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Waikato Argus, Volume III, Issue 171, 17 August 1897, Page 2

Probasco's Equescurriculum and Vaudeville Company will be in Hamilton today, and will give a matinee at 2 o'clock in the Volunteer Hall. School children sixpence to all parts of the hall. The company will give a further entertainment at night, commencing at S o'clock, Popular prices.

The next meeting of the Pial<o County Council will be held on Saturday next, at the county otfice, Morrinsvillc . Members of the Waikato Hunt Club arc reminded that a meet of the hounds will take placo to-morrow (Wednesday) at the Newstead Railway Station. The Cambridge Domain Board intimate that the path between Victoria Road aud Grosvenor-street, in the Lake Reserve will be closed during improvements. The first meet of the Cambridge Cycling Club will take place opposite the Public Hall at 3 p.m. tomorrow (Wednesday). A full attendance is requested. The annual meeting of the Whatawlnta Racing Club will be held on Saturday next, 21st inst., at 7 30 p.m. in the Whatawhata Hotel, when it is desirable that all members should attend. We are pleased to learn that the company which put " Caste " so successfully on the stage are now preparing another comedy, which they intend to produce about "show week," in aid of the library fund. Mr W. J, Hunter has received instructions from Messrs H. and J. Goodfcllow to sell at To Aw&tnntu on Saturday, September 11th, a number of well-bred three-year-old colts and fillies. Full particulars will be found in his column. The New Zealand Photographic Company, who have been well patronised during their stay in Hamilton, are about opening up on Thursday next in Cambringe. The photos on exhibition at the Commercial Hotel have attracted a good deal of attention and the execution of their work has given general satisfaction. Mr W. Dey, Mayor of Hamilton, has, we regret to say. been laid up for the past day or two. He «as jumping from a buggy on Thursday when he gave his body a slight sprain, caus'ng him to lay up on Friday evening. Dr. Brewis was calle.l in and under his attention Mr Dey is progressing favourab'y and hopes to be able to get up to-day. We wish him a speedy recovery. Considerable interest is felt, among the young folks especially, about the circus performance to be given in Hamilton by the Probasco Company to thy. The feats performed by the hor.es are described as wonderful, and the other portions of the show arc in keeping with the equine performances. There will be two exhibitions, one at 2 p.m. and the other at S p.til , both in the Volunteer Hall. Those who saw Kenneth Rains during his prolonged stay in the Waikato Hospital, when for some weeks his life was despaired of, will be surprised to hear that he is now in heavy training and has arranged to run the. well-known Waikato atheleto, Charles Sivann, over a course of a mile for £OO aside. The race is to take place at Mackytown, Karangahakc, in October. Swanu proceeds to Auckland at once to undergo his preparation. Some further particulars in connection with the love tragedy at Auburn, New South Wales, have transpired. It appears that the young woman, Nellie Willis, who shot a former sweetheart, named McFadyen, and afterwards committed suicide, had several times threatened to shoot him. She recently followed him to the Northern District, and because he refused to have anything to do witli her, threw herself into the river. The shooting was the outcome of a rumour that he intended to marry another woman. McFadyen admitted at the inquest that he had wronged the deceased. A peculiar case has coma before the Molong Police Court, New South Wales. A local land surveyor laid a criminal information against the members of the District Land Board for murdering a Miss Leiron. The latter conditionally purchased a piece of Crown land, but the Roard twice cancelled her application and forfeited the deposit money because, as alleged, she was acting as an agent, anil eich time the Minister of Lauds reversed the Board's decbion. Miss Lemon died shortly after the second reversal. The ground cf the charge is that the Board's decision broke Miss Lemon's heart. The Bench refused to take action till a doctor's certificate as to the cause of death was produced. On Mondiy last the sheriff, accompanied by Mr C. Buddie, solicitor, proceeded to Matamata with the object of carrying out a decree of the Supreme Court granted on the motion of the Assets Realisation Board. It appears that a man named Douglas, who is married to a Maori woman, claims through her an interest in the block, and has squatted close to the boundary, and in spite of a judgment of the Supreme Court refuses to budge. The sheriff and solicitor, having enlisted some assistance from those employed on the estate, proccedid to the place and were met most civilly by Douglas, who informed them that it was no business of his, and that it was his wife who would not leave. The intention of the party was, we are informed, to evict by pulling down the residence. They wore, however, met with the obstruction of a sick baby and gave up the intention, either from softles of heart or fear of consequences to themselves if the child should happen to die after being turned out. We gather that in spite of the existence of a Crown Grant which was issued to Mr Thomas Russell about the year 18S2, the present Government has offered a bribe to Douglas and his wife to clear off the land, notwithstanding that the Native Land Court, and all with a knowledge of the facts of the case, say that tin-woman has no claim whatever, either in equity or law We understand that Douglas has given his word that he will char out within a month. The worst feature of the whole business is that the Assets Company has been put to consider able expense in order to secure their rights under a Crown Grant. Clearly when once a Crown Grant is issued the original holder, or his successor, should be upheld in his rights by the Government.