COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14950, 25 March 1912, Page 3

COUNTRY NEWS.

TE KUITI.

[by telegraph.—own CORRESPONDENT.]

Te Kcm, Saturday. Among the many matters rendered necessary by the great spread of settlement in Hie King Country is the establishment of technical and high schools, in order to give the young people equal advantages with the youth of other and older districts. The members of the To Kuiti School Committee are thoroughly alive to the position, and are now taking the necessary preliminary steps, with a view to having a technical and high school established at To Kuiti.

HAMILTON.

|BY TELEGRAPH.— CORRESPONDENT.]

Hamilton, Saturday.

At a meeting of the Hamilton Business Men's League an executive committee was appointed to deal with the following matters:—Leakages in the telephone system, holidays, giving of trophies, improvements to main street, railway freights and regulations.

DARGAVILLE.

[lltOM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.]

At a meeting of the Borough Council, held on Wednesday, the question of exj penditure in connection with the £20,000 j loan Mas considered. It was decided to j apply at once for £2000, and to notify the Department of Loan Advances that i the remainder of the loan would probablv be required at the rate of £6000 per j annum. It was also decided to apply for th e £600 sanitary loan on October 1, and for the Mangawharo additional loan of £900 on September 1. On the motion of the Mayor (Mr. F. J. Dargaville), it was decided to support the proposal favouring an extension of councillors' tenure of office to three years. A protest from Duck Creek residents against the permanent, footpath being formed on the eastern side of the road was discussed, and the. matter was left in the hands of Mr. Dell, in order that a consultation of those concerned might bo held. The engineer reported that contracts had been signed bv Condon Brothers for the formation of Parore-street and Kapia-street, that the cattle-stop in Normanby-street encroached upon the footpath, and that the railway line at three street crossings required inside guard rails. It was resolved that a plan of the borough be prepared in accordance with section 184 of the Municipal Corporations Act, that the borough affiliate with the Municipal Association of the, Dominion, that a dry rubble wall, |tft high, be constructed from the Kaiftu Creek to the retaining wall of the Dargaville Club, at a cost of £87 10s,; and that metal be spread on the road passing the butter factory. A claim for damages by H. Hayson, in connection with an accident to his son, was adversely reported upon by the borough solicitors. Th© resignation of Mr. H. Hammond, one of the borough engineers, was accepted. Mr. Hammond pointed out that the Roads and Works Committee having resolved to drain Gladstone-street in a way which he was unable to carry out, it was incumbent upon him to retire from his position. Mr. Hosking, also borough engineer, stated that ho had no objection to the resolution of the committee, but by their scheme the cost would be greater. The financial statement showed an available bank balance of £533 12s, including £179 outstanding rates, sanitary fees, and < Government subsidy. '

HUNTLY. :'.'-';. [FROM OUK owjt connEsrosDKNT.} ■ , .-.■:. HxjntXiT,' Saturday. Orders for coal being very numerous,, the mines worked all the week, Saturday not being an exception. The broken time caused by waiting for rolling stock was, therefore, the source of much annoyance. .

The property of Mr. W. J. Carr has chajnged hands, the purchaser, being a local business man.

A meeting of the executive of the Huntly Eod and Gun Club was held in the president's office on Thursday night, when the boundaries of the Huritly and Ohiuewai Clubs • were adjusted amicably and satisfactorily. The conditions governing the competition for the Ballistite cup, presented by the Nobel Explosives Company through "Messrs. E. Poster amd Co., Auckland, were the subject, of criticism; on the ground that they were vague and indefinite, and would lead to endless confusion and wrangling. It was decided to ask Messrs. Porter to have the conditions recast, and made both definite' and precise. It was reported that ducks were being shot on the west bank of the river near" Taupiri, and the club's rangers were instructed to do their utmost to obtain a conviction that would serve as a warning to illicit shooters.