COUNTRY NEWS.
PIEONGIA, Hondo Sergeant-Majoe Cabpenteb, the Govern. ment drill instructor, attended here on Ihursday evening, and put the local detachment of the U'aikato Mounted • lafantry through some useful' drill Tie notice given was short, and the weather very bad, nevertheless there was a good attendance. •' 4:,
The notorious tohnnga Ehaa again pat in an appearance last week at Whatiwhatihoe. On his first appearance there, some few weekj ; back, he succeeded in gathering upwards of ffi j £5 from the natives. ■ Sinco the report of the ;j ;i resurrection of the girl at Tauranga, he ha!:}';] i come to be looked upon as an Atua. He his % taken advantage of this reputation to the ex- :. tent of £610s. , Ts AffAMDTD, Mondaj. i'M'i The Town Board met on Thursday evening- i'i;--Present: Messrs. Mandeno (chairman), Ahier, 'i\ : i Gibson, North, and Teasdale. Mr. Aoier re-: ported that a deputation had waited uponj; ; g Captain Jackson, S.M., and found that■ ns; 1:j could do nothing in the matter of a more com* ;■ 5/j modious Courthouse. It was decided that a-. another letter be written to the Department ,; of Justice, protesting against the new police Quarters being so far away from the Conn ■ home and lock-up, and to again urge the vV necessity for increased accommodation in the - :; courthouse. It was decided to call tenders lor j r 100 chains of formation on the Kangiaowa and Frontier roads, tenders to be in bs'tfS.; 17tli inst. Mr. Ahier was re-elected chairman of the Hall Committee, a position he US ■ held for 14 years. . . j At the meeting of the Kangiaohia H°3a Board there were present: W. H. Mandeno _■■■■ (chairman), R. Kay, M. Tomer, and Geo. «■ Kinder. The clerk was Instructed to apply to Messrs. Clark and Ring for payment or v. , their share of the cost of Martin's cutting as per agreement. It was decided to accept - tile offer of Mr. Ingham to cut down the m>vy± bearing his name at 6id per yard. Mr. Jl cl ™' <• j. : ,v der was authorised to expend {( in compl"" ing work on the back Puniu Itoad. It was m* cided to call tenders for cutting 100 chainji ■ more or less, on Mr. O'Connor's hack roao. Accounts amounting to £42 5s 4d were paßiea for payment, and the Board rose. ' -V'". WHATAWHATA, Monday The heavy downpour of rain during w® vj-; past week has made the grass very waw.wj/^; the road very muddj'. As a consequence, tw-v.-^, percentage of butter fat has fallen to a very . iow point. V r'-'M The road between this township and HafflH' ton is in a bad state in places, and darins the past week several accidents have happ€QW;v--.] to buggies. "" „ The proposed pooling of the Waikato, . creameries into one big co-operative concern is being much discussed by dairy and is causing a more hopeful feeling as J® the future of the industry. Our lOWrfgM creamery is owned by the settlers, wnq. win ho prepared to sell or meet the new company in any other way. This season several sup* pliers have withdrawn from the business, ° • ing to the wretched return- These vroni again supply if a better price were givet with sufficient encouragement, our sappy would soon reach 1000 gallons daily. The petition to the Chief Postmaster re im- j : , .v proved mail service between Hamilton an Raglan, has received about 70 signatures. this neighbourhood, and should lead to a *L''i Weekly service being granted. The prosrei! :; : of the districts would quite justify the step- g rotokua. Monday. 'i y. The collecting tank in connection with tn drainage works is now finished, and the W/Ji PJPet placed in position. Good progress ■;%>»< m? being made at the filter beds. 1 . The steam laundry which is beingerectw by the proprietor of tho Grand Hotel will » opened on Wednesday next. , ' ... thjifeW The boarding-house accommodation win ; fei! season be much augmented. A ln r S? . handsome new house, situated about P 1 ? i '.; between the old and the new town, J"ffp erected by Messrs. Steele Bros, for ft, » Cammond, and is almost fimshed. Young, of Mokoia View, is making « || additions, tantamount to almost anew n and "The Langham" and "Park V.t'*£ Coffee Palace) are also enlarged. , hjffe A daily line of coaches has been ? - rt Wa j o . Messrs. Robertson and Co.. to do the' a tapu trip. After December 1 there win „ tri-weekly service to Taupo. the m 'J'. . _ a ' coach taking the new road, via » a and Wairakei. „ VMti&wM At Friday's meeting of the Town Bo business of importance was transacteu. • a special 'meeting; on Saturday it'- ' enn ' appointed Board clerk pro tern.
COUNTRY NEWS.
New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 10910, 15 November 1898, Page 6
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