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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2769, 12 April 1890, Page 2

Messrs J. McNicol and Co.'s special sheep sale at Cambridge takes place next Monday. Five thousand sheep will be offered. The adjourned meeting of the Cambridge Borough Council was held last evening at 7 p.m. The Cambridge Domain Board meet at 2 p.m. this day. We understand that with regard to the Royal Hotel, Hamilton East, the National Bank intend erecting a new building on the site of the present one. In the Government Gazette of April 3 the notice appears vesting the management of the Raglan wharf in the Raglan County Council and fixing the dues rates and regulations in connection therewith. Mr W. S. Allen, of Annandale. is announced to address the electors of Te Aroha at the Public Hall, Te Aroha, on Tuesday evening. Much interest is being taken in Mr Allen's candidature for the Te Aroha seat. At the Wesleyan Church, Hamilton, on Sunday next, divine service will be conducted at 11a.m., by the Rev. S. Lawry the newly-appointed Minister to the circuit, and at 7 p.m. by Rev. B. Rothwell. Rev, S. Lawry will also preach at Kirikiriroa in the afternoon, and at .Ngaruawahia in the evening. A most enjoyable dance was given in the Public Hall at Cambridge on Wednesday evening, in honour of the marriage of Mr H. C. McCrae and Miss F. Robertson. For some years Mr McCrae was in the Cambridge post office, and was greatly liked and respected. He is now stationed in Auckland, where we believe he is also popular. The happy couple have gone to ltotorua to spend their honoymoon.

Mr A. G- Horton, of Messrs Wilsons and Horton, Herald, arrived inlHamilton yesterday, from Te Aroha, and spent the day in looking round the district. We are pleased to note from the reports of the live stock sales in Auckland a rise in the prices of cattle and sheep. Steers this week are quoted at 20s, and cows at llis per lOOlbs, while wethers ranged from 15s to 17s 9d. The concert and social in aid of the funds of the new Roman Catholic Church, Raneiaohia, to bo held here on Tuesday eveHing.next, is, judging from the extentfand excellence of the musicaj programrrte, expected to eclipse anything of the kind ever held here. The ladies who form the refreshment committee on this occasion are resolved, notwithstanding the shortness of the preparation, to leave nothing to be desired on their part. Mr Albert Potter's letter in reference to flax in this issue just confirms what Mr Heury Swarbrick, who has lately returned from a trip to England, has stated to. us, that there is practically an unlimited demand for firßt-class New Zealand nax fibre in England, and that the reason for, the fall in the value of this staple product at Home is due more to the dishonest way in which it was being prepared. and in other cases to the halt cleaned and discoloured lots that are sent away. Mr Potter is quite right when he lays stress upon the point that quality must be the first consideration. We hear that there is a movement on foot to establish in Auckland a i! lax Millers Association, for the purpose of classifying, sorting, and re-packing New Zealand flax fibre. Some, time ago it was proposed to ask the Government to appoint an inspector to supervise all exports ot flax, in order to place some check upon dishonest practices, and to detect the nefarious devices of unscrupulous manufacturers in making up their bales pleasing to the eye, but in the centre, of a quality much below what outwardly would appear to be good. This action of manufacturers is to be commended—better depend upon themselves than to run to the Government; there has all along been too much of this sort of thing. A meeting of the members of the Pukekiira Road Board was held at the Pukerimu School house on Monday, ith April, Present: Mr Lake, chairman, Messrs 11, Kusabs. J; Scott, and J. Anderson. Messrs Cooper and Chitty wrote asking for admission tJ cut flax growing upon the reserve adjoining the properties of Messrs Atkinson and Grey, parish of Pukokura, which was granted, on condition that they pay the sum of £1 in advance, and removed the flax by the sth May next. Mr H. Kusabs gave notice that at the next meeting of the Board on sth May, he would move " That all the reserves now vested in the Board should be leased by tender so that the Board might get some income from them, especially lots 23, near Howie's corner, containing 11 acres, and lot 175, of 12:5 acres, near Mr Newcombe s property. Messrs Anderson and bcott were authorised to call for and accept tenders for repairs to Bell and Tuckers road. The deviation of Watsons road was left to Mr Lake to arrange with Mr D. Stubbing for survey, and Mr Lake was also authorised to let a tender for reforming a few chains of Norrish's road.