The Waikato Argus GEORGE EDGECUMBE, Proprietor. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1898.

Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 335, 1 September 1898, Page 2

The Waikato Argus GEORGE EDGECUMBE, Proprietor. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1898.

The Payne Family, of musicians and Bellringers. will visit Hamilton on Saturday and Monday next, and Cambridge on Tuesday and Wednesday. Mr Wesley Spragg has returned to Auckland, and will, no takean early opportunity of communicating with the milk suppliers personally or by circular.

The three retiring Councillors of the Borough of Cambridge, Messrs Kerr, Arnold and Richardson, have been reelected, they being the only ones nominated for the office.

Mr W. J. Hunter will hold his special horse sale at Cambridge to-day and to-morrow, when between 400 and ")00 horses of all descriptions will be offered. The sale will commence at 11 o'clock to-day, and to-morrow at 9 o'clock.

Mr G. J. Neal, of Cambridge, has decided to leave the towuehip and stick to farming. He lias sold his baking business to Mr Salisbury, late of Ngaruawaliia, who intends building a house adjoining the bake-house in Duke-street. The premises now occupied by Mr Neal as a store will be occupied by Mr G. E. Clark, manure merchant and seedsman, for whom extensive alterations will be carried out.

A man named R. Petty, whilst working on the railway near Mercer, met with a serious accident ou Tuesday. One of his fellow -.voikmen accidentally drove a pick through his bond, breaking a bone. The injured man proceeded to Hamilton, where his injuries were attended to by Dr. Brewis. There is a compound fracture of the bone, and some weeks are likely to elapse before he will be able to resume work.

Messrs J. Bettley, J. W. H. Bright, 1). Salmon, C. Tipnin and J. A. Young have been nominated for the office of Councillor of the Borough of Hamilton. As there are only three vacancies, a poll will be taken on Thursday next, Bst inst.

Nominations of candidates qualified to act as members of the Drainage Board for the Hautapu district will be received by the Returning Officer (Mr T. Hartly), Cambridge, up to noon on Saturday, 10th inst., the poll (if necessary) being fixed for the 17th inst. five members are required. Messrs McNicol and Co. have received instructions from Mr J. D. P. Morgan to sell at Hautapu (in conjunction with Mr W. J. Hunter) on Monday, 19th September, at 12 o'clock sharp, the whole of his horses, implements, etc The auctioneers draw special attention to this sale, as the horses arc all young and some of the best in the district, and the farming plant is one of the .most complete in the Waikato Full particulars will be advertised in a future issue.

An inquest wag held yesterday by Coroner Gresham and a jury as to the cause of death of Mrs J. H. Latham, of Ngaruawahin, who died suddenly on Monday night about half-past eight. Miss Rath borne deposed that deceased whilst writing a letter complained of a pain in her "heart. She appeared to faint, and never rallied. Dr. Brewis deposed that he had made an examination of the body and found death to be due to the rupture of a blood vessel in the heart. A verdict was returned in accordance *vith the medical evidence. The deceased lady was 59 years of age.

We noticed hanging up in Mr Bettley's butchers' shop in Hamilton yesterday the carcase of a fine stag that had been sliot by Mr G. Eyre's son at Tauwhare a few days ago. The animal was in good condition, weighed about 1401 b, and. judging by the antlers, would be about six years old. Anyone fond of venison can now secure a joint of this, in many people's estimation, high-esteemed viand. From various quarters we hear of small herds of deer being seen, mors particularly about Tauwhare and Scotchman's Valley, so that a joint of venison will not be such a luxury in the near future as it has been up till now.

Yesterday Mr Gaudin, of Silverdale, sent us for iospection a fiah about half a pound weight which he had just caught in a hinaki taken from a swampy creek runuing through the property. We also learnt tliat several similar fish have been caught recently in the same way by Mr Gaudin. On reference to the handbook of the fishes of New Zealand, we conclude that it is a specimen of the kokopu, thus described : " A fat, sluggish rish found luiking under stones and rotten logs in streams not running over a clear or stony bottom. They afford very tame sport, but are fair eating, resembling the eel in flavour." They grow up to 9 inches in length, and do not exceed lib in weight.

The Thames police on Monday received information that a young woman named Elizabeth Cook had given birth to a female child, under somewhat pecn liar circumstances on Saturday evening at Matatoke. Jt appears that between six and seven o'clock on the evening in question, the young woman left her parents' home, and as she did not return up to two o'clock the next morning, they instituted search for her, with the result that she was ultimately found in the ti-tree scrub some distance away from the house. On being questioned by her mother, she admitted having been confined of a child during her absence in the ti-tree. During Sunday search was made for the body of the child, but without success, consequently the police were informed of the occurrence, and yesterday Detective Herbert and Constable Stevens proceeded to the place, and after half-an hour's search found the dead body of a fully-developed female child. The body was subsequently brought to the Thames, and this afternoon an inquest was opened, before Mr Albers Bruce, district coroner, but after the jury had viewed the body, the inquiry was adjourned to half-past six p.m. of September 9th, in order to adow time tor the mother of the child to recover, so that she might be able to attend to give evidence.

A short time ago we referred in these columns to the sale of Mr Pollard's draught entire, " Prince Fergus,' - to Mr Swaffield, of Maungakaramea, Whangarei. An anonymous writer with anything but creditable intention, has thought fit in the production below, to disparage the horse. The statements made are more over according to the late owner entirely void of, and in distinct opposition to the truth. The following is an exact copy of the production : " i seen in paper you has got Prince Fergus, and you is took in for this horse dusent get foles. any ways not mauy for these 2 seasons gone past, is bad for you loosing time and money bat worse getting no foles next season so writes these fe»v lines to warn you you is took in." In connection with thiauufoundedcharge, the late owner, Mr Pollard,has authorised and requested us to publish the letter, and to state that lie has written to Mr Swaffield offering to pay his expenses to Te Awamutu, and that he will take him round the district and interview all his old customers for the last six or seven years, and he is sati-fied that their testimony will be the best refutation to the disreputable and vindictive statements made by the writer to injure the character of the horse and an endeavour to cast an imputation of sharp practice upon himself.