TE AWAMUTU RACES.

Waikato Times, Volume VII, Issue 405, 17 December 1874, Page 2

TE AWAMUTU RACES.

Thb following horses were entered on Saturday la#t for the Handicap : — H Reynold's br q Sukttu W. liig^tn'on'd b q Larry, VV Jiutliertoid'd r u Dunbar R VV.Kotlie's bgDick H iJeynold's br q Billy Barlow T McCarthy 'a bl q Lanty W. Kiciulale'a b m Uolk' Vurden, H. W. Roclie'e b f JS'ell W. BondVclT k Bob T. Bund'a b q Don Entrirs for other raw's will bo received at the Criterion Hotel. To Awamutu, on Saturday, 19ib UevetubiT Arwp tuiifes nil] al?o be received oil that dato foy the Hunditiau, Hlien tvciglita will bedeclimd.

A German paper publishes a. statement concerning, the infiwiso that hus laken place in the uriun s of Europe since 18"i9 The force* ol Au-tnu lm\e, it says, increu-d by 222.580, ond amount at presont to 550,980 men j Ku^i* bos | au,men'ert hot 1 armies, w hie i now number 1519,810 men. 'by 29.3 6GO Italy counts 287,550 more soldiera than in 1859; and i er pre<ent augregjte military strength is 60j,200 men ; tne G rtnun Empi c can summon to the Held 1,261,160 men, a. i in. rase of 424 360 amen the abolition of the old Fedmii CV»i«i tuition. The FrencU army. 977,66 i) strong, is greater b\ 337,100 tliHn that maintained by Louis Napoleon, and under the new army organization is iteadily ineiva inz G- eat, Britain, including volunteers, has added 233 020 to the ti> ul ol er land forces, which now include 476,820 men TeT c Swe.l b. .rmy of 20i 510 hus been augmented by 69.610 j tbf B-l lanurnn ot 93^90, by ia,310; and the Duich araay ol 61,320 by 5,770 men. Deautaik alono lia» diminished heiMiar poww, her pi ©sent unuy ot 45.700 being ieid by 8.550 men than m 1h59. These bguies bring out the »tart» linji conclusions that the additions to these armies during the last fifteen vea^s amount to no less than 1,889,990 men, and Knit the number o< soldiers of all descriptions at present at the dispoB.il ol the different Governments ot Europe shows a (Stand total of 6,110 690. In the Austrian army to eTerv 1,000 combatant foot soldier* there me 103 cavalry and lour field guns ; in the European army of Jtussia, 178 cavalry and four guns; in the army of Asia, 910 horsemen and three sjuns; in i ho Italian army, 57 cavalry and ttnee guns; in the German, 117 cavalry and three liuns ; in the French, 119 and h'vo guns; in the impish, 133 and (our gun». Mother: "I naw him kissing you ai the cuw-peu yeiierday morning, Amanda."— Daugltt or; "JNo, ma ; he w»»»'t kissing me at all."— "Why did jou have jour bead ao close no to hif for, yon deoeivtn' critter?" — "Well, you see, ma, I had b.cn eating pitalla* (the fruit of a tpecies of cactus) j and jou eer, ma, I got. Lome of the prickle* m my lips— and— and "—"And what, jou. wicked, vnoked inner?"— "fi ml I couldn't get them out mjscll,\ou know, ■md J.bn pulled them out with hi* teetli, aud I • didn't k.»j mo nary tinW