The Waikato Times.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 621, 13 May 1876, Page 2

The Waikato Times.

Crowded ovt.— Owing to the length of the report and eisay of tho Cambridge Farmors 1 Club, MToral letters, and the uiual leading article, are unaroidably orowdnd out.

NoABUAWAHrA Ratbs.— All arrears to the Ngaruawahia Town Board must, it will bo ge«n, bo paid to frh« coHeotor, Mr J T Oiffney, on or before the 20th inst, or they will be sued for.

I O G T Entbktainiceitt.— The entertainment in »id of the Juuenilo Lodge, I O Or T, held last night ia the large room of tho A 0 Bnrraoks pawed off successfully, the room being well filled. A full report will appear in oar next itsue.

JLxkiandba Town Disthict Boibq Elrctio*. — A publio meeting of ratepayers of the abore district will ( bo held at the Publio Hall on the 29 1h intt, to elect two trustees in the plsro of Mr B D L Duffus »nd Mr i£ tirkwood wlio have resigned.

Waikato Lakbb Sam:.— We lewn from the 11 Southern Cross" that tho amount receired for the Wa.koto land told en Wednesday weak h»s been augmentod by momty* paid for lnad purchaseA &t the upcot price after tho auction to L 5.313.

MOTKMENTfI O» THE EINGITIB. — The " IlernldV Aloxandra correipondent reports that about 100 Ngatohauai, from Hangawcrn, arc expected at Tolonui, to form « pormanent tcttlement for rendenoe noxt month ; also n number of Waikato*, from Waitouro, aro coining to live at Eopua.

Cattle tob the Tiiamm.— On Thursday a mcb of fat cattle some 60 in number, pasted through T larailton from up country for the orerland mail to the Thames. They are, we understand, intended for Mr Banks of Grahamstown, and wore baing driren through by Mr Store*.

Concjjet at Cakbiidgb. — We beg to draw the attention of our readeis to an advertiiement in another column announcing t grand concert at Cambridge, in aid of the Church Organ Fund. A ltrg* amount of talent will appear, and the concert promiiti to be one of the best eror h«ld in the Waiknto. Tickets inaj be obtained at this offioo.

Cakbridgh 'iKD Hakiltok Road. — The oontnctor being about to commence work upon the bridge Tit Mvrtyri's creek, the road ut this point betwton Hamilton and Cambridge will be cloio 1 #>r all kinds of veliiclei on Taoiday and remain 10 until Tuoidaj, the 30th inst. Horsemen will be able to pan, but wheeled conreyances will hare to go round by Tamahero, across Crawfcrd'i creek.

The litb Eitbb Accident*-— The two mon who rescued Neilion, wbo fell overboard from the Bluenoso'fl barge, as stated in our last issue, are the aims — (Robt Cunningham and James Gall) — who i«Tod Mias'Galey and the man at Rangiriri, nnd for whom applicutiOH for the Hamane Society's medal vras made by Mr II B Hunt. Gall's ntmo was by mistake printed Lyall in our last.

Auction Sale, Royal Hotkl, Hamuton Bast. — One of the largest furniture and goods •ale held in Hamilton for many a loug day, will be that at Burko's Hotol, which takoe place today, at noon, when Mr Kennedy Hill will sell the whole of the furnituro, stock in trade, &c. Amouget the goods offered will be the billiard table, doublo seated buggy, carriage horses and hack, wives, spirits, fee, and a quantity of timber.

JUnctcaohia Sohoiii.— Tbe GoTernment have received from the confiscated landt the following piece of land as a site for a school .- -All that parcel of land lituate at Ran^iaohia, ia t\\t parish of Puniu, containing by admeaiurement 1 acre, more or less, boing •outh-emtern portion of lot No 194, bounded towards the north bj other portion of lot No. 194, 400 links ; towards the e»st by a road 100 links wido, 250 links, towards tho louth by lot .194, 400 ; and towards the wert by other portion of lot No 194 aforesaid, 250 links.

Nbw Shekp disiasb ylxd cure.— We learn from the " Herald" that a new disease hai broken out in some flocks in the Prorinee of "We!jingto'ic The animals get rapidly blind, tumble into ditches, and get into all lorts of •trouble. It ii (laid that the disease prevailed there many jtara tgo, And is caused, by tudden changes of pasture or weather. An infallible remedj is to bleed &h« eheop in the rein which rum juit uni»r the eye and down the cheok. A cut with a pen Imifo io as to draw blood from this vein •ffecti a rapid and efiuctu&l cur*. The rein ihould be cut across. I

Educational. — We find tho follomng in the I r«porfc of Thursday's meeting of tho Central Board of Education : — Hamilton Weit : The lecretary w»i requested to inform the Committee of this diitriot that if they do not tend in the information requested by tho Board, it will be necosiarj to appoint a commission. Hamilton East : Tho Committee to be informed to the Mtuo effect as tho Committee at West Hamilton. Hautapu : Tho Committee of this district was authorised to uso tho site for the echool reoramended by them. Tho comWoration of tho Taluo of tke improvements o u land occupied by Mr Rood, »t Tamtkhere, woa deferred.

The 'Quickstep.'- -We are sorry to learn that the injury dono to "this steamer, which, hating struck a «nag, wn« run aground on a bank to keeylisr from foundering, ie greater than was as flrtt lupposed. Sho is what ia calltd " hogged," that d broken amidslup, lior atom «nd bows being dcproised. She is in fact broken baokod, and it it much feared wJI hare to bo brokan up. The lots will fell on the Waikato Steam Navigation Company, xiho had charterod hor from Mr Quick, the agreement bring to return her in the sauio condition us roooived. The ' Waikato tuitainod no injury whoa run aground on Tuesday, an acotdentto be accounted for by the continual shifting of the cliannol in tho spot where it occurrod. She was towed off with some little trouble by file ' Blucnoio ' and ' Alert.' In consequence of the acoident to the ' Quickstep, ' the company will hare to withdraw the ' Aleit' from the Cambridge tradt.

Eminl and exact justice to til men, Ot whatever state or persuasion, religious or political « • * * « Hero shall the Pros* the Peoi'l.e's right maintain, Una wed by influence and unbribed by gain.

SATURDAY, MAT 13, 1576.