THURSDAY, JUNE 24 1886.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2178, 24 June 1886, Page 2

THURSDAY, JUNE 24 1886.

Siiu:xrors exertions ai'o being mado to abate the rabbit nuisance in the upper Wai pa country. The Sheep Inspector, Mr Oldham, accompanied by Mr Hargraves, an export-Sent up by the Government, lias been making a thorough! inspection of the 'districts infected, and has given the settlers notice that tno provisions of the Act will be rigvlly enforced. ■ It is pleasant to ku»w that the pest is decreasing, and that • there is a fair prospect of its disappearing altogether. Acting on the suggestion of the inspector, the persons concerned have determined to. have recourse to phosphorous, and a supply of this pojson has been sent to Alexandra, so that it can bo easily procured, -j In a short time wo hope to be able to report that tho danger which threatenel the district has been removed.

The second reading 6f the Midland Railway (East and West Coast) was carried iv tbo House on Tuesday by 52 to 14.

Mr J. S. Buckland purchased two nr tin pc lior-ies atOluup" <>» Tuesday, tor transport to Sydney. Sovpral others wore iiffen'd, but were not deemed «uit.ible.

Mr Limmer has kindly forwarded u» .mother wunple of butter, made from the milk <>f turnip-fed, cows. The apeciinnp under notice wat made a fortnight ago, and is quite frenli and palatable. •, .

We understand that Mr William Lndilcr, Deputy D.G.M.. will bo prmegt, with other (Jrand Officers, at the Mmonic installation at C.imbridpe this evening. A full muster of the craft is anticipated.

One application has been received by the C.unliridge Town Board for the office of poundkeeper.' The matter will bo d»cin"ed at the next ordinary infiotinp.whcn a complete reform in the system of pound management will be proposed.

A lecture will be delivered m the AVeHleydn Church, To Awamutu. on Monday next, by the Rev. H. Bull, entitled. " Scotland's Great Hero," with musical selections.

*• In the » Legislative Council on Tuosd.iv, the motion for tho third roadinp of tho Bible Reading in School* Bill w.is lost by 17 to 1(5. Several measures were advanced a stage.

Messrs W. J. Hunter and Oo s usual monthly h<irso sale at tho Commercial Hotel Yards, Hamilton, ye-»terdny, was very successful. There was a $»nod .ittendance of buyers, nnd most of tho lot* submitted fetched good prices.

.] Immediately the ne^ysV^as received, in Sydney, of the volcanic outburst at Tnrawer'n, the Premier of Now Smith Wales wired to Sir Robert Stout, asking to bo supplied with the fullest particulars of the occurrence.

- A telegram to the Press Association, dated London, June 21st, «t«tes that Mr Junes, jot the' Australian crioknting teanr, who, iruide the grand score "of 151 in ,fh*e match against the Gentleinnn, baa been presented by'thfc colonists how in ' England with a valuable souvenir. '

The following tender* were re* ceived by Mr 6. Miles for the erection of a house at Alexandra :— Gibson and Woodham, £65 9s ; Potterton, £62 ; Berry, £60 ; Malinbertf, £46 17s 6d ; Hojfan, £45; Ahier, £45; Rauch and Ohye, £35; Munrp! (accepted), £33 10s ; Stewart, £34 7« lid.

,- Mr Vereker Bindpn's lecture on "Fond," .under the.auspices of the Hamilton Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association, in unavoidably postponed f mm. to-day to this day Week, as the Publif Hall is engaged. The lecture will be intersnerned with musical gems by the kindness of ladies, friends of the association. - '

"-' Mary Anne Hill, wife of a settler at JPukekohe East, was charged at the Papakura R.M. Court nn Tuesday, before Capt. Jackson, Ayith ill-treating a child n uned Alice Williams, an industrial school child, who liad been apprenticed to defendant. 'The charge , was proved, and the magistrate sent the prisoner to gaol for fourteen days.

- A son of Mr Davidson, of Kiri- ;' kinroa, eleven years of age, was kicked by a home yesterday, sustaining a compound fracture of the'right, leg below the knee, the skin being much lttoerated, 1 and the surrounding parts Rreatly injured. Dr. Murch having administered chloroform to the patient, stitched the lacerations and set the leg, and the patient is now progressing satisfactorily. We are given to understand that much dissatisfaction is expressed that the mad formation past Messrs Frasers and Macready's, which vu authorised at the last meeting of the Newcastle board, is not yet commenced. If the contractor wfto undertook to do the work is not willing to proceed at once, it should be let to some other person.

It has been decided 'to .accede to the petition presented to the Cambridge Town Board to keep the run open during the winter. People with cows and horses can depasture them between hours from the end of this month to the 30th June next year, on payment of a license fee of 7s (id. Cattle found at large after sunset will be detained in the public saleyards till the following morning, when they will be driven to the pound. The ranger is instructed to rigidly enforce tho latter regulation.

1 A neighbours' quarrel occupied a portion of the time of the R.M. at yesterday's sitting of the Court at Hamilton. Mis Hunter charged Mrs Wall with usin(? insulting language towards her, but the evidence was so contradictory that Mr Nortlicroft dismissed the case. The parties live near jN'o. 1 Bridge, and are not on the miwt amicable terms, hnve referred their dijfficulties to the ResidentMagiatrate on a former occasion.

The following will play for the Hamilton .District High School against Cambridge on. Saturday :— Hume (2), Spddon, Nickisson, Yon Stnrmer, Saga, •Edwards, Davis (2), Gelling, Reid, Vincent, McGlashan, Gillett, Le Quesne. The match will begin at 2 o'clock sharp. After it a match will be Jflfyetf between,^* team selected by Mr TonrHtriton and the Hamilton team.' AH payers*are requested to roll np, as the team to play Cambridge next Saturday will be selected on the ground. The. report pf the liquor consumption at,the Wellington Hospital, especially as it is supposed to have been divided between 23 males and 3 female* (an of 5^ pints' of spiriti and s^' 'pints' of ( malt liquor intone month), is Worth reproducing ;' —brandy, 282 pints; whiskey, 4J pinti; gin', 15£ pints 2oz ; port wine, -IUJ 'pints 4oz j sherry, 2 pints 8oz ; stout, 150 pints^;, »le,. loTpuit*.; or^n total of Jph- pints of apiriti; and 165 pints of?malt liquor, i We can imagine sojne good old boozor exclaim* ing, "What must it be to be there!"— Lyttolton Times.

Little that is new reaches us from the Lake dutrict. On 1 Sunday morning Capt NYay, his wife and several 'others left Rotorua. for Wairoa, with the intention of. rescuing some of the property at (Jre MuiPwiioa statfon.. The party suffered extreme hardships. On Monday evening, ' after daMe Arthur' Warbrick, one of the party, returned to Rotorua and reported the state of the case. A relief party was organised on the following morning, and by dint of great exertions Capt. -Way's, party were safely brought back. The idea of saving anything from Wairoa has practically been abandoned.

The Auckland Coursing Club's All-Comers Stakes was run off at the Plumpton Park Company's grounds, Papa- , toetoe,;on' Monday, i The weathef wa» very unsuitable, und the attendance wait not large, owing no doubt tp ,the ; boisterous weather. T { here were a goodwony " unde- • cideds " dunhift the day. In the final round Mr McCabe (jun.) r b Meteor 11. by Tj>tara —Beauty, beat Mr M. Dervan'a f d Clarence by Young Argonaut— Miss Ridley a,nd won. Mr .Tames Henderson was judge, und Mr W. Smith slipper. Between ths rounds a trotting match and a hack hurdle race were run. The former fell to Mr Carrs Polly, and the latter to Mr Wilson's Evening Star.

A correspondent at Te Awamntn writes : — On Monday evening last, the good old English custom of celebrating the coming of age of the scion of a house, was kept up at T& Awamutu. Mr E. North's 21st birthday was the occasion of a social re-union of his many frieuds, which was held m the Public Hall. About 40 ladies and gentlemen responded to invitations", whose glad countenances indicated their enjoyment. Dancing was kept up until early in the morning. Mr H. J. Sibley conducted the muMC, and ho also gave a humourous sppech in reply to the birthday congratulations offered to Mr North, for the latter appeared to be so overcome by the kind wishes expressed an to be quite nnabla to do so himself. Refreshment* of all kinds were bountifully supplied, sociability prevailed, and all thoroughly enjoyed themselves.

A fire broke out in Newton, Auckland, on Tuesday night, resulting in the destruction of four shops. The damage is estimated at €5000. The insurances on the property affected by the fire amounted to £2535, distributed as follows : South British office, £800 on Garretts shop, totally destroyed, and £200 on furniture ; also £300 on cart, harness, etc., in stable, amounting to £1700. Eaton's Cooperative Stores insured in South British, £400 on two ahops, and £310 on stock in the same office. Philip's Likei's shop in New Zealand office f"i £303, divided into two policies of £l"0 eich over shop, and remainder on .stock, furniture, and bakehouse. E. W.unofiiMlf. coal and firewood yard, covored by policy in South British for £225. but d.im.ico is not great. The Union Insurance Company have a reinsurance of £300 on Garretts shop, £150 of which the Equitable office have an interest in.

The following special cable mesages rlfitrd London, .Tuiip 20, havo b ten published :— The Conservatives will support the candidature of 82 Liberal Uniimiatiu— Mr Gladstone, in his speech in Midlothian, urges that the issue of the Irish question

tntint bo cither coercion or a Dublin Parliamont. Ho u bitterly personal towards Lord Salisbuey nnd Mr Chamberlain, and condemn* Lord Hiirtington'n scheme as hating mi finality. The Mnrquix «>f Salisbury, Hpeaking la*t night at Leeds, said that ho would only coerce criniinaU in IreUi)d, but wan willing to concede local Government, not only to Ireland, but aloo to Knffl»nd nnd Scotland. He criticixed what he ''called Mr Gladstone^ mandlin optimism, and repudiated all coquetting with tho Parnelhte party.— The Times characteriMen Mr Gladstone's speech as a specimen of audacious quibbling on plain i><«iie« in the face of notorious facts.— Lord Randolph Churchill Han issued a manifesto, in which he denounces "The baundleiu egotism and senile vanity of Mr Gladstone," and exhorts the electors to overthrow the disastrous autocracy of the present Premier.

The annual meeting of the Hamilton West School Committee was liel 1 last night. Present : Messr* Jas. Hume (chairman), Scott, Tucker, Edgecumbe, Graham and Campbell, . A baljot was takon for a member for the Board of Education. Mews Campbell and Udy each received two votes, and the chairman (rave

his casting vote in favour of Mr Udy. A loiter was received through the board from Mr W. Blyth, suggesting the setting apart of an "arbor day" in the country schools, and it \vm resolved to reply that the committee heartily approve of the HUgge*tion, and would use every effort to assist in carrying out the object, suggesting further that the system of. planting trees might be extended to the. park* and public places in the different town*. • It ww ordered that tenders for cleaning the school, etc., be invited on the same terras at heretofore. Soini other, busmen of a routiaet nature was transacted, and the committee rote.

Th« ■ocUl gathering of th» parjshioners o£ the Church of 8. Peter, Hamilton, on Tuesday, tvaninfr »t .the Public Hall, , Hamilton, wm in Ml rei* pecta '»' pronounced success. , A very large number of people Mt dowm to ' * sumptuous tea At half>patt six, several re-Uy« having to be arranged, for. This portion of the entertainment, was ' superintended' by he ' ladies r ' of. the congregation, who fulfilled ' thefr 1 task in the most satisfactory manner. Shortly "Wore eight th« l tables Were removed and the forms placed in position, wl)en the hall \T»^ apeedjly ■ Jlled. The second part of the programme consisted of a number of vocal and instrumental numbers, under the direction of the -choirmaster, Mr Tenipler,and n series of tableaux vivanti, illustrative of the Idylls of the King, produced under the aa-tpicies of the, Cfcnus .Pramatic Club, The pirt songs' and intriraiental pieces were admirable Tendered, and are worthy of all praise, while the audience testified to their appreciation of the tableaux by loud and continued applause. Considered as a whole, the entertainment was one of the Best we' have witnessed in Hamilton for many years past.

' The case, of F. Crawford v. T. Jenkins occupied the- Resident Magistrate's Court, Hamilton, the greater part of yen* terday. The plaintiff wan farm mauager for the defendant 'at Motuniaoho; and claimed £27 Us for wage*, board, cash paid, tec. The plaintiff's evidence was partly heard on the last court day, when it became apparent that further particulars were necessary, and an adjournment was granted, in. order that thty might , be furnished. Mr Hay appeared for plaintiff, and Mr O'Neill for defendant. The Amended particulars formally claimed £37i lla, but practically only £10 6s, v* ths£ difference w«h abandoned. For the plaintiff five witnesses were examined, including the plaintiff, who established the fact that on November 20th, 1885, a settlement had been arrived nt and an account stated, bringing defendant £15 in plaintiff's debt,' as shown by the particular!). Some other items were also proved. The defence set up was a denial of the plaintiff's evidence, misconduct on the part of plaintiff, and the deduction of one month's wages in lieu of notice to quit, which was supported by the testimony of the defendant alone. The Resident Magistrate could not perceive that the 'evidence for the plaintiff was in any material degree impeached, and gave judgment for £18 (is and coats, the exact amount of costs to be intimated to-day. ,

The Premier made a statement' as to the intentions of the Government, in. regard to the question of represcntationon Tuesday. When it was fiwt brought be.iore the House earlier in the session he had expressed the opinion thnt when the census' returns wore completed it would be found Jthat the difference of population betweun the North and South Island would not be' so great as was expected, and he still adhered to (hat opinion. He found now, taking population as a basis, that three members ohnuld be subtracted from the Middle Island and given to the North Island. That was on population alone, bub if other things such as ratable value were considered, .the alteration would not be ant great. He pointed out, however, that' although the Government had received the^ census returns of electoral districts, they had not received the return^ of the various wards and subdivi-* sions, and he held it would be, impossible for Government to , introduce ~s? Bill on the representation ' question " before tho.se returns were received. He had, however, himself 'felt for many years that this matter of representation should be i deajt ,with. automatically after each census was taken, and jthat something should he done taking the'pnwer nway from the Hous*. Government also felt tqat jf the public business allowed they might introduce a bill of thaf fth{kractsr pis fre«\ nion, but if they could' not do'so^ this year, that a Bill might be t prepared so that, if 'could be discussed by 'members and the country before next (tension. ' He wfroiiTd point out that this wan not the last session of the present Parliament. It might be necessary to, hold a session .next year^ and after that there would be a dissolution, the elections taking place in October or November next. One session next year would be quite enough for next year* business, and also to deal with the question of representation. That perhaps would be the best course to adopt. In order, however, that the bill he had referred to might receive full consideration, he would, introduce it and have it circulated. In the course of the discussion which followed, the Premier said the Government would not roako the ?[nestion one of confidence. He was in avour, of amalgamating city electorates. A good deal of, talk succeeded, but it amounted to nothing.'