NEWS FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS.
[FROM OUR OW* CORRKSFO.N'DKSTS.] KA I PAHA FLATS. Messrs. A. Bt'l.'K LAX I) AXII Sons held a stock sale in this district on January 7. ices were fair and about ;;0 head of cattle- and 200 sheep were disposed of. Several buyers from Helensvi lie were present. Messrs. <iiif«t ami Sons have (lis.,-out inued the post office cut their premises, the pay allowed by the (»overntuent. lrcing insufficient for tin* amount | of work entailed. The post office is now removed j to the waiting room of the railway station, and I Mr. Neil Thompson ha/» undertaken the duties ; of postmaster. ; CAMBRIDGE. j A MKK'iiNU of the High School Committee was ! held on Thursday evening, Mr. Arnold Wilkinson | presiding. Of the six names submitted by the I Auckland Board of Education for the position of master of the secondary .department! those of I Messrs. E. W. Shanaglnin and 11. J. Wooller were ; referred back to the Hoard in the order named. I 'Hie appointment of Miss Florence M. Day, of l'uhoi, to the primary teaching staff was' confirmed. It was reported by the treasurer of the Technical School fund that nearly all the money promised had been collected. It was stated thai | the delay in establishing the school was due to | (he tact. that, the Hamilton people had not yet. | collected the money promised in that town for a similar purpose, and it was decided to write to j Hamilton and ascertain tin* true position of af- ( fairs. The local branch of the 1.0. He,habile* • wrote statins' thai they proposed holding a con- | ceil, on February 11, the proceeds of which were j to lie devoted to the technical school lunds. The I offer was gratefully accepted. It, was agreed to j arrange a train excursion to Te Aroha for the j school children.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13392, 22 January 1907, Page 7
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307NEWS FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13392, 22 January 1907, Page 7
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