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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2890, 22 January 1891, Page 2

Mr Balfour's Irish fund lias now reached £30,000. The London money market is now flooded with capital seeking investment.

The death is announced of Bancroft, the historian of the United States, aged 91. The Statist is of opinion that a frea silver coinage will be injurious to trade relations.

The boat race between the Oxford and Cambridge Universities will he rowed on March 21.

The house of Mr Henry Warr, Hamilton East, was feloniously entered on Sunday last, and a sum of four pounds odd was stolen.

A great many Cambridge people started for Lichfield yesterday to attend the cattlo sale of the Thames Valley Lrind Company to-day.

It is proposed, to hold, a world's Inborn- exhibition in London this year, at which operative* from evory trade can be seen at their work.

The Weekly Press estimates that Canterbury will lose over 2,000,000 bushels of wheat, and probably as much out?, as .1 result ot the drought

The milk supply at the Ngaruawahia factory is keeping np well in spite of the hot weather, about 800 gallons being put through every day. The Cambridge West horse thief, (ifoit;» Pyko, arrived in Cambridge on Tuesday. C/nsUble Hreunan had journeyed to Isapior to fetch him. Messrs Ralph 8r03., owners of the coal mine at Huntly where the late sad accident, occurred, have given the handsome donation of £150 t» the relief fund.

Mr Jobson, the Government inspector of machinery was in the district on Monday and Tuesday last, inspecting the various engines and machinery connected therewith. Slaughtermen and others in the Piako County, who have not as yet renewed their annual licenses, and which should have been done on the Ist instant, are cautioned that they are rendering themselves liable to a penalty of ten pounds tor every head of cattle slaughtered while the license fee remains unpaid. Mr F. J. Brooks, manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Cambridge, is at present indisposed, and has been relieved from duty by Mr Mason, who was at Hamilton during Mr Lrookhelda absence. Mr Brookfield returned to Hamilton yesterday, after a month's holiday. The milk-suppliers of the Pukekura factory had a pleasant surprise on Wednesday. When they received their cheques tor the December supply they were astonished to find they had been paid ..jd per gallon instead of 2}d, according to the agreement. This made a difference of a few pounds to some of them, which was very acceptable. We would remind contractors that the time for receiving tenders for the Oxford-Matamata road construction m the Piako County, and the erection of two bridges and gravelling on the Great South Koad, near Huntly in the Waikato County expires to-day with the clerks of the respective counties. Saturday is the day on which the next monthly meeting of the Hamilton Branch of the Waikato Farmers' Club should be held. The last two meetings of the Club fell through, there being no one present, and a meeting of the execrtive of the Club has been called for two » clock on Saturday to consider the question as to the advisablenessof carrying tho Club on.

It was a pretty sight to see Mr Harwood's team fetch Mr Maunder's portable engine from Williamson s bush, wher on it- way to Mr Slade's estahlishlmwt ou Friday last, for repairs. The lull w;s stee», tli iwd rough, and the pondrmis machine over tons in weight. But when the I'ivs grand horses, at ft quiet word fnun tlia driver, laid to their work with one impulse, each apparently doing its durndest, the heavy engine slowly but surely had to come, albeit creaking and groaning as though, like the human subject when disabled, it strongly objectod to be moved at all.

Mwch disgust is expressed by settlers when driving cattle to or from Whatawhata to Hamilton at tho dense body of manuka which grows on either side of tho road near the reserve known as Hinsdale's bush. There i.s scarcely a sale at Hamilton that cattlo are not lost in this scrub. Upon the last sale day Mr Noble, of Kaiiiwlianiwha, left two fine bullocks in it, and naturally feels much inom.sed at the authorities in not providing safe roads for the transit of stock from one district to another.

The friends of temperance in the To Awamutu district will be glad to learn that tho Rev. C. IT. Garland, of Cambridge, has consented to deliver an address at the monthly meeting of the Band of Hope, on Friday, tho "3rd inst. As it is believed that many would like to hoar what Mr Garland has to say on the subject, the meeting will be held in the hall, beginning at 7.30 p.m. Xo effort will be spared to provide au interesting and instructive programme, aud as there will be no charge, but a voluntarily collection in support of the Society's funds, it is expected tho attendance will bu large.

At a meeting of the Te Aroha Racing Club held on Monday last, it was ileciil'iil to hold a race ms-'intf on Friday, March 20. Stakes to the amount ot' .£l2."i will bo awarded for the various events, i'so „f this sum being allotted to the Te Aroha | Racing Club Handicap. The shearing and mustering of stragglers in the Marlborough and Nelson sheep districts having passed over without dotection of any scab, the Government intend to declare those districts clean. Flock-owners have for some time held clean certificates, but the declaration was witheld to make doubly sure. Mr George Mason, the wellknown nurseryman, has given Messrs llrahaiu <nd Co. a very Mattering testimonial as to the value of their Wuipa lime, Mr Mason states that he has lour.d it most efficacious in destroying the dolphin leech on pear and plum trees, and as a ferti- | Using agent ho has found the otfects most marked.

At a meeting of the committee of the South Auckland Ricing Club held last night, tho programme for the Autumn meeting was decided on. Tim following are thoevents, Handicap Hurdles, Welter, Autumn Handicap, Steeplechase, Novel R ice, Claudelands Handicap, Maiden, and L'lying Stakes. Stakes to tho air.ntintof £2(50 will be awarded. Mr Halstea J was elected hnndicapper.

Mr S. Pascoe, an old Hamilton identity, has started as a commission agent in Customs-street, Auckland. An advertisement in this issue explains tho nature

of his business, and the proposed lines upon which ho intends to conduct it. Associated with Air Pascoe is a Mr Thome, who has a large connection amongst the shipping trade and with business peoplo in tho Islands. The firm solicits a trial.

It is not often a horse with a bell on is met with. Such a phenomena was however, recently observed in Harapepc. Whether tho bell was to prevent the valuable quadruped from being lost in the Pirongia ranges, or merely to enable his owner to distingui-h him from his companions upon tho run, our correspondent was unable to learn. But wo can readily

understand that this unusual appendage did not by any means add to the dignity of its appearance. At the Police Court, at Christchurch, on Tuesday, the throe Flanagans were committed for trial on the charge of infanticide. Very painful scenes were enacted in the court by the mother of the murdered child during the hearing of the evidence. She denied the murder, and behaved in such an excitable manner that at one time she had to be removed out of court, The evidence was mainly a repetition of that taken at tho inquest.

The House and Finance Com

mittoe of the Waikato Hospital Board met at tho Council Chambers. Hamilton, yesterday for tho purpose of drawing up the estimates for the coming financial year commencing on April Ist next. In addition to the ordinary expenditure for the year the sum of £800 has been put on the estimates to provide for additional accotn' ■nodation and the doctor's residence at the hospital. Tho estimates will be presented to the Board for consideration at the next meetiug on February 4th.

The Crown Lands Departmen are pursuing a wise policy at Cambridge West, for they have dpcided to let all thei occupied acres at 3s per annum, and yestui day served notices to those occupying then that the amount must be paid by Februar; Ist, failing which they will put up for v*b lie competition. There are about 200 Go vernmont acres in the township, and nearl; all those that are unoccupied are coverei with furze; if they had been let five or si: years ago they would now be clear, as it ii many of them will cost £o per acre to clear An accident which might hav< terminated more seriously happened U> M Charles Bloomfield, the Whatawhati creamery manager, on Saturday afternoon Mr Bloomtield was returning from Ngarua wabia with his empty cream cans, am when at Stone's mrnor some cattle lying 01 the road caused the horso to shy, with tin result that the factory waggon, the crean cans, ami we believe the ln.inager himself were turned upside down before aiiyom could have mentioned the historical nairn uf "Jack Robinson." Fort.inately nothinj was seriously damaged, and gutting soiw !\s*;irttnnce, Nil* Bloouifield soon had the trftj right-sided again, and jogged along lioim little the worse for the mishap. There are still a few of the ole self-reliant settlers left. Mr Norman, o Tuhikaramea, who recently resumed th milk delivery to the Whatawhata creamery mid on his'first trip discovered a bad hoi in tho main county road (but which, wi may add, is included in the works let in th> Newcastle riding), instead of ascertaininj Ivhat local body was liable, then moving b; petition, or otherwise, that the imptn tanj work be done, Mr Norman simply took hi i>:o and spade, and in about half-an-hou made a real good job of the bad hole ; thei 3ro\c home contentedly. These sort o men got on well, even before road b:iard; ind county councils were in existence. The Freda Maraden Company iro advertised to appear in the l'ubln Hall Te Awauiutu, on Tuesday, J'ebruar; ird Public Hall, Hamilton, the follmvinj jvc'ning, and at the Cambridge luhlu Hall on Thursday evening of the sami iveek. Miss Marsden, as is well known jstablished her reputation in England a i violinist of the tirst order, taking par n the highest musical entertainments since her arrival in Auckland he mrvices have been eagerly sought after 30th as a soloist and in concerted pieces rtiO company will also include suoh y' uiown favourites ns Mrs Doates, Mr Edwards (tenor), Mr William md Mr Gus Coates. The latter is we 11 mown ill Waikato, and by himself woult je sure of drawing a good house. On several occasions we have ieard of the manner cattle and sheep, Mil atter especially, are unloaded from tht ■aihvay trucks at Greenlane. As is knnwr he sheep trucks have two floors, one above ho Jther, and for unbading, proper runs, me being ou a level with the top floor, arc irovided at all stations. The persons emiloyed to unload the trucks either from aziness or some other cause, do not take he trouble to put the trucks up to the iroper runs, but jubt take them to the 'attic runs and open both doors, the sheep in the top floor having to jump down over hree feet, very often injuring and bruising hemselves, as well as the ones from the lottom flour which they often jump in, to a considerable extent. IE one if the officers of the Society for the 1 revenion of Cruelty to Animals were to see into his practice some action might ba taken to mt a stop to it. At present, putting aside he question of loss to the farmers owing o the bruised condition in which the sheep ;ome to the market, the animals themselves ro often severely hurt.