TE AWAMUTU.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1710, 21 June 1883, Page 2

TE AWAMUTU.

A itiimc meeting was hold in Lewis' Hotel on .Satiuday, Kith itist , for the pai pose of foi nung a lacing club. It is tune a dull was formed in tliis district. Tlie settl"is take a lively inteiest m sport111 ir m ittois in this distiict, as was amply piovc 1 l)v the nnniburof ircntlemen who ga\ein tlieii names for membciship ; (58 names wcie on tlio list that evening, and it is conlidciitly expected that fully foity nioi o uill become members We hope to benin with 110 The fee toi mcmbet^lnp is one guinea aye.v. A committee of ten w.ii foimed, and Mr W. Taylor was unanimously elected pi evident of the club, which is to be called the Wuip.a R icing Club, tind on this gentleman's faun .in excellent couibe was obtained. The in!<>s to he adopted aie those of the | Auokluid Rnoin^ Club Fioin the great iiiteicbt evinced liy the .settleis in all mattcis pi'i tuning to "lacing, I ventuie to piedict that this will bo one of the most flouiishing eonntiy clubs in the Noith Island. Te Awamutu can now boast of a steam fi'Mir null, Mr H Shoit having stilted that industiy last week. On Tuiusday lie invited a number of Ins fiiends to ho piesenfc at the openins;. and cnteitaiiud then hospitably. I \ isited tlie null today, and saw the flour ground theic, and it is equal to any tinned out in any of the Auckland mills. At piesont tlieie is only one pair of stones woiKing, but Mr Short has another pair in readiness, and Mill put them in position as soon as possible. He puts tlnouuh from foity to fifty bushels of wheat per day. A smutting maohine with the latest improvements is used, and does the woik thoroughly. I wish Mr Slioit e\cry success in his undertaking. I feel sine when the flour is used it will cjive such satisfaction thac the demand will increase so rapidly that he will have to add largely to Ilia plant. Mr Wilkinson obtained a license for a new hotel in Kihikihi. The con tractors arc pushing the work of buildimr as lapidly as possible. When completed it Will present a good appearance, as it is a lari<e budding. Mr Wilkinson's popularity will be certain to secure him a lar^e and successful basilicas.— (Own Ooi respondent, June 19th).