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Waikato Argus, Volume VI, Issue 435, 16 May 1899, Page 2

The Waipa County Council intimates that all paid by the last day of May will be sued for. Wo need scaraely remind readers that Captain Russell will address a public meeting in the Publie Hall, Cambridge, to-morrow (Wednesday) evening at 8 o'clock. The votes polled by the several candidates at the recent Waitoa Road Board election were :—Mr A. J. Farmer, 85 ; Mr John Borne, 75 ; and Mr K. Burke, 10.

The Piako County Council will sit at Morrinsville ou Friday next, 19th inst. Mr Andrew Carnegie, tho American millionaire, has contributed £50,000 towards the Birmingham University. The Federal Band will appear in the Volunteer Hall, Hamilton, to-morrow (Wednesday) evening, and at Cambridge, on Thurday. The Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's new steamer Kuinara has been launched at Newcastle. She will accommodate one hundred thousand carcases of meat. The conductor of the Cambridge Orchestral Society is desirous of having every member present at rehearsals on account of the nearness of the date of the concert. The parrs for the vocal quartettes are now to hand, and will be put into practice at the rehearsal this evening. Messrs Best and Trenwith, the Victoriau, politicians, returned to Dunedin on Saturday evening from a rapid tour through Central Otago, where they inspected a number of dredging claims and dredges. Everywhere they were well received, and every opportunity placed at their disposal to acquire information. The delegates appeae to be impressed with what they saw. We again remind members of the Waikato Agricultural and Pastoral Association of the meeting to be held on Thursday at St. Peter's schoolroom, Hamilton, to decide re showgrounds. The chair will be taken at 10.15 a.m. A meeting of the General Committee will be held at the same place at 9.45 a m. The attention of members is specially called to rule 13, that no member will be allowed to vote whose subscription is in arrears.

•On Wednesday, 24th May (Queen's Birthday) a grand entertainment will be given in the Volunteer Hall, Hamilton in aid of St. Peter's Sunday school. The first portion of tho programme will consist of songs, musical selections by the Hamilton Orchestral Society, etc., and the second of the amusing farce " Ici On Parle Francais," by the Hamilton Comsdy Company. The prices for admission have been fixed at popular figures, and we can safely promise patrons the maximum amusement for a minimum cost.

Roseanna Holloway, of Hautapu, was brought up at Cambridge, on Saturday evening, before Messrs T. Wells and W. Rout, J.P's., charged with performing an illegal operation upon her sister, Caroline, with intent to procure abortion. The police constable stated that Caroline Holloway was so ill that he had sent her, in cha'rge of a nurse, to the Waikato Hospital at Hamilton, and as she was the principal witness, he asked for a remand for a week. Accused was then remanded till Friday next, and allowed out on bail ; herself in £IOO and two sureties of £SO each.

Mr T. Wells has received the following letter from Mr T. Ronayne, General Mamger of Railways in reference to the Cambridge train service : "With reference to your interview with the Assistance General Manager, in regard to the late arrival of the train at Cambridge, I have the honor to inform you that a more powerful engiue has been placed at Cambridge, and trains are now ruuning to time. To alter the arrival time at Cambridge would necessitate an earlier start from that station in the morning, and would disorganise the tratlic throughout, which would not, I feel sure, be acceptable to the Waikato people as a whole."

The Cambridge Dairy Association, whose factory is close to the Hautapu station, are doing such a large trade that they find it necessary to enlarge their premises. They have already greatly increased the size of the buildings and now they find it is imperative that their freezing chamber should be enlarged. It is only a short time since this Association erected a freezing chamber, but so rapidly has the business grown that they have now purchased a machine of much larger dimensions, and when the additions are complete they will have two freezing rooms containing over 80C0 cubic feet of space. It is expected the improvements will be finished by the commencement of August, and then fully 250 pigs can be dealt with each week. We congratulate the settlers of Cambridge district upon having such a good market at their doors, and also the proprietors upon the successful manner in which their venture is progressing, v .„._£

As will be seen fron our obituary columns this morning, another of the rapidly-decreasing pioneers of the district has passed away, Mrs Webb having answered her final call last night. The deceased lady, who had reached the ripe old age of 92 years, had lived in Hamilton for many years, her husband having been one of the members of the 4th Waikato Regiment, and although for some years past she had been confined to her house, was at one time a familiar figure in our midst. She had beeu an invalid for some time, and although failing, her death was not expected to be so sudden. It appears that last night she got up from bed and walked into the front room, where she fell, and the noise awakened her son, who was the only other occupant of the house. He cooeed for help, and was heard by Mr Coates over the river and he sent at once for Dr. Brewis, who was promptly in attendance, but the old lady was past human aid, and she passed quickly away a short time afterwards. Deceased leaves a grown up family of three sons aud two daughters all of whom are away from Hamilton, with the exception of one son, with whom she lived for years and who has been devoted in his attention to his aged mother. Thfl funeral will leave her late residence at 2 p.m tomorrow for the ITaniilti.il West Cemetery.

I have been requested (writes our Cambridge Correspondent) by two farmers iu the neighbourhood of Cambridge, to ask the members of the Hunt Club to try and arrange to have their meets on some other day than Saturday, and from the statements they made we feel they have good reason to ask such a concession. The arguments advanced by each of them were almost identical, yet they were made by farmers living in different districts, and at different times, so we do not think there was the slightest collusion between them. Wo may say neither of them hunt, but they do not wish to interfere with the sport of those who do so ; all they ask is that they may receive some consideration at the hands of their sporting brethren. They state that the only working day of the week on which they and their wives leave their homes is Saturday, when they go to Cambridge to get their stores, attend sales, etc., ami as soon as the hunting season comes round they are in fear and dread that their stock will be let out or that their horses have become excite 1 and have run into a barbed wire fence, during their temporary absence. Then their wives are nervous about meeting the hounds, on their way home, for fear the buggy horse should play up, and from what was told us, we can imagine that on more than one occasion these farmers have found things very mixed on their return home, when the hounds have passed that way. We recommend this matter to the serious consideration of the managing committee and trust they will try and meet the farmers in this matter. Neither of them object to the hounds crossing their farms when they are at home, for then they cau attend to any little damage that may be done, but they naturally do not like to come home at night and find their cows out on the roads and other people's in the paddocks, which has happened more than once.

A somewhat hard case, which had not been provided for by the faimers of the Pennons Act, presented itself tho Press) at Rangion. An old man of 70, who had resided in the colony 41 years—37 of which he had been ou one station, stated he was now entirely without means and paat'work. In answer to questions, he said his income last year was 10s per week with his food. Mr Bishop said the wages being £26, and as the magistrates had made it a rule to treat food being found as equal to 10s per week, the old man's income was above the maximum, and ho therefore was reluctantly compelled to refuse the application. The Milton people are understood to be very much exercised in their mind just now on the question of corporal punishment in schools. At the meeting for the election of a school "committee, each candidate in turn was asked his opinion on the subject. Dr. Menzies said, taking corporal punishment all round, he was strongly against anything that might endanger the health of a child, such as hitting it on the head &c. But God had made a place for children to be hammered on, and he did not think any child was the worse for it. He objected to any child being hammered for stupidity or natural defects, but he fancied if he " got it" in the proper place it would not do him much harm.

The London Weekly Telegraph tells the following story of Mr Gladstone :—While addressing a meeting ou one occasion, Mr Gladstone was repeatedly interrupted by an individual who alternated loud guffaws with the imitation of a dog's howls. The speaker inquired the name of this fellow, and was told that he was a certain John Larf. " Mr Larf," he said, raising his voice, " our friend Goldsmith clearly had you in view when he said : ' The watchdog's voice, that bay'd the whispering wind, and the loud Larf, that spoke the vacant mind.' " Now it so happened that a little man of the name of Goldsmith was standing in the crowd close by Mr Larf, and the latter assumed that his neighbour was the Goldsmith referred to. " He said that, did he ? " cried Larf, as he turned round and struck the little man a severe blow over the head. And it was only after a violent rough-and-tumble, and much vituperative language, that Mr Larf was convinced that the man he had assaulted was not the gentleman referred to by Mr Gladstone. A family in Hastings had a somewhat exciting experience lately. A friend had sent along a sugar bag containing jonquil, narcissus and other bulbs. These were mistaken for onions, and some of them were used in a stew. The lady members of the family were first to sit down to the meal, and they had not proceeded far when they were seized with violent fits of vomiting. They were at a loss to understand the cause. Presently the male members of the family arrived, and, by way of determining whether the stew was at fault, the ladies allowed them to partake of it. They, too, were overcome with sickness. It was then believed that by some mischance poison had crept into the stew, and an adjournment was made to the shop of Mr fyerman, chemist, where the usual remedies were administered. It was subsequently ascertained that the bulbs were the cause of all the trouble. These bulbs, it appears, although not poisonous, possess valuable properties as emetics, and are largely used by the medical profession on the Continent. — Standard.

In the course of a year the London General Omnibus Company carry 180 millions of passengers, and the London Road Car Company 60 millions, at penny fares, and of course the average exceeds that amount. This is a turnover in the year of a million sterling. Both companies pay substantial dividends, and their debentures stand on the Stock Exchange at a considerable premium. It is amazing to learn upon what slight fabric this prosperity is built up. The Chairman of the Loudon Road Car Company tells me (writes the correspondent of a Sydney paper) that if on each journey to and fro, only four less penny passengers were carried, the company, instead of earning a dividend, would be working at a los3. This seems incredible, but the statement has in its support the irrefragable evidence of figures. The uet profit per car of the Road Car Company in the last half-year of 1898 and 20s a weeksay 3s a clay. On the average each car runs per diem five journeys out and home, showing a profit for each journey of about 3id. Diminish the receipts by lack of four penny passengers and each journey is run at a loss.

In the Sydney Morning Herald, Mr H. W. Lucy relates a curious incident which occurred lately in the House of Commons. Mr Rutherford, rising late in the afternoon from ss seat below the gangway, proposing to add a few words to a debate was surprised to find himself interrupted by the Speaker witli a sharp cry of "Order! order!" He resumed his seat, wondering what he had done, " The hon, gentleman," the Speaker added, " has already spoken." Mr Rutherford meekly deprecated the accusation, when che Speaker, looking at him again, and taking note of his voice, found that he had made a curious mistake. The member for the Darwin Division of Lancashire bears a curiously close personal resemblance to Mr Whiteley, who had moved the rejection of the Children's Education Bill. By a further coincidence he happened to rise from the very bench whence Mr Whiteley, early in the afternoon, had spoken. The Speaker, finding him on his legs, thought it was Mr Whiteley trying to get in another speech, which happily is against the rules ot debate when the Speaker is in the chair. There are oue or two other cases of doubles in the present House. This incident, unparalleled in Parliamentary history, shows how close is the resemblance in this particular instance.

"M.A.P." tells the following extraordinary story :—When Kitchener was starting his list for the £IOO,OOO he demanded for the Gordon College, he was advised that the first aud best step he could take was to attend a lunch in the city which Lord Rothschild would give. The lunch was duly ordered ; the guests were met; the table set. In the middle there was an awkward pause. Lord Rothschild was observed to leave Lord Kitchener after a short conversation, and as Lord Rothschild's face was somewhat flushed and his eye shone brightly, it was easily seen that the great banker was not pleased. And he wasn't. For what had happened was this. Lord Kitchener, with that shrewd sense he has—especially where money is concerned—saw that the amount of the subscriptions of others would largely depend on the amount with which Lord Rothschild would start the list. He fixed that amount in his own mind at £SOOO. When Lord Rothschild came up to him, Kitchener asked, with characteristic bluntness, what amount he wished to subscribe. "£1000," replied Lord Rothschil'l, a little taken aback. "'I want £5000," eaid Kitchener; "and moreover, unless I get it, I shan't stay to lunch.'' Lord Rothschild is generous the generosity of the family is as wellknown, indeed, as its wealth,—but a stau 1-and-deliver message of this kind was something more than even the most generous of men would like. And that was why Lord Rothschild looked angry The news spread through the room ; surprise and horror were on every face, and several of the distinguished guests went up to Kitchener to remonstrate, Wolseley at the head. They might as well have talked to the Egyptian Sphinx. " £SOOO, or Igo !" said Kitchener. He got the £SOOO, with the result he had anticipated—fourothcr inulti-millionaires had to follow Lord Rothschild's ( sample; and when the lunch was over, the subscription for the Gordon College was well started with £25,000.

M. Kaschpar, the organiser and director of the Simferopol Museum, ha 3 sent the following interesting details to Life and Art (says the Sebastopol correspondent of the Daily Graphic) with regard to the success of the late extensive excavations at the Chersonesus, in the Crimea :- " Owing to the eneigy and activity displayed by the Russian Archaeological Society a second city of Pompeii has been revealed. The buildings, streets and town walls are in excellent preservation. The arrangements of the rooms and the household utensils point to an everyday life of culture and luxury. Great excitement has been caused among the population of tht ancient town, and, according to statements of cye-wituesses, more than a hundred articles of treasure arc excavated daily. The treasures consist of marble, bronze and terracotta statuary, besides other works of art appertaining to the Christian Byzantine epoch " Until lately the Russian Arch;eological Society were not allowed to make very extensive researches in the Crimea. The Chersonesus, as is well-known, is a small island situated about three miles from Sebastopol. It was colonised by the Greeks 550 years r, c, and was captured by the Romans. Eventually the place fell into the hands of the Russians. A Russian monastery is built there and a beautiful church, the latter in commemoration of the 900th anniversary of Russian Christianity.