THE PUBLIC BALL.

Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 510, 26 August 1875, Page 2

THE PUBLIC BALL.

The re-erection of the public hall (after the lato casualty of its bein^ blown down) is all but completed. It. ia u largd and commodious building, beins; fOft by 24fr, and his been jmfc up at » c >st of about £250 — all subscribed by the settlers, with ilia exception of the Government grant of £30. Its opening was inaugurated on Tuesday by a public nathermsj and b'lll, tho pro ceeds of which, go tv dear oil 1 any le'nainiug debt on the bail ling. Too rmioh pr.iisa cannot bo awarded tho settlers for uniting together and erecting this creditable structuro, whilst tin pluck and perseverance of the committee m pushing it forward to completion against many hindrances merits every comn.cndaMon. Tho liull will be u ed tor public meetings and social gatherings of the eottlers, and may bo made avai'able lor tho jmrpo'v-' of a puhlu* library. 1 lie district has already received assist anoo in tho shape of a Croverniueat grant for the latter purpose, and will an energetic committee and suitublo building erected, no doubt iurtbor aid mil be ifibrded towards soltudable an object. The school, under Mr Chuieln's m'tnag^cneat, is largely attended

and w . 11 conducted, a marked fe .ture in the township being an at*race of children roving •hout without aim or pursuit, such being accounted for by their being looked after and trainee) for pureuing it useful cniver in life. Oenera'ly, throughout tins district, the Eilucation Act seem 9 to be working well, and promises un educated, industrious, and thriving cla-s of settlers.— (TuATßLLrNQ BEronTJis, August 25tli )