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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2702, 5 November 1889, Page 2

The Waikato Farmers , Club met at Cambridge last evening, our report will appear in next issue. Some eight or nine persons in New Plymouth have suffered severe symptoms of poisoning through, eating brawn. Mr R. W. Dyer, solicitor, comes to reside in Hamilton to-morrow. We trust he will find tho change remunerative. The Hon. Ivo Bligh states that Kent County will not agree to the list of matches arranged for the Australian team. Mr T. H. White, of Taupiri, intends to read a paper on our railway policy ai the next meeting of the Waikato County Council. A meeting in connection with the Auckland Anti-Poverty Society will be held on Thursday evening next in S. Andrew's .schoolroom Cambridge. Captain Sproul, of Taupo, was found dead in his bed on Friday evening. At the inquest a verdict of death from fatty degeneration of the heart was returned. A curious combination of industries is that of a North Island firm, who have started a flax-mill "in conjunction with their toe and heel plate factory." The Champion copper mine, Nelson, ought to pay for putting through a gold process now. The owners, from first to last, hare spent £04,000 on and in it, and have not taken a copper out of it yet. The programme of the Australian Eleven will probably include three matches against All England, besides one each against the Gentlemen at Lords and the Players at the Oval, and a dozen country matches. Thursday, November 21st, lias been fixed as the date on which nominations of candidates for the representation of Waipa in the General Assembly will be received. Should the election be contested, the poll will be held on (Friday, the 29th instant. With regard to a remark in our account of the buggy accident at Cambridge on Friday, we have been asked to explain that it was only due to his being otherwise engaged that Archdeacon Willis and his family were not in Mr Wolls' buggy when the accident eccurred. Sir T. G. Esmonde, Bart.M.P., one of tho Irish delegates will deliver a lecture on " Homo Rule" in the Oddfellow's Hall on Thursday evening next. A charge will be made for admission, the proceeds from which will be devoted to the assistance of the Irish evicted tenants. The Tauwhare Amateur Dramatic Club will give an entertainment on Friday, November 15th, consisting of a concert, farce and dance. The Club has been fortunate in obtaining the services of Mr H. Moore as manager, as his past experience will be of great asssistance to the Club. We learn that steps are being taken to bring back a Cambridge bankrupt, who levanted to Queensland some months ago, his family circulated a report that he was in America, but prior to that time it had been ascertained that he was working as a journey-man at his trade in Brisbane.

A sisal fibre lately discovered and now being cultivated at tho Bahamas Islands i.s expected to become a formidable rival of New Zealand flax. The Rev. Mr Barnett preached for the first time in the Tabernacle, Cambridge, on Sunday, and eave an eloquent address. We trust he will not be deceived by a number of people going to hear him, aud decide to remain in consequence, as we know that there are many in Cambridge who always go to hear a fre&h clergyman, j We are pleased to report that the sufferers from the late accident at Cambridge are progressing favourably. The Misses Kilgour were about again yesterday, and Mrs Kilgour will, the doctor thinks, soon be convalscent. Mr Wells is, of course, confined to his bed, but is progressing in as favourable a manner as possible. The Salvation Army, at Cambridge, still continues to make good progress, and Captain Wood keeps up the novelty by continually holding special demonstrations. Tho extraordinary meeting this week is "A Saved Drunkards Demonstration," to conclude with a coffee supper, which takes place on Saturday next. The anniversary soiree of tne Wesleyan Church, Cambridge West, is to bo held to-morrow (Wednesday). As the anniversary has not been celebrated during the last three years, unusual efforts have been made to make this year's gathering a big success, and it may be safely said that the anticipations of the promoters wjll be realised. The Wellington Post says of Mr Ballance's speech at Napier:—"But if Mr Ballance's speech is weak in criticism, it is still weaker in suggestion. We seek in vain for any practical political ideas in it, or for any gleam of statesmanship. It is impossible to gathor from it what line of policy Mr Ballance would pursue if by any chance he succeeded to power." The Clydesdale stallion Glancer, purchased in Otago for Mr N. I. Hunt, of Matamata, arrived last week at his destination. Competent judges of the south, who have seen the horse, speak of him as the best horse of his class south of the Una. The horse is four years old, and by imported stock on both sides. We shall be in possession of full particulars on arrival of the mail from the South. We regret to learn that there is a difficulty about shipping butter to the old country all the available space being taken up for frozen meat. Messrs Reynolds and Co applied for space tor 20 tons to be sent between this and the new year, and have, as a favour, been granted room for 4 tons. We trust thero will soon be more steamers with refrigerating chambers put on, or tho butter trade will be crippled, as it is necessary that it should reach England before tho I month of March.

Mr George Hill, of Matahura, has sustained n very .serious loss at the hands of some men employed at Captain Lindsay s flax-mill on the eastern shore of Lake Waikare, whether by accident or design remains to be proved. It appeals that on Sunday, the 27th ultimo, these individuals five in number, and named respectively Andrew Ward, Joseph Hewitt, Michael Gilfoyle, George Kaston and John Cowan, set fire to the fern in several places on the windward side of a large flax swamp, the result being that some eighty neves of splendid flax, for which Mr Hill had been otfered, and refused, the sum of £100, was totally destroyed. These figures represent the actual loss, but the indirect danvige probably exceeds double that amount, the offenders have been summoned to appear at the R.M. Court, Ngaruawahia, on Thursday, the 7th inst. What was termed an organ recital" was given in S. Andrew s Church, Cambridge, on Friday evening. Why this name was given to it we fail to see, as theie was not even a solo on the harmonium, let alone an organ. There was a good attendance, the proceedings being commenced by a short service, conducted by the Archdeacon, who alluded to the accident that had occurred that day, whereby Mrs ana the Misses Kilgour had been prevented from being present. Hymns wero sung at intervals, of which the following is a copy " Queen Mary's Prayer, Mrs 0. Hunter; duet, "Sabboth morn. Mi' and Mrs O. Garland; ''Calvary," Mr H. Wilson; quartette, I Waited for the Lord, - ' Miss Bright, Mesdames Chitty and Garland, and Mr O. Garland ; I Know that my Redeemer Liveth, Mrs Maxwell; anthem, What are These," choir ; Judge Not," Mr O. Garland; "He was: despised," Mrs Chambers ; trio, Lift Eyes " Mesdames Chambers and Garland, and Miss Chambers ; " God is my Refuge, Mr 0. Garland; quartette, Cast Ihy Burden," Miss Priestly, Mrs Garland, and Messrs Garland and Ilartly ; instrumental quartette, Messrs Lamb,_ Stewart, Is lxon, and McKernon. The opinion of those present seems to be that Mesdames Chambers and Huutcr were the most successful performers. Tho song, '"Judge Isot, was composed by Miss E. Wilson, of Cambridge, and does her great credit; the instrumental quartette was likewise manufactured in Cambridge, it being from the pen of Mr J. Lamb. A collection was taken up at the close of tho performance. We clip the following from Zeitgeist, a Wesleyan periodical published in Cambridge, and is edited by the Rev. 0. H. Garland, the Wesleyan minister. It is seldom that we find a minister so mindful of the welfare of the district in which he is temporally residing ; we would there were more of Mr Garland's stamp " Waikato Wheat and Waikato Potaioks (\ou need not read this on Sunday) : ' Why don t you Auckland people buy the Waikato wheat and potatoes? You have been complimenting me on my improved looks and condition since living in that fine district. Yet I have been living on Waikato potatoes and Waikato flour (when I can get tt) — which you refused to buy. You must needs go to Ohristchurch for your wheat and Oamarn for your potatoes. You are foolish, very foolish. What is good enough for us is good enough for you—and if you were wiser you would see that the money you spend in Canterbury is lost to you—but what you spend in Waikato all conies back ; for where else are the Waikato people, wholesale and retail, to spend their money but in Auckland. .So said I at a public meeting in Ponsonby not long ago. But it's no use pulling the moat out of Auckland's eye if the beam is 111 our own ; and now that the Cambridge null is starting, a full bona fide roller mill, producin" as tino a flour as can be had in the land, the'Cambridgo man who will pass it by to purchase any other will be guilty of having a beam of no ordinary dimensions m his unenviable optics : for he will be as blind as a bat at noon, to r lie welfare of his community and consequently to his individual interests. Do not think that L am paid to write an advertisement—l have not had tho pleasure of a conference with Chambers and Co —but merely as a member of this community, I desire myself to act in this matter with common-sense, and see my neighbours do the same. Editou. The dairy farmers of Victoria must feel gratified at the arrangement that has|been made by Government with the Orient Steamship Company to providespace in the cool chambers of the vessels for tho carriage of butter for the London market at seasons when the local price for butter is low. The amount of space that has been reserved by Government is equal to a carrying capacity of ■'0 tons of butter per week, which should be ample to give the experiment a fair chance of success. Exceedingly favourable terms have been secured, the freight will amount to Id per lb. or 50 per cent less than merchants have hitherto paid, and the Government have guaranteed payment for the full amount of space reserved. By this arrangement 30 tons of merchant's butter can be placed upon the London market every fortnight, at a cost of about £150 less for each shipment than has hitherto been charged. Consignees will be furnished with suggestions as to the best method of packing the butter by Mr J). Wilson, dairy expert, and Messrs Bertram and Son, who supply the most suitable description of casks, have been appointed agents in Melbourne, and will advance up to Gd per lb. on such butter as they approve. It is also notified that should the bonuses proposed by the Government be adopted by Parliament, they will apply to the first shipment made. With such favourable arrangements the difficulties in connection with the establishment of an export trade in butter haveat once been reduced to a minimum, which should place the business on a sound footing at the outset, making it far more certain to succeed than it organised by private or individual enterprise. Much interest has already been manifested in the success of this scheme, and while an attempt has been made to throw cold water on it by a number of the Melbourne butter merchants, farmers and dairymen will not be far wrong in giving it their best support. The middlemen " had an opportunity to establish an export butter trade, but they have failed to do so. —Leader.