CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XIV, Issue 1177, 13 January 1880, Page 3

CAMBRIDGE.

Monday. At the horse sale on Saturday a large number of Maori weeds were offered, but the average price per head did not reach £5. 4 9 a.m. this morning a party of ! Jlrmed Constabula-y, numbering 42, left the barraoks for the Taupo road. The principal camp will be at the Pokaiwhenua iti earn, where the road will be thoroughly made. Mother camp will be pitohed at Fergusson's Gully, where repairs are neeasftary. When the road is completed as far as the Little Waipa bridge, the men will probably be employed on the Tapapa road, Captain < aDel, with Sergeants Gooohjf&boter, Stanger, and Webb, went out in oTßarge, and no doubt much good work will be done during the summer months* Mr right sold the Cambridge Jockey Club privileges on > aturday. The publican's booth only called forth one bid, and fell t* H Raynes, of the National Hotel, for £25; he also bpught the gates for £53, «4 the cards fetched £6, the horse* paddo&£3, and Mrs Yow\& bought the tempMNnee booth, «o* £4 4s.— [Own Cor

Thb old Commercial Hotel at Castlejnaine, Victoria, has been put through the crushing battery, a&4 yielded 7dwt. to fhfttau

\ The " Weekly Dispatch" of Sep. teraber 28th suja : -"The theatrical wardrobe of the late S*oanel Phelps was submitted to public competition at Mr George Robins's auction rooms on Friday last. Amongst the I lots were Messinger's Plays, several I editions of Sliakespear, aud other works, tending to show how Mr Phelj»s h*d studied the authors whose playb he rendered so efflc'ively ou the sta^e. The engravings which appear to have a- oraed his walls reveale.l the same senti. ment. Among those sold where the portraits of BiMistbn, the eMer Matthews, John Pbillip Kemole, Chas. Young, Mnud<»n, Tyrone Power, Liston (whose portrait was sold for the trifling sum of nine shillings) and others. After the sale of thia portion of tho property of the great tragedian, came the sale of the various costumes in wh eh he apjxarei when impersonating his fatou iie chtracters. These were all sold at a nonrnal value only, and the priies who were fortunate enough top -ssess the properties will, as cos tumors, be able to nuke a handsome profit out of their purchaser As a specimea of the singuinrly low pi ices realised, the dress in which he whs in the habit of appearing as Timon of Athens, realised Ids ; Lconfea, 6-; Dr Cantwe 1, 11-*; Benucco, (in "Fool's Revenge") 15s; Kin,? Le«r, 15a; Mr Beverley (in "G • mester "), 6s ; Hotspur, I8s ; Othello, £1 15>; F.lstaff, 19s; Richard 111, IU; Shylock, 10s ; King John, £1 \2s • William Ten, 6. ; Sir Giles Overreach, £2 ss; Mephistopheles, £1: Henry V, £1 ; Mar.fred, 1U ; i»ukeArtti.zi,i 15a; King o' Scots, £I',1 ', Mercuno, 16s; Weruer, 10s. Nnarlv four sets of scenery, said to have been tak^n in payment of a debt due, were sold for JgO 10s. The whole sain only realised the small sum of £58 Ca. A. year has not elipsed since the grave closud over Samuel Plielps, yet public in. terest in the o .cc famous actor ha* appearently ceased to exist. Thb new Pure Oaali System now being initiated by G. and 0. will certainly prove a benefit to the public. It has been a great success in Sydney and Melbourne, and when strictly carried ont the customer who buys at an establishment where the goods are marked low to ensure a rapid sale must be a great gainer. G-. and C. sell their drapery, millinery, and clothing at such prices for oa«h as gives the buyer the advantages of a shareholder in a cooperative society, without the rink of being called upon to bear portion of the loos should the year's business prove unsatisfactory. Garlick and Cranwell will aim to retain the confidence which the public have hitherto shown them, and are determined to give the pure cash system a fair trial ; whether they gain or lose the first year. Country buyers on remitting cash with order will be supplied with goods at co-operative prices ; just the same as though they made a personal selection. Furnishing goods, such as carpets, floor cloths, bedsteads, bedding, and general house furuiture, the largest portion of which is turned out at our own factory, will be marked at the lowest remunerative prioea, and a discount of five per cent, will be allowed to those who pay at the time of purchase. G. & 0. having realised the entire value of their stock during their late cash sale, the present stook is new and tbbt cheaply bouoht. An inspection is invited. — Gablicx and Obanwell, City Hall Furnishing Arcade, Queen-street, Auckland.