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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10908, 12 November 1898, Page 5

Weight-guessing competitions to-day. The Greenwoods are ooncluding a successful tour through the Waikato. On November 9 they appeared in Te Aroha to a packed house, and to-night they play " East Lynrie" at Papakura. This is always one of the company's most successful productions. On Monday the company return to town to prepare for tlieir forthcoming season in tho Opera Bouse. Cattle Show to-day, admission Is. The Auckland Banjo, Guitar, and Mandolin Club announce elsewhere that their third quarterly concert of the present season will be held in St. Benedict's Hall on November 28. Mr. Towsey acts as conductor. The booking-office will be opened at Messrs. Wildman and I.yell's on Wednesday next. Cattle Show, judging at 9 sharp. It is notified by advertisement in another column that the Pukekohe Musical and Dramatic Society have decided to give a performance in the Public Hall, Waiuku, on November 19, when the popular drama, " Little Toddlekins," and the farces, " Turn Him Out" and " Borrowed Plumes," will be produced. Saddling-up competition at Cattle Show. At the Newmarket Hall on Tuesday evening Root's cantata, " The Flower Queen, will bo performed by a children's chorus of 50 pickod voices. The usual ecclesiastical notices appear in our advertising columns. At St. Paul 3 Church, during tho evening service, Mr. A. L. Edwards will sing the offertory solo, " I Hear Thee Speak." Confirmation services will be held at St. Mary's Cathedral at three p.m.. and at All Saints' Church at eight a.m. At St. David's and St. James' Presbyterian Churches the collections will be for missions. Mr. Strong, from China, will preach at St. Stephen's Ponsonby, at the morning service. During the removal of St.Peter's Presbyterian Church, services will be held in Newton West school. Tho Rev. W. J. Williams gives tho monthly sermon to young men to-morrow evening at Pitt-street Wesleyan Cliuroh. Anniversary services will be held in the Mount Albert Wesleyan Church. Cattle Show, great trial of hunters. The monthly meeting of the New Zealand Natives' Association takes place at the Tailorosses 1 Hall on Monday next at eight p.m. Every member is requested to be present.

The ninth series of the Newmarket Fishing Club's excursions commences this afternoon, A gift auction. Christmas tree, and jumble stall is to be hold in St. atthow's schoolroom on November 28 and 29. Lady Caroline Grant, who is acting as honorary secretary, 18 receiving contributions. "A Trip Through South Africa" i 8 tho title of Mr. John Fuller's next pictorial oxcursion oil Monday night. These are a fine set of Wows. New musical items will bo given. An entire change of programme will bo given hv Mr. Will WafHns' Comedy Company at tho Agricultural Hall to-night. A laughable musical absurdity. "A Lord for an Hour." will be given. The second part ill consist of the latest novelties, and Mr. Watkins will sing a new descriptive song entitled. "The Hooligans." Next Monday evening the prize programme of the recent Band of Hope Union contest will be given in the Foresters' Hall, Newton, when the entertainment provided will bo of ail interesting character.

At the recent Kelso ram sales, Border Leicesters made the high average of £15 12s for 23 rams. The highest prices were £275 for 5, being the highest price yet paid for a Border Leicester, £130 for twin brothers, £172 for triplets, £100, £60, and £50. The sheep were bought by practical farmers, most of whom have for long proved the value of these sires. It has been remarked as somewhat strange that record prices should have been made this season for four breeds of sheep, ■la the last week of July Mr. Dudding obtained IOOOgs. for a Lincoln ram, on the fen • SJondn >' of August Mr. Buttar received *325 10s for a Shropshire, more recently Mr. tioivatson realised £200 for a Blackface, and | ,0 rd Polwarth received £275 for a Border Leicester.

During last August, 25 fresh outbreaks of ,P Ec ab were reported in Great Britain gainst 17 outbreaks in July. The fresh outfraks were reported in 13 English, four wh, and two Scotch counties. At the dose 0 .-August the disease existed in 24 ad--s*trative counties in England, three in ,i es, an! ' five in Scotland. It appears that ™ now Order of the Board of Agriculture, ,5 m with sheep scab, marks a considerable . nc . e . on former regulations. The local ['.""ties are still entrusted with the exution, but the word "shall" takes the place ■ !" a y>' and the power given to compel the essing or dipping of sheep scab should prove I 7 V® e 'ul if thoroughly carried out. In it 'u s or^er ' 3 strenuously enforced, mut- 1° instrumental in very quickly .1- In g those ordinary flocks in which the flj? s6 exists as free from it as the registered flock s are at present. from a late report issued by the Ontario tinS r ' m nt °' Agrioulture, the following es--1898 ° i" 10 aciea S e an d yield of for v . ? re ta ' en i as compared with the previous en J a^ges: -Winter wheat, 1,048,182 Sfl'' B9o bushels, or 24.1 per acre, gainst 891,114 acres, 18,022,748 bushels, and 67u 1 ', acre Bprin S wheat, 387,205 acres and 47Q7« "ushels, or 17.3 per acre, against ac». YT S ' 7 .283.391 bushels, or 15.2 per Eli rle /' 43878 * acres and 12,048,245 and lfc'iw P™ 01, aore ' against 642,350 acres M. bushels ° r 25.6 per acre; and or it h acres and 82,132,026 bushels, 51 t7ii nt l l ?r , acre > against 1,875,240 acres and fisuro.- j' .1 or 34.4 per acre. These wheat m ! ca ' e increases in the areas of winter harl ancl oats, decreases in spring VienL t °?} s ' a yield per aero above a f> 8 for all these cereals.