The Waikato Argus [PUBLISHED DAILY.] A Guaranteed Circulation of Over 6000 Weekly. SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1903.

Waikato Argus, Volume XIV, Issue 1593, 27 June 1903, Page 2

The Waikato Argus [PUBLISHED DAILY.] A Guaranteed Circulation of Over 6000 Weekly. SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1903.

The Hon. Mr Cadman has been raised to tho rank of K.C.M.G. The next practice of the Hamilton Gymnastic Club will bo held oo Monday evening, the 29ch inat., at halfpast seven. The National Bank of New Zealand has declared a dividend at the rate of 5 per cent for the half-year, making 10 per cent for the year. Mr C. W. Wallnutt, land agent, Hamilton, reports the sale of Mr T. E. Montgomery's section in Hamilton West to Mr Cole at a satisfactory price. The juvenile portion of the Salvation Army at Cambridge will tako the platform on Tuesday evening next, and will go through a number of drills, action songs, and other interesting items, including flag and scarf drills. It is understood that a petition has been forwarded to the Minister for Lands from Napier, asking him to acquire the Clive Grange Estate and the Petane Grange property under the Lands for Settlement Act. Both properties are close to town-, and are eminently suited for close settlement purposes. Mr Hancock, the American engineer whom the New Zealand Government has engaged to report on the question of obtaining electrical energy from the main rivers of the oolony for manufacturing and other purposes, will reach Wellington at the end of August or early in September, and will remain in the colony for several months. Mr Lyons, Government Veterinarian, delivered a lecture to farmers in Hamilton last evening. The subject was the same as that dealt with at Ohaupo. The second lecture of the series will be giveu at the conclusion of of the meeting of the Ham'Uon branch of the Waikato Farmers' Club, at S p.m. on Saturday next. A well-informed resident of "Wellington, writing to a friend in Auckland, says:—'lt is understood that Sir J. G. Ward was anxious that Sir Maurice O'Korke should be elevated to the Legislative Council, and it is reported that the objection came from Sir Maurice himself. The snleotion of Mr Walker as Speaker appearß to have been a settled arrangement, and it is said that a knighthood is expected.' It is somewhat significant to find the Lyttelton Times urging that Mr Guinness and Sir W. J. Steward should retire from the contest for the Speakership of the House in favour of Sir Wm Russell. 'Sir William,'it says, 'has all the tact, firmness and courtesy that are required to make an ideal Speaker ; and it would be a pretty compliment from his Liberal opponents if they should select him to preside over their deliberations Attention is directed to the advertisement of the Thames High iSohool Board, in wbioh it is notified that the leases for 20 years of a number of valuable dairy farms are to be sold by auction on July 14th next. The leases comprice several improved farms which have been let on lease for the last 21 years, and now that the leases have expired, the Board is again offering the farms for lease with all the improvements thereon. At their next Hamilton sale on Thursday, 9th July, Messrs McNicol and Co. will sell from 250 to 300 very choice dairy oows and heifers. Special attention is drawn to the heifers coming from Motumaoho and Freshtield Estates ; they are exceptionally choice. Amongst the cows are 20 from Mr Corneliuß Day, a few half-bred Jerseys ; cows from the latter's herd need no recommendation. On account of the large entry the sale of beef will start at 11 a.m. The magisterial changes should (says the Lyttelton Times) give Mr Mc« Gowan an opportunity to review the salaries of stipendiary magistrates. It is not creditable to the colony that gentlemen like Mr Beetham and Mr Bishop, whose pos>:don is in many respects more exacting than that of a Supreme Court judge, should be paid salaries that would he considered insufficient for a first-class clerk. We should like ourselves to see future appointments to the Bench made from the ranks of the legal profecaion, but this will remain quite out of the question while we pay our magistrates on the present scale. No man qualified for the position should receive less than £6OO or £7OO a year. A special meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council was held last evening. There were present : His Worship the Mayor, Mr C. J. W. Barton (chairman), and Cre. Parr, Hardley, Young, Dey, Pearson, Manning, Bettley and Salmon. —Tho Clerk reported that thirty applications had been received for the position of turncock for the Borough of Hamilton, and that the Waterworks Committee had recommended the following applicants for consideration : Messrs J. W- Anderson J. Morgan, R. Hastedt, W. Errington, T. Lennox, J. Clout, T. Vincent, aud D. Littlejohn.— On the motion of Cr. Dey, seconded by Cr. Parr, the action of the committee was endorsed.—The Council then went into committee to consider the question, and Mr Littlejohn was unanimously appointed. The Pukekura Road Board, represented by Messrs Robt. Fisher (chairman), Richard Reynolds, and W. Vosper, last week oonduoted a trial of the new road-scraper machine, imported by Messrs W. Souter and Co. for the Government Farm at Ruakura, and kindly lent to the Board by Mr Clifton. Mr John Harris supplied a steady team of four horses, and a first trial was made in forming a new road on Mr Stone's farm. The implement did very good work here, but owing to the ground being damp the soil did not clear itself well. A start waß then made on tho Patrol Road, opposite Mr Storer's, and soma splendid work was done here, clearing the sides of the road and throwing the dirt into tho centre of the road. This trial was considered most successful, and the machine, will be found most successful for theso purposes, as a very large amount of work can be put through in a day. A vote of thanks was passed to Mr Clifton for the loan of tho machine, aud the district is much indebted to the Government Farm for having introduced so useful, handy, and cheap an implement. A Writer in the Wellington Post Sft yn : —The Main Trunk railway really bridges the gap between tl-.G Wanganui Valley and the Hot Likes district. The result will be to shift the central tourist route from the east to the west side of Ruapehti, where the country will be less exposed and thifway much shorter. The gap thus bridged is a country that could be well stocked with deer and fish, and might itself form a tourist attraction. A

present its chief beauty is the Waimarino Forest, that densely-wooded area of giant pines, the damp shades of which are heightened by tui melody. The tawa berries just now are falling, and the pigeons abound, while high overhead the paraquet chatters, Todia superba, loveliest of ferns, and a great feature of this locality, abounds. Tho shrub horopito, with its variegated leaves, looks at first glance like a tree of flowers. In higher latitudes the beautiful Cordylina iudivisa, the moil graceful member of the ti family, is frequently to be found. Surely nowhere in the world can a richer display of preens, iu all tints and shades, be. offered—and all this is doomed to be chopped or burnt away, unless indeed the Government reserves special areas, like the bush-clad sides of the Makatoti Gorge. In a few years the railway will be right through the Waimarino. and the forest may for a short time bo seen in something of its pristine beauty. And it is well worth the seeing. SYNOPSIS OF ADVERTISEMENTS Lost : Mackintosh cape. Boots and laces at D. Salmon's. Church services on fourth page. Social at Te Awamutu next Tuesday. Football match at Cambridge next Wednesday, Art union of 12 Paintings ; tickets at Paul's Book Arcade. Programme by Salvation Army Juniors it Cambridge next Tuesday. Sale of leases of Waiorongomai dairy Farms, Te Aroha, July 14th; Wanted : Dairy of 60 to 80 oows ; situation on farm or station. Notice to owners and masters of vessels navigatiDg the Waikato River. Haygarth Comedy Co. at Hamilton next Wednesday and Thursday. New goods now showing at Mrs McGarrigle's Victoria House, Hamilton. For Children's Hacking Cough at night take Wood's Great Peppermint Cure, 1/6 and 2/6 Bi-centenary of John Wesley : Lecture at Hamilton Methodist Schoolroom next Wednesday. Why pay rent ? One hundred pounds will buy a four-roomed cottage and full quarter-acre section in Main Street, Hamilton West. Easy terms arranged. Aoply sharp to W. Thompson, Land Agent. ______^___