NEWS FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12480, 26 January 1904, Page 3

NEWS FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS.

[Br TELEGRAPH —OWN- CORRESPONDENT.] WAIHI. The Gill Company finished a very »ucce.ssful season here on Saturday night, and last night they played at KaranjaUake. It is expected that about 60 members of the various fire brigades at present attending the Fire Brigades' Conference at Te Aroha will be on a flying visit to Waihi on Tuesday. They return to Te Aroha in the evening. CAMBRIDGE. Tub Rev. ft. A. Carver, of St. Sepulchre's Church, Auckland, will officiate at both services at St. Andrew's Church, Cambridge, on Sunday next. WAIUKU. On the evening of January 20 Mr. William Smith, who is leaving the district to go into business at Coromandel, was entertained at Mr. May's boarding, house by the members of the Star of rfaluku Lodge of Oddfellows at a farewell dinner. Brother A. M. Barriball occupied the chair, and Brother Rossiter the vice-chair. Iu proposing the tsaat of the evening, the chairman referred te Mr. Smith's long residence in the. district, extending over .'lO years, also to the faithful and zealous manner in which he had carried out the duties of the various positions in which he had been placed. As an Oddfellow no brother had taken greater interest or was more regular at the meeting*. His departure would he much regretted, and ho would carry with him the good wishes of all. The toast was 'drunk with musical honours. Brothers Rossiter and W. J. King also briefly spoke, wishing Mr. and Mrs. Smith and family every prosperity in their new home. The chairman then presented Mr. Smith with a beautiful writing-desk bound in morocco, bearing the following inscription:—" Presented to Brother W. K. Smith by the Star of Waiuku Oddfellows, January, 1084." Mr. Smith very feelingly replied, expressing his thanks for the many good wishes, also for the handsome present, which would be a reminder of their pleasant meetings. Although leaving the district, it was not his intention to sever his connection with the lodge. Other toasts were duly honoured, interspersed with songs, etc., during the evening. At a special gathering of the Masonic brethren, members of the late Pierce Lodge, lie!'] the previous evening at the tame place, P.M. Brother Rossiter, on behalf of those assembled, presented Brother Smith with a handsome eight-day marble timepiece as a mark of esteem. HAMILTON. I Alt sorry to report two more cases of typhoid in the borough. It has become a firm conviction with tbo.p who are he.-! able to judge that Hamilton will become a very large commercial centre if one is to judge by the prices that are being paid for WHANG A RBI. Thk Her. 1). McLennan, Presbyterian minister of Wuipu, hold two services in VVhmigarci and one at Kaurihohore on Sunday in Gaelic. There was a large attendance at each service. At the Police Court on Monday, before Messrs. William Corns and H. X. Briggs, J.l'.'s, a hawker who gave his name as Amelia* Benvruuti, was convicted of selling goods without u licence aud lined £5, with 7s expenses.