THE HUNTLY PRESS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 2.30 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1913. Local.

Huntly Press and District Gazette, Volume 2, Issue 34, 28 March 1913, Page 2

THE HUNTLY PRESS. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT 2.30 P.M. FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1913. Local.

I Mr James, the contractor for I the teachers house, has started building operations. The Chamber of Commerce meets in the Supper Room of the of the King’s Mall on Mondiy night. Remember that to-night tne grand concert, in aid of a fund to inaugurate a boys’ Banc! in Huntly, will he held in the Miners’ Union Hall. As a result of a fall from a bicyle, Mr F. Foster, of Ohinewai, sustained a severe gash in one of -his knees, requiring several stitches which were inserted by Dr Macdiarmid senr. A 1 u-ge number of the natives who have been at Waahi for the purpose of attending the marriage of Taipu and Te Mira, left by the various trains on Wednesday. Thursday will bring the visit of the large majority to ail end. On the 21st inst. the New Zealand Dairy Association Limited, distributed among its I suppliers the sum of £39725 0 2. | This payment covered buttorfat | supplied during the month of February. The corresponding i payment last year was £37071 j 3 2. Thus the increase for the ! month as compared with last j year is £2654 17 0. I From all accounts the concert, j in aid of a fund to establish a Boys’ Drum ancl Fife Band in Huntly will prove a huge success. The programme, which can be seen in our advertising columns, is an excgppnt one, while Mr ISgdelTs niiriWrel troup will be well worth hearing. The demand for ticket - has been large, so that those wli > have not yet secured seats should do so at the earliest opportunity. Arrangements for a dance are also complete, the committee having done everything necessary to secure the enjoyment of patrons.

During the Easter holidays quite 420 excursion tickets were sold at the railway station. As a result of a fall which occurred on Tuesday. the daughter of Mr Henry of Taupiri fractured her right arm above the elbow. The letters on the vexed question of the bridge approaches as sent by the town Board to the Prime Minister and the Minister of Public Works, will appear in the next issue of the PRESS. The President’s Handicap of 275 sovereigns as run on Saturday last at Ellerslie Races was won by Mr L. B. Harris’ Toreador. On the same day Mr Donald McKinnon’s Marshall MacDonald, aft?r a fine finish, annexed the Onslow St ikes Handicap of 125 sovereigns. The receipt of several specimen copies of the “ New Zealand Scot” is herewith acknowledged. The journal, which is well printed and got up. contains a large quantity of literary matter I interesting to Scotchmen. The | journal can be seen at the PRESS j Office where orders may be booked by thos? d?sirou> of be- | coming subscribers. There isat present on exhibition i:i tii-* IV-.SS C) if ice window ' 1 : Wa Can.\* whh-h was made by Mr T. McQ i llau. s ''i;-. f >r present ition t > Mr d. \V. Wils ~i. Tii * latte • will take it h >:ne with him ti the Old Country, and show his many j friends there the kind of craft in | which the natives sailed from ! Hawaiki to New Zealand some I five centuries ago. Thursday's “Hud,” in its lea der on the subject of “Railway Muddling” expressed sentiments fully inaccu-d with those of the j Hu.itiy residents wh a have for : years c >m plained bitterly of the j treatment meted out t > them, j After detailing many grievances, ! the “Heralds” says “The Huntly people presented their request for train arrangements ' which would enable them tc ; reach Auckland in the morning | and return at night surely a ; reason able suggestion from this populous an 1 mining centre, j Considering the large revenue which the Department draws from the mining centre, the reas mablencss ” of the request | is obvious. The Annual Training Camp of the 16th (Waikat o Regiment will begin on March list for those . living in isolate 1 districts, and on April 4th for those who have attended the necessary parades during the year. The camp will jbe situated on Mr d. Taylor’s properly, near the showgrounds, Camuridg \ Attendance is compulsory, le tv * being granted only ito those nv* lically unfit to attend or prevent'd by exception il cuvu us* m - >•-. AH applications ■ for le r.u* must bo m rlo on the proscrib'd form (A) which can bo out lined from Com lany Comm m levs or S *rgt. Maj >rs of the N. Z. Perm mont Staff attached t ) the Regiment. In addition to pars >n id mav-sirios each soldier is expected t » ;ake with Record Book. Excellent work is being done at the bridge, and the structure shows signs of comparatively early completion. The concrete work being almost finished, the remainder can be proceeded with at any time, notwithstanding the height t • which the river may rise. Eight piers with the superstructure are finished, while the wood and iron work ri laid out ready to bo placed in position as >o:i as the concreting will allow. Of the ton j span-, six arc d me, thus leaving four to complete th * job. The question of the approaches has to be laced, and as these may occasion considerable delay, the bridge may not be ready for public use until some time after Mr (5. M. Fraser has completed his x contraot. Some twelve gentlemen at tended the meeting of the local ! branch of the Political Reform L -ague held in the supper room of the Kings’ Hall on Wednesi nesday night. The attendance I was good considering that no one | knew anything about the mee ting ! or even-that such a branch existed so silent lias the party been., Had more publicity been given t> tlie meeting the attendance must have been much larger, as many old and tried supporters of the Massey government would have turned up. Those present decided to hold another meeting at an early date, in order to promote and advance the interests of the party. It is to bo hoped that public notification will be duly made so that objectors to close corpororation may have the opportunity to be present. Adverse comments by motorists on the condition of the Great South road between the northern boundary of the Huntly Town district and Kangiriri have become common enough to prove ineffective. According to the Auckland “Herald” of yesterday, a party of motorists touring ihe Taupo and Urewera districts during the Easter holidays describe the condition of the roads and the ‘no roads” as fair, but state that the eight mile stretch be two Ringi ri r i and Huntly was in apt king condition for motor travemng, as it was composed of pumice sand, honeycombed with holes. The local rates do not run to motor roads, so the Antoni >bile association, with the aid of a government subsidy, should come to the rescue, and help themselves and the settlers by providing the wherewithal to cffe.t a remedy so much needed and so desirable.