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Waikato Times, Issue 863, 29 December 1877, Page 2

The Hamil "on Lodge of Oddfellows intend holaing their annual ball on Monday night, at Le Quesne's Hall, m celebrai ion of the opining ol the Lodge. 1 his annual ball- which has alwayß b«en a most successful affair will be none the h-ss so this yeai m the hands of the general commmittee of management. Amongst the notices m the latest issue of the 'Gazette.' is the appoint m-'nt of A. i h ments. Esq.. as a justice of the peace for .New Z^al nd. A times, and « specially before the remo al of Colonel Lyons an 1 return of M .jor Clare to the Cambridge district the Mcarcity of local j«i»tices of the peace has otten caused considerable inconvenience The rapid growth of the lownship and district rencers sueb an office no sinei ure. The Banks m Waikato will be closed on Tuesday and "Wednesday next for the new years' holidays. Coionel Pitt, who served m New Zealand and organised the "Victorian Volunteer Forces, has been appointed to the command of the Brecon Brigade Depot. Oim advertisements contain the notioe of a reward for the person returning to the office of this paper two swords lost on the day of the cavalry races Tenders for clearing, ploughing and harrowing two thousand acres of land on Mr J. C. Firth's estate, at Mata Mata, and the conditions on which the contract will be let have from time to time appeared m this paper. The tenders must be sent m on or before Tuesday next, the Ist proximo, marked, "tenders for clearing, ploughing and harrowing, and addressed to Mr Thomas Cawkwell, of Mata Mata. New Yeab's Day Cambbidoe Baoes. - Great preparations are making for the Cambridge Eaces, which will be one of the best events of the season, so large a sum of money having been subscribed that the inducement has been sufficient to attract a large field of horses. Should the weatber, on Tuosday, prove fine, there is lively to be a very rHungroijs attendance fathered on the course. The Waikato team Navigation Company's steamer Delta leaving Ngaruawahia at 7 and Hamilton at 9 m the morning, and calling at Pukerimu on the way up to Cambridge, will enable hundreds to attend who Gould not otherwiso have possibly done so. The Publicans Booth was purchased for £27, by Mr F. Rose, and the Good Templars will be cared for by Mr Varlass, who purj chased the privilege of erecting the ■ Temperance Booth for £7. The Counties Act, it would seem, will become a necessity, and the permissivo clauses having been withdrawn, Counties throughout the colony will be compelled to accept the Act m ite entirety. In rereplying to a deputation of the Eden County Council, on Wednesday, the Native Minister, Mr Sheehan, is reported by the 'Herald,' to have said that the Government' would during next session introduce an Act to compol Counties to tako the Act into operation m all Counties, There would be some slight amendment . bitroduced. Mr Sheehan was then asked whether it would be any advantage totho County of Eden to wait until the compulsory Act was passed before bringing ■ the Act into operation m the County, but he said he did uot think any advantage would be gained by delay, as the new Act would not contain any material amendment to that already ia force. J

Mr. Clsmknts, of Cambridge is, it will bo Hoen, ottering for side or lease the j splendid property adjoining the Town j Belt, Cambridge, known as Clement's Park. Me -.uckland's Sheep t.jan at Ohaupo was to have taken place - on the second Wednesday m January, ... which would have fallen on tho 9th, but tho date for holding it has been altered to Tuesday, the 16th January. V The Trustees of the Cambridge Cemetery reserve invite applications from . persons desirous of leasing about twenty acres of the Cambridge Cemetry reserve. Tenders will be recoived by Major Clare, tho Chairman of the Tnwtees, up to the 7th proximo. . To AwAMUTtr and Ohaupo Road. — Tenders will be received until noon of today by tho Chairman of the Rangiaowa Highway District for earth cuttings and repaira on a section of the above road, and for various works and road formations m the town and neighbourhood of Te Awamutu. A New Reading. — Tho following dialoguo occured at a school-board examination m England:— Examiner: "And who reigned after Saul?" Answer: "David." Examiner: "And who came after David?" Answer: "Solomon." Examiner : " And who came after Solomon?" Sharp little girl: "Oh, please sir, the Queen of Sheba." The Gkeat Vakiett Tboupe hap been very successful during its visit to Hamilton. Last night, again, it played to a full house m the large Dining Saloon at the Commercial Hotel, and will perform again at the same placo this evening. The members of the troupe form a strong company, and the pianoforte playing of Mr. Milburn is something more than oxcellent. Police Qttartebs, Hamilton. —Monday next is the last day on which tenders will be received for converting the olu Hospital at Hamilton inio Police Quarters. There was some talk a few months sinoe of the same ouildmg being converted into a goal, but posaioly the opening of railway communication wuli Auckland has rendered it so comparatively easy to send prieonera down to ' Mount Eden, that the erection of a goal m the district has been considered unnecessary. The Tuhikaeamea Highway Board advertises for tenders, receivable until Monday next, for the performance ol certain road works, the specilicauons ot which may be seen at the resiuence of the Chairman at Ngahinipouri or at the ollice of Mr. T. G. Sandes, Hamilton. The meeting of the Tuhikaramea Board foi the purpose of striking a rate of ninepence m the pound for the year ending aist March, 1878, will take place on Saturday next, the oth proximo. The Commercial Hotel, Hamilton West, has been taken over from its late proprietor, Mr W. Walker, by Mr W. H. Pearce. Mr Pearce is well known to the public both of the Thames and Auckland as the landlord of the Wharf Hotel at the former, and of the Royal Mail Hotel at the latter place, and m both cases has made a large number of friends and considerable business connection. The Commercial Hotel, Hamilton, is one of the finest Hotels m the colony, and has every requisite for tho comfort and convenience of the travelling public. The Colobado Beetle. — Mr R M. Sunley, Nelson, is suspicious that this bugbear of a bug haa found a habitation m that neighborhood. Some seasons ago j he used various manures to his small crop, | and he notices that the plants to which he applied guano, drooped and died. In a letter to the ' Colonist ' he says : — ' lat first attributed this to then 1 having got too strong a dose, but upon closer inspection I found the stalks, especially at the top, to be covered with a sort of beetle that l had never before seen, m various stages of growth. They were marked and shaped quite like the models, and when cruehod emitted a most offensive odour ; but Ido not think any that I saw were so largo aa the biggest model. In a very short time every potato m the row was covered with them, so I dug them all up and threw them to the pigs. The tubers were about one-third grown, and appeared soft and flabby. The thing had nearly escaped my memory, and it is only reading the accounts of the Colorado beetle of late that has brought it to my mind.'