COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9090, 26 June 1888, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

[fkom our own ccrrespondknts.] Hamilton, Monday. The football match between Ohaupo and Hamilton came off on Saturday on Sydney Square, and resulted in a win for the home team. In the first 45 minutes the Hamilton team rushed the ball into the Ohaupo 25, where it was kept nearly the whole time, but no score was made in this spell. In the second spell the ball was kept well into their opponents' 25 by Hamilton, and a try was secured for Hamilton by John Andrews and then by J. Gribble, but neither of them were converted into a goal, Hamilton winning by two tries to nil. For Ohaupo Kusabs (captain) and Cowley as backs, and Goble and Higginson as forwards did good work. The back work for Hamilton was done mainly by Sage, Andrews, and Jollv, the forwards most conspicuous being Gribble (captain), Mclntyre, and J. Hammond. A large number of spectators were upon the ground. The Huntly team is expected up on Saturday next, to try conclusions with Hamilton. The team which played on Saturday was a light one, but before Saturday next it is expected that two or three first-class players will have joined the Hamilton Club. There is some little trouble to get the required amount of milk supply guaranteed to the various creameries in vVaikato, required by the Freezing Company, before they will undertake to carry on the butter-making campaign next season. Nor is this to be wondered at, considering the small price offered for the milk, per gallon if the skim milk is returned, or 2Jd per gallon if the skim milk is left at the creamery. Recent returns from home have shown that butter, summer made, sent to the English market ha,s realised 112s per cwt, or a, net result of SAd per lb, and during the winter season there is a higher price to be obtained for good butter in the local market. Moreover, the one local factory, that of the Land Association at Tauwhare, gives 4d per gallon for milk, and presumably not for the sake of losing money. Settlers generally object to so large a drop as that from 4d to As Mr. W. A. Graliam lately stated in public, Waikato fanners cannot make both ends meet by selling milk at 2&d per gallon. They must try somo new departure. Cambridge, Monday. The football match between the Cambridge and Hamilton West schools on Saturday resulted in a draw, Robert Kelly for Cambridge and Ernest Oldham for Hamilton each making a touchdown. The Cambridge team was captained by Fred Gillett. Tauwhare, Monday. The advisableness of storing forage in summer for winter use, not in the shape of hay and straw, but as greenstuff in silos, is being amply demonstrated in all parts of Waikato this winter. The silos, chiefly built into stacks and weighted down, (not, as formerly, sunk in pits in the ground), are everywhere turning out green food, which is being readily eaten by the cattle. Mr. Ticklepenny, of the Land Association, has recently opened up the first of his silos, and with the most favourable results. Ihe feed is sweet and nutritious, and is greedily eaten by stock of all kinds.

[BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] Rotobua, Monday. Muoh dissatisfaction is expressed here at the probable shelving of the new Native Land Act. The introduction of free trade in native lands is the only tiling, in conjunction with the modification ot the Thermal Springs Act, that will bring prosperity. A number of our settlers, who nave been anxiously waiting the passing of this Bill, will now doubtless be compelled to leave, as there is but little else to look forward to.

WAINUI.

The ordinary meeting of the Road Board ■was held in the office of the Board, Orewa Falls, on the 11th instant. Tho chairman, Messrs. Bond, Moyes, and Henry Hellyer, jun., were present. Several settlers were also present. Mr. McCathie, who was absent, sent in his resignation as a member.

The Chairman moved, "That tKi=~D~~ expresses regret at havineto 1 ar(l resignation of Mr McCathfe who W \ tlw for o\>er fifteen years a"^c£ CQ painstaking, proficient member and ha?? 8 ' that length of time given almost «5 d for satisfaction to the cHetrPct;and thaW Board, as representatives of the 1 V- h " tender Mr. McCathie thei 'sincereand'l"*" 01 ' thanks for his past services WAV* deservedly earned by that If eon Seconded by Mr. Hellyl, 3 oSS"*' minutes of last meeting were read A" i iho firmed. A considerable amountV^" pondence was also read. The following 8 ' were received for surveying of devi. " crs under the Public Works Act -'ft ; oa(l land and Son, £15 (accepted). ' Dedffif" Boylan and Lundon, £45; Hanim on , d: Son £42; Beree and Hubbar S. an .' l Wilson, £15 15s. The following tenders We received for side cuttings, &c? old v; Were post Road, Upper Waiwera --Frit V m '' £6 (accepted). Declined : Were Paul ™ y - er ' J. Week, £6 Ift.. In accordance wS, gj ; given, the Chairman moved a rate of ?h ■ e V T ie t0^ e due and P' l y a V lc to the collectn 1 ,' 1 Mr. W. Freeman, postollice, Wainui Z, ?•?' sth July. Seconded by Mr. H Hellv,t J and carried. Mr. R. Royer, Upper Waiw , waited upon the Board re the bad sute of Weeks' swamp. Resolved to call for tend.™ for a box culvert and two chains fiS immediately Mr. James Colgaii 3 dangerous places on the Upper \v',i, Road. On the motion of the dim, seconded by Mr. Hellyer.it was r£sß put Mr. F. Colgan on tins road at G 3 x Jα-vv for five days, and to patch up all the 1 I places until spring. Mr. Henrv HelW jun., reported that a deviation in the lmf was necessary at Mr. Lee's and Mrs Lament s ainui. It was resolved, when the eurvev had made the other surveys, to try to arranV with him, and also with the owners of tf 8 land, and have the deviation surveyed —r'\ Correspondent.] ' lA

KATIKATI. During the past few years a considerable amount of agitation has gone on nv..r ♦ length and breadth of the Bay o fPlento having for its object the formation of a coach road between Te Aroha and the eastern si I of the range—in other words, between \\n? kato and the Bay of Plenty. After much delay and innumerable promises Govern! ment was at last induced to set apart a sum of money for accomplishing the work and matters proceeded so far that a surveyor was put on to cut the line along what is known as Thompson's track. The proposed route has always been spoken of as the very best wav across the hills, and was further supposed to be a track which, with small labour, could be converted into a good coach road. So much money, however, was spent on the survey that Government announced its intention of declining to find further funds for the present. By dint of persevering, and bv the aid of Mr. J. R. Gill, the sum of £'Xi) was obtained by the Thmanga Couuty Council on the understanding that no more would be given, and that with this sum the Council was to undertake to form a bridle track to Te Aroha. Accordingly, tenders were invited for the work, and several parties went over the route on an inspection tour, preparatory to tendering. Almost all who have been through say the undertaking is greater than they were led to suppose, as there are several miles of rock to be cut into. The lowest tenderer was about £'i? 00 above the amount at the disposal of the county, so that bodyhas applied to Government for tins extra sum. The road when formed will possess a very easy grade, and be shorter than the old Te Aroha track, so that it is to be hoped our rulers will come to the rescue, and not allow what has already been spent to be thrown away. Mr. John Wilson and Son are busily engaged levelling the site for "Barney's" newhotel, so we may expect to see a stair, miule on the building almost immediately. The site is a most excellent one, being high, central, and a corner allotment, aud the [iresent owner is to be congratulated on his pluck in erecting a house at a time when the cry of depression is calculated to check any enterprise involving the sinking of capital. Mr. Wm. Kelly has moved in the direction of having the Waihi bridge erected, and Government has promised a £ for £ subsidy on money raised by the local bodies. As the river, however, lies beyond the Tauranga County's boundary, and the local bodies at the other end have hitherto shown a desire to allow matters to remain in statuquo, it ia hardly expected that Government will be called upon to make good its promise. The steam tug Result, which has been up for repairs during the last month, ia expected to resume her running shortly. We have since her withdrawal been depending for supplies on the cutter Muriel, a slow means of communication when compared with the sprightly little steamer, which everyone will be glad to see once more plying between Tauranga and Katikati. A concert in aid of the corona purchased some time back for the church, and on which some £7 is still owing, will be held in the Orange Hall on the '21st instant. Ploughing for winter wheat and oats is being rapidly pushed ahead, a considerable quantity of land having already btxn prepared for the seed. It is anticipated that an area rather larger than usual will this year be put down in crop. Miss Eleanor Wilson, who during the last four years has held the position of pupil teacher in No. 2 school, is to be removed to Tauranga at the end of the present quarter. Miss \\ ilson has ever taken a deep interest both iii the spiritual and temporal welfare of the children of the settlement, being one of the most successful and energetic workers in the Sunday-school, and her departure from the district will be very generally regretted. The local football club still holds a weekly practice in Preston's paddock, where each Saturday a good muster of members rolls up and a large number of spectators are present. —[Own Correspondent.]