COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10085, 21 March 1896, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

[BT SnaOHiPH—oWK COWttspoßj MESSRS. McN.cor, Frid V sale yesterday and to-day w „ Ul t>»r* attended, and the bidding w £ ° ot Si, This is owing in a great meat 7/^ spell and scarcity of feed, but th! 5 dr ) the horses brought forward w « r 'l class, and few really tin tnn nly b «co ß h oltered 4b.ur2sohV;«U?Jr'l«.,, were submitted, of which ivw Cri finTf" Si ft vei Bht8 ht unbroken pl% .1. (y Olll Galatea averaged »| W ' 8 a nc sh'Wj-iarjA^ £18; five-horse team, heavy *151 from Waotu, £25 eaol KRnn 10s to 31)3; farm wa» gf >n in h'* 1 "' 5 George Walker, £18, and a a " ,e «"«• <4 ments at low rates. >er "f i:r,^. The aunual meeting of the iv -i Club was held at the National tr , Hunt Present: Messrs. W. M D.„„»I L Hewitt, Pickering, T. Hick* c uf/K Hannon, W. I". Carr A I "' k *. R. Park. Hine, Drnry, Comer ( ' V ' W « ler, Reeves, and Bach. The' bakr '' H the past year showed that the r«rin ' 01 balance in bank, £17 2< fid • net i * e:t concert In September, £6 h- nJni of scriptions, £87 ss. The exi J;, !u;v made up as follows Salary of h 6 £100; secretary's account £1 ij« .}' 1 t:iinan . registration, £2 10s; leaving , ' M; 'h bank of £1 Is, and in hand of £.3 Vn" <> > amount of out-standing sumcir.ri ' n « 12s. The following were elecM a'l n"' , B £1 * mittee: Messrs. T. Weatherill P ?"'" C!) > J Storey, W. M. Douglas, I'ickerii,'.. o^,' i H. Storey, W. T. Carr, T. A. Hick"' \?' ' A Kerr, Creamer, Coiner \V s i' ■ 1!t . Bullock-Webster, and 0. F Pi!t'r,ell- - was re elected honorary ,e?r et s Messrs. Douglas, Souter, U'catheril! h ry - Pickering, and Laurie were a»„„in," meet committee. It was decided to h,t i' he months instead of five, as last ve ' mencing on May 2, Saturday to be th..'/ 0 " 1 ' the meet. If the funds permit, the sei, to be extended. Hine accepted the a., "■ 11 menfc of huntsman for four months ™ t l !' About £40 were promised in the room Active preparations are now boinp m j for the next chrysanthemum show" ! Young Kerr who has charge 0 ,1 Criterion Hotel stables, received a !, ' kick from a horse a few days a«o but i. making progress towards recovery. "°* Thrashing operations are now beoomi pretty general, and the yields of whl, 1 this district so far 'are very sati.i 710 Several returns show 36 bushels to the' £ Rain is badly wanted. e '

Paekoa, Friday A man named Michael Kelly was bron,k. up at the police court here to day on a C h»™ of having assaulted Thomas 'J. £»• by striking him over the head with a stick Ihe evidence showed that Kelly camp In from Wnitekauri to Paeroa, afl ,l tncelj 0 Donnell struck him severely over the uS withoutauy provocation whatever. He* sentenced to two months' imprisonment Mount Eden Gaol without the option of'J

A quiet though interesting wedding solemnised here by the Rev. F. (; K ran , the contracting parties being Mr H. <"•' Wick and Mrs. Moore, widow of the late J H. Moore. Both , parties are well bom both at Paeroa and Auckland.