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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2587, 9 February 1889, Page 2

His Honor Mr Justice Ward has no intention of retiring, but will resume the duties of District Court Judge. TJie Hamilton Light Infantry will assemble 011 Sydney Square ;ifc a quarter-past ten to-morrow morning, for Church parade. The programme of the Te Aroha Jockey Club's Summer _ Meeting, which comprises seven events, will be found iu our advertising columns. The Hamilton Court house has been renovated and painted, presenting now a fresh appearance. It is to be hoped the very leaky roof has been ellectually repaired. The Governments of New South Wales Victoria, and South Australia have each received an offer of £GOOO for one year for the right of advertising on the back of postage stamps. We are asked to remind the members of the Anglican Church at Ohaupo, that the ser* ice to-morrow will be evening. The Anglican services at Cambridge West are discontinued for the present. Mr Stead's circular, dated Christchurch Ist February, says Canterbury, never, perhaps, previously looked so rich 111 golden corn, and in th({ best districts fifty bushels per acre of wheat aro confidently counted upon. The farmers are all jubilant." Mr Oldham, of the meat tinning works at Paten, informs the Wanganui Chronicle that he has contracts in hand which will keep the establishment in full work for the next twelve months. The establishment is just now completing an order for the French Army.

Belfast has killed its millionth mutton, 50 or 60 acre!- of densely packed sheep, 30,000 tons of sound butcher's meat, gone to feed the cavilling Londoner, who after all that weight of experience, and more from other works, is still not tuna whether New Zealand mutton is fit to eat. At 10 o'clock on Sunday morning, previous to the church parade, the band of the Hamtlton Light Infantry will play the Processional march, " The Monks '' (Mozart): anthem, " Praise the Everlasting Kins:," (Fillamore); triuniphanal hymn, "Now lam a Soldier," (Webbe). Bandsmen are earnestly requested to bo punctual. The Lincoln Agricultural College is ill a bad way, as the College farm loses over £1000 a-year, though there is no rent to pay. There are only twenty pupils now, ten of whom are from England, probably from other reasons than to learn forming. So far, only twenty-five certificates of competency had been issued since

the opening in IiSSO. The Tamahere and Hautapu mail contractor will in future, leave fir those places! from Hamilton daily, at 3.15 p.m. This alternation will take effect next week, and the service will be performed at the same cost as at present. The contractor will be now enabte.a to devote only a few hours to the work instead of wasting nearly the whole day at the Hautapu railway station. The committee who have the management of the Waikato Horticultural Society's show at Cambridge this year are making every effort in their power to make it a success. A two-days' show will be held on this occasion, viz., on Saturday and Monday, Kith and 18th March. The number of special prizes olfered is a largo one, i'tid schedules containing a list of these, besides the prizes ottered by the Society itself, are now ready, and may be obtained from the gentlemen whose names are advertised elsewhere. Several peculiar coincidences that have arisen during games of cricket have lately been going the round of the papers. Here is another one ! We quote from the December number of "The Uamaruvian," a monthly magazine that is published at the Waitaki High School. In speaking of a match played against the Oamaru second eleven, it says" A curious thing happened during the game : Roberts with rather a swift ball, struck the oif-stmnp ; only one bail moved, and it, after a spasmodic jump, fell on the off-stump and remained balanced there. The batsman was given not out. The next ball, however, struck the same stump, and this time the l»ail abandoned its position." A case has just been tried at the Resident Magistrate's Court, Dunedin, which illustrates in a very forcible manner the difficulties that beset many hard-work-ing professional men just now. Mr J. R. P Stamper, solicitor, appeared on a judgment summons to answer a claim of £28 18s lid made by Brown, Ewing, and Co. The defendant stated in his examinatou that since judgment was obtained against liiui in November ho had earned £'1-1, over £3 of which he had paid away for stamps in connection with his business. He had raised money on his office-furniture, but the household furniture was settled on his wife prior to his marriage. Ho had never known things so dull in his profession. His Worship did not consider the defendant had the moans to pay, and dismissed the case.

A resident of Taranaki who had recently I'eeu on a visit to Wellington informs a New Plymouth paper that he saw some cows on the Wakatipu, which boat had come from the South on her way to Sydney. Ho made inquiries, and learned from the man who was in charge of the cows that there were 2G which were all iu milk, being taken to Sydney, where as much as Allseach can be obtained for thorn. The animals, which were from Canterbury, were of no particular breed, but looked like ordinary half breds. This shows that for milch cows there must be 11 decidedly good mirketin Sydney. Te Kooti wants to revisit Poverty Bay. Poverty Bay doesn't wantTe Kooti, and representations have been made to the Native Minister on the subject. Mr iMitehelson cannot do too much to prevent t.he Maori murderer from visiting Poverty B iy, for so surely as he does dare to visitthe scene of his now almost forgotten wllany so surely will he get a bullet in him. Te Kooti shot would moan Te Kooti martyred—in the eyes of the UVivverus and some of the Wai'katos ; it would also mean still greater obstacles being placed in the way' of settlement in the interior of the North Island, livery European in the North who has read a de.ta.iled account of the Poverty Hay massacre would be pleased to hear that Te Kooti's career had been cut short, by a. rifle bullet, but the settlement of the interior is too serious a thing to tie retarded hv the personal vengeance of a settler. Sooner or later the waipiro will kill Te. Kooti, let the Native Department grasp th b t-uth and warn the Maori tiend to keep away from the Kast Coast. His advent there—unmolested by Government would bo a colonial misfortune.—Napier News.