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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2460, 17 April 1888, Page 2

Rapid projress is being made with the Hamilton saleyards. The Raglan County Council will hold their next meeting at WhaUwhata, on Wednesday, 25th inst. Lar«e quantities of Southern \vhu'>.t are arriving in Auckland, delivered at the wharf for iis pur bushel. The Rev. Mr Calder, of All Saints, Poiisonby, preached at S. Peters, Hamilton, both at matin* and evensong, on Sunday. Mr E. B. Walker has returned from his prospecting tour and is now in Auckland,but wo have not beunableto learn if he has struck a patch. Mr W. von Sturmer, of the Bank of New Zealand, Hamilton, has been transferred to the Auckland office, and is succeeded by Mr H. S. Oakes. The football season in Hamilton was opened on Saturday afternoon last, when a scratch match was played, a very fair number of old and new [(layers putting in an appearance, including two players from Huntly. A large number have signified their intention of rolling up next Saturday, so as to go ill for a little practice. It will be seen by advertisement in today's issue that Mr John Lunb, proprietor of the Auckland Roller mills is making a special trip to Waikato for the purpose of purchasing Waikato wheat. To .suit the convenience of those who use the railway he has selected Wednesday to enable settlers to avail themselves of the marketday fa res. Mr Lamb will meet settlers at Mi- Home's commercial room. Mr H. Gordon Glassford, of 'Richmond, has had a man prospecting on his property for soma time past, and has found gold m several plae.:s but Mufottunately not iti [M-yabls quantities, the best result up to the present is about four pennyweights to the ton. We learn that Mr Ghnsford intends to continue the search and we tru<t he will bo .successful in finding a payable reef. Anyone desirous of sending a trial shipment of fruit to Kngland in cool chamber will have a further opportunity, as the Kaikouri will le.ive Auckland abnit May sth. Tlio freight by this vessel will be 100s per ton, a saving of 10* per ton over that sent lately via Wellington. Another advantage too it will avoid the kmckiiig about oonsequent of loading and transhipment '■>' costal steamers. Considering the weather, there was a good muster at the ntie range, Hamilton, on Saturday afternoon. An improvement has been made in the range by the erection of m muds at 400, r>oo and '(00 yard:-. Hitherto the company h..s been unable to tire at distances over riOO yards. The new range was opened on Saturday by a sweepstakes match over 400, 500, and liilO yards, ]sandsm;ui H. Tristram being the winner with a scons of oX, Corporal Alexander second with -IU. The following from the Star refers to a lady, lately a resident in Hamilton, and will tie read with interest by her friends. Our musical friends will doubtless In; glad to know th.it sin acceptable and talesiled addition to tho list of our local pn.fe-sional musicians and music teachers has been made in tlw person of Mademoiselle Louise, of Itliymla Vill:i, -Mount Hden Road. This yo.-.ng lady has excellent musical and linguistic abilities. She was a pupil of Professor Americn G.sriie, a, famous Italian teacher of singing, and also for music of Hcrr Smith, of L mdoii. The community has been filled with a profound feeling of regret at the sudden and critical illness which has over, talc-n Col. Forbes, of Liko House. The prayers of the congregation of S. Pater's, Hamilton, were desired bv the officiating cleiyyiinn on behilf of the colonel, who is one of the churchwardens and ;i very active parishioner. Dr. Kenny has boon in c instant attendance on Col. Forbes siuce .Vriday night, and grave fears are entertained of his recovery from his illness, which is a dangerous affection of the heart. We sincerely trust a favourable turn will take place. A Wellington telegram a few days ago recorded the death by drowning, while bathing, of a boy named Withered. The Wairarapa Observer thus tells the story of the poor youth's self-sac.-itiee lost he should involve others in the fatality :—"The poor lad, whose age was fifteen, seems to have been seized with cramp, and getting beyond his depth, disappeared before the eyes of his younger brother and another boy. The brother jumped into the water to render assistance, and stretched out hie hand for that purpose; but tho drowning boy had time enough to say "No, I wont; we'll buth be drowned." and went under. On coniintr to the surface he gasped " Goodbye; remember me to mother and father," and then disappeared to rise no more alive.

Late Australian cables have informed us of the fact that Holt, the convict Bank of New Zealand manager, is breaking down in health, and will shortly ba liberated from gaol. This hardly agrees with what Mr J. U. Ward, M.H.K. fur Awarna, lia3 said. Hβ viaitei D.irlinehurst Gaol, and among the prisoners he noticed Holt, the ex-b.mk manager, who did not lnok so ill as be had Ween led to expect. It is said that when he is set free he will coiiio into a small fortune. Just before his cmniniUal he invested ill sumo land in Sydney, thu result being that his lots have been selling at an anormoiis increase on the price he pave for them. It is said that his wife, who was reported to have anno to America, has returned to Sydney, and is waiting till he is once more a free man.— Invoreaigill Exchange. The farmers of Southland appear to bu in a very unfortunate condition. We nra informed that the crops had scarcely rip.ucl when the late exceedingly Uid weather was experienced, and the result has been of the most disastrous description. Thousands of acres of grain that but a short time ago gave promise of giving good yields are rotting ill the fields, unfit for any purpose, and those crops that aro not ruined in this way cannot now ba expected to ripen. Ruin stares a very large number of tha fanners in the face, and, indeed, Southland appears to have a very bad time before it, unless something should turn up to alter the present aspect of affairs. Farming has received a severe blow, and it is quite possible that for the future grain-growing will ba viewed as a particularly precarious undertaking in tho wet climate of Southland. Otis of the probable results of the destruction of the Southland crops will be an improvement in the price of oats, which formed the main portion of the grain of the South. Mr Ward, MH.R-. stated to a reporter of the Southland News that during a recent visit to Adelaide the effects of the silver discovery were very noticeable. Depression, so far as the ci l y is concerned, has disappeared—never again, it is fondly hoped, to show its forbidding presence. Bustle and excitement prevail everywhere. One very gratifying feature of the position deserved special mention : Ihlling the recent bad times many business men and others had to g.i to the wall, the victim* of circumstances. Then it was the case of the ebbing tide : but a few of them have made their "piles" in silver speculations, and it i.i no uncommon thing to hear the people who "went through the court," calling their whilom creditors together, and paying tho orthodox 20s ip the £. The "boom" has brought about all aorta of illustrations of tho vicissitudes of life, proving that truth is stranger than fiction. For instance, when passing along the street one day, n, friend called his attention to a couple driving along in a photon. " There," be said, ! ' go two of the lucky ones. A few weeks ago be was cook and she housemaid in one of our hotels, but they hafiponod to hold some mining shares, and the other day they bought a residence in tho suburbs for £b".00." During the week of his stay he was told that £100,000 would be distributed in dividends to people who were poor yesterday, b;it who s»rn to-day in wealth. Now Zialaudors inay be interested to learn that an old resident of Southland, Mr 1\ K. M'Caughan, ex-M.H.IJ., has in mining parlance, "struck it rich" both ij; silver and land, and is, as might be expected, mute than hjs old s.:!f ;)Kain, full of go, and as jolly as iha day is long. Last Saturday's Post has tie following par: -The indefatipiblo leaders of the S..l«ation Army lastevoninsr adopted apother novel way in which to bring their portion of the church militant prominently before'the public. The parade, march out,

and subsequent meeting, which latter was held in the Barracks, Taran.iki-street, was what was designated as a 'trades union.' The officers and soldiers of tho Army discarded their uniforms, and .appeared, each our, in the everyday and trade liabilments appertaining to his or her daily calling. I'Vr instance Lieut. Harbro headed the corps carrying a huge pair of tailor's shears, his trade being that of a tailor ; another marched around attired in soiled fustian, bearing upon his shoulder a bricklayer's hod ; another was attired in the white jacket, apron, and cap of a baker. Tho 'hallelujah lasses,'not to be behind their male comrades, doffins for the nonce their poke bonnents and blue serge uniform dresses, wore the gowns most suitable to their everyday life. Two or three of the ' lasses' wore the caps, black dresses, and natty aprons of professional nurses, whilst one dame traversed tho line of march with a sweeping-broom, from which it was evident she earned her livelihood as a charwoman. The meeting was presided over by ' Captain ' Ross, and in the course of the service oach speaker interladed his resnarks with quaint but. appropriate technicalities having reference to his ordinary occupation. The affair was in every way a great success, and the novel spectacle was witnessed by a large and, upon the whole, orderly crowd of persons.