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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2335, 28 June 1887, Page 2

The Minister of Public Works, Mr Richardson, is said to be by no means safe for re-election at Kaiapoi. Mr Mitchelson will oppose Mr Tole, for Eden, Judee Gill is out for Tauranga, and Mr E. Withy is coming forward for one of the Auckland seats. Some police changes are contemplated. Supt. Thomson will go to Wellington, and Inspector Shearman, of that place, will be his successor at Auckland. The death is announced of Mr A. Alison, sen., of Devon port-, near Auckland, where ho has been a resident for the past thirty years. Our Raglan letter, containing notices of the Jubilee celebration, together with numerous other communications, is crowded out of this issue. Mr Bracken has retired from the contest for Dunediu Central, and Mr Hallenstein, the well-known clothier, is spoken of as a candidate. He is a Government supporter, and a protectionist. To-morrow, S- Peter's Day, the usual anniversary service will be held in S. Peter's Church, Hamilton, viz., celebration of the Holy Communnion at 7.30 a.m., and | evensong at 7.30 p.m. ' We are requested to state that for the convenience of settlers and others in the Tamahere district wishing to attend Col. de Quincey's sale that a boat will be placed at their service on the river. The residence of Mr P. Gleeson, Keniuera, was burnt down on Saturday night. The insurances amount to about £1200, but the damage amounts to several hundreds of pounds over that Bum. The origin of the fire is a mystery. Sir George Grey delivered an address to the electors of Auckland East on; Friday night. The address dealt chiefly l with the necessity of retrenchment and the promotion of land settlement. He received an enthusiastic reception. It is said that a great portion of the Tongariro National Park is to be purchased from the natives, they only giving a small portion of land around the mountains. Complaint is made that the Government have not acted ingenuously iu this matter. Mr John Lundon has received a letter from Mr Ballance, intimating that in consequence of the action of Parliament his services in connection with the village settlement scheme will be dispensed with. Only about 50 more families are to be placed on land in this provincial district pending the meeting of Parliament. Henry George, the apostle of dividing up, says "God never undertook to furnish the labourer with an employer to set him to work," to which the Oshkosh Times adds, that God never set but one man to work, and that was Adam, and Adam struck before the first crop sprouted. What a great thing it is to posted in ancient history. To the Editor-—Sir,—l am pleased that the men of the street will have an opportunity to-day to declare their respect for a man and confidence in one who is not above listening to them. Mr Hatrick does not know I am sending you these few lines, nor does he know who I am, but as I was one of those who signed that petition, and who respect Mr Hatrick for his wish to carry out the desires of the people. I had better stick to my name, and declare myself,—A Man ot' the Stkeet. The polling for the return of a member to the Hamilton Borough Council, iu place of Mr Barton, the present Mayor, will take place to-day between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. The candidates are Mr J. R. E. Hatrick and Mr H. M. Salmon. The supporters of both gentlemen appear confident of winning, and the contest is likely to be a hard-fought one. Nominations of candidates to fill the vacancy in council caused by the resignation of Mr G. Edgecumbe must be sent in by noon to-morrow. \ " We have been requested by. the chairman of the Waikato Hospital Board, to inform the public that they run the risk of being refused admittance to the Hospital if they como without having previously ascertained that there is room for them. The Waikato Hospital ean only accomodate a limited number of patients. At present the wards of the Hospital are fully occupied. We are asked to mako this fact known to the public. Therefore any persons, with the exception of severe cases of accident is desirous of obtaining admission for themselves or their friends must communicate with the Secretary of the Board, at Hamilton, who has been instructed to answer such enquiries without delay. "Puff," in the Press, writes :— " Very pretty indeed ! No wonder the Ministers say there's no depression : The hard times are nothing to them ! They make their pile all the same ! Yes, I notice some of 'em have nearly doubled their salaries by travelling allowances and expenses ! No wonder they were for ever on the trot! That's just tho rascality of the thing ! The more holidays they take and the more they neglect their work, the more money they make; But do they draw travelling allowance when they're away on their own business or pleasure, or living at their ewn homes ? Don't they just! Two guineas a day all the same ! What a beastly swindle ! I think it ought to be the other way; Two guineas a day ought to be docked off their screw whenever they leave their work ! That's what would be done with a clerk or a working man ! Of course it would ! But Stout says that travelling is a loss ! It ought to have choked him. to say so ! How can he possibly spend two guineas a day in addition to fares and all other travelling expenses ? It's impossible ! Anyhow, I say if a man can't live on two guineas a day in these hard times, he doesn't deserve to live at all ! Hear ! hear Just think of the thousands of poor devils who have to live on two guineas a week, instead of two guineas a day, and to keep their families on it besides ! Why, when Stout was lecturing the unemployed at Christchurch, when they asked for six bob a day, he told them they ought to be thankfnl to get five because they could live on it! He had done so himself: Yet now he's got so high and mighty, he says he can't live : on two guineas a day, when he's travel liner, though he has all fares and oxpenses free !

By Jove, that Return's a disgrace ! The Ministers ought to be a3hamed of themselves ! Not they ! Stout says they haven't been so extravagant as a former Ministry were! Ah but what-Ministry ? His own ! He compares the Grey-Stout Ministry with the Stout-Vogel Ministry, and he takes credit for being a few pounds less extravagant than lie, was eight years ago ! It was JohnnySheehan that made the difference! Those cabs did it! Well, Johnny was'n't a hypocrite, anyway !"