COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9264, 18 January 1889, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

[I'ROM OUB, OWN CORBESPONDENTS.'. Hamilton, Thursday. The house committee of the Waikato Hospital meets the architect on the promises to-day, to take over the new hospital buildings. Mr. W. M. Hay's many friends will regret to learn that that gentleman has suffered a relapse, and was yesterday most seriously indisposed. Profeesor Pannoll leaves Hamilton to-mor-row for Auckland, where he is engaged to give an exhibition of swimming in the Calliope Dock at the Auckland Amateur Swimming Association's exhibition on Saturday. The taking over the new hospital huildinga by the Board from the architect has been postponed till Saturday week. Messrs. Hunter and Co. held a cattle sale here to-day, but in consequence of harvest operations, both the number of cattle offered and the attendance was small. The East Hamilton public bath has been cleaned out by passing the current of the river through it, and it is now in as pood order as the bath on the west side. Miss Henry, injured by Sunday's buggy accident, ia improving, but not yet wholly conscious. Cambridge, Thursday. Lime, now that it can be obtamed freshly burned and at a reasonable price, is being extensively used in the growth of the young turnip crop as a preventive to the turnip fly. The annual meeting of the local branch of the British and Foreign Bible Society will be held in the Public Hall, on Friday (to-mor-row) eveuina:. Mr. Richard Reynolds will occupy the chair, and the meeting will be addressed by the P*ev. Mr. Rob Johns and others. A jjontleman just returned from a visit to the Canterbury provincial district, reports that tho tide of prosperity has fairly turned. Fanners aru receiving large advances on wool and grain, with the prospect of good crops and remunerative prices. In Christchurch thore is quite a boom in the building trade, £70,000 worth of new buildings being in hand. Ohaupo, Thursday. Mr. F. W.Browning, at Tauwhare, returning from Tuesday's cattle sale, met with an accident. One of the buggy horses fell, op tho return home, opposite Mr. Ticklcpenny's gate. Mr. Browning, who was fortunately alone in the buggy, got out to get the horse up, and had no sooner done so than the pair, both spirited animals, turned sharp round, and galloped off with the buggy towards Hamilton. Mr. Dodd, of Tauwhare, fortunately passed by at the time on horseback, and started in pursuit. When opposite tho Eureka gate, the harness having broken, the polo struck the ground and the buggy was flung a height of eight or nine feet into the air, out fortunately fell square on the whoels, and sustained no damage beyond the pole breaking off, with which the horses galloped away. Mr. Dodd overtook and ran thorn into Captain Runciman's gateway, where ho captured thorn, neither having received any injury. There will be even a larger meeting on Tuesday next to meet Mr. H. Symons, of the Freezing Company. There is a very general fooling amongst settlere that something more than a rebate, unless a very substantial one, should be returned to purchasers of tho manure since last season, inasmuch a3 the fanners' loss is not tho difference of cost between a good and an inferior article, but the loss of season and crop by the use of the latter, the consequential damage in fact for which seedsmen and manuro-dealore arc legally responsible. Te Aeoua, Thursday. Horace Walpole went down to Mount Eden to-day, sentenced at Te Aroha to two months' hard labour for stealing a parcol containing a dress from the railway station ai Walton. A second chargo of loroeny from the dwelling of Mr. J. B. dmith t of VYaitoa, was withdrawn, Mr. Smith having left tho colony, i TAurau, Thursday. Mr. G. T. Mellars, of Ohaupo. opens his new timber mill in the Hopohopo bush, Taupiri, on Monday. Patkrangi, Thursday. The cricket match between tho Hamilton and Tuhikaramoa Clubs, to have been played on Saturday next, has been postponed, in consequence of the match of the latter club with raterangi on that day, in Mr. Gormann'a paddock. The Patorangi team will be chosen on the ground from the following:—Case, Alexander. Aubin (2), Smith, Gerinanu, Ryburn. Mackay, Grierson, Cunningham, Goodfellow, Macfarlane. and Graham. Tk Awamutu, Thursday. Tho challenge to shoot at 200, 300, and 400 yards, five shots at each range, eight men on a side, made by the Te Awamutu cavalry, has been accepted by the Hamilton Light Infantry volunteers. Pakkoa, Thursday. The sufferers by the coach accident are now recovering. Mrs. Kelly is the worst injured, having a severe cut on the kr.ee can. No blame is attached to Mr. Stonehill, the driver, who stuck manfully to his post. Mnesrs. Corbett, Meagher, and others here are the successful tenderers for the delivery of 600,000 feet of mangaio timbor to Wellington.

BOMBAY.

The monthly meeting of the Band of_ Hope was held on Tuesday ovoning last in tho Wesloyan Church. The attendance was good, and a very programmo provided Iγ tho new secretary, Miss M. Buttimore. Mr. Morgan, president, occupied the chair. The meeting was opened with a hymn and prayer, aftor which the following programme was sjone through, viz. :—Reading, Miss S. Sharpe ; recitation, Thomas Buttimore ; solo, Mr. F. Robinson; recitation, Miss Woottun ; selection from Hoyle's, by ohoir and audience; reading, Miss Sawyer ; recitation, W. Buttimoro ; reading, by the chairman ; selection by the choir, &c.; recitation, capitally given, by Mr. Morrow (Pukekohe West): solo. Miss Martha Buttimore ; reading, Mr. W. K. Comthwaite; recitation, Charles Buttimorc ; selection by choir, &c.; recitation, woll rendered, by Mr. Uehor, jun. (Pukekohe West); solo, Mtss Sawyer} reading, Mr. Lindsay. Miss Sawyer prosidod at the organ. Thc'ovening's entertainment was brought to a close with a hymn and the benediction.—[Owu Correspondent, January 16.]

TUAKAU.

The farmers have fine crops again this year, which, with the prospects of really good prices, should put thora out of difficulties. As a matter of fact, this dreadful depression which we have heard so much about has not been felt hore to any appreciable extent. The llax-milling industry— most important oneemploying many hands, horses, and carts, has been very prosperous during the past year. Fruit-growing is another industry yearly crowing in extent. All things oonsidered 1 am safe in proclaiming Tuakau a prosperous settlement. — [Own Correspondent.] „______