COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXV, Issue 9134, 16 August 1888, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

[FBOM OTO eWW OORRESPOK DENTg J Hamiltok, Wednesday Major Lovelock, Captains Y OU n., Sutton, and the other members of th s f"* tion Array, who arrived yester-iav Auckland, received quite an ovation The monthly meeting of' the &* The monthly meeting of the WW ■■?■ Council was held yesterdav. Pre-fn* nt ? Chairman (Mr. Laing), and" Messrs M : Fllß Finch/Taylor.Ridler,Tarrell, Da ws ; n H ?. and Smith. The engineer recommended fo an application be made to the GovpiT a " to carry the TeKuiti limestone free bv^^ ent; for road purposes, and on the motion of i, ay Farrell, seconded by Mr. Ridler th i ■• was instructed to make the am.lir'-,(■; / er * with. The clerk stated the liab i,v forth : the Council were now within ti, i- ot " of the Act, the overdraft at th Unit having been reduced to £744 a ' tet| £1400 had been paid into the' bank mof the rate was struck, and all uncoiled] SUICe in arrear were now in the hands of a scV* 1 * 8 for recovery. A letter was received h£ Messrs. Goombes and Co. complaining t ? bad state of the Hamilton-Ngaruawaliia 9 between the half-way farm ami and also the dangerous condition of one / v' bridges. No action was taken. \,"?• ■ e was read from seventeen residents in " m Alexandra Town Board district, pravb",?* under section 5G of the Counties Act k town district be abolished and merged • * the county. It was resolved to hold asi , mt '{ meeting to consider the matter. A. sum exceeding £4 was voted for works in thVr 1 Awamutu township, provided the local R 1 expended an equal amount in their const ar ' tion. A rate of five-eighths of a penny ??' £ was struck. ■* UI2

Te Awamutu, Wednesday Should the application made to the Gov ment for the free carriage of limestone fr Te Kuiti, for road making purposes i" 1 granted, there will be a possihilitv of n ' ing good the three miles of road between Xt township and Kihi, which is one of if " the worst in Waikato. The difficulty h been great in all parts of Upper procuring metal for road-making purnos and large quantities of so-called gi-avefw"' been thrown away upon this small niece r road, only to be churned up into mini in every succeeding winter by the Learv traffic of farm produce from the Kihiki'hi and Orakau districts finding its way to Te \ w mutu. With such metal as the Te K u ,'! : limestone, the haulage of which would S expensive even from the station, the portions of the Te Awamutu-Kihi roadmieht be first made thoroughly and permanently a few chains here and a few chains there and gradually the whole length ;,e formed] Ouly in this way can the road ever be constructed.

[BY TELEGRAPH.— OWN CORRKSFONDENTS.I Cambridge, Wednesday The Borough Council met last night. l' rs . sent: His Worship the Mayor and Messrs. Priestly, D. Richardson, J. R. S. Richard son, Webber, Bach, Bond, and Fermsson] An application from Mr. G. VV. Russell for a reduced rental for the land leased by him from the Council was referred to the legal committee. Messrs. Webber and Bond were authorised to replace a number of damaged trees in the Government paddock., The Council decided to offer for lease by tender the unallotted town endowments, in all about 17 acres. It was also decided that 21 acres owned by absentees be sold to recover rates. Attention was drawn to the fact that Mr! Arnold had not yet paid his slaughtering license. It was resolved that the clerk procure a copy of the amended Slaughtering Arc before any action be taken by the Council Eight tenders were received for re-floorin» the Public Hall, and that of Mr. PotterW at £2117s (id, was accepted.