The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume xxvi, Issue 2458, 8 May 1886, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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SATURDAY, MAY 8 y 1886.

If the question of railway reform occupied th« minds of other constituencies as it does at the present time that of Waikato and Waipa. it would assuredly not be passed over lightly in the coming session of Parliament. A most radical change is proposed in the policy of the country, and it, as the member for Waikato puts it, the other members representing the seven thousand signatories to the petition presented last session •were pressed by their constituents to support it, as the members for Waipa and Waikato have been, the principle underlying the change would be affirmed. A new duty therefore devolves upon the members of the Railway Reform League. They should at once communicate with all those local bodies and others who favoured the change, and from whom they may look for active support, to urge the co-operation of their representatives in the movement, and this undoubtedly will ensure a favourable consideration of the prayer of the petitioners.

Commr-nder Edwin wired at' 3 27 p.m. yesterday :— Every indication very cold to-night or frost. Mr Lake will address A meeting .it thoTowu Hull, Kihikibi, on Monday evening. The regulations for the formation of village special settlements Id perpetual leasing have been gazetted The Defence Department of New Zealand have secured the service ot a firstclass submarine engineer. Mr X C. McCausland, Rotorua, and Mr T. G. Clark, Mercer, have been gazetted Justices of the Peace. The census returns gives the Waikato electorate for 18S0. 5295 as 'ag&iir£t 4,722 in 1881, being an increase of <»72. The Hon. Mr Bryce is to have a public reception on his arrival at Wanganui, to ba followed by a banquet. ' We are pleased to learn that Mr W. J. Speight has been appointed manager of the Auckland branch of the Government; Insurance Association. It is reported that the "colour" of gold has been found in the sand on th b binks of the Waikato river, near the boom s at Cambridge. Mr Pearson, of Hamilton Easli pent a sample of his patent carbolic snap t( » Auckland, and it is spoken highly of for its cleausing powers. The town clerk of the Kaiapoil Borough Council has been reported as.» missing, nothing haf ing been seen of him for the last ten days. The labour riots in America are now begining to assume a vpry soriou*; aspect. Tho pohco shot down fifty rioters ■ who refused, when called upon, to disperse, Several interesting reports o*f meetings, including tho Fiako County ' Council, Mr Lake's meetings at Alexandra, and Cambridge West, and many other items of local and general interest, are unavoidably crowded out. A lady and gentleman on horseluck from Te Aroha, passed through Cam- ' budge yesterday, en route for Itotorua r ," doing tha Lako Country in that indepen- i dent and easy fashion. | With regard to the New Guinea question it is understood that the New i Zealand Government nre willing that- < Queensland shall undertake the adminis- J tration of the affairs of that island. At an adjourned meeting in the* ; ostato of Messrs Vaile and Bradley, held in j Auckland on Tlnu^day. A resolution wa* '] c.inied that tha debtors bo req««recftocome i np before the ]>anluuptcy Court for exami- i nation. i Our Alex m Ira correspondent ] writes :— Capt.im C:ipel iiul all the Ajmedl J ConbtabuLiry -t.itio.iea Itero, nre nnder • orders for ie<» >\n l. S»>, for tho firat time 1 ! "mcc Aleviu-liM ins oeen a townsbip, wo $ will ha\o tj do without Government; ' money. '! The road "befeweon Te Aroha, and ; Wai»n>ng/)inai h m a disgraceful coudi^wtu '( Tl)n comity council should l(»se no time it* ' plvcing this pnbl ; c highway into {>«ssable • order, and soe that the c'.rendful lumps and ruts *ro levelled and fillod in. The Pukekura Road Board held \ I their usual monthly meeting on IVedneßl day evening tost at the school-ho>ss^ An '

application (mm Mr Munro, for payment for extr.<H on Watson's road was refused. The clei k was instructed to inform Messrs Dillon and Giles that they must give mora attcn" ion towaidi keeping the roads in their chains in repair. Sundry ncounts were passed for payment. ? Mr Price, engineer, of the Thames, met with a painful accident on Thursday ini'ining, Vhifst out shooting at Te Aroha. When passing through oonie acrub a piece of ti tree struck liim in tho faco, and a piece of the wood penetrated the bill of the eye. Ho came into the town and was attended by Mr Hotnon, cheniittt, who tpplied lotioni and poulticed the injured part. It is to be hoped the night has nouboen perm.incntly impaired. Mr Douglas, an experienced Thamo- miner, has informed in that ho has hxtily piospjcted the M.iungakawa range, but failed utterly to procure a single colour. He however tried the neighbourhood of Pi.iko, within a few miles of Alorrinsi ille, and obtained bcveral largo grains of good gold from alluvial ground. Our reporter was shown the siHJcimens which Mr Donglas claimed to be the yiald of seven or eight dishes of dirt. The question of securing a better from of local Government arose at tbe public meeting held at To Aroha last Wednesday, when Mr J.B. Whyte M.H.R. addressed his constituent*. Mr Whyte expressed himself as decidedly of the opinion the time was ripa for forming the town into a municipality, and enforced his statement by lifting up one leg after the other to exhibit, to a sympathising audience, his boots thickly coated with mud, as a proof of tho necessity for street improvement!). The receipts of the Te Aroha Domain Board for the past month were over £60, including the day of the.excursion train. With such a command of water power at hand it is the intention of the board to obtain a dynamo machine, with which they will light up the grounds with the electric light. Thi3 will bo followed very naturally by the hotels placing connection*, and illuminating their premises with the same brilliant medium, a step which will add immensely to the general attractions of that favourable and healthy resort. It will be remembered that Mr A. Isaacs, who supplied the telegraph-poles for tho lino between Cambridge and Taupo, claimed £310 as extras, caused by a deviation from the original route laid down, and i brought au action against the Department in the Supremo Couit. Judge Seth Smith lias been appointed to arbitiate on the matter in dispute, and in company with the solicitors for the -Crown and Mr Isaacs' solicitor*, lias proceeded over the line to estimate the value of the work done by the claimant. The following special messages to the Pre-ts Association, dat°d London, May, sth have been published : — The appointment of a successor to Bishop Moorhouse has been deferred for 'a fortnight.— The first meeting of the conference to take into consideration the question of the protection of cables in time of war will meet at Paris on the 12th inst. It is unlikely that Sir Arthur Blyth, the representative of South Australia, will bo able to bo present. — The departure of the British India Steam Navigation Co.'s steamor Nerkara for Queensland, via the usual ports, has been delayed m consequence of one of her piston rods hiving broken.— Mr Murray, of Sydney, has gained Chancellor Gainsford's prizes for Latiu and Greek verses. The following is an incident in the present railway management, or policy, worth recounting. On Thursday evening by the train there cunc to Frankton Junction a bag of oysters consigned to our local fishmonger, which was, however, booked to Hamilton West. Although the bag was thrown out on to the platform and then placed on the 'bus, the stationmaster positively declined to let the consignee take it away, although the latter offered the freight to Hamilton West. Tho ojrufcers accordingly were allowed to remain (not gaining m freshness) at the junction all night, and were duly forwarded by firsttrain on Friday morning. This may be according to the rules, but seeui3 very hard on anybody requiring goods in a hurry. The annual meeting of the ratepayers of Pukerimu was held in the schoolhouse on Wednesday last. Mr J. Fisher, chairman of the road board, filled tho chair. The Secretary read tho annual balance-sheet, which showed a credit on the 31st. March, of £492 13* sd. Since the accounts had been audited, some payments had been made, leaving a balance in hand of £420. Mr Kusabs asked why action had not been taken against defaulters, and the chairman replied that their lands were town lots, not worth selling. Tho clerk, however, promised to liven up defaulters. The report was then adopted. Mr Allen moved a vote of thanks to the retiring board which he would have cherished in his memory more if they had not struck a special rate. The chairman acknowledged the compliment, and with the usual vote to the chair the meeting closed.