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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3123, 21 July 1892, Page 2

The monthly sales in the Hamilton Borough Yards,, by Mr J. McNieol and Mr W. J. Hunter will be held to-day. A meeting of the executive committee of the Waikato Agricultural and Pastoral Association will be held in Hamilton, at 11 a.m., to-day. At 12.55 p,m. yesterday Captain Edwin wired as follows : —"North to east and south-east gale, with heavy rain, within twelve hours from now. Glass fall. Colonial butter is nojsr heating that of Normandy in the English market, the reason being Chat the colonial produce is all pure grins butter, while the contineutiiil and English products are from fodder-fed cows. The wet weather notwithstanding Mr John McNiJol held a very successfull sale at Mr Orr's, yesterday. There was a good attendance of buyers from all parts of the bidding was brisk and prices received satisfactory, dairy cows ranging up to £0 10s. We very much fear that the continual downpour of rain since Monday will cause a considerable loss of property to settlers residing on the low lying lands in lower Waikato. The residents «it iSlerccr are pretty well surrounded with water now. The Robertson Dairy Company (New South Wales) separated in May (J!),801 gallons of milk, yieldine 27,(k>71bs of butter, and paid suppliers CM per gallon for milk. For the same period the other district factories paid, l;ast and West Kangaloom, G|d ; Beehive, (id ; Emu, 7d. It is very pleasing to note that two Waikato candidates, Mr Hy. H. Thompson, of Harapepe, and Miss listella Aubm, of Alexandra, obtained the highest number of marks in the Auckland district, I among the candidates examined recently ; for employment under the Board of Edui cation. I The ravages of the grub that affects nearly all the cane-growing districts of Queensland, have been the subject of considerable correspondence between sugar planters, and the department of agriculture in Brisbane. One planter at Bundabery put his losses through the grub's action at between £4000 and £5000. On one of the estates of the Colonial Sugar Company, where over 1000 acres of cane are grown, it is stated that 400 acres have been ruined for the present season. In one case, 7001bs weight of this grab was handpicked from a single acre of land. The insect is tne larva I of a greyish-white beetle which is well known along the coast. Mr Tanner, of To Kuiti, who has lately been packing goods to surveyors iu the King Country, reports great damage having been done by the late heavy tains, Tho Poro-o-torau tunnel has suffered severely. A large retaining wall at this • od has collapsed j the bank t at the oiher end has given away, and in the tunnel itself there is four feet of water. A great portion of the road thai has lately been made at an enormous expense—known as the tunnel and Korio contract—is covered with earth, trees, etc, the hill, which is of pupa rock, having slipped. The Ohura river is in flood (it rose 10 feet in j) hours) and the road that has just had £540 spent upon it will require a further goodly sum to put i it to rights, for the approaches to the culverts, bridges,etc, are all washed away not a very pleasant prospect for the special settlers 1 Mr Tanner was detained many days by the floods, and during the time lost three horses—one by drowning and two by t tiging nettles. The Catholics of Cambridge held a most enjoyable social in McCrae's Hall, last week. The first part of the evoning' was devoted to musical selections theu refreshment were handed round, and the entertainment concluded with the farce "Romantic Attachment." The musical items were as follows : Pianoforte solo, Mrs Lowe ; song, " Kory O'More," Mr 13. Garland; sang, "The Song for Me,' Mrs Chitty ; fluet accompanied on the banjo, " Have a little dance to-night Boys," The Brothers Stewarts (encored) ; song, ''The I'isherinan and His Child. . Miss I'.ick, son", " Ora Pro Nobis," Mrs Wilkinson, K.'oc. " Swiinnep River," Mrs Wilkinson (.jnct'r'Vl) ; »■ hi'.', " Mind Wh ■ Volt '.i.ni'y, Boys," Mr B. Garland ; son? and chorus " Marching Thru' Genn/ia," solo by Mr Wilkinson. This item was loudly applauded anrl brought the firs* purt ot the pro(jr:iuuno to a most successful conclusion. | The farce was well put upon tho and I caused roars of laughter. The various

characters v.-pi'R rnprnsented m follows : " Emeliue Wharton," Mi*H M. McVeigh; " Sclina .Sjihli," Mi*« McKernion ; " Mr* Chatswi.rtli," Mrs v Vi 1 Itills<>n, "Sydney Morton. " Mr Horac; Stewart," "Dickey Dewlap," Mr Wilkinson: "John," Mr Hurry Stewart. The Hull was well filled and tho audience thoroughly enjoyed the Rood faro provided.