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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2761, 25 March 1890, Page 2

A meeting of the committee of the South Auckland Racing Club will be held to-morrow evening at 7 30 p.m. A meeting of those interested in the formation of a football club at. Paterangiiwill be held on Friday evening when it is hoped there will be a good attendance. In the New Zealand Gazette of March 13th the importation of New Zealand sheepskins into South Australia has been prohibited for two years as from the 27th. February 1889. We have been compelled to hold over several letters from correspondents, fuller particulars of some of the exhibits at the late Horticultural Show, and other interesting matter. We hear that Mr Donnelly's flaxmill, at Karakariki, was satisfactorily set going yesterday. With an abundance of flax on his property and cheap water-power notwithstanding the fall in price, it is anticipated that the manufactured article can be turned out at a satisfactory and payable price. The Cambridge Salvation Army captain does not seem to have the knack of managing the larrikins like his predecessor, Captain Wood. At the open air meeting on Saturday they had a frightful time, the larrikin element being present in force,' amongst its ranks being those who should have known better. Mr Pannell, bookseller, Hamilton, having been promised sufficient support, announces in another column the opotiing of his circulating libarary. The library will comprise all the latest works of the niO3t popular authors of the day, and also the late volumnes of the latter class, : English Magazines. A library of this nature has been along fell want in the district, and it is to be hoped that this new enterprise will meet with the success it undoubtedly merits. Ths privileges in connection with the forthcoming Autumn Meeting of the South Auckland Racing Club will be offered for sale by auction, by Messrs Knox and Ridler, on Saturday. As the meetings of this club are becoming each time more largely patronized by the public, and as the entries show that there will be (food competition for the various events on the programme, the privileges should bo well worthy of the attention of speculators in this line of business. Notwithstanding the failure in applying water power at Mr Corboys, he has no intention of abandoning bis project of embarking in the flax industry. Mr Moran, his partner, having withdrawn from the undertaking, Mr Corboy has succeeded iu making arrangements with a geutlcmau iu Aueklaud and steam power will now be employed. Mr Corboy has several sons able to carry out much of the work in connecting with flax-milling, and he expects to get to work during the next month. A Dunedin newspaper says :—" Dr. Blunden, of Temuka, by the death of his father, Sir John Blunden, of Kilkenny, succeeds to the baronetcy and Blunden castle, Sir John Blunden died on January 17th, at tho ripe age of 75 years. The Br. Blunden referred to here is well-known in the Waikato, where he practised until two or three years ago, residing at Te Aw&raptu for five or six years. Since leaving there lie wan at the Waitara (Taranaki) for some time. He had many f riendg in the Wnikato, ana all will ba glad to hear of hio gnnd fortune." '

The St. James' Gazette twits Mr Dillon with his want of success both in Australia and New Zealand. It laughs at him for only drawing " the amazing total of £332 " from Wellington and the adjoining districts^ , nnd';reniarks:—" At this rate it can hardly have been worth' Mr Dillon's while to leave England just when he felt ao keon an interest in the proceedings of' the PStnell Commission. Unless some early and marked improvement takes place in the market value of flax, the majority of the mills in this nndTsur'rolinding districts,"will'cease "Ruinouns are going about that 'several iiiill-owhers in this district contemplate taking this step at an early date, and it cannot be expected that any other course could be taken as it is stated by those competent to judge, that a gnod quality of. fibre cannot, be produced under £lfi per ton at the mills, and this is now the highest quotation in Auckland for the verycbeati-quality and the New Zealand LoaW arid Mercantile Agency Company are jtheronly-.-buyers at that price. • The news of the sad boating \fqtjility at'Onehunga, recorded in our last issue, whereby Miss Cowper, the eldest ~daugiiter of Mr H. A. Cowper, late editor of this journal, came to an untimely end, was received in Hamilton with intense feelings of sorrow and regret, and great sympathy was expressed for her bereaved p\irentv The late Miss Gowper had endeared herself to a large circle of friendß in this distiict through her aimable disposition, and the memory of her estimable qualities will long be remembered by her sorrowing friends and acquaintances. At an adjourned meeting of the Hamilton Licensing Committee on Sturday the whole of the members were present. A report was read from Mr T. H. White, architect, with reference to the Royal Hotel which stated that the building in its j present'state was unfit for habitation. • He estimated that to put the place in repair £450, and to build a new house about £800. Mr Hay who appeared for the mortgagees stated that_ the report. had been received too, late to obtain? an answer from the Bank Inspector what steps they would take, and the meeting was adjourned sine ; die to allow of a reply being received. ?\As it is of the greatest importance to farmers that their produce should be placed to tho best advantage, care must be taken to deal with the most reliable firms, and,we have no hesitation in advising farmers to communicate with Messrs Carr, Johnston and Co, Fort-street, Auckland, before sending their goods to other agents. In addition to dealing with produce of all kinds this firm has a large connection in the flax business and are prepared to make liberal advances on flax consigned through them for sale in New York or London. Messrs Can , , Johnston and Co. are also agents for the celebrated JI. bonedust, which has been found to be a mos<, reliable brand. The new representation will give 30 membi'.rs to the North Island, with a population of 247,127, and 40 members to the South Island, with a population of 33(>,3.r>7.- These were the population figures nt the last census of 1886. The population of the colony has since increased, and that of the North Island is known to have gained materially ou the South. The next census will be taken in 1891, the legal period being quinquennial, but the arrangement now effected by the Boundary Commissioners will not be again disturbed till 1893. The present Parliament expires next September. Its successor will be then elected and continue till September, 1893. A dissolution before the regular efluxion by time has become so rare under our triennial system that it need scarcely be taken into account— Horald. .Some months prior to and after this time last year, one of the chief excitements at Invercargill was the seeing off of the steamer to Melbourne. Huge crowds gathered at the railway station when the last train left for the Bluff to catch the steamer, and the train itself was generally rilled with voyagers and their friends. But a change (says the Riverton paper) has come'.o'er the spirit of the dream ; it is the 'incoming steamer that causes the excttemen!., and such are the numbers that are weekly deposited on our shores that it is almost safo to say that although the exodus reduced tho population of Sotith.land very considerably, the arrivals within. •the last-three months, who are likely to remainj will more than fill the gap. It is to be hoped the stream of population at present pouring into the colony will continue tor some time to come. "The Property Tax Department is without soul." This (says the Southland News') is the opinion of a settler who called at , the post office the other day to pay his tax. He paid all that was demanded of him, and further pointed out by letter to the department that it had failed to charge him upon 100 acres of land he had duly returned along, with his other property, landed and otherwise. He could have evaded payment, but was too honest. He might reasonably have expected that the department would have expressed gratitude to him for pointing out its blunder. This, however was the way he was rewarded : He received not only a demand for the tax, but a notice that he was fined 10 per cent on the amount of the tax for failing to pay it in time. He is, in the meantime,- witholding payment, pending the effect of a protest he has submitted.