The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

Waikato Times, Volume XXV, Issue 2061, 22 September 1885, Page 2

The Waikato Times AND THAMES VALLEY GAZETTE.

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TVESDA V, SEPT. U, 18S-~>

His Honour Judge Smith will sit in the I>i4ritt Court, Hamilton, at 2 .*0 p.m. to day, to LilvP bankuiptcy business.

We have to acknowledge receipt of .1 copy of the pro-i>cctu«> of the Cambii'l^c .Fiim Company, Limited.

The members and friends of S. Aixhinv's congi edition .iru reminded of the anniver-'.iry soeul gitlieiui}; to moimw evening, uhich it h Imped will be well attended.

An effort is being made to divide the county of T<iuunitf.i into two, the now county to bcir thf name "Thermal Spring."

The usual monthly meetings of tho (\unbiulgi .md T.iot.ioroa Road Boaitlb wfi<* held on Sutuiday afternoon, when sunn 1 biMiit'is «.'s di-pn^rd of. Repoits of tin* meeting-, will bo found oUewheie. The Cambridge branch of the Biiti-^li .md J''nioik'n Ilible Socii'ty held it's genei il tiiueting .it S. Andiew •> sclioolroom on Knday u\< ninj,'. A report of tho proLtudiiif,'-. .ippcais uNi3w here. The RMS. Zealandia, with the I'/ii^li^h .md VtuuiMMti mails \ ia S.iii Ki.m cislo, ,uri\i"(l in Auckland on bundny lnorning. The Waik.atn portion of the mail \wi< delivered yotcrday.

The percentage of passes in the Cunbiid^o sc!ii>ol^ux.iiuinati<in, which w.ist held on Thuisday .vnd Friday Li-t, is un usually lii^'h, bum;,' ninety Inc. Tin* niiiiilvr h.ii n<»t lntliuito bfcn readied m tin (! iinbiidgi* di-tnct.

The annual parade yf sire horses will !><■ hi'ltl .it Oii.iupo on Tueifl.iy, tin 1 li'lth in-t. Entiie- will '- i L,,ne(l t>\ Mi A. >« liiiekl.nid up till S.itniil iy next. Tin. IMiiitiu will tiike place at noon.

The usual fortnightly meeting of tin Hamilton Wtvlfy in Baud of Hope, \u* held ill the Mcliooliiiiu c 1 i>-t e\ i mii^ Tlkmc Wiii a good nttoiid.iiHi, and the piocoedin^ weiv onlncned liy duut-, iu:id ings, ruciCatmns, Ace, gucn by the inoinbci-..

Shearing operations in Waikato will commence to-day, the fWk of Mi A. 15. Sutti.r, JCuri-ka, being the first to be <i|MM.it> > d on. Me-srs (Jibbs .vnd W'y.itt, \\\\i> u cently udveitisecl in the-.o cnhiiiins, li.ne sociued the conti.ict from Mr htittor, who \mll clip about 3000 ilii'up tin-. y> ti.

Several letters to the editor are sixain uiivvtled out, tof,'eth<»r with "Ktlims fixiu the C'.if< : ,' mini it<'iii->, .aid ctlici iii-tt;ii"-tiii(,' nitittiM. Tlie st'vtiud lottui fiuiii tin 1 "Innnceiit from Honic,' and othi'i lieu m will be found on the fourth page of tln-> is>ue.

The Rev. J. S. Boyd, the newly :v|)|i(iinted minister "f tin; Presbyterian Church, i etui ued to Haniilton last week accomp.inied by hi* family. A sonee and conceit t>> welcome the new pistorwill be held m the Oddfellow-* Hall on Thuisday, thel'Jnd Octobei.

The Cambridge Dramatic Society paw :i very micccwfiil performance in the (J unbiirlpft! Public Hall last evening. The jnecei wore the dram.v, "Our Bittprcxt Knt>, ' and the e\er rmpular farce, " Uox and Cox." The new scenery, winch li.is ri'ccntly been supplied to the hall, was exhibitPfi. A full report of the perform nee will appear in our next i<isiie.

The tennis match, Cambridge v. Hamilton, played at Cambridge on S.itnr rl iv, resulted in a \ictory for C.imbi ldgr. Tin 10 woru fnllv 200 spectators gre.it in ti-iv-t being taken in the contest, which \\,i-i one of the l>e-»t and nio'.t exciting ever hold in Waikato. Mp-<hih Hunt and Edgar w.iii the match for Cambridge.

A correspondent writes:— "l would senoiisly supped t" tlio Cambridge Town Board that the Public Hall encloHiire Ikj not coin cited into a receptacle for waate paper, old tin cann, an'l other rubbmh. At the present time there is an accumulation of iul)l)i->li in the Rieen, winch is not only unsi^htly, but also attracts the notice of \mtori to the town.''

Passing the Cambridge school grounds the other d.iy, we observed that LT<K|iiut and lawn tonnis are in full swing, and wo would not ho *ur|>n«ed to hear of a. ch.illfiigc beni},' sent by the Cambridge School gu 1h to their sinters of the Hamilton Schools K.ist :ind Went to play a friendly K,u»e shortly. lVihnpH the lawn tennis ami ' i oqnot j)lftyers of the Hamilton Schools will t.iko the hint and be prepared.

The Hamilton Legislative Associ,iti"!i nifi't-* to-night. The first order of tip <liy i> the adjourned debate on the million <>f the member for Woodlands, wlndi will piobiibly occupy the whole t-vi-iiiii^. if not, th« Homo will ltwolvc itxi If into committee to consider the fiiianri.il piopo-.ils of the (!ov eminent, which ought to |nn\oki- .m intei citing and instructive deb.ite, us they insolve the three dnputed (,)!• -ti'.nn of 'Free Trade v Protection, JJitert v Indnrct T.ixfttion and Inconn- \ Tioi.iitvT.i\.

Mr Gelling, secretru v i>f the Hamilton Onm.im Ti«irrl, t ' • ' l >< tho undd.iy train ypHtoid.iy cnnt.iiniiij? 4000 trout o\ . •<i' ', when uniMckcd, were fmnid t<. »•■ .n lirst r.ite order. A block of ue (ilmuf >•■ » Ivc inchos Hqiirtu) and four mcl is t'n . irived in just the H.imo »t.itr as \»l,. n packed no d.imago bi>inß pcrcoptibli-. The o\ft are a consignment from ATr F. Dpan, of Ot.ij,'o, and were placed in tlio hatching jjoses «m the bank of the nvoi.

The following special messages to tin- Piess Association ditcd London, September 18th and l!)th, have been published . -The French (Jovi nnnent are f,v\ our.iblo to the P.icific (,< iifprence, but Spain opposes it unless nil ri(?ht« are ro •ppctcd.— Tho rumour that Mr Murray .Smith intended resigning tho Affent-(}onoral-»hip for Victoria i« utterly without foundation.— At to-day'a auctions thore wan .a steady but not active demnnd. Tho catalogue comprised of>oo balno. A Press Association mewage sayn :— rho bidding at tho wool sales Ims Hh(?htly iinpr<>\od. The innnlHrof bilcH cat.ilopipd i- .'3rs>,ooo, of whicli "JM.OOO have been withdrawn.