June 1905

Empire Day was observed with a holiday for the school children, closing of the two banks and unfurling the flag on the Post Office. In the evening the Cambridge Musical Society performed 'Phyllis The Farmer's Daughter' to a full house.
During the interval a presentation of caps was made to the City Junior Football Club.
William Connolly (last month's 'affair of the heart') made steady progress although the bullet had not been located. He declared that the shooting was an accident.
Vicar and Mrs Willis invited 120 church workers for a social evening at the Anglican schoolroom. Mr Brooks specially referred to the unseen work of the bellringers "and the hearty thanks of the meeting was accorded to them".
At the Pukekura Road Board meeting the tender of M Strong of £2 was accepted for filling in the Maori hole in Heman Street. His tenders were also successful for re-forming 18 chain of Raleigh Street and forming 15 chain of Chaucer Street. The Cambridge West Domain Board decided to plant trees along the whole frontage of Carlyle Street.

For Sale
1 acre section. Best position in town. £100
House, 8 rooms; close to town and station; 1 acre land. £500. Terms.
Dairy Farm, Pukerimu, 111½ acres first class land; £15 per acre. £1000 can remain at 5 per cent.
Cambridge West - New House - 7 rooms, pantry and scullery; 4 acres land laid down in grass; orchard and garden; grand views. When high level bridge is built this will be close to town.
The Library committee organised a ball and because of the pelting rain the supper marquee couldn't be used. (The food left over was sent to the Childrens' Home in Parnell.) A few days later a Juvenile Ball was held, also for Library funds.
Again the Alexandra Hall reverberated with music as the Orchestral Society gave a concert with selections from the overture 'Romola', 'The Fortune Teller' and 'In a Birch Canoe'.
The Cambridge Musical Society were again practising 'Phyllis The Farmer's Daughter' as the first performance was so well received.

The Cambridge Fire Brigade Sports held on the Prince of Wales' birthday, were dogged with wretched weather. "They did the best they could to interest the spectators who shivered in the wet and cold."
The football game Cambridge West versus City saw Wests on the verge of crossing the line several times but the score ended with City 11 and West 3.
Reports from news overseas:
- M. Camille Fiammarion (the eminent French astronomer who had been studying Mars closely for thirty years) was certain it was inhabited, "and probably by people who are much more advanced than we are".
- Dr Doyen (the Paris surgeon who was so well known for his treatment of cancer) advocated that tobacco does not cause cancer.
- The Japanese completely surprised Admiral Roshdestvensky and destroyed the Russian fleet.
F W Lang, Member of the House of Representatives for Waikato, addressed a very good attendance (including a number of ladies) at the Alexandra Hall. About sixty or seventy people took advantage of a special train, from Cambridge to Hamilton, when W F Massey, Leader of the Opposition delivered his political address.

D Squadron (Cambridge) Waikato Mounted Rifles arrived home from their week's encampment having won the coveted Regimental Shield.
The urgent necessity of moving the Cambridge Saleyards from the centre of town was exemplified when two bullocks broke out of their pens and rushed furiously through town. "They were stopped in their wild career before any damage was done".
An ingeniously constructed sundial, made by Mr C Reid for the Goodwood School, could be viewed at his shop in Duke Street .
The Waikato Licensing Committee met and was told by Constable McNamara that the National Hotel had only one bathroom and another was much needed. The Criterion Hotel had a defective urinal and the Masonic Hotel was having its drains seen to when he visited. Other than that the provisions in the Licensing Act had been adhered to and all licenses were renewed.
The existing By Laws for Cambridge were, in some cases obsolete and the Mayor W F Buckland offered to devote his leisure time to the task of formulating a workable set.

In the local Magistrate's Court H Giles took R Garland to court for the trespass of pigs. William Adams had Samuel Day in Court for crossing his land (a shortcut to the creamery) and leaving the gates open. Charles Roberts and Robert Brown had a dispute with regards to a boundary fence, and Thos Watkins claimed a week's wages of 15 shillings from John Brown.
The Cambridge Road Board decided to purchase a road machine for £100 to be ordered from America .
The bachelors of Taotaoroa prepared the supper for a social in the Karapiro school. There was a large attendance with dancing and an amusing recitition from Mr E Martin.
Mr F C Bunyard, the Borough engineer, visited thirteen towns in Manawatu, Taranaki and Hawkes Bay to collect information regarding gas works and street tarring.
The town was abuzz as two weddings took place in Cambridge - F W Stembridge to Miss Louie Hill and E Pevreal to Miss Katherine Denton. In Auckland Harold Crowther (Crowther and Bell Stables) married Miss Olive Buckland.

 

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