COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8669, 11 September 1891, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

[FROM our* OWN' cokuksfo.vdests.]

Hamilton*, Thursday. A CURIOUS case cropped up at the Borou-h Council meeting on Tuesday night. Mr."" Jones has the contract for supplvin? gravel to the Borough at so much per fond for making and repairing the streets. The Borough foreman lately undertook the for. mation of a by street, and employing the borough team formed the street with earth and a light sand. The gravel contractor thereon sent in a bill to the Council for £9 which lie estimated to.be the value of the sand used by the Borough foreman had it been gravel, and put on by himself, as lie claimed that it ought to have been. A discussion arose as to the legality of the claim, ami Mr. Jones, the father of the gravel contractor, left the chamber. The only member to support the claim was Mr. Parr, and on the vote of the other members of the Council the letter was simply ordered to be received. The secretary of the South Auckland Racing Club lias been blamed that on the racing card issued for the late Easter meeting the name of Mr. Wliyte amongst those of the officials of the club as vice-president was printed J. B. Whyte, Esq., -iiweariof the Hon. J. B. Whyte. It is said that the Governor, who was present, noticed the mistake to Mr. Whyte himself. It appears that the party who purchased the cards furnished to the printing otiice as copy the programme of the previous nice meeting, which tool; place previous to the elevation of Mr. Whvte to the Upper House. Your correspondent has been asked to make tiiis explanation, Mr. T. H. White, the well-known architect of Taupiri, and formerly of Auckland, lias called for tenders for the erection of two new wards for the Waikato Hospital, at Hamilton. These wards will provide six beds each, and, it is to be .hoped, suffice ferthe needs of the district for some time to come, giving, altogether, 34 beds. The tenders are receivable until noon of Friday, the 2nd of October, at the office of the Waikato Hospital Board, in the Borough Council Chambers, Hamilton, where plans and specifications of the proposed building may be seen.

The recommendation contained in this column 011 Monday, that r.lm J'last: Hamilton baths, instead of being sold as they stand, should be taken down under the supervision of the foreman of works, and the timber stored for use in the erection of the sheeppens on ' the saleyard reserve, lias been adopted by the Borough Council, oil the representation of the Mayor. The motion for the increase of the salary of the town clerk from £110 to £ 1 •>"> per annum was carried by a majority of five to two, the Mayor, and Messrs. 'l'ippen, Hey, Slade, and Tieicl voting for, and Messrs. i'arr and Jones against it. A meeting of the members of the newlyformed bowiing club was held lust night, when the following oflieers were appointed: — President, Mr. Taylor; vice-president, Dr. March; committee of management, Messrs. Slade, J. B. Murray, John M?'.'cumbe, and 11. 1". Sandes; lion, treasurer. Mr. LeQucsne; and lion, secretary, Mr. lv L. Hone. There was a keen contest- to-day at t.ie election of three members of the I'orotijM Council in place of the three retiring nsciabers, Messrs. Dey, .Jones, and Tippin. 1 here were four candidates, Messrs. Jones. 0. Tippin, 11. M. Salmon, and R. I'". San< es. At the eloe of the poll the iiviml>«;r stood as follows:—Jones, 76; Tippin, US ; SHUi.e?, ll(i; and Salmon, 16. Messrs. Salmon, Sandes, and Tippin were declared <li»0 elected. , , It has been blowing a gale from the east all day, but without rain. . , " Oiuri'O, Thursday. ■ It is matter of satisfaction to Mi'- bowman's friends here to learn that his tv children, thrown from the top of a Wil ( « load of furniture when starting or If ' bridge, received no injury, merely » s i mtMn <r l and are quite well. I'iad Mrs. }>ownr reached the top. of the waggon before t< horses bolted, site would not have escape' well; the children, though thrown some < > tance, falling lightly. The furniture ' considerably damaged. This aet'ldei:i • another exemplification of the ai'vjsai l,lL ' - in breaking in horses to accustom them with and without blinkers.

HI;NTLY. Thursday. A new case of typhoid fever lias OCL ''V' to a child living at the same corner «n . the child of Mr. Stills was not long - . , victim of the same disease, and is ie . to which Dr. March has been called * »■; the present season. This spot, be twee _ school and Mr. Ralph's row ot cot-tM-S. undrained, and the surface water is imany for domestic purposes, 1 Ij' 3 <-•- sickness has been reported to the I . I ((l sanitary authorities, and something, - be hoped, will be done to remedy s state of things. It is a notable i ait " where in one spot ot this _ townSilll! f ■ a were twelve cases of typhoid tevor ■» j' yer son, there has not been a single ease■ L this season, the spot having ' ,cen .\, 1 ■ ll \- drained meantime. The dram can u■ the surface water, and people were c l_ . to go to the river for their supply foi purposes. _ i [BYTKLKGRAI'H. —FBOM A CORKKSI'O>' •• r.u-KOA, Tlin r s'l»y-; i 4 The news concerning the aCl '°' l ' lt ; s f; lcrailway has been received Comtion. The local body and the Kail " M , n;m mittee have sent their thanks to - • tha! asd Colonel Fraser. It is not tl' f. , w y the £32,000 will construct a perm.>« * to Paeroa, and a swing frills'- oU |j im liuvcd necessary, as a fixed bridge pede navigation to the township- j nllta The s.B. Paeroa is expected lie » (r? e fortnight. She has already seciuei bulk of the direct trade. , m ,ui Mr. MeConnell shortly »? suu J 1 agement of the Cassel Company lvaraugahake.

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