COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15770, 19 November 1914, Page 10

COUNTRY NEWS.

i,ipuil OCR OWN CORRESPONDENTS.] CAMBRIDGE. CU.iALfiKK OF COMMERCE. A meeting of the executive of the Chamber pi .Ciiunmerce «; l3 held on Tuesday evening, Mr. C. H. llnestlcy presiding. A resolution was passed recording tho chamber's thanks to Mr. Young, M.F., for his t'ffSrWiu securing a Government grant- el £500 for lfre opening up -and ii>nstfucftutt- ui a-road -between 'I autftrr and M,.n,ah-. Several circulars were red hum the New Zealand Trade Commissioner. IT wn'TsTaTeirTiriino'nie ol the points uielUioiied, by tho i.-ojiuuJss.iOii(ir lid autoroaliciffly- been adjusted' -by the War. It was decided to support the Tanmarunui Chamber of C'omm«*w._jn the matter of urging the Government to continue unabatetf the policy- It liberal advances under the State Guaranteed Advances Act. At the same—thro it was pointed ou'. tlua ia r thft pt rutrnbers the government has' not. so far failed in its duty. thus resftect. .IV option ..of water carnage versus falwav was brought up by a latter rots the. Hamilton' Chamber of Commerce, asking for support in tho inauguration of a. steamep river service to. the carriage, of cargo between Onehunga and Ca.mbri.%e. M.embers were Of opinnfn that" the'" existing "restrictions and high freights on'the railway were ample jtwt.tfiiwfioii -for the inauguratioh of aueh a service. .The .Hamilton "Chamber was coruHwnded. for its action, which it was 'decided to support actively. As the result of'a request, from th'ei 'executive of •the Wafkato (Jtehtral A. and V. Association ifc>-vras decided to co-operate -With the committee- of th« latter in ah endeavour 'to arouse the whgle-hearted interest of the business section and "others in the show, and 1 thus" help to matte it a big "succefis. ' Tt. was resolved To make 'further application''to the. Railway Department for the erection of a 30cwt crane at the local station.

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RESULT OF BOWLIXC MATCH,

A bowling match for- the "Goldfields Challenge Stars was played awPaeroa yesterdiiy, and resulted as follows ;—Paei-oa (holders)--Punlpp,' Shaw, Evitt, M»Watters, 21; v. Bvitchart/Truscott, Crosher, Qiiin, 15. *

A meeting of the Paeroa Chamber of Commerce \vaft held On Tuesday night, Mr. E.-VV. i.Porritt presiding. A letter from the Tan[marunai Cliamber of Commerce asked the chamber to urge' upon the Government the desirability of continuing liberal advances under the State Guaranteed Advances Act. The president said' that the lending of money was not proceeding as- . usual, and no action was taken in the, •natter. It was Redded to .write to the Prime Minister and remind" nun of hii promise thai the Poslfifastcr-General will visit Paeroa dnriffj; the Parliamentary recess and inquire into the .piestion 'of a new post office. It was docided to call the .aUe.ntion.,o£Jhe Railway.Department to ' a dahgerons railway crossing at Te Aroha. The 1 chamber decided to request the- Minister of Mines to remove the restriction that, at -present prevents- land round mining, townships .being taken in larger areas than residence, sites.

DAB.GAVILLE. THE PATRIOTIC £DJSD. Tiio amount raised for the Kaipara FatriotiS "Fund Tfas exceeded £2000. and the final instalment will shortly be forwarded to the Auckland Committee. The total sum* Jortv-artTe'd f'oi" Hie 'Duly Liverpool Fund totalled £332. ~Aif""fentriiisiat.tfc effort is being made in am of the Belgian Fund subscriptions. A meeting of the Council of the Kaipara Chamber. Commerce was held at Dargavilla on Monday. There were present : — Messrs. fC. "C. Colmofe'Williams "(president), F. F. Day.T. A. Jdnel, J.'HojJg. A. Costello, and H. I'. Downs. ■?B-rei«Fencd- to a suggested new timetable for the.. DargaviJle-Kailiu railway service,. the manager of the. section wrote that no alteration in the present service. was at present contemplated. Messrs. Day, Hogg, and E. Harding were -Appointed a committee to report to next meeting upon a communication from the.. .Imperial Council of Commerce anent the stoppage of European trade in certain lines,' and the supplanting of importations ' frrtm nermariy and Austria with-those'from Great Britain or 'other approved countries. A report on.- Manga-kabia-Parga-vjile Road routes was received from the committee appointed, to p inspect such, and was adopted, the president and Mr. E. Hording being 'delegated to wait upon the Hohson County Council and advocate the early improvement of the* load from' Tangpwuiiine to ~opQute,k.e, via ItiiddeHV and. the survey of a road route from Dargaville to Opouteke, via the Awakitin" Vallev. The president gave notice that at next meeting he would roovo that the Agricultural Department benrg«d i .', appoint a veterinarian for the Kaipara . district. i

RiiUPO ARGUMENT ABOUT ijUHQOL gJTK. An animated riubli<.' rucot.'iig, convened iiy tiio di&trirt branch of -the armors' Union was _ bold, on Tuesday uvening, to cunsider a proposal of -Education Hoard to end .tin- [tft/poFed new school on a .site t>w<> ami a-half rnilrs distant trom. tin- present building. Mr. A. ./. Wright prcsitii*!. ■ - Ct»i»iiiir6iabli> -discussion tonic place, and recriminator statements were made. It was eventually diacoTQred-that the action of the board was the result of a resolution of the .School Committee re : cotumendinit th» new site. nio mooting liiially that th« board bo requested to reconsider it« decision. The Euchre Club Ueld its pjX'ning social or, Friday evening, -when a record attendance testified to thy interest t-alfcn in the chib's gathering*. Mrs. Bennett and Air., Walker verb suci esufivl in annexing tho prizes. It was announced that the pro.eeds of the ne.tt social would.be devoted j to the-Belgian Fund.