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Waikato Times, Volume XI, Issue 879, 7 February 1878, Page 2

Mr.Coates' Steam Thbaoting Machine ■willbe at Pehcarrow farm to-day. : ' Aj .. 7 •: •. • ' ' '"■ : i . Several, Lbttbes of correspondents and . other matter standing 7oter from our lrtajb ■ issue will be found upon our 4th page. Tub Waikato Steam Navigation Company, it will by advertisemen t elsewhere, have determined to take freights by river steamer at railway rates? Thb Banks will be olosed altogether on Wednesday next, and from ' noon ori Thursday, the day after, on account of the Ohaupo race meeting. Tenders for enlarging about threequarters of a mile of swamp drains will b received by Mr T. G-. Sandes until the evening of the 9th inst. Tendebs foe Ploughing about thirty aores, more or less, of grass land at Tamahere will. be reoeived by Mr C....C. Wood of Hamilton up to noon of Saturday next. j The Annual Race Ball takes place on i the loth instant. As will be 'seen by al.^rtisomjjnt, tickets will' be issued on ap* "plioafcion to mem-bers rtf • tha' Turf . Club'! onlj;, though this will, of cburse^aJlow* ' members to introduce lady visitors.- 7. CfeNFiacA'TED Lands, WaikAto. — The Chief Surveyor reported- -to*'' the "Waste* Lands Board, bn Tuesdays on lands m the confiscated territory of Waikato available for settlement. It was agreed to have'the lamt surveyed, and offered for sale. Absobption of Imigrants. — As : an evidence of the briskness of farming affairs we may state that the whole of the immigrants who arrived by the ship Apelles have found employment or homes, not one remaining m the Auckland Barracks. A large, number fouud their way to Waikato. Sale op Race Booths, eto— Messrs J. D. and K. Hill will sell at their Mart, Hamilton, this afternoon at 2; o'clock, the privileges of the Course for the race meeting at Ohaupo, on Wednesday and Thursday next. The right to erect two publicans booths, refreshment booths, gates, and cards of the races will be offered. for sale, "■■■*."""[.. . 7 East Waikato Pn^|TisuAK Chubch. ; i-tThe new Presby terianChiirch at Cambridge will be formally'opened on Sunday next, and the Bey Mr Evans iniucated into his n'evr pastorate by the Rev Mr Nome. On the following Tuesday evening an entertainment will he held m the Publio Hall, m connection with the church, the proceeds •of which will be devoted to the building fund. Harvesting- is still, being busily carried on m the Waikato. About Cambridge, most of the farmers are m the thick of it. A large amount of grain has been got m, but still there is much to cut. Mr Parr's reaper and binder has been constantly engaged, and has given great satisfaction. The best crop known as yet m the WaiWaikato is that of Mr Allwiil, of Tamahere, twenty-five acres of which were cut on Friday and Saturday. It ia expected to yield more-* than forty, bußhels to the acre. • The Pube Bbed vHebefoeds purchased for Messrs Maclean and Co., by Mr. W. Payne, at the Colac sale, New South Wales* whose pedigree we gave m our issue of the 29th ult., arrived m Auckland by the ' Hero '• on Tuesday. Mr Payne also brought over a yearling bull and a tieiferj the^roduce of Mr Reynold's Tocal. •Herd. Four' animals from the Mount Deerimut Herd, bred by Mr Bean were also -brought over-in the 'Hero,' namely Lord Warden 2nd, Rapid Bay, Senator and Dictator. Majob Dbjjmmoni - ) Hay, we learn, has just returned to Cambridge from up country, He had been taking surveyors to survey the Kokoko Block, about forty -five miles from Cambridge. On the surveyors proceeding with their work, a number of Hauhaus attempted to seize the instrument, and anodier party of natives took the part of the surveyors. A fracas ensued, m which the Hauhaus got possession of the legs of the instrument, out three of them got broken ribs into the bargain. Then, according to the Major's account, as the instrument was of 'no use without the legs, he let them have that too. However, he seems to think nothing of the affair, and that m a short time all differences will be settled. The Annual Parish Meeting of St. Peter's Hamilton, was held . yesterday evening m the church before choir practice. The meeting was well attended, i and, m opening it, the Chairman — the j Rev. .Mr Calder — congratulated the congratulated the congregation on the increased number of church members. Messrs Vialou and Gandin were eleoted parsons and parish churchwardens respectively, and Messrs Hunt, C. C. Wood, Laishley, • Sandes, Coates^ and Hume, were elected vestrymen, and Messrs G-wynne, and N. R. Cox, auditors. Before the meeting closed, a handsome gold watch and chain was presented to Miss Kate "Vialou by the Rev. Mr Calder, On behalf of the congregation, i acknowledgement of her services m playing the harmonium at Divine Service during the past three years. Mr Vialou returned thanks feelingly on behalf of. his daughter. A vote of thanks to the choir was also passed, and to the out-going officers of the church. The Election of the fibst Mayob Of Hamilton, which took place on Tuesday, caused more excitement m the town tljan any election which has yet been held there; The partisans of either candidate were busily working throughout the day, and even the ballot did not altogether take away from tho exciting- calculations of whether this one or that one was" ahead. It soon became evident, however, that Mr W. Cumming was out of the running, and indeed toward the latter part of the day, by his directions,, his friends asked those who had intended to vote for him to turn over their votes to Mr Vialju, which may account m some measure for the exceedingly low number Mr Cumming polled, net even the eighth of the winning candidates number, wliich was necessary to secure the return of his £10 deposit. During the early part of the day a large proportion of Mr Potter's supporters recorded their votes, but this only had the effect of making Mr Vialou' s working committee work all the harder, and between 4 o'olock and 5 o'clock that gentlemen polled more votes than ever recorded m any previous hour during the day. Shortly after 6 p.m. the poll was declared Vialou 90, Potter 72, Cumming S, informal votes 3, and. the first named gentleman was declared .duly elected. In lie evening a barrellof beer was broached ippositfe the Hamilton Hotel, and all ami .undry afforded the opportunity of irinking his Worslrp,s health. For a ' drst election everything worked smooth ly [ tnough. There were a few inaccuracies | n the"bij.rgess..ligt, as might have been jxppctt'd, but these were overruled by the ■ J «»tuniiug Officer, whose po^4*e enable *-** so uvm to the amendment vj i?m to v -Hosbther.of a burgess's he omission ... O, Hyde aud wine, as m the case Oi - " n Of nine >ne or two others. The elecuvOouncellors for the new • Borough Couhv«~ of Hamilton takes/place to-day. ,

Opportunities for visiting Auckland from Waikato during the inter-colonial cricket match, and Waikato frdm Auokr land, during the W*-ikafco Race week . will be afforded by the railway authori- * ties. On tne 7th Bfch and 9th return I tickets will, be issued at any station for ! Auckland, available for return on either day; and otythe 9th a late, train will leave j Auckland for Waikato. To enable -Auckland people to visit Waikato for the ! races, which take placo at Ohaupo on the ! 13th aiid . 14th, return 'tickets will be 7isßiisd from Auckland and any station to Hamilton, and to Rukuhia and Ohaupo — should the line be so far opened by that time— available for rotum on any day i from Wednesday 13th to Saturday 16th j inclusive. . I