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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2671, 24 August 1889, Page 2

Morrison, who shot Constable Sutherland in Sydney has been executed. Mr Browning has leased his farm ;it Tauwhare, to Mr Drinkwater for .two years. The Acme Skating Bink will not bo open on Monday next, the hall being otherwise occupied. It will, however, be open on the following evening (Tuesday). ' It now appears that Sergeant Me<!r,ith i.-j to bo removed to the charge of the North (Shore district, relieving Sergeant (lillies who goes to the Thames. We believe tlii.s change will bo more acceptable to Sergeant MoUrath ; he removes his family to-day. Seven hundred tons of silver ore lias arrived from Adelaide for conveyance to Tβ Arolia for treatment at tlie battery works. Tin's i,s part of a larsro accumulation of ore from tho Australian mines, four truck loads pawed through Hamilton yesterday for To Aroha. On Wednesday and Thursday evenings last, Major Rolfe and StaffOfficer Sutton, of the Salvation Army, held special "'go's' , at Hamilton, and drew excellent congregations to the meetings. On Wednesday evening was the reception meeting, which wound np with a first-class coffee, supper, and on Thursday evening, after the usual meeting, another enrolment took place. That popular life association, the Australian Mutual Provident Society, has an announcement in this issue, drawing attention to the .splendid position that office holds among colonial life insurance associations, and to the advantages insurers in the A.M.I', enjoy in the way of bonuses and security given that all claims will be promptly met. Mr L. (1. Gubbins, the travelling representative of the Society, is at present in Waikato, and intending insurers may obtain every information from We ara pleased to learn that Constable Breiman's little daughter, who mot with a serious accident to her foot at Cambridge on Tuesday, is progressing in as favourable a manner as possible, although it is yet a moot point whether or not the limb will have to bo amputated. Wo find we were misinformed as to the seat of the injury ; it was the instep, and not the ankle that was cut, tho severance being exactly at a joint, not a particle of the boric being splintered. The little girl suffers great agony which is most distressing to her parent;?. She is seven years of age, and not teu as reported. The many friends of Mr H. H. Oakps, lace of the Bank of New Zealand, Hamilton, will be pleased to hear that he has recovered hi.s health, and is now as well us ever. He has started in business in Sydney as general commission agent, in which ho is well supported, and is doing well. He is desirous of keeping up a connection with this colony, and olFers to undertake any description of commissions from people in this district. He will receive fruits or produce for the Sydney markets and carefully guard the interests of shippers. l'Vom his well-known business qualifications and experience, as well as his thorough reliability, Mr Oakes would just lie the man to communicate with. We cordially recommend his services to the notice of Waikato producers, and wish Mr Oakes every nuccoss.

Mr C Daley's tender for logging at the Ohaupo mill has been accepted. A very pleasant evening was spent at S. Andrew's School, Cambridge, mi Tuesday, when a spelling bee was ono of llio chief attractions. Mr Dy«r, the schoolmaster, dictated the words, the most successful competitors being Miss B. Bedlinglou and Mr IT. J. Priestly. During the evening the following musical selectmns were well rendered :—Piano duet, " Qui Vive," Misses Williams and Moon. The other items were all songs. " Dreaming,'' .Miss Chamber* ; "Auntie," Mrs O. Girlaud ; "One Morning, Oh So Early," Miss Bright; "If I Were a Knight of the Olden Time," Mr H. Wilson; anst "Dresden China," Miss W. Walker. We would call the attention of the committee to the fact that if they want the audience to be punctual in attending, it is necessary that the perforinauco should commence at the advertised time. A paper was read by SurgeonMajor Williams in Sydney recently on "the clothing of the soldier as suitable to the climate." During the discussion that followed Major-General Edwards said he agreed with the suggestions thrown out by Dr. Williams, and liked the simple of New Zealand brown serge exhibited, believing it could not be bettered for the purpose. In tho Soudan the Kearki uniforms always had the appearance of being wet and unclean, and was of no use except in a dry arid climate like Central Indin. MajorGeneral Richardson, in the course of his criticism of the paper, remarked that although he was a Freetrader he thoroughly believed in the New Zealand cloth, and expressed the hope that its manufacture would be encouraged by having the clothing for the whole of the forces made from it.