COUNTRY NEWS

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14985, 6 May 1912, Page 4

COUNTRY NEWS

i COROMANDEL. i [by teijsgrvph.—own CORRESPONDENT.] Oobomandki., Saturday. - The funeral of the late Mr. A. H. ; Gat- * land, headmaster of ; the District High - School, took place this afternoon, and was ; the largest cortege seen in ' Coromandel for many years. The - territorials, tinder Captain Home, attended, and provided the firing; party. The Foresters and the ". members of' the Masonic craft were well > represented. P.C.R. Rockliff read the impressive service of the Foresters, and ' P.M.; Bennett read the Masonic f service at the grave. Mr. C. H. 1 Bennett, lay : _ reader of the Anglican Church, read the '~' funeral service of the - Church of Engl land. : ' . < • - - - > , ; ; -. 1 ;,/; ■■■" '■ .;,; :',-\\ : ,: " ~:.. ! •■',. . ■',':', ' • HAMILTON. '■> , [BY TELEGRAPH.OWN COKRESPONDENT.] £ - Hamilton. Saturday. ,', The borough engineer's report' states that the value of building permits granted since last July was £47,830. '"The'contractors for the baths were making good progress, and lie hoped to have the works advanced far enough by May 25 to enable the Coronation subsidy to be applied for. ij f- The Waikato Hospital Board, ; at ;'its e meeting on Friday, elected Mr. J. P. * Bailey as chairman. The secretary suba mitted a return estimating the $ total 'i exi penditure for the ensuing year at £16,176, r of which he estimated that the local £ bodies will have to supply £6000. Mr.: a E. H. Schnackenberg, chairman of a public meeting, wrote asking that the Board 6 should erect a building suitable for a nurs-' ing home at Kawhia, towards which the e residents would guarantee £200. A depud tation waited on the Board in support of n the resolution. Mr. Schnackenberg ex- -- plained that it took a day to get a patient from Kawhia to Hamilton, and that it cost about £8. The Board had already appointed a nurse at a salary of £150, but patients have to • find accommodation at a boardinghouse, where there have been more than five patients at a time. The matter will be considered at the next meeting of the Board. , CAMBRIDGE, '•'."'■.■ a. , j t £ [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.!. t- At St. Peter's Church on Tuesday o Miss Louie Kerr, only daughter of Mr. '* and Mrs. H. Kerr, of Cambridge, was a married to Mr. Jas. McNeish, eldest son io of the late Mr. J. McNeish, also of Camir bridge. Miss Louie McNeish was brides- * maid, and Mr. Arthur McNeish best is man." The Rev. Father Murphy offici1, ated. ■ ','•: /■.-':.• ••--. - ." A meeting of the Chamber of Com- ;| merce was held on Thursday evening, a- Mr. S. Lewis (president) occupying \ the » chair. Messrs. D. R. Caldwell, J. F. £ Brooks, T. M. Morrin, and James a . Bros were elected members of the ie Chamber. Messrs. L. Hay and H. Atta kins, president and secretary respectively If of the Maungatautari Railway League, , waited on .the Chamber as a; deputation, %■' j

from that branch Mr. Hay '«£ h*| league had decided in regard to the pro . nosed railway extension that the itooto most acceptable : to, it, and i also the,beg ; available;'would bo one connecting atTe Awimntu running thence ,in a nortJ£ falSv direction to Tukekeira (to point Smiles from Cambridge), then on,to M?ungXntari,' crossing, the river .near Hora Hora, and joining the main line, at pSaruru 'He thought the saving in 4jj Should, appeal to ; people at both the ; Auckland Wellington ends. Ihe line would traverse magnificent, country/the bulk of which waging in an W>*£" '♦?«» state.?' Mr. Atkins spoke of the formation of the league ' and it, avowed SiviW in pushing the matter on. , He SSd» united 'font on the question of route as being most calculated to secure a tangible result. Having heard the-de-puSn, the Chamber agreed to send members to inspect the,route, and also to Sk Te Awamutu to send a represents ; Jive. Communications were read m reply to', the Chamber's request for an improved local time-table. was decided to write and ask what decision the Department had arrived at. , • FRANKTON. [BI TKLBOEAPH.-OWW correspondent.! Euan-eton, Sunday. At a meeting of the Town Board the question of levels in ■ main street was left to the chairman and the clerk to go Into Sid report to the next, mecUng. TEe Board decided to notify the KaUway iJQ partment that it was not prepared to erect an overhead bridge in Lake JWZ, .but considered that the Department should do ST ld Itwas decided to have the water tower rough coated and, plastered. Mr W " logins : was appointed assessor at the forthcoming sitting of the Assessment Court- Accounts amounting to £1448 14s 8d were passed for payment. WHATAWHATA. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.;! I At the annual meeting of the Newcastle' Road Board, Mr. B. 0. Shepherd was I elected chairman for the ensuing year. It was decided to join with any^otaer^local bodies in any* scheme towards obtaining a better supply of road metal. . • ■» ■ At the annual meeting of ratepayers the balance-sheet for the year , showed *-X* ceipte, £782 12s 6d; expenditure, • £758 10s 3d; credit balance, £24 3d; assets, £380 19s. Liabilities : Contacts let, £164 9s lid; credit balance, £216 9s Id. This was the first time for many years that the Board had finished with a credit balance. Much difficulty had been found in getting road metal 1 and -labour. •;■ A resolution,was passed striking a general rate of 3d in the £. . . ' PUKEKOHE. [nunc our own oorbespoi*dent.J The creamery will now. run on every other day only, thus marking .the nearing of the end of the season. The milk supply this. year has greatly exceeded that of previous years. At a meeting of ; householders; held last month, there were not sufficient present to form a school committee. The school has been opened again after an interval .of j about six weeks. ''' .:. .•' The timber for the new school is being placed on the ground, and it is to be hoped that a start will be made : with the building immediately. , . " ; . v ;- v, te Kuiri. fFEOH OFF, OWN COBBESPONDBNT.] >-.'■:: : .: y :■■:;■■>*yyj^m^y-ry^yyyyy'M ■ Te Kcm, Saturday. . A Commission appointed to hear objec- i tions : from native owners against the tak- I ing by the Borough Council of a 10-acro block as a', reserve or a sanitary : depot:' is sitting. : The •Commissioner ■ (Mr. ,W. S. Short* AssistontrXJnder-Secretary of :i the public Works Department) opened: the inquiry yesterday, and it will probably conclude ' to-day. The chief objection urged against the, taking of the block, is that the river- water will be polluted byi.the deposit of insanitary matter, and that a place.: , above the town should be token: 'f.*The Borough Council's application is supported by the Health Department. Dr. Makgill i pointed'out that the river water was already polluted on its passage:? through the town, and the reserve for the purpose mentioned^would' have no appreciable effect on it. Dr. Pomare is the chief medical witness.against the application. . ■«" The-- installation of the new Mayor ..(Mr.' E. H. Hardy) took place on Thursday night. Appreciative reference was. made to the work of his /predecessor (Mr. /J/* Boddie); who was first Mayor of the * Borough, and initiated the scheme. of improvements at present \ being carried out. Mr. Jennings returned to To Kuiti from Auckland on Thursday. In connection with the rumour that he intended standing for an, Auckland constituency at ; next < election, Mr. Jennings said he had : f ho ' such intention. \ ','',■': )<: ''"'-':',';';.' : ;...'.'' ''; ■' ■n l ih'i'i''/nil'miV - .'ml.:';' I './.''~;;^';y : j":'^ • ' TUAKAU.' • ' . : M-. v'.?:,:A;./■■-' -.- , [FROM ODE OWN CORRESPONDENT.] Some 30 years ago Tuakau had a brass band, and when it ceased to exist a cum of money was placed in the , Post Office Savings Bank. This, capital, togesther: with interest," now amounts to the sum of. * If a movement to resuscitate ? the ; band were put forward the promoters would have sufficient money to provide a complete set of instruments. Mr. T. McGuire was married on Tuesday to Miss I. Andrews, of Onewhero. , The marriage >• took 'hi place ;* in ' Auckland. ■ ■ - CLEVEDON. [FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.] At the annual meeting of the parishioners of All Souls'. Clevedon, the statement showed good progress made, the. church having been thoroughly) renovated and repainted, and ; a!new: organ purchased. All these extra expenses were defrayed .by-subscriptions and. entertainments. Dr. Newlmg also presented the church- with a ! veryJiandsomeTsetof altar vases, , riie church, funds showed a! small : credit balance, to which the proceeds of' add late garden party make a substantial addition. ■ '.;", ■ / "FT Mr. Higgins Government Inspector of Roads (from the Pnbhc Works Department, Auckland) was officially visitinsr , tna district -on Friday. • ■