WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7784, 2 November 1886, Page 6

WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

IFI-.OM OUR OWN COBKESPOyDgSTs ] Hamilton, Monday A very handsome presentation h* £ made to Mr. Henry Reynold, J. T? manager of the Waik.to Laud b, the employees on that propertTTS' occasion of hie settling down on his\ estate at Newstead. The preaenutioa Z sistsof a valuable marble clock and illl, nated address. llumi -

All attempts for the present to capt are tt, . saurian monster have been abandoned!; Friday night when some persons it ni T loft of the slaughterhouse but ;» w ° Pl ft nothing of it. This ha, been det erm Led J moomequenoeof the mccm.iderate conC of a large number of people who, .rmedwK guns anxious to capture 10 valuable, » X have been beating the cover afforded bv t..' tree, furze, and flax on Mr. Castleton'e lim? and the thick cover along the edZ • £' creeks so that the animal, whatever It i, malt be so thoroughly scared that it f. *2 likely to leave its haunts far, even at nigh? Food of course it must h»ve, bat « there are more than a hundred D l« roaming about the open land beyond th, slaughteryarde, .nd many of these are low! with litiers, it can easily .apply J°,J without venturing up to the tlanghterhoni Indeed, ot late, a large number of yoanj J£ have been missed, sows returning Dom f* iff one or two less each time. A«,oonasth. excitement ha. cooled down, the .lid™' door-trap wi Ibe again raised at ni R ht »nd th, bait set. Pabhc opinioe ie at v«ri»n whether the animal is one escaped from a trmlunt menagerie or an amphibious oreature bn' the evidence ie decidedly in favour of the latter, lhe natives think that it will torn out to be the meme, or mimi, a creator* e( the lizard tribe which is very rare, being somewhat larger than a big dog, and whic* runs after peopls, snapping at them with id mouth, but runs slowly, as was indeed, the cue with the Caetleton boys. James Caesidy, one of the Auckland un« employed, charged with drunkenneae before Messre. Graham and Knox, J.P.y wudiemissed with a caution on hie promuioo to leave the district. * The Rev. Mr. MoCallum preached the anniversary sermons yesterday at Trinity Presbyterian Church to large and appreciative congregations. On Wedne»day evening next the annual soiree, to be followed by a concert will take place in the Public hall. Te AwAMDTa, Monday, Mr. Walton, of this place, has received a communication from the secretary of the Waikato Horticultural Aeiociation, Mr, Edgecumbe, informing him that there ii a balance of £19 5a 6d in hand, and Mking him, as it was intended that the next ihow should be held at Te Awamuta, whether he and his coadjutors there are prepared to take the matter up and carry it oat, a* there is now no time to be loit.

I BY TELEGRAPH— COBBKSPONDKNTS.I Hamilton, Monday evening. The Mayor has received a communication from the Minister of Justice's Department, Wellington, stating that the proposal to establish a branch of the Registrar's office at Hamilton is being now considered by the Government.

Th Awamutu, Monday evening. Major Jackson hat resigned bis command of the Volunteer Cavalry. It is expected that after to-morrow's parade he will address the troop upon the matter.

Cambridge, Monday evening. A special meeting of the Borough Council, called at the request or three of the members, './as held this afternoon to consider the action of the Mayor in corresponding with the Government in a manner contrary to the wishes of the majority of the Council, The Mayor's aotion was severely criticieed by the councillors present, and a vote of censure was parsed upon him.