The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2211, 9 September 1886, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Equal and exact justice to all men, Ot \\h.itsoe\cr state or persuasion, religious or political

THURSDAY, SEPT. 9 % 1886.

We are glad to hear that the Re,v . E. O'C. Biggs was at latent accounts slightly better.

It is understood that a new trial will be applied for in the libel case Vogel v. Roydhou->e and Waterfield.

At the regular sitting of the R.M. Court at Hamilton, yesterday, only two or three small debt cases were set down for hearing.

The adjourned annual meeting of the Waipa Racing Club will be held m the Commercial Hotel, Te Awamutu, to-mor-row evening.

The Hamilton BorougH Council will sit on Friday, not Monday evening, as previously announced.

The Rev. William Calder will take the services at S. Peter's Church, Hamilton, on Sunday next. There will be no services at Tauwhare on that day.

The petitions for and against mctging the Mangapiko road district in the county will be considered by the Waipa County Council on Tuesday, 14th inst., at noon.

A case of interest to racing men was heard at the* Cambridge R.M. Court, on Tuesday, and elicited some hard swearing. The proceedings are fully reported in auother column.

The polling for the return of three members to the Hamilton Borough Council takes place to-day at the Council Chambers, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 0 p.m. There are five candidates, Messrs Tippen and Barton, the retiring councillors, Messrs Yon Stunner, Parr, and S. Davis. Wo understand that it is the full intention of all the candidates to go to the poll.

At the usual monthly meeting of S. Peter's Church .Society, Hamilton, on Tuesday, the .Rev. \V. Calder read a l>:\,y>RV written by the Rev. li. O'C. Big(?s, on Sunday-school Management, the latter gentleman being prevented by indisposition from attending. The paper was a ! very able one, and provoked an animated discussion, which lasted until after 10 o'clock. There was a full attendance of I members.

la our last issue we made reference to a case of overcrowding a cattle truck. We are informed by the shipper that the number of beasts in the truck was nine, the usual number except in the case of very large oven. Everything was done that could be done by the stationm.i^ter at tfrankton, but one of the beasts hurt itself by jumping over the fence, and died shortly afterwards.

A public meeting under the auspices of the Loyal Orange Lodge, Ngaruawahia, will be held in the old schoolroom on Tuesday evening next. Mr J. B. Mar.shall will occupy the chair. The following gentlemen are also expected to take part in the proceedings :— Mr D. Goldie, Auckland ; Mr Thomas Campbell, Ra-wrbaek ; the Rev. Mr O'Shanahau and others. Dnj ing the evening several of Sankey's familiar hymns will be sung.

Mr J. P- Thomson, Town Clerk, Cambridge, was placed in a very unpleasant and difficult position at the late stormy meetin? of the Borough Council. Between the chairman, who lefused to part with the papers and books of the council, on the one hand, and a majority of councillors who demanded their production on the other, the situation was a trying one, but Mr Thomson proved himself equal to the occasion, acting throughout with discretion, Kinmooc, and hn{>artuvlifcj.

A football match will be played in the Government paddock, Cambridge, on Saturday, between Cambridge East and Cambridge West. The respective teams arp ._E,tet : Moon, Roberts, Forrest, Wood, E. Allen, Stewarfo A. L. Souter, T. Harmon, R. Hannon, Paltridge, Kallender, J. McCann, Richardson, Hill, and Porter. West : Hunt, Pilling, J. Morrissey, M. Morriss>ey, Dillon, Hfarth, Potterton, Johns, F. Jones, T. Jones, McKinnon, Pallen, Anner, A. Chambers, and Hall.

The Amy Johns' troupe concluded their season in Cambridge, on Tuesday night, The house was rather a thin one, and owing to bad weather and hard times the talented company have not been so well patronised during their .stay as the merits of the entertainment deserved. In a previous notice, Mr Charles St. Clair s n.une was omitted to be mentioned. This gentleman's comic singing was much relished by his audiences, and he is a very elo\er burlesque step-dancer. The company appeared aft the Oddfellow's Hall, Hamilton, lust night. Notwithstanding the bad state of the weather, there was a \ciy fair house, and those who braved the vA\n were amply rewarded for their temerity. The applause was loud and hearty throughout, and thoroughly well I deserved, for the entertainment is certainly one of the best of the kind we have ever seeu. The ringing, acting, and dancing of Miss Johns proved that she had lost nothing of hrr old charm. Mr Wilkinson was as irresistably funny as ever, while Mr St. Clair's lush character &ongs and dances, and his bas-> song "The Monarch" were fully appreciated. We have no doubt that ,i bumpoi house will greet the company to-night, the last night of the season, when thoio will be an entire change of programme.

It h tho intuition of the members of tho Wait.Ki llo.id Hoard, at their next meeting, to \u- hold on the 2fith inst., to htulvH a gciu'uil i.iti' "f a half-penny in the £ on .<ll i.itr.ible property in the above district ftom the Ist April, 1886, to the SlstMiuti), 18K7. ,„ ... „ . Me»M-, W. J. Hunter and Co. will sell at the UomintncKil J Intel Yards, Hamilton, on Wednesday, the loth in^t., first-class Hob.til iiot.'ito'e-, bftweon .~>o and 00 horses of all de^cLi|)ti<ni^ new >uiK|e-&eated buggy, d.uiy co\v>, pigi, &c On Saturday, the loth Scpteuibev, at noon, they v ill sell at Cambridge, 20 fat cows and heifer^, dairy cow^, store cattle sheep, he. At onis o'(3lock they will t-ell new and second-hand saddlery, eating and seed potatoes. 30 useful hor>es, new buggy, dray, &c.