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Waikato Argus, Volume V, Issue 364, 8 November 1898, Page 2

The full programme for Ihe Hamilton Boxing-day Sports will be found on our third page. The supply of milk at the Hamilton creamery for the month of October was 22,431 gallons from 29 suppliers. The programme for the Whatawhata races, to be held on Manday, 2nd January, will be advertised in a few days. We are pleased to learn that Mr George McCullagh is progressing as favourably as can be expected, but it wi'l be some little time before he is about again. Mr F. W. Lang, M.H.R., who returned to Auckland from his Parliamentary duties on Sunday, will be a passenger to Frauktou by the express train to-day. The Mosgiel Woollen Company shows a profit for the' year of £9537. Dividends absorb £5145, equal to seven per cent, for the year, and £1093 is carried forward. To-morrow being the Prince of Wales' Birthday, will be observed as a holiday in the Post Office. The telegraph office will be opened at the hoiirs set forth under the heading " Mail Notices." An election to fill an extraordinary vacancy in the Kirikiriroa Road Board will be held (if required) on Wednesday, 30th inst. Nominations of candidates will be received up to uoon of Friday, 18th inst. The total supply of milk to the Kihikihi creamery for the month of October last, was a little over thirty thousand gallons. There are now twentyseven suppliers, and a total daily supply of about one thousand gallons. Messrs McNicol and Co. will hold a clearing sale at Kauroa, Raglan, on Wednesday, 23rd November, at 12 o'clock sharp, when they will offer, under bill of sale, a large number of cattle, sheep, horses, implements, furniture, etc. Herr Van Weenen, the well-known wool and sheep expert, left Sydney for New Zealand. Ho will attend the l'almerston North and Canterbury Pastoral and Agricultural Shows, and on behalf of the Sydney Mail, will report on the stud sheep exhibited. The adjourned inquest on the remains of Mr Hulke. the Wellington schoolmaster, was held on Saturday. The following verdict was returned : " That being bound by medical evidence we find that deceased died from failure of the heart's action and disease of the heart and lungs." On Saturday evening last a fourroomed house in Hamilton East, owned by Mr I, Coates and occupied by Messrs Viccars and Stnythe, was totally destroyed by fire. No reason can be assigned for the outbreak. Ncthiug was saved, and there was no insurance on either the house or the contents. We learn a .scheme is on foot for supplying Cambridge with electric light. The matter has been taken up by a wellknown local business firm, and if the inhabitants give a fair amount of encouragement, there is not the slightest doubt but that the necessary plant, etc., will be forthcoming as soon as required. Mr W. Dey, the present Mayor of Hamilton, has consented, on the requisition of all the councillors but one, and of over SO burgesses, to be nominated for. reelection to the Mayoralty. The councillors who have worked under His Worship must be allowed to be the best judges of his fitness for the office, and this upproval should be mo3t gratifying to him, after such an extended tenure of the office. Anyone wishing to start a boarding-house in the salubrious town of Cambridge should inspect the new building lately erected on the Victoria Road by Mr A. Wallace, which is advertised iu this issue. It is replete with every convenience, has a good orchard in full bearing, and two or three acres of land may be had with it, if required. The town is already full of visitors, and anyone taking the above bouse will be sure to have it rilled at an early date.

We have been requested to print the Old Age Pensions Act in our columns. We have not yet received a copy from Wellington. We may, however, explain that every man who has been 25 years in the colony and has behaved himself decently will be eutitled to receive within a small fraction of Is per diem. There arc restrictions as to the possession of a certain amount of property. These were so twisted aud changed whilst the Bill was passing through Parliament that we are unable to give a full digest. Mr H. E. Davis, of Irwell, is the possessor of what is perhaps the most wonderful freak of nature that has ever been given birth to in the Ellesmero distrist, in the shape of a calf with the following unnatural proportions :—Six legs, two distinct beads, four eyes, four oars, two months, and a lot of other additional appendages. The monstrosity is, uufortuiiately dead, but Mr Davis lias the body preserved in proper solution, and has given it to a representative of this journal to dispose of it in the most useful manner. Its destination will probably be the Christchurch Museum. —Guardian. For some time past a feeling has beeu growing in Raglan and the several postal districts lying between that town and Hamilton that the time has arrived when some improvement upon the present bi-weekly mail service should be made. As a result of this, copies of a petition to the Chief Postmaster, Auckland, asking that a tri-weekjy service be established, are now lying for signature at Raglan, Okete, Waitetuna, VVlnitawhata, and also at this office. The application for three mails a week on the above importaut line is only a reasonable one, as settlement and population are steadily increasing, and, in addition, business people visiting Raglan during the summer have been greatly inconvenienced by the inadequate mail service.

During the past session thirtyseven Public Bills were passed, seventyeight were dropped or otherwise disposed of. The divisions numbered f 240. Tne House sat 80 days, with an average of nine hours 48 minutes per sitting, it sat 509 hours before midnight and 214 hours afterwards. There were 503 reports from select committees, and 273 papers were laid on the table. Wo call attention to Messrs A. Toonnn and Co.'s notification in our advertising 'columns. This firm is wellknown to all our readers, and through their prompt and careful attention to the producers interests, they arc now doing a very extensive business. Mr A Tooman was through our district last week looking up his old friends, but the bad weather preveutcd him calling at ninny places. .He slates that owing to the severe gales our crop is not likely to he beyond an average one, and that the peaches have suffered very much. He is of opinion that our early fruit will do remarkably well this season, and is in hope of payable prices throughout the season.

Numerous changes arc taking place in Duke-street, Cambridge. Mr Saulbury runs the bakery formerly carried on by Mr G. J. Neal, and Mr G. E. Clark has taken the shop and manure store also formerly occupied by Mr Neal. Lower down the street Messrs W. Souter and Co. are .extending their premises they having purchased the Melbourne House, formerly occupied by Mr Woodroffe, and also an adjoining allotment, and they have lately erected spacious offices. Mr R. Davits has purchased the large store where for many years Messrs Houghton and Sons' conducted an extensive business, and he will shortly move into it, and the premises he vacate. 1 ) have, we learn, been taken by Mr J. H. Edwards, who is going into business on his own account. Mr Kdwards has only been in Cambridge a short time, but he has made many friends, and we trust the venture will prove a lucrative one for him. Complaints h c ave reached us from various sources from time to time regarding a number of the young people of Hamilton, who attend the various churches on Sunday evenings and by their unseemly conduct iu talking, laughing and playing up generally, disturb the whole congregation and especially those who unfortunately happen to be in their immediate vicinity. To such an extent has this nuisance grown that a number of people have giveu up attending the evening services altogether. We are pleased to learn, however, that in at least one of the churches it has been determined to deal with the matter with a strong hand. Last Sunday evening the minister stopped short in the middle of his sermon and lookiug straight at three of the culprits—youug ladies (?), by-the-way—proceeded to give them a good " dressing-down," winding up with s6me good wholesome advice. This very marked attention before the whole congregation >vas so keenly relished by the recipients that at least one of the trio has expressed her intention to " wor-' ship" elsewhere for the future. A few more salutary lessons like that of Sunday last would speedily stamp out this very objectionable phise of the larrikin and larrikiness nuisance.