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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3038, 5 January 1892, Page 2

ihe Standard predicts a revival of agricultural pio.sperity, and that thn limit of choir) production liusi been lvuclifd. Mr C. Potterton, of Cambridge, li:i< apcured the contract for erectiiiK a. house for ill- ft. Ciiley, at Pakei'imu. The tendering was very close, thi'ra only being oO; ilitfurence between the two lowest. It is generally understood that Sir W. ]). Jevvois is willing to accept a further t-: nil a- Governor of New Zealand. The iimno of Viscoiinl. Gorinanston, Governor of 15riri.-ili tlui.ma. n mentioned in connecion with the position. The meeting of the Swimming , Club, which \va.s to have been held tomorrow evening, will be held on Thursil:iy tivoninE; instead, in of the conceit by l,l)o boys froip Dr. Barnardo's homes beinp; advertised for Wednesday. For prompt settlements, comnipnd us to the Whatawhata Race Committ.ee, at the conclusion of each event, the stakes wpre paid over, and within twentyfour hour.? of ninmiiK the Inst race, every account in connection with the meeting had been settled. This is business. A. Taieri contemporary says :— A peculiar individual died at Waiau the other d.iy. He allowed tho pifjs to voain at will about his house ; he existed upon soda scones and birds' eggs, ho sometimes allowed his letters to lie three months before he called for them ; and he died— regretted by none. At a meeting of the Pahiatua County Council the following peculiar motion was passed:—"That the public,

whenever each or anyone of tliein find a short cut fr.im anywhere to anywhera else, immediately publicly notify it for the benefit of any and all of those whom it may concern, ancl that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Makuri township." Dr. Barnardo's boys in the Public Hall, Hamilton, to-morrow night. His Worship the Mayor will preside. We sincerely trust that the very deserving object of assisting l)r. Barnatdo in bis good work of rescuing the " waifs and strays " of London will meet with the substantial support of the public at Hamilt m to-morrow night and at Cambridge on Thursday night.

"We understand that Mr Maclean id the successful tenderer for tho 'i'arnlcenga section of the Auckl:ind-R->t irna, railway, the price being about £28,000. The only other tenderers were Mr I) Fiillon and Mo3-rj (Joatos and Metculfe, their prices being somewhere about £30,000 a>)d £33,000 nispectively. The section is about four miles ij'.lh chains in length, and the contract is fm , thn formation, permanent way and station buildings.

.Sstween. forty and fifty men went up by train yesterday to To Kuiti to ta'co mi wni-lc under tho co-operative contract arr.Hngßinent The bif>h rite of wages stated as being obtainable under this plan has naturally given rise to a good deal of speculation as to how it is brought about, and a go'id many men ar-i awaiting with s.iino .-iiixiety to hear if tho results

"lit.lined come up to expectations Mr Vickcrnian, of the Public Wm-ks Department, went up by tho same train.

On Sunday 'asfc, in the absence of Mi-s Newell, t'io organist at 6t. Fetei's Church, ICunilton, Mis-i Hildi Cirilium, th.i fourth dauffhter of Mr W. A. Oraham, of ]T;i:niltoti, presided at thu uulruuient. it i-i with pleasnr.) that wa congratulate Lliis young lady, who is only twelve years (if tige, on the success she achiuvnrj on her lir.-i r . elFort. and wo feel sure- thai, with a little moru practice she will be quite compntont t-i take of this portion of (.he (Jhurch music.

Irlv Prime, of Te Aroha, we have heard li.-n purchased from MrN. A, Lainey of anthcliniulic fit'iie, thn propi-ieturv rights of this now well recognised specific fur luug worm in sheop etc. The new proprietor we understand intends to push the sale of tills valuable specitic in tho Sooth I-land of New V, a'aud and after covering tho ground there, ho will pi-.iceod to introil'ice it into tins Australian colonies, who , *, with its v.t'uiililß propui'lius once recognised, it will bo sure to meet wilh n verye.\tended .-iila.

Tlio dance that was held in the Oii'nbridge I'ublic I lull on New Ye;u\s' I'jVb, was a moat pronounced success, notwithstanding the fact tlmt a rep'irt was spread that it had been adjournfid till the followiag evening. Over forty couples of dancers wew prosent also :i number of onlookers. Mr H. 15b11 as M.O. gave every satisfaction, and he is to be congratulated upon the success of the undertaking for the whole of the managing d j \olved upon him. Mr H. S)e Blois I'l'ivided the refreshments.

L'l.rga flocks of starlings can be seen congregating upon any stubble lands wlierccats have lately been cut. It, is clear thoy are feeding upon the caterpillar, which, we regret to hear, has been doing V9ry much d image to the oat crop this season. If tho members of the Acclimatisation Society in years past had limited their selection of birds for introduction into New Zealand to the starling, goldfinch, and rook, and excluded the übiqitious sparrow, the blackbird, thrush, and skylark, they would have earned the gratitude of the agriculturist rather than his daily maledictions. Although, the sum of £30,000 set aside by the Victorian Parliament for the payment of butter bonuses has now been absorbed, it has been arranged by the Government that they shall not be suddenly discontinued. The Agricultural Grant Bill provides for the reduction of the vote of £15,000 as bonuses for the encouragement of planting and cultivation of forest troei of an economic character by £12,000, and the vote of £17,000 for the importation of no 1 * varieties of feeds and plants hi £3,000 The sum of £15.000 thus saved will he <l)V aed to the payment of a reijoco 1 bonus ■<{ Id per on butter exported and realising a satisfactory price. Seldom has there bnen a more ho.rtlessly brutal case than that which lias just been reported from the Mailing (England 1 pe'ty sessions. A fruiterer of Kyarsh, named Good ill', saiv a lit tie girl of seven pick up a few plums in his plant ition, and this is what followed Defendant, who witnessed the theft, knocked the child down an I tied her to a tree, and allowed his dog to wrrry her for nearly half an hour. Notwithst inding the mother's entreaties, Goo l ile declined to release the girl, who, it i:'- thought, may lose her reason as tho result of the fright. And for conduct of this kind the magistrate thought a tine of £5 sufficient! A month at the treadmill wind 1 have been nearer the mark,—Pall Mall Gazette.

The Hawera Star says:-Wβ have been introduced to a specimen of a novel internal parasit-: affecting some shoen noir Okaiawa. Tluvo of them were found, on cmspcutivo days, in the windpipes of .sheep which died. The specimen brought t> us was found on Wednesday in a sheep which was nearly dead, and was killed for examination. The p.in.site is a whitish worm, -ir maggot, fully half a-'i inch long and nearly a quarter of an inch in diameter. It is pointed at one end aud truncated at. the other, TJisro aro two round black spots at tho bnad end, which look like eyes. It travels about with il imggot-like action, and must be a very uncomfortable tenant to tho shoop which Ins to carry it. lc resmnblos tho larva? of tho ifstrns ovis, or sheep bot fly. There were tni'.uy lung worms ' t ve?ttjs alic.

We lately paid a visit to Mv Ciisdetiirs strawberry garden in OollinE-WMiid-srreet, Hamilton West. Wβ wore surprised to find such a large area already planted out in strawberries and many of tin) plants in fruit. It seems only a tew months ago that we chronicled the sale of this i.roperty to Mr Ca«tleton. The extent of the work done can in some measure be iruaze.d when we explain that ovei 0110 and a-half acres—the area already under crop— has been due over by Mr CaHleton himself with the spade three spits deep. It is the proprietor's intention, we believe, to culti v.ite the whole of the four acr°s in a similar manner and plant with smnll fruits.

The Waivarapa Daily states that the wheat crops around Masfrton, especially in Makara and Lower Manaia, are being destroyed in a wholesale manner by a small black grub. The little pest, which is not unlike a maggot i" appearance, attacks tho wheat at the root and works its way up the s>tßm until it completes the of destruction. The grub has only lately been discovered. One farmor at Makara states that wheat which a week or two ago was in a flourishing condition is now quite br.iwti and unfit for cutting, whilst the fields of several others have been attacked in like manner. Singularly enough, tho prub has not affected the oaten crop--. Specimens of the pest are being sent to Sir James Hector.

The Woodville Examiner states thai, Cautam Kennedy ha* selected a block of 9000 ii-jres near Wakanui for a co-operative fruit-growing settlement. The land is to be cot, up into 100-acre sections, and the Association will establish a sawmill on the hlock for cutting timber for the houses and manufacturing fruit boxes, etc., a jam factory, a fruit and vegetable drying and dedicating works. Each selector binds himself to plant and maintain at least five .icras in orchard, and this will therefore give an assured minimum of 500 acres of orchard to the bbek. Thift weasun the association is to throw down l. r )00 acres of bush in a continuous strip along the front uf the sections, so as ti ensjre a good b'irn l.his year. Then a, small portion of each section will be grubbed up for immediate use as »■ nursery.

Wβ hear, says a Melbourne paner, on excellent authority that notes ure passing between the Governments of all the Australian colonies with a view of putting an end to the "consultation," or "sweep, , ' system by the simultaneous closing of all punt-ofliues against their circulars and correspondence. No post-ofiice orders will be issued in their favour, nor paid them if accidentally granted. No registered letters will be accepted from them nor deliverori to them, and they will be wholly excluded from the benefits of the postal system. Of course, the local Parliaments will have to sanction these drastic proceedings, but no difficulty is expected in that quarter. The fact that the Now South Wales post-office delivered 350,000 registered letters to sweep promoters last year and that the sweep promoters this year ask for £070,000 have convinced the legislators of all the colonies alike that instant attention is imperatively necessary.