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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 2721, 19 December 1889, Page 2

The Piako County Council meets at 11 a.m. on Saturday, the 21st inst. The programme of a grand athletic demomtration, open to all-comers, to bj held at Parawai, Thames, on Monday, December 30th, has been bent us. Prizes to the amount of £30 will be given away. Samuel Vivian fell from the parapet of the United Service Hotel, Auckland, on Tuesday afternoon, on to the pavement, a distance of about 35 feet. Besides having his right arm and lower jaw fractured, Vivian sustained a fracture of the base of the skull. At a meeting of the Hamilton West School Committee held on Monday evening, it was decided to break up for the ChrUtmae Holidays to-morrow (Friday), on which day tho usual games and sports will be held. The school will re-assemble on Monday, February 3rd, 1890. Pastor Birch, of the Auckland Tabernacle, paid a visit to Cambridge on Tuesday. He conducted divine service both on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings, when he deiivored powerful and effective discourses, which were listened to with rapt attention by the largo congregations present. Messrs Moat and Thompson, M.H.R.s, 'and Uily, members of the Board of Commissioners of Education Reserves, with Mr Garland, secretary of the Board, were in Hamilton on Tuesday afternoon, inspecting the various reserves in that vicinity under their control, with a view to making use of them. A meeting of the Executive CominiUeo of the Waikato Railway Reform L.iague will be held to-day at the Waikato County Council Chambers, Hamilton Eist, at 11 o'clock, to consider the draft of a remonstrance to be sent to the Railway Commissioners respecting tho excessive cost of freights on agricultural produce and requirements. The handicaps for the Morrinsville Foot Sports, to be held on Monday next, appear in this day's issue. The entries arc good, and there must be some good scratch men to the fore, as in the half mile, the wellknown long-distance runner, H. Hyde,is conceded 15 yards in the half mile, and Harry Booth, who ran well at Claudelands last year for the cup, gets 10 yards in the 250 yards race. The children of the Hamilton Went School intend holdiiig their annual picnic to-morrow afternoon, in Mr Dellicar's paddock, a place well suited for such a purpose, the largn macrocarpa trees almost shading the whole of the paddock. The teachers have been busy during the past week securing prizes for competition, and, should the weather hold fino, the children may expect an enjoyable afternoun. The Hamilton East School children, instead of holding their annual picnic on Thursday, as was at first intended, have altered the day to Friday, and the place fixed upon is Sydney Square. Given fine weather tho children should have an enjoyable afternoon, as the teachers and their friends are sparing no efforts to provide suitable prizes for competition at the sports and a plentiful supply of cakes and buns, things which bring pleasant memories back to the minds of most of us. There was quite a series of accidents among the shipping in Auckland on Tuesday, no less than three men being injurnd. Thomas Tremayne was working a winch, when suddenly it slipped, and the handle flying round inflicted a severe scalp wound. Charles Rhyer fell to the bottom of the forehold of the barque Peru, and received severe injuries, having several ribs broken. Broadfoot, a negro, fell from the rigging of the barque Presto, and escaped an almost certain death by becoming entangled in the rigging, Hβ nevertheless received a severe shaking, and had the amall bone in the back of the left; hand fractured..,

The banks in Waikato will be closed r,n Wednesday and Thursday next, Christmas and Boxing-Days. A parcel of four tons of cheese left Cambridge yesterday morning to be forwarded to England per the Tongariro. Archdeacon Willis desires thankfully to acknowledge an additional sum of 7s 6d for Dr B.irnardo'* Homes from Messrs Watchorn, Aldred and Iwerson, of Whatawhata. A meeting of the committee of the South Auckland Racing Club will be held in The Waikato Times Buildings this evening. As the business is of importance, it is hoped that there will be a full and punctual attendance. A man named McCormish, of Cambridge, conducted himself in a disgraceful manner when the Salvation Army were parading the town on Sunday afternoon. He also made very filthy remarks regarding some of the Salvation lassies, and came very near being lynched by the bystanders. We understand the Salvationists have forgiren him, but the police intend taking the matter up in the causo of decency. The meeting convened at the Waikato Times building last evening for those interested in swimming lapsed in consequence of paucity of attendance. The secretary, Mr J. G. Pannell, read a report of the previous year's regatta for the benefit of the one or two in attendance, showing a balance in favour of the Swimming Sports Committee of £2 4s (id. Mr Pannell, the late secretary, placed his resignation in the hands ot Mr W. A. Graham, President of the Waikato Amateur Anniversary Swimming Races Committee. It is to be hoped that the president will net allow these successful natatory meetings to be relegated to the limbo of Hamilton failure*, but that he will call an early and influential meeting with a view of carrying out the annual programme. In compliance with i numerously signed requisition His Worship, the Mayor of Hamilton, has proclaimed Satui day afternoon, the 21st inst., a public half holiday, so that all may attend the summer meeting of the South Auckland Racing Club, and a number of tradespeople notify in this i.-sue their intention of closing their places of business. This meeting gives promise of being the most i successful of any of the meetings yet held by the Ohib, both from the Club's point of view and also from the general public's. The acceptances for the various events are large, and the horses all of good quality, so that a good afternoon's sport may be antici pated. The railway authorities as usu,:l have put on a special train from Auckland at excursion fares, which will pick up passengers all along the liuu, and will arrive at the course before the fiist race and not leave until the programme is completed. Our spurting contributor will venture on some tips in Saturday's i.sxno.