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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2668, 17 August 1889, Page 2

A Money Order office has been opened at Miranda. The cable is still interrupted. The s.s. I-lauroto, from Sydney, brought a batch of cablegrams from the Press Association. We are sorry to see that Mr Adam Laybourn, produce merchant of Auckland, has been obliged to succumb to the exigencies of the times. The latest reports from Samoa show that 30,000 human beings are in a state of semi-starvation, and that further assistance is urgently needed. The manager of the Acme Skating Rink advertises the opening of the second term. The rink will be held at the usual hour on Wednesday evening next. Section 192 A, Block X, 7a- 2r. Op., and Section 192, oa. Or. 5p., in the parish of Ngaroto, are permanently reserved for a cemetery and school site, respectively. Mr E. T. Connolly, solicitor, of Blenheim, and formerly Attorney-General, has been appointed to the vacant judgeship, caused by the death of Judgo Gillies. lie has left for Wellington, to be sworn in. Owing to the inclemency of the weather on Tuesday, the Rev. G. (). Griffiths, of Cambridge, was unable to deliver his lecture, at Tamvhare. At the suggestion of several residents, it has been postponed for a month. The opening chapters of a short original tale, entitled "Evelyn Mossle.y's Lover," by Mrs W. Rattray, are published in our Supplement to-day, together with the second article on " Loudon Pride " by Mr James Greenwood. The annual meeting of the South Auckland Racing Club will be held on Saturday evening next in The Waikato Times buildings, when the annual balancesheet will be submitted, and a committee elected for the ensuing year. We are pleased to notice an improvement in the railway carriages now used upon the Cambridge branch line. Tho passenger part of the train now consists of one large bogie-carriage, which is divided into four compartments. For pure wanton mischief commend us to the larrikins of Cainbridce West, some of whom lately visited Mr Hyatt, senior's, apiary during the night and turned several of the hives of bees upside down. We sincerely trust the little insects were wide-awake enough to leave their well-known "trade marks" upon tho scamps. Mr Booth, the suecessful tenderer for the drainage work at Lockerbie, has lost no time in makings start upon the job. On Tuesday last he had a number of men at work clearing up the out ; fall drain. When the weather gets a little more settled he will bo able to find work for forty or fifty hands. It will be seen by advertisement in another column that the Hamilton Choral Society will commence rehearsals for their Christmas concert on Wednesday next. All members are expected to attend. and are requested to do their best to strengthen the chorus by inducing others to join. We again call the attention of our readers to the programme of S. Peter's Sunday-School variety entertainment which comes off next Tuesday. Readings, recitations, songs, instrumental music and tableaux will be given ensuring the public a pleasant evening; they will havn the double pleasure of receiving amusement and assisting a most worthy work. The tableaux will have the benefit of limelight and will not be the least attractive items of the programme. At a meeting held yesterday afternoon to consider what steps should be taken to celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the settlement of the town of Hamilton, the following gentlemen were appointed a committee, and will meet this evening in The Waikato Times buildings to arrange a programme His Worship the Mayor, Messrs Knox, Edgecumbe, Cassidy, Tippen, Pearson, Crosbie, von Sturmer, A. Primrose, B. Coleman, W. .Tones, T. G. Sandes, Barton, Dr. Carey, and Capts. McPherson and Steele. As another instance of the progrefs of Te Aroha, and the splendid farming districts surrounding that centre, we have much pleasure in drawing attention to the announcement in Mr J. McNicol's column, intimating that he has oDened a : branch of his business in that town, in charge of Mr (t. F. McCullagh. Mr McNicol's qualification as an auctioneer and business man will no doubt be as much appreciated in the Te Aroha as in the Waikato districts. A fine young man, named Andrew Hill, died in tho Waikato Hospital, on Wednesday last, of inflamation of the lungs. He had been in the employ of Mr Clements, of Tauwhare, for some years, and won general respect for his steady habits, sympathy with those in need of help, and his ready assistance in local movements. His early death is much regretted, and great sympathy is felt for those he has left to mourn his loss. The deceased was 25 years of age, and a son of Mr F. Hill, of Taupiri.

The Clerk of the House ot Representatives has forwarded the fwllowinp to Mr T. Wells, of Cambridge, in anstver to a petition praying that the fines recently inflicted upon a number of Cambridge individuals for having un-customed tobacco in their possession might be remitted : "The excess of fines and costs over expenses incurred in securing convictions should be remitted, and the Government recommended to amend the law so that the settlers of locally ■ grown un-customed tobacco may be equally liable _ to fine with purchasers of same." This is merely the recommendation of the committee of the House appointed to consider public petitions, but doubtless it will be agreed to by the Government. We believe the amount paid was £22 10s, and the costs were £15 ; the amount to be refunded will, therefore, be £7 10s,

In future the Crown Lands Board, Auckland, will meet at 10 a.m. instead of 2 p.m., on Thursdays, every three weeks. Mr J. T. Home, of the Central St ire Hamilton, has on view a of oleographs, which are meeting with a ready sale. They comprise landscapes, sketches, and sacred prints, and aro sold remarkably cheap, a fact which counts for a great deal these times. Tho pictures aro well-drawn, and tho colouring, in the majority of them, neat, effective, and naturalistic. Owing to tho low figure at which they aro marked thoy are going off like hot cakes. The Palmerston North correspondent of the New Zealand Times says:— "An event of more thau ordinary interest, and one which marks a most important step in the history of our enterprising and thriving community took place yesterday on the occassion of tho formal turning on of tho water supply. Messrs Coates and Metcalfe (tho contractors) celebrated the occasion by a recherche luncheon, provided by Mr \Valkley at tho Commercial Hotel, at which a number of the loading townsmen and residents in the neighbourhood were present by invitation." In conversation with a keen sportsman yesterday, he gave it as his opinion that the scarcity of game in this district is due to the number of hawks thero aro about, and suggested a plan much in vogue in tho South Island, as an excellent and easy method of dealing destruction to thorn. Erect a pole about ten feet high in an exposed position with a flat board of about twelve inches square nailed firmly on tho top, on this board secure a sheeps head or other joint, sufficiently physicked with strychnine, and fastened down with woo', which will prevent the joint being carried away. This gentleman said he had seen as many as a dozen or fifteen lying dead around and within a few yards of a single pole. If twenty settlers in Waikato would go to tho little trouble to erect one or two each, the benefit would soon become apparent in the increaso of our pheasants and ducks.

The Herald passes severe strictures on the Government, Premier, Opposition. Mr Ballance, and generally condemns the House. It expresses the opinion we have been urging on the public when it says New Zealand is, indeed, in a melancholy condition when these are our gods in whom wo have to trust for guidance. We decline to recognise Mr. Ballance as tho leader of tho reasonable and sensible Opposition to the Government in the House and in tho country. If the members would transact the absolutely neceessary business, throw out the Otago Central job, and then dissolvo, perhaps that is as much as we can expect of them. Then, we think, there should be an agitation for a dissolution. This house should never meet again. Tho country would then have an opportunity of electing a bettor House —a House smaller in numbers, but composed of men who have a permanent interest in tho colony, and are not mere professional politicians.

Messrs John Redmond and Edward Leany, M.P's., were recsntly the subjects of a great Nationalist demonstrtion in Belfast, Ireland. Thoy were presented with an address on behalf of the 10,000 Nationalists of the city; and among congratulatory letters received and read during the meeting, was one from Mr Gladstone, in the course of which he said:—"You have, I think, as a great part of your aim, to call to the memory of many Protestants of the north the fact that they have departed from the principles of their forefathers. Those forefathers, one hundred years ago, were the leaders of Irish patriotism, and so late as the year 1707 Antrim collectively resented all attempts to sever the Irish Protestants from their Roman Catholic brethern. Here is the sacred fire that should again be lighted. It alone can guide those who have been misled by sinister influences back to that love of country which they once dearly cherished, and which affords the only solid basis for true loyalty to the Empire and the Throne." A meeting of the Cambridge West .School was held on Monday, 12th, August. Present:—Mr T. W. liicks (chairman). Messrs Allen, Bailey, Jarrett, and H. Fitzgerald. A circular was received from the Board of Education, enclosing copies of amended regulations and forms to be filled up in cases of sickness. Also a resolution re compulsory teaching in schools being withdrawn, and referring the committee to a copy of resolutions of January, 18S0. Considerable surprise was expressed that Archdeacon Willis, before he removed the harmonium from the school, should in courtesy not have first informed the committee of his intention to do so. Seeing that the committee of the school had subscribed a sum of £3 towards its purchase on condition of the instrument being allowed to remain in the school room, they have use of same when required. The secretary was requested to write to the Archdeacon about this matter. A requisition from the head teacher asking for various items of repairs needed to the school building was approved of. There is a society in Auckland called the Friends of the Blind. It owes its origiu to the efforts of Mr Tighe, himself afflicted with loss of sight, and is under the presidency of Bishop Cowie. Its object is to discover all who are blind and to lighten their affliction by teaching them to read and write the blind language and to do such other work as is suited to them, and enable them to earn their living, such as wool-work &c. At present there are fcwonfcyseven sightless people attached to the society in Auckland. Mr Tighe is now travelling in the Waikato, and is at present in Hamilton, accompanied by a boy to lead him, to excite sympathy in his work and procure support to establish a school for the blind. He comes armed with letters of introduction from Bishop Cowie and others. Mr Tighe come from Queensland where he lost his sight thirteen years ago by sand blight, which gave him great pain for about two or threo years. There are in that colony over three hundred blind people who have come under the influence of a similar society. He came to New Zealand in February last to engage in his bpnevolent work, and ho is desirous of becoming acquainted with the blind of Waikato. The system in use by him is that known as Dr. Moon's English system and can be acquired in two months, the first difficulty being to master the signs and contractions of the letters and sentences. Mr Tighe has a fine appearance and striking countenance. Whilst in Cambridge this week ho received £5 3s in subscriptions towards his object.