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Waikato Argus, Volume IX, Issue 698, 11 July 1900, Page 2

Parliamentary news will be found on uur fourth page. A meeting of tho niombora of the Waikato Hunt Club will be held at the meet on Friday, to arrange re race meeting. The Minister fur Railways has agreed to allow Agricultural and Pastoral Association exhibitors' exhibits and those in charge of the exhibits to travel to shows at reduced tares.

In answer to a deputation from iho Women's Christian Temperance , Cidon, the Mayor of Dunedin promised to ask the publicans to close their bars on peace celebration day. At the English Championship Athletic Meeting, the American competitors won eight out of 13 events. In the amateur championship, Rowley, the Australian, won a heat, but was only fourth in the final. At the Christchurch Arbitration Court on Monday, two bakers, Joseph Johuston and John Hanson, were each lined 20s and costs for having employed non-unionists, when members of the union were available. The quarterly revenue returns for the United Kingdom show that the Customs contributed £4,508,000 ; excise, £7,223,000; and ata.nps, £1,000,000. The imports last month showed an increase of £3,667,000 ; and exports an increase of £2,915,000, compared with the previous June. In the House of Lords, Lord Tcmpletown carried a resolution by a majority of tinee in favour of the payment of compensation te Irish landlords who suffered by disturbances arising out of recent legislation ; aud also secured the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the position of the landlords. As will be seen by the advertisement in this issue, tho Waikato Mounted Rifles Gymkhana will be held on the Clatulelauds Racecourse, instead of Frankton as previously advertised, the former place being more convenient. The entries close with the Secretary (Mr J. W. H. Bright) at 9 o'clock this evening. The captain of a steamer returned to Melbourne from the Cape reports that enormous stacks of produce are lying at South African ports awaiting carriage. No provisional protection is available. Some vessels have been waiting months to discharge. He strongly advises exporters not to risk sending vessels to the Cape. A deputation of Auckland members urged Mr Ward to lay a cable between the Motuihi quarantine station at Auckland and the mainland. The estimated cost is £I2OO. Mr Ward ex-' pressed himself favourable to the proposal, and said if the Cabinet took the same view of the matter the Tutanekai would be sent at once to carry Out the work. •■. We notice that the Government are calling for tenders for the erection of a new police station at Hamilton, plans and specifications for which ure now on view at the post-office, Hamilton. The main building, which will be used as a residence for the officer in charge, will comprise an office' and six rooms, with a lean-to, containing three rooms. There, will also be a detached lock-up and the necessary outbuildings. Says the Bush Advocate:—While on a survey of the To Ohu block on the bank of a stream about a mile from the top of the ranre, Mr J. Bargh and Mr. E. Houlahan saw a strange creature much resembling a turtle, which ou being startled took refuge in the scrub. Efforts are to be made to capture the animal, which was between two and three feet in length, aud it is thought by some to be the taniwha which is the subject of Maori legends. The following motion was passed at a meeting of the Wesleyan Methodist ministers of the Christchurch circuits on Monday : " That any alterations of the present hceusing law giviug greater facilities for the sale of liquor in the King Country is most undesirable, and this meeting believes that the sale of intoxicating drink in that part of the colony would prove highly injurious to the Maori race, and it strongly protests against such alteration in the law being made," According to the Wanganui Herald, a young lady philatelist in Wanganui recently came in for a great piece of good fortune. A gentleman visitor who happened to examine the young lady's collection, expressed himself very greatly pleased with it, as well as the young lady's knowledge and keen interest in the hobby, aud promised to send her a few old stamps. In a Sv.w days the post brought her a fire • ct < f uncancelled old Ngw Zealand duty stamps, having an actual face value of over £BO, and worth probably over £IOO to a collector, Mrs Howie, daughter of Lteut.Colonel Porter, of Gisborue, who is on her way to Europe, lias been singing at the recital given by the Rev. Charles Clark in Sydney and Melbourne. Concerning Mr Howie the able critic of the Age writes :—" If siie hid not been announced as Maori everybody weuld havs taken her for a handsome Jewess, of Spanish or Brazilian line ige. Her voice is so even, so good, eo melodious, and so powerful—and withal so unspoiled--that a little finishing training ia Europe should lift her to the top of the tree. As it is, she can give poitits to most of our vocalists. Hunting men with bloodhounds is becoming a popular form of amusement iu some of the Southern States of America, The Deep Run Hunt Club, a "swagger" organisation of Richmond, Virginia, took part in au exciting chase ef this kind recently. A white man and a negro, hired for the occasion, having been given two hours' start, three ferocious bloodhounds were turned lose on their trail, followed by the mounted huntsmen. The hunt started from Suffolk, a village on the edge of the famous Dismal Swamp. After a few miles' run the hounds, baying furiously, caught sight of the men, who were terribly frightened, and barely managed to esoapc being torn to pices by climbing a tree. This inhuman sport is indignantly denounced by the Press. Some of the Cambridge ratepayers have been rather dubious about the supply of water in the streams at Maungakawa, from which it is intended to draw the supply, if the contemplated water scheme is carried out. Knowing this, the Mayor (Mr Buckland) invited several of the largest property owners to visit the streams and see the water from them measured. The p.rty made the journey yesterday, and returned thoroughly satisfied that the Mayor's estimate is correct; for the three streams were then giving 61,300 gallons per day, and they are now as low as when they were visited some two mouths ago. This means allowing each man, woman aurl child iu the Borough about 62 gallons per diem, without taking the reservoir of 3,000,000 gallons into account ; and the streams have never been so low for many years past. An extraordinary duel has been fought in the Paris Exhibition between two Chinamen. Early one morning a man named Pe-ki-10-Sang was found lying in the grounds unconscious and bleeding profusely from the mouth, nose and ears. As Pe-ki-10-Sang was known to have had a quarrel with another Celestial, Lon-si-Tuong, the latter was arrested and an inquiry begun. It was admitted by both men that they had fought a duel, aud at length ic was discovered that the Sons of Heaven had fought their fight as these thiugs are done in China. They had concealed themselves in the grounds until midnight, and had then come forth and vituperated one another for four solid hour.*, at the end of which time Pe-ki-lo-Sang had fallen flat stricken with congestion of the brain and bereft of further speech. Tho victor has been released, as th':re is no French law to fit his case.