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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2710, 23 November 1889, Page 2

The Kaiapoi strike is ended, the dispute having been amicably settled. Mr Metcalfe, with his-family and Miss Carey, returned to Hamilton from Palmer/ton on Thursday. We understand that it is Mr Bryce's intention to visit the Waipa district at an eiirly opportunity. The programme of the Matamat.a races, to be bald on Boxing-Day, will be found among om advertisements. Horse races amd foot spores will b« iield at Mor»in».viH* on Monday, the 23rd December. The programme is advertised elwwhere.

A meeting of the Hamilton Sports Committee will be held at the Royal Hotel, Hamilton East, on Monday evening.

A trial crushing: of Puhipuhi silver was made at Waiorongomai, and returned I 71! I ozs to the ton, There is some excite- ] incut, in the North in consequence.

We very much regret to hear that Dr. Carey, of Hamilton, is seriously ill and his state it giving great anxiety to his friends. Dr. Kenny is attending him.

An entertainment, consisting of a comedietta, tableaux and concert, will be given by tho pupils attending the Hamilton East School on Thursday evening next, ill the Oddfellows' Hall.

We much regret to learn that the wheat crops in Pukekura have been attacked by rust. We have never before known it appear so early, aHd are afraid it will do sad damage.

At the Pastoral SUow at Palraerston North on November 13th, Mr A. A. Fantham took the cup for the most points in cattle, winning, also, the championship for the best Shorthorn bull. He also took first for single fat bullock, though the Hon. R. Campbell took champion for the best fat bullock in the yard. Altogether, Mr Fantham secured 2 champions, six lsts, three 2nds, and two other prizes.

During the present week Messrs Coates and Metcalfo have been working night shifts at their Hamilton Uax-mill. It was found that tho engine was not powerful enough to work the three strippers and the scutcher at the same time, so now the strippers aro worked during the day and the scutching is done at night. This, of course, will entail the employment of more labour.

Messrs Sinclair Brothers, sheep farmers of Paremata, near Wellington, have .sustained a heavy loss in a most remarkable way. They were mustering for shearing, when a mob of about 300 sheep, getting away from the dogs, rushed headlong over a precipice 1500 feet high fringing the beach. An etfoi t was inado to save the skins, but the stencil was so overpowering that the work had to bo abandoned. On Thursday mprning a couple of men wore breaking in a horse, that had been bought at the sale the day previous, to harness in a trap, at No. 1, Hamilton West, when the horse stopped suddenly and turned sharply round, turning the whole concern clean over and throwing the occupants out. Two other men soon came to tho rescue and set the horse free, and turned the trap over again, and, as it was a .strong turn out, no serious damage was done ; but according to all appearances, was the means of quieting down the horse.

The Wesleyans of the Te Awamutu district are being visited again, by their former esteemed Minister, Rev, J. .T. Mather, now stationed at NVarkworth. Mr Mather preaches to-niorrjw atTe Awamutu, morning and evening, and at Putcrangi in the afternoon, and lie is announced to deliver a popular lecture on "Sammy Hicks," at Ohaupo and To Awamutu on Monday and Tuesday evening respectively, interspersed with musical selections. MiMather is k racy and eloquent speaker, and large numbers of his old friends and the general public will no doubt gather to hear liiui.

As we have already announced, the celebrated Maccabe, with his accomplished young wife Mdlle. Minnia, will appear in Hamilton on Monday. Mr Maccabe, or "the only Maccabe," presents himself in a variety of characters which as representations of real life familiar to dwellers in large cities are not, to be excelled for their mimicry. Mdlle Minnia appears as a magic statue, a Spanish danoor. La Madrilena, and other characters. Her graceful dancing is said to bo the perfection of symmetrical motion. There will no doubt be a crowded house to see this veteran actor, who has never been surpassed chough often imitated.

Many complaints continue to be made about Mr Maunder's ttax-mill at Frankton, being a great nuisance to passers by, and several settlers have threatened to take action against the owner except some remedy is effected. Tho Raglan coachman, too, finds it a great niiisanco to him, it hiring so near the road. The other day, as he was coining along with his and fo.-.r horses, the engine blew a loud whistle, and, of course, his horses would not approach tho mill, but galloped up the Tuhikaiam?a road and lie had some difficulty in controlling the animals. It seems a pity that the mill was erected on th i edge of tho road, for no doubt the owner feels grieved that the plant is canting so much annoyance and trouble; yet now that it is erected it would bo no very easy matter to shift it.

Yesterday at Court, says the Waipawa Mail, the Chinaman whose horse broke away from the verandah post in the main street and ran over a child, came out in shining colours. It was shown that the man realised not only his legal but also his moral obligations, and this to a degree seldom if ever met with among those nominally termed Christians. Immediately after the accident, he sought to make all the amends in his power. He bad the verandah post mended at once ; then paid tho doctor who attended the child the sum of £10 ; then, not being able to get one suitable in tho town, he ordered a special perambulator to be, made in which the little sufferer might be taken out in tho fresh air. Ah Chee also calls every day to see how the child is progressing, ami takes it little tempting presents of fruit, &c. Everyone in Court, when these facts were narrated to the Bench, felt inclined to cheer the depised " heathen Chinee," who has set an example to his fellow men here and wheiever tho story may bo told. We can only regret that tho Banch did not mark their appreciation of the Chinaman's conduct in even a more telling manner than the dismissal of the formal case by the police. Sergeant McArdle put, tho matter very nicely, and we should have been glad to have reportsd an utterance of approval from tho Bench. However, Ah Chee has his reward by knowing that tho depth of feeling shown by him for the little child, and his undoubted generosity over since the accident, will always be remembered to his aud his country s credit whenever any slur may be sought to bo cast upon the Chinese people.