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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 3215, 1 September 1879, Page 2

Mr. Sherwood, a candidate for the Egraont District, will address .the electors at the O.ld Fellows' Hall this evening, at half-past scren o'clock, The s.s. Wellington arrived in tho roadstead yesterday morning 1 from South, and sailed .at 2 p.m. for Manukau, Major To Whooro will be proposed as a candidate for Parliament by Itcwi, at Cambridge, on the day of nomination. Mokau has been proclaimed a polling place. Tho Georgia Minstrels appeared again oji Saturday night at the Oddfellows', Hall, and were well patronized. Tho drawing-room part of the performance was particularly' snedesyfill, there being no less than twelve performers, and the manner in which the stage was. ar* ranged so as to rcpresont a drawing-room produced an imposing effect. Miss Marie Wiltrfn figured conspicuously among the "sable* performers, being richly dressed, and making a striking contrast, with her light dress and fair countenance. The band of the Mounted Rifles was also present, and contributed its services, assisting materially in making the performance the most imposing and successful of tho season. Tho audienco was large, and showed its thorough appreciation of the performance. The "Sporting" correspondent of the Wangnnni Herbld writes—" Mr. irately has vritten mo stating that he cannot undertake the duties of handieapper to tho Waverloy-Wai-tot ara Kacing Club, and that he , intends giving up handicapping altogether after the next Wanganui Autumn Meeting. No one will more regret this step than myself, and although I have so often tried to pick holes in Mr. Hately's work when differing with him, yet I must say that I know no other person between Wellington and New Plymouth with more general knowledge of horses and their merits, and I think racing men will agree with me in saying that the handicap? framed by Mr. Hately havo invariably produced close and exciting finishes." The July numbci-of the Neio Zealand Country Journal, which has lately come to hand, has improved much, and is now a very useful periodical, containg as it does a considerable amount of information which will be found valuable to farmers. A paper on native grasses is excellent, and will repay loading. Mr. ,T. C. Firth's " Forest Culture " is concluded ; and Mr. Pott in " Out in the Open " chats about the native owl. The continuous paper on the history of Clydesdale horses, and the memoir entitled " Mildew and its Various Forms" willl repay reading. The extracts are well selected, and a long letter on dairy farming forms t>.e principal feature in the correspondence. There arc also other papers on the " Stud," " The Forming and Management of Hedges," "Coursing items," "Spoiting Notes," and gleaning queries and answers, agricultural statistics, reports, &c, altogcthor making up «, very interesting pm-u