The Waikato Argus [PUBLISHED DAILY.] SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1901.

Waikato Argus, Volume XI, Issue 1048, 14 September 1901, Page 2

The Waikato Argus [PUBLISHED DAILY.] SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1901.

Some interesting matter appears on our fourth page.

The Hamilton Borough Council has not yet given up the idea of a water supply for the Borough, and has requested Mr H. Metcalfe, of Auckland, to state his fee for propounding a scheme.

The Hamilton Borough Coun,cii has decided to appoint an Inspector.. Buildings for the Borough, at a salary of £2o,for the first year and £loa year afterwards. The Mayor in explanation states that under the Act it is compulsory that such an officer should be appointed and it would be his duty to visit every house in the Borough and see that it possessed adequate means for the escape of the occupants in case of fire. Applications will be at once called for.

Those attending Messrs McNicol and Go's special horse sale at Cambridge next week, should not forget to pay the Hunt Club entertainment in the Oddfellows' 1 Hall a visit. It will consist of a bright and sparkling operetta, very appropriately named * Tally-Ho ' by some enthusiastic supporters of the Hunt Club. New and elaborate scenery is being specially painted for the occasion by Mr A. Wilkinson ; the orchestral accompainments have been arranged by Mr J. H. Edwards, and the whole is under the directorship on the genial Hon Secretary of the Hunt Club, Mr Boston»Couper, which is a sufficient guarantee as to the quality of the entertainment. The Cambridge Orchestral Society will asist, and we understand there will also be several solos.

When writing up a notice of the new Dost Office u couple of months ago, wc staled that a small sound-proof room had been set aside with a view to the establishment of telephonic communication with Auckland, and advised the local authorities to keep the matter steadily in view. It is pleasing to find that the Mayor. Mr R. W. Dyer, has already taken the initiative, and has set the ball rolling in this direction. He has received a letter from the Department in reply, stating that Mr Meddiuga will be in Hamilton very shortly, and would be pleas d to meet His Worship and discuss the question. It is perhaps a little too soon lo advocate the establishment of a telephone exchange, but the district is making rapid strides, and we hope before many years are past to see it an accomplished fact.

At last night’s meeting of the Hamilton Borough Council, Councillor Bond drew attention to a matter which is frequently brought under notice, viz, the waste of time occasioned by the lengthy stay of the late goods train from Auckland at Mercer. The train arrives there at 7 o’clock, and passengers are then compelled to cool their heels on the platform for a solid hour before they can proceed ou their journey. There may be some valid reason for the delay, but to those unacquainted with the working of the Department it would stem that there surely cannot ho any absolute necessity for the break. At the Council meeting it was decided to eommunieate with the Department on the ma ter, and we fuel sure that if Sir J. O. Ward can possibly see his w-.y to comply with the request that the length of stay he curtailed, he will grant the coueeaslut).

Our Cambridge correspondent writes;— From information received from Wellington we infer that the Minister for Lauds will have nothing to do with the high-level bridge over the Waikato at Cambridge. If the inhabitants of that district are sensible they will have nothing to do with any bridge erected at a lower level, and us to putting oue in the old position on the rocks, they might almost as wall go back to the days of the punt. Judging by the progress (?) made in railway matters, the punt would aliout fill the bill, for it now cakes about 10 minutes longer going to or coming trom Auckland by rail than it did 17 years ago.