September 1906

The 5000 Club interested itself in promoting Cambridge in the Auckland Guide and by making an illustrated promotional booklet of Cambridge. It wrote to the 'War Cry' correcting the statements that Cambridge had two sanatoriums 'in the town'. They also wanted the Tourist Department to know that there was trout fishing obtainable in Cambridge.
Mr and Mrs Keeley organised a 'basket social' at the Whitehall School in aid of the Anglican's Curate fund. After songs, recitations, dialogues and games the ladies' supper baskets were auctioned, and 'among much mirth evoked spirited bidding and some high prices were realised'. After supper the floor was cleared for dancing.
Arnold Wilkinson gained entrance through a window of the Borough Chambers and rang the Engineer to inform him a fire had broken out. Full water pressure was then available for the firemen to fight the fire in Mr Manson's bakehouse in Duke Street. Although the fire brigade was a little slow in finding the plug, they carried out their task splendidly. The bakehouse couldn't be saved but the surrounding buildings were.

W F Buckland had an exhibition of daffodils at the Hamilton Daffodil Show with rare blooms such as 'Duke of Bedford' (only two grown in the colony), 'Gloria Mundi' and 'Big Ben'.
The new saleyards (near the Showgrounds) were formally opened by Mayor Buckland on 7 September 1906. He said on moving the yards from the centre of town he had to consider the health and morals of the residents. As regards the site he said it was impossible to please everybody. Mr Toby Hicks interjected with, 'You have done us a great injustice'. Buyers came from all over the Waikato and 1,200 head of cattle changed hands. The first horse fair in the new yards was held 12 September with buyers coming from all over the colony.
The 5000 Club held a working bee to form an anglers' track from the Karapiro bridge to the site of the new bridge. And a ladies' branch was formed as 'the sympathy and assistance of the ladies would prove very valuable'.
Cambridge chess players - W Gow, E Veale, Trythall, Wilcox, Treadgold, Ollard, C Reid and Rathbon - travelled to Hamilton for a match and were easily beaten.

£15 was raised by the Cambridge Croquet Club at a Euchre Party and Dance.
R H Peake's draught stallion 'Riverford' was again at the service of breeders for the season.
The I.O.O.F. Duke of Cambridge Lodge were making an effort to help their brethren of the San Fransicoin order. (Casualties of the earthquake.)
A site opposite Dr Edmond's house (Cambridge Medical Centre) was purchased by the Cambridge Club and the architect was instructed to proceed with the work.
Sister Bagley, on leaving Te Waikato Sanatorium, was presented with a silver mounted chatelaine by the patients.
Professor Bates, the Texas cowboy, gave an interesting exhibition of buck jumping and lassoing bullocks at Jas Taylor's paddock near the Showgrounds.
Alfred Devitt and James Wilson both had prohibition orders taken out against them by the police, after an assault with a sword.
Nineteen horses assembled at the old saleyards for the annual Stallion Parade. They were taken along Victoria Street to a paddock near the new saleyards where a large number of the public were assembled.

St Peter's Fancy Fair and Art Union was a grand success. Many competitions took place and the ladies (McVeagh, Care, Dougherty, Hair, Tutschka, Wilkinson, McNamara, Lundon, Plescher) disposed of a large number of fancy items. The Band helped out with items and the pupils performed the cachuca and may-pole dance. They raised about £200.
The State Schools were enjoying Michaelmas holidays. The increase in the attendance of pupils at the Cambridge Primary to 225, entitled it to an additional teacher. (Miss McElwain was appointed.)
Walter Crisp of Fencourt produced a broccoli weighing 21 lbs, the circumference of the head being 38 inches.
Lionel Isherwood (local photographer) displayed a collection of photos taken for the International Exhibition in Christchurch. They included a number of farm scenes around Cambridge - cattle on turnips, fat sheep grazing, a choice dairy herd, monster turnips grouped in a pyramid. Also general scenes of The Bridges, The Old Mill and The Lake.
W S Brunskill also loaned part of his collection of deer heads to be displayed in the Waikato Court at the Exhibition.

 

 

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