The Waikato Argus GEORGE EDGECUMBE, Proprietor. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1900.

Waikato Argus, Volume IX, Issue 771, 4 October 1900, Page 2

The Waikato Argus GEORGE EDGECUMBE, Proprietor. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1900.

The Premier in the House last night intimated that the 9th November, the Prince of Wales' Birthday, lias been fixed upon as the day for rejoicings or. the restoration of peace* As.we have before pointed out, there can be no formal declaration. Now that the date is known, it would be well that the Mayors of Boroughs and the Chairmen of Town Boards and other bodies should call meetings to arrange for, a mode of procedure. We have had , rejoicings at different epochs of the war, but these have principally'consisted-of noise. A little, or for that matter a good deal of, noise is, of course, incidental to such occasions, but the rejoicings of a people who comprehend the reason for their jubilation should consist of something more. Thanks to the Almighty for according victory to our arms should be given. The best means of doing this would be by joint services, in which all denominations of Christians could participate, such as was held in Hamilton, and was such a marked success, in celebration of the Queen's Jubilee. Arrangements should also be made, if possible, for speakers to give short addresses explanatory of the reason of the war, and other matters in connection with it. We are certain that every man and woman in the community, will be glad of the opportunity to outwardly acknowledge the bravery of our soldiers. Let us attend to the above matters which are in the nature of duty, and afterwards have fireworks and as much noise as the exuberant spirits of a contented and happy people may lead them to make.

Miscellaneous items on our fourth page.

We learn that Lieut. Heather has left New Zealand with the object of re-joining the forces in South Africa. He was only absent on leave. Mr Frank Marshall intimates that his list is full for Lord Eldersfie. As might be expected, considering the big advance in the value of draught stock, owners of draught entires are sure to have a busy season. A meeting of the Te Awamutu Branch of the Waikato Farmers' .Club will be held in the Public Library, Te Awamutu, on Saturday next, ut 11.80 a.m. Important business will come up for consideration.

Yesterday Mr G. E. Clark, the well known seedsman of Cambridge, purchased the house be resides in from Mr Jas. Young, at a satisfactory figure. It is a fine property situated ou the Hamilton road.

The sale of township building sites at Huntly, on behalf of the Taupiri Coalmining Company, to be held by Mr W. .T. Hunter on Wednesday, October 10th, will take place in tboTaupiri Company's ollice, not the Huntly Hall as previously advertised. The learn to represent the No T. Company of the Waikato Mounted ftifles in the return rifle match with the No 2. Company to be fired at Pirongia on Wednesday next, will l)fi picked trom the followng: —Scrgt.-Major Cox, Sergt. Iligginson and Privates T. Alexander, C. Mason, Wyinan, Burgess, T. Wilsou, A. Wilson, Holden, Mawhinney, Chitty, Stevens, E. J. Delaney, and W. J. Richardson. The match will commence at 12 o'clock sharp.

At a meeting of the committee of the Waikato Gnu Club, held at the Fraukton Hotel last evening, it was decided to hold a teriss of matches on 9th November, at Frankton. Tlia principal match will be an open haudicap competition, for which some valuable trophies have been promised, and there will also be a match confined to members of the Club who have not won a prizes previously and a series of sweepstakes will be arranged if time permits. Full particulars will be published later.

This season the Connawarra fruit colony (South Australia) shipped apples to vaiious parts of the world with the hope of finding new markets. The returns ore now coming to hatul. Various varieties realised from 6s to 12a per case. The net average was about Bs. About 10J tons left the fruit colony iu OQe week recently, chiefly for South Africa.

We have received from Messrs Samuel Voile and Sons, the well-known land agents of Auckland, a copy of a folder which they are issuing with their catalogue. It contains a useful index map of the province, and sets out Auckland's advantages by a series of excellent views and tables of statistics. This attractive little publication has been copyrighted.

The congregation of Trinity Presbyterian Church, Cambridge, had a novel and unpleasant experience last Sunday evening. While their heads were devoutly bowed in prayer the gas went out, and many were quite startled to find, on opening their eyes, that "darkuess was visible." The explanation is that in order to improve on the original method of providing the acetylene gas, Messrs Wilkinson and Co. have recently supplied a new style of generator, which they offered to the Church on three months' trial. Last Sunday's experience is part of this trial, and evidently there is still room for improvement.