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Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1063, 17 April 1879, Page 2

Messebs Htwtkb & Nolan's next Ohaupo Cattle Sale takes place to-day.

Messe3 J. D. & K. Hill will offer for sale to day, at Hamilton, 150 sacks of prime feed oats, in lots to suit purchasers.

Mb E. G. MoMinh invites the Electors of Waipa to meet him at the Public Hall, Te Awamutu, on Saturday next, at 3 p.m. Fißnra for Shooting Club Prizes by the Hamilton Contingent will take place on Saturday next, at the butts, at 9.30 a.m.

A Limelight Entertainment will be held in the Public Hall, Cambridge, on Thursday, 24th inst. Vocal and instrumental music, tfec. To conclue with a dance. Tickets may be had at the stores.

Tendebs for the erection of Council Chambers for the Waipa County Council, at Ohaupo, must be sent in to the Chairman of the Building Committee, County Council Office, Ohaupo, not later than 2 p.m. of Tuesday naxt. ,«.'-. The protest lodged on Monday by McCabe (rider of Loafer in the Hurdle Race) against Mclvor (the jockey of TJira) on the ground of jostling, was considered at a meeting of the stewards, and disallowed. TJira therefore remains the winner of the race.

Tsndbbs are called for by the Newcastle Board for a variety of works, draining and forming roads, building, bridges, earthworks, &c. The specifications, which have been lying at Mr Sandes', Chemist, of Hamilton, up to to-day, may be seen at "Whatawhata up to the time of sending in the tenders, which must be at the Ngaruawahia Post Office on or before the 22nd inst. Railway Sleepers to the number of 100,000 are now being called for.. They are intended for the Waikato-Thames Railway, and contractors may deliver them at various places on the line of the Thames Railway, or at the Auckland Railway - station. The advertisement shows that the Government really intend pressing on the construction of the line, a fact of which it appears very difficult to convince a great many persons. Sale of 50-aobe Farms.—Messrs J. D. & K. Hill will offer for sale, on Saturday next, at their mart, Hamilton, 18 fifty- aore lots, in the parish of Fukete ; 7 fifty-acre lots in the parish of Tuhikararaea, and one fifty-acres in the parish of Waipa. These have been forfeited under the Rating Act, 1876, by the Newcastle District Board, and the title, equal to that of a Orown Grant, will be given in the form and by the power prescribed by that Act. The/ Otago Daily Times' contains the following:—rA correspondent at Taranaki telegraphs that Mr Mackay was sent from Auckland to supersede Major Brown, and that his appointment is attributed to Sir George Grey, who is believed to be at variance with the Native Minister. The settlers of Taranaki and Patea are prepared to back energetic measures, and are disappointed at hearing that since Sir George Grey's arrival in Wellington, the advertisement of sale of the Waimate has been ordered to be withdrawn.

A Xiusus natueb in. the. shape of a peach tree that will produce a full flavoured large eating peach at the present season cf the year, is a welcome addition to the orchard. Such. an one has Mr George Mason, Nurseryman, of Hamilton, succeeded in developing, by training on a particular stork, and we can bear testimony to the excellence of the flavour and good condition of the fruit. The variety operated upon is the Solway, and Mr Mason has, we understand, a considerable number of well-grown'young trees, of what he calls Mason's Improved Solway, now in the nursery.

Awmteb in the 'Herald' makes the following complaint against the Homestead system. We could only wish that the violations of the spirit of the Act were more frequent than they are: —" One peculiarity about the Homestead system is that it affords facilities, not intentionally, for a person and family to acquire, say, a 300-acre farm, erect a house, live on it for five years, comply with the other conditions, make another selection of 300 acres, and by repeating thi9 process become an extensive landed proprietor. This is a violation of the spirit of the Act (if it has one); but violation or not, the thing is possible enough, and ought not to be."

The main body of the Thames Volunteers who returned from Waikato early on Tuesday morning by special train, left, says yesterday's' Herald,' for the Thames shortly after arriving in town, by the steamer Rotomahana, which was under special charter. A considerable number, however, remained to see their friends and witness the second day's races of the autumn meeting. In the latter respect they were disappointed, as the races were postponed, but they put up with the disappointment as best they could. The Thames uniforms Navals, Scottish, Engineers, and Rifle Rangers—were conspicuous in the streets yesterday. A Rambler in England writes the following comparison between our swamps and those of Lincolnshire: *— This Lincolnshire marsh and fen land is, with the exception of the flax and ti-tree, very like the swamp land of the Auokland province. It is a low, flat, uninteresting county. The ditches and drains along the,roads and between the fields, with the almost entire absence of hedges, give the country a dreary look. Yet the land is very rich, and yields heavy crops. It is very largely in the hands of smallholders, who have done well in the years in which corn was high. But they have bought too dear,—'in many cases they have paid £9O and £IOO per aore, and hundreds of them must go to the wall. The special drainage rate is very heavy. Not unf frequently sheep, horses, and even children are drowned in the drains. Yet, when I see the yields of this land, and remember that it has been made to pay, even at £IOO per acre, and compare the prioe paid for Bimilar land in New Zealand, I cannot but believe that our swamps must .ultimately yield a very large profit to their purchasers. It is only a matter of time. I confess, however, to being a convert to this view since my visit home.

The Bbitish Pbkmxbb's Bbothbb.—ln the House of Lords (says a Home paper) is sometimes to be seen an elderly gentleman quietly seated at the table, or timidly walking in and out, counting his steps lest peradventure they might lead him to tread on the toes of a noble lord. He does not claim attention, and, to tell the truth, does not receive it. Nobody notices him, and no one would guess from any data of personal resemblance that he is brother to the puissant earl who has had a good deal to do with the direction of the destinies of England during the last four years. History, ancient or modern, scarcely supplies a parallel to the twin

phenomena of the obsourity of Halph Disraeli and the contemporaneous fame of his brother Benjamin. The one has always lived in the blaze of notoriety; the other has systematically shunned public recognition in any form. Ralph Disraeli's cirole of acquaintances is limited in the extreme. He lives in the quietude of Onslow square, and may sometimes be met strolling about : tMe private garden, or seated with book in hand under the old elm that faces the church which overlooks the most secluded corner of this bit ox. green in the heart of London. But he gives no parties, and accepts no invitations. He has no' ambition beyond the desire to be left alone, and no wants beyond what are simply supplied by the emoluments of the office his brother thrust upon him. Nobody knows exactly the date of his birth, or even the epoch of his marriage. It is sufficient for him that he was born and is married, and he thinks that in these matters the world might well be satified with what contents him.

The Steeplechase, on Tuesday was won by Sportsman. This pulling off by Waikato of the blue ribbon of the Auckland Autumn Meeting is a matter for general pride and congratulation, and we heartily congratulate the popular owner of the winning horse, Mr Rutherford, of Te Awamutu, on his success.

Mb W. S. Jones, manufacturer and direct importer of saddlery and harness, of Queen street, Auckland, announces that he has on hand, all latest improvements for the comfort and safety of horse and rider, in navigating those very dangerous animals in saddle or harness. For further particulars of safety appliances, we refer our readers to his advertisement elsewhere.

Pbesentation to Mr A. Cox.—Tha Committee appointed to arrange for the presentation to Mr Cox, have decided that the event shall come off on the Croquet Lawn, at the Hamilton Hotel Gardens, this afternoon, at three o'clock. Mr Cox's numerous friends will, doubtless, take this opportunity of bidding farewell to himself and family, as they start for the. South on Friday.

Owners of horses, cattle, sheep, pigs and goats are cautioned that they wfll be held responsible for damage done to the protective works at Taupiri.

We are glad to learn that, under the skilfull treatment of Dr Waddington, Mr Patrick Canty, of Ngaruawahia, whose arm was lately fractured by the kick of v horse, is rapidly recovering. The 'accident was a rather curious one. The animal commenced kicking, and Canty, while reaching over the front of the cart received a kick on the arm.