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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2883, 6 January 1891, Page 2

A hundred vessels have been 'a reeked bv storms oil the coist of NowfoMiidlaud. Rossa's term of banishment, has . <t)ind. and he intends rovisitiiiK l.lMl), The committee of the South Auckland Racing Club will meet on Thiirsday in I"11r. \\ aikato'iimks P.uildThc Admiralty has decided to r.'-op..ii the lv,'i-na (Joint Martial, and M-viral \vitnr<M-s bave been ordered hniiu'. It has been decided to hold the liinnt Idary "1 tlie IJamhriilfO Wesleyan f'hr.ieli at a time dining the full moon in March. The boating and swimming comoii'tee -ol 1 lie 1 lainilton Annual '.iala nie.ee t ■ morrow iiißht in Thk Waikalo Timks buildings. Thn Commissioner of Crown li ,i:ds for South Aii.-tralia visits Xew Zea--1 ind shortly to inquire into the working of ilu. homestead systuin. A meeting- of the Whatawhata Race I '..euniHra will be held on Saturday .•> eni!-ir settling up in connection with I liu ialc )" k:c tr.'jt' l injj. Mr C. Iff. Brunsldll, of Taotaoroa, ~,...111111,. to pr.,;;ies. favourably, and lb. ('u. lincy li;iV iMiitidvnco thai ho will be ahoul, :n in the course of a tew weeks. The damage occasioned by the ti-i> ill Thames-street is estimated at. half-a million .-terlinjf. The amount of damage wa - H iuv'iiod owing to the burning of four

warehouses. I'he programme of the Oliaupo Vthletic Sports, which take place t«-mor-TM'" a 1 >[ I'TI'S in this issue. A wrestling m it'eh has been added i.o the programme, ami a dar.ee will be held sn the evening. Mrs O'Shea compromises the ■icMon brousbt to contest her aunt's will, 'under which she received an enormous ortuue. She has agreed to abandon licr claims in consideration of payment oi £50,000. The Hiondon Stock Exchange has presented an add..- of thanks to Mr \,. Lidderdalo, tiov. ruor of the bank of Lugland. in recognition of his effective actum d'liing the cri.-is caused by the stoppage of J ku - HV^ s The new rivev steamer Freetrader, paid hei lirst visit to Hamilton yesterday iimming, arriving about half-pa>-t nine. After discharging her cargo at Hamilton i'aist, the Freetrader ]iroceeded on to Cambridge. We wish the proprietors, Messrs Hall and Black, every sucoe.-s in their new venture. A meeting of the committee of the Hamilton Annual Swuuimna; Uala w called for tn morrow eveving at I Ilk. ».U----KATO Timks Um!dings._ There is only thite weeks now to the day fixed for holding the c»ala and as yet nothing Ins been done ; it is hi'gb time some active steps were taken in the matter. I Mr N. &. Cox, the local agent of the Mutual i,if« Association of Australasia has very courteously supplied us wttn a copy of the report of the proceedings, at the opening of the new principal o.hce ot the Company, lately erected at the comer of George and Wynyard-streets, Sydne>. The building, a picture of which adorns the over of the bonk, is considered one of the h indsnnest in Sydney, it is eight stories in height, and % feet from basement t'j parapet. By recent exchanges we learn that late rams have greatly benefited the growing wheat in South Australia, ho far, December 10th., the returns are better than were expected a fortnight ueo. lhere now seems a fair probability of the genera average reaching seven and-a-hali t- eight bushels. This, from an area, equ;'. m that of last year, with tile quantity left on hanfi from last harvest, should give them a grand total of about IiOO.OUO tons available for export, which will be no easy matter to get

away. In the notification calling for tenders for the roro-o-torau-Taumaranm road contract appearing in Saturday's issue, pro\ ision had not been made for plans and specifications to be on view at the Hamilton l'ost office. The attention of ment was called to this oversight and in reply t.o this a telegram was received yesterday [rimi Mr Yickeriuan that theomissiou would bo rectified and that the necessary dualmoiiLd would be forwarded to the Hamilton po.-tma.-ter Vv'ithin the next day or two. We learn that the Queensland Railway (/■.nunisMoners just coir.ns clawificition of goods earned by rail, and a re assessment in the rates of trei.'ht, The result, a- e.*:p-ct.>d, has been an 'increase all round. The < >m-e»-lami tiiU ..»r «xv.,J h:.Ut.> face (he -ii- con.-iduaMoii o! increasing the and would haw; willingly reduced |' K , iiei-hts, had there, been any pro.-.pect of iuereaJU:; the Imdie to such an n.\|.etil. a., (O increase the revenue. As it is, t.iev h..,x„ to tighten the screw instead <;l slackening it. This is one o! the results of own -borrowing and reckless spending. A number of natives pfissed through Hamilton yesterday, and on ennniry we found thev were proceeding to Kiri'ldri, a native settlement near the Thames, for tho purpose ot taking part in a Mormon meeting At this gathering over two hundred natives, from llawkes liay and Cisborne in tho south and from 15-vy of Islands and Hokianga in the north, are expected to assemble. We were surprised to learn from our informant, Anatipa J'ukatea, a very intelligent Karakariki native, that the Maoris have very generally taken to the Mormon faith, either that or they have become Hanhaus. At the Karakariki settlement, which was fonnerly a stronghold of Wesleyanism, only two or three natives now hold to this branch of the Christian church.

The Sylvia Park Stud was dispersed yesterday. The total price U5,130 realised for the various lots has exceeded the expectations of even the most sanguine. Nordenfeldt of course, was the centre of attraction, and at tiie high fir;,,re of 5 (iOO guineas he was purchased on behalf of a Mr Hordein, of Sydney. Aucklanders did not sepin very anxious to secure him as thev dropped out of the bidding at 4,500 guineas. Among the mares with foals at foot, this highest price was given fey Mr \V. R. Wilson for Morsey (dam of Oarbine) winch brought 2,300 guineas. The irlin" colt by Xordenfeldt out of Nelly 'Moore,"was bought by Mr 8. H. Gollao, and realised the sum ot 1,050 guineas. A full report of the prices of tho various lots offered will bo fnund in another column. The Cambridge Wesleyan Church nuartly meeting was lmld on the 31st December, at tho house of Mr Pnestlj. Jhe Rev. C. H. Garland presided, _ and there was a large attendance of the officers of the church. The net proceeds of the joint 1 resbyterian raid Wesleyan soiree, held at llautapu in October, were stated to be ±,1- Is lid giving £15 0-i !>J to each of the Churches. The Church membership was reported the same as 'ast quarter, with the exception of one loss by death. The quarter's income was £79 -Is Id, and tho expenditure tih Us Ld, the previous balance ill hand of £15 ISs 3d, being thus increased to t'7 lis • •d. the ann'ial soiree was fixed for Weduc day, ■!",Lli March. ValioliS ftppoint-Uiiilts /d othcers for the enduing year wore mad':, including that of Messrs lv. lioyiiok. • and liaue as Circuit Stewards, and ill nine was appointed the representative ut the circuit at tho Conference to be lielu in Auckland in March. With a view to reducing the mortgage debt uii the LrusL pre niises, the meeting discussed and favourably considered the idea of a sale of work, to be held about Christmas next, but the hnal decision on the 'natter was left over to tho next quarterly meeting.