COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14934, 6 March 1912, Page 4

COUNTRY NEWS.

.wAim. r ■ : ■'}■ [BY TELEGRAPH. —OWN COEBISPC'XDJUj j „ . „ Waihi, Mb. A. Roche, of the Waihi Gold tan ing Company engineering,, staff, fejtK Horahora this morning to take ria&& the company's engineering works i a :Lj nection with the Horahora electrical mW IS scheme Prior to their departure Mr iS''' 1 '" Mrs. Roche were presented'by the parish ' * ioners of St. John's Anglican (SZL ' with a handsome solid silver cake . .. The presentation was made by Mr R t* Barr y- . " • The monthly meeting of the\WaMSl Schools Committee was held last everun» 1 Mr. D. Johnson (chairman) presiding The headmasters' reports were iread oil' ing the roll numbers as follows / tral school (Mr. A, H. Benge), prima* 1 department, 580, average 540.1 second' ' ary 46, average 43.2. East school (Mr 1 S. H. MackyJ, 334, average 30(5.7. Tfo work of the school had been considerably interfered with for a • week, ©wingf&Sp Messrs. Slevin and McLean being ooto3V pelled to attend the territorial camp* ■' South school (Mr. H. T. Gibson), average 231.5. Official notice had '*** ; received that all pupils presented for' tis!m Standard VI. examinations had succeeded in obtaining certificates of proficiency ft Messrs. Eustace and Cutforth were ap! pointed the visiting committee for' th»'{' month. .»• i - .\K . " ■ :v:: TAUMARUNUI. .v I ijlj

[BY TELEGRAPH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] > XATJMABtrKTTi, Tuesday. ■ At the meeting of the Kaitieke County ' Council on Saturday, at Raurimu <*>& fiideraWe grants were voted fflrlr®llS| provements. The recently-appointed 'r engin&sr (Mr. Maehlan) gave a comprehen-' " sive estimate of the cost of convurting ' many tracks into • full-width dray roads.r/ ; The chairman reported on his recent Villi tfil to Wellington, where he was unoflictafly assured that the Council would have uq 1 '« '! difficulty in obtaining the necessary 'loans {, 4. and subsidies. The new. Council Chambers, arc almost complete.. Permission to lay a tramway ) has"* been ' given to Mr. Knight, of Utiku, who-.Wa >'''•« just erected a sawmill at Raurimu. : Still - another sawmill is being installedl at T-' Owhango, the proprietors having bought the milling rights, of three sections. Mr. Smith, sen., a veteran sawmiller, is put. ' ting up a small timber mill at Piriaka. r . Messrs. Winger and Smith, in addition V- ;' to their sawmill at Taumarunui ; have lately taken oVer a mill known as Laird's Vi-* ! mill, which has been idle for soma time,- ', 1 i a*id are now working it satisfactorily.,,■„ The«i facts show the briskness of the timber trade in this neighbourhood. , ■■ Piriaka lias been'' definitely seated 1 tho site lor, the; v dairy factory for this district. It has every natural advantage, including / water - supply, drainage ; faem- j ties, proximity 'to railway, etc. The warantees of cows from prospective nmkett j are now being obtained. ■>, V' A new public hall is being ef&ted at | Owhango, and a large new boardinghouso?! 1 there is ■, nearly finished. ' u\ t r(.s At Taumarumii Mr. Effingham; cog- )k i tractor, - of. Auckland, has begun the "'erec- $l|l|f tion of fine new premises for Messfs! Wall lace and ; Go. They { ill * : cost '[ some £5000. • ( FRANIvTON. ' / ' ' ' V'' - -a l :' [BT TELEGRATH.—OWN CORRESPONDENT.] FBAKKTON, Tuesday.' ■' At the meeting of the Fraaktoa Town ' Board Mr. ' Bennett reported as ;to f the 1 . j minimum building area fixed by the Board, which would permit nine hokum to , be erected upon one acre, and nrgfeflihat \ the area be enlarged, at least, until' a sys- ' tem of sewerage had been 11 established." 1 , The chairman explained that the miaii, ;; mum area was 50ft frontage and 92ft dentil,■ but owing to the depth of Frankton allot-,fo-ments, which ran from 120 ft to 200 ft, not W more than an average of five houses could , be put on an acre. The : Advances De- i partment notified the payment of £5000 on account of street ; loan. ■ The Raflw»y Department wrote complaining being allowed to stray on : tha rwlwy crossings. - The matter .-of,- obtaining arranger for the town district waff lift the hands of Messrs. Tapp and Jchnttß... A plan of sewerage for the f district tru received from Messrs. Metcalfe' atjii jSofi, ( the estimated ; cost of the ■ work beingj £13,000. This matter was defem^j|||||||ij|| ...S? CLEVEDON. ■> •/ [FROM OT-'R OWN* correspondent.] ' Tho Ardmore annual picnic took place on Friday. A large number attended,'; >• and a most enjoyable day was spirit." The Farmers' Union met on Saturday in the Public Hull, the president being , in the chair. , The principal business dealt.. with was . correspondence ( relative to woolclassing,, handling of basic slag, and mat- i v . ters of local interest, which were rewired to the Road Board. ' AThe fruit industry ,is. in full swing, though the continuous heavy rain hw made picking difficult of late. Two tonl of peaches were gathered in one day from the Clermont orchards.- -' r - \ ' • —- ——— ' "POKENO. [from our OWN conaEsrosn?NT.] :At a meeting of the board 'of • BUMS**, ■;|j| jment, held in tho t church. at Pokerio,.mW Thursday, it was unanimously agreed to"M invite the Rev. Angus McDonald to take up pastoral work in the Pokeno - charge* rendered vacant by tho resignation 01 5 Mr. J. G. Gibson .* Mr. McDonald w- </ rived ; with his family, and commence® his duties on Sunday last, preaching » Maramarua in the' morning, and in tne - church here at night. Mr. McDonai comes from the presbytery - of Swift Corrent, N.W. Canada. ' : • ' • J , C '