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Waikato Argus, Volume IV, Issue 264, 26 March 1898, Page 2

Want of space has compelled us to hold over our leading article on the Government; policy, as put forth by the Premier in the course of an interview with a representative of the Lyttelton Times. We print the heads of the interview in another column. .ludd's iron foundry at the Thames was burned down on Wednesday night. The loss is estimated at £IOOO, The mails, which hitherto have closed at 1 o'clock at the Kiiikiriroa Post-office, will in future be closed at 12.30. It is understood that Mr .Justice Dennistou will succeed Mr Justice Williams as Judge of the Arbitration Court. At the forenoon service in the Hamilton Presbyterian Church to-mor-row, the sacrament of the Lord's Supper will be celebrated. We learn that Mr Gabolinski, forineily of Waihou, has secured the Papakura Hotel, and entered into possession on Wednesday last. We remind members of the committee of the South Auckland Racing Club of the meeting to be held this (Saturday) evening in the Hamilton Hotel, at 8 p.m. During the voyage of the Kimutaka from London on Febiuary 19, Mrs Belchan.ber, of Auckland, 78 years of age, second saloon passenger, died of htarc disease.

The Hamilton Gas Company notify that the price for coke in future will be £2 per ton.

The Post gives currency to a report of the early retirement of the Minister of R'i ways (the Hon. A. J. Cadman), on the ground of ill-health.

Nelson gaol is to be closed, Eight prisoners and two warders will be brought across to Wellington, and the remaining three prisoners transferred to Hokitika.

The inhabitants of Cambridge will have the opportunity of hearing Mr Edgar Walton on Sunday evening, as he will give a couple of solos at ths Wesleyan Church.

At a sitting of the Native Appellate Court at Wellington on April I3th, application will be made to quash the orders relating to block 14, Hurowhenua, on the ground that they were made without jurisdiction.

The report recently circulated that Mr Bastings, the popular proprietor of the Criterion Hotel, Poeroa, had sold out had no foundation whatever; neither has Mr Bastings any intention of doing so. So we are informed on very reliable authority.

Messrs McNicol <uid Co.'s special horse sale at Cambridge yesterday was well attended, but the bidding was by no means brisk. The steeplechaser King6Wood was offered, but only £ls was bid, and the reserve was 45 jjuineas. La Grippe changed hands at £l6. The sale will be continued this morning. It is stated that Mr Alexander Mcintosh, for some years past general manager of the Royal Bank of Queensland, has been selected as auditor for the Bank of New Zealand, in succession to Mr J. M. Butt, by terms of the Banking Act. The appointmeut of the auditor rests with the Government.

Attention is directed to Mr W. J. Hunter's clearing sale at Mr John McMurray's, Hautapu, on Monday next, March 28th. The furniture is choice and as good as new. Tha draught horses are young and good workers, and the harness horses well-bred, fast and quiet, aud would be hard to beat in Waikato.

The woak spots in the Advances to Settlers Act are beginning to show themselves. There is a case at Wanganui by which the country will lose £9OO. The solicitor for the borrower has written that the loan ought never to have been granted. The borrower has left the country, and all his movable property has disappeared.

At Christ Church, Ohaupo, on Sunday last Archdeacon Willis announced that the evening services and lectures, which had been kindly conducted by the Rev. J. Marshall during the summer months, had now concluded. He expressed the great obligation which botli he and the congregation were under to Mr Marshall for these voluntary and helpful services. There will not be any service at Christ Church tomorrow evening.

The cricket match between the Englishmen and the South Australian eleven ended in a draw, time not permitting of it being played out. The Englishmen in their second innings scored 399. The Colonials, requiring 335 runs to win, then went to the wickets, aud when time was called had scored 2G7 for the loss of two wickets, Hill (124, not out) being the principal contributor. The Englishmen left Adelaide for England on Thursday. The annual school excursion from the Cambridge and Hamilton districts to Auckland, was held ytsterday. When the train left Frank ton, the last station at which passengers were picked up, there must have been quite 1000 passengers on board—adults and children being about equally divided. Auckland was reached at noon, and the passengers weie soon distributed throughout the city, such places as the Art Gallery, Museum, toy and drapers' shops being largely patronised. The return journey was started at 5.30 and Hamilton was reached about 945 p.m. The train then went on to Cambridge. All who attended declared the trip to have been a most enjoyable one, and there were no unpleasant eircumstances of any kind to mar the pleasure.

The annual meeting of St. Paul's Young Men's Club was held at Cambridge on Wednesday evening. There was a fair attendance of members. Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows :—President, Rev. W. Cannell; vice-Presidents, Messrs R. C. Dyer, R. N. Buttle and C. Roberts ; Secretary, Mr R. Clark ; assistant secretary, Mr J. Cowling ; Treasurer, Mr Geo. Northcy ; Committee, Messrs W. Garland, W. White, J. Bridgman, A. Peppercorn and C. Nixon. The subscription was fixed as last year, viz, ss. Tuesdays arid Saturdays were arranged as club nights, and it was agreed to open on April 19th. It was decided to hold au entertainment at at early date, the proceeds to be devoted to fixing up a showct bath. The retiring President, Rev. L. Hudson, was very heartily thanked for all the trouble he had token on behalf of the young men, and it was agreed that his pho'o be enlarged and framed and hung in the gjmnasium. Mr Hudson in reply reminded the meeting that the building was quite free of debt and that on the current account there was a balance iu hand of 16s 7d. He urged the members to work heartily together, and expressed the hope that they would have great success in the future.

The tent meetings at Cambridge are a success, and the lectures are being much enjoyed by those attending. The consideration of one subject only suggests another question, full of interest. Mr Steed's line of work seems to b"e that of answering the questions asked in the Bible. He claims that a question is never asked, but it is answered iu the Bible itself. During this week it must have been evident to all who attended that Mr Steed was anxious for them to see that " God is Love " ; that His ways arc perfect, because of love ; that He is just, because in love He metes out both punishment and rewards. When speaking of the nature of man, he said that "Man was made a little lower than the Angels," who existed before man was created ; also that man did not depend upon the possession ot a soul in order to live to all eternity, but that an endless life was the gift of God in His son. The Christian never dies ; he sleeps in Jesus ; while the man without Christ is alienated from the life of God, and dead in trespasses aud sins. The Lord shut man off from the tree of life in order that man might not become au endless sinner. In Jesus Christ the way back to that tree of life is opened, and that eternal life, which is the gift of God, may be enjoyed by all to-day. During the lecture some touching experiences were related of the subduing power of God's perfect plan upon the hearts of criminals. On Sunday night there should be a crowded house to hear Mr Steed's lecture on "Satan," for he has had some experience amid the criminal and depraved of the slums of Loudon, where the work of evil has fully developed.