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Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2819, 7 August 1890, Page 2

The death rate in Mecca from cholera has increased to 000 daily. Cholera is spreading in Spain, and it is expected it wdl extend to Paris. In tin Gazatte of July 31, the control of the Tnakau Kerry is vested in the Raglan County Council. Private advices from Australia report a rlcclina in maize, owin# t') supplier arriving fruin new districts. The members of the Hamilton Football Club are requested to attend a practice on .Saturday afternoon, at 3 .sharp. Disastrous floods have occurred at Mahakipawa. Thousands of feet of Humiugs were washed away, and the claims are nearly all Idled up with tailings. According to the report sent in by the Sheep Inspector to the Minister of Lands the lvaiawa flock at Miranda is now the only one on the infected list in the Auckland piovincial district. The concert in aid of the Cambridge Catholic Church and .School, takes place this evening. The entertainment will h:i ;i vo.'v good one, as in addition to local talent, Fathers Egan and Lenilian and several Auckland vocalists will take part. A Royal Humane Society's gold medal has been conferred on Mr Henry I'.iron, third officer of the ship Selkirkshire, for saving the life of an able seaman named Whiteford, who fell overboard in bad weather off the coast of New Zealand 011 February 10th last. Statistics prove that tlie wheat crop generally is 11,000,000 quarters below that required for consumption. Kxperiments made show that wheat 'jruwn in a temperate climate is mast free from 1 ust. I n discussing the question the Standard advises Australian growers to utilise English seed. Mr Thornton having been sue cessful in catching a stag (a fine white 0110 with good antlers) it has been decided that the tirst stag hunt ever held in Waikato will take place on .Monday. The meet will be at flantapn, at noon sharp, and it is expected that there will be a large muster of the general, as well as the sporting, public. ! We have heard several complaints from farmers of the quality, as well as of the kind of seeds supplied. One gentleman we heard say that he had paid an extra high price for turnip seeds, supposed to be of a first-class kind, but when the crop came up it was found that fully one half of it was rape. The poor farmers surely have enough to fight againt without being supplied with bad seed. The men employed by Mr Julien, the well known builder of Auckland, in erecting Mrs Thornton's mansion at Maungakaua, dunot intend leaving the Cambridge district without becoming better known to its inhabitants. They have taken the Public Hall, and to-morrow evening they have invited their friends. They contemplated giving a nigger minstrel entertainment us well, but we learn it has unavoidably been postponed. The immediate friends of the Salvation Army will be sorry to hear of the death of Ensign Sutton, which took place a day or two ago. He had been ill with consumption for some time past, and has been travelling about lately to different stations for change of air. It will be remembered that Ensign (then Captain) Suttun was one of the ollieers who assisted Captain Cutler in opening this s-t ition of till! Army upwards of two years ago. Much regiet has be.en expressed ai the Ensign's death by those who came into persona Icontaet with him, as he was a man who possessed good qualities and was much liked by 11

Mr James Hume returned to Hamilton by yesterday's train, looking all the better for iiis tiiptoFiji, lie found the climate rather trying at fir-.t, but got pretty well acclimatised before starting on his return journey. The Rev. Dr- Hooper, tor some time resident in Cambridge, we understand, will shortly be placed by the Bishop in charge of the Upper Waikato district, tilling the position lately occupied by the [lev. it. (!. Boler, taking up his residence at the Mission House, To Awamutu. Mr Thomson, manager of the Equitable Life Assurance Society, cf United States, will give a diagram lecture, entitled "Modern Thought on Tontine Life Assurance." on Saturday evening next. An invitation is also given to all opposition life agents, so as to induce controversy. Mr Thomson lias lectured for years in New Zealand on life assurance, and has the power to entertain his audienco. The admission being fre- 1 , there should be a large attendance at the Volunteer Halt at 7.30. The Mayor of Hamilton will preside.

In reporting upon the rabbit nuisance, the inspector for the Auckland district writes "[t is a most difficult question to decide how best to deal with this nuisance here, for on native lands poisoning cannot be undertaken, and public opinion is adverse to tho liberation of the natural enemy ; so that, until the native lands become occupied, or the property of

individuals and not the common property of a tribe, and public opinion reconciled to the presence of the natural enemy, the means adopted as the most useful in the rest of the colony are actually prohibited here, so far as the greater area of rabbitinfested country—the King country--is concerned." Whilst many people have been directing their attention towards the Kuiti for a lime supply, Mr Cannell haa been maturing plans for operating with the \Vaipa limestone in an extensive manner. With this object he has purchased a piece of land from the (lovernment, on the Waipa llivor, near the Maungakowhai Creek, and at the nearest point to wh»re the Riglan road comes out on to the flat after leaving the rancre. Mr Cannell h now busy Greeting a largo biick kiW, in which he proposes to burn with coal, and he expects to be in a position in the course of a few weeks to put lime upon the steamer lor from 20s to 25s per ton in quantities.

" Atticus" writes in the Leader For a combination of worldliness and other worldliness the only thing I can recall to

match the foregoing is the obituary notico of a departed hatter inserted in an American unper. It ran in this wise:—"Died, on the 11th inst.. at his shop, No. 20Green-wich-street, Mr Edward .Tones, much respected by all who knew and dealt with him. As a man lie was amiable ; as a master upright and moderate. His virtues were beyond all price, and his beaver hats were only 3 dollars each. He has left a widow to deplore his loss, and a large stojk to bo sold cheap for the benefit of his family. Ho was snatched to the other world in the prime of life, just a 9 he had concluded an extensive purchase of felt, which he got so cheap that his widow can supply hats at more reasonable rates than any house in the city. His disconsolate family will carry on business with punctuality."