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The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Kqu.il and exact justice to all men, Or uh.i'soexer state ot persuasion, religious or po'mral. Here ".hall tie Press the People's rttfht maintain, Unawod by influence and unbnbcd by Kiin.

SATURDAY, MARCH IS, 1886.

A sign of the times.— A quarteracre section at Frankton has been sold for £20.

A select quadrille party will be held in the Oddfellow's Hall, Hamilton, on the evening of Wednesday next, S. Patrick's Daw

There was a large attendance at the sale at Mr John Runciman's yesterday, conducted by Mr J. S. Buckland, and good prices wore realised.

Threshing operations around Cambridge and the neighbouring districts are in full swiug, the capital weather that prevails very much facilitating the work.

The Rev. William Calder of All Saints, Auckland, uill preach at the Harvest Festival at Te Awamutu, at 7 p.m. to-moirow, (Sunday).

Two thousand sheep from Napier w ere yai ded at Mr J. S. Buckland's sale at Cambiidge, on Thursday, and were nearly all sold at fair prices.

It is probable that a lawn tennis match, Hamilton \. Cambridge will be played oil the ground of the Cambridge Club on S. Patricks' Day.

The Fiako County Council decided at its last meeting to bit in future at Hamilton. The discussion on the subject will be found in our report of the proceedings.

r The annual concert, usual at Kihikihi on S. Patrick's Day, for the benefit of the funds of the Roman Catholic Church there, is unavoidably postponed until Hunter Monday.

The Show Committee of the Horticultural Society intend to offer special prizes for the best productions of locally mndo cheese and butter. We hope to see some good exhibits in these articles.

A party of about 20 men of the TeAwntnutu Cavalry Volunteers, under command of Captain Rutherford leave on Monday next for Waiuku, where a return match will be fired on Tuesday, the annual races taking place on Wednesday.

A concert will be given in the Cambridge West School-house on Friday next by leading Waikato amateurs, in aid of the school funds. The entertainment will conclude with a dance, at which refreshments will be provided.

It is likely that a large number of Waikato people will attend the Raglan races on S. Patrick's Day. Mr Sodergreen will run a special coach from Barton's Commercial Hotel on Wednesday morning, and will arrive at Raglan in time for the first race, returning the following day.

The Government have offered a reward of £T)0 for such information as will lead to the conviction of tho person or persons concerned in the murder of a man, name unknown, whose body was found floating in the Waikato river near Churchill.

The cricket match between Hamilton and Cambridge will be played on Sydney Square to-day. The Cambridge team will iimveatll and play commence at 11.30 P in. The Hamilton team are t herefore requested to bo on tho ground not later than 11 o'clock.

In connection with the reported gold finds near Cambridge we have been informed by anitive that strong indications of the prpcious mptil exist at Maungatautari. In tlm creeks are to be found quartz boulders >hm\iii£ mutidic, mica, and pyrites. Likely looking stone is repoited to have been found in other parti of the district.

A Cambridge schoolboy named Perry Richardson, 11 y»aw of age, a son of Mi D. Kichard->on. architect, met with an accident in the sohoolground yesterday, whilst practising at the Roman ring*. In tin* act of swinging, he jumped or fell off, and coming down on his side, he broke his left arm above the wrist. Dr. Waddington w.is called in and set the broken limb.

On S Patrick's Day Wedaesday •i-nt. Sat ray i«t' m ti.-kets will be is3*iil «t Mil •tacioM MTuiUbloOu tho follow

ing day. For the benefit of those wishing to attend the horticultural «how at Cambridge on the 17th, Saturday return tickets to Cambridge will be ixsned at any station on the ltJth and 17th, available up to and including the 18th.

The annual races at Kihikihi on Wednesday (S. Patrick's Day) promise to bo both well contented and well attended. Those e\ents have always beon successful, and the meeting of 1886 is likely to be no exception to the rule.

The Rev. Fathers Hegart and O'Neill will arrive to-day from Auckland to conduct a mission in S. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Hamilton. The micnion will la»t over a week. In the advertisement will be seen the different hours in which the services will be held. These priest* dedicate their whole life to giving missions. In Auckland they have been veiy successful.

We are glad to notice the success of the Pupil Teachers of the Hamilton East School at the last examination for certificates. They had barely three months to prepare for the examination, which is by no means an easy onf, and their partial success N greatly to their credit as well as that of Mr St<:\ens, more particularly as they are all under the age that wouH qualify them to hold a certificate, We wish every success to Misses Biggs, Salmon und Tristram.

The Rev. Henry Bull, President of Conference, and formerly of Cambridge, will preach at St. Paul's Weslpyan Church, Cambridge, to-morrow morning and evening. The singing will be a special feature. In the morning the service will Iw nung to Jackson's music, the anthem being, " What are these." Tho anthem in th»* evening will be, " Incline Thino ear." The excellent choir attached to the Church will be supplemented by several voices.

A dividend of twopence in the € has been declared in the estate of James Goodwin, boarding-house keejwr, Te Awamutu. The sum is small, even insignificant, but as in these days dividends in bankrupt estates are like angel's visits, the circumstance is worth chronicling. Though there have been estates with larger asset*, I the proceeds have been almost invariably absorbed in preferential claims and costs of bankruptcy.

A grand vocal and instrumental concert in aid of the Hamilton Wesleyan Circuit Fund will bo given in the Public Hall on Tuesday evening next, the 16th inst. The fiist part of the programme will consist of sacred selections, the best talent in the district having been secured for the i purpose. The second part will be made up of secular music, including solos by well known local amateurs. The full programme is published in another column.

An amateur dramatic entertain* merit in aid of the school picnic fund will be given at the school-room, Ohaupo, on Friday evening next, the 10th in*t. The firnt part of the performance will consist of a social and instrumental concert, and the second part of the amusing farce, "The Area Belle," the whole to conclude with a dance. A correspondent, referring to the entertainment, says :—": — " Several wellknown amateurs in the district have promised to assist. The farce has been in rehearsal for some time, and I have every reason to think the performance will be a uuceess."

The following are the results of the second day's racing at Wanganui : — Wanganui Derby : Mr Tnncred's Revoke, 1 ; Mr George's Maritana, 2 ; Mr Wilson's Langsyne, 3. Hurdles : Mr Yaile's Druid, 1; Mr Brewer's Dusk, 2. Wanganui Stakes : Mr Bobbet's Tetford. 1 ; Mr Hill's Speculation, 2 ; Mr Vallance's Salvage, 3. Nursery Handicap : Mr Scott's Tornado, 1 ; Mr George's Confident filly, 2 ; Mr Campion's Spray, 3. District Handicap: Mr Hill's Normanby, 1 ; Mr Hill's Speculation, 2 ; Mr Paul's Bayard, 3. Erwell won the Hack Race, and Parvenu tht Consolation.

By the mail steamer Alameda which arrived in Auckland on the 7th inst., Mr Gresham, of Te Awamutu has received from America a further consignment of Plymouth Rock Fowls. This strain is unrelated to the stock which he imported in 18S3 and with which he has been so successful in taking prizes at the various poultry shows throughout the colony. The new arrivals, three in number, are magnificent birds in colour plumage and weight, and bid fair to eclipse any of this breed hitherto exhibited in New Zealand. Mr Gresham has also to arrive shortly from England a pair of the best Plymouth Rocks which the old country can produce.

The following special messages to the Press Association, dated London, March 10th and 11th, have been published : — The Paris Temps urges the French Government to annex the New Hebrides, giving assurances that no recidivist** will be deported here. — The ship Nosshead, bound from Sydney to Portland, Oregon, and now considerably overdue, has been posted at Lloyd's as missing. — Herr Justor Travers has been appointed German Con-sul-General for Australasia. — The Pall Mall Gazette states that the Hampton tragedy at Coburg is no reason for their regretting tho revelation published by them, and which a Melbourne paper asserts was the cause of the tragedy. ""

A railway excursion will leaye Auckland this afternoon for Te Aroha, eturning on Monday morning. It was reported yesterday that Home 500 people had booked passages, but on enquiry we learned that the exact number was not kuown. Whatever the number may be, and it will probably exceed 100, it in hard to see where they can be accommodated at the New Zealand Cheltenham, as all the hotels are reported to be packed with visitors. It is true that there are three good hotels at Waiorongomai, but the visitors will scarcely care to go there, seeing th.it the chief attraction of the day is probably the baths. Poh&ibly the Aroha people will devise some plan to meet the difficulty.

"How are the mighty fallen 1" The Oamaru Mail, a professed admirer of Sir George Grey, thus refers to his Aucklund oration : — Sir George Grey told the electors in Auckland on Friday night last that "an important crisis had arisen in the affairs of the colony." This, alas ! colonists already knew . What they do not know is how to combat that crisis. On this subject Sir George Grey seems to be asmuch in tho dark as tho rest of us ; and his statement that he " almost shrank from tho task of addressing them " is a confession of inability to deal with our difficulty that is anything but re-assuring. Sir George's address gives evidence of a lack of confidence in himself— a circumstance that may be viewed as remarkable in a man whose selfconfidence has been the ruling feature of his political career. But he nevertheless proceeds to denounce the Ministerial policy, and to propound expedients that he conceives would be beneficial to us in our present condition. The impression left on our mind after reading Sir George's address is that he has demonstrated that it is easier to destroy than to construct.

We take the following from the Oamaru Mail :— To-day we were honoured with a visit by Mr Alfred Bull, managing ! director of the firm of Messrs Bull, Bevan, J and Co. (Limited), London. Mr Bull is making a to'ir through the colonies in th* interests of his firm, who are the proprietors of the Eastern, Australasian, and .South African Journal of Commerce, whtah consists of lltf pages of closely-printed matter, and is much the largest and most complete journal of the kind we have erer seen. Mr Bull's firm is also interested in a n'ect for building an Agricultural Hall jondon, half as large again us the Islington institution, at a cost of about £300,000. As it is contemplated by a company to hold a permanent Colonial Exhibition in this immense building, Mr Bull it endeavouring, during his progress through these colonies, to create an intercut in this affair, and to induce those who have anything to exhibit to forward it where it will always be before the eyes of the world. To-day he is visiting Elderslie and the stone quarries, for the produce of which a trade more or less large might be created even with Great Britain. Tho visits to the colonies of such representative and shrewd business men as Mr Bull will have a beneficial effect, sooner or later, on these far off lands, and will make colonists and the colonies better known and understood, to the advantage of all concerned.

The ordinary meeting of the committee of the Hamilton Public Library was held la*t evening, Mr Scott in the chair. The Secretary read a letter from Mr A. Swarbrick submitting condition* that would be necessary if the Comas Dramatic Club were to give an entertainment and the club would be happy to do all they could. The committee accepted the terms and passed a vote of thnnkn to the club, and the letter was ordered to be forwarded to the Hamilton Brass Band Committee for their consideration. The sub-committee of th« library di»pnt«d t> collect the subscription* were all absent from the meeting, »nd a my small Mnovwt of

subscription* wrh paid in. The necreUry was instructed to communicate with them, requesting them to be good enough to prosecute tho can vans with more ugour, and not fail to attend the next meeting on the uecond Friday in April. The and Mr R. Edwards were deputed by the Kecifltary to meet Mr fSwurbrick and make arrangements for the entertainment.

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Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2134, 13 March 1886, Page 2

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The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2134, 13 March 1886, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2134, 13 March 1886, Page 2

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