WAIKAIO DISTRICT NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIII, Issue 7660, 10 June 1886, Page 6

WAIKAIO DISTRICT NEWS.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS. J Hamilton, Wednesday. Che Auckland Freezing Company has again lent round circulars to settlers aeking for ■eturns of the probable amount of space that will be required for meat to be consigned lome. With recollections of lait year'g -atee, Wiikato settlers are somewhat chary jf eatering the home market with their produce. In the case of lamb, howerer, it is somewhat different, and it is probable that many will send away lambs towards the end of the year, ao as to reach the London market in January and February, when that meat is at its highest price. In that caie tbey will probably realise a better price for their lambs than if they kept them until grown to mutton and aold them here. At •» meeting of the Hamilton Highway Board—present: the chairman (Mr. Mender*), Messrs. Rothwell, Atkinßon, Way, and McPhereou—Mr. W. Jonee wai reappointed collector, and Mr. J. Edgecumbe secretary. The time of meeting wai changed to twelve o'clock on the first Saturday in the month. Mr. Rothwell gave notice to move, at next meeting, "That repairs be done to the bridge near Stokes' farm." The secretary was instructed to call for tenders at once for gravelling the road from Edgecumbe's corner to the slaughterhouse yards. Cambridge:, Wednesday. Old diggers here are not to be frightened with accounts of bad climate, length of dietance from the coast, and other reasons why they should not try the Kimberley goldfield, and several will leave from here, and more would do so if they had the means. Hamilton and Ohaupo have now both got special days set apart as market days, and, as a consequence, on those days people from other parts of Waikato can take railway return tickets at Saturday's rates to those places. Thursday is a cattle-sale day here, and our local authorities should take the neccs3ary steps to proclaim it the Cambridge market day, and ao obtain a similar inducement to people from other townships to visit Cambridge twice a week in consequence of the cheapened railway fares.

Ohatjpo, Wednesday. Owing to Mr. Lake no* having resigned his office as a member of the Auckland District Charitable Aid and Hospital Board the Government have declined to gazette the appointment of his successor, Mr. Germann. Mr. Lake has been telegraphed to asking him to resign, when Mr. Germann will be again appointed. Ohanpo was quite gay yesterday, thv occasion of the wedding of Mr. Ranch, the eon one of our oldest settlers, with a daughter of Mr. Carl, the well-known apiarian. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. Father Luck at the Catholic Church, a large number of people being present on. the occasion. A meeting of the ehareholders of the Rukuhia Cheese Factory Company, whose premises were burned down some three months ago, was held on Saturday. Present: Captain Steele, and Messrs. Kusabe, Samuel Steele, Way, Raynes, J. Edgecumbe, and Speke. The meeting was called to consider the action of the National Insurance Company in refusing to pay the amounts for which tho company's property, other than the building, was insured, namely, £250. The Cheese Company had instructed its late secretary to insure the steam-engine, boiler, and cheese plant for £250, but unfortunately, in the schedule of the particulars the cheese plant was omitted. The insurance company wants now to repair the boiler and engine only, damaged to the extent of £30, and will allow £50 for plant, but will not admit that the plant was included in the insurance. They offer to leave the matter to arbitration. Mr. Buttle, the late secretary, is, however, firmly convinced that plant and all was included in the insurance. Those present at the meeting re* fcrred to the hardness of the case, that when so heavy a lo3s had been sustained, Bomo 12 tons ot cheese (which was uninsured) being lost besides the plant, the oompany should take advantage of an omission in the schedule, which was quite as likely to be the mistake of the insurance company's local agent as of their own secretary. It was resolved to refer the whole matter to a solicitor.

Kihikihi, Wednesday. At a meeting of the Licensing Bench on Monday, Inspector Kiely reported favourably of all the houses, and the renewala applied for were granted. Te Awamutu, Wednesday. A meeting of the Licensing Oommisiioners was held yesterday, when all the applications for renewal were granted, conditionally on the licensees placing fire-eecapea in every room which did not open direct onto the main passage at the beads of staircases. A resolution has been passed by the Wai pa County Council that a final notice shall be given, and that then all rates left unpaid shall be sued for. Out of £1200 of rates only £700 had been collected. A larger number than usual of labouring men are wandering through the Waikato at. the present time looking for work, and as this ia a very slack season of the year, farmers have little need of labour. The Engineer of the County Council reports the great benefit derived from the diversion of the Mangahoe stream and the removal of the bridge at the foot of Gilford's Hill. The flat through which tho swamp road to Camb ridge passes haa never been flooded since the diversion of the stream waa made, while in previous seasons, at this time of year, it was often from two to four feet under water and very dangerous.