LOCAL AND GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8067, 29 December 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AND GENERAL.

On New Year's Eve, at half past seven, a praise »ervice will be held in the Hamilton Haptist Church. A number of anthems, solos, etc, will bo renderod i>y a sp cial choir. Tr ie affords a rare opportunity to any wko desire to enjoy a musical treat on the last night of the old jear.

The services at the Primitive Methodist Church to morrow will be conducted in the morning by Mr 14. Peer, of Auckland, and in the ovening by the Kev. I'. J. Mair-, when his subject will be " Chr et's power over Sin.' beivice at Koromatua at 230 p.m. MrH. J. Greensladp, Mil R, has received the following tel. gram from Sir Joseph Ward —I have pleasure iu inform ing you that 1 have authorised the extension of the telephone from Cambridge to Roto-o-rangi, and the woik will be carried out as soon as possible."

The sen whs particularly calm durirg ihe past lew days (says the Taranaki News) Travelling by boat to aud fr m Auckland wa» like sailing over the Fmoothest of lak»-s —quite a rare pleasure and experience. A giod deal of (coju fishing was done by piscator.nl votaries, some fairly good catches being made. His Worship the Mayor has received Hie f llowing telegram from the Hon. VV. Ha:l--,loue j , Minister of Public Works: " Ve r y kind of you to suggest deferring opening if sal,-.yards. My future movements are very uncertain. Suggest you open on lO:h as at first arranged and I will take the opportunity if visiting Hamilton some time during recess." The Regatta Committee met last evennig, when a lot of busine.-s was through. The prospects for the success of tho regatta are m irt promising, and the committee h ive d.cided. if sufficient su, - port it forthcoming, to h> Id a concert durin; tho evening, it has been arranged to run excursion trains from Auckland, Thames, Waihi, Cambridge, and To Kuiti, returning the same day, the tickets being available over the Monday following the regatta.

A slight semation was caused at Christchurch last wiek when a Wangjnui College boy, R*tu Sakuee, a Fijian, and a weL-known footballer, walked bartfooted intc to pit of burning stonps just vacated by tbe tliewalkors. Ratu hat been wearing bo ti for tho lust live years and his iVet are as tender as any European's. He Slid the stones felt intensely hut but did nit burn his feet. He couil not explain tho matter at all, aud told nn interviewer it seemed more a matter of la th than anything elati. All the same it was a very wyvterious thing.

A novel aud p.-o).ably un'que specta.de is at present to be soon on Mr George Shaw's farm at Ciaremount («ays the Tiuiaiu Post), where there is a cow suckling t«o lambi, and bringing thnm up well, The lambs and their foster mother are the best of friends, the cow appearing to be quit') convinced t u at the lambs ar* her twin oalver, aud sh6 treats them in till respects as if they were. With such a liberal supply of milk an the lambs derive from the cow thny have become m fat as to be scarcely able to walk. Says the Wairarapa Daily Times; Mr C, Bannister, who has been working on the track to Mount lloldtworth, reports that, vvhilst camping ou the mountain side, he heard the peculiar cry of the kakapo—the uitwo ground parrot—a wingless bir', about the. ■/.' of un * yleshiro drake. Tli . kakapo has not been boon no;- heard f r many years, and it was believed thai it lo.ii disappeared; but Mr Sutli-rland, who haa been acriuqiying Mr llinilister on tin work of forming the tra.-k, a!., heir I the call of the Lird, which ia unmiitake l»i '*o.

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AVfl have received from tho stationmnßter ut Hamilton a cpy of tho railway tiuieiab'e for the m lith of January ]<)()7. A ernz'er in ttm Tvekerangu C-'ontliern Marlborough) district loot t-ix'y head of cattle recently, apparently l«v f t'n poinunin:;. He had burnt oIY soitio fern laud and had sown <io»n erase. I'lm b.fer, however, did not c-Mtv uwhv, rof the }ou"g fern did. When the en'tie were turned on to this they we e rapidly all'eeted, and before they c uld be got away sixty had succumbed An investigation will probably I'H made by the chemist to the Department of Agriculture into tho nature of the causative agent present in the fern.

A c •inference of delegates representing tho fronnynldersTnion in Dunedin, f'hristcliorch and Wellington, is b"iug held in We liugt c. Auckland, though affiliated, is nut represented, owing to an exceptionally busy time. It was resolved to approach tho Government with a request tor t h<- imposition of additional duty on brass and iron fitting?, also to urge the Government to speedily establish State foundries in centres where not already e.-tabli.-hed, notably in Auckland and Inveroargill. It was assorted that many hun Ireds of pounds had already been saved to the colony by the operations of the State foundries iu Wellington, Christchurch, and Duni din.

Three different parties made the ascent of Ngauruhoe volcano during the holidays, nKine'y, Mr. Marshall and party, from Dunedin; Dr. ("iordon and from Auckland; and .Mr Anderson and party fioin liaurimu. Included in .Mr Marshall's party were two ladies, Mioses Jackson and S'ewart, who reached the crater, and in Mr. Anderson's party his daughter and nieco aim reached the crater, which was very active, giving the spectators a grand opportunity of studying the titanic forces at w.rk. The weather was beautifully fine, and uloriom views were obt lined on every hand. M'S'es Jackson and Stewait also successfully ascended Ruapehu Mountain, gaining the highest peak. In the three partiee there were no less than 28 persons, and the mountain nuts were taxed to their utmost for accommodation.

Mr H. J. Greenslide, M.11.R., hag received trie following letter from Sir Joseph Ward:—"ln reference to your letter of the 11th August last, asking, on behalf cf the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce, that the deci-ioti not to provide a clock tower in the new post effice building at Cambridge •d o ild be reconsidered, I have now tl.e honour to inform you that it has been decided to grant £oO for a clock tower and .£3OO as half payment tor a chiming clock, provided tlie residents subscribe tho remaining half c< st of tho clock —As the ertc'ion ot the towi r dep nds upon whether their 1 cal residents are willing to provide their moiety of the cost of the clock, I should be obliged if you would make inquiries and let me have the information witnout delay, so that the Pubi c Works Department can be advised as to whe f her the will he required or not. The Government's eubsijy towards the clock wiil be granted on the condition that the winding and repairing of the clock are atttended to by the lo:al authoiitiea. J. G. Ward, Postm ister-General." 'the matter is now under the consideration of the Cambridge Chamber of Commerce.

In the Exhibition military tournament on Wednesday (jaya iha Herald's correspondent), the representatives from Auckland province acquitted themselves with great credit. They competed in four service events —in the six-pounder quick-firer drill, the \ ictori.i Cross race, tent-pegging, and the Lloyd-Lindsay—and they proved themselves worthy opponents in the qa'ck titer competition. Ihd AuckLnl Nj. 1 Company Garrison Artillery tied with the redoubtable Australian Garrison Artilleiy t am on the first day, aud ia deciding the tie gave by tar the better general performance. l'neir mounting and dismounting were practicilly perfect, but unf jrtunataly the layer m ido two mistakse in dejection, which caused them to ljo=e the competition by two pjiut.s. In the mounted events the \\ auato Mounted Kitles showed they were plucky riders, as well as good ixponeots of the game. Hiding with great dash in the \ ictorian Cross race trouble with their driver caused them to lose time and placed them in third place, just behind Fe lding. In tent-pegging they occupied a like position, and lure again their work was much almired. The hardest luck however, was met with in the LloydLindsay. After giving the best display of the day one of th ir horses ran oil at the last hurdle on the return j urney, and disqualified the section. The Waikato Mounted li'ties were first in the Obstacle Race, second in H restling on Hors-back and Cigar Race (having only five men in the former against the opposing team's six), and third in th:i Victoria Cross Race, Lemon Cutting aud Teat Pegging.

"Are you going to the Exhibition seems to be the burning question of the day. The question whiah really interests you Mr Clothes-wearer is—"Have you seen the exhibition of lovely suitings in V. Houghton's window ? " They are all at one pnoe, ninety-five shillings. It will cost you nothing to look, and it will save your money to order one. If there is nothing in the window to suit your taste just walk inside and you will be suited at V. Houghton's up-to-date tailoring establishment, Hamilton. 6 COST OF SEPARATOR REPAIRS. Mr F. Biomquist, proprietor of the Tauranua Dairy Co, writes as follows: " 1 have b.en running the MO gallon lialtic separator for six months, and cannot speak too highly of it. It's chief chiricteristics are sweet ruining, clean skimming, and durability of the wearing parts. For the six months tho machine has not cost me a cent tor repairs, even the driving rope and the hood ring are quite good yet, aud the machine iuas so true that the top and bottom beirirgs show no signs of wear at all. The un-ehine puts through the 410 gallons par hour quite coui'ort ibiy. You can in,ike what use you like of this, as 1 shall certainly recommend everyone to give the liallic a trial. '1 he machine constancy skims down to .02. For particulars write to J. li. McEwan and Co., ltd, Fort street, Auckland.