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Waikato Times, Volume XXIX, Issue 2378, 6 October 1887, Page 2

Forty million gall ms of whisky are in bond in Scotland. A cricket club has been formed at Taupiri, with Mr E. B. Cox as its cap;, tain. ” Parliament will he opened to-day, by cgj;ffnjssion, and will probably be ad-journed'-to -‘ffiiesfliiy next. The owner of the f‘Thiele” intends building another yacht fiw next year's competition with America. The contractor for the main drain : at Hamilton has lost no time in setting to work. Ho commenced operations yesterday morning.

We call attention to an alteration in the hours for closing the minis at the Hamilton I’ost-otiicc, which will take effect from the 10th inst. The crop of swedes on Mr WGardner’s farm, at Ruknhia, wan very fine this year; it will take another m mth for his stock to finish them, The Hon- Peter Lalor has resigned the Speakership of the Victorian Assembly, and has been succeeded by the Hon. W. H. Davies. It will be observed from our report of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board meeting that it is the Board’s intention for issue summonses for unpaid hospital fees. Mr Isaac Coates has been nominated by Messrs Doy and Horne, and Milt. F. Sandea, nominated by Messrs Dey and Parr, for the two vacant seats in the Hamilton Borough Council. The committee appointed by the public mooting to discuss the Waitoa gold discoveries, met on Tuesday evening. No action was decided upon until the Mayor of Cambridge could be communicated with. The proposed alteration in the railway time-table does not give satisfaction in some of the Waikato districts, as it will hi! scon by our reports from Te Aroha andTe Awamutn. An extraordinary general meeting of the Cambridge Dairy Produce and Bacon Factory Company (limited) will be held on Wednesday, 12th inst,, to consider Mr H.. Reynold’s offer to lease the factory. At the usual weekly parade of the Hamilton Light Infantry, on Tuesday last, Captain Reid intimated that there, was a vacancy for a nnn-oommissinned officer caused by the resignation of Corporal Harwell. Lance-Corporal Tristram w’as thereupon promoted to the rank of fnllcorporal, and Private G. Scorgie elected lance-corporal. Captain McGee, formerly of the Union Steam Ship Company, who, after leaving the company's service took the s.sTriumph to England, is now bringing out the Balmoral Castle, the first steamer of the Colonial Union line, promoted hy Messrs Tyser and Co. She left London for Lyttelton, via Sydney, on the 24th Jnlv. Madame lima de Murska, the celebrated contained, is reported to be contemplating another tom- in Australia. It will be remembered that the last time this gifted vocalist was on this side of the globe she buried one husband and married another within the space of one brief stay in Melbourne. We call attention to the proposals contained in our leader with reference to the Waitoa goldfields, which offers a ready solution of any difficulty in the way of throwing the ground open to a mining population. In addition to what we suggest in our article, we would point out to property owners that they cmdd grant business licenses, and that it will be well for traders to take “ time hy the forelock,” and run np stores, and stock them with provisions and other requisites suitable for the goldfields. A private letter received in Wellington from the Rev. D, W. Morrison, dated Omstown Manse, Province of Quebec, Canada, 23th July, 1887, refers to the rumour of Pastor Chiniquy’s death, and gives it a flat contradiction. Mr Morrison states that he saw and frequently spoke to the Rev. Chas, Chiniqny at the Presbyterian General Assembly held at Winnipeg, Manitoba, in June last. They were both members of that assembly, and the Rev. Mr Chiniqny was able to speak with all his wonted earnestness and eloquence, and looked as if his health would enable him to continue to do so fur years. The Wellington Post in an article on dairy factories pertinently observes : 11 A price equal to 7d par lb for cheese in England would pay all parties well if the cost of carriage from the factory to London did not exceed 2d per lb. A price of 3d per gallon could then he given for milk, and this would yield a very fine return to the fanner. The question really is one of great interest and considerable importance to the colony,, and the establishment of a large and profitable export of dairy produce would do a great deal to relieve depression and promote settlement. If our politicians, instead of trying to bolster up hoc vis industries by means of a protective tariff, would direct their energies to trying to foster such manufactures as would afford a profitable export, they would do more good than they are at all likely to accomplish by their present efforts in the cause of Protection.” Replying to a question put in the synod as to the inti eduction of the revised edition of the Bible into churches, Dr. Barry, Primate of Australia, said that it had not been as yet thought necessary to take any collective action, each bishop being left to his own discretion. For himself, although he doubted whether he had power formally to authorise the use of the revised version in the churches, he should raiso : no objection to ariy clergyman using his discretion in reading from that version on any occasion, being convinced that, as compared with the old version, it was a far more accurate rendering of the original, though perhaps occasionally less beautiful in style, and that it had especial value in the poetical and prophetical books of the Old, and in the Epistles of the New Testament This is how the Rotorua correspondent of the Bay of Plenty Times refers to Mrs Hill, who represents herself as the correspondent of the London Post:—“We have a novelty here just now in the shape of a lady correspondent for a London journal. She is evidently bent on doing the globe at a minimum cost, apd considers that a steamboat, rail, uoaeh, and hotel should run her for pure love. The colonists of New Zealand yield to none in their admiration of the sex, but many express the opinion that if the paper cannot afford to pay travelling expenses it should have kept its fair correspondent at home. It is well enough for the Government to grant free railway passes, but at this time of depression it is somewhat hard on private individuals to be so called upon,” ‘‘ Fustian,” writing in the Sydney Echo, says:—“lt is strange no one has yet guessed the right name for the colony of New South Wales. Of course it is Octavia. ‘ Eight hours’ work, eight hours’ play, and a minimum wage of 8s a day.’ The voice of the toiling multitude cries out ‘ Octavia? If we wore only Octavians, wc should have a perpetual eight hours’ demonstration for the enlightment of the world. My mate Bill says he ’ates the suggestion but then Bill doesn’t know Latin. He says the name ought to he ‘Ornyandia,’ which shows that he is looking towards the truth after all. But Octavia puts a finer point upon it. All the other proposals are— Fustian.— P.S.— The State-house should be an octagon, with eight doors, eight windows, eight steps np to the chief porch, and an octave of sherry on tap inside; and the foundation would bo laid iif Octavia for ever I—F.” When have we known before such over-poweriugly hot wqatfjer ? (asks “ Anglo-Australian ” in the ijuropean Mail of July Hi). It is quite extraordinary, and, as may well bo anticipated, is exorcising not a little influence ou trade and industry. One effect of the sultry time is the practical destruction of a large supply of meat at Smithfield, and the South American carcases on sale at that market a few days since were quite out of condition. I am much pleased to say that the New Zealand mutton has not suffered in anything like the same proportion, and the New Zealand lambs in particular have been in much request. During June, too, the Rivet jjlate imports of mutton fell to 340Qcwt, against no less than ol.DOlewt for the Juno of the previous year; and this, again, lias been favourable to the New Zealand market. The Bill introduced to the House of Commons by Messrs. Jennings and Addison to amend the Newspaper Libel Act is an undouhte 1 -stop in the right direction. It is short a.yd to the ,point, being drafted by a journalist and a lawyer. It docs not pretend to deal with the whole question; but, if it | ass, it will at least pnt an end to aij evil—and a great one—of the present system, under which a penniless rascal may subject the hios'-innocent new.-pa per man to enormous Rouble and expense without incurring the slightest risk iiimself. This Bill requires that if the defendant in an action for.libel satisfies a judge, on afliavit, that the plaintiff has no “ visible qipaos to pay the defendant’s costs, if he lose his action, the jud ;e shall thereupon order the plaintiff to pay into court, or find security for snob a sum as shall secure the defendant against loss. A good, wholesome reform this, and one that every reasonable man will hope to see passed. Then the man of straw,” who has everything to gain an'd nothingj,o 10.’.e. will receive his quietus. When is the law'to 'fie amended in New Zealand ? 1 ' ’ ’ Livingstone (says the Sydney Referee) is to-day, without doubt, the best

greyhound in Australia. In the Victorian Waterloo (Juji he heat every dog in Victoria, and in the tlosehill Cup last week ho did the same with the best dogs of Xew South Wales. There is nothing striking in his appearance. He is a nice evenly-made black dog, of about liOlb., with a deal of muscle oh the back ; clean tapering muscles in the legs, and a deep chest and well set head, with a very quick, round, but small clear eye. He is possessed of a great deal of pace, but ho always beats every dog when he readies the hare. Although this is only Ids second season, yet there is no other dog in Australia more cunning than him in following up the hare in all its turns and wiles. He can actually turn and swerve as quick as tile hare, and is always prepared for any twist or deviation. Those who do not frequent coursing matches perhaps do not know that an average greyhound can outpace an average hare, but it is in the dodging, twisting, and turning that the hare outwits the dog, and when bunny is acquainted with the ground few dogs, indeed, can catch him. When a dog is as clover as Livingstone there is a great danger that when ho gets older that he will allow the other dog to do all the running, while he will quietly wait behind, and as the hare turns kill it. When a dog gets as cunning as that he is useless for coursing, for while he is waiting behind, the other dog is scoring all the time, and the kill will not make tip for the points lost. Tile dog that kills does nut always win, and in fact the contrary is the rule. This is stale news to the followers of the sport, but is information to the uninitated, for it is not generally known that all courses are decided in points. Livingstone in stakes alone must have won at least £BOO for his owner, Mr Percy Lamb. His appearance in the Rosehill 'Cup instantlystopped all speculation in the betting market, and he was installed a certainly, about which a single wager could not be obtained.