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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3181, 12 November 1892, Page 2

A.t the adjourned meetings of the Hamilton Bur mgh Council and Domain Board last night there was not a qiiorm present and the meetings were adjourned to Tuesday evening. The only members present were Crs. Jones and Qualtrough. Excellent lists of entries for the different events coming up for decision at the Waikato Trotting Club's Meeting, to be held at Gwynnelands, on Wednesday, 30th inst., judicata very clearly the estimation in which good trotting lursos are held in Waikato, The handicaps will appear in our is ue of Tuesday next. We have to offer our congratulations to MrE. Hope, junr., son of Mr E. L. Hope, Hamilton, upon passing a very successful examination before the Pharmacy Board of New Zealand. M» Hope served his apprenticeship with Mr R. F. Sandes, the well known chemist, of Hamilton, by whom he was well grounded in h's profession, and since the termination of his apprenticeship lie has had several good appointments iu the province. From the many successes scored by the stock of Muskapeer, breeders are lucky in being able to secure the services of this horse. At the Pakuranga Hunt Club, a week or two back, Lottie, one of his progeny, was successful in a large Held, and again on Wednesday this mare upheld her sire's honour by appropriating the President's Handicap in a very eaty manner, and on the same day she ran second in the Princes of Wales' Handicap, being beaten by Coalscuttle. From the letters appearing in this issue, re the half-holiday movement, and from outside sources, we regret to hear that after being ushered in with such un-looked-for enthusiasm, the half-holiday movement is likely to entirely break down in Ha - nilton. This has been mainly brought about by defections in the camp and lack of loyalty one with the other. We believe that had those who signed the agreement stuck to their guns for ;\ week or two, public opinion and public sympathy with the movement would have brought such pressure to bear upon the one or two who held out that they also would soon have dropped into the arrangement. In Dunedin the public very forcibly demonstrated their opinion of the obstructionists, and with the desired effect. It is not yet too late for those who threaten to back out to re-con sider the matter and to give it a trial, at any rate, for a few weeks, It is at all times gratifying to hear of any of our local industries coming ,to the front, and especially in the case of one such as our coal industry at Huntly, where almost an unlimited field exists for expansion. The following testimonial from Mr R. It. Douglass, engineer, manager N.U.S. Co., must be very satisfactory to the proprietors of the mine referred to :— I have much pleasure in reporting that your coal from the new mine at Hunily has been used in considerable quantities on our p.s. Osprey, and has given every satisfaction. 1 much prefer it to any other Waikato coal I have used, and also to Whangarei coal. Tho excessive rail freight to here (Helensvillo South), which is Is 5d per ton more than tho co<t of the coal, milit-tts* ngainst you, as Newcastle coal can be landed here at the sairre pi ice as your coal. However, I hope to be able to use more of yours at some future time.

The Auckland Racing Committee have resolved to hold the second day's racing tm Wednesday next. The Kihikihi School Committee recorded their vote in favour of Mr Wilding for the vacant seat on bhe .Education Board. The annual races will be held at Alexandra on Boxing Day. Full particulars will appear in our issue of 2Gth inst, and on posters. At his sale at Cambridge on Saturday next, Mr W. J. Hunter will offer the privileges in connection with the Waikato Trotting Club's forthcoming meeting We direct attention to Mr W. J. Hunter's new advertisement re his special sale of horses in the Hamilton Yards on Thursday, December Ut, for which 200 horses of all descriptions have been entered. We have it on good authority that Mr Harker, jewellor, has purchased a portion of Mr I). Elliott's fnntige, between Whyte's Buildings and Mr Howden's now block, Victoria-street, Hamilton, with the intention of erecting a handsome shop upon it. The purchase comprises some 24 teet, and the price is said to be £9 a foot. Although it is some time y6t before nominations close for the Summer Meeting of the South Auckland Racing Club, the secretary informs us that he has recoived several nominations for a number of the various event*. The course is in excellent condition now, and everything points to a vary successful meetinsr. Members' subscriptions are coining in freely, and those who have not yet got their tickets should forward their subscriptions without delay. On one of the goldflelds lately, says " Wommera " in the Australasian, a Scotch miner got very drunk on a Saturday night, and only reached his hut with difficulty. Inside he trippled over a stool, and, falling into the fireplace, lay there. Waking somewhat near morning, he looked up the chimney and saw the *tars shinning overhead. " Aye, Robin," he observed, " you whusky'll be the deaths o'ye. Here ye've just fa'en doon a showft." So he climbed laboriously up the chimney, and scrambling out at the top fell to the ground outside his hue. " Grracht goodness !"' he said, "here ye've bin and fa'en doon unither ; yVd best bide till the morn." A well-known ex Dunediuite, who has been settled in Melbourne for some time, thus writes concering the commercial outlook in that city :—" This place seems to be almost collapsing entirely. The like has never been sir.ee the British Empire began. Hera we have in one week one man (Fink) failing for a million and a half, and offering a Jd in the £~ which has been accepted. Again, within a few days, an enormous wholesale misappropriation of funds in another bank besides the Mercantile, implicating a number of men who have hitherto moved in the highest commercial and religious circles. I firmly believe that we have not yet, by a long chalk, seen the worst of it. I wish to God I could get away out of the filthy place but I must shepherd my investments for some tune. Nothing is tafe here just now ; more bunks will certainly come down. With all the other troubles, they are piling on more duties on almost everything you use, making the place awfully dear to live in. Besides, it is very unhealthy indeed. Truly Melbourne has bacons a yprv vile place."