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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3057, 18 February 1892, Page 2

On Tuesday afternoon an old man named John Wagner was admitted to the Waikato District Hospital suffering with a very severe sprained ankle. Mr J. McNicol's special horse fair at Cambridge will be held on Thursday, March 24th. Good nctive upstanding harness horses are wanted at this sale.

Schedules for the prize list of the Waikato Horticultural Society's Show at Cambridge on 17th March may now be obtained gratis from members of tho committee or stationers.

A special sale of breeding ewes and Lincoln rams will be hold by Mr J. McNicol (in conjunction with Mr W. J. Hunter) at Cambridge, on Saturday next, on account of the_ Auckland Agricultural Land Company (Limited).

Rev. R. O'C. Biggs will hold a harvest thanksgiving service in the Tuhikarutnea schoolhouse, on Sunday next, at 11 am. The Holy Communion will be celebrated at the conclusion of morning prayer.

At a meeting of the Hamilton West School Committee held on Tues day night, it was resolved to support the candidature of Messrs Bell, Buckhurst and Crispe for the vacant seats on the Auckland Education Board.

Fourteen thousand acres of land opposite Huntlv. the property of the Waikato Coal and Shipping Company (now in course of liquidation), is being surveyed, and will shortly be offered for saio in blocks of from 800 to 1200 acres.

On Sunday week the annual harvest thanksgiving service will be held in St Peters Church, Hamilton, when special services will be held both at matins and evensong. Contributions iff flowers, fruit and grain will be thankfully received for the decorations, and helpers will be welcomed at the Church on the Saturday after""Savy's Bright Lights Company eave the second of their entertainments in Hamilton on Tuesday night, and they 'net with a very hearty reception, from a much better house than that of the previous evoning. The farcical comedy, entitled The Belle of the Kitchon, an adaptation of the wellknown farce The Area Belle, was played with much spirit. The company play in Cambridge again to-night.

Draft copies of the echedule in connection with the forthcoming Agricultural and Pastoral Show for Waikato, are now in the hands of the various members of the central committee. A meeting of the committee will be held at Ohaupo, on Tuesday next, when any additions or alterations to tho schedule that may be proposed will be considered. It is hoped those interested will give the matter their best attention, and come prepared so as to facilitate the business of the meeting at which a good attendance is desired.

At a meeting , of the Hamilton Swimming Cl.ib held last night the secretary read an interim balance sheet, ahowing.it Hmall balance to credit when all subscriptions are paid. Votes of thanks were accorded to those who took an active part in promoting the success of the late equatic gala. Mr Hnrker'a tender for supplying medals and trophies was accepted it being considerably below any other tender. It was proposed to Rβ); up a concert and dance under the patronage of the members of the Swimming Club, at which the medals etc. could be presented. One pure Jersey bull, two pure and two three-quarter-bred cows of the same breed will be submitted by Mr Jno. McNicol at his Ohaupo Yards on Tuesday, March Bth, on account of MrF. L. Wright, ot Drury. Cattle of this breed are universally admitted to yield richer milk than those of any other, and are consequently the most profitable animals to keep frnm a butter-maker's point of view. The animals in question are to be offered without reserve, and an opportunity is thus offered those who, recognising the superiority of the Jersey cow, ore desirous of forming the nucleus of a, pure herd. It ia the pure bred animal, and not the nondescript, that will be found the most profitable to breed—whether it be the Ayrshire for milk, the Jeraey fnr cream and butter fat, or the Durham or Polled Angus for beef. An inqueet was held at Frankton on Tuesday afternoon before Mr W. N. Searancke, coronor, on the body of Joseph Allan Saunderc, aged 15 month*, who had died on the previous day not having been attended by a doctor. The jury consisted of Messrs R. Gwynne (foreman), S. Davis, 0 Hankins, and Jno. Odium. The mother of the child and Mrs Tebba, a neighbour, both gave evidence as to the symptoms which only beoamo serious on the Monday morning, although the child, who w»s teething had bean ailing for a week previous. Mrs Tebbs had advieed the mnthnr to get a doctor, but she eaid she would wait a while. In the absence of a ductor all that was possible was done. Dr. Murch, who had examined the child mnce its death said he did nut think there was any necßsiity for a

post mortem examination. Hβ was of opinion that death was due to peritonitis or of the inside of the belly. This was very often caused by teething. A verdict of 'dojj.tVfr.oin natural causes was returned in npeordanpa vyifh £he doctors evidence.

A Napier fruiterer informs the Wondvillo pappr that the codlin moth ha* novor b«en so bad as it has been in the Hawko'ii Bay orchards this season, and it is a difficult matter to get any sound fruit. Tho Longburn Meat Freezing Company have at their works a .sheep which is trained to lead othnr sheep int > the slaughter-hoiife. During a recent visit.Mrs H. M. Stanley bestowed the very appropriate name of " Judas " upon it. A curious reversal of the usual order of things waa observed nt Carterton tho other day. A young couple got married and at once sot up housekeeping in the hmi»e »f the hride's parents, sending the old people on the usual honeymoon tour instead of going themselves. A recent visitor to Tasmania relates an amusing circumstance that oc enrred at Zeehan. A New Zealander, who had laid down his swag in an hotel, found himself suddenly pounced upon by a crowd of follows, some of whom held him while others nut the lashings of his swag, which they distributed in shreds amongst them. He thought he had got among a lot of lunatics; but soon found that they were Maorilanders, who had not seen a blade of flax for so long thaS they could not resist. I have been made to promise on all sides that I would send over some flax seed as soon as possible; they say the place is unbearable without it.

It will be pleasing to fruit growers to that the Loau and Mercantile Agency Company have succeeded in company with other fruit shippers in inducing the shipping company to cause the Tainui to call at Auckland before her final departure from this colony. This will afford another opportunity of getting a quantity of fruit off to the Lsndon market. She is expected to reach Auckland on Monday the 22nd inst, and wdl be in the harbour for the next two days. Intending shippers should have their fruit in Auckland by Tuesday the 23rd mst. The Kaikoura will be the next steamer from Auckland and she is expected to sail from Auckland direct on tho 19th March, and will be doe in London on the 30th April. Timely notice is thus given so that fruit growers can make arrangements without delay.

A serious accident occurred on Monday evening to Miss Wallis, daughter of Mr Wallis, of Okete, near Raglan. It appears Miss Wiillis .vas endeavouring to catch a fowl in a pine tree and in corning down from tho tree she stepped on the branch of an elder tree which broke, and in falling one of the branches ente-ed the lower part of her body. On Tuesday morning Dr. Kenny was telegraphed for and the case being an urgent one permission was extended to him to proceed to Okete, where he arrived on Tuesday evening. The doctor immediately examined the patient and found that the branch.had entered the peritoneal cavity setting "P dangerous peritonitis. The case is a very serious one but the doctor hopes that the patient will pull through. When he left yesterday morning Miss Wallas was a little easier.

The photographic rifle, about ! which news has come to hand from Vienna, will attract attention. This remarkable firearm, it seems, in the course of being fired, takes a photo of the objects aimed at. The whole thing is worked by a immature apparatus fitted to the rifle, and closes itself immediately a shot is sent on its journey. If this invention comes to anything, there ivilt be no need for markers at the ranges, and less need for a marksman to pay a stipulated sum for challenging shots which he thinks have gone closer to the bull's eye than the man at the target h«s given him credit for, for the rifle itself will photograph his shot. The question whether married women may teach in the public schools is, according tn the Boston Woman's Journal, exciting a good deal of discussion in America. In Minneapolis, the school board has decided that "theemployment of married women may be allowed in special cases; but they show a decided tendency to discriminate against marrjed women. The North, of Minneapolis, devotes more than six columns to letters from prominent citizens on the question. Nearly all of them, both men and women, condemn tho discrimination against married teachers. _ A case in Boston is now attracting attention, where tho appointment of a certain highly competent tsacher is opposed by some members of the school committee solely on the ground that she is married.

Although, there does not seem to be nny special reason (says a Melbourne paper) for a revival of confidence, there is no doubt that a mora hopeful feeling is about. There have bean movements in investment shares, though at bw prices ; there are signs that money is coming from Europe in less time and in areater quantity than was expected, and there are equally enquiries concerning real estates. This is not a particularly hopeful feature since earth hunger is the most contagious fever knnwn to mankind and in thy city the most dangerous. For forty miles around Melbourne land which has beggared its now owners, is lying idle, \vaiting until those owners can revenge themselves by obtaining five pounds a foot for sites whith cost them fifty or sixty or a hundred pounds an acre, but will not for ten or twelve years to come be really worth fifteen. Still motion is a sign of life, and the movement is therefore welcome. The Bank of New Zealand Estates Company' is pushing forward steadily with that realisation of the globo assets of the Bank of New Zealand which forms iU raison d'etre. Although only in active operation for some twelve months or so it has already disposed of properties of various kinds to the value of £300,000. or £400,000, and now arrangements are being made for the sale by auction at an early date of some of the finest wheat-growing and pastoral lands in Otngo, Canterbury and Marlborough. They have an mregate area of 140,817 acres freehold and 19d.?97 acres leasehold, and along with them will be sold 212,000 first-class sheep, which are depastured upon them and a large stock of cattle, horses, and farm implements. The wheat growing lands, such as the Riverslea Arowhenua, and other estates, will be cut up and offered in small areas of from 200 to 500 acres and on easy terms of payment so as to accommodate practical farmers with limited mean 3. IS is expected that the sale will attract purchasers not only from all parts of New Zealand, but from ttie Australian colonies as well. —Times. Wβ are pleased to note that the Kihikihi and Orakau settlers are not going to miss, if possible, the many advantages arising from tho establishment of a creamery in their midst; not the least among which, is the distribution monthly of a large sum in ready cash. We understand that a guarantee of 350 cows has been obtained, and this would mean a large business from the outset. The settlers would also be willing to assist in the initial cost of erecting factory, etc. This is necessary, for Messrs Reynolds and Co. have, we believe, determined not to start any more creameries unless the milk suppliers interested assume a certain proportion of the expenditure in building, machinery, etc. This is only fair, Messra Reynolds and Co. having all the risk outside, it is not too much to expect that others, equally interested, should bear their share locally. To facilitate matters, Mr Alex Armstrong, the Waipa County Engineer, has (with tho true instincts of the profession) prepared a plan of the area within reach of the proposed creamery. This will be a useful guide to Messrs Reynolds and Co. and we have no doubt that by next season, the Kihikihi settlers will be enrolled among the largo army, who have, so to speak, to rise with the sparrows every morning. One who signs himself" Hodge's Brother," writes of the English farm labourer:—Now, what I would like to say to my brother Hodges who are still at the bottom of the ladder is: The parson cannot lift them up, the Government cannot make laws to raise them tar from the ground, and if, indeed, they were kicked up to the very top of the ladder one day they would fall down the next, unless they were determined to help themselves. Depend upon it Hodge will never rise much in the world until he makes himself more valuable, then no power on earth can keep him down. Every farmer at the present time is labouring under a great disadvantage respecting his mon, became they have been shifted ever so many times ; and the must intelligent, the most persevering and energetic of them, are continually drawn away to the town, on tho line, to establishments of trade, or have themsehes become ocenpiors ot small portions of land, so that the residuum is chiefly composed of men who have neither capability nor desire to rise above their native toil. This unfortunate class, who seemed doomod from their birth, continue fbr generations to cling round the farmer for subsistence and during the late depression have contributed no small part towards his ruin. Now all this sympathy, of which we hear so much at present, with tho agricultural labourer is useless until he realises the fict that he is just what he has made himself, and that he can be to a great l extont just what he chooses to feft

Frankly (says the Canterbury | Times) wn canivt approve of the demand of thn Wellington Trifles and Labour Council to be consulted by the Government in the nomination of lahmir candidates tn the Upper House. No dnnbt the demand was made without duo reflection upon the constitutional aspect of the question. No one has any right to be consulted by the Government which holds, unfettered by a single restriction, the power of nomination. All Governments are no doubts approached by thoir friends witli advice, an to who they shall appoint to the Upper House. Between » zealous and officious advisor, or importunate Friend, or shameless self-seeker and a body of men holding a right there is a vast difference ; an vast that no one can permit the second to t:ike tho place of the first.

A correspondent at Te Rapa writes :—" Some day or other you will have to record an appalling accident upon the line near these parts. The railway runs through a Rood deal of wet low-lying land between Hamilton and Ngarnawahia, antl the cattle chooso the line, being dry, to lie upon, especially at night. This is one element ot danger: another is in the ti-tree being allowed to grow up nt the sidp of the line, preventing the drivers—who, I must Bay, take every precaution for safety—from seeing far enough ahead when turning the bends on the line 1.0 blow the whistle and scare the cattle. It has struck me that if the expense of fencing the line, which is always the excuse mai'.e by the railway authorities, is a genuine one, I can suggest a very ready remedy. If the cost of running a special train is anything like what n charged when you aek the question from the officials, the knocking off of two out of the three tourist trains per week would provide the means in about a fortnight—at anyrate, I'll undertake the job at the price ; and I am quite sure that, judging by the way these trains are patronised, tha extra traffic won't provide the historical grease for the wheels—a term coined, I believe, by the officials, and considered unanswerable when applied to any subject under discussion. —Yours, etc., P. 8." We (Hawera Star) regret to hear that Mr R. E. Mcßae lost his thoroughued sire Volunteer at Manaia, on Thursday in a v«ry extraordinary wav. It ae6ins that Volunteer and the Clydesdale horse Prince Victor; were both on the farm, but were kept with at least one paddock between them. On Thursday morning, howuver, Volunteer broke through into the paddock adjoining Prince Victor, and ?the two stallions commenced fighting over the gate. Princo Victor seized Volunteer by the lower jaw, and pulled the latter almo.-t over the gato, breaking the tup bar of tho gate. The Clydesdale stallion having thus got the advantage continued to pull the thoroughbred over the brokon gate. Whenever Prince Victor lost his hold he sat down owing to the force with which he was tugging. Finally he succeeded in dragging Volunteer completely over the gate, and he then tore Volunteer's side open, exposing hisi entrails besides otherwise knocking him about. Volunteer's jaw was completely smashed, the tones rattling when the head was lifted. Mr Mcßae was called, and, on seeing the condition of Volunteer, had him shot. Great sympathy is expressed with Mr Mcßae, as many of Volunteer's stock had of late shown that they were

likely to be a success on the turf. A number of them are also weight-carrying hacks, with good bone and fair action.

An article in a London journal on the Christmas poultry markets seems to convey a hint to New Zealanders within reach of freezing works. Referring to Leadenhall—the chief poultry market—the writer says :—Coming to the important question of price, turkeys are selling at from 5s apiece to 50s, and by weight the price ranges from B'i to Is (id a pound. Of course a poor man can get a small turkey for 3s 6d, but it would be 100 diminutive to place before a family blessed with appetites. Ninepence per pound will probably be the lowest figure for the next few days. An English turkey turning the beam at 101b brings 15s, and a 151b bird costs 22s tid, that is at the rate of Is (id a. lb. A tine French turkey, of good weight, can bo bought at Leadenhall for 255, and this would, at the Weat-end of London, fetch a couple of guineas. Remarkable well-fed Irish turkeys of lGlbto lSlb were selling on Saturday at a sovereign a piece, being at the rate of Is 6d per lb. In f,eese. like turkeys, purchasers can suit their pockets. A monster goose, or an apology for one, can be bought, and, just as is the case with turkeys, the heavier the bird the heavier the cost. Only on Wednesday last a goud goose could be had for 5d per lb : but on Saturday the figure went up to Gd, 7d Bd, and Si. A working man can suit himself, apart from weight, at any price from 4s Gd to 10s, and at the latter quotation he can get a plumu and savoury bird. There is a tine show of capons at Leadenhall, sailing at From Gs to 10s a piece. Ducks fetch 3s 6(1, ss, Gs, and 7s Gd each, but Aylesbury ducks, which, in the rearing require even more painstaking care than turkeys, bring 10s and 12s Gd a piece. Game of all kinds is not iu particularly large supply, but what there is really good." What not try a few dozen birds at the proper season ?