IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS

Waikato Times, Volume 88, Issue 13643, 24 November 1917, Page 7

IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS

WAIKATO IN THE 70's. (Clipped and Compiled from our Back Files.) WEEK ENDING NOVEMBER 24, 1877 Hamilton Bridge.—The necessity for a bridge across the river at Hamilton was daily becoming more acute, and the residents were bringing all possible pressure to bear upon the authorities to ensure its erection. At a public meeting held in Hamilton East, Mr Claude moved, and Mr Le Quesne seconded, the following resolution, which was carried unanimously"That this meeting considers that the importance of the Hamilton East and West Districts requires more rapid and efficient means of communication than that afforded by the present punt, and that the Govern, ment are requested to place a sufficient sum upon the estimates for the year to construct a bridge suitable for vehicle and foot traffic between the two town, ships upon the site surveyed by Mr Clarke, the Government engineer." Acclimatisation.—lt was reported that some 40,000 trout ova deposited in the Puniu river hatched "out mag. niflcently. The small fish .were swarming in their thousands, and the natives, who were keenly interested in the experiment, willingly undertook to provest the incursions of eels, and to keep a constant watch lest damage bff* fall the fish through sudden rises in the river. The Budget.—The Hon. Mr Larnach, Colonial Treasurer, delivered his Financial Statement. There was nothing of a sensational nature in the proposals, which were conceived with the object of "securing a state of equilibrium between the expenditure that will be of a character sufficiently fair not to excite the cupidity of one portion of the country and the envy of another." Farmers' Club.—At the annual meeting of the Cambridge Farmers' Club Mr Even' Maclean was elected president, Mr E. B. Walker vice-president, Mr F. J. Brooke treasurer, and Messrs John Fisher. Geo. Clark. Henry Reynolds and A. A. Fantham committee. It was decided to make the membership fee £2 2s per annum, and members undertook to do their utmost to augment the ; membership roll. Famine in Raglan.—Raglan by bad roads and lack of means of communi- i cation, had been cut off from the out- i side world. No flour had been obtain- ! able in the township for a period of three weeks. This, with other disabilities led to a revival of the even then hoary agitation for better roads. Waikato Hospital Site—A Bill was introduced into the House authorising the Auckland Waste Lands Board to exchange some 250 acres in the Parish of Kirikiriroa for 150 in the Parish of Hautapu, as a site for the Waikato Hospital.. Ecclesiastical.—At a meeting of the Presbyterians of Cambridge it was de"cided to extend a call to Rev. W. Evans, who had recently arrived from the Old Country. * ,