The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1887.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2326, 7 June 1887, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1887.

Equul and exact justice to all men, _ Of whatsoever state or persuasion, religious or political.

Particulars of the Grand Citizens' •Tubileeßall, to be held at' Cambridge, on the evening of the 21st inst will be found in our business columns. In the Legislative Council yesterday the 'Government Loans to Local Bodies Act Amendment was read a second time, but the Local Bodies Loans Act Amendment was thrown out. An extraordinary vacancy has occurred in the Hamilton Road Board. Nominations will be received up to the loth inst., and the election will take place on the 28tb. A football match, Hamilton East v. West, will be played on Sydney Square, Hamilton, on Saturday next at 3 p.m. All players (old and new) will be welcomed on the ground. It is announced that Mr James Mackay intends coining forward as a candidate for Auckland City North, and that he has been promised the support of several, influential electors. The Melbourne Argus of a recent date chronicles the death of Mrs Mary Hannan, aged 107 years. The deceased lady was a sister of Mr William Heff erman, of the Shamrock Hotel, Sandhurst. Nominations of candidates to fill the vacancy in the Hamilton Borough Council, caused by the elevation of Cr. Barton to the Mayoral chair, must be in by noon of the Kith in<t. The p<iU,[if necessary, will be taken on the 28th inst. The annual general meeting of the shareholders of theTe Awamutu Cheese and Bacon Factory Company will be held in the Public Hall on Saturday, the 18th inst., at 3 o'clock, for the purpose of receiving the report and balance-sheet, electing directors and auditors, and for other business. At last night's meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council, an account was received from the late Mayor, Mr W. A. Graham, for £13 lis 3d, being the amount of the costs incurred in the ease of O'Doa v. Graham. It was decided to refer the account back to Mr Graham, with a view to ascertain what stops he had taken to recover the costs from O'Dea. Another accident, caused by a fall from a horse, occurred yesterday afternoon at Whatawliata, Mrs W. McLei«h being thrown violently, and sustaining severe injuries to the shoulder and ribs. She was taken to the Hospital at Hamilton, where she was attended to by Dr. Kenny and is progressing weli. Mr James Hume, the manager of the Bank of New Zealand in Waikato, leaves Hamilton to-day. for .Australia, whither he goes on a holiday trip. It is hoped that his health, which has not been remarkably good of late, may be■jbenefited by the change. During Mr Hume's absence his duties will [be undertaken by Mr T. L. Murray, manager of the Thames branch of the bank. The newly-elected Mayor of Hamilton, Mr 0. J. W. Barton, was formally installed at lost night's meeting of the council. At the close of the meeting his Worship entertained a number of the councillors and the Town Clerk at a recherche little supper at the Commercial, at which his health was cordially drank. Mr Barton created a very favourable impression by the manner in which he conducted the business last night. Mr McMinn and the little boy Smith,' who was savagely attacked by a boar a few days ago, weie removed to the Hospital yestctday. Mr McMinn is mak-

ing favourable progress, but the poor lad Smith is likely to have a bad time of it, as blood poisoning has developed itself, and the patient is in a high state of fever. The under nurse, Miss Tyers has arrived, and Miss Saunderson, the head nuvs-', is expected to arrive in a few days. A correspondent writes :—" I was present at the football match at Cambridge on Saturday last; and was astonished to notice that 'many of the players in both teams wore iron tips on their boots, and in one instance at least a player received a very severe gash on the log from one of these plates. The captains of the respective teams should certainly see that so gross an infringement of the rules is not allowed in future matches." Mr Charles E. Lewis, who is wellknown throughout the Waikato from having been for some years with the late firm of Lewis and Simpson, of Cambridge, left that town yesterday en route for Melbourne; whero he goes to fulfil an engagement with Messrs Uriscoe and Company, who are the leading hardware merchants in the Australian Colonies. Mr Lewis has the hearty good wishes of a large circle of friends and acquaintances for his future welfare. A course of three lectures on organic chemistry is about to be given by Mr Edgar Ward, M.P.S., in S. Andrews schoolroon, Cambridge. As the lectures will be illustrated by chemical experiments they will doubtless bo very popular. The first of the course is advertised to bo held on Thursday evening next, admission to which will bo free. It is intended at the other two lectures of the course to make a small charge of sixpence, and the proceeds will be given towards the extinction of the debt on S. Andrew's Church. Our Te Aroha correspondent writes:— There are some typographical errors in my last letter, as it appeared in Saturday's' issue, and I will be glad if you will kiridlyroctify them nr whatever way you think'best. ... They occur in ! the paragraph referring to'" One of the Crowd's " letter. In one sentence lam made to say,: " a leading part in the entertainment was taken by local ' body' amateurs, whose valuable aid received' full ' refeognisation.' " Local body should have read local lady, and rocognisation, recognition. In the last sentence also, ' insulting ' amateurs takes the place of insulted. Two of the errors have a certain significance just now, and you would oblige me by correcting them. 'Moreover, I have enough of epistolary sins to answer for without taking upon me those of the compositor. [By a most unfortunate accident the letter was allowed to go in uncorrected.—Ed.] We (Oamaru Mail) have been afforded yet another instance of the mismanagement of our railways, which has now become proverbial. A letter was received by a branch of one of our commercial establishments from another of its branches in Canterbury, in which the following passage occurs :—" Kindly' have 75 bushels of wheat forwarded at once and have it charged as two tons by the railway, as thus there will be a saving of 28s Gd ; the charge from Oamaru to Leeston being 35s for one ton, and 18s Gd per ton for two tons and upwards." Surely such an arrangement as this cannot be considered either commercially clever or fair. It will be seen that, had the wheat been booked as one ton 35 bushels, or five bushels less than two tons, the charge would have been 05s 7Ad ; but that by booking it has two tons (five bushels in excess of the actual quantity) 37s was charged. Is this one of the evidences of the beneficent and effective mananeement for which the colony pays so much? What is paid depends, not on what is carried, but upon the knowledge and astuteness of the consignor. The usual monthly meeting of the Hamilton Road Board was held at the office of the board on Saturday last. All the members were present. Tenders for the office of clerk and collector were oponed as follows :—J. S. Edgecombe, for the office of cleric, £10 per annum, collector, £12 10s per annum, giving the board the use of office, rent free ; A. li. Maunder, for the office of clerk, £10 per annum, collection of rates, -U per cent.; Mr Jones, for the office of clerk, £7 per annum, collection of rates, 3.', per cent. Mr Atkinson proposed, "Tiiat Mr W. Jones'tender, being the lowest, be accepted." The proposition not being seconded, Mr MoPherson proposed, and Mr Livingstone seconded, "That Mr J. S. Edgecumbe's tender be accepted," which was put to the meeting aud carried. It was resolved that in future the election fees paid to the returning officer should be reduced from 21s to 10s Gd when a member is elected without a poll bDi'ng taken. Mr J. S. Edgecnmbe was appointed returning officer. It was also resolved that the board should notify their intention of_ making a i-ate of five-eights of a penny in the £ for ISB7 and 1888, payable on the Ist day of August. While discussing the payment of Mr R. VVaite's account, Mr John Atkinson handed the clerk his resignation. The following accounts were passed :—R. Waite, £1 : The Waikato Turns, 10s (id ; do., £113s Oil; Fawkes and Foxall, £2 5s (id; Mi'nogue, 10s. This concluded the business of the meeting.