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The strike of miners at Saarbruck lias collapsod, The valuation list for Hamilton Borough is open for inspection at the Council Chambers during office hours, The Union Bank of Australia has declared a dividend of thirty shillings per share, and carried forward £BOOO. We learn that Mr William Harris, tho well-known Pukote settler, has sold his farm to Mr Eaton, a gentleman from down country. We believe the price paid is £4 nor acre, which speaks well for the increasing value of tho Pukete lands, The annual meeting of the parishioners of St, Peter's Church, Hamilton, will he held in Miss NbwbH's schoolroom on Tuesday evoning n«t, 24th inst., at 8 p.m. Tho business will bo the election of a churchwarden and vestry, and the reading of the report for tilt past year. The rain which set in again on Sunday night will prove very annoying to grain-growers, The binders have been busy throughout Waikato for the last few lays, and hopes were being entertained that tine harve&t weather was at hand, However, it was not to be, and all that fanners can do in such a season is to take every opportunity that offers to carry their crops quickly. It will be remembered that for some years after tho Tarawera eruption in 1885, with every fresh the wators of the Waikato River became whitened with tho volcanic deposits which were carried into it. Some time ago, however, this ceased to bo the case, and many who noticed the river on Sunday last wore surprised to see it with tho samn milky appearance as above referred to, Yesterday tho whiteness had gone but its presence on Sunday showed that tho rivor in tho upper pai fa lias ranched a higher level than for somo time. A meeting of those interested in athletics was held at the National Hotel, Cambridge, on Saturday ovening. Thoro were presont: Messrs A, Bach (secretary), McCann(2), Beer, MoFarlane, McKinnon, Dalgloish, Bowdon, Carr, Wayman, Marshall, Stewart, McMillan (2), Howe, Brown, Da vies, 8011, Medhursfc, Millati, Cowling, Hanuon, White, Forgimun, Forrest, Kieloy, Bond, McNeish and Hartly. The secretary reported there was a balance of £4l6s from last sports. It was resolved to hold the annual sports on tho 17th March, A general committee was appointed, also a programme committee, and the latter will arrange a programme and roport to a goneral meeting, to be held un the 25th inst. £l2 was subscribed iu the room.

The meeting at Ohaupo last Sat.trday evoning ro forming a brass band was a failure, only a few people turning up, non 6 of tho loading men being amongst them. Although tho week before thero was great talk in favour of it, as usual in then) matters, "theyall with.one consont began to make oxcuso" wlion it camo to roal work. Evidently the soul of music is not in tho young men of Ohaupo. Howover, one young man, moro enthusiastic than tho rest, managed, by great persuasion, to got tho names of thirteen, mostly boys, who signified their willingness to form a fife and drum band. Tho drums uro already provided. Let us hope it will ben success, although it has boon taken up in rather a half-hearted sort of way. Certainly our •young men want something better to do of an evening than gossiping at street corners, a practice that is becoming rather prevalent in our country towns, A correspondent writesl see in your issue of Saturday, January, 7 f -b, you roport receipt of Parliamentary paper, re public debt, and qnoto ono of them B. 18 a. I presurno to show that tho present Government havo lessened tho debt by £117,282. If you compare with that paper 13. IS li. and take tho not debt column you will rbo instead of a decrease an increme of C331,80S ;of course anyone is justified in taking either tho column of gross or net debt as he chooses, only if ho solects the gross column it is only fair to add that thore is another side. I simply draw attontion to this, becauso tho statement that tho prosent Government havo lessenod the public debt by £117,282 is, to say the least, misleading unless the word gross is added; and tho paragraph in your paper giving tho results of B, and 18 a, untompered by tho contents of paper B, 18 n, is hardly a fair representation of the case, The one return was moved for by Mr Saunders, a strong Government supporter, mi July lith, 1592, to niiike.a goral show for his side; tho other by.Sir.lohnlMl, on July 27th, 1892, to tako tho. gilt r,IF tho Ringer broad' so to peak,"

It is freely stated (the Manawatu Times reports) that a Wellington firm will" not mi less than £20,000 lit' their recent heavy speculations in New Zealand hemp, Mr Cavter of Carter and Elkin, dentists, Karangahapo Road, Auckland, arrived iu Hamilton yesterday anil may bo consulted at Mr Le Qocsne's pharmacy to-day and to-inorrow. At the Hamilton Auction Mart on Saturday, Mr John Knox will offer tho privileges in connection with the Regatta nod Swimming spurts, to be held on the Hamilton Lake on Monday, January 30th. The sports meeting held at the National Hotel Cambridge, on Saturday was one of the host that has been hold for years, and under tho üblo management of the energetic Secretary (Mr |A. Bach) tho meeting to .be hold on 1/th March will doubtless prove a grand success, At 4 p in. yesterday Capt. Edwin wired" North-east to North and West galo .with rain, Glass further fall," We hardly required this intimation as at the time we received the mossage the water was pouring into the upper storey of tho buildings in a stream and even tho sanctum on the lower storey receivod its share. Lord Burford, who has been paying Taupo a visit, intends breaking the record from Oxford to Auckland. Riding by road he leaves Oxford at 4 a.m. this morning and intends reaching Auckland by 3 p.m. Mr W. K. Carter, of Cambridge, provides horses at tho various stages, If his Lordship reaches Auckland by tlio time mentioned, it will be a smart performance for the roads could not bo in a worse st ite for travelling than at the present time,

For sometime past the attention of the Cemetery trustees has been directed to the over growth of trees in the Hamilton West Cemetery, It was decided at a recenc mooting that some steps should bo at once taken to remove all trees of varieties that grow to large dimensions—such as the oriental plane and many kinds of the cypress family, A committee was appointed to carry out the work, tho inombers of which have lately paid a visitof inspection, and the carrying out of this very desirable improvement will at once be pruceoded With.

Mr J. S. Bond, of Cambridge, has favoured us with a copy of tho foreign ars supplement of the Magazine of Arts. It it entitled European Pictures of the Year 1892, and is a volume that should find a ready sale at the small charge made for it, viz., 3s, It contains copies of Lite best pictures that have been exhibited through the year, by French, Dutch. Belgian, German, Russian, Swedish, Spanish, and even American artists, and is got up in ut style that would grace any drawing-room in the country. Not many years sinoj such a volume would be cheap at a guinea.

A singular fact in connection with the career of Mr Grovcr Cleveland, the new president of the (Jnited States mentioned by a contemporary, is that ho has acted as a public executioner, and carried out the last sentonoe of tho law on two subjects. When Sheriff of Buffalo, some years ago, he was himself obliged to hang two malefactors, being unablo to obtain any substitute to perform the execution. He performed his terrible duty calmly and effectively, but was much upset afterwards, and was seriously ill for a time.

Policemeij have a variety of duties thrust "upon them, says the Post, but there are still people, apparently, who consider that their sphere of usefulness should be further enlarged, This morning a young couple who, so far &s the gorgeousness of raiment was concerned, would have rivalled Solomon in all his glory, waited upon Ser-geant-Major Ramsay at the Police and signified their desire to be made one. The would-be bridegroom insisted upon his' belief that a police officer was competent to tie the nuptial knot, and both he and his companion were astonished and disgusted when they were informed by the sergeantmajor that so far a grateful country had not made him oue of those competent to perform tlio marriage ceromony. He directed them to Mr Wyatt, the District Registrar of Marriages, and by this time it is to lie presumed the youthful twain have become one,

The Oddfellows of Cambridge lately sold their hall to the Salvation Army for £175. but they do not intend to remain without ono, for they havo purchased two sections of ground in Victoria-street—ad-joining Mr Charles Roberts' residence—and havo now bought the Baptist Tabernacle, which they intend moving on to the above mentioned sections. For the ground in Victoria-street they paid £122, and for the Tabernacle £l5O, but the latter also includes the section of land ou which the building stands. They havo already received offers for this pieca of land, but it is in a good situation, and should pay for the holding. Tho trustees have undoubtedly made a very good bargain, and are to be congratulated uuon tho success nf their efforts, and Mr J. S. Bond deserve* special mention, as we understand he conducted the whole.of tho negotiations, This hall will, proTe 'a keen competitor with tho Public 1 Hall, for it is nearly as large. Last week our representative paid a visit to tho rooms of Mr R, F, Sindes, dental surgeon, Victoria-street, Hamilton, which ho found fitted with all tho latest appliances for the comfort of patients and the careful and expeditions conduct of all dental work entrusted to him. The work is all carried out by Mr Sarnies himself, which is sufficient guarantee of the cr.re with which it will be executed, and as the writer has had personal experience, ho is qualified to speak, Every convenience is nt hand for the administration of nitrous oxide gas and cholorofonn' when required, and in cases where patients do not care to take an aniesthetic, MiSandes uses a preparation which proves most efficacious in producing local anesthesia of the gums and rendering the extraction of teeth perfectly painless, While Waikato possesses so skilled, a dentist as Mr Sundes, there should not bo any necessity for residents in the district requiring dental work of, any kind going to Auckland to have their wants attended and very often left to the mercy nf a 'prentice hand, Orchardists who have suffered - and who have not ? -by tho ravages of tho littlo beetle which has attacked tho apples this year, will bo interested to learn that Mr Rowfl has been in correspondonco with tho Victorian Department of Agriculture on the subject, Mr Rowe thought he identified the beetle with ono described in French's bonk on the destructive insects nf Victoria, and in a letter said so, but this is not agreed with by tho expert. Tho Vic torian Secretary for Agriculture writes under date, 29th December" I have tho honor to inform yon that tho Entomologist states the insects referred to aro not Doticus pestilens as supposed, but bolong to the Group Halticidao, to which tho well* known turnip 1 flea' or bootlo also belongs, The best plan for its riddance is to poison tho leaves, and fruit of infested plants, and as the eggs, aro deposited on the underside of the leaves caro should be taken that the spray reaches, there, as the youmg, when hatched, contmoncod to out greedily, Blunder's Paris Green lib to ISO gallons of water for spraying, In the early morning shake tho booties on to sacking dipped in keroseno and then destroy them by boiling waU.' Kocp tho orchard clear of weeds and rubbish as tlieso beetles hroed on weedi especially those introduced." Wo understand that in this district spraying with keroseno and soft snap considerably watored down has provod successful."

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Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 3208, 17 January 1893, Page 2

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Untitled Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 3208, 17 January 1893, Page 2

Untitled Waikato Times, Volume XL, Issue 3208, 17 January 1893, Page 2

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