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Waikato Times, Volume I, Issue 48, 20 August 1872, Page 2

\ s -m instance of what, may lie done m the matter m' in the we may mention ilnt Mr UiM. butcher, i" HaMiiUoii, killed las, Nvce 1 -- a j)5-' of the Uerkshiro b.eed, sixteen months „ld. ami webbing :H4 lbs, be-ig :m averse <>f over ■i ;core per month. Such a result, ought to bo a iud ucetnent to the settlers to improve their j hreed'of and devote mure of their attention to I raisMi" and exporting pork. A notable instance of ' its rei'muieriilive character is allorded m the rapid , ~T o wth of ( ineinatti, which now ranks as one ot the cii'ef ei{ : es in the I'm ted States, and_us prosperity may be entirely attributed to tiie rais-.ngai;d ,• exportin'jfof hams and bacon. On Thu-sday evening a lecture was delivered by 11 10 !; t v I>. jirv.ee to an appreciative audience m ' the i'resbyteviau Church, Hamilton. Colonel I,von oeeup : ed the chair, and introduced the rev. ' lectin cr in a few terse and appropriate remarks. 1 The subject chosen was " Samewall Jackson which was hand'ed in a masterly manner, and drew fori Si several bursts of a pp! an so as it pr«>eenled. At its close a vote ot tliauks- both loud and \m" was accorded to tlie rev. genu email. A v„f o oi'"t ,, .anks to the gallant Chairman earned ; by acclamation, brought the proceedings to a c'ose. The proceeds, amounting to £4 bs, are to be devoted to the Church Fund, for the purpose of painting and put Jug it in a thorough state of ivivi.u", as an eoori; ?s to be made " Uviau' body to have a minister in the Waikato | to the Volunteer movement taking such a he'd of the public mind as it has obtained m these, days, it was again and again assorted that the IV »ti:>h were not a martial race, thac then 1 j as;ii rr lions did not lead to the drill-yard, the riiie j "found. or the camp, aud the idea was utterly j scouted of the e ever being among the Anglo- j Saxons such a body of men as now grace the ranks j oi tin: V<d,i;utters, much less that they 'would at- j tain t-> such proiicieney in the use of tbe_ sp'endid : aud popular weapon at present in their haiios. j Ti.i< is entirely to be attributed to tje form a L 1 on • of Hide Associav'cns, that as it were grew j naturallv one of the Volunteer movement, and huve ' tieer. the means of biinging both the rifes and marksmen of Crcat Dvitain to the front m com- . parison v uh any oilier nation in the world, fchall , we who live ou the frontier of civilization, and < are l'.abie at any time to be called out in defence j of all we hold dear against, a wily and ruthless i foe. be m.;re remiss than our fellow countrymen j at homo who have no sujli danger near them. It j behoves us, one and ail, to endeavour to perfect ! ourselves in ths use of the rifle, so that if c>er . tliev do turn out against us we may take the ' tield feeling certain of inflicting a severe chastisement on our foes, which from experience can oiiiy .■ be done by expert marksmen who can with cer- 1 tain; v comit (as the old English bowmen did) upon • cari'viucr so many lives in tueir girdles. To attain such requires a man to devote some of i his spare time to tiie study cf the science as laid j down in Hauz Bask and several works emanating : from the British press, besides a considerable j target practice, and as nothing tends more to en- ; courage such a manly and healthful pursuit than ; the establishment of ilitie Associations it is a duty i lucumlent on all the settlers in the Waikato to •; support the Ilirle Association x>roposed to be estab- ;

'shed in this fir-strict, more particularly as we need j look for no foreign aid, whenever we ma> b< , called upon to take up our anus in real earnest, j The Waikato Ilifie Volunteers paraded on j Saturday evening, under the command of Captain j Oumming, iu the Volunteer Hall, and the mai*s- j men's ha lyes won by members of the corps dining last year's course of firing were presented by t apt Cummin::, who said : " Ensign McDonald, the pleasant duty devoles upon me of presenting you with a idle badge and three stars as imlioaang , that you have made the greatest number of points at the longest and L hope you may still eoiij tinue to lire as well as hero'oiore, and may be j '< more successful in next year's oonipei-'tive i

than you were during past years.bn.-'.:!i , McDonald, in returning thanks, sa-d—" Ibe badge ! w'th which be had been invested was a tropny ' v.c l worth striving for, and he wouhl b> Irs i utmost to hold it, but hoped some of the | i,t :er members of the corps would emulate liim, i and that they might win more badges next year.' : Color-Sergeant William '.on Volunteers llintou and , Coleman were tH'n p 'ese ited with their badges j and two stars; each of the recpienls were lottdh , eheerciL on being invested. Atter tee ce.emmy ■ bad been gone through the co - ps -was marched ; i out beaded by the band, under the leadership oi ; I Jja'nl-master Shannaghan, and all adnrt ! hoard their perfo -inauce that they bad achieved : p odigics, considering the tunc they have been j practising. , r> We have received a letter from Mr. Icuer ,>nrtn ; of Ca nbridge. He exp'ains that he has mane | bricks every season for the Li>"' seven years. J e says that the c'ay at that plabu can ibear'che test oi : ;ny exp;rienced brick-maker. As regaids xli. j lia'ph's Imf.'incoS we must decline to in ere our cor- j ! respondent's remarks. We are glad to learn that j I tbc b.h k-making i 'dustry is being prosecuteu at I ' Ca nbridge under such favorable , our or'y° wish is to see a suiHcient number made •to supply the daily increasing demands. _ _ _ I An industry worthy of notice has been inituu3d : by Highland settlers at Saddle llib, near Dunedm, | v'z., t'"e m .nufacuiire of hives. Tim only materials I euinloyed are tussock grass, the ever-handy ilax, j and a woo len bodkin. The grass is coiled, v. itn .jtrips of flax, into the shape of a cone, capable of containing OOlb of honey. From the warmth and comfort the bees experience, they ; ro much moreactive in culling honey. Persons who have u.-.cd them adirm i hat one hive of this kind?s wotv.it.n'ce boxes, both for quantity and quahfy of A man can make one a day witli ea;,t, and in scda roi | seven shillings. ... At a mceibig of the Weeing ton I'hdosoplncal j Soc ; eiy at Wellington, Mr.'J 1 . Kelly, M.IJ. I'., exhibited the model of a new Ha..-dressing machine. TheWeVlington "Evening Post" a?so says «d?at Mr. Kellv made some explanatory rcni.U'ka an cjUo'deiai,ic foP' tii. A premium of twenty guineas was paid on June ;j-d at Lloyd's to effect fresh josh.a ices on the snip (lienmark, which sa 'ed from Lyttelton, N.Z., on February 1 for Loodon. n The schoouc." Onward left Lyttelbon 011 Sacemay for t'.-e Waikato Heads. She is laden with ae.vgo of wne'afc ;nd oa.a for the Company's Mill at I N garuawabia.