The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1887.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2350, 2 August 1887, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

TU ESDAY, AUGUST 2, 1887.

Xl<iU.tf and exact jii nice to all men, Ol whatsoever state or persuasion, religious or political.

A meeting of the Hamilton Domain Hoard was held last night, hut no business of any importance was transacted. The monthly full dress parade of the Hamilton Light Infantry Volunteers takes place to-night. A dramatic performance and drawing of art union prises was hold in tho I’ublic Hall, Cambridge, last evening, of which wo will give a report in mirnext, A conversazione was held in the Cambridge Wist School on Saturday evening, and was a pronounced success, ft was followed by a dance, the room being fairly well tilled. A concert will he given in the rtchoolhoure, Taupiri, on Friday evening next, in aid of the fund for the relief of Henry Mis-mu, who has been lying ill and in destitute cireumitanees for tun weeks past. A united meeting re the bihle in schools question is advertised to lie held at Cambridge on Friday next. Wo understand the Refs. Messrs Evans, Rishworlh, Griffiths and Archdeacon Willis will take part in tho proceedings. Constable Ryan found tho cash box which was st-deii on Friday. He was searching for m-arly two hours. It was found in some In iars below the Hall; the cheque ami several papers were in it hut no cash. Te Old spent thenem-e £5, The prisoner "’as remanded till tie Nth. At the R M Court, Te Awamutu, mi Friday, 1ief,.,,. Messrs Bulliei ford and Mandeno, ,I.l* s, Te Koto sum-mled to his bail for cattle stealing, Air (iresliam appeared for toe accused. Constable Kvan prosecuting. After a great amount of evideuce had been taken the bench considered there was not sufficient grounds for a cominitial and dismissed tile case. Mr Thomas Campbell, having definitely decided to cmite-i the Waipa seat, announces that he will address a meeting of the electors at Ohaupo to-day at 3p.m ; at Hamilton I’nblie Hall to-morrow at S p.m. ; at To Awamutu on Thursday, ICihikihi on Friday and Ngariiawahia on Saturday. Dales of other mootings will bo dolyadverti-cd. The New Zealand Clothing Factory Company have presented a very handsome silver trophy to the Hamilton Light Infantry, to he fired for by tho members. The trophy, which takes the form of a chastely engraved cup, may be seen at Capt. Reid’s establishment, Hamilton Hast. The Pakaranga hounds arrived in Cambridge Yesterday by the train from Auckland. The veteran hunstiiiun Tom Brown accompanies them. He is doing without a whip this Lit as the limiting fraternity find retrenchment necessary, They have been brought up to unable the

Waikato horsen tn qualify fur tin; Hunt I 'till r.u-i's. Tin; first iina'.t will he lonnorow, at the Criterion I Intel, at 10 a.m.

Every now and then havoc is wr eight among (ho Australian flecks by a seas,,n ..I' on dinned droiiffht. Thu rabbit ha-nf late years became nearly as great a pet in \"W .Smith Wales as in New ZeaI ; ml ; and new it .seems that while rabbits am being got under, wild dogs or ‘dinvoes’ are im-rei'ing in number, and becoming t.eiribly destructive to the flocks. Tbe Sydney Mail in a recent issue, me.ntions a cam hi which all the lambs, with one exception, fr.un 200 stud ewes were killed by the dingoes, while the dogs belonging to professional rabbit-killers have in many cases dicovered the sweets of liberty, and ■have thrown in their lot with their wild congeners.

A large landslip occurred in Cambridge during Saturday night. It is at the exlieine west of Alpha-street, ami was (MU-eit by tbe water that drains from (.]u-.‘t-n----"I r.-.-t be.lining divciled from its original channel, and Mowing over the bank at a fr.-sh place, the whole of the ground at the spot being sand. About 100 tons were washed down into the valley, ft is now receiving the attention of the town surfaceman and tlie water will be made to flow in its original source. If the heavy rain had continued, an empty house that is situated just about the slip would doubtless have been wrecked.

In a letter to a New Plymouth paper on the advantages of joining a friendly society, Mr R. Cock writes ; “Our late brother, Thomas Sutcliffe, who died last weak, joined the Oddfellows’ Lodge by clearance from England on the sth March, 1800, and in 1807 he commenced to draw sick pay, and up to this date the lodge has paid no less a sum than £323 12s from the sick funds; also during the same time paid a doctor for him the sum of £2O, and now the last and final payment of Tin from tbe funeral funds—in all yon see that we have paid the large sum of £358 12s, for all the weekly payment of Ib. Thus one shilling actually keeps the member supplied with cash when sick, provides him with a doctor, and for the last act finds £ls to see that he is decently buried.”

Our (Southern Times) Queenstown correspondent reports that Captain James Alfred Austin was found dead outside of Ids line on Saturday afternoon. He was a rabhiter iu Ids parly days, but at one time held a commission in the Army, and sold out or exchanged. Ifu was also, it is believer), an aide-de-camp in the earlier days in Victoria, when ho sold out again, and his rogimc.nl wont to India. He was an artist, and accompanied the P.yhe exploration expedition to find a direct route to Jackson Bay, ami was also a kind of photographer under the old Otago regime. It was said that ho died from phosphorous poisoning, but this was not proved at the inquest held here on the l.Sth. Ho had suffered much from cold, probably from congestion of the lungs, and the verdict was “ died from natural causes.” Dr. Douglas, of the Wakatipu Hospital, knew his disease, and a post mortem examination was unnecessary. The deceased has relatives in the Old Country, and has left an only son, adopted hy Mr Peterson, of Kawarau Perry. Air Vincent Pyke knew him, and so also did Mr Stratford, 11.M. Information regarding the deceased man’s antecedents, his relatives and other particulars are required for the boy’s sake, and anyone who eau throw any light on the matter will oblige by communicating with Mr H. Maunders, Quecostown. Marjory Hughes, aged about 9 years (says the Mataura Ensign), is a smart little girl. She was mi hoard the North express, and when asked for her ticket hy the guard she said her father had it, and he was in file smoking carriage. This story was found to he untrue, and she was loft at Core with the intention of sending her hack hy the South express. Mr Hanson, the statioiimaster, took pity on the little waif, and took her to his house and attended to her wants. When the train was due lie brought her over, and as it was a cold day he took her in the otlice and made her sit by the lire, then going about his duty. The clerk in the ollice had occasion to leave the room for a moment, and during his absence, which eertain'y did not last a minute, Mias Marjory made a dart for the till and abstracted therefrom a five-pound note and sumo silver. She was duly [lacked o|V to the train, and shortly afterward the money was missed. A telegram was sent, and the girl was examined at Edendaleo lint stoutly denied everything. When the train arrived at Invercargill. Marjory was laken to the general manager’s office until tlie police were communicated with. But Marjory is slippery, and managed to get on board the Bluff train, which was well on its way before she was recaptured. She was again brought back, and this time a professional searcher was employed, witli the result that the missing money was found concealed in her armpit. She was brought up before the court at Invercargill, and placed on probation for a month. Marjory is indeed a smart girl. It may not be thought that railway disasters stimulate enterprise, but (according to the Argus) there is some proof that this is a fact, and that the desire to make a hit at the (lovernmout is too much for many persons. A year or two ago a story was current that after an accident somewhere in the suburbs a man approached a passenger lying partially stunned near the lino, and olfered to give him “a spinal shock fora liver.” This was enterprise of one kind. Latterly another form has been exposed of a more subtle character. Solicitors have been soliciting patronage from prospective claimants for compensation, and though not jumping upon the bodies of the injured, have ] limped into sick rooms to give a first word of advice—“ Don’t settle with the department privately; employ me, and I'll make them bleed.” Either way the action is more likely than not to intensify the bad effects of a shock, for who wants to see a hawk when in [lain ? And the principle underlying both offers is the same. More than one medical practitioner has complained that the recovery of his patient has been delayed by the untimely visits of cleiks of pushing and needy attorneys, who came with ghoul-like stealth to the bedside touting for custom. The Commissioners of Railways are no doubt aware of instances, and if they have reason to believe that they have been forced into the Courts by lawyers of this class in cases which otherwise could have been settled outside, it will be fair tactics to expose the fact to the jury against the client. The touting solicitor, who sends for orders like a butcher or a grocer, may not ho amenable to example, but he may profit by experience if one or two verdicts are either given against his clients or the awards arc cut down on account of his pettifogging interference.