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Waikato Independent, Volume IV, Issue 291, 16 October 1906, Page 4

Mr C. S. Stuart, who for many years lias acted as bandmaster of the Cambridge Town Band, has decided to resign that position. Footballers are reminded of the smoke concert on Friday next in the Onward Hall. A good musical programme is arranged and the honor caps will be presented. The honor caps are on view in Mr Tudehope's window, for a day or two. Marjorie Arnold, the three-year-old daughter of Mr G. W. Arnold, of Victoria street, fell down some steps at her parents' residence a couple of days ago and sustained a nasty injury to her forehead, which necessitated a number of stitches being put in by Dr. Reid. The New Royal Irish Drama Co., under the management of Mr Chas. Verner, has booked the Alexandra Hall for the 24th and 25th instants. The advance agent, Mr Rolfe, was in Cambridge yesterday making the necessary arrangements for the visit of his company. Our Maungatantari eorrespondant writes:—A Maori boy namedWhamvhau met with a painful accident at Maungatautari on Monday morning. He was galloping after some horses when his horse stumbled and fell over him, breaking his collarbone. He was attended to by the tohunga of the settlement. On Sunday afternoon Mr A. C. Pocock and party (of Hamilton) visited Cambridge in their motor launch. The boat, which is run by a 6 h.p. Lozier motor and is handsomely furnished for the accommodation of ten passengers, will, we understand, be placed at the service of pleasure parties. The return trip to Hamilton, on Sunday, only occupied 1 hour 40 minutes. On Saturday afternoon the Polo Club opened its new season under very happy auspices. A good muster of players were early on the ground and sides were chosen by Messrs Potts and Crowther. A very even game followed, but Mr Potts' team, being better mounted, outstayed their opponents and sqpred three goals in the last spell. Messrs J. L. S. Richardson and N. Banks refereed. A pleasing feature of the game was the form shown by the new members. The team meets for practice on Saturday next at four o'clock, when all interested in the game are invited to be present. A Native officer of the Salvation Army, named Captain McCarthy, aged 26 years, died at Miss Jackson's private institution on Friday evening. The deceased had been ailing for some time, and his end was not unexpected. The deceased was a devoted officer of the Army and held in very high esteem amongst the Maoris. His services amongst the Native race came in for special mention on the occasion of General Booth's visit to the colony last year. The remains were embalmed and taken to Tauranga, where a tangi will be held. The interment, however, will take place at Opotiki. The Deputy-Mayor has received an invitation from the President of the N.Z. Exhibition (Sir J. G. Ward) to be present at the opening ceremony on November Ist. The invitation takes the form of a handsome folding card, enclosed in a cover, on which is lithographed the allegorical figures of New Zealand entwined in the New Zealand flag. On the top corner are the words " Haere mai," and in the bottom corner " Welcome." On the back of the covei is the New Zealand seal and a fern leaf in silver, the whole making a very neat and appropriate souvenir of an interesting and historic event. The proprietor of this journal has also received a similar official invitation to attend the opening ceremony at the Exhibition. A pretty wedding took place at St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church, Cambridge, on Wednesday last, 10th inst., the contracting parties being Miss E. G. McCarthy and Mr W. J. McLeod. The bride looked charming in pretty mercerised muslin, daintily trimmed with Valenciennes lace, and wore hat to match. She also carried a lovely shower bouquet of white azaleas. The bridesmaids were Miss Lily Devine and Miss Mary McLeod. The former was attired in a cream silk voile dress trimmed with lace and insertion, and wore a pale blue and white hat. Miss McLeod was attired in a dress of pretty pale blue silk, trimmed with tiny frills and insertion, and wore a white felt hat. The bridegroom's gifts to the hridesmaids were handsome gold brooches, The bridegroom was attended by Mr Win. Brockelsby. At the conclusion of the ceremony the happy couple and their friends drove to the home of the bridegroom, where the wedding breakfast was partaken of. The young couple were the recipients of many good wishes and useful and ornamental presents.

Letters to the editor appear on page 6. The following is Captain Edwin's forecast for 24 hours from 9 a.m. to-day:— Moderate to strong winds from between west and south-west and south; glass rise. The Salvation Army Lasses' Bind, numbering 21 performers, will visit Cambridge during the present month. Brigadier and Mrs Birkenshaw and Major Dennis, who are making a tour of the colony, visited Cambridge yesterday and in the evening took part in an evangelistic meeting at the local Salvation Army Barracks. The popular firm of Messrs G. E. Clark and Sons, merchants, have admitted Mr Alfred W. Gaue into partnership. Mr Gane is well known in the district, and his inclusion in the firm should give added strength to it. The business°will still be carried on under the style of Geo. E. Clark and Sons. The Cambridge West Hall was filled with an attentive congregation last evening, when a mission service was conducted by the Eev. G. H. Mann, of Geraldine. An earnest address was delivered by the rev. gentleman, and Sankey's hymns and Gospel solos were sung during the evening. The services will be continued at the Onward Hall, Duke Street, this evening The Waikato Mounted Rifles' range was opened for the season on Saturday with a ladies' shooting match. The weather was rather threatening, but remained fine during the afternoon, and a large party ol ladies were driven out to the range. The shooting was good, the winner of the match, Miss Kathleen Willis, putting on a score of 22 out of a possible 25; Miss Hill (second) put on 19, and Misses Jefferies, Dora Brunskill, Chitty, H. Wells, Hally, Wallis and Ormiston also shot well. Afternoon tea was provided by the ladies. At St. Andrew's on Sunday morning, the Rev. Mr Fussell took for his text, " And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea." In the course of a forcible sermon, he gave a very practical illustration of how little children are sometimes treated —even in this district. Lately, he said, he took up a number of school children into his trap, and one sad-eyed, tired looking little girl, aged 10 years', told him that she got up every morning at 4 o'clock and milked 12 cows. The reverend gentleman, in telling language, denounced such unfeeling conduct"on. the part of parents to their children. On Friday evening, Mr H. J. Greenslade, M.H.R., urged the Minister to foimulate a fair basis for the payment of teachers. He said that the present system of payment on the average attendance was radically wrong. The salaries of teachers should not be influenced by attendance, as the system was most unfair to those in charge of schools in the back blocks, owing to the bad state of the roads. In some parts of his electorate for six or eight months of the year there three or four feet of mud on the roads. Another very important matter was the conveyance of children to school. For this purpose £BOOO was voted last year, but only £6584 was expended. It seemed that the regulations under which the money was granted were illiberal, or the whole vote would have been taken advantage of. He thought it should be left to the education boards to make such allowances as they thought fit for the conveyance of children to school. Mr A. J. Edmunds, barrister and solicitor, who has commenced the practice of his profession in Cambridge, has had over twenty years' legal experience in the colonies. For a number of years he was Parliamentary draughtsman, and tributes to his skill in this connection have more than once been recorded in the House of Representatives. Mr Edmunds holds testimonials as to his qualifications from Mr T. F. Martin, solicitor to the Municipal Corporations Association, Messrs E. G. Allen, W. Tanner and A. W. Hogg, M's.H.R., and several of the leadiog public men of the colony. MiEdmunds has been in charge of some of the largest law offices in the colony, and till recently occupied a responsible' position in Mr Hanna's office, Auckland. He has also held the appointment of Consul for Norway and Sweden. Mr Edmunds was for a time a resident of New Plymouth and a member of the Borough Council in that town. On leaving that district, Mr and Mrs Edmunds were entertained by the residents and presented with several mementoes of the esteem in which they were held.