September 1911

A good attendance at a smoke concert of the Leamington Hockey Club saw the presentation of the Championship Shield to the president. Mr Charles Peake then presented the winning team with Caps donated by captain, E Faulkner, and badges given by Messrs Hallenstein Bros.
'Answer to a Correspondent – Queen Street, - Two courses of action are open to you – (1) Put two jugs out, with a note requesting your milkman to keep the milk and water separate from each other, as you are capable of mixing them; (2) Send a sample of the 'milk' to the health authorities and ask for an analysis.'
Mr Samuel Lewis, solicitor of Cambridge was admitted as Barrister of the Supreme Court of New Zealand by Justice Chapman at Auckland.
One of the largest and most important deals ever transacted in pedigree stock for the Waikato was that made by Mr C Channing Buckland, of Monavale, at the dispersal of the famous milking herd of Holsteins owned by Mr W T Woods of St Helier's Bay Auckland. Two of his purchases were Glendowie Beauty and Glendowie Emerald, and a young bull Veeman's Lad.

The newly built Horahora Bridge was said to be probably the largest and heaviest wooden single span bridge erected in the Dominion. It was 120 feet across, made of Australian jarrah and weighed about 50 tons. The engineer was F W Butler and contractors Kennedy and Taylor.
'Visitors from all parts of the Dominion, who are interested in the horse sales now being conducted, are in Cambridge at present. The hotel accommodation is being taxed to its utmost capacity.'
A hockey match between the Cambridge and Hamilton Boy Scouts on Victoria Square resulted in a win for the home team by 6 goals to nil. L Webber scored 5 goals and L Black one.
'Sir,- with reference to your letter of the 20th ultimo., I have the honour to inform you that the Education Board has now been advised of a grant for the erection of a teacher's residence at Roto-o-rangi. I am, etc., Geo. Fowlds, Minister of Education.'
A masquerade ball, held at Taotaoroa school, was so well attended it taxed the available floor space to its utmost.
Both the Presbyterian and St Peters Catholic churches held very successful bazaars and fancy fairs.

'The following instruction has been issued to all postmasters: When any postmaster has reason to believe that an old-aged pensioner has become possessed of sufficient property or income in excess of the amount of pension granted, or is in receipt of regular employment, or misspends his pension in drink, he shall at once report confidentially to the Commissioner at Wellington and refrain from paying further instalments until otherwise instructed.'
W F Buckland won second place for 40 distinct varieties of Narcissi. Included in his entry was a beautiful 'Queen of Spain', the new 'Homespun' and the perfumed 'Vanilla'.
The folly of riding bicycles at night without lights was forcibly demonstrated when Alf Dray came into collision with H C Bertelsen near the Victoria Bridge. Mr Bertelsen received rather severe injuries to his head and was conveyed to Victoria House and attended to by Dr Edmonds.
Visiting horse buyers affirmed that they had never seen a better assemblage of high-class horses than those offered in Cambridge during the week. Local auctioneer, Mr McCullagh, quitted fifty horses in a little over half an hour, at a very high average price.

The Leamington School held a concert in the school room with a crowd that spilled out of the door. The aim was to raise money for an adequate water supply. £6 15 shillings was raised.
The new creamery at Pukeroro, recently erected by the Cambridge Co-operative Dairy Co Ltd, was opened with Harold Roberts as manager.
Fred Potts erected a handsome new residence on the Leamington side of Victoria Bridge for Mr Harry Bell. The acre of land was put in the hands of a local landscape gardener.
Mr W G Care built a new brick building in Duke Street to accommodate the Waikato Independent newspaper, practically opposite the Legal Chambers where it had been publishing for a number of years.
An epidemic of measles reduced the local primary school attendance by a half.
Arthur Curtain, house decorator and picture framer, moved into new premises in Victoria Street. He had worked up a very fine business and his new premises afforded a spacious showroom for artworks, with storeroom and an upstairs gallery to display wallpaper friezes etc.
A public meeting was being held in Leamington to consider the proposal to borrow £600 to erect a Town Hall and Council Chambers.

 

 

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