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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2650, 6 July 1889, Page 2

Try Buchanan's celebrated Spread Kagle Teas, also The Baking Powder, the finest baking powder in the, world. —| Advt.] "Badly Bitten's" letber is crowded out by advertisements, and will appear in next issue. So rapid is the progress of business in the House that the session is not expected to extend beyond the end of the present month. There were enly a few unimportant civil cases tried at the R.M. Court, Cambridge, yesterday, which occupied but a .short time. There was a heavy and steady downpour of rain on Thursday night and yesterday morning;. The Waikato river and contributory creeks were much ■swollen. Certain lands in the Parish of Onewliero, county of Raglan, in the parish of .Mar.itnarua, county of Waikato, and in the parish of Aotea, are gazetted open for selection for sale. Sections 440 and 441, Parish of Wliang.itnariii", of and -1,107 acres each, will be offered by public auction as grazing runs, :it the Crown Lands Ofliee, Auckland, mi the Kith instant. We understand it is intended to resume sheep-grazing on the Te Akau station immediately. A mob of 10.000 sheep is expected from Napier, and the flock will bo increased ultimately to the full capacity of ">O,OOO. This will strengthen the frozen meat industry in the Waikato, by providing for larger exports. We have received a copy of the estimates and a further batch of Parliamentary papers and numerous Bills brought before the House. Amongst the latter are tho Law of Libel, Educational Franchise, Legislative Council, Criminal Evidence, Medical Practioners, Corrupt Practices, i and Registration of Electors Bills. I

Native brown coals from Kimihia siding to Cambridge and To Aroha, carried by rail, will be charged 5s 2d and Gs 2d per ton, respectively.

It will be an item of interest, perhaps, to the burgesses of Hamilton to know that all the borough lamps, last night, were out before midnight.

On Wednesday evening the Rev. CH. Garland, of Cambridge, will deliver his popular lecture on "Character," in the Public Hall, Paterangi. With the wellknown ability and popularity of the lecturer, there is sure to be a full house.

Mr R. W. Dyer read a very instructive paper on "Light Literature" at the S. Andrew's school, Cambridge, on Tuesday evening, which was followed by a discussion. During the evening musical selections were given by Mrs Maxwell, Mr Lamb and the church choir. The attendance was not large, many preferring to patronise the rink.

Mrs D. Finlayson, junior, late of Harapipi, was buried on Tuesday when a large cavalcade of horsemen followed the body to the Alexandra cemetery, almost every settler in the district being present. It was a miserable day for such a melancholy journey as it rained nearly the whole of the time. Mrs Finlayson was a daughter of Mr David Rollo, formerly of Raglan.

We are pleased to see that Messrs Reynolds and Co. have arranged for the leas 3ot the Te Awainutu factory for the coming seison, and intend to give the district another years' trial. Last year's operations were very unsatisfactory owing to the small supply of milk. We, however, trust the settlers will be in a position to greatly increase the supply in the coming year as it will be much to their benefit to have a ready market for their milk.

Mr Le Quesne, ot Hamilton East, has just binned his Bon Accord vintage for this year and has about 500 gallons of that very excellent and pure wine put away for next year's demand. It has turned out well, and promises with age to add to the reputation it has already gamed. Mr Le (Quesne has only a small quantity of last year's vintage remaining on hand, and, we have no doubt, that as the demand grows and he can increase his facilities for larger undertakings, the Bon Accord wine will bo a conspicuons feature in the local industries of Waikato.

Her Majesty has asked the House of Conmionsto make provision for Prince Albert Victor and Princess L mise of Wales. Mr Laboiichere opposed any grant being made from the pubiic revenue for the purpose pointing out, amongst other things, that the E irl of Fife's rent roll was £70,000 per annum. The amount asked for the establishment of Princess L mise is £HOOO, for Prince Albert Victor £10,000, tin latter to be incieased t. £J">,000 upon his marriage. Itisexpectel the Opposi ioii will resist the amount being voted, pending the appointment of a committee to inquire into the subject.

Messrs Aubin Ahier and Lyons went on Thursday last from Tu Awamutu to Te Aroha to present Mr T. K. Clonal), late postmaster and telegraphist at Te Awamutu, with a purcso of sovereigns and an illuminated address from the inhabitants of Te Awiiniutu as an expression of the esteem in which Mr Clonal) was held during the irnuiy years that he had been stationed at Te Awamutu and he was greatly missed, but what had been Te Awainutu s loss was Te Aroha's Mr Glmigh thanked tl);; gentlemen for tlie present and tiie kindly expressions ot feeling contained in the address.

The following are the teams selected to play in the polo match at t.ne Cambridge rink on Tuesday next: —Cambridge : .Messrs F. Sargent, Buckland, D. Hannon, E. Richardson, McOrae and Chambers. Eucrgencies . F. Armer and J. Wilson. Hamilton : Messrs Parr, Bright, Hope, Le Quesne, Fleming and Windsor. Emergency, J. Pannell. The match will commence at!) p.m. sharp. The colours will be, Cambridge, blue jersey and white knickerbockers ; Hamilton, red sash and rosette. The Cambridge rink continues to be well patronised, indeed on Saturday evenings the hall is generally much too crowded, hence the occ.i-i uial extra night on Tuesdays.

The statistics of the Australasian colonies for I.SSS, just published, show a total increase of population ot _ 12(5,000 people. New Zealand heads the list in excess of births over deaths. Tile trade of the various colonics has amounted to £121,So!),000, which is equal to a litttle over ,£3j per head. Victoria has imported most largely, exceeding her exports by £10,003.000. With the exception of South Australia and New Zealand all the colonies have imported more than they have exported. South Australia shows the largest trade return, which is equal to £3!) per head. New Zealand stands sixth on the list in this respect, with £20 13s per head. Tho total tonnage cleared in the colonies during the year was 14,080,000 tons.

When addressing his constituents recently Mr Jas. Mills, member for Port Chalmers, referring to the Electoral Bill, said The ballot system was a very admirable one, but to his mind it had this objection : it put every man to such a vast amount of inc invenieuce before he could record his vote. Besides, many electors were often unable to attend the polling booths. Sometimes a man was unwell, and even if he was away from home temporarily he could not record his vote. He was therefore strongly of opinion that in addition to the vote by ballot, those who had no objection to its being known whom they intended to voto for should have the option of making a declaration before a justice of the peace and sending their ballot p ipers to the returning officer. That would secure a vote to every person on the electoral roll, instead of perhaps only one-half of those who had the privilege of voting.

The last ball given by the Oddfellow's of Cambridge was so much appreciated by their friends, that it was resolved by those who do not belong to the brotherhood to give a return dance, and the event came otf on Thursday evening and was a most unqualified success. Messrs Coleiuan and Plough were the prime movers and were assisted by a committee. Tho hall was very prettily decorated with evergreens, flags, Chinese lanterns, &c., and reflects great credit upon those who did the work. Dancing commenced about 5.30 p.m. and was kept up until nearly morning. The gentlemen rolled up in goodly numbers, and altogether there were about fifty couples. The universal opinion was that Miss Dillon was the belle, and that the Misses Gray and Potteiton came next in order. A very good supper had been provided to whieh full justice was done, and when the dance was over it was almost a case of swimming home, it was such a wretchedly wet night.

Small birds Rive the southern farmers a lot of trouble. At a meeting r.f the Tuapeka Council it was stated that the nuisance had been growing for the past low years and had now become very serious. One settler had lost equal to 100 bags of grain this season by the birds, which not only destroyed the growing crops, but also ate up the seed. No sooner was seed-sowing commenced in the spring than clouds of birds caine down and picked it all up unless it was at once covered up. Several fanners had to sow their grain a second time. The birds also destroyed the small turnips, and it was impossible to glow turnip seed w.thout going to a great deal of expense. The case of the man and the crows was recently reported in the newspapers. The crows ate up his root crops, so to get rid of ihoui he soaked sonio grain in whisky and made them all drunk. He thought to kill them in their intoxicated state, but they afforded him so much amusement that he had not the heart to do so ; and the crows being rather disgusted at the treatment they had received, left the place and never cune back.