WAIKATO ROWING CLUB.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1903, 16 September 1884, Page 2

WAIKATO ROWING CLUB.

The first annual meeting of this club was held at Gwynne's Hamilton Hotel last night. There was a moderate attendance of members, and the choir was occupied by Mr B. C. Mounicr The Secretary (Mr Wallnutt), read the balance sheet, from which it appeared that the receipts amounted to £21 19a 9d, and the expenditure (including purchase of shed and boat, &c.) £20 7s 6d, leaving a balance to ciedit of £1 12s 3d. The accouuts ha\ ing beeu passed, the meeting proceeded to the election of officebearers for the ensuing year as follows :—President, Mr J. B. Whytc, M.K.R., VicePrrsident, Mr Edward Lake, M.H.R., Secretary and Treasurer, Mr T. Walnutt, Committee, Messrs B. C. Mounier, Geo. Edgecnmbe, F. Trewheellar, C. R. Johnson, and J. VereUer Bindon. It was decided to give a promenade concert at aa eirly date in aid of the club's funds and the arrangements were left in the hand of the committee. This was all the business.

Bonnets are again made to match clothes, bub no one has ever thought of making them to match purses. •Twas How Thky Camk.— Prince : "How it is, my dear Mayor, that so rrnny children go barefoot in the neighbourhood. 1 ' Mayor : " You see, your Higlni'ss, they come into the world like that with us." A Blttkr Situation.— A domestic c vant in Newcastle was recently rebaked by hrr mistress for some neglect of duty. Mary, instead of expressing contution for her alleged assault, burst into open insurtection. " Ay, mum, tlioo cm cacill away at us as much as thoo likes noo ; but thoo cannot did long. A i's not gannen te bide wi'ye. Aa can g--t shinteen shillings a week an' be a captiin in the Salvation Army !" — Mew castle Chronicle A HKQUtsT of £'200,000 was rocently made by the will of the late George Hudson of Monkweartnouth Grange to the orphans of Sunderlaiul. This sum is for the maintenance, clothing, and education of a certain number of diildten, twothirds of whom ate to be boys and the remainder girls. Twenty aie to be the children of pilots, twenty the children of Monkweai mouth, and the rest to be the chiklien of former Sunderland residents or whose parents are paralysed. Mr Hudson's wishes arc to be carried out by a Board of Trustees, who are to be no less than the or more than eight. He also gave £.300 to the Infirmary, and all his landed property went to his nieces. No May i-; an Antiquary in His Own Country. — Scene. — An Interesting Ruin. Fair Visitoi (to Old Inhabitant) : " Can you tell us which is the sallyport ?" Oldest Inhabitant : " Noa, l-Tlily ; a canna say a knows that, leddy. Happen \on mean Sally Porter, owd John Porter's darter ?" Fair Visicor (shocked) : " You don't understand. I mean where the Roundheads broke in and sacked the place." Oldest Inhabitant : " Canna say a can tell 'cc, leddy ; but it were just here whore Measter broke out an 1 sacked me. But he were what oi calls more thick yeard than yound yrard !" [Oldest Inhabitant given t.p as horeless ] 'Cutkness is a remaikable characteristic among the Chinese (says the Tuapeka Times), and a stiiking example of this trait in the almond eyed son of the Moon was displayed in the AVai den's Court, Lawrence. One of the cases which occupied the attention of the court was the application of a Chinaman for a tail-race. In suppoit of the application, a countryman was put by the plaintiff in the witness-box, aud, to his credit, be it said — tlnongh the agency of a loquacious interpreter — gave his evidence in a veiy satisfactory manner. "Call the plaintiff !" said his Worship, and in response to the crier of the court, the plaintiff, with remarkable alacrity, stepped into the witness-box — he being no less a person than ths interpreter for the previottfc witness. The latter person could »©t,^r would not, speak English, and as the plaintiff was the only one of the many Celestials in court who could act the role of interpreter, his services had to be accepted. It may be interesting to note that plaintiff's application was granted. Advice to Young Ladies. — The celebrated Dr John Dow, in his sermon gave the following excellent advice to the young ladies of his flock : "The buxom, bright-eyed, rosy-cheeked, fullbreasted, bouncing lass, who can darn a stocking, mend trowsers, make her own frocks, command a regiment of pots and kettles, feed the pigs, chop wood, milk cows, wrestle with boys, and be a lady withal in ' company,' is just the girl for me, and for any worthy man to marry " But you, ye pining, moping, lolling, screwed-up, wasp-wasted, puttyfaced, consumptive, mortgaged, musicmurdering, novel-devouring daughters of fashion and idleness, you are no mote fit for matrimony than a. pullet is to look after a family of fourteen chickens. " The truth is my dear girls, you want more liberty and less fashionable restraint, more kitchen and less parlour, mure leg exercise and less sofa, more pudding and less piano, more frankness and IeBS mock modesty, more breakfast and less bustle. Loose yourselves a little, enjoy more liberty and less restraint by fashion, and breathe the pure atmosphere of freedom, aud become something as lovely and beautiful as the Gcd of nature designed.' Mr A. BucVland will sell at the Remuera Yerds, on Thursday next, 120 three and four-year-old steers from Whangarei. Messrs Hunter and Nolan will sell at the Durham Yards, Aucklaud, on Friday next, the well known blood sire, '* Retriever," the Clydesdale stallion " Sir Julius YogeV and the coaching entire Pancangray,' l