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Waikato Times, Volume XVI, Issue 1350, 24 February 1881, Page 2

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Considerable disappointment was felt; on Sunday last, when Mr C<ilder failed to put iv an appearance ; however, Mr Boler, with his Uf>u il willingness, officiated. Financially, church ra tters just vow are uot quite what the,y should be. Considerable difficulty is experienced in raising 1 the antiunl sub>ciintion ot £24 — in friU, the distiiut is matie.irs How the matter will end I do not know. Mr Ualder, like other tnlk, tnu-t live. Att'i s.une time, tlunirs wth •.mrler- are suci tint chinch < alia -fconi p ivticul uly iuconvenient. Purh.ips, if the p irsons coiil<) sph their way to t.ike coiitiihiitions m kind — ■noh nt> faim piudnoe, &o. — the difficulty inij^ht be ovoi . otheiwi>e, it is h.ud to see where the money is to come fiorn. Newcastle ratepayer*, especi illy the bu&ine^^ people, aie.uj^ious to know when the conti actors are to be paid We we>e told th<it ducctly the rival Boards could settle their differences the money wuuid be paid ovit. A con'-ider.i'ile tune has elapsed, and jet there is no si»n of a squdriritf-up. This is partioulaily haid upon nur local tradesineu, who kept the contractora and men goings and it is they who suffer. The long continuance of drj weather is roilinsr upon tlio district. Stock are losing condition, and lato crop 3 will, in many cases, be almost a f.iilute. An entertainment, in the shape of amateur theatricals, &c, is to come oft shonly. There is a bit of a breeze on iv school matterH. but it is rather dangoums ground to touch upon. — [Correspondent, February 22.]