WAIHI NEWS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 136, 8 June 1907, Page 7

WAIHI NEWS.

(By Telegraph.—own Correspondent.) TTAIH', Friday. The billiard touruaracnt at Meyer's Hutcl «as eouc-lutled Inst night, when .1. .Mclvav .cured tirst. prize, 11. Smith second, and H. 13. Cranwcll ihird. The second tournament .outmeiiced tei-nii'hr. At a meeting of ibe Hospital Trustees to-night correspondence showed that the chief portion „f the X Rays apparatus w.-ih now Iv Auckland. Tlie committee reported they hud made al! r.rran. ments for erection of the plant, and that nu 18-lnch pcltou wheel „nd accessories had beeu ordered from Messrs l'riee Pros., of Thames. Messrs (ireen. Penuelt. and Green, act Ia j? imet'-r the direction of the committee, ante, prepare- a skefch plan, with suggestion, fur the laying down iv grass aud nlnnt.iug of the large reserve at the o"f the hospital. The committee reported that they had carried our the previous resolution of the trustees in regard to the laying on of water for f:re prevention purpose's and for motive-power for the dynamo In connection with the X Kays, and" bar! also instructed Mr McArthur to carry ont the work. Mr Morgan, director of the School rif Mldcs. had also nadertakeu the installation of the X Kay apparatus.

At the meeting u t the Borough Council last night one e-.-ise of scarlet fever was reported. Jir Hookey, gas manager, reeomtnetiiled that £2ovo be expended on n new c-asomotei. An aerituonious d'.scusKiou follo-.veel. the Mayor accuseing Cr. Donaldson of "talking bt>sh" when "the latter was speaking. It was pointed out that tho present gasometer would scarcely hold one day's supply for present consumers. Eventually the mailer was elropped, ou a inolioti that tbe gas manager's report be published. Authority was given to the town e-lerk to arrange for an overdraft of £20.000. Kstimates for the ensuing year were set out as follows:—Expenditure on general parpens, .I'O.UOb: available funds, £19.16!) "/; additional required, £830 18/; le.ial ratable value of property on the roll. fn'1.226. The geuerEl rate necessary to raise the r .nlrer) amf.ant is Bd in the £. ei'iiiiva.lcnt to £330 13.

A fancy dress bull was held to-night in th"- Academy of Music, and proved a great success. There was a large attendance, and many dresses were both unique and pretty.

| Mr X P- Clark, o? Auckland, was busily enga .d" ail day testing earthenware pipes I for the gravitating water sepply. and, acj cording to the tests made, satisfaction was I -iven The tests were made in the preI senec cf Mr D. "VV. McArthnr, ihe oorough engineer, and Mr J. McArthnr, county _ugCer *- _____