The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIV, Issue 1975, 5 March 1885, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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The advocates of the culture of Miif.u beet meet again to mm row m The W.uk.ito Tune-. Hmlilings nt 3 i>"cli>ck. Tho [nc^eiit price-, mliitg foi nil cereaK anil f.uin piuduco ought to bo u subject foi \ory simiom^ coi)->icl«iati(in by producor-". Wo h.nc done our bpit to placu the claim-> of tho <tii<j.u bji't mdiiftry f.utly before oiu ip.ulors, „)k1 wotiu^l that tins meeting to Uko place to-niorrow will result in v>me pi.ictiti.il t.h>P' boiiip takon to .ulvauce thii uudei taking, for without tins, or some other (lep.ii tin u in i.ii-iny 9|m:ciul crops, we 0.-itamly >.cc no \ery chei'iing prospoct in the imincdiato fiituic foi SVuikato settlui.s.

The adjourned general meeting of llio Shareholder "f tlio N'utl) Now Zetland Fanners' Co-opoiattve Association will 1)0 hild at the Company's Stoic, Hamilton, to niouovv, fi td.iy, at 2 p.m., for the pin pose of receiving the Director' Report and Balance-Sheet to tho 30'Ji Novembei, 18.54 ; also to ap[ oiut directors in place of those who lotirt' by lot.vtion, but ate eligible for ii'-olection, and also to elect auditois for tlio ensuing year, and fix amount of remuneration. Immediately after the business of the adjoin ned otdinaiy meeting, .in extiaordinary general meeting of tho association will b.j held at tho same place, lousiness :—(1): — (1) To (ill up the \.icant seats on the Board of Dnectors. (2) To sanction by --peti.il resolution the increase of the Association's ctpikil by thednectois. (3\ To add to the Aiticles of Association Regulations to be called 7a and 7b, to facilitate the lecovery of calls by making a lCMjlution purpoiting to be a resolution of the duectors making a call appearing in tin 1 book m which the same ought to be enteied, or a. verified copy theieof, puma facie evidence that such call was duly m tele, and by making an entry in the minute book of the election or appointment of officers conclusive- evidence of such election or appointment. (4) To repeal regulation No. r>s, and to substitute a regulation to bo called No. 5.">, gniug the directors power to appoint a secietary, manager, and other officers, to fix the amounts of their remuneiation, respectively, and to take seciuity for the peifouriance of their respective duties, and declaring the manager capable of holding simultaneously the offices of director and manager. (">) To substitute the words "pioht and loss'' for the woids "income and expendituie'' in regulation No. 80, and the vvoid "profit" for "income" in the second line of regulation No. B<>. (<i) To repeal l emulation No. 88, and to bttbstitute a regulation to be called No. 88, making it sufficient to advertise the annual balancesheet of the company, as required by proposed regulation No 101, ten days prior to tho annual meeting. (7) To icpeal legulntioit No. 101, and to substitute a regulation to be called No. 101, making piovision for tho bprviug or giving of notices on or to the shareholders (1) peiaonally, (2) through the post properly addressed, (3) by advertisement in such papeis in the North Island of New Zealand as the directors shall think fit, and to make such regulation retrospective in its effect. The choir of S. Peter's are notified by advertisement in another column that a special meeting for piacticewill be held on Fuday, (to monou) evening at 7.30. The lecture on Torn Hood, which the Rev. H. R Dew shiny was announced to dohver at Oh.utpo l.t—fc niijht, lias been postponed till to-mouovv evening on account of the lam. The Rev. W. A. Swan who was recently appointed to the curacy of S. Vndrews, Cambiidge, has by the peimisdion of the vcstiy lesigned his appoint nient, having been offeied an incumbency in the diwccj>e of Adelaide. Only four candidates being nominated for tho Raglan Licensing Committee the same, viz., Messrs l'hilp, Mitchell, Wyhe, and Pegler, were declared by the returning officer duly elected, and they meet on Saturday next to elect a clunman. As the result of repeated applications by the member for Waikato, the Minister for Lands (the lion. Mr Ballance) lias granted tho sum of £200 to the Te Aioha Domain Bn.ud to bo de\oted to the improvement of the Thcinial Springs rescue. An election to fill the extraordinary \acancy in the Waipo. County Council caused by the lCMgnatton nf Mr S Steelo will take place on the 24th inst. dominations of candidates must be niado on the 11th inst. at noon at the residence of Mr Geo. Edgecumbe, Fiankton. During the present quarter the average attendance at the Can.budge Public School has been greater than it has ever been previously. There have been on an average 210 pupils, a fact which speak* very highly foi the eneigy and populaiity of the head nustci. Tlie question of mcieabed accommodation will soon be pressing it>elf upon tho consideiation of tho committee. With reference to a paragraph which appealed in a lecent munbei of the Hei aid to the effect that a fanner in tho Hukauui distnct was thieshing his wheat in the held, whereby it would be only htfoi fowl feed, wo die miue.sted to state that such is not the case. The crop m question had stood some tune in the btack, the giain was in exceptionally good condition, and was immediately bold at the highest maiket price. The news from the Soudan which wo publish this morning is not veiy cheering. Kabnala, the List stionghold in the possession of the Khedive, has fallen, and .->OO of the garrison have been massacied by the lebeN. Gcneul Lord Woluolcy is concentrating his forces at Korti, to iiwait the anivalof remfwi cements. News concerning the Russo-Indian question and the German action in Afnca also appeals amongst urn latest cable intelligence. The toys attending the Hamilton schools have lccened u challenge from thoae at Cambiidge, to play a match atcucketon Satuid.ty next, on Sjdney Squate, Hamilton. The following playeis have been chosen . -Cambudge : Bull (3), Bnrt (2) Walker, Clark Heaney, liicli.tuKon, and OUalloiar. Hamilton : l'\ Gaudin (capt.\m), A. Quick, H. Vinson, Cumimng, J. Caldervvood, T. ]>.ivi«, C. Lel^iiesno, R Seddon, M. Hume, and b\ Mm ray. Wickets will be pitched at 11 o'clock sharp. The following special messages to tho Press Association, dated London, Match 2nd, have been published . -A thousand Kenians »are being equipped ir Chicago for tho purpose of assisting the Mahdi in the Soudan rebellion. —The following vessels will form tho German squadron in the Pacific : — The Stoßch, Mai le, Albatross and 1 fyn.e. They w ill be under the command of Commodore Paschn. —The case of Mr Panty, of Adel ude, against Coutts and Co., bankets, has been dismissed. Considerable interest was manifested in Cambridge on Tuesday over the election of licensing commissioners for the Pnkekura licensing distiict. There were two polling places, one at Cambiiilge West, and the other at Ohaupo. At the Cambridge side of the district almost overy vo was polled, neveial private buggies being in liber il use There were nine candidates altogether, five of whom werr "run" by the temperance party, and four by the paity who favoured, ot were thought to favour, tho granting of a license at Cambridge West. The temperance party, aa will be seen from the rotnrns elsewhere, weie all elected. The granting of a liconso, theicfore, to the houso at Cambridge West may for another twelve months be looked upon ab a matter of grave improbibilitv. Complaints have been made to us lespeetinp the delay of the Railway Depaitmeiit in having the cattle trucks ulteicd as suggested by the deputation wjiich home months ago waited upon Messrs Hudson and Cooin on the subject. It was then pointed out that having tho door in the end of the truck instead of the middle was a great advantage in trucking, and that with the door in the middle it wn« almost impossible to truck cattla at all. The d"pntation were annuied that the mattei would bo attended to. Yenterdny uioinuig \fi Kichr, id Reynolds brought n ti tick load of tattlo to the (Y.njbiidge station, Ivif, owing to the door being m the middle of i lie ti tick, ho was nimble to >"lnp them, and l iad to ta'vo (hem h< me iigain. If the u-iuksjie not immediately altered, xonti' of tho «ettl»'i'3 etiht'niplHtß getting together a mob, und drive them through to Auckhurt. ]

We understand it has been officially notified that the foe foi filing an adjudication in bankruptcy has been raised fiom £.i .'!-, to t'"> .V.. We are pleased to learn from the Gazette of tho 2(>th inst., tint his K\celli ncy the (ioM-iiKH lui- l>i-"ii plea edtopionioto Lieut -Colonel WilliuriChailcs Lyon, \« \\ Zeihml Militia, hi eoiiniund of this lc-ii'nc foico of the Armed Constabnlaiy, to bo a colonel of the New Zealand Mihti i, the count is-mn to date fiom tlu> 11th Febmaiv tilt The title of colonel 1, the highest military distinction in the gift of liw Excellency, :md Col. Lyon lias oui «,ii mest congratulations upon hi^ adv •moment. Information has reached up that the Native Mmi-tei lias been pieced t> piotnoto S?i£rt McUovein, in charge of the l>olicc in Waikato, to the lank of SeigtMajor, and third-class Sergt. (Allies, of Te Awamntu, to the rank of second-class Sergt. in lerognttiou of the set vices of these ofhceih in connection with the capture of the murderer Winiata. The intelligence of Mr Mcfrovern's promotion will be received with satisfaction by mery one who lias come in contact with him. During his lonic lesidencc in tho distiictas a member of the police force, (nearly twenty years), Mr McGovoin has won the respect and esteem of all law abining citizens, which he has been a- veritable terror to evil doer*. His dilligence and absolute devotion to duty mo pro\eibial. We heartily congratulate Sergt -M.ijoi McGovern upon his well earned promotion. The usual monthly meeting of the Waitoa Road Boatd was held last Satin - day, .ill the member* being present Twenty five tender*, were received for tho woiks advertised. For the contract between Waiweia cieek and Waito.i river, nine tenders were received, ranging fiom £30 1b 4d pei yard for gravel to £55 4s 4d and 1h lid for gravel. The tender of Mr O'Donoghue was accepted at £30 Is4d. For thccontiact between the Piako liver and Mori msville, seven tenders wero recehed, ranging from £37 10s and giavcl 2n to £100 15s 2d and gravel 3s (id. The tender of H. Thomas was accepted at £37 10s and 3s (id. For CusHen't) road contract, nine tenders were leceived, ranging from £23 to £44. The tender of Messrs J.vckson and McCabe was accepted at £25. The tenders were mostly veiy close. Tendeis are about to be called for some other jobs. Accounts amounting to £1)8 4s Sd ueie passed for payment. — (Own Correspondent ) At the meeting of the committee of the Waikato Hoitieultm ll Society, held on Tuesday, tlio schedule of piizcs was decided upon, and it was also arranged to receive inhibits of poultry a* a further featuie in the show, but a.s the financial position of the society at piescnt did not warrant the offering of money pi izes, certificates of merit only would be awarded. Mr Day, of Whatavvhata, has kindly consented to act as judge of the poultry. Messrs James Mason and D. Hay have been asked to officiate as judges in Cla-sses A, B, C, and D, and Messrs Barugh, Main, and Soppett as judges of the farm produce. The mice of admission to the show for non-members lias been fixed at one shilling. Mr Bell's string band have kindly placed their services .it the disposal of tho society for the show day, and as a good working committee for carrying out details has been appointed, then; will be nothing wanting to make the Waikato Hotttcultural Society's ni->t show u great success, and a credit to the dit>tnct. Mrs Leavitt, the Evangelist preacher and tempeianee lectuier, held a very successful meeting in the Public Hall, Cambridge on Monday evening. Though the notice was short, and no public notification of the meeting had been given, theie was an unexpectedly large audience lepresenttng the vaiious denominations of the town. The platfoi m was occupied by the Rev. H. U. Dew shiny, of S. Paul's, the Key. J. G. Wilson, of tho Bapti.st Tabmnacle, and Mr S. Wilson, of Auckland. Mr Wilson, who oceupiud tho cliati, introduced the lecturer in a few remaiks explanatory of her mission to New Zealand. He leferred to the success of the blue nbbon cause in America, and the effoits of the Ladies' National Total Abstinence Union of America, of which the lectuiei w.is a prominent member. She had come to New Zealand in the cause of temperance, and up to the present her offorts had been eminently successful. Mis Leavitt, who on coining forward was received with applause, piocceded to deliver a very entert lining and instructive lecture dealing at length with the evils of intemperance, and the rapid spiead of blue ribbonum throughout thewoild. She dwelt at consideiablc length upon tho good work which the organisation which hlio represented was doing in the States and what they hoped to do in other paitsof the woild. This was the object of her mission amongst them, and she had every hope of success The discourso was listened to with very great attention throughout and the lectuier was frequently applauded. Several hymns w ere sung during the evening, and at the close a number of young people ascended the platform and signed the pledge, Mis Leavitt adorning her converts with the usual insignia. Mr August Vollbracht, the wellknown pioneer of the tobacco industiy in New Zealand, was in Hamilton on Tues day and letnrnsd to Auckland with the othet excuisionistsi tha same evening. On Monday he will again bo in Waikato, and intends going thoroughly through the distnct to examine and advise upon the present season's ciop of tobacco. Numbers of small plots have been planted here and theie over the district, which when col lected will make a very desirable lot to secme. It is very gratifying to hear Mr Vollbracht speak so encouragingly of tho quality and n eight of tho crop, »hich goes to prove the suitability of the soil and climate m Waikato for the culture of tobacco. Whilst waiting at Meicer Mr Vollbracht met Mr Lawry, a settler in the neighbourhood, who handed hm. samplos of a ci op of about two acres of tobacco of the vaiiety known as Connecticut and Virginia, now giowing upon his farm at Pokeno, the quality of which was pionounced excellent and fully equal to American grown leaf. A week or two ago Mr Herdegan, of the Nairows, left at this office two leaves of tobacco. They were handed to Mr Vollbiacht, who tiist took a note of the address of the grovver, and expressed an opinion of a most encouraging nature that this sample was supeiior even to that grown at Pokeno, and that it would leaddy command the top price in the muket. Wo are very agieeably surpiised to hear, and we are sure it will greatly encoui age the growth of the plant in Waikato, that a shilling per pound will be given for leaf of the quality referred to above, and as Mr Vollbracht assures us this price is likely to be maintained m tho future, and as the company he lcpresents are cash purchasers it will certainly result in a much luiger area of land in this district being put under tin's croi) than during the past, and will ensure a plentiful supply of tho raw material for the manufactories.