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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 830, 11 October 1877, Page 2

Hamilton Wbst Oembtbry —A meetCommittee will be heldat .jpprt Office, on Saturday Eveuing, 12th Ootober, at 7 o'clock. Tho Cam«rid»k AaRiotrLURAL Skw CoMMMTfias, it will be'seen, have nofeUtod that in draugfct horses, classes 19 and ZU 23 and 24i In fat oattle classes 23 and 25 in the printed bills should read not under 3 years old. Cambridob and Hamilton Road.— The exi ended time for receiving tenders for the above work oloses on Saturday next JCendeis for the .construe ion of; a also be received at the same time by the Chairman of the Cambridge District £}gfaW»ysowlt

The. BrrsiNKßS of Mr R. Gilmour, of Raglan, has, it will be seen, been taken over by Mr Allan and Mr Charles Gilmour, and will be oarried on under %te title of R; Gilmour and Sons. Tended [..'tor the ereotion of a fiveroomed house between Hamilton and Ohsupo are. oalled for by Mr; Vialou, and will be received .till noon of Thursday, -Ifieisthffist. "■&•>' .'*";, ■ 'V

The Waikato County Council have made certain alterations from; the original : desicns of the road into Hamilton .blast f rom Mr Coatea's farm, wnlph is now to be -brought into Cookrßtqget, .instead of Galloway-street. The attention of intehdJag oontraotora is oalled to the matter. TenderaVifi"be"'''reMvea" , tt|rii'o 4pmof the 18th: inst:: Mb 0. T. Wrbn, of the Mount Hobson Nursery and Queen street, is a candidate for Waikato patronage. Mr Wren offers ss, 10s and 20 4 collections of choice flower «eeds, and as the same can be sent by bpok i ost, 1 persons having gardens will doubtless avail themselves of the opportunity' of procuring an assortment of suitable ! flower seed*. The Priekley Obmfrey, whioh is said to produce eighty tons of forage* per annum, is advertised , by Mr Wren at fifteen shillings the dozen, plants. . • I'PioHOKr take the following from yesterdays ' Herald':—Ellerslie Gai dens yesterday afternoon was the scene of a very interesting pigeou shooting'match between two well known 'sports,' which proved of sufficient interest to collect- a large number of persons to witness the trial of .skill. The match in a pecuniary point of vie W: waa merely nominal, the stakes being £5 a, side, and the competitors Mr A. Hill, of the Waikato (Taupiri), and; Mr Edward Perkins,, of this city. The host of the Occidental was handicapped, and gave his opponent 4 points, which in this instance proved too many; Sir Hill wiu-; ning the match by two as will ( be seen from the abo>ej. Eaoh miu had' 13 birds at 25 yards rise, the wire fence of tne cricket ground constituting the .boundary. As this birdsi were strong oh wiug and got well away, there was. not that delay which soi often, occurs in matches oi this description, owing to the birds notarising, a fade which reflriotaqreditobly upon Mr Brown, the t manager of the garden,'for the discrimination shown in the choice of birds, 1 The' followiog are the scores; — Mr JHilltO 20002011222 (and 4 points added) ... ... ... 16 Mr Perking: 2122002021200... ... 14