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Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2558, 1 December 1888, Page 2

The San Francisco mail closes at Hamilton Post-nffitM to-day at !U0 a.m., and will be due in London, January 7th. The next S. Andrew's Literary is advertised fur Tuesday evening. Mr H. Reynolds has been visiting the Maungaluroto district, and the far-mei-H are in hopes he will establish a creamery there. The amended programme of tke South Auckland Racing Club's Summer Meeting, with the conditions of the Pony Race, will be found 011 our fourth page. We understand that Mr McNicol intends to exhibit tha three splendid Gorton bullocks he bought at Mr Buckland's sale on Thursday, at various Pastoral shows in the colony. A correspondent from Rangirlri informs us that an Australian gentleman named Tanner, has purchased 3000 acres in that locality at 45s per acre, and intends improving the property at once. From the official returns of the Sheep Department, just issued, it is gathered that nearly ouu million of the sheep in thu colony are owned by the various banks and loan companies. The dance held in the Public Hall, Cambridge, on Wednesday evening, was a decided success. About 35 couples were present, and all speak in high tones of the new kauri floor that has lately been laid down. There was an exciting scene at the London wool sales on Tuesday, buyers refusing to make farthing bids. The auctioneers were hissed and yelled at and had tu discontinue the sales. Foreign buyers are the greatest objectors to the farthing bids. Mr John Parr's store at Hamilton is now one "f the best-slocked business houses in Waikato, second only, perhaps, to that of Mr Wells in Cambridge. Mr Parr lias complete and new supplies of groceries, ironmongery and crockery, besides seeds and other farmers' requisites, and his windows present a very creditable appearance. The committee appointed by the Piako County Council to select a suitable room for them to me.et in, have taken the offices over Mr Wells' store, at Cambridge, and will not only meet there, but will also move their office to that building at an early date, as there is a larpe room that will muke an excellent Council Chamber. Mr Pannell, stationer and fancy goods dealer, Hamilton, has inada early preparations fur tho Christmas holidays. He has his windows very tastefully arranged with a display of seasonable toys, gifts, cards, &c, that present a pressing invitation for the expenditure upon them of a due proportion of the current coin of the realm. We notice that Mr McNicol's third drove of fat cattle will <itait on Tuesday next. On all aides we have heard of the satisfaction this means of getting fat stuck to market is giving. One settler stated that he considered he had made at least fourteen shillings a head more than the same cattle would have realised if sent by truck to Auckland. Evidence has been given before the Parnell Commission of the Lund League offering rewards of £500 to any one shooting a bailiff and £300 for shooting persons paying rent. The terrorism exercised by the League at elections was shown thatwheu persons icfused to vote for its candidates they were threatened with death. The enquiry will probably cost the Times £100,000. There his been a large increase in the; number of sheep in the Waikato and Piako districts since ISS7. Waikato County increased from 30,857 to f>5.401; Raglan, fron. 4,<i!)9 to 5,71'J ; Wai pa, from 18,357 to to 24,38:2; Piako, from 27,818 to 47,351. The total increase has been 45,213. The tutal number of sheep iu the culmiy for the year 18S7 was 14,14i),40i> ; for last year it was 10,042,278. The farm in occupation of Mr Howie, Cambridge, will be offered for sale by Messrs Alfred Buckland and Sons, at the Haymarket, Auckland,on Friday, December 14th. Seeing that an opportunity so rarely happens of obtaining a good farm, we draw special attention to thia sale, as the land is about the pick of our best farming district, a dairy factory, schools, churches, etc., are close at hand, and Cambridge is but a short walk from the farm. We remind our readers of the first of a series of meetings which will be held to-morrow night in the Volunteer Hall, Hamilton West, after tho evening service at S. Peters. The Ilev. Mr Sprott, from Auckland, will deliver an address of an instructive character on the "Existence of God," which should bring together a large audience. A few favourite hymns will be sung by S. Peter'a Church choir.

We noticed that Mr J. 0- Firth and Mr H, H. Adams were passengers by the train for To Aroha yesterday. Mr Fallon, having finished his contract —Ngatiri section of the Rotorua line —to the satisfaction of the Railway Department, it will shortly be open for traffic. The particulars of an important sale of country lands to be held on Saturday next, December Bth, by Mr Knox, will be found in this issue. A good many lots in the parish of Taupiri appear in the list, and in this district we lately referred to several sections having round purchasers. As this land will be offered without reserve, an opportunity presents itsely for obtaining cheap allotments. We are always pleased to have an opportunity of drawing attention to a local industry. Now that the butter industry is coming to the front a great and indispensable adjunct is the supply of suitable packages. Mr A. Williams, of Ngaruawahia, is we aro told making a very superior butter keg of totara timber with galvanised iron hoops. These have been snokfln very highly of by Mr Calder of Whatawhata, and aLo by other settlers who have tested them. The annual athletic meeting in connection with the Cambridge Public School was hold in tho Government pad duck yesterday, and commenced shortly before noon. Tho course had been well marked out with flatted sticks, by Mr Stewart, and his assistant, Mr Hill. Mr McNeish acted as starter, and Mr Bull and several others assisted. A large number of parents and other spectators witnessed tho sports, which were very successful and gieatly enjoyed'A thing of beauty is a joy for ever." Mr Bond, of Cambridge, has reason to bo joyful, if the poet Keats is right, as the possessor of a profusion of beautiful things. The display of Christmas eifts at hid shop shows much taste in selection, in fact even to look at some of the beautiful representation of flowers in bloom is an educition in art in itself. One feels tempted to buy the lot, and as the compensating shilling drops into the till one can imagine the mixed feelings of the vendor, complacency as regards tha commercial transaction, and regret at parting with an object of beauty. The Maori football team in England appear to combine the attributes of a football team find a circus. When they go en the ground they have their mats and rugs tin, and they dance a war-dance and sing a war-song before beginning play. This intimidates the other side and attracts lni|>e piles of giite money. The Maori umpire, instead of the ordinary walking stick which umpires use, curries a war club. The British spectators sit by in a. pleasing flutter of excitement, expecting him to dash out the biainsol' soma of the players on tlie slightest sign of a dispute.—Sydney Bulletin. We are pleased to learn that another local industry is about to be. started in the neighbourhood of Cambridge. We refer to the malt in? of binder twine, in which undertaking Mr Frank O'Neil of Pukerinm has embarked. A short tune since we drew attention to the fact that .MiO'Neill had started a fl.tx dressing machine : he has now added the necessary machinery for making twine, and also engaged au experienced ror.e and twine maker, who is actively employed getting things into working order, and we expi'Ct, in a few days, to be ablo to chronicle tho advent ni locilly made binder twine. We trust the underi taking may prove a snecess, and that it will receive the support of the fanners. After the meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council on Tuesday evening last, the following letter was read by the Mayor, from the Town Clerk, 'with reference to Cr. Missen's resignation : —His Worshii) the Mayor and Councillors : Gentlemen, —I request your Worship will he good enongh to ask the Councillors, now they are all here, to state whether I showed Mr Missen's letter resigning to any one of them, or asked advice in any shape whatever. lam accused of intrigue, and wish the charge, to be either sustained or refuted. —I am, gentlemen, your obedient servant. J. JM. finr.i.rxt:.—All the Councillors pn - sent stated that tho letter had not been shown to any of them. The drought in Australia is making a groat change in the produce markets of New Zealand, and in no articlo has tho change been more sudden than in butter. On November 2nd, Mr Thomas Wells, of Cambridge, sent a circular round to his suppliers, asking them to limit the quantity forwarded, as it was almost unsaleable at any price. On the 20th he sent another circular offering O.jd per lb., and since then he has advanced the price to 6d, and is expecting to make a further substantial advance on receipt of the next Australian mail. Even the present price offered is phenomenal at this season of the year. The advance in the price of farming produce will be a Godsend to New Zealand ; but it is to be regretted that we are benefiting by the untimely misfortunes of our kiusfolk ia the sister cobnies. The vestry of S- Andrew's, [Cambridge, met on Wednesday evening, to consider their financial position, and after a most exhaustive discussion, decided that they must reduce their expenses by about £00 per annum, so as to bring the expenditure within the compass of their receipts. The incumbent offered to sacrifice £25 of his stipend, after the present year had expired ; and with great regret the vestry decided that they could not afford to pay either organist or choirmaster after December 31st. The verger has also to suffer a reduction, and a committee was formed to study economy in lighting, &c. It is probable that some of the seats at the back of Church will be removed, so as to make the congregation move up nearer to the front, and the lamps at the back will not then he lighted. It is thought these reductions will bring the expenditure within the income ; the latter having been based upon the receipts of the present year. The inhabitants of Cambridge were greatly astonished—and indeed would hardly believe it—to hear on Thursday morning, that the sale hrld the previous day by Mr J. S. Dockland, was the last one that he would hold in Waifcito. But it | w:is nevertheless true, for as will besoun on reference, to our advertising columns, he has disposed of his business to Mr John Mc.Niv.-01, who will in future carry it on. While regretting the loss of so ablo an [ auctioneer as Mr Buckland has proved himself to be, we are pleased to know that the business will be conducted by one who is equally able, and also equally well-known and respected in Waikatoand the adjoining counties. We think this is a step in the right direction, for though there is ample work for two auctioneering firms, yet we do not think there is enough for three. At Mr Auckland's last sale, 200 horses were offered, of which 51 were sold. Fourteen bulls and a quantity of store stock were also disposed of. Mr Buckland left Cambridge for Auckland on Thursday morning, and is shortly to be followed by Mr Arthur Storey, to assist him in his business there. The London Standard hits the right nail on the head when it asks what value a colony is to England which compromises the foreign relations of the Empire, and demands protection in time of war against foreign aggression 1 The attitude assumed by Queensland is provocative of a severance of that colony from the Mother Country. England would lose nothing by the colonies cutting the painter ; their only value to her is their trade, and as long as England maintained her manufacturing supremacy, and her markets were the best in the world for the produce of Australasia, there would be no fear of any diminution of commercial interests. The colonies, on the other hand, would have everything to lose and nothing to gain by separation; these countries would be insignificant in their power for either offensive or defensive purposes, and, losing the protection of the greatest and the grandest Empire the world has ever seen, would become the ]>rey of China, or Russia, or France. The position occupied by Queensland, geographically and politically, is full of danger. She lias outraged the feelings of her natural enemy, China, by her treatment of the Chinese ; she has assumed an insolence towards England that is likely to lead to grave complication with the whole of the colonies ; she is incapable of defending herself, and yet her Premier takes a stand, as ridiculous as it is insulting, against the only P»wor to whom she can look for protection. We notice in our cable messages that the Chinosc residents have petitioned their own Government for protection against the lawlessness of the Queensland people. Supposing England were to take Queensland at her word, and let her go, we fancy the Chinese residents would be treated very civilly before many months were over.—Napier Telegraph. ______________ TO __