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Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2836, 16 September 1890, Page 2

The next meeting of the Piako County Council will be held at 11 a.m. 011 Saturday, the 20th inst. At the sale of Grown Lxnds held on"Friday last Mr W. 1J 10th bought section 2(iA, parish of P iket\ 17 v, 3it, 27i\ at the upset price of £17 17s (U. Owing to the unfavourable report of the crop yield issued by the Agricultural I'.ureau, the Americin wh wt 111 irket has advanced. The English market and Continental are firmer, despite the line weather. Messrs G- M- A- Ahier, Wa North, T. d. Rogers, .1. U. Teasdale and .lames Walton were returned unopposed as members of tho Te Awauiutu Town B mrd for the ensuing term. Mr W. M- Hay returned to Hamilton 011 Saturday from attending a sitting of the Native Lmd Court, at which he was successful in sustaining Tuahuia Tawhiao's claim to a slnre in. the Piikapuka land, 11 valuable section at Orakei. estimated to be worth somewhere a'wut £10,000. Pastor Birch, on Sunday admitted with infinite sorrow, the injudicious step of the previous Sunday night. If, however, the brethren tho ieht on Monday night at their meeting "'Well, under the circumstances we think our worthy pastor should have a rest, and leave lis,''' he would say " Right."

We remind sportsmen that the pigeon shooting match, promoted by Mr A. liach of the National Hotel, Cambridge, takes place <111 Saturday instead of on Thursday as previously notified, at Mr.lno. Sharp's on the Hamilton road. Mr 15ich lias .1 lot of first-class birds reidy for it, and the shooters will need to be smart to stop them. One of the largest sales of dairy stock held in Waikato for some time past, will lm held to-morrow in the Hamilton ll'iroutrli Yards, by Mr W .1. Hunter. Thocittleto be offered a>'H tlio carefully silected and well-bred herd of Mr T. K. Ood I, who is relinqoishiii(! dairying, and include a number of pure Ayrshire cows an I heifers. A painful accident happenei on Sitorday afternoon, to a lad named (loorge Cockhead, of Hamilton I'j Ist. It appears I lie lad had melted .1 quantity of lead, which hn poured into a vessel containing water. The boiling metal seethed up and burnt the boy's face severely. He was at, once taken to I)-. Murch, who relieved his sufferings. We uuderstind that the lad's eyesight is uninjured. We would call special attention to thn fact that the entiies for the prizes at the Waikato Farmers' Club horse parade close this day. The parade or show will be held at Cimbiidge next Friday, and a pn j iiiinent feature of it will probably bo the competition by weight carrying hacks >d any age. C ilonel Carre has kindly conseii'ed to cive a lecture on horse breeding, which will be duly advertised in our next issue. The privileges in connection with the W.iiknt i Hunt Club's coming meeting were :iold on Saturday, by Messrs >T. McXico', and Co., and realised the following prices lJ.ioth, 10s, Mr Fawctt; temperance booth, I'l, Mr J. Brocklesby ; cards, £1 l*2s (i I, Mr H. Windsor; paddock, 17s, Mr J. Alhvill. The bi Iding for the gates reached £10, but they were bought in by the Club, their reserve being t'2o. We are plexsed to state the accident that happened to Mr Tims. Jackson, the well-known auctioneer, of Auckland, is not of so seri his a nature as was reported, and that he has expressed his intention of singing at the concert to bo given in tho I'ublic Hall, Cambri lee, on Friday next. The concert is one which should receive the hearty support of all classes, as it is to raise funds to purchase a piano to he used in the hall. Tiie liorough Council have, very luckily, met with a fi'st-class instrument at a reasonable price. It is now in the hall and will be used at the conceit, so the audience will have an opportunity of judging as to its merits, [n addition to the odebrated Auckland tenor (Mr Jackson), Mr Percy Dnfaur, a noted baritone of that town, will sing at the concert, also some of the best of our local ta'ent. Mr I'. J. liroiik-s lias kindly lent his American organ, and a small amateur orchestra(iiicluding two ladies) has been pressed into the service. Twenty young ladies will sing the opening churns from (iilbert and Sullivans " lolantlie," and —as the show bills usually state—there are other attractions too numerous to mention. The entertainment will conclude with a highly amusing drama, entitled "The. Steeplechase," in which the versatile .Mr Chan. Tuck takes the leading character, and for the first time sports the colours and ridos in a steeplechase. It successful in this undertaking, we may fully o\-peel, to see Mr Tuck leading the van in the llautapu Steeplechase, to be rnn the following day.