WAIHI NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 17, 20 January 1905, Page 5

WAIHI NEWS.

(By Telegraph.—Own Carrespoa«eat.)

/ WAIHI, this day. The funeral of the late W. H. Brislin, the victim of the Extended fatal accident, took place yesterday at Wadbi cemetery, and was attended bj a largt number of people. The ebffin was drawn by the members of the Fire Brigade, of which deceased was a member; The Oddfillows, Druids, and Foresters Lodge* were represented in the procession. The coffin was covered with floral tribute*. TJe bell at the fire station tolled whilst the funeral was passing through the

Mr W. Short, the Commissioner in the inquiry re the claims by, the Tan rang* County Council against the Waihl Borough, made a tour of inspection of the road in question this morning. Th* party consisted of the Mayor (**• T. Gilmour), Mr Mbrpeth (Town Clerk), Mr McArthur {Engineer), Mr Thomas Boyd (representing the Tauranga County Council), and Cγ. Donaldson. Yesterday a man named Hunt, employed on Roycroft's timber contract, in Walmsley's bush, met with a painful accident. He and a mate were croeecutting a log, and while clearing away the debris under the log the teeth of the saw caught his hand, inflicting six separate cuts, commencing at the wrist and terminating at the knuckles. One of the cuts severed the main artery at the back ol the hand, from which blood streamed in great quantities. His mate accompanied him into town to Dr. Slater's a distance of three miles. The doctor secured and tied the artery. The senior representative cricket match Waihi v. Thames has been postponed en account of the inabiUtv of three parts of the team to get awar The junior fixture will, howerer ha played. '