COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 8814, 1 March 1892, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

o [FROM or own correspondents.] Hamilton, .Monday. Harvest thanksgiving services were per formed yesterday in St. Peter's Church morn ing and evening. The Rev. Mr. Biggs otfi ciated. The church was prettily decorated with flowers, grain, and fruit of various : kinds. The service was a full choral one. Messrs. C. Sutton and .J. Knox held their usual sales on Saturday. Mr. Sutton's auc- ' tion loom was thronged from half - past ( eleven a.rn to - 2..'K) p.m., and a large quantity of drapery, furniture, and goods were disposed of at satisfactory prices. There was a fair attendance at Knox's sale at half-past two p.m., when the following prices were obtained for produce : — Fowls from lid to Is, ; ducks, lid each; well-bred young pigs, (5s to Ss ; barley, lis 9d per bushel ; potatoes, lis to '.h Oil; onions, Id per lb ; cabbages, lis per doz.; chair bags, .'is per do/,. The cricket match between the boys of the East and West Hamilton schools, resulted in a win for the latter by ten wickets to spare. The patient from To Ktiiti received into the fever ward on Tuesday, said when brought down to be suffering from enteric or typhus fever, was discharged on Saturday, the medical oliicer, after his remaining in the hospital for a week to allow the ease to develop, finding that it was not a case of fever as represented when he was admitted. I'ukktk, Monday. A very enjoyable dance was given by the young ladies of this district to their friends on Friday evening in the sehoolhouse, when some 50 were present. An excellent supper was provided by the fair hostesses, to winch ample justice was done, and dancing was kept up until an early hour. Huhti,y, Monday The gorse nuisance on the road readies a climax between here and Rangiriri. 'From about three miles south of this place the Great South is simply blocked with it right on past Ohinewai. There is just passage left for one dray or trap. What is the County Council about that it does not see to this state of things ? OiiAiri'o, Monday. The announcement in Friday's llkrai.d that the financial committee in casting the Hospital and Charitable Aid estimates for the coming year as a recommendation to the Hoard, at its meeting on Wednesday it £.SfdS, or an excess o\ er those of last year of £918, has been received with anvthui" but satisfaction by the s- ttlers generally. ° [BY TKLKURAPII.— JWN CORRKSPON DKNTS. J Hamilton, Monday A woman named Jansen, the wife of (l 50acre settler at Waiorongomai, was brought down to Hamilton in charge of Constable Willi, and committed to the Asylum bv Justices Graham and Knox, on the evidence of Drs. Kenny and March, as a person of unsound mind. Mr. Smith has sold the Hot Springs Hotel Te Aroha, to Mr. Knock, who takes possession 011 the '21st proximo. Nijaruawahia, Monday. The return tennis match with the Hamilton club takes place to-morrow. Messrs. ISllis Davis, Simpson, and Williams, and the two Misses Kathbone, will champion Ngaruawahia; Hamilton will lie represented by Messrs. Brooklield, Von Stunner, Stevens and I'alairet, and the Misses Newell and .Jolly A rowing boat was sent up to-day in which the Ngarua.wa.hia representatives or a part of them will return to-morrow evening after the match. 0 ..11 . , , Opotiki, Monday. 1 he committee of the agricultural show, to be held on the 10th of March, have made excellent arrangements, and the show promises to be very successful. The public school is secured for the occasion. The Northern Company will run a special trip to bring the judges and visitors. Auckland merchants and others have contributed handsomely, and the list of special prizes is large and valuable.