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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2683, 21 September 1889, Page 2

The Cambridge Tennis Court opens this afternoon.

There was no business at the Hamilton R.M. Court yesterday.

A fire occurred at the Mercsr flax mill on Wednesday, but no great damage was done.

The Cambridge coursing handicap will be run off this morning at Broadmeadows.

A meeting of the Anti-Poverty Society will be held in S. Andrew's Schoolroom, Cambridge, on Tuesday evening next.

The Natives Minister denies that he has made any communication with Tawhiao or Te Kooti, on tho consequences of holding native meetings.

Captain Savilie, A-D-C to the Governor, who was seriously ill with typhoid fever in Wellington, is now nearly convalescent, and has gone to Nelson for change of air.

In consequence of the Volunteer Hall being engaged by the Australian Amazon Company tor Monday evening next, the rink has been postponed till the following Thursday evening.

As a proof of the popularity of Nelson. Moale and Co.'s teas, and the wisdom of judicious advertising, we may state that as many as seventy tins of their favourite blend arrived in Hamilton by train on Saturday last.

Mr A. Bach has returned from his Australian trip and arrived in Cambridge on Thursday. He states that of all the New Zealandeis that he met over there he only found one who wished himself back again. They most of them, however, find the climate rather trying.

A subscriber wishes us to draw the attention of the Hamilton Domain Board to the gorse growing on the Lake Reserve. A very little labour, whilst the ground is soft with the late rains, would be required to grub np the nuisance and prevent its spread. We think the Board should attend to the matter.

Count Jeuffroy D'Abbans, late French Consul-General at Wellington, and now holding a similar position at Zurich, pines for his old Antipodean billet, which he says, he much prefers to Switzerland. The Count's little court in tho ' French Colonies' department at the Paris Exhibition bristles with New Zealand exhibits of various kinds.

About £600 has been subscribed in aid of the relatives of those of the pilot crew drowned atthe Wellington Heads a few weeks back. One eighth goes to Mrs Cox, wife of ono of tho crew ; one-eighth to the mother of another ; £50 to the parents of the late Jfilot Simins; and the balance, about £100, is to be invested for Mrs Simms and her children.

The football season in Hamilton is not yet over, as a match has been arranged to take place to-day, on Sydney Square, between the Hamilton East and West Colts, at 3 o'clock, sharp. Tho following is the East team :—Gillett (2), Oldham, Clarkin, Johnson (2), Proctor, Vincent, W. Wright, J. Neilson, Vowless, Reid (2), Hunt, and A. Steadman.

Owine: to an unfounded rumour which appeared in the Auckland papers to the effect that the body of the missing railway porter, Linnett, had been found in the Waikato river, his brother was led to make the journey to Hamilton to attend the inquest and funeral of his supposed deceased relative. He is greatly annoyed, and we understand ho has written for an explanation of the false report.

The Rev. C H. Garland will lecture at Ngaruawahia Hall, on Thursday next, on '" limidnn. with reminiscences of Life Amongst Dock Labourers." There should be a crowded hall, with such a lecturer, and such a theme. The rev. gentleman's father is a well-known Seamans' Missionary on tho Thames, and and Mr Garland was brought up within sound of Uciw Bells.

What might have been a serious accident, happened to a youth named E. Raysoti, of Hamilton West, last evening, about (! o'clock. It appears that Rayuon was tiling off a gun, whigh burst, and inflicted several severe his left hand. How the hand escaped from being shattered to pieces is wonderful, as the gun barrel was torn to shreds. Dr. Murch attended the sufferer and bound up '.the wounds, and it is not expected that the hurt will be a very serious one.

Messrs Cooper and Chitty are erecting a dam across a gully at Cambridge West, to store up water for their flax mill. Mr Robert Heslop is doing the carting for them, and a couple of days since when he was backing a cart-load of soil down to the place, it overpowered the horse and dragged it into the swamp where it became bogcred. While struggling to get out it unfortunately got staked on a ti-tree stick, and although when extricated it was able to walk home, it is feared it will be rendered permanently lame. It appears as if the troubles of the Cambridge band would never end. As soon as both sections of the old and new bands had decided to hand over the instru-

ments to the Borough Council, some of the

meinbiirs of the latter, who are living at a distance and therefore were not present when the arrangement was made, wrote, demanding that the instruments should bo sold and the proceeds divided. A meeting was held on Wednesday, and that is now going to be done ; there will, however, be a sufficiency of instruments without them.

The London Daily Telegraph has the following :—" Dr Johnson's retort, when told that Scotland had some ' fine prospects' in it, ia well known. The sape replied that the finest prospect a Scotchman ever saw was ' the road that led him into England.' For England substitute Wimbledon, and for Scotchmen generally put Scotch Volunteers, and there seems a modicum of truth in the saying. The Scottish contingent of shooters numbered, it appears from a return issued, one-sixth out of the total competitors, yet they carried off nearly a third of the available prize money. Is it patriotism, Scotch air, or oatmeal porridge which produce results like this ?"

Speaking of New Zealand wood, the Timber Trades Journal says:—"Thp huge logs of kauri pine seem to resist all efforts to sell them, and do not by their own qualities tempt buyers. The fact is the wood has been tried by most of the London trades, and found wanting in most of the characteristics that wood of this kind would require. Its large size would make it invaluable for signboards, facias, &c, but it will not stand wet and dry ; it warps, shrinks and twists in all manner of ways when exposed alternately to rain and sun. We fear it will never suit the London market, and will have eventually to be offered positively 'without reserve,' and so clear it up."

Unless some early attention is paid to the portion of the Ohaupo-Hamilton road in the vicinity of the hospital, one of the finest pieces of road in Waikato and, certainly the most picturesque in or around Hamilton, will become very unsightly and out of repair. On both sides of the highway from the borough boundary to Mr. Hibbs' farm, tho goise is in complete possession, and if allowed to go on unchecked, will be a source of great trouble and expense, as well as danger. The water-tables in some places have become choked up and the flood water, during the late heavy rains, has cut channels across the road between the town and hospital, and has formed several mud holes. The Waipa County Council should request their engineer to louk at tho condition of the road.

Eeynolds' " Australian Amazons," who are billed to appear in the Volunteer Hall, Hamilton, to-night and on Monday night, were engaged especially for the opening of the new Public Hall at Mercer, last evening. More interest appears to be taken in the advent of this company than has been the case for some time, and Mr Pannell has sold a number of reserved .seat tickets already, so that a large attendance may be anticipated.

A meeting of the trustees of the Te Awamutu Volunteer and Public Hall was held on the 17th instant. Present : Messrs Ahier (chairman), Gresham, Cox, Graham and Weatherill. The scale of charges was revised and framed on a reduced system, the charge to commercial travellers as a show-room for samples being lowered to five shillings. It was resolved that Mr Armstrong, county engineer, be requested to order from Messrs Coulthard and Graham the timber necessary for ceiling and lining the hall, and thsit the assistance of the Theatre Royal Company and others be invoked towards providing an entertainment on a grand scale, in order to find funds for tho ceiling and lining, &c. The new Rochester lamps, which have been recently purchased by the trustees, give a most satisfactory illumination. This is a step in the right direction as a well-lighted hall greatly adds to the success of most performances.

The Napier Telegraph, in a leader on the general outleok, says :—" While the Old World has been subjected to creat social disturbances we dwellers in these southorn seas have been progressing, the cloud of depression has rolled away, and the outlook for the future is hopeful. Though in several of the colonies there have been serious defi'-ifs of late years, it is a remarkable thing lUut the Tieasarer of every Australasian olony anticipates a surplus from the operations of tho present year. In his Budget our Colonial Treasurer reckoned on a surplus, and so far us can be at present judged from the portion of the year that has expired, these anticipations are likely to be realised. Our railway returns are satisfactory, the revenue is keeping well up, and the expenditure is being further curtailed, so that it is probable we have turned the corner as iegards our lines. Oar neighbours over the water are indulging in pleasant anticipations, and their prosperity means more to us than is apparent on thp surface. The Australians seem to think that the lean years have vanished, and this coining season will be a particularly good one. The Treasurers of all the colonies have published their estimates, and there is a healthy tone pervading all of them.

When we published a short paragraph a few days ago relative to the manufacture of butter by buryinpr the cream, in which we cited Mrs Thos. Nixmi, of Cambridge, as having been particularly successful, we had not the slightest intention of holding up that lady as an encyclopedic being regarding butter-making, who would bo glad to answer questions on the subject ; but as wo appear to have done so, we hasten to make the .unende honorable. Many appear to be trying this new process, and as they have not all been successful, they immediately want to compare notes with Mrs Nixon. The cause of failure has in each case been similar, and as we know of several peisnns who are about to try the experiment, we point out the) error that many make, and so relieve Mrs Nixon of the trouble. It is simply this : That the butter must be well worked before it is washed. If this order of things is reversed it will be a failure, for we know of oim individual who washed it as soon as it was due up, and consequently there was nothing—or next to nothing—left to work. The \vorkingciuise« the particles to coagulate, and when that is done it may be washed as much as the operator thinks fit. Mrs Nixon still continues the manufacture, using the same bag to hold tho cream, and buries it in the same spot in the ground ; sha, however, fancies that when large quantities are uaed, the time of burial will need to be extended to more than 24 houre. We yesterday sampled some of Mrs Nixon's butter, and it is certainly first-class.

Mr David Richardson, of Cambridge, has added yet another sort of machine to his already long list of manufactures. This tirno it is a twine reeling and balling machine, and has been made to tho order of Mr Owen Garland, of Cambridge West, who is manufacturing binder twine in addition to rope of all descriptions. On Wednesday we inspected the machine and saw it put through the operation of winding a large ball of twine, which it did to perfection; the ball being a pood shaped one and likewise firm and solid. The instrument is worked by a treadle, and would easily be managed by a youth of 17 or 18 years of age. The winding portion of the machinery is somewhat similar to that used in the Fibre Company's works at Auckland, and has been happily adapted by Mr Richardson. If the farmers will use the twine, and there is not the slightest reason why they should not, we shall have an industry that is essentially local, for not only will the raw material be grown and manufactured on the spot, but the machinery also will be made in the district. " A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country " says the Good Book, and wo think binder twine is somewhat similar, for nearly all of it that is manufactured in Auckland goes South, and the Dunedin makers ship theirs up North. Let us hope that in the future the Waikato will not trouble either of them.