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Waikato Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1126, 17 December 1901, Page 2

The meetings of the various branches of the Waikato Farmers’ Club will be held on the dates sped tied on our third page. The full programme of the Kihikihi Annual Sports, to be held on New Year’s Day, will be found on our third page. Frederick Lugwood, a station cook, aged 55, died in the Timaru Hospital while under chloroform. He was being operated upon for a severe cranial njnry. The South Canterbury Fanners’ Union has rcsob’ed to urge on the Government the importance of completing arrangements for a direct steam service with South Africa. A perade and meeting of the Waikato Mounted Rifles, No 2, will be held at Te Awamutu on Saturday next when the election of oflicera will take placr, and the several committees appointed. The Wesleyans of Cambridge are importing a first-class American organ direct horn the manufacturers for St. Paul’s Church. It will have 1(1 stops, and is from the best linn of makers. A report has been current in Cambridge for several days that a fight between two small boys at I’eueourt had resulted in the death of one of them. We are able to state that the report is false. The weekly prizes given by the Waikato Bacon Company at Frankton for the best live pigs supplied each week were as follows :—Week ending 7ch December, Mr John Hutchinson, Orakau, live pigs weighing 713 ib ; week ending 12th December, Mr John Tyson, Waharoa, live pigs weighing bblilb.

A meeting of members of the Pukekttra Road Boat cl, will he held at the Oddfellows Hall, Cambridge, next Saturday, 21st hist, at 3.30 p.m.

The meeting of the Tamahere branch of thd Waikato Farmers' Club will beheld to-morrow evening (Wednesday), instead of on the 25th, as advertised.

The Secretary of the Waikato Amateur Athletic Club has requested us ti state that as the Auckland entries It ivo not yet i onic to ban 1, the list will not appear until to-morrow’s issue.

When inspecting the Lake grounds Cambridge at 5 a.in . yesterday morning the members of the Domain Board came upon the body of a gold carp about 21b weight, which had evidently been killed by a shag, as it had been punctured just at the back of and under the gills.

A man named Charles Stanley Coi'ry committed suicide at Wanganui on Saturday by cutting bis throat with a razor. It is believed that he has no relations in the colony, but has a brother, a clergyman, in Queensland. A letter found upon him disclosed the intention to commit suicide.

A shooting match will take place at Cambridge on the 31st inst. between a team from the Hanraki No. 1 Rifle Volunteers and No. 3 Company Waikato Mounted Rifles. The distances will he 300 and 500 yards. We understand the members of the local company will compete for the right to be included in the team to contest with the visitors.

The entries for the Whatawhata races, to he held on New Year’s Day, will be found in another part of this issue. The number is nnprecedently large—in fact, the total is a record one, which shows that the Whatawhata meeting is gaining in favour with horseowners in the district. Ihe secretary writes as follows.—‘lam delighted at the support accorded the Club, and I attribute the hrge number of entries to extensive advertising in The Waikato Aegus.’

At a meeting of the Whatawhata Race Committee, held on Saturday evening, the Secretary reported having received good entries for the various events. It was decided that tho Trotting Race be registered with the New Zealand Trotting Association, so that owners of trotting horses need have no fear of disqualifi ation. Matters in connection with tho forthcoming annual races, to he held on New Year’s Day, arc in a forward state, and given fine weather a record attend nee should he obtained.

Next Saturday a discussion will take place at the Ngaruawahia Branch of the Waikato Farmers’ Club on Hating on Unimproved Values. Mr S, Vaile will open the que tion. It is well-known that Mr S, Vaile does not approve of Rating on Unimproved Values. The public will be admitted to this meeting and it is hoped that those who favour this sy.-tem or rating will be there ! o uphold iheir views. Mr Vaile will also speak before the Club at Cambridge, on the railway question, cheap freights and fares an 1 general railway reform which is a question that effects us all. This meeting will he an interesting one, there is no one in the colony who has studied this subject like Mr S. Vaile, and be will be glad to answer questions put to him.

In another part of this issue the proprietors of the Goldfields Brewery Paeroa, Messrs J. H. Morris, S. McPherson, and H. Cowan, have an important announcement referring to their ce’ehrated XXXX Ales and Stout. During the last twelve mouths, the demand for Paeroa beer has in creased to such an extent, that tho hewers now find it impossible to keep pace with the orders received, and are working night and day to keep abreast with the demand. This speaks volumes, and it is therefore unnecessary for us to dilate upon its excellent qualities. It is a genuine,honest article, alwi.ys of the one standard, ard will compa e favorably with anything produced in the colony. Toe proprietors also brew invalids’ stout from imported English milt, which is also making a name ftr itself. This beer and stout is obtainable from Mr P. Le Qtteane, of the Waikato Hotel, Hamilton, and other hotelkeepers in the district.

This afternoon the Most Reverend the Primate will tq]en the Guild sale of work at St. Peter’s schoolhouse, Hamilton. There will he a large display of needlework of every description. There will also he stalls for refreshments, confectionery, flowers and pot plants and a jumble stall. There will also he various side-shows, viz , a shooting gallery, guessing competition, local portrait gallery, guns of Ladysmith, etc. The Christmas tiec, which will form a special feature of the entertainment, is of unusual dimensions, and will he a boon to believers in Santa Claus. The sale will open in the afternoon at 2 o’clock, and io the evening at 7 30. Musical items will be provided on both occasions. As the proceeds of the sale wdl be devoted to paying for the coat of lining and ceiling the schoolhouse, it is hoped that all who have benefited by thjs improvement will manage to attend.

We extract the following from the JNouvelle Chronique, published at St. Heliers, Jersey “We take from The Waikato Argus of Septe i her 14th the following paragraph : ‘ About 12 months ago Mr P. LeQuesne, of the Waikato Hotel, Hamilton,received samples of eight kinds of potatoes from the Government, through Mr Ross, Stock Inspector, amongst which were four ' Sernia's Pride,’ which were planted on the 22nd September, 1900, and dug on the 18th March, 1901, the result being 7Hh of potatoes. The result was published in that journal and found its way into the Nouvelle Chronique. As the ‘ Royal ’ does not appear in the colonial catalogues, perhaps some of Mr LeQuesne’s Jersey friends will think fit to send him a few, as they would be, without doubt, very acceptable there. We hope some of the Jersey agriculturalists will hasten to send to Mr LeQuesne, who is a Jerseyman and native of St. John's Parish, even say a dozen of the pretty ‘ Royals.’ There is nothing to fear from the inhabitants of New Zealand competing against us in the market with the ‘ Royals.’ ”