HUNTLY.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3190, 3 December 1892, Page 2

HUNTLY.

Rowing Cum.-The pastime nf rowing seems to be taking hold of aomn of our local (••ports just now, tho interest infused into the recreation by thn Ngaruawahiii vot:mes of the art evidently having spread and reached here. A meeting of those favourable to the formation of a Rowing Club in Huntly was held in the hull, on Tuesday evening last, Mr A. McL«nd in the chair. Mr F. Carter, convener of the meeting, read some correspondence which he had hud with the fcSucri'Ury of tin Waitema-U Rowinir Club, in which they had ofißi-cd a whuleboat and kir for £15 the pair. After some discussion it was decided to form n rowing club, about 10 of those present signifying their willingness to join. The question (if the annual subscription was leftover rhere heing a difference of opinion a< to what the amount should be. After a desultory conversation it was decided to adjourn the meeting until Saturday evening, at the same time and place. CUICKOT.— The young folks have no lack of genuine recreative amusement here now. The new cricket club has already a fair number of members, and practice is regularly engaged in. If a good pitch could be secured, some of the members would soon display something like form. It is a pity the game is not as popular as football, for, in a summer game, it is incomparable. It does not incite to passion as does the former, and is conducive of all the finer amenities of athletic life and real good fellowVisit ov Du. Lemon.—We had a visit from Dr. Lemon during the woek, who made a minute inspection of the premises which do duty for railway and post-office work, and it is needless to say the doctor was fully impressed with tho miserably inadequate provisions alfordod by the present building, considering the amount of work passed through it. That the want of sufficient and healthy room for the officials must certainly tell on their healths is patent and undeniable, to say nothing of the inconvenience mutely borne by the long-suffering public; and humane considerations alone should prompt the kepartment3 interested in putting up a building suitable to the requirement* of the service and convenience ot the public.