WAIKATO ITEMS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 215, 7 September 1912, Page 9

WAIKATO ITEMS.

(By Telegraph.Own Correspondent.) HAMILTON , , this day. 'M the Supreme Court tins morning ai decree nisi,, bo he made absolute in three months, with, costs on the lowest) skll'o, was gTanted in the divorce case Catherine BTwkfclwught v. Ernest Buckthought. The vase of Mary & Woolston v. E. G. Humphreys, claim £177 14/3, is now being heard. The claim is in connection: with the destruction of 31 i aor-ee of cocksfoot seed, destroyed by lire, which at is claimed spread from defendant's property in the Waimarino d'istrJct. Tile iVanlcton Town Board is advised ■by ate solicitor, Mr. P. that it lias no liability ' i:n connoeldon with the death of Xeil Kennedy, killed by falling from the water tower, ad all preaiuitionis luul -been tjaken. The ..Muikt«r for interna] Affaire notified tilie Board that no objections had been received to the proposed estsvblish.nsenl of a borough. The iMiAsunoe caused by t.lre railway a-uthofitie* depositing eleanrnsfs from trucks at tihe oartvtlcyajds .is to be referred to the department. Ap-' prov-jiJ \tob gi\n&n to the iaying of an extra water-pipe in Frankton Road, at a cost of i.' 178. The electors'- roll, containing 030 names, was signed. The waterworks engineer reported that the .claim, by the :.'ontractor for laying pipes for delay in delivery caused by strikes at home and abroad was covered by tire condition of contract.

At the Hamilton Hockey Club social last night a prominent member., Mrsu Kill op, was presented with a silver jam dish and sugar basin on bite occasion of his approaching marriage. At a meeting of the Borough Council, the '•(Jazctte" notice in tjomnection with thf inclusion of Claudelaiuls in the borough from Ist October was received. ■Formal resolutions \\-are passed in connection with the special rates from loans .recently raised, also abolishing the old -pound, and establishing ii new on*. After a long discussion a motion limiting building areas to 45ft frontage was defeated, the mayor suggesting that a special meeting be held to consider the whole question of areas. A bill of costs for £209 7/6, and £50 the Council's expenses, in the recent caee, Butler (late engineer) v. the Council, was passed. The Council confirmed, the previous resolution to refuse leases to -Mr Thornes for the subdivision of properties recently purchased.