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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2510, 11 August 1888, Page 2

The English mail, via San Francisco, closes at Waikato offices to-day. Mr Albin Martin, the well-known Auckland artist, died on Thursday, There is a decided improvement in the price of cattle at all the Waikato sale:;, especially for young stock. Capfc. Reid has consented to parade tlie Hamilton Volunteers on the day of the public planting of the Lake Reserve on Thursday next. Mr John Knox notifies farmers that ho is prepared to give the . highest cash price for fresh butter in bulk in any quantity. Counterfeit money seems to be in circulation in this district again. Mr J. Smith of Morrinsvillb has two halfcrowns which were passed to hi in lately. The train traffic in the South has been much impeded by heavy slips, but is now all right. There has been a large alip south of the Port Chalmers tunnel. Both the broken cables have been repaired, and are now in good working order. The interruption was due to volcanic action. At the Lord Mayor's banquet, Lord George Hamilton said the naval manoeuvres were being conducted on old methods to prove their unreliability. Mrs Charles Court3ney, of Whangavei, accidentally fell down a well and was drowned. She leaves eight children, the youngest a year old. A Maori woman of rank at Rotorua, whilst running to escape from a falling tree, fell on a sharp stump, which pierced her body and killed her. The Wellington Post comments unfavourably on the effects the operations of the Kauri Timber Company will have on the country, and thinks an export duty on baulk timber will have to be imposed. The Drink Bill of New South Wales for 1887 was £4,014,1585, being less than that of the previous year by £517,207. The cost per head for 188(> was £5 4s Bd, and for 1887 £4 10s 3d. Mr Thomas Ford, engineer, has offered terms to the Government to lease the Thames-Te Aroha Railway, The offer has been recommended by Mr Cadman, M.H.R. We draw attention to a, fresh advertisement of the Salvation Army with regard to their special meetings on the 14th. and 15th. mst. Great preparations are being made for the tea on the 14th, and we have no doubt but that it will be a great success. " Manners and customs in India " is advertised as the subject of the lecture at S. Andrew's Literary next Tuesday.— We understand that Mrs Howard Jackson, an old Combridge favourite, has kindly promised to help in the music. We have received the August number of the Illustrated Australian News, with a supplement containing a history of the colony of Victoria, with cuts depicting stages in its early settlement, and scenes on the goldfields. There is also a very fair illustration of a Maori Haka, and "iews of New Guinea, The number is an unusually good one. A small contingent of the Hamilton corps ot the Salvation Army, consisting of Captain and Mrs Cutler, and tho Treasurer proceeded to Pukete on Thursday evening last, to hold a meeting in the schoolroom, and were very well received. Although the rain came down in torrents, there were about 40 present. Mrs Nettleship kindly presided at the harmonium. We trust the altered railway timetable will not do away with the privelege uf return tickets usually issued on Saturday, and admitting of return on Monday. Persons residing at. places which no longer have Saturday trains, should still obtain the benefit ot return ticket*, dating from Kriday to Monday, on which days trains run to their stations. By advertisement in another column, it is announced that the members of the " Acme " Skating Rink will play a polo match on Monday evening next. The teams selected are as follows :—Blues : Messrs Mulgan (capt), Gwynne, LeQuesne, Bright, Pennington and Pannell. Whites : Messrs l'lood (capt), J. S. iidgecmnbe, Klemming, Harwell, I). Lees and R. Parr. Great amusement is invariably afforded the spectators by the mishaps of the skaters. The New Zealand Frozen Meat and Storage Company have issued a trade hand book, containing full particulars, ctc., of their manures manufactured at the