COUNTRY NEWS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 16010, 31 August 1915, Page 11

C OUNTRY NEWS.

[FROM OCR OWN . RESPONDENTS.] ! HAMILTON. ! BOKOL't.H « < JFNCIL, ME 1:'. IT.W, Ar tlio iiK-ctu'j: oi! the. Hamilton j Borough Ciimi-.i. the engineer report'.(s j that 3b in.'u ■•' pi p employed ■a borough work?—2o on nfs w..rk and live oil mam- j tenaiice. ,l! «* total start of 59 men. lour j were ?ini;'lp and 55 married. He mom- I mended tint offeis he obtained fur the I supply if 503 yards of river shingle from! Otoi 'hanjrn. Ti - up. e=.-aiy pipe.. had ! com:' (••' hand tor the Hinemoa Strict drain- The railway engineer had given the i es.-ai > iieimisMJon for carrying tin* , drain '•-.,: :he railw.iy r eeti...i. but stiou- ] lateil tiiat ti;< w,.rk iindei the ?:dincjs ; ■should be dune by the. permanent way I men, at .'. c.-tim.iie<i i-ost of £50. The; contrs'-t. .s fc-r ;ii.- Whitiora Dramas;* i works have either • ■•mmem ed opera-; tions or will do so in tie- eourse of a few ; day?, "i l:e lay hi.; of the new waterworks] in Hamilton Fa. was in hand. The] , att'e trsiih' ami billiard-room by-laws i were adopted, and art. to come in!.. ■ nera. I lion "i- September 6. Mi. Ueorue Boyes j was appointed valuer in sonneition wit!", j the iv-a-M-his: ."it i erttiin b.noue'u endow- 1 meats. !

A llor.il day was held on Saturday, i wider the at:sni< if tli- Hamilton ■ branch <>i the Victoria League, in aid nt ' the Wounded S..h!iers' Finui. IV .. r,rlv ! laorii till dewy eve bevies of tk>\vi" iri■? ' plied brisk business <'i\ the principal business tii' roughfare.s. and stalls everted a; variuua rent res were well patroniM-il. Many contributions of choice flowers were sent in from Cambridge and Te Awa- I rautu. and the function will result in a. snii«iai:'i.'.i sum being added to the fund, j The various stands were attended by the j follow-in*- ladies : — j Post Office Stand : Mesdamea Forsythe, j Gtidex, Norman, Misse* V. and D. i Br»v,: s . H. Jackson. I. White. N. Mr-I tkc-r >-. _ I (enU.il Stand : Mesdames Uiov/iuns. I W. t;n.-'i:slade, f.iv-ott, and Misses K. j Mil: e*, E. Atkin, 1). and E. ISollard. H. . }»!!•!"%". K. Hammond. A. Browning, V. I Var.ip'-. K. Grwnbnitgh, I', run Nturraer, i E. m-'h'.v. I 'A rd Street .Stand : Mesdame* A. K. ; Ms.viii.-i.e. A. B. Collier. Mcl.eoil. ana - ! Miss's Haw son. Whi'.ti.n. mid C Cus-vn. &tu;;'a Stand : Mesdames Keete. , ffJlenia. Misses K. and 1.. Ctissmi, M'. I Cbpuian. M. Edwards, and Chittv. ; Plankton Stand : Mesdames F. Jolly, L. i Bull, Vautier. Ov.er<= and others. ' I __ ' j CAMBRIDGE. | BOROUGH COUNCIL MEETING. A meeting of the Borough Council was held pn Friday evening, the Mayor. MrM. We.ls. presiding. '1 he town clerk reported that £1030 had been lodged in the borough account by the local patriotic laud trustees. This money, winch bears interest at the rate of 4 per cent., is i e-I payable at cal'.. At the request of the j Taumarunui Patriotic League, it was de- i cided to ask the Government not to enforce the •' provitsioß-3 of the Gaming and lotteries Act during the present crisis, so I as to enable art unions on a larger scale. , and with a wider scope of prizes, to be j held. Three building permits fur private j residences were granted. A vote of con- < dolor.ee with Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Hal'.y' on the death of their son. Corporal (has I "ally, at the Dardanelles, was passed. The financial statement showed the overdraft at date as £2666. Accounts totalling £475 were parted for payment. The engineer submitted a. comprehensive report dealing with works just completed and in process. The Mayor stated that the Parks and Garden; Committee had carried out a good deal of tare planting recentlv. ! Sergeant Tie.-. Hill, of the Dispeneaiv Department, who was wounded at th« Dardanelles a few weeks ago. Writes to his parents that hi--, injure was caused bv a bomb striking him on 'the back of the Beck. The effect, has been to cause violent ! fieuralgt,. pain* m .re or less all over the ! my. Die patient, however, renorts that j He is receiving every possible attention awli hopes soon to resume active work. j 'he Rev. Father Canon's health is far j from satisfactory, and for this oauee there was no service, at St. Peter's Church on Sunday. ii A successful pi,ten tinmen! was held in We Tow,, Hall -a, Friday evening in aid ;YS orneu's General Hospital and War " f i«ei Fund*. The function, which was WfMged by Mi„. Lewis, consisted of Musical items ami eomjxHitions. As „ ' »n.t. about £25 will be available for tin *«% objet in view. Those who con • Whuted to the musi,al portion of the proB nm ! l !! >rc: Mre. London. Misses Camp--I, Wicker.-?, and Stevenson. Messrs. j-Hndon and T. C. Irving. Miss Lewis is » be conniuiided for the energy and in,er -->-t uisplaved. ....' — ALBANY. i lL AG SOLD fOR HOSPITAL FUNDS.' 6,2? Saturday Messrs. A. Rucklana and ! j£J«M a Mock sale in the new va.rd. j mL m '*«* " cattle ™ yarded to,n *?, re 'l UltU,fi ;i; P»«s satisfactory O We sellers. At the close of the sale *u c°u J ; U;k ' myd( ' l>v a. local resident, il \° r th * h - f the Hospital ffi After b , sold tw:,e. U Nvas the tftt , he truttmowers' Ass.x-iation, A wtal amount reMised heir,- in 13s. kid ™ « 11 . 8 ? l th " Farmers' Union was I'm tu • a - v " Tl "-s decided to supin o. J e a^ tl0 » of the Kumeu branch Provided e "^ Vflu '- «> have cattle yard, '*vtorJL Gurnet, station. Votes of secretary pUssea to Mr. W. J . Pye. bill" in -° ,'"- 'oca! branch, who is to t?, e f. '«■ the Auoklaml Hospital, and L. Polev ° f Messrs. J. Lo'chead and at tion a 't'*u i. naVy ,Ken wounded in ' A mHi 6 Dardanelles. ' oiL" "a* also held in the able t ,U lde *»>icli of two sites availOffice. a e , raost suitable for a post General „ B €r from the Postmaster- ■ .San?, re i-' stating that Miss l»e near tl, . ercd to donate quarter- '? n Crown Wilarf a nd hotel, and a site 1 alley and f ? fe the corner of the Otcha •!?«» the h-,^ 151 Birk «dwad Road, and '^ as decided L ? yils also available. It i • -#«dd be ,„^ at ;*> Postmaster-General . ate. re Wested5ted to obuin tfaft ]atter " T^ e dairvin™ t'i*">K. A?2X M *«> is now in full ■?A«»inß- t* supply of cream 1 • in w M * Bn ? 1 EU PPliers have been •ymi tWw aU through the winter :llii;r -: