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Waikato Times, Volume XXX, Issue 2481, 5 June 1888, Page 2

Judge Johnston, of New Zaaland, died in England on Saturday. In the match with the Players. the Australians were defeated by ten wickets. Capt Whitney's offer to establish a cartridge factory in Victoria lias been accepted. The annual meeting of the Hamilton Licensing Committee will be held in the Court-ho;i*e to-morrow. The New South Wales Government intend to adopt all General Schaw's recommendations for tlie defences of the colony. There is a probability that the capitation to garrison corps will bo increased, on condition that four extra parades are put iii yearly. The Hamilton Football Olub had a capital practice on Saturday. They expect to play a match shortly against an Oliaopo team. We are pleased to hear that Mr Wallnutt lias so far recovered from his severe accident that he was present on the tenuis court on .Saturday. Tawhiao's petition, that 75 acres of land at Mangere, left him by will, might be restored to him, lias been referred to the consideration of the (loveriwient. A return from the Audit office gives the following as the securities held in the colony on behalf of the < Jovernment ISelonginsr to the Government Insurance Department. £1,010,H(J5; Public Debts Sinking Fund, £20'2,-lT0; Post OHice, £1,340,881; Public Trust Ollice, £154,000; Public Works Fund, £807,487. These are exclusive of other small amounts held.

The Telegraph says There is now mi view at Mr William Kountree's shop lit St. Albans a very large specimen of a crossbred sheep, The animal in question is a four-tooth one, and scales the abnormal weight of 1541b5, alter having been dressed. It was raised by Messrs Hay Bros., of Pigeon Bay. The usual weight of a sheep <.'f tins description when dressed is about 001b. Mr H. J. Pearson, who has let his farm at Hautapu, intends leaving the colony for a few yrjars. It is a matter for regret that young men of Mr Pearson's connections and means should withdraw even temporarily from the district, but we trusrt he will return to New Zealand accompanied by others to taks up their permanent residence here. Messrs Hunter and Co. will sell Mr Pearson's stock and effects on 2otli iust. Mr Mounier, local manager of the Union Bank of Australia in Hamilton, took his departure for Auckland yesterday, the branch of that establishment having been closed. Mr Mounier has been in the district for many years, and was universally popular and esteemed for his many excellent qualities and kind and obliging manners. Ho leavea the Waikato with many expressions of regret on the part of all who know him and Mrs Mounier. Pressure on our space on Saturday caused us to otnit a notice of Mr J. S. Buckland's stock sale at the Hamilton yards, which was held on Thursday last, and was a successful one. There was a good attendance of buyers from all parts of the district, including some from the Thames. Fat cattle, stores, and weaned calvcs sold freely, and realised satisfactory prices. There was a large muster of horses, but they were not in demand, and most of them were passed in.

There is an increased demand for Australian coal in the San Francisco market. Since the commencement of this year 27 ships, with a registered tonnage of 4(5.372 tons, have left or been engaged at Pacific Coast ports to sail for Newcastle and return with coal, the quantity they will take amounting to 75,000 tons. The price paid for the vessels is from 25s to 20s, and vessels chartered in the colonies to load coal for the Pacific Coast now receive from 17s (id to 225, whereas a year ago they only obtained from 3s to 10s per ton. The total cinantity of coal that will be required in California this year is 1,500,000 tons.

The Herald, on Saturday, had a story headed, " Mamma," in which the reporter described, in most pathetic language, the restitution of a lost child to its mother at the police station. The touching sentences found a truly sympathetic chord in our soul, and, with moistened eyes, we passed the paragraph on to our staff to be reset for the benefit of our own readers. All hands, from the leading comp. down to the latest apprentice, had it on their casos in succession, but what Sam Weller called the "watercart business " which dimmed the eyes of thein all, positively deterred them, and they gave the job up in despair. Thirteen handkerchiefs and bits of rag were seen later on, hanging out on the back fence to dry. Poor, dear granny, tell us another story, please!