COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14235, 4 December 1909, Page 4

COUNTRY NEWS.

~ ■"♦— ■ —- V, W ; 11 : ROTORUA. 4I m [BY TJSIBGIUPH.-OW.V OTMESfOKwSI i Rotobua, Fri^i' 1 !' I* The A. and P. Aviation pr 0ln W ( I « be a, great success, there already £> If 150 members enrolled. A general ffi ® I was he d ay, night, and the followjjj *1 fleers elected : Patron, Mr. W D Si, IB donald, M.P. for the district; 3 || -Mr. D. Lundon; vice-president* jS' 1 Birks, Gardner, Slonne, Butcher V^B d Martin, Clinked, Davis, WiU ' "Jjl d Wylie; secretary, Mr. T. L Thorn "™ 'tS treasurer, Mr. W. A. Warburton; «?'■ ! committee of 20. It was decided &§ 1 the ,«how in the month of March.' " ' M About 50 settlers attended a roeetii, II! the Kaharoa school, and decided to r fi§ S a co-operative dairying company J?- ? * the title of the Rotorua Dairying C *■ 8 pany, Limited. The following wereS H ted provisional directors : Messrs. Lun<k |l George, Carl, White, Johanscn, Martt if and Dittmer. The articles of aslociaS fl were agreed upon. The number of cW t J at present guaranteed is 660. It i, j? 1 f| tended to erect the factory at or near \k 'M Ngongotaha railway station, and to cfik $3 menco operations next spring, when &1 anticipated that the milk of a thousand M cows will be available. \&t Iff . ___ ■«t" I W HUNTLY. /M' 'I J [raoii otra own cobeespondekt.i r « « Mi_H Hr/NTLT, Friday. ; I Mr. Rata Mahuta, eldest son of (A* M Hon. Mahuta, M.L.C., informs me tk IS there died at Waahi on Wednesday £ P mat* Paitai, a big rangitira of the 'ffiS H timaru, Hauraki, who was on a visit to i* the Hon. Mahuta, 1o whom lie aeknb* « ledges allegiance. A large, tangi will &_* ■»if place over the remains of the deceased/ H who was 45 years of age. a largo, nu ß ! & berof natives having arrived by yest«. Ml day's trains, and many more being expert'.! -0 ed on Friday. A tangi is also being held H at Waahi over the demise of Puna 1W ill on Opuatia native, who died this week S at the age of 25. »■ S A musical treat of a high-class order I*fc was given in the Volunteer Hall on Mob. 8 day evening by the Garland Unique Quel. S tette party from Auckland in aid of the 111 funds of the Presbyterian Church. J Dk W « ing by the applause from a weU-fioj 3n house and the number of encores demanded | 'jjfil the audience appeared thoroughly to en-' 1 S joy the programme. The programme com-1 f|§ prised quartettes by the party, songs by Wa Misses Callaway and Tudehope and Mr, I' & A. Ripley, duets by Miss Tudehope and If Mr. Ripley, and two musical sketches'aid I »iv instrumental novelties by Mr. T. T.«G_C S land. Mr. J. P. Bailey, J.P., presided. ■ tm Mrs. Rowland NiccoUs acted as acrom,; B panist. < i\\'i Building progresses in all parts of the •>•!! township, and timber orders for seven fl more cottages have been placed.* Even §£1 with those, dwellinghouse accommodation mm will still be limited. ':','^,H The somewhat reckless riding of one £ '•>. of the butchers' boys was responsible lor ma what might easily have turned out to be §§| a serious accident. v While .a' little lad H was crossing the road from the school « to the t>hop opposite he was knocked down <>w by the butcher's horse, which trod upon "•,*: his shoulder. Fortunately the road v»u v |i soft, and a severe wound prevented. It iS is to be hoped that so narrow a shave §§§ will prevent the necessity for more seri- |ml ous steps having to be token in the, in- 'ijM terests of the public safety. The half-yearly meeting of the member! -iHi of the Waikato Coal Miners' Union ~m< mm held in the Volunteer Hall on Wednesday r.rj evening.. Mr. J. Fulton presiding over a I ffl large attendance. The various balan»|jj||j sheets, which were considered highly satt I 19 factory, were adopted rts read. Office- 1 ji*h bearers for the next half-year were elect- ISM ed as follow President," Mr. J. Fulton W& (re-elected); treasurer, Mr. C.' Allen; (it- 111 elected); secretary, Mr. E. Saye*; check |H inspectors for Ralph's and Extended vmines, Messrs. T. G. Johnson and Georsel Iff Smith committee, Messrs. T. Britton, T,' s'-Sl Baker, and J. W. Patcrson. " l ■■"■ —_-_-______-______. : ■:■':§ B CAMBRIDGE. : ' [FEDS! OVa OWN COBB-tS-ONDENI.] . -; A meeting of the Leamington Town' f*» Board was held on Thursday evening. In W the absence of Mr. W. White (chairman), ffl Mr. Charles Jarrett was voted' to Sthe ( 111 chair. The chairman of the ■ Pukekm* jIH Road Board wrote stating that the Ancle-, Warn land Savings Bank would not consent to ffl a transfer of a portion of his Board's loan M to the Leamington Town Board. Mr. |||! Keeley said they ought to again approach IS the Government for the money. , Th« IS other members, however, thoughtV/lhii ;M course useless, in face, of the want of,W; ||H cess of their previous efforts; while Ihef jjl ako considered that the Financial Bui | |1| now before Parliament would not help ma ' them. The _ same * members . then sat « "SSI the Leamington Domain Board. It was S decided to put the recreation reserve li-| mM as good order as possible. A good plan wm of the pavilion which it is proposed to'- <*r have erected was submitted, but as no Wm estimate of cost accompanied it consider.;] tion of the matter was deferred for*!' iffl WGGK. ■;■"" "- -■' '■ t\'- : ."".';•■?; I^^iil A cricket match, Dreadnoughts v. Hau- |H tapu, was played at the latter place on jH Wednesday : afterroon, Dreadnoughts winning by 20 runs to 14. The wicket was. !|jj very rough. • >C 1 The congregation of Trinity PresbV' j •■■:,! terian Church, at a meeting, unanimously f, |'M resolved to increase the stipend •of:; the Si minister (the Rev. W. J. Gow] by £25 M per annum, thus making it £225, with \'| free ' manse. : " ' * : .m ■ '■■ - 4u ■ : —: — ' ■'■■■ : -' m THAMES. " '; M '■' ' ' ■'■'".' '. ■'.' •■ ' 'M [Br TELEGRAPH.—OWN COERESPONDENT.I 'j « ■ ■ '• •■i" : -'* W Thames, Friday. ; I ||| i The quarterly sitting of , the Thamel I\& Licensing Bench took place to-day, Mr. I ffl Burgess, S.M., presiding. Application* I ||| by Sarah Ann Vollemaere for a transfer Im| of the license of the Exchange .Hotel I ||| (Thames) from T. C. Cliri6tenson, and by » L. Woodcock, licensee of the Kuaotunu \I tm Hotel (Kuaotunu), for one month's' leave | of absence, were granted. A complaint I mBl was received from the policei with regard Im& to J. Wilson, licensee of the Sir George lUH Grey Hotel- (Tainia). en the grounds W* ; I *|jj be was not a fit person to conduct » IMi hotel, as he was too fond of drinking. IWM Wilson was called up before the' Bcncn lun and admonished, and, on his 6tat«me» I, -^ that he had taken the pledge «»'*"{'.£ resolved to take no more intoxicating m}'% liquor, the Bench agreed to give DtO f IflHI another trial until next meeting, but j« m*J was notified that the continuance,, oEf t rjj license depended upon his future conducu t|pW ' < ,INI