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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3093, 12 May 1892, Page 2

Archbishop Vaugh.an has baen enthroned in tho Catholic see of Westminster. The Burgess List Revision Court, for the Borough of Cambridge, will be held at the Council Chambers, at noon, uii Saturday. A sensational gold find is reported from Percy Queensland. A parcel of stone only 161b weigh'; yielded 117oz, and a crushing of 10 tons frjm the same place gave 124'>z. By the train yesterday and Tuesday several trucks of railway iron passed over the Hue, en muto for Oxford, for use presumably on the extension of the Rotorua line. The dates of the meetings of the Boards of Reviewers under " The Land and Income Assessment Act 1.801." for the various counties and boroughs in Waikato lire published in this issue. At the Public Hall, Cambridge to-night, a debate will take place on Vegetarianism, the speakers being Messrs Hyatt, Neal, and Beard. MrT Wells will take the chair at 8 o'clock. As there was not a quorum present at tho meeting of tho Hamilton Borough Council on Tuesday evening, at 8 o'clock, tha meeting was adjourned until to-morrow eveuiug, at 7.30. New Zealand apples per Kaikouri are selling at from Ss to 15s per caes. A consignment of grapes by the same steamer arrived in good condition having teen well packed, and the fruit is selling at lid per lb. An appeal has been lodged at Dunedin by tha defendants in tho case Scott v. Ritchie and the National Mortgage Agency. It will be argued at tbo October sitting of the Appeal Court. We understand that Mr J. B. Wbyte'sold farm and homestead, consisting of 210 anrcs, has been sold by the New Zealand Loan ;ind Mercantile Agency Company, at a satisfactory price, to Mr I'arrer, who recently cams into Waikato, and for the last few mouths has beftn a resident of Camhridge. To morrow evening Dion Bouci catilt's eyer popular Irish drama, " The Shaughraun," will he produced by the Hamilton Amateur Dramatic Company, in aid of the funds of St. Mary's Parochial School in the Hamilton Pubiio Hall. The object is a very deserving one, and ap?f,t fn.'in the merits of the play itself, is sure to ensure n bumper house. Doors open at 7.80 ; merturoat 7-40. The Hamilton Domain Board at their meeting on Tuesday night, decided to allow the ploughing up, levelling and generally improvement of Sydney Square. It is clear the Board intend to hei'o to make the Square a recreation ground in its true sense. A good cricket I and football ground will now soon be ' available, and the members of tho Board deserve hvbi v credit for the manner they ■ have taken this matter io haud.