Province and Suburb

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 425, 6 August 1928, Page 2

Province and Suburb

(From THE KIN'S Correspondents.)

LOYAL FRANKLIN LODGE UNVEILING OF WAR MEMORIAL The memorial honours board erected by the members of the Loyal Franklin Manchester Unity Oddfellows, in remembrance of members who answered the call in the late war, will be unveiled at the lodge rooms, Otuhuliu. next Thursday evening:. AUCKLAND MOUNTED RIFLES NEW INSTRUMENTS FOR BAND The Management Committee of the Auckland Mounted Rifles Rand, at a meeting: held in Otaliuhu, decided to purchase a set of instruments at an approximate cost of £l9O. The Otahuhu Borough Council at present has £9O of the band’s iinances in hand, and the band has a balance of £SO for the purchase of instruments. The Mayor of Otahuhu, O.C. the regiment, and the chairman of the committee were appointed trustees. The Defence Department at present pays £75 per annum toward the bandmasters salary, and has promised a further £25 per annum on the formation of a cadet band.

TE AWAMUTU SHOW MEETING OF .ASSOCIATION I In the annual report read . annual meeting of the Te w * I Agricultural. Pastoral and HarSH?! tuial soeici>. the balance sheet?? 0 ' | assets totalline £365 i« s . biluies side Were: Donation*. iIOO os «d to profit and lo s *T2?'<| The eleetion of office™ Patron. .Mr. W. G. Park. liuahtdT;'' I dent. Me .1. T. Johnson, I presidents, Messrs, s. A. Empson I Awamutu) and W. J. MelvUk ( F I kuru), executive committee Me.—'‘l Davis. G. Reynolds, H. M. wuS2?-| Hal!, \V. G Macky, G. S. CuSSN I Allen. V. Pollard. E. G. HumpW' ' I Mandt no, 11. T. Hodgson SC u I A. K. Kay. W. V. Walker and r P Ryburn: ladies’ committee Mtvi. R. Dawson. J. T. Johnson. A. Sr lace. F. J. B. Ryburn. W. G Mari**" Hall. H. Mandeno, s. c. Mackv „ ' power to add; auditor. Mr G o’, "* dain. * J °e It was decided to hold the next nual show on the third WednesU February, 1929. 4 The chairman said that despite . smaller gate receipts and the W £ sqjell last summer, the financial was better than a year ago. PIAKO COUNTY NEWS The Piako County Council v. week, Mr. H. >l. Corbett, presidL A request front the Waihi FanU Union for attention to the danewT approach to the railway ctowST W aikmo was referred to the RaiT,.; Department. In connection with a further r. quest for rating on unimproved the chairman explained that wfcerpetition on the subject had been — 1 sented to the council the usual pr of the ratepayers would be taken.' - In connection with the Pokenr. Waihi main highway through a. county the Public Works Departs*advised that the Main HighmBoard had considered the offer mas' by the council to contribute annua £BS a mile over a length of 11 nflt on condition that the board took ot „ the road for maintenance for five yeaThe total payment by the council t, the board would be £935 a year T! board had accepted the offer as ft— August 1. * * • At a well-attended meeting cf sportsmen it was resolved to narthe existing organisation the 1. Aroha Fish and Game Society.” Tut president, Mr. J. M. Cochrane, *. ported the liberation of 50 pheasatr and 20,000 trout fry during the p» year. He said 100 pheasants h»f been applied for for liberation this year at Wairakau. It was decided to recommend tit Auckland Acclimatisation Society tt charge a licence fee of £1 for the shooting of fallow deer, to remove tot ban on the shooting of ‘the Maura , kawa herd, and to limit the shootffls of ducks from 25 to 15 daily.