COUNTRY NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIX, Issue 103, 30 April 1908, Page 3

COUNTRY NEWS.

• —. — CAJCBBIDGE. CAMBRIDGE, Monday. The Cambridge Road Board met ou Satur- | day. Mr. AtKmsou waited upon ths Board with i-ererence to a road ne wished deviated j at r'encourt; bnt as it seemed impossible to get it dove, ne asked the lioard to repair the old road at the earnest possible mo- | ment. This the Board decided to do forth- . with- Mr. William llickey waited upon the Board re a small portion ot road on his farm j at Karapiru. It adjoins a bridge wmch the j Government have erected over the Karapiru i stream, and he contends it is in the cam- j Dridge Ruad District, as he ouly pays rates to tne Cambridge board. A couple ' of tne members of tne Board will inspect i the road and report to next meeting. The Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Com- ■ pany lately decided to erect a new butter : factory m bri<-ii. aud the following tenders were received tor the wort.: Messrs. saell i Bros.. Hamnrou. £2i(r7: Mr. Sheldon, j Hamilton. £2222; Mr. tare. Cambridge, I £2uS.B; Mr. Holland. Auckland. H-JosT; Mr. j Clark Auckland, i.2048; Mr. Johns. AucEland, £ID6J?; Mr. Murray, Hamilton. £1905; Mr. F. I'otts, Cambridge. la&'.Mi. The last- j mentioned was accepted, and tne work will . be proceeded with forthwith. The company j ! have sold their supply of cream during tne j winter mouths, wuile the new factory is i oeing erected. The Chrysanthemum Show closed on Saturday evening. As regards the blooms. It was an undoubted success, but financially ] it did not come up to last year. | The Borough Council met ou Friday evenI ing. when the usual rates for the present I year were duly struck, the general rate bei Ing 1/6 in the £. The newly-formed hockey 1 club asked permission to use Victoria i Square. It was decided to inform the club 1 that the footballers had a prior claim, and | the hockey players were referred to them. Inspector Sennett reported that some property owners had not connected with the drainage scheme, and it was decided to prosecute unless the work is commenced at once. The financial statement showed that the overdraft had gradually grown uutil the j district fund now stands £294, in debit, but this includes some £300 or £4<»i advanced lon account o£ the high level bridge. ! OTAHUHI". I Considerable interest Is being taken in i the Otahuhu Mutual Improvement Association, a number of papers being contributed Iby members at the last meeting. These ln- ' eluded an interesting article ou "Anarcny. <by Miss E. Robins, and papers on "Asi tronomv." by Mr. 11. Mullins. and "Home | Rule," "by Mr. R. B. Todd. The Rev. S. ; Gluson of the Maiiuk-iu 1 (irculti and Mr. J. Watson, home missionary tor the district, were welcomed at the j Otahuhu Methodist Church by the parisa--1 ioners. There was a large attendance, the I chair being occupied by Mr. G. D. Smith. i Speakers to weicome the guests were: : nVssrs. Westney. Douglas. Farnsworth and Stringer (21. solos were contributed dur- ; ing tue evening by Miss Clark ami Messrs. Burton and Trenwtth. while Mr. I'hillips i gave an organ solo, and a thoroughly enjoyable social evening spent. WAIHI. (By Telegraph.—Own Correspondent.) WaIHI. Wsdneeday. Mr. J. Foster. late of Waihi. a wellknown distance runner, writing to a friend here, states that he has been meeting witn great success on the track in Australia. He is in great railing form, and is at present '. competing at Queensland meetings, lie Las ' : won no fewer than 32 races since the end •of last November. He states chat on re- • turning from Stawell he was nea.ly board- , ing the train which met with disaster. He ' leaves shortly lor England. The quarterly meeting of the Kiran.gahake branch of the Thames Miners' Culou was held at Karangaliake. there being a large attendance of members. Mr. Alf. I Sawyer, president of the Thames Union, , presided. Mr. H. A. Campbell moved: "That this branch of the Thames Miners' Union take steps to sever its connection. ! and form an Independent union of its own." [ This failed to get a seconder. Several soerkers spoke verj strongly against M:\ Campbell's agitation. The weekly meeting of the Man.igcin '^.t j Committee of the Waihi Rugby Union w.u held. A long discussion took place over the residential qualifications of two players, viz.. Vincent and Ryan. Bven:ua"y it was discovered that both players vere qualified residents of the Waihi district. ' Mr. J. Johnson was appointed to referee , j the senior match. Waitete v. vV.iihi, on Saturday. Mr. A. Power wiil en i.r->i the ' first junior match, and Mr. Moore the second junior game. Messrs Armstrong (president) and John ston (viee-presidenti. of the Waihi Miners ! Uaion. left for Auckland this morning n - attend the Arbitration Court sittings, it connection with several alleged breaches ol c award at Waikino. and a couple of accideni L compensation cases. r\f Last night. Mr Walluutt. returning officer , T.vas enabled to declare the results of thre< polls within eleven hours from the closing time, thereby establishing a record, tht mayoral result being declared in less thai half an hour. The polling was very heavy * just on 1600 votes being recorded. In th< f council election, two seats were contested s I and the poll resulted: Irvine 832. Cottei 7615.2 Woodham 74.8. McCarrny -S<?3. Ii '' I connection with the technical school pol " [ 120.8 signified their willingness for th< 3 j Borough to make a grant of £300 toward: | the establishment of a technical school, 25( * I voted against, and 60 votes were informal - i The election of Mr Newth as mayor enttil: r another election for an extraorriinar; i vacancy in the Couyil. in three weeks - time. ] WHATTGAHEI. WHANGAREI. Wednesday. 1 In the S.M. Court. Mr. Dyer presiding a \ Ware Dunn, charged with behaving offen - j sively on a train, and also with assaultm: - two passengers, was fined £9 17/9. T , Johnson and G. Mason, charged with usin; '• abusive language to J. Prolongeau, wen 5 each fined. 10/ and costs.