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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2446, 15 March 1888, Page 2

The time for receiving applications for space from intending exhibitors at the Melbourne Exhibition expires on the 19th inst. Jt would be interesting to know how many applications have been forwarded from the Waikato. When a general apathy due to a long period of depression has sapped the energy of the agricultural industry, it becomes our duty, and the duty of those who can rise superior to the occassion, to rouse our fellow settlers from their apparent state of hopelessness. This colony neglected its opportunities at the time of the " Colinderica " in London, which was recognised when too late. \Ye should take warning of our shortcomings then, and on this occasion make an effort to put in an appearance worthy of the country. The Pope is reported to be indisposed. It is intended to discontinue holding District Courts at Hamilton. A British expedition is being titled out to expel the Thibetan troops from Indian territory. Mr J. P. Maxwell has furnished elaborate reports of bis European tour, and says that the New Zealand railway regulations cannot bo improved upon. The Prince and Princess of Wales received numerous presents and congratulations on the occasion of their silver wedding. Another suicide at Parnell. A man named William Luker destroyed himself 011 Tuesday morning by taking rat poison. The fight between Sullivan and Mitchell was a brutal affair. Roth men bad ribs and an arm broken. The gendarmes afterwards arrested thorn. The agricultural yield of Victoria is i;},:! 00,000 budiels of wheat, and ■1,">00,000 bushels of oats, or an average of 10.S and L'l',7 bushels per acre respectively. There was not a large attendance of buyers at the Hamilton horse sale yesterday. Very few cattle were yarded, but those disposed of realised fair prices, considering the dullness of the timo. Our Kihikihi correspondent writes to say that he has been misinformed with regard to the Presbyterian concert. It is not under the, management of Mr Patterson, as stated. ( The sitting of the Native Land Court ai (Horohanga, has been again postponed to Monday next. We hear there is great indignation amongst the natives interested, at the, delay and inconvenience they lire put to. The Westporfc county engineer estimates !.'!o7oas the cost of repairing the fuiller Road. There arc U(i slips in ].'< miles, mid live bridges either injured or carried away, besides the road being carried away in 17 places. A little boy. about eight years of age, a sou of Mr Mullions, of Hamilton East, whilst playing at " greasy bum" oil Monday evening, tell to the ground an.*! sustained a simple fracture of the right arm. He was taken to the hospital where the limb was set by Dr. Kenny. Mr Tlio'i. Wells, of Cambridge, is the successful tenderer for Mr Merrick's ■4ock, and having bought it at a very low rate, lie intends giving the public the bonetit, and will oll'er the goods at a reduction of .",0 per eer.t. on the already low price put upon them by Mr .Merrick. There prolines to be some wonders amo'igst the exhibits of garden produce at Hi* .show on .Saturday. Mr.f. Webb lias shown us an enormous water-melon, and has on", for exhibition weighing 1!) ll.h. Mr Smith, of Hamilton E;sst., has a pumpkin that turns the scales at 7"'lbs. ivlr Day, of Tamahere, will exhibit his pedigree .Jersey cattle on Saturday in the paddock opposite the Hamilton Public Hall, Mr Missen having kindly placcd it at his disposal. .Dairymen will have an opportunity to closely inspect this interesting breed of cattle that have acquired the highest reputation as butter producers. We understand that the manager of the Wuitoa Hold Mining Company has received instructions from the Christchurch directors to cease all operations, as they have failed to obtain any results, and they conclude the ground is not worth its salt. It is said that -Mr J. B. Smith resumes possession of the property. Mr D- Hay, Mr Mayo, and Mr Mcl> maid well-known Horticulturists have replied to the request from the secretary of the Waikato Horticultural Society, that they will be pleased to act as judges at the .--! i >v." on Saturday. The Society will, tl-Tefev, bo further indebted to these '.; -i!t!i'ioen who with others have always chevrfuilv assisted iu this way. with great .i:lisf-setixii t i all coueei'iii.-d, The vssfcry of Jh Stephsn's. Tama-le-re would like theCaroleidiro and Hamilton Cricket Clubs to play t heir third nuil'ili at Tarn '.here on Ka.-tor -Monday. As each club has alrea-ly visited, it would be very fitting to meet again (nil way. The only difficulty is in getting a pitch.:.':! y.ud< by :!; but.with mowing and rolling the Tamahere vestry could overcome this. Roth teaun will be • Miter! ainod by the residents of Tamahcro. Mr Hodgson, of Teßore, harvested a considerable crop of mustard this year, and had no dilKeidty in disposing of it at a satisfactory li.nire, no doubt due to the deni in i sie. up for it from the favourable ro- ■ ii(ivp irted from Mr J'arugh's experimental crop of wheat grown on land where mustard had been ploughed in as a preparatory course in the fall. Mr Watchorn, for sometime past carrying on a paying little business ut ;

l I' r.mkton with his store and refreshment 0 rooms lias caught the mania, and has L determined to try his fortune amongst the " mining population at the l.roken Hills, s There, is a tidy little business to be done at I'Vaukton, and very fair prospects of con--1 siderable expansion in the immediate ; future. From the catalogue of the , Walk ito Hortienltur.il Sli >w coming off on Saturday, we find that the total number s of entries reaches S'.lij. This, considering - that only eleven entries have bijen received from To Awamutu and district whereon previous occasions they received a hundred, ! c impaies favourably with the entries at • Cambridge, in 1880, 155, and atTeAwaliiut'i, in I.SS7, 15. Major P. Lovelock and Captain Sutton, of the Salvation Army Divisional War Office, Auckland, arrived in Cam- ■ bridge on Tuesday to arrange for a branch t of the army being started in that place. We learn they are in treaty with the owners of the store lately occupied by .Messrs L ju-is and Simpson, and if they can arrive at satisfactory terms, will probably open the campaign in about a month's time. They have also made a reconoitre of Hamilton. At the Borough Council meeting on Tuesday night, it was pointed out that peivons prosecuted for bathing in the river or lake without sufficient clothing would bo | charged under the Police Offences Act, under which the only punishment oil conviction is imprisonment with hard labour, without the option of a fine. We would draw the attention of all to this, as lately there have been several complaints about persons insufficiently clothed bathing in the open river and lake at all times of the day. We are sorry to record, in our obituary column, the death of the eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Heerdegen, of Rotorua, (formerly of Tarnahere, near Hamilton), which sad event took place on Friday morning last, after a very painful illness of upwards of three weeks. It will be remembered that it is only five weeks since the death of their youngest son, and now they mourn the loss of their eldest daughter. Universal sympathy is expressed all over the district for Sir and MrR Heerdegen and family in their late and present bereavements A correspondent writes, " I was very much annoyed at seeing in your paper some lines written by me some three years ago, and which I had not the slightest intention of ever making public. Whoever got hold of them must be a thief of the meanest order, and over and above that, they were not an exact copy, being made more personal than the original, and were calculated to cause illfeeling between myself and some of my best friends. I have no idea who the guilty person is, but I should just like to remind liini or her that, 1 Kvil is wrought, by want of thought, as well as want of heart."' Amongst other local effects of the scheme of Retrenchment pursued by the Government, is the merging of the police district of the Waikato with the Thames. Inspector Iviely is transferred to Napier vice. Inspector Bnllen, who retires, and Inspector Goodall, from Tauranga, succeeds Inspector Kicly ill the charge of tlio combined Thames and Waikato districts. During Mr Kiely's residence in the Waikato he has shown himself an excellent officer, and has admirably maintained the efficiency and usefulness of the force under his charge. He leaves behind him many friends and well-wishers.