The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2156, 4 May 1886, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Equal and exact justice to all men, Of whatsoever state or persuasion, religious c political. Here shall the Press the Peopled right maintain Unawed by influence 'u d unbribed by ffain. TUESDAY, MAY 4, 1886. \ «, Owing probably to the state oi the weather we have heard of no big bagsmade on the Ist. The Waipa County Council hay* proclaimed Tuesday aa the market day fui Ohaupo. The annual meeting of the ratepayers of the Pirongia Road District will be held on Saturday. Mr J. B- Whyte will meet the Aroha portion of his constituents to-morrow evening. A comet is visible in the wastern sky, near the constellation of Orion, at sunset, and for two or three hours afterwards. It is proposed to establish a fish company in Auckland; with a capital of £6000 in £1 shares. Mr E Lake, MHR , will address a meeting of his constituents at Te Awatnutu to-night, and at Alexandra to-morrow night Mr R- Brownin?, solicitor, has been appointed acting United States Consul of Auckland. It is rumoured that Mr F D. Fenton, ex-chief judge of the Native Land Court, will be asked to contest tho Tauranga seat at the next election. Young Hill, who was injured by being thrown from a horse at Hamilton on Wednesday last, is progressing slowly and is considered now to be out of danger. Patrick Kavanagh. who was brought up at Ngaruawahja on Friday on various charges of larceny and assault, was •entenced to two months imprisonment in Mount Eden gaol. The remains of the late Mr T T Gamble, American Vice-Consul, were interred with Masonic honours at S. Mark's Cemetery, Remuera, on Saturday. The Hon. Mr Bryce is expected to arrive at Auckland ia the Tainm about the Uth or 12th of this month, Tho Herald <

suggests that a public recjptionbeacouded him, and we hope tho proposal will bo car ried out. The Government are still improving the dom.nn gruundi at Te Aroha, .md are making fresh additions to tho number of baths. A movement is on foot in Auckland to present a testimonial to the Very Kuv. Montignor McDonald, who is about t.i bo removed from S. Patrick* cathedral to Howick. Our Ohinemuri and Te Aroha letters, a letter from Mr S. Vaile, reports <>f elections of school committee, and other items of interest, are crowded out of this i^-ue. We hear that a site for a general -tore has be<<n purchased .it Funkton. The hurt is poition of the lot on which the R .ilw.iy Hotel stood. Mr Watchorn is the purchaser. The Piako County Council have been making some much-needed improvements in the streets at Te Aroha, and Whitaker-street is beginning to assume a decent appearance. From its present size and at the rat© at which it is growing, we think it will not be long before Te Aroh* places itself under a more convenient system of local government, such, for instance, as a borough. Our Harapipi correspondent writes :— The potato crop it a very poor one j in this district, as all the crops were damaged by long drought in the summer, and have grown a second time when the rain came. One of the masters of the Auckland Grammar School, Mr John Anderson, is reported to have left in the Mariposa without intimating his intention of doing so. It is understood that he was involved in difficulties. The first meeting of the newly elected Taotaoroa Road Board was held on Saturday. Mr Hunt was re-elected chairman. It was resolved to carry out certain necessary repairs, and the board adjourned. The Premier addressed a meeting at Blenheim on Saturday. He defeuded the financial policy of the Government, and said the surplus would be about £40,000. He received an enthusiastic vote of thanks. It is stated by the Wellington correspondent of the Herald that, taking the census returns, as far as known, as a basis the North Island is entitled to eight additional members, while the South Island ought to lose six. Mr H. Cowper has severed his connection with the Cambridge Jam Company, and Mr H. Westby has been appointed secretary in his place. Mr Dyer, solicitor, has received instructions to bub defaulting shareholders for unpaid calls on shares in the company without delay. Touching the floral curiosity described in our last issue, it turns out that it is the flower ot a cactus grown by Mrs Miller, of Cambridge West, and, therefore, cannot be an indigenous plant of New Zealand, though it is not known to what order or habitat it belongs. Messrs H. Burnett, W. P. Chep mell, E. W. Hanmer, J. Horrell, D. Murphy, J. H. Rowe, T. Rowe, and S. Seddon, have been nominated as members of the Waitoa Road Board. The poll will be taken at Morrinsville and Waihou on Thursday next. The ratepayers of the Ngaruawahia end of the Newcastle District have nominated Mr Alfred Corbett for the vacant seat in the Newcastlo Road Board to represent the lower end of the district, four members having already been elected for the Whatawhata end. The Waikato Land Association's estate between Tamahere and Morrinsville is looking remarkably well and in an advanced state of improvement. Very large tracts are under crops of splendid-looking turnips, and we notice the ti-tree cutter at work on the unimproved land. The death is announced at Auckland* of the well-known bookmaker, Mr George Belcher. His complaint was cancer in the stomach, induced, it is thought, by some severe blows in the stomach received in a boxing match with Jem Mace, some years ago. Belcher was formerly a noted pugilist down South. It is stated that the Waimarino Block, of 400,000 acres, now being acquired by the Government from the uatives, will have a frontage of 40 miles to the North Island Trunk Railway. Mr Buller, Land Purchase Commissioner, has gone up the Wanganui River for the purpose of obtaining the remaining signatures to the deed. As no nominations were received for the office of member of the Hamilton (country) Licensing Committee, the Governor has been pleased to appoint the following gentlemen to fill the positions :— Messrs C. Day, H. Hadfield, S. Tucker, J. Ridler, and Geo. Edgecumbe. At the first meeting of the committee on Saturday, Mr Geo. Edgecumbe was elected chairman. A meeting of subscribers to the funds for improving the Ohaupo cemetery was held on Tuesday last, for the purpose of nominating trustees. The following gentlemen were nominated : — Messrs E. Lake, M.H.R., J. T. Edwards, A. Sturges, Prince and H. Kusabs. It is the intention of the subscribers to enclose the cemetery with a wire fence, lay out paths and plant trees, &c. The Cambridge Football Club have received a challenge from the Tauranga Football Club to play a match at Ohinemutu, where they would meet each other half way. The invitation, however, has not been accepted, as the distance is considered too far. A challenge has been *ent to the Hamilton club to play a friendly match there on the Queen's Birthday, which, it is hoped, will be arranged. i A special meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council was held at the Council i Chambers, Hamilton, lust night, convened !by the Mayor. Present : His Worship the Mayor, Ors. Philip, B*rton, Bach, Scott, Edgecumba and Knox. The business of the council was to make by "special order" ,i resolution, making a special rate of 9|d in the £ on the annual value of all rateable property in the borough, at leourity for the loan of £0000 and interest thereon. The resolution in full, as adopted, will be found in our advertising columns. Mr R. Simms, grocer at Messrs Wells and Soutter's, of Cambridge, has been suffering from a severe cold for the last few days. On Saturday night, at about one o'clock he was seized with a fit of coughing, breaking a blood-vessel and greatly alarming his wife, who hastily dressed, and, after calling a neighbour in, went for Dr. Cushney, who was quickly in attendance. Mr Simms lost a quantity of blood, and ia in a weak state, and will be confined to hia bed for some days. Our reporter was not impressed with the prospects of Maungatautari becoming a goldtield, and the natives have nothing to show in the shape of quartz, though there are places in the bush where thej.have been searching for it. We fear we must abandon for tho proßent the hope of seeing a prosperous mining population established in the Waikato. Mr Maclean, the prospector, was camped on the Auckland Agricultural Company's land, and did not go on to the native portion of Maungatautari. The annual meeting of the ratepayers of the Newcastle Road District was held at Dawson's Hotel, Whatawhata, on Saturday, Ist May, instant. In the absence of the chairman of the board Mr Dawson was voted to the chair, and read the advertisement convening the meeting, and the balance sheet showing the board's account of receipts and expenditure for the year ending 31st March, 1886, as certified to by the auditor, which was adopted. A resolution expressing the desire of the meeting that the board take immediate steps for the recovery of all moneys due for lands sold in 1879 for rates, was carried. The many friends in this district of Mr W. L. Martyn will bear with re#ret that he met with a very serious accident a short time ago. Mr Martyn ii at present residing on the Moore river, about a hundred miles up the country from Perth, the capital of Western Australia. In riding near his homestead his horse shied and ran into a wire fouce, throwing Mr Martyn heav ily to the ground on tho other side. He was picked up in an insensible state and Jay in that condition for about three days, no medical aid being obtainable. We are *lad to hear by latest accounts that he is slowly recovering from the effects of the accident. The following tenders were reoeived by the Waikato Land Association for the seven miles of draining lately advertised by them. The lowest in each case was accepted, viz. :— No. I drain, 23s 6d per chain ; T. W. Littlewood, No. 2 drain, {|i j J. Wiseman, No. 3 drain,lls,same. Ten*

dfrs received, Hickey and Hick*, Noa. 2 n'id 3, 18-i (id per chain ; Kelly and (Jleazer, 3W i>cr yard ; John Murphy, No. 1. 2(5* lid", No 2, 1!)h 9d, No. 3. 21* 4d; Hone Pana, No. 1, 23s Gd, No. 2, 14s Cd, N«i. 3, 14* ; John Dillon, No. 1, 28s Gd ;No. 2. 21* Gd, No. 3, 21t Gd ; T. W. Littlownod, No. 1, 23s Gd, No. 2, 18*. No. 3, IGb Gd ; J. Clements, No. 1, 295, No. 2, 22n, No. 3, 22< ; Goodwin and Hall, No. 1, 24s Gd, No. 2, 21», No. 3, 19* Gd ; J. Wiseman, No. 1, 2<K No. 2, !).s, No. 3, Us. At the annual sale of blood stock ••it (ilanorn, P»pakura, on Saturday, six lots were disposed of, averaging 100 guineas each, us follows : — Bay colt (2 year*), by Musket, dam Venus Transit, by Sli'dmere, dam Peeress, by The Peer, dam Miss Rowe. W. Adams, 93 guineas. Bay filly (2 year.*), by Anteros, dam Rosarina, by Traihicer, dam Yatterina, by Yattendon. J. Ohaafe, £65 guineas. Biy yearling filly by Antoros, Hipporina, by Hinpocampu*, dam Yatterina. Mr John Elliott, 55 guinea*. Brown filly by Hippocampus, <l im Grand Duchess, by Tradncer, dam Peeress. Mr R. Hunter, 50 guineas. Chestnut colt by Leolinus, dam. Venus Transit, by Sledmere, dam Peeress. Mr French, 45 guineas. Chestnut Hlly by Leolinus, dam Yatterina, dam Kohmoor, by Vanguard. Foaled July 26, 1884. Mr W. Adams, 290 guineas. The following special messages to the Press Association, dated London, April 30th and May Ist., have been publushed :—The Standard denounce* the programme put forth by Sir Julius Vogel, and argues that it is not safe to lend money upon it— The first istua of shares in the North British and New Zealand Investment Company is one hundred thousand, of which four-fifths are already ■übscribed.— Mr Graham Berry is expected to arrive here on Monday.— The Fijian, a new steamer which has been built for the fruit trade between Sydney and Fiji, ha* been launched.— A great diversity of tenders has been received for the federal mail contract, but it is believed that foreign tenders will be successful.— The eight hours' agitation in America is becoming general.— Sir Luke S. Leake, Speaker of the Legislative Council of Western Australia, is seriously ill.— The Mayor of Manchester will shortly entertain two hundred colonists at a banquet. The annual meeting of the ratepayers of the Hamilton Road Distiict was held on Saturday at the office of the board, at which seven ratepayers were present. The chairman of the meeting read the advertisement from The Waikato Times convening the meeting. The following balance-sheet and statement was read by the clerk :— Receipts for year ending March 31st, 1886. Balance in hand April Ist, 1885, £9 6s Id ; rates collected, t'lBo Us 2d ; donation, £5 ; Government subsidy, £83 2s 9d ; advance by collector for stamps, 2s Id. Total, £278 2s Id. Expenditure: Road forming, £88 2s 8d ; bridges and culverts, £2; printing and advertising, £8 14s Gd; engineer, £4 18s v salaries, £10; office expenses, £1 6s 8d ; stationery, 85 3d : election, £1 Is ; interest, £3 8a 3d ; debenture paid, £31 10s ; commission collecting rates, £11 3s 6d ; overdraft Bank of New Zealand April Ist, 1885, £28 9s 11 ; balance at Bank of New Zealand, April Ist, 1836, £74 17s 7d ; balance in collector's bands, £13 Oa 8d ; refund to collector, 2s. Total, 278 2s Id. assets, £222 17s 2d ; liabilities, £31 14s lOd ; public debt, £287. The balance-sheet as read was adopted on the motion of Mr T. Maunder, seconded by Mr H. P. McPherson. A vote of thanks to the outgoing board was proposed and carried. The meeting then closed. The annual meeting of the ratepayers of the Cambridge Road District was held at Hewitt's Hotel, on Saturday. There was a large attendance. The balance-sheet showed that the board's income had been £899 17s sd, and the expenditure to £620 153 lOd, leaving a credit balance of £279 11s 6d. The balance-sheet was adopted. Tho following resolution was then put and carried, after some discussion, on the motion of Mr Forrest :—" That in the opinion of this meeting the demands made on the country districts under tho Hospital and Charitable Aids Act, 1885, are oppressive and unjust, and will rankle in the hearts of all country ratepayers. We therefore call upon our representatives in Parliament and our own delegates in the district board to use every endeavour to get Parliament to alter the rating clause in the said Act, so as to get fair play between town and country." A c»py of the resolution was ordered to be sent to the members for the district and the Government. —On the motion of Mr J. J. Smith, it was resolved to recommend the new board to reduce the rate from '{d to id, which was subsequently done. The meeting then dissolved, and those present proceeded to the election of the new board. There were eight candidates, but Mr G. E. Clark retired, and the poll resulted as follows :— Taylor, 61; Thomson, 49; Forrest, 44; Graham, 23 ; Smith, 20 ; Martvn, 13. The first five were declared duly elected. At a meeting of the new board, Mr Jas. Taylor was re-elected chairman, Capt. McPherson was re-appointed secretary, and Mr H. Fitzgerald collector. After some other business the board rose.