WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XIX, Issue 6571, 8 December 1882, Page 6

WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

[from our own correspondents.] Hamilton", Thursday. | A special meeting of the Borough Council was held last night to consider the drainage scheme. A proposal to knock the scheme on the head there and then was negatived, and it was resolved that the executive be instructed to take the proper legal means for bringing the matter before the burgesses for their decision. Very little business was done at the meeting of the Ivirikiriroa -Road Board yesterday, the principal being to order the calling for tenders for the forming of the unmade portion of the Hamilton-Taupiri road. It has been resolved to offer two valuable borough reserves for lease by auction, namely, lots 31 and 32 in Victoria-street, opposite the station road. Lots 335, 365, aud 366, Hamilton West, will also be offered. l Mr. Gaudin's little girl, who fell down r a flight of stairs and sustained a severe concussion of the brain, is still in a critical condition, and not yet considered out of danger. Mr. Treewhellar had so far recovered from his injuries as yesterday to be able to leave his bed.

The only business done at the monthly meeting of the Domain Board last night was the announcement of the £50 given by the Government towards the cost of cutting Seddon's drain and the appointment of the Mayor and Town Clerk to interview Mr. Seddou, and arrange as to the amount which he will contribute towards the cost of the work. Mr. Von Sturmer gave notice of motion, for the 20th instant, "To take into consideration the rules and regulations respecting the fencing of the town-belt lands, leased by the Domain Board, with a view to their amendment." The present stringent rules as regards expensive kinds of fencing, interfere with the utilization and occupation of these lands by the very class of persons who would be moat benefitted themselves, and would most benefit the town by bringing them into a state of cultivation.

Kgaruawahta, Thursday. Whether a sum of money is borrowed or not by the local body, under the Road Construction Act, it is imperatively necessary that the bridges on the Ngaruawahia and Taupiri road should be rebuilt or replaced by culverts, and also the bridge over the lagoon. These may carry the summer traffic, threshing machines, and other heavy weights excepted, but they will become positively dangerous if allowed to remain, after the wet weather sets in. They were built by the military in 1364, and are completely done. TAurrr.r, Thursday. An acre of laud changed hands in this township the other day for the very satisfactory price of £30. The want of a goods station continues to be much felt by the settlers, goods arriving having no shelter other tlian what the owners themselves are able to provide for them in the shape of tarpaulins, and lying at the risk of being stolen till they can be removed. Had the summer been a wet one, there would probably have been more or less destruction of property, as much as twenty or thirty tons of goods lying unsheltered for days for want of a goods store. The want of a decent waiting-room in place of the old shid at the railway station is also much felt, and the attention of the authorities has been drawn to the matter by the resident settlers and others. Cambribck, Thursday. Tha following scores were made by the Cambridge Troop in firing for the Government district prizes : —Trooper A. Forrest, 62; Sergeant-Major Fisher, G2; Corporal Fergusson, 59 ; Sergeant Howie, 57 ; Trooper Garland, 56 ; Trooper Rhodes, 41. Te Awamutu has mad six scores of 60 and over; Hamilton, one ; and Cambridge, two. The watch stolen from Mr. McMillan by the native Hori has been found. Hon, it will be remembered, was remanded until Saturday to give time for the recovery of the stolen property. After tha rrmaud, however, he confessed to Constable Brennan that he had stolen the watch and where he had hidden it, but ir. the meantime it had been found by another native, and hidden awiy by him in the fern, on the floor of their tent. On inquiry being made the second appropriator revealed the place of hiding, and the watch was recovered. Te Awamctu, Thursday. The tender of Messrs. Berry and Neil for the lease of the Kihikihi busli reserve has been accepted by the Puniu Domain Board. The terms are £5 per annum for the five years' lease, and a royalty of lf>3 per tree, and Is per ton firewood. The Te fLihu reserve was not let, none of the tenders coming up to the estimate of its value entertaiued by the Board.