COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10414, 12 April 1897, Page 6

COUNTRY NEWS.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] Hamilton, Saturday. The Hamilton East Brewery, destroyed')), tire on Thursday night, was insured for flm • in the Commercial Union. The content were not insured, and the loss is estimated at about £150. All the account books ». destroyed. Wet< Those interested in the means of nnin,' funds to fence and improve the grounding. Peter's Sunday-school met on ThutadayS lioon, and, after some discussion, decided! t hold a doll and apron fair on the 24th M. to be followed in the evening by a conceit Pateraxgi, Saturday The Rev. Mr. Mather paid his {«.;',„ visit to this district on Monday evenin last, when between 80 and 90 peonla «t soinbled at the schoolhouse to hear tne» gentleman's lons-promised lecture on ft "Forth Bridge," with magic lantern iIU tratious. The lecture was greatly qJS ated, as also were the views. After h»i n . thanked Mr. Mather for the enSt evening's amusement he had provided Mr Kay, on behalf of the Paterangipeople'b,/' farewell to Mr. Mather, and hoped he vnZ Ion? be spared to continue the good *2 he was engaged in. Mr. Ryhnrn aliosnot tp the sa,me purport. Mr. Mather thank* 1 them for the kind expressions of goodwill and said he would always remember tb Paterangi people, who had been particnlarli kind to him.

Te Awamdtd, Saturday The Waikato West Presbyterian Commit tee held their annual meeting on the 7th instant, the Rev. Mr. Mac Donald in thi chair. The balauce-sheet as read showed thi total receipts for the year to be £216 whist the expenditure amounted to £193, leavine credit balance of £23. It was decided to hand over £15 of the balance to Mr. Mac. Donald as a supplementary stipend. Mr. J, H. Mandeuo was re-elected treasurer and' Messrs. F. Gerraann and J. Ryburn'auditors. The annual soiree was awed for Wednesday, the 14th instant, and numerous offers of assistance have already been pro. mised, so that a pleasant evening's.enjoymeDt may be looked forward to. Rotoroa, Thursday. The weather, which for the past ten or twelve daya has been clear and bracing, now shows some signs of a change, and raio seems imminent. The arrivals by train are not ao numerous, and after the Easter holidays, residents may set about preparing their ' winter quarters. i The mud geyser between the mouth of the \ Puarenga Creek and the Maori settlement it ? Ngapuna, was again active on Sunday lut ! throwing mud and water to a considerable '•' height. . ,;: At the Police Court on Tuesday, a native'; named Hemi Rodejo was committed for'trill < for the theft of a £10 note from hia foster- 1 father. Accused admitted his guilt, bat ■' asked that his relative should have some compassion for him, but the prosecutor wu adamant. Bail waa allowed. Mr. James Shaw, of Coolgardie, returned to Rotorua by to-night's express looking far from well. He has been contiued to his room in Auckland for the past six weeks, andirill try the restorative effects of thebatb hen before returning to West Australia. ■ It is understood that- the express <mo which arrives here three times per week at twenty minutes to five p.m., will ceisf running at the end of the month.