CAMBRIDGE.

Waikato Times, Volume XIII, Issue 1166, 16 December 1879, Page 2

CAMBRIDGE.

December 15 th. Duking last week's fine weather many of the settlers availed themselves of the opportunity afforded for getting- in some of their hay. Much has already been got in, bnt there is a little lyinef cut which will be none the better for the present rain. The majority of the setters, however, have nob yet cut. The crops of hay are generally heavy this year. Wheat crops are also looking well, and the potatoes do not seem to havo suffered from the early spring frosts. This has been a grand spring for growth of all kinds, glaziers having more grass than they know \vha,t to dp. with.

As cattle are sail high in price they pi'ufei' to keep then- grass for feeding off later. The Koad Boards round the district have been t iking rid vantage of the fine weuther to execute repairs and improvements. Tho Cambridge Town Board have had all the levels .of , the streets taken by Mr €r. F. R'osking, and the principal ones are to be- done at once, and the others as soon as funds will allow. Duke-street is uow nearly completed, the contract having been Uken by Messrs Thompson and, Graham, who are rapidly finishing' tho work, which will make Duke-street, a well-drained and finished street. The footpath kerbings are heart of kauii turned.

The A. 0. are still doing good work on the roads in the township. The barrack grounds have also been well-attended to, and present a neat and soldierlike appearance. Business now is a little mor.e lively, affected, no d >ubt, by the rise in the price of wool and mutton, and the of the farmers being brierhr,«r. generally. The District School Committee have decided to hold -examinations in the public school on Thursday and Fridav next. The Revs. W. N DeL. VV His and W. Evans, and Colonel Lvon have been requeue! t. act &s-examiners, and prizes will be awarded to the value of £7, Our. school teicht.-r is giving up school teaching altogether at the end of the year, having kept his appointment at Cimbri/jge for fii-e Mr Ri\l|)h Stewart, of South Wai-. roa, has been appointed to succeed him.

Sergeant-Major Oar ley came over hero on Saturday to prac ice recruit for class firing. The attendance was c;e«=iin]y N nofc encouraging, and if the dcdl ins'motor gives his time to come over, a larger number ought to make it Mreir biwn-ss to meet him. Troopers R. Selby, Thornton, Walker, and Luff made the bt?si. sh .oli'io-. On New Year's Day the ergeant-Major will be here .<gain, and it to be hoped that a larger number of recruits and others will meec him for practice.

I am afraid that my letter re Hamilton Light Infantry Bind did nor p'ease the members of the Gambridge B*nd, as they considered it c*st a slur on their Bandmaster. yfliis I wag far from intending, but when I said that the Hamilton Band was more efficient after four months' practice than was the Cambridge Bind after the same length of time, I should also have remarked that the former had given much more time to practice than the latter. I would be f»r from saying that the Hamilton Band was. more efficient after the same amount of practice as the Cambridge Band. Besides, Cambridge being first in the 6eld had no competition—no other Band in the district to emulate. But it was otherwise with Hamilton. They had a very good Band to compete against, and to rival if possible 5 and it is to their credit that, and right bravely and thev tried to do so. A" musical treat is looked forward to on Wednesday and Thursday next, when the Carandini Company will, perform in theO .m>>ii !ge Public Hall.. There will no doubt be a largo audience to welc mie them. Houses in Cambridge are at a premium. It would be a good speculation for some one to build a doMn comfortable cottages bere. They wou'd let iminecliahely at h'ffh renr.-'. The township will prob;bly be quiet at Jjhristmas aud New Year's holidays, lovers of sport reserving fhrur holiday-spending cash fn* ihf 1 Jonkey Club Me« 4 iiu r next m m*b, when there wi'l be a shut holiday, and a grand day's sport and amusement.

A concert in mI«1 of the Bind Fnn-l is now on the tapis, and will no doubt be carried out.—[Own