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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2970, 28 July 1891, Page 2

A dance will take place ia the Iv.ihik.lhi Town Hall on Monday, Außitst 3rd. Mr J. C. Hanna, the manager of the New Ziulnnd Kstates Company, was in Hamilton yesterday. The Imperial Government has agreed to allow Chinoso Consuls to bo appointed at English ports. The census snows the population of France to be 3S,0 1 J5,00q, which is 123,003 less than at tho enumeration in ISSfi. At the National Association meeting at Bisley Common, tho Victorians won th« second prize of £30, in the contest fur which Lord Lindsay subscribed the money. The football match between the Huntly and l'okeno Clubs, which was to have been playoJ at Huntly on Saturday lust, did not eventuate, the l'okeno Club not boing able to got tin. An entertainment consisting of a cmcert, exhibition of Jarley's wax-works, dramatic performance and dance will take place at To Awamutu on August 18th. Full particulars will shortly be advertised. In connection with the advertisement in last for shearers for Australia, we might mention that any Waikato shearers who went for the season could return in time for the usual shearing in Waikato. In addition to the names mentioned in our Saturday's i?aue, we are (dad to see that Richird Oillett (Hamilton Hist) and W. R. M. MoVeajfli (Cambridge) also pwsedas cindidates at the recent pupil teacher's examinations. Mr McNicol's sale at Ohaupo to-day will commones at 12 noon sharp", instead of 2 o'clock as usual, so as to [■ivrt ail these desirous of doing so an opportunity of attending the meet of the Pakuran>,M Hounds at 2 o'clock. There was not so good a meeting in connection with forming a contingent of mounted infantry at Whatawhata on Saturday ni«ht as was anticipated. Five young men gavo in their names as willing to join, but it is fully expectod that a sufficient number will bo received to establish the contingent. "We are pleased to hear that Mr John Cidder, of Whatawhata, who is at presp.nt buing subjected to Dr. Koch's cons'unptiMu cure at the Aucklaud Hospital, is showing marked symptoms of improvement. There are the other cases being similarly treated, but so far Mr Calder's is the most encouraging one. The usual monthly meeting of the Hamilton branch of tl)6 Waikato Farmers' Club was held in the Waikato Times Buildings last evening when there was a good attendance. Amongst other business, the question of Vaile's railway scheme was warmly discussed. A full repji't will appear in our next issue. The Pakuranga hounds, in charge of the well-known huntsman Mr Tom Brown, want through by train to Ohaupo yesterday. There were nine couples in all, and as the dogs are in good fettle, there should be some good hunting in Wuikato this seasoD. The opening meet will take place at Ohaupo at 2 o'clock todny, and the country worked will be round Mi-John McNiool's and the old Ohaupo racecourse. At a meeting of the trustees appointed for the purpose of erecting a Public Hall at Whatawhatn, held on Saturday last, considerable discussion took place as to whether the proposed hall should be preeted upon the land granted by the Crown Lands Board for purposes of public utility, or upon an allotment purchased for the purpose. Finally it was decided to request the authorities to vest the first-mentioned land in the soven trustees, so that subscribers may be safe in putting their money into the building, Is it within the bounds of bos. Mbility that before tho Channel tunnel is built ths Straits of Dovor may hecoino dry laud? Thoquestion is suggested by tho reports of the men-of-war which have been surveying on tho south and oast coasts this Mummer. A survey of the English Channel shoH'.H that, into.id of a bottom evenly sloping up from west to east, tongues of shoal water, more or loss paralled to one another, are forming betweon the shores of England and Fiance. On the eastern littoral the ■ .shoaling is even inoro rapid, many patches and banks off tho Kent and K.ssex coasts adding to their size at the rate of a foot a yuar. We learn from those who have recently travelled over it, that the main road from Ngaruawnhia to Whatawhata is in a very bad state indeed. The late wet weal her has affected all roads, but in this casß the road is s.) worn with traffic that in many placHs the centre the lowest; consequently, the water cannot get away, and forms bad holes. We understand that the Newcastle councillor intends, the first thing in the spring, to movo for having a block of this road properly re-formed and sanded, in accordance with tho engineer's plan, tf this is done, and a portion (as much aa tho funds will allow) is thoroughly made up every year, the whole of this line will soon be m a passable couditiou. A man named James Lindsay, better known as " Scottv Jim," was brenght into the Waikato District Hospital from Miitamat.i on Saturday morning, sulft-'ring from internal injuries received by being .struck by a falling tree. Lindsay was engaged on Mr (J. Walker's bush-fall-ing contract on the Miitaiuata Estate, and on Wednesday while at work he was caught by the branches of it falling tawa. At first lii.s injuries were not considered serious, but as he. seemed gradually to get worse, he was sent down by train on Saturday morning. On arrival at the hospital he was attended t* by !>>-. Kenny, who found that he was injured internally, but not seriously, and yesterday he was progressing favourably. Our Board of Edvication has settled the much vexed question of quarter money by deciding that henceforth it shnll not be levied, and has determined to supply from the funds at their disposal all the necessaiii's which hitherto have been supplied by the teachers on thn strength of the payment demanded from this parents. We think the liourd has acted wisely. We do not helievo that the teachers as a rule, made any profit out uf the transaction, but the fact remains that in ninny cases they have been charged with doing so. The making of these charges has had a tendency to lower the teachers in the eyes of their pupils and the public, and this wo deem quite sulh'eient justification for the action of the Hoard. To me London is a pest house of infamy, of terrible immorality in its worse sense. I cannot go 100 yards in any direction without seeing a public house where lartro placards tall us that " Cream (Jin " is sold cheap within. Outside I see a dozen or so of the persons who have now voices in tho management nf our public affairs mure or less tipsy. Take a turn in the Strand or Piccadilly at '.) or 10 p.m. Who do we find there? . . . Look at your thieves' quartors ! Tho horrors and abominations of London would not bo tolerated evon at Cairo for a day. We only make ourselves ridiculous by declaiming against what wo style sins th.it im .sanction iiround u=. When T son strong mnnsuros taken in Mngland to prohibit the iiale of poisons in the form of spirits of all sorts, then 1 shall believe in the new British Reformation. It is to mn in our present state the most monstrous imposition and humbug to preach abroad what wo dare not carry out

at lioiiw.—(Jenoral W.r.siU'v in a letter to W. T. Ste.id, editir <il " The 11-iview nf Reviews." A correspondent writes to the Taranaki News, regarding the importation of pests, furred and forithered, an follows :—" It is a thousand pitim that somo I'iinttaint is not placed on the importation of thesj nests. I tmtmosH anyone can brine what ho pleases, and I .should not be at all surprised if .snake*, foxes, itc, will not bn snort introduced. It is qoito on a par with the Government introducingstoatK,weaseln, itc, to get rid of the rabbits. This expense is incurred by the Government, because the rabbits are so numerous down south that f'Nxl is srarco for sheep. If I hose gentlemen holding larKti tracts of land cannot keep tho rabbit pest down lot them cut up their large tracts into small farms. Population will, I think, keop them down." We learn that considerable loss in being experienced by Waipa settlers owing to abortion among their dairy cowh. No reason is assigned for the difficulty—indeed, the Rood treatment of dairy cows, in viow nf the steady income derived from them, is now a matter of considerable importance—and in most of the cases under notice the cows were in gooi] condition and apparently in the best of health. With regard to this disease among cattle a good authority says: "It may bo induced by accidental or local causes, such as bad weather, irregular seasons, severe suddenly succeeding mild weather; cold storms especially are to be guarded against." Some cases of abortion, however, have been traced to tho presence of ergot among the hay fed to the cows. Our Waipa friends should carefully examine the surroundings of all cases occurring among thpir cows so that, if possible, the causes may be ascertained, and such losses guarded against in future.