THE WAIKATO AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION.

Waikato Times, Issue 613, 25 April 1876, Page 2

THE WAIKATO AGRICULTURAL AND PASTORAL ASSOCIATION.

Wb are requested to atate that hia Excellency vn conwating to b» nominated Patron of th« tbore jwaociabion hu expre«spd a hops that be nay hive an opportunity of attending one at it* meetings, and hia satisfaction that the district it tufficiently united to have organised one associatbn for ftll Waikato.

Cbowxed Our. — Several correspondent's letters are unavoidably crowded out. Slr Gbobge Q-BEir.— The '• Lyttleton Times " calli Sir George Grey the Skimpole of Superintendents. Tfi AWAMUT.tf CAVALBT VoLTJJTTEKW.— This oo'pi, we see by advertisement, will commence th# usual half-yearly drill on Monday, the 22nd of May. E&batum. — An error crept into a local lut iuue regarding drill of the Cambridge Cavalry Yolua^e«rs. Drill commences on the 10th of lUaj next, and did not commence yesterday as tlerein stated. Nothin' to 'ih at ail Events.— Pious Old Pwty : "And not?, Mkj Stubbins^l've one impottant question to ask. Don not Satan ofttimes tell 70U that 70U are not a Christian?" — tslrs Stubbms: "Yes, 'cc do 10."— P.0.P. j "And what say you to kirn on those occasions ?" — Mrs S : " Well, I gay, whother Ibe or noj it can't possibly be none of 'is business." Hamilton Football Clviu — A meeting of inembeia of the above club was held on Saturday night at the Hamilton Hotel. Somo routice butintst was gone through, and matters generally placed upon a satisfactory- basis for the present season. TRULY Gbeat Souls.— A distressing affair occurred the other night when rude Boreas' was " playing up." Two girls who are not on speaking termi met, and one ilippcd down and the wind blew the other one right into fa»r lap. The girls, however, were equal to the emergent)?. Neither one sinned or spoke a word. It is thus that truly great souls <con_Q,uer advert citoumstances. Faie Play Writes to us from Mercer : "la justice to Mr Carter, please publish that the steamer from Hamilton was late on Saturday for the train, but that Mr Carter, in a moat 'magnanimous manner, drove the disappointed travellers (including a live honourable and a limb of the Jaw) right through to Anckland." Youxa Ladiks admiited to thk New Zxaiand UnivAsitt.— Two young ladies— ftlin A J Bolton and Miss H Comson have passed -the maliiculntion examination of the New Zealand University, held <te Canterbury ColUge. Wauvato Cattli fob the Thames Mabket. — A second mob of cattle huo just ai rived at Ohmemuri overland from Wai kato. They liavo been pwrchased by Messrs Banks and Co, and were driven over by Mr W H Grace. What's i.v a Name.— A correspondent from Cambridge write* us " I see you have changed ' oablegrams ' icto 'calograms.' ' Calo moans 'a rope.' All Blondin's movements should be sent by calogram. Please accept a few bints from me. If you receive any obvious political lies, call them 'fablegrams. 1 The death Qf an wain--ent man might bo called a '•ablegram.' Accoupts of ipirit-rapping should be entitled ' tablegrams ' parliamentary items should bo | 'babelgrami ;' race news should be'stablegrams;' , fratricides should be Abelgrams ,' yeur Cainj bridge correspondent's items 'weathergrams ;' Itt id ?<ae, &c, ic. (You Lave now & porfeot ,' gramma-»in fact a telegramma — for your offict.)" ViTBKIirART Subgkon. —W« perceive by acivertisemont . in another colubjq th»t Mr Brunion is still practising ai veterinary surgeon inTftAwamutu and the Waikato generally. We are glad to he tr he has met with so muoh bhccois, and from some caies whicli .have come under our own observation we are aure he is deserving of it. He has also undertaken the breaking in of carriage horses, and has had an Amenoan brake built for the purpose., and in a thriving district like Te Awamutu'he is sure to have plenty of work. Mb GBOBM JoKflS, Jukr.— The Wellington "Evening Argus" of • late date, contains the following :—" An impertinent individual, named George Jones, Jun, to-day sent us a telegram from Dunedin, threatening us with an action for libel if we did not immediately oontradiot something aboufc the Dunedin " Evening News" baring xewed publication. A statement that this paper was about to suspend publication ap peared in a Prase Agency telegram a few daya ago, and jeiterday we' venture* a remark that -its decease would be no loss to the community. Mr George Jones, Jun, May not agree with us in this opinion, but most respectable men wall. Mr Qtorge Jones, Jun, had the impudonco to ntgleet paying for his telegram, and to mark it "collect." The cost was ils 9d. This sum we at once refused to pay, stating that we knew nothing of Mr George Jono«, Jur.r, and that he hadnoright to send us telegrams withonfc pre-pay-ing them. We trust Mr George Jones, Jun, will enjoy tho paying, up the Is 9d." Mb R F SAKDBa, ov Hamtltok— We "understand (saya tho "Thames Advertiser ") that Mr R F Sandes, previous to hia departure for the Waikato, handed to the secretary of the Thames Mechanics' Institute a very valuable collection of minerals that had taken Mr Sandoi some jenra to gather. togethor. Mr Severn and the secretary are now engaged classifying the specimens, and as soon as they haw ' finished their labours the collection will be plaoed in the museum of the institute. At » speoial meeting of* the committee a unanimous rote of thanki was passed to Mr R F Sandes f#r In'i handiome pqesent. New Setteibs job Piahl>.— W« learn on very good authority that Mr Murray, M.H.R. for Bruce, reoently sold his property on the Molynenx at over £4 per acre, for the purpose of settling in the Piako district, where he h tke owner of a fine block <tf cou«t»y. We also learn that Mr Murray himself has recently let a contract for removing tomo of the snags from the Piako river, so that the navigation may be less dangerous. A wealthy settler from Canterbury has also recently been visiting the Upper Tkames and Piako districts to look for land. A Good Cow.— lhe following i> an excellent description of what » really goad cow should be:— long in the faco^rfie's fine in.&e horn, Quickly gets f»t without cake or com ; Clean in the jaws, and full in the chine, Heavy in flank, and wide in the loin. Broad in the ribs, and lon£ in the rump, Straight and flat-bucked without 6'cr a buup ; Wide in the hips, and calm in the eyes, Fine in the shoulders, And 'thin in thp thigh*. Li^ht in the neck, and small in the tail, "Wide in tho breast, and will fill the milk-ptil, Fine of the bone, and silky of skin, Airy wi&ouW* meat-attket Within,

As Insatiable Craving pob Drink. — There are many who having imbibed overmuch the provious night, have an imatiable desire for more drink the following morning. We hare been told that a euro for thii craving will be found by -eating an orange immediately on waking in the morning ; when a distaste for any kind of intoxicating liquor •will bo experienced. Walking auasnst wmk.— Mr Wiltshire completed hi* la.it 2i miles of the 250 miles walked in 1 00 hours on Saturday night in the extraordinarily short space of 22 minutes. Touchstone, a sort of sporting contributor to the "Cross," who, loafing about the Exchange, and other resorts of sporting man, often picks up scraps of sporting news more or les3 .reliable, concludes h» Saturday's letter as follows — " It may be interesting to Waikato readers to learn that Mr Wiltshire is anxious to back himself to out-do. [ the feat accomplished by Mr Danvers at Hamilton, of waiting 112 miles in 56 hours, carrying 501b». Mr Wiltshire undertakes to perform the ismo feat in 48 houn, and if any one of Mr Danvers' admirers are anxious to try conclujions ! the buiinoas may be arranged by addressimz' Touchstone." b Political. — Mr .Creigliton, to many years editor of the "Cross" and lately editor of the " New Zealand Times" has leyeridhis connection with > the latter paper, and is again 'returning to AucHhnd. The Wellington correspondent <dt the Dunedin "Evening Star" relate* a itory which is current to the effect that Mr Creighton has " thrown in his .lot with Sir Geerge tlrey, wbflhas promised te give him the representation of Auckland Weit. which Sir George will resign for a seat at the Thames when the House meets. Mere unlikely things have happened. To balance the lois of Mr Creighton, the Government has scored a new adherent in the person of Mr Bunny." SBBTASfTGAiig-n.— "We suppose that there is hardly one of- our readera unfamiliar with Mr Punch's delightful satires on " Servantgalism " and " Flunkeiana," .in which the despotism of those social tyrants is so humorously depicted. One of theie represents an old gentltman who has recently engaged a new footman. The latter remarks to him, " I suppose, sir, I »hould not be expected to. olaan boot*?" To* which his muter replies, " Oh dear, no ; I always clean my own, and if you will put yours outside the door I will give.ihem a poiuh at the tamo time !" We are/ forcibly reminded of this by an advertisement which appears in a contemporiry in-the following words : " Wanted, by a good housemaid, situation where there are.no beds to tna/U»." We do not think this has been excelled for some time. The young lady who thus modestly advertises her wfllmgnesi to engage a mistress ought to be extremely handsome, for she is clearly of opinion that utility ig not a desideratum in proffering her services. We can imagine the mistress replying (like Mr Punch's old gentleman), "Oh dear, no j I always make the beds myself, and shallof courts hare no objection to attend to your*." But if this course be pursued, we shall see -suoh advertisements as " Experienced oook desirei situation where there are no dinners to look after." " Lady's-maid wishes engagement in a family without back-Jiair." "Groom seeks a comfortable home where -do' horses are kept" " Gardener desires employment where th*ere is no '»p»ie« work;" and so. forth. } Wiikato Hopa.— At the tale of kop» grown in the Waikato district by Messrs B Tonk» and Co, held on Thursday last, ye»y good price? were obtained. The selling prioes wero from li 4d to It Sd per pound. Seeing that the quality of the hops has not yftt been estafclished, or that, they yet pouest a distinctive charaoter Of their own, the prices obtained muit be considered Tery encouraging to the grower. With more experience in the getting up of the article for market, and wing appliances for packing the bales harder, there is little doubt that even higher figures would be reached. At t4ie price obtained, an acre of ground planted with bopa, boaring a ton of .flower would give its kicky proprietor a retarn of from £149-63 8d to £157 6s Sd'for his acre's produce -not a bad return, certainly. The hops above allude J to are not grown by European settlers but by the Maoris, and as far as quality goes when gathered are equal to any grown in any part of the trolony, and superior to much of fchp imported *rtiole reccireii from England. Oiwng, howovei, to the loose manner in which they are packed, not being properly pressed, »nd want of care in tnansausiion, a purohaser car.not air/aye be sure that he will find the whole bile according to sample. It is owing to "this feet indeed tliat the comparatively small quantities grown need bs fent.to Auckland for sale, at there would be ample consumption for tkein in Waikato by our local brewci-3. We have two suggestions to make to the native growers of these hops which would insure for tfzetn a readier sale tt-a higher price : The one is to have the bales properly presstd, and the second to brand eacb bale with>tho name-w * trade mart of the -chief of the hapu whore they are grown and packed, justasisdone by our own packers and growers of wool. This would be a guarantee to the purchaser and an inducement to keep the sample as well up to the mark as possible ; for the best brands -would soon become known, be more 6ought after than others, and command higher .prices. It is exceedingly gratifying to ccc our Maori fellow-settlers leading the ran in the matter of a new production such ai this, -end we think that an -application for a suitable press for' the purpose abo?e mention«d made to the Natiw Minister would bo readily supplied. Eren the most strenuous objectors to what they call flour and sugar expenditure could not but approve assntance given which would enatle the Maoris to render themselves independent of Kere casual elyeemorinary aid, and whioh would assist in< developing a local industry, in the prosecution of which the Maori has-Bhown his fellowsettler so worthy an example of enterprise.