The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2109, 14 January 1886, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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THURSDAY, JAN. U, 1886.

The usual monthly meeting of the Piako County Council will be held at Cambridge this afternoon.

The usual monthly meeting oi the Cambridge Town Board, called for Tuesday afternoon, fell through for want of aquorum. The adjourned meeting will be held next Tueaiay.

The annual meeting in connection with Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, was held last night. A full rpport of the proceedings will appear in our next issue.

We are requested to state that the Roman Catholic concert at Hamilton is unavoidably postponed for a few weeks through Mrs Kilgour having been suddenly recalled to the Thames.

Mr David Carnachan has lodged a complaint with the Cambridge Town Board against the ranger, Mr Walter Murphy, for using profane language " within two hundred yards " of his children.

The Land Court at Cambridge is still occupied hearing 1 the evidence in Maungatautari No. 4 block. On the Tuesday 1000 acres was cut off for the manga of Te Waharoa. Mr Hote Thotnson_and his brother receive the prize.

Mrs £. Allen, of Pukekura, met with an accident yesterday at Cambridge when mounting her horse. The horse sprang forward, throwing the unfortunate lady on her head, and inflicting a nasty cut. Dr. Cushney was called in and dressed the wound, which is not of a serious nature.

A shower of rain fell early yesterday morning, but soon after the sun came out all traces of the welcome fall disappeared. Another slight fall of rain occurred last night. " The ground is so parched and dry that it would take almost a week's rain to have anything like a noticeable effect.

The new bathing place at Gambridge, upon which about £20 has been spent, is now finished. Every day it is largely patronised by the jnvenile population of the town. Some people complain that the enclosure is too small, and it is not used so largely us it might be in consequence. A movement is at present on foot to request the domain board to give permission to use the lake for bathing purposes at certain hours during the day.

The proprietors of the Cambridge racecourse met yesterday. Mr W. K. Carter was present, and intimated that he did not intend completing his purchase of the course. The deposit paid was £00. The proprietors incline to think that Mr Carter cannot buck out of his purchase, and a lawsuit, we understand, will conclude the transactions. It is generally understood in Cambridge that the local jockey club is defunct. We expect that a meeting of the stewards or of the members will be held shortly to consider the position.

A meeting of the directors of the Rukuhia Cheose and Bacon Eactory Company was held at the factory on Tuesday. It was reported that owing to the drought, the milk supply had fallen to under 300 gallons per diem. The milk accounts for the q.iarter were aassed for payment, amounting to £200 odd. The amount received for the last consignment of cheese was stated to be 6^d per lb, shipped to Sydney. All that is wanted is a larger supply of milk.

The Hon. Mr Richardson arrived at Cambridge in one of Mr Carter's conveyances on Tuesday evening, from Te Awainutu. He was accompanied by the General Manager of New Zealand railways, Mr Maxwell, also Mr Hudson, and Mr Coon. They were waited upon shortly after their arrival by Messrs Wells, Houghton, Russell, Hewitt, and a few others, and were shown round the town. Mr Richardson expressed himself highly pleased with the great improvements which the domain board were carrying out. Mr Richardson left yesterday morning for Te Aroha.

The Cambridge people are going in strongly for a school of agriculture. During Mr Richardson's visit on Tuesday, the matter was brought under his notice, and many suitable sites were indicated. He was asked that the Government should not pledge itself to any particular site until it had fully considered the great advantages and facilities which Cambridge offered. Endowments for secondary education in Waikato wera also asked for, and several blocks were spoken of as suitable, Mr Richardson recommended that the attention of the Minister for Education be drawn to the matter.

Some time ago the Piako County Council struck a general rate of £d. Before this rate was all collected another rate was struck by the council in the Arolia riding for works in that district. Mr Tuck having collected the first rate, and duly receipted the amounts, sent out his demands for the second one. He is now rather astonished to find some of the latter de-

mnnds returned, with the intimation that the party holds his receipt in full for the amount claimed. Mr Tuck is desirous that the latcpayers of the Aroha ridinj? should undei stand that however thankful ho may be for their ready response to his first call, he has unfortunately, to trouble them for a second, and would feel equally thankful for a like despatch in this instance.

It appears that one of the )>i mcipal objects of the visit of the Minister fur Public Works to Waiknto ju««t now is to judg** of the feasibility of a plan proposed by Sir Hudson for making Frank ton a. rail\\*«iy centre for the district, with a time-table so arranged that any township in Waikato may be visited, returning same day. To carry out the proponed scheme will necessitate the erection at Frankton of workshops a,-, well as extensive buildings sufficiont to accoinodate all the engines at work on the various branch lines, as under the plan proposed all trains would return to Frankton for the night.

The following special messages to the Pres? Association, dated London, January 11th, have been published :— With reference to the refusal of Germany to make any reduction iv the cost of Press cablegrams, it is probable that the various cable companies interested will reimburse Germany any los 9 sustained by such reductions. — A number of Hungarian gentlemen are taking steps in the direction of settling two hundred families on British territory in New Guinea, The question has been committed to the home authorities. It is understood that Mr Murray Smith, AgentGeneral for Victoria, is not opposed to the proposal.

On Monday an inquest was held across the Funiu river, at a place called Waiiinihe, and known as " Reivi's Village," on the body of a young Maori girl, who met with her death by drowning in the river. The occurrence was reported by the natives themselves to the police at Kihi kihi, and Inspector Kiely having made notification thereof to the district coroner, Mr Gresham, an official inquiry was instituted in due course. The jury — six in number — was composed of Europeans and Maoris, and a verdict of accidentally drowned was returned in accordance with the evidence. It is believed that this is the first occasion on which an inquest has ever been held in the King Country.

The Postal Department has issued the following notice to the public :— "With the object of encouraging habits of thrift among the school children, the Post-master-General has decided to receive fnr lodgment in any Post Office Savings Bank deposits of penny postage-stamps of the value of one shilling when affixed to the cards provided by the department for this purpose. Every pupil attending any school, who may wish to save one shilling by penny contributions for ultimate deposit in the Pos,t Office Savings Bank, may do so by purchasing with eveiy penny so saved a penny postage-stamp and affixing it to the card. When the squares are filled the card may be taken to any Post Office Savings Bank, where it will be received by the Postmaster, who will accept it either as the first deposit in a new account then to be opened, or as a subsequent deposit if the depositor has already opened an account. If any stamps affixed to the cards are dofaced or otherwise damaged it will result in the rejection of the entire number. The cards for the collection of postage-stamps, and intended for distribution either to schools or to the children attending schools, may be obtained at every Post Office Savings Bank, where further information will be afforded."