The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1887.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2323, 31 May 1887, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

TUESDAY, MAY 31, 1887.

Equal and exact justice to all men, Of whatsoever state or or political.

The Stout-Vogel Government were defeated on their financial proposals on Saturday morning. Had any set of men been in office they would, under the circumstances have resigned forthwith, and given ■ up the reins of power to the Opposition. Nobody expected the Ministry to dp anything of the kind, and they have not deceived us. They have exercised :so many shifts to retain office that 'we cannot wonder they should ..resort to any expedient to keep it now. They have sacrificed almost everything which, an honourable man prizes in order that they might -'stick to the Treasury benches and enjoy their emoluments, and they probably cannot, if they would, shake off the trammels of their •discreditable habits.

, " Resignation," as the member for. Waikato once humourously put it, isi & virtue they do not possess. Their, strong point is hope, and while there! remains the faintest chance of their | being able to keep their places they will hold on. Their policy is to: stave off the evil day as long as: possible, and in the art of doing so they have undoubted!}' become adepts. I

A dissolution, with supplies for six months, is the modest request they now make, and they will get what they want. The Governor has promised the dissolution, and the Opposition will, we may be almost certain, grant the supplies. They will .do so withan ill grace perhaps, but there is really no alternative,' since if they refuse the. general elections will be carried out under the old Representation Act : • 'The conditions are hard, but any bitter reflections on this, score are tempered by the knowledge that we shall soon be rid of Ministers who have earned contempt both at home and abroad. Their day is done: there can bo ho mistake about that whatever : and this fact should; console its during the few months in which they will still enjoy an" opportunity of mismanaging our affairs.

Mr James Masters, native interpreter of Cambridge, received the following telegram about 2.30 p.m. on Saturday last: —" If you have an opportunity, I wish you would kindly let natives know that the court for partition of Pukekun and Puahoe. is further postponed to the sth July next,' Edward Hammond, Registrar .Native Land 1 Court." We; think the natives are being, treated in ; a most disgraceful manner by the officials of the native court. Would they have dared to send a message—on the offchance of it being delivered —at so short a notice if it had been pakehas instead of natives that were interested. We answer, No ! And we think it time that some of the members of the House demanded to know the reason why the natives are treated in so discourteous a manner. The court was to have opened r this morning, and many natives will come into Cam-', bridge to find they have again been fooled. If notice could not be given at an earlier date, we think the least that, Mr. Hammond could have done would have been to instruct someone to go out to the native settlements and tell them. It i 3 a very slipshod way of doing it, to send the. information to a native interpreter, trust-" ing that he will take pity on the poor natives.

Y The handicap yacht race at Aucks land on Saturday was won,.by Mr J. Henj derson's Rita, against sixicompetitors. \ ■'■ s The Vincent-McLeod cases came £ on again at the Hamilton 11. M. Corn-It on Saturday, and wore further, adjourned until to-day.' ; , . j A number of Maungatautari natives passed through Cambridge yesterday en route for Taurangato meet Tawhiao. They intend having a big meeting. j '"'' Burglars broke into Goodspn's London Arcade, Auckland, on Saturday night, and. stole jewellery ,to the 'value of •'£3 so. No' trace of the; thieves has been discovered. ' I - The ,R.M. Court at Cambridge, ydst'erday, was occupied in hearing the case Bremner v. Campbell, a claim for £7;18s 4d, amount of wages alleged to be due. JMr Dyer appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr Hay for defendant. Judgment was reserved. A Maori haka will be given at Whatawhata to-night, in which twenty natives will take part. The entertainment, which promises to be a grand success, will be followed by a dance for Europeans. The price of admission is fixed at one shil-' ling. Mr .James Dil worth, of Epsom, has given .£IOO towards placing the old, Auckland Library in a state, of repair for the Kindergarten School, and has promised to subscribe £100 a-year towards the institution, 1 on condition that the children 'be provided with one meal a day, Mr E. S. Hill, the landlord of the Royal Hotel. Onehunga, who was severely injured by jumping out of the window of the building on the. occasion of its destruction by fire,, died on Friday night. Mr HilPwas for many years the licensee of the Victoria Hotel, Auckland. We regret to have to announce the death", at the, Thames, of Mrs Hume, mother of Mr James Hume, manager of the Bank of New Zealand, Hamilton. The sad event, which occurred last evening, had been anticipated as ' the deceased lady had been ill for some time. Mr Morse, the contractor for making the additions to the Corporation saleyards at Cambridge, is pushing along with the work'. The outside fences are ail erected, and he is now fitting up the inside pens. He has nearly a month in which to finish the work, which is ample time. Sir Charles Dilke retains much of his popularity in Chelsea, He has adopted extreme radical views, and put them into practice, fraternising with the humblest people, and being ever ready to aid them with his plethoric purse. It is confidently expected that he will be returned to -Parliament at the first opportunity. To the Editor: Sir,—Perhaps some of your readers can supply me with information on the following subject :— " How many steamers —gives names and dates if possible—came into Auckland harbour before the William Denny?"— Your 3 truly,'J. R. Cambridge, May 31st, ISS7. The trustees of the Cambridge Cemetery met on Friday, to accept tenders for cleaving the ground and painting 11 the fence. Present : Messrs J. Houghton, J. I P. Thompson, McVeigh, James Hally arid R. Kirkwood. For painting the following tenders were received: J. H. Johnson (accepted), £3 5s ; Stewart, £5 10s. J. Rivers was the only formal tenderer for the clearing at £2 10s, The repairing of the north fence was left to a committee consisting of Messrs Kirkwood, McVeigh and Thompson. About 10 o'clock yesterday morning a man named Carmichnel, who drives for Messrs J. Houghton and Sons, of Cambridge, had a very narrow escape of being killed. He had a load of empty boxes on a light spring waggon, and had only just turned out of the yard into Duke-street, when the noise made by the empty boxes .frightened the horses and they bolted, throwing Carmichael out. He stuck to the reins, and was dragged along the street for some distance upon his back, the vehicle eventually going over his arm, which compelled him to loo?e them. The horses then , turned into Mr Clements' yard, carrying awjiy. a verandah post and some palisading en route, and were finally brought to a stand by a willow tres. The pole was broken off the waggon, but the horses were not hurt in the least. They took some very sharp turns in Mr Clements' yard at full gallop, and passed between two buildings that it would have taken a good driver all his time to do, without touching them. The man was at his work again during the day, and seems little the wor^e,