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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3132, 11 August 1892, Page 2

"We understand that the projected establishment —by Messrs Reynolds and Co.—of a butter factory at Te Puke has fallen through, for tho present season at any rate. Mr T. "Wells, at the Cambridge Co-op. is holding his annual stock-t iking sale, at which the whole of his stock will be offered at cash discounts ranging up to 50 per cent. "We are pleased to hear from Dr. Kerr that Mr L. Harris, the well known footballer is progressing favourably, bat the doctor has forbidden hitn to play in Saturday's match. As showing- the extent of the sheep stealing trouble in the South Island, the complainant Wallis" in a recent Invercargill sheep stealing case, deposed th'it he alone had been losing at the rate of 1000 sheep per anuuui since 1888. A Southern contemporary gives the following specific for the dreaded root fungus which destroys so manv valuable trees annually :—This is spreading 21b of coarse salt on the surface of the ground a few feet from the stem of the tree, no digging or mulching being required. The influx of population from the Australian colonies, consequent on the had times there, is beginning to be felt in Waikato. On Friday last, a party of six men came up by train, looking for farm work. These men stated to a fellow passenger that they believed there were fully 20,000 men out of employment in Sydney. Amongst the returns furnished to Parliament is one which shows that the ainouut expended under the Sheep-tax in the general inspectiwn and quarantining of stock, destruction of rabbit', etc., was £25,515. The total amount collected for sbeon-tix, fees, registration of brands, etc., was £17,Gti8, leaving a balance of £8.150 to be taken from the Consolidated Fund. We direct'our readers attention to the fact that they can obtain from Mr Gooason, fancy goods merchant, Auckland, a capital fac simile of the Queen s autograph letter to tho Nation on tho occasion of the death of the late lamented Duke o e Clarence. Its surroundings have been very artistically arranged, and the price, Is (id, is particularly low for a chaste work of art. We remind our Hautapu friends that the annual soiree in aid of the Presbyterian and Weslayan Churches will be held in the Hautapu school, to-morrnW (Fridav) evening. We understand the conceit will be a first-class one; and, from past experience, we know the tea will be ditto, so we trust the inhabitants of the district will roll up in force with their florins. The well-known draper, Mr David Garriock, late of H >bson and Cookstreets. Auckland, has removed his largo and varied slock of drapery, hosiery, and haberdashery to his new and more suitable premise.-, Karangahape K"ad, opposite, the Forrester's Hall, Newton, and is now selling, inter alia, some job lines of hats at from Id to Is. His other goods are being sold equally cheap. Mr Garriock is making a great sacrifice of goods in all departments. We would advise Waikato people tuserid to him for his quotations. In the Field newspaper of 21st May is given an account of a champion fawn lop-eared rabbit, known by the name of Gladstone, which, it is stated, ha* just been sold for £26, to go to Now Zealand. Its ears are long and 7in. broad. It is conjectured" by a correspondent who writes to the Otago Daily Times on tho subject, that this is possibly a stud ribbit imported by some Lii-ge landowner for the 1 purpose of improving the present Xeiv Zealand breed, the length of pars pram adapting it to a country where little s!,,i [ is to be obtained in hot weather. ;

The parcel post between New Zealand and QupeinUnd came into force yesterday. The Horowheoua Times says|: —" A death adder, six feet, long, wa< found by a settler in this district socking the milk from one of his cows, and killed. The settler recently came frNn Victoria and it is supposed the found its way over with him in thesiraw packing. This is the third snake killed in this island in the last few years." The Rev. J. Thomas must have been highly gratified by the large attendance to hear his lecture on "Astronomy," nt the Volunteer Hall, Hamilton, last night. The lecturer handled his subject very ably, and brought it down to be easily comprehended by tho youthful portion of his audience. We hope to give a more extended notice of the lecture next issue. On Tuesday last the leases for a term of 50 year-? of lots 128, 129, and 130, in Quay-street, Auckland, the property of the Harbour Board, were purchased by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency Company and the Naw Zealand Shipping Company at considerablo advances on the upset price. On these allotments are to be built large warehouses for the storage and classification of wool, etc. Clements Park, the valuable property belonging to Mr A. Clements inimsdiately adjoining the Borough of Cambridge, has been purchased by Mr George McCullagh, who will shortly take np his residence theie. This is a property very advantageously situated, and in tho ordinary course of events must rapidly grow in value, with the certainty of the extension of the borough it its direction. On and after August 14th the following will be the scale for. ordftinry telegrams : —Eighteen words, inclusive of address and signature, one shilling, and each additional word one penny; delayed messages, 18 words for 6d, address and signature inclusive, and a half-penny for each additional word. The public are warned by the Department that addresses should not be compressed too much. At the meeting- of the Hamilton Borough Council on Tuesday night, a requisition, signed hy 51 burgesses in the Borough of Hamilton, asking the Mayor to proclaim a holiday on Saturday next, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on the occasion of the Auckland - Waikato football match was presented. The request was granted, and we fell sure that the major portion of the business people will allow their employers an apportunity of witnessing the match. The Waikato representatives are requested to meet at the Commercial Hotel at 2.15 pm. Tickets for the dinner to be given in the evening can be obtained from the secretary. The young man who has been in Hamilton for the last fortnight, and known T. Gilford, and describing himself as an artist, was arrested at Cambridge yesterday by Constable Brennan on information received from Hamilton. He answers the description of the Mr Wilfred L iwson, recently notified as being the nephew of Sir Wilfred Lawson, and who was supposed to lecture upon the temperanco question in Auckland. In Monday's HeraldVt paragraph appeared to the effect that a warrant was out against him for issuing a valueless cheque in Wellington. We understand he will be remanded to Auckland for iudentifacation. From a notice appearing in this issue it will be seen that a very valuable addition is to be made to the thoroughbred ■stock in Waikato. Mr McNicol has arranged to place the services of the exceptionally good horse "Gipsy King" at the disposal of breeders for tne coming seas ins. " Gipsy King "is said to be one of the finest looking horses in the colony and as far as breeding is concerned, no better bred horse has ever been placed at the disposal of breeders in Waikato. Cap-a-pie will stand this season at Te Aroha, a district in which he is held in great favour owing to the excellent quality of his stock and satisfactory results achieved by this horse when in this district prior to coming to Lochiel. The natives at "Whatawhata are again suffering from a similar malady to that which attacked them a couple of years ago, and during the last fortnight no less than five deaths have occurred. Dr. Brewis who was in the township, yesterday, hearing of the epidemic visited the Maori settlement, and found a number of the natives very sick, and one young girl dead, another dead body having been removed to Tauwhare previously. Not having a knowledge of the language and there not being an interpreter present, ho was unable to do much, but he says some steps should be taken at on;e to stop the sickness. At the former similar visitation Dr. Murch was sent over by the Government to attend to the natives, and by his treatment the ravages of the disease, which is a kind of low fever, were delayed. The proper authorities should be communicated with and a medical man sent out without delay.