The Walkato Argus GEORGE EDGECOMBE, Proprietor. SATURDAY, OCT. 21, 1896. Pregsnre on our space aas com.

Waikato Argus, Volume I, Issue 46, 24 October 1896, Page 2

The Walkato Argus GEORGE EDGECOMBE, Proprietor. SATURDAY, OCT. 21, 1896. Pregsnre on our space aas com.

pelled us to hold over leading and otlu.T matter. The Hon. Mr Cadman has definitely decided not to stand for the Waikato seat. Mr W, 11. Merries is announced to speak at Morrinsvillo on Wednesday next, ladies being specially invited to attend. The Appeal Court, in the case Regina v. Kirly, ruled against thu exdetective on -al paints raised by counsel and affirmed the conviction. We were pleased to see Mr P. Ciichrist back in his accustomed p'ace at the I'iiiko County Council meeting yesterday. He is still looking rather shaky, but with the line weather is slowly regaining ids strength. The programme of the Hamilton Athletic" Club's sports, to be held ill Sydney Square, Hamilton, on BoxingDay, appears in this issue. The committee have endeavoured to cater for all classes of athletes, and wc arc sure their exertions will be appreciated. The annual examination of the Tuhikarainea District School was taken by Inspector Dickinson oil the 20th inst , the result being fairly satisfactory. Eleven scholars were presented of which >.t:Yun succeeded in passing their standards, the f ihucs being mostly in the junior classes. The fifth Annual Show of the Waikato Agricultural and Pastoral Association to be he'd at Claudelauds next week promises to be the best yet held by this body. The entries have exceeded even the most sanguine expectations and all that is now required tei make the gathering a success is line weather. At the National Rifle Meeting in New South Wales, Lieutenant Keating, who attended the Lille Meeting at Caimrii in March, won the Queen's Championship for the fourth time. His score on the present occasion was 1170. MeOregor and Parsons, the New Zenlanders, scored 3IS and 333, respectively and each receives a prize of £5.

A great cycling performance, was put up on the Agricultural track en Thursday, by W. Kerr, who was paced by a triplet, on which F. G. Simpson, the New ZealandiT, had a scat. The quarter of a mile was run eiff in 21! 4-5«, am! the mile in llli. .">7?., both of which are Australian records. The half-mile was covered in the same time, as the existing record of o-ls.

The following paragraph from Thursday's Star will be read with interest by Mr Teinphr's many friends in Waika'o . —On the S.,'{.""> ferry tout from North Shore this morning, Mr Y. 11. Tcmplcr, a well-known resident e.f Devonport, was presented by the May or of I.'evoliport, on behalf of a number ol the regular passengers, with a sub ftanll.il present, to show their appleelation of his ntuneroui good qualities.

A curious tragedy is reported from Townsville, Queensland, where Kirloll, a chemist, and Martin, manager of the United Insurance Company, were found dead in a bedroom over Kirton's shop. Kirton had, a short time previously, sent to a neighbouring chemist for piussie acid. The theory is that he had jju'en his friend an opiate which had acted fatally, ami then (hiding what he had done, had poisoned himself.

The Wellington Ruicby Union has suspended sixteen players, among ihi! number beim.' several representatives and seiror men, for taking part in the match between the Permanent Artillery and the Betone railway woiksbops, in which the players included two well-kn-iwii men who hid previously been suspended by the Onion for a'legeel bad belnviour on the field. The suspension holds good until .'(lst December next.

Notwithstanding the wet evening on Thursday, there was a good attendance at the Trinity AVcsloyan Church, Hamilton, to hear the rendition of the service of seme, " The .Mission cf the llose-s," which was given in aid of the Sunday-school funds. There was a good ~ tteniiiince of the choir under Mr S. }\ eache.ni, ami they acquitted themselves w -c'li the solos bei 'g taken by Mrs A. Amu er and Misses Meacheni and Morris. Tliv i''cv. J. J. Mather gave the connective re ailiiit's in his well-known style.

Abov 1t '0 o'clock yesterday niornin * a wi» Kgoii mill pair of hor.-e.s wore bcuc" drive.' 1 on I ' UJ Nuw Zealand I.ami AuK».ciiUi«ii'»i property near the .Maori setr'vicmont ut '.l'uuwlrire, by James Hall, of :HTamiUiV.. O" coming to a rickety lira Ige over oner "f &>>c '■>'£ ilrains the lioj-ea went over .'(tiietly, but on the re :i Tn journey i'»e »' f tlltm sl,lu ' l ~,1(1 Cell, over the end of fcb< .bridge currying its tnatoaml the w;»«sw* with it. One of fVie anitnat.-s, n valuable *»wrc, fell miilcrn eatli the pole, which prevented her from rising, and Ji«twirtifctan<lii;g tlie *lroi .nous ellorts of Che driver to keep !„. v head clear, she was drowned in abon i two feet of water. The lior.su which wrou idit the mischief escaped uniiijurcd, imd the wa«g(m sustained little or no ctatn.-t, -c. Ihc driver was unharmed, but he hm 1 au exciting Jive minutes,

Lalost news from Wellington states that the doctors CDii-ider Lady Glasgow fairly on the road to iccovcry. Tt is advertised that the onirics for the Cambridge West Amateur Athletic Meeting, to be held on the Prince of Wales' Birthday, will elo?2 witli the lion. sec. (Mr A. W. Creamer) this (Saturday) evening. A number of entries have already been received, and as the meeting is to be held in the Government Paddock at Cambridge East, success is assured. An old sport (Mr J. McXeish) las the job of preparing the ground, so bicyclists and pedestrians cm rely on its being in good order on the day. A short time ago we mentioned the fact that an excellent coach had been built by Mr T. Sladc, of Hamilton, to the order of Mr Grayden, of Paeroa. So pleased was the buyer with the manner in which the work hid been executed that he at once entrusted the building of a similar coach for the Paeroa-Thames line to Mr Sladc. The vehicle has just been completed, and being on view yesterday attracted a considerable amount of attention. The coach, which is light, yet suitable for heavy roads without unduly adding to the burden cf the horses, reflects the greatest credit on the builder. The mis-named frame •' progressive" euchre has all the bad points of ordinary euchre, and a number of demerits peculiarly its own, writes a contributor to a contemporary. Generally n w.rvine number of the performers don't know"and, judging by their play, can't le.irn the elements of euchre. Ihe gimc is only a dernier r<mrt to get over the difficulty of entertaining. It renders conversation impossible, unless " what's trumps r" and " whoso deal ?" ar.d " I pass" ore intellectual converse'. Again, while some will peril their immortal souls to win, others will act similarly so as to secure the " booby "---reckoning a bad prize better than mediocrity—which gives rise to malice, envy, and all uueharitableness, combined'with various degrees of gloating, and it is whimpered- svtto roec objurgation. This is " retrogressive " I mean "progressive " euchre. Mr Gilruth, Government Veterinary Surgeon, in giving the New Zealand Times an account of his visit to Europe, said the model abattoirs of the world were those at Hamburg, and lie spoke of the splendid system of meat inspection in Hamburg, Paris, and Berlin, where the inspectors are trained ' vets,' and where every carcase, must bear Hie stump of approval before it is allowed to be sold. He said decidedly there was no system of inspection in New Zealand. Even in London the system was slipshod, as compared with that of the Continent. There should be some method of in-pec-tion of frozen meat bcfoie it is sent from New Zealand, even if wc put it. on no higher plane than that it would pay ui well. When Australia meat was put on the market in Hamburg it was eagerly bought, until cue cargo worked irieparable mischief. This consignment was affected with tubercle ill the j erccntage of six per thousand, and after all the authorit es had done to stamp out I radio in diseased meat, they were not going to permit the introduction of meat from people wh.o Mould ship tuberculous boas's for lack of proper inspection. Accordingly, what promised to bo a geiod market for Australian meat was summaiily closed.