ALEXANDRA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2099, 19 December 1885, Page 3

ALEXANDRA.

GOLD PKOSPHTINO. The W.uiganui people hau* been thn first to tako advant.igo of the natives' peimis«ion to prospect the Kin;,' Country for gold. A well equipped |>uty left Kihikihi on M>nday 1 ist, consisting of tl % o two prospectors and five n.itnes, taking with them h\p packhorsos loaded with pro\i«i'>nH etc. Mr IJ.nry, the Thames pnwjxjctor, ih nt Te Awamutu, and w nlrto desirous of forming another propectinpf pirty, \lo\andra will also soon ha\o a party out, so it is to bo hoped the question of roM or no Rold will bo soon «pttled May il provo a new El Dorido is the general wish. If so, hurrah ! for Waikato.

HOMDW SKV^ON. I i«ea that tho railway authoiitir* have at last listened to reas >v, and arc about to considerably reduce their rates during tho coming fostivo season. There is little doubt it will hate the effect of cnniideiably increasing tho receipts of the department. Notwithstanding tho attractions held out fi.r amusement* this Chiistmas by the vaiioua townships in the Waikato, tho natives are determined to have npnrfc of their own at Utorohanga on New Year's Day. A good progratninc of horse racca and other spoits is to bo provided and they anticipate a good number of \ tutors. For tho Alexandra Kaces the natives have quite a number of horses in ti .lining, which means keeping tho animals on a tether iope and giving them any amount of galloping morning and evening.

TAW lI IAO 3 MO\ MIKNTS. Tawhiao, with a number of hn people, inten<l« to spend his Chn«tmnn at Kiiwlna, an<l In >1(1 spoits there. He left here on Wednesday.

rHK NATIVKTRIBUNW.. Tlio Wlntiwlmtiliuo Resident Magi« trato's Point have in >t been quito «<> bu>y 1 itely. Thoir Lint case was on* 4 "f criui con. and tln> srcluctiim of a wife. The e-ty lothano was mulcterl in the sum "f £11 10<.

TICK AI.KXVVnnV-lIIKI'inXi.I HO\l>. Tlmie who conti acted for tlic erection of the brides and culveits on the AlexnndraHikurimgi road nro anxious to know who h th« HMcce«Hfnl tendeier. There an- quite n number of them in, and it w i»h thought it would ha\e been known mwio tune Hince. KOW TO HVVK OUR C\IH«UJm. I h.i\ c tried the recipe I mentioned n short tune ago, of putting n>iiio leave* off the elder tiee round Homo cabbage pl.ints I li.td planted. They \wie being f.»«t conHunied either by cateijullms or the brown beetle*, but miice the applicilimi of the leaves the ravages have entirely ceased. Try it.— ((')wn Corre^iM'ndenr.)