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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2608, 30 March 1889, Page 2

A coal syndicate has been projected in London, witli a capital of £100,000,000. The anniversary of tlie Hamilton Light Infantry will be celebrated by a ball on Tuesday, April 16th. The Associated Chambers of Commerce in England have expressed sympathy with Imperial Federation. Nine millions of sheep and two hundred thousand head of cattle were New South Wales' loss by the late drought. We are informed that it has been decided at Distiict Headquarters to hold the Volunteer Easter Encampment at Hamilton. Surely it was shipping coals to Newcastle when we find for the week ending 9th March 500 bags of wheat wore shipped from Melbourne to Now Zealand. Capt. Hand, of H.M-S Royalist, who has taken a run ashore, was in Hamilton on Thursday and proceeded thence to Te Aroha, returning to Auckland yesterday. The natives at the great Orakei meeting should feel highly honoured. No lass than four Cabinet Ministers were in attendance on Thursday and took part in the proceedings. A Rangitikei paper says that Mr James Oomnbe, of Fern Flat, has had a magnificent yield of grain this season. He has threshed S3 buslmls of barley to the acre, 015 bushels of wheat, and 70 bushel* of oats,. The first competition tor the medal presented to the Hamilton Light Infantry by Mr John Endcan takes place r.n Saturday next. A meeting of the Shooting Committee to arrange preliminaries will be held this evening in the orderly room, at half-past 7 o'clock. The gross receipts of the late Garden Fete that was he[d in Major Wilson's gronnds, Cambridge, in aid of St. Andrew's Church funds, were £07 14r ; and the expenditure was £10 2s 6d, leaving a net profit of £51 11s (id, which will, in a measure, relieve the vestry of some of their more pressing engagements. The amount would have been greater, had it not been for the two adjournments, which necessitated a little extra expense. Mr Knoxhas given notice to move at the next meeting of tho Hamilton Domain Board, on 2Gth March, "That roaolntionNo. 13 of the 27th of Nnve-nhisr last re Lots 19 and 20 being left open fur grazing cattle and horses be rescinded. Also, to move "That resolution No. 5 of tho 10th January, 1888, re hour of meeting be rescinded, and that tin; Board meet at 3 p.m. instead of 7.30. p.m." The old Wesleyan mission station at Raglan, which was built some thirty five years ago, was destroyed by (ire on Wednesday evening, between four and five p.m. The house was occupied by Mr Sewe.ll, who runs a flax-mill close by, and he lost nearly all his furniture, together wiHi a lot of plans and several surveying instruments, including a theodolite and a level. The lire was caused by sparks from gorse which whs set on (ire by some Maoris, or rabbiters who put a'match into the scrub surrounding tho house. We would direct the attention of our readers to the announcement in our adverting columns, that the Rev. J. S. Rishworth is to preach farewell sermons on Sunday next, at S. Paul's Wesleyan Church, Cambridge. Air Rishworth has had charge of the Cambridge Circuit for the last three years, and has, during the period, commended himself fis an able preacher and a faithful friend and pastor of his people. He shortly proceeds to the Manakau Circuit, where he was appointed by the last Conference. To the Editor.—Sir,—You will oblige mo by answering the following question in your .Saturday's paper :— hat is the amount the dog-registrar can claim fora rabbit dog ''. It certainly seems vory nnju.-t if a man should have to p'iy 5s for a useful animal that keeps his master's place from being destroyed, when a useless cur nearly costs the same. My dog catches a large quantity yearly, of both rabbits and hares. Hurry for troubling you.—l am, etc., An EnQUIHBIt. [The Waipa County Council fixed a fee of Is for rabbit dogs, if registered within a certain time. It is now beyond that time, and the registrars must charge; us per collar.—Ed. W. T. | It is only three weeks to-day since the lamentable tire iii Duke-street, Cambridge, occurred, and yet this very day Mr J. S. Bond opens his now store on the site of his old one. His shop > 3 :j 9 feet '" n(? and has every convenience for his trade, and adjoining it is :i room in which he has bis "Atlas" printing machine, guillotine, and imposing surface. The type setting will also be dono in this room. The printing press is placed iu a shed outside, being too largo to bo worked conveniently inside. The building is of iron, but when painted will have a much better appearance than at present. We trust we shall soun see someone following Mr Bond's lead, and make tho street look more as of old. Two foreigners, were in Hamilton on Thursday, having come up from Auckland to see tho three sections ot Crown Lauds ueav Hamilton East which we mentioned in a recent leading article as being open for selection. Tho men were sent up to view the land on the recommendation of the Crown Lands Office iu Auckland. It also happened that another party came to Hamilton on the same day and called on us with reference to the same sections, having been attracted to them by our remarks. On enquiry it was found by all parties that the three sections referred to were sold three months ago. It seems a very odd thing that land already disposed of should bo retained on the list of land still open for selection, thus misleading enquirers, and also that the Land Office itself should send people all tho way into tho Waikato on a wild goose chase. Surely, the officials, at least, should have known these sections had been long sold. In this way the information oLfainable at the Land Office and Crown Lands Guido is very misleading. It would bo a good plan to keep a list of lands open for selection placed in conspicuous places at country post offices, and tho postmasters be advised, from time to time, to mark out all that are disposed of. As regards the two foreigners, thoy should have a claim on the Department for the expenses of their futile trip to the Waikato. MrH- Stewart, photographer, of Cambridge, has just turned out some remaikably fino specimens of photographic art, which do him great credit. That ho is not afraid to compote with the Auckland fraternity, is clearly demonstrated, for he has paid the city a visit, aud has taken several views of it, which we have not seeu excelled, even by the local photographers, although they can choose their own lime for taking the negatives, when the atmosphere is clear. Like newspaper reporters, photogrophers should be ever "on the job. . That Mr Stewart ie so, is evidonecd by an excellent photo of Duke-street, that was taken almost before the (ire had ceased burning s and also by a most comic one that was taken in tho King Country. The latter picture represents an enraged man cook who has a potato masher in one Jmud, while with the other ho has seized his diminutive scullion by the hair of his head and is, apparently, about b> administer a sound thrashing, because the latter has broken a plate while getting some dough out of a camp oven, Mr Stewart was at Poro-o-tarau, where Mr Ellia has an accomodation house, aud hi? witnessed this little episode between Halletc, tho cook and tho scullion, who is known ae "The Little Wonder," and having his camera ready charged, took them io the act.

We have been informed on very creditable authority that the butter that Mr Me.'idows said was tho best ho had ever tasted—to which we referred in our last issuo—was manufactured by Messrs Reynold's and Co., who draw the greater portion of their supply from Waikato. Well done Waikato!

In the course of a speech to the natives assembled at Orakei, the AttorneyGeneral, Sir F. Whitaker, said :—Them are two thinpp the Government must always insist on, namely, that before Crown grants were given to the natives for their lands, th". Government must be satisfied that they were givinc the grants to the right people. Thoy had passed laws to ascertain this. The other indispensible point was that the lands should be properly defined before giving a Crown grant, so that there could be no question about one mau encroaching on another. In order to ascertain these two things the Native Land Court and the Survey OlHce had been established. The Government were not wedded to these modes of dealing with the land. They would be content t« use any other equally-effective mode. It was said, " let the Maoris arrange these things among themselves." They were welcome to do so it they wished. The Government only wanted to be satisfied that they gave the Crown grant to tho right person, and that the land was properly dufiiiod. If the Maoris could show any convenient way by which this could be done the Government would consider it, aud if reasonable they would adopt it. The Assembly would meet attain in two or three months, and if the natives brought forward any reasonable proposition ho was suro it would be listened to with attention, and if reasonable it would be granted.