WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XVIII, Issue 6053, 12 April 1881, Page 3

WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] Hamilton, Monday;" Arrangements are being made to hold a fancy ball some time in - June, in the Oddfellows' Hall. Whatawhata, Saturday. An accident happened yesterday at. the new bridge, which fortunately was less serious than it might have been. The bridge, though not formally opened, is open for traffic, and Mr. McLeish was coming across yesterday evening with a dray load of potatoes to Mr. Limmer's place, when tho horses, going too near the edge of the approach, cart, horses, and man rolled down the incline together. Fortunately neither Mr. McLeish nor the horses were hurt, but the harness was much injured and the cart damaged. Alexandra, Monday. 'An accident happened to a lad named Charles Brayson yesterday. He was shooting rabbits with another boy when the gun burst, the explosion, however, injuring but one finger of the left hand, splitting it open. The wound was dressed and the finger bound up, and the lad is not likely to suffer any serious injury, though the left arm is somewhat numbed with the shock. Te Awamdtu, Monday. There is a general wish amongst settlers here that some enterprising parties would start a flour mill, and a guarantee could easily be obtained by suck of a large growth of wheat in the district. This would save the carriage of all wheat to Auckland or Ngaruawahia and of the carriage back of flour to the district. There is available water power to be procured in suitable situations. Cambridge, Monday. Mr. Mackintosh has resigned the office of bandmaster to the Cambridge Reed Band, anct there is some likelihood of the band being broken up unless active steps to make more satisfactory arrangements for its working are at once taken. The members of the Wesley an Church choir held a meeting on Friday evening last, to appoint a choir master, in place of the Rev. Mr. Bull, who is leaving for some months on a trip to Australia. Mr. Mackintosh was elected unanimously. Another case of muru is likely to occur here among the assembled natives. In this instance the co-respondent is a Maori named Karetai, of the Ngatirangi tribe. The woman, the wife of Kerona, named Ngaki. | The husband got up a tana for utu, but the woman and Karetai were separated and guarded to prevent personal injury. The injured husband now talks of an action at law, European fashion. A committee meeting of the Town Board was held on Saturday, and the tender of Messrs. Fergusson and Itickett for the Dukestreet works was accepted for £55. It was also resolved that the drainage from Vic-toria-street North should be carried along the water channel of Duke-street "West, together with the drainage of Duke-street East.