New Zealand

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume IV, Issue 1212, 31 December 1904, Page 3

New Zealand

By Telegraph .-Press Association.

Chess 'fount cy. Oamaki - , this iluy

In the ehosa tourney, at the completion of tho s.X'li round there was little chunye in tho order of the competitors, Tho Bovonth round is in progress,

A Japanese, who has returned lo Australia after a holiday trip tohisn.itivnlanil, said when quest onod as to the war, that ho would huvo joined the ranks, but as ho was 510 yours of age, ho was regarded ns

too old, LTo stated that 1100,000 reserves would bo called out before it >vould be ■ necessary to uull out men of JO yours of age 11ml upwards, and that inon ol tiil ages wero exhibiting tho keenest desiro to go to ihu fiont.

The Duncdin Star says that tho fowl yard thief, who invariably mikes his prenonce felt at this time of year, met his Waterloo early on Friday morning at the hands of a north on I resident, who, on being aroused from his slumbers by an Unusuil sound in his hen coop, found two uudosirablc intruders preparing (0 relieve him of somo of his best pouhry. A scuttle immediately ensued, with the result llm one of the would be thieves had to be removed to th" hospitil wi'h a broken I -g, the other offender escaping The troubles of tho injured man are not yet over, for in a fow weeks' limn he may find himsell figuring in tho Police Court.

At the bullol on Friday lust for sections in the. Matatna'a Estate, tlio mini area amounted to 1014 acres, thrown open for selection under the lease in perpetuity tonuroof the Lnndn for Settlement Act. Section 2, continuing lob' acres ii roods 2;" i perches, went to May Stanley (subject 10 approval of tho Milliliter). Tin: annual rental is Is 01 per acre, anil the land is described as of a light loamy naiino suitable for agricultural or pastoral purposes, William Egan was ihe successful applicant for section 13, containing l'J-1 acres 8 rooiis 15 perches of land siniilai' to to that of section 2, The annual rental per aero is <ls !)d, For sretiun DO, containing 2tlii acres, the applicant numbered six, and the ballot resulted in favour of Hurry Hopkins. The annual rental per acre is Is 0,1, and the I mil was dei Bcril"' las similar to the two preceding sections, There wire nn applications for section 188, containing <l<lo acres. " I am dead against Christinas and all its works," exclaimed the tired man yesterday afternoon, as he leaned against, the most adjacent lamp post. "If I had my way I'd have frnita Claus hanged on his own Christmas tree, bombarded, with doughy plum puddings, and hoist with Chrigtiniis crackers. I'd have nil Christmas cards end oliji-r trumpery giiis burned by the common hangman, ami their designers and manufacturers whipped at the cart's tail from here to Ivallir Spruit There is nn enormity f wouldn't commit to the celibra'its of Clirii'lmas. Were I the Premier I'd have all merrymakers gazetted as notions weeds, so that it would be every mar's amy to assist in nboli.-bing tliMii under p:iin of heavy fines," ,: Yoiue'rc a cheap cynic, aren't voir/" remarked the onlooker. "No," was the im.iwer, " I'm a postman,I'— 1 '— Lyttelton Times. Amusement was caused in atireymouth family circle a day or two ago by the father receiving a letter trom ihe ' ilea'' loiter" office, Wtliiugtop, On opening the ollicial envelop!', s.iys uie Grey Aigu«, he found lo his surprise two lei tern. I'l-ich envelope was addressed'' To Sandie Chins, England," and bearing ollicial stamps "in'sufficiently ad lrc<seil" On opening ihe first, it read as follows:— ■'hear Sandio Claus -Please bring me a steam engine,

footi- ' -".-I n now sum, one wiih o|>"ii iron . her is iill torn Viiiirs truly ' ... ,i oilier win frmii ihi) linle fjirl It •iiiil:".l)ciir J'nthi'i Ghr.-f.mi-- - Me wants ll doll mul snme I illiiM mid lets nf iiino liiin»3. Yours ir.ily ■" iI, appears tiio iit'le dot ', iiliont 7 mul N years of ii;;",

wrote the. lot is mid run down to iho post n/l'iM) and posted llitm without s'amps, l unknown lo llieir pnreiils, Tlie I M-irs I \ v/'ire in lie: U-tnl way sent to ihe nl 1 •• in ■ W(dliii;,'"oir, and wire op-iied me .hi; loiters lcilinied t) ihe parents, Tin .'.lit dot-uro siillliipt in ieuoranec dim liuur Ic'iois li'ivi; Ij'on nilni-ned io (Iriyneiiuli and have reached lh-> real Si'iiaCbub, Tho pnreiils lire, determined limi w> children will receive iho pi-eseies iisked for.