COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9117, 27 July 1888, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

* • f [from OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] 1: f Hamilton, Thursday. ■' 1 The entertainment in aid of the widow 1 and family of the late Mr. Abbott, of I Pukete, given last night by the Ngaruawahii | Dramatic Company, was well attended. th« ! Oddfellows Hall being quite filled. lath* * second piece, " The Steeplechase," the re. - pea ted plana its of the audience testified to ' the ability of the dramatic company. A sum of over £18 was realised by the performance? _ : J , , ; Thursday. ' lam glad to say that Mr. Goble has so fa* v - k recovered from the severe injury inflicted on A one of his hands by the bursting of a bottle ' 1 of yeast, that he is able to play with the local team, which will play the Hamilton Football Club on Saturday. The OhS team consists of Goble, T. Cowley E. Kusabs, A. Kusabs, Norrish, Richdale, £ark Williams, Walsh. Semmenu, Hogan, Holman. Craigie, Marshall, and C. Kusabs. ' Ranoiriri, Thursday ; 5 1 There was a very • large attendance yesterday at Mr. Mason's sale of fruit trees, held here v by Mr. John «Knox, which had been advertised in the pre! ceding Friday's Weekly News. Th settlers rolled up from the back districts around, and the very large stock of trees offered were clean sold out at prices exceeding even those of previous seasons, showing that the settlers in this part of the district have not lost heart in that most important industry—fruit culture. Even the natives were purchasers to a considerable extent. Peach trees averaged Is fid each, and plums and apples realised from 6d each to la 6d. Churchill, Thursday. . Evidences are adduced everywhere as to the likelihood of an early spring. ' Amongst these may be mentioned the fact that some of the peach trees are already in blossom.