Mr Goschen, Chancellor of the J-lxclif.quer, declines to introduuu the decimal system. McKinley succeeds the late Mr Wiiidom as Secretary to the Treasury, United .States. The regular monthly sales of livestock taki-. place to-day in tho Hiimiltnii ljnroii}»h V:\rd.-i. Sir Charles Bilke is mentioned as acandidiitt! for Northampton in tho place of the late .Mr liradl.iush. The weather bureau, Brisbane, fi>i'"ea*rs equally '.'.-oathtir bev,\vp.en Hobart f.nd UIuJV, and north-east from Wellington. The local option polls in the Waitoa auii Whiui!,'.ipe dislricts are advertised in '.1 , ,-:', iilaco'iin Saturday, i'ebruary 21st. A special sale of horses will be held in O;imbrid'.r '" April by Messrs J. McNicol and C'.». entries are solicited. At Messrs Buckland and Son's annr.ul sheep fair, held at Kemnora on h pen of L'.'i Lincoln eu-e=, brod l>y Mr' McXicol. Oliaupo, were sold to Mr Straka, of J'uhnfi, at 2"n (id per head. It is rumoured in Wellington thas Sir Robert Stont is likely to ba appointed to the Agent Ceneralahip upon tho expiry (if Sir Dillon Hell':; term. tt h obvious, however, that this rumour i.- preinatuin. We believe that if representations wcro m.ido to the lady and gentlemen amiitours who a few months since played the comedy "Jilow for Blow," they would readily repeat the entertainment on behalf of the Huntly disaster fund. The Native Land Court opened at Cambridge yesterday morning, but was adjourned till Friday, suvoral of those intere-itod lieinp at Ngaruawahia. where tho Chief Judpe is making enquiries re applications for the re-hearing of some W'aipa cases.
The Tau.vhare annual sports are advertised in another column. At a meeting held on Tuesday evening, a largo committee was formed, Mr Speake clriirmaii and Mr Graham secretary. Tlurc was a biilanco to credit from last yoar of Jilt) .">* Bd. Subscriptiona collected during the meeting auiouutud to about i)2O. It was agreed to take steps to register the course. At a meeting of the committee of die Waikato Swimming Sp'.irts, held last night, amongst other matters, tenders for the supply of trophies were opened, and, after discussion, the matter was left in the hands of the secretary to obtain further information and report at a futtire meeting. Subscriptions are coining in freely, and all the arrangements for carrying out the programme are in a forward position In Gazette No. 10, January 27th. a notification appears relinquishing all negotiations iu respect of all that block of land, containing 200,000 acres, known generally by the namo of l J iako, situated in the district .if Thames.. This is a portion of the Great Piako Swamp embraced in the drainage and canal scheme proposed by Mr \V. A. Graham, and this proclamation of the Government relieves Mr Grahams scheme of one of its chief difficulties. With, reference to S, Hyndman who was injured while attempting to rescue the entombed men at Huutly, Dr Kenny in his roport presented at the Hospital Board meeting yesterday stated : " Hyudman'ii case is s'.ill hanging in tho balance, lie has not made any real advance towards recovery since his admission, the paralyse of the pans alfected being still complete. J am inclined to look unfavourably upon tho liituro of this case as I am afraid the .-■pinr.l cord h-\* boon too seriously injured t'.i rocovrv."
Several hundred copies of the publication known as "Men of Mark," says a Sydney journal, have arrived at Orange, and agents are drying to force people to tako them, but either they or the books aro thrown unceremoniously into tho streets. Several residents have ported notices that trespassers will be shot. The police station is fall of copies, which have >■!■• n f"Uii'l in t'.e s'rets by the police. A Vf-ne.) :i-s"c.i-iti'-.n h.-is U>mi formed, and it u r tended to re>i.-t p.iyment at all costs. tw. nutnbiT of books may be readily srinvihsflri at whon thosn mentioned weish •limn li e tori-, und i.re valued at A'2ooo, ibciu , -' at tbc vitto oi six ijuiuuas per copy,
The Ashburton County Council ;-■ a <..-h«me f..r Uie rmiiplere ir.-itioii mi ill.: C.mi..:|.|miy I'l.nn- on l!io -»iii ■- |iiinci!i!e ■.< thai, .-idoptrd by tho •'iujr-y |!i-0,. ;ii MiMur.i. Coveinment ■•!,■'... li- approached fliuinj the coiniiiK .-■■'■■•■ mi for a ! ..in in order to carry out the o,.u'>»s.ny .jxiiciimeiii-. It i-i siid that the fertility of thu l'liiins can bo doubled or trehled it water is cur lied over thu surface "I the hind. Mr Thornton, scenic artist, is now on a visit to Hamilton where In , is nrikini; anaiiKniiinnt- fur pamtin;,' tho scenery f.u- "The Sliaußlir.uin," which is t<. he pi-i-'t'oi-iiied next, month by tho Hamilton Aiiiiileui , Priiiinitic Coinpar.)-. The m/chanic:il scimr-iy of (hi! |.lay i-: -iiiendid and n..tliiii<; will he s|,...red hy tho <.'.Mi!|..-.riv ■■■
mount il in the most, co:npl"f.n uianiier. IJiilmnrsaN aro hf-ld now and tho perfurmen have cot theii lines well in hand, and the public will Imve a troat rarely experienced in Waikato when thi- piece is produced.
In the report of tho proceedings of the I'ort Albert Agricultural Society, at their late annual meeting, we noticed tlnn the Secretary to the Society has arranged :i programme of papers to tie rend nt tlmir i-Hirnlar monthly meetings for the current year. The example set by this Society misfit he followed with advantage by the branches of the Waikato .KarmerV: Club. The following aro the subjecti :—I iraeses- - I'urnianont I'ast.ure- -Draining--Working an Agricultural Society—Our Annual Showii--l''urzfi —- Shelter Trees -Vonces — Profitable I'mii-growing -- Miingolils — Strawberries -Insect Posts.
It is not creditable (remarks the "Christchurch Star") that the already homily taxed farmers and landowners of this colony should be compelled to bear the est of maintaining railways which aro ao badly managed thnt they are unablrt to coiMioty succesMiiliy with nUier modes of transit. But this is isi'.lly tin. , position. Mr John Deans, tho owner of tho Hninehnsh Station in tho Malvcrn district, had all his wool brought into Christchurch by rond, notwithstanding tho fact that there is a railway lino from tho very door of his shearing shed. Tho traction engine proprietors woro able, with a profit to themselves, to carry the wool from tho shed to the store in Ohristchurch at, a charge nt 2s lud a bale, while the railway charge tor the saini) worlr, inclusive of tho cartage from thn railway station to the store, would havp. bcon Us Bd. It is needless to say that no owner of goods, however patriotic, would loso the opportunity to save this difference in cost. The only thing to be done is to insist upon lower rates by tha railways. There aro many useful purposes to which traction engines can be applied, without competing against the Government lines, cutting up the roads, damaging bridges and culverts, and interfering with the ordinary traffic ; but while the commissioners remain in tho present frame of mind, taxing the farmers to thn utmost penny, those huge machines are sure to find plenty of employment in relieving the railways of n considerable part of their revp.nuo.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2896, 5 February 1891, Page 2
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