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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 3098, 24 May 1892, Page 2

The Banks in Waikato will be closed t'l-diiy, on the occasion of Her Majesty's 73rd birthday. Mr McMcol's usual sales at Ohaupo and Waitoa will be hald on Tuesday, 31st instant, and Friday, 3rd June, respectively. Wβ would remind our readers that owing to to-clav being observed as a public holiday. Mr Hunter's regular Ohaupo pale has been postponed until tomorrow (Wednesday). At a private meeting on Saturday at Christchurch, attended by about 73 farmers and runholder->, it was decided to form an association to watch over the political interests of country settlers. It is intended to oppose the present system of taxation. The Pukekura Mutual Improvement Society has inaugurated another branch of instruction for its members —viz., a singing class. The Society meets in the Cambridge West Public Hall every fortnight (on Fridays), and the singing class will be held in the same building on the alternate Fridays. We would especially direct the attention of those who intend furnishing to the advertisement of Messrs T. and H. Cooke, of Auckland, whose stock of furniture, carpets bedding, etc., is one of the most extensive in the city, and the iange of price is such as will suit all purses. They will supply the complete furniture for a bedroom, consisting of thirteen pieces, for £7 7s. Wβ understand that Messrs T. Vincent and Nicknson, of Hamilton, have leased Messrs Coates and Metcalfo's flaxmill plant, and that they intend to commence operations very shortly. It will seem like old times again to_ hear the machinery at work, to say nothing of providing a good deal of employment for residents in and around the township. We trust Messrs Vincent and Nickesson's undertaking will prove a success, as it will undoubtedly be a blessing to those out of employment at the present time. It appears that football is dead in Cambridge, for although several attempts have been made to revive the game, all efforts have failed to put a senior team in the field, and we regret to learn the project has now been abandoned. A practice match was to have been held on Saturday, but very few rolled up, and most of those who did so were very late; consequently no game \yas played. We trust the rising generation of Cambridge will pay more attention to the healthy sport of football, and we believe they will, for on Saturday i the school boys of Cambridge East and I West played a spirited game, in which the former proved victorious. The members of the Waikato Hunt Club will be pleased to learn that a for her addition hae been made to Mr Bullock-Webster's pack of hounds. A couple and a-half of very good hounds came up by train yesterday, obtained from oue of the best packs in the South. This brings the number up to six and a half couples. The hunting fraternity in Waikato are much indebted to Mr Bullock-Webster for the trouble and expense he has gune to iu this matter, and from what we can gather Mr Webster's liberality, although not perhaps very publicly expressed, is thoroughly recognised and appreciated notwithstanding. To-day, the 73rd anniversary of the birth of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, will be celebrated as a public holiday throughout the district. The weather at the time of writing does not look at all propitious for the various festivities that have been arranged. Sports will be held at Alexandra under the auspicoa of the Waipa Amateur Athletic Club, and also at Sydney Square, Hamilton. Tho members of thn Hamilton Light Infantry will parade at the Drill Shed at half-past nine and fire n. ftMi de joie, aftnr which tho nnniial dinner of tho corps will bo hold, and in tho afternoun, should tho wnathor keep fine, some private Rhooting compotitions will be held among thn members, A dance will be hold in the Public Hull, Alexandra, this evening in connection with tho sports meeting. )

The usual monthly sales will be hold by Messrs John McNicol and W. J. Hunter, in the Hamilton Borough yards, on Thursday next. The first meeting of the Committoe of the Kawhia Special Licensing Dietrict will be held at the Court-house, Te Awamutu, at nocn on Wednesday, June 29th. We would remind our readers ot the clearing sales advertised by Mr John McNicol for next week, as follows :—Mr G. P. Hawke'e on Monday, the 30th inst., and Mr T. H. Wilkinson's on Wednesday, June Ist. Both sales will commence at noon sharp, and luncheon will bo provided. The Otago Daily Times says : — The Kelso Meat Preserving Works are now in full operation, and employ thirtyfive hands in preserving and tinning rabbits, the average output being about 3000 per day. The cooking is done by dry steam in a closed chamber or retort, and is an undoubted success. The tinned rabbits should rnfitit with a ready sale locally as well as in England. It is to be ))■ ped that the railway charges are joinewhut reasonable on large quantities. From fie waybill itappears that the Company's tepretontative paid 2s 3d as freight tin a small case containing six rabbits, or at the r.ite of 4)jd per rabbit, which is about equal to the market value. An undertaking expected to have far-reaching effects on the future of the Caucasian provinces has just been commenced by the Russian Government, This is the building of a macadamised road from Novorossisk, the rising port in the northeastern corner of the Black Sea, to Soukhom Kale. In addition to 15,000 workmen there will be a brigade of Sappers employed on this work. It is generally believed that this is preparatory to settling large bodies of peasants from the congested districts <>f Russia along the eastern shore of the Euxine. The country that this road will traverse is one ot the richest and most lovely in the Caucasus, and will produce excellent tobacco, grapes, and maize, It will also tap hitherto inaccessible districts considered rich in minerals, affording a ready means of transit to the coast. Our advertising columns inform our readers that we nre again to have a visit from the Rev. Henry T. Robjohns, M.A., the representative of the Bible Society in New Zealand and Eastern Australia. He is just finishing his sixth visit to this colony, which will have taken him more than three months. On Friday evening he will speak on things most recent in the work of the Society, and will probably tell—now known for the first time—the exact position as to the languages into which the sacred writings have been translated. As the great missionary organisation which supplies the Word to all other missionary societies of every church, the meeting should be well attended, and Hamilton should in this matter be in line with other towns in New Zealand. Mr Robjohns will spend Sunday, May 29th, in Te Aroha. A Maori curio, a wooden weapon of about two and a-half feet in length, was unnarthed last week by Mr Medlands, whilst working in a swamp drain on the Hamilton-Ngaruawahia Road. It was founded embedded in the swamp about three feet under the surface, and is in a perfect state of preservation. The remarkable feature about it, seeing that it must have been made long years before fclip advent of the pakeha, is its shape, which resembles almost exactly that of a sailor's cutlass. The handle is formed by a round knob at the end and about two inches from this is anothpr protuberance which fits into the hollow of the thumb evidently so placed as to ensure a a-cure grip of the weapon. Towards the middle of what may be termed the blade it begins to slightly curve back and widen towards the point, which is well defined as also is the of the weapon. It was shown to the well knov/n Maori Chief, Hemi Naylor, and he at once recognised it as the weapon used in former days tor killing eels. We believe it is the intention of Mr J. S. Edgecumbo to whom Mr Medlands made it a present, to send it to the care of Mr Cheeseman, curator of the Auckland Museum. When an advertisement of real importance appears in our columns it is our duty to draw special attention to it. Wo now ask our readers to carefully note Messrs Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co.'s, on the front page of our issue. It refers to guano. This firm, ever to the fore in the manure trade, have a cargo (the first of the season) of high-clas3 gnan.i to arrive by the Northern Star, due in Auckland about the end of July next. It is guaranteed to be of a minimum analysis of (i 0 pet cent., and will probably rise to 05 percent., of phosphate of lime, and will be sold under Mr Pond's guarantee. This should prove a valuable fertiliser, either by itself »r in conjunction with this firm's well-known brands of superphosphates. One of tho special features in the advertisement appears to be that those who require this valuable guano can purchase for forward delivery at an ex ship price. The guano will be stored for them and re-delivered at any future time when required on the farm, and no charge for storage will bs mnda. High-class guanos are commanding morn attention year aft':r year in the Waikato District for fertilising the turnip crop, and as we understand this shipment will be placed on the market at r lower unit value than hitherto, there should be quite a imart enquiry for the cargo coming forward by the Northern Star.