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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2521, 6 September 1888, Page 2

Not a single paper in the colony has a pood word to say for the lute session.

A Chinaman in Dunedin, named Lee Mon Ling, has hung himself.

Mr E. Hope has been appointed assessor under the Property-tax for the districts of Tamahere and Rangiriri, in the Waikato County.

The drought in New South Wales has terminated, and rains have fallen generally throughout the country districts. Is this a proof of the efficacy of prayer ?

As a consequence of the rise in the price of flour £1 10s per ton within the last ten days, the bakers of Cambridge have raised the price of the 2!b loaf to 3id.

The quarterly meeting of the Hamilton Licensing Commissioners was held yesterday. The police report was favourable in each case, and transfers were granted in respect of the Commercial, Waikato, and Royal Hotels.

Mr Bell will move at the next meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council: " That all street lanip3 be abolished except three on the traffic bridge, and two in the neighbourhood of the bridge, aui one at the orick culvert in Hood-street.

Frozen meat first appeared in New Zealand returns of 1882, and such has been the progress the industry has made in the interval that it is calculated that during the year 1888 New Zealand will send away fully 1,000,000 carcases of sheep.

Nominations for three vacancies in the Cambridge Borough Council close at noon to-day. Messrs Gillett and Webber, two of the retiring councillors will most probably be re-elected. Mr D, Richardson, the third retiring councillor, does not intend to stand affair).

Mr W. Cussen, who proceeded to Mercury Bay to search for his missing relative, Mr VV. Cumminsc, has abandoned all hopes of tinding him. Strong parties scoured tbo country daily, without discovering auy of him, and it I** supposed that the miasicg man must hare fallen down one of the many shafts that abound in that Jocality,

An adjourned meeting of S. Peter' 3 Church Society will be held in the Waikato Times Buildings this afternoon at four o'clock.

Mr Evans, of Hamilton, was the successful tenderer for the erection of tlio refuge and fever ward for the Waikato Hospital Board.

The Cambridge postmaster announces that the English mail, via Sail Francisco, will close on Saturday next at 7.30 a.m., and the receiving box at Popple's corner will be cleared at 8 p.m. on Friday.

The well known stallion Parthenopceiu, now the property of Mr N. I. Hunt, is announced to stand this season. This tine animal is a general favourite, and is a sure foal-getter. His progeny by light draught mares have been described by connoisseurs as most suitable for the Indian market and cavalry remounts.

A Wellington man, whose wife presented him with twins a few days ago, was so delighted that he wrote to the llovernor, offering to present liiin with one of them as a proof of undying loyalty to the representative of Her Majesty. The Governor regretted that, owing to retrenchment, circumstances would net permit of an addition to the household.

The anniversary services in connection with S. Andrew's, Cambridge, were continued on Sunday, the choral arrangements being the same as on Friday. Veil. Archdeacon Willis preached the sermon at both the morning and evening services. There was a fair attendance, and the offertory, which was for the ordinary church fund, amounted to A3 7s od.

At the next meeting of the Hamilton Domain Board on 11th instant, Mr Knox is to move : " That resolution No. 8, of the 20th .December, 1880, re cattle being permitted to graze in the Lake reserve be rescinded. Also, that resolution No. lof 24th July last, deciding to offer Lots 9 and 10 domain lands West, for 14 years lease at 7s Cd per acre per annum be rescinded.

The Wellington Harbour Board is blamed for not sending assistance to the Colonibfc after she was signalled as flying the flag of distress. The Harbour Master states that immediately on receipt of the news he despatched the Australia to render assistance. When the Australia reached the spot the vessel had broken up, and nothing could be seen but wreckage.

When the body of the late Captain Bailey, of the wrecked schooner, Colonist, was received at his hoine-in New Plymouth, Mr Dickey and Father Cassidy looking through the glass case in the coffin, were horrified at what they imagined were the eyes of the corpse opening and closing. The body was taken out, and for an hour attempts were made to resuscitate it, although the deceased had been drowned five days.

The following team has been selected to'represent Hamilton in the boys' match against Cambridge next Saturday : —J. Tidd (captain), Gaudin (2), Murray, Proctor, Wright, Johnson, Gillett, McPherBon, Williamson, Parr, Oldham, Winter, Clarkin and Vincent. Emergencies: W. Kelly, T. Tidd and Neilson. In consequence of the match, Cambridge v. Ohaupo, at three o'clock, it has been decided to start the boys' match at 1 o'clock.

There was a full muster of the Hamilton Light Infantry at their ordinary drill on Tuesday evening, about GO of all ranks being present, under Captain Reid, Lieuts. Edgecumbe and Kirk. The manual and other exercises were gone through creditably, and several company movements were also practised. Colonel Shepherd has signified his intention of inspecting the Company on Tuesday, ISth.

The following was the verdict of the jury yesterday on the death of William Wishart, and deserves to be enrolled as a literary curiosity : —"That the said William Wishart being a person subject to fits was on Wednesday morning the sth day of September 1888 while walking in Hamilton East seized with a fit from which there being no assistance near he did die and not otherwise."

The proprietor of a drapery establishment at Wellington recently accused one of his shop hands with having a missing umbrella in his possession and obtained a search warrant against him. The evidence showed that the umbrella had been purchased at a clothing establishment in Wellington. No evidence was called b.y defendant, who paid £25 into court as ample compensation. After twenty minutes' discussion the jury returned a verdict for £000, costs being fixed according to scale.

A contemporary states that the remains of a fortified pah with stone implements havo boon bared at Northern Wairoa by windß blowing away drift sands with which they had boon bnrinrl. There was evidence that a large kauri forest had grown over the site after the burial of the pah* which had died and disappeared, leaving only the gum in the soil. Mr John Harding, who recently read a paper descriptive of thisfind, is of opinion that it was the work of a nice who occupied New Zealand prior to the arrival of the Maoris.

"General" Booth, made some remarkable statements the other evening in the City Temple. Among other things ho said that when he sent his "captains" to New Zealand they had 20s when they landed, and began operations immediately, and at the end of twelve months they had an income of £10,000 a year. In one week he had lO.j young men and women offer themselves to go as missionaries anywhere, with no guarantee of salary. Give him the use of the meanest building in London —he did not care how degraded the neighbourhood—and after a month ha would have the meetings full and paying their own expenses.

The London correspondent of a contemporary writes : —I have seen and heard many curious affairs on the subject ot collection boxes and plates at churches ; but a story which reached me yesterday from Manchester takes the cake. There is in that town of smoke, cotton, and umbrellas a Scr.tch National Church, of which Mr John Carswell is the head man. This gentleman was fined £1 and costs the other day for assaulting a female member of his congregation by striking her on the head with the collection box because she refused to put any money in it. It was a case of your money or your life with that muscular Christian.

At the meeting of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board yesterday, a discussion arose on the severe sickness amongst the natives at Whatawhata, which is causing great mortality there. Mr McDonald said that he had noticed a tangi was being held as he rode passed that settlement and concluded that another death had occurred. The Board were of the opinion some immediate action should be taken by the Government to furnish the unfortunate people with medical attendanca and relief, and it was decided to telegraph to the Native Minister on the subject at once. The members were unaminous in the opinion that shameful neglect was displayed in the matter.

The following method for using disinfectants in apartmontsis recommended by the faculty in cases of diphtheria, &c. Saucers containing calx powder, or chloride of lime, may be set about in different parts of a room to produce a mild disinfecting or deodorising action. The material should be renewed every two or three hours. If the room is occupied, acid cannot well be added to the chloride of lime, or the air would soon be rendered unendurable by reason of the chlorine disengaged. A certain amount of disinfection may be effected by suspending in the room cloths saturated with a mixture of carbolic acid and camphor, or cloths dipped in solutions of salts or of perchloride of iron may be hung around in the same manner. .

Mr Samuel Alford was buried in the Cambridge Cemetery on Tuesday afternoon last, by the Rev. G. O. Griffiths, pastor of the Baptist Church, assisted by the Rev. Wm. Evans (Presbyterian). Mr Alford was not a member of the Wesleyan denomination, but was the oldest member of the Baptist Church, Cambridge, retaining his membership till his death. Ho was always willing to help any other denomination as a local preacher. As he held views in a measure similar to the Church of Christ, he lias preached occasionally for that denomination in Hamilton. The cortege was a large and representative one. His funeral sermon will be preached at the Tabernacle next Sunday evening.

Mr Gillies, the Victorian Premier, had a somewhat unfortunate experience in the Exhibition last week. He was inspecting the model dairy, when the lid of the churn flew off. I'atti, the paper says, bathes in milk to preserve her complexion, but, however beneficial that may be, a shower bath of oreain whan one is fully dressed in frock coat and shining silk hat is oertainiy not a luxury. " liabet !'' ax-

claimed the Chief Secretary, wifc'n a grin, and truly he had it, for poor Mr liilhei was tiunied piebald and creamy. " Another

surplus," remarked a bye-stander, "but not a case of Budget this time." And truly it was not, for the creamy overflow made Mr Gillies not only budge but actually turn tail, and he disappeared to be scraped down, spotted like a zebra. —Melbourno Correspondent.

In the House of Commons lately, Mr Tapling asked whether the Government intend to persevere in their scheme of dairy schools; whether the attention of the Government had been drawn to the exceptional claims of the c»unty of Leicester as a great grazing county in a very central position, and, whether the Government will consent to the principal dairy school being established in the connty of Leicester.— Lord Lewisham, in reply, stated that, as had already been explained, the Government had not come to any decision upon this point, but they had made a grant of fJoOOO, in the present year, in aid of dairy and agricultural schools. If any such school had been established in the current year, and if an application by such school* for a grant in aid was made, it would bo considered.

The Australasian and South American says ?—Great Britain's latest acquisitions in the Pacific Ocean are not the barren rocks the world was at first led to believe. Penrhyn, the most important of the three islands annexed, is thirty-five miles in circumference, and, in addition to possessing a fine, safe natural harbour, exports beche-de-mer in considerable quantities, and is capable of supporting quite a large population. Fanning and Christinas Islands have yielded immense of guano, but are now used chiefly as coaling stations. The first named is immediately on the route followed by vessels crossing the Pacific from Australasia to Central America, and will prove of considerable importance should the Isthmus be pierced ; the last two arc located about equal distant between the Samoan, Hawaiian, and Society Islands.

The suggested substitution of the lash from prison treatment and comforts is being pretty generally endorsed. The Christchurcli Telegraph, referring to the subject, says : —There is no doubt but that upon the score of cheapness the change suggested has much to recommend it. Large stone buildings cost money, and the maintenance of an expensive staff of prison officials makes desperate inroads upon the resources of an impoverished Treasury. On the other hand, the appliances for corporal punishment would cost next to nothing. Indeed, they might cost nothing at all. A good stout pliant supplejack, vigorously wielded by a strong hand, would, when applied to the back of an offender, awaken the moral sense ill him just as well, or better, than the finest whip that the best, saddler ever turned out. Of course the wielder of the rod would work for nothing, for e.ery good citizen would recognise it as a duty and a pleasure to whip a rascal.

Rumours have been afloat for some time that a change was likely to take place in tho firm of Messrs John Houghton and Sons, and this week it is made public that they have felt it necessary, owing to the pressure of the times, to make an assignment to their creditors. Messrs Houghton, Senr., and Mr 1?. Houghton were in Auckland last week, and arranged tho matter, meeting with every consideration, and expression of sympathy that a firm so long established and well-known for their upright dealings should find themselves compelled, in fairness to their creditors and themselves, to take such a position. It is understood that the three partners intend leaving the district, Mr Houghton, senr., and Mr Fred Houghton going to Auckland, while Mr John Houghton, junr., to start farming. This will be a loss to the district, especially to the Baptist community, as the three gentlemen were among the most prominent supporters of that Church. Much sympathy is publicly expressed for the firm, and wherever the partners may go, they will carry with them the respcct and good wishes of the majority of the Cambridge people. _ The monthly meeting of the Pollok Mutual Improvement Glass was held on Wednesday evening, August 22. A good programme was gone through, consisting of five songs, two recitations, six leadings and two essays. Master James McLearn Clark recited a piece entitled "What is Noble?" He did it very well, considering it was his first attempt in public. A very fine essay on "The Songs of Ireland" was given. ,T. S. Clark gave an essay on " The Spanish Armada." A second essay on "The New Zealand Civil Service " was given by A. Clark. He commenced by saying:—"This fine colony of New Zealand is about to be ruined by men who have been entrusted by the people, under certain conditions, to manage the affairs of State —men who were tilling the air, the newspapers and the people's ears with pledges and promises only a few months ago to retrench and abolish all evils and growing evils which are weighing down the settlers and other taxpayers with a burden of taxation, which is getting so heavy that they will soon not be able to bear it-. There are only a small minority in Wellingt-m at present of the members of the House of Representatives who appear to be honest men, and doing what thay can for the good of the people, against a majority who appear to have trampled under foot their pledges and promises ; such men have been for a length of time misapplying large sums of money belonging to the people, and tens of thousands of acres of tho best, land of the colony, appropriating them, directly or indirectly, to their own aggrandisement." The essayist next detailed some startling accounts of the reckless extravagance going on at Wellington with public money, tho excessive number of officials, the preposterous pensions paid annually to retiring ollicials, &c., and said that similar ongoings were the precursors of the civil war in England during the reign in England during the reign of Charles I. and of the revolution in France during the reign of Louis XVI. Mr James Joseph Niblock, a visitor from Auckland, who was admitted to the class as an honorary member, 'proposed a cordial vote of thanks to the followingtnembers of tho House of Representatives, namely, Messrs R. Thompson, Monk, Goldie, Withy and Taylor, for their honest, upright conduct in the House in doing their best to put a stop to the downright dishonesty in plundering the public money in Wellington, which was carried with animated acclamation. Mr Niblock also proposed a cordial N vote of thanks, and trusted it would be responded to by the people of New Zealand, to the editor of the Wairarapa Times, to the editor of the New Zealand Herald, and to the oditor of The Waikato Times, for their straightforward articles denouncing the ruinous extravagance in the Hwuse of Representatives at Wellington, opening to daylight the dishonest deeds going on with, the people's money. The motion was carried by acclamation, and the meeting separated. —(Herald correspondent).