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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2541, 23 October 1888, Page 2

Mr S. Vaile ie on a visit to Waikato, and was in Hamilton yesterday. 1 ! A plot to assassinate the Czar has beon discovered in St. Petersburg!]. It is reported the King of Greece ic prepared to abdicate in favom , of his son, the JJuka of Sparta. A very heavy bail storm passed over Cambridge early yesterday afternoon. Fortunately it did not last more than live minutes or the peach and plum treos would Jia.ve been denuded of fruit. fhe Salvation Army at Hamilton are about to organise a. brass band. It will be seen by an adi/srtisament in another column that donations for that object will be thankfully received by the Captain of the lugil corps. As Itient Ellis, of Hamilton, has been appointed Id another station, he " farewelled" on Sunday evening last, when a very large number of penile G.pnpregated at the Public Hall to hear In a iasfc address. The Lieutenant leaves by this morning's train for Auckland. The band sf the Hamilton Light Infantry performed on Sydney Square, Hamilton East, on Saturday evening last, finder Bandmaster Mettam. The selections g(;inprised inarches, dance tunes, etc., the'iband piayififf throughout the evening jn Bj)Jehas Ntyle,

Prince Alexander of Battenburg is short.lv to be married to Princess Victoria, second daughter of the late Emperor Frederick. The Board of Education has decided to call for tenders for re-covering the roof of Hamilton West School residence with iron. The Marquis of Hartington says the Unionists are prepared to concede local government to Ireland, when the country is fit for the change It will be seen by our telegrams that the Port D.irwin cables are again interrupted, and we are without our usual late cable intelligence fro'u Europe. Tarantula's tip for the Caulfield Cup, published in our last issue turned out correct, Chicago, who started at 8 to 1, winning the race by a length and a half. Mr Hogan is the successful tenderer for erect ing Mr Pickering's barn, the price being £89. There was only one other tender received, viz., White and Morse, £95. There was a large attendance at the funeral of the late Air W. Salmon, on Sunday. Rev. T. G. Carr conducted the service, which was, however, marred by the tremendous rain storm that swept over the district at the time. A young boy, son of a man named Kyte, working at Waiteti, was brought to the Waikato Hospital on Saturday, suffering from an abscess formed by accidentally sitting on a darning needle which had run into the lower part of his thigh. Until the inflamation has been reduced it will be impossible to extract the broken part of the needle, which it is supposed remains iu the flesh. Mr J. S. Buckland on Saturday sold the two acres that had belonged to Messrs Houghton. They are situated on the Hamilton load at Cambridge, and are inagood position, one being a corner section. They were knocked down to Mrs Gresham for £35 each. We learn there is a mortgage of £150 on them. Mr T. Wells bought Messrs Houghton's two dray horses at £14 each. The Auckland millers are drop ping the price of wheat, for last Saturday we saw a letter in which Mr Firth offered a Pukerimu farmer 3s Sd per bushel for his grain, delivered in Auckland. The sample was a good one ; indeed, there are few better in Waikato. The Auckland Roller Mill was even worse, for the manager only offered 3s Gd for the same sample. From the numerous promises of support received since the meeting of the members of the South Auckland Racing Club on Thursday last, it has been decided to hold a summer race meeting. It is to be hoped those taking an interest in racing matters will turn up in good numbers at the adjourned meeting to be held on Thursday next, at the Commercial Hotel, at 4 o'clock, in older that a suitable date may be fixed and a programme of events arranged. The election of the Tauwhare Band of Hope committee tonic place on Friday evening, the lilth inst. The following were elected.— Piesident, Mr James Graham ; secretary, Miss Walworth ; treasurer, Mr Charles Grigsby. Committee : Miss Russell, Messrs Chas. Shaw, ,Tas. Lines, Thos. Shaw, S. Ticklepenny. It has been decided to have a Sunday School and Band of Hope picnic and tea met ting in December. A concert in aid of the funds of the Roman Catholic Church will be held in Kihikihi on the 21st November, when the programme that was given on the l'.Uh March will be repeated. Those who wore present on that occasion have a pleasant recollection of the evening's entertainment, and the fact that Fathers Egan and Lenihan will again take part, as will also Misses Allen and Suan and other favourite singers, will be sufficient to draw a crowded house. We can promise a thoroughly enjoyable evening on that occasion. The Cambridge Sunday School children belonging to the denominations were addressed by the Rev. F. Evans, of the Thames, m St. Paul's Wesleyan Church, Cambridge, ou Sunday afternoon. The meeting was a decided success and should help to cement the good feeling already existing among the members of the different sects. It is not often that a mixed congregation is addresssed by an Anglican clergyman, who is the son of a Presbyterian minister, in a Wesloyan Church, as was tho case on Sunday. Lawyers' accounts are indeed " fearfully and wonderfully made" up, and when we see one, we cease to ba astonished that it is necessary for them to pass a stiff examination before Ihey are competent to draw up such a document. One of these was duly presented to the Cambridge Road Board on Saturday, and to hear the anathemas ejaculated by some of the members, as the various items were read in which their names appeared as having been consulted, was as good as a pantomime.

It will be seen, on reference to our report i.f the Cambridge Domain Board, that there is a probability of a flax mill being started at Cambridge West ; We wish the promoters e\ery success in the undertaking and trust it may prove a benefit to thom, and also to the community at large. Some of the flax will have to be carted a considerable distance ; but as it cost nothing to grow it, there are many who will be glad to fill up their spare time in earning a few shillings with horse and dray. It does not take many bundles of raw flax to make a ton, and we think it would pay carters quite as well as gravel nt 8d per load, which is the price the Cambridge Borough Council contract was let at a fortnight ago.

"Atticus," in the Melbourne Leader, writes:—"A fitting pendant to the gilt obelisk in the Exhibition which represents the amount of gold obtained in Victoria since 1851 would be another obelisk showing the amount that lias been paid in mining calls. There would be, I imagine, very little difference in the cubical contents of the two, and the instructive influence that the call obalisk would exercise would be immense. It would be a standing waining to people to keep clear of mining gambling. In this week's list of "calls and dividends " there are 220 of the former to (i of the latter. The dividends are one of £2 (need I say it is the Broken Hill Proprietary ?), two of Is, and three of (id each ; while there is one call of £10, three of £1, one of iis, and several of Is. The old superstition is that it's lucky to be born with a caul. If so all the mines I've ever gone into should be lucky enough to please anyone, for they were born with calls, lived on calls, and are either dead or dying on calls."

With reference to the Girl Puzzle, mil , lady correspondent asks : —" If the Cambridge correspondent will kindly give a report of bis solution of the Puzzle in last Thursday's issue by writing down the seven groups of girls in plain figures he will confer a favour on "duffers" in general, male and female, i.e., if a vacant space may be allowed in the piper. He says :'Let tho figures 1, 4, 9 remain in their original position during the whole process, and then,' he says, ' bring up th« figure i) to the top, etc.' I suppose it is my own duffeiasm that prevents ma understanding what the Cambridge correspondent says can be seen at " almost a glance." I have a pretty good idea what hia method is, for I tried it myself, without success, so I must be a Double Dl'kfku." A printer's error occurred in the explanation given in our last issue. In place of 1, 4, 9, the figures should read 1, 4, 7. The following is the working:—

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