COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8268, 29 May 1890, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

(from OUR OWN correspondents.] Hamilton, Wednesday • Messrs. Jones and Woods, the furze vieT/ er , appointed by the Borough Council <„ among their number, took the first eten towards the extermination of the furze nut sauce, proceeding round the west side of the borough yesterday, in company with the Town Clerk, to take a list of all properties on the roads adjacent to which furze and briars are growing, with a view to serving notices to clear upon the owners. Unfortunately like most matters _of this kind, it has been undertaken'injudiciously, this not being th» right season ot the year, as the young furz» seed will grow again as thick or thicker thai ever in the spring If left till the spring waj over, and the furze when cut left lying on th» ground for some time, it might then b> removed, roots and all, and an after cro> would not spring up. Done before the end ospring, the burgesses will have to do th. work over again in 18 months or two years. The trade of Hamilton would seem to hi increasing, for the wane of sufficient sidhv accommodation at the Victoria-street statioi is much complained of, and it is hoped thai it is partly to afford this that the three acre? between the station yards and the Borougl] Council Chambers was taken. The businrs i done is so much out of proportion to thj accommodation that the trucks have to M continually shunted backwards and forward to enable the goods and produce to be loadeij and unloaded on account of insufficient si<s ing room. There is never a day but eight oj ten waggons are passing in or out of thi station yards besides private vehicles ami carts engaged in the delivery of coal. Thi greater part of the space inside the yards ha been let for coal staging. Plenty of space W further sidings might Ijd found "by filling ui and levelling. j An error occurs in the paragraph fieri Hamilton on Monday with respect to tW borough saleyards paying 7 per cent, on theiy cost, stating this to be derived from 10 pd cent, collected on the turnover of the aiW tioneers sales. It should have read 10 shilings per cent, on these sales. i Ngaruawahia, Wednesday. In order to push the work on as soon ? possible, the Crown Lands Board has dctlmined, it is said, not to leave the reclasairiAtion ot the Whatawhata lands till Mr. Frtfk Edgecumbe has completed certain surrey/in Lower Waikato, but to place the mattej in the hands of their surveyor, Mr. Philiipj as once.

OiiAuro, Wedneslar. The following tenders for clearing thee quarters of a-mile of the water-course between Lake Ngaroto and the round lake ws/e received by the engineer employed, Mr. Alexander Armstrong, on Monday last. Mther tender has yet been accepted Rice, Jo, 1, 10s per chain; No. 2, IDs per chain. fjeky,' No. 1, 5s per chain; No. 2, 14s per chtij. Alexandra, Wednesday. Nominations to rill up the vacancy the Mangapiko Road Board must be sell in on Friday. It is to be regretted that swnucfh difficulty is found in getting persons toact as trustees. The same difficulty has oeurred in the Hamilton Road Board, where alarge percentage of the rates was spent one year in advertising extraordinary elections, lot a, nomination being sent in, and candidateshad to be " run in" almost vi tt armis. \ [BY TELEGRAPH.OWN CORRESPOKDEN':.] Hamilton, Wednesday. The funeral of Mr. Mahon was lar;eh attended. • This was the first fatal cast o: la grippe in VVaikato. As an officer ohSt Peter's, the corpse was taken to the church where part of the funeral service was lead by the incumbent, the Rev. Mr. Biggs, Wore proceeding to the cemetery. As a servant of the old 4th Waikato regiment, there wad a muster of about 20 of the corps. Ohaupo, Wednesday. The grand old stallion Merrilcgs, di»d last night of inflammation ot the hugs at Mr. J, McNicol's place.