WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXI, Issue 7007, 2 May 1884, Page 3

WAIKATO DISTRICT NEWS.

. " - ■ . r~ : ■■::'■.■■ -->.• i .!■:;: [FROM OUB OWU. COBBESPOSDDrriS.J ; HijnLTOtt, ThuriUlay. The Waikato Steam JNavisati'm Company have made an ofier to the Bcrough Council of £10 per annum for the nee of the old toll, house at the end of the bridge for an office,' and of the foreshore below where they; have ■erected a store.- This offer in an advantageous one for the borougb, as in all- proba->i!ity, should these facilities for carrying on - buiia ess be denied to the company, their branch station at Hamiltoo would be closed. .','''■'■' -i A. very interesting ceremony coneiatang 'ofa presentation of a silver bracelet, subscribed: for by the children of the East Hamilton school, took place yesterday on the occasionof - the resignation of her appointment as teacher by Miss Oassen. The was made by the bead teacher, Mr. Ste fens, who most appropriately referred to the itlectioDate esteem in which' Miss Cnesen was held by the pupiU, ; as well'as to the earnestness and fahhfnlneis of her work as' a teacher, often undertaken alter sleepless nights apent in gratuitously attending the sick beds of her friends and others. _ Miaa Cusaen resigned b< fore Christmas, believing that a greater field of. nsefnlness lay before her in the sick room rather than in the schoolroom, but was persuaded to coatinu» at the school until now, where her aerrices were much appreciated. A worthy distripie' of Florence .Nightingale i« Miss Cuusen, and her name is a synonym in Hamilton- for a good and noble woman. Cambridge, Thursday. The Catholic bazaar, which was opened en Tuesday evening by Colonel Lyon, and continned throughout yesterday, has been largely attended. The collection of goods for sale is a very handsome and extensive one. Of the three principal stalls,, the first is conducted by Mm. Brenuan, aaniated by Mrs. ■ Hawley and Miss McMahon; the second by Mrs. McVeagh and Mia. Keir ; the third by Miss Doran, who hail several ladies assisting her. The refreshment stall is under the management of Mrs. O'Brien, the Rev. Father Fox exercising a general superintendence ofjshe proceedings. It must be a pleasure to Mrs? Brennan, Miss Doran, and Mrs. McVeagh, to whose unwearied personal exertions the succese of the bazaar is mainly due, to see it eo well patronised, and their efforts so highly.approved as they, were by the large number of visitors whioh thronged the hall on Tuesday and again last evening. Te Attamotu, Thursday. Messrs. James Ramsay and James Watters have been returned without opposition, as trustees to the two vacated seats on the Rangiaohia Highway Board. A bazaar in connection with the Wee? leyan Chcrch will be held in the Te ■\ wamutu Public Hall on Wednesday and Thursday, the 7th and Bth May, and will be opened by Mr. Jos. Gane of Cambridge.