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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2973, 4 August 1891, Page 2

The Portuguese Government hns ordered tha suspension of newspapers expressing Republican views. Serious frauds, estimated at five million roubles, have been discovered in the accounts of the Deutsche Bank in Berlin. Judgment will be given at Cambridge this morning in the Native Lmd Court re the subdivision of the Pouakani block- , , The Somali tribe made an attack mi the Italian and Arab garrison at Athob, but were repulsed. The loss on each side was 30 killed. Mr Arnold, Chief Engineer of Works in Canada, has been suspended, owing to his own admissions before the committee enquiring into the alleged corrupt practices in connection with Government contracts. A great discovery of treasure trove has been made at Banthen, in Sileda, in the shape of a deposit of no less than a million gold coins about the size of a twentymark piece (nearly equivalent to the English sovereign). The date of the coins is 1(108. A Congress, at which the European Powers and the United States will be represented will assemble at Berne towards the end of September for the purpose of taking into consideration the beat means to be taken to reduce the liability of workmen to accidents, and the question of compensation to sufferers by accident. We loam that Miss Jessie Gray, of the Cambridge Catholic school, has accepted an appointment at Gisborne, and will probably sever her connection with the a'.iove-named institution next month. Miss Gray has had an tip-hill right at Cambridge, and we trust that the change she is about to make may prove more remunerative. We have been requested to state that weather permitting the Hamilton Brass Band will give an open air performance on Saturday evening next, when soma choice selections of music will be played. This band now numbers 17 members, and as summer approaches frequent open air performances will be given. Yesterday morning Geo. Brown, formerly a Hamilton resident, but who for the past few years has resided at the village settlement at Firewood Creek, was admitted into the Waikato District Hospital suffering from paralysis. He was struck on | Saturday morning while dressing, and has lost all power on the left side of his body. Since the last meeting of the Waikato District Hospital Board there have been twenty-one admissions into the Hospital. Thi3 is the largest number admilted in any one month since thb institution has been opened. During the same time the number of discharges were fifteen, and deaths three, the number of deaths beiug larger than during any similar period. It was mentioned in the New Zealand Times a few days ago that some 1200 acres of bush falling was to bo let in the Makuri District. Tenders were invited, with the result that one was receivod for 100 aires, and the tenderer iijw finds that he cannot obtain men to do the work, notwithstanding the supposed large number of the unemployed. As no men can be obtained in this district, land owners interested aro contemplating getting men from Akaroa. Yesterday morning Col. Trimble, judge of the Native Land Court, and his secretary Mr Lyon, together with Mr Thomson, interpreter, and Hatitna, Native Assessor went over by coach to Raglan where they will open a Native Land Court to-day. There are in all about eighteen cases to be heard, consisting of original hearings and subdivisions. The principal among the former is the Aotea block and among tho latter the To Akau block, of some 1)0,000 acres. Our Cambridge correspondent wired last night:—l loam that Mr N. I. Hunt, the well known manager of the Matamata Estate has been appointed Inspector of properties belonging to the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Co , and that Mr H. J. Kallender, of Feneourt, will in future manage the above mentioned estate. This will rather upset several local bodies as Mr Hunt is a member of tho Piako County Council, and Mr Kallender is chairman of both the Cambridge and Taotaoroa Road Boards. On Saturday afternoon a competition was held among the members of the Hamilton Light Itifantry for lfarker's medal, which has been held tor the last six months by Vol. W. O'Neill. The scores made were very small, owing to the high wind blowing across the range, and the competition was won by Sergt. T. Alexander, who, however, only made 33 as the three rauges-.')00, -100, and 200 yards. A match was then fired between the smokers and non-smokers in the company, which was won by the latter. Sergt. Connolly captained the disciples of tho weod, and Sergt. Alexander their opponents.

"We are in receit of a circular from headquarters of the Salvation Army at Christchurch, and among other information it states that " (.lenoral " Booth has docitlntl that the spiritual welfare of the children of New Zealand is to receive more attention, for which purpose special officers are be dispatched from England, and a set of rules and regulations for the- children have been lately formulated for their benefit. It aleo states that Major Alfred Barritt, who some four years ago was editing the Army's publication at Christchurch, and is now auperintendinp the Army's operations in Buenos Ayres, in the Argontino Republic, has been grantod by the athoritieu a free pasa over all the railway lines.

Mr Skeet (surgeon dentist, Auckland) adverti.-es that his assistant will vUit, Hamilton and Cambridge on dates mentioned in his advertisement. Her Majesty the Queen sent through .M. WaUdinstnn, French Am-iia-s.idor, a me-sago of sympathy with the sufferers in the St.. Maude* railway accident near Paris. The Piako County Council meets r.t Morrinsvillo to day, Wa understand that Sir Walter Boiler has written to tho Council re. tho county clerk acting as returning officer at the late election, Judging from the subjoined advertisement appearing in the Xew Zealand Herald on Saturday, it dies not look as if tho provisions of the Shop Hour 1 ; Bill are approved of in Auckland :—" If you value Uritish liberty attend a meeting at the Masonic Hall, Karangahape Road (close to Newton Post Olfk'o), to petition Council and protest against tho iniquitous Shop Hours' Bill, which will neither ullow you nor your children to work except at the hours prescribed by Government." There are funny things told about yard sheep in this diltrict (says the Feilding Star.) One mob known as " a mixed lot" has been so often "gone through" and " mouthed," that whenever they are put in a pen they begin to sort themselves into groups, consisting of two-tooth, fourtooth, six-tooth, and crawlers. A veracious anccdotist said that when he was looking at them the other day he saw the four-tooth ones butting and shoving a rather good looking member out, when the latter quietly opened it lips and showed that tho jaw was now ornamented with four teeth. The candidate was duly admitted. The experiment now being made by the borough lamplighter of lighting the streets by means of kerosene lamps minus the oil is not a success. The vacuum system does not work, and it is apparently necessary that kerosone should be used in the lamp as well as wick to give a satisfactory light. On Saturday and Sunday nights, and again last night, tho lamps on the bridge did not give a light of one-match power, nor equal to that of a dyspeptic glow-worm. It was, without exaggerating, difficult to see whether some of them were alight or not. We would inform our worthy lamplighter that the motto re the burning bush of sacred history, " Nee tarnen consume batnr" (always burning yet never consumed) is not applicable to kerosene. This oil does consume, and consequently the lamps require re-tilling occasionally. One by one our old settlers are passing away, and on Sunday evening last Mr Henry Kinton, senr., of the Piako road, was called away to his long rest, after an illness extending over some weeks. Mr Hinton was a member of the 4th Waikato Militia, having come to the district, where he has resided ever since, with Capt. Steele in 1804, being one of the pioiioers of the Hamilton settlement. He was a good farmer, and won high esteem from all who knew hiin by his quiet unassuming manner. Deceased, who was sixty-three years of age, leaves a widow and a large family of eleven—eight sons and throe daughtersall of whom are grown up and settled in various parts of the province. The funeral will leave his late residence tor the Hamilton East cemetery at half-past two to-day. Wo would draw attention to the sale of 2000 Lincoln owes by Messrs John McNicol and W. J. Hunter conjointly on Friday next in the Cambridge Sheep yards. These ewes are from the Thames Valley Company, and Mr McNicol informs us are a specially good line, those from the Opauriao station being purchased by him for the company this season and were those of the finest h.ts he ever passed through his hands, and tho Matapiro Hock is one of the very foremost in Hawhe's Bty. The ewes are in lamb to pure Lincoln rams from some of the bast breeders in Hawke's Bay and the South, which were purchased this seasou by Mr McNicol for the Thames Valley Company. In face of tho present demand for sheep, caused no doubt by the firm price of wool and increasing freezing and shipping facilities, these owes should find a ready sale.

The man Reginald B. Fitzpatrick, who, it will be remombered, was admitted into the Waikato District Hospital about two months ago, was discharged from the institution yesterday afternoon. For some time past Fitzpatrick has given considerable trouble, refusing to comply with the doctor's instructions and treating tho nurses in an impertinent manner. Ou Sunday Dr. Kenny ordered Fitzoatriok to bed, as he was going to operate on him; but tho latter refused to go, and in conso quence the doctor told him he would have to leave the institution on Monday. The secreta-y went up yesterday morning with a conveyance to remove Fitzpatrick, but he refused to leave. He again went up in the afternoon, accompanied by Dr. Kenny, Messrs Seddon and Coates (members of the Hospital Board), and Constables Murray and Berriman, and Fitzpatrick then came away voluntarily, and was taken to Mr Deegan's boarding-house. He will be sent on to Cambridge to-day.

Descanting on " The Fall of Maorilind," a Sydney paper says :—" The census returns of Maoriland, as compared to tho e of Australia, are exceedingly solemn reading, The people of Maoriland are about the only nation on earth which has sobered up after a wild outburst of borrowing and financial drunkenness, and gone through the awful process of recovery, and the spectacle s an interesting one for several reasons. It presents the same attractions *» a cemetery does to tho aged and tho consumptive—thera is a certain dreary pleasure in looking at the spot to which we are all going j and tho placo to which New Zealand has gone is, beyond any possible shadow of doubt, the place which Australia is going to. The only difference between tho two cases is that Australian people are more reluctant than their neighbours to face the inevitable, and therefire, when they go, they will go more violently and will fall more heavily.''

The inhabitants of Cambridge will be pleased to know that Mr John Thomson, who for many years was clerk of the Cambridge court, has again taken up his residence in the Auckland province. When he left Cambridge he was for a short time employed at tho Auckland court, after which he was removed to Timaru, and thero he remained till a week ago, when he again moved northwards, and is now statiousd at Tauranga. When he was in Cambridge there was no greater favourite than jolly " Jock." At lawn tennis ho was the ladies' darling, for no matter how badly they played he had always a word of encouragement fur them, and a social gathering or diuner was not complete without bonvivant "Jock " and his "jingo " song. Mr Thomson was also a great favourite at Timaru, for he was not allowed to depart without a fitting "send off." A valedictory banquet was held, at which the Mayor presided, and in addition t» numerous complimentary speeches, several handsome souvenirs were presented to the departing guest. Lawn tennis will certainly boom along at Tauranga, for the two best players of the Cambridge Club are now residing at Tauranga, viz., Mr F. W. Cooke and Mr Thomson.