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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2927, 18 April 1891, Page 2

The Rev. J. H. Simmonds, of Auckland, will preach in St. Paul's, Cambridge. to-morrow morning and evening, and at Ohaupo in the afternoon. Bishop Cowie will hold a confirmation service at St. Andrew's, Cambridge, to-morrow morning. He will also be the preacher at the evening service. Mr E. T. Davey offers a reward of ±,'3 for information leading to the conviction of the thief or thieves who broke into his establishment during Monday night lust. The drum and fife band in connection with the Hamilton Light Infantry, under the condnctorship of Mr C. McKenzie, is making rapid progress, and on Thursday evening next after the usual parade the company will march out, headed by the band. The new series of Darish evenings begin at St, Andrew's, Cambridge, on Tuesday next. We have been asked to draw attention to h slight alteration in the terms of admission. We understand the Bishop and Mrs Cowie will be present at this, the opening evening. The annual meeting in connection with Trinity Presbyterian Church, at Cambridge, will be held on Thursday next, in the Church. Tea will be provided from 0.30 to 7.30 p.m. There will blbo be musical selections given during the evening. All members and adherents are cordially invited. A poll for the election of five commissioners for the Ngaruawahia Licensing District will be held on Friday next. There are ten candidates nominated, viz., Messrs T. Davis, P. Kay, D. Henderson, K. Hall, Chas. Starr, jun., H. J. Saulbrey, J. Black, F. G. Taylor, Win, Clow and F. G. Laurie. On Monday next His Lordship Bishop Cowie will consecrate St. Stephen's Church, Tamahere, and the cemetery adjoining. The ceremony will commence at 11 o'clock, and on its conclusion a luncheon will be held in the Tamahere school, for which nearly two hundred invitations have been issued. A correspondent writesTo settle an argument will you be kind enough to say through the columns of your paper if there has ever been a Steeplechase at the Ngaruawahia Races since ISS7. —No, as far as we recollect a Steeplechase has never been run at any Ngaruawahia Race Meeting ; certainly not since the date specified. The Hamilton Amateur Dramatic Club have now completed all arrangements in connection with the production of the Shraughraun on Wednesday and Thursday, 20th and "oth. We would again romind our re.aders that they should not miss the opportunity of witnessing this performance as it givos promise of being one of the best ever givon in Hamilton. Reserved seats, 3s each are obtainable at Mr G. C. Manning's, Hamilton.

We have been handed by Mr Thos. Blackett of Whatawhata some specimens of a fruit which he has found growing near his house. Mr Blackett is unable to state the nauie or whether it is edible or not, and even the aggregated wisdom of the creamery suppliers can throw no light upon the matter. Some of the agricultural savants who were consulted certainly kuew all about the fruit, but singularly enough, just at that moment, had forgotten the name.

The Ohaupo Cricket Club again call attention to their advertisement of a concert and danoe on Wednesday next. The lirst part will consist of songs, duets, violin solos, &c., by Misses llowden, I''. I'.owden, Cassidy, Salmon, Taylor, Morris, and Mrs Qua! trough ; Messrs (,'oodfellow, Wall, J [ayes. Reid, l'rince and others. The second part will be fully occupied with :i side-splitting farce, " Caught in his Own Trap," which illustrates some of the troubles of an eloping couple, who are chased by nil indignant father and his black servant.

The Cambridge branch of the Hamilton Farmers' Club will moot on Monday evening, when Air K. Reynolds' paper on "Tim Dairy How" will he discorded. \Ve nilhli illo'l the paper in cil'Mi- > in order that everyone inildit become acquainted with Mr Reynolds' views on this important subject, :m(! we trust the tueii:bers of '.he club will roll up and give free expression to tlieir opinions, as by an interchange of ideas much useful information may be elicitod. We believe the whole of tho inanagjra of dairy factories in tho Wailcato have been invited and will probubl> bt prtLC'Lt.

At a recent meeting of the Tyncside Ceographical Society, Mr W. A. Temperley, jtin., read a paper on " Sheepfarming in Australia,""during the course of which he said:—"Tho carcass question has passed through threo distinct areas, and was now in its fourth. The first area was when the carcase was of no value at all; the second area was the boiling down, when the carcass was only valuable for the tallow it contained: the third was the preserving meat era; while the fourth was the present frozen meat era. During the first nine months of the present year, ninety million pounds of fresh mutton had been exported, and as the drawback of distance diminished, by the development of rail roads and steamships, so the importance of the carcass increased. This was a very important subject, and would have far-reaching effects on Australian sheeparming. What the fifth area of the carcase might be, it is difficult to say ; but if he might venture to prophesy, he would say the export of live sheep to the European markets would characterise that area. He was told on good authority that experimental shipments of live stock from South America to England had recently been made with great success, and ho saw no reason why it should not also be practicable to bring them alive from Australia. In spite of ali drawbacks, the number of sheep in Australia had gone on increasing steadily; and if all the sheep in Australia were counted to-day, he did not hesitate to say the figure would not bo short of 100,000,000."