April 1908

The Rev James Fussell sent an account of his trip from Cambridge to Copmanhurst in Australia. He sailed on s.s. Mokoia to Sydney, then 400 miles by rail to Glen Innes and another twenty hours coach ride to Grafton with three different drivers and seven changes of horses. He then took a river steamer up the Clarence River to Copmanhurst.
The Golf Club names the holes on their course :- 1 'First Hole', 2 'Bunker', 3 'The Pines', 4 'The Sandhills', 5 'The Rushes', 6 'The River', 7 'The Bluff', 8 'The Hollow' and 9 'Home'.
Charles Chitty presented a petition to the Pukekura Road Board signed by 32 freeholders praying that a town district be not granted for Cambridge West. (The Board had no power in the matter.)
James Hally in a letter to the Editor, thought about sueing W F Buckland for £1,000 damages. It was reported that Buckland had said - while referring to Hally who was criticising his proceedings as Mayor, that - “Mr Hally was an old man, and that he could only attribute his attitude either to second childhood or ignorance.” But being good natured Hally let him off with a warning.

One of the numerous Government Inspectors came along the other day and told small beekeepers that the common or garden variety of hive was no longer a legal habitation for the bee, and that no busy bee could lawfully be permitted to make honey in a hive not built as per statute provided, or words to that effect. As the price of the new hive is high and bees are ignorant of law, some cottage bee-keepers are being compelled by law to give up beekeeping. In New Zealand, eternal legal interference is the price of liberty!
Mr Richard Reynolds was pleased with his efforts in introducing partridges into Cambridge as two large coveys had been seen at Pukeroro.
C W Keeley, a councillor on the Piako County Council, moved that the county be divided in two. The southern members were making decisions on the northern parts of the county (and vice versa) about which they were ignorant.
Mr Giles Keeley of Karapiro joined the ship 'Rimutaka' at Wellington and, after 33 years in New Zealand, was to take a trip to the Old Country.

At a Biograph Entertainment at the Alexandra Hall - 'the retort of the mechanical apparatus blew out and the flames shot into a box in which several films had been placed and ignited them. Being celluloid there was instantly quite a blaze.' One of the plucky managers rushed the burning material out into the street and rather badly scorched his hands.
It was thought that the recent drought would affect the Chrysanthemums for the local show but the beautiful specimens exhibited by W F Buckland allayed any fears.
Some of the residents of Leamington contended that the name given to the new town district had been sprung on them suddenly, and they did not take kindly to the cognomen. Mr W Tucker remarked that he had heard that Leamington in England was full of old maids and cats.
The Leamington residents (at a meeting regarding the Old Waikato Bridge) took the opportunity to thank the Cambridge Mayor and Councillors - 'for the persistent way in which they grappled with the task of securing the new high level bridge and congratulate them on the success which crowned their efforts.'

The Waikato Hunt Club appointed Mr Wynne Brown as deputy master and huntsman with Mr Norman Banks as Master and Mr M J Douglass as secretary and treasurer. The retiring huntsman was Mr C Selby.
A new Roman Catholic parish was constituted at Cambridge by the Vicar-General, the Very Rev Dean Gillan. The Rev Father O'Hara was appointed parish priest.
One of the horses nominated in the Settlers' Plate at the Maungatautari Races held at Vospers 'Dingley Dell', was called Taumatatauwhakatangihangakouauaotangatanuirangikitetanatahu. About 500 people attended the event on Easter Monday.
Mr W F Buckland was elected unapposed, for his fourth successive term as Cambridge Mayor.
The Cambridge Hockey Club was formed on 22 April 1908 with Mr Kenneth Court elected secretary pro tem.
A visitor to Cambridge over Easter, in a letter to the Editor wrote - 'We found the Domain as sweet, as fresh, and as beautiful as ever, and it was here amid Nature's richest grandeur that we were invited to play upon the Bowling green, which is in tip-top order. Haeremai.'
Richard Reynolds, who had taken over the Newstead Estate from his brother Henry, offered it for sale as a going concern. He was prepared to pay £500 commission to anyone who made a satisfactory sale.  

The NZ Dairy Association invited tenders to build a creamery at HoraHora and Messrs Jones and Middleton were about to build a number of cottages on their Maungatautari Estate in readiness for next milking season.
Fred Pott's tender of £1,905 was accepted for the Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Co. factory at Hautapu.
With the upcoming School Committee elections looming there was a gentle reminder to parents of their public duty to take a live interest in their local school affairs.
The families of Wells, Sharkey, Walker and Chambers took out the top prizes in the 17th Cambridge Chrysanthemum Show. Produce prizes went to Macky, Reynolds, Forrest and Fisher. Garden Produce - Sharkey, Peppercorn, Simpson and Souter.
The local Golf Club's pavilion was enlarged and moved to a more suitable site and the main entrance gates were moved about 300 yards further along Hamilton Road. As the Golf Club opened for the season - the Tennis Club closed and they presented their prizes. Miss Cox won the women's championship prize of a silver mounted photo frame and Mr J Cox won the men's championship prize of a silver mounted pipe.

 

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