The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE. Equal and exact justice to all men. Of whatsoever state or persuasion, religious or political. TUESDAY, NOV. 3, 1891.
The Piako County Council meets at Morritisvilln tit 11 a.m. to-day, ami the Waikato Hospital Board at Hamilton at the sanio hour to-morrow. Business must be looking 1 up in Hamilton as wo hear of all offer of £7 10b pei 1 foot li iving bona undo for a business site iu Victoria-street. The lot has a frootago of 42 feet by a depth '.t IMO feet. A scratch cricket rnatcii was played on Sydney Square on S.tuvday beiwoon sides picked respectively by Messrs Barton and Fielder. The formor's team, nine mnn, senmd ,'!!>, whilst FieldorV team with 12 mon scorcd "jj, thin winning by 1 I runs. Mr Haniner having resigned from the Waitoa linad Board, nominations for a successor will bo received by tho returning MHcer, Mr A. liremner, at Morrinsville, up to nnon on tho 12th inst, and an election, if necessary, will bo held on the 21st inst. The great event ot the colonial sporting ypav, tho Melbourne Cup, is to be run at tho FLmington course this afternoon. The telegraph offices will be specially opened, and we will receive the news, bar accidents, by about tan minutes past Bix, when an extra will be issued.
New potatoes were being- retailed ill Cambridge last Saturday, at l.Vlporlb. They had been grown by Mr <ieo. Ilally, on his farm, at Maungakawa,
Mr Horny Kerr, who succeeded Mr Fav.'cett in the Masonic Hotel, C nnbridge, has also succeeded t-. th seat in the Cnnhridge Borough Council, rendered vacant by the resignation of Mr Fawcett.
A Select d-ince, under the auspic's of the Hamilton liiass li.uid, will take pi ice in the (Iddfellow-' Hall, Hamilton, oil the evening of the Prince of Wales' f.ii 111■ lay (Monday next). Refreshments will lie provided, and there being no counter-attraction, should prove a success.
We would remind all our readers who are fortunate enough to have to pay property t;i\ that all amounts under I'lo are due onth"2oth ill-1. If the nmount is mor fir. half is payable on tho 2(ith inst-., and the remainder on February Ith, 1.5112.
In consequence oi the Auctioneers Act, 1S!) 1, coming into operation at the beginning ' f the present month, we notice that Mr John Knox has a notice in his Hamilton Auction Mart, to tho effect that in future all transactions shall Ue strictly cash on delivery.
The Maori Parliament opens at Maungakawa this morning. The king is " running the show "and intends doing so in fine style, if wo may judge by the amount of "tucker" that has gone up tho hill. Three Maori M.11.R.s aro to bo present, and the chief discus-ion will be about tho contemplated taxing of Maori lands and dogs. "Bellamy's" is in chargo of the genial Jimmy R«nstield, so visitors will find the cuisino up to the mark.
Mr G. C. Manning, stationer, Hamilton E ist and West, has just opened up a splendid assortment of Christmas and New Year cards, of very beautiful designs, and well adapted for presentation at the festive season. Those requiring early numbers of the Christmas numbers of the English illustrated papers, should order at once. Smokers will find all their requisites in stock at nmsonablo prices, and sheet music is supplied at town prices.
We are pleased to hear there is a movement on foot tn establish an athletic club in Hamilton. It is a capital idea and worthy of tho support of tho townspoople, and every assistance should be given to further tho matter. There are a number of young men and lads growing up in aud about tlin place that would derive both profit and pleasure by joining a club of this kind, it would be a long way better than loafing about the street corners.
Thanks to the late dramatic entertainment and concert, the Cambridge Library is about to receive an addition of 190 volumes, all of them being by the latest aud most popular authors. No subscriber will bo allowed to have moro than one of the new books at a time, in order that all may have a chance of reading them at an early date. The books will probably be ready for distribution early next week. Wo are sure the subscribers must feel thankful to tho promoters of tho eutortaininent for this substantial addition, which will doubtlo3s cansu an influx of new subscribers.
Our attention has been called to a paragraph in the Huwera Star containing a recipe for cows suffering from " milk fever " or the " drop," "Ono teaspoonful of aconto in h.ilf a pint of water or gruel." This recipe is said to have been handed in by Mr \V. J. Barrow, of To Roti, who has always found it to be an unfailing remedy. We aro informed that this subject cannot bo kept too prominently betoro tho public, as many a valuable animal might bo sru#d if owners of such stock would but keep this useful remedy by them—especially when living a distance in the country. It is inexpensive and certain in its effect.
A series of new telegraph forms were introduced by the Department on the Ist. The forms in uso hy tho public are not materially altered, but tho " stuff " on which the press messages are written is wretched, and is calculated to drive many a sub-editor to despair. Thero was as far as we know, no neccessity for the change, the old forms being well suited to the purpose, and tho sooner a return is made to them the better. A plea of economy is urged as tho reason for the change, but we think, considering the amount of revenue contributed to the Telegraph Department by the press throughout the colony, thefc convenience should be studied.
We are pleased to find that the grand old game of cricket is not yet quite defunct in Cambridge, for an advertisement appears in this issue calling a meeting of cricketers for Saturday next at 7 p.m., at tho Masonic Hotel. Since the late captain of tho club, Mr Harry Wilson, left the town, nothing has been done in the matter, apparently for want of a leader ; but an energetic gentleman has stepped into the breach and has received so many promises of support that we trust ere long ho will be ablo to place a very fair eleven in the field. All who are in any way interested in the game are invited to attend the meeting, and we trust there will bo a " bumper house."
The London Times, in a recent article on the possibility of a wave of trade depression ere long seriously affecting finance and commerce at Home, says :— " Frequent strikes, with tho derangement of industry which they occasion, with tho want of confidence which they inspire, and with the ill-feeling which they create, aro among tho most fruitful causes of trade depression. To promote strikes, and to encourage tho ill-feeling which leads to them, and which follows from them, aro among the arms of the agitator class." Aud tho journal quoted from points to tho disaster which marks tho history of almost every strike, and the outrage and intimidation with which strikes aro so frequently accompanied.
Mr Robt. Fawcett, so widely and favourably known in Waikato as " mine host" of tho Masonic Hotel, Cambridge, has taken over tho Anchor Hotel, at the corner of Quoen-street and Market Entrance, Auckland. The hotel is being thoroughly renovated throughout. During Mr Fawcett's occupancy of the Masonic, Cainbridge, he gained a reputation for first-class liquors, and was deservedly popular with the residents and the travelling public. Judging from what we have seen, Mr Fawcott is likely to bo equally as successful in his now house, as ho was in Cambridge. Waikato people visiting Auckland will receive a hearty welcome at the Anchor, from Mr and Mrs Fawcett, and they will tind that the hotel affords excellent accommodation. The Waikato Times is filed.
The one political event says an Australian paper on which all public interest is pendent U the passage of the One Man, One Voto Measure through the Assembly. To that sturdy democrat Sir (i. (irey undoubtedly belongs the honour of having actively introduced this principle into the South and the half assured victory in Victoria is nono the less attributable to him because be is a few thousand miles off now. The partial recognition of the birthright of livery Man to a vote secured hy last week's session is merely the prophet of the extended franchise to seamen and nomads. That being dono, tho labor Party must of a necessity bo in overwhelming majorities all over this continent and its islands and then tho sincere journals who champion all oppressed will have to remove their sympathy from the proletairo of then to the jumped on capitalist of now.
Before Mr McNicol's sale of stud sheep on Friday commenced, tho stud horses were paraded—General Fleming, Mountaineer, and Cap-a-pie. These horses are. without doubt, splendid .specimens in their several classes. General Fleming, the Clvdnsdale, was purchased in Otago for Mr AleNicol early in the season, and brines with him an unbroken showyard record, and, in tho opinion of many competent judges, lie is placed as tho most perfect Clydesdale entire that has ever come into Waikato. Mountaineer, tho Cleveland Bay, belongs to a breed, judging from his appearance, that has not yet been seen in this province. This class of horse is used for the purposo of breeding upstauding carriage horses and for light farm work. Old Cap-a-pie came out of his box as gay as a three-year-old, and is apparently good for many seasons yot. Wo were pleased to learn that all the lists are well filled.jind in this way the enterprise of Mr McXicol, in •paring no oxpenso in carrying out this branch of his business, will meet with a well-merited return.
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