COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVII, Issue 8319, 28 July 1890, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

[noM ot;r VN CORRESPONDENTS. J I Hamilton, Saturday. A NUMfcjt of f c ts of the petition in favour of Vaile ra irfy reform scheme have been forwards lithe secretary of the league from Upju'tiipa and Waikato yesterday and to-da the local members, .Moors' Whyte ami fee, for presentation' """ A numbc young trees in the park I •• the lake ha leen cut down of lace out of pure misch During the last day or t\v, a number ( ildren got through the f,.„ of the Jubi garden in the town and in'! jured the fl ring shrubs, etc. In the ex,] of the wilti image done at the park, one ~'f the offend i|>arlies is known, ami it is expected thi<9i him ti obtain convictions against the (jers. Mrs. Ed was sheep it Claudefands l,. lVe again been \»ied by digs and three of then, injured. (Jilt the dqs was traced to j t . owner, but til usually he ease, it would he a waste of nLy to sue'iim for tin; dannce Responsible sons as ; rule take care n,,t to render the elves for such daintc'i■■ It would be Ine satisfaction it in (|Jthe refusal lability of:he offending par>y the law were altered;** to enforce ill'destruction (the dog, This would assi-t considerably putting own the nuisance which, if she are to Inkept in the nei.-ii. bourhood of "aikato tnuiships, must he vigorously gnpled with. Owing to t| mild we,'iter eggs have 1,. .. unusually pi tiful, and terd ded'T.s |,a , the price do i as low a;Sd per do/en j,, competition jith one anoier, thoiijja Mi- ■ are quoted ails to Is 3d \wdesalc in ,\r. land, caring jitie for the dss to theii pi... ducers, A'hoiathey seem tforget are i'h,. ; - customers a 1.4, and whom; should he i| l( .j. interestas wil as their di/ to support 1,, giving tie highest marketati ins ; ,,1 ci; doing thyr b«st to depress lorn. The ,-e :i „ is the tile with buttcr&ud every:hit the farinr produces. Xoomler tic latt<-r are elamnring for cheap railway fret-lu so as to gt a fair marketer theii prodirand free Uem from this sta of thin-.-. .Messrs. Knox and Kid) have been appointed sde. agents for t sale of Ralph Brothers [untly' coal in lis part of the Waikato dstrict. Cam HUM., Saturday. The tender of Nga te iyai for six months' maintenance of the Caoridgel Road (£l2)has been acccted. Th.. other tenderers were Na fori 'otara (i'2.ji and Porter (£2O '0s). Tlj? maitenance extendfrom the Wiiomu li'ek j the l'iako and Tauranga Comity bopdans. The Cambrdge-Oiird toad is in a very bad condition excij at the Oxford end, which has been put to god order and v.'ili be kcjit so by Mr./'sc. The remainder of the road, being heif clay land, cannot he repaired till fine lathe' sets in, hut arrangements have en m.de to rend.-i- sale any really dangerofplaeis as they occur, PAPAKIA VALLEY. Dl'KlN'c the la.stjvv weeks we have had almost continual fin, and the roads have suffered in conseqlce. As in most eountiv districts, the roaijire a source of constat: complaint, yet annot honestly lay M.. blame on any silvers hat our own. This year the Main \l:y Road seems to have taken up the p<flar craze, and gone on strike, right froiKlanurewa to lirookhv, refusing to bear ajinore heavy loads. The last few years haweeu a great increase in the traffic, without corresponding incieiicp in rates. The pijnfc rates would hntlv suffice to keep thfttads in good repair, and several miles are lfyet metalled. The members ii tire l'apakura \'alley Mutual Improvejit Society lull their half-yearly social i Friday, July ■!. when a number of friend.4et by "invitation, ami a very pleasant eMng was spent, 'f'iiupe present were noiiowever, satisfied, and another social toolace the following Wednesday evening, aiiwas unanimously vntcd to be the best lieljn the district formally years. It is to bjioped that the society will reao the beiit 111 increase'! meinhership. 1 _ Universal regrets expressed at the resignation of our Lngliean minister, Mr. Hewlett, through (ness. His successor is not yet announced; Owing to the wilier, farming operation--have been practical at a standstill, though I hear of one drill iwork to-day. A week'tine weather won! find us ail busy.—-[A Correspondent.] WAIPiI. (WAIAPU). The following no.'ii appears at most of the conspicuous places n the coast: —" £50 will be given to anr Verm atlording information which will leiid t» {,■ conviction of persoti.stealing sheep or \itle within the W'aiaim Riding." This issued by all the principal settlers and runhc L .fs. There is no doc'.t that sheep anil cati-stealuig by the natives has been carried oijiore or less extensively "at the back" for me time past. Lately, however, the makitents of Ngatijioron have added horse-string to their former depredations. Rewi ti-l.uigitere was brought i)efore Messrs. W'ali and Boyd, our local magistrates, on Wedigday last, and clmrgcd with the latter olfe;o. Sergeant Villers, A.C., ])rosecuted. I\. Dalton interpreted. Prisoner was convict!, and committed for trial at Cisborne. T< much praise cannot be awarded to our veran sergeant of police tor the able man tie tin wiiicii he brought this criminal to bookuid it is to be hoped that his conviction ai condign punishment may act as a salutarjleterreuL to his compatriots of similar prJivities. The usual Waipirodnter ball ami sports came off very sueeesully on the 11th and 12th instant respeetulv, the former in the billiard-room of theCawhiti Hotel, which was kindly placed . the disposal of the committee by the iptilar proprietor, Mr. Connelly, and the 'jter on the beach adjacent. The billiaiaroom was very tasteiilllv decorated for 1c occasion, one innovation particularly stiving me, viz., a repiesentative trojdiy' of til the tools, iVe. (in a bright, new conditu, of course), that are used on the station There was a goodly attendance, and a rograimnc of some dances was got thugli in a most spirited manner between X .111. and 5 a.m., including a brief adjournt»nt for supper. Everybody enjoyed tiiefcelves, and expressed themselves as very jeased wit h the arrangelnents. Mr. J. I). tcele, station overseer, officiated as M.C., id performed his somewhat onerous dutit in a thoroughly satisfactory manner, 'le ladies were, as they always are at Wipiro, charming both in attire and demeano*. I must not conclude my notice of the ba without some reference to the former, whic naturally occupies the first place in the iminine mind. The following comprises lew of the number: sjjace, 1 regret, wilbot ncrmit more .Mrs. Connelly wore a v:y elegant dress of pale blue brocade; Mis Woodtiehl, cream and cardinal nun's vcihg; Mrs. Xeilson, black and blue tulle; .Ms. Hamilton, while and heliotrope emhroidred muslin; Miss Connelly, white muslii; Miss Sirdefield, pink nmsiin; Mrs. Steif, black and maroon: Miss MctJuitv, who and pink muslin ai d satin; Miss Heweion, black and eerese; Miss P. Hewetson white and pink; Mrs. Massty, maroon ; Miss Thompson, black and pink ; and so a. 1 regret exceedingly, ladies, that an oburate editor now intervenes; but I really mist include Miss Neilson (aged four), wb wore pale blue, like a little fairy, and wot to bed early. I am sure none of my fai friends will be jealous if I pronounce heithe belle of the ball.— [Own Correspondeii, duly i-f.J