Campbelltown Notes.

Manawatu Times, Volume VIII, Issue 258, 9 May 1883, Page 2

Campbelltown Notes.

Garapbelltown, May §,1883. According to public advertisement a meeting of the settlers was held m the School- room hero on Saturday last to receive t »c report of the Committee appointed to collect information on the snbject of the proposed Cheese and Baco.i Factory. -There was a Very fsi r attendance co'isidering the wet and disajrteable weather,which prevented many • from outlying districts entering, an appearance. Tne report of the committee (read by the (Jh.iirman, Mr James Reid) was unanimously received and adopted. It recommended -that a compauy be formed", with a capitil of £3000, ih 2000 shares of 30s eiica, to •bo called up at intervals of not less than one mom h, m piymentof 2s 61 per share. Tne Committee thought .it advisable to fix the capital at that figure, although it is not at all probable that 'such an araouat will he required to give the thiag a lair start and keep it m full .working oder until entabli?hed o.i a firm btsw. As it is not likely all the shares will be taken up m tue immediate district, a certain portion w;ll be offered to the ge^ral public who are desirous of assisting this praiseworthy and it is to be hoped successful scheme. In the course of the evening the Chairman kindly explained to an attentive audience what espen eswqul<} attend the working of the factory aud the expected receipts arising, from their produce, taking tfye moderate price of. i}£d per pound fpr cheese as the basis of 4 his calculations. 4-boi»t r 230 ghares Were taken up m Jibe rooms, and ihe milk from 250 cows was likewise guaranteed by those presedt. The Goraqaittee are now actively! engaged m canvassing jhe. v^i^cict; for 'the support of thoue whq was unabte to attend the meeting, and nq doubt ere long the contemplated faptpry wiil be successfully started and the prospects, of the settlers, materially improved. . > :* Oiir Sctyqo} Committee compp.sed qf men ot rjßtifii|g q!nc| difl|lent deposition, trqqble th,e iijducatfon IJoard for litfle and eQ!j*^q.eojjly receive «tillj less. y |ime airo, an application was made for tb,e tricing; (iviq, of tq rentier the approaches to the Schoolc .house practicable m winter apd ajsq to "rflnew 'an qI4 culvert whicb, wa§, fast . rotting away, endangering the lives an 4 limbs of any oiie who attempted to cross it. The Board m an 'j §t of generosity actually voted l the i^uni^cient sum of £4' to carry out >tfais most '"nec^'s_ary;,'V : wofi;.''. : : ;: --It is ' needless' ". to add that ■it was with considerable \ (■ difficulty any one be, fo.qnd tq . tackle the-, jobs for the miserable sum mentioned* bit ;o»e *of the v parents undtrtook to carry it out, thinking no doubt that although he. might be "a= loser m the first instance, he would probably ensure the safety of his little: ''ones and escape a' swingeing doctors's hilL The School -hqsise and residence are now resplendent m all th^ glory of fresh paints applied by the skilful hand ot the worthy Hampsbn of Palmerstoh, who has alsbJ polished off ; the Caruarvott . vrhicu •npst assuredly required up'>is it jiresritited a niosit; disrepi^ciibie and seedy ajjpe irartce 1 . r The lbcal h*? foeeu also reniivated by tba*! same, experience, brush and with its smart' coat of paint and tancy lettered, sigii ;boa"d^ present. an itppearance of which its; spirited proprietor may justly feel qm'fe proud. • , ■ /^ ; . , Tilkirtij of sign boards re njirids me; of a paragraph I noticed a few days a^o ia the Man ATirATa l v t*fE<, wliarethe critic aiMoringly referred to the sign of the .£!iiblici{aJlia :^al^erßtqu r^sa>'.Oa|io9:^' one— why b!es.-» the mii^ if he had ! a's«' sisted to. haul up the sigij -board he \^«>uld sing a difFrerit tu^ei it was a most unscionable: weight and a_n intractable monster to jhaudle, as the > 'writer, of this well knows;; his arms and- shoulders hayiug ached for days a ft:e;rv*fardsr. •■