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Waikato Argus, Volume X, Issue 890, 27 February 1901, Page 2

On our fourth page the history of the past century is continued, 1815 (Waterloo year) being dealt with. The reiort nf mi interview with Minister*, re'the FiaUo Be ck will also he found on the mine p it;e. A meeting of the committee of the Son h Ain'itliuiil liac'-ug (J tib will he h.-.hl on Saturday next, at 8 p.m., at the A meeting of the committee of the Hamilton 'i'ublie Lihrary will be held oil Fi-idnv evening next at 8 p.m. sharp in the library. Mails for America, United Kingdom, and iv.i. ipe xl*t San Fi.mciseo, will dose' at. Hamilton on Friday, the Ist M ii<!i, 1001, »t 1.30 p.m. There was a clean sheet at the Maui-ilrate's Court this morning, one or two minor oases bring adjourned owing to the absence of the Magistrate at Te Awuuutu. Major Porritt has convened a meeting, to he held iu the Criterion Theatre, Paeroa, on Saturday evening, to consider the best means if erecting some memorial to the* late SergeantMajor Bradford. Claims for enrolment on the district electors list f>r the Borough of Hamilton aie now being received by the Town Clerk. The necessary forma are obtainable at the Council Chambers daring cilice hours. The Pukekura lioad Board invite lenders for several road contracts. render!) have to he in by noon on Saturday nest, and intending contractors will hornet at the Pukoltur a Factory to-mor-row (Thursday) morning, and tho work exp'aiivd. We le.trn that a daily pnp-'f is to bs established at Waihi. An Auckland publishing tkm is interesting itself in the matter, and the preliminary arrangements have been completed. The piper has been placed under efficient editorial management. Souk; of the country volunteers, not from the Thames district by the way, have written to thetb fence Authorities at Auckland complaining of the miniacr in which they wen; treated at the military gathering in the Domain, and asking t" he rep ad the amount which they w-jio compelled to spend uti fond for themselves. Thames Stir. The has been quite an epidemic of poisoning in Masterton during the past few weeks Tile children ot two families were poi oued through riitiui; lurries, tie family of Mis 11. Welch was prostrated niter eating brawn, and u local paper now learus that two other families were poisoned through eating potted meats. A curious drowning case is reported Irom Melbourne, a man named McKay wis drowning, and a friend Went to his assistance. McKay clutched him in such a way that both most have perished. His friend appealed to McKay not to drown him unless he could save himself, McKay then released his hold and was drowned. The following tenders have been received by Mr Thos. H. White, architect, for the erection of a Masonic hall at Huntly : McL.eod £599, Savage £527, Parrel I £526, Smith £525, PAliard £512, Mathieson £-197, Ross and Done i'4S9, Langley ami Sons £487, Moir £lS(i, .Stephenson £+ls. The acceptance of a tender rests with the Masonic body at Huntly. Some misapprehension appears to exist as to the future position of Lord V\ olseley. He has, says a London journal,'simply vacated the appointment of Commander-in-Chief. He still remains a Field Marshal on the active list, and, as such available for re-cmploynu lit Meanwhile he receives no special post as being Commander-in-Chief. His salary amounts to that to which he u entitled as Field-Marsha', together with a Good Service pension of £IOO a year. Mr W. J. Hunter will hold his annual autumn horse sale at Ohaupo on Thursday and Friday, April 11th and 12th, tor which entries are solicited. Buyers will be in attendance tor good young draught hois s, either broken or unbroken, and p rsons wishing to sell should communicate with the auctioneer as soon as possible. The sale will commence at 11 o'clock on the lltll, and at i) o'clock on the 12th. The death is announced of a celebrity whose birthplace was Dunedin, New Z-aland, namely, William IS. Jackson, better knowu as " Major Mite." He was 24 years of age, 2it 9in in height, and weighed only 2liib. It is understood that his parents and the rest of thi! family were of the usual size " Major Mite," who once had the honour of appearing before the IVimw of Wales, died in a New York hospital on New Year's Eve. A remarkable freak of nature occurred at. Seftcn recently. A heifer belonging to Mr L. Ashley oaived one calf ; about two hour afterwards she had two more calves, and a short time afleruirds she had another calf, four in all. Tin' lirst calf is alive, but the others were (lead when calved, altleugli they appeared to have just died. M! the calves were fully formed, but, were on the small fide. The cow is doing all right, and did uot appear to he any the worse. Mr Jas. Kelly, of Hamilton Fast, hid a narrow escape from getting his foot mushed this morning. He was walking alongside his dray, which was laden with about a ton and a-haif of stuff. The whip became entangled in the wheel, and while h" wa< endeavourinu to free it the. wheel ran over bis foot. Fotuuately Mr Kelly was wearing a pair of boots with a good -stout sole and the wheel ran along the foot lengthways, the heel and rote bearing urns'-, of the weight, otherwise bis foot must have, been severely crushed. As it was his right ankle Was injured. ITCHING L'ITiES. Any on i who sutl'erb fiom that tumble plague, belling I'iioa or from Kezema will appreciate the immediate relief and nermanent cure that comes through the use of Do'in's Uinttneut. l< ii->ver Fails. Free samples at 11. F. Sand' s' Pimrmacy, Saturday, March 2ud.

About GO new books have just arrived f<;r (he Hamilton L'ublie Librarry, anil will be placed on the shelves in a tew days. A middle-aged man named W. Waugli, lias been remanded for eight, days ut Sydney on a charge of bavins a quantity of jewellery, supposed to have been stolen, in his possession, Accused arrived by the Klingamite from Aueklaud, and was arrested after getting ashore. He first slated that his name was Ward, but afterwards admitted it was Wungh, and thai he had lately been in the employ of Mr Noah Cohen, of Auckland, as commercial traveller. Jewellery was found in his possession valued at over £2OO. The London correspondent of the New Zealand Herald says :—" Hv last mail from .South America I received a long letter from MiHenry Reynolds, formerly of WaiUato, more recently of London. Besides running a large agricultural establishment in the Argentine, for which lie has iniforted a Rood deal of live stock from Ne»V Zetland, Mr Reynolds has now started a creamery or dairy factory in Buenos Ay res itself But lie complaints greatly of the lack of facilities for conveyance on the part of the shipping companies trifd ing between New Z aland and London.

Since the Imperial troops catue to Australia some twenty or twenty-'ne members have disappeared. It may be only a temporary disappearance, and perhaps the absentees have no intention of deserting their regiments. Colonel Wyndham, the commander of the troops has received a cable from the War Office stating that £5 reward will be given to any police constable for the arrest cf a deserter. So long »s an absentee doe* not discard his uniform it appears that he is not t< clinically a doerter, but it is usual to conclude tint? a man who absents himself for more Illsn twenty en" day's intends desertion.—Melbourne Ar'u os.

TTTIS A B C OF IT.

A Kiilnev Education starts with : Backache means kidney ache, lame liaek mums In mi: kidneys, weak back means weak kidneys, cure means D-an's Btckache Kidney L'ilis. Keari about the free distribution in this paper, and oil .■it It. F. Sandes' IMr.rmucy, Saturday, March '2nd.