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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2728, 7 January 1890, Page 2

The grinding up of the raw material goes, on apace at the.-Hamilton flax-mill. Coates and. Metcalfe treat frwilfeli to twelve tons daily. la the Government Gazette of December-19. we noticc that Mr Herbert Logic, postmaster, Hamilton, has been appointed adeputy registrar of births, deaths, and marriages. A nice lot offish were brought over from Raglan on Saturday morning by Mr Armstrong, and met with a ready sale. They consisted chiefly of mullet and schnapper, soma of the latter being very Sue. A large flock of 2300 sheep, from Napier, in charge of Mr C. Davis, passed through Hamilton yesterday i»n their way to Auckland. These sheep were in splendid condition, and will reach Auckland in time for Mr Alfred Bucklands sale on tho 14th inst. ■ Says the Honolulu Bulletin of a fow weeks ago Professor a distinguished I*Jnglish profeshi ( iHial'^sijß®L» passed through per tho Zeatandi^wippg^ from the colonies to Antorij^,*^ sonal par " evidently refers old frieud -Santls rejoicing to 'lfri»co pockets ivhe;, t( ' make a. jjtartaff(jjbta<fe& •jfy-.riSSJl'jtin-guished ! / From from i^ckland, we New ,X Bar's." Day, ono of the wtf lir several hundred people on board,*<»toick-on the * North Head, on her trip to -Sti Heller's?; Bay, when she narrowly escapQjj,»i)fiin»/ wrecked. The wind was so strong, that tho steamer became unmanageable. The passengers, however, were ordered to the stern of the steamer, whijn she drifted off, and, with great difficulty, the passengers were got to land. Our Alexandra correspondent refers to the desire of a number of young people, both European and Maori, in that upeighbturhood who have never yet travelled 3®* rail or visited Auckland. He thinks ( :&hat v a cheap excursion during Jubilee week, starting early and returning the gaitie day, would iriejit with great support, •.especially if the fares were made something like five or six shtllings, or near to • the .old Exhibition fares in England, which', as far as we rec'ollcct, were some- : vWfeVauibout two shillings and six pence for '^.nnleiSiK.' 1 %e%#ina'gentleman's stockyard :at CambrraSwiVest, tho other day, a most ' remarkable ccrolfijemarkable for the fact - Ifhat she is, wharaMfcbe termed,, i 1 a self- ; -milker," . It .eighteen .months or two yaixt,cau^ht barbed-wira ot her iraa'ts was splft cdntre, ffeafcly^ver- - i T iA<? it tho anUifflf has liHP.n the inijtelonly required niilk inftfmp of four, out of $bq one that "been as%6iftf us ho beg fab to -/draw lire milk:{roiu the others. j* f -i - . 4 s i 9 * ' :I s ' 'fr' <0 f

Our Te Aroha correspondent refers t ) tho visit of Messrs W. R. Wilson and S. R. Wilson to that district. We trust that his anticipations of a revival of the mining industry at Waiorongomai will be verified. The flae steamer Arawa, of the Shaw, Saville and Albion line, narrowly escaped destruction_ by fire on Sunday. Fortunately the discovery was made in time to prevent much damage being done to the vessel. The departure of the vessel on Thursday next is not likely to be delayed in consequence. Mr Maunder was not long in shifting his flax-mill plant to Xaniwhauiwha. It was only four days before, he started work there, and the prospects of a regular supply of flax from the district surrounding is good enough to warrant an extension in his plant. Mr Maunder has lately been to Auckland to purchase extra machinery, and proposes to keep two strippers at work, his engine power being sufficient to drive two machines and a scutcher. The establishment of this industry in that part of the district will be a great boon to the settlers in the vicinity of the mill. In this issue appears a notification of the dissolution of the partnership for some time existing between Mr B. J. Esam, and Mr A. H. Grainger, trading under the style of W. J. Hurst and Co., seed, produce, and manure merchants, Auckland. The business of this old established firm, who have many clients in Waikato, will be continued by Mr A. H. Grainger, and from his lengthened connection with this business, extending over a period of twenty-three years, customers have a very sufficient guarantee, that their best interests will be studied in the future, as has been the case in the past, under the new proprietary. On New Year's Day a very enjoyable picnic took place up the Manpawhara Creek. At 8 o'clock in the morning about 40 people, from Taupiri, ventured out for the day, in spite of the weather, with boats and canoes, bound for Mr Walford's farm, which is about eight miles up the creek. This gentleman was there to meet the party on their arrival, and escorted them to his garden of strawberries and cherry trees. After thinning the beds and trees of their delicious fruit, games were continued until the time for departure had arrived, when cheers were given for Mr Walford for his kindness, and the boats and canoes then raced for home, where the parly arrived safely. Then to wind up the gathering, dancing in the schoolroom was kept up till a late hour.

What with the universal low prices ruling for farm produce, the latest conti ibntions to the science of agricultural economy will be very acceptable to the farmers. A few weeks ago we favored our readers with an account of a southern farmor who employed a tethered sow to plough his land, thus saving a great expenditure in time, labour, implements, and horse-flesh ; but we think the Waikato can boast the most striking example of cheap farming after all. Not a hundred miles from Cambridge a small cockatoo has taken a little farm on very low terms, and in order to cultivate it to the best advantage and leapt cost to himself, he is manuring it with a liberal application of the carcases of his neighbours cats. lam not sure whether he traps, poisons, or shoots them, but all the cats in the neighbourhood are fast disappearing, and some of his neighbours are talking of going in for damages as soon as they can procure the necessary evidence. It is possible if he finds himself liable for the ravages of rats and mice on his neighbours' property he may not find his manure so economical after all. The Hobart Mercury, in an article upon the Dunedin Exhibition, says: —"The opening was a veritable triumph, a source of surprise and delight tc the multitude; an enduring honour to the workers who, in the space of a short months, brought about results which, in measure of general excellence, boar the palm even in comparison with the great Melbourne show of last year. There is every reason to congratulate New Zealand on the public spirit and hearty co-operation which, throughout the preliminary preparations, helped along tho enterprise. It would seem as if the returning wave of prosperity now invigorating New Zealand had bestirred dwellers in the land to re-assert their position as min who know not what it is to be defeated, and that the impulse has found vent in giving ocular demonstration to the world of their abiding faith and energy. That there are some Faint-of-Hearts even among plucky pushing New Zetland folk goes without saying, but they are ju-t now fain to hide their diminishing heads. Neither press nor public will agree with them. Mutih sympathy is felt in Cambridge, with Mrs Perrin, whose husband succumbed to phthisis, on board the | Aotangi, during its late passage to New Zialand. The deceased gentleman c.une to the colony about two years ago, for the benefit of his health, and finding the Cambridge air suited his complaint, he bought a house at Pukekura. where he and his family resided. In August lie found it imperative that he should vi-it the Old Country, to settle s one business matters, and having done so, he was returning to his family, when lie was taken ill, and expired between Cape Town and Hobart. The first intimation that Mrs Perrin received of tho death of her husband, was through our columns ; little did wo think when we priuted our telegram,that ''Sidney J. Perrin, a passenger on board the Aorangi, had succumbed to phthisis," that it would break the sad news to his widow in such an abrupt manner. Had we known that deceased hail relatives in Waikato, we should have taken steps to convey the sad intelligence by other and more suitable means. The deceased was greatly liked and respected by all who came in contact with him, and as we before stated, much sympathy is fslt with Mrs Perrin, who is left in a strange country, but fortunately, with many friends.

"Civis," writing in the Otago Witness of the good time coming to be brought about by the .Exhibition, says The excitement (with all its attendant disbursements) is by no means confined to the Exhibition and exhibitors. The gadfly lias bitten everybody. Tailors can't make coats fast enough, house painters have worn their brushes to the stump, and upholsterers, I am told, are simply refusing to take orders. Nay, the Spaitan simplicity of my own roof-tree has been threatened, and it has needed all my native fortitude, ulns tlio moral support of the bank manager, to repel an invasion of paper hangers. The carnival begins next week, and in the delirious whirl of race balls, Exhibition balls, race concerts, garden parties, and what not, Dunedin is going to sweep away the last dregs of the depression—and— hang the expense. And there is much justification foi it. We had a good harvest with good priera !ast year, and we shall have a good harvest and good prices this year. Wool is up, and so is flax—and we are going to keep up our spirits too. The. .Governor is here, and we shall have all tSte&jis of famous men from Home and abroad, j will be our new Minister of Defence, : Minister of Education (pro- ! Mr Fisher's ribbon of the 1 There will be Ministers'ancjf'ffigipfcers of Parliament from all ■colonies, V'e are going ta shoft thein 'what a happy find prosperous people we really are. Uptjo mv word, when I think of it all, I h.vlf-'iegfetitho defeat of those papephangere. "" "fit ,< /A most remarkable speech on the federation of the English-speaking people of /the world, recently delivefed in America by the well-known General Butler, concluded with the following stirrincr appeal:—"The two nations (English aud America) are coming together;nmd when it comes to pass all Europe and Asia, joined together in battla array, if such ivVthing were possible, against the English speaking, people of the globe, would pause in disnjay, before any hostile step would be taken against such a united power. Why should we no*- look to such a union as a means of spreading the Christian religion in its most enlightened form? Such a united power would" save all the other nations of Europe from, final and inevitable bankruptcy because of maintaining immense armies and navies to the destruction of their people to 'keep other nations in check. To that English-speaking league every nation would be obliged to submit for arbitrament every cause of difference, if not for fear of its armed intervention, yet because of its holding the money of the world. No war could be carried on which that power should dissaprove, and any nation might disarm who should be protected even by the promise of financial pledge of the united Englishof the earth. With uniting their means transportation, of that yfhi c h Stfstains life and secures comfort, no vifmt or famine could ever come, and within »ffieutury a universal language could periyjade the world, thus relieving it from the pinishment inflic&djtm mankind by the JjSrd Almighty afrtlje tower of Babel." 1

The Orient Shipping Company are setting a ((""J example to other shipping ljnes in their endeavours to promote trade from the colonies to London. They have given a free passage to an experienced man from Covent Garden Market in London to Hobart, in order that he might give practical instruction in Tasmania as to the best methods of packing fruit for export. This expert, who nailed on November Bth, brings with him specimen fiuit cases, in order to show the orchardists the manner in which fruit should be packed. The Orient Company are making preparations for the carriage of a large quantity of fruit this coming season. An esteemed correspondent, who at times contributes under the title of Mr Ward, a relative of Artemus, sends us the following, which is in keeping with his usual style, and refers to the wonderful horse that carries that wonderful man, "The Tramp," about the country:— " Boomerang had quite an ovation the other evening, in front of Mr Kidd's Commercial Hotel, High-street, Auckland. After submitting to the admiration of numerous admirers, one from Te Awamutu felt hi in all over, and said he was thin, consideiing all the "blow" there had been about him. When another remarked, it was no wonder he was thin when " Tramp " had been cutting jokes out of him all over the country, " Boomey " turned his head and actually smiled at this sympathising friend.