COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9047, 7 May 1888, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

[from our own CORRESPONDENTS.]

Hamilton, Saturday. At the annual meeting of ratepayers of the Kirikiriroa Road Board district, only the members of the Board were present, showing either great indifference on the part of the ratepayers or unlimited confidence in the trustees. The balance-sheet, showing receipts for the year of £831 17s sd, with an expenditure of £574 4s sd, leaving a balance in hand of £267 13s, with current liabilities of only £2 10s, was read and adopted. At the monthly meeting which followed, Mr. A. Primrose was re-elected chairman, and Capt. McPherson as clerk, treasurer, and collector. Notice was given to strike a rate of |d in the £1. The tender of T. Jones for gravelling Seddon's Road, at Is Id per chain, and of F. Hunt for gravelling at Kokuhopu, at lid per chain, were accepted. • As stated on Wednesday, Mr. J. B. Whyte, the member for Walkato, will visit the district next week before leaving for Wellington. He will visit Cambridge on Tuesday next, and be in Hamilton on Wednesday till the departure of the afternoon train, to confer with the electors on public business.

Mr. John McNicol will hold the opening sale of horses, sheep, and cattle at the new Hamilton saleyards on Wednesday next. Owing to the delay in the erection of the buildings the Borough engineer took the work out of the contractor's hands, and has placed a number of men on it. The yards will be ready for use on the 9th (Wednesday next), though the covered platform or sale-way will probably not be roofed in till afterwards. A new feature in these saleyards will be that no yard fees will be charged. Paterangi, Saturday. What might have been a serious accident befel Mrs. T. Goodfellow and the Misses Spencer, of Raglan, a few days ago. Mrs. Goodfellow, with whom also was a little child, was driving a buggy and pair between Paterangi and Alexandra, when the horses bolted and ran the pole into the bank on the roadside, causing a regular smash-up of the trap. The occupants were thrown, out. The child received a nasty cut on the forehead, hut beyond a slight shaking and a few bruises the ladies , escaped unhurt. , The horses cleared out with the pole of the buggy. The Paterangi creamery is "still receiving milk, and will endeavour to continue to do so until the end of the month, although at present the quantity received is as low as 113 gallons daily. Some anxiety is experienced, as the milk contributors have not received from the company any notification that the creamery will be re-opened next year, whereas the contributors to the Ngaruawahia creamery some time ago received a circular announcing that that creamery will be re-opened by the Freezing Company next season.

Tk Awamutu, Saturday. Considering that there are fully 200 footballers in \\ aikato, and a large number of persons interested in the came, it is somewhat surprising that the Railway Department has issued no notice of its intention to run an excursion train from Waikato to Auckland, so as to enable Waikato people to see the match, especially as this is the first English football team that has visited the colony, and people here are sanguine that Auckland will carry the day. The local amateur company which is getting up " The Pirates of Penzance " for the Queen 8 Birthday, at Alexandra, will appear here the following week, and probably give a third performance of the piece at Ivihikihi after another week's interval.

Kihikihi, Saturday. Mr. Patrick Macdonald's hundred - acre farm has found a purchaser in Mr. Collins at £4 per acre. Mr. Collins is erecting a new residence near the spot where Mr. Macdonald's house was burned down.

Sergeant-Major Duneen, so well known and esteemed here, is about to take up his residence amongst us, and settle down on his property in the township.

WADE.

Through ignorance, the County Council is about to inflict an injury on the public in general of this district. There has been for years a reserve of about; two acres on whiclP the public store is built, and a road constructed by the Road Board, leading from the bridge to the post office. This reserve the County Council is about to let, thereby giving the lessee power to close this road. No doubt the County Council will act impartially in this matter, and when the injustice of letting this reserve is pointed out to them, they will refrain from doing so.—[Own Correspondent. May I.] One of the molt successful tea meetings that has taken place in this district for some time was held in the Wesleyan Church on Fridav evening, the '27th April. About 70 attended. The tables were ably presided over by the Mesdames G. Arkle, Buchanan, W. Polkinghorne and W. 11. Polkinghorne, and the Misses Arkles and B. Thorburne After the tables were removed, the after meeting commenced—Mr. A. .lack, pin., in the chair. The Chairman stated the object of the meeting was to welcome their new minister, the Rev. Mr. Buchanan, late of Coromandel, who had been sent to fill the terenial vacancy caused by Air. J \V Griffon's removal. Mr. Griffon had done his best whilst amongst them, and had made many friends, who would ever look back with regret to his departure from the Wade. The Chairman thought that Mr. Buchanan would have no reason to regret coming amongst them; that lie would find the Wade people not lacking in generosity, and lie also hoped that Mr. Buchanan would always have as large a congregation of hearers on Sunday as was before them that night. A very good programme was gone through with credit to the performers, who were all local people. Miss Arkle presided at the harmonium, assisted by .Mr. Lloyd on the violin. The Wade Blue Ribbon choir, under the leadership of Mr. Bayes, rendered several wellexecuted pieces, viz.: — "My Redeemer," 1 here is a Beautiful Land," "Beautiful Mansions, " Far, Far Away," and "My Beautiful Home." Mrs. Polkinghorne and Mr. Bayes sang, "0, Touch Those Chords Again. Mr. Bayes, Miss E. Voules, and Master Bayes sang three anthems, " The Lord Bless Thee and Keep Thee," "O, Love the Lord, and "Rock Me to .Sleep, Mother." Messrs. Henry Lloyd, Bayes, and the Rev.

Mr. Buchanan gave addresses. The votes of thanks being passed, Mr Buo^ pronounced the Benediction, and brom-11 meeting to a close.— Correspondent ]

KAUKAP^JCAPA. A BLUE RIBBON entertainment was „ Weeleyan Church on Thursday evening 8 20th April. The evening was fine, aldrt l church was crowded. Captain Dawson sident, occupied the chair.. The folio re " programme was gone through with aiiii-it"* 8 Hymn 135. Miss Mary Stewart gave a tion, which was followed by Miss Lewie ," Miss Sinclair with "Ye Banks andjM in parts, which was well received m' Murray gave a reading, " Seventy' Ye, Ago," ill Ills usual happy style. Miss EhTI Andrews followed with a recitation. Hv '272. Captain Dawson gave as a' readi oo "The Irish Schoolmaster," in very goodbM® which caused roars of laughter; reading v' Mr. Davis Simcoek, was well received • ll * by Miss Lewis, "Mary of Argyle," wu well rendered, and deservedly encored Mi Lewis acquiesced by singing "The Land 1 the Leal, which was likewise well receive A recitation from Mr. Diprose, and hymn "ft terminated a short but pleasant evening We had splendid weather during the lotto part of the week, with a few nights' ahan frost, which somewhat checked the £, autumn growth we have had of late. Pumr 1, kins, tomatoes, and all such tender vegetati have been laid low, just when they were ha ginning to ripen their second crop. Mostly all the fruit has either been stored or sent off to market. In the beginning c f the season the fruit harvest did not promise well, but towards the end turned out betterand on the whole, considering the times the returns have been satisfactory. 1 am happy f! say this district still remains free from the codlin moth.[Own Correspondent, April 28 ] LUCAS' CREEK. An error crept into the last paragraph of my report last week. Mr. W. Clayton shonU have read Mr. W. Chaytor. m Signs are not wanting of steady progress in farming operations. A considerable" length of fencing has been erected by various settlers lately, and some fine patches of autumn-sown grass and oats are to be seen in various parte of the settlement.—{Own Correspondent, lsi May.] •

DAIRY FLAT. Mr. T. W. Seaman attended at the school, house 011 Saturday last to receive comiiia. tions to fill the three ordinary vacancies in the Pukeatua Road Board. Five nomination were received, viz., Messrs. James lngljj James Goodfellow, David Lochead, Thomas Lees, and Timothy Foley. The poll takes place on the 4th of May, at the Pukeatua Schoolhouse, Dairy Flat. The annual meeting of ratepayers will be held in the schoolhouse on Saturday, the sth of May, at twelve o'clock noon.