WAIHI.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 17, 21 January 1901, Page 3

WAIHI.

THE BOROUGH AGITATION.

The following1 has been ' sent to the Colonial Secretary for presentation to His Excellency the Governor:—"l have tlie honour to apply that Your Excellency will cause an enquiry to be made under the provisions' of 'The Municipal Corporations Act, 1856,' with reference to a certain counter petition recently presented to Tour Excellency praying not to grant the prayer of a certain other petition presented in or about October last praying that Waihi should be; constituted a borough. The grounds upon which I ask for such enquiry are:-^(l) That I am a resident householder in Waihi; (2) that, although I have not seen the counter petition, or a copy thereof, I am informed, and believe, that the same purports to be-signed by a largre number of persons described as 'resident householders' who are not in fact' resident householders; (3) that certain, persons whose signatures appear on the,said counter petition had previously signed the petition in favour of the borough; (4)----that a large number of the persons pur* porting to sign the said counter petition arc-not entitled so to sign the same; (5) that a large number of the signatures to the said counter petition were obtained by undue pressure; (6) that the provisions of 'The Municipal Corporations Act, ISBS,' in respect to such counter petftlon have not been complied with; and the. grounds set out in my declaration of even date herewith and accompanying this application/'—(Signed) .T. C. HAMMOND. ACCIDENT. ; : ' v While Mr Clarldn's team was engaged yesterday morning in hauling a large boiler, the property of the Waihi Grand Junction G.M.Co., from the site of the old west shaft, the waggon overturned and precipitated the boiler on to the footpath opposite Mr Fqrtzer's paddpcki A dog which was running alongside was killed instantly. After some difficulty tbe waggon was extricated, but up to the time of writing the boiler has not been removed. The road slopes downward from the wheel tracks, making it very, dangerous for a heavy top load. . . \~

CONCERT. ' ' Miss I/ili Sharp and Rafalewski opened to a crowded house last "Wednesday .evening. The audience was most enthusiastic, and encores greeted, every item on the programme. Rafalewski's pianoforte and violin playing took the audience completely by surprise, and each ot his numbers was received with quite a storm of applause. Miss Sharp received a great ovation for her rendering, of "Poor Wandering One," "The \ Holy City" and "Daddy." The concerts proved a real musical treat. , . _»