The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2079, 3 November 1885, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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TUESDAY, NOV. 3, 1885

The banks in Waikato will be closed on Monday ne\t, the Oth inst., the anniveisaiy of the Piinceof Wales'birthday. Mr John Fisher has been elected, unopposed, a member of the Waipa County Council for the riding of I'ukekura, in the room of Mr K. Lake, resigned. We understand that Mr S. Ormerod, Tain ibere, has dnpox-d of 30') acres of his farm, including tho homestead, to Mr l<'iuv<\ a gentleman recently over fiom Now South Wales. The country between Hamilton and CainbtitL'e n now looking blight and prosperous. The young grain ciopi met with .it frequent intervals along the road and tho p.istuies never looked hotter. The great event of the racing year in the .Southern Hemisphere, tbo Melbouruo Cup, will be run to day. Wo have made arrangements to have the result of the race telegraphed to tho vanous centre*, :in soon as it is tecoived at Hamilton. The Wellington Exhibition was clo«ed on Satmd iy. Th« I'romii-i and the Governor delivoied speeches, tlio latter pel foiining tin* cerem >ny. The attendanc •was ilmut •J.fKX) The number of \i-,itnis legisti rod since the Inhibition opened is 1.W,000. The athletic sports to be held at Waotu on Satin day, includes a large piogrannne with liberal prizes. There are kovct.il hist class athletes about tho Waotu, including several natives, and the entiiis are greatly supplemented by representatives fiom Cambridgf aii'l clsowheie. The day's gatlieimg should bo of a thoioughly successful character. Mr A- F. Halcombe's lecture on '•America and tho Amciicans" to be debveied at Catnbndifc on Thursday evening promises to bung together a laige audience. Tho lecture, which ie in aid of tho Public Hall renovation fund, will be both entertaining and interesting. As Mi Halcombo is now leaving tho Waikato district hm many friend, about Cambiidgo nhould not miss this opportunity of hearing his lecture. The Yen. Archdeacon Pritt, whose illness was alluded to iv our last issue, died nt St. Mark's Parsonage Kemuera, on Saturday. The Rev L. Pritt was appointed Archdeacon of Waikato in 1871. having previously laboured in the Nelson Diocese, nnd under Bishop Patteson in tho Melanesian Mission. Hfi resigned tho incumbency of St, Maik's some months ago owing to declining health. A meeting of the Auckland Chiinilwr of Commerce wan held on Friday, toconxider the subject of the contemplated diversion of tin- Trunk I! olw.ty Loan. Several Auckland members wero present, and nil expressed surpiihO at the action of (ioveuinicnt, alleging thft nothing nf the kind had been suspected. The clumber passed a lesosiitiou c<>nd< mm.it'>iy of the course proposed to be tal i-u by the (<oveiniiKiit. The following special messages to the Press Associ ition, dated Loiiflon OctolN*r3lrtt., have been pnhli-hed :- Staff Coiiiiiiaiidi'r Fii'deiick W. •f.irr.nd has bi-en ap|»"int»'d to \diiiiia) Tv ion's st.itf on the A'lstiali.in station. -Tin ie is iiK'iiMscd de-pri-MHioii in tho wheat maiket, and sales ex w.i relioiisi; aro quoted nt lid lower. Ko sales liave been effected of otf-coast c.ngoes. Tin; incut ex the steanu'r (I.uuiine has iirrivi d in splendid condition. The award of the arbitrators in the c.isi" S. T. Seddon v. Hamilton Borough Council, was opened }i*HU>idiiy by Mr Srddoii'j sobi itoi, \U Hay The ,-ibitra tois liiivo awarded Mi Si-drlon K'lOdniiiiigf**', and £20 the value of the land taken. The co-ts nmoiint to LVM> l"»s 7d, two third < of which have to be pud l>y the hon nigh and one-third by Mr Seddon. A cable message dated London, tho HOth October, contnme I the announcement of the death of (ieneial McClell.in, the CoirimindiT in Chief of the Army of tin 1 i'ntnmflc, in the cnly pait of the American War. Mc-Clellan, who was called the Young Napoleon, was wanting in the qualities of stubboiii'ies 'md d»*tei mination which so distinguished lusgicat successor (irant, and iwis soon sujM'rsedrd. His iniircli on Richmond, wl.Hi took him soirxi miles fiutlier fiom the confederate

capital every day, was a theme upon which the contemporary hjimouusts lavished much of then satirical wit. Enquiries have been made in Auckland as to when the Co-operative Association pin pose starting the meatslaughtering bnniness, and tho supplying city customers. Wo aie informed thnt tho canvass is being actively carried on. Mr Sandes leaves for Auckland to-morrow with the object of interviewing a number of gentlemen interested in large estates m Waikato to induce them to take shales m the Vssociation. We have no doubt be will be successful 111 placing a goodly number, A fire broke out on board the steamer Wairarapa, when between N \pier iind (Jisb'irne, on Sunday morning. It is supposed to have originated 111 the linen closet, but how if. not known. The steamer was inn into (Jisborne^where passengers, mails, and valuables weie landed. By dint of haul woik the fl lines weie eventually got undei, but not lnfoio about a foiuth pait of the interior of the vessel hid been gutted. The damage is estiin ired at 4.'."),000, and the steamer will be sent to Duucdin to rofit. A meeting of the members of the Cambiidge Ciicket Club was hold at Kuk wood's Hotel, on Fiulay night, foi the purpose of nt ranging foi tbo piesent sea son. Mi Kirk wood was 111 the chair. Fiom tho report and balance sheet submitted by the lion secrtt.iiy, Mr Ninims, it appeared that tho club was in a healthy state. A unanimous vote of thanks having been accoided Mi Siinu.s, the meeting pioceeded to elect ofheets as follows .•—President, Dr. Waddmgton ; vice-prc-ulents, Messrs U. Kuk. wood and 11. W. Dyer; secictaiy and ticasurer, Mi Cow per ; committee, Messrs A. Forrest, Hunt, Fit/,gerald, M. Stubbing, Longhottom, Sinnns, mid Sharp. A quantity of tontine business was disposed of. It was decided to accept the challenge of tho Hamilton club to play a match on the Cambridge around on the '2%h in«t., and it was dutei mined to commence practice on Saturday ne\t. There are now quite a number of guide books, almanacs, mid timetable publications in cticulatioii in the Auckland distnct, piesunubly for the guidance of a benighted and ti a /filing public, but which, judpwitr fn>m the % cry roll iblo inform ition they afford on all conceivable subjects, seem as much in need of guiding and directing as those in whose inteiest they are published. Take Military's timetable foi inst nice, a very valuiblo little publication in many respects, useful and cheap. But we are afraid if Mr Murray wishes t<> combine the veiy desirablo quality of authenticity with cheapness he will hive to be a little moie particular in his choice of mforiintion. "Cambridge," he >ny% "is 'tl miles south of Auckland. By coach or steamer duly from Hamilton. On the Waikato nver. Native Lind Courts held here." Of course, the railway which was opened at Cambridge ne irly fifteen mouths ago is of no considei.ition, and theieforo is not mentioned. But peihaps it is just as well for Mr Muriay to know that theio is no coach on the H.imiltonCainbiidgc roid, nor has theio been for soino tune, and that the steamer which by hint is pledged to rim daily, only 1 mis at very niegular lnteivaK Mercer, tho people of that using town will be pleased to know, is ar the mouth of the Waikato river, instead of about half-way up it <ns it used to be. Again, "Te Aroha, 3") nnlob fiom Thames by coach." No mention of the tailway to Morripsville, not could it bo expected when tbeie is a hue of coaches fiom the Tlnines. Mr Mm lay might have thought it wmth his while to mention the line of pa->cni;ei steamers on the W.nhou, but we suppose to the man who could oveilook a railway, a hue of steamers is batoly wmth mention. Te Awamutu, wo are told, which at one tune was snid to be ne.u the Puniu river, has lccntly dragged its anchor, and is now comfoitably located on the Waikato. An earthquake was piophesied lately to distui b tho ctust of this colony, and pei haps Mr Mini ay is only taking tune by tbo foiolock by anticipating the results of this ten ible dis.istoi. If so he is a ti vi V enteipiisiiig man, and is largely entitled to the thanks of the W.ukato public. _^^___