THURSDAY, OCT., 1884.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1913, 9 October 1884, Page 2

THURSDAY, OCT. , 1884.

The Christmas festival chorus iohe.us.il takes pl.ico sit the I'iililic Hull. Hamilton, to-night, .it 7.30. A full attend anco 1-5 requested.

A meeting of the Hamilton Libi<<ry Committee will be held .at the Council Chiunbci'i at 7.30 o'clock tliK evening, to ni.ike fin.il aiiangeinents for opening the leading-ioom and selection of book--, &c.

Mr S. Grant (Grant and Foster) retui nod to Waik.ito on Tuesday after a nhort tup to tlm South, Ho li.is #one to tho OKoidiii dittnct to iiis[)cct some pinpcitios in tli.it locality, Mi (Ji.mt is accompanied by ]\[i K. W. Hannier.

A social meeting in connection with the iiKiiiiiifcioii <>f the Res. ]3. Hulsm will t.iko place in the Pie-.byteti.in Cluuch, Te Aisanmti:, nn Thuisd.iy next, tho Kith in^t. Theic will bo mu»ic, &c, and ;id-dre-sc-. by the Ki>v. W. Evan** and otlier mun^teis. The inoeeodi die to go tn the niivnse fund.

Mr A. G. Bartlett, of Auckland, announces a special class of watches designed foi rough us.igo, ha.\nig not only tlio quality <>f special stu'iigth, but also acciuacy. A \v<uiant is ki v uh witlt each, and the pi ice being only £3 10s, places them witluu the icich of e\eiy aitisnn and woikinsj man. The watches aie made at Mi Bartletts London inanufactoiy.

The promenade concert in aid of the Waikato Row ing Club's funds c.uneotf in theOddfellow'h Hall, Hamilton, on Tuesday night. Contraiy to expectation theattendance was only model ate, but those who went appeaied to enjoy themselves. Two or three of those who h.id piomised to sing were unavoidably absent, but the programme, oil thing-, consideied, was a fail ly good one. The he.'uy weight lifting by Professor Pompey was a stiong featme in the entertainment, and the ".showman" who introduced the professor played the part to peifection. The M>ng "Take a bumper and try," was sung in splendid style by a wellknown and popnlai amateni, who chose to be known as "Sigma Baiianini." Tlie music foi the dancing was Mipphed by Mr Holhiway'i band and gave full satisfaLtion, The proceedings closed about midnight with " (iud .Save the '^ute.i,'" played by the band.

The usual fortnightly meeting of the Hamilton Piesln teii.m Band <>t I [ope w,h held in the rie-byteiiau Chinch on Tuesday e\enuig. Theio was a good attenrl.uicc of a.lnlts and clnldien. Mr Cochiane occupied the ch.ur, and the following prdgi.unmo wib very creditably gone thiough :— Recitation, AJLitthow On ; riddle-, Janet On ; riddles, Isabella Bla«k ; lecitation, Blanche Wild ; reading. Fanny Young ; lecitdtion, Hannah Leith ; riddles, Fiod. (landin ; liddles, Albert Le ; reading, J. Caldenvood ; liddle^, Husan Gaudin ; recitation, T. (J.uidiu ; dialogue, Mivs Kempt and ]\[i^s Longbottoni ; lecitation, Etliel Kaelmin ; leading, William Pntchaid. Mr Haebnin addiessed the meeting at the close, of the piograirune. Mis Cochi-inc pi elided at the haiinoiuuin.

The quarterly meeting in connection with the Hamilton Wc-lcyan Ciicuit was licld on Tuesday afternoon in Trinity Wesleyan Chinch. The Kov. J. Dukes presided, and theie was a Lugo attendance of ofhce-beaieii piesent. Tlie btewaids presented the balance-sheet, showing a cmiall deficiency dining the quaiter. This being tin- quaiteily meeting to nominate a minister for next ywi, a^ according to Confeience rules the Kov. J. ] hikes will leave this ciicuit, the ciicuit htewaidn nominated the Rev. J. JJellow, of Whangarei, a-, huccessor to the Key. J. Dukes. Several matter in connection with the circuit were inflight befoie the meeting. Atter the meefciiiff thfl niembcis adjourned to the parsonago, whfti'e timy were entertained by the Kov. J. lJukox and MIM Dukea. A very pleasant evening wn« {.pen*/, and one which will be remembered for notne time.

A correspondent writes :—" The Blue Ribbon Army has proved a very great MieasMx in Whatawhata. I am informed th.it it numbers between Mvty and seventy niembei-h, and, i» fact, there are not more than a good baker's dozen of men in the townbhip who do not sport the ' bonnie bonnie blue.' Tho second monthly meeting took place on Friday evening la&fc, ia the schoolhouse, and was well attended. The vocal and instrumental music wan reBwrkably good for so small a place, one novel faftfcmebeinga young lady amateur violinist, who jnade a creditable debut on tin's occasion, Th&w meetings are public and free, and not svp» fclje familiar plate is allowed to promenade t)w* room, and mutual improvement, «eeto) pw&VHQ and innocent amusement are freely offers*) i>F fchfe inhabitants <if this model township of WlwUwbata. ABatM^of Hope has also been Saturated, and afeojit 20 of the ming gemnUwn are WwvijW W>e good and wke azampfa of *H eir 4™F*- PMipy Whatawfiatai X(a)H.lw» °*W>\W^ followed tltffl exawpJe tf MWlWfee Ifappy New Zealand/

MrW. X Carter'^ coacfcea havf enjoyed a long immunity from accident, and this remark applies with peculiar force to the service between Hamilton imd Cambridge. It is a somewhat remarkable tliwg (therefore that on Tuesday, the day i»U on which the coach ran between these pwo places, it Bhould have met with # flflj,<<hap, though it js satisfactory to add, not # seriona one. When near the residence of lip Thomas Paton, the thorough-brace on the mm side gave wftyi mi tye (Wr

DmiglaH,) at once pulled up and got the passengers, of whom there were about a dozen, out, He then pro* ceeded to repair the damace, Meanwhile one of the horses grew restive and the team started off, Mr Doughs ran to their heads, but \ya« ahaken off, and narrowly escaped getting undei' ( tho wheels. The horses continued on their way at a pretty frtitf pace for nearly a couple of miles, until they were cleverly stopped by Mv Lumsden neiii' Ma'fc.vn'.s Greek. F»rtun.itely,no f ui ther d, image w.is (sustained by the coach, and the thorough-brace having been patched up the p.i-^engers were landed in Hamilton safe and .sound, but about an hour too late for the morning tram. Those en route for Auckland left by the train starting from Hamilton at 2 p.m., and the mails were also fonvaided by that train.

The following special messagss to the Pre&s Association, dated London, Septembei (sth and 7th, have been published :— The Engli-.li Cabinet are at present discussing various Australian subjects. — Lord Carnarvon, in replying to Mr Service, Premier of Victoria, rejoiced that the Australian colonies had opposed tho Mnstei 1 proposal of France to establish a penal colony of the wot.it type so close to Australia.— Mr Charles Fisher has refused the offer lecently made by an English capitalist In pui chase his Northern Territmy property. — Tenders for the New South Wales loan of five and a half millions, at 3^ per cent, were opened to-day, and tho amount covered threefold. It is expected the average piice will be £94. —Tho Standaid, in mi article on colonial loans, considois the premiums fictitious, and the system of tendering unfair to investors. — It is expected that the bank rate ot discount will be 3 per cent shortly. — The German Colonial Society wains Germans against anything approaching a colonising fever. — Sir Win". McAithur, M.P. for Lambeth, will not seek re-election for that constituency. — The Daily News says that tho woist abominations of slavery are practised by labour lecrmters on the inhabitants of New Guinea, and further, that it is urgently necessary that British authority should be established on the southern coast of that island.