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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2887, 15 January 1891, Page 2

The New York Chamber of Comni'Mcii condemns fn*o c"innj*«. Kanlnn lias cliallcagrud i:>r,v hiii, fi»r a tlioiisanci (lollarn a-side. TJkj mail steamer Mariposa left l'ianciico mi ,M."iiilny at 4 o'clock, two lat.;, Th<- Pinko County Council will if, :i 1 .Miirrinsv ilhs ;:!■ 11 a.m., on Thursday, l li': "JL'tnl ilist. Sir G. Berry. Ag-ent-General for \ ictorin. is n-tici-nt an to the; date of the ) •i> of V.hi: tl'-w lnall. Tli« total votfi for Ministerialist ciinfli'lattn at the lasr, election i.s stated to liavi; lieiin ; against, tliem 80,1.00,

The Antwerp wool sales are lixml for the LlOtli ii'id 170(1 bales liave hi-i'ii cataloßiied, nf which 000 are Austmli in.

A child of Mr Still, of Huntly, a;;,'d about niftlit years, was admitted into tin: fever wurd of the Wuiknto District llosuiiai ye.slei-day, sutferinn from fever,

Nominations for tlie handicap events at the Ctorohanpi riices close on Monday next at S p.m., acceptances and general entries on Alonday, 2(»th inst., at !l p.m.

Caterpillars are bad in the Hara;n;pi! district. We have heard of ono tanner who had his cr<>(> of late sown oats ,io badly oaten that he just ploughed the crop ill.

A new serial story of domestic life in N'ew Zealand, entitled " Camella ; or an .Ignorant Wrantrler," by MrsL. Frost Rittray, will be coumienced in our issue of Tuesday next.

In the list of the Doric's passenger.-, which ar:ived at Port, Chalmers on Tuesday, we. riotico the names of Mr and Mrs Hi-owning, who have returned from a visit to the Old Country.

Messrs Matsoa and Co., Christchurch, have sold Like Coleridge station, comprising 2 tS7 acres freehold, 54,000 acres leasehold,"and 18,001'! merino owes, to John Murchison for £13,000 cash.

Permission has been granted to the Committee of the Hamilton Swimming Gala, to .mike a charge of (id admission for each person over 12 voars of age to the Lake Reserve, on 211 th mst.

A slight error occurred in our report of the Tuhikaramea picnic. It was " Mcsdaines" Hadfield and Livingston

who presided over the refreshments, not " Messrs" Hadfield and Livingston.

The road works for the Waipa County Council in tho Newcastle Hiding, for which tenders were recently called but none received, have since been taken up by Mr K. Rico, the well-known contractor, at current rates.

On Saturday next, the privileges in connection with the race meeting to be held on the 2'Jth inst, under the auspices of the Waikato I'onv and Trotting Club, will bo offered by Mr W. J. Hunter, at Cambridge.

The portable engine, formerly used at Bruee's Hax Mill, was taken over the Whatawhafca Bridge and up the Waipa County road on Thursday last, on its way to the new sawmills which are beitia started at the liukuhia bush by Messrs Davy Bros.

An adjourned meeting of the committee of the Hamilton Swimming Gala will be held in The Waikato Times Buildings to-morrow evening, when the advisableness of altering the date of the gala will be considered.

• The members of the Hamilton Amateur Dramatic Club have in active rehearsal Dion Boucicault's famous play, "The .Shaughraun," which will be produced sometime a Von. 1 ; the middle of MarchThc caste will includc many of the members who gained such credit in " Rob Hoy.'' and nothing will be left undone to make the staging of the play complete.

The secretary of tlie Te Awaitiut'i .Musical Sucioty writer contradicting r.ho statement aruiearins; in our advorti.-iirijf o.ilumn.s last lsfue announcing a grand concert to bo £[iv<?ii hy that society at Cambridge on tlio 20th insti. Tlie socioty, ho says? have no present intention of giving an entertainment at Cambridge; in fact have never been consulted in the matter.

At the meeting- of the Hamilton uough Council, on Tuesday night, in speaking "ii the Foreman of Works' report on tlio Anglesea-strnut drain. Cr. J tines said that they were quite safe in leaving matters of this kind in his hand.-!, as since lie had been appointed lie. had done work which was a credit to him<elf and the Council. All the Councillors present concurred in this remark.

The values of the principal agricultural exports for the years 188!) and 1890 are as follows ISS'.I. 18(10. I' £ Wml 3,97(1,375 1,150,599 Meat •- 800,140 1,238,044 Butter ... 1-WB4O 122,(190 Cheese ... ... 67,105 84,980 970.659 "1,007,035 Totals £0,051,125 £0,003.941 The wool and meat returns do not include .sheep arid rabbit skins, bacon, hams, hides, tallow, or livo stock. Grain does not include bran, chaff, flour, hops, oatmeal, potatoes, beeds. _ etc, All these smaller items are increasing year by year.

There are few orchards that present a inoro instructive and prettier sight, at the present time than chat of Mr 1\ \V. Lang's of Tuhikaramea. The trees, of which there are about one hundred, are large, well-grown, and ol - the choicest kinds. Most of them are literally covered with fruit, .some Early Rivers plums, in particular, being perfect pictures. Mr Lvie seems to have avoided the error into which so many orchardists have fallen, that of planting too many trees and placing them too close together. The ground has a stiff clay subsoil, and the surface is kept ploughed and free from weeds. Anvone can readily understand, after looking through an orchard like this, that given even a moderate but steady price for fruit, it would be batter to own a twenty-acre orchard thau the best five hundred-acre farm.

On paying a visit to "Waiorongomai on Monday last, we found Mr Adams hard at work treating the tailiog3 m the twelve boss pans. They are being put through at tho rate of 25 tons a day, and he intends connecting the new 20 stampers with the boss pans by a V shoot. Mr Adams has also ton men, under Mr Hagh McLiver, stoping in the New Find property, at different places, and fair gold has been .seen where atoping is carried on. He intends putting on ten more men within a fortnight. He is also erecting a shoot from the Blacksmith's low level to the main tramway hoppers, and hopes to have the v/r.rk completed in about a week. Crushing will ba parted in a fortnight on payable ore. A contract has been let to Mr Beeson to put the Waiorongonvu ivntpr-race in order, tho work to ha fini-ilied in a week. Wo have been authorised by Mr Ad uns to state th at he has no inteution whatever of disposing of tho plant lately purchased from the Te Aroha tj. and G. Mining Company, as has been rumoured, and that he is ,to give the enterprise or. which lie III" liinbiuiijti 3 thorough trial.—Te Aroha News.

On the 3rd inst a cricket match was played at P.iterangi between the Paturungi and Tuhikaramea clubs. The day was a very unfavourable one for cricket, tl>,6 d,r,i.zzlinz rain which had been falling all tlio set in heavily during the •.fionioon. in tijs absence of Mr Goodfn!low. Mr G. UcVfiW .captainedi the p.iterangi Club, and Mr W. 1-. L«Mblled it lilcß in won tlw t 'Hi*, oonfc the h'nnti teatu fco the wickets their tir.st innings closing f.«r 54 runs. Tuhik ir mikh lost six wickets ior rrns, when S. Koid wont in and nwdj tb« innings eventually closing for •to— *i:< i'iooio team. In secon'i ujttinss jP ao.f'4»®. all disposed of for 10, lonviu? tljo .'<> Bot to win Tho time was t-»»>v.o .'.c'Py .--o ti o'clock, and Mr Mcl?.i*l,uta to send his men out to field, on tUo gw;«ds th.t the As-ociati-in rule was that tlifi should be drawn nfc fi ti"clock, unless spWi'tH? Rrringed. Mr Ling "aid that i- men were stent to the iiMd'he oiLvi il;n match, _as there wi*' rin di'-i'-vinff the stumps at li tCiUii dec'nicd not to jjf;? jpto tijG ■ drew tho stumps, leaving tfjfl <?rouna shortly afterwards. Tho Tu)nka*hi3fl? thni-cfore claim the malcli-

Thefollowing 1 paragraph appears in the London Times of tl.e 22nd November : —'"The secretary of the Now Zraland Midland Railway Company (Limited) informs us that the following cable message, with reference to tho sale of land, was received by tho company too late for communication at the general meeting t'>day: Tm.OOO acres, at (lovornment valuation £27,250, sold for £1)0,7X0. Very pood offers for remainder.''

Our numerous readers who are owners of the McO'onnick reaper and binder will be pleased to know that the well-known house of T. and S. iMoirin and Co. Limited, Auckland. Iwvo just received a K'"d supply of extras for these machines which can now he supplied on the short-st notice, f jntil this season Ghriitehurch was the nearest agency where extras for this make of machine could bo obtained, this under the most favourable circumstances meant a delay of at least a week, a very serious matter when crops are ripe and ready for harvcsti'll2.

Ratepayers in the Waipa county will be glad to see by our report of the Council meeting held on Tuesday that at last the overdraft which has been burdening the county for some years past has been removed. Three years apto tho overdraft at tho bank was about t'l,. r ioo, in addition to which there were outstanding liabilities to tho extent of £200. On Tuesday last tho credit balance at tho bank previous to tiie meeting, when accounts amounting to nearly .tj'2oo weie ordered to be paid, was t'23o, thus leaving a credit balance after meeting all liabilities. During the tinee years since the liability stood at £1,700 the amount of rates collected has averaged about £1,000 per annum, and too much credit cannot be given to the Council, and in particular to its able chairman, Mr Lang, for the economical manner they have worked so as to enable 'hein to attain their present financial position. We hope that it will be a long time before the Waipa cor.nty is again saddled with a burden like the one it has just got rid of.

One of the best concerts yet (riven in Cambridge is in preparation for Thursday the 29th inst.. when a very talented company will assemble to aid the fund for improvements to the Anglican Parosnage at Cambridge. Among those who have kindly promised to assist, are Miss Kitnmer, who lately visited Waikato in connection with the Auckland Drawingroom Concert Company, and members of what is at present the leading choral union of Waikato, namely, the Te Awaniutu Musical Society. We learn that tickets can be had of the me'nbers of tho vestry, and of Mr B >nd, Cambridge, through whom reserved seat-s can also U' secured. The cut of the improveinent-i to tho parsonage is estimated at £1-10, am as it has beori resolved there shall be no addition made to the present parochial debt, the vestry want to have the whole mini in hand before beginning the work. The timber has been on the ground for some time, and it is hoped the work can be put in hand tho beginning of next month. The full programme of tho concert will be published shortly.