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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2662, 3 August 1889, Page 2

We would remind our readers of the lecture by the tie v. Mr Garland in the hall at To Awamutu on Monthly evening. We notice that Messrs Coates and Metcalfe are pushing on with the fencing of the reserve recently acquired by them in Hamilton East, for flax-dressing purposes. At a recent meeting of the churchwardens of Auckland and other lay churchmen, it was unanimously agreed to hold a conference of the laymen of the dioce.se some time before the ensuing session of the Diocesan Synod. The following will represent Cambridge in the football match against I e Vw.itimhi on Saturday Full-back : L. Bull Three-quarters : Bull, Wilson (captaiii), tiaily. Half-backs: Dillon, Light, Xonnan. Forwards: McGann (2), 15ox, Arnold, Potterton, Chambers, Fisher and Hannon. Messrs Wi thy and Goldie are so dis»Listed with Parliamentary life that they state they will not seek re-election. Several other members say there can be no hope for the country until the House reforms itself. We have expressed the same opinion more than once. The Eureka (Ohanpo) skating rink was wall attended on Wednesday evening, there being about 40 couples present. 1 jhuing the evening two races were run, which were won by Messrs Aitken and JJelaney. After 10 o'clock dancing was ' commenced and kept up till the wee snwt hours." We remind all interested in the movement that a meeting of S. Peters congregation, Hamilton, will be held after service to-morrow evening, to receive a proposal to form a. Working Mens Society devoted to the spiritual and intellectual interests of all church members in the pai ish. A Musical and Literary Society will be inaugurated at Cambridge on l'ridav, Oth inst., when the Ilev. C. H. Carluiid will deliver his celobrated lecture on " Character." Musical selections will also bo given during the evening. Further particulars will be found in our advertising columns. Mr J. G. Pannell, stationer, &c., Hamilton, has removed his business into the handsome and capacious shop in Thk Waikato Times Building, where ho has his stock very tastefully arranged. 1 lie windows present a showy appearance, and the establishment is a decided ornament to Uie business part of Hamilton. A new goldfield has been discovered at Iviiaotunn, a remote in the Coromandel peuinsula. Several claims arc being worked and fine reefs opened up. A trial crushing of 20 tons from one reef yielded 21oz. l.Sdwt. 18grs., and another lot yielded lOon. retoited gold. There is some stir in mining quurters over the prospects of the new field. There is to ho a plain and fancy dress masquerade at the Acme Kink, m Hie Hamilton Public Hall, on Monday evening. As this class of entertainment has hitherto proved very popular, and as \i.sitors from the rink at Cambridge, Whaiawnata, Ngaruawahia and Ohaupo are expected, there (should bo a bmnper houne. The rink carnival is io be followed by <i dmce.

The imports for the June quarter show a hug.- falling off. being £1,002,848 against £1,132,503.f0r the same period last y.-ar. :

There were only two cases heard ntthaß.M. Court, Cambridge, yesterday, McClelland "and Sweenpy v. Amopibu for £15 14s '.Id, which he was ordered to pay bv instalments of £1 per month, and E. P. Murphy v. Hewitt, in which judgment was civeri for plaintiff for £13 9--, no costs being allowed. The railway traffic returns for the four weeks onding 22nd., June show a falling off.in this riistiict as compared with the same period in 18SS. The Auckland section: Passengers, 1889, 21,404; 1888, 23,521. Parcels, 3440 and 3585. Live Stock, 5,500 and 1i,225. Goods ; iI,4S!) tons and 10,'.)4ri tons. Kevoniio; £i">,822 and £7 82°. The total revenue for the colony in the same period was, 1880", £201,111, and for 1888 £245,.-)S(i. . : . ; We venture to ask if the Postal Department can see its way clear to expend a pound or two in improving the wretched entrance to-the Hamilton Post Office. The doors in the porch are so narrow, and the space to pass in and out so confined, that it is the reverse of comfortable to the public, ii')t to mention the draughty state of the lobby. A little alteration in the construclion would go a long w»y to improve the appearance of the building. Tke difficulty with the natives, who obstructed the fencing contract being Ciirried out, on Mr Grice's land at Maungatntari, has been settled, and they have departed. Mr Hursthouse, Government surveyor, was instructed from Wellington to enquire into the matter, and when he explained it to the Maoris they found they had been wrong and at once left the ground. The trouble arose through a misunderstanding between two hapus. We learn from a return laid before the House that the total number of nominated immigrants who have arrived in the colony during the period from Ist May, 1888,"to 30th April, 1889, was 250. This shows how completely that portion of the public works policy—state-aided immigration—has collapsed. It should have been continued us an important integral dement of the scheme to advanco settlement and provide the colony with strength to bear its finam.ii! burdens without nnequal pres-

The town party have followed close f.n the heels of the country pnity by publishing a counter-manifesto sotting forth their t-ido of the dispute over the quota. There is a great amount of ad capt uidum pleading in the document, und much fencing round the subject. We cannot any that their arguments, are either fovciful or conclusive ; they do not Ois-cstablish the fact that the cities enjoy au exceptional proportion of the repres mtatioii and other advantages which the Dill would not be able to -remote. A correspondent asks :—Sir,—Can you inform mo through your columns, whether a person who signs his name t > a subscription list for a certain amount and subsequently backs out on some paltry excuse, is legally as well as morally liable for tin! sum ho puts his name down for.— Enqiihki:. [There is no legal compulsion in such a case ; but a person who parades his name on a subscription list to appear charitable without any sincerity, incurs toe contempt of his fellow-beings. The mond obligation should be sufficient.—hn. W. 1.1 In to day's issue we publish the nrn'M-iimmc of the entertainment which is to take place on Tuesday, 13th inst, in aid of S. Peter's Sunday-school, Hamilton. The entertainment will consist of tableaux, which will be staged by two ladies who have had great experience, readings by well-known gentlemen, music, and comic s.-ws One of the tableaux was lately produced in Auckland with great success and one of the comic songs is a perfect gem, it is quite new, and has never beon sung in Wiiikato. Those who are taking part are determined to make the affair a success, which they heartily deserve. Wo would remind our readers that the object of the entertainment is a children's benefit.

The split in tlie Cambridge band appears to have been rectified at last, matters now seeming in a fair way towards being satisfactorily settled and we trust tho result will be that the town will have a really good band before long. A meeting was called for Wednesday evening, at which tho members of both the old and new bauds were present, and in addition there were a number of the Borough Council and other influential men of the district. Mr Webber was voted to the chair, and after a few introductory remarks, he was followed by Mr T. Wells, who in a terse speech poured oil upon the troubled waters, and it was agreed—by both sections of tho band—to make the instruments over to the Borough Council, and a deed to that effect, has, we believe, been duly executed. The Council will now appoint a committee of three of the bandsmen who will bo responsible for the safe keeping ot the instruments. On the motion of Mr Wells, seconded by Mr J. Hally, a hearty vote of thanks were accorded to the members of tho old band who had had charge of the instruments, for tho careful manner in which they had been preserved. Tho value of the instruments, &c, is fully £200 ; the music stands alone cost £40 and are amongst the finest of any in New Zealand. A meeting of the members of the bands and others willing to join was afterwards held, at which" officers were appointed and rules passed. Wo sincerely trust that this much vexed question has at last been solved, and that in the future wo shall hear of no more bickering.

Hearing so offcen of the great success of Dr. Wilkins, of Auckland, in curing diseases without the aid of medicine s , a representative of this ournal called at the consulting rooms for an interview. The doctor was formerly in Melbourne, where he had a splendid practice, but the consequent mental and bodily strain, together with the heat of the summer weather, caused his health to give way and ho had to leave the great city of the colonies. Finding that Auckland had a most salubrious climate, ho decided, as soon as tlie state of his health permitted, to resume the practice of his profession thore. Dr. Wilkins, in his treatment of patients, eschews medicines as much as possible, following the method of fiolati IW. Kirk of Edinburgh and Sinedley's system, with, however, such modifications as his own experience and tho most cirefnl study of each case, render advisable. Medicines, he coiisidnis are m;t only iinliflcessjry in eighteen caws out of twenty, but are positively injurious to the constitution. Instead of medicines, Dr Wilkins usps the different kinds of electiicity, galvanism &c, also hot air, vapor and medicated baths, and finds that he can cure all cane*, which aro curable by human skill, more quickly, more pleasantly, n>ore permanently, and at less cost t.i the patient, than by the old-fashioned physicing plan. At the' Doctor's consulting rooms there are (wine most beautiful electrical instruments, embodying the latest discoveries of English and French scientists. In cases of nervous debility and chronic pains, lie finds the i electrical treatment quite effectual.

Writes "Civis" in the OSago Daily Times : — Apropos of " rings," " corners," and monopolies generally, what about the extraordinary evolutions being performed just now by certain vessels (if the Union Steam Ship Company's fleet? Two boats owned in Sydney have lately intruded into the U.S.S. presarves—the Centennial and the Dupleix. Marvellous to relate, whenever the Centennial arrives anywhere, the U.S.S. boat Ringarooma arrives also ; as long as the Centennial stops the Ringaromna stupe; when the former departs the Ringarooma departs, and always for the same place. These phenomena aro invariable ; you may verify them any week in the shipping column. It is the most remarkable case of maritime synchronism on record. A similarly mysterious bond of union exists between the Dupleix and the Hauroto, in short each of the Sydney boats is shadowed night nud day, in port and at sea, by a boat from Dunedin. This kind of thing must tend to grow monotonous one would think ; there have been periods in the world's history when it would have grown considerably dangerous. On some rather dark night tho Centennial—purely by misadventure— would havo rammed tho Rinsarooma and sent her to the bottom ; and by a similar accident would have broken the sweet companionship of the Dupleix and Hauroto. Owing to the general softening of manners, and consequent improvement in the code of maritime ethics, this kind of carnality is out of the question. We shall be permitted, thereto™, to watch this peaceable ocean quadrille, and see how 0110 shipping company can ruin another in u legal, humane, and Christian kind of way—all in the public interest, of course, and from an unaffected desire to promote low. freights and cheap fares.

Mr W. J, Hunter will hold a sale at Cambridge to-'Jay.