NEWS FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13491, 18 May 1907, Page 8

NEWS FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS.

[FROM OCR OWN COEBESrOVDEN'TS] CAMBRIDGE. AIiAEGE gathering of parishioners and friends assembled in';, St. Andrew's schoolroom on Thursday evening last, in honour of Miss Effie Willis, whoso marriage takes place next week. The room was tastefully decorated with palms and ferns, and a,, committee of ladies | dispensed refreshments.' "'Sohgs and instru-mental-pieces-were rendered during the evening, : and a, guessing competition ' was engaged in, Mrs. Peake and Mr.; Selby being the winners. The committee presented Miss Willis with, a bouquet, the Ven^' Archdeacon Willis replying for his daughter. ' ;:;::; HPXTLY. .;.\ ; ;'." t THE monthly meeting of the lluntly Road Board was held on Saturday, Mr. J. V. Bailey presiding. Mi*. Wignt moved that a public pound be. established in .lluntly. -The motion was unanimously adopted, the clerk being instructed to take the legal steps as well as to order the'timber necessary. It was decided to send' a letter of condolence to tile widow and family of the late clerk. Mr. D. Hird. It was also decided to request the trustees to proceed immediately witn the removal of the pnblic library to its proper site. KAWHIA. I HEAR that the work of constructing the OkupaUi bridge,. at- Oparau. will be commenced next week. Messrs. Bond and Forsyth, -of the Roads and Bridges Department, were here on Thursday laying off the work, which is to be done by Mr. J. E. Scott. Recently Mr. John Scott, jun., purchased Mr. T. Brough's-100-acre section, and Mr. R. Nellly Mr. .S. Home's section of the same area. Both properties ore at Kinoliaku. The Rev.: C. E. Davidson, of Kawliia, has decided to make a pulpit and present it to the Congregational Church . to be erected at Te Kniti. At Kiritehero and Kinohaku, owing to the ravages ■ of the caterpillars, several . burns will have to be resown. , : Bmshfellinghas started. The two largest contracts so far are 500 acres for Mr. Vicary at Kiritehere, and 400 for Messrs. Morris and. Co. near the township.' Arrangements have been made to erect a temporary school building at the Marokopa Heads, the Board of Education undertaking to lind a teacher. The school will be opened in about two months' time. The flaxmilling this season has been very successful, and new mills are likely to be erected at Tawhau and Munghu (near Marokopa) during the coming summer. . POKEXO. THE shooting season began with remarkable silence, instead of the dawn opening with a regular fusillade at the lake as in former years. I have not heard of anyone who got anything worth mentioning, beyond one Dag of nine ducks. . ; . -. Regret is expressed at the loss of the Rev, Mr. Kayll, who has left the district for duty at Hastings. A social and dance- had been arranged as a - farewell, in his honour, but tho idea was abandoned on account of the outbreak of diphtheria, which happily has now subsided. •: Mr. S. Vinson has sold his whole place, flaxmill, house, and land, in the Maungatawhiri Valley, for £3600. . ' - : ' " AWHITU. THE following l is : the result of ' the poll at the election ot the Awhitu Highway Board:— i John if. Garland 46, Robert Hamilton 44, ! John Irwin 40, William G. Hamilton 33, I Alexander Morrison 32, Ralph Millett 20, John I).' Kemp 8. All the members of the outl going .Board succeeded in retaining their I seats. ■ ■ - - . ' j ' "; TE PUKE. " ' THE departure of Br. and Mrs . FrazerI Hurst was the occasion of a large gathering I, in the lublic Hall. Mr \v. Hurray, secrej taryto the Medical Club, expressed the deep * regret felt at the departure of Dr Fvazeri liurat, and the loss the- district would ausi tain through being without" a medical man. j Dr. Frazer-Hurst suitably responded. Dane- ! ing, was indulged in to early the following I morning. :,■■■■■■'■ :■.;;■ ■;■■ ■■, i■■■,.■.. ii f An improved inquiry for fat cattle nas ! taken place. Mr. George Vercoe, of Waii kato, paid 'a'-.visit:, for the purpose of sccur- | ing a line of 250. Mr. A. Wrignt, of .faerou, ! has also been buying. v ■ _ ■:-"',' -.'.:MATAMATA.' : O.X:v Thursday i- evening a farewell smoke | concert was'. tendered to Mr.. George Kohlies j in. the. Hinuera schoolroom by a lew of his ! friends on the occasion of ilia, leaving the i district. Mr. W. iO. Hing presided, and in ' a neat speech presented Mr. iionlies, on ; behalf of his triends, with it - beautiful ' smoker's companion. Mr. Kohiies suitably 1 and feelingly;-' replied,' 'after which a very ; pleasant una successful function broke up j OS all present joining in the singing .of ! " Auld Dang • Syne." At a social neld' in • the Okoroire Hall the local residents also ; presented Mr. Kohiies with a very nice case ' : of pipes, the recipient appropriately responding. - "'- ■-, ■■'--.-■ ■ . A golf tournament is being arranged at Okoroire for both, .ladies ~and (gentlemen, .some of . the prizes ' consisting ; of gold ! meuals, a gold brooch, a rifle, a thoroughbred ' greyhound,, -etc. It is i also understood that some time during next November the Okoroire challenge cup will be played for. . The building trade is very; brisk all over j the Okoroire locality. Mr. J. Watts, of Mor- ■ rinaville, has at present quite a number.of j residences to '■ erect in that district. * - t : : The" residents in and around Okoroire are ! energetically. combining to: make their dis- '-, trict one of the most attractive and enjoy- ! able tourist and holiday resorts in this I- province. :■: . ■~ -. . - ;,;- ■- ; ,;■ ■. -■ ,■ j ■*>. The first ; match of • the,season under the -. Pjako Rugby Union comes: off next Saturday I afternoon between teams representing Mori rinsville and Te Aroha, -on, the ground of j the latter; * Considerable interest is being j taken in the match.: ' j Railway officials from Auckland and Wei- ! lington recently visited Matamata, and were i interviewed: by. a -deputation of settlers in i regard to several railway requirements conv nected with this and surrounding districts, I and ;it is expected that an; early : train to | and a late one from Hamilton on the same i day will soon be granted. It is also under- ■ stood that ■ the local cattleyards, will be ' shifted to a : more \ convenient 'site, , and greater facilities afforded for. loading and unloading local produce. .: -,;; Mr. J. A. Young interviewed Mr. Meddings regarding. telephonic t communication. between Walton and Waharoa, and Mr. Meddings stated that owing to the present congested state of the service he could promise a circuit onlv : three times a day, and that not i for some time. • < ; ■■■■-"[ ! At the Waihon Railway Station there is at present great lack of suitable accommo- '! dation and proper railway arrangements." ; The goods shed is much too small. . The concert, social, and dance in aid of I the funds .of the Waihou X Cricket Club was j held in thes local hall last Friday evening. I and was well attended by both residents I and visitors. The function proved quite a successful one, for which the , committee of management and the energetic secretary, Mr. T. D. Rice, deserve the greatest credit. : On Saturday afternoon, the 11th hist., the Manawar.u Vricket players visited the Gordon Settlement to finish the final match of the season with the local • team, the game resulting in the defeat of the visitors by 43 to lour. It may be mentioned that this is the second time during the last few seanous that the Gordon* side has disposed of its; opponents for the small score of four runs, the former occasion being when playing the Waiorongomai Club on its own ground.- Messrs. Montague and Thompson did the bowling, and J. Montague the batting for the victors, whilst- Messrs. Davis, Hawkins.* and Tettley did the - best services for the losing .team. < Recently the. workmen employed by the Board of Education have been engaged in effecting various sanitary improvements in connection with the Waharoa School. The Hon. James McGowan, Minister for Mines and Justice, recently paid a visit to his Waharoa relatives, and while in that district took the opportunity of considering local requirements. "Towards tho beginning of the week the local weather set in fine, and extensive, road repairing; took place, but towards the end of the .week the rain has been almost incesaant, so. that all the roads aro in a very bad condition. The metalling of the Gor-don-Waharoa Road has now been abandoned until the ensuing spring, the Gordon end of this road being now quite unfit for the carting of metal. ; . '.'■..' :..; . - ; ■?;