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Waikato Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 2616, 18 April 1889, Page 2

The Herald says the authorities are quite right in their determination in respect to the guard of honour and the encampment. We would remind our readers that the banks throughout Waikato will bo closed for tho holidays from this afternoon until Wednesday morning next. The Mosgiel Woollen Company have received an order from a London West End house for 200 ruga similar to those shown at the Colinderies. The order was entirely unsolicited. In consequence of an expected influx uf visitors during the holiday season, we notice that the Honorary Secretary of tho Hamilton Tennis Club has put the courts in splendid condition. Sir fm. Fox is credited with the assertion that if New Zealand had prohibition, it could have paid off its national debt with the money spent on drink, and had £4,000,000 to tho Rood. The Cambridge people were not slow to avail themselves of the cheap tareo to Auckland, for yesterday morning the train was crowded, and indeed thero was not near .sufficient second-class room for the passengers. A horse belonging to Mr Kogers, of Hamilton East, got bogged on Luesday evening under the bridge over the creek near Mr Cowper's residence. It was rescued very soon after, but was so exhausted it had to be destroyed. Our readers will bear in mind that the Knglish mail closes at the Waikato offices on Saturday morning. As to-mor-row (Uood Friday) will be observed as a close holiday, stamps, etc. should bo ebtained to-day. The woman Mary Ann Wilson, who was stabbed at Archill by a Frenchman named Payet, died at the Auckland Hospital on Tuesday. Her depositions wero taken, in which she describes the assault on herself. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against Payet. Information has been received in Christehurch by cable (says tho Press) that three new steamers will be built by the presunt steam companies doing business with New Zealand. Each of these steamers will have a carrying capacity for 23,000 carcases and 8000 bales of wool. A Sydney paper says that CapUin Hansby, late of the Union Company u s.s. llawea, and lattorly of the s.s Age, of Melbourne, takes command of the s.s. bupleix, which steamer is expected to leave Sydney in about a month to enter into the intercolonial trada between New Zealand and New South Wales.

As will be seen on reference to our adveitiainff columus, Mr J. U. Pauuell, of Hamilton, has just opened up anew stuck of fancy gooda and novelties. These goods have all been carefully selected, and the prices are very reasonable. Those who are desirous of purchasing should do *o at once, as the articles are poing off fast.

Capt. Corbett died at the Waikato Hospital on Tuesday morning at three o'clock. He was buried yesterday at Hamilton West Cemetery, and was folIc'wed to the jjr.ive by a few gentlemen who had known him in former years. The Rev. R, O'G. Biggs performed the burial service.

As instancing the rapid change which is taking place in respect to wool sales in the colonies, we refer to the transactir.ns in Sydney fur the past twelve months, which show the total offerings as i>54.11152 bales, and the total sales as IDt'-100 bales, as compared with last year's figure.? of lii:i,3oi) bales and 150,203 respactivoly.

The anniversary ball of the Hamilton Light Infantry took place on Tuesday evening. There was a good attendance of tho public, but a very poor muster of members of the corps. The inueic was excellent, tho floor good, and the catering, which was in the hands of Mrs Hill, gave general satisfaction. Under these circumstances, it is needless to say, that the ball was a most er.joyablo one.

The following is the concluding paragraph of an article on New Zealand in the last number of "Cook's Excursionist,', published in London: —"In conclusion, we cannot say more than that for the traveller, the investor, the agriculturist, tho health-seeker, and the lover of Nature or nmiancn, there is no country that olfers greater attractions than New Zealand, the home of the Maori, the sanatorium of Australasia, the Wonderland of tho South Pacific."

We have been shown the effect of the patent scrub exterminator on the muchdreaded Canadian thistle. The routs of the two or three specimens brought in are undoubtedly dead, and although it is claimed that this noxious weed has its roots several feet in the soil, we fancy the ground impregnated with the poisoned liquor would kill the shoots as soon as they pushed up to the point the liquid had reached. Experiments with this so-called specific are being anxiously watched by those who have this scourge upon their properties.

We learn from the Melbourne Argus that the Victorian Government have ordered from the Home makers a supply of the new magazine rifles at an average cost of £3 each. The first instalment of "iOOO cannot, it is thought, be delivered until 1890, as fully 150,000 have to be first supplied to the'lmperial Government. What chance New Zealand has of gotting a weapon of this class miring the present century may be gathered from the above. Wo fear volunteers must remain content

with the old .Snider, which might serve on a pinch, if r.nly ammunition could be procured that is fit foru.su. The Wellington Press says :—•' If the politicians could but realise with what sentiments thoy are regarded by the public, how thoy would despise themselves and their ignoble trade." To this the Hawera Star replies : "Theold fallacy, that politicians are people outsid* the public. What are our politicians but men chosen by the public to do the work of the public in public affairs? Tf the politicians are had, whose fault is it 5 ICvory inoonijiotont man placed in a public position is a living condemnation of the public's want of sense and appreciation, and the public instead of blaming the man should despise themselves and their folly in choosing, and resolve to do belter iu Uiq future.

The report of the Commission exonerates Judge Rawson of all the charges against him. The following were the accepted tenders for supplies to the Easter encampment :—H. Kelly, firewood, at 5s (id per ton ; K. T. Davey, potatoes, £4 12s (id per ton ; J. Parr, oats, 2s (id per bushel; chaff, £3 !)s per ton. The London correspondent of the Australasian sends the following in reference to a project, of which mention has lately been made in cable messages from England :—There is a string probability nf an influential association beins formed in Liverpool to place the New Zealand meat trade on a .satisfactory basis. It is reported that a firm of steamship owners Inrgely interested in tho Anglo-American shipping trade aro willing to embark capital in an attempt to improve the position of the New Zealand meat trade. It , is proposed to form a company with a sub- ] scribed capital of and with authority to increase to £1,000,000, in order to provide a fleet of cargo steamers capable of making the voyage in 50 days, instead of 40, as is done by the passengercarrying lines. The company will offer producers 2id per lb for their meat f.0.b., or will undertake to carry it and sell it at rates to b« agreed upon. The capital is said to be virtually subscribed. The fact of Lord Onslow being appointed Governor of New Zealand is a splendid advertisement for the colony, for this reason, says an Anglo-Colonial writer, His Lordship is very popular in society, and has already given a goneral invitation to a lot of his acquaintances to visit him iu Wellington. Ho has told them as much as he could of the magnificent scenery and climate out there, and I have a reason for believing that before another year has passed it will be quite tho correct thing for our aristocracy to take a trip to the wonderful Hot and Cold L-ikes of the Britain of the South. If this pilgrimage is once made "chic" by the fashionable world, then you may prepare for a regular influx of wealthy people to visit your unrivalled wonders. It will be your own fault if you cannot induce some of them to stay, or at least invest in New Zealand. But anyhow, you are very certain to have morn tourists during Lord Onslow's term of office than you ever dreamed ot, and in ire especially now that Cook and Sons have taken up the cudgels on your behalf. That firm can make or mar tho prosperity of any show place.