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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2476, 24 May 1888, Page 2

There is increasing friction between France and Germany over frontier disputes. Til 2 petition for the repeal of the Property Tax lies at this office awaiting .signature:-*. The Financial Statement is expected to be delivered to-morrow or on Tuesday at the latest. The American wheat yield for the present winter is estimated to bo 27 per cent, bolmv previous average*. The monthly meeting of the Hamilton J 'omain Board lapsed on Tuesday evening for want of a quorum. A cable message states that M. Liclit, a sugar authority, estimates the European beet crop for the current season at 321,000 tons below the yield of last, crop. The Buffalo Minstrels gave an entertainment in the Public Hall, Cambridge, last evening, in aid of the Band, of which we will give a report in our next. Mr Wilson, M-H.R-, has applied for six weeks' leave of absence for Capt. Russell member for Hawke's Biy, who is detained in England with an attack of rheumatic fever. During the month of April there have been 775 arrivals in, and 172."> departures from, New Zealand. The estimated population of the colony, inclusive of Maoris, is 04(1,913. Mr J. Dillon, M.P-, in addressing a public meeting, declared that, if the Papal Decree was accepted by the populace, nine-tenths of th Irish Bishops and clergy ought to retire for having misled the people. At Greymoufch yesterday. Lawrence Swift, a quarryman, was killed, at Cobden quarry by a xlip of stone which killed him instantaneously and burying liiiu completely ; he was crused to death. To-day is the sixty-ninth anniversary of the birth of Her Majesty < juocti Victoria. Excursion trains will run to Auckland at low fares. The ruturu football match between England and Auckland will be played to-day. Mr Sidney 0. Richardson, eldest son of Mr David Richardson, architect, of Cambridge, left yesterday morning en route for Melbourne, whore he intends going into business, (juite a number of young men have "lately left Cambridge for Australia and the ruining centres, in consequence of woi'k being scarce in the Waikato. Three fresh patients suffering from various complaints were admitted to the Hospital this week. We are requested to remind those who desire admittance to the institution, to advice the Secretary before hand, as it would save a groat deal of inconvenience and trouble by not taking the staff unawares. The Waikato hunters have appointed Mr Martin Pickering master of the hounds duriug their stay in Waikato, and liave decided to make a charge of 5s per day to all those who follow the hounds without being subscribers of ill Is. This is a much better plan than sending the hat round, as the subscribers are always •amongst the chief donors when that is done. The statement made by SirF. Whitaker in the Upper House with reference to the financial position of the colony, when the Bill was under discussion, has been subjected to very sharp treatment in the Lower Houae, Th 6 Premier explained that his colleague did not mean to say the colony was insolvent, but, perhaps in exaggerated language, that the Government wou'd have to " file their schedula " if the Bdl did not pass.

A correspondent sends us the following information which is a reply to " Old PracticalV' query in our last issue i —Winter wheat is worth, as a rule, Id per bushel more than spring wheat. The highest price I havo known Riven for wheat this ssasou was for a very prime hard sample of winter wheat grown at Putaruru (Thames-Kotoruft line), which netted the producer 3s 3d delivered in Auckland, while tho very best spring has only been worth 8a Id.

Russia is finding a pretext for a quarrel with Afghanistan.

Some amusement was caused on tin! .Stock Kxchange to day by some unknown individual. with a taste for caricature, posting a drawing up on the bulletin hoard with the following skit underneath : —" An imaginary portrait of the Sydneycatc who was the Chairman, directors, promoter.-', and everything else (except contributing shareholders) of the Brokenhead Marototo I'rass Mining Company, Limited. N\ E>. — These philanthropic gentlemen assure a confiding public that the reef has a N. H. bearing, is ten miles wide, and contains 2,A")01b of pure metal to the ton ; and they havo no desire to make anything out of it."

There is on exhibition in Mr Pannell's v/indow a very beautiful working model of a steamer, which we are given to understand is tho joint work, hull and engines, of two local amateur mechanics. It is 30 inches over all with a beam of G inches, is very cleverly worked out of the solid and has the graceful lines of the fast ocean going vessels. The engines which are complete in every detail are of the vertical single description, and have been skilfully wrought in brass. The little vessel is propelled by a single screw propeller. Altogether the model is an admirable piece of ingenuity and its clever constructors deserve every credit for their mechanical skill and application.

A negro entertainment in aid of the funds of tho Hamilton Cricket and Football Clubs will bo given in Le Quesne's Hall, on Wednesday evening next, the 30th iust. The performance will include the usual chair business, with songs and dances, and will conclude with the negro farce, Ebenezer's visit to New York. After tho performance, there will be a select dance, admission to which is obtained with front seat tickets. Mr Connell has the " niggers" in practice, and that alone is sufficient guarantee that the musical portion of the entertainment will be good. As the funds of the clubs for which the entertainment is given have not been supported by the public as they might have been, we hope to see a good house, so that all debts may be cleared off. The officers and men of the Hamilton Light Infantry have extended their patronage to the performance, and the attraction of tho red coats, no doubt, will cause a large attendance at the dunce.