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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1147, 1 November 1879, Page 2

Ova usual Saturday's auppliraent is isHued with.to-day3 r pa.per coataiuing local □eV& fa'rming extracts, and either matter. The drawing iv connection with the art union of; pictures . painted by S. E. Keesing came off on Wednesday evening. The lucky winners sare: — Mr Webber, Ist prize; Mr Holloway, 2nd prize; Mr Carter, 3rd; prize : Mr Browne, 4th prize; Mr James Hally, sth prize; Mr ! Graham; 6th prize; Mrs Loddon, ,7,th prize; Mr Jillings, Bth prize ; Mr Buck, 9th. prize; Mr. F. Rose, 10th. prize.. A committee o?. subscribers superintended the drawing; Mr Si Keesirig i intends going .to Auckland for the purpose of .' study ing painting; thoroughly.; ' :; ■ j The electors of Nowton. seem perfectly ( well satisfied with the action .taken by their • member m the \ssembly. , *iew days ago, < says -the 'Herald,' a number of the electors m the Newton district had it , inconteinplation to holda ; public meeting for the purpose of expressing, an opinion upon Mr Swanson transferring his support to the Hall Ministry. It. has been considered, however, that the expression | of such opinion would be better obtained by way of memorial than by public meeting.' ' The ' composition -'of the" public meeting held in f the Young Men's Christian association Rooms 1 on Tuesday " decided . the electors to chose the method which would ensure thai; only electors of j the district would have a voice m the matter! ' Yesterday a memorial was being extensively signed for the purpose of being forwarded to him, expressing confidence m his judgment, and approving of his action m doing what he could for the Auckland district. The promoters of the memorial are sanguine that from 800 to 1000 of the registered electors m the districfciwilligiye their signatures; ...■;• TitEilaudireventie for.thß colony for the quarter ended the 30th September la9t is as follows :— Land sales, £37,987 ; depasturing licenses, assessments, and rents, £6380 ; miscellaneous, £4274 ; total, £41,795. Some splendid heavy horses have been j ust imported by the Rotomahana into : Auckland' from Australia by Mr vlexiinder Lamb. They consist of a roan entire, two heavy geldings, three mares, arid a carriage , horse. The following are the j pedigrees :-— Roan entire, 4 years, heavy i draught, by King Tom. Kate, a bay mare, rising 7 years old, by Pride of Scotland, (imp. by D. Nesbet, Ipsqi.), dam by Ben Lomond (imp. by the late P. Proody, Esq.), S dam Lothian Tarn (imp. by 'Mr A. ttowen, Kyneton). Kate was served by Blanc (imp. by S. Joskinson, Ea'q[.) ; Black mare, aged, by Dragman (imp.), dam by Young England (imp.), g dam incoln (imp.), gg dam Clydesdale (imp.); she is a grand brood mare. Bay filly, L year, by King Tom (imp.), by Invincible, g dam Wiltshire Champion (imp.), gg dam Clinker, (imp.) as the Auckland Cattle Show and Athletic Sports will take place at Ellerslie on the ! 10th November, the railway authorities announce that single, tickets issued on the ,10th, from all stations to uckland, will be available for return up to and including the 13th. On the 10th the ordina y train will leave Ohaupo at 0.1/3 a.m., instead, of 8.10, to enable passengers froin-Waikato to Visit the snow and return the samft day. Single fares for the/return journey* from any station to * uckland will be charged. The return train will leavo Auckland at 4.20 p.m. The fares on the Onehunga line will be ls. v each irrespective of class, single or return. Further particulars will be found m the advertising columns. ■■■■• Rale of Mn Gubbins's Stogx and Furniture. — Thi« extensive sale of live and dead stock, one of the most important of the kind held inWaikato for some time past, will take place at Innisf alien, Ohaupo, on Thursday next, the 6th inst., when; Mr J. S. Buokland will offer for sale two purebred shorthorn bulls, three purebred 'shorthorn cows, and one hundred head of g ade cattlo, comorisinsf splendid well bred dairy cows and young stock ; also, .tho horses, farm implements, , and household furniture. ' ' : ! The following sheep returns for the colony have been made public. The return shows the number of sheep-owners and the number of shepp on the 31st May. In uckland, there tare 1082 per-^ sons owning lees than 500 sheep, owning between 10,000 or 20,000. There are 24,703 male merino sheep, an/V 41,516 female ; 40,842 male longwool, arid' 88,405 female; 101,191 male cross-bred, and 146,864 female. ' The total number of sheep m Auckland is 458,521. The following are the totals of the different" provincial districts: — Vapier, 1,4:0^,058 ; iNewi .Plymouth; 11,264; 1 Wellington, I 1,453,243 ; VTarlboroug-h, 763,253; Nelson, 364,602; Westland, 4652; Canterbury, 3,37 ,905; Otago, 3,580,904. Total, 1!, 485,389. _ , _. We are glad tb.h'ear that a match has been' arranged between the Hamilton arid Cricket t Hubs, , the challenge emanating from Cambridge. It is to be ' played, at Cambridge on Wednesday next, the sth instants '/,'• he Hamilton team will be chosen from the fpllowing players : — ■ j'.'W6pd,'"F. Pilling, 'Ellison, (Hees6n,-Q.: C. Wood, El Pilling; W. Hunt, T. Strides, rdrresi, Cajleton, tooke, Henry, Se4fon,

Primrose, DrSandes, T. Kwen, F. Edgecumbe, who are all particularly requested to roll up to practice to-day. Tub soiree and entertainment m aid of the funds of the Presbyterian Church, Hamilton, held last night;in Le Quesne's Hall, was very successful ?frpm all points of vievv. Captaiu Jatttesfpunciman^presided, and hail no cause tp^be dissatisfied with the reception which the various per- . formers received' from the audience .as he ; one afteivanbtherrJintroduced them. The report is lieldrjover to Pur! next.- " \ There will'nob be service at the-Wes-leyan Church, Whata whata, to-morrow, as notified m our last issue. Return of doNrisavoED Land 3. — The G-azettee of the 23rd' inst. contains a list of reserves made uridor section 4 of the^ Cojisfiscated glands Act, 1876, many of which arein the Waikato. "The numbers of allotments and area we will give m our next., . r . r , .. : .. ,; A ...... „ ;■ \v" essrs HjTNTSR. and ; rTotAN's: Ohanpo special spring catt'o sale takes place on - -Wednesday next. As will be seen by „ advertisement pn pur f o,lllth cage, » large number 'of young cattle, most of them ! Waikato ; reared,; will be' brought forward for sale. The sale will commence* at 1 f o'olock'. "\ 1 i '\ r y i ' \ \ }' t "■■ . ' L. 9. Ll— A Inserting hi the members of the" Sons of Ulster Lodge will be held on Wednesday evening next, m the Victoria Hall, .Hamilton, for the election of officers for the ensuing year j &c. ' ' Fairway's a JeWicll. — While the Hamilton punt lessee pays £40 a month ' for the tolls iit is not fair to use the bridge. , -The £18 for the month remitted; by the Borough GouncU was not for loss occasioned by those mean enough to use the • bridge, but for general decline of traffic. r Mr( W: H] rßandersori jwill offer for sale, by auctio, to-day, at the National Hotel) .Cambridge, the gates, refreshment and publicans booths for the Cambridge . Sports, to be held on the loth ihst. ; : also, ladies and' men's saddles, and a variety of other goods. Mb J. S. Buckland's next Cambridge cattle sale will .take place on Tuesday ; the; horse sale to-'dayy ,' ' )NV -MiNATi NSfor candidates to represent the iiangiaohia riding, m: the county of Waipa will be received till noon of Wednesday next.