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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3025, 3 December 1891, Page 2

The programme of the Alexandia. Annual Races to be held on Boxing Day appears in this issue.

It is stated that the Hon. B. S. Wallace has given Mr G. F. Fodor an order for a painting of Carbine, and it the picture pleases him, a copy of it ia to be presented to each of the racing clubs throughout Australasia,

In consequence of the first day of the South Auckland Racing Club's summer meeting falling on Mr McNicol's regular Waitoa sale day the sale this month will be held on Thursday the 17th inst. There is a gutid entry of cattle and sheep.

We heard yesterday that the Raglan Native Licensing District had been aboliahed, to take effect from November 30th. This will relieve the Raglan County Council from tiking any steps in the matter, as was proposed at their late meetSome of the larrikin element have been at work at the Hamilton West Baths, amusing themselves by breaking the windows in the caretaker's room. A pretty good idea lia* been obtained as to who the culprits were, and they had better be careful in the future.

The Young Men's Institute, which was started at Ngnrnawahia some three months ago, is getting alonp very well. The roll now number* GO, and the rooms are well patronised in the evening, where all the papers of the day ara to be seen, and indoor Raines indulged in.

The usual annual picnic of the children attending the lOirainu public school will be held in Mr E. M. Dickeys p.idilock on Tuesday, 2!)t|i December. With fine weather a good day's outing will bf! ili'.irded the children, wh'> always thoroughly enjoy these little gatherings.

On I'uesdo.y the new timetable on th's snetiou of tho railways avnn ioti force, the first ofthelrains running through from Auckland to Oxford, and connecting there with tin coach for R"t >nw. It did notjippfii'- In li-.'. very wvll patronised, there h.oing <'!ily i<no p">3Soiiger on board at Krankton.

The result of the late examination at the Cii'iibridge We»t School must have been highly gratifying t > the tea-iher Mr Hyatt, iind"sati.sfii;t,.ry tii the piuvnts of tha children attending the school. Ninety per cent, of those presented for exicniiiiitinn passed, :i'id the exiuniner Mr Crowe added: "These results are very good. Order, discipline and tone good.

Miss Russell, lately on the tofichin? stiilf of the Cambridge Wi\-t School and recently promoted t-> the charge of the Hiikaniii School, was a few days since presented by her late scholars in Cambridge with a vrry Ivindsonm gold brooch. Mr Hyatt, in linking the presont.'ition, referred to the love and esteem in which she was held by her pupils. Miss Ku?spll is one happily gifted in being able to rulo by lova rather than by fear.

A doctor in a Southern paper calls attention to the fact that la grippe is leas likely to attack persons employed in plnoes where the atmosphere is impure— such as printers, drapers, blacksmith, etc. —holding that tho bad air kills the microbes or germs of the disease which float about. Ho thinks that the complaint i 3 not contagious as from one person to another.

It is an ill wind that blows nobody nny good, and some hundred* of calves in the YVhiitawhata district are realising this axiom lately. Wβ tinderstand that some of the leaner ones actually smiled when they heard about the accident at the creamery. They wanted an inniugs. Factory skim milk is an excellent food, but it takes a lot of it to satisfy a lusty growing calf, more indeed than can be comfortably stored. But with an occasional breakdown the calves get along very well.

Wβ are pleased to hear that the accident which befel the horse Nnver Alias on Monday last is not so serious as was at first feared. The horse was being led by W. Windsor, and tiking fright broko away from him, tolting for home. When s.itne distance on the road, his cover got out of place, and this made matters worse, causing him t> run against something throwing him down, and injuring his near stifla joint, and not the chest as we stated in our last issue.

There was a good attendance at Mr McNiol's sale of horses at the Hamilton Borough \ ards yesterday, but bidding was rather dull. About 240 horses of all classes were yarded, of which 148 were sold. Unbroken draught colts realised from £15 to £24 ss; draught horses, £12 to £23 ; unbroken colts and fillies by Ingomar and Cap-a-pie, £18 to £23: upstanding hacks and harness horses, £12 to £21 10s. One unbroken four-year-old gelding, very handsome, by Gilderiy, niade £31. The sale will be continued at six o'clock this mornWe are in receipt of an excellent photograph of Mr Saddon's Lincoln hoggets that secured first prize at the lite Auckland show. The picture was taken by Mr W. Dey, of Hamilton, and it does our local aitist great credit. We mav mention that these sheep nr.3 descended from Kirkliam and Clarke ewes imported from England by the Hon. Chas. Taylor, in 1573, and purchased at his a-ilu at 25 guineas each in 1575, and from owes (Clu-ke-Kirkhain) imported by Mr JVlawer, and purchased at public auction at 29 guineas each in 187(i. We also learn from Mr Seddon that every available opportunity has boan tiken of supplying the Knighton ewes with pure Kirkham rams by purchase or by hire.

The amended boundaries of the Waipa and Waikntu Electorates as appearing in the Ciascelte of the 20th ult., will be found set out in another portion of this issue. It will be at once observed that the suggested alteration as forwarded by the local bodies interested have been departed from materially. Foremost amongst the amendments (it is questionable if they can be considered an improvement) it will be noticed that the Borough of Hamilton has been cut off from its old partner, Waipa, and now belongs entirely to Waikato, accompanying the Borough of Cambridge and the town district of Te Aroha. To make up this loss to Waipa Papakura and a goodly slice of country below Mercer has been thrown in. There are some other minor alterations, but the above are the Jhanges that will most likely be called in question.

In more than one instance we have had occasion to call attention to criiolty in connection with the transport of stock on the railways, We do not mean on the pait of the railway officials, but by the consignor and those in charge of the stock. The list case brought to our notice occurred on Tuesday. An attempt was made at one oE the stations near Auckland to get sixteen horses into one of the large bogie cattle trucks, but only fifteen could be jammed in. These were in such a crowded condition that before reaching Pukekohe one of the animals was dead, and had to be dragged out of the truck, and although the others had more room by its removal, they were found at the end of their journey to be greatly knocked about. These are the particulars given to us, and, if they are correct, no doubt more will be hearj of this mutter.