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Waikato Argus, Volume VI, Issue 382, 14 January 1899, Page 2

There was no business to transact at the Magistrate's Court at Cambridge yesterday.

The Rev. A. Peters, of Auckland, will eondnct the services at the Cambridge Wesleyan Church to-morrow. A telegram from Wellington announces the death of Mr Samuel Waters, a well-known citizen. He was employed for 28 years by Levin and Co.

The Secretary of the Hamilton Public Library acknowledges the receipt of £37 3s f>om the Himilton Comedy Company towards the funds of the institution.

The Chairman of the Auckland Harbour Board has received the following cable message from Mr J. M. Btigham : •" Have arranged with the Admiralty for a subsidy of £4244 per annum for 30 years, sinking fund on £32,330." A resident in Hamilton East discovered a nest containing seven young weasels, under a potato plant, yesterday. Needless to say, he quickly despatched the lot, and afterwards endeavoured to kill the mother on her return at the nest, but did not succeed undoing so. On Monday, January 30th, Mr W J. Huutor will hold a large clearing sale at the residence of Mr E. Offerson, Te Rore, when he will offer the whole of his live and dead stock, etc. The sale will commence at 12.30 p.m. Full particulars are advertised in his usual column this issue.

A dcspatcli has been received from the British Board of Customs suggesting that the colonial authorities should satisfy themselves that goods bearing marks indicating British origin in vessels, from British ports are really British, and not foreign manufactures which have merely passed through the United Kingdom. Archdeacon Willis, who is absent from Cambridge for his health, asks us to say that ho regrets very much that the service on Sunday last was not held as usual. He had made arrangements at the beginning of the week winch, he thought, would ensure cither to have his place supplied or to have timely notice given in our columns, but, owing to some mistake, the notice did nob reach us till Saturday morning.

What was probably the first game of bowls ever played in Cambridge took place on Wednesday evening on Mr McDermott's lawn. After the afternoon had been occupied with playing tennis a trial at bowls was suggested, and, as Mr McDermott, senr., kindly undertook to instruct the novbes, a very enjoyable game, with thiee on each side, resulted as follows:—M. Wells, F. O'Toolc, J. A Isherwood (skip.), 1G ; G Gilford, G. Roberts, M. McDsrmott, sen. (skip.), 21.

Mr Mcßurney, who has recently taken over Mr Vant's business of wheelwright, etc., at Ngaruawahia, has, we notice, a very handy substantial-looking dogcart in process of building. Mr McBurney, who served his time with Mr Vant some years ago, has had several years' further experience in Auckland and Paeroa workshops prior to his pur chase of Mr Vant's business. -Mr Me Burney put in a couple of years with Mr Brenuan, of Paeroa.

At about 3 o'clock on Thursday morning the timber mill ami plant of Messrs Mander and Bradly, situated at Niliotapu, were destroyed by fire. It appears that a policy for £2OOO in the Alliance office had been allowed to lapse. The Horowhenua Block case reached another stage on Thursday, when the Native Appellate Court made a final order with respect to Major Kemp's title, to take effect from Apiil 14, 1898. The effect of the order is that the late M«jor Kemp is declared to be entitled to division 14 of the Horowhenua Block, subject: only to such dealings the validity of which have been established, and the registrar must issue a title. As to Sir Walter Butler's claims, by section 10 of the Horowhenua Block Act it is provided that, upon a certificate being issued to Major Kemp, all Sir Wa'.t.r Bullet's dealings in relation to the bioek must also be registered.

It is slated (writes the Now Zealand Herald) that the owners of the property at Tairua, on which opals have beeu discovered, have at last consented to the systematic development of the mine, and it is probable that operations on a fairly large scale will be proceeded with before long. What is requited is that the property should be opened up so that the opals will be extracted from the rocks at a greater depth, and experts who have inspected the property have expressed the opinion that there is cveiy probability of good gems being obtained. Hundreds of opal-bearing boulders aud pieces of rock can be picked up, but to procure gems of the right colour, the cliff of rocks on the mine requires to be worked systematically. Some opal-bear-ing stone from tho Tairua district has beeu forwarded to the Auckland Exhibition. The specimens, which are from the surface, are displayed in the mining court, aud have attracted considerable attention.