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Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3160, 24 September 1892, Page 2

The Rev. J. Haselden is advertised to lecture at Cambridge on Tuesday on "The History of the Diocese of Auckland." We iira informed lie will show portraits of Bishop tialwyn and others well known to old settlers ; also, pictures of memorable scenes in their lives. He lectures at Tamahere on Thursday on "The Life of Christ." The Cambridge Rink Carnival and Bull will be held next Wednesday and will undoubtedly be u success as many have expressed their intention of going m fancy costume. Kinking will commence at 7.ir> and continue till 10 p.m. at which time the ball will commence ; refiv.-hments will be provided by .Mr l'opple. The prices of admission will be ; Carnival and ball, 2s Gd ; carniv.il only, Is. Tin; ball will be restricted tii ;">U couples su ;.s to avoid an uncomfortable email.

The football matcn, which was to luvi; boon played at NVariiiiwahia to-day tn-tween Iran a fr mi Xs:aru«\v.«lra and H.unilton wili not t ike pi ice, as a Hamilton team cunnot bo get, t >Ki ther. Young people about to enter into matrimonial relations as well as those who wish t" add to the comfort of their dwelling will find a l:ir<c anortm«nt of reliable Roods at T. and H. Cooke's Furnishing Warehouse, Grey street, Auckland.

A quarter-acre allotment on the Hamilton-road, Cambridge, will be offered hy auction at Mr McNicol's ns-ial monthly sale at Cambridge <ui Friday, October 7th. The allotment is one of the best situated in the town as a residential site, being in a nice neighbourhood, and within a few minutes' walk of the business part of the town. Written tenders will be received by the Trustees of the Hamilton Rifle Range Reserve, up to Saturday next for the lease for 21 years of three allotments, near Frankton, emit lining respectively 40, 40, and 50 acres. The land is situated close to the main Raglan Road and will bo offered in one lot, or m separate sections, to suit tenderers. Conditions of lease can be seen with C..ptain Reid, to whom tenders are to be addressed. A. preliminary meeting of the Cambridge Cricket Club was held on Wednesday evening, when the affairs of the club were examined and the result proved very satisfactory. Last year the club had a debit balance of about £(i, but we are pleased to learn that has been wiped out and now the :lub is free from debt. A general meeting will shortly be called to arrange for the forthcoming season. We learn that a goodly number of players who reside at some little distance from Cambridge intend joining the club, and on the whole there is a very fair prospect of Cambridge being able to put a strong team in the He'd, this is very gratifying for the Cantabs have certainly been retrograding lately in sporting matters. The vigilance of the Opposition during the passing of the Estimates unearthed a piece of disgraceful jobbery on the part of the Government. The member for Inangahua, Mr R. Reeves, is a thick-and-thin Government supporter, and had been appointed a member of the West port Harbour BoarJ. Mr Reeves lives at Nelson, 160 miles from Westport, so that each trip of his to a meeting of the Board costs the colony £15 10s, besides £18 for travelling expenses. This, beyond doubt, is the record-breaking piece of jobbery of the day; and if it doesn't open the eyes of the thoughtful taxpayer to the cruel joke that is being played upon him by a Government professing to be guided hy economy in its administrative actions, why nothing under heaven can do so. Dick Reeves, as everyone knows, is not a particularly brilliant or even intelligent specimen of his class, and it would, therefore be a libel on Westport to say that there is no one nearer than Nelson qualified to transact the business of the Harbour Board. It furnishos another instance of the length to which our Liberal Government are prepared to go in order to lengthen their Ministerial power. It is well that the electors should make a mental note af such revolutions as this in view of the platform utterances of itinerant MinisI ters on questions nf economy and clean administration.—Tuapeka Times.