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Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2347, 26 July 1887, Page 2

Another ecven or eight days, of airly i,'i. weather will see the completion >t Cuatoi and Mutcalfu'* Kuiti contract.

Tien e one,- three months maietenan'o, w .ieh will he provided for by two small p. .ties of men of four each. Wo lire pleaded to hear from all side-, that considerable areas of land in this and sinrounding districts arc being prep.r d foi cropping wheat and oats. On lli - Mon in-ville state ahmc it. is expected it, ,t ". or I lit) 1) acres will he under crop this coining season. In anticipation of a very largely-iicT'-ased demand for thiasliing power next season, .Mr Isaac Coates has just eoneluded the purchase of one, of the largestsized Clayton and ,Shullleworlh's thrashing machines. 'Phis machine has a drum of live feet six inches, and a capacity for turning out nearly double the quantity of grain daily above any other machine in Waikato.

The Melbourne Age of Saturday, July hiiH a cabin from their London correspondent on .July Sth, staling that Walter Maxwell, who was sentenced to do, Till on .luly last, for the murder of C. A. IVellcr at the Southern Hotel, !St. Louis, Missouri, and whoso appeal against the sentence «>f death was recently dismissed, h;is been reprieved.

A correspondent writes “Where is the ranker Jlorses and cattle wander ab'.ut at on the West side of the river with impunity, and are becoming' as jjruat. a nuisance as ever, Is it the weather, laziness, or the fact that certain councillors have, beasts on the loose, that prevents the pound being put in requisition? Como, Mr Hanger, wake up, or we shall think you are, •lefuMct.”

In the House of Lords on Friday last laud 1 lands, replying to Lord Sandhurst said tho Government was unwilling to assist the emigration of army pensioners to New Zealand. Lord Rosebery said he understood the New Zealand authorities were willing to receive these pensioners, and hoped tho Government would reconsider their decision. Lord Onslow said the Government would be glad to assist the movement, but the obstacles in tho way were numerous and not easily overcome.

MrjLambe, the travelling representative of the Client icnl Manure .Department of the Now Zealand Frozen Meat and Storage Company, lias been in Waikato for some days. Mr Lainbe is an experienced practical and scientific fanner, and he entertains a high opinion of many parts of Waikato, as capable of producing heavy crops of tine quality wheat. Wo hope his (list will result in inducing farmers to go in for a higher class of farming, as it is pretty well concealed now-a-daya, that farming, must he carried on upon scientific principles, to be successful). The concert in aid of the funds of IS. Andrew’s Church, Cambridge, advertised to take place in the Public Hall on Thursday next, July 28th, is sure to be well patronised, The programme, in addition to solos and duets by well-known and favourite amateurs, introduces a new departure for Waikato audiences, of placing upon tin) stage several character songs, with accompanying scenic effects. We hear that nearly all the TiO tickets have been sold, and seeing that the admission is hut one shilling, with ordinary fair weather there will bo a packed house. Mr John Brown’s house in Vic-toria-street, Cambridge, that was very near being burnt at the time of the recent lire that oecured next door, again had a very near escape on Friday night. Mr Fred Houghton was passing about 9.d0 p.m., and noticed a light in one of the naok rooms. Ile went in and found the scrim on lire. Ho however, succeeded in heating it out with his mackintosh. It was evidently the work of an incendiary, as a newspaper had been placed in such a manner as to set fire to the loose scrim that was hanging from the wall. The house had been empty since the fire at Mr T. Brown's, when Mr MoFarlanu hurriedly removed his goods. Tli3 following pupil teachers belonging to this district passed the recent examination First year ; Mary J. Carley, To Awaunitu; Kate Davis, Patorangi; Helena M. Lo Quesne, Pokcno Hill; Flizahcth A. Bussell, Cambridge; Bessie 11. Kaiidos, Tamahere; Ellen K. Sandes, Hamilton West; Clara E. Steele, Ragioahia; Annie JO. Stunner, Kihikihi; Frederick E. N. Gaudin, Hamilton West. Second year: Jane M. Hume, Ohanpo; Annie ICoaney, Hamilton West. Third year ; Passed subject to re-examination in certain subjects: Elizabeth M. Scott, Hamilton East, sewing ; Evoleon S. Dillon, Cambridge West, sewing and arithmetic. Candidates for employment: Bernice M. Alexander, Te Aivaiiintu; Blanche E. Carnaclinn, Cambridge ; Susan M. Land, Hamilton East ; Helen Mandeno, Te Awainutu; .Magdalen L. ilussell, Tamahere; Kinily E. Tidd, Hamilton West. Those who met and became acquainted with Mr and Mrs Shepherd Allen, of Annandale, during their recent visit to this colony and district will be glad to learn tint they have reached homo safely. Writing to Mr Henry Buttle, under date 28th of May, Mr Allen says :—“ Wo all landed at Liverpool on the -J-fth, and I am thankful to say found our children in excellent health on our arrival in England. We spent a month in America, and enjoyed it thoroughly. The vast extent of territory, the size of the warehouses and public buildings, the rapid growth of new cities, and the push and energy of the, people arc really wonderful, The Dili ted States must he the great nation of the future. The hoys and I also had a look at Canada. I am sorry to have to confess that I saw more poverty and wretchedness during the first hour after we landed at Liverpool than during the whole Lime we were, in Australia or New Zealand and the States. The weather here is cold, damp and miserable, and I often wish we were at Annandale again.” As showing the difference in the progress made by different colonies the following incimont may be mentioned, which the Natal Mercury says has come to them from Transvaal A man went into a store to make some purchases. Ho had a large sum of money in his possession, and this was noticed by a suspicious-looking tramp at the time in the store, who at once l it. The storeman made notcof the facts before him, and strongly advised the moneyed cyril man (who had to go after his waggons a few miles dittant) to provide himself with a revolver as, he said, the man who had just left the store was a noted character. Almost jokingly he took the storeman’s advice, and went forth on'his journey with a .six-barrelled revolver. On reaching a bend in the road—a dark, overshadowed sp it— a man sprang out upon him and made the usual demand, ‘ Money or your life.’ M have none,'answered the traveller. Says the tramp, 1 But I saw you in the store over yonder with it; so hand it over.’ ‘ Very good, liesro it is,’ and having thrown the hag of money on the ground the eager highwayman was stopping to pick it up when a shot from the traveller’s revolver laid him dead.”

We (N. 0. Times) have seen the account sales »f 180 sacks uf potatoes sent as a trial shipment to Melbourne. The lot was sent more as a means of ascertaining how Oamaru potatoes would take in the Melbourne market than of making a profit out of them. This was ascertained, but at a loss to the shipper : 120 bags realised .t.'l fis, and GO bags £3 per ton. The charges, after being put into the steamer here, totalled £3O 7s 2d, and the net proceeds were 11120 IGs. After the, charges at this end were paid, the shipper had as a result £1 2s (id per ton. Outside freight, the heaviest of the Melbourne charges were: Duty, £8 10s; and wharfage, t'l Is. The duty in Victoria mi Tasmanian products evidently keeps the Victorian farmers alive, inasmuch as the productiveness of those countries would till all her maikcts. The people of Victoria, however, have to make up the dillVre.ncc between the price we could supply thorn in their products at and what they arc sold at there for, and so long as tiirv arc content to be out of pocket to maintain ti.t-ir farming population, no one perhaps as a right to grumble. Wo may say tins, however, that Oaniavu potatoes are evidently thought a good drai of in Melbourne, for a large order has been lilied for that port.

When a winning horse at a raceim/i'tiiii' pays a bijsr dividend, there arc always pl-mly uf people to bo fr mid who intended In have backed that animal right up to the u si 'v:;-.*!-, but were prevented by an unfmj'pi;;:po combination of circuuv slaiu'o-- fr. m froi:’; so. Probably die same spit it- which yd .-f‘s birth to this kind of invcMiao’ :dso induces people to lie, us they (in I;.' orimhhisJmiLdy about the Tarawera eruption, Theic must have been s; -.<ral hundreds of people, in the neighbourhood of that little a Hair, who only escaped a hnrriblr death by a special dispensation of Providence in i.hea favour; and tho number uf own who worn ymntf up tjicro when the eruption came olf is dimply a-doumliny. Amongst the inventors in this connection f have nmt, none have impressed me more than a policeman who “had been there.” When the shades of night had

fallen fist, and tho hour was early, this policeman told mo what he had undergone. "I. was theri:,” he said. 11 You never saw such a sight in your life.” That tourist—you might to have seen him. His hands were as long as my arm, and his cars were six inches.” X ashed him how that happened, and he said a rafter fo'l on the unfortunate young man and flattened his arms and oars. I didn’t say anything, and he went on to tell me that a dog that he and several other fabricators dug ‘‘out of the solid ground ” was q he mad when ho got out, but soon recovered, because the weather was so warm. These kind of revelations made it appear to me that the constable’s society was not desirable, and I was about to depart when he started again. ‘'By gum,” ijUsilh he, “ that was a sight. I ran forty-seven miles.” I looked up at him positively appalled. “Yon-er, what?” t said. “ Forty-seven miles,’ he said, “and I thought I only run five.” “What for,” I asked. “ Running away from the eruption. “Ureat Scott!” “Yes,” ho went on, “I only had my trousers on.” Ho thought for a moment, what time I strove to recover myself, and then he made another start. “ I see fellers there”—and just then I left him. Life is too short for such terrible adventures. If the bobby had only been a newspaper reporter, now 1— As.moiikus, in the New Zealand Mail.