WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7644, 22 May 1886, Page 6

WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

« [FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] Hamilton, Friday. Mr Osmond, of Auckland, was here yesterday, and signed the lease of the Claudelandß Racecourse to the trustees for the Waikato Turf Club. The Waikato Cheese Factory is still receiving 380 gallons of milk daily, and are butter-making. They yesterday forwarded half a ton of butter packed in Pond'a boxes to Queensland, where they expect to get a better price for it than for that sent last year, which, though a far inferior article, reached Is 2£d net. Alexandra, Friday. The Rev. Mr. Gittos, Wesleyan minister of the Kaipara, has just returned from a mission among the various settlements in the King Country, where he has been well received by the natives, who gladly accepted the opportunity of attending the services held by him, and of solemnising baptisms and marriages. He was cordially received by the Ngatimaniapoto, being for a time the guest of Kewi. Mr. Gittos visited Whatiwhatihoe, and held services, at which Tawhiao, and even votaries of the now religion, attended. Mr. Gittos finds the natives much deteriorated in character and material comforts since bis former visit some time age—a result owing, probably, to the system of isolation which they had adopted, the communion of goods (which is a bar to all individual progress), and their jealousy of the intentions of European visitors with respect to either land or gold-findine. . Cambridge, Friday. The. Cambridge Public l ibrary Committee are about to add over 100 new volumes to their shelves, and have entrusted the order for the supply of the same to the local bookseller, Mr. J. S. Bond. The usual monthly meeting of Alpha Lodge, E.C., was held last night. The principal business was the election of officers, which resulted as follows R. W. Sargent, VV.M, ; J. p. Thompson, treasurer; J. Williams, tyler; H. Asher and J. S. Bond, auditors. [by telegraph.—own correspondent.] Te Awjmoto, Friday evening. At the Resident Magistrate's Court here, on Thursday, a case under section 13 Malicious Injury to Property Act, by Hori Tuariki against Nathaniel Harvey, for damaging tne verandah of a house on what is known as Puke's Place, Mauneatautari Hlook, was a;, journed, on the application of the plain ti if, ;<i June 3, to enable him to get further "?de»"»< of his title from the Native Lanii Court. Mr. Hay appeared for the defendant. The following is the state of the Auckland I Hospital for the week ending May 20Itemained i last state, 94 ; admitted since, 24 ; discharged, 17 ; I died, 3; remaining at preeent, It males ant! 24 I females; fcp*s»J, 88.