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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2922, 7 April 1891, Page 2

The date of Mi , J. McNicols next sheep fair is fixed for Monday, April 27th. The rocent change in tho weather seems to have brought in quite an epidemic; of coughs and colds. From all parts we hear of sulferers. Mr Thos. Kirk, couaus enumerator for Waikato, uarneatly requusU that householders aud other persons in the couuties of Waipa, Waikato, Raglan, aud Kawhia who havu not received uousua papers will iufoiui him at mice. A meeting of the ratepayers of tho Newcastle riding ui the County Couucil will Ixi held iu tho Town Hall on Saturday utlbi'iiuon iu;.\t to uousidur thu nui»locted stuto ot thu county road in tho riding. The demand for good dairy cows btill continues. At the sale ou Thursday a better supply than usual was brought forward, all of them finding purchasers at satisfactory rates, one nice animal yarded by Mr John Graham making £■! Id. "We learn that the Whatawhata Hotel has aßftin changed hands. Mr McLeish having sold out to Mr .T. Reid, winr. and spirit merchant, r>f Auckland. This change of proprietorship will not ftfTect the popular lessee, Mr Meredith, who has leased the premises for somo considerable time. The amount collected for the Huntly Disaster Fund by Mr E. Souter, of Oainbridgo, now reaches the handsome sum of .£2O. This includes £(310s realised by Mr H. R. Hyatt's lectures, Both these gentlemen deserve great credit for the enerpry they havo displayed in the causo of «ii(l>rinK hamnnit)',

Mr J. McNicol's special horse -.clu, will tuka pliicc '.o-iimrrcw at (Jamiirujßt'. Threii hmidrud horr-es will Ik , vard<;fl. This is, \vu think, ihf. nunibur avur oifored atunu .vilo in Wuikulo. A oriuket matoit betweun the I'ateraiiKi and l'uhikaruiKUii Cricket Uiiibs v.ill be played in Mr J. 11. .So.uY ruddock .t l'ulurunf<l on haturduy nu.\t, cntntnuiicni!j at 11 a.m. sh:irp. Tlio I'atcraiiKi tuain will, a.s u-;i:tl, hu picliud mi llie from Ihu iiitiinburs of tlni (Jhib. and it is to bv lioped u full tuam will turn uu. Dγ Canaris and his clever company aro advertised to itppuai'in tliu "dd-fuljiiw-i' Hall on Wednesday, Tliursday and Kiiday nost. Miss lteaiitrr>nt ouo of tho company i-i rtiinarkublu lor hur phuiixiiiunal vdim , . Or Omiaris is wondurfully uluver in palmistry, and illusion 'I'tiin company h»s bucn received with marked success where over they have beau. At the Hamilton sale on Thursday last frequent reference was made to the necessity of enlarging the yards. These monthly sales aro fast becoming very important onei. The central position and admirable facilities which Hamilton possesses for both buyers and sellers are now Kenerally recounted, and tho necessity for increased accommodation for stock is becoming m:>ru uuuuront at ouch .->ule The prizes won at the Cambridge .School athletic aport. will oh prosentod by the Chairinau of the School Committee at if. p.m. on Thursday next in the school. Wβ trust tho members of the committee and also the parents of the children will roll up in f?ood uumbers to witness this very pleasing ceremony, and encourace the youngsters to take even greater interest in manly exercises. We are in receipt of a very nicely written aud worded letter of thanks from tho lad Thomas 51. Uillon, of Cambridge, who secured tho prize wo otferod at the Cambridge school foot sports. Wo have acknowledged his letter through our columns rather than privately, because it was so thoughtful of the lad, and shows such good taste, on his part in doing so. In this he has .set an example that might be followed with advantage by our rising generation under various circumstances.

We have received from an Australian friend, a copy of "Truth," a Sunday paper published in Sydney, and avowedly run in the interests of the National Labour Party. Its popularity may bo judged by the largo certified circulation of 50,000 copies. "Truth" has adopted the novel plan of setting up a black list with heavy margins, containing the nnmes and proceedings of those members of Parliament who have either voted against the interests of the Labour Party,or what "Truth" regards as a still greater offence, avoiding voting at all. This plan cnrtainly h;ia the merit of directing attention to tho actions of Parliamentary.representatives, which might other .vise be overlooked.

Mr E. C. Shepherd, who is related to Mr Sam Bradley, the owner of the speedy three-year-old colt Impulse, winner of the two principal events at the late Auckland Autumn Meeting, furnishes us with sotno particulars concerning the colt, which will be of interest to our importing readers :—Happening to be present, two years ago, at tho salo of the Wellington Park yearlings, though with no intention whatever of being a purchaser, Mr Bradley took a fancy to the neglected St. Leger colt, and upon the impulse of the moment— hence the horse's name—made a bid, with the result that it was knocked down to him for oOsovs. Having bought tho little chap, Mr Bradley was not the man to do things by halves, and although he hud not much faith in Impulse's abilities, he spared no expense in feeding and training him. Seeing that the colt has already won nearly £000 iu stakes, th 3 iuveatweut w.is certainly a lucky unu.

It has usually been the case that milk sold by farmers" nearer Auckland brought a higher price owing to the reduced freight to the cily and shipping port, and also tho other facilities which the proximity to a large city alfords; but this rule appears no longer to apply to milk supplied to the butter factories. We undoibUnd that the Dairy Association uro offering only M per gallon for milk supplied during the winter mouths. This is in strong contrast to tho prices given by Mess-s Reynolds aud Co. to their suppliers iu Waikato. Thess are—U.\d per gallon from Ist September to HOtli April, od for May, and Id p«r gallou for tho three wititer months. The firm also arranges tho prices at the beginning of tho season, ro that their suppliers liave something definite to go upon, and inako provision for winter feeding their cows. We understand that in many cases this latter has been done, consequently it is expected that a considerable quantity of butter will be made and sent out of Waikato during the coining winter.

Although it was a wretchedly wet evening ou Sunday, a very fair congregation attended the Hamilton Wesleyan Church to hear the farewell discourse of the Rov. S. Lawry, who has been appointed to a more southern circuit—AshburUm—owing to ill-health. The rov. gontlemau took his text from Unci chapter of Hebrews, Ist verse, from the revised version, "Therefore, we ought to give the moro heed to the. things that we have heard, lest happily we ishould go astray," and delivered an excellent and impressive sermon, dwelling principally ou the latter portion of the verse, and urging his hearers to take great head to tha spiritual lessons thoy had heard during bis councctiou with tho Church—the last twelve months—aud to tako good caro that they did not stray away from them. Tho Wesleyuiw of Hamilton have good causo to regret the departure uf Mr Liiwry, an he is a man of great ability, and an excellent preacher. A social evening is to bo spent at tho Church this evening, in order to givo tho congregation and friends an opportunity to bid Mr and Mrs Lawry a final farewell.

Messrs Jarrett Bfos. had a very; amusing time of it with the Mnungatautiri natives, when they lately visited that settlement with their steam threshing plant. At tho time appointed for making a start a considerable band nf voting able-bodied natives arrived at Mr Coiner's farm l'ukekura, where the machine had just finished operations, with about twenty horses; and when asked why they had brought such a. number, replied that they were not quito sure how many were required and to what extent they could be depended upon for heavy jjullinp. However, five or six wore selected after dua trial, and a start was made. A considerable amount of labour had been expended in forming tho the roads in and around the settlement to euable the engine, &c, to get at the different stacks. Had this work been let by contract it would have cost, at least, one hundred pounds. Whenever the innchiucry had to be moved, about n hundred native* would bo in attendance. After finishing there was a very bad creek to cn;<s, and for fear of a capsize the natives took the horses out ; about seventy Maories then tailed on with ropes and chains and brought the engine through and up a steou incline in next to no time, hurrahing and shouting—" Kapai! tho Maori no jib !" Tiicnere Bros, had the largest crop—loo sacks of wheat and HO sacks of oats, the graiu being of exceptionally good quality. Tho Manries in the settlement intend planting a much larger area next sesaon. Captain Jackson Barry delivered his nimising lectins as advertised on Saturday evening last, to an appreciative audience. He had intended to hold a dance at the conclusion of his address, but being Saturday night, Mr Kiinx declined to allow it to take place. Some disappointment was caused thereby, aud a young colonial endeavoured to induco several others of his kidney to take satisfaction out of "tho aucitjnt mariner's " hull. Accordingly, he followed the captain to his hotel, making use of strong aud highly spicud language on route. Tho captain boro with his insultimr behaviour for some time, cautioning tho olfondcr to bo careful or lio would assuredly

" run aer.uuat, a To U)i.< woll-meant advice, however, lie turned a deaf ear, evidently iiuai;iuiiig ''« Wiis lieavy mutal enough for mi old 111:111 ut 72 yeui-u. Huuiuß Llia youiij; colxiiial would not lisluil t<l hid remonstrance.:, and buin,; pruatly nettled by the language addressed to him thu captain turned round, and with a welldirected blow stopped tho young man's remarks hy planting hi.i fiat firmly between his teeth. * The young fellow immediately backed in unions,' his companion?, whilst the old man stripped cf: his coat and hat, and invited him to come on and he would " put such n head on him that his mother wouldn't know hiu.. ' After waiting a little while for the young man to torno up to tho scratch, but which, however, he wisely refueed to do, the captain put on hia coat again and told tho rouni» colonial to get away back to his mother fot a napkin and start llio world afresh, as he had evidently got a lot to learn yet.