August 1909

Weather forecast: Westerly strong winds to gale, glass rise slowly soon, weather squally and unsettled, and probably much colder.
The Government have not overlooked Te Waikato Sanatorium in its retrenchment policy. Some of the staff has received notice that their services are to be dispensed with. It is rumoured that there is a possibility of the institution being closed altogether. The resident medical officer of the institution, Dr E E Roberts, informs us that there is no official authority for such statements and that they are not true.
The school at Horahora will be opened on Monday, a teacher, Mr R W Dentith, having been appointed by the Board of Education. Pending the erection of a school, the classroom will be at the creamery manager's residence.
August was ushered in with continuous rain. The Waikato River was in flood, and the various creeks were considerably swollen. A number of small slips and washouts occurred on Tirau Road. Yesterday a telegraph post was leaning across the Karapiro Road, about two miles from Cambridge, and was a threatening source of danger to travellers.
Waikato's first Music and Elocutionary Competitions were held in the Hamilton Town hall 4, 5, 6 August 1909.

Thos Wells won the tender of £3 1s per dozen for 20 dozen Canadian chairs.
Madame Isherwood's pupils Doris and Ruth Sanders, Ethel Morse and Charles Sharp were all successful at the Waikato Music and Elocutionary Competitions.
Chappell and Woolley were making good progress with constructing the town hall although they had been considerably hampered by stormy weather.
During the Selwyn Centenary celebrations W F Buckland revealed that he had been confirmed by the Bishop. He alluded to his manliness, gentleness and marvellous eloquence.
Edison Phonographs: Important Announcement. We have just landed a consignment of Edison's latest improvement in 'The Amberol' Records. These play for four minutes, thus enabling full songs, etc to be reproduced, whereas the ordinary records play about two minutes and it is impossible to reproduce complete song, band selection, etc. We also have arriving an attachment to present machines in order to play both the four-minute and two-minute records. McVeagh and Byrne – 'The Phoneries' Duke Street, Cambridge.
3,500 more people left New Zealand for Australia last month than arrived. This is a monthly record, which beats any put up in the darkest days of the depression during the last Atkinson Government.

It is proposed to institute a system of call-boxes at the various post offices, should there be sufficient inducement. Boxes fitted with a glass front, through which the holder may see the contents, are provided for the reception of the correspondence, each being open to postal officers only. The holder of a call-box is entitled to receive contents during office hours only. The fee for rent of a call-box is 2s 6d per annum. The conditions of tenure are as applicable to private boxes.
Twenty thousand acres of the Piako swamp is now drained, and the block will be ready for settlement within twelve months.
For the past few evenings the two planets, Jupiter and Venus, observed in the Western sky, were drawing closer together, providing a wealth of entertainment for those interested. The climax was reached at about 6.30 Thursday evening, when the conjunction took place. Everything was propitious – a cloudless sky and the absence of the moon – and the planets were observable in all their splendour.
Another local resident has joined the ranks of the motorists, Mr Arch Wallace having purchased a 10 h.p. single-seated Cadillac car.
Two Beagles and eight puppies were released from quarantine for the Waikato Hunt Club.

The weather had been very wintry for the district. Mt Pirongia was clothed in a mantle of snow, old residents declaring that it is several years since there was such a heavy fall of snow on the mountain.
A gentleman took his little son for a walk, and in some way the little boy got lost. Meeting a policeman, the child tearfully asked "Please sir have you seen a man without a little boy? Cause if you have, I'm that little boy."
Channing Buckland, son of W F Buckland, returned from Vancouver with his family on the steamer 'Mokoia'.
Mr William Rout of 'Whareora' died at the age of 79 years. The family had been in Cambridge for fifteen years having arrived in New Zealand in 1830 and residing formerly in Nelson. His pall bearers were members of the Theosophical society and he was buried at Pukerimu Cemetery.
The Waikato Hounds met at Pukekura on Saturday last, in grand hunting weather. It was a really muggy day, and scent accordingly was lying breast high. Hounds ran well and at a great pace, throughout the day, giving two of the best runs we have had this season.

 

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