The Piako County Council will meet at ?i!orrinsvi!ie mi .Friday next. Par men; are "warned to prepare for a rbange "f weather; the glass U ' ' :eg fast. l-'resh troubles are threatened in Zuiuland. A British force has been despatched there. Is is denied that the Porte lias recommended t'rince Ferdinand to abdicate the Bulgarian throne. New South Wales has abandoned the proposal to assume the name of "Australia " and to erect a State House. The Hamilton Sports Committee htfl no <ui Saturday last, not enough mai;;be>'s nut in an appearance. A dense fog prevailed over the crreater part of the. United KiiiG<Joi;.l on Thursday, seriously impeding general trahic. General sas Aloula, witli a strong force of Abyssh;i„i:s, has arrived at I!hinda, and is preparing t<; make an ,iliac!-:, The friends of Mr Skeates, for-: merly of Hamilton, yiil be "i ieyed to hear ■ of the death by drowning m Ron William., idiiM; bathing at >>.y '-'iyrannUi. Tit-? yries-3 obtain?! for frui# at [ the Cambridge ; ;i •- i-i, i.a,':iri.|ay we,re very ; low. i'lum-, !.W ; apt-V-i Vvi loaches, id : jhi r pound. This i-: a kul b -ginning. j Mr Allan McGaire, contractor of ; Auckland, has secured the. contract for the • ']> Av reclamation ia the i>ric<) be:npr Nib Jaeofcsen, forjtfc* Border of a countryioiiu naniei.f Mats at • Little l<i\or. Caritei-hurV, «n OctnW' Jrfl, h is b>o'n scMeiif-'d to penal servitude .for life.
New Z'-ahm I five per cents tire n<»w (iti'.iU'd at, .i'LOl, and inscriboJ flock at f M. Ia our next will appear an interletter on u To Awaomtu orchard, for which we have not space in this issue. A Lit*; telegram states that the WIH.I trades in the Uuitud Stales have petitioned tl mgross t ; > increase the duty on wool and wonllen j,''»id.s. Tlis Fijian Times reports a queer cise of attempted A l'elyii!•:ia;> labomei 'vent to a l»ca 1 tnxicol»l}ist, and "ll'ered him £10 to poison the messenger at the N.Z.ii. and M.A Coy.'a office. Yesterday morning seemed to have been iMiisiilered the, proper time 'to ceuaieni.-e harvest ojjeratiitns round CarnbiTbie, as reapers and binders were to be lie iitl in all directions. The " Star" says that Bishop C evie. went a way from Auckland leaving behind him the purse uf 000 .sovereigns presented lo him by the laity of his diocese. It will be sent Heme after him. The Cambridge Tennis Club inI ti-nd li.il.'iiit« ano',her Indies' tournament. Tlie former one was a eat -success and since that time several of the fair sex have greatly iinpnued. In view of the near retirement of Sir [■'. !>. lie,ll from the Afrent-tieneralship, the Wellington 'press are circulating a rumota- that Major Atkinson will appoint himself as successor to the post. We doubt it! By advertisement in another c tiumn it will bo seen that the Waikato Horticultural Society will hold its next annual show at Hamilton on the 17th March. The schedule and conditions are given in the advertisement. The two Auckland cyclists, Messrs liuchanan and Walker, on a,n overland trip to Wellington, arrived in Hamilton on Sunday. Mr Walker had the misfortune to break his machine when at Xtfaruawahia, and remains here till the arrival of another from Auckland. The Rotorua natives have caught tlie *' nnemploye'J " notion, but they roFuse to accept work olt'ered by the Government for -Is per diem. It would lie a difficult matter to persuade the aboriginal mind that there are any circumstance.! under which a day's labour' should only receive half a day's pay. There was an unusually large number of passengers by the train from Canibi idge, yesterday, it being the last day on which excursion tickets were .available. A large number of townspeople assembled to bid farewell to Mr John Cwynneth, C.K., late Mayor of the borough, who took his departure en route for Queensland. Mr (rwviineth leaves Cambridge with the heartiest good wishes for his welfare from a large circle of acquaintances, and it is hoped that he will be happy and successful in his new sphere of action. A boat accident that might have terminated with more serious results, occurred on Sunday morning last, in _the Waikato Kivcr, near the Hamilton West Math, the victims being two lads named O iick and Avey, about lii years of age. The two boys were out for a row, when by some means or other the boat capsized, throwing them both into the water ; but, as they had no bouts on, having pulled them off a short biifore, they managed to snvo_ themselves from being drowned, the only loss being a few things from thu boat.
The s-s. Waikato was successfully lannehed at Xgaruawahia, oil Saturday afternoon, in the presence of numerous residents, and a multitude of youngsters. The Waikato Con! and Shipping Company h;iv« spoilt about tMOO in placing the " Waikato'' in a thorough state of repair, and making tier as £ood as a, new vessel. They intend placing her in their coal trade at Huntly. Messrs Melville and Coy. of Auckland, who were the lo\jv-st tenderers for the work, have nearily completed their contract, in a manner which reflects the greatest creelit on Ferrets have been found to be no match for the rabbits on the (itematata run. At a special meeting of the Oamaru Harbour Hoard, Mr Parson, writing on behalf of Messrs Teschem.iker and Ritchie, stated that "ferrets had been turned out on Ofcematata many years ago, and for .some time they appeared to keep the rabbits in check, biif, latterly the rabbits obtaiuod the supremacy, and this last winter the ferrets appear to'have taken to eating the poisoned rabbits, as they have been found dead all the run. So, in the face of this, it would be a waste of money to turn out ferrets there/' He pointed out that the turning out of stoats and weasles would be of no use to the present tenants, whose lease expires iu throe years, and ho therefore suggested that a bonus should be paid on the skins. In connection with the recommendation from the Waikato Hospital Board to the various churches in Waikato to set aside, one Sunday collection on behalf of the funds of the Hospital, we are authorised to state that Mr George A'dridge, the well-known biblical student is prepared to give a lecture during the next few days, say on Thursday or Friday evening next, the proceeds to be devoted to the aforesaid objec. Mr Aldridge is a first-class lectupcr, and his exposition upon some of the prophetical writings are most ably dealt- witl) and would, we are sure, be listened to with great attention by his audience. Mr Graham, the chairman of the Hospital Board, is unfortunately away, but some other member of the Board should take the matter in hand and avail themselves of Mr Aldridge's offer, as a good attendance of the public may safely be reckoned upon. The natives have been imitating their Kuropean brethren in the _ matter of making laws and appointing magistrate: to administer them. Those who profuss allegiance to them cite their neighbours before their courts for real or i magiuary griiivaijtes. 'j?lip result is trouble iu Maoridmn. These self-constituted dispensers of justice (?) carry matters with a high hand, and send their poligeip.en to levy the tines on those against whom judgment is given, regardless as to whether they acknowledge the new laws or not. If this state of things continues it will be a good thing for the lawyers, for the aggrieved person;; will appeal to the European law for protection. Like the ancient Ilonians, they have found oat ti;ai " the rigour of the law is the height of oppression/' for trouble has alreadv aiiseu. A native told i;;o the policemen were in receipt of seven shillings per day. Sergeants have been appointed to take charge of the men ; some of the former, by liio way, through their moral obliquity have been maiio acquainted with the procedure of Knglish law. A hazy idea of the laws relating to meuin and tnnni is not the best qualification for the position of ai) administrator of law and order, l'erhaps the natives may have learned to apply the old adage, " .Stat a thief to catch a thief." As long as tliey are satisfied mnong themselves to abide by the new law_ it w right enough perhaps, but if any object the lawgivers will I;ml to their cost that the native will not be allowed to override the European iaw.—(Te Awaniutu correspondent.)
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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2421, 17 January 1888, Page 2
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