CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XII, Issue 1012, 17 December 1878, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE.

FAiuriS us are taking advantage of the fine weather we are having now, to get m their hay. To this, perhaps, may be attributed the small attendance at Mr BueklandV horse sale, on Saturday, at which about eighty horses were otfbi'od, bat very few sold. Thei-o were a large number of weeds and screws. The prices of all classes ranged up to £22, which was the highest price at which any horse was sold. Sixty or seventy per cent, of the Y entries were -withdrawn,- -and the bidding wua very slow. A number of horses are m course of traiuiug for tho Cambridge Jockey Club i Moeting, On Saturday morning, on ink- j , ing an early ride, I mot Mr Khkwbod's Loafer and Midnight, and Mr So >tt's Multum-in-Parvo. Midnight :nd Mul-tum-in-Parvo are enter.*! for the .Maiden j Plate, and they were put to a milq and

a half gallop, and came m neck and neck, i Mr Rose's The Belle was also oat, and the trotting horse, Mr Carter's Miss Wittier, and Mr "W. Smith's Florry, were taking a spin. * Some little time ago, when the men were engaged at work upon a road between Major Wilson^ to the wharf, they came upon a fi||jnt of thiEgSOT^ bottles of Old Tom, w^pl|adlain^p^i no doubt, for thirfceen^fyea|||f s>ut ffifipf e, no doubt, by some dishorieal||ippleH§yiio had stolen them, and whoj||ji afterajfirds unable to find the plaoeiphere Km^aS planted them. The liquor/was m ftrstclasa order, and was declared to be of splendid quality. "W/ avacancy m the Town Board, and it was suggested that Mr J. P. Campbell would ..who^arould.; be; competent jto take a up the correspondence where the; lat&- Chairman, had left it. It s^W^P^ 0 ovSe^W£lem&ai f w^ve passing; , clown Uuke street, on their way to the Hotel', where they? Were v going ore matt'era cbnnecWd with the Jockey Club; /One of the gentlemen. had ii pdper m his hand. The Duke street ratepayers,- looking out of the shop I- door^,r- tftnpnce; Bunaised- ttiat : tH6y \revQ icanjaasingMyotes fotf Mr Campbell. Duke .street^ b.afik was! up m a minute, and a flneejting, of.j the ratepayers of that part of .ifcheitpvmjvas.held-afctlie Criterion Hotel, • >when,Mr : C.atnp was voted to; the chair, 'ftnA*ft%r»'Conßideraible 'dificussion, it. was ;*decid.ed ,to support , Mr, "Wills, as the candidate, fa ; - ;■ -, „•-, ... „.; ., ; f >; The^iatriot school examination; wilt be conducted during the week, by the Revs .^V,^, iJetL. Willis.and W. Evans.