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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2668, 23 July 1891, Page 2

Out of 350,000 French, railway employees only 3000 went out nn stiike. The strike of porters in Dublin has been defeated, and free labour established. The Free Education Bill has pissed through all its stagos in the House of Lords. The p.s. Freetrader will leave Nearuawahia for Alexandra, on Tuesday morning next. The English football team now on a i-"»it to the Cape played four matches, and won tlmn all. The Times, reviewing the harvest of tho world, thinks it unlikely that prices will decline. We remind our readers of the Wesleyau Foreign Mission me/.'.ting to be held to-night at St. Paul's, (J imbridge. The Austrian military authori-. ties are testing ecrasite. the now ex-plosive, which lias double the power of dynamite. Mr A.. J, Balfour, speaking ,at a meeting of the Hatlicld Primrose League, predicted that a general election would take place next year. We wowld again remind the members oE tin) Hamilton Football Club of tho meeting called for to-night in tho Waikato Times Buildings. The Argus strongly condemns Sir George Grey's proposals to tax Knglish bondholders, as it considers it would affect the credit of the calonies. The annual meeting of the members of the South Auckland Racing Club will be held in The Wai kato Timks Buildings on Wednesday afternoon, August ;jth. Yesterday morning was very bleak and raw, and there was a considerable, fall of snow on I'irongia which was plainly visible wliun the mist cleared away. The usual monthly sales of live stock take place to-day in the Hamilton Yards. A feature of to-day's sales will be tho large number of sheep to be offered by Mr J. McNicol. The remains of the young: halfewte, Mary Philips, who died at the Waikato District Hospital on Monday last wero removed to Raglan by her relatives yesterday morning for burial. There is evidently a trade to be done in cliatf in the neighbourhood of Cambridge, for last Thursday we noticed the local agent of Messrs Andrew and Bevan of Christchurch (Mr T. Wells), received a No. 6 Canterbury machine, which is capable of cutting and bagging 3 tons per hour. The machine was for Mr J. Allwill, ot Redwood, who is always to tho fore iu obtaining the latest improvements. During last week there were more female patients iu the Waikato Hospital—the number being eight—than at any other time since this institution was opened. The number this week is however reduced, one patient having died, and another discharged, while a third will leave tj-day. This is as large a number of female patients as the present building is capable of accommodating, and some further additions will bo necessary in the near future. With reference to tho remarks made by a member of the Board at the time when the patients in the Hospital were fewer in nnmber, that the nursing stall sho ild be reduced, we may mention that dining last week an extra nurse had to be engaged.

At a meeting of the Waikato Hunt Club committee, hold at Ohaupo on Tuesday, it was decided to hold the first meet of the Takuranga hounds at Ohaupo ■if , p in on Tuesday next, and the huntsinstil (Mr T. A. Brown) and hounds will therefore go right on to Ohaupo by Monday's train. The following will be the meets during tho stay of the hounds in Waikato :— Thursday, 30th July, Tainanero corner; Siturday, Ist August, Bach s Hotel, Cambridge ; Monday, 3rd August, Corboy's Hotel, Kihikihi; Wednesday, r,th August, Rmgiaohii school-house; Saturday, Sth August, Cross Roads, Monday, 10th August, Cambridge; Wednesday, 12th August, Bruntwond Side, Taniahore. All meets will be at 11 a.m., with tho exception of the lirst at Ohaupo on Tuesday next.