ELTHAM.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 2737, 2 June 1894, Page 2

ELTHAM.

(FBOM OUE BEEOMEB.) During the past fortnight everything has been " flat, stale, and unprofitable. Tbe universal cry is No- Money!! — Eli though there are -rumors of extensive building operations in the near future. Mr £. Buokeridge is about to erect. tbi;ee new shopß on his Mountain road section, Mr Wilkinson has let tenders for a large 1 and commodious shop next the Prim-'. itivo Methodist Church, while Mr Ghap-' man Tayler is talking ot buildingi 'business accommodation =on f hia Ojburch: 1 street corner. . " .i , j. , \ One of > jour road contractors ;haa :" vamoosed the rancb," and left many, ; lamenting friends behind him. Claims' ion tbe balance left in , tbe County Council's hands have been' pouring 4n , thick and fast. Several business ,men have been struok very heavily, buithf wages men are in tbe 'worst plight. Some of them are left as much as £50 to tbe bad. . ,t . • In view of this case, the Knigbta p| Labor at tbeir last meeting discußsedjttje contract . Byatem, and resolved , tbat o fk deputation wait on tbe Ha war a County' Council at their next meeting to arjro upon that body the necessity of letting all future 7 works on co-operative lines; t? We have got our cemetery and' reoreation reserves at last; Chief Surveyor Straoohon, on a recent visit to Eltham& said that he bad given instructions, to Mr Skeet to lay off 10 acres for the former and 15 for tbe latter in tbe Ngaire Block. Even now we are not satisfied. Tbe recreation reserve is much too small; 100 acres at least- are necessary. It will be useless as a reserve, being too far from! town. All that can be done ie to. lease it and pay tbe rent of the grounds now in use. To do this will require at least 100 acres. : . We bad two football matches during tbe past fortnight. Tbe first contest—* "Old Buffers" v. Tonng Players — excited a large amount of interest, and excitement' ran high. Both, teams were backed freely. The game throughout was keenly contested, and the victory very hardly earned. The superior tactics of tbe " Old B.s " proved too much for tbe Young 'uns, and at the end of tbe game the Boorea stood : "Old Boffers,:'6; Club, 3. Distinguished among the former were T.Willy, W. Stanners, Corbett, T. Stanners, Dive, P. Hawke, and Sanßster ; while the .latter .shone through Connolly, Pfed BrbWnj r ''|U)> Whirter, G. Moir, H. Robinson, and Berridge. Messrs Brewer and Keane gave tiopbieß for 'the best play on - each side, won by W. Stanners and Harry Robinson ; while Mr Brewer gave an extra trophy to W. Sangster for bis hard and consistent play. The^ matqh 5 was terminated by a dinner at the Branch Hotel in the evening, and a! few ' pleasant hoofs, were passed" aVay ; in song, .speech and story ; but as "Tours " was not favored with an invitation it is impossible to report proceedings. y>..m) The inatcbjfiEltham v. Sawera Juniors., proved one of the toughest contests yet fought, on ]$ie Eltham t ground, j As usual, Eltham v aqjEered from 'want of organisation .in.^jar^baokß. The Hawera boys were i! a, rr liirer|^bointed 1 i irer|^bointed object lesson in this' department: The Eltbam for. wards, led by Songster, proved a bit" too much, "and" MS' they received sufficient

support the 1 iesult .would: iare "been different. When time was . called .the .scores stood ;■ .Hawera, 8;, Eltbam,,4. As a game jifc^w/is^ one of the bes^yet played in the (patriot., Tbe* decisions of the reJEe^ee^were .obeyed 'promptly/ and there was Wjpleae'urable absence 6f illfeeling '' : 'Hawera were conspicuous through Ooffey (2) and Keith, while Eltham depended on F.: Robinson, Sangster, W. Stanners, T. Wbittington, Oarr, and Short. . , , . , ,' • •• „, . ,> r