TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2912, 14 March 1891, Page 2

TE AWAMUTU.

Sai.k Day. — Owing to last Saturdiy being the date fixed f<ir the Mercer Regatt* Mr Hunter hold his usual monthly sale ou Friday last. Tho alteration <>f tho day seemed to be nn improvement for tliera was a larger attendance tli-iii for many months pas\ The Maori*, no doubt, trying to raise money to speculate with at Mercer, brought in a great number of horses, many of them very superior to the usual Maori article, bliri/*i good prices, The sight aftor tho sale, when the different buyers were taking Home tlii.se wild young horse*, was as good as .-my circus performance. Paddy Rkua:.".—A native named Wiremu To Whitn alias Paddy R"gan was brought up at the Polios Court on Saturday charged with being drunk while in charge of a liorss. Mr J. (i. Klmsley .I.l'. was on the Bench. It appears that l'.uldy. who is a short, elderly man, well known in Te Awaniutii, had been attending the sale on tiie day before, and owing to the hot thirsty weather hid gone into liquidation. He took a prominent part in getting tho horses out of the yards after the sale, some of his actions creating greit laughter. He was fined -10s and costs 12s lid or 14 days in default. Paddy could not raise the needful cadi and ou Monday la>t Constable -Jones took him to .Mount KJen, where he will have to go without horseback exercise for a fortnight.

A Xovei.ty.—A somewli it 'iuhsilil sight was seen in tho Te Awamutu streets oil Monday last in tin shape of a house on wheels bowling under with aline te:im of six horses. The house belonged to Mr Voice, our burly blauk-mith, and tho way he managed to sat his cottage ou wheels, take it iomul corners and also across the Mingaoi Bridge was a credit to him. A large crowd including bmkers, lawyers, travelleis, and natives lined tho street to see the travelling domicilii make a start. Wnen the ark reached Aubin and Co.'s corner, our leading watch-maker and temperance advocite came out to see the fun, and as tho day was warm, and the work warmer, Mr Goodwin, who was in charge of tho team, asked him, to the great amusement of the bv-'-taiiders, if he would bo kind enout'li to give liim something liquid, XXX not objected to. The disciplu of Gough did not "catch on,'' however, and poor Bob gave Storey's hoises a crack with his whip and moved the caravan on, a drier and a sadder man.