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Waikato Times, Volume xxx, Issue 2427, 31 January 1888, Page 2

Otago won the cricket match against Canterbury with 102 runs to spare. Mr Foulsham bought the priviledge of the second refreshment booth at the swimming sports on the lake for £1 Is. The Sydney Anniversary Handicap was won by Cardigan, Centaur second, and Acme third. The Centennial Stakes was won by Paladin. The Committee of the Lake Swimming Sports meet to-night at The Waikato Tijiks Buildings to receive reports and settle up the affairs of the meeting. The weather is very remarkable for this time of the year. Cold,_ high winds, accompanied with occasional rain, has prevailed for tho last couple of days, creating considerable anxiety for harvest operations. We notice the arrival of Mr Cordon L. Coward, traveller for Messrs T. H. Webb and Co., pianoforte manufacturers, Oak House, Hobson-street, Auckland. Mr Coward will be in Hamilton till Thursday next. The Government have declined to accede to the request of the Rifle Association that the. otfer of the Premier of New South Wales in regard to a supply of Martini-Henri rifles should be kept open, but thsy will lint throw any obstacles in the way of t-lio Association making overtures direct. The following tenders were received by Mr T. W. Maunder for painting and papering houses in Hamilton West. — Messrs Calderwood, for painting, £0 10s ; (accepted); Downing, £8 us ; Vincent, £10 10s; Frear, £10 17s 2d. For the papering Messrs Frear, £3 (accepted); .Downing, £3 10s; Calderwood, £3 lljs. The secretary of the Hamilton Cricket Club lias received a challenge from the Taupiri Cricket Club to play the return match on the ISth or 25th prox. at Taupiri. Hamilton players are therefore requested to resume practise, and to let tho secretary know whether they can go to Taupiri on either of those days. Tee members of the General Gordon Lodge 1.0. U.T., Cambridge, held their annual picnic at Mr Forrest's, Hautapii, yesterday, and the congregation of the Roman Catholic Church held theirs at Mr Clement's Park. B"th were well patronised and passed off in the usual happy manner, wich games, racing, dancing, etc. We remind our readers that they have a treat in store for them tomorrow night in Dr Kenny- lecture on "The Physiology of Respiration," which will be illustrated with a number of experiments. Several musical selections will he rendered by a number of local amateurs, and it i 3 also intended to distribute the prizes won at the swimming races on the lake yesterday, The following tendgrs have been received by Mr 1). Richardson for building a dwelling-house for Mr Lake at 'X'auiahereHenry Carter, Cambridge, £1'.)2 ; Thomas Chapman, Ohaupo, £20."i ; Robert Kerr, Cambridge, £207 10* : Win, Hogan, Cambridge, £207 10s; Thomas Evans, Hamilton, £210 ; Wm. White, Cambridge, £221 los ; A. O. Kelly, Hamilton, £230; Ranch and jyusabs, Ohaupo,. £239. Mr C u ter's tender has beep accepted. The annual meeting of the members of the Cambridge Public Library, will be held in the leading room this evening at 8 p.m. Important business will come up for consideration, it is therefore necessary that the members should be well represented. As the Government subsidy has been discontinued, it is now competent for tho members to close both library and reading room to all who do not subscribe. The fiftieth anniversary of the introduction of the Roman Catholic religion in New Zealand was celebrated in Auckland, and commenced last Friday by an imposing ceremony, called the triduum, in S. Patrick's Cathedral, and continued to Sunday. The Church was profusely decorated, and Bishop Luck delivered an addre-s, dwelling on the great progress mado (luring the past fifty years, and paying a tribute to the memory of Bishop Pompallier, A little girl about eight years of age, daughter of Mr Smith, of Whatawhata, arid sister of the littlo boy who was worried by a wig, was brought to tho Hospital yesterday with a broken arm, which was caused in a somewhat singular manner. She was running after a pet cat, when she stumbled end fell on the ann. breaking it below tho elbow, This is the third accident that has happened to Mr Smith's children. Dr. Kenny soon sot the injured limb of the littlo girl with his well-known.skill. A sensational buggy accident happened during the aquatic sports on tho lake yesterday. Mr John Knox had driven Mrs Carter and child to the domain to see tho sports, and they had all alighted when *.h« report of the .starter'sgun .startled the horse, and it bolted olf up the rising ground with tho vuhiele. It came to an almost perpendicular pinch which he assayed to surmount, bit faded, and horse and buggy rolled over and over to tho bottom of the hill, where the shafts were snapped off, and the hor-e siting free fled away towards the, feiico. The buggy was very much damage,], hut die horse was uninjured. The diversion created some excitement finiongst the largo gathering on the lake shore. Lord Charles Eeresford, MP-, addressing his constituents recently, ssfd there were differences of opinion as to whether further ironclads should bo built, but he wi;s of opiijioij that ironclads would still settle the tijjal issue i;i case of war if other weak points were guarded. He thought England wanted three or fouc

more inonclads to malic her actually safe and impregnable, beeausrt if wo went to war our policy must still be what it has been before—to get our fleet outride the enemy's puts as soon as possible. and watch those ports and not let the enemy's fleet get outside and do in harm. Ho did not think we '.vero strong enough either in ironclads or erni-ers to m.ike us perfectly safe ; and though it was almost certain that iu case of war we should lnive an allv, it was batter to be 011 the sife side, for if we mice lost command ot the sea all our splendour and riches would be relegated to the. pages of history.