WHANGAREI NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXX, Issue 209, 4 September 1899, Page 2

WHANGAREI NEWS.

(From Our Own Correspondent.)

A short time ago a petition to hate the borough divided into wards signed by many of the burgesses was forwarded to Wellington to be presented to Parliament by Mr E. Thompson, M.H.R. We received news that the prayer had been granted, and the division, which is to consist of three wards, is now gazetted.

Considerable satisfaction is expressed by the settlers and townspeople on" learning that out of the million loan proposed to be obtained, an amount is to be allocated for the purpose of extending the present terminus^of the railway to deep water. It is a^ticipated that'this extension will.bejofi-con-siderable value to the town and. district.

A representative team of footballers left here to play yesterday and are to1: meet a Bay of Islands representative team at Kaikohe to-day (Saturday),when it is expected our boys will giv« s a good account of themselves.

i Quite a demand has, since the late | destructive fire, set in for plate glass | ■ fronts to the various business pre--:| roisps here, and most of the tradesi,- f people are superseding the out of date i frame fronts of these. Now fronts^:] which would not disgrace larger;] towns are the order of the day. ManJ;j I'lot the windows are being" handsome!} I 'decorated, but thai of Mr Chissell's 6Vj serves special montion, the decoration it being quite as Ground, if not superior, to ] ! anything of its class in Auckland, j , The work was done by Mr ,T. G. Hol->:j i land (who also decorated Messrs Par- I i fridge's windows in Auckland) under.-I I special engagement. The work is donerl iin several colours and gold leaf, is otil ;handsome design and very artistically ■ 'finished, and is altogether an excellent I piece of work. i The advent of six steamers n weeftj l is alrendy proving of great eonvenk! jence to tradespeople, settlers an<|| j travellers, and great credit is due toji 'the N.S.S; Company for their enter** i prise in this matter. A very successful ball in aid of th&ji hospital took place on Wednesday|| evening, the receipts were good* and|| will be the means of adding a further, | considerable amount to that already;! collected for this purpose. . |