Local and General.

Waikato Times, Volume LV, Issue 6618, 14 January 1905, Page 2

Local and General.

The popular Waikato Times Almanac can be obtained from Mr W. Dey, storekeeper, Hamilton East. Price, Is. The ordinary meeting of the Piako County Council will be held at Moriinsville on Wednesday, the 18th inst., at 9.30 a.m. A special meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council is called for Monday, 2 srd instant, to determine the half holiday fir shops.

The wool sales at Sydney have been postponed owing to the difficulty between the buyers and the shipping companies regarding primage. Representatives of the companies and the buyers will meet to-morruw to consider the position. The New Zealand Egg-laying Competition Association, formed in Blenheim recently, has decided to proceed with its competition, whether the Government auspices are granted or not. Arrangements for finance were adopted, and it was decided to procure a site at once.

At the meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council last night, % letter was read from Dr. Brewis stating that a case of enteric fever had occurred in Colling wood-street. The Town Clerk stated that he had inquired into the matter, and learned that the patient had only arrived in Hamilton the previous day from the King Country.

Mr Havelock Ellis, the well-known writer and editor of the Contemporary Science Series, in a letter to a lady residing in Hamilton, says: "I am constantly having letters from strangers in New Zealand Consequently, I look upon N.Z. as a most enlightened place!" The Northern Fire Assurance Oompany, through their Hamilton agents, Messrs W. C. Davis and Co., have donated £1 Is to the Hamilton Fire Brigade, towards the purchase of a new reel. Already ,£ls has been collected, and another £ls is wanted, which, it is hoped, will be raised by public subscriptions.

We direct the attention of our readers to Mr. G. C. Mayo'a ironmongery advertisement over our leader column, where he quotes a number of articles, lawnmowers, scythes, sewing machines, etc., at attractive prices. He also states that anything in the ironmongery line can be obtained good and cheap at his shop in Victoria btreet. Mr Fleming, organiser of the NewZealand Alliance gave an address at Cambridge last night before sympathisers with the temperance cause. There was a fair attendance. The Rev S. J. Gibson was voted to the chair. A branch of the Alliance was formed, and officebearers appointed. A fuller report will appear in our next issue.

At last night's meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council Cr. Young was nothing if not candid. Speaking on the saleyarJs question he said : " We have worked at this saleyards business for twelve months, and all we can show is that we know how to muddle the whole thing. I would like to propose that the whole matter be left to the Council to be elected in April to fix up. We c n't do it." Splendid acceptances have been receiv 1 by the iOhaupo Racing Club for their meeting io be held next Wednesday, no less than 81 crying content for the ..even recss on the programme. Fifteen horses are left in e ch trot, and fourteen in the Settlers' Handicap. Privileges in connection with the meeting are to be sold by Messrs Davis & Co. at their mart to day. Good progresss continues to be made with the Paeroa-Waihi railway extension works and there appears to be no doubt that the line from Paeroa to Waihi will be finished and trains running about September. Messrs. Anderson and Co., of Christchurch have completed their contracts for the construction of the two large bridges over the river at Waikino, and at the eastern end of the tunnel at Karangahake. A start is to be made next week inlaying down the rails through the tunnel, and the work of completing the line to Waikino will feg pgsiieu on wit* a!} posMWa gpeei Cr. Bettley waxed very warm last night at the Hamilton Borough Council meeting over the question of sanitation in the back parts of Victoria-street. He referred sarcastically to the Inspector of Nuisances recommending that certain occupiers be summoned. " Here's a question of life and death, and yet you talk of leaving it to the lawyers. If we get typhoid here, you'll be to blame. Why dont you, as a Board of Health, do your work. ?" You leave me to do all the barracking. It's not right. If you were men, you would attend to the matter,"were some of the remarks Cr Bettley hurled at Councillors, who mostly smiled and "sed nuffin." Section 109 of the Matamata Settlement will be open for selection on lease in perpetuity on Wednesday next at the L-uds Office, Auckland. The ballot, if requir. 1, will be held on the 27th inst. On the Ist of February there will be open for selection, on the optional system, two sections of second - class surveyed land in Maramarua district, Raglan County, comprising 354 and 418 acres respectively ; one section of 61 acres of similar land in the Onewbero district; two sections in Koheroa Parish, Waikato County, containing respectively 320 and 430 acres ; and one section in Kawhia County, six miles from Otorohanga, consisting of 397 acres, besides other lands in various localities, the billot, if necessary, to be held on the following day. Mr Chas. J. Glidden, of Boston, U.S.A., who, in company with his wife and Mr Chas. Thomas, engineer, of London, is making a world's tour in a motor car, arrived in Hamilton yesterday afternoon from Auckland, and left this morning en route for Rotorua. From that place they go on to Napier, Wellington, and the Bluff. The running time from Auckland to Hamilton only occupied five hours. They commenced their world's tour in 1901, starting from London and driving only during the summer months. They have travelled through England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, most of the countries of Europe, and across North America. Up to date they have driven 20,293 miles in 20 countries, the greatest distances being 4565 miles in France, 2639 miles in England, and 2612 miles in the United States. They were the first to cross the A rctic Circle in a motor car after a drive of 1540 miles in Sweden. It is the intention of the party to spend five years in travelling over the globe. To-morrow (Sunday) a large Climax locomotive, belonging to the enterprising firm of Ellis and Burnand, of Hamilton and elsewhere, will run as a special, under her own steam, from Auckland to Mangapeehi, where she is to be employed on the 11 miles of iron-railed tramway belonging to the firm. The engine is over 30ft. long and runs on bogie trucks, and its diamond smoke stack is rather over the regulation height for the N. Z. railways, so that she is coming up under a short jury funnel. The locomotive was made in America, and is a special patent, expressly built for heavy slow work up steep grades that are thought to be impossible for steam. The same class of engine is in daily use on the railway to Klondyke and other of the mountains in the rougher parts of America. Messrs Ellis and Burnand have a long grade of 1 in 15 to work over, so an ordinary locomotive would have been of little or no use to them. She has attracted a deal of attention in Auckland, and has been visited by hundreds of people during her erection in the railway yard, especially by the railway engine drivers, and their remarks have been a bit mixed, but the general opinion is that for her particular work she is about the only thing possible, as the heavy gearing gives her immense power. At the same time it makes her slow, and she is not expected to do more than 7 miles an hour on her trip up. She should pass Frankton in the afternoon about 4 p.m. She is named "Mountaineer" and weighs, loaded with water, etc., 25 tons. The McCormick Binder does all it is advertised to do. 6 Mr Edward Hall, Kaiapoi House, Hamilton, advertises several lines. & respectable young man advertises for board and lodging in a private family in Hamilton. Mr F. E. Smith, architect, Hamilton, invites tenders for the erection of a cottage at Frankton (labour only). Arrangements are being made for a firstclass concert and dance in the Matangi Hall next Wednesday. The proceeds will be devoted to the hall funds. Tenders will be received by Mr J. S. Bond, agent for Public Trustee, until noon of Monday next, for leases of various allotments in Hamilton West. For the most popular modern writer, tho Dunedin booksellers voted Nat Gould first place; and for the most up-to-date Bo >t Store, the people of Hamilton vote Stanton's Golden Gate Boot Store the first place. _ 7

The Thames Stat regrets to learn thai the condition of Sir Alfred Cadman is such as to cause his relatives serious alarm. The ex-mamber for Thames bears up well, and astonishes his friends by his high spirits, though he fully appreciates the gr.tvity of the position. Mr H. Roche reports the mle of a section at Sunnyside to a local purchaser, who, we are informed, inten Is to shortly build on the section a large and commodious residence, replete with all modern improvements. Sunnyside is situated .ibout two miles from Hamilton post office, h iving an elevated position, with a ;ood ct.

At WhatatujU near Gi bore at about half-past six on Wednesday night a man named Rae. aged 19, went in for a swim in the river after work. He jumped in feet first, and did not rise. Ins two couipan ions made every i,Hurt to rescue him, but the body was nut found until some time later, when he was quite dead It is supposed that death was caused by the shock of going iuto the water in a Ix.Mted state. Deceased's parents belong to Gore. Driver Ernest Warner, who was in charge of the special train which collided with the jigger near Morrinsville on Tuesday, when Reed was killed, showed great presence of mind at the scene of the ajcident. It was impossible for the driver to observe the men approaching him till the train .vas within 40 yards of them, but on observing them he instantly threw on the emergency brake, and stopped the train in less than its own length. There is no doubt that the driver's prompt action was the means of Kyle escaping. In our advertising columns will be found an announcement by the Cambridge Dramatic Society, which will visit Hamilton next Wednesday, and present the sensa tional military drama, "For England's Glory." The action of the play takes place in Russia, during the Crimean war, and so should prove especially attractive at the present moment, when Russia is again at war. Popular prices are announced, and the box plan is now open at Mr W. H. I Paul's.

Is our race degenerating ? Or are we better mentally, morally, socially and physically, than the men of, say, 100 years ago. We are certainly better. The first noticeable improvement of intellect is shown in a man's tidy appearance. This can't be done without boots.—Try Stanton's Golden Gate Boot Store. 7