April 1907

The tender of G M Fraser, for the erection of the High Level Bridge, of £5,692 was accepted by the Cambridge Borough Council.
The Editorial sang the praises of the Telegraph Department for transmitting a cable which arrived in England an hour and a half later. They were not so kind about an urgent message sent from Wellington at 12:2 am which arrived at 2:2 pm. 'We have complained of this sort of delay, only to be met with the usual stereotyped reply, 'it was due to the press of work,' - 'won't occur again' - or words to that effect.'
Over the Easter Holiday two or three parties of motorists passed through Cambridge from Rotorua on their way to Auckland. A large number of excursionists left Cambridge by the outgoing trains for the holiday.
Maungatautari held its 4th annual Athletic and Racing meeting with a credit of about £30. There were very large fields in all events and with a number of bookmakers on the ground, speculation was brisk.
There was one Easter wedding at the Cambridge West Methodist Church as Mr Peter Christian Peterson married Miss Ellen Maria Denton.

Cambridge Polo Team beat Clevedon by 8 goals to 2. In the first spell the Cambridge ponies showed a much greater turn of speed and being better mounted, the Cambridge combination of Crowther, Potts, Hannon and Banks was too good for the Clevedon players.
The Chiming Clock subscriptions reached £222 4/6d and an evening Garden Party and jumble sale was being organised by the committee.
Te Waikato Sanatorium was at capacity with 60 patients and Miss Rochfort, former Matron returned from England after taking a work orientated holiday.
The Land Agent department of Geo Clark & Sons received instructions to sell allotments on the Waterside Estate in Wilson Street. Three lots could be bought for a £10 deposit - 'This is an exceptional opportunity to secure a Township site, unequalled for residential purposes, being close to town and near the new High Level Bridge.'
The NZ Government Tourist Resorts were being promoted - Te Aroha Health Resort, Rotorua hot mineral baths, Lake Te Anau and Milford Sound, The Hermitage in the Southern Alps, Hamner Hot Mineral Springs, Mount Cook and Lake Wakatipu.

When W R C Walker, headmaster of the District High School, returned from his honeymoon he was greeted with his room decorated with flowers and a floral horseshoe hung over the mantelpiece. The teachers presented him with a beautifully chased gold and silver card receiver and the pupils gave him a trefoil fruit stand and unique sweet dish. He married Ethel Louise Roddy at Wanganui. At the Drillshed Captain W R C Walker (Commander of D Squadron of the Waikato Mounted Rifles) received a number of handsome gifts from members of the corps.
The first members of the newly constituted South Hautapu Drainage board were Miss M E Ewen (probably the first lady elected to such a position in New Zealand), Messrs C Roberts, R Morse, W D Shepherd and John Arnold.
Dancing classes conducted by Madam Isherwood were well attended. Learners were Wednesday evening; adults Fridays; children on Saturday afternoons.
Five members of the Cambridge Golf Club put in an afternoon's work at the links fixing up fences around the green.
The Annual Picnic of the Goodwood School was held on Mr Qualtrough's farm when each student was presented with a book.

Miss Ewen won champion bloom at the Chrysanthemum show with her Japanese 'F S Vallis' and Mrs Sharkey with her Incurved 'General Bainbridge'. There were 263 entries for flowers and 233 entries for produce. Thos Wells exhibited 100 spikes of gladiolis, which he had imported as tiny bulbs from Canada the previous January. Mr M D Nicholas, late of Westralia bought the saddlery business of the late A J Beuth. Mrs Beuth and her four children sold up and moved back to Auckland.
All the schools in the district held annual meetings of householders to elect new school committees. Eighteen people turned out for Cambridge Primary and High School; there was a poor attendance at Cambridge West; Maungatautari's affairs were in a satisfactory state; James Hooker was elected chairman of Hautapu; there was a fair attendance at Pukerimu; A Blackman was the chairman for Goodwood; W S Brunskill for Taotaoroa and Cox for Roto-o-rangi.
To promote the bacon industry in the Cambridge district Mr L Isherwood photographed the carcases of 44 dressed pigs all hanging in a row.

 

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