WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 6933, 6 February 1884, Page 6

WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

Lraoil OUR OWN COEKEaPOSDZSTS.] At a special way Board held at Hewitt's hotel P* dera were received for cravelliniTiL ten " th the f P. lm ' :)l '^® e *H»miltQia.road nan?'! 9 ' those of Messrs. J. Coombeu, J n Sf y > J. Hamilton, Dillon (accepted, aveM». l fa ' Is 6d per yard), and Messrs. Cricket Fergusson. Mr. J. C. Booth's Dd Is 2Jd per yard for ballasting the st ; road was accepted. Three tinderf&P" ing the Victoria-road were received, and of George Mann (£ls) accepted, th<Wof Shaw and Mr. Mackay beins i„? Mr " having no deposits enclosed At the opening of the HiA SoWi Wednesday and on Thursday and 611 a single pupil attended. ? not Mr. Stewart, the head teacher h,. ported Mr. Wright, the teacher of'th e ft;*" ijchool classes, for insubordination in th« 8 sence of the teachers and pupils. f l ® The litigation between the Camhrij Board and Mr. W. A. Graham, rear*^ B " the pound site at Tamahere haa L 8 happily settled. The Board will relink all claim to the five acres in disnut« which the pound now stands, and wain cbase a quarter of an acre from Mr GraV ' adjoining the blacksmith's shop 0 n t?' Narrows road, for the freehold of u they will pay Mr. Graham £10, with I«l to remove the pound itself to the new aits The new bridge over the Horahora h,. been completed. 031 At the meeting of the subscribers in n, public library, Mr. J. P. Thompson v!r! pertinently addressed those present on subject of the loau proposed to be raised fn the purpose of improving the Library the Town Hall. He reminded then? that the mere passing of the resolution that, sum of £600 should be borrowed would be of no effect, if those interested in the nuttei did not actively bestir themselves in voting and inducing their friends to come to th poll and sanction the rate. Not only m J! tbere be a majority in favour of the proposal of those who vote, but that the miioritv muse exceed, if only by one, the hall of all the ratepayers. The residents of the Pukerimn School district have been unable since IS7S to eet together a sufficient quorum to elect a school committee, and the school has been managed by three commissioners. Tbis year the same occurrence took plaoe, aud the Education Board has called a second meeting of the residents for the 2Sth inst. , , Ohacpo, Tuesday. Hitherto the cattle sales here have been held by Mr. Buckland on alternate Tuesdays aud by Messrs. Hunter and Co. on alternate Thursdays. It has been thought to be more convenient for the public that the sales should be held weekly on the Tuesday turn and turn about by the two above-mentioned firms. Alexandra, Tuesday. Mr. Roberts, the postmaster and telegraph operator of Ohaupo, arrived in Alexandra on Saturday, to talse permanent charge of the post and telegraph office here. Te AwAMOTtr, Tuesday. It is expected that a considerable number of additional signatures will be obtained to the memorial making application for the erection of Te Awamutu into a town under the Town Districts Act. Residents of the town of Te Awamutu will be glad to learn that if the line recently surveyed by Mr. Rochfort is selected as the 1 main trunk line for the North Island, con. necting with the Waikato line at Te Awamutu, the present railway station will be removed close up to the township, Mr. Kochfort'a line skirting the town close by Mr, Rutherford's. Kihikihi, Tuesday. Mr. Farrell, the Chairman of the Town Board, and the Engineer, Mr. Sandea, were deputed to open the tenders on Saturday for the earth works to be done in grading the main street by the County and Town Board in conjunction. Only one tender, that of Messrs. Kay and Miller, was received, but was not dealt with, it being too high. Fresh tenders, to be received up to the 11th, will be called for. The Town Board had received live tenders for gravelling, but it had beea decided not to open them until alter the polling on the 9th inst., to decide whether the loan of £*200 to do the work should tie borrowed, has been taken. A protest against the late school elections here is about to be entered on the plea thati member of the Armed Constabulary was allowed to vote. Hamilton, Tuesday, There was an attendance of only twelve pupils at the High School yesterday, the first Monday since the opening on the 30th ult. At the meeting of the Hamilton Domain Bjard last night, it was resolved to offer for lease sections 29 to 32 inclusive, some 12 cases of the East Hamilton Domain lands. Yesterday, Mr. Stewart, of the Pnblio Works Department, was engaged taking soundingß of the bed of the river around tho piers of the 'Hamilton traffic bridge, with the object of reporting to the Borough Council if any scour had taken place.