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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2419, 12 January 1888, Page 2

A letter for ' X-Y.Z. " lies at this (itiice. The Herald does not think the Cambridge wasp will be so great a success us this Hamilton Saurian, &o doubt a Lignrian beo wits seen. The London Times, commenting on the trade returns, states that they iijdicate that tho depression is passing away. At tlie Resident Magistrate's Court, Hamilton, yesterday, tho only business done was a lew ctefci tanks' in most or which judgment; was eoiifen**d, i'j , ] friie granting of a .judgment summon-* 111 the Warner v. 'Orr, Waiorongomai. The bodies of the young men Hammond and tyinkart, who were drowned in the yachting disaster jn Auckland, on JJDxing Bay, have been' recovered. Tlie stones found at Alice Springs, South Australia, are pronounced to bo nibie*. Several thousand j/ouuds worth have been brought to Adelaide, Mrs Lees' loet purse was found by Mr Brown, one nf Mr L. Cijsseu's staff, and safely returned to the owner. The crops throughout the Wail;ato are looking c\cfu;i well. Cereals, (.specially wheat, give promise of a heavy yieici. Te Awamutu is promised another Theatre Roval treat'oih Hie 30th i.-wt, By special request soinu af y,}o ;;\i!.l be reproduced. A number of natives passed through .'Cambridge on evening en route from (lisbwne to kihikihi. Ini'.y came .via Opntiki and Taufangn, and had performed (be journey in four days, , winch was very good* tiM.vcying considering there were a largo RuiirW of won.scn and children among them.

New Zsaland four per cents, are now at OS',. A number of Waik-ito families are visiting tho seaside at R-iglau this so.iison, which is growing nmro in favour every year as a holiday resort. The following tenders were received by Mr W. A. Or.diam f"r cutting and saving oils, as advertised l:ist is~ue :- H. Miilicar, His; !l. Kelly, M-; Manning ami Tristram, 13s li 1 (accepted). The Hamilton Light Infantry had an excellent, muster at their fortnightly parade on Tuesday livening. After drill, IVivat.eJ. Kyes was eSi-.oi.ed lance corp mil, Via: It. Mine's pr.m;otL-(.t. ■"' We understand thai Mr W. A. Graham has been invited by tin; Victori m Government t" proceed to that e-ilony and ivport on the suitability of the soil in certain districts for the cultivation of sugarbeet. -A volunteer, in Danedin, while practising with a llcmington-lnio Hi!-, I..id a narrow osjape. The cartridge broke, and the escape of gas and Cue iVoai the powder was I.Uvn into his f-.ce, rendering him almost unconscious for some time, and injuring liU eye slightly. The breech action was bent and completely spoiled. Miss Georgie Smithson and her trdented company gave an entertainment iu the Public Hail, Hamilton, last night. There was but a moderate attendance of the public, but those who attended wore well pleased, more particularly with tho laUer part of the entertainment, whoa tho burlesque of Kobinson Crusoe was played. Mr H. Reynolds, of the Cam bridge Dairy Factory, has from six to cifc'ht tons of butter to ship for the English market by the next direct steamer. He would have forwarded the lot by the last boat, but all the spac:: in tho lefrigcrating chambers was taken up by other shipments, a fact that speaks well for thu manner in which this industry and export trade of produce generally arc developing. The Waikato is about to lose ono of its pronrnmt settlers. .Mr John (iwynneth, C.E. late Mayor of Cambridge, intends leaving for Queensland, having roeeived the appointment of enginoer to tho Harbour Hoard, at Cairns, in that colony. His eldest son, Mr .1. Gwynneth, jmir., is resident engineer of the "railway at piesent under construction inland from tho above nam >d p.irt. The New Saaland Insur.iiice Company's annual report shows tho net premium, le-s reinsurances, amount to H222,?>M, exhibiting an increase of £5,210 ! over last y..ar. Alter sei.tiomont of all claims, which have boon very numerous, th.-r.) remains a balance of ,fl!l.l-l">, from which the directors propose to declare a dividend of .">•; pjr share, which will absorb i'l."i,oD3. leaving t'l,l ■!•"> to bo carried forward to next ye,u , s account. It will b=! sesn by our report of the Cambridge B .rough tJ.mncl in another cilunin, that the foos for all descriptions of dogs-excepting eitllo and sSieep dogsryniain at from 5; to 10: for the curout year. This will be cn'isideied a hardship by iiriny. Those who keep sporting do,;s oiight to bj able to pay for doing so; but the tax will fail heavily up.in those who keep only a home or watch d >„% and there will doubtless be a slaughter among the c mint! race, rather thin pay tho amount demanded. The ordinary meeting of tha Hamilton 15 .rough Council lapvMl on Tuesday evening, for tho want of ,i quonini. llih failure is really owing t-i the want of punctuality on tho'part of tin worthy enunoillors, for no loss th.aii live of them put in an appearance shortly after th; appointed time for holding thu meeting, namely. Crs. Von Stunner, Sandes, Missen, and .Tones. The Mayor was not pros :nt, but Crs Knox, Bell, and Salmon, were thoro prior t;i tho regular hour. Mr Wood was also invited to take his seat. A well-attended meeting of tho members of tho Hamilton Luvn Tennis Club was held at Tin: Waikato Timks Buildings last owning, Col. Forbes (vicepresident), presiding. Tho secretary road a statement of tho fiuaiiai-.s of tho club, showing that there was a sum of !>» 11s 10.1 on hand, and sub-criptions collectablo &t>. After a general discussion of the alFairs, it was decided to finish the building which is to bo use , ! as a pavilion for r, frd-h----uionts, and to furnish it with suitable seats, table, etc., also to improve the sitting accommodation by getting two .-.oats with backs made and placed on tho ground overlooking the courts. Mr MeLjrnon suggested that a seriM of tournaments Inj inaugurated, so that players might bo induced to practice more. It should interest the lady players of the Club to know that the Vico-lVcsident has given a ladies' prize to be played for iu March next. Mr Eobsrt who for some time past has b-on " holding forth " on Saturday nights in front of tho i'ublic Hall, appears to have been great!}' iilFended by somo strictures on his method of procedure which appealed in a ircint issna of TIIK Timks, as ho state:: to his hearers last Saturday that the probability of a happy future existence for tho reporter who 'furnished tho matter was extremely small. Mr Fitzgerald should, however, feel grateful for tho local, as it give him an opportunity of displaying his diploniaoy, which is undoubtedly of a high order. Alluding to tho report, in whic:i the term larrikin was u-od, ho said ho was sure that no place was m >ro free from larrikins than Cambridge, in fict thi-re were no larrikins there ; tho young men of Cambridge wore all respectable young men, and tho more youthful who had not attained to manhood's years bad miniy hearts. It n::ad hardly bo said that aft. r this tho preacher was listened to attentively, and that perfect order was kept.

The carbolic sand soap manufactured by Mr K l'e.usin, Hamilton Kist, is rapidly growing ii| public favour, as evidenced by the lav?) orders he is continually roceivintf. The soap h.is thoroughly established itsiilE iu Auckland, and Mr l'uarsun is taking steps to introduce it in the other largo centres throughout the colony. It is to bo regretted that the local demand, although growing, is not as largo, as it ought to bo, considering the ox«ellenco of the article, and the fact th.it it is the nucleus of what will eventually bncnirio a most important local industry. Mr i'earson, whilst tho fleet was in Auckland, forwarded a parcel of tho soap to Admiral Kairfax, with a view to having it tested by tl;o blue jackets, and has received the following acknowledgement from Hie KiagLioiitenant:—'' djovonimeiit House, Auckland, January Ist.—Sir,—l am desired by Admiral Kai'rfax to thank you for the sample of the locally made snap you sent him, which hi"! will have tried as desired. —Yours faithfully, G. E. Eli.siilXK, FlagLieutßiiant. Duke-street, Cambridge, was enlivened on Monday morning by a number of waggonettes and other vehicles loaded with ladies aud children, and passers by first imagined that a Sunday-school picnic in progress. On enquiry, however, it was found that the assemblage was merely the annual gathering of one tamdy, that of Mr .Jonathan Kingdo-.i, of Cambridge West. Mr Kingdon and his good wife number between them him h-.iiidred and forty-one years, the lady b>ing one yc!,iv oliier thai) her spouse, ami their golden weddjng was celebrated last April. They hovu for years Wen in the habit of gatliiuins their. d'uec|eiitfant-i round them sit Christmas, but hist Ohrisfcmas Ij.iy fallingon Sunday the festival was adjourned until Monday last. About sixty descendants and relatives took part in it, forty-seven immediate descendants of the eoiiplo being present, comprising nine children (eight daughters and one son), tiiJstj'-sovon grand children, and olio, great grand-child. Mr Kingdon has also two married daughters re>iUii:;; iu Kngl-ind. and as tho old couple are halo and hearty, and likely to see many inoro family gatherings, the limnbru- present on future occasions promises to be very largo. It is soieewhat unusual in the colonies to see so largo a family settling round tho same neighbourhood, and Mr and .Mrs Kingdnu n)iist havo looked witn considerable pride »;ii their offsprings. The New Times of the •ftli' inst., in a leader on the appointment of a Oiiief CJoiiniiisoioiiin- of ltaihvays, s;l y. s : ~"lf any p,ood is to be done, by tho change, it must be by a man who is already tried and proved us a cunpeteiit organiser and administer of the class we require. We don't want any colonial experimenters. We cannot afford to let M'cm play pranks with the great property In which lychave .i'l.V>o'J,ooo Ktorliiisr.' We-aaro n-.,t Li tl.'jim iudidgo in their fads and cranks .any whims,;:s. me amusement-would bn by far !.■ o <• v4!y. No • we must have a man who i;; tried ::iid proved; one who has made fo , .- a name in one of the world's railway centres,"for we may re.lv ui.miu if that a I nian does not iwu;o to the front in such

conditions unless he lias in him the very >tulf that wo require. As wo remarked in a founcv article on this subject, we need a John Xoblo, n .lames Allport, an Archibald Scott or an Allan Sarle. But the trouble is that m«n of this calibre will not readily be induced to throw up a splendid position in tho civilised world and come out to a remote colony, which would seem to them too much like exile or transportation to bo attractive, unless coupled with a very tempting salary and so long a term of engagement as to enab'e a competence to bo amassed during its tenure. Still wo must try to obtain a man of this .'■tamp. . . . 'The one thing needful at iho present juncture is wise, independent, far seeing administration. That, and no other, is tho panacea for which the colony is seeking, and which is essential to the success of the now plan."