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Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2837, 18 September 1890, Page 2

Mr J. Duthie announces himself a candidate for Wellington city at the c»ei.eral elections. The Archbishop ot Armagh has praised the attitude of IJislmj) O'Dwyer in his controversy with .Mr Dillon. The conduct of the Grenadier (Juiiids since their deportiti >n ti) tho I'.aritmilas lii'.s been most exemplary. Mr O'Brien has appealed to the Hoire of Lords iiirainsl. the verdict in his iictmii for libel him i list Lird Salisbury. The next quarterly communicat.i.m of tli«(irand Lodgo of .\ew Zealand is to ho held in Auckland towards the end of next month. Two grand horses, Inßomar and Hillings-gate, passed through Hamilton on Tuesday, in chargo of Mr Allwill. They will liotli lie pie-sent at tin: Cambridge parade to-iuorrnw. We are pleased to report that the entries for the prizes Riven by the Waikato Farmers' Club fit the Cambridge parade are excellent. Tho number is large, and the quality will doubtless be good. Mr T. Archer, Agent-General for Queensland, has written to Lord Knutsford asking him to arrange with Mr Stanhope, Secretary of War, to receive a deputation in regard to the refusal of the army authorities to admit frozen beef into the military contracts. On the motion of the Wellington Law Society, Willimghby Brussey was on Monday suspended by the Chief .Tusticejfrom practising cither as a barrister or solicitor until the next sitting of tho Appeal Court, when it will be decided whether he shrill be struck otf the roll or not. At the meeting of the Committee i.f the South Auckland Racing Club held on Tuesday night a resolution was passed instructing the secretary to take proceedings against the parties trespassing on ClaudeWmls last Sunday if he'.finds any damage to the course has been sustained. A large number of settlers attended Mr W. J. Hunter's sale of Mr i)odds'herd of Ayrshire cattle yesterday, and although tho prices realised for the pure-bred cattle ranged low, the half-bred stock and the other dairy cattle brought good prices. A full report will appear in Saturday's issue. At the horse parade at Cambridge to-morrow, held under the auspices of the Waikato Fanners' Club, the following thoroughbred sires will compete, InKomur, Billingsgate, Natator, Muskapesr, I'artlienopiuus ; and in the Clydesdale class, (Jlancer, Ben Lomond, Lowden Tain, Duke of Albany, and liimnie J'rinee. It was intended to have had a dance in tho Cambridge Hal! on Saturday evening to raise further fund-- for the piano, but, as many of the ladies think the r;iee a bad time for a dance, we understand it will be given to-morrow evening after the concert instead of dm Saturday evening. Tha charge will b» Is extra. Oolonel Carre has acceded to the veipiest of tho Waikato Warmers' Club, and will give a lecture on horse-breeding in the Oddfellow's Hall, Cambridge, on Monday nuxt at 8 p.m. Admission is free and tho public are invited. The ordinary club meeting will be held on the same evening at 7 p.m. Those at all interested in horsebreediriß should not miss the opportunity of hearing such a noted authority as Colonel Cane. We hear that the Paterangi and Ttihikfiramea Oricket Clubs have already made a beginning for the coming season, and by advertisement in this issue, the Ohaiipo Cricket Club call attention to their annual meeting which is to be held on Tuesday next, L'3rd inst. It is rumoured that there is to be no Club at Cnmbndce this year, but it is to be hoped that this rumour is incorrect, as it is a pity that not even one of the three townships, Hamilton, Cambridge, or Te Awamutu, can rind sufficient support for a club. One of the smartest retorts of Hie session was made lately by Mr Downie Stewart. Mr (Jeo. Fisher, in one of his characteristic dissertations, w is orating on the enormities of the I ioveriitnent, and in contrasting Mr Stewart's present with his past relationship to Ministers, he said that once upon a time Mr Stewart declared he would not believe the I loverninent oven if they took their oaths on a sackful of Bibles, when Mr Stewart retorted, " Yes; but you were in the Ministry then." This was followed liy an electric allTonr.d laugh, joined in by Mr Fisher himself, who, with all his faults, likes a. good joke.

It is anticipated there will bo keen competition fur the prizes in lliothrce-year-uld class, for hacks, at the horse parade at Cambridge to-morrow. Th-i names of .Vl.es.srn G. E. Clark. A. Bruce Siittur, It. Fisher mid Allan Scott, are spoken of as likely to furnish the winners of the prizes. Tne cumulative vote at school committee elections is now a thing of the past. For a number of years the House of Representatives passed measures for i's abolition, but all etforts in this direction were, up till now, frustrated by the Upper House, who persistently throw out the measure on llie ground that the cumulative vote allowed the representation of minorities.

A short time ago, in consequence of representations from Drmedin, backed up by the fanners, the local Chamber of Commerce, and the Milburn Lime Company, the Railway Commissioners have made considerable concessions iu the rates for agricultural liine. This waaexpected to benefit the farmers ; but the Commissioners claim that the corn) any have now raised prices nearly 30 per cent., so that notwithstanding tho reduction it costs fanners 2s per ton more than before, and the amount saved by the reduction is transferred to the pockets of the company. At the meeting of the members of the Babtist Tabernacle Church held on Monday Pasto. , Birch made a full and unreserved apology regarding overthing, and expressed his regret for his injudicious and indiscreet proceedings. Ho undertook iu the future to foreswear politics, to cease going about the country, and to devote himself entirely to the duties in connection with his own people. On the motion that Mr Birch be requested to resign 77 voted in favor of it and 97 against, although betwean 2*)o and 300 people were present. A large. number refrained from voting and a Rood many left the meeting thoroughly dissatisfied with the whole proceedings. It is stated that a majority of the church officers will resign. Some idea of the extent to which the strike is likely to injuriously affect our export trade may ke formed when it is understood that even now produce to the value of fully A!">0,000 is waiting export at the various ports throughout the colony, and which cannot possitily he sent away if the strike proceeds as it is likely to do. A considerable portion of this produce, such as potatoes, onions, etc, will go to waste unless it is shipped, and it is probable the market for wheat, oats, etc. will be to some extent lost. There are abmit 30,000 bags of produce awaiting shipment at the Blulf, 20,000 bags at Ounedin, 20,000 at Oamaru, 10 000 at Tiinaru, 23,000 at Lyttlcton, 10,000 at Wellington, fully 20,000 at Napier, an-1 over 700 tons at Auckland. While on the other hand the injury to our import trade owing to the gigantic strike raging on the Australian side will also sutfei to an extent that is certain to seriously inconvenience (he colony, (loorls of the annual value of t1,117,000 are imported into this colony every year from Australia.

In this issue will be found the full programme of the grand concert and entertainment wnich will be given in the Cambridge Public Hall, to-morrow night. The gieat feature of the concert will be the treat provided for the audience, in the selections to bo given by Mr T. M. Jackson, an Auckland gentleman, acknowledged to have one of tho finest tenor voices south of the line. In such appreciation is he held, that in Auckland no conceit is now-a-day's considered complete, without a number or two being allotted to this gentlemen. Mr P. E. Dufiuir, another Auckland st:>r, is possessed of an excellent baritone voice, and will sing those well known songs, " Who Deeply Drinks of Wine," and "Tho Yeoman's Wedding," neither of which will be i\e\v to the audience, but we venture to say the singer will render them in a somewhat different style to that usually heard._ We now come to the farce. We have simply to say that Mr Charles Tuck takes the leading character ; this announcement in itself will be .sufficient to ensure a bumper house. In comedy, it hns been very generally allowed that Mr Tuck has few professionals who can excel him iu this role.

It will be seen by an adverfcisomoiit in smuttier column of this issue that the Salvation Army are again to the front, and hiive ai ranged special "go's "at Hiuiiiltun and Cambridge. The " King's Own Minstrels " are to be the centre nf attraction, including Major and Mrs It'tlfu and six field utticers of tlie Army, and as that number includes several " musical mysteries," they will be worth patronising. The visitors arrive at Hamilton to-morrow (Friday), and will hold a musical meeting in the evening, for which the adu-isMon is (id, which will concludo with a s indwieh supper, for which, also, the price is (id. Saturday and Sunday are the days fixed for Cambridge. The musical meeting and sandwich supper will bo on .Saturday ni K lit, when the prices for admission will bo the simu as at Hamilton—meeting, (!il ; supper, lid—and meetings will be held all day /In Sunday. This is Major and Mrs It'ilfu'ti last trip to Waikato, as they an; farm'velling from the Northern Division, so that lliosuwlm stay away from those meetings will a great treat. It was lliu in teiiti..n of the staff to hold two meeting.-! at Hntiiilton, but in consequence of the alteration in the train Her wen the party were unable to reach Hamilton to-day (Thursday)-