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Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 937, 25 June 1878, Page 2

Cambridge Cattle Sam.— Mr J. S. Buokland will hold his regular monthly cattle sale at Cambridge to-day. Tenders for the erection of bridges over the Piako, Waitoa, and Wairekeke rivers will' be received by Mr T. Gr. Sandes, Hamilton, to-morrow. Sosrii dozen or more additional names of electors will he found appended to the list of electors signing the requisition to Mr E. A. Whitaker. Supply 01? Forage.— Tenders will ba - received until noon to-morrow for a twelve-months' supply of fodder for the horses of the Armed Constabulary, stationed at Waikato. Hammond's Bridge. — The Hamilton Highway Board having been disappointed m receiving the necessary drainpipes, the bridge on the Hamilton-Ohaupo road is still unrepaired, and traffic con- ( serpieiutly suspended,

Mr F. A. WitiTAKßit addressed tho elector ; at To Awamutu on Fi i lay evening;. There wan a largo attendance. Mr-Jas. Cunningham occupied the chair. The speech delivered by tho candidate, m its main principles, was similar to that delivered tho preceding- e'veniag at Kihikihi. Mr Whitaker, m response to Mr H. Roche, again refused to go to the House ay the nominee of any party or mini, claiming independence of thought and action. 'V vote of thanks was first proposed, and carried without a dissentient voice. A vote of ffbnfidenco waa then proposed by Mr Rutli^rford, and, on being 1 put to tho vote, the 'numbers wero declared equal for and against. Mr Whitaker declaimed himself perfectly satistied, and, after the usual vote of thanks to the Chairman, the meating separated. — .Mr Whitaker appeared again on Saturday night lit the Public Hall, Alexandra, according to advertisement. As the night, however, was so stormy a one that not more than twenty persous were present, it was arranged by general consent that , tho meeting should be postponed until Saturday, at 3 p.m., when both candidates — Mr McMhm being* now m the field — could have an opportonifcy of meeting the electors at the same time and place. Mr Whitaker will address the electors at Whatawhata this evening-, and those of Newcastle to-morrow night Mb Colebrook, of Cambridge, is advertising for carpenters. Apples.— -Messrs J. D. & K. Kill wit sell by auction on Thursday thirty-six cases .of choice Hobart Town apples, and a quantity of two-year old quicks. Tins Weather. — Although the wind has veered round to the^west and occasionally to the south-west, the weather is as coarse and wet as it has been any time this last three weeks. Prom the South, there still comes intelligence of wintry storms — snow at both- Wellington, and Otago, and rain everywhere. St. Pexisr's Cuukoii Bazaar. — There is a working - bee held every Thursday afternoon at the Parsonage, Hamilton, from 2 p.m. to 9 p.m. to assist m preparing a variety of fancy goods for the forthcoming- bazaar m November. The ladies of Hamilton East and West are requested to accept this notice as an invitation. Sale op the Hamilton Ferry.— On Saturday, Mr John Knox sold by auction the twelve months' lease of the Hamilton Ferry. There was a large, audience and considerable competition, chiefly between former toll-keepers, or lessees, of the ferry — those best able to estimate its real value. Ihe bidding' was spirited, and the lease was eventually knocked down to Mr Warren, of East Hamilton — who has during the last few weeks been acting as toll-taker foi- the Borough since the late lessee's time was vp — for the sum of £<370, or £-17 H)s per month. When it will pay to give this large amount for the right to collect the ferry fees, what may nob the Bofrough expect to receive for the lease of the bridge tolls when that work is constructed — inasmuch as the re placing the present ferry with a bridge will largely increase the traffic returns ? When the lease realised £20 pur month a year ago, the price was thought a large one, and yet m twelve mouths it -has nearly double!— a sure sign of tho advancing- prosperity of the district. A great deal is heard just now about high prices of land, but the following extract from a letter which a leadingWellington citizen received hy last mail from a relative m London) eclipsci everything : — " You talk about your speculations m land, <fca, and -making your £1008 or £1-100. I will just tell you of a little affair, the accuracy of which I can vouch for. The Corporation of the Cit}' of- London own a corner bit of ground, not hi the. heart of the city, about the size of the Trafalgar Hotel, Nelson. It was let by touder for £2-500 a year. The man who got it sold out, and made £2300 ctear profit. The person who bought it is building premises to cost £12,000, he sold his interest m the land or title to it and the building for £29,000. The person who bought sold again for £25,000, and this person sold again for £58,000, and the building is not half finished yet. How do you like that idea of making money ? It licks trade into fits. There ere lots of money to be made here m the same way. 'there is one thing, land is always improving m value here, and m fif ty years' time it will be worth half as much again as it is now." A ° Am unfortunate Wash. — The following amusing story from Bathurst comes to us through the ' Mi a. IVjail '■: — One of those thrifty females, of whom crusty bachelors say that the breed is fast dying out, resolved upon converting a "scarlet article of her apparel into a black • one. The dye provided, amid which there was a quantity of nitrate of silver, and the article duly soaked therein by means of a wash-bason, the good lady retired to her : couch. Not being vof the Mrs Gtatup class, so fearfully known by .<?ome husbands as "naggers," this lady fell asleep. Her husband hiving returner! after Avorking very late, thought, m the excessiA r e dusty and warm weather with which Bathurst has recently been so favoured, that a good sluice woijld do him good. Accordingly, on. going to the wash-bason he found some water already there, and duly washed prior to turning m. The next morning was Sunday, on which day it is said that people do not rise so early as on other days. Turning m bed, as folks will do, the wife saw a face as black as coal. With a scream and a spring, she was soon out of bed, and the whole house alarmed. She thought that some son of " Afric's soil" had occupied her husband's half of the bed; and thus continued to scream the louder as her husband advanced to pacify her. Now, most people ! are aware that night-shirts do not fall below man's knees. Looking at the man as he approached her, this thrifty woman saw at a glance that, though the face and hands were those of Esau, the legs were Jacob's. An explanation followed, and, when Mr Gr. beheid himself as his wife held the mirror up to nature, his execrations may not have been loud but they were deep. Prize Shorthorns. — The following letter from " H.S.A." (who will be easily recognisable to many of our readers from his initials) appears m the ' Herald ' iv reference to the pri^e bull Duke of Newcastle : — " It is perfectly incomprehensible to me why persons — breeders and others — write through the Press with the object of trying to wrest from Messrs Maclean and Co. the merit due to them -for producing such magnificent animals, which tske champion prizes against all comers, even m Australia, and run them down m vulgar and coarse language. What is the meaning of it ? Is it jealousy or envy, or what? For the life of mo, I cannot see the least common sense m it. One writer, from yoiu- ' Lyttelton Times ' extract, denies to Messrs McLean ' their thorough knowledge of the science of breeding,' m producing their acknowledged splendid shorthorn prize-taking bulls, ' because/ says this sapient writer, 1 they have had no room to exercise any extraordinary breeding skill,' and ' have bred from their imported sires and dams.' I would ask, could Messrs Maclean or any other stud-breeder, produce purity m blood and excellence m quality if they did not import purp-bred sires and dams to breed from '? ' Breeder ' seems to insinuate that any pumpkin-headed fellow could breed purity, excellence, and quality, if ho imported the same animals which Messrs Maclean have done; consequently, , m hia idea, tlwre is no merit due, nor breed-

my skill required, so far aa Messrs Maclean are concerned. .1 his view of tho cci. c moe of breeding' is so self evidently preposterous that it would require no word or sign to express ifca ignorance of knowing' facto if it did not curry with it a slur of a cruelly unjust nature, questioning 1 m a vary unquestionable maimer tho Messrs. Maclean's knowledge, and science of breeding. It- is well known that hundreds of men have tried studbreeding— miny fortuns have been spent thereon, — and fsiiluro has been the result. How many successful stud-breeders stand m England even iv this day ? How is all this"? Simply because stud-breeding requires "Intellect, res- arch, judgment, and time," besides the other necessary, "capital." There are few men who possess these combined qualifications, but there are many men who imagino they do and act accordingly. Even witness the poor screws of hoi'ses and wretched quantity of oattfo ganerally bred m this country. • Tho exceptions to these arc few. There is scarcely any other known thing Avhich requiris so much " judgment and science" as " stud-breeding." Tho cattle, both .Shorthorns |jand Heroi'ords, bred and exhibited by the Mesrs. Maclean, shew undoubtedly that thoy must and do possess " a thorough Jcnowleds'e of the science of breeding," and to withhold this meed of justice from them would be a contemptible act of churlishness. Their claim to this is founded npon fact and truth, and I only hope their stud-breed-ing will be as profitablo to themselves, as it will prevo beneficial ;;o the interest of the colony at large.' ' We. chronicled but lately a poor fellow dynamited out of existence on the O.P.P. The painful fact would seem to be worn quite barren, but m conversation with a friend a few evenings since, Avho met recently while travelling a manufactui-er of nitro-glycerine, Aye find our error. He was renarking to the manufacturer of this playful explosive something about its deadly risk. . " Why yes,' said he, "it is a sort of resky ; but then, you see, it has its good points. When a man gits set up by dynamite there ain't anything left of him, so to speak — at least, not enough for his friends to cry over — he goes out sudden, aDd stays out. There ain't no long sickness, a-Avearing his wife's life out a-nursing him ; no doctor's biUs, no casket, no hearse and carriages, no choice lots iv a fashionable cemetery, nor a f ancy tombstone. His widow gets all this outay—and perhaps she Avants it bad to get along with poor cretur. Then there ain't no crowdin' of the house to see how you look ; you're layin' round loose enough, but you ain't on view — not any." Here the dynamite man paused a moment, and then broke out: " <*nd that ain't all — it just sails a man, this does, when it hits him — he goes up as fine as sand, and Avhen he comes down he may fall into a field lit at they are going to put m Avheat ; and the next thing that happens is, he comes tip m the grain; and its just as like as not, Avhen he gets into the flour, they'll serve him up at his oavu breakfast table m a batch of hot rolls," and here the disciple of explosive evolution laughed softly. " But your Avife, she must suffer from apprehension." "Oh, no! Mary Ann's none of you* faint-awaj' kind ; she says I'm a born fool, that's all : she's safe on chances, that Avoman ; she knows ho\v to take a risk, she does." — ' "Winnipeg Standard.' Tjik l ? AsitiONS.-T-On the prevailing fashions, a lady writing from England, says. — " Dresses are almost all trimmed Avith machine embroidery. Bonnets may be trimmed Avith feathers, ribbons, and A'olvet, but not Avith flowers. Colored mittens matching the dresses much worn m the evening; also silk gloA r es, A-ery long. A rather fashionable bonnet just now is the ' Dance Trot,' a, small highcrowned coal -scuttle, of black vel\ r et, lined Avith Avhite silk, Avith Avhite silk strings. Bonnet strings are invariably Avorn, and are generally made of ribbon, colored one side and black the other. Out of doors black Spanish lace is much worn i round the neck, but it is very expensiA-e, costing at least £'.l Avhen shaped like a fichu. Indoors, bibs of ' torchon'" lace and fine linen m alternate stripes are A-ery fashionable ; also A r ery broad, round collars, edged Avith ' torchon,' and cuffs to match. Bibs may be cither round or square. Mob caps are very much Avorn, even by unmarried girls. They are mtide A r ery simply, of clear muslin, edged Avith lace, and a boAA r to match the dress m front. Eor balls, married ladies Avear a small, low, oval cap of net, bordered all round Avith feathers, or feather trimming."