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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 2988, 8 September 1891, Page 2

The German authorities are buying large quantities of corn, not coal, as at first reported. A plain and fancy dress rink and dance will take place at Ohaupo on Wednesday, September Kith. The strike of employees in the Thames ironworks has ended in the directors conceding the men's demand. During a severe storm in Paris several persons were drowned. The sewers being flooded caused thousands of rats to invade the houses. Judge Trimble, with Mr Thompson, interpreter, and Ritima, Native Assessor, proceed to Mercer by train this morning to open a Land Court there. Mr B. Udy, chairman of the Auckland Board of Eiucation, is at present in the Waikato inspecting the various educational reserves throughout the district. Mr Arnold White, the representative of Baron Hirsch, has had a satisfactory interview with the Czar relative to the Baron's proposals in connection with his compatriots. The Times, in a eulogistic article on the Earl of Kintore's journey from Port Darwin to Adelaide, states that young peers of good physique and plenty of common sense make excellent Governors. A complimentary entertainment to Mrs Helps will take place at Alexandra on Friday, September 18th. The programme will consist of a concert, dramatic performance and tableaux. The Public Works Statement will, it is understood, be delivered tomorrow (Wednesday); but, as there is little money to spend, the interest that in former days attached to tho details of this Statement will bo wanting. It seems by advertisement, Cambridge West is to have a treat on Thursday next, in the shape of a lecture by Rev. Mr Garland. It is hoped that parents and friends will, by their presence, show their sympathy with Sunday School work. The rink which has been so successfully carried on in the Ohaupo hall under the careful management of Mr C. Kusabs, will be closed for the season by a fancy dross rink and dance, which is looked anxiously forward to by mauy of tho followers of the amusement.

The library concert to be held at C 'inbridaa on the 18th instant promises to be a grand hucobss ; the reserved tickets are lining (iff quickly, even at this early date. There will he a small orchestra of nine or t.en, thn whole of th» violini ts being ladies, in addition to the other attractions. We would direct the attention of intending exhibitors at the Cambridge Horse Show to an advertisement notifying that entries for the show must be received by Friday next, the 11th instant. Many entries have already come to hand, and the show will undoubtedly be a great success. We regret to record that one ot tho early settlors of Cambridge has pasiied away in the parsonof Mr Jeremiah McCJarry at a comparatively early age. Mr McfJ-arry :amn to this part of the colony aboi't 18 yoars ago with a young family and took up agricultural peisuits. By dint of assiduous exertions with the lifilpof his eldest sons, he was on the road to buccosk when unfortunately he was deprived of his health and strength by a tree falling upon him. injuring his heart, and invaliding him for the past elevon years which culminated in his death on Friday last. The funeral took place on Sunday at 3 o'clock, the Rev. Father O'Gara officiating at the burial, service. There wan a large concourse of people present.

The Trades Union Congress sit ling in London gave a solid vote on tho question of legal eight h"urs. The following is an extract from a privato letter from an old Dunedinito, now in Sydney What aro yon all doing in New Zealand ? People are coming over here m shiploads. You will soon have none left. Can you not do something to koep them where they are 1 They can do nothing over here but borrow half-crowns !" Mr R. Crcwc, Inspector under Iho Auckland Board of Education is at present in Hamilton, conducting tho standard examinations in connection with the public schools Yesterday he was engaged in tho East school, which he will finish to-day when the examination at the West school will be proceeded with. The usual quarterly meeting of the Hamilton Licensing Committee was held in the Court-house on Saturday. There were present: Messrs Geo. Edgecombe (chairman) R. F. Sandes, H. M. Salmon and J. S. Edgecuiiibo. The only business was the application of A. Schultz for a transfer of tho Royal Hotel license to Tlios. Buxton, which was granted. It is now considered settled that Mr Rolleston will succeed Mr Bryce as leader of the Opposition. The choice lay between him and Captain Russell. Some members of the party were inclined to oppose the appointment of Mr Rolleston on account of his opinions upon the land tenure question, but those objections will it seems be laid aside in view of tho demands of party.

The return football match between the Hamilton East and West schools combined and the Hamilton East Colts was played on Saturday last, on Sydney Square, and resulted in a draw, neither sides scoring, but the Colts played several men short, which was a great handicap to them. For the Colts, Black, Smith, Hunt, Steadman, Coates and limes played well, and Logie and Gillett (2) did good work for the schools. Our Huntly correspondent says : —" Dr Broome, with commendable disinterestedness, has resolved not to oppose Mr Bryce should that gentleman reconsider his decision and allow himself to be again nominated for the Waikato Electorate. Notwithstanding his magnanimous determination, the doctor foels that there could he no possible doubt of the certainty of his election should he decide upon letting the matter go to the vote." We understand that many gentlemen interested in sporting matters consider th it the programme of the Hunt Club Races might be made more attractive and remunerative by the addition of a six furlong Flying Stakes of £25, open to all comers, and wa are inclined to coincido with this. Should the Club not be prepared to take the risk, we understand that three gentlemen will guarantee tho stakes, taking all risks, and allowing the Club 10 per cent, on the profits. The monthly meetings of the Cambridge and- Hamilton Borough anil Waipa County Councils and tho Hamilton Domain Board will be held at ditferont times to-day. The consideration of Cr. C. Tippin's notice of motion with reference to an increase of the town clerk's salary will come before the Hamilton Borough Council, and, judging from tho various offices which have been piled on to him since his appointmont as town clerk, he is fully ontitled to the proposed increase.

at the first annual meeting of the Free Association it was reported the total membership was over 2200, of whom 120!) are working members. The prejudice at first existing ou the part of working men has now been dissipated. Situations were found for 157 men in the year, and relief granted to 37 members who had met with accidents. The guarantee fund now stands at £13,01.9, the guaranteeing members numbering 202. The receipts for tho year were £1701!, and the expenditure £340 less. The Hamilton Salvation Army held special meetings on Saturday, Sunday and last night, which were well attended, Adjutant and Mrs Bishop, the divisional officers of the Northern Division, conducting the meetings. The meeting last night took the form of a " Hosannh," or siriKing meeting. At the invitation of the residents of Pukete (where the Army hold meetings once a fortnight) Adjutant and Mrs Bishop, accompauied by the Hamilton officers (Captain and Mrs Wood), will hold a meeting in that neighbourhood to-night. The poll for the election of three councillors for the Borough of Bamilton will be held at the Council Chambers on Thursday next between the hours of!) a.m. and 6 p.m. There are four candidates for the three seats, viz., Messrs Tippin, Jones, Salmon, and Sandes. The first two are members of the Council at present, while Messrs Sandes and Salmon have both 'oeen members of that body on previous occasions. It is expected that the contest will be a vcrv keen one. Mr W. Dey, the other councillor whose seat expires does not seek re-election.

People sometimes ask what is the biggest mob of sheep you ever heard of Deing driven. The following is the largest we ever remember to have seen published ; it was recorded among stock crossing in the Australasian as follows " Swan Hill, October 31. 18!)1.— Stock Crossings— 300,845 ewes, purchased from Jas. Law-, rence and Sons, Poon Boon, by Mr N. Gorrand, Bangeroop, and travelling to his property ; owner in shargc." Such a mob would astonish the natives in New Zeahnd. It is equal to all the sheep in the Taranaki District with those of Waitotara County chucked in.

I understand a prominent member of the Cambridge Salvation Army was in a great measure to blame for the eight youths being summoned for tia-cin-ning Mr Marshall last week, it appears, from what I can learn, the lads had had enough of the business, and were about to start home when the Salvationist came along and incited them to renew the noise, and, in fact, kopt them at it till the constable arrived. If this is correct, I think the member of the Army should also have bten arrainged before the Resident Magistrate as an accessory, but perhaps he adopted this method of crying quits for some of the badinago lie lias suffered from the Cambridge lads at Army open-air meetings.— (Cambridge correspondent).

The old saw, "A little knowledge is a daugerous thing," was forcibly illustrated by a state schotl pupil in tins city the other day (says the Evening Post) and the moral conveyed is not without its application and importance to a certain section of the community who, with the advent of su.ldenly acquired political power, are experimenting with the corpus vile of the unfortunate taxpayer. The pupil referred to had just (fathered in the course of a science lesson, that if a body were subjected to equal pressure from above and below, it would not be affected thereby, thu one force counteracting the other. That evening ho tried it. His fathor was hammering something un a firm basis, and the boy deliberately put his finger in between the decending hammer and the object aimed at. He has not been to school since, and has a rooted averison to science as a delusion and a snare. This story, incrediblo as it seems, ia, we are assured, an absolute fact.