TE AWAMUTU

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 180, 9 August 1909, Page 5

TE AWAMUTU

. _ —-*- I Resident Correspondent. —A Surprise Party.— ' Te Awamutu cows seem to have a penchant for paying unwelcome surprise visits. Friend Jackson had two kine of inquisitive propensities visit his hotel on Thursday. One walked ' into his new saloon bar and after a cursory inspection of the interior it vainly tried to make an exit through one of the mirrors in which an open door was reflected. After some persuasion the blooming cow was induced to visit other fields. In the meantime the other cow was making an unconducted tour of the upstairs nortion of the house but was after a time, at the behest of the excited owner, summarily ejected. The incident gave birth to the rumour that Host Jackson was keeping a milch cow in the bar for the benefit of tho3e desiring fresh milk with their whisky. Roals. - The Pirongia trail —it's little better —leading from Te Awamutu to Pirongia has been in use for 3>> years or more. Notwithstanding that it is the principal road leading to the homesteads of hundreds of settlers, it is well nigh impassable. About time it j was metalled. j -A new Church. — A contract has been let for the erec- j tion of a new Roman Catholic Church. j The erection of this edifice will be ! proceeded with almost immediately and will fill a long felt requirement. —Hockey.— Today Te Awamutu ladies meet a team of from Hamilton. • As the local team has been p-actising assiduously a good match should eventuate. —A Snooker Match.— | Excitement ran high among billiard j enthusiasts on Friday evening when a j snooker match for a ten pound purse i was played between Messrs L. Bailey and Fred Eyre, two well known local exponents of the game. The conditions were best two out of three. Bailey won the first, the scores being 51—29; Eyre the second 60 -24; the third game was a draw 45 all. It was decided to play a deciding game. After an exciting game honours rested with Eyre, the final being the black to i win, which Eyre secured. Leseurs' rooms, notwithstanding that the match was an impromptu one, were packed to the utmost, and both players were heartily applauded for the sportsmanlikeway in which the games were contested.