Owing to harvesting operations, the usual monthly meeting of the Hamilton Branch of the Waikato Farmers Club naß been postponed for a month. A large tangi was proceeding at the native settlement at Te Rapa yesterday, which was attended by numbers of natives from the surrounding kiangas.
The companionship of the Christchurch Weekly Press and Referee have forwarded "The Season's Greetings to their fellow-comps. on the staff of this journal. In our report of the meeting of the Hamilton Domain Board, appearing in last issue, an account passed for payment, J. Parr, £12 9s Gd, should have read T. Evans.
The valuation lists for the Boroughs of Hamilton and Cambridge are now open for inspection at the respective offices during office hours. All objections must bo lodged before February loth.
Yesterday a man passed through Hamilton with a wheelbarrow which he had wheeled all the way from Wellington. He was a tinsmith bv trade, and as he found more than one tradesman following that calling in Hamilton he pushed on to Ngaruawhia.
The famous two-year-old Clydesdale colt, Rosemou.it, belonging to the Messrs McAllister, Ascoy and Zest'and, died recently of inflammation of the howelc This colt was second in his class at the last Glasgow show, and was considered to be worth at least £2000.
The following team will represent the Hamilton Cricket Club in the match with Tuhikaramna at the lu'ter place tn-day :—Mes»ri Browning, Barton, von Sturmer (captain), Smith, Hjint, Fielder, O'G-ara, Rnwden, Niclcisson, IVacock and Knox. Harwood'* break will leave The Waikat» Times OHico at!) o'clock fibarp. The annual examination of teachers, which has been carried on during the past eight days at the Hamilton West school, concludes to-day. TheiM wore twelve candidates in all. The Wellington Education Department has notified that it ia not likely that Hamilton will he made nn examination centre next year unless it be at the special cost of tho candidates themselves.
In anticipation of Mr W. S. Allen s returning to reside at Annandale, a large house is being erected for him. The work is being carried out under Mr Wilson, as architect, and Mr Julian, contractor, both of whom were engaged on Mrs Thornton's mansion, at Mungakawa. The bricks, a large number of which are being used for the foundations and chimneys, are provided by Mr S. Davis, of Hamilton. Horse-breeding 1 in India does not seam to be attended with much success. For yea-s, persistent attempts have been made in the Madras Presidency to breed ponies but the results have been most unsuccessful and unprofitable. The great difficulty is to get the mares to breed. According to the official report, out of 475 coverings only 109 were successful. Yet this compares favourably with the result obtained at the Kisnegal Stud farm at Mysore, where the average for the paßt nine years has been only 24 per cent. Nothing, says a Victorian paper. tells the tale of depression so quickly ns the movements of the people at holiday time. The railways took less money by one fifth this Christmas than they did last and although in one instance the number of passengers increased yet there was a general falling off in numbers a* well as in receipts. On the Bay the falling off is even worse. One steamer which two years ago had two-thousand people on board on Boxing Day sailed with eight hundred. The other had about half as many. Up to the present date they have not between them carried as many people as either of rhem took last year. At one famous seaaide hotel which requires twenty two servants to keep it in order, they are now twenty guests. There were only six three weeks ago.
On Thursday last we inspected one of the latest triumphs of American inventive genius, viz., a Moaely lathe, which has been imported from Elgin, Illinois, to the order of Mr H. Howden, the enterprising jeweller of Hamilton, and it is certainly one of the most useful and ingenious tools used in connection with modern watch-making and repairing. The Mosely lathe has over 100 accessories, including a patent chuck so skilfully contrived as to hold anything from the finest needle to the heaviest; watch plate, liy its aid Mr Howden will be in a position to repair the most delicate workings of highclass watches. We also inspected a substantial lathe constructed by Boley, England, which compares favourably with the one under notice. We have no doubt Mr Howden, with his complete plant, which i« equal to any in the province, will be able to give complete satisfaction to his large and increasing clientele. " Since the rather heavy shock of earthquake which was experienced about a fortnight ago," says the Manawatu Times, " the majority of the wells in the Kairanga have become dry. Artesian wells which previously had a flow over the surface have sunk two feet below the ground, and other wells have gone dry, the most noticeable being the well at the freezing works, whare work had to be stopped until arrangements were concluded for running water from the Mangaone into the well. Messrs Nathan and Co. have been compelled to bore again for water, and several settlers in the vicinity are resorting to the some means to prncura water." We should be sorry to act as alarmists, but we may mention that the failure of perennial springs and wells is a recognised warning in South America of an earthquake, and commonly of a severe shock. In this instance the wells seem to have failed after the shake.
Owing no doubt to the low prices ruling during the la*t few years, the breeding and r. ariug of cattle to any extent had almost entirely ceased. The introduction of high-bred cattle was in consequence a natural result. With the improved value for store cattle, which has been so marked of late, graziers will again direct their attention to breeding. The first indication of this kind that has eome under our notice is a late purchase by Mr John Gordon, manager of the New Zealand Land Association's property at Woodlands. A high-class Shirthorn bull, bred by Mr Deans, of Riccarton, Canterbury, and costing some £200, roached its destination on Wednesday, and is said to be a grand specimen of tho breed. Wo believe it is the same animal that secured first-prize in its class at the late Canterbury Show. The Shorthorn breed of cattle certainly seem to be most in favour in Waikato, judging from the prices ruling at the late sale of bulls held by Mr McNicol in Hamilton. Whilst high-class Horefotd bulls were almost unsaleable, there was an unsatisfied demand for Shorthorns at prices ruling up to twenty-five guineas. At tho sale referred to, the bulls from the Woodlands Estite were in special demand, and we congratulate Mr Gordon upon his foresight in preparing for an improved demand for stud animals of this breed of cattle. "Nemo - ' in the Dunedin Evening Star, writes:—Everyone has heard of the lawyer's statement of defence in the case of the borrowed tub returned damaged namely : First, the tub had a hole in it when borrowed ; second, it had no hole in it when returned; and thirl, my client never borrowed any tub at all. This case has remained unique until the Government supplied a parallel to it in connection with the withdrawal of capital from the colony. The defence to this wicked Tory allegation is as follows :—First (by the Premier): Capital is not being withdrawn at all. Second (by the Minister of Lands): Capital is being withdrawn from the country on account of the unexampled prosperity of its farmers during the last two or three years. Third (by the Minister of Justice): Capital is being withdrawn to make room for more capital. Fourth (by the Premier again) : The more capitil withdrawn the better. Fifth (by the Premier again): Capital is being withdrawn because there is a cllapse in other countries a thousand or two mihs away from hero. And last (by the united strength of the Government): But no capital is withdrawn at all. I do not know which to admire most in this remarkablo series of pleas—the utter inconsistency of all of thom put together, or the absolute idiocy of each of them taken singly.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3043, 16 January 1892, Page 2
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