ALEXANDRA.

Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2422, 19 January 1888, Page 2

ALEXANDRA.

Duvm of an Old Skttlku.— Once more the hand of Death has visited us, and re-

moved one of our oldest settlers, m the person of Mr Cordon Charles Vernon Tisdall, J.P., who died at his residence, CJlenburn, on Friday evening last. The. deceased gentleman was painfully afflicted some two years since, and for some time past his recovery has been looked upon as hopeless. Mr Tisdall joined the Second Waikato Regiment as ensign just prior to that corps being struck off pi.v, when he at once went on his farm, and improved it, and where he has, with the exception of a short period, since resided. The deceased leaves a wiiow and one son, who are comfortably provided for. The latter only very recently gamed one of the three year (iovernment scholarships, valued at tXiO per annum. The funeral took place on Monday last, and was attended by his sou and Major W. St. Clair Tisdall, brother of deceased, with Mr ,J. D. Hill, biother-in-kw, as chief mourners, together with some sixty of the settlers residing in the, district. The Rev. Mr Boler impressively read the service in the church and the subsequent funeral obsequies at the, grave. Maoius and Tin-: Rahmts,—One would have thought the natives would have been far more energetic in exterminating bunny than they have been, considering the generous offer of the (iovernment, viz., payment of threepence a skin. Mr Oldham, the Rabbit Inspector, was round this way last week, but our local natives had bu-, a few skins ready for him. The prevalence of work, however, just now may perhaps account for their laxity in taking advantage of this opportunity of making money 'DuAMATrc Club.—Our local Dramatic Club are again on the warpath, and will appear in public on or about the 20th instant. A capital piece is in course ot rehearsal, and an enjoyable amusement may safely be anticipated. The fund for the maintenance of the Public Hall will on this occasion, it is to be hoped, benefit by their laudable exertions. Thk Chops.—The crops in the -district are coming forward famously. The hay crop was a good one, and was got in in good condition; the grain crops, which promise to be prolific, are nearly ready for cutting, the only exception being a crop of 10 acres of wheat growing on Mr (irierson s land which has been attacked by a kind of fungus that greatly retarded its growth. Some who profess to be experts say next year the. disease will spread in the country. 'It is to be hoped they are mistaken.