The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2247, 2 December 1886, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Equ il and exact justice to all men, Ot whosoever state or persuasion, religious or pnlitir.il

THURSDAY, DEC. 2 % 1886.

The newly -constituted Waikato Hospital Board met for the first tim 3 yesterday at Hamilton and elected a chairman. No othei business of importance was set down for discussion, but the members t diced for some time on the subject of 'th i board's position and that of the district in regard to the .Auckland LJo.ird. We have already stated our conviction that Waikato was severed from Auckland and Piako from the Thames on the day the Amendment Act was passed. We base our belief on clause 40, ay hich clearly overrides clause 30, the only other that bears on the question at issue. If any further cvi lencj were required it •would be found in tho fact that the Government tiro of our way of thinking-. They have constituted tho new district of Waikato, appointed days for the election and meeting- of tho board, and, even if they (lumuml it, they could not very v,A\ withdraw from the position they hnvo taken up. Tho board lnvo decided to take legal advice, but for the life of u^ we cannot understand why. It is quite time enough to cry oat when we are hit.

Cricket at Cambridge is certainly " 1 1joking cp." Wo k\iin 4t there are 40 members in the club.

Mr J. Murphy is the successful tnndeiei for tho lailway evtension contract at Ifuntly. Tho amount we understand is about €2000.

We find we omitted the names of Mi,s Ellen Pietty and Mi-»s Matilda Evans of Cambudge, from the list of prize takers at the Sunday School Industrial Exhibition, in one of out lal" i-mips.

The Duke of Cambridge Hotel at Camhitdge, f.utncrly in the occupation of Mi Kirk wood, Wiii yi" tctd ty ttki'ii ovci by Mr .John i J,i,con, who it will baroinomborp.cl wai for a loncf period an-,i->tant ti> Mi Kirkwood in the hotel. I

At a general meeting of the Waikato Hoiticulhu.il As-,cintion, lield at Jfainilton y^terday. it u.i-. resolved to hold Lhe ne\t -liow at T>> Auainutu. A lvpott of the pi oct cdmgs appears in anothei p.nt of thi^ is-^uo.

His Lordship Bishop Luck was a pi->->iHiger by yp-terd.iv .ifteiiiuon\ ti.un ftoni llotoru.i. Flo wiil icm.tin m Waikato for a f^w d.iy-j. L^ct niprlit he was the f,ris->tof leather F.cc at Hamilton, and today lie goes to Kihikini.

The fi-.-iu mi3etin,? of tha new Huspitd li.),ud for W.uk.ito ua> held at the M imugh (Jouncil Chainlur , Haindton, vosterd iy. Mi \\. A. fJiah.un (?»r<iy(»r of Ifumlton) u.i-, (I. f<,.(! (J.j.iuiiuui, and th< j linr 1 decidi'd to meot v% Hmiiltnn on lift fnsf, W(d:i^-tl.Ty m each mouth at 11 a in. Arepoift of the proceedings appeal i in anothpi column.

Th^ fjllo Y. ,k will represent th- I! l( i 'It- m " .L'ii"-t t.. Tuhikaia;uea J.'^. c onuiduj noxt .—Me-,bi\s

B.utoi), IV.re, Bindon, Browning, B) ng, Munay, Kidtord, Stevens, Sande* and Yon Sim mor. KnitTgenoios : M --his Sage, S ilmon, Jot" Uadtor.l and Mc'^nnn. l\a> \\ ill commence on Sydney S4liiue.it] 10 o'clock.

The usual monthly meeting of the Waitoa Road Board, which should hue been held last Saturdiy, lapsed for want of a quotum, thetebeing'only Messrs Chepmoll and Honoil present. The following tenders were received for contract No. 10 Jlmnsii-kawt-Waiorongomai road : -C'cillnijr-* and Co., JT>7 (>- ; MoCabe and Jackson, £49 10s ; T. Stmloy, £41 ; J. Shine, £17 10s; H. Gaud well," £'15.

A meeting of those taking part in the forthcoming International Feto and (Jhnstinas Cainnalut Hamilton, m aid of the building fund of S. Peter* Chmch, was held at the Public Hall last night. _ The programme was 1 considered and finally artangod, a number of committees wo 10 appointed, and other details attended to. There can be no doubt that the fete will be a grand success.

Last evening between 8 and 9 as Mr Salmon, bootiraker," of Victoiiastre^t, Hamilton, was in the act of putting out on? of the lamps in hi* window, it bv some means or other toppled over and fell nnv>ngst a number of boots, &c, setting thorn on firo. Fortunately Mr Salmon stilled the flames with a piece of carpet, which was close at hand, otherwise the shop would have been in a blaze in a few minutes. As it was the fire was not put out before considerable damage was done to the stock in the window.

The evidence is not all in favour of a deep depression prevailing in New Zealand. At the recent Canterbury race meeting, (remarks a contributor to the Nelson Mad) three publicans paid between them fiGi) a day for the privilege of selling liquoih, and the probability is that they made a good thing out of it. I don't know how much alcohol would have to be dispensed to le^ve a handsome piofit after paying for it and handing over the above sum to the Jockey Club, but it must have been a pretty tidy lot, and it must be remembered that the " privil^e" money ha> to be multiplied by three as the meeting lasted for that number of days. Then during the same period £3i>,000 were passed through the totalisjitor, and to wind up with over £(5000 was handed over to the owners of winning horses. Not m> bad this for one town in the colony that is 111 such a state of depression.