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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 864, 3 January 1878, Page 2

The next homeward mail closes at Hamilton on Monday next at 12.30 p.m. - The Waikato Times Almanac will be gratuitously distributed in the course oi a few days. Meßßhs J, D. and Kennedy Hill will on Saturday next offer at their mart a quantity of furniture, saddlery, combined reaping and mowing machine, &c.

Mb Roycropt is the successful tenderc for the construction of the main outlet drain, Mangawara, section 2, advert Leo by the Fiako Land Association.

OHiNEKTrm Monthly Cattle ant Produce Sales.—On the second Wednes* day in every month —that is on Wednesday next Mr O'Halloran will hold hicattle and produce sales at Ohinemuri. Chttboh Services. If;the clergy will kindly forward us lists of the services fpr the current quarter, we'will publish them from week to week for the benefit of their congregations. Bttcxland'b Ohaupo sale takes place on Tuesday next, and among other stock the auctioneer will sell a quantity of dairy and dry cows, heifers, steer", and farm Inrses, the property of,. Mr.Whitfield, of Rangiaohia, who has let his farm. The Secretary of the "Cambridge Reed Band desires throughV this 'journal, to acknowledge, with many thanks, a donation of £5 from Major Clare, and a donation of £1 Is from Mr H. Asher towards the band fund. These beii.g the only voluntary donations received since the formation of the band. It ieFgetting to be quite the' thing in pome parts, of the glorious Republic, and particularly down in Arkansas, for men to go around with one 9ar. It if-n't always safe to ask them how they lost the other.

Major John Wilson, of Cambridge, has been appointed a member of the Licensing.Court for the districts of Cambridge. Hamilton, and . Karikirirba in place of Mr Alfred Cox, who has resigned. The Census.—The Government have appointed the 3rd of March as date on which the next census of the colony will Tbe taken. Major W. G-. Mair has been appointed census enumerator for the Waipa and Waikato districts.

Tendbbs for filling up the hole on the road to the railway station, half upon the road-way and half on Mr Jolly's ; property, will be- received up to Saturday ' next, lie filling up this hole, which in some twelve feet; deep, and within a foot or less pf which the.coach' wheels have to pass daily will detjpatjt somewhat from the pleasurable excitement of the drive to the railway station, but it will at any rate render the trip more safe. In our report of the late concert at Cambridge, at. the opening of the Public Hall, we were compelled, owing to the lateness of the hour, to somewhat curtail its fulness, and, in so doing, were unable to give full justice to the excellence of the singing of the lady amateur in " O, Fair Donne." TMb song was rendered with very great execution, and our re porter states that he does not remember lany former occasion on which thfs lady's I powerful soprano voice appeared to better advantage. The New Pope.—The truth about the I new Pope (says the ' European Mail') | 6eems to be, not that he is " felected," but I that he has been indicated. In other words—something has been done out of j the ordinary cour.e t > leava the w_a • oun ; for a certain Cardin .1, and that Cardinal is Panebian-.0. It was suppo ed that Cardinal Panebianco would be made Cameriengo, and, had he been ko cho en, there would have been bmall chance of his ever wearing the tiara. But, in tead of him, Cardin .1 Pecci has been cho en, and so reaches the limit of his earthly ambition. Cardinal Panebianco ia stiU left to wpiro.

Otis, old friend the windmill at the Waikato Brewery, whioh was a feature on the river has given plaice to steam and is going to ruralise Bomewhera in the Tamahere district. The wimSmill was an jxcellent one, and WOU^JPs v worked well an yw | ehrJ||pl&}, hol^^. particular charter, j|||r Rich|||Uon'sffift 9 , ire m worMm! Wai^roT wind are able4^^^v^a^^m<a^Sb,'^F6ff Pukbkuua Highway District.—The monthly meeting of the trustees was held Pukerunu, when there were present: Messrs Lake fohairmianWW,:. -Reynolds, ! F. Hicks, and'aames (Jane. The tender? then opened; one from Mr J. Keely, 17? 'id?per chain, and..one'from "-Mr Hickey, .3s per-ohain* --The latter was accepted. There were two tenders from tlje same paHit.B.for cutting gorsejon- the by-roads, each at 2s 6d. cham, r and> &e work was given to oase )f repairing ther jSel Weir .here were tvro v tenders','""WrSVogarty it £lO, and-OTames Keely,<at $9; I.Bs. The flatter was accepfasd. „ « „,„,., •I Db in a's^'may - be seen by advertisement 1 elsewhere, may be consulted .. it .the offices in Victoria-street lately occupied,by Mr Hay, between the, ihomv of | twelve and three o'clock pn c Mondays, Wednesdays, and Saturdays.. Dr Carey'#; painstaking ability as a ; medical practitioner is top well known in Waikato uo need.any remark from us, and his return to> the practice of his profession jvill :>e matter of congratulation to the public generally of Hamilton and the neighboring district.

Rangiaohta Highway — The monsly meeting of this Bomd was held in l'e Awamutu on Saturday la*t. Mr-Tho*. Baker was the successful tenderer for the road formation, and hill puttings, &c, in Te Awamutu, and Messrs Neal, Tiernay, .ind Thompson for/that of, the works on the Ohaupo and Te Awamutu roads. • This line, forming, as it does, the principal central highway of the district, is, from: its length, its high undulating and some- ( what broken surfuce, causing considerable trouble and no small expense to the Board who aae unanimous, in the interest of the public, in desiring to put it in good order before the winter sets in, as they anticipate a considerable increase of wheeled traffic thereon when the Railway is open! to Ohaupo. The sum of £lO3 6s 9d wat : oassed and paid by<chec(ue at the meeting > for road of, culverts, ■cartage, drain pipes 2 and salaries, &c. ; Pukeeimu School Examination.— A public examination of the District School at this place was held on Friday, Deo. 21, by the Rev. J. Smith. The School Committee and many parents of children were present. The ..usuajh subjects, wejfe gone through at cdn'siderable^lengthy. : and at the close, the Rev. Mr Smith, in a short address to the children of the school,' t xpressed himself in very favourable terms as to the manner in which they had acquitted themselves, mentioning especially his satisfaction at the proficiency displayed in their reading, spelling, and definitions of words. He concluded with a few kindly remarks, urging them to continue in the path of diligence. Mr Grime (Chairman of the School Committee) ;..lso' addressed" the children, stating he was well pleased;: with. they had made dxn^g-the six months they had been Mr Bedford. The,-School House; was effectively showing then: interest t in. the proceedings of the; day by 7 large c oatfibutions M>f ; . flp\fefs, for'the oocasio<l. : -' •- "*