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A letter from '' Harapipi is still crowded out. We are also obliged, by excessive quantity of telegraph matter, to hold over the report of the concert at Te Awamutn and several >4,her letters, which will appear in our next, we hope.

A large comet, was visible at (iueenstnwii Otago, on Friday night.

The mail steamer Mariposa arrived from San Francisco on Saturday morning.

Mr William Bey has been elected unopposed as a councillor for tho Borough in' Hamilton.

Tho licpiidators of the Frozsrt Moat Company are carrying on the business of the Company as heretofore.

The South Auckland Eacing Club's course at Claudelands is being widened half a chain all round, which will greatly improve it.

We are clad to soe that Messrs dates and Metci'.f have started to cut tim'-er for their mill, which wc hope will soon be iu full swing.

The annual general meeting of the Gambiidge Cricket Club was held last evening at F.iwcett's Hotel. A report will appear in our next issue.

There is still no trace of the m's-ing railway porter. If the body is m the river the present fresh should lift it even if it had caught on a snag at the bottom.

We are pleased to sea Mr Sargent at work in his shop a-jain and also t«i lind hirn looking remarkably well. He speaks in hisjh terms nf tin: doctors and nurses at the Auckland Hospital.

"We understand that Mr Knox and the Chinese syndicate did tint come to terms for the leas; of Mrs Knox's farm on the Ohaupo road, and the negotiations have, therefore, fallen through.

An election to fill an extraordinary vacancy in the Kirikiriroa li/.ad Hoard will be held on Saturday, the iSth int. Nominations of candidates must be delivered to Oapt. Md'horson, lloturniiift Officer, on or before Wednesday, the 2oth, at noon.

Mr Reynolds states that he hopes to commence work at the Hamilton creamery the first week in Octooer. It is most impoiUnt that all who intern! to sup ply milk, and have not yet signed the agreement should at once send in their names to Mr A. Swarbrick.

The first cricket match of the season between the Pateransi and Alexandra school olnb-i will be played at Alexandra on Saturday Sept, 21sr.. The followim,' will ropres int. Patorangi, Kylmrn, Sing, Karl. Raunay (:>), Macky (15), Reid (•3), Munro {3), and Ui^iiismi.

Mr F- Edgecumbe has received iiistruolions from the. Survey Office to reclassify Uie Ngaruawahii town and s-dmrban lands which are still unsold, preparatory t> their being offeied Jor sale on new conditions. Present town sections will be classed as suburban sections, and offered at I-J3 per acre instea I of £10, the presei.t rate. Suburban lands will be classed as rural, and oll'ered at about 30s per acre.

Mr Kirk's appeal to old members of the A. C. force, on behalf of the widow and children of the la to Paddy Council is being responded to in a very gene-ams manner in other parts of the colony. Mr \V. Richdale, now belonging to the permanent force, and at present stationed at Lyttleton, has taken the mat'er in hand, and has forwarded a sum of over £10, Mild expects to further supplement this. It is very pl-asant to record such evidences of goo'd fellowship, and it shows plainly that it only requires a genuine case deserving of help to bo brought under notice to ensuro a generous and ready response.

A large number of stallions have b-en already entered for Mr MeXieol's Waikato horse parade at Obanpo, on Wednesday, the 2oth inst., and breeders wi.T thus have an excellent opportunity of inspecting and comparing the points of nearly, if not all, the animals on stud duty in this district during the ensuing season. At the fair to be. held on the same day, a large muster of horses of all classes will Resubmitted. The attraction of the horsa parade will doubtless ensure a large attendance of settlers, and i>. will be to the mutual advantage of both buyers and sellers to make use of tI)H opportunity of supplying their wants on the one hand or disposing of their stock on the other.

A statement has been issued by the New Zealand Government Lite Insurance. Department, showing the progress of life insurance in the colony by the different offices. The total of new business credited to all the offices for ISSB was .£2,o(i. r >,!)Bs, of which £7,5.\0!i:3 was done by the Government office. The total of existing assurances was A!U,(JI3,S!rS, of which £7,071 i,2 r >2 were in the Government. The. total annual incomes in 1888 were £~>'tf,HU, of which £282,201 was earned by the Government. The total accumulated funds were £?,.Sr>.ylO!>, of which £1,452,-179 belonged to the Government Department,

From native sources we learn that Tawhiao is in receipt of a communication from the Government advising him to discontinue the practice of convening tho-'O great native meetings which have such an impoverishing ell'ect upon his people and pointing out the great waste of food _bv which they are invariably accompanied, resulting in the natives being reduced to a state of semi-starvation for months, Tawhiao it appears, has sent messengers in every direction, that if he is arrested, they must not consider him, but look toGod for guidance and relief. From this it would appear that he does not intend to act on the very wholesome advice of the Government. .

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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2681, 17 September 1889, Page 2

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Untitled Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2681, 17 September 1889, Page 2

Untitled Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2681, 17 September 1889, Page 2

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