March 1906

At a Pukekura Road Board meeting Messrs Souter and Co complained that the gorse growing on the Cambridge-Ohaupo road was an eyesore to visitors they showed around the district. Richard Reynolds complained that briars growing on Souters' Flat Park property were an annoyance to him and surrounding settlers. (People in glass houses!)
In the annual report from the Cambridge Domain Board the chairman stated that the banks of the lake had been planted with thousands of native shrubs and ferns and a choice selection of Japanese bamboos.
The site for the new post office was raised at the Cambridge Borough Council meeting. The Mayor (W F Buckland) thought, 'The agitation to move the post office was a foolish one, and the promoters of it were standing in their own light. They should all try to pull together and work for the common good of the town.' The post office stayed on its original site.
The Waikato Central (Cambridge) A & P Show had record entries with 535 horses, 248 cattle, 203 sheep, 56 pigs and 308 Produce etc. An increase of 242 entries over last year.

Mr Leo Garland has been appointed manager of the Wairangi creamery.
A swarm of bees invaded M E Gardner and Sons store and made matters rather lively and uncomfortable for the staff.
A runaway created a sensation in Duke Street as a frisky horse bolted. The driver of the trap, Mr Gash managed to jump clear and the horse was brought to a standstill on Hamilton Road.
Mr Ronayne, General Manager of Railways, and his inspection party arrived in Cambridge and took time to stroll around the Lake Domain.
At the Piako County Council meeting Foreman Mahood was instructed to conduct the Telegraph Department official over the Cambridge-Napier Road in order to point out which telegraph poles the Council wanted shifted as near the edge of the road as possible.
Foreman H Bell was elected Captain of the local Fire Brigade and Fireman A Harris was promoted to Foreman.
The tender from a party of Maungatautari Maori was accepted by the Fencourt Drainage Board to clean out and deepen about a mile and 33 chain of drain to the west of Victoria Road.

The bachelors of Maungatautari gave an excellent social in the schoolroom with about thirty couples present. The refreshments were dainty and abundant, although by a strange coincidence the industrious school master, burning unsightly fern in the gully near the school, destroyed an important part of the refreshments that had been put there for safety.
The gentlemen who acted as judges at the Cambridge Show were taken for a drive around the district. They visited Hautapu, 'Broadmeadows', Tamahere, Pukerimu, Monavale, Roto-o-Rangi and Pukekura. On the second day they visited the Te Waikato Sanatorium.
The ten motor cars running the motor reliability trial from Auckland to Taupo and back, a distance of 400 miles, arrived in Cambridge on 9 March 1906. There were four Daracqs, two Cadillacs and one each Rover, Steam Car, Oldsmobile and Leyland.
The party returned to Cambridge from Taupo on the evening of 12 March then left the following morning to return to Auckland. Eight of the cars arrived in time - Mr Arthur Cleave in his Daracq first, G Henning in his Rover second and W L Luxford in his Cadillac third.

The Primitive Methodists held a public meeting and were encouraged by the other religions to start a church in Cambridge. The Primitives liken the people unto so many fish, some requiring different bait to others; some were as slippery as eels, others were as flat as flounders, and others again resembled another acquatic species, being 'all jaw'.
About 100 people left on the excursion train from Cambridge to the Ngaruawahia regatta. When the train returned two small boys, who had strayed from their guardians, found they had landed in a strange place with strange people. The youngest boy, aged about four or five years, set up a heart-breaking wail and would not be comforted. Mr Charles Jarrett came to his rescue and accompanied him back to the Frankton Junction. The other lad stayed with Mrs McVeagh until the Monday train.
Dr James Reid of Wellington acted as locum tenems for Dr Roberts while the latter was on a tour abroad. And because of poor health, Dr F T Butler sold his practice to Dr H A Edmonds who was formerly of Guy's Hospital of London.

The contract for the Victoria Bridge was let to the United States Steel Products Export Company and Mr J E Fulton (engineer) was authorised to sign any necessary documents for the Cambridge Borough Council in America.
The local Magistrate was rather busy. Charles Boyce senior was charged with assaulting George Hall by striking him with his fist. Boyce contended that Hall had made disparaging remarks about his family who were taking part in a performance at the Alexandra Hall.
Anton Manson was charged with failing to give his shop assistant, Jeannie Ormiston the weekly half holiday as required by the Shops and Offices Act.
Donald Clements was charged with being drunk whilst in charge of a horse.
Both James Sinclair, licensee of the Masonic and J Gallagher, licensee of the Criterion were charged with allowing their cows to roam the streets at night.
The Presbyterians built a new ten-roomed manse on the section next to the old one in Alpha Street. Mr G W Allsopp was the architect, Mr F A Marcroft the builder, Wilkinsons did the plumbing and Mr A Curtain the painting.

 

 

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