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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 355, 18 October 1898, Page 2

The ordinary monthly meeting of the Piako County Council will be held at the County Office, Morrinsville, on Thursday next, at 11 a.m. It is notified in this issue that entries for the Auckland Agricultural Show, to be held on the 11th and 12th November, will be received by Mr Martin Butler, Cambridge, up to Monday, 31st inst. The Tfc Awamutu Town Board election resulted in the return of Messrs W. North (101), F. R. Gibson (85), J. B. Teasdale (78), J. L. Mandeno (77), and G. M. A. Ahier (76). The other candidate, Mr S. C. Matthews, polled 70. Mr W. J. Hunter will hold a special horse sale at the Hamilton Yards early iu December. Entries are solicited, and the sale will commence at 11 o'clock. When sending entries clients are requested to state if unbroken, unreserved, or reserved. On Saturday night there was a large gathering in the Opera House, Wellington, when a testimonial was presented to Mr T. E. Taylor, M.H.R., in recognition of his services to the colony by his action in regard to the late Police Commission. Mr J. Clark, of Te Awamutu, had on view on Saturday last, at the Te Awamutu sale, one of Booth and Maedonald's steel and frame discs,which was inspected by several of the farmers, and pronounced a great improvement on the old style of wooden frames. The formal opening of the bridge recently erected over the Waipa River at Ngaruawahia will take place tomorrow at 3 p.m. We understand numerous invitations to take part in the proceedings have been issued by the Town Board, and a large gathering of representative men is expected. We learn that Mr Daviclge has purchased the acre of land in Brycestreet, Hamilton, facing the Hamilton West railway station, and intends to build a residence thereon shortly. Mr Davidge has already cut down the furze growing upon the section, and it is only now that its value as a site can be realised. On Friday evening Mrs Cooke's adult and juvenile dancing class at Cambridge terminated with a plain aud fancy dress ball in the Oddfellows' Hall. It was largely attended, and presented a very pretty spectacle. Eight little girls gave an excellent rendering of a Maori dance, which had to be repeated. The little ones departed at 10 p.m., aud the adults continued ohe dance till 1.30 a.m. The ball was a great success. The police raided the premises of Mr Edward Perry at Te Kuiti on Thursday evening last. About 9 p in. Constables O'Grady (Te Kuiti), Hyde (the Tunnel), Stanyer (Otorohanga), and a native policeman walked in, aud after a thorough search unearthed three case 3of beer and two or three bottles containing whisky. An information was laid the following morning. Strange to say, Mr Perry's was the only place visited. At Otorohanga on Saturday evening the Theatre Royal Company, Te Awamutu, played " The Burglar and the Judge." The house was crammed, and everybody was delighted with the revelations of " Saveloy Joe," while " Sir Henry Fitzjames " and "Old Parkhurst " contributed iu no small measure to the success of the performance. The Company will play at Te Awamutu on 21st, Hamilton on 26th, and liuntly on 27th.—(Own Correspondent): We have received a very lengthy letter from Mr Geo- A. Peckhani, in reference to the non-attendanee at Mr Smith's lecture, given under the auspices of the Te Awamutu Improvement Society. He exonerates the Secretary from all blame, on the grounds of his illness, and his having arranged with the writer to attend and receive Mr Smith. This he undertook to do, but owing to the sudden illness of his (Mr Peckhani') wife, he was unable to do so. This correspondence must now cease. The monthly meeting of the Cambridge Road Board, that should have been held on Saturday, lapsed, only the chairman, Mr Day, and Mr Thomas being present. Tha following interim accounts were passed for payment : W. Souter and Co., £6 15s Gd ; J. Pennell, £7 3s ; T. Wells, 6s 5d ; H, Fitzgerald, Is 9d ; the clerk, £5. It was agreed that at the next meeting of the Waikato County Council, Mr Thomas should ask for a sum of £7O, the riding account beiDg considerably in credit, There was a large attendance afe the Cambridge Polo grounds last Saturday afternoon. There was moire than a full team present, so some had to play on number two ground. Messrs Potts and Bucklaud choose the teams that contested on number one ground, and the former won by three goals to one. Judging by the number of spectators present the game has " caught on " in Cambridge, for week by week the attendance increases. In future play will commence at 4 p.m., as the days are lengthening and the heat is oppressive earlier in the afternoon. A conference of teachers, representing Hawke's Bay, Wellington, Wanganui, and Dunedin, held at Danevirke, passed resolutions that the colonial pupil teachers' system should be adopted, the proportion of pupil teachers to certificated teachers not to exceed 25 per cent. The centralisation of the inspectorate was approved, the chief inspector to supervise the district inspectors. It was agreed that definite text-books should be enforced throughout the colony, individual passes abolished, freedom of classification adopted, and the age of exemption raised to 14. Standards four and five it was resolved should be subdivided into three, acd it was agreed that natives attending district schools should be subject to the compulsory clause*,

A large number of returned Klondyke miners were passengers by the Miowera. Dr. Hosking, the well-known Masterton medico, who paid a visit to the field, says that, with the exception of the very rich deposits of three streams flowing into the Yukon, there is no gold in the district. The monthly meeting of the Cambridge Branch of the Mothers' Union will be held in St. Andrew's School-room on Thursday next, 20th inst., at 3 p.m. The subject for consideration is " Gentleness." The day has been altered from Tuesday to Thursday in the hope of suiting a larger number (if mothers. In reference to the rival routes (writes our Ohaupo correspondent), many of the settlers in this district consider the extension of the line a waste of public money, as it will not be required for many years to come, and advocate the calling of public meetings in the different ceutres to protest against the useless expenditure of public money on unproductive public works. Ot course there are some who hold a different opinion, but so far as I can gather the majority are against any further extension of the present line, at any rate the holding of meetings would test the feeling of the people in that respect. The Town Clerk of Hamilton, Mr C. J. W. Barton,has roceived official intimation from Captain Alexander, A. D C. to Lord Ranfurly, that the Vice-Regal party will arrive from Rotorua by special train about J. 30 p.m. on Friday, 25th November. His Excellency will be accompanied by the Countess of Ranfurly, Lord Northland and Lady Constance Knox, son and daughter of His Excellency, and Captain Alexander. A meet ing of the Reception Committee op pointed at the meeting of the Borough Council on Friday evening will be held at an early date to make arrangements for receiving and entertaining His Excellency. By an Order-in Council dated 10th inst., the representation of the contributory local authorities under " The Hospitals and Charitable Institutions Act, 1885, Amendment Act, 1886," for the Waikato Hospital District has been fixed as follows : Waipa and Waikato County Councils, each three members ; Piako County Council and Te Aroha Borough Council, three members for the combined district ; Raglan County Council, two members ; and the Hamilton and Cambridge Borough Councils, each one member. This reduces the number of members of the Board from fifteen to thirteen, the Waipa, Waikato and Piako Counties having each lost one, while the Raglan County has gained an additional member. Messrs A. Yates and Co., the well-known seed merchants and growers, of Auckland and Sydney, have sent us their catalogue of spring requisites for 1898, with which is enclosed a price list of labour saving implements for the garden, orchard and farm. To fruit growers the catalogue is of more than usual interest, as within its pages will be found a carefully compiled list of insecticides and fungicides, with the formulas for preparation as recommended by the New South Wales Department of Agriculture. The several ingredients required are listed and p r iced, together with illustrations of different spray pumps, ranging from 20s to £3, thus bringing the possession of one of these useful articles within the compass of even the humblest of our fruitgrowers. The catalogue further contains much useful information, and can be obtained on application to the firm iu Auckland. At a meeting of representatives from eighteen Road Boards near Auckland, held for the purpose of discussing the question of the charges made by the Government to Koad Boards and other local bodies in connection with the valuation of land under the Government Valuation of Land Act, the following resolution was carried, viz. : " That in the opinion of this meeting of representatives of Road Boards in the provincial district of Auckland, the charges made by the Valuer-General for copies of the valuation rolls of the respective districts have not been framed with a due regard to economy, nor hive the rolls in all case 3 been prepared with reasonable oru'e. The said charges are, in seme instances, a serious drain upon the resources of the local bodies concerned, and this meeting cousiders it the duty of the Government to have the sums charged reconsidered, with a view to their substantial redactiou ; that a copy of this retolution be sent to the Minister for Lauds." Several members spoke of the largely-increased cost of the valuation to their respective bodies, and the erratic manner in which the work had been done, one gentleman stating that the work had been done in such a manner that his Board (Mount Albert) were afraid to send out the rate notices.