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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3178, 5 November 1892, Page 2

We have to acknowledge the receipt of the time table for the New Zealand Government for the month of November. There aiv> no changes in the service affecting the Waikato trains.

' Mr W. H. Kelly, carter, Hamilton, has been nppiiintml bv the Colonial Carrying Company of New Zealand as their agent in Hamilton, and will forward and deliver all goods and parcels consigned through the oompany with promptitude. The company having agencies throughout New Zealand, it is an excellent medium through which to despatch goods to pla-ces beyond the port of Auckland.

We direct attention to the advertisement of Messrs A. G. Wright and Sons, carriers and forwarding agents, of Queen-street, Auckland, appearing elsewhere. Persons in Waikato receiving goods or parcels from Europe, the Anstra Han colonies or foreign countries would be safp. in entrusting such matters to their caw. They hnvo deservedly obtained a high nanio for the care and energy they display in the management of their business and thn nuid'T.ite .nature of their clißi'jpsi. Thn linsines-t was established by Mr A. W Wright, sen., who is now joined by his snns.

We hear that the Ngaruawahia Racing Club have fixed tho date of their annual nice meeting fw January 21st. Programme of events will appear in due course. A special daylight parade of the Hamilton Light Infantry will be held on Wednesday next (Prince of Wales' Birthday.) The men are to fall in at 10.30 a.m. at the Volunteer Hall. In the awards at the late show at Clandelands, in class 122, for the best ad lambs, wo have been reminded that tne second prize fell to the l»t of Mr T. N. Diprose, of Tauwhf.re., not Mr G. E. Clark, an our report stated. Building operations are brisk in the Raglan district just now and likely to be so for unrae time, accordine to our correspondent's report. Mr T. H. White, in addition to the extension of the Harbour View Hotel, has been engaged to prepare plan", &c, for MrO, Johnstone's new house at Waitetnna. T;b.e Royal Insurance Company, one of the foremost of British Company's, and established in New Zealand for over a quarter of a century, will now be represented in Cambridge by Mr Thomas Hartly. We naturally concur in the wisdo'n of thn selection, seeing that this gfintlemin ia our representative also in Cambridge. A lad named James "Whitten, from Te Amba, was admitted into the Waikato Hospital, yesterday. The lad vyas employed in a fliixiuill, and. while feeding at a stripper, on Wednesday, his hand was drawn in, so that the three last fingers were taken off. Dr. Cooper temporarily attended to his injuries, which will receive full attention at the Hospital. The formation of a Ngaruawahia Rowing Club, a short time since, has suggested to some of its promoters that an aquatic Ratheriner under it's auspices would not be out of place. The first of these will be held at Ngaruawahia on the Prince of Wales' Birthday (next Wednesday). The Waip& and Waikato Rivera at Ngaruaruawahia are eminently suitable for boating contests, and, \va understind, it is the intention of the rowing club to hold an annual regatta which will eclipse anything nf the kind hold in other parts of the Waikato. On Thursday and last night the Steeh-Smith combination sjave performances in Hamilton to not very good houses, caused no doubt by the amusement line being rather over-done lately. The entertainment given was similar to that fully described by our Te Awamutu correspondent in last issue, so that it is needless for us to enter into details, suffice it to say that the performance was an excellent one, and all who attended were completely mystified. The company appear in Cambridge to-night and Monday, when they no doubt will receive the patronage they deserve. We met Mr C. Limmer at Mr Hunter's sale at Hamilton on Thursday last. He has just returned from Hawera, after driving overland a large mob of cattle —some 500—purchased at late sales in the Waikato for and on account of Messra Bailey and McCutchan, of Waimate, Mr Liminer says he passed through some splendid country, rich grass land, but from what ho gathered the turnip crop is a most uncertain one in many parts of the district, and taking all things into consideration, he inclines to the opinion that a Waikato settler on fairly good land is just as well off as a large proportion of those living on the plains. An accident, fortunately without any very sarioua result happened to Mr Ju'll, aßent for Singer and Co., while driving between Taupiri and Huntly on Wednesday. It appears there is a sharp curve of the railway line here on one side, and the Waikato river bank on the other, so that with a young or restive herae it is positively dangerous to be passing with a train suddenly appearing from round a corner with no warning from the driver's whistle. Should the horse shy, there is no preventing the whole concern from going over the embankment, as was the case with the gentleman referred to. Mr Jull met the up train quite unexpectedly with the result that he was thrown out of his buggy, with lamps, seat, etc., on to the embankment. While congratulating himself upon the narrow escape ho had had, and about to proceed again, along carr.e the down train as before, without any warning from the whistle. This time, however, Mr Jull was not so fortunate, aa his horoe bolted which ended in the buggy and harness being completely smashed tip. If something is not done to prevent it, a similar occurrence may take place with far more serious results.