NEWS FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIII, Issue 13368, 24 December 1906, Page 3

NEWS FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS.

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-'- HUSTLT* A MOST enjoyable concert took place in ..fch#: : ; Volunteer Hall'on Friday night, the object being : ; the augmentation (A the funds of St, Anthony"* Reman Catholic * Church. -' The ball* was ailed \ with * large end appreciative' audience. The visitors—Mr». Wrnsl ScbnHum. Miss Eoekcliffe (W«ihf), Messrs. Claude (Jieemn. Wilt SkerreU,, and Tborne— wen warmly received, and their ileum were- heartily applauded. The local singer* were in good voice, aral then .3rforts pleased Vtw audience greatly. The bran* baud, under th» conductorwhip of Bandmaster Jf. .Mcintosh, played ■• « number <>* selection* outside the hill, which.-' were much appreciated. The selection* played by the Huntiy ore heist under Mr. H. Skel-l-rn. were il-o greatly enjoyed A special feature of the concert, was the excellent way la winch the accompaniment* w< re rendered by Mr. E. V. Ralph, who <■< assisted by Mis* Uer'ry. of Auckland. Appended is the programme:— "Anchored." Mr. Smith: recttattott, " Movinc, Mm Louisa Ilftrm; »ng, •Happy Birtts," Mr*. "en.'.l Scholium; 'comic song, ' She's the How. m the siawy," Mr. Will Skwrett; song. ".txtok-. Back, ' Mr. Thome; sons. "Jack 'tar." ititf Mm* Kfe hfflr-ii .■■>;, '•Thou Art no Near and Yet »o For, Mr. «'. VV. Mwfcrnoit; duet. "Lily and the Rrw." Mrsdm-cs W. Scholium and U. Stewart; song, -'Sleeping Camp." Mr. K. Rainier. «>iijr, "Sweet Bunch u( Dfii.«ie#." Mi<w Oertl IJnbWe; duct. "Nocturne," Mr-. Scholium and Mr. rhorne; sour, " Eileen Alarwh." Mr. Thome; >ons-. "My Kingdom." Claude UUeson; jKmg. "in the Shade of the Old Apple Tree." Mr» \*. scholium: comic wing. "Slipping in the Old flack Yard." Mr. Will Skerretl; cons, Mis« Hack-i-liffe; song. "1 Couldn't, Could It" Mr*. D»rcy;' eon?. "lira Pro Nobw," Mr. Smith. The entertuiunient conclude*! vmli » daucc, eM-cller.t music for which w«s provided by the Uurhr family, agisted by Mr. Dyer. Mr. A. It. Dovia "making » most efficient M.c. a bountiful supper w;w» provided by .' eommitteo of ladies, romprisHi? Me*--tl.iiv..\< A. R. 'Davis. Darby, Harris (2), Stewart. and Whowkcy. and thfl follonjnsr gentlemen mw after the general arrangements, via.: Messrs. Burke, D'Att-y, Hackett, H.ivris, Stewart, and Wilson. * The Huntly Itiflw held ; i pMSkI daylight parade--cm Saturday, tlie work of Mic afternoon beirtj? »a Attack by Lieutenant- CummitM 011 a position occupied liy an advance tone of an enemy intendiiirf to capture the mine-. Tile hostile party was commanded by Lieutenant Turner, who had takes posteriori of a strong |Mi«t on 11 lull to 'lie southeast, of the township, a post, he was to keep until his main body and the guns canto up. Captain Elliot, who" had acted as umpire, decided in favour of the defence, pointing out. th. the defeat of the attacking force waa due to bad scouting, since by taking advantage of the cover afforded by the nature of the ground it would have been easy to get, round the enemy's left flank; anil from the ridge above to have enfiladed him with almost no low to ton party attacking, the Banking movement * being concealed by a frontal lire. Owing to the cleat foreground a frontal attack, even with 10 timet the men, would have liecu disastrous. The importance of scouting was insisted on. The alertness of both parties formed l:be subject of favourable comment. \ '•wing to a fall from hiss pony, sustained toward* the cud of last week, the elder sou of Mr, B, S. Wight, manager of the 1 Tauplri Coal .Mines. Limited, will be obliged to remain in bed for soma days. .' • Messrs. K. Conlson, Win, l'.Uison. F. If. Exoil. J Hughes, and C. Richard* visited the Wa]j» on Sunday in Mr. ,1. tlreenacre's launch Colurnbia. They bad capital Sport, and report - the trout plentiful and in good condition. On Sunday last- 0 flower service was held in St. Paul'* Anglican Church, the vicar of th« parish (the Rev, A. .1. Reck) officiating; and preaching on appropriate sermon. The service was well attended. On Monday morning the Sowers were forwarded to flic Hamilton Hospital. For the past- two Sunday* Mr. Zimmfrnuui, superintendent of the Sunday-school, haa been conducting examinations for the Bishop's prices. At the Huntly s.M. Court on Wetluc«lav(Mr. If. W. Noi-tlicioft. .S.M.. presiding), Mrs. Robert Blake was . charged with having . abandoned ,a child about- 16 months old by leaving it in„the yard of the Delta Motel, Ngnruawaltia, wWuce she proceeded by train to /Auckland;* the. infant rentoining undiscovered until about- four?.p.m. When found the child appeared to have suffered no injury. Mr. Cotter appeared for the defendant. The charge was dismissed. Jack Joy, who belongs to Tauplri, was charged with stealinga horse, the property of 11. Waring. Mr. Mae* Diarmid appeared for the defeifce. The evidence was to the effect, that Mr Waring had put the horse, along with other.-', in. a paddock. When he went, to look for it it, had disappeared. It, was afterwards discovered that Joy had been seen riding tho horse, which was found grazingon the roadside. The defendant stated that he had found the animal, which he had broken ill, on the road, and that, as his camp was a long way off, he thought that ii he were to ride it. hither it could 4 easily find its way back to Taupiri. lie was convicted and ordered to pay the costs, which amounted to £3 3s. Thomas Hill was charged with trespassing on the property of Mr. Peterson and refusing to leave when; retptested to do so. It appeared that Hill, who was defended by Mr. McGregor, was carting llax to the mill at Malnhtiia, and. that, in order .to avoid two steep places on the road, he ; made » detour of about- five chain.-,* the detour taking him through Peterson's oats. Although warned to keep off the properly, he had persisted in the trespass. Hill was mulcted' in costs totalling £4 Bs. Robert Martin, charged with assaulting, ; Mrs. Meredith, of .NgaFuawuhia. and with break--1 ing a pane of glass, wan fined £1 for the assault; with 16s costs, while for breaking the glass he J was fined Is and ordered to pay the costs. HAMILTON. Tan Hamilton Borough Council met on Friday evening. Mr. Gosling, on behalf of the committee formed to get FranktOn constituted a town board, wrote asking whether the Council would raise any objection to the step. Tho Mayor said he did not, think that the borough should dissent, but ho thought, the Fraukton teaidenta would, be better advised if they joined the borough-,* and' moved accordingly. Mr. Edgecombe seconded. •In view ot the endowments which- the borough possessed he thought tho Finiikton people should ponder before taking the step. Mr. Young thought thai, the Frankton residents were not. taking a wise step. The motion was carried unanimously. Some residents in the neighbourhood wrote complaining of the nuis,aoce causcd-by the smoke from Messrs. Ellis and Rarnand's factory. It was decided to write the firm asking them to abate the nuisance. The committee appointed to 'report, on the means of eocapo from fire at the Town Hall submitted plans made by Messrs. Rigbv and Warren, providing for four additional exits. Mr. Young objected to the plans, us they entailed pawing down a .flight of stairs. He thought the escapes should be from the floor of the hall. The plans were adopted, Mr. "Young, dissenting. - : / The potato blight has again made Its appearance in the neighbourhood of Hamilton, but onli in a comparatively small * degree. v CAMBRIDGE. /f , ( ' ; A mei'.tisc. of the Cambridge Domain Board was held on Monday evening last, there being present: Messrs. John Ferguson (chairman), E.N. Souter, James Taylor, and Dr. Roberts. The town clerk wrote asking that the Borough Council bo allowed in use a portion of section 46 of the Domain lands for a rubbish tip. The request was granted. The chairman reported having re-let several portions of the Domain lands at a considerable increase. The secretary of the North Island Egg-laying Competition Association wrote offering £2 per annum for a portion of land on the flat between the eastern end of the lake and the Karapiro stream. Tenders bad been called for, and this being the. - only 0110 forthcoming it was accepted. The secretary -of the Cambridge Bowling Club wrote requesting the Board to contribute the sum of £7 10» to help to make some permanent improvement!. The request was granted. Mr. W. F. Rockland's leave of absence was extended for another thrco months. The following bowling matches were played on the Cambridge green on Saturday last,:—Championship singles: V. Carr, 24, v. W. Wright, 30. President's pans: T. Wells, M. Weils (skip), 17, v. A. White. It, Can- (skip), 23. Ordinary* games': J. Hammond, F. Pilcher, 11. Fisher, W. Wright (skip), 11, v. P. Carr, It. C. Dyer, A. White, J. Ferguson (skip), 24; R. C. Dyer, J. Robertson (skip), 14, v. R. Fisher, U. Clark (skip), 23; 11. Ferguson W. Karl (skip), 8. v. J. Hammond, Dr. Coates (skip), 24; It. C. Dyer, 3. Luudonv_A.'Wallace (skip), 22, v. F. Pilcher, H. Davy, J. Rivers (skill), 25. " • ';:.:. . . ;Oi,.:,*' Lawn Tennis.—Men's single* handicap: Second round—R. Fyke (receives .} 15) beat - Isherwoot* (owes 15), 6—3, 4—6, 6--2. Third round— Rocket t (receives 4 15) beat C. V, Stone (owes 15), 6—4, 6-3. . - , ■ The monthly meeting of the Borough Council was held on Thursday evcnini?. Mr. G. AV. Allsop wrote acknowledging his -appointment by the Council to carry oat the drainage scheme in its entirety, and stating: that, ho had condemned the whole of the private drains and ordered the contractors for tho work to re-lay them. The financial statement - showed the overdraft 011 the district fund at £863. The Works Committee recommended that : the work of forming and grading the business portion of Duke'tuid Victoria .Streets be proceeded 1 with as soon as possible after January 31. This agreed to. Mr. M. J. Douglas was appointed temporarily to assist in the office work. Mr. H. Fitzgerald was appointed dog tax collector for the borough, Mr. Going being the successful tender for supplying the collars, at Sid each. Mr. Bunyard (waterworks engineer) waited on the Council and recommended that the present auxiliary engine at the waterworks be sold and replaced by a large* one. The matter was deferred for the present. Mr. Dickinson's motion that cows be licensed on the run on payment of an annual fee of 10s was defeated by six votes to thrca. . * NCARUAWAHIA. ' \ ; ' The rowing match for the cup presented by th« Ngaruawahia Regatta Association for country clubs took place at Ngaruawahia. The Ngeru<wahia Club entered two crews and the Hamilton Club one. After a well-contested race and a close finish Ngaruawahia So, 1 crew won tho race, the other Ngaruawahia boat securing second place. DRIRV. The monthly meeting of the. Baud of Ucpe o» Wednesday evening was well atetnded and a good programme was rendered. The chair ves taken by Mr. J. D. Mc.Vatighton. >ongs were given by- Mesdomes Bathe, McXaughton, »nd Bremner. Miss-Hamilton, and Mr. W. Dixon, recitations by Misses L. Feilding, V. Morgan, and I, Hamilton; readings by Messrs. Feilding and Morgan; duet. Misses N. and K. Cossey and Mrs. Batne and Miss N. Cossey: overture, Misa D. McN'aughtou: cornet solo, Mr. J. Dixon. Thi>' programme concluded with a temperance dialogue by MLa» N. Cossey, Messrs. -J, and V Dixon and S. Feildiuj: ,