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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 822, 22 September 1877, Page 2

The War — To egr phio c .uiinunicatio» wi'h Europe has ijQeu again opene.J, an! the iuteiligeuc» ruueiva>i is most ita-

oriaut, I'lie Ruasiana htve b-en drive. > ou of Turkey m Asia, have lost the positious th^y gaioßfl on the llfc'i around Pievua, and weie iv full rettvafc beyoml the lino ; ti the Jautra. Eveiyvvhere the Turkish arm-i appear to have been crowned witft aucc s j , and how that September has almost p».°sed, the camcai^n will close with the heavy loss and discom'ifcure of the b»filed Russians, Thus drops the cmta n ou the liist act of the Great Eastern Dra.ua. Bo^o Johui y !

Me Riflky, Watchmiker, ot Hamilton, was a pnsseger by the coaoh yesterday !o Ngaruawahia, wham he goes oa a weeks visit to Sanderaon's hotel, as the alternative sentence of the Csi>u»t on Th.rfrs'lay, for using threatening and abusive language to Mr Hay; When his <piner wasjpbrou^ht to the lock-up on PKursday&froin his home, he declined to eat it, "easing the Government had put hitiQ there,' ; and he would eat none but 'Government grubi" The Cambridge Town Hall.— The Town Hall Committee havearloptel Mi ttieWdsou s pjans of a building. It ia io ba" thirty-three feet by t-evr-nty-fivn. The large room will be about 50 fe»t by 30 feet. Mr Richardson was instructed to mike out the necessary specification-*, and call for tenders immediately. Tue building jwill supply a want long felt m the district, an 1 will give quite ttu imposing appearance to the township. Two very fine and sound Kumeras or sweet potatoes grown at Hukanui, a maori settlement, near East Hamilton, were left at our office, by a native who had jist oome from thab place. We should bave thought that tha Maoris would have found It to their interest to raise much produce of this kin 1 for sale m Hamilton, where it would command a ready market. The sample was a very fine one, and speaks* well for the fertility of the soil. Mb W. H. Lkwm, of the Hafod, Swansea, has invented a new engine of warfare, which will be very likely to attract 'the -'attention of the War Office as an appliance calculated to place it* possessor m an advantageous position over an opponent. It consists of a cannon so arranged as to discharge a shvp s word-ulade cross- wise ia the dii\ c ion of tbe enemy, the knife or outter being so poised m its cireer through the air as to cover the whole space m a lonuit-ulinal direction, described by the blade itse f. Au 8-iuch ball would carry a sword li f«et m length 600 yards, literally m -w »g down every human obstacle m its pah. Yhtbrdatb the polica m Hamilton arr sted a man, name unknown, but who, iill lately, has beeu working up country, as a per-on of unbound mind. On Thursday evening he c*ine to Gwynuea Hotel and ordered eleven beds fo numbers of his party who he said wouid arrive I hit niglu. 1 U needlpss to say the beds were n o occupied. Yesterday morning tie man* wus over on tha Ea3t side of the river, and as Constable Haddock passed him looked at the offiVer m a vury peouiiir, half ludicrous, half threatening w*y. Con- « able Ha (dock, his attention bfing attracted by this peculiar manner, made some remarks, asking if he was looking for a jib, which brought forth ihe rejoinder, that he could look at a constable without breakiog the law. Shortly a'ter"wards news wag brought to tho poiic* that a man answering the description of this, man had the evening b.fo.e s-ized hold of Mr Downing of No 1 bri>Le. insisting upon it that Mr Downing was the Christ. He was then arrested an bing of unsound mind and will be brought before the Court for examination to-day. Caitle Show OommitAe. —4 meeting of the 0 ttle Show C >minittea of the Cambridge Farmers' Club was held at the Na'imal Hotel, on Tuesday, S-ptnn ; >er 18th, 1877, at 4 p.m. Mr ti. B. Walker iuthe Chair. The miuutes of previous meetings having b Jen rend and coufirme I, the Seoretary then read eomo correspo ■ dence from gentlemen who hud been anked to act as judges at the show. Mr E. B. Walker stated that tue timber for the pens had been ordered, ar»d would be delivered on the ground at 13s a hund* *d fe<t. The posts were expend up by next. Bt«amar. It w*s also decided that all entriwa fir the Show should lie scut m tfndays brfore the day the Show takes plac«. Mr White, Architect, ot Hanilton, presented two suts of drawings for the proposed show yards, with buildiug*, if necessary. One was m au octigonai form with entrances at three sides, the centra p»rt forming an are* 64 fe,-t n> diamett-r They w«re arranged so that eich beast coul ■ be seen on every aide with the utmost advantage. The obe -Iwign was aimilar to that with which h^ (Mr. White) gained the premium for th«* Auckland agricultural Show buildings. The arrangement of pens was left to Mr Walker. It was decided to give mouey priz-s to the amouut of £320. ClaSo St-wards were appoinced, and th«Secretary was instructed to get sheet* printed for distribution. It was duelled to hold the Show m the paddock a * j lining the Olub-hou9B. The contractor is getting oil very fast with this building. The foundation is of concrete and brick. The timber ia the best kauri, and very Substantial. Tha building will be an ornament to the township, aad a ereoSt to the district. Ik will be completed before the day of the Show, and ih Club will be able to hold its text three meetings there