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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2609, 2 April 1889, Page 2

Mi' John (Irice invites tenders for four nnlori of fencing. Air \V. •). Hunter will hold his regular Oliaupo .sale to-day. Tiikkic are in Utah 7-~»H 4 2 children of nonMonuou parents and ".7,."71 of .Moriii.in parentage. The usual weakly auction sale will be held at the Hamilton Auction Mart, on Saturday next. It is proposed to establish a home for (ierman invalids at Sail Kctno as a memorial of Emperor Frederick. Lohd l)i;i''i'KiiiN's eldest son lias been slaughtering tigeis at a groat pace in India ; six ou imp. expedition. Kii-ty thousand people are now employed ill the 1.~i,000 photographic establishments in the ITnited Stales. China's solitary railroad is eighty-one miles lung and cost £1800 a mile. It uses American locomotive!'.. Nkw Yha it's day has practically cone out of use as a holiday in London. Ilut fmv people pay any attention to it. Mr John Knox notifies that the sale of st..ok, etc., at Mr Joseph Radford's mlvcrtised for to-day will not take place. llisiior Hint is the authority fur the statement that .S,01)0,000 persons hi Mexico h:»v3 never seen a copy of the Bible. In the Xaval estimates for the coming year the I'rilish Admiralty |>rupo.s<'* to increase the marine force by .'>.">oo men. C.w.il'i'KNiA is by far the largest wool producing St.ite, '.villi Texas and Ohio followin:; neck and neck, and Mexico a good third. Aunt: ''Well, Hobby, what do you want to be when yon grow up?" Bobby (suir.-nnpr from parental discipline): "An orphan." A si'iiooi.-THACiircii lately put the question, '• What is the highest form of animal life?' 1 " The giraffe !" responded a bright member of the class. Weekly state of tho Waikato District Hospital' for the week ending .Saturday, 30th March, ISSf)Remained from last week, (i; admitted, 2; remaining, 8 (males). General health of the Hospital good.