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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2909, 7 March 1891, Page 2

Mr E. M. Stanley intends to visit Australia in Octobar.

Tlig construction of the telephone lino between London and L'aris is finished.

A London gambler broke the bank at the casino of Monte Carlo, winning £700,000. The frosts in France have ruined five million acres of crops, and caused a loss estimated at a hundred million francs.

The mullet -which have not been seen for some time, were disporting themselves in considerable numbers on the shallows above the traffic bridge, at Hamilton, yesterday.

The Brisbane -weather bureau forecasts barometric disturbances between Hobart and the Blutf, with squally weather between north-west and south and southwest, and heavy sea.

Lord Sheffield's cricket team, which is to visit Australia, will progably include W. G. Grace, Shrewsbury, Attewall, Guun, Lohrnami, Brigs, Peel, Sherwiri, and several amateurs.

The R.M.s. Kaikoura has arrived at Plymouth from New Zealand with passengers ( til well) and moat ill good condrtion. The ship Piako, from Napier, (November 0), has arrived in the Channel, Mr Baker, of tho enterprising and well-known lirui of B di-'r, Bros., auutinners, estate and tinince agents, of Auckland and wijl be here shortly. C>miminicati"iis, i: addressed to this oiiice, will reach Jsl:ii As Mr J. Coombes, of Ngaruav/.'thi.i, v.-a ■ deli--'.Tine K iwie da water at t';Vo Hamilton I lo" i, y>t.?nlay m lrning, one of tlr- bottles which he had in his hand, burst, inllicting a very nasty wound. Mr Snides bound up the cut, and Mr Coombes was able to go on with his rounds. G-reat complaints are being n.ado throughout the district, as to the scarcity of labour, none being obtainable. Mr ('"'it' 1 -' Hot s|,ing ui'ichuie which com,;!;l,u:ed work this we.-.; i ; - n >v.- iule, „f the men luivliirr t» «•> to Auckland til business, and then' places cannot be liUed notwithstanding that while the machine was at work the wai?JJ earned at 12s Gd per 1000, were Ss Gd per day, -Not bad in these times.

Tuesday, March 17th, being a iinhlic liolid iv. Mr W. .1. Ilnnter will hold iiis next I Ihaiipo sale on Monday, the 1 fith, instead of the regular sale day.

The following- have been elected unopposed a . menilvrs of the Knrioi Licensing Hoard ('u-.ipb'dl, J. Charlton, A. Gilmour, W. -1. Henry and .1. X. I'egler. Tt.e local option poll will he taken on Saturday nest.

Mr J. McNicol's second sheep fair, to I" 1 held nr ( Miaiipu, on Wednesday, March 25'.h, hiils fair to rival the one recently held lw him. Ten thousand sheep li.ivo'alieady been entered, and a considor•ible number rnoio are expected before tho day of sale.

Mr G. C. Manning, in order to make room for ne*v stock, has decided to liolfl a dealing cash side of toys, fancy good- 1 , and glassware, left over from the I 'hi i-t.mas season. The goods have been maiked down to ridiculously low prices, ill order to elfeet a speedy clearance.

Tho Tauwhare annual sports will he held on Ivister Monday, for which a good day's sport has been prepared. The programme contains five horse and tivo foot ra<v- including one local race in each section. .Substantia! prizes are offered and it i-: expected that the entries will be large. _

One of the cattle being driven from the Hamilton sale, on Thursday last, seemed to be related to some horses referred to some time back in having a liking for barbed wire. The beast in question, instead of going on to the bridge, quietly broke through a barbed wire fence close by, and took to the river, swimming safely across, and landed just below the flax-mill.

Captain Jackson held the Assessment Court for tho Borough of Cambridge in the Court-house, at noon yesterday. There was only ono objection, viz., A. Buchanan, and he did not appear. With the consent of tho valuer tho following reductions were made; sections 443 to 445, from £4 10s to £3 ; section 530 from £3 to £2 10s ; section G32, from £3 to £2 10s. Captain Jackson complimented Mr Thomson on tho neat and efficient manner in which the valuation roll was kept.

On Thursday next Mr John Knox will hold a clearing sale at Mr J. B. Whyte's old farm. Hamilton East, on behalf of Mrs Radford, who is selling the whole of her live and dead stock, having decided to give up dairying. The cows which will be sold are all in full milk, having been supplying milk to the butter factory and buyers may rely oil their quality. All the machinery, which is of the most modern kind, is in good order, and the dairying utensils are very complete. Luncheon will be provided at noon im»mediately before the commencement of the sale.

The following tenders were received by the House Committee of the Waikato Hospital Board for the supply of materials for painting the Hospital Buildings—J. Parr, oil, bulk, 3s 9d : drum, 4s; white lead, 365; turkey umber, Gd ; yellow ochre, sd; A. Scott. 3<i lid, 4s Id, 37s fid, l:fd, 4:,' d ; T. W. Maunder, 3s 7M, —, 35s lid, Gd, 5d • P. LeQuesne, 4s, 4s 3d, 34s lid, Bd, Gd; K. T. Davey, 3s 9d, 3s lid, 35s 6d, Gd, 4.', d ; J. Knox, 3s Sd, 3s lOd, 34s Gd, Gd, 4|d. Mr J. Knox's tender, being the lowest, was accepted.

The New Zealand exports last year were of the value of £9,820.000, us against £9,3H,000 for the year 188!). The increase that has taken place in our trade can hest be judged when wo go back to ISB7 for which year we exported t!0,300,000, so that in four years the value of out export trade has grown by no less than three millions sterling. Wool is rcspousibe for nearly half our trade, but that in the four years has only grown from £3,321,000 in ISS7 to £4,150,000 in 1890. Gold, on the other hand, during the period has decreased, wliilo grain has risen upwards of half a million, the increase being from £410,000 to £958,000. l'"lour shows a falling off as coinpared with the previous year, due doubtless to the increase in the Australian wheat averages. Tallow and preserved meats give satisfactory increases, but the item which shows most progress is frozen meat. In 1887 our exports of that commodity were of the value of £55,000, in 1888 £028,000 iu ISS9 they had expanded to £1,093,000. This year, it is expected, will show an equally iarge advance. The increase in the wool was due to higher prices, but to a certain extent that must have been fictitious, and may be somewhat discounted. Cheese and butter maintain a good level. Hemp, which figured in 1887 tor £25, 000, in 1890 rose to £-181,000. Grass-seed export has fallen off, while potatoes did not reach the big figures of the preceding year. The returns prove emphatically that New Zealand is an agricultural country, for in the exports manufactures do not figure Jargely.—Napier Telegraph.