Local and General.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 6929, 31 January 1906, Page 2

Local and General.

The Cambridge Boron.rh Council will sue for unpaid rates and rents after to day.

The cost per mile of the roads aud railway surveys throughout the colony, carried out by the Government last year, averaged £l4 6s 3d.

On Thursdiy the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co., hold their Hamilton stock sale. In addition to the beef there will be yarded good lines of fat sheep and young cattle. The sale starts at 12 o'c'ock.

Referring to the recent clung-* of Ministry in Britain, the New York I'nbunn expresses its admiration of a country "that can so readily replace one Ministry with another entinly different yet so conspicuously worthy. Mr E. Bauman, tailor, cleaner, dyer and repairer is opening busineis in pre mises opposite the Old Council Chambers, Hamilton. Mr B .uman, having had 30 years' experience, will doubtless fairly earn a share of public patronage. Mr Langley Shaw, stock and station agent, Hamilton, reports tha sale of Mr C. E. Collins' choice 200-acre dairy farm at Newstead to Mr W. J. Missen, of Pahiatua, as a goingsconc Q rn, at £l2 per acre, Btock and plant at valuation. The Te Awamutu Flax Milling Company have disposed of the large quantities of kauri timber in the Te Rapa swamp to Mr Rodgers of Rotorua, who will use the power at the mill for outt ng up the timber. We understand that there are millions of feet of kauri in the swamp.

A special meeting of the Cambridge Borough Council was held yesterday for the purpose of fixing the statutory ha'('-holiday for the ensuing year. In the absence of the Mayor, Cr. Hally presided. It was proposed by Cr. Wilkinson, and seconded by Cr, Ciark, tLat the half-holiday be observed on Wednesdays, as heretofore. The ferry steamer Kestrel, which was carrying a large number of passengers from Devonport to Auckland, fouled the steamer Zelandia as that vessel was berthing at the Queen-street Wharf early on Monday evening. The b>ats touched very lightly, and no damage resulted, b'.it the passengers naturally became a little alarmed.

The quantity of butter shipped from Auckland ports for the two weeks ending the 26th iust. was as follows: —For transshipment to s.s. Matitua, at Wellington (9222 boxes, 31(5 kegs), 1927cwt., 2LB cases ; cheese, 265cwt. Kor South Afjic* (310 boxes): 170cwt. butter. For South Sea Islands (107 cases and 17 ke^s): 79c wt. butter; sJcwt. cheese.

The Government has deeded upon the appiintment of Mr T. H. Hamer as Under-Secretary for Mines, in succession to Mr H. Elliott, Mr P. S. Hay, at present Superintending Engineer, to the Public Works Department u a Eigineer-in-Chief, vice Mr W. H. Hales, and of Mr P. J. U'rtegan as chairman of the Wellington Conciliation Board. The third round of the Hamilton Cricket Association fixtures reciin nonces next Saturday, when Hamilton meets Frankton on Sydney Square. The following will represent the former:—Dr. Douglas, Worsley, Shepherd, Hamnond, Johnson, Jack, BiacKmia, Dymock, Bain, Bettloy, Binn-»y. All players are requested to be on the ground at 2 15 p.m. sharp. Sir Henry Campbell - Bannorman is claimed as the first British Prime Minister of purely Celtic strain. Although his mother waj a Bannerman of Mancheater, her father settled there from Scotland ; and up in Aberdeenshire, where the Bannermans hail from, there is little but the Celtic element. Paternally, Sir Henry is out-and-out a Celt, his grandfather and father being fiesh to Glaagow from the heathery Highland hills. The Rangaroa Village Settlement, adjoining Taumarunui, is about to be thrown open for settlement. Forty-four villagehomestead allotments, from one to seven acres in extent will be offered on lease is perpetuity, and 26 sections are to be sold by auction for cash. The former will be open for selection at Hakiaha's Hill, Taumarunui, on Wednesday, February 11th. 1906, and the ballot, if necessary, will be held there on the next day, when the freohold sections will be put up to auction. The following tenders have been accepted by the Waikato Central A. and P. Association in connection with the forthcoming show :—Publican's booth, £6O, J. Molloy (Auckland); public luncheon and stewards' luncheon, £lO, J. Gallagher ; No. 1 temperance booth, £6 6s, A. Minson; No. 2 temperance, booth, £9, Women's Christian

'emperanco Union. A meeting 0 f the gmeral committee of the Association will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday next.

Not long ago Mr Justice AVilliams made a statement in public on the subject of indeterminate sentences, intimating that after carefully looking into the whole 'juostiou he has come to approve of the principle, and hoped that the experiment would be tried iu New Zealand. Now that ho is about to take a year's leave of absence from his judicial duties, the Dunedin Star s 'ggests that the Government should give His Honor a roving commission to inquire into the working of the system of indeterminate sentences to those places where it has been tried.

Speaking at a luncheon at the Licensed Victuallers' Association's sports at Ballarat, the chairman, Mr C. H. Champion, main tained that prohibition didlnot prohibit, but it did drive a hotelkeeper out of his business and set up in his place numerous unlicensed vendors. One of the leading brewers in England had told him that his :irm were just executing oue of the largest orders they ever had for two gallon jars for the brewers of New Zealand, so that they might supply people in prohibition districts with beer.

A peculiar accideDt happened during the sailing of the patiki lace at the Auckland Regatta on Monday. As some of the boat -i were rounding the buoy oil Kangitoto, the Marion was carried by the tide across the bows of the Wureho. The Marion slid right on top of the Warehu'a how, which as it lifted turned the novel p.t?sengor comp'etely over. ' fter considerable labour the crew of the Marion managed to right and empty their vesse', though, of c urse, all chance in the race was lost.

" The Wrecker " is the title of a strong cartoon by Carruthers Gould in the Westminister Gazette of 9th December. In pirate-garb, a lantern at his side, and a cigar in his mouth. Mr Chamberlain sits on the verge of a precipice overlooking a rocky coast, with an expression of supreme satisfaction. On the rocks below lie two shattered wrecks, labelled respectively, " Liberal Government, 1586," and " Unionist Government, 10)5." Below is the motto, "Si monumentutu requiris circumspioe."

Mrs E. J. Davey requires a general servant.

Don't forget that a Benicia disc p'ough will be a big saving in labour when you want the stubble turned quickly after harvest for early sheep food. A ;ont—J. H. Fergus in, Cambridge G Construction work is progressing rapidly on tho tahtu;:t railroad in the world—from Brussels to Berlin, via Cologne; miuimum speed 120 mi'es hd hour, but you don't want to forget, Stanton's Golden Gate Boot Store, Hamilton, can show you a greater assortment than any boot house south of * uckland. <;

An evening college for adulL has boon opened in the Alexandra llmldiugs, Hamilton, by Air J. D. Morton, late' resident master at Prince Albert College, Auckland. Classes are being formed in bo"k-keeping, general education, and public examination work (including coaching for matriculation i.nd civil service). Application may be m tdo any evening, but as only a limited number can be admitted to each class, j n . tending students are advißed to enrol at once. 6

The following tenders have boon received by Mr F. E. Srai'h, architect, for the erecti >n of a residence in Collingwo id-street, for Mr J. Jackman : "neil Bros, £497, McKinnon and Miller £490, W. Hayes £4St, White and James £484, W. Hogan £482, M. G. Carter £477, R. Cooiubes £469, Morris »nd Emmett £463 113, C H. Warr £4lo 0«.

The delay in the opening of the doors at the Hamilton Town Hall yesterday eveciug on the occtsion of the Czemy entertainment was caused by the management's determination to give a performance of as high a class and as perfect in detail as those given by the Company in the larger centres. The delay was inconvenient, but the public were well repaid for their patience.

A petition signed by a large number of settlers in the Matamata district was recently forwarded to the Government by Mr H. J.Greenslade, M.H.R., urging that the Aratiatia Block, which consists of native land, might be secured for settlement purposes. Mi Greenslade has row received a reply to theelfeet that the matter is under the j consideration of the Native Minister.

With regard to sea'ing ac commodation for children in the public schools, Dr. Russell, of Christchurch, has been for some time interesting himself in the question of making better provision. He considers that to have perfect discipline in a school every child must have i's own saat, of the pioper height and incline for the spine and also the feefc. The desk in front should be in such a position to the body as would provile tho greatest ease in sitting. Single seats were desirable prevent to migration of vermin, the spreau of contagion and the bre'thing of one child into another's face. They assist growth by allowing the child to assume the most comfortable positionsIn cise of fire or ace dent the proposed system would facilitate the removal of the children. But perhaps the greatest boon it would confer would be the additional floor space per unit and the better ventilation,

A man or woman who buys at a store simply because it is the nearest is very improvident. We would prefer you to take a walk round to the various boot stores first, because we know, no matter where you start, you are sure to finish at Stanton's Golden Gate Boot Store. 6