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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2672, 27 August 1889, Page 2

Seven applications have been received for the appointments of probationary nurses at the Hospital. Waikato people will regret to hear of tlio death of Mr John Lamb, the Auckland miller, who was seized with paralysis a few days ago. A football match was played at Cambridge, oti Saturday, between the boj\s of Cambridge) Hast and West. Neither side had a full team, and the result was a draw, the scores being three points each, We understand that Mr Isaac Coates has taken off Mr AVood's hands, the farm ho was purchasing trom Captain Steele. Mr AVood, as we have befoie announced, has been suddenly re-called to Kngland by his father's illness and leaves New Zealand by the Aorangi. The whole of the Cambridge clergymen, in their sermons, referred to tho late sudden death occasioned by an accident in the hunting field. The congregation at S. Paul's Wesley an Church, in tho evening, was a large one, to hear the Rev. C. H. (larland, who delivered an eloquent and impressive address from the the text, "In the midst of life we are in death." Aiad named Willie Wattamwas arrested yesterday at Cambridge for having stolen upwards of £1 from Joseph Pearcos till on Thursday last Constable Brennan generally knows where to look for the perpetrators of petty thefts, etc., but it is often diliicult to sheet tho matter home. Ho found that little Wattam has been Hush of money, and tho youngster confessed the crime as soon as he was arrested. The boy is only 13 years old. He will be brought up this morning. At Trinity Church, Cambridge, last Sunday morning, the Rev. W. Kvans, in a very feeling manner, expressed the sympathy of the members and officebearers of his church with the families connected with the congregation who are suffering so severely through the sad accidents of the past week, and invoked Divine consolation for the sorrowing relatives. He preached an earnest and impressive discourse from Psalms XV., and 12th verse, " S.) teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom," Mr Spofforth, who declined to play for Derbyshire against any county but that which accepted him unconditionally, in Yorkshiie has pioyed an entire success, and returned to his old form. L<\>lks said he was "played out" as a bowler, but lie has demonstrated that he is not, for, as the Standard says, "he accomplished in the Yorkshire match one of the most brilliant performances ever recorded in the annals of cricket." When stumps were drawn for the tirst day, Yorkshire, with nine wickets to fall, were 157 runs to the good. Next day, however, the nine wickets fell for 10 runs, Spofforth being rp>' tß unplayable, securing eight wickets, six of the players having failed to score. With reference to a recent cableTarn reporting a recent discovery of gold in the Malay Penisula, the Brisbane Telegraph publishes a thrilling account of the discovery by a Queensland miner, named Bob Sefton, of an extensive gold district in Pa hang, in the Malay Peninsula. Sefton gained"a concussion first from the Rajah of the country for testing a ton of stone, which yielded 102 ounces of gold,, and almost as much nioro was left in the co;u'slfiy-pounded refuse. A company explored the field, and corroborated Sefton s almost incredible story. The syndicate formed to work the Eaub mine holds 20 square miles of country, thus securing several miles of the lodo in a slate dyke. Machinery has been ordered from Melbourne mill-owners, and Sefton proceeded recently back to Singapore to coinmenco working the mine.

It is not so long ago that about the only country in the world where the fair sex figured as patentees was in America. In this colony it is no new thing to see in the list of patents applied for the names of women. Iu this week's Gazette Alice -Mary McLeod—the editor does not state whether she is Mrs or Miss, but describes her simply as a lady—of Valley Road, Auckland, has applied for a patent for a machine for dressing New Zealand flax, and for a a machine for washing flax and wool. A lady hailing from Kaikoura, iu the Marlborough district, Helen Elizabeth Maclean, applies for a patent for a new paste roller. The first-named lady is evidently a canny Scott, and sees that money is to be made in the tlax trade if proper dressing is used. No doubt she has but little faith in tho machines at present in use, and is determined to exercise the rights of women and strike out a new line for herself. In the application of tho lady from Kaikoura, if the fair patentee has succeeded iu devising a roller that will make tender, crisp, flaky paste, guaranteed not to produce the slightest trace of indigestion, or cause a man to remind his wife of the excellent past ry his mother Used to make, then : Helen Klizabeth Maclean has conferred a great boon on sult'oring humanity, and has dropped on a himiret: of wealth ecjual to a big shave iu Mount Morgan.—N. Z. Times. Mr Speight, Chief Commissioner of Railways for Victoria, lias been soundly rated by the Argus for what it terms a most injudicious speech made by him at a recent gathering of the Railway Musical Society. The paper asserts that the Commissioner as good as told the members of the society, who are all railway employees, that they need not be too thin skinned as to the complaints made by the public, as he and they could safely treat such matters with contempt. Tho writer remarks:— " One feels tempted to ask in despair whether this is all that Mr Speight has brought back with him from his tour of the globe. Can the Chairman of the Railway Commissioners be really unaware that,_as regards railway refreshment rooms, lighting of carriages, issue of tickets, luggage arrangements, and the thousand and one little things which make all tho difference between comfortable and uncomfortable travelling, Victoria is immeasurably behind, not only most Kuropean countries, but even some of our neighbours as well. So lon# as Mr Speight is allowed to remain in his present self-complacent mood there is likely to be little change for the better. The employees of tho department presided over by Mr Speight are, taken all round, perhaps the most uncivil class in the community. Is it likely that the porters and booking clerks will become less insolent and more obliging to travellers after tho nttcrnncoß of Mr Speight?"

The following tenders were rereceived hy the Homo Committee of the Waikato Hospital foi wood and brick work for tho water supply: Chappell and son, £12. Steadman and Evans (accepted) £8 37s (id. A fine of £50 inflicted upon a pro-perty-holder for makng a false return Rives us an increase of respect for the department. When a man returns his cash at £135, and tho department proves that he has a balance of £7000, the department demonstrates that it is not a party to bo lightly trifled with. Ail impression is abroad that it is quite a right thing to "do the Government" in all matters connected with the revenue. It is a relic from the barbaric times when there were monopolies and absurd taiiffs. _ But these times have gone by. The imposition of direct taxation is touching the classes who in the barbaric times escaped their fair share of taxation. The ethics evolved in theso times are no doubt convenient for them. It is pleasant to reflect (says the " Canterbury Times ") that they are tempered by tho possibility of recovering heavy fines. Humour, like principle, is evidently a diminishing quantity in the House of Representatives. Just as political somersaulting and other mountebank tricks have taken the place of upright and straightforward action, if, indeed, such a thing ever really existed there, so vulgar buffoonery has supplanted refined and genuine humour. Tho Joe Miller of the House just now is one Mr Taylor, member for Sydenham, whose jokes at a distance read very much like idiotcy : nevertheless, we are told they are considered very amusinpr by the House —a fact wo can Quito well believe. During tho stonewalling of the Representation Bill, one of the speci lis states that Mr Taylor proceeded to chad' Mr Seddon in a most amusing manner, callin"' him " Sir Richard John Seddon," and taking off his hat to him. We are further informed that he evoked roars of laughter by telling the Government that their "dorsal column was in a state of paralysis," and delayed the business of the House by formally moving an amendment " that the franchise be extended to land and sheep. This is indeed Bedlam wit of a very poor order, and most people reading it will wonder very much what the peoplo of Sydenham meant by sending a man like this to assist in making laws for tho country. It is signilieant, however, that he is vehemently opposed to any interference with tho number of members. —Tuapeka Times.