PLOUGHING MATCH.

Patea Mail, Volume IV, Issue 359, 25 September 1878, Page 2

PLOUGHING MATCH.

{To the Editor of the Path a Mait,.) Sin, —Seeing a letter in your columns headed “ Heavy Hints,” wherein the writer asks what has become of the Patca Agricultural Society’s ploughing match this year, and he also surmises that it is because the Society require all the funds for prizes at tho forthcoming' show. Well, surely; the v&asow, as WwA w w\\A make very little difference for all the Society ever gave towards the ploughing match prizes (as I believe it never was more than three or four pounds). It was generally arranged in this way —a subcommittee was elected from the general committee to get subscriptions and carry ont the.a&nir, and it was heJd at Kalcaramea and Wavevley alternately, never a t Uawera as they were not in the habit of sending any ploughs to compete.—l am, &c.. PLODGHMAX.

The Auckland Herald, in an article on colonial progress and the completion of the through line of railway from Christchurch to Dunedin* says:— ■“ We, in the North Island, look forward to our turn coming next, and happily the Government now in power are alive to the obligation that lies upon them to place us as nearly as possible abreast with the South Island, and also know the best means to adopt for that purpose.” The Auckland Herald has heard from very good authority, that Eewi and other influential chiefs are very anxious that the projected continuation of the Auckland and Waikato railway should bo constructed <vt as early a dale as convenient. It is said they fully appreciate the many and great ujnefits which would accrue to them 'as h-nbowners by having the iron road rum.mg tlnougii their now useless broad acres. Mr Vincent Pyke lias moved in the Assembly to have the pay of the Police Force in the Middle Island increased. The Wellington Chronicle says —At the present moment, the constabulary force of this colony is thoroughly disorganised, and, according to Mr Sheehan’s statement in the House, no less than 80 men left the Middle Island force last year. This, in itself, proves that the force is full of raw recruits —a condition which every effort should be made to obviate, but which only will he so obviated by the offer of superior pay and inducement to those now held out. Discontent reigns through the whole force, and therefore inefficiency. Dr Schwarzbacb, now in Auckland,_ has successfully operated on the widow of the fabacus chief Tamati Waka. She had been totally blind in one eye fvr fifteen years, and ten years in the other. Though both eyes had been cut open, they were nearly healed np, and the patient was enabled to leave her bed within a fortnight. The Thames Advertiser of the 10th inst. says—Notwithstanding the number of unemployed who are alleged to exist on the Thames, only two tenders were opened by the Borough Council Works Committee for the formation of a footpath at Irislitown. Strangers and country' settlers coming to Carlyle, are very often at a loss to know which is the best and cheapest General Drapery and Clothing Establishment in the district. 11. A. Adams’ Cardigan House, offers special advantages that can be met with nowhere else in the district. He keeps the largest and best assorted stock of every description of drapery goods, imported direct—and from the best colonial houses ; which, being bought on the most advantageous terms, and having thorough knowledge of the business, enables him to offer goods of sterling quality at pi ices that cannot he improved on by any other house in Now Zealand. Every article is marked in plain figures, from which there is no deviation ; so that inexperienced people are as well served as the best judges, the terms being net cash, without rebate or abatement of any kind. Note the address—ll. A. Adams ; Cardigan House, nearly opposite Town Hall, Carlyle. — advt. Holloway's Pills. —The Female’s Friend—The wonderful cures effected by these Pills have alone enabled them to withstand the keenest opposition for years. They are valued at tin* humblest hearths as well as in the houses of comfort and wealth. Holloway’s Pills work a thorough purilioation of the whole system withoutriisordering, weakening, or otherwise interfering with the natural action of any organ. They are admitted to bo the best restorers of appetite, strength, and perfect health to the most delicate constitution. They give color and freshness to the face, and by their gentle alterative properties eradicate from the system the germs of complaints which, by the obstruction of humours, consign tens of thousands of females annually to an early grave, who might, by the use .of these Pills, be spared to their families and friends.