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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2885, 10 January 1891, Page 2

The Financial Times eulogises tlio outlook in New Zealand. Nine of the children who were burned al the Leech buziuir huvu dial.

Prince Henry of Battenburg has '••■"•n iippoiuted CJovenior of the I-le of Wight. The mortality of London, owing to the hard winter, is 000 above the weekly average. The diroctors of the National IVink of Xi.'w Zealand havo diolared a dividend of "> per cisnt. per annum. The Union Bank of Australasia has declared a dividend of 14 pur cent., and carried £10,000 forward to noxt year. The annual pedestrian and aquatic sports will take place as Raglan, on Friday next. Liberal prizes will be offered. The R.M.S. Rimutaki arrived at Plymouth on Tuesday, January (Jth, with her pa.ssengur.s all well, and her frozen mutton in good condition. The full programme of the annual swimming races and regatta, to he held on the Hamilton Lnke on Thursday, 2!) th inat., appears in this issue. Mr Isaac Hodgson, of Tuhikaramea, has been appointed by the Raglan County Council, registrar of dogs for the Pirongia Riding for the. year 1891. Messrs Hubbard and Milne, the contractors for tho erection of the bridge over the Mutahura Creek, on the new line of road lately taken by the Waikato County Council, through Messrs Hill's property, commenced work on Monday last. Sections of suburban land, in the suburbs of Whatawhata (Waipa county), I'okeno and Weymouth (Manukau county), to be offered for sale by auction at the Crown Lands Office, Auckland, on Friday, the 30th inst., are advertised in another column. We learn that scarleMna is running its course through several families in Cambridge, having been introduced by a family lately returned from Auckland, rfoine steps such as tiie isolation of the cases should be taken to prevent tho spread of thi.s epidemic. Although very warm weather ins prevailed lately, Him sil.trftida'ico at thu Hamilton Public LJitha has been very small, and the caretaker says lie fcf.ls rather disgusted at this, and will have to close the baths shortly if the number of swimmers does not increase. Swimmers, take heed !

We learn that there was an ample supply of refreshments at the Whatawhatu races, Messrs H. jMahon, Cockhead and Graee had booths upon the course, and the local stores also did a roaring trade in tea and cakes, all hands at the close of the day, reaching that satisfactory climax known as "sold out."

The Whatawhata creamery is continuing to put through an average quantity nl five hundred gallons per day. Though their list of suppliers is a short one, most of them send fair (jnantitics of milk, the largest, supplier, Mr K. C. Shepherd, sending in during the month of December, no less than fifteen hundred gallons.

The Inspector of tne New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company (Limited) has received advice from London that Air F. Larkworthy has resigned his seat on the Board of that, Company, and that the right Honorable Sir John H. C.orst, Q.C., M.r., and Mr 11. ,T. Bristow have joined the Board of Directors in London.

The drainage operations carried out by Mr Osier, on his property nnar Rotokauri, have had the effect of lowoiinß the water in the lake some two or t,hrun feet. During the last few weeks a number of natives have been following up the receding water in search of kauri gum. Considerable quantities, we understand, have already been secured. Over a ton was sent into Ngariiawaliia one day last week.

The meeting of the committee of the. South Auckland Racing Club held in The Waikato Tim Kb Buildings was adjourned till Monday next at the same timo and plaeu. The .statement of receipts and expenditure presented to the meetingehowed si credit balance over the late summer meeting of over £00, after allowing for an expenditure of about £150 on improvements to the course uud grandstand.

We have again been requested to draw the attention of the Hamilton Road Board to the state of the approach to the Mystery Creek Bridge on the Putney road. The hite rains have washed a, deep water course down the centre of the roadway, making driving, which in the daytime is almost impossible, absolutely dangerous at night. Tins mutter should be attended to before the next meeting of the Board.

At a meeting , of the Hamilton Boxing-Day Sports Committee, held last night, a balance-sheet, duly audited, was received and adopted. The total receipts amounted to £49 fls, made up of: Subscriptions, £32 Us u'd ; privileges, .tti ; entrance fees, H, 10 I7«tid. The expenditure amounted to iM4 9s 7d, leaving a balance of £-1 IDs od. .£"2 of this was donated to the secretary, the balance to be applied towards providiug seats tor Sydney Square.

The er> tries for the Trotting , and Pony Race Meeting to be held at Cambridge on the 29th inst., clos;; with the Secretary, Mr J. Dalgleish. Cambridge, and Mr Mark, Auckland, this A number of Wuikato trotters were disqualified from competing at this meeting, having raced at unregistered one*, hut this being the first meeting held in Waikato under the Auckland Trotting Club rule.-, tho disqualification in all cases has been removed, and all horses will be free to enter. Owners havo to thank Mr J. Dalgleish, the Secretary to the Waikato Club, for t iking action which led to the above result.

Of the 90 European members of the last. Parliament, -II will not tako part in tho deliberations of rlie i.uw Parliament of 70 members. (Jut of iho total 11. referred to some \~> members did not scok reflection. The following ia a list of the members who will be atxont :—Sir (t. fJroy, Sir M. O'R'irke, Messrs Allen, J. (J. Anderson, H.irron, Bucthnm, J. 0. Brown. Bruce, Buxton, Cowan, Dndson, I'eldwick, Fitchett, Fraser, Fulton, (Jrimmond, Hislop, Hobbs, Hodgkinson, Humphries, Izard, Larnach, Loughrey, Moat, Marchant McUregor, Menteatb, Monk. Moss, Ormond, Pyke, Peacock, Hon U. Richardson, Ross, Samuel, Seymour, W. D. Stewart, Tanner, Verrul, Whyte, and Withy.

Collections for the Melanesian Mission will be made in all tho Churches of the Anglican Communion in tha Auck land Diocese to-morrow. The Melanesian Mission was beeun by the New Zealand Church, and Melanesia continues to be that Church's natural Held for Foreign Mission work. The Mission is in such urgent need of funds at the present time that Bishap Selwyn is voluntarily offering to relinquish £200 per annum of his small stipend. A noble donation of fiiiOO has also been just made by the Rev. Samuel Williams, of Napier, in addition to his regular subscription, but a much larger and increased help is necessary to enable the Mission to continue working on its present lines.

As Mr C. Cox, son of Mr N-K,, Cox, of Hamilton, was returning from Tuhikarainea on Tuesday night he attempted to take a short cut. While going through a piece of bush his horse stumbled and fell rolling on top of Mr Cox, who lay for some considerable time unconscious. When he came to a little the young man lit a fire and lay down beside it. In the morning Mr Roth well noticed the fire and goin? over to it lie found Mr Cox whom lie. conveyed to his house at once and did all in his power to relieve his paius which were chiefly in the head and back. Mr Rothwell drove Mr Cox home on Wednesday afternoon and although he has had consider able pain he in now on a fair way to rocoverv.

On Thursday afternoon Mr J. B. S. Richardson, of Cambridge, drove into Hamilton in a single-seated buggy drawn by ono horse. He went down to the Borough ealeyards, where he tiod the horse til) to the yard fence. The small boy ' nuisance was about as usual, and one of the species climbed up on to the top of the race and commenced to crack a whip. This startled the horse which took fright and broke loose from where it was tied. The animal headed for the main street, narrowly escaping several people who were on the footpath, and notwithstanding the etforts made by many to stop it, it galloped across the bridge and up into Hamilton East, where Mr Rothwell, who had followed on horseback, managed to head it and catch it. Luckily there was no one on the bridge or the consequences might have been serious, as it was the buggy was not injured, and the horse escaped with a few scratches.