The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. Eiqual and cxaet jnsticc to all men, ot whatsoever state or persuasion, religious or political. TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1889.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2603, 19 March 1889, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. Eiqual and cxaet jnsticc to all men, ot whatsoever state or persuasion, religious or political. TUESDAY, MARCH 19, 1889.

Mr D. H. McKenzie, of Parnell, has filed a petition to be adjudged a bankrupt. At present large fires are burning on the fernhills round the Kaniwhaniwha district. The different invalids in Hamilton. we are t<»tie able to say, are all progressing favolirabley. Mr E- T- D&vey, who for some time past lias had a grocer's shop in The Waikato Timks Building, is about to move into the sluip formerly occupied by Mr vS. Tucker. Mr Bettley, butcher of Granthamstreet, Hamilton, wo learn will slnrtly move into Victoria-street, where lie is going to erect a new shop noxtTHE Waikato Times Buildings. The lease for 14 years of Lots 9 and 10, Hamilton Domain lands, submitted at auction by Mr Knox .in Saturday last, fell to the bid of Mr T. for 17« lid per annum. A good jeu de mots from the Sydney Bulletin " A Freetrade candidate says the Protectionists are tho gorillas of politics. Just so —just in the same way as the Freetrade orators are the harangueoutangs. Mrs Hutchinson, of the Salvation Army, who is proceeding to Brisbane to undertake rescue work in that city, delivered a farewell address at the army barracks, Auckland, on Sunday evening, there being a crowded attendance. A party of four left Hamilton on Sunday afternoon and proceeded to Alexandra. Yesterday they climbed to the top of Pirongia, the view from which amply repaid them for their trouble. The party returned to Hamilton last night. The road from Whatawhata to Alexandra is now in very good condition, and the drive round from Whatawhata by this road to Alexandra, and back round through Hamilton via Paterangi and the Marrows, at this time of the year is a very pretty one. We would remind our readers of the soiree and concert which takes place to-morrow evening, in the Public Hall, To Awainutu. Judging by the names of the ladies and gentlemen who have promised to sing, the public may confidently expect a music.il treat. The Cambridge fire is not yet totally extinguished. The men wcro engaged moving Mr lVind's shed :m Saturday last, left a ladder leaning against it, and in a little time tin bottom <if it was in flame. Mr John Fisher happened to notice it, and called tlmir attention to the matter. It is gettinst near the time now I hat Waikato (J In lis were beginning to lliir.k about opening the football season. Wo think that now football has taken the premier position in athletics in tho district, that a " Waikato Football Association " should be formed, and a challenge cup olfered. A well-attended meeting of those intending to form a volunteer corps was held in tho Oddfellows' Hall, Cambridge, on Saturday evening, when about -40 men handed in their names as members. It was decided to inaugurate a rifle volunteer corps. We wish the movement every suc!&3ss, and should their services ever be required feel sure they will always bo to tho front,

The annual meeting of the Hamilton Football Club will be held oil Saturday next, the time and place will be advertised in our n.'xt issue. On Wednesdiy last at the meeting of the Auckland Acclimatization Socioty, ill Auckland, the following resolution was passed : —"Tli.it the open season for shooting native and imported game bo from the tir-t May to the 31st July. We publish this ns a hint t:i some sportsmen? who seem to imagine that the season for some native game, ducks for instance, has opened already. The Fisk Jubilee Singers will give a. farewell concert in the Hamilton Public Hall, on March 2!lth. Thi< excellent company are too well-known to need any eulogr.'.ni from us. We are sure that all who have heard them, will take advantage of this opportunity of Iteming them again, and we would strenuously advise tho3e who have not yet had that pleasure to embrace (lie present chance of listening to their quaint, melodious music, which may perhaps never occur again. Mr Bond, of Cambridge, has soon commenced building operations, and in the course of a fortnight his new premises will lie ready to receive his stock. The iron shed that was roscued from the lire has been moved nearer to tho street, and on Saturday tenders were opened for erecting a shop front to it. Messrs Morse and White were the successful tenderers, at £37. Mr Jlogan aiso tendered at the same price, but as the first-mentioned had moved the building and had their tools on the ground, the work was given to them. The p'.ans and specifications were prepared by Mr D. Richardson. A meeting of those interested in holding a race meeting at Ngaruawahia this year was held at the Waipa Hotel for tho purpose of discussing ways and means of getting up the annual meeting. Mr Saulbrny was in the chair, and Mr Young was elected to .act as secretary. There were about fifteen gentleman present, when it was proposed and carried " That the Ngaruawahia annual race meeting be held on the 22nd April." The public will see by the above that all the old sportß have not left the place, but that they intend getting up another enjoyable meeting. We wish them good luck, and hope that horse owners in the district will support them. The programme will oe advertised in this paper in a few days. No less than three fires broke out in Auckland on Sunday last. The first occurred about half past 2 o'clock in the morning, in the premises of Messrs Fenton ami Co., and seemed to originate in a storeroom oil the upper floor where hat shapes and material were stored. The fire brigade, however, were speedily on the spot, and the fire was soon subdued. The second outbreak was a far more serious one, and occurred in Karangahapo road. A block of wooden buildings, known as Grnbb's block, t-mk fire, it is supposed, through a spark falling on the shingle roof, and smouldering there until fanned into a flame by the wind. The firemen, however succeeded in confining tho flames to the upper storeys. At half-past 8 o'clock in the evening a house, occupied by Mr P. Porter, iu Gundrv stiei't, Newton, was destroyed. We learn from the Wairarapa " Star" that an organised effort is contemplated in that district to introduce stoats and woasels for the destruction of the rabbits. . Cats have been liberated in large liuinllers, but that they have proved anything but eflicieut rabbiters. Ferrets have also been tried ; but, as the rabbits decreased. it was discovered that the ferrets found their way to the poultry yard and became very destructive. This being the case, it is feared that the stoats and weasels, should they succeed in thinning the rabbits would play havoc with the sheep and lambs, and prove even a more dangerous pest than the rabbits. Taken on the whole, the extermination of the rabbits is a problem very difficult for solution ; and, it is to be feared that, like the poor, they will bo always with us. A rifle match between a team of fifteen men of tho Hamilton Light Infantry, under Capt. Reid, and a similar number of tho Auckland City Guards, under Capt. Kohn, took place at the Mount Eden range on Saturday last, and resulted in a win for the Hamilton team by 55 points. Tho ranges were 200, 300, and 500 yards, five siiots at each. We are unable to give the individual scores this issue, the score sheets having been left in Auckland, The total scores were Hamilton Light Infantry, G29 ; City Guards, 074 ; majority for Hamilton, 55. At the conclusion of the match, the teams were entertained at dinner at tho Waiteniata Hotel by Capt. Kohn, whore the visiting team was quartered. Through the hospitable treatment tho visiting team received at the hands of Captain Kohn and tho members of the City Guards, their stay in town was rendered most enjoyable. The return match will be fired in Hamilton. The Melbourne Exhibition is estimated to leave a deficit of some £300,000 The Australasian of the oth inst. says Though, from a financial point of view, the Centennial Exhibition has been a failure, it is understood to have served its purpose admirably. The Government, when recommending Parliament to sanction the holding f,f the exhibition, estimated that the cost would not exceed £ 100,000, but it is likely that the deficit will amount to three times as much. Yet tiie loss should not be grudged. The colony might just as well spend part of the great surplus on a magnificent advertisement as in any other way. Some think that the Exhibition was too big, too shoppy, and too scantily supplied with novelties. For all that, the Exhibition must have contained great attractions or it would not have been so largely visited. Tho music was a revelation, if nothing else was, and if the orchestral concerts leave a permanent offect behind them, the i'.'50,000 or £40,000 they have cost need not be regretted. A scheme that has already commended itself to many of our farmers is about receiving support from a firm well known in our midst. The question of obtaining a market for wheat outside tho " local" is about to be fostered by Alfred Auckland and Sons, the project being furthered by their swnding Mr Shirley into our midst to obtain from settlers samples of their grain, with the intention of submitting the wheat to vaiious Sydney millers direct, a member of the firm awaiting their representative's return with tho necessary information. Mr Shirley from whom all information may be obtained, intends being at Ohaupo this day, and Cambridge to-morrow. Wo are heartily glad to see tho move being made by the fir.-n, mentioned as it is indicative of an effort to open a market for our produce, which may eventually lead to a large trade between the two countries, no'onlyforwheat.butothergrain, hay, etc., as at present is only enquired for in our Auckland city. Farmers will do well if they interview Messrs Buckland's representative, and take samples of their grain to either Ohaupo or Cambridge, The Waikato branch of the New Zealand Educational Institute held their quarterly meeting iu the Cambridgo West schoolroom on Saturday last. There was a large and influential representation, over 20 teachers from all parts of the district being ill attendance. Tho main business was the reception of a report from the branch's delegates—Mr Murray, of Hamilton West—to tho late annual meeting at Wellington. Mr Murray gave a very interesting resume of the proceedings at the annual meeting, which was discussed at conui Jerable length by several of tho members ; he was accorded a hearty vote of thanks for his admirable speech, as well as the trouble and expense he had undertaken. The only resolution arrived at likely to produce any immediate result, was one proposed by the President (Mr W. S. Stewart), seconded by Mr Crookes, of Paterangi, that the committee be instructed to write to the chairmen of the several school committees of the district, with a view to secure concerted and uniform action on certain matters affecting educational interests. Several other subjects were discussed, but they were of too technical a character to bo of interest to any beyond the circle of the teaching fraternity. All the members were entertained in a most hospitable manner by Mr Hyatt, tho dinner being a purely vegeI tarian one, for which he was accorded a hearty vote of thanks. The next mooting will be hold in Hamilton in the month of June.