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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2953, 18 June 1891, Page 2

Queen Nataliu is seriously ill at IJii-li.iii, Prince Bismarck is seriously ill with rlitjiiiiKiiisiii "I Uiu .-..piiio. General Booth sails from Plyn,;,'iUl "il tin: :J.'lli cf July un ii t"'ir ruuml tin; w.irlil. Madame Melba siugs before the Oui-ii in July, and prices for lliti uixa.siiHi liV-u ri-ion to twenty for uaoli box. Tho Senate, of the Argentine Cimfuilon'.tioii Inn vi;(luccil th" Hiii.penstnn ~f |i:ivm r 'nt i.f intnro.-t mi Joans to tliruc inontli:-. The Princess of Wales is starting a siitiscripiioti for Mrs liiiinwmnj, in iecu>( nitioii of Inn- pullaiit conduct durintr tlio reUeit from Manipur. The adjourned meeting of the Ilaniiltoii Licuiiaiuu' Comimttoo will bo hull! mi Satiirilay iiioruiiw, at tho Courthouse, at half p;i.-t ten. Miss Nicholson, who is to be reiii!,vi;d fioin Hit: Mar-ih Muailuws school, at tin: end of next week, will bu succeeded by Miss IJroH-ii, from tliutrr:t[t<>n lioad school. The natives, Mihinui and Ma v.ife, who were ii-inaiitlej on Monday for uiulit day.-, will ho tr-msht up bufoiu Capt. .li'ixUsou, K. M., a' I) o'clock tti-uiurruw inoniiiii;. Mr J. Mc'itfieol's special horse H.ilis will be held in iht. Haur.ltoii Jsoi-oii«h V'ircN to-day, wlimi a lart;e nuinber of liorsiis will l»; olfoi-Btl. 'J'hu Hahi promisu.s 1., be ii very lartje one. ami, in order to «. t through witti all luts, will bo oMiiiimiiuii'J at half-past tun sharp. The ploughing- at Ornahu is still continued by Hrnujjlitun's nutivus aril Inspector KiiicrVnn left fi.T Napier via Auckland by train yestcid.-iy morning, lie will leave Auckland by thu Taluno to-day and proceed at oncQ to Omalni, *o as to be mi tin) spot in c.i.-iO i'f any serious disti-rb-ance occurring,'. Major Tisdall, s.udit Inspector, is at present in Hamilton iiurlitinc the J!ormi','h accounts up to the V.>t March last. "The accounts should have been ready to bo presented at n special meetiini; of tiiu Council tin 'Jiith Mny ; but, as the aoco,nits wort) not then audited, tho meetin;; in- adjourned till 14tli July. At a recent meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society a iciiort was brought r.|i from the Education Committee, recoinnitiiifJiiiK that tlm .Society should undertake tho preparation of a toxUbook on agriculture for ii.iii in uluiiißUl-ai-y and continuation hclioola, anil it \vm resolved that steps should bo taken for tho i.s-aie of such a textbook under tho authority of the Society. Alexander Daally, of Te iwamutti, an old niiin i'< 2 years of age was ndmittrtiliiit.) tho Vv'aikato Hospitnl yestertlay iiiorniiiß. Doally was carriili,' a korostiiio lamp on Saturday eviivins?, when it bxploiled, burnini? him severely on tho rifjht arm and shoulder. Although tho burns are severe, Dr. Cole does nit think they will prove serious. A potato grower near Gore has mado a ennd thing nut of 17 acres of laud this year. He ploughed as deep as possible v.il.h drawn by six horses, and the area was planted with potatoes. Tho product, was 210 tons, liOof which have already been disposed of at .">os per ton. Allowing that the whole quantity Sous oil" at that ti/iire, In: will have the hands:.mo return of nearly .Col per acre lor his outlay. The ordinary meeting of the Hamilton Domain Board was held in thu Council chambers on Tuesday oviiliii:;, -vliuli tlinre wore present, Mensia Isaac Coates (in tho chair), Jones, .Scott, l'arr, Reid, Wood, Tippet), Dey, liell and ttlade. Messrs Steadmaii and Davitt wi-uto with ruspect to the improvement clauses iu their leases. The matter was refei red to the Cominittee with power to oinploy opinion, and to report at llrj no\t inoetinK'

MCossx'S Miluo autl Choyco, of and Wullesley-strouts Auulclaud, liiivt! iinidc l<n a roncuMl "( their lun.su ; but thuy liud that in qrdei , Ln kci'i) up with their uvui'-incre.'.amK tradu that it h neuetssary to uularge the preiuise.s. Thoy have, tliorofm-o. deuidud tn hold a clearing Hale fur a limited time only, when t,liu whole of their valuable stock will bo .«<;M without reserve, at reduced jincea. Patterns and prices will be sent on application, so country settlers should apply at mice, w> ;i» not to mi.-s the best of the bargains. A sample of eg-gs that had been .subjected to a preserving pnicfiM*, known to Mr D, Kvetts, of Kohukuho, were left with us in January List to te*t the efficacy of tin; treatment. Yesterday, a period of tive months haviiif, elapsed, we made an inspeutiou of tho e«L's, and to all appearance no one could tell them from newly-laid issKH. We then had them boiled, and they prowrl as sweet and fresh t.i the taste as tli.intjli only lately laid, Mr Kvetts ti'iould fortainly tako step* to make his procesii known, .is it would provide a means of sl-M-iiii; up u very useful :mJ valuable arliclo of food, and, further, in the inattrr of expurt would prove of iinmeuse service. Mr Reynolds, manager of the Anchor l>.iiry Factory recently placed hims.'lf ill coiDiuunicatiiin witli Sir Julius Vosol, aurl sent that gentliMiinn a smnple of the Anchor brand of Bulter, 6ir Julius, being favorably i.npressrtd with its quality, wrote to tho secretary of the Army and N.ivy Auxiliary Stores, anil sotit him some of the butter, with a request that ho would test it. This was clone, and the verdict upon »ho quality of the article was so satisfactory that the Secretary wrote t<) Sir Julius askin? to be placed in communication with Mr lic.vr.olds so that Kupplies might be arniiiKod for, and he undertook to at oneo quote the articlo and the price in the Stores list, thus opening up a largo and immediate market for this description 'jf New Zealaud produce, Mr H. J. Wrixon, the late Attorney-General ..f Victoria, who went home t« arguu tho IVivy Council case Ah Toy v. Mu.sfjrove, seems to have been considerably amused at tho homely manner in which tin; lasv lords transacted their business. They walked iu, ho said, wearing moriiiiif! dress, and sat down at a little table an'! interrupt counsel a very Kreat deal ; indeed, their proceedings are uioio like a domestic argument upon law than a public diripuUttun in a High Court. Their uagacity and doptli of judgment, however, iiiipiessod him, and ho formed n. very correct hlui ;'s to what their jurlßiumit would be. \U did nol thiulc thuy would decide the o.'l!-tii.iithinat rifihts raised by the appeal, Lvcmso they had not lad the opportunity ot litturitit: the opinion of tho Attornuytleueral ot England on behalf of the Imperial (iovurnmeut, and tlieavent proved iio was right. At the annual banquet in connection with the Victorian Pioneers' Association, who, on Hight Hour's Day iu Melbourne, laid the foundation stone of tho wight hour.-; , system, Mr Benjamin Douglass, t.he Chairman, in proposing " The D.iy we Celebrate," said ho must condemn the action of the few minchief-making agitators who had boon dragging the dnmocracy of Au.-triilia through tho miro for tho last few rrnnth:!.— (A Voice : " Lj.-ifori.") Ho was not afraid to speak hi, mind before those men, but he knew that if ho attnrnptnd to do so ha would he howled down by what today was called tho "intelligent democracy." Those men had been".haiiteiiingon disorder uuil bringing about strife and strikn-i, and thousand of men worn groaning -.tnrfor the tyranny of those who had falsely led them. The working men should no lunger follow cli i .-uL> of th.is-) parasites on the institution vhijSi the pioneers had raised —parasites who, nuny of them lived by their wits and not by honest industry.—(Applause.) Ho challenged some of those mischievous lpalersto prove that they pvcrtlidan honest dr.y's woik."-(Kear, hear, arc .■> Vric : ! " The? CH'.lc! rot r-reve it."). !

The stallion show held by the Ula-ittow A','iii:nltiiral Suci'-fy m .March was ■ nit; "f thu lartf'Mt. ;uid he-it that lm't ever Ii :i>n si-en in lil .skow, no fewer than 320 •■ntr>i~ hv'iiif; rfceivf.d. The first prize, incliniiiip I.he Socmtv's nreimuin of t'SO, in tiu: :,.;.| class for Ciyi.'o-id,iles, fell to .Mr -I inks Pollock's Flashwood oliOl, with Mr Daw.l Uiildull's l'linodf ICvle Hocond. It is init.ewoitHy that since KSiil the veteran Scottish Olyih'sd i!e breeder, David Hiddull, his taken the (.'tlaaijow promium no teuer than Kixteen times. It is understood that a copy of tho CI Kt <:rs Towns iLi-ptib.ican of the 'Jlat r.;biuary, which cmtitins an article incititi({ tho sheaiers to sl.oot the and lire their stations and station building tin- • --H thoir cluiiii-- arc eoiiccded, has Ij.'cll .-übmitted to the law ..tlici is if the Crown lor their opinion. The article U entitled " LJruad or Blood," und it appeuia that when the pipeis wore preHentcd at the local po.-;t-ollice the (iovunimeut refused to allow them to be carried, as they considered that ihyy contained a seditious libel. In a report brought up at the March meeting of the Royal Acricultural S ci'.jly by their consulting entomoloKiat, Miss Ormerod, attention was drawn lo the fact that the hard Irost.sand .seveio weather of lii-t winter had not ha-J thu smallest ellect upon insect life. It was commonly s-ippose.i that frost hid the power -if killiuf insects, and that therefore the; country would he free from inject unsts during the forthcoiiiing season. Mr Whitehead (one of the members) said ho was afraid that those hopes would he disappointed, and he Wi.uld advise all those who were troubled with insect pests during the past year to take precautions fur the loitheoininc ;;ea son. From our English files we gather that up to the middle of April tho weather had been cold and stormy, and in some parts keon frosts wero experienced. Tho lambing season was almost over, and in spite of the cold weather (jood avenißoa of lambs had been obtained, in many instances over liiO per cent. Tho youiiK wheat had come fairly through tho sovero winter, and a little seasonable warmth would induce a free growth. In the northern counties the potato crops had been got into the ground tinder favourable conditions. The sheep markets were slack, dealers and breeders having to bo content with small and iiureinunerativo prices. In the cattle trade, however, prices were fully maintained. In the Cumberland and Westmoreland markets, notwithstanding tho general scarcity of grass, the best farmers' buttor had receded considerably in price, and was selling at lid to Is Id per lb ; egrw, 13 to 11 for U : and potatoes, still plentiful, at 7d Li 10.1 pur stone.