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Waikato Times, Volume XLI, Issue 3311, 16 September 1893, Page 8

, , V; y;if 1 The lioundSiJ will::meet on,; Friday next, .at P,ick p ringVcorner, Hautapu,' and ..on atithe .Taraaherei Messrs Blade, Gwynr.e.andßettley use our advertisingcolunins this' morning, 1 in 'returning tjianks to the; burgesses. nection with the Hauiiltoa Borough;.iclec-; tions, on Thursday laVt. ; A temperaricb : meeting'and^'Surtfay'" schirt^gatherin^ the Ari'gli'ca ri : schdijlroom, cGambHdj?^'on' Friday next; addreka will'be bythoiftw.'iV BvanSi'TeiArhha!/' = ; r;i v ° (! |' Mr WrEi-Thomas; 5 siirgeoa'deijtist, *jnay 'be; consulted at his Yofrti^'pafribridpe, 1 frmn nextjMniiday evening,' the x lßtlv • inst. 1 } till : theVvfollowinK' oVeninjpr,^'The ! new j antithetic; sleeping- gas'.will be >ad- . ministered, j i/iI In aiiptli er.part ,o{ t this' issue \yill be found /stud nptices of 'the , ( hyrses j itl)at will f ''sUblteJjid'jipxd, this ; *^pssori? 1 They Include "the' Jfijoroaghbradjll jhea vy. |dra;iight3, 'General Flemipgv.and', Royal, Gonjiueror and coaching .stallion;' h(-r?es'are all'resilly Bhould ; rtc6iv?a^()od r patronage, itrsiipport fofctlieir owner placing their services in this district.

The Waipa County Council notify : that all rates over-due for 1892-93 not paid by the 30th itist. will be sued for without further notice, ; ;;;/ :• i i ' Yesterday, Constable Forbes, •of Hamilton, arrested a man named Hienry Palmet'/oti a charge, of vatfraricy. |Palmer will be brought lip before justices to-day. We hive to acknowledge the receipt of Mr Robert BlaikidVSporling Guide for the season 1893-91, to sportsmen and racing men it contains a,lot'of useful information,; Mr W, Speddiug having bought the assigned estate of Mr: G. C. .Mtinuiiig, : :>tatioher, &'c., (5f Htiiniltrin, wilHliold a clearing sale for,- fourteen days, when the goods will be sold atVdiscouot of from 20 to 40 per cent, In the Brunswick Mart, Queen- ; street, Auckland, is now .being ,held, an interesting wax works und we recommend any of our readers visiting town to have a look in, and we. feel sure r ;TiiesuHjects are all''interesting, and Mr Ja*. White gives demonstrations in modelling and

• carving. _ .... The Kiiext : social in connection; with St. Peter's Sunday-school, Hamilton, will be. held in the new schoolroom on Friday. evenirte..- / ;An.: excellent ( programme has" been prepared by.,the Ladies' Ooin4 mittee on entirely hew lines, and as there will be good bis house is expected! -Tickets' are ! only one'shilling, and, as in addition to the enterta i rim en t refreshments are provided, everybody, should bo satisfied. i •• Mr Storey's lost collio dog advertised for in our' columns Has bean restored to his owner.., The doe; was.. found, by. one 'of the ■ railivay,, line - men tied up by his• chain'- in l ir cluni p : of ti-treb, at Ngaroto,'* where lie -is-' supposed 1 to' have' been a prisoner for sixteen 1 days.- 'lt is; a wonder; that' th 6 dbpf had not succumbed before this, how he managed to exist for so long without)food, is a. mystery, but with water, he was plentifully supplied from a hole just within hi 3 reach., A man named James Holmes was, a lew. days ago, xharged. at Cambridge with drunkenness, and was sent to the Waikato District Hospital, Hamilton, for medical treatment, but whilst ih that institution lie was found to be suffering from lunacy! He was : arrested by 'Constable Forbes yesterday, «and charged the Police Court. Hamilton, before Messrs W;,A. Graham and J. Knox,,J.P.'s, with being a lunatic, and on 'the medical testimonies of Drs. Brewis and Kenny was committed to the Avondale^Asylum,,.whither he proceeds this morning. " t : ' r ( A meeting, of the executive of < the Waikato Agricultural; and Pastoral Association was held in■ Hamilton on Thursday, when a'considerable amount of, business, mostly routine, was gone, through. : All arrangements in, .connection with the show are progressing 'in a most' satisfactory manner. : The prizes in connection with the ladies' leapins;competition hav,e been, added very considerably to', thank's.to the liberality of tbe ; Waik'ato^bachelijiW l 'lt is' prbbabie,that a weight guessing competition will be added -.to-,the schedule.',! v i,r j i tr, \r 11 \j. j\ J i 4i »•< aJ. uitv/ / i Farmers know that the blood stallion'GilderOy, by Traducer, arrived ia,Te A.Wfinuitu.by train on-.JFriday

S.Bond, who .will place . hitn during the 1 coming season >afc ! 6f at f; a reasonable.figure., G.ilderpy's.skokare.so - ' \ve 11 -k»own'i\r thg A Wfiileato y 'a'^ j being'haMs 1 1 and cariia^e l horß(3S'rtKth > e' ,i vei'vlbest-sthVrip ! thfit Jherejs. no ,4oubi ; -Bond- \yjll, r ba ( com pensited : % "h is', venture Htf'bringing 1 this fine horse'irito "the J 3i'sf.ricK ;:; 'Breeders shouli;! alpo, : }o/)k, to ; . s.epij r i n g scfm e, ;o f he i; famous Traducer.;blood : ffir tiie'future. ~,i j js very much upset about the loss oLihwr warship Victoria, as Her-Majesty no doubt' thinks ( !the r ,3j\m^)is ( ai r(>y,a| liii-otueniiyfe there was a Vessel lost, the' Duke of Kent three months before .her father died. ; Also a ship wavlofe't with all - Hands on tyie AmerifiaiV coast'on the day of the battle'of• ' Bull's Run named Albert, six m.mths before the Prince Consnrt died.. Then the ! 'steamboat Princess'Ali(!e'>as lost on .the ! Thames, when GOOf perished, and four months later ,Hor Majesty's second , daughter, the g'iod and 'kind • Princess 'Alice, the Grand Duchess of' Hesse, died. \ The: Marsh' : Meadows Mutual 3m- f 'provement Association iheld their usuil ' 'fortnightly meetingJast night. i .-In addition to recitatiops, ,&c., a,reading 'from " Shake- • speare"'of about : aifh'ourY durationwas f ' gone through by ten of the members in a . creditable manner.' The fluehcy..\nth whichi , some of the younger members read--showed plainly session has been of benefit-to them. The value of suiih associations can hardly- be over-estimated, , for, being! aHriMhsi of entsrcainirieiit' , ,to: the young people, the. knowledge and' power of speech r \vhich, they ; will thus' '' '{j It.is.as w®to!caution tHe residents ipf AVai ka.to 'as rd 31 ho'? I n d ian ,N abo b jMcPhersbn,'who''appears', to ,be . eithvir) ; 'suffering h;6rri,a mild;form 1 ; ,of lunacy;'or ' else he up6h i 'penple's credulity. ; to obtaih cheap food and' residence, 1 'as >ve -find he, mostly favours the friends whose - properly,'lie !is db , outftd.b"iy/by putting "up with them for,.a. time. One of the publi'■'cans of ■ Humilton says- that he is no. .stranger in the district; that helhas known him for several months.past, and that he .h'asj been in the habit of, walking backwards , and for wards' between ,W ai ka to :and; A'uiik-;,' land - do r i li g s th rtt;'.! Ps r i o d. jlThe last; report; , abput'tbis movements was lie had ! ' been■ seen'gbing'iti -clie Te' Awamutui|' ;directi6n'., s*//;U>ir-> " £; The Jaracis Tyson, •'the''millionaire''squatter who has ajiMt been appointed a metiiber. ijf.the Legis* „ lative <A4embly ! at' Brisbane, Is without * ► dpubt the richest man' in Austrilia. He was bp.rn.at : o<uvpffst'.ire,-:neixv. Sydney;;on-: i , ; lprii i1th,",1823,j and is,the son of. an 15itg4 1 ■lish e in i era j i hV oa jn j Vy i 11m m ? ; Ty son, jib# f scion of a weirknowii "Oumbfcrland ■fa.i.n.iijv:. Me; members, of jvhiojuvtjre! offended by his' < ; l The' v millionaire engaged in ■ farm w()rk j at'a 1 very ; early ase. au'l sub«equently went into' partnership with. his * brother, #liing,up a s.t'ition, Gunanjrßile/nr? ( 'the Bitabonc. 1 .It ivas his discovery, of gold f in 1851,.however, ithatijtho chani?evinii(tiie i .fortunes of .the : f meneed'jCatt|e ar o^yi ng:,,td )Bendit?(»,,,wlier t ej acc]ijnulated;a , gre"at,. ■deal Wnefc'M '. 'partnership with I his'*briitherpa n J in l! 1855' •' 'bought the Royal Bank Station, sub<e-

quently acquiring many others. The total amount of Mr Tyson's .weiilth is noi readily computable, l butho is believed to be worth nt iea6t:fdn?,millibh.tu:ln 1878 ho offered a loan.of a large sum of money to complete the ■ tranaTContinentalrailway which Botne of the'Au;traiiani were,promoting, Up to the present lie has'staadily .refused Parliamentary libnourAi ■ Ae capsbarely write hia own 'name, spends most,of his time in the Open oir oii ' his ! ah'eep and boasts of to live'ori .is;a ! <Jay and the factthat he does so, i : ; V There is a floui' famine jus£now,,o.a the ; Coolpffjrdie goltlH'-l ls, \V.Rstern Australia. fltmr is • : Bellr.V|;-at •£3 'the".soib,' One.miner utters a 1 warning noteto persons without money to ' tide over the'first few months, though he says of Bayly's reward claim :;Vltis a- wonderful reef. They are only, down about Bft,. The stone is; literally, hanging in; ;'old. : It would make your .eyes sparkle if you were to see it. Mr' Lyons .a bucket of specimens, which he said contained 501b, of gold. There is'no gfimo of any 'description.' 1 The only birds to be seen': are crows, and in the animal line the only things aro niice, which are in hundreds. : The aboriginals are miserable /specimens 6f humanity, l being very, shorty, and almost iii- a nude state; with limbs not much thicker than sticks,and have sore eyes."

The • chairman of the CariterWjr Chamber of Commerce, in ; the course 1 of » recent address,rfcowchedtfiri several matters 1 uf intar.est to farmers.: He stated that ha 1 was,afraid (that 1 in the immediate?future New. Zealand could not- hope to hold • her own i n the; wheh t? marksts ; >of the - world transport,, and: comparative' proximity/to The ; wool export for 1892 a considerable, increase over!B9l,''and ''satisfafctorjr; that the quantities pnt ! thronsjh.at' the local: sales were iiicreasi rig." '■ i Wonl-growers ! ahcj shippers were anxiously awaitingthecburse of events in the United States., Tho export 1 of from,meat,for',lß92 showed a falling off, : compared with 1891, of : 12,562.5251b. : The= ; •course,: 6f the ;market ; .had .been;' most irregular and under such jexceptiprialiy, 'unfavourable.'' circumstances, ;': however, ' sheep-growers had i not much ! t6 - complain',of 'in l'comparison withthe' f majority l ;' > th^ir' fellow-colonists.! 'The 1 rati of freight*'and 1 sale;charges., had..been so/reduced thiit 1 ' per.lb in London was; equalto 'net in the colony. £ Gsib wether thus yields the shipper 10s lOd, and adding fur'fat and: plvin say Cs, he obtains a total return of say17s. 'lt was clear'that the sheep farmer >vas not as yet reduced to very desperate ' straits. • 1 The average' weight of carcases', shipped in 1892 was: mutton, 601b j'liiinb,■ ,38lb;; from which .it 'would -sesm safe to ' infer that the feara expressed by many that' - we were recklessly the flocks by sending away all the prime,/ and .strong lambs had not;bean reaiiseii V The farmers of the colony inu>t embrace and practice the doctrine of varied production. Thorough.'.' ,cultivation was qqite 1 unusual, and nbthing ' approaching" the;int?n^e cu 11iviitio'n. pracr' , tised in> ■other coun tries 1 had ; been'dreamed' 1 of. Another important- duty was Culti-. vation of foreign markets,.- He argued :at / lengH) in : favoUr 'of intMcbiiVnial freetrade, which he believed would be.theVmalciner of New Zealand; 101