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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 2791, 3 June 1890, Page 2

The Waikato Farmers' Club met at Cambridge last evening. A case of scarlatina is reported in Colling wood-street, Hamilton. It is proposed that Switzerland shall mediate in the Welagoa Bay dispute. The Wolseley Shearing Machine has been successfully tried throughout England. The Hamilton Light Infantry parade this evouing for inspection by Colonel Shepherd. The Rev. Canon Saumarez Smith will be consecrated Bishop of Sydney in St. Paul's Cathedral on June HI. The Manchester Unity Order of Oddfellows have promised to empower the uolouial lodges to increase the initiation fee. La Grippe has got a hold of the natives in the Te Aroba and Waitoa districts, aud a number of them are suffering from it. At the inquest on the fire at Longue Point Asylum, Chicago, u verdiet was returned that nobody was to blame. There were 91 deaths in all. Mr J. Fisher leaves for Auckland en route for Uisborne by this morning's train. Mr von Stunner who succeeds Mr Fisher arrived by train yesterday. The Supplementary Gazette of May 3lst contains a new scale of fares, rates and charges on the New Zealand railways, to come into force on the Ist .Inly. Mr Henry Reynolds will meet the millc suppliers to the Te Awainutu, I'aterangi, and I'ukerimii factories to-day, at times and places as per advertisements in another column. A football match will be played on Sydney Srpiaro, Hamilton, on Saturday afternoon noxt, between the Paterangi and Hamilton Club?. The names of the 1 lamilton loam will appear in Thursday's issue. Sheep owners are reminded that their returns should now be in the hands of the Inspector. Parties who have neglected to attend to this matter will bo wise in giving it early attention. The meeting of the Finance Committee of the Hospital Board on Saturday last, lapsed for want of a quorum, Mr Primrose, the chairman, being the only member present.

Owing to the prevalence of La Grippe in Te Awamutu, it has been found necessary to postpone the concert and dance advertised for the Ith inst., in aid of the funds ot St. John's Church. A well-known chief of Maungakawa, named Honi Tuwhakarina died on Friday evening, of jaundice. He was 37 years of age, and was much respected by tho Europeans of the district, and was a good sportsman. At the last meeting of the Alpha Lodge of Freemasons at Cambridge, Bro. H. It. Hyatt was elected W. M. ; Bro. R. W. Sargent, treasurer; and Bro. Jas. Masters, Tyler. The installation will take place next month. The uncle of Searle, late champion sculler, writes to the Sportsman, attacking the Postmaster-General of New South Wales for alleged tampering with the Searlo memorial, forwarded to the colony by English admirers of Searle. Mr McLaughlin son of Mr T. McLaughlin of Papatoetoe has been ap pointed to a position in the Hamilton Agency of the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co., and arrived yesterday to ontor on his duties, We are asked to say that the first of the parish evenings in connection with St. Andrew's congregation, Cambridge, advertised for to-morrow, is postponed, until further notice, owing to the general prevalence of 6ickness in the Cambridge district. Mr Q. L Grant, who has for some years past been manager of the Waitoa Estate (Larkworthy's), has been appointed to a like position on the Rangiuru Estate, Te Puke, Tauranga. Mr W. Main, of Broadraeadows, will succeed to the management of the Waitoa Estato. There were, we understand, over sixty children absent from the Hamilton West School, yesterday, nearly all of the absentees being laid up with the fashionable epidemic. There were a good number absent also from the Hamilton East School from the same cause. At the meeting of the Newcastle Licensing Committee yesterday, the only business brought up was an application for the'ransfer of tho license of the Whatawhata Hotal from Mr W. McLoish, .Tunr., to Mr H. M. Meredith. There being no objection, the application was granted. The following team will represent Paterangi in the match with Hamilton on Saturday, June 7th : Full-back, SV. Goble, three quarter backs, Corboy, E. Anbin, S. Reid ; naif-backs, F. Bowdeu, Hobson, E. Goble; forwards, Graham, Macky, Ryburn (2), E. Aubin, Ratinia, Holman, and Hunter. Emergencies : Ewen, May, Nesshausen, Webu. The well known sport, Mr Chas. Hitchman and Mr Shriuipton, of Napier, have made—so far as wo have heard—the champion bag of the season. In two days, at Patatere, they secured thirty-one brace of pheasants, and that after the Gnvernet and party had been over the ground. Mr Hitchman says:—"Not so bad for despised Patetere ! Can Waikato go and do likewise?" We don't think so. Stock Inspector Needham, of Hurra- (Soulh Australia), reports that a most serious disease, believed to be the influenza, is raging among the horses in the north. On one farm six valuable horses died within a day or two. On two other farms four died, while on another two died. Several cases are also reported of horses being unwell. All the cases wore north of Burra, ami were from 50 to 100 miles apart. Mr L-B- Harris, junr., of Huntly, met with a nasty accident at Huntly on Saturday afternoon. Mr Han is was schooling the pony Antic over hurdles, when the pony fell, and rolling over him broke his collar-bone. Dr. Dalzell, of Pukekohe, was in attendance as soon as possible and set the fracture. Yesterday we were pleased to hear that Mr Harris was progressing favourably. Mr Pannell, stationer, Hamilton, h s received afresh supply of the popular work "Looking Backwards," and also a number of copies of a criticism of Mr Bellamy's book by Professor l'\ A. Walker. Mr Pannell has also to hand " The Illustrated Figaro." containing a number of very beautiful pictures. It is not saying too much to state that "Illustrated Figaro " is far ahead of either the " London News " or "Graphic."

In our obituary columns to day appears tho notice of the death of Mr Arthur Connolly, senior, for many years a resident in Hamilton, and familiarly known an "Old Dad." In the early coaching days in Waikato ho was a well known figure, having boen in the service Messrs Quick and Co. He was generally stationed in lower Waikato, Rangiriri, Huntly, and Ngaruawahia, where his fine old soldierly figure never failed to attract the notice of the passengers. La Grippe pursues its headlong course at Cambridge and is no respecter of persons. Archdeacon Willis is down with it and a lay reader had to fill his place on Sunday. At the Presbyterian Church an outsider had to do duty at the organ, several of the ladies, who take the playing in turns, being unable to leave their homes owing to the epidemic. It seems to be all oyer the district, for we hear of it on the heights of Manngakawa and iu the l'ukerimu flats. It appears to be worst with little children, many of whom become delirious a few hours after they first show symptoms of the complaint, but with care they overcomu it quicker than those of mature years. It seems that the full measure of the liusden slander 3 upon the colony has not yet been made public. During the hearing of the Te Kooti case in the Appeal Court, Mr Justice Kiclimond touching incidentally upon old native customs, mentioned that it was one of the Maoris' practices to take off the heads of their defeated enemies and dry them, and that tho Native Minister of the day had to pay a large snm of money in order to recover such heads. That act, His Honour went on to s.ty, was represented by Mr liusden in his History of New Zealand as payment of head-money to head-hunters. Mr Brvce had told him (the speaker) that he considered this a worse libel upon the Native Miiiister than whar. was said of himseit ill the same book. What was simply an act of humanity wai perverted when seen through Mr Tlusden's spectacles—those spectacles which threw what the writer called a "lurid light" upon everything— into one of extreme barbarity.—Post.