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Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 969, 7 September 1878, Page 2

, ; The. next ; monthly meeting of the Q.ambridge Farmer's.club will be held on Monday, at 7 p.m. A/ meeting of the Cattle Show Committee be held at 3i p,m. on the same day., ~ .', The ctjtiing a, .drain, down either side of the Hamilton; Station road, to carry the surfape -water into the swamp will very sppii"'e.nabla the authorities not only to make-the road good, but, the more easily to keep it so.. •Tne, i ppen ditches to be cut were larger than : mentioned in our issue of Tuesday, the specifications setting forth, not a ditch, two feet, wide by eigh teen inches' deep, but three feet wide by two feet six inches deep, a foot at the bottom.

A cubiotjs freak of nature in the holfcicultural line was brought to our notice yesterday, by Mr W. Cnmming, of the Waikato brewery, namelyi two ripened apples on a tree which was quite destitute of leaf. The branch, with the apples on, which may be seen at the office of this paper, are small, but apparently matured. Possibly, a too near growth of the tree to the brewery, and the inhalation of the intoxicating vapours of the mash tub may havo kept the poor tree in such a muddled state that it mistook the season altogether. Mb Robert Smelt Bush, R.M., has been appointed Judge of the Assessment Courts for part of the Newcastle Highway Road District, part of the township of Alexandra, town of Raglan, Karioi Highway District, Karamu Highway District, and the Pirongia Highway District,

Mi:. W. G. Oof ins has been appointed Collector of the dog tux and ranger to the Cambridge North Township Highway District Board. Persons running cattle on the waste lands of that district must register them, and |»ay a depasturing fee of ten shillings by the 30th inst., jgfliter whfcfo|||ajte all regigllflalyor unpffi|| [for be B imThe following tenders for the creation of a store at Hamilton East, for Messrs 5 received,- namely :. 'Messrs, -Etice, £l2' ; Taylor,' '£ 126 ; Joy,' SfiMl 'Gonnell,' DlOf;' Kellett, £9B: Kenny, £9l. 10; Thorpe, That>6¥ Mi EUioTt waCagdepfe'a.f A Ranqiaohia Board Mi-eting.— 'he usual monthly meeting of the Baniaohia Highway Board Avas held in Te Awai mutu on Saturday last. A f letter ,was rer pevr&T) flt§}s X DljJtrioi Board, complaining of the disrepair and almost impassable state of a portion of '£ne i Paterangi-Ohauptf road, which'lies within the Rangiahoia District. The tanderof W. Beasley for the road formation at,Te Awamutu,at 10s 6d per dhain, was accepted; also, that of J. Wattera, -for sfinding material and the construction of a '.public;pound at. Te Awainutd,>i©r the sum of> £18.16;. The sum of £7 was paid by cheque; at ihe meeting. I Mb Johst lESox/ iwe jvould l remind our will hohi.an auction sale : to day of Mr, Palmer's stock and effects, garden seeds, &c, at East Hamilton. ■■.■■ !t U'

Mkssbs. J. D. & K. Hux will hold their regular weekly auction sale to-day, when a quantity of goods, as may be seen by advertisement, will be offered. Disputed Ownebship. During the night of Thursday, or early yesterday morning, the shop lately occupied by Mr T. C. Hammond, chemist, ot Hamilton, was forcibly entered and taken possession of by the landlord, who: stills holds possesion, ; Mr Hammond yesterday laid a criminal information at the Police Court, and on Monday tho case of Hammond v. Seale will be again enacted. Pbotectioit JTkom! G-ame.—ln reply to Mr McMinn, on Tycdnesday last in the Assembly the Native' Minister said the Government, do intend to do something towards enabling the settlers to protect their crops from injuries inflicted by game, but could not promise anything definitely this session* .He would give a definite answer as to the proposals of the Government when members returned from the South.

!. The Waikato Scab Case.-—ln reply/ to a question put by Mr McMinn* on Wednesday, respecting .the S3ab case against Mr Thomas 'Jolly, of Waikato, Mr Sheehan said the Government recog nised the importance on the question, and would lay the depositions and correspondance on the table, and. ask the House, to consider the whole question • ' ' > A meeting, of the ratepayers of the late East Hamilton Highway' District was .held last night at the Royal Hotel to consider the manner in which, their shareof the £2,222. ,to .-Kirikiriroa from the Waikato County Council—should be expended. On the motion of Mr Potter, seconded by Mr Harris, it was resolved almost unanimously, "That, it being highly desirable in the interests of the Borough of Hamilton that all country communication should be more firmly established, and that traffic from all possible routes should be encouraged thereinto, •with a view to facilitate such a course, this meeting requests the Waikato County Council to expend any nijonies that may be in their possession or control (that may have accrued to any portion of the County under any grants for the year 1877-78) in opening the communication between Piako and Hamilton"; The full report will appear in purnext. Amongst the passengers to Hamilton yesterday £were Mr Dunbar, of the firm of Ross and Dunbar, contractors for the traffic bridge over the Waikatp,?af Hamilton. f*x f .,-M m/ *-[±j_j_