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Waikato Times, Volume xxx, Issue 2430, 7 February 1888, Page 2

We are without our latest European telegrams this morning, owing to the Australian overland telegraph being interrupted up to the time of going to press this morning. It is now declared there is nothing seriously wrong with the Crown Prince's throat. H.M.S. Nelson is on her way back to Auckland, to take part in the opening of the Calliope dock. The crofters in the Island of Lewis, have been committing further outrages and maltreating fanners. Audacious robberies and housebreaking are being committed in Auckland just now, and the police are quite nonplussed. We are glad to hear that Capt. Steele is making good progress towards recovery from his late accident, under Dr. Carey's careful treatment. The Cambridge band will play in the domain this evening (weather permitting) at 8 p.m., members are requested to be in attendance at 7.30 p.m. Reductions are being made in the police force, not by dismissals, but small stations are buing abolished when found it is not necessary for an officer to be kept at them. Mr E- Cussen, in order to cope witli the necessary demands for his beer, has found it necessary to enlarge his brewing plant to double its original capacity. Mr Thomas Jones, who had his hands badly injured by the explosion of a dynamite cap at Waiteti, is doing well at the Waikato Hospital. There are strong hopes that he will not lose any of his fingers. A concert and farce will be held at Kihikihi on 17th March, in aid of the Presbyterian Church. Tho affair promises to be of a first-class order, and the committee aro busily engaged making all necessary arrangements. Mrs E- Hewitt died at her residence Grey-street, Cambridge, at half-past eleven on Sunday night. The deceased lady had been ailing for a long time, and was not expected to have seen the New Year. We are informed that several boys were bathing in the Lake on Sunday morning without trunks, and rowing about on the water in a state of nudity, causing much offence. T'he Doipajn wjll no | doubt put a stop to such misenndupt. The boys' quarter mile swimming race on the river on Saturday resulted in a win for J. Neilson, P. Murray being second, and Fred Cowper third. It was a very close contest. For some reason Murray, who is several months over 14 years of age, was allowed to compete again. A little girl, named Amy Richards. aged seven years, fell over tho precipice at Dr. Campbell's point, Auckland, and hc.r brains were dashed ont. A boy named Wm. Hogan, on the boaeh below, ran forward and tried to catch tho falling child, and though he reached her, he was unablo to check her fall,

Mr Rothwell, of Whatawhata, lost a valuable horse on Sunday last. Two of his sons rode into Hamilton to Church on that day, and when in the paddock one horse kicked the other and broke its leg in two places, and it had to be shot on the spot. The Secretary of the Hamilton C.O. informs us that he has written to Taupiri to say that Hamilton will be happy to play on the 25th inst. going and returning by the train. Hamilton men aro requested to attend practice on Wednesday at 3.45. p.m. A portion of the Cambridge bandthat under the conductorship of Mr Newrick—attended their leader's photographic gallery on Sunday morning for the purpose of being photographed as a group, and afterwards, with somewhat questionable taste, played a number of tunes in the yard before divine service in the neighbouring Churches had concluded. Owing to the serious injury to the public interests brought about through hasty legislation during the session, the Government contemplate introducing cloture rules to put a stop to stonewalling and other forms of obstruction. Some action should be taken to prevent a repetition of the waste of time and disgraceful scenes of tho late session. Mr Raskin, in "The Young Man," writesNo man should marry till he has Hindu himself worthy of a good wife, and is able to maintain her and his children in comfort. And he should choose her as he would choose his destiny, with range of choice from earth to heaven. No man should marry under four and twenty. No girl under eighteen. An epidemic has broken oat at Cambridge West, and the schoolmaster has felt it necessary to close the school for a few days and in the interim it will be disinfected. The disease is confined to two families who are now under the doctor s hands, and parents need not feel afraid to send their children to school again immediately it reopens. Te Kooti and his followers passed through Cambridge yesterday, they aro supposed to be on their way to the Thames, but were very roticient about giving information. The old man stopped a considerable time at the National Hotel, much to the chagrin of his wives, several of whom were amongst his followers. It is believed that To Kooti and his followers are total abstainers, but they certainly were not yesterday. A little boy,, son. of Mr Hansford of Tauwhare, whilst riding a cow, two or three week's ago, fell off and injured ins arm. His parents applied various applications to the bruised part, but with the result that an enormous tumour took possession of the elbow joint. He was brought to Hamilton on Saturday, and underwent a painful operation at the hospital at the hands of Dr. Kenny, in whose care he at present remains, doing well. The Napier Evening News has been taken over from Mr Ivess by Mr I. M. Murphy, formerly the foreman in the typographical department. Mr Ivess publishes a valedictory address to the >apier people, in which he ascribes his failure chiefly to the unbusinesslike way in which newspapers are run in that place, cutting down advertisements to absurd rates, and to the animosity of certain institutions against him. On Saturday last Mr and Mrs O'Neill, of Hamilton, entertained about o0 children at a private picnic in their own grounds. The thoughtful host provided an unexpected treat for the little folks, as he hired Mr Handyside's merry-go-round for the occassion. It was evidently the favourite amusement, for .it was kept going all the afternoon. This is the first time a merry-go-round has been engnged at a picnic in the Waikato, but, judging from the result, it will not be the last.

The olfactory nerves of persons having business at the Cambridge railway station on Monday were excited, if not delighted, with the odour arising from a case of pipis consigned to Lichfield, and which had been lving at the station since Friday. The blue bottles were, having a feast, and presumably were the only ones present who enjoyed the delectable treat afforded by the putrid fish. On the top of the pi pis were stacked a couple of boxes of butter, consigned to Cairns, Queensland. The flavour of"the butter will probably obtain will no doubt tend to enhance the value of New Zealand butter in the Queensland market. You will find the principal characters of " Macbeth " in the _ Book of Kings." Jezebel in the Rible i* Lady Macbeth " in the play. She it was who stirred up her husband to do all the devilry he did. Then came Hazael, a servant of the King. Under the influence of his wife Jezebel, lie plots kill his master, and became Kill? of Syria 111 his stead. This plot is successful, and Hazael is crowned king. The character exactly suits that of Macbeth. The minor characters can alsti be found in the Bible. Of course Shakespeare has altered tho words, but tho plot and characters arc to be found there. Dr. Halsey, in his lectures on Shakespeare at Princeton College, stated that Shakespeare's regular practice was to study the Bible seven hours a. day. t There were not so uiany Bibles in his time as there are now, but although very cwstly, he had one, and made a daily practice of studying it. Where Dr. Hnlsey got his information I do not know, but presume it is correct.—American Paper.

Nearly the whole of the inhabit ants of Cambridge feel satisfied in their minds that a payable goldfield exists at Maungatautari, and every time that specimens are reported to have been brought in, many of them get into rather an excited state and begin "to count their chickens'' at once. Now that many such reports have been circulated, some of them begin to think about " the hatching," and one individual set about the incubating process in a systematic way, but is in no way to blame that the egg proved addled, as that was caused by the cold water being thrown upon it by others. His manner of procesdure was as follows: —First, he saw 1 iiipi Whanatangi and obtained permission for a party to prospect the range, providing a Maori accompanied thom. ISexfc he drew up a requisition asking the mayor to call a public meeting to discuss the advisability of forming a Maungatautari Prospecting Company. This he signed himself, and then journeyed into Luke-street, intending to cail upon all the business people, as he thought they would receive the greatest benefit i£ the scheme proved successful. After paying four visits, the result was one signature added to his own '• two proprietors declining to sign as they thought it would in a measure bind them to join the association if it was started. The canvasser then said to himself, "You are a thundering idiot! Go and mind your own business, and let the people who will benefit most by gold being found, find it themselves." He went. The American dairy interests are startlingly enormous. They represent an investment of nearly five, times as much as the entire bank capital of the country that is to say, the bank oapital is a little less than £13-1,000,000, while the dairy interests amount to more than ,t()00,000,000. Of course our readers cannot swallow such frightful figures in a lump, and we will therefore arrange them in several smaller, but still heroic doses. The number of milch cows is estimated at 21,000,000. They give each an average of 350 gal of inilk annually. This would jn il k e "Segregate milk production of 7,350,000,000ga1, a minature ocean, a fair-sized Niagara; 4 000,000.000 gallons are used for butter, 70,000,000 gallons for cheese, and the remaining gallons pass through the adultoring hands of the milk' man and grocor, and down the throats of H0,000,000 men, women, and babies in that land of freedom. The quantity of butter manufactured and used is about 1,350,000,0001b5. and of cheese 0,500,0001 bs. The value of the dairy products for the last twelve months was nearly £100,000,000. This is £-1,000,000 more than the value of the annual wheat yield, while it closely approximates that of the maize crop, which is the most valuable of the farm products. To support this immense dairy herd 100,000,000 acres of pasture land are requited, worth £500,000,000. It is easy enough to see, therefore, that the dairy farmers in the United States are an important the national welfare and prosperity. Exchange.