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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 256, 8 March 1898, Page 2

At the tent meeting, Cambridge, to-night, the subject ol Pastor Steed's address will he : " The Seven Seals of Revelation Unfolded. What do they tell •'. " Mr W. J. Hunter has received instructions from Mr J. McMurray, of Hautapu, to sell about the end of March the whole of his live and dead stock, etc. Full particulars will appear in a future issue.

Mr Deverill's store at Cambridge was lighted with acetylene gas on Saturday evening, and it made the rest of the town look remarkably dull. Mr A. Wilkinson, of the firm of Wilkinson and Co , who fitted up tho apparatus and are the local agents, had a busy time explaining matters to the ctowd of onlookers. v At their Cambridge sale on Saturday, March 19th, Messrs McNiccl and Co. will offer a four-roomed cottage and acre in Cambridge West in the estate of Chas. -Norgrove (deceased) They will also offer on account of Mr G. P. Djiindly, Napier, a line of 4000 crossbred ewes. Full paiticulars aiv advertised in their column. In reference to a paragraph which appeared in our issue of Thursday last relating to the result obtained from a paddock of Chewing's tescue on the Thames Valley Company's estate, wc have been requested by Mr F. D. Rich to give the exact reailts. The paddock, which has been recently surveyed, contained in all 81 acres, 14 acres being in a state of nature and estimated as equal to three acres of the sown laud, making the area equal *o 70 acres. On this 170 sheep were fattened, which is equal to 2 3-7th sheep per acre. A good story is told on tho authority of the Chief Constable of Exeter. It is as follows:--■" A merchant in that town has a Dalmatian dog, which lives in u stall with one of his horses. During the wiu'er a quantity of carrot* was kept in a covered hamper in another part of the stab'e, and one of the btable men ncticii g that the carrots were disappear ir.g at too rapid a r»tc, kept watch, and found to his astonishment that the Dalmatian dog was the thief. The animal used to go to the hamper, push it open, take out a carrot, and give it to his friend the horse, only taking one carrot at a time, and never offering one to any other horse." To-morrow Messrs McNicol and Co. hold their second shsep fair of the season in their Ohaupo Yards, when they expect to offer 20,000 sheep, comprising breeding ewes, lambs, store wethers, and a lot of fat sheep. From all parts of the district we hear good reports of the turnip crop, and last Friday's ruin has placed it beyond doubt. We fully expect that this season will produce one of the best supplies of this winter food sver known in Waikato. This, and the fact that the riin has just come in time to help the surface sowing, should make a good demand for sheep, and we fully expect to hear of every Hue being cleared at to-morrow's sale. A harvest festival was celebrated at Tuhikarmea on Sunday last. The schoolroom was mot tastefully decorated for the occasion, with fruit, corn, fi iwers, and beautiful designs by Mrs Davys, Misses Cunningham, and L. Davys, Messrs Davys (sen and jur), C. McCormick and Williams, 11 Carter, and W. Gobi-.;. The service was conducted by the Rev Dr Hosking, who preached an appropriate and eh quent sermon f: oni the Pal able of the 'iares. The preacher san.; a solo during the service, which was much appreciated. Much credit is due to Messrs Lang, M.H.R., McCormiek and Williams for a plentiful supply of first c'ass fruit. The collection a mounted to CI 2s 7{»d. There was a large congregation, the building being nearly full. A meeting of the Mangaboi Land Drainage Boatd was held in the Board's office, Te Awamutu, on Friday afternoon last. There were present : Messrs J. Hutchinson (chairman), VY. North, W. Ashl.y and J. M. Ingham. Several matters in connection with the Board's business were discussed. The Clerk was instructed to insert the usual notice of intention to strike rate of in the £ on lands directly interested, and id in the £ on lands indirectly interested. A circular was r- ceived from the Bank of NbW Zealand re charge for keeping the Board's account. It was unanimously agreed that the authority be signed. Mr North was authorised to employ some men to have some of the necessary work done. The accounts passed for payment were : —The WaiKATO AKGW, £lO 18s; clei k and legal expenses, etc., £2O 19s ; 11. Roche, £5 12s 6d ; George Ahier, 3s ; auditor, 6s Sd. The Public Hall, Cambridge, was filed on Sunday night, when Pastor Steel preached. The speaker seemed anxious to have all realise that religion is a reality ; that when the Bible speaks of a Temple in Heaven, it means what it says. He said that there had always been a Temple there, and that the Sanctuary built by Moses was the shadow of another, in which Christ is working as High Priest. The work, the speaker contended, was as real as anything we can see here, and that the service now in progress, in that Temple, will c!ose the work of Christ as High Priest. Speaking of the Ark in the Temp'e of Heaven, he said that the copy of the moral law is no longer inscribed upou tables of stone, but is written by Jesus, upon the fleshy tables of the heart. To the sinner, the moral law is a prohibitory one, but to the believer in Jesus, every commandment becomes a promise. A promise, that " Thou shalt not," for Jesus will save us from breaking His commandments ; a promise that we shall be kept by the mighty power of God. " Thou shalt " is theiefoiv a promise that we shall not, as long as we put our trust in Jesus, who i 3 " God with us," every day. The address was listened to with marked attention.