NEWS FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12317, 8 July 1903, Page 7

NEWS FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS.

[FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.! COKOMANDEL.

THE anniversary services in. connection with the Presbyterian Church aiid Sunday-school, on Sunday last, passed * off '"satisfactorily. There was a good attendance. in the forenoon,' when the volunteers, under Lieutenant Indus, paraded,' and the -Town' Baud, under Bandmuster French, was in attendance. Tiio inclement weather ' that prevailed in the evening militated-against a large attendance. The services were conducted by tne Rev. ■■ J. M. Eraser, of-Auckland, who was' in charge of the local church .in.the early days. Special hymns, etc., were rendered by the choir. ■■:: ', ' A social : reunion was, hold in the Presbyterian Ohnrcli on Monday evening in connection with its thirtieth anniversary. -The Rev. T. A. NorrfiS presided, and there was a large 1 attendance, there being members of the various denominations present, an Anglican, and a Methodist* clergy taking part in, the proceedings. The Rev. J. Ml'Fraser and Mrs. Fraser wore also present.' and met" many old friends. The audience ' was a most appreciative one, 'the' various addresses being attentively listened to, and the several musical. items were received with applause. Thi programme of musical items was as follows — Overture, by 'Mr. McNeil's Orchestra song, "Star of Mv Soul," Mi*-- Walker; song. "Alone on the Raft," Miss McDonald; instrumental, selection, Messrs. Franklin ' (zither) " and G. McNeil (violin); song, "In tho.Woods," Miss Hodge; pianoforte duet. Misses Goldsworthy; anthem, by the choir; song, Mr. W. 11. Mackenzie: song, ; "Rags ' and " : Tattera," ■ Miss Clarke; song, " Maid of : the Mill.". Mr.' F. Home; zither solo, Mr. Franklin; -song, " Queen of the Angels," Miss H. Fraser. Addresses were given by the Rev. J. M. Fraser, the' Rev. P. T. Fortune, and the Rev. S. H. D. Peryman. 'Refreshments were supplied by the laches of the congregation. -'"'""-' \' «; •■- ; . HAMILTON. THE Mayor has given notice of motion for the next ; meeting of the Borough Council that steps be takeu to provide an efficient drainage ,scheme' fo» tho portion, of the .borough lying to the South of Garden Place. He will ; also move that steps be taken for the erection of municipal buildings to comprise all necessary borough offices and a town hall, to be built on a site' on lot 443, Tiedale-strcel. He will also move that a sufficient sum 01 money be raised by loan to metal 'the main roads' of the borough. ■ , •■ ;". '' ■ -' :, ' ; .'. 5 .- ' As a result.of the dehorning of 40 cattle at Euakura, "'on 1 Friday,' one of the beasts died that evening rdm •; loss of ; blood. When the animals were being removed • from one paddock to another it fell down arid died shortly afterwards. On Monday the cattle were inspected 'by Messrs. Ross and Lyons, of tho Stock 'Department;: Dr. ; Going', Sergeant Staple-ton, and Constable Potter, and ; they showed no signs of ill effects from the operation. Dr. Going ; xpressed himself pleased with the rapid recovery of the animals. ,; ,;. PATERANGT. AT a meeting of tho Firing Committee of the Rifle Club, it was decided to call; a parade of members on the Paterangi range on July 22. -On that day a match will be fired by members of the " B ''~ team' for Messrs. Blaokmore and. Co.'s cup. -; '..",', I; A meeting lifts been held, at which, It was tictermined to start a I J aterangi Tennis Club, and the preliminary steps taken. CAMBRIDGE. THE following programme was gone through at St. Andrew's parish social on Friday evenling •—Selection, .'.'. Coralette," orchestra song, "Pilgrim Fathers," Mr. B. Garland ; part song, - "The Mariners," ; choir; song, ," Garden of Sleep," Alias Forte; violin • solo, "Dorothy," Mr. Steven!; waltz, - " Fllorodora;'" orchestra• vocal. duet, ;Mesdames: Oouper and Polwiirth; part song," "Fair Orb :of Night," •; choir; comet solo, with orchestral 11 ccompanimeri't, Mr; C. Boyce; recitation, ; Mrs. Hciorns. }.-; The following weekly prfeea were ;awarded and paid during the month of June by the Waikato Bacon Company, Franktbn Junction, for the best lot of five pigs 'Bent to their fac"tory for sale-— \ week,- J. Dayies, KMkiriroa,' £1 lis 3d; second week,-. J. Keeley, Cambridge West, £1 9s 2d; third week. Geo. Finch, Paterangi,. £1 8s fourth Week, W. Qiialtrough, Fencourt,, &i 8s 2d. ■' .'.';:'; v KATIKATX - ' 'AT'.a: meeting of the Katilvati North School Committee, held at two o'clock on Saturday, ; the 4th irist.; Mr. G. Vesey (Stewart,;chairman, the following resolution was proposed by him, and carried unanimously:—"That this committee respectfully directs the attention of the j Board of Education to the I secretary's letter, dated May 7, 1903," and would desire to be informed when the Board's architect, will call for tenders for roofing No. 2 school, and for repairs to the teacher's house, as therein promised." x Several applications were received by candidates for the three vacant seats on the Board of. Education. The chairman and Mr. John Khlen, J.P., signed Mr. 0. J. Parr's nomination papex, while other members expressed their intention of supporting his can'; didature. -.<;.- ■ ]■• ''-.'"■■ ■■.': : -'-?_ : .J' At a meeting of the Road Board held _ on Saturday afternoon, the foJowing resolution, proposed by the chairman, Mr. Vesey Stewart, was unanimously-carried; with hearty expressions of approval:— this Board, whilo thanking most heartily the Hon. Minister for Mines for his grants 'towards, the permanent construction of the Katikati-Waihi main road, respectfully but earnestly submits to Government that the money could in all. cases be far more judiciously expended in the interests j of the public by lotting out the work in small contracts to ; local settlers, or other contractors, but subject to Government supervision; that in any case the work lie not postponed till tho winter months; and that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Rons, the Ministers for Mines and Lands." The lion, secretary (Mr. Mervyn Jas. . Stewart) was requested, on his motion, to send a sympathetic letter of congratulation to the Hon. Frank Dillingham, the U.S. Consul-General, on the anniversary day of our American cousins. Mr. C. E. Fletcher's seat on the Board was declared vacant by his absence without leave at four consecutive meetings, and the returning officer was instructed to take the necessary steps to fill the vacancy ■ At a Court of Petty Sessions, held on Saturday, the following justices presiding:— Messrs. Vesey Stewart, John Kilien, and Edward 11. Gledstanes, - a young man named H. Gw, of; Waihi. pleaded ;;guilty;■ to "two;_;'lnformations laid against him by the local Acclimatisation Society for having two hen Pheasants -in his possession on Sunday; week last; ; and 'secondly'for shooting same without license. The defendant was fined 30s and costs in each case, with a strong expression of warning from the Bench that any, faturtr cases would not be dealt with so leniently. . V • I regret to have to report a very serious accident to Mr. Samuel Mhldlehrook on Friday. He was employed as stoker, at the jopme of Messrs. Bonds' timber mill," that had only been started the previous day.; The journal of the main shaft having become heated,, a small key on a projecting shaft caught his shirt While in the act of examining the journal. He was carried round, and found five minutes later on the ground unite insensible, without a vestige of clothes on his body, his pocks having been torn off. Life was thought to be extinct, his fact and body being covered 'with blood. ' However, a telegram was. hurried off uc Dr. Slater, of Waihi, who arrived at the mill from Waihi in two hours after its receipt. Tie dressed the wounds, putting in seven stitches on the side of the leg. The sufferer was then carried home on a stretcher, and did not recover consciousness for some hours. The doctoi does not expect a fatal result, though the man had a most miraculouse escape, as had his head struck a log within a few inches of where he was revolving, his brains would have been clashed out. Mr. Midrtlcbrook has a wife and grown-up family, having married a daughter of Mr. Stewart Pea, a member of the No. 1 Party, and has recently been engaged in mining operations, in which he was most successful, and is much respected in the settlement.; . ■