NEWS FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13452, 31 May 1907, Page 3

NEWS FROM COUNTRY DISTRICTS.

[FROM oue, OWN COREESPONDEKT3.] TAUI'IRI. v ' ' The school hockcy club is now in full swiDff. Th« girls arc moat enthusiastic, and a» there is a club in M alUaWa ' a . nd one lfi to be established in A S.' so^ le 8:00 xamftj may be expected. - with ?iIi e!9 A ay , tfic Ibr€ , cv ?' ings in. connection with the Anglican Church fund were again reyived for • the -ensuing winter. Eleven table* were kept going, play being kept up till half-past. ten p.m.■ Supper. then handed round,- after which dancing v.as indulged in till midnight. The creamery will close up at the'end of th« mouth for the winter season. lIUNTLY. Ax oil launch built by Messrs. P,urfjess and Smith. Ci the Challenger Launch and Motor Companv, Auckland, to. the order of Mr. Elliot, Hutrtly, was launched at Mercer on Thursday night, Mr. Burgtas bdri#.present to take her -up the river on her trial trip, which was a pronounced success. The new craft is 20ft long, with a beam of 4ft 6111, her torpedo stern giving her a handsome appearance, with which the interior lifting!) of riniu panelling are in keeping. •Mr: Small, truant officer, appeared on Thursday at the Police Court as prosecutor against John S. Nicholson and T. Labium, two parents whose* children failed to comply with the attendance clause of the Education Act. The justices (Messrs a " J. P. Bailey and I.- Ckwtes) fined the defendant*) 16s each, with 'costs amount in? in each case to 12i. J ' CLEVpDON". Os Monday the first conaicrnment of y ling trout was distributed in the Wairoa River. Messrs. James White arid'A." .Shaw journeyed to I'apakura for' the Ash, which were liberated in the rocky parts of the- river without a single lav. A fewmore liberations will make the fishing in thin locality second to none in New Zealand. The last trout released are reported to be doing well and are fairly numerous. . • :> The weather -has been very wintry during th« last, week, and the milk supply has- decreased • considerably at the factories. • ... - • HAMILTON. " v.; Mr. L. Knight, J.P., presided at the Police Court on Wednesdav morning and dealt with several breaches 'or the School Attendance Act- Fines varying from 6s to £1 were inflicted upon six parents.; .- .HAVKO. ■ r .MAI'KU. 0\- Sundav, the 19tU inst., the opening- services in connection with the new Presbyterian Church at Mauku were held. The church was crowded on both occasion*, and collections made in aid of the building fund totalled about £17. A soiree was held on the 22nd inet., and the jPatumahoe :Hall was crowded. A concert programme' was given, followed by supper iuid a dance. takings amounted to" close on £9. • . .