The Westport Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. Equal and exact jutice to all men, of whatsoever state of persuasion, religious or political. THURSDA JAN. 5, 1888.

Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2416, 5 January 1888, Page 2

The Westport Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. Equal and exact jutice to all men, of whatsoever state of persuasion, religious or political. THURSDA JAN. 5, 1888.

Mr Sexton, M P-, for Belfast is seriously ill. Mr Gladstone met with a great ovation at Florence. A serious fire occurred in Wellington on Sunday morning. A French protectorate has been proclaimed over Wallis Island. Hearn, the New Zealand sculler, was defeated in the Gratton llegatta. A heavy fall of snow took place in Europe, extending as f.ir South as Nice. Don Ca'ilos h.is ">.;3n • >'-• assert his rights to tin; thn>"o of I'i-.iOj.-. A severe ham can j nza sv/ep-. over tho West Indies, g< .:,it dam.ige. Constant fighting is reported be. tween O-man L)igna and tho rn-mllies ni'-ii Suakim. Bishop Cowie :us U -■ well .sermon at St. Paul's, Aoc; i i-i. "u Sunday. Mr Gladstone thinks r.h seuleninnk of tho Now Hobriues ,|iu>Uou un- : workable. I The Auckland members of the MZ. Hi tie Association condemn tlu; lleming-ton-Tjao rifio. The iorged despatches on the Bulgarian rpuwtimi haw; been published by consent "f the O/zir. The Sultan of Zanibar has ceded to the IJril.Mii tor fifty years, two hundred miles of coast line. There is acute distress amongst tho London poor. Many families are i-üb-sisting 011 gutter refuse. The Victorian revenue for the past year shows an increase of .tlol)3,()00, principally in tho customs. Amoy in China has been partially destroyed by a terrific explosion of a magazine, with great loss of life. DuriDg her uassage to Dunedin tho ship Turakina lost her chief oilicer and a seaman. The third ullieer was also washed overboard, but was washed on board again. The stolen yacht Malua, has been recovered, with everything lsmv cable thrown overboard. A man named Malmoy has been arrested 011 suspicion of being concerned in the piracy. Immense banks of dense smoke issuing from the large .swamp fires on the Piafco hung over that part of the countiy during" Sunday and Monday last, extending for a length 'of several miles. A "scraps band," comprising an aecordeon, a couple of tin whistles, a jew s harp and a mouth organ, together with a curious exhibition- of dancing, created a considerable amount of diversion m Hamilton Kast 011 New Year's Eve,

A. m ■ -nn<r to organise a swim- i mn« gal w.l be. held m tlie C'.miueici 1 1 li.t,-., i i.tmiiio'.i. to-night. i>iv 0. ji. iiob -rtsoi\ schoolmaster ,l ia, :••!!• Orahuhu, was killed by a (ail 1" m ..is horse on Saturday, whilst lei.tn.ia/i. a Masonic meeting. The lady cricketers of Cambridge have isMiod" or are about to issue a, chall...i"e to the ladies of Hamilton to do battle with the willow. If the event comes "If the. proceeds of the gathering are to be dm oted to the Waikato Hospital fund. Kins Tawhiao is at present visitin" iiis dusky brethren at Maungakawa, where a big meeting is to be held, when he will deliver an address, and endeavour to convert some woo have not been paitieul.uly loyal to him. Malachi Feehan was again brought up before Mr (t. W. Russell. J. 1., on Monday., at Cambridge, for drunkenness, and was sentenced to 11 days, this being his third offence ill six mouths. He was also charged with vagrancy, but was acquitted. A conference of PostmastersGeneral is t'. he held in Sydney in January, to consider the cable qneation. The Cable Company n.-h'y that tiie t-aritl _ will lie increased by Is ,)'er word unless Now Zealand and New H«uth Wales transfer their terminal charges to tiie company. The annual meeting of the parishioners of b. Peters, Hamilton, was held last niffht, and was well attended by members of both sexe-;. Our repuvt of the proceedings is crowded out of this issue, together with our leading article and otlier mutter. We are sorry to have to record the death of another of the old identities of Waikato. On Tuesday morning Mrs Mayes, wife of our fellow townsman Mr Geo. Mayes, pas.-ed quietly away at the good ago of 57. The funeral took place yesterday afternoon, the rites at the gia\o being performed bv the Rev. iuither 1* ox. A painful accident befel Mr W. MiCelling, schoolmaster atTuakau, and eldest son of our respected Town Clerk, at his father's house at Claudelands, on Tuesday morning. He was splitting wood with a bill-hook when he was unfortunate enough to cut his hand, nearly severing one of the fingers. He was taken to 1)r Kenny who dressed the wound in a skilful manner.

The last Government Gazette announces certain changes in the To Arolia Hot Springs Domain Board. r lhe Order-in-Council ot January, 18SI>, appointing the j former ISoard has been revoked, and tin* other order made constituting a new Board, which comprises four of the old members, Messrs Gavin, Wilsou, Ahier and Lipsey, the lifth member being Mr Jno. Ilott. What might have resulted in a serious accident was prevented through the timely assistance of the Mayor of Hamilton i on Monday evening last, by placing a lantern on 'N"o. 1 Bridge. One of the planks about the middle of the bridge had gone through, and as there were a number of piemcers down that void, had it not been for the warning given by the lantern, there is no doubt that some of them would n.>t have returned safely. We regret to learn that the codlin in-"li is again very prevalent in the Cambi idge district. We fear there will be few, if any gardens 111 the neighbourhood of the township* tint will escape this dreadful ~eoiin,'<\ hi the librarian's garden in two days, quite a bushel of apples have fallen ,„m .me small tree, owing to the ravages of the pest. 'i'ha inhabitants of Cambridge made & good beginning of the new year, foi all lhe places of worship were well attended ,m Sunday, the Knglish Church being crowded in the morning and e mifortably nid in the evening. On. both occasions the choir acquitted themselves in a much better manner than they have lately been in the habit of doing. Sydney Taiwhanga M-H.R. says lie has discovered a quicksilver mine in his district, and wishes the Government to supply l>im with " allowances " to enable him to'proceed to Sydney to Hoat a company to work it. This 'cute aboriginal has accjuiivd the true spirit of the New /Cea-und and intends to make the most of his opportunities. The hot weather is fast bringing the grain crops to maturity. In the locality of Cambridge corn harvest will commence next week, when the eaily oats will be ready for cutting. Trie wheat is looking remarkably well, and given fair, weather for harvesting, will prove a good investment, even if the prices should be only three shillings per bushel. We hope to hear of a better price than that being realised, but it all depends on the iMiglish ui:"-.;et. If that is down then doivn goes i Canterbury, and we in Waikato will have to follow suit. . The directors of the Waitoa Gold Mining Company in Christchurch, after "iving due consideration to the. report of Mr Maude, have arrived at tho ('.inclusion that a grus.-. fraud lias been perpetrated. Mr J. 1). Smith has offered to cancel the eontract with the company, ami take hack his 1000 acres sold to them, lie received £-000 in cash from the

company, but staiv that in consccjuonco of the expense* entailed upon him he is actually a loser by £1000. lie proposed to givo a larger test of ttie stuff, [jutting through 100 tons of dirt if the Company would share the expensus. The directors have accepted the above terms, and cancelled tho agreement of pnrchase. Mr Smith is satisfied a fraud has been committed, and has communicated with the police, o(Faring £100 reward for the discovery of the perpetrators. The Cambridge carnival is now a thing of the past, and it is satisfactory to learn that such a substantial amount has been raised for a good cause. It is, however, a pity that so many heart burnings and "jealousies should have arisen out of the atfair ; but it inay be hoped that in a little while people will forget the shortcomings of the management, and remember only the indefatigable zeal displayed, and the aptual hard work done by them. Toe following conundrum was perpetrated the other day by a man who ought to have known better : —" Why was the carnival like an observatory bee-hive':" ".Because there were a .n-oat many sells (cells), and a large number of drones there, and most of the workers were covered with This last stupendous joke alluding, it supposed, to the vellow powder the Japanese ladies pufc on their faces. The leaders, Messrs Lamb and Nev.Tick, of the two portions of tho Cambridge band having grown weary of strife, have buried the hatchet, and are now;, we trust, going to work "harmoniously to- | nether. Now that the lenders have | irateniized, the advice we would ftivfi to ither member* is "Go thou and do | likewise," and let there be a band that will he a credit to the town, instead of a laughm-' stock. We do not vouch for the followbut it was told as ;n good faith. One ■»t the naval officers that visit/id the St. Andrew's fete, was noticed to remain for a e ins-derable time near tho band s and when asked why he did so replied, _ Well St, I have been round a good portion of the globe, and have heard all sorts of bands, but this one beats them all." Mr Geo Mann, of Cambridge, has a piece of ground wilder cultivation that is worth looking at as wiunving what profit can bo mnde from a small patch. Everything in the garden is in good order, ijjld a few chains of onions are ccrtainly the huest wo havo seen, but the specialties of the place are the peas. Mr Mann last year received some Sharpes Triumphs fiom England, and saved the seed for this yoaj- s planting with the most satisfactory result, the acclimatised seed, so to apeak, growing stronger stalks, witn more pods and more in them, than tho imported article. Alongside the Sharpe's Triumphs aro some Webb's Chancellors, and tho resemblance between the two in appearance and avour is very close, but for delicacy of flavour some I'Cniver Corns ear;-y the palm. Viordslev Wonders aro growing nj tome othei «,WS. and also appear a splendid pod, and wheic they have bad a second year in fch& country wjl! no doubt do well. Mi C. • • Wi! on visiting the ground, was so struck with 'the. look of the pciiß that he has pur,4 -,-,.■1 the whole of the rr» v for seed purl.p'v" 'ind there can be no t.iat loc ally-grown seed will piove niore proiilie mikl "row stinger plants m.xu Las ma-lea voyage from the old country. Some little tiru<s S.KO Pastor (Iritt'iths, of the Baptist Tabentociy, Oambrid'o ir.avignratcd a scries of open-iitt' wrvfeos -a S-iturihiy evening ; but. finding that the. larrikin J.;|ne'.it — with an occasional drunk-was most prevalent on those particular evenings, lie up that method of trying to reach tho mas.es, and we think he was wise in doing so, ioi if there is one evening in the week when the genus larrikin gets half-seas-over it is on a Saturday, and at such ,a tfine J|S is anionahle to neither sermon or prayer. Since, Mr CrilHths retired one of his foimet assistants has taken up the work, and has

been endeavouring, for we cannot say lie has succeed.d, to continue the services. He no dou'.it means well, but he fails to .sue that if lie continues there is danger of a disturbance in which he will probably be roughly handled. Last Saturday evening be v.mk jostled about, dust w; B thrown over liini, and every time he attempted to speak he was gueted with all sorts of discordant cries. Now, anyone must have the temper of a •niiit to stand this, and even the iudivid nil in question must have, boon nettled, for he raid "he was there to preach God's word, and if any of them thought they could do it better he would give them a note.' Someone quickly steppsd forward, but the preacher, instead of producing the note, wished Ilium a "happy new year" and departed, followed by a crowd of lads. We trust he will not again appear on a Saturday. If lie must preach let it be on another evening when the larrikins are not so likely to be present. Such disorderly conduct in a public thoroughfare should not be permitted l>y the police.