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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2892, 27 January 1891, Page 2

There are a hundred thousand unemployed in L'Bion. The banks in Waikato will be closed Oil Thursday next (Anniversary J >*y). Professor Hankin, an English, bacteriologist, claims to have discovered a cure for anthrax in sheep. The Natal 31 per cent, loan of L' 2,100,000 will be" issued at a minimum of !>."» per cent, on January 2!). It is predicted that free coinage of silver will eventually be adopted, restricted, however, to American silver. The monthly meeting of the Hamilton Domain Board will be held in the Borough Council Chambers this evening We understand that a number nf Whatawhata settlers intend visiting Auckland so as to be present at the land sale on the -J!)th. The Mozambique Company have baen granted a charter for the purpose of exploiting Portuguese Fast Africa. France provides the bulk of the capital. The skeleton programme of the Nguruawaliin Annual Races, to fce held on Saturd.iv, March 14th., appears in this issue. Full particulars will be advertised shortly. The attacks of the "bears" on certain financial houses which have branches in Australia, and on others connected with South American business, have failed. The tone of the money market is now distinctly better. Athletic sports and pony races will be held on Thursday next, at the Firewood Creek paddock, Ngaruawahia. Entries for the various events advertised innst be sent in by four o'clock to-morrow afternoon. Nominations of candidates to fill an extraordinary vacancy in the Waikato County Council must be sent in by noon of Wednfsday, Fobruary 4th. Should a poll be required, it will be held on Monday, February ICtli. We learn that a match for £5 a-side, has been arranged between Mr Bloomfield's mare Patty and Mr Calder's horse Bones. The distance is to be threequarters of a mils, and the match is to come off Bhortly on the Whatawhata course. The man McCarthy, a tailor at Newmarket, who, as stated in our last issue, stabbed himself on Friday morning with a pair of shears, died on Friday evening. At the inqnest on Saturday a verdict of suicide, while temporarily insane, was returned. From the manner in which they patronise the Waikato Hospital, it would appear that the Maoris fully recognise the immense beuefits to be obtained at that institution. A Maori woman was admitted yesterday from Tamahere, making the third received for treatment inside a week. George Pyke. the Cambridge horse thief, was brought up yesterday before Messrs .Priestly aud Clements, J.l's. The horse stealing case was adjourned till Friday, but he was sentenced to three months each on two charges, viz., for entering a tent and stealing provisions from Daniel Corcoran, at Panron, and for stealing a saddle from John Rowc, at Taupo. In our report iu Saturday's issue of tho business at the 11. M. Court, To Awaumtn, in tho case of H. Yates v. Lewis and Co., we omitted to mention that Mr Grcsham appeared for plaintiff. In the case of Thomas Hill v. Lewis and Co., also a wages claim, Mr Hay appeared only for tho defendant, Henry Lewis, the other partners, Messrs John Wickett Bridgman and Tom Bennett Howard, appearing in person and admitting the whole claim. The attractive programme arranged for the concert to be given in the | Public Hall, Cambridge, on Thursday evening next, in aid of the Parsonage fund of S. Andrew's Church, should ensure a good house. Amongst the items we notice some of the choruses sung by the Fisk Jubilee Singers, during their tour through this district, and the other numbers on the programme are well selected, and should prove an attraction to those whr> r.pprroiato good music.

_ A blizzard has passed over Churkov, a city of European Kussia. Many isolated villages have been buried, and railway blockcd. Numerous deaths aro reported. Many of the inhabitants of Cambridge being desirous of having a dance on the evening of the 2!lth., Mr Hartly has arranged to have the use of the Public Hall after tho Church of England concert has been held, and will givo a dance which will commence about 10 45 p.m. and last till daybreak. Tho charge for admission will be one shilling per individual. William Murliss, an old resident in Hamilton, was brought up before Messrs McPfierson and Knox, J.P.'s, yesterday, on a charge nf lunacy. After hearing tho evidence of Drs. Mnrch and Kenny, Murliss was discharged. Murliss who has for some time past been an inmate of the Old Mens' Refuge, has been of late very discontented, and on one or two occasions threatened to drown himself. The gentleman on the Gisborne Herald who wrote the critique on Madame Burton's oncert thus relieved himself "It was that music which whilst stealing away the senses by its soft witchery awakens at the same timo the most hidden fountains nf intellectual feeling, arousing the spirits, composing the thoughts, delighting the oar, recreating the mind, and filling the heart with purity and happiness." The Maori Nuku who, it will be rembered, was admitted to the Waikato District Hospital on Thursday last from Waotu, suffering from an injury to his thigh, left the institution and returned by train to Waotu yesterday. The reason for the lad leaving the Hospital is that his father would not allow of his leg being amputated, which is tho only thing that will save his life. Mr Barrett, on behalf of the European residents round Waotu, had guaranteed to pay for the treatment of the lad in the Hospital. The opinion is freely expressed by country settlers that tho suggestion to have fortnightly instead of monthly sales at tha Hamilton Borough Yards, is a mistake, and would only tend to weaken what is rapidly becoming a very popular sale. Already complaints aro made at the large number of regular auction sales throughout tho district, which involve, if they are attended, a considerable loss of lime, and any suggestion towards increasing them is naturally regarded with disfavour. So far as the principle of the two auctioneers selling on the one day is concerned, the plan seems to have answered admirably, both for the auctioneeis and their customers. A social, organised by the ladies of Taupui, was held in the school on Friday last, tlio 23rd, and proved a great success. Over eighty invitations were issued, and eighty-two wero present, exclusive of children. Sor.gs and music, interspersed with dancing, were tho chief features of tho entertainment, which lasted till daylight, all thoroughly enjoying themselves. Great credit is duo to tho secretary (Mrs Melting) and the committee, who spared no pains to make the ovening a pleasant one for the guests, several of whom very kindly assisted with songs and instrumental music. The committee tender their sincere thanks to Mr T. H. White for the use of his piano, which contributed so much to the enjoyment of the evening. It is hoped that the ladies, encouraged by their success, will arrange more gatherings of a like nature, their first attempt putting those organised by the sterner sex completely in the back ground.