The Waikato Times and THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 189O.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2770, 15 April 1890, Page 2

The Waikato Times and THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

TUESDAY, APRIL 15, 1890.

Equal and cxact justice to men, Of whatsoever state or persuasion, religious 01 political.

We have been compelled to hold over our lender, report of the Cambridge Borough Council meeting, and other matter. The latest betting on the Derby is !) to 2 each against Surefoot and Letiore. Owing to the continuance of bad woather yesterday tho Auckland races were again postponed. Kauri gum is in good demand. One thousand cases have been sold in London at full rates. Excellent social and concert in the Town Hall at Kihikihi to-night. The Te Awamutu band will perform. Sir George Grey, who has been in poor health for some time past, is laid up with inflamation of the eyes. The adjourned cattle stealing case against W, Vosper will be continued to-morrow. A report will appesr m Thursday's issue. , , ~ At the London wool sales on the 13th inst. there was good competition, and prices remained firm. Beat scoured, however, show a decline of 2d. Four hundred; live sheep from the Argentine Republic, imported into Liverpool, realised double the price received for River Plate frozen mutton. A special meeting of the Raglan County Council will be held on Wednesday the ffith inst, to consider the proposal to borrow money to complete the wharf. Archdeacon Willis is endeavouring to start a Young Men's Mutual Improvement class in Cambridge. We understand that it will be purely unsectanan. The meeting of the Cambridge Domain Board that was called for Saturday lapsed for want of a quorum. Another meeting is called for next Saturday afternoon, at 2 p.m. A voung masher, who has not yet seen twenty summers, put up.a good record at the Ohaupo social gathering the other night, dancing with 20 girl* out of a possible •10. Mr James McG-uirk has been electrrt Councillor in the Raglan County Council, for the Pirongia Riding. The election took place on Saturday last. Mr McGuirk polled 16 votes as against 7 votes for Mr A. Sherrett. Mr tocNicol's sheep fair at Cambridge yesterday was a very good one. sh«.u were in good demand and over four fh Znrl werosold, in fact only one lot was pswsed and the owner received a good offer for iliem. In our report' of the Hamilton F.mfchallClub concert in last issue we indv Sntly nmitted to state that the musical portion of the programme had be™ under the of Professor Oonnell.

A plain and fancy dress ball. under the auspices (if tho Cambridge Brass and Reed band, will take place next Thursday evening in the Cambridge Public HajlSettling up in connection with the Autumn Meeting of the South AuckRading Club will take place on Saturday evening next, at The Waikato Tihks Buildings at 8 o'clock. • Sir Samuel Locke, ex M-H.R. for [East Coast, was found dead in his bed at his lodgings, Mount Eden Road, on Sunday morning, and an inquest was held yestutday. We have been asked to mention that Messrs Smith and Caughey, Wilson, Williams and McCullaugh and W. Wildman, all of Auckland, gave several prizes to be competed for at the late garden fetu at Cambridge. The late genial rains have had a wonderful effect upon vegetation. Urass and turnips hivvo quite recovered hoin the lats spell of dry weather, and if open weather continues for a few weeks, feed after all will be plentiful this winter.

A special parade of the Hamiton Light Infantry is culled fur Friday evening, at 8 o'clock. All those volunteers and others in possession of band instruments belonging to the Corp?, are requested to haild them to Capt. Reid at this parade. The judgment of the South Aucklarid Racing Club in carrying out their programme on Saturday notwithstanding thai quantity of unsolicited advice vouchsafed to postpone tho meeting, has been fully confirmed by the wretched weather prevailing sine?; We have been requested by the secretary to the Waikato District Hospital to correct a statement which appeared in out issue of the Bth in3tant, stating that Mr Coulthavd had not been admitted into that institution, owing to all the beds being occupied, as such was not the case. We would remind farmers and others that Mr W. J. Hunter'si second I sheep fair takes place to-day at Ohaupo. Eight thousand sheep will be offered. Prior to the sheep fair Mr Hunter will hold his regular fortnightly cattle sale, when three hundred head of mixed cattle will be submitted. ... », * Captain Bruce and his file of Waikato Cavalry, who left Hamilton on Friday morning to take part in the military sports arranged to take place on Saturday, returned by train yesterday. The postponement of th® gathering was not tolegraphed to hiin and he and his men had their trip to Auckland for nothing. In Mr Thos. Wells' window, at Cambridge, is to be seen a specimen of work done by by what may be called an " endless knife." It is a quantity of pieces of cloth that have been cut in a peculiar way, just as if they were a number of pieces of veneer that had been clamped together and cut with a band saw. In fact the instrument is very simuar, and may pe called a "band knife," for it is like the saw, except that it has a smooth edge instead of a serrated one. This peculiar machine is used for cutting out cloth for suits. One piece is marked with the chalk, and then it is placed on the top of thirty or forty pieces, as required, and the whole are cut through at one operation. A man named John Casey met with a serious accident whilst returning from the South Auckland Races on Saturday last. It appears be was walking along the top of tho steep cutting near the school bridge at Hamilton East, when his foot slipped and he fell to the bottom. He was afterwards picked up and conveyed to the Waikato Hotel where it was discovered that he had two ribs broken On Sunday he was taken to the Waikato District Hospital, where he had to undergo chloroform before the real extent of his injury could be ascertained, when it was found that one of the ribs had penetrated his lungs. Under the skillful treatment of Dr Kenny it is expected he will soon be afcout again. At the Police Court at Ngaruawahia yesterday Paul Aubrey , a half-caste, was charged with having on the2oth day of March last, wilfully and malicioualy cut adrift the ferry boats, at Ngaruawahia, and cut hole 3 in the same, causing damage to the extent of £10. After the first witness had been examined, the prisoner Aubrey demanded the services of an interpreter, as he said he could not understanding the proceedings. After some discussion, during which one of the Justices stated that it was a most extraordinary thing that Aubiey, who had himself often acted as interpreter in the Court, should now pretend not to understand Jiußlisn. The case was adjourned for a week in order to procure the services of a licensed interpreter, bail being granted to the prisoner m two sureties of £50 each. The punt has been repaired, and is now in runuing ordei af? At the Wesleyan Church, Hamilton, on Sunday morning, the Rev. Mr Lawry, the newly-appointed minister to the Hamilton Circuit, occupied the pulpit arid held divine service for the first tune. He took his text from the Psalms, and preached a very interesting sermon to a large congregation, during which he remarked that he had come to Hamilton to assist them in Church work, and urged everyone only to do work—whether it be Church or every-day work—that Uod could establish, and which would, in time to come, bring forth an abundance of fruit, when Otl would bless them in their labours, and reap a very rich harvest from their work by-aud-bye. In the evening the Kev. JJ. Rothwell, who is on a visit from the oouth, - preached to a good congregation. Mr Roth well is well-known in Hamilton, being the son of Mr Thos. Roth well, of Whatawhata, and has greatly improved since his last visit to this district.