WAIKATO WOOL EXPORT, 1875-76

Waikato Times, Issue 641, 29 June 1876, Page 2

WAIKATO WOOL EXPORT, 1875-76

The following aye tLfc quantities of wno 1 sfnt from "Waikafco to Auckland fron. September 1875. to April 1876 :— B.dos. 676; 54£ 'mi*s «qaal lo « bale.-), or 68£ hales altogether. A3 tbe>?e btiloa would .ivem^^, •w$ HOOllis p-icli, we may put down the Wa!-kat-o cli|) foi the period namcl, T.t*205,50C nonyids, wliich at n bhilling por ponnd, a fair *vp-a"e value, would givo a gvoa§: va'no of £10,275, no bad rutirn for a com-p-i-".<\tivfly recently sotfcled awricultral district, occupied, nDt by squattei'3, bat Ijj settlers.

Household Tzoun.— Mr Qao J Noal, .of Cambridge in, it will bo soon by adreptisoment, prernred to supply f .milies with flour in bags and baif-bagj at 16s and 8s Gel raspectire I y.

Cambrtbotj Highway 'District. — The annual meeting of ratepayer* will %<ike place at 2 p m on the 13th inst, at the National Hotel, Cambridge), for the transaction, of the uaual business. V

BakqiaoTTlA DiaTftlCT BoARD.—TTe animal meeting of the ratepayer? of fcho ab vo dis riot •will be hdd at the Public Hall, To Awamutn, on Saturday week next, the Bih proximo.

. L.O.L. Kb. 9, Sons 0? TTlsteb — Tho raembarii of the above Lodge will nioit on Saturday eTwitig next at tho Viot6ria Hall, Hamilton Went, ib 7 p in, when yisiting brethren are inrited to attend.

St Pztir's Day SEnvxona,— Thi« being gt , Petor'f day, «ervicea will be he!d in the morning in tho Eom»a Catholio Churoh afc Hnmilbon at 10 o'clock, "and in tha eronlng at 7 o'clock in the Engluh Church.

Fmu, On !— Mr R LirnH, we aro happy *o w, hat made urnngomants for th« regular supply of fi*h to Waikato. Freih »tid imoked fiah and ojttfra will arrive ovtry Tuesday, Thursday, and Frid»j.

ExcuiKGß o? Vxjzvxtx— Tho Roy A. "R Tomlimson, it A, Incumbent of Onefcuni»a, will oflicmfco for (ho R«*t L 0 Brnrty »fc Alex^ndr* »>t Use rnornin? seryric^, at te Awamuta «t 3 pm, r.na at Kiliikihi at G 30 p w, on Sunday tie*f.

BV.WGTIT op Potatoji? The Wnikafo 3 3X Coonnanr, it will be »«»n, h*v« reduceil th« Jro!);bfc of potatooi from 35a to 25* p r ton, frcn k »py ttaMon on the Waikafco or Waipi ri^rs to f.th« r Ilway nt^tion. If boobd through to AnnklaTid the charge it 3a pur ton additional.

A BoTJVKJCUt jttOM Ptt»VrNorAlJBii—PrOTlnrinlisni, btirntrl down to tho socket, goos oat like the tallow <»ndle with % tfcink. As a last rememlrinosof ifcs odious, unfuir, olana loginlation, tlie SujXTiufccnilont hns notiflod tlwt the Krfuea'tion Kate for the ourront year wiil be pw->blo on i ho 29th of July.

Te •AwAMtrnr.— Wo «ro gM to ieo thafi the ■bridge at To Aiyumutuh^i b-en lotelv repaired, and put into good Order, but fch«ro ara yet uorao roftd works needing urg.«nt attention in that park of Ihe district. "A toift)] culrort botwpen Kihikihi and To Avr»im\fcu is in a h«rl stale of repair and »o too is a oon»i<lomble porrion of fcho road between Kiliikihi And Enngiaohia.

Nuw Catholic Cursor Ohaupo.— Wo have great p!on-urc in drawing 'attention to the civcum4anco thnfc tho newly ercctod Hainan Catholic Churo'i nt Ohaupo, will be opened by the respected pastor of tho dinned, tho Eer JVhor Golden, on Sunday morning next. The building i* a vcrj nent one, and though small, will be a £reafc comfort and convouionct to the faithful in that part of th« disfriot. It ii come iome 40ft long V.y 20ft wide, *n d niooly finished outside, The workmanship reflects creditably on the contractor Mr John Doj'U

PaB3KI»TATIOtf TO TIIB RkT H 8 DATIB.— Tlio^presonUtion of a J'andnom« pulpib Bible to the Rer II S Vn\h, Independent minister, IIW iUon E»»t, took pldoo on Sunday affarno-m, Juno 18. The following inscription wru re»d by Mis» AfuJliom on behalf of t'lo Sundoy-»cliool te-»cbf ra and icholara, and wan suitably acknowledged by Mr Davids— "Presontod to the Boy' R S '.Darin by the teacher* ond icholars 6f the Ei«fc HumiUdn Independent Sabhath-schoolM » »m*ll token of their e*terin and tjrateful ftcknowlo^ment of his labors for their instruction during ths past ton yeara."

A.NOTIIBB CtATMVNT TO THE PIJUtO SWAMP. —The Auckland " JTrrald'" is regponnble for the following ;— *' Mr, William Oastlo, >iettler, "Wai« holtn, telegraphed to Sir George. Gcey yesterday, -»tf»binf» that he olairaed tin 80.000 acres of Piako lands, lately $o\!\ to >fr TKoma* Russell, for a company. Mr Ca*f!o cliiiuis tho lands on behalf of hia wifo, who U meipber, not only of orio of tli3 principal Wnikato tribe?, but also o! fcho Ngattpaoa (r.'b't. >fr Cnsfc'o it one of our earliest settlors, nnd, in company with the pretrnt Nttiso Alinutor, walul through the vfh jle ot tho Swamp, over twenty years ago. Tho ftllrged claimant intcn<?t talcioij oth<-jp steps to lecuro his olaim to tho Lmd on bofialf of liis wifoand f xmily { to that anotliT' phase of the Pi'.ko Svrtmp q;ie'fion, not eonlomphtrd, has now for tho first ti.TJO, appeTrd on l,he eurfspe. ,Tlie row vrna a vtstj pr tty ono aa it is, bub ii adnaiti of bring greatly impruvod by other parties coming in.

UAMiiTiN PtTßtid TTalt, Cojipant.—"Snbsoriber" writo* to its ask'ng f Iho prom ibeva of (ht Hamilton PabKe Hull Comi'iny aio still in existence, and, if so, why «omo thing ia not dono to get those who oubs4ribcl for shares to como forward and put the malfcer into soinoUuhg likq a b i*ineps Blupo. "'Whore," ho aska, "ii tho indefatigable sncref.iry, , Who swinna ki* hammer ore it falls The rostiura front upon, Now, ii thero no adrano^, hs cnlla, i Thejr'ro going, Roing, gone 1" ■ Buf, says Sabooribsr, tlie case is diffarent hero — The " advance " f>r whioh bii auJience call Mu*t oome from iho unotionenr j Ar>d it. aeoms as if the Publio Hall Were going ! gono ! I fear. Wo fear «o tf-o, »ti!) wo think, on effort ihonld be mode, *nd this may bo dono by tjho seoiehjry calling a meeting of lho»e who p]*ce'l thair names on the share lis^, with a -view to forming a working comt&ittoo to carry oub the proposed •rr/int'Qratjnt.

Sib' Geobgb Gueyand Mq T. Ritssrll. — Tfc wilt bo with regrob that rvnn the frionds of Sip George Grey will nob the persistent ani Tit'iiperntire Attacks wiiich he losos no opportunity of making on an absent own, and one in evtry respect 10 n,uch his superior. Scarcely on any occasion does Sir George Grey rise to sp«ak in the Houste but he makes some gross and generally untruthful attack on Mr Russell's character. It novr turns out that one of the more recent- of theio reckless charges made by SirGforgo is utterly without foundation. Mr Maofnrlane, in refoienoa to the block in Waikato containing a coal Held, ttatod during (he debate " That the purchase of the land was carried out by.hims.eif while Mr Rtusell was ia Bnftland, anil that that gontloman w>s in no way responsible for the arrangement." In alluding'to •theowardly attftclsmade by Sir Oeorjje G&«y and othon on Jtr Russol', bir Julius Vogel/tui appears by iho " Haniard " r^povt of his speech in opening the Tiiko Swamp debate the o her day, aaKl :— " lam und r the iuipi'as?ion that a vast deal that was said at^ut Mr Buseoll laifc

f « imi , would not !ia"e b'-n end if lie were within ii thousuid nr'les jf N\ w ZmJ irnl Uo.v ,vei t'>it nry be, I poi o' o,:>i""mi i'ia' 'hw r-ve -pi-y few rocu in Xp'v Z?\la d 'o'whnm the ■ 'olony is s Tnore mri 'h'i>d thrn 'o Air Tho-' -is 'n»j' 11. I b Iw>vo tl \t he ip i-icio-Vw'e of any of f 5 e 'li^oivmillo pcfions 'implied or i»nirmal'ed •f>ainB^ hi"i. 1 lVilf ha )iv raf'^od 1 *o tube any art 'i 1 po itioal ftfliirj," beear.se he lliou^lifc liU > n res»r es» transitions we:* mc "•rtn&tfni; his 'omg; so, is in the Ih-owlo^gcr of m my h m to-m-Vri- As to the imintubion thifc he exe.ci<od over me or any member* of tho GorornT am *unpri»od that any~hon gentlouLia i on\<f oonceivr such a thiig. I«m at a lojs to foncoivo how ony one gpnt]r>rr>an c*n approach ■■not'ier and <«en hint at deaiiing to be favoured .n such a tran3a.ction.

finiforTTD Mi^wtrial CiuyGES. — Ou» voa^ors will recoil j et th\t n few* dare since onr • penirtl reporter at Wp'!in<?ton aooUe of the • rnbaMeTjrireme it f »f Sir Jxilins Vdg<*l an. v^ tlu a,-c-ptT.tion of office bj .Mr StafTqrrl. The report now rec 'iroa c'n'irriat'ora in the f (llo^ing fdrm rr r s ra th>» ppn of t l e correspondent at Wuiliri.'ton pf the "Cross":—"" :—":—": — " It is whispered • h '*t fie newt of Dr Festh*r»}on6's noYm* i;ino?a is influeaciagthe position of Mr Stafford towar Is Uio Q-ovemment, ixs it ii undoratood thtt in 'case the' Agent-General e'thor dies or rosi^ni, one of vrhicb i 4 considered probable to occur soon, Sir JilVbs Yogjel won'd take hU place, and Mr Stafforcl »ncccc<3 him i» Premier." ■ <

Tub OfaohoTrcra Bbbd Horse Ohamkok.— "We learn from the "Crou" of Tuesday th»t Mr Owon C Mo&ee'bai'made a rooib uiefal addition to our rlranght stock by purchwing that magnificent, entirKhjJrse Champion, 3 years old, loteij'impSijt-d fr^ra Canterbury. Champion ii a bright bar, standing *16 hands, with great bone and good symmetry. His siro (L >f ty) was imported from Sc>t^nd, whoro he took five firat and one second priz 11 *, and Itys beaten eve>*y horse ehovrn againab him in Ncvr ZeiiancL <Ht hii gainei u^rards of tvrcn'y prizes. Champion's dam (Belle) wan brod bv ITr P-obert HtcpheViEon, Wa<b Tiieri, Otagi, and sho has tak.'n twelve flfst-prizni before leaving th tt province, and three nVatpriz"! in Can'e-hury, showing aguinat imported marei from Scotland and Victoriv Lofty, was bf. (1 by Mr Vall&ic% of (3-roat Flill, Ijannrkshirp, and wat got by Clyiosdale Tom, in 1850, when h» to->k tho moiety's premium of £10. Ho tonb fir»t prizes every timo he wvb shown in Scotland, exenpt onoo, vrlun ho stood Second to all Scotland at the Highland i;jrieiiUur<il Roclelj-'s shovr, "he'd .it Koln. He gained three first pr'zss in mcco3Aion at Oamaru, 18^-8 7-8, and wti awarded the first prizn, a gold medal, af Dunodfin, in January, 1869 } firit prize, a gold medal, at rokomairirft, m Decrmbor, 18fi9 ; 'finit pr'zo it the Taiori, in D^cemb^r, 186 U; flrat prize at (%r?stehureh, in Noyemb^r, 1870; and first at S. utkhridgo, in 1871. Bf He ii by the weflfknown hone John Blairs Champion, i nported from 8c >tli»ncl to Ot^po ; and h«r dam Duc'ios*, tilrgt prize mar«, was bred by Dr Wilmor Longford, lasmania, out of the b>a|; impnrtrJ maw, unU by an imported borte from Sco'l.inl.