LOCAL AMD GENERAL.

Waikato Times, Volume LVII, Issue 8049, 5 November 1906, Page 2

LOCAL AMD GENERAL.

A fire broke out on FieshtieH on Saturday, from a piace whfpi some Maoris were gum The flarnis sp ead to adjoining sections and di 1 cjnnderable damage. i iThe Hamilton Municipal Hand visited tie Hospital yesterday attorno.in, nnd played an excellent progriminit. Th * patients and a Urge number of visitors greatly enjoyed the music.

Now that the number of motnr cars in this district is increasing, it beh ves the pilice to see that the B irough byelaw regulatiog tri-lli: over the Himilton bridge is not vio lated, as several caaff'urs are fond of seeing how great an oscillation can be put on the old structure. People travelling from II imilton to for the fir=t time complain cf the action of ce"tain misguiied residents in the V:illey, or Kotom .tut road in removing the tinger-poit at the junction of that thoroughfare and the Hamilton road. The Waipa County Council should see that the post is re-erected at once. Mr Chas. E. Verner, with his popular dramatic co upany, is re-visiting Himilton on Wednesday night, in the three-act comedy, " Dublin Assurance," as played by Mrs Brown Potter at the Imperial Theatre, London. Mr V'eruer got a greit leception on his recent visit, in spite of most inclement weather, and he may be assured of a large an 1 appreciative audiencj to wit ness him in his new programme. Five oases of native birds from Rotorua were despatched by tho l'ouriet Otlice for Wellington by the Tarawera on Saturday, for transhipment to Europe, thnir destination b'ing Austria, whither tbev are being sent in exchange for the gift of Chamois by the Emperor of Austria. The oons gain nt include* kea parrots, native blue and grey duck, kiwis, wekas, and tuatara lizards.

Tr-mnrrow the New Loan and Mercantde Agency Company hold their Ohaupo stock sale. There is a good entry of choice forward 3 and 1-year-old bullocks from Te Akau and Hukanui, also 2 and 3-year-old sheers, dairy heifers and young cattle. Sale at 12 o'clock sbtrp with dairy cows. On Wounesday the Company hold their Himilton sale, this sale his been brought forward one day o ving to the show bdiug held on Thursday. At the Hamilton P Hco Court this morning, before Mr \V. C. Davis, .1.1'., '! ho». Mayea was ch irged with, ou November -1-, st* altng one 1-mb from tl e ]I vruilt >n Public P' und. Mr C. L. M toDiarinid appeared on behalf of hi 'used, who, on the ippl ca'ion of Constable Ryan, for the poiioe, was remanded fur a wujk, bail being allowed on his own pcognisauces of JE3O and two sureties of each. A Maori named II mjpe was lined 5s and costs f. r drunkenness and disorderly conduct on v aturday afternoon. Mr Walter Chitty, a member of the Kink r.r a Koad 1J iard, writes: " Thinking that some of y> ur readers in ly imagine aftiT reading your I 'cal in S iturd iy's issue, that Mr Paterson's dual vote and ruling may affect the taking over of tile Fresh(i Id roads, I hasten to assure them to the contrary. Hefora the settlers are deprived of the means of draining their property, or the geueral public have the like outlet dram foisted on them and inc'uded in a main thornu;hfire, the Purveyor Genera' will be consultel, aud, if ia:e-sary, the Mnister of Public Works appealed to." An enjoyable social was held in the llukanui Hall on Friday evening (writes our correspjndent), being the first of a series to be givon for the purpose of raising money for ihe purchase of a new piano for the hall, 'the weather was all that could be desired, and there was a fair attendance, the sum of Xl 7s being take'i at the door, During the i v«nirg an ahunlance of refre.-h----ments, kindly provided by tho ladies, were handed rour.d, and were much appreciated by those nre.-ent. Suitable mu3ic was provided by a number of gentlemen, whilst MA. Welsh acted as MC.

A wed liug of I< u*l interest was celebrated in the lit. E it*n Congreg-aonal Church on Wednesday last. The contracting parties were Mr Walter 0. Burgee, of Himilton, and Miss Emma Jane Woodward, of Auckland, theß-v. W. Day being the ifficiating c'eigym in. The bride was very daintiy attired in a creoie voile dress trimmed with chiffon ribbon and wore the orthodox wre-ith and veil and carried a beautiful shower bouijuet. The br'de was attended by her sisters, Misses ilaisy and Maud, as bridesmaids, oaoh of whom looked very attractive in their gowns of pink and blue muslin tastefully ttiuimed. The groom-men were Mr J. T. Merry, Himilton, and Mr Rilph Lampriero. After the wed ding ceremony an adjournment v/as made to the brid -'s late residence where Mr ami Mrs Woodward had had erfc f ed a large ma-'quee oil the Uwn, in which the wedding breakfast was partaken. Mr and Mrs Purgess spent their honeymoon at North shore, returning to their home in Hamilton by Siturday'.exprets.

"Are you going to the Exhibition " Beams to be the burning question of the day. Tho question which really interests you Mr Clothes-.vearer is—" Have you seen the exhibition of lovely suitings in X. Houghtin'* window?" They are all at one prte, ninety-live shillings. It will cost you nothing to look, and :t will save jour money to order me. If there is nothing in the window to suit y< ur taste, just w°.lk inside and you will be suited at V. Hi ugi.con's ■uu-'.o-date tailoring estab lishment, Hamilton. 6