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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 361, 1 November 1898, Page 2

The annual meeting of the Hamilton Athletic Club will be held in the Royal Hotel, Hamilton East, on Friday next, 4th iust., at 8 p.m. Tradesmen and others should be on their guard, as there is a good deal of spurious coin in circulation just now. Some of it has reached the Thames. A meeting of the Pukekura Road Board will be held on Saturday next at the usual time and place. The members are also requested to meet the same day at 1.30 p.m. at Mr James Keeley's corner. The Commander of the Forces is making inquiries from the police in each of the chief centres as to the length of time necessary for the completion of a list of persons who are eligible for militia service. The Leader (Victoria) estimates that, after a careful examination of the orops in the principal wheat districts, though the yield is muoh lower than promised earlier in the season, there will be a good surplus for export if the weather continues favourable. Early on Sunday morning a sixroomed house, occupied by Mr Poole in Ponsonby Road, Auckland, was destroyed by fire. The building was thoroughly gutted. It was owned by Mr Gcodacre and insured in the New Zealand Office for £3OO. The furniture was insured for £155 in the South British. Our Cambridge correspondent states he has received complaints about a cow that has lately been turned on the streets of that town, adorned with a very loud but unmusical bell. He thinks it would be well for the owner of the animal to remove the .appendage, as some of the householders are threatening to impound the cow. At the Waikato Agricultural and Pastoral Association's Shew last week the first and champion prize for ram of any ago iu the Lincoln classes was taken by the Fencourt Estate's exhibit, which was bred by Mr C. Withell. At the Ellesmere Show at Leeston on 21st October, Mr Withell was most successful in the Lincoln classes, securing all the prizes except one, including both championships. The Sydney Daily Telegraph, commenting on the Mew Zealand Old Age Pensions Bill, says special interest attaches to the scheme as a legislative experiment which may prove educative, cither negatively or affirmatively, to the world. It is questionable, it says, whether the pension provided for is sufficient to adequately assist the aged poor. In other respects it will be interesting to observe the operation of this simple scheme, which aims at settling the question off-hand by paying pensions and charging the State with the whole expense. The usual monthly meeting of the Hautapu Drainage Board was held iu the Borough Chambers, at Cambridge, on Saturday. There were present : Messrs W. H. Thomas (chairman), G. Watt, C. Lake and W. G. McCann. The classifying of the lands, as arranged by Mr W. Main, was submitted, and after some little discussion it was adopted by the Board, and was duly signed by the Chairman. The members of the Board spoke highly of the manner in which MiMain had carried out his duties. As will be seen on reference to our advertising columns, the classification list will be open for the inspection of those interested, till noon of Tuesday, the 22nd instant.

A woman named Rose Morgan, a resident ut North Invercargill, has been sentenced to seven days' imprisonment for ill-treating Amelia Hubert, an orphan girl of 12 years of age, whom the woman had adopted. The child had been beaten and kept short of food, her schoolmaster and teacher having fed her at school. Counsel asked that a line might be inflicted instead of imprisonment, but Mr Poynton, S.M., said that that would be to punish the husband, who bad been kind to the child, He added that the child would not again be given into the woman's custody. The sale of Mamaku village sections took place en Friday. There was a Jgood attendance The total sum realised was £ ! 67 15s, as follows : Block VI. : Sec. 1, G. Fox, £5 ; sec. 3. H. Wake, £5 10s; sec. 4. Mansfield. £7 10s ; sec. 5, A. Cassrell, £6; sec. 6, J. W. Amoore, £7 10s ; sec. 7, A. Cassrell, £8 ; see. 8, H. Wake, £7 ; sec. 9, L D. Nathan, £ll ; sec. 10, H. Wake, £2O ; sec. 11, H. Wake, £ll ; sec. 12, A. Cassrell, £7 10s. Block V.: 10a 2r 22p, A. W. Roe, £3l. Block IV. : Sec. 1, Frank Lake, £10; sees. 2 and 3, T. Chapman, £5 each ; see. 6, G. Bennett, £5 15s. Sections I of Rlock I, 2 and 3 fell to A. Cassrell for £5 each. All the other sections were passed in. The Dunedin Chamber of Com merce has forwarded to Mr Oliver, M.L.C., as chairman of the Labour Bills Committee, a resolution calling on the Legislative Council, at the solicitation of the manufacturers of Dunedin, to condemn the principle underlying the proposed amendments to the Industrial Conciliation and Arbitration Acts, which constitute " an iniquitious usurpation of the liberty of the individual, and are inimical to the best interests of industrial peace" The Chamber earnestly hopes the Council will not pass the Master and Apprentices Bill in its present form, especially as to compulsory indentures. The Council is also requested to uphold the principle of mutual agreement in the Workers' Compensation for Accident Bill. Manufacturers assert that these Bills, if passed, will lead to extensive importations and closing up of industry.

A meeting of the Te Awamutu School Committee was held last week. It was decided to have the railway excursion in February next, owing to only 220 passengers having promised to go to Te Aroha in November (under the required number). It was resolved to hold the entertainment in aid of the purchase of the playground on December 15th (race day), at which the prizes won by the scholars during the last six months be presented. The Michaelmas holidays will commence immediately after the annual examination, which takes place on the 2nd and 3rd November ; the school will reopen on Monday, the 14th November. It was proposed by Mr Gresham, and seconded by Mr Ahier, that the Board be requested to furnish a return of the number of scholars presented for examination, and the number passed since the opening of the school. The Chairman and Mr Teasdale spoke strongly against the motion, which was lost on the voices. It was resolved to canvass for subscriptions for the purchase of school prizes.