.iys when peaches were so abundant that pigs were fattened upon them, will hul with feelings of genuine satisfaction the cheering signs to which we have leferred. The pe.ieh seem to Le pai ticulaily well adapted to tins climate, and its decline, we had almost huid it-* dec.iv, i> one of those inexplicable ptoblenw which occMsionally anie to pei plex and mystify u-.

The closing meeting of the sesVton i>f tho Hamilton L< i <*wlsvti\t> A-^um-tion \v,h hrlil .it the Public Hall on Timi(l iy night. Tlioic w.is .i very -iij.ill attend .nice, and the c'ia.u w.i-, taken by Mr .fc-sup, in the .ilviMice of ulip Spc iker. Tin* lo.idei of the Opposition imtihcd the uitli diawal of tli« \.in<ni>. .unendiniMits upon tin* hn.inci.d pio]>o-,.iK of tlu* (Jmcinmnit, .md on tho ntotion of the Coloui.il Ht>crct.iry, tho powers of the llou->e wore vested in the Inject Pc-it O.miinittei 1 , who nio e\pucted to conclude their l.ibours shortly. t The Coinniwiioners .ippniuted by His E\cellency tho (lovonior, n.unely, tho Piemiur, Mr Smith, .md the hon. inembei for L'uketii, MrSw.ubiick, then foinially pi" rof,'iicd l'arli.uneiit until tho Kith March next.

A very fine specimen of tobacco, grown by To Ao Ao, :i native residing mi Mr W. A. Graham's land at Tamahere, w.is *hown to us yesterday by Mi J. W. Smith. The leaves measure liliin. by 14in., and wo arc informed were grown since November 2nd last, a little o\ei »-i\ weeks, when the sped was pHnted. The tob.ii.co was sown in a. bed and tianspl.inted into a patch of ti-tiee land, about an aero in extent. The plants are growing \igorously, and with <neiy appe.nance of a good crop. It is. i pity the native-, no not receive more encouragement to grow thin crop, as we think it would be an excellent sotuce of income to them, and the culture ,1 work m.)st .suitable for their disposition. It is clear th.it the nathes cm grow the tobacco plant as well or e%en better than the Kinopeaus, as tune, which is an important element in the industry, is w ith them no object.

The Hamilton East School and Mich .School broke up for tho Chiistuus holidays vesteiday. On Thursday, the head master, Mi Stevens find the High School master, Mr Verekei lhndon, were the recipients of veiy giatifynig testimonials. Four pupils wlio aio leaving the primary school, Bella, Manktelow, rtlarp.irpt HuntiM, K.ite D.ivis and John Davn, presented Mi Stevens witli nn addioss, thanking him for the gie.it enre and tune bestowed upon them, and foi the tact shown in his management. Tho addiev* was ac companied with a nuinbcr of choice and \.ilu.\ble book-. The High School pupiU l>iesonted Mr Bindon with .1 '-liinl.u address, accompanied with nn appiopiutc «ou\enii. Tlie jnoceedings wciuof a most pleasing character, as showing the caie anJ attention bestowed on the one hand, and tho regaid und esteem evinced on tho other

During the meeting of the Cambridge Jain factory on Thursday, a discussum took pl.tcu on the .subject of butter tinning. Mi Wells .stated that in oidei to tako advantage of the freezing company's works ,i lottei had been sent down asking the company on wli.it tetiiH they would . .stoic butter at per month, nnd the ieply received was one penny per Ib, per month. Many indignant expressions weie given vent to that tho settlers of this dmtiict nhould be treated in such a way by a company towards which tho people of Waikato had contiibuted ninny thousands of pound*. If they pay the figuio demanded tho whole value of the butter would bo absoi bed ma 1 very fhort time 111 stoiapo chain's. Air .ramea Foirent also refetred to the treatment which another section of tho Waikato public h.id met with at the hands of this company. A .similar application had been made for the storage of moat on behalf of tho proposed slaughtering company, when tho company asked for a half-penny per lb. per week.

Not a little amusement was pfFoided the members of tho Piako Council at thoir meeting on Thursday on the reading of an application from a Mr Crick. Tins gentleman tendered his services as the executive of tho Charitable Aid Act in the Pinko County. If appointed ho would usit each destitute person in every coiner of tho county once a month, reporting to the council the particulais of each case, issue rations .or orders on storckeepeis for luiions to each recipient of relief, and, fmtliei, ho would ascertain th.it tho council was not imposed upon by unwoithy ap i plicants. On the other hand ho would neo that thij truly destitute in Pinko ■ and those "temporally" in want from Hickiu'vi or accident oecuiring to the biead winnei wet? promptly leliovcd. Koi those niultitudmous hervices this tiuly \ .tillable individual only sought as remuneration tho sum of £o per month. Tho council were of opinion that though titno* generally •.peaking who very hard throughout tho country xtill tho people of Piako had not nrtivcd at that stato of abject destitution to variant the appointment of an officer of this typo.

Mr.T. Knox will soil n l.iitff nimibor of fat Cliii^tm.is tuilcov, gi'fso and youny poultiy, «»t tli«' Hamilton Alait to-day. Sod a hcitisojjK'dt. Messrs W. J. Hunter and Co. witl sell at the Ohaupo Yards on I'ursd.iy. llif* 20th in-st , 700 head mixed cattle, fat cattle, fat and store sbeep, daiiy caws, *c. # , Me s s Sandesand Co. s Christmas advertis*. men», which will repay pcrusual, will bo found in another column,