COUNTRY NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 50, 28 February 1923, Page 8

COUNTRY NEWS.

HATAKATA. Tepo! Rairy Company lias derided te hullfl a t»r.-vat cbe«Ke factory, thus m.iWn" a dual plant. The company's present butter factory was built last year. TE AROHA. I'resentatioHS were made this weefe by tbe Municipal Rantl to Bandsmen Jarrett and Sherlock. The presents were a silver teapot and armchair respectively, and were handed over by Conductor J,. Buelian. A bazaar In aid of the Te Aroha West Methodist, rburcb realised nearly £80.

Trustee F, Howe p-•Hideo' «t the nioini.lv -lectins of the Klstuw Drainage Board. A ,)etter was received from the Department of Lands and Survey relative to Tirohia-Otway road drain work, estimated to cost £4.i0. it l-ecnmemletl that tbe Public Works ami Lands Department each subsidise the wurk to the extent of £I_.">. and that the balance of £.00 be found by the Hoard and Plako County Council, It was decided to reply that :13 the board did not derive any benefit from the drain, and would not receive any revenue from the portion affected, it could not nt-'ree to tho proposal. The enjriiioer was instructed to prepare specifications and estimates for the cleaning of the principal outlets in the Elstow district. The engineer stated that the Waitoa Board desired a conference between the two bodies to endenvour to arrive at a conclusion relative to the lowering of the water level of the Walton Hirer. It hub decided to agree to the tiroposed conference, and to later place the proposals before the ratepayers. Mr. McMillan, the selected Reform candidate for the forthcoming; Tuurniiga election, has been spending a few days ln Te Aroha.