The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1872.

Waikato Times, Volume II, Issue 103, 28 December 1872, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." SATURDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1872.

There were sports yesterday at Hamilton. Vv'e un '-'r.-tani' [ that they were a .success. We have not received a list of the races or the winners We trust to be able to insert them in next is-su.:-. The following are the clauses alluded to in an advertisement printed in another column, signed by Mr Runcitnan, inspector of sheep : —(23.) The inspector of sheep for every district shall, at all reasonable times, on being thereunto requested by any owner of sheep being or depasturing therein, register the imprint of the sheep brand of such owner; provided that the said imprint does not, in the opinion of the said inspector, too closely resemble any other one previously registered in such district;, and in use therein for the branding of sheep.. (24.) If the owner of sheep within any such district, who has not registered, in maimer aforesaid, the imprint of his sheep brand, shall neglcct. to do so, he shall forfeit- and pay for every such offence, any sum not exceeding five pounds. (25.) All sheep above the age of four months, within, the sivid province, shall be branded on the wool thereof with the registered sheep brands (and none other) of the owners thereof respectively, such brands not being, respectively, less than faur inches in length, and'of a proportionate breadth, and to be at all times legible; and if such sheep shall not bo so branded, the owner thereof shall forfeit and pay, for and in respect of every sheep not being so bravidod, any sum not exceeding one shilling. Mr James Chadwiek met with an accident at the races on Thursday at Ngaruawahia that might have terminated much more seriously than, fortunately was the case. One of the ponies in the race threw his rider and bolted off the courco. i Mr Chadwiek lode after- it at a gallop. The horse suddenly propped at the edge of one of tho deep holes that | abound on tho flat, and (brew his rider over his head, and of course to the bottom of the hole. Mr Chadwiek is very «o:'c about the ribs, but wc vmd'erstand that none of them fractured. The following are the boundaries of the Horotiu sheep district: —On the north by the Mangawaro river and by a right lino running in a south-easterly direction from tho source of tho Mangawaro aforesaid to the Pipokopolto stream of the Waiho, on the cast by the AVaiho river aforesaid to the mouth of tho Ranurapu stream an.lbya direct lino frommoutii of the Rapurapu stream aforesaid to Arowhena On the south by the old road from Arowhena to Orakau, and by the Puniu river. And on the west by Waipa and Waikato rivers to the mouth of Mangawaro, the point of commencement. Tho shops of Messrs Loggic and Messenger attracted much attention last night from the really excellent display of meat exhibiting by them, which is in perfect keeping with tho time-honoured custom which has been preserved by the knights of the cleaver from by-gone ages. There was also an exhibition of huge saddles of mutton, tastefully decorated, set off by a monster ox head and small porkers. The beef (Waikato fed) was really prime, while the mutton and lamb were sufficiently nice to please the taste of the nicest epicure. —Star. A writer in tho Srientijic American says tho process for destroying mosquitoes may bo condensod into a few words. The strongest crvstalised carbonic acid should be placotl in a bottle, an 1 coverc I with the same quantity of strong red cod-liver oil ; shake the bottle thoroughly until a v.-hitc-oolourod foam appears ; if such foam does not arise, however, a small quantity of powdered lime should be added with a little water. Pour the mixture into a dish or other convenient article, and place directly under tho open window, as it is from that quarter the mosquito enters. In m-y humhle opinion, the effect should- bo explained in this maimer : The moment the mosquito enters it looses the scent of blood for, as the combined odour of the oil and acid is much more powe;ful than that of blood, it follows as a consequence, that the mosquito becomes perplexed. The consequence is, that after scrambling and skirmishing about in the dark, the mosquito is led, as-it were, insnuctively into the mixture, where it is either drowned in the oil or burnt to death with the aci 1. Formerly I was accustomed to smear my face, arms, and breast with strong oil alone, but 1 frequently arose iu the morning smelling so terribly that, though it protected me from mosquito bites. T wa3 happy to lay it aside. I have slaughtered more mosquitoes with the article explained above tbau ever I have done with my fist or any other dangerous weapons.