The Waikato Times, AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2264, 13 January 1887, Page 2

The Waikato Times, AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Ij.jml ,III<I rx i. j:i ,!!.•(• Jill men, Ui tvlvr<->c'.fr ■ -ir persuasion, rcliffious v yTIWUSDAY, JAN. 13, 1887. Mrs Larnach, wife of the Minister df Mine.-;, died at Duueclin on Tuesday evening. It is reported that a gang of .Sydney "spellers" arc at work in Auckland. Dr. Russell, of Christchurch, has been arrested 011 a ehargo of attempting to procure abortion. Major Walmsley has left Auck ]and on a visit to the old country. Ho expects to be back again by August. The Christchurch Horticultural Society had the other dny a show of carnations and picotees. The English cricketers, in the match against the Australians played at Sydney, won with i) wickets to .spare. A dance in connection with the Hamilton Band will be given in the Oddfellows' Hull on the evening of the 28th ins!;. As the result of a conference with the finance coniiuittoe of the \Yaipa County Council, the engineer lias agreed to a reduction of his salary to £200, and the cierk to WOO. A short religious service for sailors was held in one of the tanks of the Great Eastern steamship every Sunday morning during the vessel's stay in Dublin. Mr D. L. Murdoch, general manager of the 13;uik of New Zealjtnd, was a passenger to Sydney on Tuesday by the Wair&rapa. Ib is expected that on Saturday next, the North Shore Ferry Company's new steamer will make her official trip. When Te Kooti passed through Napier with a cavalcade of followers the other day, some of the Europeans at the /corners groaned.

Sir Julius Vogel is greatly benefitting by his sojourn at Waiwern, and the change of air, the rust, and tlio baths have hail ii must bendioml effect.. Sir Julius is now able to stand upon his feet. The following tenders have been accepted for works on Hasenberg estate, J'ukcto: — Hannett and Co., No. 1 contract, E. Rice, No. 3, H. Thomas, No. 4. Latest accounts from Auckland regarding tho condition of Mr W. N. Von Stunner, who wan burned in the recent gas explosion, aro very favourable. It is expected that the patients will sseon bo about again. Sir George Whitmore, replying to a deputation of officers at Auckland, regarding the militia, said personally, he should like to see them called out once a year, as they constituted a part of tho forced of tho country. The steamship Ruap3hu, ) of the New Zealand Shipping Company s lme, is announced to leave Auckland for London direct on tho 10th March. This will prove a great convenience to intending passengers, as obviating tho necessity of transhipment to a southern port.

A new geyser has broken out on the western base of the Paeroa range, and has shown great activity, ejecting enormous quantities of mud. The vicinity of the new I'e.yser is amongst the most marvellous in New Zealaud, and is replete with all the manifold wonders of Nature. Mr Edmond Wilder has purchased the Ngapari station, Oust district, North Canterbury, which has been for many years the property of Messrs Mathesoii and Co., and comprises 2145 acres of freohold, 5500 sheep and lambs, and a few head of horses and cattle. Regarding the First Offenders Probation Act, his Honour Mr Justice Richmond is not enamoured of it. His Honour said that the Act was so indefinite that until the Legislature saw fit to make its intentions more definito, the judges had to make the law upon it. Mrs Ormiston, residing at No 1, Hamilton West, sustained a serious injury on Tuesday. She waa gored by a cow, one of the animal's horns entering her right eye. Dr. Murcli was sent for, and after attending to the patient, recommended her removal to the Auckland Hospital, whither

she was taken the same day. The New Zealand Frozen Meat Company notify that the ship Lady Jocclyn, will sail at the end of March, and will take a cargo of frozen meat, provided a sufficient quantity is forthcoming. Applications for space should be sent in to the manager, at Auckland, before Monday next, the 17th inst. The publican's and refreshment booths and race cards, in connection with the forthcoming face meeting at To _ Awainutu, will be offered for sale by auction .it Olmiipo on Tuesday next at 1 p.m. As the entries are good, and a special train will run from Auckland and intermediate stations to the course, the bidding should be brisk for the privileges. The returns sent into the Kailway department, Auckland, show that from December 23 to January 3, nearly 30,000 persons travelled over the Waikato and Kaipara railway lino, a larger number than in any previous year. There can be no doubt that this result is due to the reduced fares, and system of excursions organised. The statistics must be gratifying to Mr Hudson, the District Manager, and his staff. It is reported that a destructive fire has been raging in the Te Ponni bush for nearly a week past, and is still travelling in a westerly direction, s seeping everything in its destructive march. The bushinen have had to leave their whares and beat a retreat. Large quantities of valuable timber have been destroyed, and many working bullocks have been roasted to death. Another shocking case of outraging a girl has been telegraphed from Sydney, it appears that a girl, aged 17, recently reported to the police that on the 20th December, while proceeding home along Cook's River Road, she was set upon by a number of men, who dragged her into ail omnibus shed, where she was criminally assaulted by seven of them. The police have arrested six men on the charge of committing the outrage. The Committee appointed by the Directors of the North New Zealand Farmers Co-operative Association, having decided to dispose of the seeds and manures on hand (manures value £2000, clover seeds, £1000, turnips, £300) which are quoted at cost price, and will be pleased to receive orders, say not later than the 24th inst., as the directors are anxious to clear out the stores to lessen expenses. Samples and analysis, will be sent on application. The seeds are all fresh, and of very best quality ; they have been inspected and approved of by the Waikato directors, and have not, as has been reported, been purchased in a hand to mouth

manner from Auckland merchants. The price list appears in our advertising columns. At Tuesday's meeting of the Waipa Council, Cr. Hunter drew attention to the hardship imposed upon contractors in distant parts of the county, in compelling thein to go to Ohaupo. He mentioned the case of one man who had been compelled to travel '10 miles. This man said it looked as if the council wished to give all the work to the people in the Ohaupo district. —The Engineer said Kihikihi people had taken contracts in the Whatawbata district for years past.—Cr. Corboy said it would involve extra work upon the engineer to have to prepare duplicate plans and specifications, as one copy must be kept at the council chambers.—After some discussion, it was decided that the engineer should forward duplicate plans and specifications to the district in which it was proposed to do any work by contract.