COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXII, Issue 9722, 18 January 1895, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

[from our own correspondents.}

Hamilton, Thursday. Yesterday two'young men, who pave their names as John Smith and Harry Robinson, were brought before Mr. John Knox, J.P., charged with burglariously breaking into the house of Mr. Kelly, Forrest Lake, during his absence on Tuesday morning last, and stealing therefrom a gold watch, a revolver, a Eipe, and other articles. The police, on eing informed of the affair, at once telegraphed throughout the district, and word was received by the police here the same night from Constable Kavanagh, at Ngaruawahia, that he had both men in custody, having arrested them on the road between Ngaruawahia and Taupiri. When they were arrested t there were found on them several articles identified by Mr. .Kelly as his proproperty, amongst them a field glass. They were remanded till Monday next. A weasel was found and killed by Mr. P. O. Pilling, of Claudelands, running from under his house. At first he mistook it for a rat, and gave chase with his dogs, but it was found to be a veritable weasel, but whence it came no one knows. Waikato farmers will soon doubtless be called upon to face a new and mischievous pest. Mr. Rowe, who has the building of the new hotel at Frankton, for Mr. L. D. Nathan, has started work. The building will be SO feet by 30 feet, and will contain 20 rooms. ..:.-, ,

The Board of Education have determined at last to put the school and teachers' house at Hamilton East into. a proper state of repair, as will be seen by tenders called for elsewhere.

At the Borough Council meeting on Tues-, day night, although the Council were advised by their solicitor that they had power to grant Mr. Atkinson permission to open up the roads for pipes, etc., tor the projected Gas Company, they withheld their permission until next meeting, as the Company had not yet accepted the alterations ; made by the Council in the conditions under which the work was to be done. Tenders for the works to-be done on the traffic bridge over the Waikato, are called

jor, receivable up M iovf p.m. on th» 91instant. ; 11 - 81 *! .The annual m&tin/of the Wait.* Horticultural So&ty /was held ■ to'dt. Present :-Megsrs./SabK White, §** Jwarbnck, Edg&amb/ and the secret* *' 4r. R. W. £%T 1/ the absence of S« Resident the chair Ms occupied bv M (feorge Edgecunbe /The balance-sheet ii lit year showed a #difc balance of & <£? !he report showed/that despite the tw" t£n partial failure/ the fruit crop last ve fere was a good sl> of fruit, and the ££ Self was excellent The secretary wa»j iTucted to write r the Government to &C (hen the evap/ating machine would vl Mailable, and sifeesting that if possible it hould be in operation in Waikato at tK how on St. Pack's Day. On the motions Jr. Edgecurale the present officers wer li-elected. It was resolved to hold the show Ji Cambridge on the 16th and 18th March lAs there are only two police constable Rationed here, and one is usually away ~[ pty, it was thought inadvisable to confine mith and Robinson for burglary in the lock p till Monday, as the second constable ra\Jki p absent as well. They were Bent down tn luckland this morning to be brought n h gain on Monday. ° v Five new patients were received into the [ospital yesterday, only one case a result of ccident. A young man, named Henry foodwin, was riding in a trolly on the rail. 'ay line, when the trolly was" overturned" nd one of Goodwin's arms was badly injured' hough no bones were broken. ' Ohaupo, Thursday At the annual meeting of the parishioners f Christchurch after last Sunday evening's srvice Archdeacon Willis occupied the chair 3d stated that by resolution the Diocesan ynod had changed the end of the financial ear from the 31st December to the 30th <•' tine, to be in conformity with the practice \ other dioceses. The election of officers erefore, would stand over till June, the esent officers still holding office. The glister's salary for the half year ending «ne 30th, and £1 for his expenses attending HSynod, were then passed, and the usual of thanks were passed unanimously. "U- readers will remember that the rail. w a authorities were lately asked by the •Fairs' Club to afford facilities to the setts in transmission ot fat stock by rail. wayto Auckland. A letter has been receld from the railway Commissioners statu that though they cannot see their way i appoint a man to accompany the stock! drover will be allowed a free pass each \y for himself and his dogs to accompany consignment of not less than three trucksjf live stock. The letter does not state % long the return ticket would be availaty , \ TeAwamutd, Thursday. Mrs. ihitaker, of Hamilton, who is at present , re on a visit, has consented to sing the sjred solo The Better Land "at theevenii service of St. John's Church on Sunday a*t. It is understood thai Mrs Whitakej yill sing the solo of " The Holy City ' a \lie morning service of Christ Church, atikihi, the same day. I \ Kihikihi, Thursday. The plo natch arranged between the Aucklandand Kihikihi Clubs will, it is expected, cbie of hereon the 28th inst.„and not on tha29th,as at first contemplated, for the latterjdate is the day fixed for the Te Awamutuiannual race meeting. Our polo ground het, a park of 42 acres, is most convenient to he township, and is usually kept in good ider for cricketing and sports generally. At the last meeting of the Domain Bard, it was resolved to erect thereon a andsome grand-stand, the plan of which is o be prepared at once by Mr. A. Armstrong the County Engineer. The last wo monthly deliveries here oi rabbit skin to the Government inspector by the native sidents of the Puniu river watershed, and aces adjacent thereto, reached, in round : imbers, to 22,000, which at 3d each, woul amount to over £280. Cambridge, Thursday. The Borugh Council have unanimously resolved totepoint Wednesday for the halfholiday. [ A meetinaf residents interested in holding theannal athletic sports was held at the National Hotel last night. There was a good attendace, and it was resolved to hold the meetinfflon the 18th March. Officer! were appointed, and other preliminaries settled. Mr. H. & r, who was an inmate of the Waikato 'Hi pital for some time with a broken lee, h 3 returned home, and met with a very warm relcome from his large circle of friends. M Kerr appears in excellent health, altho jh still confined to his couch. The additi is to the Criterion Hotel are to be immediat y proceeded with. Paeroa, Thursday. The Paerk Railway Bridge has been started. i I DRURY. The monthlimeeting of the Drury Band of Hope was hid in the Public Hall here on the 16th the Rev. T, Home in the chair. The items were entirely supplied by men, _as a counterpart of a previous ladies meeting. , Th« following programme was ably rendered to a large and appreciative audience :—Ojening, instrumental selection, Mr. Dixon ard sons ; hymn 46 ; prayer and chairman's address; quartette, "To all you Ladies," Mr. Dixon and sons, and Mr. R. Flanagan; lecitation, " Razors to Sell," Mr. Luke Ballasd; duet, " Larboard Watch," Messrs. R. Flanagan and J. Dixon; a Scottish reading the Chairman; hymn 143; excellent tenperanee address, Mr. Wilcox; round, " Folhv," Mr. R. Flanagan, and Mr. Dixon and soas; dialogue, " Before the Constituency," by a company, who all did thai: parts well; hyrm 42. A vote of thanks to Mr. Wilcox, wlich was carried by acclamation, and the Benediction, pronounced by the chairman, dosed a very successful evening.—[Own Coirespondent.]