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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2963, 11 July 1891, Page 2

Th.e Russian press welcome the proposed visit of the French float to Cronstadt.

The Admiralty is examining the torpedo invented by Charles Stroude, of Adelaide.

The Senaputti, sentenced to doath for complicity in the Manipur revolt has beon feigning madness, and has attempted to commit suicide.

The Anchor line steamer TJtopia, which sank off tiibralter with great loss of lifo in March last, after collision with a British ironclad, has been raised.

Wilkinson, a clerk, has confessed to having taken part in the theft of the Countess of Dudley's jewels (value £16,000) from the Paddington station of the Great Western Railway, on the 12th December, 1874.

Mr H. Oldham, Sheep Inspector, who has recently been transferred from Waikato to Napier, left to take up his duties at the latter place by train yesterday afternoon. Mr Oldham bears with him the good wishes of all with whom he hns coma in contact.

We understand that Mr Parr has tabled a notice of motion to bo brought on at the meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council on Tuesday next, "That this Council is in favour of giving Vaile's railway system a trial on some section of tho New Zealand railways."

Messrs Halstead, Adams, and Mark who went to Cambridge a day or two since returned to Auckland yesterday their mission however was unsuccessful, as they were unable to come to terms with Mr McMillan for the purchase of his well known trotting ntare Larkspur.

The football match, Hamilton v. Paterangi, will be played at Paterangi this afternoon. There is every prospect of a good gaino, both clubs having got their best teams together. Notwithstanding tho defeat inflicted by the Hamilton Club a week or two ago, the odds are slightly in favour of Paterangi.

The Field thinks the tide has turned for the British agriculturist. Cereals aud stock aro higher in price than for many years, and the paper sees in tha outlook the maintenance ot a higher range of prices. If the tide has turned for the British agriculturist it has also turned for the agriculturists of the different parts of the world.

Our Farmers' Clubs might take a valuable hint froin the following :—With tho view of encouraging the dried fruit industry, the committee of the Tumut Agricultural and Pastoral Association of New South Wales has resolved to give a substantial prize at tho next show for an exhibit of assorted dried fruits in commercial quantity, aud packed lit fur exportation.

An Ohio congregation has adopted tho novel plan of accomplishing what in secular affairs would be styled " raising the wind." It has beon resolved that the plate shall no longer be passed in tha First Lutheran Church of Springfield, but that niombers shall be "assessed according to their incomes." This religious income tax is a strange revival of the old time tithing system, and bears a striking resemblance to the property assessments of ungodly politicians not regenerated by the wavo of reform.

Referring to the resolutions recently passed by tho Waikato Farmers' Club in respect to protecting the proceeds of goods sold by auctioneers, wo notico that a measure dealing with tho subject lias been introduced in the House by Mr Seddon. It is entitled the Auctioneers and Appraisers Bill, and one of its provisions is, that money received by auctioneers shall be deemed to bo trust money. It is prescribed that tho license of auctioneers and appraisers shall be general throughout the colony,

Efforts are being made to induce President Cirtwt to visit Fnglatid. With, the prevalence of whooping cough amongst the children and influenza attacking adults, the announcement by Sandes and Co. that novernign specifics for theso ailments can be obtained at their establishment, as notified by advertisement in this issue, will be hailed with much satisfaction by sufferers. "We noticed on passing Mr J. B. Marker's shop, in Victoria-street, Hamilton, yesterday, that he lias been mukiug largo additions to his stock, principally in ladies'and itents'gold and silver watches, to which particular attention is drawn by advertisement appearing 111 this issue. The supplement of the Ne.v Zea land Gazette, Jnne 30th, contains > list of the teachers under the Education Department with their rank and leasons for promotion. In the summary at the end of the list, certificated and licensed teachers nre classified as employed or unemployed, according as the column " engagement " shows or does not show engagement in public instruction. In this sense there are 1027 certificated teachers unemployed. Among them are 305 married women, and a largo number of teachers who have gone into business, or retired from active service, or left the colony. In the new railway regulations, recently sent out, is ono imposing a fino of Id per day upon all parcels which are not removed by consignees within 24 hours alter arrival. This rule may be necessary in towns, where room i 3 needed, and there is an obvious necessity for consignments being promptly cleared, but. to impose a tine of this kind at country stations, where, in many cases, consignees live miles distant, and sometime* are not, even awaro that parcels are lying at the station for them, is simply absurd, and only calculated to cau9o a feeling of resentment in the breasts of victims, who, we may add, pay quite sufficient at present in the way of freights and farps.