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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3062, 1 March 1892, Page 2

Certain sections of land in the Raglan and Waikato counties are advertised for sale by public auction at the Lands and Survey Office, Auckland, on Thursday March 24th, at 11 a.m. Mr J. McNiool's second sheep fair will be held at Ohaupo, to-morrow, twenty thousand sheep have been entered. Prior to the sale of sheep eight well-bred collie pups will be offered. Auction sales were held in Hamilton on Saturday last by Mr Siitton and Mr John Knox. There wero good attendances at both marts, and competition was keen for the various lots offered. Mr R. Hannay, Chief Bailway Commissioner, was a passenger by the train to Waikato yesterday find proceeded on to Cambridge. Mr Hannay was accompanied by Mr C. Hudson, District Traffic Manager. The " Advocate " say Mr W. Kirkland, of Elm Grove, will be tho heaviest loser by the recent floods on the Taieri Plain, and that his loss is fully £1,500. There is scarcely any teed left on his farni for live stock. The Wesleyans of Hamilton intend to hold their annual harvest thanksgiving services on Sunday next, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Preparations are being made to decorate the Church, and gifts of grain, fruit and flowers will be thankfully received. 'i'he secretary of the Waikato District Hospital desires to acknowledge with thanks the receipt of fruit from Rev. K. O'C. Biggs, Hamilton, and Mr F. VV. Laner, Tuhikaramea. This was the fruit used at the harvest festivals at Hamilton and Tuhikaramea. The race for the One Hundred Yards Amateur Swimming Championship of New Zealand took place at the East Christchurch Bath on Saturday when H. J . Bailey, Auckland, won by three lengths ; W. Crow, Dunedin second ; S. L. Partridge, Ea*t Christchurch, third. Time, 75 1-otli sees.

Owing to Mr Burgess not being ablfl to reach Te Awamutu as soon as exijected the concert and dance arranged for last night to bid him farewell will not now take place until to-night, Tuesday. A very goodprojrramme ha 3 been arranged, and a very big house is expected. Mr C. A. Taylor, who has been appointed manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Tβ Awamutu as successor to Mr G. A. Burgess, arrived in Hamilton yesterday and will proceed to Te Awnmntu today. Mr Taylor ia not a stranger to YVaikato having been stationed in Hamilton some few years ago. Property in and around Hamilton is on the move several lots having ) changed hands lately at satisfactory prices. Mr O. P. Pilling, has we understand, purchased the farm on the Cambridge road, lately in the occupation of Miss Badham, and three sections in Hamilton have been sold at over £48 an acre. At present there is a representative of Mr A. H. Nathan in the Waikato who is leaving samples of Mr Nathan's Reliable Teas with the cettlers, who after having once tasted this article will not be likely tn be persuaded to buy any other. The Reliable Teas are done up in various sized packets and are sold at 2s and 2s Gd per lb, thus placing a really good tea within the reach of everybody. At the Police Court, Hamilton, yesterday, before Messrs W. A. ttrahaiu and John Knox, J.P.'s, a woman named Bridget Jansen, wife of a settler living at YVaiorongomai, was committed to the Lunatic Asylum on the testimonies of Dre. Kenny and Murch, and an order was made that her husband contribute 7s 6d par week towards her support in that institution. The unfortunate woman will be taken to the asylum to-day. We understand that Captain and Mrs Turton, the field officers of the Salvation Army, at Cambridge, have resigned their position. Lieutenant Jackson, of Hamilton, is to take temporary charge of the corps, and he proceeds to that township on Thursday next. It is expected that permanent officers will be appointed in about a week or a fortnight. We hear that Mr and Mrs Turton do not intend to leave the district, but will work in the army as soldiers. Mr A. A. Smith, of the Hot Springs Hotpl, Te Aroha has, we learn, disposed of his hotel to a Mr Knock who will enter into possession on the 21st inst. During the many years Mr Smith has been in Te Aroha he has taken an active interest in the welfare of the place and we feel sure that he will bo greatly missed. While welcoming Mr Smith's successor, we cannot but wieh both Mr and Mra Smith continued health and prosperity wherever their lot may be cast. We understand that Mr H. Meredith, the licensee of the Whatawhata Hotel, is giving up the buaines in April next, when the present lease will expire. Daring his term of business in Whatawhata, Mr Meredith has earned the reputation of keeping a quiet and orderly house, in which the comfort and convenience of travellers passing through, was always strictly attended to. The district is not a large one, but considering the amount of traffic from Rtslnn and the West Coast, a well conducted hotel should pay. The return tennis match between members of the Hamilton and Ngaruawhia Lawn Tennis Clubs will be played on the Hamilton courts this afternoon, when the suitors will endeavour to wipe off the severe detest inflicted on them at Ngaruawhia some few weeks bjick. Hamilton will 1)« represented by MeasM B.ronk#eld, von Stunner, Paliaret and Stevens, and N#araawhia by Messrs Davis, Ellis, Hook*/ and Simpson. It is understood that a ladies' match will also be played during the afternoon, the Misses Rathborne (2) representing the Delta township, and Misses S. oppet and A. Jolly the home club. Afternoon tea will be provided by the ladies of the Hamilton Ch&.

We would draw particular attention to a collection of steel engr.ivinsrs which will be offered at Mr Knox's auction mart on Saturday next. These pictures, which comprise many valuable works of art, will be on view at the mart on Friday, and as they are to bo sold without reserve they will doubtless excite keen competition. Archdeacon Willis asks to be allowed to correct a clerical error in his letter, published in Saturday's issue. In the last sentence but ono, the word "not" should read " yet." This completely alters the meaning, and the sentence as amended will read : " Even if Christianity were only a huge superstition which could do nothing for men in another world, it would yet be true that it had done and does much for men in this world." He also desires to natice that the inverted commas were omitted after the sentence immediately before this one. which closed his quotation from Mr Lowell. Success has not always attended the efforts of colonists to introduce valuable hirds, but this certainly does not apply to the starling. These useful little birds have increased so steadily, that in aome localities very considerable flocks are now to bo seen. Upon sheep farms the starlings are regular attendant-) upon the flocks, and it is not at all unusual to see a ehoep contentedly feeding .'long with a row of black objects upon its back. Anything in the insect line appears to be acceptable to the starling, and we believu that an increase in its numbers will be found to be one of the surest means of checking the caterpillar plague. The Danevirke Advocate referring to Special Settlement Associations, says:—"Therscan be no doubt that there has been a tremendous amount of speculation in land by means of these associations, and the way in which it is done is decidedly nnfair. These associations are formed in secret, a piece of land is spotted, and application is made for it, and the first intimation the general public have of the affair is that another slice of the public estate has slipped away into the hands of a favoured few. It seems to u* that the whole princi-

pie of the thing is wrong, and the public lands should not lie disposed of in such an exceedingly private manner. By advertisement in anotiier column we notice that Mr Grainger, who for many yeure was manager for the old firm of Messrs W. J. Hurst and Co., and is now carrying on the business under the same name in Auckland, has purchased the Ohaupo stores which were originally built by the same firm but have lately been in the hands of Mr James Ryburn. This gentlemen is now appointed agent for Waikato, and being an old favourite among the farming community, we have no doubt with the assistance of increased stock kept in the Waikato the new old firm will obtain a fair share of the orders going. Their motto, " prime quality at lowest remunerative rates," is a good one, and if all consumers

look to quality more than cheapness there would be less cause for growling about loss or failure of crops owing to bad seed, or bad fertilizers. Wβ wish every success to the Ohaupo venture. There is a joke going the rounds at the expense of a modest youner newspaperman in a neighboring town which is so Rood that it ought to be true. The young man in question, it appears, was invited to a party at a residence where the home had recently been blessed with an addition to the family. Accompanied by his best girl, he met his kind hostess at the door, and after the customary salutation, asked after the welfaro of the bady. The lady was I suffering from a cold, which made her slightly deaf, and she mistakinely supposed tVat the young man was enquiring of her cold. She replied that this was the worse one eho had ever had ; it kept her awake at night a good deal at first, and confined her to her bed. Then, noticing that the ncriba wae getting pale and nervous, she said she could tell by his Igoks that he was going to have one just like hers, and she asked him to go and lie down !—Exchange. The old Karakariki mill, originally erected by the Government, and used for a great many years as a Maori flour mill, is having a career of usefulness in its old age. For a considerable time past the mill has been successfully worked as a flaxmill. The motive power being water, dressed flax could be turned out at a cheaper rate than where steam was required. Mr Hanson, the present lessee, has obtained a good name for his flax, and as there is an ample supply of the raw material at hand, the Karakariki mill is likely to hold its own in the struggle for existence. Just at present the mill is closed down for want of water, the dry weather having seriously reduced the supply in the little stream which comen down from the ranges. This stoppage, is, however, being put to a good account, by having the machinery thoroughly overhauled. Alterations are also being made in the water-power gearing, by which it is expected that not more than half the prerant water supply will bo needed. A good many hands are generally employed at Karakariki, and it is just one of those industries which we are always pleased to hear of as boinu in full swing.