COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 13768, 5 June 1908, Page 3

COUNTRY NEWS.

WAIHI.

[Br TEI.KGKAI'fr.-rOWN CQMJtKSTONDENT.)

Waiht, Thursday. A MEETING of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board was held last evening, Mr. ■!. Newth (Mayor) Ju the chair. An ■', application for a special*giant, of £350, together with it Government subsidy of, £ for Si, for the purpose of erecting a new operating theatre nt the district hospital and providing for a. hot water installation and septic lank, was received' from the secretary of the Hospital Trustees and granted. The. proposed Hospital' and Charitable Institutions Bill was dis- ; missed, and it was decided to instruct the Board's delegates (Messrs. M. (I. Power and J. Scanlon) to the conference to oppose the measure, and more particularly the clause referring to. the district* scheme and deciea.se of Government subsidy.

' At a meeting of the Finance Committee of the Borough. Council hist evening* it communication was received from, tho business people of Waiiii id alive to the competition of pedlars and hawker*, and asking the committee to forward the re- ; quest formulated to the Municipal Con-' ference as a remit. Briefly, the remit; asks that the Act be amended to allow' local bodies to fix their owe fees for hawkers and pedlars' licenses, that a definition be given as to what constitutes' "hawkers and pedlars," and th if thelicenses issued shall only be available for the district in which they are issued. After some discussion—opinions being divided on the question it was decided to forward the document as a remit from the Council; -f

An enjoyable social in connection with St. John's Anglican Church was held? in the Miners' Union Hall last night.i and was largely attended. A capital! dance programme was gone through, thW diversion for non-dancers consisting of card playing and a guessing competition, the prize tor tho latter being won br Mr. J. Beeche. f

[FROM OCa OWN CO»nESPQ.VDEXTS.j i'i;T.\i:t:iu;. A send-off was accorded Mr. ulld Mr*. Barton an the c'9tli nit, on t.li*- occasion of their leaving J'uUruiit after a. residence, here of three year*. .Mr. T. Milium!, who occupied the .-hair, in presenting Mr. and .Mrs. Barton witty * tray ami afternoon tea nervier, referred in eulogistic term* to their many good qualities. Mr, Burton suitable responded. Song* were rendered by Messrs. Mc(Jill, I'ajfe, Clitic, Valder, arid lltlbnri, and the'' Hinging of "Auld Lang Sync" terminated an en-', Joyablc evening.

CAMBRIDGE. The annual meeting of the Ratepayer*' Awoclalien u-H.s lipid on Tuesday evening, the president-,' (Mr. James HaJly) occupying the rhsur. -Tb«»! ciiairnm.ii read the annual report of the committee, which dt.jteci that the association had been] largely instrumental in defeating three oi th« proposed loan». Two of these, loans would 1«' brought forward again shortly. Mr. Wells moved' the adoption of the report, ' and vindicated the* association's statement of the financial position' and it* attitude in regard to the borough ad-' ministration. The chairman seconded the motions and soundly criticised the remark* of the Mayor? The report and balanee-idieet were adopted. .1 constitution was adopted, the following officer* being elected President, .Mr. J:uue« Mallv (re J elected); lion, secretary, Mr. (>. Johnson (reelected); executive, Me»Vs. H. K. Clark, ('. IJoyce, K. li. Hill. M. Butler, T. Well.-, and V,'. L. C. Williams. The executive was authorised to compile a statement or the borough finances and eir-i culate it among the ratepayers. In the course of. some further remarks .Mr. Wei's mid tha& there an no justification under present circum-j stances for the Council seeking to .-any two trior* loan proposals, involving an expenditure ci ueariyt £5000.

'I*ll monthly meeting of the Cambridge branch; of the W.C.t.l*. win held in the Methodis.fr' Church, Leamington, on Tuesday afternoon. >]<*.< Cow (president) occupied the chair, ami they meeting «a* addressed by Mrs. E!Ii». At the. t'lo-i of the gathering the Leamington member** entertained the Candirkljje members to afternoon* tea.

The newly-formed Snafctwpere Club will hold .iU| first open night on Monday evening, when the. play " .As Yon Like It" will tie read. " Julius. (jesar" has been selected as the, next play to bo" taken.