ALEXANDRA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1961, 31 January 1885, Page 2

ALEXANDRA.

Wirti the exception of the public mooting for the election of a hchool committee, (a rejioit of winch I enclose) them lias been little doing licie. Those nati\ us who principally look upon Walianm as then ch>ef, on piepaung to meet tin- lion, tho Defence Minister when he .nines heie, and some of them ye*teiday wens soliciting tho towiiHfolkn for a Hiilwciiptuin to that end. As this is a dejuittue fiom the general rule, of the natives it c -used no little nurpri.se, and doubt of tlio genuineness of tho canvaHHOis, Wahanui himself h.is returned here to his now home. T.iwhi.io has returned from Xawln.i with his family to meet Major Te Wheoio who is daily expected here. Mi (Jeoigo McFarlanu'a house at P.iterangi was entirely tonsuincd by fiio yesterday. Mr McFailnno wns iiway nt the titno catclnng his hoi«e, leaving only his mother, who has been for some tune unwell, about the piemises, and the fiie hud mich a hold on the building before Mr McFailano returned that nothitii? could bo saved. The house I am infi mned \va« unin.suicd, .and great .sympathy in felt for the f.umly, which it in hoped will tako some tangible xhanc. — (Own Coricspondcnt, January 2Sth.)

An'LK Bu<iHT.— Mr Stevenson's recipe for curing apple blight is simply a m\\tine of crude potash nnd freshly slacked lime in equal quantities spiinklccl thinly on the lmied roots of the treu. Nikoinna te Jfnusra nrlvortisps a hoiso iimiiiiix cm his 1 1 ml at the Waotu. Tin- n-.ii.il Wi'-,li>y.ui Hervici's at Te Awiiiiiutu nml H.uiuituu mo advortiscd in (mother column,