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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2447, 17 March 1888, Page 2

The telegraph lines are reported down south of Waipukurau, and also all the West Coast lines. We are, therefore, again without our usual late interprovincial, Australian and European news. Our supplement offers an excellent amount of useful reading. "My House in Oxford Terrace" is continued, and there is •' Violet's Spirit," a complete tale, by an Auckland lady, and a number of interesting articles. A letter from T. Hartly is crowded out of this issue. The stormy weather is general throughout the country, and much rain has fallen. A fantastically-attired man in Adelaide appears in the streets claiming to be Christ, and has made several proselytes. We are pleased to learn that Major Minnett, who met with a severe accident to bis band, through being cut with an axe last week, has so far reoovered, that he proceeds home next week. New York has been overtaken by terrible snowstorms, and all traffic stopped. The Rev. Mr Rishworth will preach at the Wesleyan Church, Te Awamutu, mi Sunday morning and evening. The usual annual picnic of the Morrinsville school children takes place today at Annandale, kindly thrown open for the occasion by Mr Buttle. The immigration returns for February are as follows :—Arrivals, 12113 ; departures, 14(i'i. Of the departures 121)1 left for the Australian colonies. The revised sheets of the second part of Major Wilson's paper on "The old New Zealand Maori," did not reach us in time for to-day's supplement, but, will appear next week. Visitors to the show to day will have an opportunity of inspecting some of the Japanese ware from the shipment received by Mr John Knox which is to bo offered for sale by auction on Wednesday next. In consequence of to-day being a holiday the meeting of the Toatoaroa and Cambridge Road Boards have been postponed until next Saturday the 24th instant, when the former will meet at 11 a.m. and the latter at 3 p.m. Inspector Goodall, who arrived iu Hamilton a few days ago for the purpose of taking over tho district from Inspector Kicly, who leaves for Napier next week, took his departure for Tauranga yesterday afternoon. The railway arrangements for today offer no facilities for people living in the Piako District to visit tho Horticultural Show. It must certainly have been an overnight that no excursion train has been provided on the Te Aroha-Liclitield and Morrinsville lines. There are many complaints also of the absence of tho usual excursion train* to Auckland, as many country people would have availed themselves of the opportunity, if it had been given, to visit Auckland on S. Patrick's Day, returning on Monday. The railway returns for the four weeks ending 4th February give the following results for the Northern lines :—Kawak»"wa, revenue £381 TO* ; same period last year, £303 17s 7d ; Whangarei, £128 Ss— £317 7s 8d ; Auckland, passengers, 30,752 ; against 32,271 last year; parcels, 3,040; against 3, l'.Hi; life stock, 5,111)0 ; against !).ol>2 goods, 7.701 tons; against 8,222 tons; revenue, Ila Id and .128,767 0.4 2d reupccively. At the last meeting of the Cambridge Borough Council, free use of the Public Hall on Sunday evenings wan granted tn the Rev. Evans for the purpose of holding revival services. Wo learn there has been a meeting of tho clnriry of the various denominations and that they have decided not to commence tho services for some weeks ; and if the Salvation Army establish a branch in the town, it is probable the proposal will be dropped altogether, an they would catch those whom the revival services wore intended for, viz., those who do not attend any place of worship.

A report comes by way of Brussels that the town of Suakim wan stormed by overwhelming numbers of Arabs and captured, and that fearful slaughter ensued. Many of the residents took refuge on board the Knglish ships of war. As will be seen by our telegrams, the above report is discredited. Tho cricket and tennis players of C ""bridge have met with a most inf 'I'tunate contretemps, as the whole ill their principal matches have fallen through in consequence of the visiting teams beinc unable to attend. The cricket match arcauged for to-day with Paterangi will not be held, as the members wish to visit the Horticultural Show ; and Auckland v. Waikato, that was to have been played on t.he3lst inst., cannot be hold in consequence of several of the Auckland team being clerks in the 8.N.Z., and the half-yearly balance occurring on tho very date arranged for the match, they cannot attend. j'Votn the same cause the tennis match with Auckland has fallen through, the tennis players being a portion of the cricket team ; and tho ladies' tennis match, Cambridge v. Thames, is quashed, as the Thames ladies find tho cross-country journey too much for them. This is a most unfortunate and unlooked-for breakdown, and will put a stop to dinners and dances that were being prepared ad lib to entertain the visitors.