KIHIKIHI.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 2863, 18 November 1890, Page 2

KIHIKIHI.

DKi'AlvruitK or Mil and Miis Wμ. Boni>.— A short time «(?■> our much-osteemed follow townspeople, Mr and Mr.s Win. Bund and family took their departure for Kllerslie to take over the Kllersliu Hotel. As Mr Bond and his aimablo partner wore almost natives to Waikato, having come liore when young people and lived here all their lives and endeared themselves to numbers by numerous kind, neighbourly and courteous acts, their leaving us is much regretted. Mr Bond came here in the stirring and thrilling times of the Waikato war, and served in tho local forces and subsequently in the armed constabulary. Afterwards he went into farming on the Ohanpo road, on the farm, now Mr W. J. Thompson's property. Leaving this he went iuto tho hotel business, as lessee of the ''Star Hotel," Kihikihi, which he gave up a short time ago, and is now settled in his new place of business. While here Mr Bond twice filled tho office of Commissioner of the Kihikihi Town District Board, and was a member of the Kihikihi School Committee, both of which positions he filled creditably. Hβ was also a genuine and genial sportsman. Leaving hero he and his family carry with them the good wishes of a very large circlo of friends who wish them success in their new sphere. Furze Nuisance. —The new Town Board ot Kihikihi, and their able and go-ahead chairman, Mr James Farrell, are determined to put, or rather cut, down and utterly eradicate these horrible and dangerous shrubs. The question was considered at tho last meeting and the clerk was instiucted to prepare a list of the owners of lots upon whose properties furze and briars were growing and bring it up at the next meeting with a view to prompt action being taken to compel them to clear their allotments. It was the docided opinion of the Board that in view of tho nature of this dangerous nuisance especially in summer weather, immediate action must be taken. Damage to Cuors. —The lute heavy rains have aeriously damaged tho potatoes planted hero and at Te Awamutu, especially those put in on low ground, and on the Hats, On several farms tho whsle of the seed will have to bo replaced, which is a heavy 1039 to many industrious settlers. In tho lower portions of many farms the oat and other crops will be almost completely destroyed, In Te Awamutu nearly all the land along tho banks of tho river (which runs through the lower part o£ tho town) was flooded during tho late exceptionally rainy weather. As the water covered tho soil to tho depth of several feet for days, and even week?, and still covors it in many places, the various crops aro destroyed. This |s ospocially tho case with tho oat crop. As a proof of the extent of tho flood, I may instance the depth of water on the lower part of Mr John Bridgeman's farm—upon which portion happily there was no crop—whore tho water covered a fenco 4ft. high.