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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2423, 21 January 1888, Page 2

Shares in the Broken Hill have reached £250. The headmaster of the Cambridge lii}.'h School is to be. notified that unless 10 pupils attend the school it will be closed. The distinguished Ngatimaniapoto chiefs, Wahanui and Taonui, with other natives, passed through Hamilton yesterday on their way homo by rail from tljs Land Court ut C-imbridge. A telegram from San Fransisco says that reports trom Dakota Rive terrible particulars of the devastation caused by the " bliz/.ard , ' in that country, no less than 200 persons liavincr lost their lives. We have received a prospectus of Steiilioiisu and Smith's (of Blenheim), Selfacting Gaseous Vermin and Kabbit Exterminator which was patented in 18iS3, and has been found very effectual in its work. We have to acknowledge the receipt, from Melbourne, of lists of the Commissions and programme of the regulations and classifications of the Centennial International Exhibition to bo held in Melbourne. At a meeting of the Ensilage Society, held at the Royal Agricultural Hall, preliminary arrangements were made for the forthcoming Sniithfield competition, and it was agreed that a list of prizes should be prepared and circulated as soon as possible. Wiremu Te Whitu was brought up at Cambridge on Thursday, before Mr T. Wells, J. P., charged with stealing a horse. He was remanded tor eight days, for the production of evidence. Accused stated that the horse was his, and had his brand on it. The Christchurch Educational Board has decided to dispose with the services of the principal of the Normal School and of the drill-instructor. It was also decided to discontinue the expenditure of £300 per annum in connection with the Normal School for art training. Kennedy has been arrested at Te Awarnutu under a warrant, and is now in the lockup awaiting his trial. Mr Nortbcroft has expressed his determination to root out larrikinism, and in this laudable intention he has the good wishea of all respectable people. The wheat crop on the Lockerbie estate is in a verj o ward state, and Messrs O'Neill and Semmens, the contractors for cutting it are pro?ressing rapidly with their work. At present theie are no less than seven reapers and binders at work, and already about half tho crop has been cut. The fire which lately has been filling Hamilton with smoke is in the swamp close to the railway line about a mile this side of the Mitomaoho station, is still burning fiercely, tilling the carriages on the train with smoke as they pass by it, and will no doubt have spread with the high wind blowing on Thursday night. The Waikato farmers are not to have a monopoly of the caterpillar pest, as according to the Napier Telegraph, many crops of oats in that district an: being i-.ut before they are being quitu ripened to save them from the ravages of the caterpillars. The Telegraph adds that were it not for the small oirds, caterpillars would render agricultural pursuits next to impossible in llawkc's Bay. The Rev, H. T. Robjohns, delegate from Sydney, of the British and Foreign Bible Society, will lecture in the Wesleyan Church, Te Awaniutu, on Tuesday evening, at t> p.m. Subject: "The Moment, the Famine, and the Supply." As this Society is entirely unsectarian, it is to be hoped that members of all denominations will attend. A lecture on " The supremacy of Christ through the Bible over the realm of language," will be delivered in the Public Hall, Hamilton, on Wednesday next, at S p.m. by the Rov. H. T. Robjohns, the representative of the Bible Society in New. Zealand and Eastern Australia. The title of the lecture is attractive in itself, and as Mr Robjohns is said to be an interesting and effective lecturer, wo may promise those who attend that they will not be disappointed. It will be remembered that it was announced some time back, that Dr. Kenny had consented to deliver a series of lectures on the Physiology of tho Human frame m aid of local objects. They were deferred for the time being in conseciuenca of [the many other entertainments taking place. We are now pleased to see that the intention is about to be put into effect, for it is announced that Dr. Kenny will give, his first lecture on the 28th instant, assisted by lnunl musical uerfonners to give greater interest to the affair. A good many railway passes are still being issued to applicants, who ask for them principally for Te Kuiti, Helensville, and the northern gumfields. They sign a promise to repay the railway fare when in funds. It is not known how many of these have been honoured at the Railway Department, but the Town Clerk was startled the other day at receiving from one man a postal note for 12s Ud, the amount of his railway fare. This was the first response to several hundred railway "passes ,, issued by him. His faith in human nature is becoming stronger again.—Herald. On the arrival of the Lichfield train at Morrinsville on Thursday, the axles of one of the trucks, on which were loaded nine large piles, was found to have tired, and all the waggons carrying the timber had to be left there. On inspection it was found that tho truck wasnver-loided, there being about thirteen tons on the two trucks, whereas they are only supposed to carry twelve tons. This is the second time that this has occurred lately, and it is time that the over-loading was .stopped, as should tho wheels fire whore the trucks could not be detached, in all probability they would jam, and be thrown off the line. The annual services and public meeting of the British Foreign Bible Society are announced to lie held to-morrow in Cambridge. The Rev H. J. Robjohns B. A. of Sydney will preach in Trinity, and St. Paul's churches, and in the afternoon will address a gathering of Sunday school scholars in the Public Hall. The annual public meeting on Monday evening is sure to be very interesting, as the rov. gentleman is an able and attractive speaker, and doubtless all who appreciate the important work of the Society in spreading the knowledge of Holy Scripture will avail themselves of the opportunity of hearing the Society's agent.