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Waikato Argus, Volume VI, Issue 445, 8 June 1899, Page 2

The Waikalo hounds will meet on Saturday next, at 11 ;i.ir\, at the Hautapu roihviy station. Until futther notice, the service at St. Paul's Anglican Church, Rangiaoliii, will commence cacli Sunday at .'! p.m. A meeting of the Pukekuia Ron 1 Hoard will he held on Saturday next at ,'> p m. in the Oddfellows' Hall. Cambridge. A number of summonses has been issued against rate defaulters in the Raglan County, and they will he adjudicated upon at a special court to be held on Salurd-y, 24tli June.

The Waikoa Road Board notify thU Hie approaches to tlv Phko bridge, mar Kiwitahi railway station are unfit for heavy traffic. The total quantity of milk rec ived during May at the Hamilton croamery was 7370 gallons from 25 suppliers, as agaiust 2679 gallons from 23 suppliers during the same month last year. The evangelistic service? at Trinity Wesieyan Church, Hamilton, continue to be well attended. The subjects of the addresses for to-day and to morrow will be found advertised on our third page. Mr W. J. Hunter will hold a special sale of dairy cows at Oliaupo Yards on Thursday, July 6th, for which entries are solicited. Buyers will be in attendance for good cows (second and third calf) and well-bred quiet heifers.

The Presbyterians of Cambridge are availing themselves of the opportunity of Mr Croft, the organ builder, being in that town to get the instrument in Trinity Church put in order. It is beiDg thoroughly overhauled, and will be much improved. We understand that the Wesleyans of Cambridge are arranging to give a Sunday School entertainment, in which scholars and friends will take part, in the Gymnasium on Thursday the 22oci inst, on behalf of the funds of their school. We trust their efforts will be attended with success.

An entertainment will take place in the Volunteer Hall, Hamilton, on Wednesday, 14ih June, in aid of the funds of No. 1 Company Waikato Mounted Rifles. The Hamilton Comer'y Company will produce thb comedy, " lei on Parle Francais," and the Hamiltou Band will play choice selections.

The turnip crops (writes our Ohaupo Correspondent) this year as a rule, are not heavy, although many paddocks show plenty of tops ; but one < f the best I have heard of was grown by Mr Windsor, on his farm at the Narrows. The bulbs are not extraordinarily large, but the ground is covered with a thick even growth, not a miss to be seen. The variety is Crimson King, and the manure, Messrs Kempthorae and Prosser's turnip mixture. The yield is estimated to run about 40 tons to the aire, which undoubtedly shows the adaptability of the Waikato soil for growing swedes There was a crowded attendance at the orgau recital given in St. Andrew's Church, Cambridge, by Mr A. Towsey, of Auckland, on Monday evening. The programme was a somewhat high-class one for a country district, but nevertheless it was greatly enjoyed, and the masterly manner in which the organ was manipulated by Mr Towsey created quite a sensation amongst those who listened to it. During an interval in the programme Archdeacon Willis publicly thanked those who had subscribed to the organ fund, Mr Croft for the excellent manner in which he had completed the contract, and Mr Towsey for so kindly having made a long journey to show them what the instrument was capable of in a master's hands. Miss Garland sang '* Nearer My God To Thee " very sweetly, and Mrs Chambers contributed " But the Lord is Mindful of His Own " from St. Paul.

On Tuesday at Mr P. Chaafe's stables, Ellerslie, Auckland, Messrs Hunter and Nolan offered for sale a number of racehorses, Mr J. P. A. Philson acting as auctioneer. There was a large attendance of horse-owners and others interested in racing, but bidding was quiet, and the majority of the lots submitted were withdrawn. The brown colt, Bluejacket, by St. L-ger—Antelope, and the winner of the Great Northern Derby, attracted considerable attention, and eventually passed into the hands of Mr P. Chaafe at 205 guineas, while the brood mare Antelope, dam of Bluejacket, Canopus and Brown Mantle, found a purchaser in Mr B. Armitagi at 75 guineas. Others fold wer? Canopus, 29 guineas (Mr G. Smith, Gisborne), and Kiatoa, 35 guineas (Mr F. Rhodes). Quite a number of other horses were brought into the ring, but failed to reach the required figure.

There was quite an illumination at the northern end of Victoria-street, Cambridge, on Saturday evening, caused by the lights in Mr F. Popple's newstore, which was opened for the first time that day. It is now over two years since Mr Popple was burnt out, and since that time he has conducted his business in a small shop on the other side of the way, but he has now one of the most complete stores in the town. The buildiug is erected across the corner of Victoria and Queen-streets, and adds greatly to the appearance of that part of the town. It was de-igned and erected by Mr Harry Sollitt, of Auckland, and right well he has carried out the contract. The front containn six large paues of plate glass, which give the storo a bold appearance, and it is visible righc down the Btreet to the corner near thoCriteri n Hotel, The fittings are very perfect and will give the proprietor every convenience in carrying on his trade. We understand Mr Popple intends to name his store "The Phoenix," a most appropriate title, as it stands on the ground where the former one was cremated. We trust Mr Popple will find hia new venture a prosperous and lucrative one and that he will ere long be able to add to his already extensive premises.

The Kev. Walter Smith, preaching to a large congregation at Te Awamu'u, on Sunday evening last, on the subject of " Self Denial," said that a false notion of what self d-nial meant had driven many into quittiug their worldly calling, into forsaking home and friends and kindred, thus proving fal>e to duty and affection. It had driven many into the convent or the hermit's cell, where they had submitted themselves to merciless cruelties of fasting and scourging. It had led them to deny their reason, and accept as true the word of a piiest or of a church. It had led them to distrust the guidance of their conscience, and give it into the keeping of a priestly custodian- But self denial d'd not mean that we were to renounce affection and reason. Nor did it rne,.n that we wete to renounce the comforts and conveniences of life, and to afflict and torment ourselves when nothing required such a sacrifk-e. We were uot called to quit our wordly calling, nor to cut any social tie that bound us to our friends. We were not bidden to the agonies of the convent, nor to the solitude of the hermit's eel'. We were bidden only to live our ordinary, every-day life in the spirit of self denial manifested by Him whose will was to do the will of Him who sent Him*doing Cod's will in preference to our own, living and acting potas plcascrs of self, but as servants of Him who Icoketh down upon us from Heaven. There was no need for men and women to go out of their present spheres in order to fiud ample opportunities for self denial and self sacrifice. In the home, in the field, in the market place, at the place of business, there was abundance of such opportunities. And when duty was done., or when trial was endured in this spirit it became Divine. The dullest drudgery of the day kindled into heroism and was at anyrate sacred when done as unto God.