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Waikato Times, Issue 860, 20 December 1877, Page 2

Hamilton East meeting ot the Hamilon liast Sports Committee was held last eveniugjiu the iioyal Hotel. A larsje sum of money lias been collected, and a tub programme of. the events Will be pub lis.ied iq our n«xt issue.

AITEBA lON OP-MAILS,—We Would tdraw attt'iitiou to the altered hours op tiie mails and traius baymg H^mihWr Messbs HrJNTfiR. and Nolan s Cambridge Cattle dale-.takes placejtor - day« r '■''■■, i-'V

The TBNDEBs"f »f .Mr J. D. Hill's new brick residence must" sent in to the architect,'M.r. White, by Monday next.

The Teachers' Examination, con ducte i by Mr Vincent £. >liiee, wd be held to-day; in tho school room Hamilton West. - ,

Messrs J. D. &K, Hill will sell on. the 22nii iust. at Hamilton, lease 01 Te Awainum land" alT* Mongpnui, in the' insdiyen .estate of Mr vVm. Kiniierny ' Messes JD. and K. Hill adrerV tise for ou\e, at the JPound Yards. ' : }U'Q)iiton West, on Saturday next, from six «o to ien choice fat .cattle thai havi* been reuerved for the Curistnia>-tnark-t. Messes J..D. & hold a cle iriinj out sale <<f atonk and hous.h.dd pf iVlr C J Wilson, Hamilton tp-m°r row » at 1 p.m., when lu.«{clieon will be pro vided. /7 ' EoAD.-The tenders for aud k draining a portion o the Waerangi road in the Kangiriii riding will be received by theCl.Tk,o the/Waikato County council till uoou JT Saturday next.

Ngauuawahia Races —*u altera, tion lias made in the adve-fisfd conditions of the Maiden Plate racp It is restricted h-»rses who have pever yon an advertised prize exceeding 10 soveriKW? ImportedShrep-t-Wr John Runci man, who has just returned from c. visit to Canterbury, has brought up with him 30 pu»e bred Line In ewe*, bred by Mr Clark -,of Uucolnshire.and imported a short time back by Mr Lvßa. ; h|;, pf Canterbury.

Th" TRB>t i«Bi«3H according to the ' Hfc»ald' is doiu»{ great uiihcbief in tinlircfcants about Auckland. Th'«t journal in its Uv ue of Saturday, says : ' We regret to le.»ru tb'a the leech pest b&J? again made its appear nee in our orchards. 4 s U w , '* k'own l»y growers of fruic, are e*p,oially deductive to the plum, qnince, cheriy, and p-ar trees. and the white thorn. The scarcity of fruis on the i-ear trees 'his ye•■ ih aitiibuted by 'm*ny to the ravage* ma<ie lant season by thtwe leeches in prematurely stripping the creea of their foliage. Whine hedbore aad date, are the priucpal remedies adopted, aa<i hose who vaiu.' their tre*-s should give them a dosing »\f rVery ten dajia for tbe west, month or two,

Thb. War.—We le»rn from an Enal'sh exenauge tha' the Rnßfd»'nß bn»e w thin ten day* fo<■« »r 'ed 12,0 i 0 sck dwo i - ■led 'O BiiKsia. Ma -y peii i-ms i-i i .v.iur of peac* are i" coarse of p : ep ration •• th • interior of Russia, and will pooahly be b mvyed t<> tbe Czar by hj i" i-era d..' • Oj> th« 29 a convoy u/dt>< Mimed HazQ P'sha, of 1,200 o< a rain u uitionand provisi .ua p:»sscd into Plevna, flizfii found Oainan' Papa's tr ops *■• {•pleadi'l oindmon, we'i prov siuiimi, ad gti'i holdint»>uffic em ammuui to.i. The si„k an t '*oun e t iu the hospital num. bere l only 2,700 men *ll tol I. Tbe arr.val of t.he r ini-roemeo'.B and c< nvoy wagreeted- wi hj by the triOpa of Ootnan P.iana, wh«me poaivion. fifooors', whs thereby gieatly improved.

Good Milkbhs andbvd.Pati'En'isr . It. ii «..me* at. ui * iuy>lery, saje t e 'Country J.*uru<l, why go d roillwrs an* 90 Bel'.inU] i'X)i faoceu'era. uf com-ie it oann,t be • xpected tti»t an aniujal c*n tVed mpiuly * tiil-t ah.siidatiC.i of milk, but it might, bare-b-ft-n thou he loasonab'le 10 cono ude oat> cow yi lding tho large t aiU'>u<i> ->i nut itivo -subs unce whoo in mil' voui'i in some way convert it i to lea> flVsii mt tat when 'drird,' -nd toils feeil mora r.ipidly tliau »no her animal not «q'u*lly [»•"s■* ble->-or.ue i ir . IBxpHruu.ee • vv vop p. ■ e< tin' «u• • is !.i o ■ tbe «'he, ;• d he imi k-rs ar* rtfton he wiVrat of feeJe 8 wa>.n pre*