The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. Equal and exact justice to all men, Of whatsover state or persuasion, religious or UNKNOWN TUESDAY, DEC. 23, 1890.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2878, 23 December 1890, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. Equal and exact justice to all men, Of whatsover state or persuasion, religious or UNKNOWN TUESDAY, DEC. 23, 1890.

Our leader and other items are Toudfd "ii'j ~f this issue.

Mr W J. Hutiter will hold his lir.'st Waiit tto -linep fair of the season, on Wednesday, February IStli. Bnt'ies are a'dicitcU.

The secretary to tlie Alexanclrs. Ivaco CoiutriitUe tli.it owing to the want of entries it liar; b'.-.et' decided to leave the Settler's Rice open till the day of the We have been, asked to call attention to a dangerous hole that exists in Hall's bridge on the Ngaruawahia road, parties coining up to tho races on baturday found .some dilliculty in getting over tho biidgn without accident.

Mr W. M. Hay, of Hamilton, was thrown from his horso 011 Saturday evening, just 'as he was leaving the racecourse at Hamilton East. He was stunned by the fall anil for some little time was unconscious. However he was about again in the evening, (seemingly none the worse for hi* mishap.

As Mr W. M. Douglas was leaving the Claudelands racecourse iin Saturday afternoon ono of the wheels of his bup"y collapsed, the spokes all cumins out. The"occu pants ft .t out without injury, and havinz borrowed a trap from Mr J. Hume drovoliome without further mishap. Mr W. J. Hunter in conjunction with Me.'-srs J. McNicol and Co., under in•<i ructions fiom the New Zealmd Thames V'alloy Land Company, wiil hu'.ri an important sale of cattle, sheep and horse* at Ijichlii'ld, on Thursday, January L'-'nd. A special train will he laid on from Haniuton in connection with this :;:de. Ou Saturday at the race meeting at Candi-lands Mr .lames Gloments, of Ta-uvhare, was run ov.o by one of the hui.-f's c 1 'iill''iui- in the Chu-tu-as Lliuiuie:ip and su-t lined cuicusjinn of the brain. The injni'i'd ninn was attended to ou the course liy Dr. LC-nny and was afterwards reuiinud to tba W.nkato Hotel. At latest ticcountii Alt' Clements niakimj very satisfactory progress. The French, law of compulsory dnisinn of lauds li-.k re-nlted in there beiutf now m Franc' SO,OOO pi rietors owning an ivi ;i ., K ii of 750 aeivM ; iiO'J 000, of 7-j acre-!. Tii-iriT are 1,0ci7,0U li'iMmtf-t L ' lussi ' l unilt-r :U acres ; between S.j and 20 acrex, illl'j.SW ; from 20 to L'UO acres, 0.5'.1,K1!3, while in the whole Kingdom of Prussia tliei-M jii-e only lIOS landowners liable to be rated at .ttuOO a year. The inhabitants of Cambridge are lonkim; fon'/ard to n rare musical treat Ypur's l>:iy, when the Auckland rftar.s are advertised to «ive a performance. Mm Kile-mr, »"d Me;-rs Jacksm and l> • •• l|- . • " ••-'•o- i':- i'L"' 1.. ~i '1 . i-o I % ' V.-ll , .h, .1-. li tis- - 's. Tiio-o ...f i ■ iMi"-li.ii! music to voC'l "'id ..r), ' SituM" .T-eU- , (| . 'i Uv »v J V u " lv t ' - '

W« had word yesterday from Mr Mc.-Vlister, Secretary to the Whatawhata .lockey Club, that, ho had received n telegram from the Secretary of tjio Metropolitan Ulnli, notifying Unit their programme had been passed. ThU item of 111toUißeneo la (if moment to horse-ownora. In Christmas and New Year weeks Mcxsrs A. Btieklatid and Sons; cattle sales ut Uoitinera will bHw'ld ;n day, Denemtmr 24th and Wednesday, Docember 31st ros,,eciv,ly. fn these weekthe cattle trains will run on J,® eember 23rd, and Tiu'.day, December dOth. Wo understand that the South Auckland Racinc Club are in thopoissessiim "f the name- »f Keverol JS' transferred their tickets in order to enable some of their friends to (jam adinissnn to tCStand. Tl.Uwasd..nobyd— h« tickets over the front of tho stand to the f Rationed below. In order to saAe ?,; v npl.asantness, the secretary desires ' us to mi nest that these members pay he entrance fee for those they enabled

to enter in lliia manner. We are in receipt of Messrs M.irray and Hpciioo.'slllustratedHof "hold U . an .can-l UiHry f..r ISM, published at Alniau.u. Tilts liook. us its name implies."lms been arranged '.is a homo book, •ind bu-idfs tlio usual itiforiiintion expected to bo found, in an almanac it contain*, medical notes, household wnukles, work for little folk, short stories, humourous tit bits, ''•irdening note, nautical. astronomical, anal litrarv itoms. The worlc is well Cl » n l lllel j> reflecting great credit upon the publishers, !md at the extremely modest price of «x----nonce it comes within the reach of all. and should C'liiiinnnd to the member, of ovo y household who e.m manage to pro- °' The children attending the Cambridge West School had a veal good time on Friday. They held their annual sports m the aft.J.on, after which they had an al fresco ieV kiudlv provided by their parents and ri ;,,ls. and stuff as they would they could demolish all the goo,l t 11l the evening a concert was held 111 the '0h0,.!, the childi sn being the performe.s, : „,1 are told Uioy acquitted themselves admirably. Tli.«.ii S i d'"™s»,tc.. wore manner.''V,' T.' W Hick, preexercised a general supervision over the arrangements. A. nentleiuaii who was nresHtit says : " I never saw a happier lookin>' lot of youngsters in my life. I hey had eaten to i';,lotion of Hie Rood things, Hided, until ihey could hardly do anything but smik. and how they'managed to sine wiia v;cil':r tome. They looked as if tbev had n->t a troublu in the world. Good for the kiddies. In another column will be found the complete programme for the first night of performance by the Auckland Concert (Jot!,piny. All of the performers are of the higheA repute in their several departments, either vocal or instrumental and a musical troat soldom afforded residents outside of largo cities is in storo for us. We notice in a critical notic3 in Saturdays i L.jiald a'.ludiucr to a concert given by the Yueldand Orchestral Union, the following reference to Mr T. : "T 1,0 „ cause I Love Thee So (kobertson), snug hv Mr T. M. Jackson, was received with tumultous applause, the singer bowing his acknowledgements. In his next numbei, Mi-Jackson achieved one of his most pionmmced successes. The song selected was Hani's "'Lhe Grand Master, a magn ficunt tenor composition. Mr Jackson did full justice to it, and the superb maimer 111 which he was accompanied by Miss Harding secured a gonuiue success. He declined a persistent demand for an encore, and bowed his acknowledgements. Mr .Jackson undoubtedly has one of the finest tenor voices in the colony or Australia, and wo oelieve that only tho exigencies of business prevent, his accepting one of the many flattering oilers made to him. One of the most notable curiosities that will be exhibited at the Christmas K.-te, to bo held at Cambridge, on Boxing Day, is a Caxton Bible. It has boen lent bv Mr R. C. Dyer, who values it highly; and indeed he should, for one was sold in London a few years ago, for toOU. but t is not solely on account of the intrinsic value of this ancient volume that Mr Dyer prizes it, but because it contains an uninterrupted list of Mrs Dyer's ancestors for tho past two and-a-half centuries. The Musgrave's—Mrs Dyer's ancestors-were an old Norman family, that did in! J u V mighty deeds in their day ; the firs that inscribed his name in the above-mentioned Bible did so in 1038. and was named 1 ensrrine Musgrnvo. The dato on which the Hi tie was printed cannot be ascertained f«i certain, as the fly leaf is lost, but it must have been previous to 15t>l, as a punted calendar at the beginning of the book com mences with that year. It is printed in th< English type called black-letter, w ' :lc _' is also known as Gothic. Many of the ex pressions used in this Bible would rathe: astonish ouryounu Colonials if they heait. tliem read oat in Church. In one par when speaking of the heathen it calls then black-a-more-. This bible, and th« koro tamii will doubtless attract a number o visirois, for it is seldom two such rare curio; are to he met with. Bond's Waitato Almanac foi IS'.U is now published, and it certainlj reflects groat credit, not only upon the pub iislier, but also upon the Waikato, tor tner are few, if any, country districts that cai turn out as good a publication ; indeed w think it will compare very favourably_ will aliiiiliacs that email ato from tho cities n tho colony. The information it contain has. been brought up to dat ;, amongst l beitl" tho members of Parliament latel elected. Full information regarding al our local bodies, with a list of the membei of such, have been duly set forth, and th business directory will hu found invaUwbl to both purchasers and vendors. Item tains throe views of Cambridge, Hamuto and Te Aroha, respectively, Ihey hav neen printed from photo-e,ectio block specially prepared for this publication, an arc infinitely superior to the wood-cut Lhat appear in the Christmas ntimbei of tl, Auckland Weekly News, although the are hatdiv .'S good as the publisher woul have liked. When referring to this aluians in a previous issue we omitted to notice very important article on onion-growini by Mr G. J. Xeal, wherein he tells ho he managed to grow this vegetable at tl rata of 48 tous to t.lio acre, lhe artic referred to will be found in the farm at garden calendar fur the uioumi ot and is well worth perusing. Space w pi vided on every day in the year for mum 1-at,da, and this, together with the fund information it contains, renders tli almanac one of tha best investments for t th;\t it u possible to obtain, It has bei duly restored as a matfaziue, and cau 1 posted fur I- 1 /). _