COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10412, 9 April 1897, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

I*BOM OUR OffH corresposdexw.) A^ E »eeti n ,ofe^ d interested in forming a HorticoltinSo ? a in Hamilton was held ft. ffiH* , ?? room yesterday afternoon. His WorshX * Mayor occupied the chair, and ia on2 hi meeting stated that a desire had Hf „ pressed by a number of residents interim in floriculture, to form a society, andhofdi show at an earlier date than the WaitV ' Horttcattunl Show, which is held at a time when there are very few flowers available or & exhibition. Dr. Brewisproposed thata.od!2" I be formed, which, whilst practically a Ham? § ton one, any outsiders wishing to join would % be heartily welcomed. This was Bec 3 «i by Mr. S. T. Secldon and carried W 1 scripiion was fixed at os. The followa. i officers were electee-President, Bh\s % ship the Mayor, Mr. W. Dey; committed 1 Mesdameai Hume, Dyer, Bi; Murray mS ( M Seddou Misses Saudes, McPherson 'tS? bearancke, Messrs. Brewis, Dey, EdgeconibV C. Le Quesne, Parr, Stevens, and Swarbrict '■ 1 lion, secretary and treasurer, Mr. SwarbricV "I It was decided to hold the first .how aaba(o a( 1 the end of November. ' -| Mr. Charles Lake, of Hsutapu, whil«i ; trucking a horse at Hamilton East station 4 yesterday, received a nasty blow from the I animal over the left eye. The horse reared ' and struck Mr. Lake with its foot Th ' 1 injury was attended to by Dr. Brewia, an ' Mr. Lake was able to proceed home durin. the afternoon. « .< At the Magistrate's Court, yesterdav before Captain Jackson, S.M., the followin. '• cases weredealt with: Judgment summons v Wood, claim £9 6s 6H. Adjourned for two months. Bell v. Jos. Radford, claim £4 Jα, ■ judgment for plaintiff for the amountclaimed' with costs; Mr. O'Neill appeared for the de fendant. Halleustein Brothers v. J. a || claim £3 2s 6d, judgment for plaintiff. In the following cases, judgment was also given for the plaintiff, for the amount claimed •- Ciiitty v, Couborough, claim £18 for rentBell v. J. T. Radford. claim £6 9i 8d • Ma (Jarrigle v. Combes, claim 11s lid; samav B. Coleman, claim £7 l:is; MM v. Allen claim £3 9s 51. In the case of limes v Sut! ton, claim £27, for beer suppllied, a consider.' able amount of evidence was taken; jud? ment was eventually given for the amount I claimed, with costs £o Is.

Ohaupo, Thundav At Mr. W. J. Hunter's sale on Tuesday about 450 head of cattle were yarded. The following prices were realised :—Dairy co», to £5 2s 6d, springing heifers £4, nown steers £5, two-year-old steers £2 6s, emntv cows £3135, fat cows £5, calves 23,18-monthi. old heifers 355. Bidding was not very spirited, but nearly all the lots offered were sold.

The Waipa County Council have a number of men engaged on the roads in this neigh, bourhood, getting them into decent order before the winter sets in.

Te Awamdtd, Thursday. At the annual meeting of the football club held at Lewis' Hotel on Monday evening! the following officers for the comiugeeMon were elected:-President, Mr. Patrick O'Connor j vice-presidents, Messrs. G. Ahier, R. B. Brown, Frank Gibson, H. and J. Good' fellow, Henry Lewis, P. Lynch, Dr. Patf man, J. O'Connor, aud J. Singleton. Mr Frank Bowden was elected captain, and Mr! Sam Lewis lion, secretary and treasurer' The balance-sheet showed a small amount on the debit side. It was decided to hold the first match of the season in Messrs, Good- • fellows' paddock on the 24th inst.

TE AROHA. The monthly meeting of the Domain Board was held on Wednesday night, at the Domaiii offices, when there were present Mean; Gavin (in the chair), Knock, Bygrave, and Mackie. Correspondence re the worts Jo be carried out with the money recently voted was read. The Lands and Survey Department wrote, stating that Mr. Caatnu) had arranged matters in connection with the expenditure. Specifications for thi drainage of the domaiu reserve in being prepared by Mr. Vickerman, ot the Public Works Department, who will •. supervise the carrying out of the work. Mr. Cadman wrote stating that he thought - an 18-inch pipe for the sewer would be ample, even although the town should use Y it when carrying out the town drainage ■ scheme. The proposal of Mr. Edwin Ed- ' wards to start a massage establishment wu then discussed. The chairman stated that he had interviewed Mr. Oadman on the ;< matter: who said that in view of the fact that the Rev. Joseph Campbell contemplated the establishment of a sanatorium it might be as well to wait and see if anythiug camt of it, before committing themselves to anj other scheme, but he left it to the Board ti do as they thought fit. After considerable discussion, it was decided to grant lit. Edwards the exclusive right in terms of Mi . application, for a term of five years. It -was 2 decided to expend £10 in the purchase of new books for the library. The following statement of finance for the month ending . April 7 was read Or., balance from previous mouth, £19 Is; receipts from baths. £9013s ; tennis, £13s: library, 14s: hire of towels, £14 6s 2d : total, £125 17s 2d; Teas accounts passed tor payment, £57 13s lid, leaving a total credit balance at date of £6S3s3d. Mr. E. Y, Cox. of Shaftesbury, assisted by his pon, Rev. Havter Cox, recently from Kn»- >: land, gave a lantern lecture on Wednesday night on " The Work of the Church Mis* sionary Society :n Jairan.' The lecture wai given in the Anglican Church, and was largely attended. Numerous beautiful views, ifloatrative of the country and its customs, were showu.— Correspondent.)