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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2329, 14 June 1887, Page 2

Monday and Tuesday next will be observed as special bank holiday's throughout New Zealand. The railway arrangements for Jubilee week will be found set 'forth in our business columns. The concessions inado are .not characterised by a vory liberal spirit. ; The Chairman of the WellingtonManawatm Railway Company has received a cable despatch from London announcing that the whole of the company's debentures (£120,000) and the new issue of shares has been taken np. Mr Johnstone, of Waitetuna, sus^ tained a fracture of the leg while wording in the busli on Friday last," He was brought into the Hospital on Saturday, where his injuries were at once attended to by Dr. Kenny. . Another case of alleged sly-grog selling in the King Country will be hoard at Te Awanmtu to-morrow. The defendant is Mr Dunscombe, an accommodation-house-keeper at Otorohanga, and the otfp.nce is said to have been committed in May last. To the Editor. -Sir,-Do you not think that Mr Voile's system ought to have a trial of its merits during .Jubilee week? I, with many others, could voush that the Railway Department wou'd be fairly astonished at the result. Do you think they have carriages enough to accommodate the public uiiilcr such favourable circumstances';-— I am, sir, yours truly, Go-a-hkad. Mr G-. W. Russell announces in this issue that he is a candidate for the .representation jof Waikato in the now parliament. Mr Russell takes his stand chiolly on ruilvyny <ind protection of native industries though his platform, which is a broad and comprehensive one, includes retrenchment, land settlement, reform of the Upper House, and vpnous other planks. Mr Russell will address a meeting of the electors at Lfi Quesue a Hall, Hamilton, on Monday evening next, the 20th inat,

' A Jubilee concert and ball will be litfld i.fc the Public Hall, Kihikihi, on Monthly the..2oth June,... We learn that Mr F. 0- Lewis, chief inspector of sheep, has boen notified that his somces will bo dispensed with at the end of .this month. This is one of the first fruits' of tho policy of retrenchment adopted by tho Government. Mr Lewis liaS held the post of sheep inspector for a Considerable number of years, and has given the utmost satisfaction both to the Government and the flock-owners. Tho Department in intimating their decision to .Mr /Lewis took Occasion to Express this,' satisfaction in very gratifying'terms. . | • There was a special parade of the Hamilton Light Infantry Volunteers at the hall last night. There was a very full muster, including Capt. Reid and all tho officers. Tho company was put through a variety of movements by Drill-Instructor Campbell, of Auckland, who expressed his satisfaction with tho proficiency of the men considering the short time that has elapsed since the corps was formed. There will be another parade to-night. The uniforms are expected to arrive at Hamilton to-day. We have had here in Hamilton tho oldest living journalist, in the person of Mr Charles T?ridham, M.A., F.R.G.S., about whom so,much has been written by oar Auckland and Southern contemporaries. Although Mr Pridham is now li(j years of age, he is ; full of fun and vivacity. Being asked swhy ho choso to spend his Sunday at, Cambridge instead of Hamilton, which by the way he explored East and West, he replied, quoting the Eton Latin Grammer, " Concessi Cantabrigiam caprendum ingenii cnltum." In asking fcir a whisky at- Mr Barton's Commercial Hotel, lie said, " In my youth I had recourse to my teachers and my ushers for my ivowels' and consonants. Here in my old age I find, I, have to have recourse to my " Teachers" and my " Ushers'- for my "liquids." Mr Pridham was The Times Special Commissioner over the length and bre'adth of Europe from 1848 to 1851, since which he has practised as a, barrister in' Victoria. He has ..within the past 14 months been travelling the whole _of Australasia, concerning which he is writing a costly aiid elaborate work, of which we shall hear more anon. We draw attention to the advertisement regarding Mr Brett's now famous work, " The Defenders of New Zealand," a copy of which we have seen. The book contains biographical sketches of the men who distinguished themselves during tho Mew Zealand war, together with about 100 life-like portraits of those who were most prominent during that eventful and stirring period in the history cf the colony ; also, a very graphic history of the Pakeha-Maori wars in New Zealand, being a native account of these events cotnpiled by Lieut. - Col. McDonnell, of the New Zealand Militia. Some of the most stirring scenes are illustrated with high class engravings. The book is very handsome, and is got up in faultless style, reflecting great credit on tho printer, Mr H. Brett, of the Evening Star, Auckland. Altogether, the work is one of greatinteiest to old residents in the colony and ought to be so to new ones as well, It is haying an immense sale and wo commenced it to the notice of heads of fatniliesand young men_ as a book that should find a place in every home. Mr Whytook has been very successful in other parts of "New Zealand, 1 having received in the Thames and sur : rounding districts, alone, 400 orders, and he expects to find a large sale for the book among'the Waikato settlers, many of whom took a prominent part in these memorable , events recorded. The ceremony of unveiling the Burns Statue (says tho Otago Daily Times of the 25th ult.,) was performed yesterday' in the presence of between 7000 and 8000 people. In tho evening a banquet was held in the Lyceum Hall, but the proceedings in connection therewith were not' of so pleasant a character as might have been desired. Early in the evening some little friction was caused through one one of the croupiers" indulging in rather severe criticism regarding tho present Parliament, and later on a great uproar arose through Mr H. S. Fish referring to the dispute between the gas engineer and other officer's of tho corporation. His remarks were received with great disfavour by one or two gentlemen in the room, and one of these got on his feet while Mr Fish was speaking, arid protested with great No sooner had this gentleman been quieted, after a deal of persuasion, than another began -to interrupt the speaker- by shouting lustily and thumping tho table with his closed fist. A. great uproar ensued, and the chairman had to intefere and request the gentleman to maintain order, reminding Mr Fish also that it was not the place for him to speak about personal disputes between the corporation officers. The remarks of the chairman, however, had little effect in subduing the uproar which only ceased when a gentleman was called upon to propose the next toast. During the disturbance Sir George. Grey and a number of other gentlemen left the hall.