ALEXANDRA.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 853, 4 December 1877, Page 2

ALEXANDRA.

Decrabttr Ist 1577. The Salmon Ova deposited t.y Mr Firth m the Puoiu rm*i n* near O<ukau, have hatched splHuriidly with comparatively no loss whatever, Th** chief, Rewi his taken givafc interest m. tljem visiting the placa daily to «re that no damage had ben ; qiv» to them, and \q i o'V delighted at th« q icc<'B< of the ex? periment. ffe now decLre» tbat h,e will a»re all eel pahs m tho nynr' destroyed, less his fiah should be cqa>;hn and injured m th^m If he does thin, the introduction of the noble fi-*h m y be looked upon aa an accomplished fact. The King Tukaro o was at Kaipaha on a visit on Wednesday last;, tie has dr* terminfd to sow grass seed largely tfyig nest season at Hikurangi and neighbourhood. Th> native grain crops are not looking well about; Kopuaaud rainia now much reqtiir d, or the return will be & small one To ere is now gr p »t tajfcj atnqngst them about railway extension, m this direction, as they consider Oha.upo. being the termiuus, it is usel. sa to them, and speak contempumsly generally of t^ose who have the management, at making it th,ere. At the mating held at the Alexandra Hotel on Saturday evening last for the purposH of forming a committee for our annual sports, the following gentlemen wre chosen, Mess 8 Aubtn, G. Ahin, Piooh, O'iver, lr*oon, Roberta and W, Higginson, the sports to take plaof on New Year's D*v. General regret ia expressed hce, for Mr William Band's unfortunate accident at Ohaupo races on Tuesday last whilst riding tha horso * Butcher Boy,' Mr Bond being well known and .generally respected here, «vhtle M jir Jackson 1 * speech to the OHjoer o>minaudiu.' the district, as- it appnar^d m your columns, his given universal satisf tution, An aood nc happened »o a little boy atfe iding school hnreou Wedueßdav Ust, » son .of Mr Alex*nler. wo-, f 1 frm eh* riiof of a 'i-'me, whd-* t. «l<ing oratis ; the lad was uadly ha t. ami oon« veyed hoinoro hw i>ara<ta' <,oas- oa the Tt> Awamatu road, y Mr Thomas F nc'i, who kind y ipnt his t>-ap for the purpose — Own Co bkfpo.vdbnt.