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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3026, 5 December 1891, Page 2

There was not any business at tho Cambridge R.M. Court yesterday. The usual monthly meeting- of the Waikatn County Council will lie held on Monday 21st December, in consequence of the South Auckland liacinc: Club's Summer Meeting fulling on tho uaual day, via., thelSth December. The extra mails by the express train from Auckland arrive nt tho Hamilton "ftico at about 12.15 o.m. on Tunadav, Thursday and Saturday, and fclmso to Auckland close at 3.45 p.m. on Monday, Weduesday and Friday.

The programme of the Otorohang.i annual races, ti be hell on Tuesday December 2!lth, appears in this issue.

Anyone wishing information about the " World's Fair " at Chicago should inspect the plans, etc., which may be seen in the Cambridge Library. They hive been placed there by Major Wilson, who received them from Colonel Campbell, tho Commissioner.

A preliminary advertisement will be found in this issue, stiting that a soiree and concert will be held in the Hautapu schoolroom on Friday, the 18th instant, in aid of the Wusleyan and Presbyterian General Church Funds.

We are very glad to inform our subscribers in the Walton, Oxford, Matamata and Rotorna destricU, that thu paper will, during the continuance of tho t. airist trains, be placed in their hands on tho day of publication—an advantage which they will no doubt, greatly appreciate.

The Cambridge eleven that do battle against the Tnhikaramea Cricket Team nnSydney.Sqtiareto-daVjWill be chosen from the following : Messrs Case, Park, C. Shaw Gillett, McCann, Muuroo, O. Garland, E. Pilling, Arnaboldi, J. Wilson, Hogan, Light and Chesseman. The match st nts at 11 a.m. prompt.

JVIr Thomas Evans, of Hamilton East, was the successful tenderer for the erection of tho pavilion on Sydney Square, the in-ice bmng £14 5s for labour only. Some of the timber from the baths is already on the ground, and the work will be taken in hand as soon as possible, so as to be ready on Boxing-Day.

A Maungatautari native, named Ere, ran-a-muck in Cambridge the other evening, and had to pay £3 and £1 13s costs for resisting the police. Ere wanted to run the Salvation Army coffee supper, but evidently was not up to the business, and consequently got into trouble. A. Clements, Esq., J.P., administered tho caution. The fine was paid.

The Taranaki Herald says that an East Indian native, who has been living with the Maoris for the past throe years, is now isolated in a cottage at the back of the Hospital, as he is afflicted with that dreaded scourge leprosy. The man came in from tho Mangaone settlement about a week ajo. and since then has been isolated by order of the Hospital authorities.

We notice that Mr J. B. Harker, watchmaker and jeweller, in Hamilton, has been lately making large additions to his stock, in anticipation of the coming Christmas season. In jewellery, gem rings, sterling silver plate, gold and silver watches, he has the largest and best assorted stock ever shown in the district, and at price* that will defy competition.

Mr C. Innes, proprietor of the Wnikat'i Brewery at Hamilton East, met with a nasty accident on Thursday. He was engaged bottling lemonade, when a bottle burst, the nock part inflicting a nasty cut on the lower aspect of the left wrist, severing the ulnia artery. Dr. Kenny bound up the wound, and we hope Mr Innes will be able to resume work in a few days.

We understand that Mr Isaac Coates, of Hamilton, has beon appoined sole arbitrator in the long-standing dispute between Mr John Murphy and the Matamata Road Board, over some extras claimed for by Mr Murphy, but which the Boards' engineer, Mr T. G. Sandes, refused to certify to. A settlement of this matter which has been held over for some months may now be looked for.

Mr J. McNicol announces his annual sheep fair, to be held at Ohanpo on Wednesday and Thursday, February 24th and 25th next. The first day will be devoted to the sale of ewes, wethers, and lambs, of which 20.000 will be offered, and the second to the sale of rams, upwards of 300 of which will be submitted. Intending sellers of large or small lots should make early entries.

A grand concert is announced to tike place on Thursday, December 17t.h, in the Public Hall, Cambridge, in aid of the funds of the Cambridge Catholic School and Church. Amongst those ladies and gentlemen who have promised to assist are Misss Alice Rimmer, Mrs Pilcher, and Mr T. M. Jackson. An exhibition of waxworks will also be shown by Mrs Jarley. The full programme will be published in future issues.

Another old chief of the Ngatihiiua tribe has gone to the happy hunting ground, viz., Rihia te Kanae, who expired about, i) 30 p.m. on December Ist, at Maungakawa. He wasa loyal native and faithfully served tho Government during the troubled period. His word was his bond, and he was always found to be a man of integrity by pakehas who had doalings with him. At about the same time Mrs Tukere, of Maungatautari, also departed this life. The Maoris attribute both deaths to "makutu.''

Just as trade looked to be reviving in Melbourne, writes an old New Zealander, it has gone suddenly down again, and on all hands yon hear the most doleful bewailing!* and melancholy forebodings. It seems that the final effects of tho land boom, which is really responsible, are worse than all that wont before. The last series of bills are just coming due, and a great many men cannot meet them. Indeed, an eminent official, who was supposed to be above all danger and to have netted a million by selling out early, has actually announced his intention to resume tho practice of his profession—that of a solicitor.

The Te Awamutu Mounted Bifles begin their annual six days' training next Monday, 7th Deeombsr. The c»mp will bo pitched in the Mission Paddock in the township, the place where the large Volunteer review was held in ISSO. The men will appear for the first time in their new Mounted Rifle uniform—grey karkee serge tunic, cord breeches, and cowboy hat. This cool combination should give the men a smart and warlike appearance, and at the same time look very "fetching." A meeting of the corps will be held on the Friday during the week they are in camp to elect a successor to Lieutenant Gresham, wh > has lately resigned. It is to bo hoped they will be able to find a gentleman who will have the welfare of the corps as much at heart as Mr Gresham did. The usual cavalry ball will beheld in the evening of Friday, the 11th inst., in the Te Awamutu Hall, at which a very large attendance is expected from all the surrounding districts.