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Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 1003, 26 November 1878, Page 2

Hamilton Mayoral Election.—The polling for Mayor of tho Borough of Hamilton takes place to-morrow between the hours of 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. The Anniversary Dinner of the.Loyal Hamilton Lodge of Odd Fellows, will be held this evening at the Royal Hotel.. Me Henry Buttle,- wg learn, has orsigned any official connection with the Cambridge .farmers' Club, and Mr Walter Scott has been appointed to the office. In Mr Buttle, the Club' loses a most zealous and efficient officer; to whose untiring efforts in its behalf much of the success which has attended the institution ht due. . : The PosEßiku ' Riding . Election if ov.er, for, tjiough, three candidates' were proposed on Saturday, at the place ,os .nomination, the School-house, Pukerrmu, one of them subsequently retired, thus rendering a contest unnecessary. .At noon the Returning Officer announced that the 1 following gentlemen had. been nominated/ to fill the two extraordinary Vacancies for'' the Pukekura Ruling, in the Waipa.i Council, namely, Mr Wm. Scott, Mr j Henry Buttle and Mr Richard Reynolds. Shortly after the announcement, Sfr Scott gave notice of his retirement in due forin, and Messrs Blittle land Reynolds are, therefore, declared duly elected. Hojkbopathy, Past and Present, is the name of a medical treatise by Walter BaUs-Headiey, M.A., ,M.D., printed and published by George Robertson, of Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide, and tor a copy of wliioii wo are indebted to the publisher, through. Mr E. Wayte, of Auckland. The treatise is a pleasantly written and interesting One, 1 even to the general reader, arid Ave can heartily recommend it to those who are desirous of giving ' tjfW'sideratiori to the'question whether they £'jve a trial to Homoeopathy or not. The People of are naturally much exercised about the mallfcv of tho Thames-Waikato ; Railway, and have been telegraphing to tlio Premier and Miutelei- £ov Works- 1 , urging on the immediate eommeuceineiif!, of the work. In answer to these telegrams, tUe follow-' ins? has been r«ce.ivod at G-rahamstown It—"Engineer in cUargfG of North Maud works havinir bee i absmit on business, onld j.'ot reply hj) your t6leg"»»». Irf u'e. ! Tlio Minister, bofore leaving fo? tlio" Si.uth.left instructions that of the Thames line wa-ito bo proceeded with, and the engineer in ch.u-ge has the

necessary preliminaries iu hand Hon. Mr Maoandrcw hopes to ho in the North shortly after his return from the South, where ha now is, and will bo for tho next or so, and will then arrange Various "other works in the Auckland Provincial District. John Knowx.es, 1 Shake-List of the Now Zealand Lari&|ahd Loan Company (Limited) Avill be closed on the 7th proximo. Those ' desirous of investing- may obtain prospectuses and forms of application for ..shares at tho branches of tho Bank of Australasia, or from tho Secretary. The Old Identities are passing away from the midst of us. On last, one of these was knocked down at the corner of Victoria and Hood-streets, Hamilton West, by Mr John Knox, and before the week is out its neighbors wilt know it no. more.' £i>o was the bes bid offered for Mr Longbottom's old store, and in a week or two wo shall see the foundations laid of a handsome twostorey briok-building,- with a frontage of 'loft. .to Victoria and iOOft. to Hoodstreet, reared in its stead. A Baby Worried by a Dog.—A very painful occurrence, says the ' Thames fAdyertieer;' of; the 19th insf., which; will probably terminate fatally, called for medical aid at tho houso of a labouring man named' Murdoch, near the Shellback Hotel, Tararu road,yesterday. ■ ilt appears ;the mother had left her infant of five months lying in.a cradle in charge of an eider child while she went out for half-an-hour. On her return, she found a retriever puppy about two months old in the child's cradle, and. a horrible sight presented itself. The poor little fellow had been Avbrried,'and the urethral-part' gnawed off to the very sphincter.' Dr Payne was at once sent for, and on arrival he was so .horrified as to order the little sufferer to; the hospital, tyith its mother, and'a consultation was held, with a yiew of deciding whether any operation should be performed. In the meantime, however, nothing has been done, and it is feared the infant cannot survive the shock to the system which anbt'her operation would entafl. The occurrence, which is the first of its kind the medical prof ession of the Thames are acquainted with, should serve as a caution to mothers leaving their infants, and ought to be sufficient to cause the extermination of all mongrel puppies. It is estimated at Washington that it ■420 years America will be without fuel. A good many of us will be dead by that time, and some will have no cause to complain of lack of heat.

Mdlle.. Charbonnet's concert tour has not met the success that it deserved, in the South. The following advertisement appears in a VTellington paper:—""Wellington, November 9, 1878: It is herebyagreed between Mdlle. Ellen Charbonnet and Mr H. N. Montagu that the agreement between them,. dated August 23, 1878, and relating to the concert tour of Mdlle'. Charbonnet' through New Zealand, : shall be cancelled from this date: by mutual-consent. Mdlle. Charbonnet acknowledges that; up to the present date, Mr Montagu has acted as agent with great zeal and ability, and that he has upheld Mdlle. Charbonnet's professional reputation in every possible way; ;that all Mr Montagu's accounts up to' the present date have been perfectly correct; unci that the present concert tour is given up only on account of the losses iiicurred, and to prevent further • loss.—(Signed). Ellen Charbonnet, Hi' Neville Montagu.—Witness: Chas. Bonnington." The Share List of Kempthorne and Prosser's new Drug Company is rapidly nlling-up. The number of shares applied for up to Saturday was 9,235. The Cambridge Race-course is in a fair way to possess the most unique and extensive structure that has hitherto been 'erected 1 of 'the kind in the Waikato. The plans (which are being jointly prepared by:Mr JBreakell, C.E., and Mr White, •architect) will embrace a Grand Stand to ;accommodate from between 500 to 600 people, a bar—2oft. x 25ft., a general refreshment room —20ft. x 25ft.—on one side of the bar, and a refreshment room -<-14ft. x 25ft.—for members of the Club on the other side, the whole of which aro situated under the Stand. The gallery will be approached by a small flight of steps from an embankment iii front of tho Stand, thus avoiding the laborious exertion required to ascend a long flight of stairs, as is generally the'case with the majority of these structures. The ladies' retiring-room, &c, will be situated at one side of' the gallery ; the stewards' room, at tho other. The whole will have a splendid view of the race 1 course. The plans aro now ready for inspection at Mi* White's office, at Mr Allwright's office, Auckland, and at offices of the Cambridge Jockey Club.

The Champion Bull Cat,]?. Lord Stephenson.—Mr Fantham, of Cambridge, writes, as follows, to Saturday's ' Herald':—Sib, —Having road the letter signed by. Mr Robert jßenfc in your issue of 20th inst., I beg to ask a small space foe a. reply-T-as the . breeder of Mr Walker's ; bull,',l cannot allow such remarks to go .undefended. He, says: " I, for one, cannot see that Mr Walker could expect apprize for a white beast with a dark 'muzzle and an ordinary-looking head." Referring to his muzzle, I, defy Mr Bent to find one black hair, on it, or, indeed, on liny part of his body. I have no doubt he is referring to his nose, which has a slight blue tint, to my mind no objectiou, as I have seen several imported | brills with hoses similar, I also read that some of the bulls in England had similar I iioso3 also. One of the leading breeders in the Auckland province told me some : months ago that it was a sure sign of a crossbetweenaßatesandaßooth, I would ask Mr Bent.to.state what is .the proper colour of a white Shorthorn bull's nose. I observed at the Auckland Show that there were three white bulls shown, all , having different coloured noses. Mr Bent will'confer a great benefit on all Shorthorn breeders if he will kindly give his opinion on this matter, as we have had no great authority to refer to •■ With retjard to the bull's head, I believe it is. the most pei/foqfc I have ever " ; bred, ; andT have heard many gentlemen' whom I believe quite as competent judges of calves' heads as Mr Bent expressed the most favourable opinions: regarding it. When talking to one of the judges, I ■ asked him how it was the bull did not get mentioned? He said his head was bad. I asked him what was the matter with it ? Re said the hair was bad, and they were all unanimous on this point; he did not mention his nose or muzzle. For my own part, I do not think a bull's,head good without plenty of hair on it. I think Mr Bent's remarks and the above conversation will show that the judges did not sufiicionty eiiticize the exhibits, and, I may say, I never saw judges, so about : their work in a less workmanlike manner;—l am, &c, A. A. Fantkam. GAvynneland, November 21, 1878. P.S.— ] Mr Bent says, "So - far as lam aware, \ the beasts exhibited were not known to ifro judges." • May I ask which judge it was Vhv &>.s. pointing to Mr Walker's bull, whilfet'th.o were in the ring, " Thttfc'is the great Waikafco Wfj. i Iwk at his forehead; but," turning' to another, " there is the one we will give the prize, jto." These remarks were given to ino before witnesses by the man who led the bull on the day <jl tip Show.—A. A. F. Turc'old building which at pne time for the Epi cop'iliaw .Ghurch iu H;bi--itton, and now used as the printing office, i o- the 'WaWATQ Tim*, hj about to give'

place to a more substantial and pretentious structure. A handsome two-storey brbk building- is about to bo erected on the frontage to Victoria-street, the drawings and specifications of which may be seen at Mr White's office, and at those ol Mr Allwright, of Auckland. Tenders vdl bo received by the former; gentleman up to tli9 23rd proximo. f , ' The; Infant Wonder Troupe itiado their' first appearance' at Le Queue's liall last nigKtj but, owing to the short notice,'and the performance not baing advertised, there Avas a smaller attendknee than there would otherwiao have leen. Those who were there, however, Tvore thoroughly well satisfied with the performance, and, no doubt, to-night and to-morrow night when, as will be seen by the programme advertised elsewhere, tho Company will again appeal at Le Quesne's Hall, they will recoivfl the amount of patronago that the Company merits.

Tins Hamilton Bazaa.ii building was roofed in yesterday, and the carpenters Avere busy putting the finishing avoilc to the interior arrangements. To-day, the work of dressing tho stalls, -the superintendence of which has been kindly undertaken by Mr N. R. Cox, will be proceeded with, so that any intended contributions not yet. forwarded, should, be seat in without an hours delay. All will be arranged and ready by twelve o'clock to-morrow, when an opening address will be delivered by the Member for Waikato, Mr F. Whitaker. Now, that the contributions have fairly commenced to come in, the committee are most pleasurably surprised with the quantity and value, and with the elegance and equisite workmanship of many of the articles forwarded. In our advertising columns wi'l bo found a description of some of these. , • . for works in the Tuhikaramea district will he received by: Mr Breakell, up, to Thursday next, and by, the clerk to the Board, Mr Wells, at Tuhikaramea, on Friday, the 29th hist.. '

Thb Fortnightly of the Hamilton , Borough Council was held last night. Present: The Mayor, and Cra. Knox, Uox, Gardner, Dawson, Gaudin, Potter, Beale, and Hume. A petition was received from certain residents in Anglesea-street, drawing attention to the bad state of the road tfcid footpath. The matter was ordered to be deferred, but to •be: taken into consideration amongst the first works of the kind performed. A letter was read from the Colonial Secretary informing the Council that By-Law No. 3, regarding the regulations for depasturing cattle on the waste lands of the Borough, was ultra vires. The debit account of the Council, at the Bank, was stated to be £234 10s. The following tenders were received for fencing and levelling Sydney Square : —For fencing, J. Williams, £135 10s; Reed and Kerr, £9O os; C. O'Connel, £141; Cassidy, £ll2 10s; fl. Kelly, £110; S. Pascoe, £140; Walsh Bros., £97. For.levelling, J. Williamson, £560 15s;. J, Coombes, £170; C. Tippin, £75; C. O'Connell, £583 12s. The acceptance of the two lowest tenders were made conditional, on the promise of the Cambridge Farmers' Club, that the Show should be held there next year, if the work is done. Councillor Potter's resolutions re the extension of a tramway into Hamilton East, published in our issue of Thursday last, and seconded by Cr. Dawson, were lost—Crs. Cox, .Knox, Gaudin, Hume, and the Mayor voting against, '• and Crs. Beale, Dawson, Potter, and Gardner for them.