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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2687, 1 October 1889, Page 2

A supposed case of leprosy is said to exist in a Maori at lierekiiio. Tenders are invited by the engineer t.o the Kirikiriroa Road Board for road formation at Taupiri. A meeting of those interested in forming a cricket club will be held in the reading room, Ohaupo. on Thursday next. The reports circulated about typhoid fever being prevalent amongst the natives at Tauwharo are much exaggerated. The late Hon- W- Robinson's estate was sworn under £350,000, and is left to his daughters for life, afterwatds to their children. Mr G T. Wilkinson, Native Agent, has concluded the purchase of the whole of the Marototo goldlield from the natives. The revenue froin that smrce will now accrue to the Ohinemuri County Council. In view of the intended inspectira of the volunteers of the Auckland district on October llith, Capt Reid has ordered parados of the Hamilton Light, Infantry every Tuesday and Thursday evening until that date. A rather novel proviso has been brought to our notice. A small farmer in this distiict.. who anticipates a difficulty in canyiu" out an agreement to milk half as many cows in winter as in summer, affixed i " by (tod's will " to his signature. Amongst the cases set down for the next sitting of the Supreme Court is an action for libel brought by Mr George Hescott, of the Colonial Mutual Insurance Company, against Mr Chas. Sutton, of Raglan, in which damages are laid at iIUU. At S. Andrew's literary evening to-night there will be a discussion on "New Zealand, in relation to Grout Britain ; also, vocal and instrumental music. We understand this is the closing night of the course. The subject of discussion will be introduced by Dr. Moon. There is some stir in mining circles owing to the splendid tests of ore taken from the Svlvia mine, recently discovered at Tararu, Thames. Dr. Scheidel, who has made a full report of his assays to the ! owners, considers the mine of great importance to the Held.

We fell into an error in a recent issue in stiting that the remains of a young native woman who had died at Tauwhare was conveyed to Whatawhata for interment Tho body was that of a man who had died at Hukunui, and was being taken to Waitetuna for burial. The flax mills in Hamilton will very shortly bo in active working order. Messrs Coatas and Metcalfe have safoly landed their engine, which camo up hy steamer, at the old punt lauding on tho east side. Mr Maunder's eugine for Ins mill at Frankton, has also arrived at its destination. The ordinary monthly meeting of S Peter's Working Men's Society will be held in Thk Waikato Times Building on Thursday evenine. Mr Olive, the v>cepresident, intends to read a paper ou Class Distinctions, and Mr G. Kdgecnmbe one on District Visiting, both of which are interesting We hope to see a g ion attendance of members. In our advertising columns Messrs Reynolds and Co. notify the. suppliers of the Patirangi Factory that business will be resumed on Monday, tho 7th inst. Ihe Ngaruawahia Factory will commence on Wednesday, October 9th. The Hamilton and Te Awamutu factories are being overhauled, and will be ready to commence work in a few days, notice of which will be duly advertised.

The death of the infant female child of Mr Ralph 'Shaw, of Paterangi, which occurred on Sunday evening, was reported .yesterday to Mr Uresham, the coroner. The child was acted two years, and had been sulferiug from worms for some Lime past. Mr Grosham, after enquuing into the circumstances attendant oil the death, decided that it would lie unnecessary to hold an inquest, and gave his certificate *o that effect. The Baptist Tabernacle at Cambridge was crowded on Sunday evening to hear"Pastor Thomas Spurgenu's farewell address ; in the morning there was also a lar<*e attendance, hut not near as many as in the evening. The text of the evening address referred to Pilate asking the Jews which he should release uuto them, Umst or Barrabas. The discourse was a very eloquent one, the speaker likening the world to .Barrabas, and exhorted his listeners to choose Christ, instead of worldly things. Last evening Pa.-tor Spurgeon delivered his lecture on "Tact," which we will notice in our next issue. The police have made every . enquiry into the circumstances attending i the death of Linnet, the Cambridge railway porter, aud are satisfied tiuM'ii is no ground for suspecting foul play. The fact that his watch and a five-pound note, with loose silver, were found 011 the deceased, disposes of the theory that he had been attacked and robbed. It is probably the case thatLinnett was making his way heedlessly towards the river in the vicinity of the JCarapiro bridge and tell over a bank, striking some rocks in his fall, which either killed him outright or suspended animation, [ and he then rolled into the water.

Our great; rival in the London market must continue to be the River Plate Not content with the enormous number of their Hocks, or the fertility of their most abundant pastures, the 1 late people stimulate the exportation of frozen meat by bonuses and a guarantee to capitalists. The bonuses are equal to eighteenpence a head 011 sheep of (501b, and 2Ss on oxen of 7501b ; while companies embarking iii the business with a capital of not more than £100,000 enjoy from the State a guarantee of 5 per cent, on that capital for ten years. The of a good, stocked country spoonfed in this way has of course, made rapid progress, and will always bo a powerful rival of ours.

Mrs J. Finnerty, of Waharoa, is the latest con vort to the burial process of butter-making. She writes to us as follows :— 14 Having read of mother earth as a churn, I thought I would try it. I madea strung calico bag and put the cream in it, and placed it underground by digging a hole and covering the bag of cream over with earth. In 21 hours I took the bag out, when it contained a quantity of solid butter, equal, if not better, to any that I ever churned. I think that if the cream were left for 30 hours underground it would be better, as I found a little of the butter not so solid in the middle of the bag as that which was outside or nearest the earth. I consider it will be a great success to be able to get butter in this way during the hot summer month** of our district. a third more of butter is obtained from the same quantity of cream than by the ordinary way of churning." We have been requested by the Pukerimu settlers to draw attention the state of the temporary crossiner provided by the Waipa County Council at Walker s Gully bridge, which is pointed out as being positively dangerous to the travelling public. On the west side of the creek is a sheer drop of three or four feet into water, four to five feet deep ; and this is a veritable mail-trap to many travellers. On Saturday last a settler in attempting the crossin® got imbedded in the creek with horse, and the animal was drowned in his struggles to extricite himself. It required several men to lever the dead horse out of the bog before it could be tloatjd down the creek. Another horseman on the other side seeing the accident turned back and took the road to the Narrows bridge. This is a serious matter, and betrays want of proper care on the part of the council and its engineer, who will bo held responsible for »uch losses aud accidents.

The shares of the New Zealand Meat Export Company (Limited) are finding great favour among the farmers and others of North Canterbury. It will be remembered that the prospectus of the company have already appeared in our columns. The promoter* are sanguine of the success of the company, as the following statement will show;— The prices of beef in Melbourne and Sydney have averaged, for the last two or three years, 30s per lOOlbs., and here 17s: the cost of transit, as per arrangements made with the Union Steamship Company, will be 8s per lOOlbs; thus leaving a profit of 5s per lOOlbs. It is the intention of the company to export 100 bullocks—averaging SOOlhs. each —weekly; a profit of 5s per lOOlbs. will mean £200 per week. The company will not confine themselves to the export of beef only, but will send away farmers' produce, and they intend building or leasing depots in Melbourne and Sydney for the reception of shipments. At the present time there is a pretty extensive distribution of poisoned wheat for the destruction of small birds being made by the respective local bodies in tile country districts, and it is supposed that familiarity with the articles causes persons to omit the precautions necessary in dealing with it. In one case, we are informed, a farmer deposited his packet of poisoned wheat in the dairy, and as it corresponded with a parcel of bird seed, a thoughtless servant fed it to a pet coekato and two paroquets, which were all killed. But another case might have been followed with worse results. A farmer, returning home from market, placed a paper packet of poisoned grain with some groceries on the kitchen table while he unyoked his horse. In the meantime four little children, over-hauled the pare-.ls, pocked a hole in the packet of poisoned wheat, pickles of which they ate. Their parents, finding what had happened, administered to the quartette a mustard and water emetic. This took effect, and no serious consequences followed.—l'ress.