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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 317, 21 July 1898, Page 2

The annual meetings of the parishioners of Christ Church, Ohaupo and St. Stephen's, Tamahere, will he held after the services on Sunday next. Contractors and builders will notice that Messrs Ellis and Burnand, sawmill proprietors, Olorohanga, have large stocks of seasoned timher on hand. Orders will secure prompt execution if entrusted to them. We are informed that Mi' J. I' 1 . Lout;, Postmaster, of Hamilton, has purchased the property of Mr Ingham, of Hamilton East, containing a house and about five acres of laud, and will change his residence at an early date. At the trial of Mrs McCarthy, arraigned for the murder of her three children at Yarraville, the medical evidence proved tliat the accused woman was in an unfit condition to plead, and she was ordered to be detained during the Governor's pleasure. Mr J. T. Home has been pretty expeditious hi getting under way again after the late fire. Wo notice that he has erected a temporary building adjacent to the site of his late premises in Victoria-street, Hamilton, and expects to be in a position to do business in it this afternoon. We understand that the Hamilton Orchestral Union intend to give a concert in about three weeks' time. Steady practice is being indulced in, and the Society intend to submit a first-class programme to their patrons. If previous concerts can be taken as a criterion, the public of Hamilton can look forward to a plflasiug entertainment. A meeting of the Cambridge West School Committee was held in the school-room on Saturday evening. There were preseut: Messrs E. Allen (Chairman), Hall, O. Kecley, J. Keeley and Tucker. The Board of Kduoation wrote agreeing to contribute two-thirds of the cost of the erection of a shelter shed up to £B. Inspector Petrie'a report was read and considered satisfactory. Accounts amounting to £1 were passed for payment.

Jean Luie, the notorious witness in the Tichborne case, is dead. The arrivals in the colony during Jni.e numbered 1043, and the departures 130;'). On Friday an enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the origin of Hie late lire at Hamilton will be held. Messrs Kempthorne, Frosscr and Co. have a new advertisement on our first page, in which quotations arc given for Coral Queen and Surprise Island guano. The Waikato Hounds will meet at the Hautapu railway station on Saturday. Members of the Club are lequested to forward their subscriptions to the Secretary as soon as possible. Col. Banks was in Hamilton last evening He proceeds to Alexandra today for the purpose of inspecting the newly-formed branch of the Waikato Mounted Infantry in that township. At his Cambridge sale on Saturday next .Mr W. J. Hunter will offer a choice lot of young cattle, dairy cows, horse*, P'gs, a nice lot of pure-bred Leghorn fowls, and various other articles. We regret that an error was made in our last Issue in the advertisement, re the Girls' Club. The meeting will be held in St. Pet«r's Schoolroom, Hamilton, on Saturday next, at 3 p.m. During the last day or two representatives of the various insurance companies interested have been very busy, valuing the salvage rem .ining from the late fire and settling all matters in connecting with their risks. A report is current that a pub'ican in one of the Waikato townships is shortly to be called upon to answer the charge of selling liquor after hours. This is the outcome of the visit of several Auckland detectives to the district. We noticed that Detectives Madden and Kennedy, and Constable Cavanagh were in Hamilton last evening. The object of their visit is unknown, but it is probably in connection with the extensive pilfering which is reported to have taken place during the progress of the late fire. Mr W. Bright commenced business in his temporary premises at an early hoar on Tuesday morning. The building hardly affords the comfort of the old " green room," but nevertheless a large number of friends have found their way there to sympathise with the proprietor in his loss. It is understood that Messrs L. 1). Nathan and Co. intend to build a most imposing structure in place of the old Hamilton Hotel ; but whether wipjd or bricks will be employed, is not yet settled. It is expected that the Cottage in the garden will be completed in about six weeks' time ; but it will be nearer six months before the hotel is finished. Tha New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company, by an advertisement, on our trout page, set forth the many advantages possessed by molasses as a fodder for live stock. Molasses has long been recognised as a valuablo food in Europe and America, and it is rapidly coming into favour in the colonies. The result of trials made at the Hawkesbury Agricultural College, N.S.W., speak for themselves, and it is needless for us to do more than refer our readers to the advertisement. Mr L. Callaghan, of Hamilton East, an employee at Mr I. Coates' flaxmill, hadfa miraculous escape on Tuesday. During a lespite the safety box alongside the feeder was removed, and when the mill resumed work the cup had not been replaced, and Mr Callaghan, who was feeding in the flax, leaned over to get some more material with his left hand. Ashe did so his shirt sleeve caught in the machinery, and his arm was quickly drawn towards the cogs. Fortunately the sleeve gave way, otherwise his arm must have been severely lacerated or broken. As it was, he escaped with a few scratches. I am informed (writes our Ohaupo correspondent! that Mr Carter has leased a portion of Mr Laurie's farm (late McLaren's) with the intention of establishing a bacon factory at Ohaupo. The Ohaupo district would certainly be a central position for such an industry. I am told that Mr Carter has been round visiting the farmers, who have promised their support, and if all goes well a start will be made next month, Fig keeping has paid well in Waikato the last few years aud will likely eoutinue to do so as long as the creameries are T n operation. Factories are all the fashion now factory - made cheese, factorymade butter, and factory-made bacon, ditto boots, clothes, chickens, etc. The Hamilton Chess Club lost their room aud contents by the fire on Saturday evening. The club-room, which was secured free by the kindness of Mr Young, had been fitted up at some expense by the club, and was very snug indeed. However, the club is determined to fulfil its, engagements and play the le Awamutu Club as arranged next Tuesday evening by telegraph. The following are the teams :—Te Awamutu : Messrs Bertram, Gourman, Taylor, Wall, Vaile and Coulthard ; emergency, McKay. Hamilton : Messrs Stevens, Edgecumbe, Going, McCrea, fclorne aud Lye. Play commences at 7 p.m. sharp. News by way of Vancouver says :• —" The British fleet in the Pacific is to be strengthened to a considerable extent during the next few months. The Tenieraire, the first battleship to be permanently stationed here, is being fitted out at Portsmouth, and will sail shortly for Esquimaulr. The big cruiser Warspite is also to be sent to join the Pacific fleet. The fleet is to be strengthened by replacing some of the smaller cruisers with larger ones, the tecond-class cruiser Arethusa being now on her way to relieve the third-class cruiser Icarus. In the south the battleship Iron Duke, is to be stationed at Coquimbo, Among naval men the opinion is rife that England is about to make a move in the Pacific that will startle the world, or, if not this, she is preparing to meet a contemplated move of one of the other big Powers. The first meeting of the Pukekura Mutual Improvement .Society was hehl in the Cambridge West Public Hall on Thursday last, the 14th July. The Rev, T. Caunell, President of the Society, being unable to he present, Mr T. A. Hicks occupied the chair. There was a large attendance, and a great many of those present were enrolled as members. After the formal business had been disposed of, the following programme for the evening, which consisted of readings, recitations and songs, was proceeded with : Reading, " Mrs Caudlo'u Curtain Lectures/' Mr T. Hicks ; soncr, " The Pardon Came Too Late,'' Miss Garland ; song, " IN ever, Never Trouble Boys," Mr A. Wallace ; reading, " Medical Testimonials," Miss Bruce ; song, " The Last Milestone," Miss Miller; song, " I'm the Father of a Little Black Coon," Mr R. Garland. The readings were very favourably criticised by the members present. The next meeting will be held on the 28th instant, when it is anticipated there will be a large attendance. The evening will be devoted to " impromptu speeches."