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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2538, 16 October 1888, Page 2

"Ratepayers" letter is unavoidably held over. The Northcote Hotel, Auckland, was burned down on Sunday night. We would remind our readers of Mr Council's ballad concert to-morrow evening. Lovers ol JSnglish song may confidently anticipate an enjoyable evening. We regret to hear that Guard Such has been obliged to submit to another operation to his leg, a second amputation above the knee having been found necessary. By a fire in Dunedin on Sunday, which destroyed a four-roomed cottage, a man named Maloney was burned to death, and a woman named Mrs Fahey hopelessly injured. A man employed on the Waiteti contract c;inie to the Wuikato Hospital on Smidav to liave an operation performed to his throat. The uvula was successfully removed by .Dr. Kenny. There was a rather severe frost on Friday night, which appears to have inflicted some injury oil the young crops throughout the district. Another, but milder frost, occurred on Sunday night. The presentation of Jubilee New Testaments to the Tauwhare school children took place on Wednesday afternoon. None of the parents were present, because, through some misunderstanding, notice had not been given. As an example of the zeal and interest taken in the volunteer movement in Hamilton, we may mention that one of its members, who is at present living at Pukekuhe, came up by Saturday's train and stayed till Monday, for the purpose of attending the daylight parade on_t>aturday afternoon and Church parade on Sunday. The Wesleyan Home Mission services held at Hautapu and Cambridge on Sunday were very successful. The Rev. Mr Best conducted both services, the one at Hautapu in the afternoon, and at Cambridge in the evening. A special meeting was also held at Cambridge last evening, too late, however, for our report. David Pearson, on remand, was brought up at Cambridge yesterday before Messrs Clements and Russell, J.P. s, charged with having obtained board and lodging from Mr A. Bach, by falsely representing Unit lis had £12 owing him by Mr Smiihyman, of Te Aroha. The charge was proved, and he was sontanced to one month's hard labour. In our report of the last meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council it was .omitted to be mentioned that when the subject of a presentation to Mrs Coates was introduced. His Worship proposed that no further action ba taken tn the matter. He was seconded bv Cr. Wood, but they were over-ruled, and tflis Worship was then requested to leave the chair, which he very reluctantly did. The committee, as reported in lawt issue, was then appointed to take further stspa in the matter. Mr Isaac Coates has given notice to move at the next meeting of the Borough Council : That a special -masting he convened for the following business Be it resolved by this council by special order that Sections 22 to 51 both inclusivo of the " Rating -Vet, ISS2, as amended by the "Rating Act Amend.Tnent Act, 1853," and the *' Rating Act, 18»3 ; Amendment Act, IiSSo," be henceforth adopted by the council of the Borough of Hamilton, and tlfaf the provisions of tho "Rating Act, 1882," and the amendments thereto shall apply to the recovery of all rates now due, or which 3hall hereafter be mada by this council, either general rates or special vates>

We call attention to a notice from Mr Spragg, of the Dairy Association, with refeienco to the extra price to be given to milk-suppliers.

Prom a tabulated statement published in the Age we learn that the total amount of laud transactions in find around Melbourne for the thirty-seven weeks commeiicing January, 1887, was £1,78(i,4112, and tor the corresponding thirty-seven weeks of this year £13,407,0:13. The highest weekly total this year was at the end of ,lune, when for one week the transactions totalled £1,408,000. Agents and auctioneers must be " booming " in Melbourne.

The Salvation Army's "Nationality" meeting on Saturday night was a great success. The stage was very prettily decorated with flowers, evergreens, etc. The following countries were represented : — England, Ireland, Scotland, India and Australasia, the soldiers boing grouped under their several nationalities, the Australasians being the most conspicuous, as far as numbers were concerned. Captain Cutler during the evening gavo a few hints of the Army's advance throughout the world. Lieut. Ellis is to "farewell' on Sunday next.

The Argus, in an article on New. Zealand, says-.—'•The real question at issue is not merely one of revenue and expenditure, but whether a protective tariff is fair to the farmers and pastoralists from whose labour so much is expected. New Zealand is essentially an agricultural country, yet it is precisely upon the agricultural class as the experience of Victoria conclusively shows that the tariff is likely to press most heavily. To put a higher price upon implements and upon the necessaries of existence is practically to dam up the verysource of rural prosperity. To all appearance the farmers of New Zealand are expected to run the risk of diminishing values, while they are saddled with the steady, persistent, and dragging weight of higher taxation. Their covrse, since in the nntnro of things they must have a large surplus to export, is to take the bast means of conquering the outside market, and that is a feat to the accomplishment of which the high tariff lends no aid."