May 1908

At a public meeting, chaired by the Mayor W F Buckland, a branch of the Young Men's Christian Association was formed in Cambridge. He stated that the local young men appear to have no definite aim in life, and it was for them that the institution would do much good.
Brer Rabbit arrived in the Waikato - two Cambridge residents drove over to Pukekura, about seven miles from Cambridge, and in three hours shot about 70 rabbits.
Mr C A Whitney presented the Cambridge Domain Board with some English mallard wild duck eggs and Mr John Ferguson raised seven ducklings. They were put in enclosures on the edge of Lake Te Koutu then released to join the native ducks.
Thirteen gentlemen were nominated as candidates for the Commissioners of the Leamington Town Board. Seven were required to constitute the board.
'It is stated that the government intends to institute a system of money boxes, to be worked in conjunction with the Post Office Savings Bank, and in this way to meet the alleged want of a savings bank in the home.'

Mr Hugh Fitzgerald notched up 32 years of collecting rates for the Pukekura Road Board. 'He is the champion collector of rates in the district and there are few, if any in the Dominion that could beat him in gathering in the shekels.'
The Pukekura Road Board chairman thought the £13 10s 6d for the inscribed plate on the Victoria Bridge was simply ridiculous and that one lamp on the bridge would be sufficient.
At the Mayoral Installation W F Buckland remarked on the progress of the town over the last years and said, "There are still a few cantankerous people in Cambridge, but they are getting scarcer."
'Messrs Wilkinson and Souter of Duke Street have just imported for Dr E E Roberts, an up-to-date single cylinder, 10 h.p. 'Cadillac' motor car, which is fitted with double accumulator ignition, and all the latest improvements.'
Mr Wilkinson imported another 'Cadillac' - with a hood and windscreen - to hire out to persons who may require it.
A farewell social was held at St Andrew's Schoolroom, as Mr and Mrs W Selby and family, who had farmed at 'The Poplars' Hautapu since 1870, were leaving the district.

The Lament of Duke Street.
To the Editor. Sir, - Do pity the sorrows of a poor old street by inducing the Mayor to give me a good thick coat of gravel! There would be no good in having the Bible read in schools, if children going and returning have to listen to the frightful language which was used last winter when anyone went into my mud over the tops of their boots, and last Saturday the language was as bad as ever. No wonder the children are, as the Bishop says, growing up Pagans, if there are as many roads as impassable as I am. My opinion may not be worth much, but I think the Bishop should blame the bad roads for Paganism, and not secular education. - I am, etc., Duke Street.
Why Leamington? Letters to the Editor ran hot about renaming Cambridge West - Leamington. Why not leave the name as Cambridge West; or 'Karangi' the former name of Mr Rout's hill; or Cambridge South - the true position; or Keeleyville after the person who had been long in their midst and who took a big interest in its public affairs?
A petition against the name Leamington was circulated but it came to naught.

The Commissioners for the new Leamington Town Board were A C Hill, Henry Bell, W White (chairman), J Kingdon, G H Ollard, J Keeley and C Jarrett.
The new Cambridge Hockey Club held a practice on Victoria Square in preparation for the match against Hamilton. (Cambridge won 6 goals to 4.)
Also about thirty ladies handed in their names to form a Ladies Hockey club.
A 'new' Shakespeare Club met with about twenty people present. Their first rehearsal reading was for 'As You Like It.'
At the local Magistrate's Court five old age pensions were renewed, three at £26 per year, and two at £28 per year.
The President of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr C H Treadgold, had canvassed the town for more subscribers to the local telephone exchange. There were 53 subscribers and the exchange would stay open from 8 am till 8 pm if there were 65 subscribers.
When Sir Joseph Ward, the Premier, had visited recently he promised that Cambridge would be recognised by the Tourist Department as a Tourist Resort. Cambridge was a 'no show' in the latest publication and it was decided to write to the Premier.

 

 

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