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July 1911

Mr Joseph Keeley took over the butchery business of Ezra Brockelsby in Duke Street.
The Cambridge Borough Council discussed the fate of the old Chambers with members stating it was totally unfit for human habitation and should be burnt. The Health Inspector was to be given the last word.
Mr F W Butler C.E. gave his report on the Maungakawa Water Scheme which suggested damming the Karapiro Stream. Mr J A Pond, Colonial Analyst stated, “This water will prove a satisfactory potable supply providing it is filtered.”
Twenty years of long and faithful service was recorded in Council minutes as Mr H Preece tendered his resignation.
Misses Eyre and E Hill took over the Victoria photographic Studio and every confidence was reported in their venture.
Mr R J Roberts, father of Dr E E Roberts and chemist E J Roberts of Cambridge, died at his home of 'Belmont' in Auckland.
At the annual meeting of the Cambridge Fire Brigade it was recorded that they had one alarm of fire during the year. They had a credit balance of £5 19s 8d and Firemen J Conder and J McNeish were appointed Station keepers.

Miss Johns, milliner and ladies outfitter of Cambridge, was advertising ladies' underclothing and furs 'at actual Auckland Sale prices.'
The Editor answered C Reid's letter, with regards to his views on the Maungakawa Water Scheme, "Mr Reid is simply endeavouring to hide the issue under a heap of sentimental twaddle."
The friends of Mr E Palmer and Miss McComish gave them a surprise 'kitchen party' where gifts ranged from a cookery book to a pair of bellows. A dainty supper was provided and the guests indulged in dancing, singing and games.
The committee of the District High School appealed to parents for a contribution for land to extend the playground. An acre was available at £300 and the Education Department contributed £250. Each committee member donated half a guinea each.
Mr La Trobe's 'Kenilworth' private boarding house was sold to Mr Le Prou from Huntly.
F J Marfell had for sale 100 acres of drained swamp all in grass and a three roomed house for £1600.
Hunter and Banks had sections of the well-known Hora Hora Estate from £4 upwards per acre.
E R Day had an acre and house opposite the Domain. £100 down and balance of £275 at 5 per cent.

The Fencourt people are known for their heartiness and those attending the latest social evening were not disappointed. The Primitive Methodists put on a concert and a thoroughly good time was had by all.
The Boy Scouts' concert was well attended and the farce 'A Couple Of Scamps' was the star item. The cast were A Stubbings, B and R Ashwin, I Cott, W Lovatt and W Beavis. A bugle and a pair of boxing gloves were donated to the troop by Messrs King and Jas Watters.
There was a great gathering of farmers, their wives, daughters and friends at the Town Hall for the annual social gathering of the Farmers' Club. 'Dull care was thrown to the wind and jollity and gaiety reigned supreme. Dancing and euchre were the two main entertainments and the ladies supplied a plentiful supply of delicacies of every description for supper.'
While Mr Fred Potts was taking up and replacing the floor of the Maungatautari Hall, the ladies arranged a social in the school room. 'Fickle Dame Fortune was in generous mood and music, floor and weather were perfect. The supper was abundant and tasty in the extreme.'

St Andrews Anglican Church deferred re-covering the church roof as only £60 of the £140 needed had been collected.
For the last quarter of the S.M. Court in Cambridge there had been seven sittings. £401 out of £440 had been recovered; there were four cases of drunkenness; four old age pensions were granted, one refused and eight renewed.
There was a large crowd at the railway station to farewell recently married Fred Thomason and Annie nee Ruge. The bride and groom left amid showers of rice and confetti.
Everything was in splendid order, floor, music, attendance, refreshment and partners when the Waikato Farmers' Club held its annual reunion. Dancing, entertainment, progressive euchre and games kept everyone entertained.
'Owing to the damage done to the backs of the seats in the 'pit' of the Town Hall the Borough Council has decided to replace them with a dozen seats without backs.'
Miss McComish, who was severing her connection with Thos Well's establishments, was presented by her fellow workers with a handsome bangle set with diamonds and an emerald.
Doyle and Bertlesen, representing Monavale waited on Greenslades M.P. pointing out the need for a daily mail service, the telephone and constitution of the drainage board.

 

 

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