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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2958, 30 June 1891, Page 2

Inspector Emerson is expected back from Napier tu-morrow. A meeting of members of the Waikato Pimv and Trotting Club will be held at tho Masonic Hotel, Cambridge, on Saturday evening next, at 8 o'clock. The Te Awamutu Musical Society aro now practising the aacred piece " Christ and His Soldiers." Somewhat of a change from "Trial by Jury," but in the opinion of many people one for the better. Commencing from Thursday next, the poetman in Hamilton will have Thursday afternoon as a half holiday. The letters will be delivered in the morning as usual, and those who wish to Ret their letters in the afternoon may do bo by applying at the office. At a meeting in Auckland yesterday the Ministers Association adopted the resolution in favour of forming a United Evangelical Clmch Council for the purpose of promoting Christian co-operation to provide services in country districts without waste of tnergy anti resources. On Friday last a long caravan of native wuggond, numbering about twenty altogether, :md laden with machinery, passed througlit Whatawhata on their way from Aotea to Parawhera. a native settlement near Maungatautiri. The machinery formerly composed the Aotea flour mill, and will be ra-erected lib Parawlura. Dr. Kenny returned to Hamilton on Saturday afternoon, and has again re sinned his duties at the Waikato District Hospital. Dr. Cole who was in charge during l>r. Kenny's holiday, left for Auckland by train yesterday morning. The patients and stalF at tbo Hospital rannot r,pmk too highly of I)r Colo's kindness and attention to thorn during his stay. The anniversary services in connection with St. Fetor's Church, Hamilton, were held yesterday (St. Peter's Day). Holy Communion was celebrated at 8 a.m. by the incumbent, Rev. R. O'O. Uiggs, and in the evening tho Rev. W. Calder, assisted by Archdeacon Willis and Rev. Biggs, conducted evensong, the sorvice bning choral. There was a medium congrngation, and Mr Calder preached an appropriate sermon, taking for hia text AcM, 11l chap., reran 15.

Mr John McNicol will sell one of tho nicest of the Paternngi farms, (ho property of Mr (}. Macfarlane, at Ohaupo to-day. This is a chance which anyone looking for a de.sirahle farm is not likely to nieot with every day. We heard on Saturday that Mr V. Perkin.", a former resident in the Whatawhata district, is bringing >ip from Napier a Clydesdale entire, Lord Clyde, to stand thisseanonin this _nd surrounding districts. Particulars as to terms and route will appear in due course After a most successful season tho Whatawhata creamery closed down on Saturday. The beneficial effects of such an institution in the district can be understood when wo mention, that when the May and June cheques are put through, close upon £1000 in hard cash will have been received by a few settlers, for milk alone. The annual examination of pupil teachers under the Board of Education is at present btsing conducted in the Hamilton West School, Mr K. Crowe acting as supervisor. There are in all sixteen up for examination—nine candidates and seven first-year pupil toachers. The examination will conclude on Thursday afternoon. A match will be played between the Paterangi and Hamilton Football Clubs in Mr Nermann's paddock, Paterangi, on Saturday, 4th July. Tho Paterangi team will bo chosen from the following:— (ruble, Corboy, Blackett, Ratima, Katipa (2), Bowden (2), Camnbell, Macky, Ryburn, Huntor, Graham, Case, Mackerith, Cowley, Aubin, Cruickshank, May, Barker, Richdale, and Livingston. Play to commence at 3 o'clock sharp. The Hamilton Salvation Army is to have another change of officers. Captain and Mrs Gooch (who leave for Onehunga this morning) are to be succeeded by Captain Wood and his wife, from ParnelL The new officers are to arrive in Hamilton to-morrow (Wednesday), and the recoption meeting is to take place in the evening. Captain Wood was much liked while in charge of the Cambridge Corps, and those interested are looking forward with delight to his advent in Hamilton. A native named Te TJira, alias Hohepa, who usually resides at Pukekawa. Tawhiao's settlement, near Mercer, was arrested at Otorohanga on Saturday morning by Constable Sheehan, on a charge of stealing a horse, the property of Mr l< , . W. Littlewood of Tanpiri, on February l'Jth. The native took the horse to Mercer, where he sold him u> an engine drivor who took the horse to town and sold, it toMrßaynes, butcher, of Parnell. Mr Littlewood got a clue to the horse at Mercer, and following it up found the animal in Mr Raynes' stable at Parnell, and at once took possession. Te Uira was brought up »t To Awamutu on Saturday, and remanded to Hamilton, where he will be brought up on Friday. Waikato footballers will read with interest the following reference to tho play of Mr Martyn Hume for the Pirate* against the Dmiedin Club, on the 20th inst., which we clip from tho Dunodin Star of the 22nd :—" Hume, a new player, who proved a capital sprinter, made a good run, and then kicked. Lynch took the ball, but had not gone far when he was well grassed by Hume." In " Football Notes " iu the same paper, " Referee " says : — "Hume's tackling at wing three-quarter waa worth going a pilgrimage to see, and it would do some of our timid three-quarters a world of good conld they get a day off, with a view of taking a lesson from him. Such game, clean and certain work has not been seen at the Caledonian Ground for some time, and reminded one forcibly of Braddon's style of play." Mr Thomas Bracken pave his lecture on " Irish Humour, Pathos and Poetry "to an appreciative, though not a large, audience in tho Public Hall, Hamilton, last night. Lectures, as a rule, are not attractive to a country audience, but we were certainly rather disappointed that so few of his countrymen and women attended. Mr Bracken dealt with his subject in a light sketchy way, taking up the foremost of tho favourite Irish authors, aud illustrating their peculiar styles of depicting Irish humour and peasant life by recitations and readings from the best known of their works. In this manner Moore, Lover, Lover, and numerous other authors and writers were introduced to the audience and the efforts of the gifted lecturer and reciter were thoroughly appreciated. It is quito likely that Mr Bracken may give his lecture iu Cambridge before returning to Auckland, should he decide to do so, those who would enjoy a pleasant evening with Irish authors we strongly advise to embrace the opportunity then afforded.

As we briefly announced in last issue, tho Oddfellows' ball that was held at Cambridge on Thursday evening, was a most pronounced success in so far as the number attending, for over 100 were present ; but there are a few matters that require remedying before the Oddfellows undertake another ball, or indeed before anyone will think of renting tho Public Hall for dancing purposes-—i.e., that propor lights bo provided, and alsn that mats and scrapers be placod at the doors, so that at any rate a portion of the dirt that usually clings to boots and shoes may be left outside the building. On Thursday evening the dust was so great that it. was difficult to see the whole length «f the room, and then to mend matters, the lamps suddenly began to smoke, until the glasses were quite black. Wβ understand that the Oddfellows do not intend paying for the hall until they have heard what the Borough Council have to say about the matter. Mr H. Bell made a most efficient M.C., and the majority of those present awarded the palm of being belle to Miss L. Kerr, though not a few favoured Miss Hjorth. The Church News for June has an article on the " Prohibition question." It doubts whether a majority of citizens aro justified in imposing their will upon the minority in any question affecting established institutions. " Liberty of conscience," it says, " is surely the heritage of all alike. It matters not what tho assumed evil may be. Suppose, for example, that by a large majority of the Christians at Syde* ham it were determined that a local Freethought Lyceum should be closed at their will, on the assumed ground that it is destructive to the best interests of the people, would such an act be justifiable, even witii the concurrence of Parliament ? Or, put it th 3 other way about, and is it not in either case the beginning of tyranny?" Dealing with the assumption that the closing of public houses will put a stop to drinking habits, our contemporary remarks :—" In reply we say that to assume this may be only to put a veil before one's eyes. Demand will ever create a supply, and the last condition of a prohibited city may be worse than the first. Working men's clubs, and other clubs which will be only too readily conceived and initiated, together with illicit supplies, may be no better for the morals of a community than the present system of public houses are." In conclusion the Church News favours a thorough revision of the Licensing Act, whereby provision might be made for granting licenses to really trustworthy applicants with really suitable premises, and for an actual inspection of licensed houses by a body of inspectors who shall give their whole time and attention to this work.

Our Sydney correspondent writing on June 2nd, says:—"Sir Georgo Grey is the political idol of the hour, and we might well have a worse one. At all events, whatevsr encouragement his presmice and countenance may give to the party which practices tyranny and threatens revi.lt, he does not by any words of his own incilt! them to lawlessness. His is the happy political temperament which can work a turbulent faction for all that it is worth, without saying any uncourtly words in rebuke of their misdeeds or in any other way putting them out of conceit with him or with themselves. All his hard words go where they won't hurt his hearers, all hi* soft ones where they will flatter them. Tho roost headstrong and ignorant class in the community is certain to rule because it is the most numerous, and Sir George makes all things pleasant and lovely by assuring us that it ought to rule. All that is left to less distinguished individuals ii to tet their backs against the wall, and if necessary die hard, resisting tho aggressions and extortions of this very class. But tor them hn has no sympathy, if indeed he knows of their existence. Kis nncouragnmnnt is for thoso who aro driving thorn to bay, that is to say, with tho oppressor rather than with the oppressed. It is of course possible that I misjudge him, and when I seo that this is the case it will give me the greatest pleasure to publish my recantation. Meanwhile I only formulate tho impression which Sir George's sayings and doings have made upon my mind. Kvon n diversion, however, is welcome, and if Sir George can wnan tho unionists from putting metaphorical (iresticka to tho staple interests of the country by sending them on a wild gooso chase aftor a fallacious Eight Hours Act, and an absolutely imaginary

equality, his labour will not have boen altogether in vain. Perhaps the most pathetic feature of Sir George's meetings is tho patient perseverance with which a number of famishing politicians wait upon him in tho hope of catching a few of the crumbs of popularity which fall from his bountiful table. Poor mortals ! Very little enthusiasm either for tho sacred causo of right or for the undisputed supremacy of mob law have they been able to evoke by their own unassisted efforts. Let us hope they may get enough to keep life in them, o»en if they have no chancn of a good square meal.