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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3164, 4 October 1892, Page 2

A concert, in aid of the school funds, will bo lield in the Taupiri Hall on Friday next. The train arrangements for the W..ik:iti> I hint Clmli tn Ik- held at Claiii.li.'liui'is mi S.itunlay nest, will be found in :u'."tlier colmun. The Victorian revenue for the quarter is £100,000 less than f..r tho cor-re.-ipinidinK pßriuri last year. The receipts su lir ;ii,j Hiiii,ooo bt'.Utw the cstiniatu A drama in three acts, entitled "The. Shailuw of a Crime,' , will be given by Hamilton amateur.-) on December 13th, in aid of the funds of St. Mary's Church. Mr W. L. Murdoch is willing to pi iy with the Au.-tr.ilian tenir. visiting England next year, anil will captain it if do-jired iinj tliera is no objectiun to it in KiiplaiicJ. On Boxing-Nig-ht (Monday, 26 th ])i!ueinbef), a vmal and instrumental concert will be given in the Hamilton Volunteer II ill, puticulars of which will appear in a future issue. The distribution of trophies won at the recent meeting of the Waipn Amateur Athletic Association, pnstuoned from Kiid;iy Inst, will take place in the Alexandra Pul-.lic Hall next Friday, when the concert and farce, "A Regular Fix," will also be repeated. Messrs Negretti and Zambra, the well-known instrument makers, adopting Mr W. B. Perceval'.s suggostioii, have invented a thermograph to record the maximum and minimum temperature of steamer's coolin" chambers during the voyage. The instrument will run for two month.--. Mr L. Sutton, the enterprising ooich proprietor of Humiltm, in view of the approaching Hunt Club races, has just aided t . liii :ilreu-.ly ext-uisive phut a linn ihoi-oughbrace coaeh. This he purclia-ed from Messrs Bradley and Co., of Te Arntm. The coach i.-s licensed to curry twenty passengers, but uii a pinch another half-do/.un cuild be stowed awa-y. Mr Gribble, representing the wi-il known firm of Messrs Hallenstein Br.s.. of the New Zealand Clothing Manufacturing Company, has arrived in the dis-triet and ha.-, taken premises in Hamilton Rial, whnre he has on view a choice and varied array of samples of all kinds of d<.thins '■tu., manufactured by this firm. Mr Gribbld propose* working the district from i his centre and should business result a-- antioipa'ed thnre is ev.;ry probability of the linn establishing a branch in Waikato. On Saturday afternnon the IJi-ivilege-i in connection with the Waikato II nut Club's race meeting, to be held at Chiudelarirls "ii S.tu.day, were sold by Mr <;. 11. Caller on b.-half of Mr J m>. Knox. The following wvr,! the prices realised and the purchaser- >•{ the various lots :—Publican's b. oh, fit, T. linxtoi) ; tenipcraiirj". booth, fl 10s T. M. Hill ; paddock t'2 lα-, <:..ckhfi.-i-l ; gates T. .Tones; . car Is, £:>, Tm-: Wmkatu Timks : refresh- '< mi'iit room. fl. T. M. Hill.

xlig third social held by the parishioners of St. IVt-.r's Church, Hamilton, will take place on I'rirUy cvMiing (■, the I'iv lie II .11. It is coiisi-ioMljly o\-ci--11.- month si neu the last social was held but ihi- sh .old mike this mie all th- 'n<no ac-t-j/!ab!e. The veaii-ts will include --verai ii'uv pei formers in II imiU'Hi a n-1 - t yunii' ia :.v ivc-nlly Ir.im Sydney will ii.aku [~t ili'h-it befi'i'.i a lfamilt m a«nli«nce as a \ii.:iiii-t. Tho i:h,ii-ge of .■idii]i--!oii i-; only .-i-:> : -:M- a'l-i ■- i.-! ■■ jilif :r, t, a i,;.;s; c ,! ::■■.!. "•(!■..-hinent- are aiv pr..vi:!,<,l :; ■■ .»■: . i ii-'.>.ii-.-x : , .JC'ed. Th.j moon will •■■ iit f ::l and U.■■ w.:,th«- civos ~v , -; y 1» -i-eot helm: f.iv.-ur.itiie so the i; ui:,try ;.;;!■■ -in--M--I--I wiil u<) doubt bo well r-'i're- - -rii-'d.

At a meetiugr of the committee of IheTamahrre sch.nl district, Mr .lames I ).mii, assist .wit at the. Xewmark-t school, was recoipini. n.led Id the ]'. .ardof lv|piea-t-inn as -UCCVSS..I- t. Mr Ivlwards. Th» '■(her applicant submitted by the l!"ard to tiie committee was a 1 idy.

Last Saturday w.ns a most wi-lched day, a strong gale blowing trwn th,- v.e-1., aecomp.inieil atintiTval.s by sharp; s!e..ty showers. Such w.ather is u'ry severe upon stock ol all kinds, but. th, ; dairy cow* k,.,;iii to f,.,-l it M ,,, s t. It is liuie wonder that butter continues .scarce and dear.

We seem to be passing through a spell of wet and boistemns weather. The elfect of so modi r.in will be to del iy tho important spring work upon the farms, and where cr,.ps, particularly i,, die c-.s.j ..f potat/.e-, hav,j been planter] ~p-»i heavy or low-lying land, consideruhlu loss will he in c.'iirred, through thu seed rolling in the ground.

We hear that the milk supply at the various dairy factories is not up to the ciuantity usually flelivere 1 about this d ite. The reasons given being the backward season and consequent low condition of the cows, instances are mentioned when! cows that calved a few weeks asfo, Inve fallen olf in conrbtinn very much since then. K.mie warm weather, and belter «r.iss, is badly needed in the. milk business.

We have to acknowlegq-e the receipt (if a trade list issued by Mr J. .S. Bond of Cambridge, printer and publi-lior, stationer, h.,.,ks<.|lrr, | |):W5 ngent, aod dealer in fancy and Art needlework (foods. K.lfih i.'eparUiont has a .-op.-, r.to list of articles in stock, and as Mr Bond .idvises by card that he is about to canvass tin; district for orders, a p»rusal of the list will greatly facilitate the transaction of business with his numerous customers in W'aikato.

Another blank in the Hamilton Borough will, we anticipate. sli>>vl]y be brought under cultivation. Tlio Education Commissioners own a reserve of 150 acr-'s of land in Hamilton East, and upon representation made, we, believe, by the Mayor they liave given Mr T, (). guides, Surveyor, instruction to survey, clear, and suliflivido it into convenient allotments with the vi-iw of offering them on lease for a term of twenty-nnn years. As the land is mostly of good qualify, and ;w the lea-e will embody an improvement clause, there is little doubt but that substantial offers will be made for allotments.

English butchers still resort to the trick of selling foreign lamb as English. This operation involves ;i curious artifice. New Zealand lambs are. imported and sold to West End butchers and others without caul or feet says at 5d per lb. They are sent out with the addition of a big; foot attached to each joint, and the priw charged is lid psr ib. The same clever conjurors, who must needs be paid for their legerdemain, buy New Zealand sheep at the low prices quoted and sell them as Scotch, at tho top price nt the market. When asked ' Jlow came this Scotch mutton to be frozen '!' the reply is ' We are obliged to keep it in a refrigerator during this hot weather.' This is the way they coin money at the West End of London.

Mi' E. M. Smith, M.H.R., has had a number of horse shoes, made out his ironsand iron in various parts of the North Island, placed for exhibition in the lobby of the Parliamentary Buildings. On Friday last he received a pair of shoos from Mr i< , . C. Retter, a Wellington blacksmith, the workmanship of which is markedly in advance of the re&t. Air K'itter has made these shoes with a view to sening the depth to which the new iron can be " fullered " (this refers to the jepression in the rim) without cracking, and in this case he has put the cut through to one-eight of an inch. Mr Jv.'tter pavs £14 a ton for IjLs shoeing? inn, and Mr K. M. Smith assures us that ho 3an produce his iron, which Mr flatter describes as the be>t he has ever worked, foi £0 10s per ton on the works. —Post,

The attention of our subcribers is drawn to the fact that Mr J. S. Bnckland has leased the magnificent thoroughbred racehorse '"Tetfoid," and intends placing his services at thfs dispcsal of Waikato settlers. Ted ford is by the imported "Musket " from " PungaweiawHi'.i,', (the latter winner (if the .'Dunedin Cup). " Musket's" sons require no recommendation t>) Wailrato settlors, a last, game horse, sound thu day Ins left the track (aft'r going through a trying or lea*) as the day he was fouled, of great constitution, to say nothing of .substance in eivry way commends him to the patronage of fanners. " Tetford :, is closely related to some of the fastest horses thai ever graced the turf in i\«v Zealand nnd Australia, beinpr Full brother to "Tranter," " Kvup."and " Brigadier," all great α-iniieis and half brother- t.i "St. James," winner (if tho Dnncdin Cup, and " Grackshut, -, winner of tho &int'.>rbnry and Auckland Cups, which in itself is a more than ordinary recommendation.