COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14931, 2 March 1912, Page 5

COUNTRY NEWS.

; ! HAMILTON. :

[bt teleohaph.—own CO-RESPONDENT J ■; i - Hamilton; Friday. * A deputation, consisting of four members of the Hamilton Borough Council, waited on Mr. A. E. Manning this afternoon, and requested him to consent to allow himself to be nominated ■■■'$ for ■ tho office ol Mayor. Mr. Manning, in. reply, said he had . great pleasure in acceding to the request. ?- They had been marking time in this Council for four or five years. He outlined, a progressive policy, including permanent roads, footpaths, adequate fire fighting appliances, improvements to endowments and parks, and establishment of swimming baths. Tramways were out of th> rang© of •] practical politics just yet. . j General, regret was felt :in the Waikato to-day when the death , of Jlr. .J. T. Edwards, of Chaupo, was ;. announced. Deceas-yl, who was 71 years of age, was well-known, and ,* was ,in business at Ohaupo till a very short time ago, when his interests were bought out by Messrs. ! Green and Colebrook. He leaves a widow and large grown-up family. ". WAIHI, ' l«X TKtKQBAPH»---bwK COSKKSFOXDBOT.) . ' ' ; Wathi, Friday.; >' ' At a _ meeting of the Waihi Workers' Union, to be : held "■■ to-morrow evening, members will consider > the question of running a candidate for the Mayoral election. '" '■{'. In the course of his meteorological report for February, Mr. H. B. ; Devereux, F.K.M.S., gives the rainfall as > 5.83 in, :against an average of 4.72 in for the previous year. The average daily velocity of the Wind was 290 miles • A telegram from the ■ Minister for Labour to the local inspector of factories (Constable Williamson), announces" that Wednesday has been fixed as - the statutory half-holiday for the borough of Waihi for the ensuing twelve months. " ""'' . TAUMARUNUI. "-,.. .." [BY TEI2;GRU?H.---OWN CORRESPONDENT.] \ .■'.'■ ''I' ' '■'•' v .'TAtrMARUNUi,' Friday. The Ratepayers' Association * elected their., executive last night. The attendI ance, however, was ' disappointing. The Horticultural Society's "which was to have taken place this \ week/ was postponed, owing to the meagre number of entries. The lateness of the season accounts for this. "'• V Messrs. Riches and Simmons, members of the Council, have returned from an extensive trip to examine different systems of lighting. Both are in favour of some form of petrol lighting. , , , . In the digging of the main sewer 'the other day, an extensive supply of underground < water was > tapped/, which has since been flowing freely. The Taumarunui : Chamber of {■■ .ComI merce has , begun an agitation for a bridge across the Wanganui River. So far ' all settlers along the left bank have to ford the river. . .7 i The first waggon load of wool to be brought by road from' the * Otunui district came in across the ■ Ongarue bridge, at Taumarunui, the other day. Owing to the narrowness of tho road the feat was a remarkable i and a dangerous one. Everything is going smoothly now at | the Te Koura railway works. The num- | ber of men has been increased., : The Chamber of Commerce is much disappointed over the further postponement by the Wanganui River Trust of the opening'up of the country across the river. 'This'was surveyed nearly three years ago, but ' one legal • difficulty after another lias caused delay.

■HUNTLY. [rnoM our ' oto conßEsroNDEN*r.] [KBOM OCB OWX, CORRESPONDENT.]

Huntly; Friday.

Miss Black, who severed her connection with the Auckland Board of Education, in view of her approaching marriage, was the recipient of a pretty gold brooch on Thursday, when Eileen Jamieson arid Clarence Whittle on behalf of, the pupils of Pukemiro school made the presentation. Land in the Glenmurry district is changing hands, the latest purchase being made by a Mr. Hogan, who bought Mr. Hickson's farm at £8 per acre. '