COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15821, 19 January 1915, Page 3

COUNTRY NEWS.

[raou OCE ows cossxsrossENTS.] HAMILTON. MAGISTKATE'S COCET. At the Magistrate's Court yesterday, Nora Gavin pleaded guilty to drunkenness on Saturday, having been fined 10s for a similar offence on that morning. SeniorSergeant Cassells said she was a married woman living apart from her husband, and there were three children deprived of proper care. She was need 20?, or seven days' imprisonment. Subsequently the. three children, of ten. eight, and six year 3 of age, were committed to St. Mary's Orphanage, at Takapuna.

Charles M. Licdergreen, a bugler in the. 89th Company, senior cadets, was charged with having interrupted a, parade of tha company. Sergeant-Major Jamieson, who prosecuted, said that accused fat in the auctioneer's rostrum in the Horse Bazaar. and passed vsrvoas remarks about the squad drilling alongside. He was told to desist ax.d join in the drill, but he refused, and was then sent out. Accused said that he had been dismissed, and whec the other ( adeis passed remarks to him, he retaliated. The magistrate said that the charge of interruption had not been sufficiently substantiated, but, in dismissing the case, he warned the defendant that he must not think he was entitled to sit in the bazaar and exchange remarks ■with others at drill. He had no right whatever to distract the attention of those "who were drilling.

Richard Green, confectioner, for failing to keep a proper time-book, was fined — and costs.

WHANGAREI.

BELGIAN RELIEF fukd.

An additional contribution of £50 has been handed to the Mayor, Mr. D. W. Jack, by the Whangarei Co-operativn Dairy Co., Ltd., for the Belgian Belief Fund. The Whaoga-rei fund now amounts to over £1500.

KAIHr VALLEY.

RAILWAY EXTEXSIOS V.'OSKS.

Some eighty men are engaged on the railway line extension from Tera-whati to Donnei'v's Grossing, and settlers at Kotnl, Awatuna, Tutamoe, and Waimatenui are hopeful that in about two years their road journeys will be' -considerably shortened.

Th© connection by private railway of Trouiiscm's bash at Wanna with the State lino at Terawha-.i marks a. development in the timber industry, and brings into the market some 20,000,000 ft. of kauri, and a similar quantity of other milling timber, It has not yet been decided -whether the timber will be milled in the vicinity of the forest, or whether the tegs -will be transported to Dargaville for the use -of the various Northern Wairoa saTrmlrls. In any case, as soon as felling operations ••ire commenced, a busy era_*?3l eventuate for the railway, for it is the intention of the authorities to shortly run daily special trains from DargavjHe to Taha to •cops ■with the increasing log trade in the latter localitv.

Settlers in the upper portion of the valley report that they have not experienced any shortage of rain, and that pa?turage is plentiful. Their oat crops arc also good, and maize for green feed is making excellent growth. Throughout the valley, kumara and other plantations am doing -well, and so far the summer season has been a very satisfactory oae.

TE KOPUEU.

AXKCAL REGATTAA meeting of the committee of the- Northern Wairoa Regatta Club was .held in TatoTarikJ Hail on Tuesday evening. Captain iSavident presided. It "was decided to bold the annual regatta on February 6, and to give the net profits to Hut Belgian Fund. Last year's officers wer»» reappointed, and several new member? were added to the- executive. A committee was appointed to draw up a programme of events. Work in connection with the timber industry is brisk. The Tataraziki - -cmillis still working double- shifts, and the Te Kopnru plant is regularly employed. The supply of logo is plentiful, and largo orders are being prepared for the Australian markets.

Some hundreds of the populace are at present camped at the Ocean Beach, and the traffic between the township and the coast has grown to large proportions. A large number of gomdiggers, principally Croatians. continue to exploit the fields from Te Kopuru to Tanjaihi. and are reported to be making good returns. The district has been twice visited by the Slate gum purchasers, to whom the digbers raid some large parcels of gum, but the bulk obtained is disposed of to local buyers.

NGARUAWAHIA.

GLEN MASSET TIME-TABLE. The question of a time-table for the train service between Xgaruawahia and Glen Massey was discussed at a epeoial meeting of the Town Board on Thursday night. Mr. T. Parker presiding. The board refused to approve of the time-table submitted by the Waipa Railway and Collieries Company, considering that it did not give the miners an opportunity to take a train to and from Ngaruawabia if they wished to reside in this town instead of at Glen Massey. The clerk was also instructed to inform the company that the . board required all the provisions of the agreement between the company and_ the board in reference to crossings, cattlestops, etc.. adhered to. Plans are to be drawn, and tenders called immediately for the erection of a sheep-dip at the saleyards, and other matters, made important in view of the approaching erection of freezing works four miles from the town, are to be looked into.

The Domain Board, in answer to representations from the Racing Club, promised to do all in its power to forward the movement- to secure a totalisator permit for toe club. With this object in view. the board fill JTJ2rantee to erect suitable buildings en the course, and to wake oth-n* improvements that may bo required.

TE AROHA

WAITOA DEAJXAGS BOARD. Th-? Waitoa Drainage Board met on Saturday. A letter wis received from the Department of Lands and Survey, stating that there was nothing to prevent too board applying for a subsidy to the propo:ed loan {or the Whakahora area, but stated thrt, in the event of this being granted, the fork promised to tho extent of £150 '•''ill not be done by the Government Land Drainage branch. Tlu> clerk stated that, the rates which would accrue during the coming year were estimated as follows: —On the first proposal, eastern area £7 14s 7d. western area £55 7s 4d, central area £102 16a; total on the three area?, £166 17s lid. At double the existing rates the zmoust would be £353 Is 10d. Ho pointed out that if the hitler late was adopted a sum of over £200 would be available for maintenance work during the year. The engineer urea instructed to insp?ct the main outlet (eastern nrea) and prepare plan? and specifications and alio to inspect various needed work* in the central area, and arrange for getting the latter work done. The ioilowroj* tenders were accepted —Contract No. 9, cleaning about 500 chains of an outlet: A Kitteridge, 2s 3d per chain. Contract No. 10. cleaning about 450 chains of Kb. 6 outlet, western area: J. R. Donovan, os per chain. Mr. W. R. Johnson -was appointed classifier to the board Cat several special -areas.