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Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 970, 10 September 1878, Page 2

Tirrc Natuiows Binncm. — A mcetng of Mio Narrows Bridge Committee is called for Saturday next, at (5 o'clock RAnr,AN Cattle Salj?. — Messrs Huntor and Nolan have clotaimincd that the holding of periodical cm 'tie sales m Raglan shalL*jta pormstilSM j^estabyshed,;- and hii^^^.^irrangbTOtit's'foi)^^'fira6'Bale o^Meisot^raij.at th^L^keto for the *Sv rox lffiK wnc^f?'^ "■Tifi^tbre^.jpattle, sltjfflb;, liQ«MSij f ai'injp Wplomej||s, &d&pwili exppctS|l,that botwfen tw^hundreclf and tliroe hundred head of stock will be yarded -between the -members , of the shooting club , of the Hamilton Contihgen't of ! Te l Awatnutu' \ (Oayalry '.'■ Volunteers came off on* Saturday last at I the'buttspHnmrlt^r^h"e^iafan^e'S' r Wftre13m 20*0|a\a|3p"0^.tdsriivSslibt^at. each • range. Jhe clay was tolercibly good, and the ( shooting made very creditably, the 't6tal' i; Scores : ' wel-e tib r ! fsllows:^-S£rgt. Johnson, 45 ; Sergt. Seddon, ; Trooper^ /ColemanV f '46-;* Beauchamp, 36 ; Penrson, 41 ; Young, 37 ; "Wopd, Walker, 4.) ; Arinet, 17; Mantellowa, \5 ■ 45. y ljming, | :j9: EUiapn; 32.; Yowles^, 22* WriUW»V; ! 'Martinj '27 ; ! W. 'Hunt, 11; Benuiid, 81. ; iEdgdcdmb, 24 ; Vialou, 44. There were two sets of iirizes, one f or. competition , f by the ..older members of .one , by^^ recruits only. The p^i/es^woreV^ warded IPqllqws: ,]jn : the .1^ ,c3a^j ( , f si_ prure,: 'Trooper, Ooleinfin ; 2nd "pi'ix'e, '' Rergt!' Johnson; 3rd prize, . Traopoi 1 . . "VV^nllf cr ; 4th prize, Sergt., Soddon'; "oMVpriztf, Trooper !Ridler. In tho softoiul. class, Ist , prize, Trooper E. : Pilling ; ''2nd' ' prizo, Trboper Bernard ; 3rd prize, Trooper Ellison ; 4th prize, j TrOoDcr Alfexander. '. ' ' '■

—7. "l-i ■ •. 7 | „ ; 'iFoOTBAXiii ' MatCII — NaAniNEPOUBI V. AiiBXAxbBA.M— 'TluV ' mateh 1 ■ between thirteen each; <of -.the above clubs came off at Alexandra »n Saturday last, September'!7tff, 'arid m a drawn game, m favour, however, of the Ngahinepouri team- 'by & J ''nurilber of force-downs to nothing. ,lij was evident from, the first ikat I;he'' Alexandra 'men'were'ratlier overmatched,'a!s ! the i ball was kept m the vicinity, of, their T goal .line , during the gVea^er^part^of ! the' game,' and ! 6h three occasions the ball was carried across the line, from which, however, nothing resuTtett£exlQpJ&We^ On the Ngahinepouri side were three who played against Auckland, viz., Lang, ■ Nugent and Cox, who on this occasion , r maintained^ their,, reputation. On tne-satne side, the play bf-Patmif -Hunter and HigginsQn may be especially noticed. ■■Qi I the," Alexandra men,! .Cooper ; and Macwho .played, against Auckland, idid remarkabfy Veil, 'as did Conroy, Kelly j^dd Gaffchy. /$6) accident ; of /ariy, serious nature occurred, although the play was rat/. times rather rough,t arid' hacking was •^indulged in to a much, greaterextent.than wasspermitted against Auckland. .-'&. return match has-been arranged to come qflE on Saturday week, m Mr Vickers paddock ,at Ngahuiepburi. ItVould be advisable If some r? bf'Me;i )^y6rß^^- were to , read up °t^ rules 'before' the 'next mateh I ,' as playing, off side.was considerably indulged in J by'kfew. f "" : . " ■ li . I '". il : ' \\ '• ir \ "•'[

Mr Vahley's Diorama, oi the explorations of Livingstone 'the • great African traveller, and the progress of '^Stanley's expedition m search" of himj; is now m VVaikato, and on exhibition <at Ngaruawahia. We are not aware -whether Mr Varley's next visit will be to Cambridge or Hamilton, as his Arrangements are riot yet complete, but the^nattet! wjjl be duly announced m our next publication. The T)iorama is -highly extolled by the Queensland, Sydnoy, and Auckland press. The pictures are .spoken of as graphic, and their .description as being able and .interesting, indeed, the 'Sydney Morning Herald 'says, " not a few public speakers might learn from >Mr Varley how to address an audience naturally and .ef^eqtively.'rSome ®f;the principal scenes 'depietad are described,' arid certainly sensational enough to satisfy the most exacting, while for both children and others the instruction-is bo t blended with apusenient^' jii^ Jo bej pi"aae| extremely attractive, and' at the same time to leave a lasting impression of Nature, as Bhe>is ih, Africa, upon thei mind . of/: the spec--fcktoiU-Mm f'ii ' -V . -ij

.-'.'•7 A- (• .:• ;-T : : j ; .l:- ■■ ! Tenders for repairs to and painting the English' 'Church at' Rangiaohia will be received,byMr;G.'JY, Storey until the 21st inst. At the Board of .Education on Friday, tenders for improvements to teacher's house at Mercer were received, and referred to the Executive Committee to confer <with the aajchitect-^Mr Allw^ight. An application from the contra^tpr for -£kba-qcQg.tiQTi. of thn Rohnnl teacher's residence at To. Awamutu for~an~cxtension of time'Vas-agTcCdto. ' M:U;r : TnE Bishop of Lichfield's -will has been prbved under prelate leaves to his brother; thp ,Rev -Dij Se'lwyn, : his privilege of right-of. residence m the Lollards Tower. Everything else is left to Mrs Solwyn for lifo, ; and. afterwards to the Bishop^of .l^olanesia jinci ,iiis othcrj son. ' " "■'" ''.'" .■"■".' ' ; .:' i

At^tece^ba.^aue'j; grveia by'tliG Mayor of Dunediii on Saturday l in thai* city, m celebration of the opening' of the Christchurch .and ,punedin !i . ( Railway,, His Excellency the Qoyernoiv ist£p6rted to have' " expressed his great satisfaction at being present to comniemdrato an 'event which' was pregnant :with future . good to the colony over which' .ho,, had\'the lionor to preside., The event which they were now met to celebrate/was ;th'e conclusion • of the 'first' act of !i tthatt t! grdat Public I Works Policy. instituted by Sir.J. Vogel.' ((^heers.) ?! The' enterprise' 'of ,Mi* ivloorhpuse," of Canterbury; '■ m tunnelling the hill ljetween^^ristchiirch and.'sekward was a 'b r 6ld uridertdldng iri' :: the young state ? of the polony ; - ( aiJ the time, and no doubt it ' may !< have' l^d ! ' to the larger ■scheme. But there was no dispute that Sir .T 'Yogel ; was r thb T man who ; had the courage to propose m the' Parliament and the 6nergy an'd-perse ; v6rano'e'th oaifry out Kis proposal 'to a" 'sitcee&sfjuHsßue. While Canterbury, therefore," owed a deep debt of gratitude to'Mr : Moorhdusej the colony at large owed a debt df' :^ratitude to Sir J. Vdgel.' ; (Gheers.) ; = He- had beohi told by many that Now Zealand was going to pot, and that' her debt was m enormous proportion to her population; and that they must look out for the consequences; Well, those who did riot know the resources of the colony, and the energy of its population, might have reason to. entertain that opinion, and he candidly confessed that before ho came to the colony he entertained it himself, but he now no longer did so, because he knew the richness of the soil, the energy of the inhabitants, and the salubrity and fertility of its climate. He then referred.to the requisites of progress m a new country, and to the increasing produce, and the rise m the price of land which has resulted from the Public Works Policy". The money they ! had borrowed i'was not squandered m wars, or otherwise uselessly, but* was invested m great public works, such as men m England invest their capital m, and expect to get a return on their investment. They might look forward to the time when that investment would no longer ¥c a burden to the country, but would be a source of revenue. He had no fear of the debt of New Zealand weighing down the colony, but it should suggest caution for the future. He believed their great object should be to help forward as much as possible, and as fast as their means would allow, the great lines of communication from one end of the colony to the other. He ■ believed that that would have the effect of smoothing down those little feelings of animosity, and which, he hoped, would soon be buried, and i*ould only remain as matters of history. (Cheers.)" ; The Price of Cattle and Meat. — A short time ago, says the ' Herald,' we referred to the high price of beef, and judging from the sale of fat cattle held at Remuera yesterday, there appears a likelihood of still higher pricos before long. The report. states there was a short supply of cattle yarded, and competition brisk, beef realizing from 37s 6d to 45s per lOOlbs., and large sheep were passed at 4d. At th» previous week's sale, fat cattle sold at 35s to £2 per lOOlbs., and imitton 4d to od, »o that the average advance paid yesterday on fat>eattle«was about -taper lOOlbs., while mutton ruled about the same as the week previous. Wii-h the arrival of fine weather, One would naturally expect, to see a decline m the value of fat cattle, as fGed would be coming forward, but wo understand that the settlers have not the cattle, the district never being so bare of this class as it is at present. ; Nothing but heavy importations will alter tho present state of thingp.